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4 the georgetown herald wednesday evening february 2 1st 1940 page7 cbc childrens scbapbook joins mbs network major mac pfcggy and johnny jolly and all uheir young friends on obcs childrens scrapbook are now pay- tap a weekly call on the young listen- era of the mutual broadcasting sy- stem for the bcrapbok was frecently invited to become an international ex change feature and since- saturday feb 17 canadian boys and girls have been joined by their american cousins in looking over the page5 of the big dook each saturday 1230 to 100 pjn the twins peggy and johnny guardians of the childrens sceftpbook open the took wluch has a new chapter added kevery week by authoress mary gran- nan then begins the halfhour of adventure music nature study and onthespot broadcasts with com- mentator austin willis speaking direct irom the point at which the actuality is to be presented firsthand accounts of activities at an airport a visit to the royal train engine trips through the zoo and many other interesting excursions have made up these actuality features and there are many more exciting trips to be made in the weeks ahead the next event of importance to be covered by the obc farm broadcast itepartment will be the college royal at the ontario agricultural college guelpn on wednesday march 6th the college royal a miniature of laxnous royal winter pair is an out standing event in the aggies year many of the important personages present at the college royal this year viubeheaxd in an interview with don tairbalrn on the ontario farm broad ast which will originate at oac on march 6 at 1250 pan est woodhouse and hawkins stop a hockey match speaking of performers who stop tfbe show woodhouse and hawkins the obc comedy team accomplished an even more spectacular feat recent ly when they stopped a regularly- scheduled league hockey game in wes tern canada it seems that the radio jrtatiotr in yortcton saskatchewan re gretfully informed the local hockey authorities that the game at 800 pm on friday 11000 pjn est between the yorktown terriers and the regina vicaces could not be broadcast reason woodhouse and hawkins were on the ah- at that time the station manager hastily ducked expecting a hall of hockey sticks instead the team thanked him for reminding them afcout the broadcast and postponed their game to 830 so they could listen demselves cbc feature salates canadas merchantmen one of the most difficult assignments ever undertaken by the cbc sound xjxects department has just been completed somewhere off the east oast the job of the sound effects experts is to make accurate recordings of the actual sounds that may be needed in connection with a broad cast the sound of machinery of a locomotive of city traffic of any one of a thousand different kinds of noises most of the sound effects jobs are for landlubbers now the depart ment has got its sealegs making first band recordings of wind and wave of winches and whistles and engines to be used in the cbc feature broad cast that will salute canadas mer chantmen the ships and the sailors trtio carry precious cargoes from can adas eastern ports to the british isles this unutfual feature broadcast trill be presented over the national fretwork on friday march l 8 to 900 pin est it will be produced by j iprank willis obcs features produc- r who braved seasickness on the at lantic in february to secure the neces sary recordings 3bc official judges drama festivals rupert lucas genial head of the obc drama department leaves for a trip through the west in the middle of march in winnipeg he will ad- judlcate the interunlverslty radio drama contest later he will do a similar work in saskatoon edmonton 1 and vancouver he will also be ad judicator at the regina drama festi val of march 2829 and 30 i heating hints cry obas stosxr a number of my readers have asked me how to avoid dust seeping through the cracks in the ashpit door when they shake the grates this can be very easily ended by having a small pipe spray installed in the ashpit and connected with the cold water system iijii the spray can be easily made hy drilling small holes in a short length of pipe and capping the 7ree end the cost is negligible then nnjon are ready to ja anajothe grafis yrra simply turn j0h the spray which throws a fine mist over the entire ashpit thus the ashes are wet down as they fall through the grates and the s is m fapt inside th ashpit and when the ashes are removed from the ashpit they are wet enough to pre- ybt any more dust from arising and flymg through the cellar 217 radio policies since the inauguration or the cam paign tor the forthcoming general elections on march the twentysixth the man in the street in all sections of this country has- been- perplexed and confused by unusual electioneering particularly those resulting from the facts that an appeal to the electorate must be made at this time of the year and during a period when this nation is involved in a war consequently the old method of nationwide person al tours by party leaders must either be curtained considerably or be aban doned in many instances wltti the re mit that the broadcasting facilities of idian broadcasting corpora tion are going to be used in this brief campaign in the most extensive man ner ever to be attempted in such u vital public service naturally this novel experimentation has aroused a number of serious questions in the mind of the average canadian and it is in the public interest and concern that these should be answered fully and clearly according to the informed- impartial authoritative and compet ent officials on parliament hill what are the policies of the oana- broadcastlng corporation in regard to the genejbl elections this ques tion can be answered simply and frankly by the statement that this public body does not believe nor practice nor authorize anything which attempts to regiment opinion or to throttle freedom of utterance on cur rent affairs and problems encouraging at all tune a fair and adequate pres entation of controversial questions that no laws of decency- morality and statutory provisions are violated such as slanderous remarks dramatized political broadcasts any political broadcasting on the two days preced ing the election etc what are the cols of these broad casts on the nations network in this campaign all network party poli tical broadcasting will be an a sus taining basis that is free and though this policy means the loss of consider able revenue yet it is in the best in terests of democratic government ro that evety opinion worthwhile may be heard by the canadian listener in all parts of this country and the whole may be accomplished without involv- ingj question of expense which has been termed often an ugly and un desirable feature of the modern poli tical contents what are the arrangements for broadcasting speeches in this politi cal compaign in order that fair and adequate presentations of controver sial questions may be made with slight modifications to meet the re quirements of the canadian situation the arrangements embody the same principles that govern election broad casting in great britain for the dur ation of the campaign there is a sharp reduction or dispensation of non party radio programmes of acontro- versial character especially those on economic social and political subjects which may become contentious issues in the elections then the various parties are alloted time on the air ac cording to a just and agreed upon schedule or formula which considers amongst other factors the length of the campaign the total periods pur chased in previous campaigns the effect upon broadcasting revenues the disruption of programmes and the ratio which is established among the existing political parties which are re cognized in the house of commons this ratio is based on five factors first the standing of the political par ties in the last general elections a well as in the previous appeal and theitrelative strength at dissolution second the popular votes of these parties in previous elections third independent of the actual results in seats or popular votes the scope as viewed by the number of candidates who were officially nominated accord ing to the dominion elections act in the previous campaign fourth the standing in the house of commons at a preceding dissolution in order to take into account the continuity and tradi tions of a party to safeguard against harsh judgments of landslides in elec tions fifth the recognition that the listener is entitled to hear all view points equally and proportionally in accordance with a just and fair form ula fojxtht distribution of time on the air with the rules of parliamentary debate being followed to some extent where possible including british us age such as permitting the last broad cast of the campaign to be assigned to the government party this means ajso that new political parties will get their chance on the air provided that they have nationwide organizations a recognized national leader clear poli cies on national issues and seek the election of at least 61 officially nomin ated candidates in at least three of the provnees of the dominion in other words it is the impartial opinion of ail along parliament hill that the present electoral campaign through the airwaves of this nation own network is allotting time to the existing political parties in the most equitable manner possible and it i- rendering a truly valuable public ser vice to the people of canada in a ltme of national emrgency due to the ex traordinary circumstances of the war different technique it is apparent now along parliament hill that both major parties plan to employ a different technique in their campaigns the government is centralizing its tactics with most the ministers going to the various provinces of canada where they will concentrate their full attention in cer tain provincial fields as the big guns in this battle for ballots and with only a quorum of ministers remaining ottawa or within call if any emer gency meeting of the canadian ca binet should be necessary for the prosecution of thewar the only ex ceptions are the hon j l ralston who will not only speak in prince edward island but who is expected to go into ontario and in some sections of the west and the hon ernest la- polnte who will actually do more tra velling than any other member of the cabinet because he is now scheduled to go on a speaking tour across the pominon that will take him to bri tish columbia to all she prairie pro vinces to many parts of ontario and probably to the maritimes on the other side q the political fence the brunt of the national campaign by the conservatives will be borne mainly by their leader hon dr robert j man- ion who will speak throughout uv country from coast to coast though at a later date he may be assisted by such stalwarts as the hon h a macpher- son of saskatoon hon h h stevens of british columbia col- george a drew of ontario and other lieuten ants of the party reproduction prohibited 1940 edu cational features syndicate pay the tourist his premium tourist txpendltures in canada make up the largest single total in this countrys long list of exports providing an immensely valuable contribution to canadas balance of trade in wartime the value ol this industry in terms of the foreign exchange it produces is a factor that may well produce the steadfast anchor position in an eco nomic tugofwar it is estimated the dollar value of tourist business in canada represents about thirty per cent of the total exports tourist trade does constitute ex ports as it li money spent by visitors from other countries mainly from the unfed states and the goods and ser vices provided by canadians are uti lized by citizens of these other coun tries it is an export trade item from canadas economic point of view just as much as though these goods and services were crated for shipment only in this case the tourist takes delivery at a multitude of inland points as he enjoys the natural beauty of the coun try because of the extreme importance of foreign exchange in any wellplan ned war effort on the economic front special and particular precautions are being taken this year to see that no i domestic impediment retards the full flow of tourist traffic in and out of j canada since ocean travel is not now attractive there will be a logical turn to north american travel by automo biles trains and aeroplanes the united states citizen has an ad vantage in- his favour in the value of nls currency in terms of canadian money conditions are such that he receives a bonus in coming to canada it is an added inducement to vacation in canada that advantage has mut ual benefits for the canadian as well as the visitor canada welcomes with a royal welcome the visitor from the republic to the south we are glad to sell him the goods and services re quired in his canadian sojourn his money at present carries a premium and the visitor is entitled to that pre mium in terms of canadian dollars the foreign exchange control board fixes the rates dally for us dollars these rates are widely quoted and can be had in any of the branches of the chartered banks throughout canada who act as agents for the board under the provisions of the order united states citizens must be given the benefit of the boards rate in fact it is illegal to do other than give the boards rate to the tourist at the border united states tourists will be told they are entitled by can adian law to receive the foreign ex change control board rate for their us currency for canadians there is no finer contribution to the home front than to encourage the tourist trade since the benents of that trade play such an important port in the ottnadian war effort h imslfat the only coal in thei world coloured b as your guarant quality order your supply now see what an enjoyable difference in better steadier heat ing comfort you get with ble coal the worlds finest an thracite blue mj the coour guarantees whktnlnerson phone 12 georgetown listen to th shadow every wednesday over cfbb 900 to 930 pm chemical science chemistry was the first of the scl- ptifes to be applied to practical seri culture lieblg the chemist founded scientific atrriculture by explaining the food requirements of plants lawes and gilbert through field experiments explained the action of manures and brought ccmmcrclal fertilizers into use since those days chemistry has produced many new and valuable com mercial fertilizers which are now em ployed in enormous quantities and which contrlbuie vastly to increased production durlnc the past twenty years knowledge of soil chemtstry has in creased until now it is becoming pos sible to recommend the most suitable crop for a given area and the proper types of fertilizer to use upon it searches into the nature and interac tion of the mineral constituents of the soil and on soil structures are gotruj far towards explaining the relation between soils and plant growth th study of the soil as such has resulted in a new field of research known as pedalogy a russian development with a new viewpoint on soils research studies in plant nutrition have ex plained the causes and prevention of many obscure diseases dr j m swalne director science service do minion department of agriculture ha his presidential address to the royal society of canada on scientflc re search the key to progress in agri culture recently the minister of pensions and national health addressed a meeting of 1500 people on national health objectives in wartime in toronto while the speaker covered a broad field he dealt especially with nutrition as he was guest speaker for the health league of canada which utilized the occasion for the launching ot a nutrition programme as mentioned editorially by health in its current issue the effort at the moment in toronto is to attempt edu cation of the public on a rather large f scale and it is hoped that the iiirr si to improve the imtritten -oltfte- cess of this effort will result in the plan being copied in other places there will be general agreement with the editor of the health leagues publication when- he says it is quite likely that the serious consideration of nutrition as a definite national objective may have farreaching re sults we have discussed physical statu from time to time with a more or less academic detachment with in the field of nutrition however we begin to realize that a nations sta ture and physique may definitely be altered by the attention we pay to the food a nation eats and since a na tion la no stronger than the men and who are its citizens it seems hkelythat wc may proceed to do something about it by paying a little more attention to the means of pro viding proper food for the civil popu lation the results of the toronto experi ment may be farrreachlng it is point ed out the writer adding perhaps people will learn how widespread is the ignorance or how to choose buy 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