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en a. - NY tnd 2] Ke] rt cin Ss he er Se me RT TS Ca IN TH. WORLD Norman Blair _ Great Britain For more than 100 years the in- fluence of Queen Victoria has been a strong factor in the doings. of "British Royalty--an influence - felt long after the Great Queen'ss death, Now it looks as though it has aveak- his is tlie opinion of observers who noted; that the nan cluded in the with keenest interest, 'Albert" was not in- christening of Princess Elizabeth's tiny- son, Queen Vie- toria was sc min her resolve that her beloved Consort's memory should, be 'parpetuated, that the name Albert was given to her eld- est son and to his three sons so that ---as one writer puts it, around Buckingham Palace Albert rever- berated like a perpetual echo." Y, But now, {or the first time in over 2 century, it is dropped. The new Prince and possible future ruler of the Empire was christened, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, "Charles Philip Arthur 'George" and he will officially be - known as "Prince Charles of Edinburgh." , The Princess and her husband have shown considerable boldness in reintroducing the Stuart names, which had- fallen into disfavor and been replaced by the names of Ger- man housc¢s with which .the British Royal Family was so closely linked during the 18th aand 19th centuries, But the choice of names Pag-met with great general favor, and the British -- the Scots especially -- - warmly welcome another '"Bopnie Prince Charlie." - But it is recog- - nized that the little Prince, should he 'come 'to the throne, would not' be likely to be crowned "King Charles the Third." He would have his choice of using any of his four nemes, and it is far more likely tht he will be "King George tlie Seventh," - However, . that's looking a long way ahead, and there are probably things -of more immediate import- ance to worry over. A writer in the British magazine "Time and Tide" has a witty little poem which gives one the notion that the black marketeers must still be operating in the old land, in spite of all Govern- ment efforts to stamp them out. It goes: . . .. There was a crooked man Who had a crooked job Selling legs of crooked ham For thirty crooked bob He paid a crooked copper To wink a crooked eye And help the crooked business "Upon the crooked sly, One day a crooked sergeant Discovered what they did-- And mow the cost of crooked ham : : Is, thirty crooked quid! And here's & little item which 'Illustrates that, possibly, the bene- fits of socialistic paternalism has been somewhat overrated, Coning- ton is a village in England that has a public telephone booth, Mrs. "Thomas Murdon has been keeping 'that booth neat and clean for the past ten years at a wage of one shilling per week. Now the govern- ment wants one half of that wage-- sixpence a week--under the national health Insurance plan, Mrs. Murdon 1s thinking of quitting the job--and - we can hardly blame her, at that, China i Terribly alarmed -- and probably with good reason--at the advance of the Communist forces in China, "White Russians" who sought re- 'fuge In that country are desperately 4rying to escape from - Peiping, Tientsin and Shanghai. } ~ There are about 8 thowsand, of them, including some natives ab- sorbed from the Baltic countries, and many of them remember only 400 well the persecutions steming from the Communist revolution from which they fled their native Russia some thirty years ago. Recalling the fate of 120,000 White Russians in Manchuria, Sian- ° king and Outer Mongolia--most of whom were reported to have been - qlther murdered or forced to return 10 slavery in Russia--these homeless people are afraid that China's Com- munists will co-operate with the Soviets to wipe them out. There are + about 2500 pro-Communist Russians residing in China, and the White Russians believe that these people are anxiously awaiting the chance to denounce and persecute them. } So offices of the United Nations, | Refugee Organization are jammed with tense, tearful White Russians In tattered coats and shawls, all begging for settlement in bard to accomplish the 'evacuation ere it is too late, but their efforts to clear all the White Russians out of China is badly handicapped by Inability to get sufficient countrics to act as host, Just how the White Russians feel "about their situation is summed up strikingly by an official who stated that ~"If given a.chance to leave China without faking along a single ussians would shout, "Yes, i almost to the vanishing point." some other country, Officials are working, ssession, 90 per cent of White ke esl" "all union what they make look like a terrific -- a Good Shot But Wrong Target-- Tony Adamic might have stopped Walt Clay froni making that touchdown if the goal- post hadn't got in the way. As it is Walt is diving over the goal-line "home free". The scene is from an Amgrican pro- fessional game. This is the time of year when sports writers -- after amount of mental labor and distress -- give their readers a thrill by, of all things, taking a backward glance at what has happened in the world of sport during the year just past, and also attempting to forecast what 'is liable to come off in that same great realm in the 12 months which lie ahead. * Lo * Actually, we don't mind confess- ing, it's just about as easy a way" as there is of filling up a sports eolumn. 'All you have to do is set down whatever happens to stick in the welter of your mind regarding what went before--shoving in, at suitable intervals, "as exclusively predicted in. this column", as you knaw. darned well nobody will re- member exactly what you said or go to the bother of looking it up. : ¥ eed * . Then, as to thie future, you just ut down what. happens to be andiest, knowing right well that nobody will ever pay any attention #6" your prognostications anyway-- or recall how far off the beam you were two days after the event has proved you all wet, * * * . Well then, proceeding on that basis, let's take a peek at some of our personal forecasting triumphs during the year 1948. he Turfiz which is the way some of the old- timers still allude to the horse rac- ing racket--Iis just a fair sample of the way we got strictly on the beam and stayed there. } : Ld * a We only attempted to tip the winner of two horse races' -- the Kentucky -Derby and our 'own King's Plate. In the Kentucky affair we advised--several months in advance--having a nice wager on a horse whose name we just happen to disremember right now. He broke down in training, or didn't show enough form in his late works to warrant spending a starting fee on him; and when the starter said "COMMENCE" he was among those missing. And so our clients didn't lose any money on him -- except, of course, those who had bet on him in the futuré books. * * * In the King's Plate, we were a trifle more cagey, not mentioning any -one horse as our fancy, but dinging it into our trusting clients' ears that betting on a steed that had wintered in Canada was nothing but financial suicide, such: animals not having a Chinaman's chance against those that had re- celve the benefit of that nice Florida or California sunshine, OR A SxplTC "So what happened? So this hap- gened. That thing of Jim Fair's that had spent the winter period basking up to his ears in nice On- tario snow--simply romped home, kicking Woodbine track-dressing in the faces of all the Southern so- Journers without a bit of trouble. However, we were just as happy #t happened the way it did, as it proved that it is still possible for a comparatively poor 'man to win one of our big races, even if not exactly probable. »* * * In bascball we were almost as good--fearlessly predicting that the Toronto Maple Leafs, along about July '80th., would be so firmly en- trenched in the cellar that not even TNT would blast them out, The Leafs kept our record intact by being right up there, battling to the final week or so. We must confess that we had a rather narrow squeak in the Big Leagues having--before the season startecd--forecast an all- Boston World's Series. ki x * * . You will remember, no doubt, how very nearly that very thing came to pass--but in the last few days of the rach thie Boston Red Jox, Heaven bless 'em, slipped slightly, keeping our redord of batting .000 in the Prophet's League absolutely intact. * * » In hockey, naturally, we showed our true form. We said without equivocation -- whatever that may 'mean -- that_the Montreal Cana- " diens had too much 'class for the. 'rest of them, and that when all the shouting was over and done with, they would be found securely | in possession of the Stanley Cup, and also --in all probability -- the Grey Cup as well, * a * We just disremember the name of the Club which actually copped those two great trophies--we think they play somewhere in or around Toronto--but anyway it wasn't the Flying--(on one wing)--French- men, * * * And so it 'went all through, the year. We had one rather bad break when -- after Joe Louis had an- nounced: his final and permanent retirement from the ring -- we wrote. a piece, full of tears and * sentiment, about what a grand champion .the Brown Bomber had been -- what a credit to his race and to the sport -- and how it was only fitting that he should leave the ring for all time, undefeated and triumphant. * * Ld But, somhow 'or other, we "lost ' the copy and the piece was never. published. That, as we said, was a bad break for us. For if it had appeared, what a persona} triumph "we would have considered it--now ~that Louis has changed his mind; and the promoters arc piclsing among the heavyweight debris. to - find somebody to shove into the ring with him come next June, That would have - made a fitting climax to our forecast record for. 1948. Still, {ve suppose, a guy can't have everything! * * - Now, you say, what about 1949? Well, it looks as though that will have to be held over for another week--and we'll bet you can hardly wait! Lr La Air "Motorcycle" Is The Latest 'A one-man helicopter that gives man something like the versatility of bird flight has been invented here. Called the "Hoppi-Copter," it consists of its own two counter- revolving, coaxial rotors, its engine, and its pilot--that's all! ; It has no body: simply a seat and a tripod landing gear. beneath the "pilot: *¥t's a sort of motorcygle of the air. ~Horacé Pentecost, inventor, returned London to announce the machine's recently from that the machine will be manufactured. 'in England and sold throughout the British Empire and the United States and possessions. "We could not find a suitable en- gine fof the Hoppi-Copter anywhere in America," explained -Mr. Pente- | cost. "But in England they have half a dozén light engines that are suit- able." * > * Mr. Pentecost explained that he was severely hampered in Hoppi- Copter development for lack of a suitable engine: The one he used in his prototype. model was a war- surplus two-cylinder engine built for use in robot, radio-controlled target ,aircraft. --- It is expected that the production model may have ds much as a three- hour cruising period. Simple Controls The Hoppi-Copter will land aid take-off in a cleared area 30 feet square, Its flight controls are ex- tremely simple; up with the control stick to fly upward, down_to fly downward! forward, back, left or to right with the stick, to go in those directions. It can hover motionless in the ai or rotate about its own AEN axis. Directional stability is main- tained through its counter-rotating rotors, which prevent -torque from reaching the "fuselage" control is required. "Multiple Uses Uses of the new craft will include : patrol work along power and pipe. over. lines in inaccessible areas, forests, borders, cattle ranges, and along short lines: Prospectors, ex- plorers, and even delivery men could use Hoppi-Copters. } As with other helicopters, engine failure poses no particular problem, ~The pilot merely puts the' rotor blades "flat," they windmill at ap- proximately normal speed, and 'the machine descends at about 15 m.p.h. downward speed. : : When the ground is about 15 feet away, the pilot gives lifting pitch to- the rotors, and their 'momentum -slows the descent to a Soft landing. A few minutes aiter the elegant $6,000,000- Pittsburgh post . office .was opened to the public, customgrs began complaining that there was no letter drop. Dismayed Postmas- Yer Turner got. in touch with the architects, who shamefacedly con- fessed they had "actually forgotten all about that important item, except as Use Oil Paint For Radiators When redecorating" the home, radiators should not be refinished with metallic paint. If radiators are to be repainted, an oil paint should be used as it will not reduce the radiation of heat to the same extent. Metallic paints act as insulatipn and reduce the efficiency of the heating system, Finjshing "radiators in the same shade as the wall they adjoin is a practice. . growing in popularity. Some basic-riiles should be observ- ed, however, in painting the sur- faces, warns the institute.' To prevent "blistering," the radi- ators should not be hot during the refinishing process, and the heat - should not be turned on until the enamel or paint is thoroughly dry. 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They Do Things In A Big Way In The: " 1 7 so Ruhr--Center. of a 'dispute which threatens to alienate - France from her former Western Allies is' the famous Ruhr Valley in Germany. Scene shows - huge automatic lifts used for loading coal at Duisberg, the largest inland port in Europe. » '| clients ' His forebodings are believed a hun: a FETHERSTONAUGH # Company Patent So licitors Establigshen 1890. 14 King West, : " roronto Booklet of information on request. - SE PERSONAL i . + ASTROLOGICAL READINGS. Scientific. Ac-_ curate. Pleare write for information. Eva - -- Winfield, £39 Thurlow. No. 206, Vancouver, B.C. 3 + : WANTED FARMS, country homes and country busi a nesses - wanted immediately © for waiting Some with all cash. What bave you to ofter for sale? N, H. Dinnick. Realtor, i 1134 Yonge Street, dronto . +1 ---- = i ir biz Power of Pessimism One pessimist can. knock down ~~ the work of a. thousand sincere builders. The pessimist doesn't need to have any ability, except the abil- ity to break hearts, stop progress "and destroy human faith. The pessi-. - mist believes that nothing is pos- sible, that every activity will have ' a bad ending, that the accomplish- ment of good and great things is not one of the functions of man. A ton of,sincerity can be destroyed by an ounce of pessimism. The pessimist is the devil in dis- guise. He specializes in discourage- ment, He loves to take the negative: side. He says, "The depression after this war will be the worst the world i has ever. knew!" He says, "Bad ; , / times are coming." He says, "Trust : g no man---everyone's a crook." : . And' his pessimism is powerfull dred times faster .than the predic: - tions and assurances of thos 'workers who seek to-do the est" good for their nation and manity. For the pessimist ha tremendous 'advantage over the © timist, . The 'optimist' has to thi and act in a plus way. H solve the problem, and m that, he has to ovérco _+human. resistance whi mist throws in to m3 almost insurmo pessimist has t good. 'Tt can't b It's a lot harder {G than a pessimist--but De one way. - Muster up the extra en, it takes to think big, to act no} see good in' people and in Shout the pessimist down, 'him, override him, crush the steamroller, of enthug faith, 4 3