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80 Displaced Persons Arrive In Britain To Start New Life Half a sale was blowing ihc fain clouds tastward, and the at- tacking iun of spring darted in and out like a fencer's sword, as «0 women came ashore at Tilbury, on l^ndon River, to set foot for the first time on Britisli soil, writes tilt London correspondent of The Qiristian Science Monitor. There was no ceremony of greeting. Only a few officials met thcoi, welcomed them, and guided fhem to tlieir night's resting place â€" no fashionable hoiel, but a dor- mitory in a London County Coun- cil hostel. So they came to England â€" 80 women without a country, 80 women with memories they hope they can forget â€" 80 displaced per- tODE from the camps of Europe. They are the vauguard of 3,000 who will come to these shores by May i. And the 3,000 themselve* are the vanguard of 100,000 ex- pected this year. Most of " the 80 once were citi- zens of Baltic countries to which they cannot or dare not return. This one once was a teacher in a village school, that one was an architect, the other a concert »ingiT. Now they are to cook and sew and scrub floors and help prepare hostels for others. Seeking Jobs They are coming to England to give their help to England during its time of difficulty in exchange for a job. a roof, a good wage and new hope. They decided to come to Eng- land alter reading notices posted in displaced persons camps. These notices were very official, rather cold, and plainly honest. They set down Great Britain's offer to volunteers. The D.I'.'s were told they would live in camps oi hostels. They would have the tame rations, the same wages, and the same hours of work as British workers. They al'o were told: "Workers will enter Great Britain for an initial period of 12 months, sub- ject to good behavior and to the specific condition that tliey un- dertake only employment selected by the .Ministry of I-abor. Amonn the first 80 was \'«Ita Maurins .She was rather sad. .She had liren married three ilays be- fore to anolher displaced preson. He was landed that same day with (SO other men at Hull, and she didn't Know when alic would see him ai-'aiii Families Separated Kor lluy were all told that while eviry effort would be made H> find married couples work to- gether or close at hand, there rould as yet be no guarantee. Whole families could come over, but tli'y were told it was unlikely they roulil he acconiniodated in the same building or even iji the fame district. 'I'he Sl» pioneers understood this, for ihey had been told about the housing iTohl- ni here. If there is no hint in the official inslnirlioiis ll'at good work or good will ran lead to llrilish citi- rnship or permanent home, they believe in r.iiglaiid and their belief pertnits Ihtni to riad between the line.s. Their Ih.iiiks for the present and Iheir hopes for the future were rleurly implied in a simple phrase by Dr. .M,aia Zirk. Iler husband oner was a flourishing barrister anil ntiw has discnil-aked ac Hull to I'c' :i 'ti.ri clerk. .She herself, forgetting lier doctor's degree, will clean floors. "It is not a very high price for freedom." was what Dr. Zirk said. British Officer's Quest For Birds Leads to Arrest The Kiw S'ork Times in a Berlin dispatch said that Brjg. W. K. N. Hinde. firitish rommandaut in Ber- lin, was arresteil recently oh a charge of spyitig on an airfield in the Russian zone, but was I'ventu- ally released after eiuestioning. _, It wa' all a case of mistaken identity and a vigilant sentry, the Times repi Tied Minde. an ardent (irin'tliologisi, was taking ailvantage of a sunny spring day lo inirsuc his hobby in llic woods mar the Kussian zone where there is a large ninnber of liiids. He rhanged into civilian clothes, armed himself with a p.iir fif binoculars and began walking Ihrnugh the wooileil countrvside. A Soviit army sentry challeiiged hlni. "I am looking for liirils," said the Briti'h cfininianilanl. ">'<iu are looking ill our "airfield." rilorlecj the sentry The Times then (juoled llinde as nay ng: "I'tler ri.t. my diar (ellow. I am Brii'adier llinde and I have not the -lighle't interest in count- ing yc ur planes. I am looking at hirds ii'd yi'ii pre friglilening them tv.ay. I'a'h it" The Briliih officer was whisked Pv; .y t'> tlir Sov^'t Konuunnd.it ira 1-1 IWrl'ii. .\ ptione call was put I 1 "• Ii Id .Mil i. Gen. .Alexander G. 1947 Pontiac â€" A strikinjj character-.stiuly is tlii.s plioto of Jim Pontiac, },'reat-grancl,son of Chief Pontiac, mighty 18lh century Ottawa Indian warrior of the Michiijan wilds. Althoiigli 95 yc;i''^ eld, he still Iniiits, fi.shcs and does all his own chores at his home, even to wood-cutting. Tl^'^efe nl'iatrte^ (s\ ? Icilcyn ^^ u>ia w w^m H Dreom of H Imih u By JOHN ROWLEY They were sitting on a bench in the park, the man and the wom.Lii, and the sun, shining through the p: tern ci leaves and branches al JVC tlieni, formed a network of lit ht and shallows almost like some g issamer fairy lace. The woman was about thirty three or four, blonde with dimples, and a wide, good luunored moutli. The man, who was aliont the same age, dark with good features and graying hair, leaned towards her. "Do yoH rcincml'c,-, Jean, the iirsi time !iv kissed''" he asked tettderly. The girl laughed a little and there was a faint haze hack of her eyes. "How could 1 forget," she said. "We were so yomig . . . and shy! I didn't know what I would say if you asked me . . . and I was on pins and needles for fear you wouldn't. They were good days, George. Happy days." » • » George nacheil over and pallid her hand. "I'liey were." ho said. "i'hey were wonderful days and 1 HWas so niiKli in love with you. . . Jt spoiled my appetite! To me you were the most beautiful thing ever come down to earth." lie laughed, his voice deep and reso- nant. "And you're still pretty nice!" They wer( silent lor a niuinent, "Well, goodby, Jean," he said, vacli thinking the llmughts that these memories brought up. l-'inally the man l.iughed again. "Do you reinemlicr our last liigli school dance?'' The man. lost in thought, gazed out over the green e\pansc of the park. I''ar off he could sec tall luiililings rising out of a sea of bil- lowy gren, but he wasn't seeing any of that. Instead he was seeing a t.ill, old fashioned building in a small town a long way from the city. There was a blare of music com- ing from the building . . . dance music, a number iiopular at the time. He saw couples getting out of cars and sonic arriving on foot. Tikov. ihf Soviet commandant, llie â- j'imes said. "What does he look liki r'' the newspaper said Kolikov asked. When he had i)eeu told. Gen. Koli- kov shouted: "For < lod's sake apologize and turn him loose, that is Brigadier Minde." Inside the huge floor of wliat was the gymnasiuni swelled and heaved with couples packed close together. lie remembered ilio laughter and the music and something came into his tliroat and he wanted to cry. The woman sensed *it too and she put a slender, graceful hand on his arm. "Do you remember that dance . . . our graduation dance? I can see you now. ^'ou had on a light blue evening gown that came all the way to the floor and you wore a corsage of some kind of white flow- ers. The light in your hair made it look all gold and you were the most beautiful creature in the world." .She laughed, entered into the spirit of the thing. "And Mr. Weeks, the assistant principal, asked me to dance and I let him have one dance . . . after all, he wiis tlie assistant jiriiu ipal. " "And after the dance," he went on. "Ihc rest of the crowd went ilown to cat, but you and 1 went to the little lunch counter around the corner and had some coffee and afterwards we walked home. It was exactly three blocks away . . . I think I can remendjcr every step . . . every depression in the side walk. And when we got to your house we stood on the steps a long time, not saying anything, just looking at the niglit . . . and every- thing was golden around u.s." • • • He paused for a moment, staring siraiglu ahead. "And then you said you had to go in . . . and you kissed me. . . ." He laughed agam and turned lo look at the woman beside him. "I floated home on a cloud that night!" .She smilcil and tliey sat there, silent, for a time, contemplating the memories they luul conjured up out ot the past. At last Ihey got up au.d the man hiokeil at the woiiiau beside him and smiled. "ll'eJt, iitiodhy, Jean," he said. "It 7t'(i.v wondcrjui seeing you again, but I'll have lo be running along now. I'm su/'I'osed Co meet my ici/t' 111 friinl of Ihc Melrofolilan in about iO niiitnles." She looked at l;er watch anl gasped. "\ic, too," she exclaimed. "Why, it's almost five o'clock and J haven't finished hiy shopping yet. I'm afraid my husband's supper will be late tonight, Goodby!" .'ihey hnrrieil off across the park ... in opposite directions! The Next Problem It is reported that before the end of this year we may know with certainty whether life e.xisls on other planets. If it docs, of cour.se. the next problem will be to get lo one of llieni before life 'ceases to e.xist on this one. VOICE OF THE PRESS Problem Too Big Canada is spending more and more on the weather, but still does not seem able to do anything about it. â€"Brandon Sun. Clock Watchers Fifty-three per cent of office employees have visual problems. Too much watching the clock? â€" Hamilton Spectator. A Rally Is Needed General Charles dc Gaulle is de- finitely back in politics, having an- nounced himself as leader of a new "alignment" he calls the Rally of the French People. Ma,- he prove able to rally them more than most parties have done in the recent past. â€" Brantford Expositor. It Paid It is said that Henry Ford never objected to the jokes which people made about his car so long as they said something about it. Advertis- ing, he learned, was better than silence. â€" Lethbridgc Herald. Lots oi Hard Work Net income of- Canadian farmers reached last year a record figure for all timeâ€" $1,267,400,000. A very great deal of hard work went into that substantial achievement. â€" Ottawa" Journal Device Will Keep Pilot From Flying Into Mountains Such a succession of flying acci- dents of this type developed a few months ago that grim jokes began to be made about mountains' re- fusal to duck from the path of blind-flying airplanes, says the Sault Daily Star. Now the noted pilot and designer. Howard Hughes, has come up with a device which he thinks will go a long way toward eliminating these shattering crashes of irrestihile force against ini- movahle objects. * * â- > The Hughes gad.mt i? a smill, simple radar warning, soon to be installed in all Trans-World .^ir- lines planes, which Hughes thinks is "foolproof", but subject to still fur- ther development out of practical experience. Among the most strik- ing features of tlie device, a refine- ment of wartime radar efjuipment, arc that it weighs only IC pounds and costs only $130. A coinljination transmitting and receiving set is mounted on the underside of the plane. Two small antennae on port and starboard sides of the plane send out power- ful pulses a; the rale of -10 a second in all ilircctions except back- ward. Travelling at the rate ol 600 feet in one millionth of a secoiid, the pidses bounce back ftom aiiy object they strike and actual^ a warning light and signal hell * ♦ * I'resent e<iuipuuiu is regulated to warn the pilot wlien he is V.ODO feet and again at .')U0 feet from any ob- ject. The procedure for the pilots when tlie lights glow and the bell rings is to pull the aircraft up into a clind)ing mm and continue until a ISO degree swing has been made. The plane has iust flown over the rearward course and the pilot knows there are no obstructions there. 'I'he .'lOO-foot warning light "'id bell als5 are for use in blind ap- proaclies to a landing field in bad weather. If the plane lias not brok- en out of the weather at .'lOII feet, the device will tell the pilot accur- ately that he is that f.ir above the ground and he can pull up and go to an alternate dield. > » * lluglies recently took iiewsuun on a flight over rugged mountain teriain, in which he flew in and out of light little valleys, heading his big four-engine plane straight at mountain peaks until the warning device flashed and sounded, then increasing power and pulling sharp- ly up and around in a l.sil-degrec turn, lie is confident th.it the device "will he of great as.sislance in ef- forts to eliminate the type of acci- dent which received so iiuicli piili- licity last year." 2 Special Remedies by the Makers of Mecca Ointment Men'* Pile iicmcdjr No. 1 in for Protiudini Bleeding Piles, rjitl in hoIiI in Tube, witU pipe, or internni unptifntiou. Price 7fn\ Mrd-n I ili Remedy No. i is for Kxtcnml Itching Pilew. Sok n Jur, mid is fur etternal use only. Vticv 50c. Dnl«r by number from yuur Pirutrgbt. Chinese Inflation In Shanghai, China, the municipal government has outlawed $100 bills, following the issuance of new $10,- 000 notes. The smallest bill cir- culating there will now be $000, which is worth about four cents in ,U.S. morfey. That's inflationâ€" when a $;00 bill is a worthless nuisance. â€"Kingston Whig-Standard. Defined A gossip is one who tells you all^ the news that's fit to hint. â€" Kitchener Record Observation We consider the man who takes pride in his home and home sur- roundings and spends his evenings in his garden a better citizen than the man who belongs to a half dozen or more organizations ond spends his evenings attending meet- ings â€" possibly passing resolutions urging people to take more interest and pride in citizenship. Very often you'll find the poorest evidences of good citizenship around the homes of those who spout it the loudest â€" St. Thomas Times-Journal. American Royalty Mrs. Jones, a London lady, was proudly discussing her new Auic-.i- can 'Son-in-law with a neighbor. "My Gwendolyn has done very well for herself, I must say," she boasted. "Hafter all, 'tisn't eyery day a young girl marries an American lord." "An American lord? Why, 1 ain't ever 'eard of such a thing in all my Jicrn days!" "I wouldn't tell you a lie," said Mrs. Jones. ".Ain't you ever 'eard of the American 'ousing shortage? That's why Gwendolyn's husband is so hoity-toity. He's a real American lord â€" a landlord 1" Ihstanfine FAST RELIEF ( HEADACHES : 4k 4 * •A Driver Averts Disaster in SclioolSleigii Accident WINS DOW AWARD r JACK KERR OF HERMON, ONTARIO is hero of community I t was 2 below zero. Ten school children huddled around the little oil stove in the canvas-top sleigh as it jogged briskly along the snow-banked road. Suddenly there was a sickening lurch. The sleigh tilted violently and rolled over on its side. In an instant the stove had exploded and the can- vas top was a mass of flames. Driver Jack Kerr's first task was to control the terrified horses. Then he leaped to the rescue of the children, many of whom were pinned under the burning sleigb. Vt'orking tpiickly, Kerr pulled the children oui, one by one, rolling them in the snow to smother their burning clothes. Then, although burned himself, he managed to put out the fire, right the vehicle and gullup the children to the village. On arrival, he didn't wait a moment to tend his own injuries, but immediately went for a doctor. Soon all were ^e^.•eiviIl^ proper medical treat- ment. ^ The faci thai this story has no tragic ending is due entirely to the quick, cool actions of one man. We are proud to pay tribute to Jack Kerr of Hermon, Ontario through the presentation of The Dow Award. THE DOW A\VARD.M a tttiitioit fiir i)iitit<oidi>ig lifTO- i5in ar^f iiii'ltuit'5, as a umpire tvprts.iioii oj apprfciatiim, a {lOO Cmuiiki Saiiiig.> Bond Winners are ielccle>t by iht Doui Aieurd CommKlec. a trimp o| ^^llIor^ ^/ !e<ii!i>ig Morureui Itiil> ncivjiptipcr^. -A Tl'f chiUreii chattered merrily as they joggeil iiloiig ill this u inter version of a schriol bus, iinuware t,f uhut tens about to happen. Jack Kerr had aluays heeii a grejl favourite with the yntiiigsters. But tmlay he is real hero to the whole coinmunity. Because of his gallantry end presence of mind, not one life teas lost. to to