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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 12 Winnipeg free press monday june is there life on Mars mystery of the canals of Mars has puzzled men for generations if we Earth bound humans Are Ever going to find out whether there is life on the planet Mars we must do it either on july 2 or during 1956. That when the red hued planet comes swinging nearest to us in its unceasing orbit through space. On july 2 at 3 a.m., to be exact it will be Miles away. In 1956, it will come within Miles of the Earth its very closest approach. And if world wide preparation Means anything we re not going to Muff the slightest Chance of observation. The american astronomical society has set up an International Mars com Mittee and for the first time Mars will be closely watched every minute _ this week. Astronomers Are going to have a look to the editor mysterious temporary Clear ing of Blue Haze in the Mart Ian atmosphere and temperature changes. One the most import ant problems concerns the appearance of the Martian the existence of these markings on the planet surface is no longer doubted but their interpretation has been a baffling mystery. 11 appears that All the dark1 markings ran be resolved into Complex Fine detail if Large telescopes Are used. Since the markings Are too intricate to be drawn satisfactorily photography will be used to record them. Edison Pettit will use the fractional second periods of super seeing to photograph these markings with the Aid of a m6tion-picture camera throughout the 24 hours of the Day. This program will be car ried out by at least 17 observatories in 10 different coun tries As far away As France Egypt South Africa India South american Australia and Java. Some observatories in this country will participate in the project. Unfortunately however the planet will be Low in our sky which is Why there is a preponderance of observatories in Sou Thern latitudes astronomers Are looking for certain specific information which in turn will gov Ern their 1956 plans. They Are seeking physical data about Martian Clouds season Al changes in the dark Mark Ings climatic changes the t hardware stores everywhere at the code focus of the 100-Inch Telescope at the it. Wilson Obser vary. The 200-Inch, Telescope will be used by or. M. L. Huma son to make photographs on which Mars will be five eighths of an Inch in Dia meter the largest images far achieved. With the same Telescope temperature measurements will be made by a sensitive Radiometer. The diameters of the Satel Lites around Mars will be measured with the lick Observatory 36-Inch refractor. These measurements will be used to determine the mass and shape of the planet. Spectroscopic studies to determine the presence of familiar gases like nitrogen argon oxygen and water " ill also be undertaken. Polarization experiments will be made by Yorkus Observatory personnel. In Africa or. Slipher of the Lowell Observatory will try re measuring the diameter of the planet while at his Home Observatory the same problem will be executed photo electrical by. The Martian canal first came to attention in 1877, when the Brilliant ital Ian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli first reported an elaborate network of spi Der web lines which covered the planet. These he named Down through the years other with larger jailed to confirm All the de Tail indicated by canal conscious observers such As Schiaparelli Antoniadi and per Cival Lowell. The term can als was an unfortunate Choice since imaginative people think of a canal As a Man made ditch. In fact the popular Conception is that Mars is covered with a net work of canals and if viewed with a Large enough Teles Cope gondoliers might be seen paddling along the water. Actually the detail of the marking is Subtle that the photographic plate has not yet caught it. But with 200-Inch Telescope it is believed these surface details May be caught on film. The canal problem is scientifically important be cause it highlights a More challenging problem involving the Type of life found in Mars. Astronomers Are con Vinced that seasonal changes on the planet Are actually changes in the vegetable cover of its surface. S of what floes this vegetation consist we Don t know for certain. Spectroscopically scientists have tried to find the lines of chlorophyll in the spectrum of Mars. As yet they have not succeeded. However or. Gerard p. Kui per of the Yerkes Observatory has succeeded in show ing that the infrared Spect rum of the Green areas is comparable with that of mos ses and lichens. Mosses and lichens Are the hardiest plants of Earth and could definitely exist under the extra Erie conditions on Mars. But while this might establish the nature of vege tation on the surface it would not give a clue to the pre of animal life. There is Little oxygen and water vapor present in mar atmosphere that even the simplest animal life on the Earth could not survive. The presence of oxygen is inferred from the presence of Plant life but it has not definitely been found. From this astronomers infer that there is less than one per cent of the amount contained in the atmosphere of the Earth. During the Many years i have been answering quest ions in the Fels planetarium the predominant question asked was fun t it possible to find a form of life in the universe based on completely different chemical processes from those we some of the better read visitors even raise the captivating possibility of life based on the Silicon atom rather than the Carbon atom which is inextricable Lin ked to our own existence. It is of interest to note that Christian Huygens made this conjecture in the 17th Century. Other philosophers were also fascinated by this problem. It is a speculation which cannot be answered however because the Only Type of life which we Are Cap Able of judging is life Simi Lar to our own. Mud and motorists in your paper of june 22 there is an article re trucks and cars carrying mud on to the streets. I wonder if City Council worm care to come out Here and show me How i am going to get my car out from my garage to the Street with out my tires. Getting any mud if 1 Park overnight on the Street get a ticket which i suppose is very cheap when one considers the other Way is a Fine. Our Back is a Leal mud Hole. Flint Street is ail ripped up in readiness for hard surfacing and today their the City equipment has gone along our Street and left lots of mud on the Street the City going to Fine itself Scotty looking backward eighty years 28, 1874 it was rumoured that lord Lerin the governor general would some time within the next free years make the first visit o Winnipeg and the West Ever made by a governor general it Vas hoped to have the first Spike of Winnipeg first railway the Enrina Branch ready for his excellency a Hammer. Seventy years 2s, 1884 Maud s., the famous trotting Illy trotted a mile in 2.14 in a rial heat at the York driving Park thus taking her place n the line of famous racing mares headed by Nancy Hanks favorite in Lincoln Day. P. A. Macdonald noted Winnipeg oarsman and football player was to figure in Dominion Day sports sixty years ago june 28, 1894 a proposition was set on foot to move the roman Catholic Arch episcopal see from . Boni face to Winnipeg another proposal was to found a Dlo ing the archdiocese in . Boni Lese in Winnipeg while retain face there had been discussions m this matter earlier and the recent death of the Veteran Arch Bishop Alexandra tache had brought matters to a head. Fifty years ago june 28, 1904 a track meet of the Best Winnipeg runners was to be a Fea Ture of the coming Winnipeg exhibition preliminary Steps to Ward organizing it were taken in James. Scott real estate office on Portage Avenue East Thomas j. Porte Winnipeg jeweler was elected head of the track com Mittee. Ballet complain sir thursday was the Day for the save the Ballet Campaign save if for who the Tirfe aun of society my grudge again them is the perform dance Hae did t give in Sudbury topped with the stories they give Tor excuses. Headlines had the As sick the Star was As saying they say i m sick to i guess i m thousands of people in Sudbury had been eagerly looking for Ward to the Ballet company visit. The fact that the show was being brought in by the Union and held in their Hall one of the few accommodations available Jin Sudbury does not mean thai the fans were reds. There has been no established fact that True Union is communist it is All a Teresa. I worked for inter National Nickel and belonged to the Union does that make me a communist. The amount of consideration shown to the Peoples of Sudbury who had purchased their tickets. Is the amount the Ballet company deserves. Winnipeg Reader clean streets sir i read in the free press hat City Council has passed a a that motorists will be fined for carrying mud from Back lanes or construction jobs. K the City of Winnipeg would clean up these Back lanes they would be doing something instead of threatening motorists Over things that can not be helped what Are motorists suppose to do Stop at the end of their lanes and scrape the mud from their tires Winnipeg. Taxpayer appreciation sirs As the reaction to the disastrous time building fire of june 8th, sets in i take this Opportunity of publicly i pressing my thanks and appreciation for the thoughtful solicitous manner in which the fire depart ment tried to look after the fire and particularly to the Yeoman services performed by them and the members of the City engineering department in looking after the debris. I have never seen much debris removed in Little time As i did wednesday night june 9th. The City engineering department and the Winnipeg fire department have the grateful Hanks of the tenants for the consideration they ave in permitting and assisting the tenants in the attempted Sal of their property. After the wreckage la removed i am certain the tenants will b Happy to make some control buteo or express in some tangible form their appreciation to the fire men benevolent association an to the employees of the City engineering department we worked hard and conscientiously for hours and hours with out rest. Winnipeg l. D. Morosnick . Vital streets sir on monday evening Jun 21, one Hundred taxpayers appeared before the . Vital coup cil to protest against the Lack o sidewalks and decent roads. These people were a very smal of the number o disgruntled members of this Community. The Muddy filthy Condi Ion of this suburb is a disgrace . Mary Road when it Raini a mud Hole from curb to curb due to the mud Centre strip ant the fact that every Side Street is also in a deplorable condition. The residents of the area comprised of Havelock Portland and Poplar Wood avenues shop Al he shopping Centre West of Ber Dale ave. Due to the Lack of urls the cars pull up to the sidewalks. Not Only do they pull the sidewalk but in fifty or cent of the cases the motor its drive two or three feet on o the sidewalk it is almost impossible to walk two abreast due o this apparent disregard of the a. On one occasion two teen agers n a motor Cycle straight Down the sidewalk while scrambled out of the Way. The police department of . Would do Well to leave vital their office occasionally and endeavour to enforce a Little Law and order. St. Vital has growing pains ant the Council should realize that there is a dire need for improve ment All along the line. A. A. St. Vital Man. Blonde briton seeks 100 eligible bachelors Lane i slender Platinum blonde British Jirl arrived in Toronto saturday and promptly set about looking for 100 eligible Canadian bachelors. They must be sincere and de she stipulated not necessarily that Margot has More than 100 British girls on her marriage Bureau books n London who would like to marry canadians. Grandmother suffered cruel arthritic pain n Illinois ill credit for jul Bitt auntie rhe Muic min u kit o was perfected u the result Tui v a if Kern e frito relieve your pain after the by first Day or your Money rett Lindsl Dru Cut for Nurrito Canadian National travel go out of doors tonight look into the South and View the Reddish planet. More eyes will be focused on Mars this year than at any time in the past. And when you have finished looking you too can speculate As to what is on that surface which holds such a fascination for Earth men. And you can dream of the Day when space ships will voyage out there letting the Crews see Tor themselves. Forty years ago june 28, 1914 Welcome rain fell after a Long dry spell the storm was centred in Brandon which was the scene of a spectacular electric storm preceded by sweeping winds and a dense Cloud of dust. There was keen anticipation in Winni Peg where Freddie Welsh had won Many friends Over the com ing lightweight boxing title bout Between Welsh and the reigning Champion Willie Ritchie. Thirty ago june 28, 1924 chief Justice Mathers of Mani Toba was sworn in As acting vice regal representative for Mani Toba during Lieut governor sir James Aikins absence in England at the convention of the British bar association among other Winnipeg lawyers who were going Over were e. K. Williams a. K. Dysart. L. .1. Reycraft there Hunt Isaac Pitblado and f. M. Burbidge. Summer holidays re More fun than Ever when you 30 Canadian nation a . Hat added the most modern Pas Lenger equipment to the Continental with deep Cushion cd Lead panoramic windows spacious washrooms and controlled air conditioning sleepers featuring the bedroom duplex Romette cars and the latest in dining and lounge cars. By rail you truly enjoy Miles Ami Miles of vacation before you each your destination. Whether you re 9oins to Toronto Ottawa Montreal or into the Lake and resort country along the whole family. Canadian National travel is Thrifty half fare for children 5 and under is under 5 they travel free. Return coach fares from Winnipeg Good in tourist cars where operated. Six months limit. Tickets on Sale daily to Toronto i 6s.55 to Ottawa 76.40 to Montreal 83.40 to Halifax 131.30 slightly higher farts in Standard cars. Agents for All steamship lines enquiry City ticket office . Corner main and Portage phone 90-ss62, 90-2263. Depot ticket office phone 90-2363 Duke pays visit to 3 Sisters in Europe tour Germany Duke of Edinburgh sat urday flew into this town on the shores of Lake Constance for a visit with two of his Sisters. As he stepped from his private plane he was greeted by the Fried Richshafer mayor and by officials of the French occupation forces. The Duke who is touring eur Ope by plane arrived from Lang Enburg where he visited a third sister Princess Margarete of Hoh Enion Langenburg. The Duke planned to remain Here for the week end his Sisters Princess Sophie of Hannover and theadora Margra Vine of Baden. Twenty years 28, 1954 Aaron Shinbane Winnipeg k.c., was re elected president of the Western Canada zionist con Ference at the closing session of the convention in Edmonton. Featured in Winnipeg films were Richard Barthelmess Ann Dvorak Fay Wray Paul Lukas Marie dressier Cicely Courtn Eidge the British Star Zazzu Pitts and Paul Muni. Fellow employees Honor Andrew Fraser a dinner was Given Friday night in the . Regis hotel in Honor of Andrew Fraser who is retiring from the Canadian National railways after 44 years of service. Or. Fraser started in the Freigh Sheds As a trucker and retired As assistant local freight agent. His fellow employees honoured my at the dinner and o. E. Ber ringer superintendent and w h. Hain local freight agent spoke in Praise of or. Fraser or. Fraser born in Ayr Scotland came to Winnipeg in 1910 and has lived Here Ever since. He intends to continue to reside in Winnipeg that he retired. National sask. Traffic toll dips Highway Accident toll showed a drop for the seventh consecutive month during May the provincial Highway traffic Board announced saturday. Eleven Highway deaths were reported to the end of May compared with 25 in the first five months of 1953, the proposed Tuxedo Winnipeg Sale of land clarification by Council town of Tuxedo the Ordinary Day to Day business affairs Between the town of Tuxedo and responsible officials of the City of Winnipeg have been and being conducted on a harmonious basis and it is a source of regret to Mem Bers of Tuxedo Council that aldermen Blumberg Simo Nite Bebchuk and Scott have seen fit to make personal on the mayor of Tuxedo and members of the town Council in connection with a proposed Deal involving land owned by the town adjacent to Assiniboine Park. The Winnipeg Parks Board and the town after some two years of discussion and negotiation entered into a mutually satisfactory agreement As to Price and conditions of Sale of some 64 acres of land owned by the town and lying to the West of Assiniboine Park. This land Deal was subject to ratification by City Council and the Parks Board recommended its acceptance. Instead of accepting or ref acting the agreement As would be done in any Ord Miry business transaction the above named aldermen have chosen to publicly create an Issue out of a purely business Deal. 1 it becomes evident Asb fesses. Blumberg Simonite Scott and Bebchuk continue the discussion that they have failed to comprehend which is before them for acceptance or rejection. I at the meeting of City finance committee held Friday Alderman Blumberg proposed that the City Fence off 43 feet of Tuxedo Park Boulevard lying on the Easterly Border of Assiniboine Park and the City Surveyor was asked to place a valuation on this 43 foot strip of land. What these aldermen have failed to comprehend is that the 43 foot strip of land they Are talking about has nothing whatever to do with the proposed land Sale or any of the conditions relating thereto. Back in 1906 eight years before the town of Tuxedo was organized the Tuxedo Park land com Pany and the Winnipeg Parks Board. Mutually agreed to each set aside a strip of property 431 feet wide to create a Roadway on the East Side of the Park. When the town of Tuxedo was organized in 1914, this Roadway became known As Park Boulevard. It is therefore just As logical to talk of closing off this 43 feet As it would be for the town of Tuxedo to talk of closing off Assiniboine drive Parkway which extends along the River from Tuxedo Barracks to the Northc East Gate of the Park. This land comprising acres was donated to the City in 1920 by the town of Tuxedo and enabled the City to open the River Road leading from Wellington Crescent to the Park Entrance. In the recent discussions Between the Parks Board and the town of Tuxedo it was agreed that at some time in the near or Distant future As Winnipeg grows the logical development would be to provide a double Lane Roadway with Centre Boulevard on the East Side of Assiniboine Park running from the South East Gate of the Park on Roblin Boulevard to the North East Gate on the Assiniboine River. A double Lane Roadway on Park boulevard1 is not required for town of Tuxedo traffic and probably never will be. There is already congestion of Park bound traffic in this area and in All probability the congestion will become More serious. The present 86 foot Roadway would not be wide enough to accommodate a double Lane Roadway with a Centre Boulevard and the agreement Between the Parks Board and the town of Tuxedo provides for the eventual widening of the present 86 foot Roadway. This widening would be made possible through the Parks Board providing the necessary land on the Easterly Border of the Park. Under the terms of the agreement the Roadway would be widened and paved at some future mutually satisfactory time with an equal Divi Sion of costs Between the town of Tuxedo and the Parks Board. It would therefore appear that aldermen slumbers Simonite Bebchuk and Scott Are talking about a 43 foot strip of land which was involved in an agreement entered into Back in 1906, when the agreement before them for consideration involves an entirely Dif Ferent strip of land which would be used not for the Benefit of Tuxedo but to handle Park traffic and to beautify the Eastern Side of the Assiniboine Park. This further statement has been issued by Council of the town of Tuxedo in an Effort to clarify a simple business Deal. 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