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...brighter era is opening for Newfoundland, the oldest English-speaking possession in North America.*After nearly four backward centuries as an isolated British colony, the rugged North Atlantic island -the tenth and youngest Canadian province-is becoming industrialized. Its 361,000 hardy inhabitants, who once looked to the sea for a scant livelihood as cod fishermen, are turning inland to their mineral-rich mountains, their forests and power-packed waterfalls. With these resources, Newfoundland has launched a development program to balance its lopsided maritime economy, and change the sparse existence of its people for a fuller life...
...sparkplug of Newfoundland's drive to the future is a bouncy, bow-tied little (5 ft. 6 in.) man, Joseph Roberts Smallwood, 51, the provincial premier. A onetime radio announcer, Joey Smallwood stumped the island in 1948, and almost singlehandedly broke down its stubborn resistance to union with Canada. Elected the first premier, he set up an economic program that has brought a healthy flow of industry and capital into the province. Newfoundland's low income is already up nearly 300% above the 1939 level, and Joey Smallwood's drive is still going strong. Last week...
Smallwood's assignment would stagger any ordinary salesman. The bleak island of Newfoundland and the mainland territory of Labrador, which has been part of Newfoundland for nearly 200 years, are among Canada's most forbidding wildernesses. Much of the land is barren and rocky, dotted with lakes and great bogs. In its 154,734 sq. mi., an area almost as big as California, only three towns have more than 5,000 people. There is still no cross-island highway, only a narrow-gauge railroad that arcs across the island but does not touch one hamlet in ten. Newfoundlanders...
...never hesitated to claim mastery over the waves, reduced the Atlantic to mere ditch-size. The three-man crew of a sleek, black & silver British Canberra Mark V jet bomber took off from Northern Ireland's Aldergrove Airport one morning, crossed the Atlantic, had lunch in Gander, Newfoundland, and were back at Aldergrove in time for tea. Flying time: 7 hrs. 59 minutes...
...Duke of Marlborough, whose victories made England the strongest power in the world. A skilled diplomat as well as a great soldier, Marlborough led a Europe-wide coalition that broke the power of France. At the Peace of Utrecht, he won for Britain such imperial gems as Gibraltar, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Hudson Bay territory...