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TllE ITARLDTTETOVJN Glllllllllll

Morning Dr-ily (Founded in I887)

‘dent: Ueut. Col. W Chester S. Mel-Ill

Vice-l‘ dent: l. E Burnett. I‘. I. I. Secretary: lJeni. Coi. D. A. Mnelflnnnn, 0.8-0.

ldito: and Managing Director. J. B. Burnett. IJ-l.

Associate Editors: Frank Walker IIIII Llent. Ill A, Burnett, B..C.N.V.R. 10a ActlIc Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker rm. the Weakest Ink."

snrunoavfiimncn n, 1945

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The Davies Centenary

On May 4 of this year occurs the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Rt. Hon. Sir Louis ll. Davies, one of Canada's most dis- tinguished statesmen and jurists, who continued to remain in close contact with his native Prince Edward Island and to cherish throughout a long life the many friendships formed in his early days in this Province.

Sir I.ouis' abilities and interests were many and his career, first in the Provincial legislat- ure, later in the Dominion Parliament and sub- sequently on the laench of the Supreme Court of Conaila, was a brilliant one, even in an era QC able and brilliant men. '

A sccond son of the Hon. Benjamin Davies, a prominent member of the Prince Edward Island Legislature, Sir Louis came naturally by his aptitude for politics. Ile was a prac- tising lawyer at twenty-five, and two years later was Solicitor General for the Colony. In 1873, he was elected to the Legislature as Liberal member for the Murray Irfarhour district. In the Confederation ilClllilCS, in the land settle- ment question. and still more prominently in the school question, he took active part, lead- ing his party to victory on the latter issue, and becoming Premier of the Province at the early age of thirty-one.

The Davies Government was a coalition of four Liberals and five Conservatives, and was short-lived. On March 6, i878, it was defeat- ed on a want of confidence motion and in the election which followed the Liberals were overwhelmingly defeated, Davies himself losing his seat. But this, which \\'0Lll(l have finished the career of most men, was but the beginning of his. ‘I: received the Federal nomination for Queen's, and was elected to Parliament by a substantial majority in i882. Subsequently he became Minister of Marine and Fisheries in Lauriers first cabinet, and in five years of strenuous cabinet work, during which he show- ed great talent for party organization and de- bate, became known as the “tactician of the Lsurier ministry." A breakdown in hwlth forced his retirement from politics in 1901, bu) he recovered and shortly afterwards was appoint- ed a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. In 1913 he became Chief Iustice, and in the following year a member of the Imperial Privy Council. After twenty-three years meritorious service on the bench, he died on May I. 1924» honoured by Call.

B. I. "S. Anniversary

This St. Patrick's Day marks the 120th sn-

' niversary of the establishment of the Benevol-

ent Irish Society in Charlottetown. Through hard times and good, the Society has always done its full share of charitable work not only in the City but throughout the Province as well.

The Si. Patrick's Day parade, which in peacetime was always sponsored and directed by the Society, hasbeen discontinued for the duration of the war. Indeed, so many 0f the Society's members are in the armed forces that 1 full scale parade would be out of the question.

TilCY are, however, presenting a. delightful three-act Irish'coniedy at the Prince Edward (Theatre, which opened yesterday and is being repeated this afternoon and evening. It is ex- cellent entertainment on its own account, and the proceeds g0 towards the Society's charitable fund.

The ii-aiiy friends of the B. I. S. extend their very best wishes on this occasion, and "may its shadow ncvcr grow less."

i R. C. A. F. Aircrew Recalled

Ilardly hail Mi". (iihsoii llJUll sworn iii as Minister for Air (a post slrzuigcly vacant since last Ilovciiiiivi") \\'l!(‘ll hc issued an ordci" rc- calling meiiibcrs of l~'. C. A. F. ziircrcw rc- servc to active service. Navigators, wireless air gunners, iizivigator-bombardiers, air gun- ners aiid sir bombers, have been told to stand ready in response to a "request from over- seas for an lllCl'C.'\>‘t'(l flow of all aircrew cate- gories except pilots.”

It was a matter of surprise when, some mgnthg 411i), ilK- (iflVCFlllllClll started discharg- ing aircrew. iivikiiig Sitlllfilhl them liable for service in tlr-a army, and jicrniiltiiig many others to rcstinie eiiiliau occupations. And on top of the dropping of ilic air training plan, plus the resignation of llv: Air Minister, came tnc discharges of aircrew.

“It was", CIlllllllPlliS tlii: (II/arm Jazmin], "an extraordinary position. “lilii- war was at its climax, lhc ziii" \\'.'ir tempo has zit its height; the“; grjgjnflgl gunil rczis-riii to l CCl.l'ElllI41fC(‘llll‘lll\ would he i was thc time (‘lll-‘Jll to start di irgiiig aircrew and tn lravc lln- .‘\ii- Ministry iviihoul as much 'lllt".l\'f! iii tlic (Yibiiit-l. .\li‘. King

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had n ll‘.' i. “ll on his hands, and speeches to mziltc on til: l'f"li0, and llllll'.'_{ill. l0 lnlw f0!’ 51H election: ll!‘ coiililifi lie bothered with such a minor lllllll"? as \‘.'lll‘lll(‘l' we had enough air- crew for our air forces overseas. And the war

-—wcll, the war \\':|s rill hut over, anyway! Mi.’- Howc, appealing for more and more muni- lions, and Mr. Ilsl('_\', planning for his biggest Victory Loan, could have told Mr. King dif- ferently, :\Ir. King, apparently, was seeing other people. People more politically minded.

-EDI'I'ORIAL NOTES-

Preserving the Sabbath. In a communique issued at the Archbishop's Palace. Qllel-JW. Cardinal _Villeneuve urged parish priests to do everything in their power "in order that eve- ning-parties onSaturday night which are con- tinued until a. late hour be stopped, at least in parish halls.” The Cardinal termed those parties an “abuse", and said that “they become an obstacle to sanctification of the_Lord’s Day."

i: a a s Mr. A. Stirling McKay will be greatly miss- ed, not only in Sunlmersidc, but throughout the province, for his interests, religious, commercial and social were province-wide. There was no small-niiii-‘cdness about him or his actions, and he always thought of the other fellow and the other fellow's point of view in any judgment he formed or action he toon. In this respect he was cosmopolitan in his outlook on life, though fate ordainrd that his activities should be con- fined largely to a small province. He will be long remembered, especially where the interests of the young and handicapped are concerned. u w n- e

St. Patrick's Day, says Samuel Lover: On the eighth day of March it was, some peo-

the day,

While others declare 'twas the ninth he was barn . . .,_.

Till Father Mulcahy, who showed them their

sins, Said "No one could have two birthdays, but a

twins."

Says he, “Don't be fightin’ for eight or for nine,

Don't be always dividin’, but sometimes com- bine;

Combine eight and nine, and seventeen is the mark, -

So let that be his birthday." "‘Amen!" says the clerk.

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This, from Mr. Cyrus Andrews of the Em- pire News touches a. chord here: “Does the wearing of uniform affect the listener's taste or morals? Obviously not. Yet certain radio entertainers catering for Service audiences seem to think otherwise. I am not alluding to the predominance of jazz and crooning for' which there is an adequate reason-Le, that they are intended as background to noisy mess! and canteen-but to the suggestiveness of some of the gags perpetrated by comedians. When I taxed a. well-known radio comedian about the ‘blueness’ of his jokes he replied that the troops love suggestiveness. This brings me back to my opening sentence, and I contend that such audiences, being merely ex-civilians in uniform sre entitled to protection from ‘blue’ jokes in the same way as music-hall and sim- ilar audiences are protected, and I am sur- prised that more protests of this score do not come from the parents of young people, par- ticularly, of course, young girls in the Services." t it 1i in

A drastic revision of “our whole philosophy of education" is called for by FO. D. S. Ar- buckle, R.C.A.F., in an article appearing in a. recent issue of the School Magazine. Deplor- ing the fact that “Ontario apparently consid- ers the sale of liquor more important than the education of its children: the Minister of Edu- cation reccives an annual salary of $8,000, but the sum of $14,000 per annum goes out to the chairman of the Liquor Control Board,” FO. Arbuclcle declares that "Our chief concern must be the development of an intelligent and thinking citizenry, a people who will glory in being able to contribute towards the betterment of their fellow man, and not towards his mis- ery and debauchment." FO. Arbuckle calls for an increase in teachers’ salaries, which in turn, would involve more careful selection of candi- dates and a more extensive training ‘program for prospective teachers. If such training is given, he sees it resulting in a better type of student entering the profession, an increase in the num- ber of male teachers, and in the elimination of teaching as “a stepping stone to more high- ly paid professions." i- m n- a The Canadian units engaged in the moiitli- long attack on the Rhine, fought against bitter

terrain, included the following infantry battal- ion. All of the 2nd Canadian Division, viz:

The South Saskatchewan Regiment, of Wey- burn, Sask.

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry.

The Essex Scottish, of Windsor, Ont.

The Royal Regiment of Canada, of Toronto.

The 'l‘oronto Scottish.

The Calgary Highlanders.

The Black Watch of Montreal.

Le Regiment de Maisonneuve.

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal.

These Third Division Infantry Battalions were engaged:

The Ilighlaiid Light Infantry, of Galt, Ont.

The Canadian Scottish, of Victoria.

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles.

The Regina Rifles.

The North Nova Scotia and P.E.I. High- landers, of Amherst and P.E.I.

fhe North Shore New Brunswick Regi- ment of Newcastle, N.B.

The Queen's iOwn Rifles of Canada, Toronto.

La Regiment de la Chaudici-c, of Lake Mc- gaiitic, Que. _

The Stormoiit, Duudas ‘and Glciigai-ry High- landers, of Cornwall, Ont.

Iii addition, the 8th Reconnaissance Regi- mciit, of Swift Current, Sask, was engaged and one company of the Royal Montreal Regiment. Ross Munro, Canadian Press war correspond- ent, reported in a. field dispatch last week that every Canadian combat unit on the western front saw action in the campaign. but added

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pie say, _ l, That Saint Patrick at midnight, he first saw

opposition and across extraordinarily difficult s1

. grail“ craftsmen. The widow of Mr.

THE _g._i_iiim.iri'ri-:i%u.wN continuity

Notes By The Way

llhnlul Montana? complete confidence o can forces under hie his leadership is on them He l fiel ugon whom General Dwight E enhower, the Allies’ war op rope, can ace ance. and whom utter faith-Seattle encer.

has

he utmost reli- he can have Poet-Inteliig

Whn

the amazing triumph of a team- thc armed forces of Britain and the Commonwealth, Russia. and the United States, plus tl effort and sacrifice of loyn work- ers of every and class on the home fronts of the fighting men. We are all par-takers in the strug- gle now approaching s. victorious climax. -- Halifax Herald.

Ittnkeltwohmnkcllillck market-e buyer and n seller. Both are ually guilty and both are no- tunte by the most selfish of mo- tives-ttie desire to make n money or to get more than a fair share of some scarce commodity. It blinds them to the fact that they are en- gazed in destroying the economic structure of their own country and

you start to feed it it grows until ls beyond control. Selling and buying above the legal price ceil- ings, overbuylng and hoarding of scarce commodltlc , obtaining ra- tioned goods without coupons-all guess feed inflation-Consumers ews.

The peo le of Winnipe , who pre- sumably lve in that c y only to make enough money to retire ster to the luxury of living in Victoria, have shown a gruclglng friendliness to this capital on several occasions. Most recently their mayor signal- ized the opening of a new air link by sending a box of Winnipeg gold- eyes to Mayor P. E George. was a gracious gesture and, accord- ing to reports, the fish were ex- cellent. Last week. Mayor George reclproeated sending some of Beacon l-lll Park's outdoor-grown flowering plum and cherry to the Winnipeg chief magistrate. There may have been n. delicate innuendo in the exchange of t. from this end. Is lt quite nice‘t remind Winnipeg, with its climate, that. flowers are blooming here al- ready —-Vlctorls. Times.

Time was when we bought toilet soap with which to wash our faces; now we buy it for the boon of a “Dot" Lamour complexion. Time was when we bought laundry soap as an aid to cleanliness; now we buy it to keep up with Lnnn Turner, as an old to romance. 'I‘ime was when we bought breakfast foods because we tired of cooking por- rldse; now we buy it so that our boys will grow as strong as "Sup- ennan." That's what radio has done for us. It has brought all Mother- Enrtlvs children into n single street, has unlocked for us treasures in music and other things which past generations could not imagine-but, alas, ll: has brought the peddler lnto our living rooms,

side, and vulgar, tnwd voices din- ning lnto our eurs-Ot awe Journal

Joseph Stalin knows now that he will not live long enough to com- plete his work. Whatever you call hat work. modernization of a back- ward natlon or fulfilment of the Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalln plan or consolidation of the Soviet system in Russia, it is n long term pro- ject. Just before leaving Moscow. when I was collecting all the recent data I could find on Stalin, I ask- ed an intelligent and articulate, but for obvious reasons anonymous. Russian for his estimate of the man. He sold: “The wnr has made Stalin a success. If he had dled before the war, he would have gone down history as Stalin the Terrible. Now he will be known forever as Stalin the Great." Stalin ';nows his also. And since Stalin is a human being who knows his days are outnumbered the length of his task, I snbmi the thought: He will not want to risk his pres- ent reputiitlon-J-lenry Cassldy. in the SaturdayiEvenlng Post.

The second anniversary of the de- eat of the Germans at Stalingrad was happily marked at an Anglo- Russian gathering in London, when gifts by the city council and people of that heroic city were handed over to the British craftsmen who made the Sword of Honor presented by the Klngjo Stall ad. Mr. So- bolex described the e ghteen albums presented as a "modest gift." but in fact they are magnificent examples of modern Russian crnftsmnns ip. Bound in ribbed scarlet silk, with a gilt clasp, each of the lnrlze al- bums contnlns a photographic re- cord of life in Stalingrad before, during, and after the memorable ege, with greetings to the Bri- tish people signed by representa- tive cltlzeris, reproduction of the messages congratulating Marshal Stalin on the victory by Mr. Chur- chill nnd Mr. Roosevelt, and a pic- torial record of the presentation of the sword. Each album is enclos- ed in a casket of carved walnut, the name of the xBClplEIll. beln en- graved on a izllt plate. The nl ums were designed and made by Stalin-

. . Y. Gleadowe, the designer of the sword, was the first to re- ceive an albums-London Times.

Apparently the housewlfr-L-housk

the theAmeri-

d commandg commander of erations in Eu-

t we are beholdiug today is

he toil, 1t

endange In; their own security. You misinf can't have a little inflation. Once $11

and the circus barker to ouxubed- 1e

,nt thcsamentowepni School Board 010000. We had his um esti-

the I deficit . mates

of 010MB m. .

Boar ntion of the Council faces. Some peo le appear _orme as to the nmoun $1,000 ' e nt is about $3,000. per month.

BIB IOIIIG

—b in r both the merit niiifasfllig rate.

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majority vote to place n the street to reassess all ropert that board will only be p the Finance Coimni tee n te

and necessity. If ltbecomes neces- sary to revaluate all ropexty. real and ersonnl, and, a ter such re- value Ion is approved, it is found

It the total assessment has been in-

creased by a. substantial nmoun , it is obvious the rate of 325 would then be decreased. On the other hand, if propeggy is over-assessed,

will have to be further increased. ime one; time this Council has been waited upon by ‘“

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asking for small gr them in making this city a better polace to live in. When you speak citizens in all Willis of llfe about these requests, each one wlll soy “You bet! it's I. worthy cause; assist them all you can." We too would like to do so. But we would ask all felrmixided citizens: How can you obtain eight quarto of milk from is cow that produces only six? It there are any financial wit- ards in Charlottetown who can make is better Job of distributing the revenue, we would appreciate the privii e of voting for them at the next e ectlon. If they chose to enter public life, would they, in the interests of all our citizens, come to the Council Board and quietly mggest the changes which in t. eir judgment would be for the betterment of our cltyw To take issue with‘ the criticism about our staff beln numerous enough to take care o s. might we suggest ‘this has been demanded by the External Audit of 193D; and we feel sure that every dollar received from the taxpn ers is now be n3 placed to the C ty's credit in the various bank accounts. The instalment system introduced by Mayor Turner has proved a boon to the middle and poorer classes of our citizens, who have taken advantage of this method of paying their taxes. Any fairminded citizen can estimate the extra help required in receiving and dispers- ing these collections four times yenrl rather than have n. large ove in the current account

at the bank for the first seven months of the year. The Finance Committee liu a

statement of all expenditures and revenue reconciled with the Bank balance, com fled by the City Clerk and and ted by external aud- itors responsible to the citizens and the Council under bond. We regret that so few citizens ever bother to attend our Council meetings and get first-hand infor- mation as towhat is going on. If they did, they would understand that we are not trying to work a. hnrdshi on anyone, but are merely trying give our taxpayers the services they demand. , We are, Sir, etc.

FINANCE COMMITTEE, CITY COUNCIL.

A CIIARvlDTTI-ITOWN COM- POSITE SCHOOL

Sin-We believe that. a Com- posite Hish School in Charlotte- town should offer the followinc courses:

i. Agricultural 2. Mectianzcs I. Home Economics 4. Aendemi We should certainly want an ug- rlcultural course. Many of our boys tum to farming and market ar- tlenlng in make a ltvlnz. Bes ties these, many of our boys will go in- to business buying or selling pota- toes, tumips, fort rs, pork, poul- try. em. uramiunderstnnding of modem farm methods would be an asset on I. background to their bus- ness.

The mechanics course would be g [$2M interest and of greet. value

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wives are chiefly to blame they are home all day-who turns on the mdio when she gets up in the morning and keeps it going till father and the family get home in the late afternoon or evening, when they continue the practice-ls a sort of universal nuisance. An of- ficial of the 3.15.0. told n Scottish audience the other day that one of the most. unfortunate things about radio is that ere are many homes where the radio ls turned on in the morning and it is allowed "to drip like water from R‘ trip" until bed- time. Granted that a housewife who is alone most. of the day finds it cheering to hear people talking or rendering music; that it. helps pass the monotony of her routine chores. But there ma be neigh- bore who get sick of t e incessant flow from the radio, sag: the

Thomas Times-Journal. en when callers come, the rndlo is lte t. go- ing, the only concession be to turn down the volume n little. One of the queerest” things is that. men and women who are ordin y 110i‘-

not go up town to henr. a 0W1 ker. will keep the radio going e. evening, and rend, write. h!

o: play cards without pa any attention to the programs. Bu the!

it was principally an infantry show-