iron and steel industry was particularly active. f3 mgs. A ton of sawdust produces nearly half a

PAGE FOUR TIIE ‘CIIIIILIITTETOWII GUARDIAN

80o tons to 949,500 tons, an increase of 9.4 per cent. Coke production was 31.9 per cent great- er at 2,041,000 tons. Despite the tapering off in recent months, the volume of production av-

lilornin: Daily lI-‘onnded in i881)

eraged greater in the first six months than in

President: Lient. Col. W. Cheater S. iilcLare Vice-President: J. It. Barnett, F. J. l. Secretary: Lieut. CoL D. A. MaeKiunoii, 0.8.0.

Iditor and Managing Director: J. ll. Burnett. l'..l.l_. and Lieiit. Ian

Associate Editors: Frank Walker A. Burnett. RC.N.V.R. (On Active Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Tluul

the Weakest Ink." TUESDAY. sizifynmzlt 26._1ss4

Boy Scout Campaign

k undoubtedly that of the Boy Scouts, whose

fund raising campaign is iindcr way this week.

Prince Edward Island should be proud of being

in the forefront of this great movement in Cati- ada, which will have a vital role to play in training and disciplining the younger generation in the post-ivzir years. lhinds are needed to meet recent expenses and for fiiturc ilcvelop- ment under the (lli'€'\‘litll'i of a trained field sec- retarv. The Provincial Council wishcs to avoid tnaking a gcizcrzil lti.‘l'$i‘tlilll cztnvziss and "k. w" l1<=1¢<1111 inlyijp-lpd’ 111 fnrivaril contri- bqgigs to Pilrijor Alexander Knox, honorary‘ secretary tri-ztsiirer, 154, Rlflllllllllil Strcct. Tlllw appeal one which shiizild mcct with prompt and generous rcsptiiiso 'l'l1c ivork of the l-iuy Scouts iniisi go (-11, and v11 vci‘ c-"iitfilnitioiis are the lie-t 1110.111; 11f -.~i;~.1 g that it will be continued efficiently and 11c .

Not To Be Trusted

Alrearh. fr~1111 the Linc- area. comes word 11f the .\il‘. .. ..ts being "wel- comed" b1" ine sec" 111s of the Licrman civilian population. . 11 st-‘Tivs 1 - he taken for what ghfl- are “my, 5,1; l!!1l_\' be genuinely glad :11 we 1 t1 . no it niczuzs that they have a hct cc 11f trctiing 11111 of the

war alive tit-iii h_v rcnxiinin at the receiving end 0f .\Il1c1l '.1.111i1< and guiiizre. This is the measure of thc r rthcf. l1 has iicithcr moral nor pOllllCfli siguiirztrtct. (luv art ‘LIT not fighting on German $"1l for i1izrp< -c of "liberating" these people; tin y a (iv! 11s remember) for the purpose iii 1 q rite nionstroils thing called Nazism from the face of the earth. .\'u doubt an increasing numhcr 11f (ierntaus will be found mzriizztiiiiiig that they "hate the Naz '; but fine words a: his stage will not ex- onerate past actions, and the sad truth is that the great l1ulit of the German people seemed quite content 1 1'1 llizlcr while his armies were riding r1111;;' l 1111-1" l-iiariipc. The best Ger- mans. dvuh .~, are in concentration camps. but even these will he under suspicion until they

can prove that thcv are not Gestapo agents placed there for ne si ' cr purpose. India's Fifth Best Customer

Canada's 11114151111 as a SUIIYCE of Indian i111- ports imprivvcrl from ti.1'f-11i_v-fir.st place in

19.5713 :11 fifi 11cc i'l~I year, ziccording io the firs: 111' a s 11f reputs entitled "Ind- ian llarkr: Survey '

India i~ 1111c 11f the leading trading coun- tries of l. t ' .. having in 1113i: ranked tenth among E1111 - 11-, r-fqrhtli mtg exporters, and ninth in re-pvct to zrgurrzzitc tradc. Canadian

{Xpilfix 111 lndza i1a1e l1ceii comparatively small. This has been due r1 an absence of demand for many of Canada? p" ‘iplc txports, and in sonic instances to tint i " of Lunar ' industry to compete uiih 2.1 1'\.::i nianuf; rcrs. .~\l)- normal ciiiuliiions rt. frotn the war have. however, indicatcil a suhstcititial increase in the value and to smut- r‘.\'lc'llf in the variety of Can- adal businc-s. I

(‘ziiiadian i Iiavc cu>toniz

l\ 111

the Indian market bccn lllllCll smaller than im-

ports of I111 111 lifilflllClm The ratio has var- ied from 1 to i. 111 .1 to 1 iii India's favor. In- creased wartiins shipments to the Indian mar- l-:et led to a rcvcrs:il 11f 1'11: pcisitinn in 11141-42

and in 1942-43,. but it l1:i< rest-ally shi11vi1 signs of rcturni g £11 tlzi- ]li'C-\\'Zti‘ lnisis.

Several wartinn- (lL‘\‘('li!])ill['lll5 in the trade between the 11111 countries" offer some ground for the expectation that \'l("c‘(’('(llll,<Z years may witness a

tnori- llllllillll‘ twininci-cial rclaiioii- shill between India Zl‘l(l (‘zinaila than has cx- isted to date. More Big Guns For Europe

From \\'a~l1i:1;;11111 coitus :1 statement by \\‘ar Mobilization Director _l{iill£‘$ Hyriies that there will be no cutback in the present United States production of heavy‘ artillery shells, and that

guns of from (1 111 10-inch calibrc are being turned out in increasing numbers. This ivotild seem to indicate that General

Marshall, chief of the armies of the United States, expects a dogged dcfciice of German territory and is taking measures to overcome it. The big guns and ammunition are obviously be- iig sent over to smash defences knoivii by Brit- ish and American intelligence officers to exist it the Rhinelatitl and elsewhere. The tremend- ous hitting and tiierciug power of these ivea- pans has been pr01'eii oii the testing-ground and will now be proven to (‘DC enemy. t Even if the Nazis collapse suddenly as they ‘d in I918, the guns and ammunition will not be wasted. There arc still many targets in the Philippines, China, Afalay and japan.

' Canadian Production

level in its history (luring the first half of the eiirreut year, the index of the physical volume a showing an increase of more than five per cent "iver the same period of last year. The primary

Fhe oiitptit of steel ingots was 1.513.000 W!!!»

flie greatest youth organization in the world

of the Oath on thc part of conscientious objec-

advised of discoveries ivliich, it was predicted, will make

of the other valuable hy-products of trees. This process, using only to per cent of the country's sawdust waste, they said, would make the stuff for the plastic parts of 4,0o0,00o_automobiles Production in ("anada was at the highest and ll" 1125010“) ielfilillflili! Sets which the’ Pub‘ lie now lacks. Or it Wfliild make enough war

two months. Left over \V(‘IIIl(l be enough plastic to make 10,000,000 dnoi-luinhs and acetic

the same period of last year. Each of the five components of the index of ‘the physical vol- time of business recorded increases over the first half of I943. The index of mineral pro- duction rose more than 3 per cent to 246.6. The gold mining industry was less active having been affected by the shortage of manpower. Gold receipts at the Mint were 1,515,000 fine ounces against 1,918,000. Coal production receded from 8,795,000 tons to 8,395,000 tons. Manufacturing production was greater, the index rising from 289 to 298, an increase of 3.3 per cent. The meat packing industry recorded marked acceleration, the slaughtering of cattle and hogs reaching a much higher level. The output of factory chees rose from 54,000,000 pounds to

creamery butter production. The

output o

.recedii1 vear. Newsiiriui reduction at I. l‘ g . .

CQIII.

'EDIIUI<IAI. NUItS .-

lven c1peratioi1s in the Reserve Army dcnced by the tragic occurrence at Colt-nun. 3 U U l!

According to the Jloiilrcul Cosrllr

their essential, exacting and annoying jobs. i i ¥ U

British House of Commons whether the Gov- ernment would utilize the B.B.C. for the pur- pose of "the promotion of British trade abroad", Captain Waterhotise, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of I'rade'replied: "If my hon. friend has in mind the use of the BBC for coin- mercial advertising. the answer is ‘X11, siri." ' l II U i The establishment of ii “ministry of sports" will be urged at the next session of the Que- bec Legislature h_v Ilon. _l. ll. Delisle. .\I.I..:\., for St. ltlenry. .\lr. Delisle states that the pres- ent government was one which was interested in promoting such activities as sports which would be of benefit to the youth of the province. lie was an old sportsman himself, he added. I It! ii’ 1F

Premier j. B. McNair of New Brunswick has found it necessary to deny the rumour that he intended entering the Mackenzie King Gov- ernment. He says: "I have no clcsire to leave my present position. It was on the understand- ing that I was to continue as head of the gov- ernment that the atlministratioii was returned to office recently; I prefer to do my work in piib- lic life in New Brunswick and propose to carry r-n here." Who could have imagined he would lcave a safe anchorage to enter a sinking ship? Ii Ill O O

ls the United Nations Relief and Rehabili- tation Atlministration to replace the League of Nations? \\'hat is emerging, says the Landon lfrouniuirl, is a league “not inucli stronger than the old (League of Nations) and devoid of the clan of faith in the possibility of perfect solu- tions. It will, on the other hand. serve some 11se- fiil purposes of realism. The hard and bitter fact is that the 1iations-—:it least as represented by their present governments, are not prepared to surrender any part of their sovereign control over the instrument of force." Mr. James Mc- Ansh, grain statistician and editor of grain pub- lications of the Dominion Iiureau of Statistics, has been loaned to the lfniteil Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to head the cereal section of the UNRRA Food Division.

I I Q I

Charles Bradlaugh, English politician. born this date I835; was one of the first advanced Radicals and pioneers of parliamentary‘ obstruc- tion iii order to spread propaganda and realize the end in view; he was a Republican, and iiot- withstanding he was an Englishman, wcnt t0 Paris, nominated as one of the candidates for the Republican l‘l\l'll{lll1(‘lll, there; was turned down and sent back to lingland whcre he was eventually elected as 1nember for Northampton; he refused to take the oath of fidelity as he pciscil as an agnostic, and was twice (‘Xfllulftl front sitting in the l-louse of Commons; on being rc-elcctcil a third time, the (iovcriiiiiiriit of the day saw fit to permit him to take his seat, amend- ing the law to allow an Affirmation instead

tors and others of uuorihoilox belief. * i it‘ I‘

The American Chemical Society" have been

American forests the sources of rub- ber. alcohols, dyes, baking powder, tooth paste, medicines. paints, perfumes, chairing gum, plas- tics, sugars, yeast and ink. Dr Robert S. Aries of Yale, who predicted these and many other tree products, said lumber will be uscd less and less as trees are turned into more valuable things in- cliiding building materials. More 11' 1 half the wood is wasted when rubber alone imidc. A new and cheap plastic of sawdust announc- ed by Doctors Donald l’. Othiffcr and Raphael Katzen, of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, with Dr. Aries as co-autlior. '|"‘.:c.<t- chemists have an apparatus into which sawdust is fed at one side, and out of the other emerges :1 stream of wood sugar, not now fit to eat, but good to make in- dustrial alcohol. The same rohot, modified, will produce the plastic, and along with that some

lcoliol to permit distillers to make ivliisky for

acid nougli for t3o,ooo,o0 pairs of wniueifs stock-

‘ 66,500,090. while a recession of 5 per cent was recorded if; Th, n“; majority of our people

stuff thatmakes only needs to be y . Some form of educadon is needed that can drive the dun sF-‘nfife (i111 restionsblllty iurl 8Q _. _. y . ' . f _L- E5 0 c . zensiip_.ngt, only 4 000 tons r corc ed an increase 0 e; per like defending

leather boots and shoes rose 4 per cent in the first five months over the same period of the

may bring death rind SOl'l”0\\' iii their train, as evi- ed

Sillill 1.500 press and tadio censors are soon n1 lose

There is to be no commercializing of the British Broadcasting System. Being asked in the

h And hariizine iptsgapor flowers from

Among pigeons and

HIE CHARIA YITETOWN GUARDIAN

lists: By The Way

The mast essential

a lasting peace in them-u“,

Years memfiflfl-Kitchener Record.

Zomblu in who, Diiiin because there 'I‘0r0nto Telegram,

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tu-re page, what's

one else Dilly News.

The French Msquis tag,

name from "bush" oi- "scrub"

origin. W n

who took go tiaigebfiiiniilin

but we have other

6 polite names for them. Journal.

Canad

have In them the good citizens. It advised and directed

_ home a

the great duties, ones country in tllnes but the smaller duties, 11kg for the rlzhi man at elec.i0n tine —-Vnncouver Province.

slrt-ivhecl motor trucks Ncrniandy- They have been into l!’ fl ted

movable so either accommodate a

tar moved to and the use made open alr service. The penhouse extensions for the chap- Fllains‘ use when Cfimps are pitch-

ln the field for weeks at a time, mDV-nx iircund from group to BYOHIL-St. Thomas Times-Journal.

play a large part in re-buildlng the live swck herds of Europe when the war m over. Particularly In the restoration of farm power. the horse will be required, and some :den of the Corning demand for‘ horses may be gained from the estimates of the declining nurn- bers of horsg in the various coun- tries since the war began. I‘. is estimated that the horses in Britain. Holland and Belgium have been reduced by half, :n Russia by one-third. and that cnly one-third of the original numbers of horses has been left in Poland. Cbechoslovakla, Jugoslavia and Greece. German)‘, by plunder- lng the o.her nations. is believed to have as many horses, If riot more, than when the war began.- Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph.

Then; is no crusade against lioi‘dii_vs as such. Indeed, as nas been made clear from time to time, the Government ls anything but unsympatheic towards the vtiry natural desire of everybody to snatch a break In the period of reaction folloiving total effort for total war. What the Government does ask is that individual in- clination in the matter of holl- day travel should be subordinated to national needs, and that - for the last time, we hope- the holl- day shall be spent at, home, or, 1i: least, within lmits involving no demand upon transport- Compar- ed with some of the pleasures 11nd privileges we have been obliged to go without these last five years. it is by no means a major sacrifice to which we are now exhorted. In- deed, by cheerful acceptance is it not. possible that we shall advance substantially the day when all men and women In these islands are free to g0 where they will, when they will, and how they will? Le us remember that as iiocusin eon- sclence smites us each time we arm confronted by the printed li lenge: "Is your journey real-- ly necessaryP-Ncws of the World (Iondon). .

In months and years to come a good many men-and families, friends and associates-are going to be verY htiirtled and shocked when the law walks ln, lays charges of Income tax evasion, de- mimd-i Pflyment of n big bill for unpaid taxes plus penalties, plus fnc 11nd in some cases demands the offenders pressence in n pent». ten lary for a period of years. In other words, some of the shysters Who think they are getting away with something are going to get a very big surprise. Government machinery may be cumbersome. It

may be slow. But there are very We

many ways o.‘ track ng down the tax chiseler. Witli certain kinds of people the "double cash 5y-- tem" ls currently very popular. Under that system, ycu put a ll:- tle of the inccmlng cash in the till: most of it ln your pocket. The Canadian people generally have a hlzh cvnlcmtii for th's klllfi of fraud. They will demand sharp nnd irue retribution indeed for the offenders. Nothing less than

the most seduious and most effici- ent system for hunting out and punishing shysters will be accept- able. Every citizen has a duty :0 nmsclf and tn the nation to re- port Post.

activities. — Financial

IN TN! SEVEN WOODS

come is the development oi a good

"l8 Mlle an those the peaches, com. i no cream.-

Inoking over the goliywood pie- c iimmier than

e dinner nmv of sx iii which everyone has been married to every. at some $lm8?—Chi¢flgo

their

i-‘vrdlfla w an explanation of ‘tiiiii; l’ “i?

warpm; made of things 1i

and less — Ottawa

Dioblle churches mounted on big are in Cllfi-l - small but very handsomg- ‘he k"! places of worship. lined Mill Polished oak. The altars are that each vehicle can , small con- "TPSMICn in itself or. 1v tii the ril. the open rear end. of a microphone, be the centre of s very large trucks carry poles and canvas to form

ed. The chaplain can thus live

Canadian breeding stock may

numbers 0f

l0 to

CAR FERRY REPAIRS

Sir, — What; rejoicing there should be at the new: you gave us in this morning's issue that the "B. S. Prince Edward Island" is expected back onher run at an early date- Ii it takes so long to make repairs w the “S. S. Prince Edward Is- land," how long will it take mov- ing at the slime rate to build a new o

Whnt a mes; wveiilti ""1"" been

y the officials and those suppctnrig ., ...._' =10- geeded in their Dlfln c; holding her on the rim until the Old Heme Week ' rush had been handled. Do you no, think the information received that one of our local Sen- gtors has actually walked on the keel of the new boat during the past few days, has been lnfslnterpreted? I would read this to mean that as tlie keel was‘ walked on there was. tiothing above it. Therefore the re- port received "that it will be very difficult to deliver the new ship by the fall of 1945 unless more effort is put into the construction" :s quite justifiable, and that lt ls up .0 someone to see that more effort is 11122‘;- and construction pushed because there is a lot of work above

‘I am Sir, etc., SIIIPPER

The Victoria (Tross

Through 90 Years

(LIfllL-COI. III-W- Fordhm»

K.C., E D , iii the Legionary) VI

.'I'l1e Victoria Cross is zydeco!- ation that niav be 11m K105i: lIil-IIIOUSI)’. At leasbsix such awards have ben amde since ine ccm- mencement 0f the present war. An outstanding example _ 111M 0! 11E liite Wlnz Commander B11121} U- Mulcolni, of the Royal Au‘ Force. In December, 1942, tie commanued t1 snuaclron of bombers _1ii North Africa on what was described as a suicide mission. Without Hallie! f5-

cort-none being available — the squadron undertook _to attackna certain unportaitt airfield \\nl.e

supporting the I_3ritish 1st Army. After the attack liad been made successfully, the squadron “'31 in- tercepted bv an overwhelming srce of enemy fighters. Malcolm met the attack and struzfilrd Y0 41"" [he efforts of his squadron and keep iiism in formation Onc by qiie his bombers were siiot tlotvn until only lils own machine remained. Then he. too, went down in flames to cer- tain death. This exploit of the in- trepid airman was described ln the official citation as "the finest ex- tnnle o! the velour and imswerv- inc devotion to rlutv svhich lie con- stanilv displayed "

An fromcal turn of fortune has more than once ocourrctl to V C. winners. A sud instance liauwsflleil net manv months aiw A Bfllléll brigadier had _1vo1i first the Dis- tinstuished ‘SGFVICO Order and later a bar to it IIIUTOIIICSPIIK '21" Fin~ nllv. {IITETRIGIIIE in : rue riFEW-‘Tfllv flizhtlng 1n the T119335! f-‘Yid

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