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Morning‘ Daily (Founded In I881)

Preaident: Lieut. Col. W. Cheater S. MeLure Vice-Prelldent: J. B. Barnett, l‘. J. I. Secretary. Lleut. Col. l). A. Maelllnnon, 0.8.0. lilitor and Managing Direct . J. ll. Burnett, I‘..l.l. Annotate Editors: Frank Walker and Lieut. hn A. Burnett, R.C.N.V.ll. (On Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

THURSDAY. AUGUST Sill, 10M

Wives of Servicemen

~-_ lhe Imperial Order, Daughters of the Em- ptre has prepared an zittractive handbook which li being presented in the Old Country to the wives of Canadian servicemen who have mar- ried abroad. Tlie booklet, written by Dr. Char- lotte Whitton, C.B.E., “From Kith to Kin," is of a size to fit into a handling. It contains con- cise iiiforiiititioii upon Canada, its geography, history and government, its houses, trains, org- anizations, cveu concerning our pct corns.

I: begins with a welcome: “We are glad to lee you come, drawn by the same hope anll courage, that, long ago, upheld the wotnen who Ime like us in this land. You, like them. may find its lifc hard, even harsh at times, and your path may scciii unknown and beset with difficulty but you will find strength in the thought that other women of your race have trod the same way long bcfnrc you. 'l'liey faced oth- er and greater odds, lizirtlship, suffering and heartbreak, such as you and we shall never be called to endure. llccaiise they remained stout of spirit and sti" l' tinder sacrifice and travail, we are a nation. ijhtiiig at your side today."

Miss \\'hittoii puts in a Cautionary word: "You will find our accents hard clipped in sonic parts of the country". - - - Pint do riot make the mistake of saying you find we speak ‘like tltc Pimericansf Our :icceiit is our own: nor is it necessarily uncdiicziti-il or crude if it is not like yours."

Princess .\lice has written the forevvard:

“As Wife of the Governor General of Canada and Honorary President of the Organization which has drawn up this little pamphlet, I would earnestly itecommeiiil it to all British women 1n- tending to start a homo in Canada.

‘II-Iavlng myself spent the last four years in this country I know much about the people and the way they live. While in the main every- thing is the same as at. home. yet there are some quite distinct differences. and I feel sure You will find all kinds of useful information in this book- lei. _

"I join with all concerned tn wishing you "Bon Voyage“ and a happy arrival in Canada."

Rubber And Wheat

During the pas: session of Parliament a cub-committee oi the war expenditures com- mittee investigated the wholc range of rubber production in (Einzirla. It called officialsof the Polymer Cnrporritioti. the govcrninetit-oivncd company" which nizniufzictures synthetic rubber and questioned resctircli experts in all fields re- lating to the prorlitctioit of rubber. The com- mittee's finding with regard to wheat and rub- ber can be suliiinzirlzcrl as follows:

"Unless radical and unexpected changes in the extraction of alcohol from wheat are made possible, or unless petroleum becomes prohibi- tive in price or impossible to obtain, the course followed by Polymer (in rising petroleum as the base), will remain justifiable in the future, and the subsidizing of wheat in this regard will re- main of very doubtful economic value to the country."

Canada hail the choice of making the need- ed chemicals for synthetic rubber from either grain alcohol or from petroleum. The “petrol- eum route" was chosen because it was proved much cheaper than the other.

On the question of whcat versus petroleum, the parliamentary sub-committee obtained evi- dence from both the Iknlynicr officials and ex- perts of the National Research Council, and deduced that rubber could be produced from petroleum at less than half cost of production from alcohol. in januaryg 1944, the company did produce rulibrr from tilcohol at 42 cents ii pound. When it turned to petroleum it pro- duced rubbcr at 23 cents a pound. Soon it will be making rubber at i7 cents, and there is a probability that cost may g0 as low as f5 cents.

The same witnesses stated that in order to bring clown the cost of producing Buna-S front alcohol to that of firodticiiig it from pet- roleum, wheat would have to be delivered at the distillery at J5 cents a buslicl. The report states that this cvidciicc on costs ivns corrobor- ated by officials of the National Research Coun- cil.

Mqnwhile, Canada will probably spend more money in the future on exploring the pos- sibilities of growing its own rubber. The same parliamentary siih-couitiiittcc made a compre- hensive survev of rubber supply and production in Canada. It has recommended that substantial amounts of money~ be included in the next esti- mates for research on producing rubber from Canadian filants. L\Iucli work had already been done on the possibility by the Department 0f Agriculture and the National Research Council at Ottawa. -

Of the hundreds of plants studied and dc- veloped by the tigriciiltural department division of botany and the rubber laboratories of the re- search council, two plants, the Russian dande- lion kok-saghyz and Canadian milkweed, have l0 far offered the best possibilities.

There are real difficulties in the way of us- ing either of them, and Canadian scientists have been cautious about appraising them, particu- larlv in thc economic field.

‘The Russian (IFIIKICIIOII has high class rub- ber in its roots and it can be grown in Canada. But whether it can he grown economically in Canada is a problem. ln Russia mncli hand labor was uscd in its production and cost W-‘IS I10! fi coiisiiliiriitinii.

Tn bring the ctist of production down to a reasonable level in Canada some scientists believe it will be necessary; to produce varieties with high

ize the whole process of IIAIVJCSIIII‘, planting and cultivating.

Two shipments of seed of the rubber-bear- ing dandelion were received direct from the U. S.S.R. by Canada, and numerous experiments have been made in the field and in the laboratory by Canadian scientists. In addition, some arctic and sub-arctic species of dandelion growing in northern Canada have been studied and may be useful in the breeding programme with the Russian variety.

In the case of the common milkweed, ex- traction of the gum from the leaves i: compli- cated, and there is yet considerable doubt as to the quality of the rubber that can be obtained from the iiiilkweed. It grows wild in profusion in Ontario and Quebec, and to a lesser extent in Manitoba. Certain agricultural problems, par- ticularly harvesting metircids, remain to be solv- ed.

EDITORIAL NOTtS n

Is there any satisfactory reason now why the weather probs should be withheld?

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The McNair Government of New Bruns- wick is a minority government, some 79,000 voting for it, and some 91,000 against it.

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The official end of Great \-\’ar I this date i92i. When ivill the end of the present one b P e l I i l!

The Dutch Queen's birthday, H.R.H. Wil- helmina, having been born this date 1880; she is now in exile between Britain, U. S. A. and Canada.

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Will there he another winter's campaign overseas or will the Nazis be satisfied to let “bad enough" alone? They began this war by in- vading Poland five years ago tomorrow.

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"Invest in Victory" will be the slogan for Canadas Seventh Victory Loan which is ex- pected to open the week of October 23rd.

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.\Iaj.-Gen. H. F. H. Hertzberg of Toronto, commandant of Royal Military College, Kings- ton. ()iit., will relinquish his post Sept. 3 when he reaches his 60th birthdayx He first will pro- cced on leave, pending retirement.

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A cable from Georgetown, British Guiana. has made the important announcement that col- uiiibiuni and tantalum ha\'e been discovered in the upper Mazarilni district. So far Brazil is the only known source of this rare mineral which is an essential of radar production. Com- mcrcial sources declare the discovery is proniis- ing both as to quality and extent of the deposits. The government has declared the area “reserv- cd" under defence regulations to prevent specu- lative claim locations.

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New Zcaland will send no. more airmen to Canada for training under the Empire Air Training Scheme, Prime Minister Fraser an-

nounces. He said the decision was reached aft- er discu ' ns with Allied staffs and govern- ments. New Zealand will train 1,200 air crew

personnel yearly to meet increased responsibil- ity in the Pacific. New Zcaland has sent about 25,000 air force men overseas all through the Empire Air Training Scheme.

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Canadian literature in book form evidently does not constitute an essential product for ex- port. Exportation of books printed in Canada. unless consigned to the armed forces, has been prohibited except under permit from the trade and commerce department, according to an orded-in-council in Canadian War Orders and Regulations. The order said the action was taken with concurrence of the external trade ad- visory committee to curtail "unusually large and increasing" exports of books printed in Canada. U l Ill i

The Duchess of Gloucester and her son, born in a Northampton nursing home Saturday, both continue to make satisfactory progress. The new prince, second child of the Duke and Duchess, is fifth in the line of succession to the throne. Hc is Queen Mary's sixth grandson and her ninth grandchild. His brother, Prince William, will be three in December. The Duch- css is a daughter of the Dukekof Buccleuch. i I? i

Quebec Premier-elect Duplessis has his own Cabinet troubles. In liis attempts to cajole the Nationalists, Mr. Duplessis, it is said, was eni- liarrassetl by the fact that thc only ltnglisli- spcalcing Union Nationale member, Mr. _f. Rob- inson, .\I. L. A. for Brome, had laid claim to the post of Provincial Treasurer which had al- ready been promised to Mr. Paul Beaulieu. Per- SOllally, .\Ir. Diiplessis would like to confide the administration of the public finances to Mr. Beatilieu but the linglishspeaking element who rallied around the Union Nationale insisted that the tradition of naming an English-speaking treasurer be maintained in favor of Mr. Robin- son. If Mr. Beaulieu was to be definitely shelved the Bloc would soon picture Mr. Dup- lessis as the secret ally of English high finance and an opportunist who used nationalism mere- ly as an electoral ixpeldiept. ‘l

Prime Minister King has been caught nap- ping. He told the House of Commons recently that his visit to Hitler before the war was to warn him that in the event of a war of aggres- sion, Canada would be on the side of Britain. I-Ie said he had privately informed Rt. Hon. Anthony Iiden of his visit to Hitler and received Mr. Eden's hearty thanks. But in contradiction of this, Montreal Gazette recalls from British Hansard that there was absolutely no confirma- tion of this, as the following passage shows: "Mr. Lee asked the Prime Minister whether any pledge or guarantee, written or implied, had been given by the domiiiions and colonies, either severally or collectively, that, in case of attack upon the United Kingdom by any country, they would conic to the assistance of Great Britain.

Il-"sr content and large roots and to mechan-

“Tlie Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain): Ho, eir.’ ~ ..

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Bane-flier that. old refrain: "Wnethcixit-‘s cold or wihe it'| hot. we'll have to went-her it. whe- ther or not.’ - iSt-ratiml Beacon»- Iienld. -

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this point: The steam engine offers

the ol-iev-Deet. and moat economics-t

method f hauling known

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W18 Inc. e wearing or clothes and in laugunger-ilonnon Free Press.

5i Nfllllillflil leulona of ih Germ l-i h ommand co lanrelv of the liuehrer coiuerrt with That's the troubl with the felllow: hemlistena to the Mona-Barn 0rd Beacon ~ lflfil . liltler once deplored the alieencl among Allied generals of any first-l class military brains. In tlhe light! of the Eisenhower - Montgomery Sirflwfly Ba displayed in PTSJICGI

Dmbabiy he has come to another Opinion-Ottawa Journal.

The cloning of some German newspapers and the merging of otlhers as thclr staffs are included in total mobilization for war can mean little to the Germans. For long these papers have given to their readers nothing but official propa nda and there is evidence that e public is weary of than-- New York Bun.

No system that Iii lilcviaed for public or private security will ever turn a lazy man into an inaus-

nrovident. individual. Hanging as deadweight on all such schemes will

found those who will be active neither in their own affairs nor in the affairs of any other human driftwood on the great. tide of life. —Victoria Colonist.

Divorce statistics show that tn 194;! there were no less than 1,243 marriages dissolved bv the provincial courts. in‘ 1911:) the number was 747. The incl-easel s striking. Even the latter ngure l5 hlifhetr than the total in all of‘ Can- ada two or three decades back. it appears to the older generntim as remarkable that the stability of‘ domestic life. as it used to be known. is changing so rapidly. — KIIIRSYDII Whig-Standard.

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on the Atlantic coast. the DBLIIOLS day and rugm listen in on their radio sets luauen awav in cellars, solitary country houses anlci other remote places. so as not. w lose one worn oi the m- fnsiructians incy IcCulVt.‘ from the Allied commanders and their ovill Govemmlal. .._ ......c,,ii.iii pat- riots are rcacly l.) spring to arms the moment they are glveil the word. They know that. the fiirle of their country's moral and physical sufferings is drawing to a close.- Montreal Star.

Flight Lieutenant ‘Iai Hui Tan. D. l". C.. tne R.u.A.F.'5 only Cmil- use pilot. has been killed in action in NOIIIIBIIQ). rte wiis kilowli inrougnoui. me 2nd 1‘.A.r‘. as “unarne Chan . was born OI Clu- nese parents in Singapore, vrliere he was a car salesman up w ine outbreak of war. Alzer COIUDAELJD5 flying training ne was ex- tremely disappointed when lie vras told flnat ne was too olu to be a tighter pilot. Eur some time fie was engaged on reconnaissance cuties. anu n. was wmlc cairyftig out. sucll 011L185 s0 brilliantly over the Anzio beacnnead mat- ne TBOCIVGG inc immediate award of a. 0.1-‘. . The Lennon Times.

The present ' -' of Germany may not. represent an Germans, nor even most Gennaiis. ‘iney state in its most. orufiu language, however. a theory which permeates too mucll of Lhle thinking of muse who nave usually mafiaged to master and lean me masses 01 Germany. ll. after this war. these masses are con- fronted o_v victors who sov "We do not intend to try IU make peace W131i YOU, IICILIICI‘ i! IUD,’ 116808 IIUI‘ a snort one, a inlld one. 0r a narsn one, but we intenae to exercise the necessary COIILIOLS to prevent. you from ever making war again,’ the uemmn people snoiua knmv that their leaders asked zoi" in-(Jhrisf- lan Science Monitor.

On Aimercan fighting fronts the army prints uttle one-sheer news- papers. in tlhe enemys language, giving full, accurate and late Vnll news on one side and on tne verse setting form me advantages of immediate surrender. sliys The New XOIRGI‘. "me sneets are drc-ia- pea in back of‘ the tnemv lines 0y plane or shell. well, me other on)’ 1n Normandy a N821 surrendered and. in me wifrse of ills nilei- rogation by our intelligence oliic- ers. pettlsnlv nskea Wilili. nad nap- pened w me little newspapers. his platoon hadn't had any news for several days, he said. and was gei- ting bitter about the service.

Men of science are bubbling izver WlI/il ideas for creating a tuner life l0!‘ 8H O1 US Wilell LAIHIIIIALICLIIIXA-J once again are able t0 cater to the demimcis of inc ccnsuncr market. Borne of tnese ideas ale ieaily at.- tractive, arm some are quiw hor- rible. in me tamer caléftury comes the suggestion ol William n. Stout, in BIICIBIL BXKI RUIOIIIUDIM LESIRD- er. that. after me war we will nave aiutomonues that. tiv. rtease. lvlr. Btout. dont. rusn us Surwav diriv- ers make it narn enough now. when we oniv have to keop our eyes roving from side to side, and from front w rear. Just. inink oi having to watch overhead and under- ngth tor them, tcoi—-Moliireal r.

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In: has a e in one of its hospitals, me send- ing of a "piav-by-play" account of events tn its delivery rooms to anxiously waning runners. u. may be a noble experiment, but it ll not psychologically could. In the first. place. fathear in that condi- tion a.re incapable of understand ing plain English. hey are movlnl in a mental fog. Wen if the " iped" information could ll their agitated hospital floors would drown it. out, and any cue. it la (IOlIbtMII whether detail- ed reports on tile helppmiizige be- hind the myeteraue door would do rnueh tlo quiet lagged

would m-obably be better, all things considered, to adopt the etiggeetion made some time ago, and put the fathers out on the hospital lawn, give them iawnmowere and let their aaofiired marching yield some mo- ductive results-Windsor Star-

IDNDON - (GP) - Gen. Sir Har- old, Alexander, mmander-ln-chlef of the land forces in Ital , has

txious one. or a spendthrltt into a g

THE CHARIXYFTUCWN GUARDIAN

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PUBLIC FORUM

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RELIGION. SCIENCE, AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC

Slh-“You are not your own, you are bought with a price. therefore lori God in your bodyi, wihlch Ls God's." Paul is writing to Cor- inthian Christians, who had been dishonouring their bodies by using them as a means of sinful gratifi- cation and. as ls always the case. suffering the consequences. Men and women will never have fulf and robust health until they recognize that their bodies belong to God. Much ill health is due to our fail- ure to acknowledge this4cliiim. Aiiy- ‘lhlng that injures our bodies. (‘ls- honflllrs God and robs Him and His just service. The Jews were for- bidden to offer the lame or blind of their flock to God as sacrifice. A human body. broken and diseas- ed by foolish or sinful living. is a Poor offering to God to whom we owe so much.

per cent of farmer boys are unfit for military service; and a large Percentage of those accepted art» be- low A1. As ii result of this startling discovery a campaign is being put on in every province to give health and strength to every child in Canada. The National Physical Act has been passed. Agencies have been app- ointed, and money voted for this purpose. Very good! If the pace is kept up the health of the Canadian people will be improved_ but our boys and girls will not have full health until they acknowledge. daily in a Dractical WHY. that iIIEll‘ bod- ies belong to God.

Psychologists and psychiatrists

are now discovering that our health and strength of body very much

e-ss, the ravages 0f fctir and worry are taking a frightful tloll of our best, citizens: and until we cognlze that "we are bought with, a price," and belong to God, we, shall not be lifted above fear aiidl worry and given that power of self- control which will insure for us the best health.

This is the condemnation of al-

_ coholic liquor as a beverage. It is

a narcotic poison and injurious to the body, even in moderate quantit- ies. I have on my desk a rather re- markable book. After the first Great War had gone into the second vcar) the recruiting agents discovered that about 50 per cent of Britalns) fi-len had to be turned down as nn-i fit for service. It was suggested that‘ the liquor traffic had something to

The Government thereupon appoin-

‘ied a commission of nine outstand-t ing medical men and scientists to

examine the effects of alcoholon

the human organism. After twoi years of study and investigation the

commission issued its report; and

here it is- “Ahcohol. its Action on‘ the Human Organism." This re-‘ port faces the question squarely: from a. purely scientific point of. view. It deals with the effect of nl-i cehol on the brain and on the chief

bodily functions. It deals with it n5

a food, a drug and a poison; and

the canclusioi. of this report is, as

stated in the concluding chapter:

"It is certainly true that alcoholic