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inaTfiZioiiifiiiéiiiilTilwitisii President_Lit-ut. Col. W. Chester S. McLuro Vice-President: J. R. Burnett, F..I.L Secretary: Lieut, Col. D. A. MacKinnou, D.S.0. Editor and alanugiu; Director: J. R. Burnett, I".J.L

Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Lleut. In A. Burnett, K.C.N.\'.lt. i011 Active Service)

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

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A Croat And Gallant Soldier

1r i5 YQQIJIKlQil of Field .\larslial Alexander, Cqiigilluig iyt-vv tiingpyijrii‘ iitllcllll, [lllll ll€ \\’.'.\S 111g l;, q 1-. .~ it, bomb-iorii beaches at it» that lle passed away ulll of sand under . all his iueii were cui- . oi lune .1, 1940, there l’. l' F. left on the r felt there iiuist 1'16 staff in the shell- got into a row-boa: ‘. 111a- wivetl slowly through the h l\.'ll'.'~. Periodically the (Eeri- lvl;lt"\llL’SS, ".\ny British ll a phrase “ves" zniswer- zhe eiiibarhaiiiiii point. - on» tlit whine of German '1 uiittl he \\'ll\ satisfied that i left aiivu here on shore \ ltiniself. klarshal Alexander, as ‘ in chief under (iencral Eis- lel all .\llIt-d ground forces in $iciliaii and Ltalian carti- hed liiziiself as a brilliant conscientious leader. t priilg and satisfaction that time llllw‘ galhuit soldier as tl<'CL‘5>lt')ll to the Earl of Athlon" . w graeiotis wife, the Prin- cess .\licc, b: .1,‘,‘,l‘.'('<1.ill<.‘(l ‘their Blajesties dur- ing the onerous vsar vcars with such outstand- ing success.

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Kensingloit Takes The Lead

The cizizens of Ktllilllfllml are. to be con- gratulated upon being the first to talce advantage of the 'l‘i~\vn i , passed at the last session of the Leg laturc. lly establishing a Community Planning lloartl they have placed thciiislues in a pr ition to take advantage of post-own‘ l'L‘\‘<iY‘.-lI‘1l’Cll'\ll OPpCTllllllllCS. As a re- sult of a >K‘I'l£'S of meetings. the Town is now prcpzvred to go ahead with a competent organ- ization \\lit‘fle\c“.' lfetleral or Provincial assist- aiicc becomes ztvailztble. Subject matter for briefs is now be , pivrpiired. The Council and Pward are l\lll'll.Clllfll'l\' interested in obtaining a nitinlerit water and sewerage system, as well as in the , v high school system for Prince Erlwzird Island as proposed in the programme prepared by the Provincial Reconstruction Coin- mittcr.

KensiiiJt/iii has set an example by its ini- tiativc which tiiht-r municipalities ivould do well to profit by. The method of procedure adopt- ed. beginning with the calling of a meeting be- twccn the Town Council and some twenty-five or more l‘t'l1l‘\‘1i‘lll2lfl\'C citizens, was the surest wav of tfettlflnf ziction. It is noteworthy, too. that following the organization of the Board “it was imaiiimoiisl_v agreed by a standing vote that each mcinbci" would assume his full re- sponsibility in the duties assigned to him." In other words. the members will be expected to pull their fzill weight and not act as figure- hcads merely.

_€_______________ The Coming Conference

Memories of the collapse of the ill-fated Sirois convention in 194i, which Premiers Hep- burn, of Ontario, Pattullo, of British Columbia, and ;\l)€l‘ll<’ll"., of Alberta, combined to destroy, have (wccasivmrttl some zipprchension at Ottawa of the outcome of the .\'.igust meeting of rcp- resentatives of the Dominion and Provincial governments. Though these three men are now off the political stage, and Premier Drew, of Ontario, has displayed a ieady willingness 1.0 Co-operate with lilll-‘UYZK on the machinery of the convention. thcrc is doubt about the atti- tude of Premier Alarming, of Alberta, and Premier llart, of llritish Columbia, is report- ed to be a <troiig advocate of provincia? tax rights. The f‘. ' i. Goveri‘.iuci1t of Saslvatche- wan is an iiiilciiovvii quantity, Premier Duples- air, of (Quebec, iticlined to oppose Ottawa on any question. (July Manitoba and the Mari- times are thought rcarly’ to support whole- heartedly the reforms the ])4“itlllll(7ll Government would like to see.

One piece nf constructive criticism has emanated from the Faskatchcwan Premier, who points out that no place has been allotted on the agenda to discussion of the .'llilllli(‘l1ilt‘lC€ nf agri- cultural income and tlic establishment of order- ly marketing. nor has anything appeared on the agenda dealing with Federal Government as- sistance to education. (Tonscquentlyg he says. the Saskatchewan liirvefllllltllt (lelegation will include .'\;_rricultui'c Nliiiistei- L. F. McIntosh and Education .\lllll§l(‘l' \\'oorlrc\v Lloyd, in the hope that committees dealing with their special- ties will be set up.

Similarly. it will be noted from yesterday's Guardian that the T’rincc lidwarrl Island dele- gation includes the director of Fdtication, Mr. I. \V. Shaw, as well as Premier Jones who is There is no ref- q-mvc, however, to either the Minister or Dep- tltv Alllllklfl‘ of .\'Yl'it‘ltlllll’tf being in attendance.

The nip-iidri of the forthcoming discussions will be deleroiiizrd liv all coiit‘ei'i1ed, but llie Sirois report \,~"l influence it. This report reeommendvtl Iillllillg other things that the Do- minion asst“ 'll llffl\'ill4‘l(ll debts, take over full rcspoir-iliiliiv for llil<‘ll‘r|ll'tylllidll. that the provinces should relinquish their rights to the

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present Federal subsidies, and their right to levy income taxes, personal and corporate, and succession duties. The existing duplication of taxes is an onerous brake upon industry and commerce. The Dominion Government's policy on budgets, announced iii its white paper on Employment and Income, calls not only for public ivorks but a reduction of taxes when un- employment threatens, and for success, the plan requires simultaneous action by the Provincial Governments.

At the August meeting the provinces will be asked only to receive and consider the Do- minion Government's proposals. Ottawa is anx- ious to avoid any appearance of dictatorship. The conference will then adjourn and confer in the autumn on an agreed agenda. Should the conference fail, the Dominion Government will, it is reported, appeal to the people, call an election with reconstruction of Dominion-Prov- incial relations as a means to economic and fiii- ancial reconstruction as the chief issue.

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Though half-a-dozen constitute our delega- tion to the Dominion-Provincial Conference, only two, Premier Jones and Provincial Treas- urer Hughes will have any say or vote at the

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It is expected the Ottawa Conference will conclude its discussions within a fortnight, 0th- eiiwisc the Government will be in the throes right up to the eve of the meeting of Parlia-

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What about our representation in the King Government? It was reported by the Montreal Glue/Mk Ottawa correspondent that Mr. Lester Douglas was to obtain the Fisheries portfolio, but nothing farther has been divulged, Surely the Liberal party here are not to stand for the ignoring of the existence of the ninth province in the lhiiiiiniou at this critical time in Canadian history!

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Mr. Herbert Morrison. the new British Labour Lord President of the Council says: “Our business now is to get five vcars’ hard labor out of the new parliament which must bc vigorous in the service of the country. This must be no lazy parliament; it must be a par- liament of action, decision, a-ll proper speed and _go0d sense-so must the government. Then at the end of the five years we will go to the country again and fight hard for another Labor Parliament so that the good work may go ahead until a prosperous, progressive arid beneficlent Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain shall have replaced our ramshackle capitalist order."

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There are more ways than "pull" for get- tirnr out of the Army. Richard Phclan, 2o, grumbled in Montreal criminal courts after he failed to convince Judge Omcr Legrand that he should be given three additional mouths for an attempt theft. Phelan pleaded guilty to the charge and the court pronounced a three month sentence. Phelan however did not budge and after a slight pause asked the court if he could be grivcit three additional imontlis. “\\"liy?" asked Judge Legrand. "I could get my dis- charge from the army that way," replied the young man. “I'm not here to fix sentence just the way prisoners like them," countered Judge Legrand. “Yes, but just think I could be dis- charged if I had six months.” Phelan returned meekly. "Three tnontlis," the judge cut in. Prison guards nudged Phclan along to the cells

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iNIrs. Attlee always drives her husband's car, sitting outside knitting while he goes in for appointments. She drove him to Buckingham Palace where he was commissioned by the King to form Britain's new government. During the counting of election returns, she had with her her second daughter Felicity, nearly 20 who will graduate from a nursery training school in another year. Brown-haired and hatlcss, Fel- icity looks very much like her mother. After the morning count, they slipped away from the crowds at Transport House to meet the youiig- est datigliter, Alison, I5, who attends school m Salisbury. The other daughter, Janet, 22, a section officer in the WAAF's, Women's Aux- iliary Airforces got leave to join the family for lunch, and a tea at the Paddington Hotel. The Attlees’ only son, Martin, joined the Mer- chant Navy 10 days before his father as- sumed the Premiership.

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William (Rufus) II killed by accident in New Forest, this date, iioo: his uncle, William the Conqueror commandeered the New Forest, setting it apart as a. royal deer and game pre- serve; he introduced despotic game laws, pro- viding tlie death penalty for any one convicted of breach of them; the English people resented this very strongly but were powerless to have them abolished; as luck would have it, they proved fatal to three of the Conquerors des- cendants, his eldest son, Richard, ivas gored to death by a stag; his nephew, Duke Robert, was (lashed to death by an tinruly horse hunc- ing in the forest, while William Rufus was shot through the heart by Sir Walter Tyrrel with whom he was hunting deer; the King miss- ed his aim at a stag, shouted to Tyrrel to “shoot like the devil", which he did, but im- fortunately the arrow missed the stag and hit the King; Tyrrel, scared to death took to horse and escaped to France, while a village coal burner conveyed the bleeding remains of the King in his dust cart to the royal palace; the people believed this tragedy to be God’s con- demnation of harsh game laws. Shakespeare describes the scene prior to the fatality thus: Slkinklo: Under this thicket grown brake we'll

hide ourselves, I For through this laixl anon llie deer will come; And in this covert we will take our stand, Calling the principal of all the (leer. Iimnphray: I'll stay above ‘be hill, so bot-h may shooh. .S'kinkloz That cannot lie-the noise of thy cross- bow will scare the herd and so my shot be lost.

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Notes By The Way

1 And now It's llqnld hut. Aboun- 112 research organization in New 15°11‘ 1911B of a secret chemical which can be piped from a central Bubbly 1n a home to lieu/t the wait. H‘. run the refrigerator, run the wvkinx ranse and the washing machine. It will convey tempera- lums 11D t0 817 Fahrenheit, and ls flibdn tgoxkfie/enffonple 1h t chiaper ' a EB 118 sys ems. What nextl-Lethbrldge Herald.

I" Plllllr Rook, N.S., Sussex hen flew in the W111<10W made herself at the waste lmper basket, laid an egg, BY J1me 23. she had laid 60 eggs in “the basket, conducting herself 11$ I "Bular lady", according to the burben-New Glasgow Chronicle.

The Royal Netherlands Navy has offered to provide the gardens of the Royal Navy College at Dart- mouth and the Royal Naval Bar- Brfiks at. Devonport, Portsmouth and Chntham with Dutch flowers every spring as a token of grati- tude for the hospitality and friend- 5111D extended by the Royal Navy

the Royal Netherlands Nwy 111111118 the war. - Fredericton Gleaner.

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W011 ll 80in: on to retrieve two deeply buried unexploded German bomber-at Water Meads, a Mitcham 11011111! spot, and at a timber yard in South Croydon. At Mitcliam war-time visitors to the Water Meads have been unaware that an unexploded bomb has lain deeply embeded in the willow plantation- whlch is grown to make cricket bats—-since the 1940 blitz. The Water Meads has been open to the public throughout the war, but not the plantation. Here a big job con- fronts the Disposal Squad, for the bomb has slipped down into the earth near the edge of a small river and much pumping has to be done before digging can begin. At South Croydon a 2,250 lb. bomb for which search is being made, has sunk deep into the mud and svater of an underground stream- London Daily Mall.

American farmers are said to be 1111111111118 to buy up leftover flame- throwers after the war for use as They also have in mind the possibility of using half- tracks as fme spreaders and steel landing nets as handy devices for soil conservation purposes. These and other adaptations of war mate- rials to agricultural uses would, in principle, be another way of turn- ing swords into ploughshgrgs, _. Springfield Republican.

Canada's railway and railway employees have achieved B. com- mendable war record, says The Toronto Star. Although over 40,- 000 railway workers enlisted in the aimed forces, the average accident. rate has been lower during the war years than the previous boom pcrlocl. By 1944, Canada's freight traffic achieved an all-time high of 66.000.000.000 ton miles. This was more than double the 1939 load and three times as great, as that of 1933. Prompt loading meth- ocls,_fuller cars and "nproved op- eration have made it possible to move the average ton of freight one and two-third times as far as in the last war.

_ln Arakan, the humidity ls as high as 93 per cent and a clammy warmth attacks strength and resolu- tion alike, savs Britain Magazine. Above this waterlogged world, strange winds blow, gusts of 100 miles an hour play, and hail, ice and windy Whirlpools lurk in in- nocent-looklng cloud formations. This is the evil setting wherein the Allied air forces of Southeast Asia must operate during the com- ing months. That. they will con- tinue to operate ts certain - to the complete confusion of the Ja- pilnese, They did so in 1943, when enemy aircraft. and pilots were withdrawn m the rbar alrftelds for a rest and for retraining, The Al- lies continued operational flying, too, through last". year's monsoon.

Until recently, one-tenth of a. second was required to take an X- ray at. the Boentgen Laboratory, Institute of Machine Building, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. A group of scientific workers has achieved a reduction of this time to one-millionth of a second, there- by opening new vistas in this field. Study can now be made of a pru- cess so extremely complicated as an explosion. It is possible to record the propagation of the baits, and to measure the destiny of gases forming at. various stages of ex- plosion. Instantaneous X-ray prio- tographs made ft possible to follow the process of a bullet. penetrating armour and other obstacles, and to photograph the structure of metal and study the changes due to lm- pact and stress-USSR. Bulletin.