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Authorised no tloaonil Uiaoo Mali, Post Office Department. Ottawa. The lolusi Guardian Publishing Co. Ifloo eaa lounging Direotor. d. B. names.

Aeeocfotelaltor. Iron! Welles

. fThe Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.“ -

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Great Britain's rule of Palestine under loegue of Nations mandate terminates today. which in itself would be an event of historic gignificevice, The issues at stoke make n: of possibly crucial importance. The ma ate. which went into force on Sept. 29._l923. "W" was recognized by the Arabs, and Ill the years of strife which followed close to 5.000 1M 9rd A...» have been killed. clone with '44 "m?" soldiers and police who have sought to main- toin order between the ~turbulent factions.

The lot of the peacemaker is proverblally llflrd. and in this case has been notorlouslyuo. That Britain's effort to maintain peace ‘with-limo troops was sincere and impartial is evidenced by the fact that it has been abused by both foc- tions, each claiming to have been discriminated against. The final British attempt to effect an agreement was in February, 1947, in London, when Jews and Arabs were brought together. As noted in a Canadian Press review of the situa- tion, this conference broke down and Britain de- aided to withdraw from on indefensible position and turn the problem over to the United Na- tions for a solution. Whilethe latter organiza- tion has wavered over what to do, the Jews llgvfi proceeded irnder the noses of the l'€l'll‘ll‘lQ‘B'l"l'-' ieh governors to make a fact of the partition- in; which the United Nations once agreed upon but was unable to enforce. _

Today, across the borders of "Palestine, are mobilized the forces of the Arab states. _ They have proclaimed their intention of marching to the rescue of the Arabs of Palestine from Jew- ish domination. lf they do, more bloodshed is inevitable. But informed observers predict that despite all their threats the Arabs will not be able to conduct e concerted large-scale cam-

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lt ie good news to our fishermen and pack- ers to loarn that their canned herring quota has been increased by one-third by the Fisheries Prices Support Board. But the industry is facing o great many other problems, notably in market- lng and transportation. A timely article on this subject appears in the current issue of Canadian ‘Business by Mr. Powell Smily, who stresses the enormous untapped possibilities of the home mar- ket. The United States, he says, is still our best customer for fresh, salted and certain kinds of smoked fish, but the frozen varieties could be placed on at least a million more Canadian fables than at present.

What happens too often is that a load of frooon fish loaves the Atlantic or Pacific coast ln one of the standard refrigerator cars. When it arrives in Montreal or Toronto, the consign- ment ie somewhat worse for wear and the whole- sofor freezes it again. Among the retailers to whom the fish is finally distributed are big and little shops. The former generally have adequate eeld storage facilities, but if the retailer hap- pens to rlln a neighborhood butcher store, where fish is handled only as a Friday sideline, it will probably be subjected to still another freezing and stuck away in Hie storage unit. When the housewife gets it, nearly two weeks after it is packed, it is-to say the least-not very appe- tiziing.

A major advance over this method, says Mr.

_Smiley, is the new type of refrigerator car, de-

signed by scientists of tho Fisheries Research Board with the collaboration of the National Re- search Council and the transportation companies. The standard refrigerator car pro- vides o temperature of between l5 and 25 de- grees. Frozen fish, however, wont retain all their natural juices and flavor in such compara- tive heat. The new car brings the temperature dawn to zero. While this represents a great improvement, it is still not altogether satisfact- ory. The temperature should really be at least five below, and it is on this problem that the ex- perts ore working now. When they reach a solu- tion, it will. be pp to the railroad companies to adopt the new car as standard equipment. Another factor which hos kept down sales is excessive processing costs. ln 1946 the salt- water catch was worth just under $100 million Tho landed value to the fisher- rnon themselves was $50 l-2 million. The con- sumers tliereforo-paid" $42 l-2 million for pro- cessing, transportation, etc. While the Stevens Commission found in I935 that at no single stage was an exorbitant charge being mode, Mr. Smily points out that this was thirteen year's ago. Technical improvements, modern methods of distillation, better‘ ‘administrative systems, have effected economies in other industries. Why not“ ill flillllill? Actually, there are signs that such economies are being mode, and that the indus- w‘ lies started. on e process of streamlining it- "Anetllor encouraging aspect of ilio situa- its long ‘ sleep of ‘of the of Fisheries." The department m"fflflflllflllvd' period "of roorganjzatlon, and prepared for and" capable of the closest ‘brill, ‘Jill, try. More than ‘I00 )0 Ivite ‘no, been trolli- nd are out at vari- f Ttho

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desire of the Federal Government (and Incl- dently of those connected with the industry in this_ Province) to introduce compulsory fish ln- spection into eastern canning plants. The move, says Mr. Smily, is at present being held up be- cause of the unco-operative attitude of three or four large concerns. This despite the fact that experience has indisputably shown that when quality standards are set up and enforced, every- one benefits.

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Tomorrow Pentecost-Whit Sunday. I l‘ fi I

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New potatoes from California cost $7 f.a.b.

per bag, and are sold in Toronto at $12 to $16 per bag.

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The Provincial Drama Festivals are off to a good start, and will gain in popularity and en- thnsiasm a! they proceed;

The Senate is discussing a bill which would make it possible to compel a wife or husband to testify against the other in court cases under the Juvenile Delinquents Act. A

Election day is the politician's lode star. The views of Ottawa and Charlottetown on the Maple Hills housing project might well be label- led, "before" and "after."

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Tomorrow, tho anniversary of Pentecost, what will come down on the population of the Holy Land on this occasion? Christians every- where will hove theiufingers, at least, crossed.

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The new 25 per cent increase in veterans‘ pension, retroactive to Oct. l last will represent a boon of $3,000,000 to 400,000 women and children, and the cheques will be mailed late next month or early in July.

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The Federal Public Works Department ls preparing a report which is likely to be ready by July 3l,on the feasibility of building a causeway across the Strait of Canso connecting Cape Breton with the mainland.

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Perhaps It ls a case of counting chickens in~the shell but if suitable sand for glass-making is found to exist here in commercidl quantities it would be wise to avoid the temptation to ship it elsewhere for what it will bring but rather to develop a. glass industry on the spot.

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There must be some flaw in the theories of technocracy. With modern machinery a farm- er con do many times the work that was form- erly possible, ond yet he seems as for as ever from the eight hour day.

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Nothing succeeds like success and enthusiasm. That is why the School Improvement League has been able, under able direction, to accomplish so much in the interest of the rising generation, a short record of which was given at their an-

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William John Locke, West lndion novelist, born this date i863. He was born in-Baibados, and on settling in London, devdted himself to architecture, becoming secretary of the Royal ln- stitute of British Architects. His works include The Beloved Vagabond, Simon The Jester, Stella Maris, The Fortunate Youth, The Wonderful Year, The Red Planet, The Rough Road, The House of Baltazar, The Palace of_Puclr, The Man From the Sea.

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The C. N. R. is the principal user of the car ferry provided by the Dominion Government in carrying out its Confederation pledge. The railway has, therefore, been entrusted with the operation of that ferry, but if it cannot do so with fairness to competing carriers, then the ferry should be actually run as a government service with the railway making use of it along with trucks and autos.

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Scouts are discouraged accepting handouts. They are trained to be independent and to help others as well as themselves. That is why the Scout concert by the 3rd and 7th Troops was such on undoubted success. The boys put on their own entertainment, gave an exhibition of some of the things they had been taught by their self- sacrificing Scoutmosters, and provided a healthy, helpful programme which gave joy to their pay. ents and friends.

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The Guardian ioins with his host of friends in warmest fclicitations to tho Deon of our Medicos, Dr. R. J. MacDonald of St. Peters, who today celebrates his ninetieth birthday. Still in active practice, Dr. MacDonald seems to have discov- ered the fountain of immortal youth. He has not spared himself in his service to others, and por- haps it is this devotion to duty that keeps him hale and hearty. Prince Edward lsland has many things of which to be proud; none more deservedly so than of the example set by this grand veteran practitioner in the noblest of all ho arts. '

_ o o o o v Though the Old City of J ruialem contains a number of ancient monumen and sacred sites without porallel elsewhere, it is no lniiseum ‘of antiquities but the homo of three communities: Christian, Moeleni, and Jewish. Below the tablo-

daminato the city by virtue of their; position as well as their magnificence, a thriving lawn with crowded markets, contrasting witli quiet dailies- lite courisppureues iis own traditional, existence.- Tlie‘ Dolorosa n a necessary thoroughfare as well as a plaoeof pilgriiliagefonl-Jeore of theOld City means care for llio ‘welfare el-lp protection of ltsjinilnil-

land of the Haramvosh Sharif, whose buildings

Then there woe the about-mind- ed barber. an hie dey off, who held e mirror behind the busts lie lied lust trimmed. — Btratfotd Beacon- Herold.

A Wlnnlpq risen. evreliiiig trio! on o 000.000 bank robbery ctierge. has Just been accused of stealing e $10 hot. Teperlng off? -Edmon- ton Journal.

Dawn In California e more haunt- ed the offices of the etetc incur. once commission for more than e year over en accident clelm. He got. pretty well fed up with the whole performance. A, couple of days ngo he walked into the office es usual end settled the claim in his own wsy. He set. off the dyna- mlte sticks lie was carrying in his pants pocket and blew himself up. The question ls: Did he have a permit to handle explosives? --Wlri- nlaieg Tribune.

will! the nuke of the would-ho (movie) villains look pretty well decimated. Movie-makers are on guard against letting Lhelr writers take oblique slaps at the dcrnocre- tic wey. of life, which means that mortgage-holders and other tre- dltionnl villains of that klnd ere out. because some people might. ln- terlpret the movie es Communist.- slnnted. In foot, there 1s hardly anyone left now who cm be sile- ly allowed to twirl o mustache end sneer at the helrolne end swell. his certs-in doom just before the fade- out. —- except perhaps those old standbys, the cattle nisileri. Evi- dently they have not been able vet to offer e convincing case that. the movies e.re discriminating against them. - Saint John Telegraph- Journal.

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A apology p-ofeuor at the Unl- versity a! Nebraska who makes e hobby of collecting pictures of noses says there ere eight. basic kinds, end we don't knolv whet they are, but our eight f vorite kinds of noses are as 10110 s: The nose that is followed by its owner, the nose that. is not poked into other peo- pic's business, the nose that isn't kept too close to the grlndellone. the nose that. isrrt altogether es plain as one on e men's face, the nose that. isn't being paid through, the nose that. isn't. cut. off to eplbc a ‘face. the nose that. isn't turned up at. anything‘. and the nose that. isn't. looked down st. esiyane. When these eight blister-loses are brought together 1n one basic nose, we not. only like 1t, but. the person that. goes with 1f. -- St. Louis Post. Dispatch.

Kingston Penitentiary oceme to be felling ln the first. ilut/y of e. prison-to keep its inmates safely locked up. Twice in lees than a year dangerous criminals confined there have made their escape, and the latest. break has cost the llte of e prison officer. The salami.- may be to confine e11 our really dangerous criminals 1n one institu- tion, like Alcatraz tn the Unlidi States. Such an institution would preferably be located anon Island, or in e. remote northern section where the natural obstacles to es- cape are numerous, and the guard could be es close as necessary, A "maximum security" prison of this type would not. only keen the worst. melelfsctars out of circulation, but also take the strain off the ordinary pei-iltentlarlcs. - Edmonton Jon:- rial.

While we do not wleli to drew lrivldlous distinctions among our fellow inhabitants of the world of nature, we could not. help noticing that. bees in Coming. CnL, ere pro- ducing honey ln flavors of straw.- berry, maple, chocolate, lemon, pineapple, and mint, and colored to match . . . In striking contrast with these been, oows have made no improvement. 1n the flavor or color of milk for at. least the forty- odd years to our certain knowledge. People have even been put. to the inconvenience of adding chocolate. vanilla, el.c., to it. If es smell e creature es e. bee can produce mint. honey ln e smart shade of green. 1t. ought to be e cinch for e big hulking imlmnl like o cow to mm out milk in some really attractive shade like charm-ease, and flavor- ed, of course, ohartreuse. Please don't. misunderstand us. some of our best. friends are cows, and we like milk -ln its place. But. there ls such o. thing as progrcen. and we Just. thought we'd speak of ll..- Sh. Louie Post Dtspelcli.

Cyenoriild Oilnpi‘! textile resin department has en- nounced the marketing of e wrink- le resistance finish which can be applied to ell types of cotton ‘with little lose or no lose in tensile strength." Tndernr“ ‘ Super-set, the new finish," according to the company." also controls shrinkage to 2 per cent arunder." At the present time, ll. wee mode known, e number of mills ere going info production with the‘ finish and large yei-aeges will be 1n the tiende of manufacturers for early resort lines.- Buperset faceted cloths will reach consumers on e large saele

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year. Tests of slam"- fer ‘more than e yeer an ejvriae range of standard ciotlroanetzuctfatio with

fee voneee r tor ~ men! severe was Iebeiso produced in pleat rune mode-into get- menri lest nun were elven e:- mslveoeiunhier ipeu widen se- wieloil stun. effoettveaeee wee re- "e- l *v""...'*.;-***'~......=,:*..>*. 6| ill . _.

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A isetusmin cllsppeu-s journal, ule oldest diary on Prince Edward 11- . '

lend. 09cm with the year 1715. e few months oft-or the errivol of the New landon pioneers from Biglend. On the flileof 1m lists the heads of faculties oiid the num- be: of , dependent on the new 0lbIlblllhm6n"-- one hundred and twenty-nine 1n all. It lo lnld- wlriler. with icy bloeta blowing through the chinks of the unfinish- ed log houses. end supplies of food end fuel oi o premium:

"January with-Myself in woods with Geddee squaring timber for ye counting house. Foster, Plirratl and Cooper ordcs-‘d to go to Greet. Rusllco, to fetch our own- lower cargo. Coming over our own boy, they broke 1n end‘ drownkl ~'1_\vo horses. Merle lives saved. bless God.

"January Qlithw-No logs of. sew- pft. fit. for boards, nor can we gel. any for went. of hot-lee.

“January 23rd. -Ph1111p celled, Jersey very sick. Geddee and myself with yo French in woods and launched out. ell our timber. Per- rnti. got two horses pnd brought to ye sowplt._4 pieces of fir.

“January roan-mu: took our horse to slay life firewood home.

"January 31st.—-1"lve men cutting firewood doing three menu work. Atkinson making hoopes in Church- wards house. Two quarts of por- ter that the rnen drank at Church- werds by the men having been herd at work as must be placed to Mr. Clerk's eooornpt . . . 1-6.

"February 4th. --Wetchlng for Foster artih ye teem from Ruetlooe with provisions. Sunday oi. 11 Clock orrlwd ye slay with 1-2. of e barrel of coarse sugar, half s barrel of flower, one barrel of pork No rum. no moleeeee.

"mbruory 11th - Jersey con- tinues lsrrie. Myself not. well but. making of pine 1n my little shop 1-2 the dsy yo- other half squaring board logs oi: ye aewplt.

February 18th. —Very short. of provisions. Na rum, no breed, no meals. no beer. no sugar 1n ye stores. Mr. Allen set out. for Low- sons at. Stenhope.

"February 20th. -Tho people murmur and threaten to break open ye stores end plunder for food. We killed our little hog . . .

‘Tbbruary lbtli. - Received from yo mill some auger and half en ox. "March let. — The people tn general through the went of bread seem to decline their work, not. being able.

"March 3nd, -Myse1f making ,e capital large level for to level ye ground wlthel.

“March 8rd. -.Arr1v'd Mr. Allen from Starihope with lielf n barrel of rum, 3 of flower one of poi-l: and no more.

"March 14th. -I observe that Bllllngh and Ade-ins hu been drawing of green poles for ye fish- ermen for four deye pest.

"March 15th. -Bt1l.lnghurst. was elrus'd and beet. shamefully. And went to Justice Stewart at Malpeck.

‘March 10th. — Thee. Anvil eork'd ye great whale bolt 1n order or lee.

"March 18th. -My.se1f at make- lng a large snatch block far e cepson. And made o rudder end tiller for ye greet. whale boat.

"March 22nd, - Myself ei. shop mekelng e. compose standard for Mr. Allen end o scuttle for ye house. Stormy coarse wheetlser. Very little or no work done.

"March 34th. - Myself made o box for our tobacco end our me- clieen for binding books. Some of our people continue to work but some utterly refuse to work through the went. of provlslane o-nd grow very violent.

“March 35th. - Myself elck of ye iiguc through the cold and do- ing but little work. ,

"Mei-ch 24th. — By order of Mr. Allen, Geddes and myself attempt to make e pelt of stacks by woy of prison.

"March 29th. -Myee1f very ill through cold, and the people through went of provisions are - utrisgeoue. ’I‘hcy farm n pien end petty to supper-lee ‘Cherlomoown. About. noon they march off . . .

‘Sunday. Alprll 2nd. — Mr. Mel- llsti buried the remolns of Jane Duport who died yesterday for went. of common necessaries of life. aged 12 yeere.

“April lrth. - Building n boat with Geddee end Jersey, but. liln- clerk! for e day by the greet fire that began at. Joseph Rooks and covex-‘d many hundred sores . . .

"May 7th-Finding no master e- comlng nor no provisions, nor no regular business but sowing, end

I concluded to leave 1t. likewise. “May BfIL-Thutedoy. My wife and eel-f 1n greet. consternation e- bouf. leaving the place. , "May Dtln-Ikldoy. Qonoiuded not. to remove. but trust. to God for food. Betting up ye garden poles end rrioldng boxes for asb- hegce. . “May 12th. - Feople o-gerdeafng. "May 10th. - Being short. of pro- vleloiio we went. to Winters Oovo for oysters. Ye storm such we could