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DopIrtmInt. Ottsvvn Tho Island Guardian Publishing 00.

President Ind Ansoclolo Editor. In A. Our-sum Associate Editor. Frank Waller.

CIRCULATION 'CovcrI Prince Edward Inland like the dew”

fllio Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Woollen Ink".

CIIABLOTTETOWN, SATURDAY. JUNE 14, 1852.

Air Forcopli-aly

The R. C. A. F. Station at Summerside will be the centre of Province-wide inter- est today, the occasion being the sixth an- nual Air Force Day observance. when sta- tions all across Canada will be holding open house to allow.the public to see the men and women of the R. C. A. F. at work, and the amazing progress made in recent years in types of aircraft, in instru- ments, instructional methods and training facilities generally.

The Summerside Station is today one of the greatest lair training centres in the British Commonwealth. Our citizens are very proud of being associated with it, and with the tremendously important part it is playing in the defense plans of the United Nations. It is to be hoped that they will show their interest and appreciation by turning out in very large and represent- ative numbers for today's programme. They will certainly be well rewarded.

Wins coveted Award

A high distinction comes to Prince of Wales College through its Principal, Dr. Frank MacKinnon. whose history, "The Government of Prince Edward Island". published last year by the University of Toronto Press, has won the Governor-Gen- eral's literary award for academic non- fiction. The award is in the form of a gold medal which will be presented to Dr. MacKinnon at a state dinner at Ottawa by the Governor-General himself.

So far as can be learned, this is the first time this coveted award has been won by a Prince Edward Island resident, and it is a matter of satisfaction too that the

book thus honoured was on an Island theme. Already Dr. MacKinnon's work has

been acclaimed on both sides of the At- lantic as an invaluable contribution to Canadian political history. The nation-wide recognition accorded it on its literary mer- its is equally deserving, for it is indeed a classic of its. kind. is the first ever written about the govern- ment of a Province of Canada and is part! of a Canadian Government Series which will eventually include a similar study for each of the ten Provinces.

Standardized iloso . couplings

This Province is not immediately faced.

with the cost of standardizing fire hose couplings because we do not at the present time have a large number of communities with mobile -fire-fighting equipment. In other Provinces there are determined ef- forts being made to bring about such standardization so that in case of a large- scale fire disaster in peace or war equip- ment could be concentrated on the stricken area. -

Ontario took some steps toward stand- ardizing on the hose coupling of five threads to the inch but at the Dominion Fire Pre- vention Association's annual meeting at Halifax it was decided to adopt the Amer- ican 7-U2 threads to the inch.

Communities which have installed oth- er equipment will be faced with consider- able expense in making the conversion. al- though those with hose couplings of seven or eight threads to the inch can use the standard coupling. Also the Federal Gov- ernment is willing to pay one-third of the cost of changing over.

The proper time for adopting a stand- ud, however, is before rather. than after a large number of communities have gone their own way in selecting equipment. It is no more expensive for all to acquire inter- changeable hose couplings in the first place than to go in for a bewildering variety.

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The whole question of contempt of court, which came up for discussion re- cently, h ably reviewed by the Hon. J. C. Mcltuer, Chief Justice, High Court of Just- ice, Ontario. in the Canadian Bar Review.

,,'f'hni-iicieiran enllshtenlnsone onnIub-

iqei about which there is all too little in- formation Ivsiloblo. . . I y I made by Chief

bk the fact tIiIt the

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Incidentally, the work.

Wlltemilts allowed to pass unnoticed.

The converse is no doubt equally true. It would be much easier to get convictions for an offence when a right of appeal ex- ists than where a Court happens to be in a position to deal finally with an offender. From this it would follow that the right of appeal generally is not merely a protec- tion to the individual against miscarriage of justice. It is an effective aid in getting convictions in the first place.

A somewhat similar situation is created by variation in the severity of punishments. It is very generally assumed that Parlia- ment by increasing the penalty for an of- fence will thereby discourage its commis- sion. What may well happen, is tl.at the greater penalty will make it the more diff- icult to get convictions for the offence and the final result is that it may be committed with relative impunity.

EDITORIAL NOTES Tomorrow, Father's Day.

Tomorrow, first Sunday after Trinity. 0 O O The commencement of the double car ferry service at Borden tomorrow is wel- come to shippers and travellers. O O 0 National Flying Club Week begins to- morrow. The flying clubs will be on the alert to tell'how they play their part in supplying recruits for the R. C. A. F. and the aircraft industry. I O. O The Presbyterian General Assembly was concerned about the contrast between doc- trine and practice in some phases of church work. What would be more deplorable would be to have ideals set so low as to be already attained. I O O The late Mr. T. W. Bentley, C. L. U., was widely known and esteemed through- out the Province. Until failing health oblig- ed him to retire as branch manager with the Maritime Life Assurance Company here, he was active in many community affairs and in every way set a fine example of good citizenship. O O 0 Business with Russia still continues, notwithstanding the seriousness of the war situation in Korea and East Germany. Britain has agreed to buy from Russia 52,400,000 worth of canned salmon and about S-150,000 worth of canned crab-meat. This is a counterpart to the recent herring contract, in which Britain is to supply Rus- sia with h2,550,000 worth of cured herring. O O 0 German recovery continues to provide one of the most interesting and instructive spectacles in the world today. London and Paris newspapers are so impressed that they are sending top-rank writers over to learn the secret. There is no secret. Germans are working harder, earning less, and fac- ing their economic situation more realist- ically, than British and French. 0 I 0 Edward FitzGerald, English poet, died this date 1883. He was a lifelong friend of the Tennysons, Thackeray and other wri- ters and published a number of volumes of prose and poetry. His fame, however. rests on his rendering of the "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam which, surprisingly, had no success until after Rosettl found one of the 250 first editions in the ”fourpenny box" outside a bookseller's. - I O O The amount of General Motors' current building program across Canada is 514,000,- 000. Already announced are new parts and accessories warehouses in Winnipeg and London which replace present facilities; a giant truck plant at Oshawa capable of pro- ducing 50,000 units a year; as well as ex- pansion of existing production facilities at the company's engine plant in Windsor and passenger car assembly line at Oshawa. O O 0 A resolution asking a 1i250,000 fund to protect the Ontario public from possible lawyers' defaults has been introduced into the Ontario Legislature. Mr. Edson L. Halnes, Q. C., of Toronto, who introduced the resolution, said if every Ontario lawyer paid 510 I year, I brokerage company would guarantee losses suffered by the pub- lie, due to dishonesty on the part of any lawyer or his staff, up to 5250.000. 0 O 0

Even in Ireland they are feeling the ef- fects of the policy of austerity. Historic Blarney Castle, with its Blarney stone, is up for rent because the present owner cannot pay the high taxes. Mrs. Penelope Ham- ilton, the tmstee, said high taxes force her to rent out the castle and grounds for six months. -It has 17 fully furnished rooms. On the grounds one-half mile away is the fomedoldblsrneysionointherulnsofan oldorcutle. -The stone issuppoood to give eloquence to anyone who ldssos lt.. Mrs.

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This column II open to the discuulon by correspondents of questions of Interest. The GuIrdiIn does not neccIIIr- Ily cndoi-I the opinion of un . cspondentl.

IN APPRECIATION

Sir, As nn occasional conirbu- tor, who has been granted gener- ous access in your editorial page Forum, I wish to make use of the privilege on this occasion. to ex- prcss sincere regret at the pass- ing of your esteemed Editor, the late J. R. Burnett, and testify to his-worth us I experienced it.

Gunrdinn cdilnrlnls were in- variably unique, in that they were consistently of a high order. The common every-day happenings- llls or advantages-were topics frequently evaluated into a philo- sophy of life that was illuminat- ing nnd an expert recastlng of their original significance. Suh- jccts of greater weight and grnvcr content, were handled in masterful fashion and so simpli- fied as to be within the grasp of the most. unscplilsltcatcd. ills was It master-.mlnd in the art of lit- orary depletion and portrayal. not always discernible in journalism.

A visit to the editorial room met with n greeting that could not be misunderstood. A request for sound advice or guidance was never in vain and an exit carried with it an unfailing invitation to come back again.

Mr. Burnett will he missed not only by his immediate family. his staff and associates, his church. social and business ac- quaintnncrs, but by thousands who knew him only by his CB”- lni: and contributions to the wel- fare of the Province though The Guardian. p

I am, Sir, etc. .1. A. GILLIES. Charlottetown.

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house. then executive secretary of the Canadian Tuberculosis Asso- ciation, accompanied by the late Dr. J. W. Robertson, then chair- man of the Canadian Red Cross Society, visited Prince Edward Is- land and addressed meetings in Charlottetown and Summersldc, outlining I program of co-opera- tion by which an adequate tuber- culosis control program could be conducted. Hope was expressed of obtaining the amount of 8100.000 to make ' ” 'y possible the fulfillment of the plans. Although these funds were not obi.alned,the work was undertaken and brought to a. successful conclusio in 1931 with the establishment of a pro- vincial health service by the Gov- ernment.

Bovine tuberculosis was not no- glected. Through the services of the Federal Government the test- ing of all cattle in the Province was undertaken in 1923 and com- pletcd in 1925. Prince Edward Is- land was the first Province in Canada to be declared I tuber- Elulosls-frec area in respect to ca!-

e.

A Province-wide diagnostic sur- vey was undertaken in July, 1925, by the Canadian Tuberculosis As- sociation in co-operation with the Provincial Medical Association and the Red Cross Society. This was made possible by the co-operation of the Department of Health of Ontario in making av- ailable the services of the director of its travelling chest clinic, with his associate and the necessary X- ray equipment. Visits were made to nine centres and 189 cases were ex mined. is survey emphasized th necessity of providing I per-

t diagnostic service and adequate sunutorium facilities.

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Prince Edward Island was not alone in having an unsolved tu- berculosis problem. New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotla were also facing l " needs. In 1925 n

CREDO I hope for heaven, since the stars endure. ' And bring such tidings Is our fathers

had. I know no deeper doubt to make

me mad.

I need no brighter love to keep me pure.

To me the faiths of old are daily

bread; I bless their hope. I bless their will to save, . And my deep heart still meanoth what they said. - It makes me happy thIt. the soul is brave, And being so much kinsn-inn to the dead I walk contented to the peopled grove. ' -George sIntIyInI.

Old Charlottetown um I. l..I. i

IIPOITING Till HOUSE

. members not to be too oonfid 3.

conference was held in Kentvllle, N. 3., of physicians particularly interested in tuberculosis with re- presentatives of the Pi-ovlnclsl Departments of Health.

The major findings of tlh con- ference were contained in I reso- lution urging that I special edu- cItlonIl program be instituted in the three Provinces if money could be obtained.

Through the co-operation of the Csnadian Life Insurance Officers Association these plans were made possible and the Msrltline Tuber- culosis EducItlonIl Committee was organised in 1026. The demon- stration as planned by the com-

iimoothed the folds of his Imple Ind becoming black silk gown.

"But now. 'IIIIl'II5IIB dictu,' attempt. is to be made to dllpenss with the indispensable otllcial re- porter Iltogether. How it's to be done, is I mystery to mIny. All interest is now centred in 'thn enterprise of the nswlplperr. Will they and the reporters Ind give publicity (free gratis for nothingi to Ill the fine speeches of hon. members? We advise the hon.

In

The newspapers will. undoub . do their duty to the public on well Is they Ira Iblo. lut ropzrhti;

olro Anni, so in other files. to Intel. to some extent, the enterprise of the prom."

-Tho Iunlnor. lurch II. III.

II In July. 1922, Dr. R. E. Wode-

Public Health Administration In P. E. Island Since I832

From the report of the Provincial Health Planning Commission

mlttec was to continue for I per- iod of five years.

As the result of the years of

educational effort in Prince Ed- ward Island public support was It once accorded the plans for I permanent program. It was in- deed pleaslng that I Provincial Sanatorlum containing fifty beds was planned, constructed and op- ened in the City of char” tetown before the termination of the nve- yeIrs' demonstration. The parti- cipation of the Canadian Life In- sui-once Offlcersllssoclstlon in the whole project, of 1u0VIdInK effect- ivo tuberculosis control in the Maritime Piovlnces has proved to be one of the most valuable con- tributions which thc life insur- ance companies have made to or- ganized public health. The committee made available the services of Dr. G.J. Wherrett, who undertook to conduct diag- nostic clinics twice yearly, and made possible also tuberculosis follow-up work by the Red Cross nursing staff. These arrangements were continued until the appoint- ment, in November. 1928 of Dr. P. A. Ci-eelman as dlagnostlcian for Prince Edward Island.

The following year. 1929, I Pro- vinclolnoard of Health was estab- lished, which consisted of the members of the Executlvd Council of the Government, with I Chief Health Officer carrying out the actual duties of the Board. Dr. P. A. Creelman was appointed the first Chief HeIlth Officer to serve in I full-time capacity.

The 1'0-vi Inizatlon of Public I-leIlt.h in the Province at that time meant the union of the Icti- vltlcs of the Red Cross Public I-leslth Nursing Service. Canadian Tuberculosis Association Ind the Provincial Boord of I-leIlth under one centi-Il Idmlnlstntlon. with this amalgamation the following scheme of organization was pro- posed by the Chief Health Officer of the Provincial BoIrd:-

Administration Division: chief Health Officer; Assistant Health Officer; Medical Buptrvisor of the Provincial Banatorlum.

Nursing Division: Supervisor of Nurses: Field Nurses.

sanitary Division: sanitary In- spectors.

Laboratory Division: I..o.borIiory technicians and control of biolog- ical products "Ind drugs.

Vital Statistics: Staff for re- cording Ind compiling births, deaths Ind marriages.

Clerical Divhion: Office staff.

This method of orgInlaIt.ion wn Ipprovcd by the Executive Coun- cil of the ProvinciIl Government on F I ” 6, .1030

In I031 . the Government In- nounced tha formation of I Dn- pnttment of Health. with the ID- polntment of the Hon. Dr. W;J.P.

II the tint Minis

for of Ifeslth. Dr. B. 0. Keeping VII

appointed the that Chief Hulth Officer. Dr. P. A. Croelmsn VIII

Medical Dirootor of the Bonntorluin Ind in charge of tho 'tuborculoIiI programme of tho Prov

lnco. .'l'hls Dopsrtmont also included I I four Pg mu

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The following were among tho tributes rocolved yesterday by the President of the Guardian Publishing Company to the main- cry if! Mr. J. II. Burnett, late Editor and, Managing Director:

Prom It. Hon. IAIII 8. st. nunut. Prime Minister of Con- Idu ”I was very sorry to learn of tho psulng of your father. Pious accept for yourself Ind ex- tend to your brothers my sincere sympathy in your bereavement."

From Hon. George Drew. under of the Opposmon. Ottawa: "I wish to extend to.you Ind your brothers my deepest sympathy in the loss of your dear father whom I admired so much. The thoughts of his many friends are with you in your sorrow."

From Lt. Col. 1. D. Stewart. p.s.o.. Mayor of F" lottetovvn: "I.WIl shocked to learn of your father's sudden passing this morn-

ins.

"As Mayor of this City and on behalf of Ill its citizens, mIy I tender to you, and through you to your brothers, my deepest sym- pathy in the great loss you In called upon to sustain.

"The contribution that your fa- ther madc to the City of Char- lottetown is lm eIsu able. This was exemplified in I deep inter- est in Clvlc affairs. in his Church, In his newspaper business, and In the City in general. His love of our democratic way of life was ever shown by his pen through the medium of the paper which he no masterfully edited.

"He is gone to his eternal rest. Ind his memory will be cherished by all those who were privileged to have made his Icquslntance."

from Mr. W. Chester 8. Mo- M. P.:

"I was deeply shocked at the now: of the death of Mr. J. R. Burnett, whom I had known in- timately for many years. and with whom I had been associated both in business and in c urch affairs. No one could be prl lieg- ed in this way without coming to appreciate his outstanding quail- tles of mind and heart. His loss will be felt not only in his adopt- ed Province, which he loved In his own, but across Canada where his influence II I Journalist ex- tended."

From Mr. '1'. Ioy Cudniore, chairman, Bslvntion Army Advis- ory Board:

"I am sure that many citizens were shocked and sorrowful, II I was to learn this morning of the sudden death of Mr. Burnett.

"More than I quarter of I cen- tury ago he brought to our City I quality of honesty, integrity. plain dealing and willingness to work, which characterise: the Old Country Scottish people.

"Many others are more capable than I am to express his real worth to the community, but I feel urged to recall the many in- terviews I have hId with Mr. Burnett during the past twenty- fivo years in connection with vor- lous drives which had In their objective, the betterment of.our people in the City and through- out thc Province. It was here that his wise counsel, construe- tlvo criticism and keen insight in- to human nature, asserted itself and left us better fitted to en- gage in the task ahead.

"Charlottetown has lost I high- ly esteemed and competent citi- zen. who leaves a heritage of good-will and respect that will long be remembered."

from Mr. T. P. Drummlo. Pral- deai Ind publisher of The Tole- gnpll Journal Ind The Evening Tlnns-Globe, loin: John, N. I.:

"It wII with keen pcsonsl fool- ings of sorrow that I horned of your unexpected bereavement. ror many you: I but highly valued your father's warm friendship and had Ipprcciated his worth as I leading citlsen of Prince ldwsiu Island Ind II I vigorous champion of its progress. no will Ilways be renismbered in the newspaper world not only II In outstanding publisher and editor but Ilso I! one of those who recognised the need for modern news Iorvices in Canada Ind played In integnl pm in their development. Pleuo convey my deopsympothy to mem- bers of the family."

were actually the School Bond: of each of the School Districts. In the City of Charlottetown and the Town of Bummer-Ildo the loud: of Health were the City IndTown Council, respectively.

Prom the time of' its inception in loll. throughout the Mr years, Ind up until October. 1945, the noporuneutb progrun of Pubuo Health for the Province followed closely the origins) plan of health

iiolir trlbutlon of stall was employed In in 1901 Ind than VII but slight fluctuation in the tonnes of the

with the Provincial aimmmeni IIDICI! IGOIIIIIIIIICIDC Iii I'D- lbouibilitios which

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In Memoriam

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g JUNE: 14. 1952

From I” lesson I. 1''. Ir i . ii'cPo'rb::o Jou-ui u"' N ' MINE Dlllioulo uni. "film 700091! team to learn M "I0 NM!!! P3151118 of your dis. tinguished father. His long am outnlliding spgpu camel. ix faith in the trust that was mg 3, guIrdiI.n of the freedom of the-. press and his penetrating and fair- minded insight into the gun; ,5, sun of our time remain I lasting inspiration to all in the realm n1 19"m'”5m ""1 public affairs. Please Iocopt on behllf of youmi” Ind all members of the family luv most profound sympathy in 5.0m. great loss."