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learning Dally (Founded Us I861) ‘Ilhfllllll ea ties-anal Olnee itlnll, Pool Offloe Department, Otsevve. The lalmni liuerdlien Publishing Co. ‘IHIIIIOI’ euu Managing litres-cur. J. B. Burnett;

Aeeoaiek Editor, Frank Wnllsel

' "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than ' - the Weakest ink."

CHAB-LOTTETOWN, MONDAY, AUGUST 9,

liew Liiseral Leader

The choice of the Notional Liberal Conven- tion as party leader and Prime Minister in suc- cession to Premier Mackenzie King has fa-lien upon a worthy and very brilliant and cultured Canadian, Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen St. Laurent, member of Parliament for the constituency of Quebec East, who was regarded from the first as the most likely contender for the coveted and highly responsible position. Maritime Liberal delegates would no doubt have supported Pre- mier Angus Mocdonald of Nova Scotia had he allowed his name to go before the convention, but failing this choice of a native Maritimer and outspoken champion of Maritime grievances, they gave their support largely to Mr. St. Laur- ent, who has at least few past political sins to his discredit and is known for his broadmindcd- ness on national and international policies.

Mr. St. Laurent is reportedly lacking in the political astuteness of his present leader, but this may be an advantage to the country if not to the party. Statesmanship is the outstanding requirement for national leadership today, and in this qualification Mr. St. Laurent is admit- tedly foremost among his cabinet colleagues. lt ls interesting to note that while his father was a French-speaking Canadian, his mother, Mary Ann Broderick, was an lrish Canadian whose parents came from Galway, Ireland, and that from his childhood Mr. St. Laurent has spoken both French and English. ln fact he states that "l didn't know at first that there were two lang- uages in Canada; l just thought there was one way to talk to my father and another to talk to my brother." With such a background, it is not surprising that one of the dominating motives of Mr. St. Laurent's political career has been to foster national unity. Added to this is his out- standing legal ability and experience in the portfolios of Justice and External Affairs, which olseuld prove of great value in shaping his course at the helm of state.

1945

An Echo 0f Canada

Canadians, who have their awn experience ef Soviet spy rings, will not find the testimony being given to a sub-committee of the United States Senate hard to believe. The astonish- ing feature of it is, says the Winnipeg Free Press, its resemblance to the whole set-up in this country.

There are the same reports of infiltration lnte government; the some inter-locking rings of professed Communists, fellow travellers and underground; the some policy of blackmail which held the victim in the party's grip once he had taken the initial steps.

The evidence being given by Louis Bu- denz, former editor of the Daily Worker who is now a professor at Fordham University, is al- most e carbon copy of that given by lgor Gou- xenko before the Royal Commission and later ln a whole series of appearances in court.

Al’ ill“ lime. Mr. Gouzenko warned that llmllar rings to those he was exlposing existed ln the United States and Britain. lt "is be- ginning to look as though the U. S. ring may now have been tapped though testimony before a sub-committee does not, nor should it, convict any individual. The place for that is the courts which is doubtless the course which will be followed if the U. S. authorities are convinced of the reliability of the evidence they are hear- ing today.

; EDITORIAL NOTES ~.

Old Home Week ls here and now. I I I I

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The Governor-General in residence here.‘ I I I I

Edward Vll as Prince of Wales.landed at Charlottetown this date i860. I I I I

The Province is full to overflowing with

interested visitors to all of whom welcome and

may they have the time of their lives in the glorious Garden of the Gulf. I I I I

‘lt is not too early for the City Council to prepare, as it is doing, for snow clearance when winter is once more upon us. Looking ahead is akin to safety-first.

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The Maritime and Western Premiers mode thelr presence felt at the Liberal Convention. More power to them, and may their agitation bear fruit in the interests of a united Canada.

I I I I V When Auditors differ who shall decide? Montreal City's audited accounts show a sur- plus_ of $2,192,857.79 whereas the External Auditors’ Report show: a.def"icit of $807,l42.

Defence Minister Ciaxton paid a deserved tribute to the employers who made it possible for Canada's reserve force's to take their train- ing. The country needs young men willing to train themselves for military service but it is up to employers t2 givexhem the opportunity.

Sterile milk without heating is a possi- bility which may end the daily rounds of the family mrlkman. American research with X- rays and with an electron beam offer the pros- pect of destroying bacteria in foodstuffs and so allowing them ‘to be stored for considerable per- iods.

lt was scarcely a case of an irresistible force meeting an immovableobject, but the Notional Liberal convention attempted to have a R. C. M. P. band in attendance which James "Caesar" Petrillo did not approve of as they were not union men. Another band was found to carry on.

The Princess Patricia’s Canadian Llght In- fantry, Calgary, has been selected to be the first battalion to be trained as an airborne unit since the war. The training of the unit will be in two distinct phases: the first in para- chute and the second in airtransported training, with both being conducted concurrently.

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The appeal of the Acting Premier, Hon. Mr. Barbour, to autoists to be careful during Old Home Week is timely, and will surely be heeded. No one, for the sakel of a little speed on the roads, will desire to endanger the iives and property of others. Speed on th_e race track is quite enough for one week. l

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There is at least one credit item in the balance sheet of World War ll. Wartime con- tacts and cooperation between British and Am- erican soldiers and industrialists have removed the mutual contempt for the other’s methods. We now see the British Trade Union Congress welcoming the government's suggestion that tap American industrialists and labour leaders advise on raising production.

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"Platforms are made to get in on," but that dcc: not imply that Parties should neglect build- rnggthem. lt is only by preparing and discussing political problems in advance that public opin- ion can be~adequately formed to enable re- formers to insist that the programmes or plat- forms, representing the consensus of opinion, be carried through when opportunity presents itself.

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Boy Scouts are having a swell vacation of Camp Buchan. By-the-by, lest we forget our bene- factors, may we recall that this great camp was presented to the Boy Scouts Association by the Hon. George D. DeBlois, and named after a former Governor-General, Lord Twccdsmuir, whose family name was Buchan (John Buchan, novelist and litterateur).

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l Women, single and married, ore fast break- ing barriers and records in what were formerly purely masculine vocations and pastimes. The latest is the victory of o Dutch 30-year-old mother at the Olympics who won three victories in record time. lt is not so very ago, when it was considered highly dangerous for married women to be athletic, no doctor would approve of it. Mothers now dis-prove this, though there is not likely to be a rush for hon- ours_ and distinction on their port in this posFme-bridge and bingo having greater ap. so . p I I I I When Prime Minister Mackenzie King claims credit for preserving the unity of Can- ada "when all the world wondered," it must not be overlooked, that it was the Conservatives ho had to than-k. The Prime Minister was lax in pro-war preparations; then when the expected happened, it was the Conservative opposition that got behind his Government and unanimous- ly supported it in all the necessary measures to secure victory for the Allies. What would have been the outcome had the Conservatives been In power and Mr. King in Opposition? Would he have rallied his party unanimously to sup- port the Government, or would he have sought Vim)’ 90in by pursuing a policy of obstinate opposition? I I I I _ Captain Frederick Marryat, English novel. 1st, died l'l'llS date i848, His centenary is being observed in England. He was born at West- fmllilef. and spent several adventurous years m the Navy under Captain Cochrone. As the result of his experiences he became the author of several well-known books of adventure in- cluding: Midshipman Easy, The Phantom Ship, Masferman Ready, Children of The New Forest, and Frank Mildmay. ln the latter work, publish- ed in i829, he records an actual visit made to Bay Fortune, P.E.I. A coiner of phrases and similes now used in _common conversation: "There's no get- ting blood out of a stone." "As savage as a bear with a sore head." "Like master like man as the nigger said to his mistress." "Paddlri your own canoe." "As melancholy as a sick monkIIey." "We always took care of Number One‘. 'To go the whole hog." "l've fought "90"!" every adds, but-I've gained the vic- tory."

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lt is a sad coincidence that at the opening of Old Home Week and the Provincial Exhib- ition, Mr. Ed. Acorn, one of our popular citizens closely associated for years with these institu- tions, should be called hence. Mr. Acorn, with his son Frank had been long prominent in busi- ness activities, especially in connection with vehicular transportation, and, as a hobby, har- ness racing claimed his allegiance. He was pub- lic-spirited to a degree, and no legitimate claim upon his services or purse was ever made in vain. It is not so very long ago since a well-known Ottawa newspaperman held him up as the beau ideal of a Christian to one in distress-"I was a stranger and ye took me in"! Ed_ having fed and cared for him when he came from Ottawa to Charlottetown on what proved to be a fool's errand. And the newspaper man's experience was not singular, there being other instances unheralded and unrecorded where Ed Acorn proved to be the friend in need. During our annual outdoor amusement and entertainment many will pause from time to time to recall the ioy of life characteristic of Ed Acorn in fol- lowing the Sport of Kings, and helping others to have o good time out-of-doors in our all too short

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Medicine Hat

(Winnipeg Free Press)

The source and meaning of place names ls of some impor- tance. In the current numbcr of the Canadian Cattlcmen, Mr. W. Henry McKay of Brooks Alberya. undertakes to explain how Men.- auio Hat. got. its name. His belief ls chat sir William Van Horne. then chief engineer of the C.P.R... so named the town in 1583 alter lis-aring the story of one Thunder Bear. a Cree Indian. Thunder Boar met Sir William at Medicine Hat. and fol/l him that. in 1863 he Thunder Bear) had eloped Wlbh the young wife of o chief from Rod Deer Forks and brought he: to the place where Medicine Hint. nmv stands. Prompted by Luc creams of his bride he had snot- nme eagles and made n war ‘nor. r-et. out. of their Lalrfeabhers. This bonnet. he book t.a the injured husband who (having three otncr wives) liked it. so well that: he forgave him.

"Thai. bat. was good medicine." Sir William is said to have rc- marked, "L shall call this place kfedicine Hat."

There ls, however. another and more authoritative source of m- formation in this regard. It. l". ‘Place Names of Alberta" a bee; m. now hard w sob. issued hi‘ che Geographic Board of Canaan

1928.

This booklet reports that. Mel-l- clne Hat is so called in the repolt. or‘ the Northwest Mounted Pound for 1882 which. alone, invalidates the Van Horne story. Medicine Hat is a translation of the Black- foot. Indian name “saamifl madn- xng hood dress of a medicine man 'l‘he booklet. proceeds:

“One explanation connects t..e names xvlth a fight between ihe Cree and Blackfoot tribes, when the Cree medicine man lost. h..s u-nr bonnet. in the river. Another connects it. with the slaughter of n lmrtyr of white settlers and Lnc appropriation by the Indian med;- cine man of n fancy hat. worn oy one of the victims. One explain non is that. the name was applied originally to s. hill east of the Liiwn. from its resemblance to mo ‘not. of an Indian medicine man. The lull is styled Medicine l-lac on a map of the department. of toe interior dated 1883. Another, wiJa the rescue of n squaw from me south Saskatchewan river by an Indian brave. upon whose head l well-known medicine man placed his own hat. as a token of admir- atlon of the not. of tho NR1!"- suu another story says the 1111M was given to the locality becauae an Indian chief saw fn a vision an Indian rising out. of the Saabh Saskatchewan wearing the plum- ecl hat of a medicine man."

The legend which gave Medici-J Hit ita name is both rlcher and more romantic than Thunder Bear's story would allow.

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Liverpool: World's

(By 13.0. Mayson)

The world's first. specially de- signed radar system I0!‘ 1137mm‘ supervision was officially Dill’ "ll-P commission July 3t, at. Enlllndl great. port. of Liverpool.

Although another United King- dom pc-rt, that. of Douglas, in the Isle of Mun, was actually the first. urlt. to use radar 1°!‘ hi" IUD"- vislon or ships emoring and leav- ing harbour, the radar set em- played is an ordinary ship's sec. This installation ls adequate for ports such as Douglas, where the approaches offer few pilotago problems and the docks are ad-y Jacent to the sea, but. vocally in-' adequate for n major port. such as Liverpool with its great inf- fic density. The Liverpool radar equipment is, in fact, a complex machinery that gives a complete picture of the trrvelve miles of narrow, tortuous fairway between the bar lighthouse and the dock. Costing between £30,000 to £40,- 000, it. was designed, tested and built. in only eighteen months -_ a very notable achievement ing the opinion or harbour authori- flee.

The new radar installation bee uses beyond the ability to direct. ships safely into dock in foggy or bed weather. In the first place, it. epsures that. more vessels can use the channel of one time, lhuo providing e quicker turnround. Second, 1t will reduce delay costs -a delay of one hour may easily extend to the loss of a tide which would cost en average vessel some £400. The ‘ tallolion will, fur- thermore, afford the port. auth- orities exact continuous observe- flan of all shipping within the port urea and approaches up to e

‘JO-mile range. It will also enable them ta check poeitions of all

floating navigational marks — ln place of the previous method‘ of a physical check every few days _,md it, will give instantaneous information of any shipping £85- ualty. or any dangerous obstruc- tion in the channel approaches.

The complete radar installation -which is‘ bcscd at the north- west corner of Gladstone clock _ consists of a 15-foot. wide rotat- ing scanner mounted an top of on 80-foot tetra-concrete lower sim- ilar fn appearance to a lighthouse. A building adjacent. to the base of the tower contains 5 radar transmitter and- receiver ment and all other services neces- sary to operate the system. .As the tower is built on shore, twenty feet above sea-level, the height of the scanner is 103 feet about sch level. From this position the scanner has an unrestricted view covering the whole of Liv- erpool Bay and about three miles up the river (as far as Prince Landing Stage). The scanner has special heaters built in to pre- vent. lclng and has been stressed Lo resist wind velocities up to 100 M.P.H. It. Ls driven by a 6-ll.P. molar of. ten RPM. During each six-second rotation it obtains the echo or every object. within 20 miles and these echoes are re- produced on six screens in the radar display room. The drive mechanism of the scanner ls housed in a weatherproof room at the top of the tower which will enable personnel in carry out maintenance work under shelter.

The two main units in the radar control room are the display con- sole nnd a cupboard containing transmitter-receiver equipment. The intricate complicated radar devices are all housed in a gleam- ing white cabinet. Each of the six display units are constructed separately in orderly to simplify repairs and maintenance. If one set should no out of action the

placed with a spare.

One or the six display screens shows o small-scale, true-plan view of the whole of Liverpool Bay, giving a normal maximvm range of 20 mlles out to sea. The next. four displays each show-a view of o. sector of the channel nn a scale four time: greater than that. of the general display. These enlarged scale displays are of a new type which shows o precision picture of a selected part. of t.be channel and give a true plan pres- entatfon without distortion. The areas covered by these displays slightly overlap each other so that a continuous large-scale pic- ture of the rwhole approach chan-

nel and the estuary ls given. The sixth, known as the "wandering display" gives o large-scale plan picture of e sector which can be moved to cover any pert. of Liv. 970001 Bay. This fo particularly valuable as it can be switched to 22 different. positions and can be used to provide additional‘ cover of any area rwhere congestion

l fs severe. First Radar Harbour l

A number of overseas countries are showing considerable interest in this new safet/y harbour radar supervisor. The ports of Basra and Antwerp. for example, are el- reedy studying specifications with is view to installing similar equipment. Installation of this equipments would be simple in BUY part. of the world no the set now based in Liverpool has been designed for universal applica- tion. It lo expected that: many other major part4 in the United Kingdom, including the Part of Landon, will be similarly equipped in the near future.

RARE VIOLIN STOLEN

DURBAN, flouth Africa - (OP) —A 200 year qld Fernando Len- dolll violin, made in Milan, ltnly, in 11M, and valued oi: 4-00 ($1.600), was stolen from OR. Lloyd, who recently come here from Austra-

iie. The thief reached thro h n portly open window and too the violin off a nearby table. PROTEST! IMPORTS Auonarrp, uz. - roe) -

The flooding at the market with imported hot water bottles and bicycle ports hoe brought o pro- test from New Zeelnnd rubber Industry employees. Owing to the heavy lmportollono the industry has reverted to e 40-hour week. In the past. employees regularly worked five hours e week over- time.

NO CIIOTII. NO SUITS

wmnmaaon, uz. __ (OP)— "

New zeelend’: civic .dl|nitorleo ere searching their wardrobes for formal clothes to weer during the visit of the Royal Family early next year. Dress suite ere diffic-

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A DARKLING PLAIN

Ah. love, let us be true

To one another; for the world, which seems

To lie before us circa-ms,

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ISO various, so beautiful, so new. iI-Iath really neither joy. nor love, I nor light. Nor cerbltude, nor peace. nor help in pain: And we are here as on a daxkllng plain

Swept. with confused alarms of struggle and flight. Where ignorant armies

club by

night. _Malthew Arnold. i" Id Charlottetown i) q (And p. n. l.) ~,,

A ROYAL VISIT

Today, August 9, marks the 88th anniversary of the arrival in Charlottetown of His ROY-ll H1511- ness, Albert Edward. Pfllwe 0! wales, (later Kim; l-Idward V11)- The following special clcspalch from Charlottetown appeared 0n U19 following day in the New YOPK Times:

"The Hero and the Ariadne n:- rlvcd oft this port. on Thursday morning early, and enlerfid the harbor at. l0 o'clock. The Nile .gX‘Ol.ll"ld€f‘l twice in trying to come 'in, and then started round to l Quebec; The Vaiorous accompanied

| "The Prince landed at 1 o'clock snlared by the Ariadne, the Volornus, the Cossack, and the lFrench Admiral ship i.ho Pomene. The ships were all full dressed. and the yard! were manned. The Prince was received by the iLicutenant-Govcrnor, George Dun- das, and deputation of the clergy, members of Parliament and the ‘Bar. Part. of the Sixty-second Regiment and the Royal Volunteers lined the streets, which were decorated with numerous arches, flags and motlns. Troops of child- rcn were singing. and the crowds were shouting with enthusiasm.

"One-third of the people of the entire Island are here, and numbers have come by steamers from New Brunswick and Nova. Broth.