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THE GIIIBLOTTETUWII GUARDIAN

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President: Lieul. 00L W. Chester S. McLuro Vice-President: J. B. Burnett, i‘..l.l. Secretary: Ueut. Col. D. A. Maelnnnou. U-B-Q- Editor and Managing Dlrector: J. B. Burnett. I..I.L Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Lleul. Ian A Bumett, B-UXNJKIL (On Act-Ive Service]

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

minim. JANUARY 21. um I944

Potato Acreage

Five per cent more potato acreage is asked for 19.1.1, the designated total bcitig 558,980 acres. The provinces of Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia have each agreed to increases of 1o per cent in acreage. {Quebec and Alberta will aim fur 5 per cent increases. The Blaritinie i'1"o"."i11cc.-, i11 all of which 111.13 plantings were greater 111x111 the long-lune avcixiges, will main- tain their level of production, as will Saslczilchc- wan.

l-"zict-ars considered in compiling the national

objective» slates" the 111111111 l\'c\l.\v oi .\Q1":- cultural Conditions in Canada, were: the sc-‘ircilv of supply on 111.111y central llllllbClS in the swing

oi 151.13, even ala cectlisd

bush the 19.1.’ crop had cx- .. |lZCtl!illL‘l_\' meceduzg yea" that lli:f.“§'1‘1'

iniv 2111161 .. 41,11 1i_,11_1c1"1-pi11storage:1ici1_\1l1:1tio11 11:1- ciertalvings for 19-15 crop much greater that:

ever before and likely to be tnaintziined subse- quently, and the active export demand for anv certified seed which ii is seen lit to 11<:r1nit to l1." e.\:111rlv'l.

-\\l'l t1. tl1e>ed:"."1\\l1."1clt-. so far as P111 i- lill- ward island at least is Concerned, the difficulty of obtaining refrigerator cars for shipment.

$1111 011 Llpgratle’

With the war in mogress for almost four and a half years, there is still r10 break in the ll[J‘~\-'l\'\l trend of (ianavlian business. inwiifir as 111,111.11" i111erz1liou- at l('€l:1 are conreiwnrl 'l‘l"11- ‘n.1, 191.1 saw pinnacle l'Ct‘"l'lls‘ for 11in" 1v": great railwav system; both in the volumes of their traffic and the aggregates of their earn- i: The increase had been steady and pro- 1111 uwl every 1111111111 of the yezir. 'l‘his t1p>111"_4"t 1s 111 1- as 11inch in evidence 111.1111 a.- i: \\'ZlS_llll'CC months ago. .\ statement just issued by the Czinadian Pacific Railway says that its traf- fic receipts‘ for the first week of this year were over 22 per cent above those for the correspond- 111: licriul 11f 1111:. The 1on1 was 151.803.1100 f1~:" 1l1~ lll-Ci» Cli1l"Fl _l.'11'111a1"_\' 7, 10.11, as contpar- ed 111th $3.o_‘1).ooo for the fiist week of 1913.

T110 C..\'.R. has had a similar experience. The y"r.'11" 1'74} was its peak vear, but it 11115 110111111

mll “ill: increases in traffic and rcvcnucs about 11.11 Sililli‘ as arc reported by the Caimrlizui lluci- 11c 1.3 11."1':1l bu-iness expansion C0lllil|llCa lo b: the order of the day. Meaningless Phrases cilllllllillltlLd‘ Ring-Hall, .\l.l’., who is pub-

_ pamphlets 2h‘ well as contributing to 'l'or<into Saturday" Night, his views 0n interna- 211111111 affair» 111.111 1r;- l'(‘w|)(1l1>ll)l6 for 1111 action

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1,1‘ 1111: $111111 official organ Pravda in publish- mg 1111: 1"11n=-~111" 1"e~:1-'":1ee 111"o11;1gz111dz1 which 1.. 1 1-1 1111-1 calculated to cattse disruption between

.-\1le1l mtions. The Commander wants the (Jer- tnaizs to be rcnsstirctl, officially, that the United \. .

lftll- do not ilnl “to tlP>1l'1'1V the (icrmuu suiolr". .\'11 more incredibly" ilztngeiwpis idea can be offered. _\'0 sane 1111111 wants indis- crizninztte slaughter and destruction in Ger- manv, but the only safe thing is t0 give the Cer- nians no as "mice of anv kind, but finish the 11111: ln .s late-t borik, he say» “the econo-

iizie 111,111.; 111' llltlllkilltl lies in thc (‘.\i\'l|>lUll into 1h‘: peace era of the practises and principles 111' lsend-Leasc". This simply means that the world cannot continue to function, and prosper, un- less nations which have surpluses of goods give that to 1111111111.»; which are short. llow would the fact that the sitrpius exists be proved? asks Letter Review". Dries a stirplus of motor cars exist in Canada, when we have 100,000 motor cars, or when we have one million. or when we haw 11-11 11111111111? Does :1 sitrplus of 111111: in L':i11:11l;1 irxi-t nlun evciwoiic has all 1111" milk he 11.1111» to llflllli, or when everyone only 1111s 11111."- ourirtcr of the milk he would lll\'C to clrinlt? Tl1i= is the sluff of which (lreains are 11111111.‘.

and to indulge 111 tl1.'11 sort of dreaming is 1-1 awaken very" much ili-illusioncrl. VVarfare Devices

"l')1:1"l\.=," "aliigalois" and "buffaloes" are Inong the wit-rd monsters which have c111n1: within the cz1le1;\11"y' of naval ships itscd in the amphibious operations which have been

carried out bv the Allies ln the South Pacific and in the Mediterranean. Troop and equip- ment transports, they are of shallow draught to enable them to approach close in shore in order to facilitate disembarkatiein, and their bluff bcnvs are made to Open, the section ap- parently dropping down to form a platform enabling troops, tanks, artillery and various mobile 1111115 to reach the shore. “l1it-flier the znuk which seems to be equally al home on 111ml and water is included in the list of monsters named above cannot be determined.

The improvising of war tactics to meet new conditions and circumstances 1121s been parti- cularly appavriit 111 the jungle and island-hopping operations in which the Xlmcricans and Aus- tralians have been etigagerl. Camouflage. 11.1011 in the First World \\’ar, has become a highly specialized method of concealment; it is used not nnlv by the troops whose tiniforins and equipment are made to blend info the scenery with, the obiect of elndilig the vigilance 0f the stiiper, but also to disguise ships and even towns. ‘Spit and polish" is no longer a standing order for the forces". with the result that casualty lists have been verv consirlerablv shortened.

New warfare devices, or to be more vxziel, lllllll" d devices, are lwiug itilrnduccd 1'11 H11 the services. Amiouiicenivsnt 1111s been 11111111-

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airman. The United States has lust brough

exceed 1n speed and general p". at present in use.

clouds.

of which very deadly

doubt, Germans in land.

of Hitler's citadel.

- EDITORIAL NOTES _

The next musical feast may not be so high tuned as that of Wednesday; but should be

large audience-—Burns concert on Tuesday 25th. fi i I I ‘

Paid for ne\v.~p.'1per campaign advertising was used for the first time 1.111.) year in Toronto municipal election with heartening results, 37.; voters going to me polls against 2o 22 in the pre- ceding year, the actual number of votes record- ed being 13,1087 against 73,083 in 1943.

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Louis .\'\'l, King of lfrance. executed this date 1793; grandson of Louis XV, who 10st both India and Canada, and the Seven Years’ \\'ar, the new King inherited the seeds of the tircnclt revolution, which was also precipitated l1_\ the ineouipt-tctice and extravagancics of both king and Liovernincnt; the tmfortttnate Louis was deposed in 1792 and in jail. of the year af- ter executed; he was well iutentioncd bu! weak, rnd in domestic affairs led by the nose by 111s ‘Queen, .\l:1rie Antoinette, who was guillotine-d 111 (Jetolicr the same year; the French Republic, with Napoleon in military command followed.

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Vice-Arlmiral Percy W. Nelles, who as chief of tiaval staff‘ at (Juana has had much to do with the 1-1111, c» and (levelopnieitt of the l\'.C.l\'., as- sumes the new Canadian rank of senior flag of- ficer in Britain. He will be on hand to co- operate to the full with officers of the Royal Navy i1"1 their plans for the invasion. Canadian naval units will not be 1ilaced under one com- mand, but will be uscdwith the other Allied forces wherever and whenever they are needed. 'l‘\vo new cruisers, a gift from Britain, will soon be maimed by Canadians, and will make the RZCN. the most powerful naval force this 601111- irv has ever boasted.

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“BureaucraW is a word. not a nickname. not a term of reproach or opprobrium, says an O!- t."1\va c01"1"e.sp011de11t who, in view of the reopen- ing of Parliament steps forward i11 their de- fence. ;\nd those who throw missiles a1 lied- cral officials too often l1it the wrong targets. What Iekes say/s about Washington is probably true here——the bureaucrat is a creature of cen- lralizcd govc1"n111ent, necessitated by global war- fare, but 11c is not peculiar to wartime 112111011111 business. 11c was here before the wars, and he wasn't always bad. There are more good than bad bureaucrats. The good ones may be found in eharge of 11111111" of the myriad controls, and they will be discovered doing the same work tjiey did before September, 1939. Must of them mean well, and most of them do well. A few like plenty of power. Mighty few secm to 111m: an insatiable appetite for it_

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\\'o1"ld 111111001; for wheat rcuuiretnents is simply that all the wheat which we produce is needed for human nutrition somewhere. llereis one case, says Letter Review, where there should he no hesitation to use Lend-Lease methods as long as they are l‘(.'(|llll'€(l. We may have to pirc away wheat for more than one year, to stabilize the situation. That should not frighten anyone. \Vith active policies of development in Canada, and an increased 1iopulatioti, we could, almost certainly, avoid this course for 111o1"e than a year or two, and build an economy here which could absorb enough imports to eu- ablc us to export our wheat, without difficulty. Canadian wheat can be produced of better qual- ity and more cheaply than any wheat in the \\"11rld, and slill vicld the Canadian farmer a fair return. Surely it is folly to talk of throiv- 111g up o111" hands, and going out of wheat @111. tivation. 101 i 1| 111 'l‘hat (Tzmada faces :1 problem of 11111111111111111 -"-‘~ bart of ils p "war l‘1:t‘Oll5ll'llCll0l1 is gen- erally admitted, and many interested persons and groups are giving attention to various solu- lions. Without becoming embroiled in conten- 110115 ruiestions. says the .\le11tl1ly Letter of The Royal Bank of Canada for _l:11111;11-y, them i; 111t1cl1 of interest to be explored. flow 111111111 people should tberc be in Canada for greatest benefit to all ifs inhabkzmts? ls there any limit, and if so what are the limiting factors? lf ad- ditional population seerrns dewirable. where is it to come from? lnto the zmsivering of thesi- qtiestions there ntcrs the whole world story of migration and birth rates, of mcdical scienc- and the emancipation of women. of the struggl- for self-sufficiency and the Atlantic Chart-n impulse toward llll(‘l‘llRflO11{1l accord, =1- w n- u

I_.’Action Catholique reports the following saying of one of the habilants: "Give i1 11111.1‘. name you like, no government can by flgglf alone assure a living to the whole people.” The paper forthwith admits that "it is still private. initiative 1vl1icl1 can do most to rcabsorb float- fllfl manpower, rehabilitate demobilized service-

out a new fighter. the Black Wlltnv, said lo ' Q nuance any The deadly accuracy of the guns of the battleship Duke of York in the sink. ing of the Scharnherst also suggests further 111111r0vc1ue11ts in range finding. Previously the American precision bombing over Europe was interfered with when the target was hidden by 111:1: difficulty has been overcome. The PLJIZCI‘ divisions of the Germans. believed cap- able of causing complete disorganization of the linces l_1_v which they were opposed, have been effectively countered by new artillery technique, _ proof has been given by the Russians and by the Eighth Army. And, no there are other surprises awaiting the sca and air fighting when the might of the Allies isflung against the walls

equally enjoyable, and attract the customary

"rm: 1 cuknntmizrown GUARDIAN“

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Notes By The Way

PUBLIC FORUM

Tojo. Every time he counts 1m archipelago he's a few more short. ~Milwaukee ‘lourtial,

Rats did 200,

_._- 1131101‘ on the 000.000 damage In miuumn. and -the United state; last; year. A large flgigxe. but nothing compared with w t the rats did 1n Europe. — Louis Post-Dispatch-

Thh being Leap Year, the Allies obviously Plan a big jump across the English Channel, landing with both feet on the Nazis neck - Strntfonj Beacon-Herald.

but: proven tnls b0

A young friend In the services just back front the U- S. A. (I can vouch for his veracity) tells me 11f a, o o remarkable incident that occurred when he and a friend were hitch-

In two yen-s Brltnln sent to Rus- sian rrmameirts valued at £179.- 000-000 rs7ev,e:~o,o00>_ at the time that she Was producing an ln- credible amount of war material for the use of her own expanding annles.--Ottawa Citizen.

dent.

A department of reconstruction ls mooted at Ottawa. but it will probably be a branch of another department‘. Association of. ideas having put the National Gallery of Canada under the department of public works. because. apparently. painting; are works of art. recon- struction 1111111 be put under the department of transport, because it is a sign We are $01111! some- iwhere. ~Ht1mllton spectator.

conseienties 0t‘

1nd tuge

A young woman In Regina startl- ed the clerk in a tobaeconlstfis shop the other dny. The girl bought a plpp as a belated gift for a boy- friend she had apparently for- gotten nt Christmas time She ask- ed the clerk all about the pipe and then tried it out herself. Yes. that's right, she filled it like an old timer and lit. up testing it to her satisfaction before walking out very pleased wit-h her purchase. - 1 Regina. Snsk.

£01 e,

bout.

In a gloomy New Year's mes- sage. Fuehrer Hitler told the Ger- man people that 1n this war there could only be two classes of people, the survivors and tile mmlhilatedu This “'15 characteristic

oration. The Nazi chief boast- ed mt "Vlh0l'CV€l‘ they land, the Allies will receive an appropriate welcome." ’I‘here ls no doubt of this, but it is significant that; the Fuehrer admitted that they would

111m that his passengers were not wearing Anmricnn uniforms. He wanted lo know where they came from. England. they told him. A 1on1; pause. \Vas England in the war? he asked. Yes, they Said. and had been for some time now- ' Another. rather longer pause. Then. grudzlntilv came the final question: “Which side she on?" - Lendon New Statesman.

the world.

The Bituminous Coal Institute predicts a poet-war golden age of coal as the result of proudsed en- gfnearlng research, says The New York Times. RESKlEHOc are to be cooled in summer by the same ccel furnaces that heat them in winter. Coal will be converted into gas without try-products Machines will transfer coal from the bln to the cellar furnace and remove ashes automatically. Coal-burning heaters and ranges will warm rooms day and night without smoke and with only one rekind- llng in a season. New coal-fired loeomatlvm will run long distances without stops; for fuel and water. Finely pulverized coal suspended in a liquid will burn llkc gos tn hot furnacru, Intetnal-ccmbustlon en- gines for plants, locomotives and ships will be developed to burn pulverized coal just as gasoline is now burned in automobile engines. More tar acids, the basis of plailitlcs, will be obtained from con .