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Morning Dally (Founded in i887) Authorized as Second Class Mail. Post. Office Department, Ottawa. -

‘freaident, Inn A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. R. Burnett; Sousa-Tress, G. M. Burnett". Editor and Managing Director. J. R. Burnett: Associate Editor.

Frank Walker. I

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

WEDNESDAY, MAY ‘l. 1941

lirtona Remembers,

The women of Ortona, Italy, in a letter addressed to Prim-e Minister King, have offered to assist Canadian next-of-kin seeking informa- tion about the graves of Canadian servicemen buried in Italy. The scheme is similar to a plan now in effect in both Holland and France where people of those countries have "adopted" Canadian graves and are caring for them. Can- adian next-of-kin desiring information about these graves should write to the General Secre- tary of tho Netherlands War Graves Committee at 412 Keizersgrachi, Amsterdam, Holland, or to Monsieur Goudu, I4, 20th Century St., Cacn, Franccs

Although there are three military cemetries predominantly Canadian in Italy, the greater number of graves are concentrated at Ortona where approximately 1,300 Canadian service- men lie buried. Other graves are concentrated at Agira in Sicily, and at Villanova.

Highland Games At Hamilton

Eighty-five Canadian and United Statcs pipe barrels have been invited to participate in a monster Highland Games gathering scheduled for Hamilton next July 4, 5" and 6, according to an Army Headquarters announcement. The games are being sponsored by the Argyll_ and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) and ov-er 33 Scottish societies from Hamilton and District.

One of the features of the games will be a military tattoo to be held on the evening of July 4, during which over 500 pipers and drum- mers from at least Z0 of the bands will play in massed formation. At similar events in Canada, thc U. S. and Scotland there have seldom been more than‘nine or ten bands playing in massed formation, and at England's famed Aldershot tattoo only seven.

A mass memorial service in memory of Scottish dead of both world wars will be held on Sunday, July 6, in Hamilton Civic Stadium. lt- is expected that more than 10,000 persons will hear the Lament played by upwards of 300 pipers. A massed choir drawn from the city gun-he; will be accompanied by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlandzrs brass band.

Local interest attaches to this celebration in view of the fact that the Argyll and Suther- land Highlanders were commanded at ithiénfront in i944 by a Charlottetown officer, Lt.-Col. J. D. Stewart, D.S.O., who won his decoration with this unit for gallant action at the Moererugge canal crossing, Belgium.

in The "tiooil iild iiays"

The following rules for employees, posted in a Chicago department store in the 1880's, reprint- ed by a Toronto concern on a postcard and received the other day by Premier Jones, afford o striking contrast with conditions today:

"Store must be open from '6 ‘a.m. to 9 p.m. the year round.

"Store must be swept, counters, shelves and showcases dusted; lamps trimmed, filled and chimneys cleaned; pens made; doors and win- dows opened; a pail of cool and a bucket of water brought in before breakfast.

"Store must not be opened on the Sabbath unless necessary, and then only for .a.few min- utes.

"The employees in the habit of smoking Spanish cigars, being shaved at the barbers, going to dances and other places of amusement will assuredly give his employers reason to be suspicious of his integrity and honesty.

"Men employees are given one evening a week for courting and two if they go to a pray- er meeting.

"After 14 hours in the store, hours should be spent for the most IMF-o".

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Butter Prices

The 10-cent increase in butter prices means a great deal in the budget of large families of moderate means, but the popular idea that the former gets this increase is for from being the case

hA/hat has happened is thus explained by the Ottawa Journal: The Government subsidy of 8 1-2 cents a

pound has been removed, and the producers are,

being allowed on extra 1 1-2 cents a pound as from May 1. Many consumers will forget that to the amount of the subsidy they are simply taking tho money out of another pocket, and they wilt acuse-quito unfairly-tho farmers of greed and extortion. Thoy overlook tho fact that the former gets only a small part of the increase and that the butter-producer, like everyone else, is faced with the problms of ris- ing costs. ‘

But ovon when the initial controversy is over butter will still be in tho news. Later ra- tioning may be discontinued, and quite possiblyl ceiling prices, but a floor price is almost certain to remain as a rosult of the workings of the

griculturol Prices Support Act, under which thol

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‘up for fixed wartimo prices.

Botwoon this floor price, and the disrupt- ing effect of o throat from imports of Now. Zeal- nnd butter such as had to bo resorted to last winter, wholesale trade may be very cautious about buying butter for storage. The trade is nn important factor in our butter distribution system, financing the big Summer make and en- abling it to be spread out over the 12 months. it is big business as $50 to $60 million dollars ii required to finance tho holdovor for Winter. The creameries who make the butter could not do it, have not the storage space. It is quite possible the Canadian Government may own a lot of butter by next Fall.

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It now appears that it is the Mackenzie King Government that is "stealing candy from a kid" in the shape of Bc for a 5c chocolate our.

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Farmers will note with mixed feelings that the Mackenzie King Government has imported $l,i"73,7l0 worth of Australian and New Zeal- Clfid butter since January I.

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King Edward Vll who died yesterday's date, wcs not accompanied when he visited here by the future George V, who was, of course, his son, not his brother. His brothers were the Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Connaught.

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Peter llich Tshoikovsky, Russian composer, iJ-Jm this date 1840; studied under Rgbinstein at the Petrograd Conservatoire, where he be- came teacher of harmony, afterwards devoting himself entirely to composition; his works in- clude operas Euzen Onegin, and Iolanthe, the symphony Pothetique and many others; his style is inclined toward dark and melancholy.

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A High River, Alta., creamery, has been fined $10 with costs, plus $5 analyst's fees for an infrac- tion of subsection (a), section 6 of the Dairy Industry Act. In this instance, defendant had in his possession for sale butter containing over 16 per cent water and less than 80 per cent milk for. The charge was laid by an officer pf the Dominion Department of Agriculture.

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_ It ‘is sincerely to be hoped that other coun- tries _will not‘ follow the example of Sweden in banning the importation of lobsters. In the war Sweden remained neutral and benefitted there- by in trade with both the Allies and the Nazis. Now the war is over, and Sweden free as the re- sult of the all-out sacrifices of Britain, the Do- minion, and other freedom-loving countries, decides to "take it out" of this country by denying us o market for our prime sea-pro- duct. "

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A new design for decorative poppies will be available for the i948 campaign according to a decision reached at a meeting of the national poppy organizing committee of the Canadian Legion, held in Ottawa recently. The new‘ poppy will not be ready for i947 as materials _q_|_-_e___r_rot yet in sufficient supply. It will have a yellow and green stamen centre and looks extremely attractive.

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The Canadian Legion is looking for a march all its own. Three prizes of $500, $300 and $7.00 are offered for the best compositions. With hundreds af veterans’ bands from Char- lottetown to Victoria it is felt that bandmosters wilhwelcome this opportunity to have a special Legion March wh-ich they can play on parades, corcerts and other gatherings. The competition which opens on May 1st and closes on July 31st is expected to have hundreds of entries. It is open to everyone.

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Figures made available lost week at Army Headquarters reveal that 375,097 Canadian servicemen and women went overseas in World War Il. Of this number, 370,030 were men and 5,067 women. Embracing the three services, the figures include a number of "repeaters" who mode the trip more than once. Included in the "repeater" class were officers and men returning for courses, men returning to train for a commission, and a number of servicemen who returned to this country to qualify as jump

troops in the Canadian Parachute Battalion. l‘ n i

i There is a shortage of 5,000 farmhands in Ontario, Agricultural Minister T. L. Kennedy declared in an interview,‘ and the cost of food will romain‘ high an long as this situation exists. Wthout tho necessary helpfarmers will be un- abie to produce to capacity and their operating costs will remain at a high level. The deport- ment has arranged for 500 Dutch farm work- ers to leave the Netherlands on May 8 and all will be absorbed by forms in that province, but this group is only a fraction of the number ro- quiredpCol. Kennedy added.’

Five years ago next week, on May 12, 1942, tho announcement that the Germans had sunk two ships in tho St. Lawrence River brought the war much closer to the people of Canada. . . . Three years ago, on May 11, 1944, the Allies opened a terrific offensive in Central Italy to break the Gustav and’ Hitlor Linos. Canadian troops participatod and, with British troops, carried out below tho town of Cossino a thrust across tho Iiopido River toward the Liri Volley. Pignotora fell on tho night of May 15 and with its fall tho Gustav Lino,'olreody overrun forth- er south, virtually ceased to exist. Tho Allios

continued to pound ‘Cassino, pivot of the wholo offensive, and by May 1B, thoruins of the town were in our hands. An Alliod drive on tho much touted Hitler Lino oppoarod was imminont. . .

Nearer homo, tho lottlo of the Atlantic con-

tinuod ‘unabated and, on May 15, tho Canadian‘ frigoto "Valloyfiold" win sunk in tho North Al- , lfltll.

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Y" W0" I'll!!!» lineman-except that wars the only time when all sands ‘salmon wtuit ought. in be

one o rinany. wlnfllpe‘ ‘Ivlbune.

EVQPYMGy bzlovu. or should bo- lieve. in soeial- security; in tihe fairest Pvwlblo distribution of wealth; in measures ho help the disabled, the flak, the ugmfgfjungggr the £8611 But belief in such things. u it be intelligent and honest, m»?

take info account their only tru , basis. To merely mouth words ohm: . "SOCIBI security," to shout gdoggn l about it. without being for the 0n

basic think making it possible. a to be either dishonest co- stupid —' Ottawa Journal. 1 l

- Jhlirivcd by her 50X of those coro- munies in which previous heirs have di-diuatcd themselves to the people eve-r whom they one day will reign she (Princes Elizabeth) did some- thing that was not poissltfe for thsm-made her vmv of dedication with the whole world listening. It; W85 the dignified passing of n mile- stone in a life which. because of the part which the British Crown plays in holding together ouch o large segment of the world's population. is of interest to all mankind. — Ncw York Sun.

. In this free country n policeman cannot. arrest a man or woman un- less he give; the true reason for it. says The London-i- Daily Minm‘. He ls not entitled to krep the reason to himself. Nor must he give n reason whirrh is not a correct one. The policeman who does this may be liable for false imprisonment. This ruling was given on behalf of the House of Lords rectntly ‘oy Viscount Simon. Lord Simon said that in this country a person was entitled to his freedom and was only required to submit to rectraint if he knew. in. substance, the mason. l

There's on old man up In Wet;

the respect of every citizen,

: Interest. The Charlottetown , Gnordlon doeo not nooanor-

A P00! LOSER.

Il.-On glancing over Que Pot- riot. the other evening 1 was at- tracted by the word "Eelephnnt." Thinking the circus might be coining to town I read the paro- graph. To my amazement the reference was not to n. circus but to the Premier of our Province. Surely n more opt and pleasing sfmlle cgiid have been found for o man who holds such a high position. Such position should certainly entitle Mr. Jones to

_ constituted. The members

That tbero ll need of suoh o Council ioweoentottva of tho loy- men of the Churches requires no emphasis. Changes are taking place in the social, economic Mid politi- cal world wihlcih are nothing short. of revolutionary. Whether om- soiiomly or not. oooleiy l; belng ro- of the Christian Church seek to recoi- nlzo the reolitiq of the mutation and to apply the principles of ro- ilgion in the bililddng of the new smicturo_

As eprellailnoryateplnitieoiu- veyofmeforroeawhlohmoybew- rayed in the task which in set the Churches. on Imor-Chiu-oh Census is being held in Charlottetown dur- ing tihis oomkig week. mrforunotlon about auoh Census will be given 1n another communication.

I am. all‘. otc., W. E. BENTLEY fieoident Affiliated Loymefr’: Council.

re- gardless of said citizen's private y views on any matter. ,

All mothers like to see their" children engage in healthy sport. But: more important than the game, to them. is the hope that. these children will learn at a very early age to be "good sports." We try to teach them respect for the laws and those who make the laws. How can we expect them to profit by our teaching when the Chief of the Government in this Province is held up to public ridicule. and in the column that has nlwnys been the so-calied champion of their rights It: is a little confusing to young mtnds- and a little bit more disgusting to older ones.

I am not of Mr. Jones‘ political faith, neither have I the privilege of a personal acquaintance; but the voice of the people elected him to head the Legislature which enacts the laws of this Province. and so long as he holds this position surely he is entitled to the co-operation of every citi- zen.

Jr‘. ill befits any newspaper to

_Why Did Brown Quit?

Iiskiwiifi- who is 106 years old. He’ ‘ m and y“ hogpiyay And m; ‘Damn with faint praise. assent

authorities are wrangling ov with civil leer.

whether m. not he is engiued And without sneering teach the an old age pension. It seems h ' "Si; $0 we";

ma a farm. sold it. and the mone Willing io wound. and vet afraid ls all gorie——he lived too long. Any l ‘w strike.

body who liveg 1Q be 106 years 1s Just hint a fault. and hesitate entiticd to all the consideration e‘ dislike"

cun- give him. Surely we can we v I om. Sir. etc.

a point to see that he spends hs JUST A MOTHER.

last days in comfort and without‘, financial worry. It isn't going o b:eak either the Dominion. e‘ pray...“ o; the municipality to sic that he is provided for until e receives the final coll. It's us: n very edifying spectacle to hear are y, - »

‘ldmlillsterlnf! ‘he '1‘! 55° 95mm“ rggciriniariélsaiaiiaizaiiongnliilbtfii]; the ._uarrelling over vithettier he spent fusion which mug we day lake W0 much "filmy i" hi5 “memes” place and which is a prerequisite 11911153089 Hiimlii not only to our owrn liberation but

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F?" biludilill l" 5mm" ‘n Lnccmprdherfsrioar mgfiixfllcjndinltiiéf- better known to Americans than m“ are mseparabye‘ Inwmprehmh ti"! "all "mwlck “Mame by m’ 510m breeds intolerance. Intoler- side of the River Avon at Strut-ford lace is a prom o’ mcmpmhensiuyh In the Past. the F-hakesbeare P?!" 'Tout comprendrc est tout aimer’, formances there have been distin- is B proverb the truth of ‘which we sulsihed m0"! by 911818? B511 W911‘ must experience if we would save meaning zeal than by a-rtifllc 89h‘ not merely ourselves but others. licvemsni. says The Christ-a" Will we never learn til-rat the wel- Science Monitor. But; now there i5 fare of all is necessary to the vrcrl- a hope gqf__bettiei_ttflngs. For the fare of each one of us? first time in its hlsiflfy. lheilheaue Something over a year ago. trhe is today undo-r llnilltd control. In- laymon of tihe Churches of Char- stead 0,: being gtvein- over. as in the IOHELOWI! decided to for-m an or- past, to slx months of Shakespeare ganlution. Their purpose was to

provide means whereby the

festival bn the summer and six months of commercial pLBYl under Churches represented might give joint consideration from a Qilflst-

different management. in the

Winnie-r. the Stratrf-otd theatre is inn standpoint to matters of com- now run the whole year through by mon concern. social or economic, sir- Barry Jnokson. Twenty years local or world wide. Such matters. ago Sh. Bury made the gqrmmgmgm after consideration and study D by Repermq 1:19am, one o; 314m.“ the Council of tihe organization. dramatic Wz0ns_ H, discovered are reported to each Church by Sh. Cedric Hardmke and 5y.- Ralph the bepresentatlves for furuher Richardson. It. is confidently ex- wnfiideirallm- and 501‘ 511d‘ B6110" pa,“ that he W; make Sh“... a; may be considered advisable. sipenres theatre one of the leading Jflmlbershil) °n ti" Cmlmn 9°" playhouse; in Bump‘ sists o! two representatives from

INTER - CHURCH ORGANIZATION

Sin-How true it is that the world parishes we who

whil 2 ibliVE our

etlon. the representatives to be ap- pointed alnuaily by their respective

Latest. story going the rounds of churches.

each Church desiring repi-esent- '

Washington ls not exactly timely by some decades. It‘; about the rugged citizen from o. Tmnoflm hamlet who rode horseback to the motions oarpital. He had been told that he strongly resembled Henry Clay and decided to go to Was-h- ington to find out. After his arrival m. forbified himself. with o. few drinks qf bouirbon and nude his way to the haILi of Cong-res. He stood around the corridors foo’ several hour-s. but was disappointed to find that no one addresed him as Henry Clay. Finally be made his way to the Senate barber shop. To o. puzzled barber he said: "I imder- stand that you shut/ed Henry Clllh” The bafber sold that he did. "Do you see any resemblance between me and Henry Guy?" the Terraco- oeoan asked. “I site d9’. m? 5R5" replied. "Your breath lmolls jut. time's-time as hh." -- Ohlfllfl 3i!!-

A revivol in favor of the walking stick is reported, but it lo imlikoly anyone will can to upon myfllinl so omutr; on a strict: which woe for years the constant companion oif Colon-loge. my: ‘mo Monctioster Gum-diam. 0n one occasion tho poet lost hi; stick. and at. once nought the old of mo town crler for lb: mauve-y. His S. O. B. uhul brood.- cast was: "Missing. o ouriom walk- trig-stick. one old; of it aloployo the head of an eagle. the eyeo of which represent rising ouno urd the elm ‘Inirkl-sti orooooniio: on the other aide is n potrott of m, owinioi: in woodwork. Rmirnd the neck in n Queen mlnobeth’; ruff in tin. Al; down it woven hto lino of beaut- y in very ugly carving." Thor i followed on admonition worthy l the lost tn-cossno. "if any lent man. or iody. has fallen in lovo» nrlth the above-described stock only secretly canted off tho lune. ho. or ohe. in tioreby oortieotiy admon- lohod to conquer a plllkm the con-, cunmnco of which mutt wove fotoi_

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The Churches so far represented. and their reppese-nmiives. are as follows:

Control Qltristlan. J. Harry Wil- llams. Victor S. Ling; First Baptist, Jamu P. Campbell, Louis H. Sim- mons; Saint James, E. M, Bagnail. Jame; A. McConnell; Saint Paul's, John Murphy, W. E. Bentley: Bal- vation Army. Roger Henderson. Robert Chandler; ’I‘ri.n1t.y United. C01. L.T. Lciwther. ES. Chandler; Zion, AA MacDonald. Gordon P. Rodd; Saint Peter's. Arthur H. Peake. W.G. Hogg; Saint Dun- stan’; Paris-ti. Col. IJeo I". MooDorns mid. Dr, J.C. Murphy; Holy Dc- doemec Pariah. J. Russell St, John. Eugene Kelly.

The organlmtlui! adopted the name "Affiliated Layman‘: Coun- oll": lie Council consisting of tho representatives of the ten Churches and Chruroh organizations. Regular meetings ore held momttil-y, and special meeting; whenever requir- ed. A number of mflglemo affecting welfare and nodal and economic condition; have been disclosed and ore still under can!“ nuisrn by the Churches and Chum-m organizat-