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Incident: blcnt. Col. W. Cluster 8. fickle - VIce-Prclldelt: J. l. lumen, I. J. I. Secretory: mot. Col. D. A. Itlacllnncn. DJ-O. uuw and mull-u Director: .t. l. Burnett. nu. dlcochte Editors: l-‘rml Weller llll Holt. In A. Burnett. LGJNJ. tUn Act-Ive inn-noel

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thin the Weaken Ink.‘

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The Overseas ‘Vote

1t is a satisfaction to note that our service forces overseas, who were deprived of their right to vote in the last provincial election caut- paigll, are lint It) be ignored ill IIIC Ftldflfll CICC- tions on _Iune ll. Special legislation for tak- ing the soldier vote was passed by Parliament last year and prclintittary arrangements have been completed since that titne. Special return- ing officers were appointed to look after the overseas vote and they proceeded overseas last year to make ltrelitttiuary‘ arrangements. The tnacltittcry they set up is said to be ready Whenever required. Service personnel itt Can- ada and in vnriotts stations on the battle-fronts of the world \\ill vote directly, while prisoners of war and service personnel interned in neutral cotuttrics will vote by proxy through their next of lilll. livery mentbci" of the forces, regardless of age. will ltttve a vote.

Xotnittatiott day is set for .\Ia_\' l4 which l5 in accordance with legislation passed last year which calls for a period of 28 days front nom- ination day ‘to tlte dav of actual polling. Intmcdi- ately ztftcr the tiominatitnts a list of all candi- dates in all constitueitcies with their party des- ignations will he cabled overseas for distribu- tion. The service voters will vote for a candi- date in the cottstittteitcy where they normally reside and in order to avoid cottfttsioit. careful prcparatit-it ltas been ntade to provide details of the hottntlarics. The ballot for use among the servicemen will be a special one on which they will write the name of the candidate of their choice. Iiecattse initials will be used to desig- nate party affiliations, it has been thought that sortie service voters may write these, initials on the ballots with the candidates name. But no harm will he done, An order-incouncil recent- ly ltassed allows returning officers to accept such ballots. Yotittg by service personnel will take place in the two weeks prior to the pnlliitg dav in Canada and on the night of polling day the special returning Officers will count the service vote and telegraph the results to the chief electovztl officer in Ottawa. who will for- ward the cotutt immediately to each constittt- enev \\'itli the elaborate preparations made and the care taken in setting up the tnacltittcry. it‘ would seem adequate facilities have been pro- vided for the fighting man to exercise his fxattchbe.

Senydliei“Reformed" Again

Prime Klinistcr Kittg in his time has ex- pended tnttch eloquence ahottt the need for a drastic rcfurntaliolt of the Canadian Senate; hut during his long tenure of power has made no move to reform its structure. His idea. about the reform of the Settate is the replacement nt Crnisr-rvatiiw: Senators, when thev die, by faith- ful Liberals, and, operating on this principle, he has filled t5 of the existing vacancies in‘the upper Chamber.

There is abundant evidence, says the Glob." rmn’ lllail, that the Fathers of Confederation hoped and intended that a large proportion ol the appointees to the Senate would be men of distinction in other walks of life than politics. who could contribute both special funds of knowledge and wisdom to its deliberations. and that it ivoultl thereby, without claiming equal authority with the Commons, acquire prestige with the public as a body of valuable independ-

' ent cottnsellors.

But Mr. King never has seen merit in the idea of manning the Senate with the best brains of the cottntry's older getteratioti. The practice of using Senatorial appointments chiefly as re- wards for loyal partisans ltas degraded the Sen- lte to the role of a political graveyard or, as some hare phrased it. a rest ltontc for political warhorses who are past their best. The result is serious impairment of the authority of a body which, if its personnel were recruited on the lines visualized by the founding fathers and wiselr cltltscit. cottlrl perform verv useful ftntc» lions in the State.

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“.\lr. W, A. Fallon". Alberta's hlinistcr of Public \\'orl-;s, scents to us tn have put his finger on the basic weakness of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation," says Ottawa Jour- nal. "Allowing for oratorical exaggeration there is mort- than a little truth in his charge

i that Ltutarlizttt radio ‘ltas been so ltighly com- ‘ mercializctl that the air groans with the ad- ‘ rltottitiotts of pill pcddlers and peanut pushers,

' tow anyone could believe they would sell

.j the wads of hloauittg Hollies‘ that the air 'reeks'

with soap operas.

"When (RC ivas set up the idea WIIICII

. ‘sold’ to the people (ioverntneitt operation of

radio was the vision of an agency ivhich would give us entertainniettt, amusement, instruction, culture. varied to stilt all tastes, and with a Strictly lintitcil amount of contmercial time. Somewhere along the line that vision faded. CBC 1I\\‘H)'$ wanted more money‘ for greater projects. the greater the project the tnore money It neeclcd. and caught up in this endless circle the "my tray out" was to tell more and more advertising time. ‘ “Nobody would pretend that all the coin- gmercial ‘ntcssages’ are in good taste; some are {frank and offensive that the listener wonders the zndvertisefs goods. llut it is clear that the tul-

right to call the tune. u we aw recently when the CBC governors refused to ban ‘horror’ pro- grams directed to children despite protests from individuals and religious bodies. The pro- grants were paying CBC cash on the line, and that was the argument which prevailed.

"'l‘hose who favor abandonment of CBC and return of all the stations to private control argue, and with some force, that conditions would not change at all a_nd the country would save money. This argument is given whatever validity it pos- sesses because of the commercialization to which Mr. Fallow takes exception.

"Time was when we bought toilet soap, with which to wash our faces; now we buy it for the boon of a 'Dot' Lamour complexion. Time was when we bought laundry soap as an aid to cleanliness; now we buy it to keep up with Lana Turner, as an aid to romance. Time was when we bought breakfast f0lltl> because we tired of cooking porridge; now we buy it so that our boys xvill grow as strong as ‘Superman.’

"That's what radio has done for us. It has brought all Mother Earth's children into a single street, has unlocked for us treasures in music attd other things which pasf generations could not imagine-but, alas, it has brought the ped- dler into our living roonts, and the circus bark- er to our bedside, and vulgar, tawdry voices din- ning into our ears.

"We syntpathize with Alberta's Mr. Fallow."

AED-ITORIAL notes-

San Francisco World Cotiferettce opens. it i! it ill ‘ '

The new LieuL-Govcrttor is expected to be sworn in soon. i‘ i U Summersideiis off to a gtood start in the Victory Ilwtd race. l‘ U Q I British minesweepers have swept over 15,000 mines since war began. i l i I Locally the engrossing question politically is -—who are to be the Liberal attd C. C. F. catt- didates? U i i U Russia has sent to San Francisco an enter- tainment ship well loaded with a cargo of caviar, vodka and other makings of many gay Soviet parties during the United Nations conference, apparently planning to set the entertainment pace for the parley, which opens today. n- v w i:

The statement has been made by Canadian government officials that following the end of the war in Europe, production of war materials in Canada will likely be cut 35 per cent. This will undoubtedly release manpower and ma- terials for increased production of civilian metal goods, and that increase may be felt later this year. ’ I i I I

Still “carry on and all will be well," was ;\Ir. Cltttrcltills advice given at Bristol on Saturday. He called on Britons to restrain any celebration of a victory over Germany in favor of “a new leap forward” to bring the vvar against Japan “to a conclusion altogether free from any doubt." He disclosed that victory in Germany would be decided by Allied army connnatttlers’ notification to their govcrntnents that “their task is done/“and “I _do"n0t think it needbe long delayed.”

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H. R. H. the Princess Royal (Victoria Alex- andra Alice Mary) Countess of Ilarewood. only daughter of King George V and sister of King George VI, born this date, I897; married Viscount Lascellcs, now Earl of Ilarewood, on Feb. 22, I022; has two sorts, Hon. George Henry Hubert, Viscount Lascelles, now a prisoner in Liertttatrv, and Hon. Gerald David Lascclles, also in the army though only nineteen years of age.

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In a recent review of the Saskatchewan (Sov- crntttcnfs efforts for the rehabilitation of armed service personnel, Reconstruction Minister _I. H. Sturdy said Governtnent House had been offer- ed to the Federal Government for use as a con- valescentattd reconditioning centre for returned men. “When the period of rehabilitation t: ended," Mr. Sturdy said, "Government House would be returned to the province and could he used as a provincial rnuseitm or for other hist- orical purposes."

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The Feast of St. Mark; originally named joltn, most likely a convert of St. Peter, attd witness of some ‘of the events of the Passion Week, if he can be identified with the “young man" tnentiottctl itt the gospel; chosen by Har- uabas and Paul to act as their assistant; owing to a dispute ivitlt Paul he returned to Jerus- alem; he then accompanied Barnabas to Cyprus; later became reconciled ivitlt Patti, the latter speaking of hitn in affectionate terms: became the interpreter of Peter‘ and, according to tradition, founded the church at Alexandria; he is the author of the gospel which bears his

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Releases of cigarcts front bond for cott- sutuption in Canada continues to set new rcc-_ ords, for while the t,o9o.7oo,ooo total for Feb- ruary was slightly under the all-time high of t.t59,too,ooo set in the previous month it was still at an unprecedented level and the total releases for the first two months of this year were also, of cottrse, at a new all-time high for that period of z t-4 billions, being some 277 tnillions greater than the previous high for_ the period set in i943. Compared to a year ago, Wllfll the February total was 970,700,000 which was the previous record for the particular tnouth, the increase in February this year was 120.900.1000 cigarets or t2.3 per cent. Calcul- ated on n straight arithmetical basis, without allowance for Sundays or holidays, the indi- catcd daily constuttptiott of cigarets in February also set another new record. the daily average being 38.9 millions, compared with 37.4 millions in January, this year and with 33.5 ntillions irr February, H)“, ivhen the comparismt was af-

rvlttlner, who trays the piper, insists upon his

fectetl by the extra day in Leap Year.

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Notes By The Way

PolIt-Iclnnc are shrewd. The d1- rect their appeals to the emoiilom, rather than to the Intelligence, because they know the greet ms.

rlty In considerably more quo- IOIIlId thm sensible. — Kitchener

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In the United Shite: It II call. mated that over 1,000,000 workgn will leave their Jobs after the wr. Of these half are employed 1mm"; who will go heck to housekeepi- In: whlle another 3.000.000 ,IPQ youthful workers who will return o schooI.—Sault Ste. Merle Star.

It doesn't to down very vvoIl ylth fiffi“iiv'é‘°'lei‘i‘i" 0,3221%: on with wounds to hear I or have been llvlng eo ortubly at home complaining about; the hard- ships they have been sufferlng gillelgflk the wan-Niagara Falls Re-

Modern youth In: a for more open and receptive mlnd than the youth of the Victorian era, and ls therefore far better qualified to profit by knowledge thus acquired. There wlll, we fancy, be far 195g Pwlfll Dreludtce once the war Is over than there has been In the , and this would be a very great service rendered to humanity. - Montreal Star.

Lloyd George may become In the right. hands (whosoever they may be) the subject of one of the great- esl; btographles ever wrltten. The analysis of that diverse, subtle and fascinating character. and the framing of estimates based on the analysts, ls a task worthy of the most discerning and judicial crafts- man In the world of letters. If there Is a book that beyond any others I would Ilke to llve to retvd, ‘It ls one that would be entitled Lloyd George, a Character Study" by Winston Churchill. -- London Spectator.

Word has come from Paris that restaurant menus there may soon be printed In English as well as In French, so that Amerlcan and British G.I.'s can read them, The Idea angurs well for the future. Does t-hls mean that the day ls approaching when it will not be particularly smart for an American or an Engllshman to be able to understand n menu wrltten In French? Speed the day. say we, when the man with only English at; his command, and mostly Anglo- Saxon at that, vzlll not feel he must apologize for not knowing whether poulet de grains bonne femme ls he main dish or the soup, or whetherhachls de boeuf a l'Am- erlcalne is something an American would recognize If It came up and spoke to him on the street. A long step forward has been taken. we feel, In both Anglo-French and Franco-American relations by this move. Now all that remains ls for the British and Americans to agree whether to pay the check tn pounds or dollars. Then we reallv shall have international amlly. __ From Christian Science Monttor.

The decision to glve Princess Elizabeth a commission In the A. T5. as n second sub-altern, with the intention of being trained as an officer-driver. Is In keeping with the admirable plans the King and Queen have made for the Prin- cess’ education throughout. But, It 1s, of course, much more than that. for since she reached her eighteenth birthday last April, Princess Elizabeth has been In a position to make her own decisions. and there can be no doubt: that this is one of them. The Princess has been tin-active, and indeed ar- dent, member of the Sea-Scouts; and It was inevitable that she should want. Io Identify herself In some way with the war service In which so many hundreds of t.hotts- ands of her future subjects of her own age are engaged. And though there Is, so far as I know, no pre- cedent for such asbtvltles on the part of an English prlncess, cer- talnly of an English princess who ls heir-presumptive, Princes Eliza- beth ls In fact doing tn the army ust what her father and grand- ttlher did 1n the navy.—Lotidon Spectator.

In many respects ll l! lfllfi ihfl our DOSE-Will‘ world will be a bet.- ter world to llvc In, with new pro- ducts and Improvements but pre- sent trends Indicate It ls going to be a more expensive world. Part of this wlll be attributable to a declining supply of hlgh grade na- tural resources, large quantltles of which have been consumed by the

pendent upon resources whose pro- cessing Is more costly. Most of the increase will come from a rlslng cost. of labor, whlch, under war- tlme government contracts and u favoring administration, has gone up In most leading industries and shows signs new of goln higher. This cost has been carrle by gov- ernment. but. with the end of the war those additional labor costs, unless reduced, are solng to be re- flected In hlgher nrlces. Higher prices mean. In tum, that the av- erage consumer wIII not he able to buy as much as he clld adore the war unless his own- earntugs In- crease. With a lowered consump- tIon of goods. there would be lees reduction and less demand for nbors servlees.-Mtnneapolls Stur- Journal.

Modern medicine In marching ahead rapidly. In no field l: It registering greater gains than In the treatment of dlselses through chemistry. The sulfa family of drugs and penlelllln have made miracles posslble which only a few years ago would have seemed In- credible. These things haven't inst. ha pened. They have been the rult. o arduous and persistent re- search. London Is roud tn note that. the University o Western 0n- tarIo has done Its part In s eed- Ing the march of modern med clne. Several outstanding, pieces of re- search work have een done here. Now comes word that Dr. I. N. Aaheahov and hls nsslstlnt. Freda strelltz. have developed un- other mold product which can do

and whIch even gives promlne of belng effectlve against. the dread tttbercule bacillus. It. would thODIIIIIIBIII to

or e scou ilinyeft, for Dr. As ehov ts sttll at. the test-tube stage of hls new arul. If something of the sort develops It wIIl be a malt" < bum" 0 the weII-belng of mankind. for so far, In spite of nnny seemlnll promising developments, no chem - ell speeflc for tuberculosis - Itu been found. However remarkable results are nlrendv secured through rest and surgery. Even vvlthout n specific remedy, medlelne Ins gone far In copltfirwlth thlg nnelent. ktllen-london ee Press,

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book has all the mlve charm and Jntdlryaldugélty d amateur "Bolog- rep . s u. well-u lhum In which every picture ls neatly doeketed with date Ind footnote or an or - Inal caption. flf now and, then c lune leene ls taken from too many angler, what amateur photon

I: not c little over-exuberant with fllmsllrtdr. MacDonald Is the kind of traveller wtio never wearles- even of monotony, even where tIIIte his negro) others rnleht nee nothing “but mile; and miles and miles.‘ The owner of this superb little camera. u he bends across your ahoulrle w point some detail, has some engrossing tales to tell, and tells them with such umtf- eeted pleasure, it: would be Bhurll-ih w resent. repetition or to quarrel with insistence.

There are no studied effects: all posing of groups and individuals ls informal, Every picture ls freshly’ and lovingly taken, and eWYY P16‘ ture ha: Its story, be it only B b"- of pipeline towards the fantastic IEAEII of the Alaska tuauwflv- Nor has the wlrter dlsd-alned the Inclu- slon In this glittering collection of old and faded pictures of i W801‘! day. Take this one-carefully datetl _.0g Alexander Mackenzie gazing out (the first. white man In do 5Q) over a vast exDmBe of ocean. hove- fully believed the Pael-flc and blt- terly realised to be the Arfitlfi $99- "On that same day," you are bold, "In Part5 a mob ‘was stormlnt; the Bastille." There's n sense of hi5- tory for you, of sjxce and solitude. of human tumult and human end- d¢nvour_ nntphatlcally this Is the sort of book I should like to give t9 school masters who love their cralt and have the vlslon to teach hls- tOTY-—II5.IUI:BI and human — side by side Wlth geography Whw I think of my own school days.... and Imagine how the story of Em- pire could and should be taught. 1 envy the youngsters of today and tomorrow! Yet reaInB U115 book 1 was almost clad of "W jgngfflflcfl 5o exciting ls eXl-tlvrfl- tlon with a stlmulathig guide ‘There is much to be le-lrlll- 7mm these crowded pages: stories 0f n" Hudson Bay Ccmvfllly 811d ‘he Klondyke Gold Rusth, and tales 0f adventure and pioneering brought. flp-w-dflfg by the marvels of sclence and the damn-all-obstacle courage of modern engineers. 0m? fascinating chapter tells of a herd of 3,000 reindeer that were driven by a bare dozen mp0s and Eskmws and eiuht. dogs from the shores o! the Be-ring Sea to the banks ‘o! the Mackenzie Rtver. This trek tool; over five years and its d9- scrltptlon Is as exciting as anything I have ever read.

The book gives the reader many odd. revealing scraps of Informa- t.Ion about his fellows or other nut- ural phenomena. For Instance. m" all tr-tlppers‘ sl-elghs out in the fr0- zen Northwarry portable wireless gets; that. 8n Eskimo widow N- cently spent 5,000 dollars to have her ptivate schooner fitted with n Diesel engine; that. Mr. Pepper of Alkavik, an autocratic fur trader. long since departed this llfe, tried tuusuocesfully. alas!) to Issue hls gwn qolnagci that a bulldozer can clear seven miles of track throtllh vlrgln forest In one day; 0r thit- in the Eldorado Mines at Port Rad- lum frost penetration Is so deep Rte water turns to Ice 250 feet. below tthe surface But 1 would-with B“ due respect-dike to change some of the Canadian place Hamel. f0!‘ example, Slave River. 31°“? Pin!» The mag? of the Drowned, and Dlmm es.

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Vienna

(New York Herald ‘Prlbut-te) By now Vienna must be almost entirely liberated. But It Is hard to see through the pall of smoke that hangs over the lovely clty bv the Danube or to know how much beauty has been gushed or seared by the Nazis In their pointless and