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.V urns: tmarlonietouvn. Summation lllltl 98 It cum I-Jluvvnerr tn P.l-1.1. 80.00 other Provtncn I-1 ll. 8. 812.00 per Innun SATURDAY. MAYi-A.;i9-57

Battle Oi The Atlantic

Battle of tlie .-kllaiitic Sunday is hciiig ol.ist-rxcti ttiniorrow. commemo-

rating the seiwit-es of the Royal (iaiiadiaii Navy and t'aiiada's Mer- cliaiit Navy in the Second World War. it might more fittingly be

patted the Wat oi" the Atlantic. for the caiiipaigii lasted throughout the unit HlI')lllg degrees of

entire u'.tI'

liiiciisity The niodcrii submarine proved to he a i;tl' more difficult iioapmi ltl t-timlml than the primi-

titp l'.l)n-ais of lill-R. and the Allies it...-p d;u1L:l'ltillsli sllUl'l of antlsul)- iiiaiviiic eqtiiiiiiii-iii during the early riintitlls tit 'llt' ril'llSEZie- Early "aids by tho pm-l.;el-iialtleshlps. and threat- .-nwt laid; by the more formidable (;(.,.,,,;.,, lmiiln t-i-uisers. compelled the Allies to deplete their main fleets in order to provide battleship escort for their tr00P and cargo convoys. And the lengthening range of tier- niaii air power. especially after the occupation of Noiwvay. g"3dll3llV curtailed British use of the Ntirih Sea.

'i'he Battle for the Atlantic took I radically different turn following cniiquesl of the Low Countries. the fall of l-iraiice and Italy's entry into Britain inst French naval support at the very moment ivlieii its own sea-i power was seriously crippled by losses incurred in the re- treat from Nat-vik and the evacua- tion nf Dunkirk. At this critical juncture Canadian naval and mer- chant niiiriiic forces played an im- pm-taut role, which they continued to do right to the end of hostilities. The fine tradition they established is being perpetuated in our Nav.V"5 peacetime actii'it.ies. As iloliiied W" in an article in yesterday's GU3rdl3"- in some ways the naval role is even more vital to the defense Of iii? country than it was fifteen years ago. The best guarantee against the outbreak of ti Third World War is is preparedness. This fact gives add- cd significance to tomorrowis mem- orial observances, as it reminder not only of the sacrifices involved in preserving our free way of life. btit of the need of maintaining the ideals which inspired them.

Tougher Treatment Urged

Addressing the Canadian High- way Traffic Safety Conference at Quebec last. week. Mr. Paul Blaisdell. l.'.S. safety consultant, said this: til am convinced that no amount of persuasion. moral or otlierwlse. can get people to drive safety. I am equally convinced that the one D9-bi answer to the traffic accident proh- lmn is enforcement w it rough and touch t-i-ackdown on the violator . .. designed to remove. from the road pcnnaiiciitly those who have no rc- zard for the welfare of others."

The truth of this analysis, coni- ments the Globe and Mail, is cott- fll'Tnt"(l by our own country's statis- tics. For many years. private and public agencies have beamed in con- stant stream of exhortatlons at the public. designed to encourage 58" driving and observance of traffic rules. Yet yelir by year. the toll mounts. In 1955. 2.779 Canadians were killed and 65.655 tiiiured In highway accidents. For 1956. 0!?

the tin r.

number of fatalities in estimated at 3.100 with injuries proportion. In 1957. figures will be still tint

npproxima tely

license suspensions. It will not be an easy task. It will involxe stronger highway patrols. a tougher attitude by the courts. and probably changes in the Criminal Code. both to elimi- nate the technicalities which now permit many violators to escape. and to give inagistrates wider powers of punishment.

No such program can hope to lie popular: as Mr. Blaisdell pointed out. fear of offending public opinion has hamstrung most efforts at stricter law enforcement in the United States. Yet nothing short of a ”rough and tough crackdown" offers any gell- iiiiie hope of reducing the slaiicille" on (Jul highways.

Salvation Army Appeal

Every dollar is a working dollar when given to the Salvation Arnix. The remarkable thing about this fact is that it is now taken so widel)' for graiited. The Army's. reputation for iiork accomplished stands no- uliere higher than in this Pi'0Vi"C9- ulierc the annual Red Shield appeal will shortly be launched. The cani- paign objective is 5.314.500 and the special names committee. under tile joint chairmanship of lion. B. Eat-lc MacDonald and lvlr. 'l'. RN ('Ufl' more. will start the ball rolling "' Charlottetown on Monday. Tilt? PFOV ince-wide organization. Ulliiilii M" Norman D. l.owtliei'. Q15. is com- prised of leading business and PIT” fessional men who are EiVi"E ill?” time freely and l;ladl.V l" ""9 h”” iiianitarian enterprise.

it is unnecessary to outline the many activities which the Salvation Army carries on in our midst, but special mention should be made of the fine accommodation Pii0Vided lo" the aged at Sunset Lodge and of iii? work done in taking 0""? Pi ”"' niari-led mothers. Owiriil '0 ll” nature of the circumstances little publicity attaches to this phase of the programme. but it is a very im- portant one. All over Canada. in the Army's hostels. havens, homes and hospitals, its trained and devoted workers labor unceasingly to restore in men. women and children who have fallen by the wayside, the 0P' mmmity and desire for It better life. it is a privilege once more to indorse. this t'alYlDEiE"- 9'”, mm" mend the efforts of all who are par- iicipatlng in it.

EDITORIAL NOTES

From St. John's. Newfoundland. comes word that starlings which first appeared there in 194i have built up i'a considerable population." Yes, a lot of hard things can be and have been said about starlings. but no one has ever doubted their ability to get along.

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A report from New Delhi says that some 'l0llil('Ell leaders in India are worrying about the condition of Prime Minister Nehru's Congress Party. They fear that its long tenure of office has made it "sluggish. too comfortable and set in its ways." The same things are likely to hap- pen to any party anywhere that has been in power for a long period of time.

D I O

”Wc are in the full swing of ti great period of developmeiit." said Trade Minister Howe in a speech at Edmonton. "I fully expect, just as everyone who has knowledge of what is going on expects. that Canada will expand during 1957 at a faster rate than ever before in history." This is cheerful news. But in his March it! budget speech the lion. Mr. Harris stated that. although national pro- duction would probably run to a new high in the current fiscal year. "the rate of climb would probably be less than half the 1956 peak." Obviously, either Mr. Howe or Mr. Harris is in error. Perhaps they both are.

I I O

This month in ntudded with war nniilvu-untied on May 2. 1945, Ber- lin an to the Russians after twelve this of street fighting: war in Italy, .the Austrian Tyre! and Salzburg ended at noon with the surrender of mu-ly a million Germans. On May 3 Hamburg was captured by Brithli

and man German unend-

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in Britain gains: to be the first - in the field in finding a counter- stroke to the giiided niissilc? That was one question that was left hanging in this air when corres- pondents froni Britain and over- seas crowded into the conference room of the Air Ministry here. Target for the newsmcn: a hand- ful oi high-ranking Royal Air Force officers who were it) an- nounce details of the reorganiza- tion the R.A.l". is to underpin in the ncxt decade.

As their amiiiunititiii they had a slim, nine-pagc pamphlet with the cumbersome title of ”Mciiiornn- dum by the Sf3('TEifll')l of State for Air to A('i'0fIlDafLV the iir listi- mates, 1957-53."

in a sense. the paiiiphlcl was a burial service fur the Service that has bliued its way to glory across the skies. There was talk of bomb- ers but only for the ncxt few years. There was talk of fighters s with the proviso that the next one in come off the stocks. the su- personlc P l. was to be the last to have the lanious red. white anti blue ruundels painted on them. NEW Alli WEAPONS

But there was more talk til lfIl' family of guided inissiles that art- to oome into service the air-to-air "Flreflash" and ”Firestrt-ak" and the ground-to-air "Bloodhound." There was talk of the training the airmen were to have.

But the anonymous "spoken- men" were not at all worried. it seemed to me. by the recent blunt statement nf Defence Minister Dun- can Sandys over here that there was no defence against the ballis- tic missile-

Precisely. one of the ntflcers said: "The problem of heating the ballistic missile does not seem in- soluble." And another added that no weapon had yet been invented that had not been followed by a counter-weapon.

The realities of the problem came in the next remark pilt-ht-ti In: "But in great technical effort will he needed. and that cos I .1 money." Neatly the Serviccmcn have landed, the baby right back into the laps of the Hritish Treas- iiry and that Trciitttiry is not at all keen on spcmiinii money ilIFSll days.

TRIBUTE

This broad hint Rbolll n cniiiite..

weapon aglnst the I0.000 in.p.ii.

REMEMBER! .vN'."m K!5'5:Dt2'.0':':i33i I T Counter-Stroke in Sight

strangely enough. has had liltlr comment on in the newspapers 0..

f7'l"I'AWA tL'Pi Although everv ' in nrliument. i.IN'fP are witie clif- ferencea in the number of person: each represents.

York- Scnrborotiitti constituency in Ontario had a population of H310 person: at last year's cen- Im. while lies-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of st. Lawrence had 11.. Ill residents.

These are the minute depar-

mltislle being possible is on which. ,

lllll 0 Federal Ct)-itsliiluaiities

By The Canadian Pretti-

Commons member has one vote l

er lierr. Also lost. in all the lath about the new weapons and new fighting t-oiiccpts. was a tribute the Air Minister paid to the (Ian- adian scheme of training for N A. T.(). forces. The scheme is non being run down. but by the time it ends no less that 3700 pilots and navigators for the RAF- will lI2lVL' been trained in Canada for the R.A.F. since the end of the war QUIET TIME

The ncws that the R.A.F. is ill switch gradually to guided mis- siles has been the most spectacu- lar to hit the headlines during a week when Parliament had starl- ed its Easter recess and its tram- bcrs had scurried away for three weeks from the dustry corridors of Weslniiiiistcr.

Overseas news the troubles in Jordan. the release of the Sum documents. Nasser: terms fdr thi- usage of the. C a n at caused scarcely it whisper of interest.

Capturlnlz more interest was the iicar-at-home story of how gaso- line-hungry motorists managed to gel thousands of gallons of gas oil the ration here during the Plus- ter weekend. "As much as you like' my garage mhn said to me. Now comes a warning from the Minis- try of Power here that all the ra- tion-frce gas was anything hiil that. So far, though, they have been no prosecutions. Nor is there llltP- Iy to be any.

BATTLE OF THE BULGF.

The warning that gas was still rationed came I little late front the Government Also coming late iii a promise that the teachers of this country can expect more pay soon.

The ”bt-tier pay” otter iihmild have been made ten years ago. In it is. Britain seemii to he luv- ing the ”Battle of the Bulge." This in how educatlonalistiu here talk about the high number of childrcn aged between nine and it who are lust going into the second and most important phase of their educa- tion a the phase which will detcr- mlne what sort of careers they will take tip

Why the high number? Well. ii was nine. ten and it years ago that most of Britain; fighting men re- turned from the war.

Now it is found that the niim- her of recruits to the teaching pro- fession here iii diminishing. it Iii no attraction at all to offer -- as the British would-be teacher is of- fered - in salary of something like 50 or Ml dollars I wceli.

larger by two than it would other- wise have been.

There in another exception to the rule of setting provincial membership strictly according to population. It provides that no province shall have fewer sent: in the Conunolu than it has II

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column In tip:-it In the (lineup min by ctirrelpoildenu of quellinn M interest. The Guardian does not macro Inriiy ciidolu the opinion of corru

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OUR S0-CALLEO TEMPEBANCE ACT

Sir. -Whoever wrote "Consis- lcncy thou art a jewel rare." must have known about Prince Edward island's '”Tempcrance Act."

if you go to one desk in the li- qutir vendor's shop and play two dollars for a permit to allow the vendor to sell you liquor and go to another desk and buy a bottle of liquor it is perfectly legal, and you own the liquor; but if you sell me that bottle of liquor and chargc me even one dollar for your trouble. in getting it you are a boollcggcr and liable to a heavy fine and to go to jail for non-pay- ment of s:iinc- is this "temper- anrt-" or ”ciinsistency"?

When you bity a bottle of liquor "legally" you must take it home by the most direct route. Really you should hire 8 helicopter and drop down in your own back yard to avoid making ll detour. But if you walk around Victoria Park with the bottle of liquor in your pocket you are breaking the "Tem- perance Act.”

if you are kind-hearted enough to call on a sick friend on the way home and give him even one drink you are a criminal and the magistrate with a serious and un- blushing face will impose a heavy fine on you and order you to go In jail for min-payment. because you had the liquor in a place not your home. If you go fishing and take one drink out of the bottle at the fishing ground you are equal- ly liable. is this consistent? in it temperance?

if you are travcllinil through New Brunswick and buy it boftlg of liquor legally there for the pur- Dose of taking it home. and if. as has happened a spotter telegraph: to the officers at Borden that ymi made the purchatie. the offi- cers will spin! your liquor and your car and you will be ordered to pay ii heavy fine or go to jail and you also lose your car. Was this evcr the Intention of the "Temper. ance Act"? But it has happened just like that.

Liquor regulations it sensibly enforced are useful in stopping truf- flr in liquor but the over anxiety of enforcement officers for convic- tions has led to many injustices. The act should be no framed that the officers would not be able in perpetrate such lnjunticen. Many innoceiit purchasers of liquor in this city c on t d corroborate trig sit-itt-menltt l have made but they lmid up and shut up in order to avoid the publicity.

I am Sir. i-it-.. C. GAVAN Dill-TY ('I'tiirloltetowii.

over in tin Independent cummin- ll0lI. an in the United Kingdom. N01 s1'Rl(71'LY APPLIED

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Medically Speaking I7 Iona iv. nuiiuug run.

If IOAIIINIII PIIBIITI IETIII Ill YOU! D0010! Hoanoun nnonlly is nothinl In become canted about-if it isn't pcnistut. If it continues for more than two nooks. buwwc. in but to have your doctor take a look at your throat. And thou of you who are over 50 and have been house for I null: or nor! should no your doctor a uoonu possible an I New Ineuuro. There can be many causes. of course, including acute Ind chronic lnrynntiu. influeiin. measles, benign or nu1iilIIlI' ill- inon. trlcliinoals. even altern- COMMON CAUSE A fairly common cause of Pet'- Iintent liourseneu in the PI-Iii)" Ila of one vocal card This comes about by preuu : on the recur- rent laryngeal nerve Iucll II sometimes occurs in thyroid dil- else. g Screaming or shouting or im proper loud talking during speech-making. as you mly We" know. frequently causes hoarse- iiess. it causes generalized inflam- mation of the vocal cord: or it can cause solitary hemorrhage in- lo the free edle of one cord. Youngsters who cry loudly and frequently may develop vocal nodules. So may you adults who continually misuse your voice. Children frequently suffe r

i-atory infections. Some persons. incidentally, seem to develop hoariieness from such illnesses more easily than others. SIMPLE EXAMINATION

i-uitunutely, I simple exami- nation of the larynx usually dis- closes the source of the trouble. In some cuel. X-rays of the chest, sinuus, larynx and esoph- Igu: will help in the diagnosis.

Sometimes surlery is necessary to remove the clue of the liouseness. In other cases. the trouble cln be remedied simply by learning-to use your vocal cord: properly.

One of the best thing: you can do to use your bonrseneu is simply to re. your volce- Maybe

your doctor will prescribe mild sedatives. Medicated steam inhalation:

can be quite helpful. too. QUESTION AND ANSWER

.l.R.: Can I cyst of the ovary turn into cancer?

Aiuwer: Some cysts do turn cancerous. If you have I cyst, you should be under the frequent ob- servation of your physician.

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"APRIU8 THE MONTH. . ."

April”: the month no old thinks of dying.

He's toughed it through the winter; npw he'd putter

At. planting peas in row: where sparrows flutter;

He'd hear the crows call from A bluebird's skying.

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April's the month no old man spend: in Iltting

Beside I stove. and dulled by spells of mooning;

Waiting till neighbors scraps of newsiniz.

A woodpile's sunny now for kind- lint-Ipllttlnx.

call with

April's Hie month no old man waste: in giving Small growl: at a lame knee which came each snowing. Lilacs are nigh. and every roost- er': crowing: April's the month an old man thinks of living. --Adln Dnllou. in the New York lienltd-Tribune

The Age Old Stoyryu

Tlcrefon Doing justified by faith. we have peace with God tlmn our In-I Jolu clirm.

OUR YESTERDATST

Iron! the Guardian Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Mn: 0. 1988

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NOTES BY THEAHVVAY

a Inn to admit he's wron(.butitunullytakuawo- man to prove it.-Brandon Sun

It's not lu-Ilouble to Day in you go. for everyone prefer: to pay after he has went.-Moose Jnw Times-Herald

"Tbleveu nb plny bun.” my: new: headline. We always thought Dad was the only one who did that. -Woodstock Sentinel-Review

Great Britain in experimenting with oil tanker; made of nylon. "Come to the bridge immediately. captain. we've jun sprung a run." --Hamilton Spectator

no polar bear (Tbnluctos mu- ltlmua Subapp.)' continues to be hunted in the American Arctic Cir- cle. Those responsible seem to be the sportsmen who hunt the bear from aircraft. causing justifiable resentment from the local Eski- mos for whom the animal pro- vide: so many necessities of life. Approximately 300 polar bears are taken annualw by Eskimos in the Eastern Arctic. although only a- bout 1) per cent of the hide: are used for domestic purposes. The remainder are sold to tourists as souvenirs.

'lIue Ironic pun; an .,,, . I plddle for working on sundlal: Jun how does the Lord's Day gt llnnce get around the businesglo a newspaper reporter covering Q church service?-Sonia Canadian Observer -

A11 IO often fonahdowl reguty Thus. T. S. Eliot said that Ami was the cruelest month long bk fore it was chosen for the caller. lion of income taxes.-Hamilton

Spectator T

Llnguiulcnlly, Japan in: udaiy M itself increaslngl to the in. year presence of Americans unit as conquerors, now as allies. M0. lay” and "hallo" are settled pal-1., of the Nippon vocabulary. some. times there is ii compromise. 3.1 when the Japanese phrase "to" demo uni" Meaning "Never llap. pen':l comes out "ton demo hop. pen. A ”heltb senter" op.-me, near the American Embassy. and not too far away is a ”beaiitfv 53. loon." On restaurant menus ap. pear such items as '"balled eggs." ”Mashroom soup." and tinted eggs." Even though amused. in, American visitors realize ilipv couldn't do as well Wrestling mil. Japanese spelling.-New Ynrk lit-r. aid Tribune.

Treatment of Potato

with little extra trouble. available locally.

The Potato Board has

grower on request.

1'23 Kent Street