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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST l. 1947

, Good Ilews About “Abegweit"

The nrony conflicting reports with regard to the long-awaited arrival of the "Abegweit" now seem to have been resolved, with the assurance ol the Deputy Minister of Transport that the new rccbreaker is scheduled to leave Quebec harbour this morning and is due to bcrth at Borden on Friday morning, where she will complete her tests at the terminals prlor to being handed over to the Canadian National Railways.

According to word received yesterday by Premier Jones, the "Abegweit" will visit Char- lottetown on Sunday, Aug. I0. ln any event, it now s: ms pretty definite tiiat the boat will be in Prince Edward Island wirhin a few days; and let us hope this means that she will be on the route in time to accommodate the big rush dur- ing Old Home Week.

More important than the actual date of her arrival is the assurance of the Deputy Minister Ihat the "Abegweit" is in first class condition and that reports that defects had been discovered were "completely without foundation." Rumors to the contrary effect were rife during the past Iew days, and it is a matter of great satisfaction to learn authoritatively that they were ground- less.

Cabinet Reconstruction

Now that Parliament has prorogued, the question of Cabinet reorganization has been re- vived in political circles at Ottawa. The staff correspondent of the Montreal Daily Star, which is friendly to the King Government, writes that it has become obvious that several important

Cabinet changes "will bc necessary before Par-l A

liament meets again in January." Hon. J. . Glen, Minister of Mines and Resources, who hos been ill for many weeks, is expected to relin- quish his portfolio definitely during the Parlid- mentary recess. Mr. Glen's appointment to a vacant senatorship is expected to be announced before the Houses rossemble early in the com- ing year. .The Star's correspondent bell-eves Mr. Glen's successor will bo Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Reconstruciion, who has been Act- ing Minister of Mines and Resources for the past couple of months. Mr. Howe's translation to some other Department than the one he has been administering will be necessary, if he is to re- main on the political stage, a point, which, how- ever, is extremely doubtful. Mr. Howe‘: job os Minister of Reconstruction is about finished, the portfolio he has held being but o temporary De- partmental service, organized for the early post- wi-r period. Although one of the ablest members of the Cabinet, and orobobly the only one the public would seriously arcept as a.successor to Prime Minister King, if is known that Mr. Howe wishes to terminate his Parliamentary career, and he is sold to have an eye on the job of Presi- dent of Trans-Canada Airlines, a post shortly to become available.

Most of the speculation regarding Cabinet changes is centered on the future of Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent, Secretary of State for Ex- ternal Affairs. Ever since the end of the war Mr. St. Laurent has been at no pains to conceal his desire to relinquish his portfolio and retire from public life in order to return to his prev_i- OrISIY lucrative law practice in the City of Que- bec. This he would have done long ago had it not been for the urgent appeals from the Prim-e Minister that he should remain in the Cabinet during the early years of post-war rehabilita- tion. The Star's correspondent says that al- though Mr. King is still "vcry loath to let Mr. St. Laurent go," sources close to the latter say he has "definitely made up his mind" to abandon politics and return to low before the end of this year. Even if the Prime Minister should suc- ceed in keeping Mr. St. Laurent in the Cabinet for o further period of time, there seems little doubt that the Minister of External Affairs will cease to be a member of the Government before Ilie next general election is called.

Canned Products

Despitc~o short crop of some kinds of fruits and vegetables, there will nevertheless .be a good variety of canned products on the grocers’ shelves this winter, according to Mr. F. J. Parry,

_ chief canning inspector, Dominion Department

of Agriculture.

While emphasizing that much depends on o continuance of good growing weather and fav- ourable conditions at harvest, Mr. Perry finds many cheerful items in uxamining\the likelihood of this year's conning operations. The straw- berry crop is ovcr and ll was a good one-the largest in several years. While ‘conned straw- berries were c-nobtrifnoble for two or three years rluring the war, owing lo shortage of metal for ccns, this year's pack will probably be equal to that of the sizzoble pack of I941. Mr. Perrv foresees more strawberry jam than usual, but no more frozen strawberries than were packed Icst year.

There will be o less than average pack of conned cherries. A fair-sized pack in British Columbia is more than balanced by the small quantity available for conning in Ontario. Tho good crop of bolh raspberries ‘and Iogonborrios ossuru an average puck of time fruits. Do- livorlcs of apricots to Cfllillfl’! in British Colum- ' ' _, been only about 30 per cont of normal, g lngvyfffllti: will probably can enough im-

prfcyfl daring the pock up to average. =l| tprl thorn wflr In o larger than

cline in the Ontario crop. Production of peaches in -British Columbia is presently estimated at about 20 per cent above that of I946, The“; are prospects for a good crop of plums, especial- ly of prune plums. B. C. production is forecast as Z0 per cent above that of last year. The pack, however, will certainly be no higher than the record pack of I946, as there is a heavy carry- over of canned plums from lust year. A reduc- ed crop of pears will result in a reduced pack. Of this fruit, however, there is a small carry- over from I946. The quantity of apples to be conned and dehydrated depends largely on the requirements of the United Kingdom. As for;

conned this year is small. Connors bought lit- lle, as a result of the high prices for fresh aspar- agus. There will be art average pack of spin- och. The pack of peas this ycar will be smaller than that of lost year when conrrers put up a record quantity. There are, however, enough of lost year's canned peas carried over to give con- sumers all they are likely to need and this year's pack promises to be of the highest quality in years. There will be cri average quantity of (green and wax) beans canned this summer. The pack of conned corn will probably be as large as in I946. -

When asked about prospects for tomatoes, Mr. Perry said many growers and canners were pessimistic earlier in thc season, but the long spell of hot weather in the principal tomato pro- ducing areas has brought tomatoes along re- markably. But even if Il continues, and if hor- vesting is good and if there is enough labour, canners will probably have a smaller output of tomato products than in I946. Tomato products include: tomato juice, tomato puree and so on. Brrt there are prospects for more canned toma- toes.

— EDITORIAL NOTES —

The Transfiguration of our Lord.

His Eminence Carriinal McGuigan arrived quietly in our midst, and is spending an enjoy- able holiday with relatives and friends of his youth in his native Isle.

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State direction of Labour—-the police term for state slavery which Socialism finds it must lapply—is now realized to be inevitable in the 'United Kingdom as rhc result of the economic crisis. '

i! i‘ "h i l The Attorney-General (Hon. Fred A. Large, lK.C.) the subject of so much controversy, had lthe privilege at the Rotary Club the other day of hearing all about democracy, surrounded, too, by such o variety of democrats as Hon. Senator Sinclair, Mr. Lester Douglas, M.P., Hon. William liiighes, etc., etc. " i’ Q t t

Ben Jonson, English dramatist and poet, died this date I637; ho wrote much, but little ,siirvives, (except names of l'lIS plays), with which present day readers orc familiar. In poetry he is best remembered by "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes," due to its popularity as o song: "Ca|umnies are answered lrcst by silence."

"All the wide world is little else in nature But parasites, or sub-parasites." I "k k Yr 8

Making it roin to order and stopping the downpour when enough moisture has been pro- duced have been demonstrated experimentally in various ways by the Institute of Physics of Odessa University as well as by a number of other scientific institutions. Precipitation from clouds by the use of calcium chloride, a waste product in the chemical industry, has been re- peutedly caused on open fields as well as on a small laboratory scale. A plane, flying over a cluud bank, scatters pulverized calcium chlor- idc, which in several minutes causes rain to Inll. For every unit of weight of calcium chlor- rde used, 357 units of moisture may be precipi- tated.

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Notwithstanding her fiscal and economic troubles, Britain continues to extend her social experimentation. A scheme to provide sickness benefits ranging from I pound to 5 pounds ($4 to $20) weekly for shopkeepers, small traders and professional men and wom-an will start January I, it is announced by the Labor Govern- merit. This is the first step to extend supple- mentary benefits und-er the Notional Insurance Scheme to sections of society not connected with trade unions or big industries. lt is planned eventually Io cot-er to more than 2,000,000 trod- ers who will pay contributions ranging from nine pence to two shillings five pence (I5 to 48 cents) weekly. lt will be on entirely voluntary scheme and will cover such groups us caterers, station- ers, iron mongers, bakers, confectioners, gold- smiths and outfitletrsu

The arrival of another pit prop vessel at Georgetown, reminds us that the previous one SS. Elizabete was successful in its salvage claims in London Admiralty Court in the Am-

conned vegetables, the quantity of asparagus'

THE _ CHARLOTTEIQWN GUARDIAN_

llotes By The Ilay

It‘: qulte true that you can't

choose your ancestors. but Nature has a way of adjusting ouch prob- lems. It's l0 to one that. your ances- tors would never have chosen ypu. --Peterborough Examiner. r

Prellmlnnry figure! for the flrlt half of 194.7 made publlc by the CIvIl Aeronautics Board show that 5.8 passengers were killed on the scheduled domestic airlines for ev- ery 100,000,000 ‘passenger-miles flown. These figures compare with o. rate of of 2.3 deaths per 100.000.- 000 passenger-miles for the first sIx months of 1946 and a rate of 1.2 for the fuli term of’ lost year.- New York Times.

A woman's scream otlll seems l- houl. the best means of disconcert- lng holdup men. There was that woman In Ottawa over the week- end, for Instance, who opened her mouth. screamed, threw up her hands, Incidentally knocking the pistol out of the hands of one of two thugs, then both fled. Maybe banks could get some sort of nn alarm which would magnify stoni- en screaming. Few thugs could stand that. _ Niagara Falls Re- vlew.

Brllaln ll to allrfiv vlsltorl from overseas who bring theIr cars on extra ration of gasoline. Up tlll now under the gas rationing ihe only allowance to which they have been entitled was the home basic ration amounting to about. l5 gal- lons each month for the biggest cars. Under the new scheme It. Io anticipated that. a supplementary tourist. ration slmllar to the French system wlll be introduced. This Is based on the sIze of the car and Its fuel consumption. For a three- month period the scale la I32 go‘.- lons for cars doing 10 to l5 miles to a gallon; ll0 for those dolflg l5 to 20 and 88 for those doing Z5 and over. -U. K. Information Ol- flce.

Rt. I-Ion. vlrrcount Bennett wu the first. Prime Minister of a mem- ber of the Brltlsh commonwealth- apart from the United Kingdom - to become a member of the House of Lords. It. Is an additional coln- cldence chat. one of the members who paid tribute to Lord Bennett on June 30, was the Earl of Bess- borough who was the Governor General of Canada during the year's of the Bennett ministry. Lord Bessborough, speaking with special knowledge. said this; During the months when the Federal Pa ‘ria- ment was In session, when we were both always In Ottawa, I naturally saw a very great. deal of him, sometimes even daily. No Governor General could possnbly have had an advlser more consid- erate and more helpful. nnd I very soon learnt not only to admire hls qualities as a public man but to have a very real affection for hlm as a man and a friend. -WInnIpeg Free Press.

The country wlll get a bllllon- dollar Inflatlonary shot. In the arm after Labor Day. On September 2, eight. and o half mllllon World War II veterans can cash their terminal leave bonds. Except for unanimous Congressional dispensation, they ‘lwould have had to waft. flve years

after discharge to use them In a lspendlng spree. A survey Indicates r. majority of ex-GPs are ready to let go right now. Interviews with a couple hundred ex-iiervlce men and women In nIne Important cities across the nation found a- bout four of seven planning to hurry to bank windows and turn their bonds Into spending money. That means the loosing Into trade channels of around $1 bllllon of the $1.8 billion In bonds outstondlng. This won't. be enough to cause any runaway of prices, though offlclals In Washlngton say It could create “quite a pressure." The ‘fierasury figures consumer spending In four months from September through‘ December would have reached $50 bIlllon without the stimulation. An additional hIllIon would lIft this total by 2 per cent. --WaIl Street. Journal.

The higher the temperature goal and the more humld It becomes. the less work you can do. It Isn't. o more matter of comfort._ as so many people Imagine, says The PI- nnnclal Post. It. Isn't just a ques- tion of forgetting about the weath- er and getting down t.o work. It Is a matter of lust what the body will stand without a more or less serious collapse. You can drlve jus‘. so far. and your body wlll do the best, It. can for you by coollng you off by evaporating perspiration. But. when perspiration begins to decline, you had better slow down. You've had your warning. How much heat can a man stand and

be efficient In hls work? How much work can he do under oertisfn eon- . dltlons of heat and clothing? Tho

vurstic. FORUM

Thlo column Io open tn the duenslon by corra- lponaeolo ol quaatlonl o! lnterelt. The Charlottetown Guardian does not neoeucr- Ily endorle the oplnlou of eorr-elponrlentn.

MK. MACDONALD AND ALLEGED BRIBERY

Slr. — I have read rr great man)’ letters in your paper, regarding Mr. Alex MacDonald 0nd hls manly stand taken ‘Win61 allegedly temple: with a brlbe to withdraw hls name from the convention at Breadalbnne. Now I want Io know from Mm MacDonald uilrether he wag l.r'yli.g to bzlb- the delegates vrhen ‘ire went. among tnem on July Isl and July 2nd seeking someone- to nominate him, others to support him, or‘ was he so manly he warfed to show the klndl of representative no would be If elected?

I am. Sir. etc., ANOTHER ELECTOB

AUTHENTICITY QUESTIONED

Sir. - There have appeared In your Forum column a number of letters about the nomlnatd-rg con- ventlon geccnfly held at. Brendril- bane at vuhith Mr. Frederic A. Large received the nomination to represent the dlstrrct as Assembly- man by is good majority of the del- egates; In fact the vote was so Im- pressive and pronounced that the tielogate opposing Mr. Large at. ongg qynvcd that, the riumlnafllon should be made llrranirmks, and that was promptly done with en- thuslaim.

‘The letters appearing In the pres; are mostly over name-dc- guerre. As a rule there \vouId be

no objection to blrot but as this whole agitation Is lIkeIi- to sully the poltrrnl reputation of Mr- Lsrge and injure hlm in i115 bid for election, therefore in niy opinion there nnculd be some pLSIIIVG in- dication that the writers are res- idents n! the dlstrlef, that they are voters thereof and also whether they arc Liberal sirpporters,

0i coarse If the writers are pol- Itical opponents that Is a horse of a. different color and would Indic- ate ihlii. they fear the Mection o! Mr. Largc. It. ls a sign of weakness to be liarp’ng abmt his nomin- ation. The (‘OIlVEIHlDn and a full represcntetlon of dfilelsblei and when the liberals of New London turn out In force to nominate their mim. I uni sure they wlli see to It. that he will be elected. They are true loyal men in New London. It was the some delegates who chose

'Mr. WJFKA. Stewart. as Councillor

that selected Mr. Large as Assem- blyman and iwitin Stewart and Large no district wlll be more worthlly represented. I am. Sir. chi-r LEW.

Hearty Musicians»

(Wall Street Journal) --Anyone can tell at a glance that musicians fake o. lot out cl’ themselves. The red-faced drum-

lfooted organist. and that JWOTCISXIIIIII. the vlollnlst, burn up

.out between the wheels

rmer who seems to be hitting him-

self In the stomach wifrh every Ilck of hls sticks, the two-listed, two- expert

greot gobs of energy. It seems that

spectators do not always appreci- ate how much. A British publication estimates

that drummers need 7.200 calories of food dolly. vlollnlsts 6.000, and pianists 4,000. llhe conductor, who often makes It appear that he Is working hard and earnestly, can fend off malnutrition with a. mere 3.200 calories, or about the some quantity that. Is allotted to a Ruhr coal miner.

TINY TOTS‘ MUSIC

SINGAPORE - (C?) —- The Singapore children's orchestra along with a newly-formed choir

norw ls giving the flrst of a rcrles of pas-war ooncerls. Frre perfor- mances are belng given the public and speclal concErfg hBVc been ar- ranged for servicemen.

MAKES DARING ESCAPE

BARRIE, Ont" Aug. 5 ~- (CPI- Pc-Zlce we searching for Joe Amo- deo. 22, who oscapcd from a can- stable last. night by dlvng under a slowly moving from irnd rolling on the other side. Amcdeo was being n. turned from North Bay. where he was arrested with anothor man on charges of car theft, when he pull- ed the daring break.

Milkweed juice has long been 089d by Mexicans to mnke tough steaks tender.

erican Farmer salvage action.

abandoned in the Atlantic last July after

The W559i W“ United states army. wlth an In- a terest In‘ the tropfcol Islands of the lPocIfIc, wanted to know the answ-

collision. She was brought to port by the crew of her sister ship, the Arrrerrcan Ranger, after the small British freighter Elrzobete, owned by the Ministry of War Transport, had attempted’ to take the crippled ship in tow. The dispute bo- Iween the Elizobete and the American Ranger for possession of the American Farmer almost led to a mid-Atlantic international incident. The master of the Elizobztc, Capt. James Miller, received on award of S60 pounds, her crew L350! pounds and her owners 3,600 pounds. The United ‘ States line, owners of the American Ranger, were. awarded 3,000 pounds. Her master, Capt. Oscor|

Johnson, who, the iudg-e said, had exercised a; great deal of tact in dealing with an awkward situation, received 630 pounds. The Ranger's chief officer received 540 pounds; h-er chief engineer 450 pounds and the rrew 3,600 pounds.‘

Destroyer Parry, which t-od stood by vrliilo tho Elizohote and Ranger disputed possession of the crippled ship. Its commander acted iudiciolly, cnd properly, ho rlcciiirsil, adding that he dis-l counted any suggestion that the presence of’

, _ of conned nachos, despite o do-

PIIO wdtcroft intimidated tho Ilixoboto.

ers. It wanted facts. Certain bests to establish these points were un- dertaken by the authorities of the medical school of the Indiana Unf- verslty. They discovered that a man In good physical oondftlon, occur- tomed to high temperatures, and dressed In the equlvalent. of a tropi- cel uniform -ahorto; short. sleeves. loose neck and light. porous mnter- - Inls -could work In n temperature of 9i degrees for n six-hour stretch without dong of oetloul discom- fort. ‘more were some qualifica- tlons. The work wn not heavy The test. Involved walking at. a I I Z-mlle-nn-hour gall. up a I I-I

degree m-nde with the teflnrsb-rro g

91 I-I dc-"rees. Sufficient tilted water was rlfowed to compensate

for loss from swutlnplt. was dlo- ‘

covered that the group tasted

The iirdgo poid tribute to tho United Stotofswecteo profusely the first hour.

‘but lean and Ieao u the but con- tlnired untll body temperature rose to the danger point. Beyond that. heat prostrotloa was Imminent. \

Yrz: lr nlmnat n Inge h: Califor- nfn rind hcl n population of about Mlmfli! - -