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T115‘ CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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if rttéi“ GHIIRLDTTETOWN GUARDIAN

hltntiittg Uiiily (Founded In 1887)

President: Lit-tit. (‘ul W. Chester S. McLuro Vic --Prt~>itlt~tt1; J. R. Burnett, FJJ. Secretary: lit-tit. (‘ul I). A. MacKlnnon. 0.5.0. Ilffny and “a-mglttg Iliretvtor: J. R. Burnett, FJJ. issue-rate Ediltils Frtitik Walker and Ian A. Burnt-M

S\Tl1!\‘1‘l{ll"l‘lON RATES By Mall 1n P. I. 1., $1.011 per year: $2.50 for 6 mouth: $1.25 ft-r 3 mounts: 50c for one month City Delivery; 55.00 per year; $3.00 for 8 month! $1 ‘i for 3 months By Mall In (at tla and 17.53.1- 155-00 per yllr Iatlirday “c-skl) .00 per your; $1.00 for 6 months. 5J1: fur 3 months.

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,"The Sfrongeisiffliemory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

ti7tiiiki DAT; APRIL 10, um.

The Testing Time No less an attthority than Winston Churchill Warned tlte Brizi-lt public three weeks ago that war involves hard knocks on both sides. He was obviously vtwrt-ied lest an unthinking people might assume, from (Sencral Vllavell’: smashing successes in I.lll_‘t'.'1. that it was all over but the shouting. .\'n r~t~t- ltutiws better tltan Churchill that every ttvw d.t_\' itt tvttr lvrittgs its own desperate risks and tltrtt rttvt all of them can always turn magically into "u: i-\l'ir-ti victory. His pre- mottitioits ltztve af iv proved correct.

It ls inti-ttriartt f-tr tts all to keep our heads cool, to study and analyze the fragmentary daily reports of the fighting witlt prudence and cir- cumspectiori, to tti-titnairt some steady perspective that will exac/IY .. rt- ncidtcr victories nor defeats. By keeping our lvtlattre we will contribute our own sltrtre to the timtitttctnance of morale. Stead- iness is atrreatcr virtue in war than alternating outbursts of over-cotlfidcnce and gloom, and steadiness is a l("i"‘t\\'l‘t virtttc- of the Canadian peo- ple. Let us not live it now that the test of it is here.

For British Raid Victims _ v u It t

urc cs ant, o ttrr o n'zai s in na Ch h l tl r tton Ca da

are coopcratittg iii a fund raising campaign which .

cannot fail to ntake an appeal to all sections of otir people. Tlic purpose of the campaign is to raise atltlitittttal in ~ for the victims of air raids itt iirtztt l'.~ u. As noted recently in these coltinitts, tltt- 1 nt-tnt lttts graciously granted the use of lit-t" 11.1211: in this connection, and the cam- Itztigri (ti-gar? ' n is 110W known as The Queen's (‘Jtttzulititt . for Air Raid Victims. Th1‘. funds Wlil go to tirovitlv mobile canteens, first aid atitl rc .r-. services of all kinds It should 11111 l-r: tic." to sltcss the importance of this work. or tat: tt-t-tl for additional contributions. (‘ztttatliztzts X1 l (‘ullllf it a privilege to contribute to the extttt t-i tncaus, if only as an ex- ptr-sion of tlv-It- adtttiralion for the dauntless spirit shown by ti» pt-nple of Great Britain, all of whotn, as llw .\l;tjc.~;t_v's recently said, are “in the front littc" in the defense of our common heritage of ircedoitt and democracy.

Sulitscribcrs in this Province are invited to send their contributions to the Charlottetown branch of the Royal '1 Comptttty. It is hopcd that the response, notwithstanding the many other worth- while eppeals that have been made, will be gen- erous.

________________ The WAII Canadians"

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“Mat has been known in Britain for eighteen month: as the “All Canadian Squadron" of the R. A. F. ntarlccd up its century killing the oth- er day over Lottdctn, after a couple of score had been dropped on the same site and others in France and the Low Countries Its legless com- mander, Squadron Leader D. R. S. Bader still led the flight, Eililhillgfl the mcri in his planes were not all ftnttit C‘ttuada—- casualties had been replaced by ger cutlets of the R. A. F. on the spot. The air expert of The Daily Telegraph of London thus summarizes the colorful career of the squadrnti: "The squadron, composed of eight-gun fighters, was formed st s. Yorkshire airdrome, and first took the air in Hurricanes s‘: the end of ttigtji. (lite of the first of their patrols over litiglitnrl was on Aug. 31 last year. They were in the air for fifty-two minutes and dcstroycrl eifgitt .\lc'lscrsrlttttitt, I10 fighter-bomb- ers, flirt-e llt-itzlsztl, eleven bombers and finished off a fttttwli l1ctttltt~l_ That battle was over l€s=cx-- a".'titt<t a formation of between seventy and too. ‘iarlvr hrnttzltt his mcn back with not so ttrzvlt its a hull-t hole in a Hurricane. Their ~ a‘; ‘.\<=t*'t\(1'tll(‘ streets of London. On (inc Sttittt rttliwt‘ d:t_v tltt-y met the enemy approch- lug tht- '11. ‘it’ ‘llil titttscrl them up the river from dqt- tr» Hammcrstnith, shoot- ing tltttatt ti It .n-' r iMﬁlilCTS tltrec fighter- lvtttnlttia n tI~'ttt-r<. Attotltcr dayg they cita~~~l tat tt-r lit-t laillllﬁll brick to the ' i "-1: !\\'l\<‘. Un Sfpl. I5, la ;t;.tin FF1\'('!l London and r lulp of the nttti-ztircrtt ft guns. ‘til t .ttt:t'li:ttt-'" tnade two

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'('1?lc~tt:i--l in 11w ~la is now coming very rlo-o tt- t‘ The (lil Con- troll: r. -:. ' i‘ ' ‘Vli I'll-l. is rxpcctctl short- ly fr: rllh iii t o-di- tjttttltw of gasoline may In» .14,’ "~ ~ ' anula. lf stntl when he pl- ~< f-i . . ~ ~l1|l_'t" in his policy -—- .t ‘at. oi ~;ilt- of gntstilittc and nil ‘ ~ t ."l>1tlill‘l' mp cltiser home.

l‘ in 4 ' -~ tilt i-lt tltt- Nil Controller now 1H, m; ', i. it‘ l-n a third slop. Already the (Vtnlrtill r l- t» rvttttnl itt gasoline price Sill!- ztrimt in \' ~ ‘ lltl flu‘ grade cntilrol mm- sttiw. lIl.'\' .tr_t' rlrvt‘! ytricc control. Th,- ln» .'.. .t tnnttz. nppcttrs imminent, G.

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R. Cottrelle, the Oil Controller,‘ suggested u much in a recent speech in western Canada.

The second move, it is understood, is now be- ing considered and has not yet been worked out completely. It might be required, for example, that gasoline service stations should close each evening at 7 p. m. or 9 p. m. instead of staying open until midnight or later. The aim of this would be to make some reduction in man power, also to discourage gasoline use.

Measures which are likely to be enforced in the near future would reduce available grades of gasoline sold in Canada. to two in place of the three or more now offered. The two new grades would be one with an octane rating of 75 to 78 and a second grade of 66 to 70 octane.

At present top grade gasoline usually contains tetraethyl lead compound (ethyl), and has an octane rating of 80 or better. All major com- panics offer a gasoline meeting this standard. Then there is a second grade where smaller pro- portions of tetraethyl lead are used and octane rating averages around 76. The third line. usually a “white" gasoline, contains little or no tetraetltyl lead and has an octane rating of from 6o to 66.

“Ethyl" compound i: required in the very high- test aviation gasoline: and since comparatively large amounts are required with the increasing amount of air training being done here, the Con- troller’s move bringing down use of ethyl will help to ease the import situation.

At present it is not planned to make this move in the form of an official order from the Oil Controller's office. Rather, it will be enforced through the co-operation of the provinces. Al- berta, it is understood, arlcady has an order-in- council framed and is only waiting for action by Saskatchewan and British Columbia to enforce it, making the new grade obligatory.

—e EDITORIAL NOTES q

The Campbell Government took good care not to advise the taxpayers that the R. A. F. were at the expense of providing their own plottglts to keep the Winter roads opcn to and from the Citv.

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Samuel Smiles. author and biographer, died this date, i9o4_ First practised medicine, then took tc. journalism, and became universally known for a series of books, translated into different langu- ages, of which “Self-Hclp" had the widest cir- culation.

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The Australian-New Zealand joint standing

committees, formed to discuss defense and ec-

onomic problems, may shortly be extended to in-

clude Canada, according to Assistant Minister

of Commerce H. L. Anthony who originated

the scheme. Mr. Anthony says it would be a

logical development and he hoped Canada would agree to collaborate.

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It must always be borne in mind that the claims and broadcasts of Nazi-Fascist’s successes in Europe and Africa are to a certain extent part of the new propaganda to encourage the Ger- mans and Italians after a year of reverses, and at the same time to depress the British and their allies after their series of practically uninter- rupted victories.

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The British “normal” Income tax rate is to be lifted from its present high level of 42 1-2% to 50 per cent and exemptions are to be reduced all dotvn the line. Thus a single man, earning $9 a week, who paid rto income tax this year will have to pay st the rate of 4o cents a week, while a married man with two children, earning $1,400,

, who previously paid$2L47 a year will now pay

‘ $97-50-

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Mr. W. A. Stewart, M. L. A., is a worthy representative not only of the city but of the pro- vince, as his exposure of the Campbell Govern- ment's gross extravagance and favouriteism proves. He made a good point, too, in regretting the failure of the West River District, on the oc- casion of the recent by-election, to strengthen the opposition, for, above all things, what our Legislature needs is an increase of those in opposition to check-up in the open the mis government and uncalled for expenditures of the misfits now in office.

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As fish eaters the Americans can not claim to lead the world. In a movement to increase the consumption of fish in New York City, special "Bargain Tuesday Fish Days," on which the price of fish will be lowered, will be started by Mr. William Fellowes Morgan ]r., Commissioner of Markets. Mr. Morgan has called a meeting of representatives of all wholesale and retail fish organizations, home economists, chain and in- dependent retail associations and consumer groups, in which he will outline his plan. He pointed out that the United States was the smallest fish-consuming country of any large ocean-fronting nation.

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The Mackenzie King Government is profiting by the criticism leveled at it for leaving the Am- bassador at Washington without a word to say on Canada's war effort. Extension of the opera- tions of the Bureau of Public Information to include representation in Washington and likely in London is expected to be announced shortly. At the same time steps will be taken to co-ordin- ate the work now being done by publicity staffs in various departments at Ottawa. At present there are separate press liaison officers for the three defence services. These are likely to be amalgamated under one director. For months there ltas been complaint that Canada was doing nothing to provide legitimate information on its war effort in the United States. Action now con- Icmplatcd will be to fulfil this friendly infor- mation function, but not to conduct active pro- pnganda in the U. S. It is understood that the Government has an outstanding ncwspapcrman in view for the position He would be fully in-

formed on factual developments in the Domin- ion. and would pass on this information to Un- itcd States newspapermcn. He might act as press attache in the Canadian Legation in Washington.

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

Overhead 1n u rullvuy near Dullngtoti: "Well, Hltler’: an minced In his that Sarina Ls oomfnzﬁ’. "Aye-out can you believe anyt-btu: he nyl?"

Yorksblrg Poet.

“Axle Head and Heel to Confer SundaW-Heaidllne 1n Independ- 6110a Reporter over story of l-Ilt and Miss gettlna wcetber which Just about takes the 201d medal. black cross and double qule for euphouy and historical accuracy. -WInfIe.ld (Kan) Dal-v Cour-Io .

What l: sometime! forgotten h that. standards to be met are much hlzher than tibev were 1n the Great War. ‘Thousands went oversea‘ frcm this country wlho never should have donned a unIform. Muny of them wer¢ sent back soon after they ar- rived 1n Enultmd tuberculos‘ alone clalmed thousands of victims. To prevent a repetition of many of the mistakes 1n this phase of the coun- try's wur effort then much stricter tests. mental and uhvslcal, u-e now applied. If from time w tyne. therefore. statistics should show a.

number of v-elections than was the case 1n the last war. It can be taken as evidence that: e11 who are accented for active service wlll be first-class meclmens of manhood. --VIctorIa Times.

A Kuckln hlll mun In the North Trlgpgle of Burma. offered- a Government official ten baskets of giddy ( unhusked rice) as s. gift to

In win the wur. As he was ex- ceedingly poor he was thanked but asked tn save hLs paddy. By so doing. he could help Government by lessienlng relief measures. should there be a ftmlna next year. Even 1n the remot-est parts of Burma peasants display understanding of the reasons why the British Com- monwealth has token up mus. - Indian Press Union.

‘Nothing useless ls or low”. is more than a. lim- of poetry, It, 15 a. sound observation on practi- cal 1‘fe, which 1s being more clear- ly demonstrated almost every day. The newest example o1’ this 1s found 1n the statement by Mr. C. B. Kely, of the Goverrment Ex- perimental Station at Vlneland Ont, that plg weed. allowed to flourlsh In an orhard and then being lowed Info the sol]. furnishes valuabe fertﬁllztlngalelementsi ‘The

very suizge. s 1 50:11; o pos- sibilities In the way of turning what are today looked on as useless nul~ sauces into articles of-value -W1nd- so;- Star.

The Japanese have already had the urlvlletze of heat-‘nz a. quick answer from President Roosevelt: to Herr Hitler's wlshful thinking that involving the United States 1n war will retard American as- sistance to Brltaln. They have been made aware 0d’ the huge prepara- tions which have been made In Australia and In sfngapora to slst any attempt by their nulltar- lsts to atttack these vital outposts of the British Empire. They must realize that the ﬁght. If and when 1t comes. Le not going to be just; a walk-over for than and that their already strained financial economic and material resources must surely crack under the strain of a long major battle. Arid what 1s far more mporfant to Japan 1s that any de- clslslon which they might lhlls make to spread the liostdlties to the Far East; will serve them most disas- trousllv 1n 111111:- expedltlzm Int/o China-a jwenttttre which Ls even 110W Dfovnv. more of a nuisance value to tlvti than ever before -—<H0ng Kong Press.

Cornwall ﬂmws 13a ‘wafer thr- ough bltr lntalrl pipes which reach out about 150 feet Into the swift current of tha St. Lawrence. These pines draw the water into a ‘urge well sunk into the river bank. The water Ls chlofnuted here, then pumped into the waiter mains. But when the construction wok starts out the huge dams to be built west of Cornwall, there I; likely to be trouble. Dredglpz near tn, shore or excavation song the banks will Sill‘ I10 u Rreat deal of mud and s'lt. and the St. Lawrence will no longer suplfl/ clean water. A ﬁltration pun‘ may be needed. and equipment such as that oosls money, The problem must be cared for before the work begins. Because of its cost estlmata ed as high as $250.00). this ("m- munitv cannot meet the fork alone. It w‘l1 need the help of th- D"m- fnfon 0r provincial governments or b01131. —Comwall Standard-hee-

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Ono of the most Interesting cases of a tender conscience that we have run across of late is that of a prohlbltlonlst end teetomler. who feels twfnges of oonsdence be- cause his neighbor.

or to the Government. Contrasted with this. the tcewtalerk war 00n- tributlcn 1s meagre. The teetotaler susﬂcets that. a census should be made of all those who are not. buying lfctuor and they moud be tamed sufficiently w make up t-he 611m that file's’ dlflnklnsf friends contribute. Hg 9s willing to pay for the trrivilolze of not drfnklmt as much as the other man has to pev for the prlvlleu- of drinking. --I*brt William Times-Journal.

ﬂora h an ubeolulely true story that caps even the one of the m- ebrlated l-Ikrhlund soldier; In mum, In u Pat-ls bar. who sold the Boche would my for their been. Which s. German soldier. no doubt also ltalf-seus-over, promnfy did. In this case It was u. British officer to whom a friendly farmer had g'vert penswntts attire and a bike, who was mdalllntz his way towards u. port. H, was surrounded byGermnn and refuuees. but ncbcdv challeng- ed him till one day he passed u ism. Outside th‘s were some Ger- man Bficff officers hatvlnz on n1- freoco lunch. and unnlensuntlv con- eclous of 1h;- nmwmltv of u very dead nlg. One German officer. hall- mz the sutmosed peasant. on the blile- ordered ‘tum m bury mu anim- al. 11m offlcev- dhsmounted. found a spade. end buried the nfu. The some German offcer. stepping ac- ross. expressed unnmval of the wsv the 10b had been done. and then. keenlv locking at the onsfquvruder. sold "You're, a British off cer"' The falter mumbled In hls best Flemish that he was u Belgian peasant. "I still think you are a, British officer". said the German. “but have 1t your own way. . . . . .of." Th’! In very colloquial lltnzllsh. ~417Mb“ Journ- ul.

Over the stormy Ilnel of the

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exhuxivordfnurv wor. Horn Canadian imports. some of them maritime. some buried 7n the bush flle the hunts hndnlme base at. Battle's

Camp, Nfld., Aulerlcen bombers in

“l Bring You

. ARTICLE I .

I went to Britain fearing thef- Germany was on the verge of winning the war. I have just. come

, certs-Lu that Germany will never win-conﬁdent, moreover, that. Gemtany will be beaten de- clslvely.

I went to Bi-Itulrt fearing that the sptrlt of the British people might crack under the German u" by a1: and bee. I return convlnoed that Britain will never break. that the world can be swept clean of the Nazi evil. and that we have u- golden opportunity to make this henusphere safe for generations by giving our utmost ald to Brltam now.

so my report 1s optimistic. I bring you good news. I ask you to believe It and to act upon It. As these articles run on. you will see that I um talkln facts, not merely alt-I my op ions. I propose take you wlth me

. . ' ‘f . w! PAUL A. TIERNEY War Editor, New york Post

In and out of the offices of the 11105? i-Yﬂportant me bers of the British Cabinet an of other branches of the government; Ln and out of areas where the defence of Britain has been prepared; to cen- tres from which the Dutch, the Nofweslarw. the Poles and the French are still striking hard blows for the freedom of the world. 1 will take you to outposts of the RAF, the coast. defense, and the Navy; and above all through those English cities which have endured the greatest alr ralds of history- cltles where men and women In quiet courage perform their daily tasks unltampered by the fear of death, sustained by confidence m their ultimate victory.

For if there 1s such a thing as a national virtue, the national virtue of the British 1s courage.

I shall try to give you a picture of a nation sorely tried and utterly unafraid. It, 1s an incredible picture. perhaps. I would not have believed 1t myself, had I not. seen It wIth my own eyes. Whether I can make you believe 1t, I do not know. But. I shall try my hardest, for If, 1s the most Important story ever given to any newspaper-tum to tell.

Here 1n America we think too much 1n terms of the damage done by alr raids, and our Imagination runs away with us. The damage Is In truth terrific; but 11 Hitler alm- ed at the destruction of the Bri- tish war plant, he has failed almost mmpletely; 1f he aimed at the terrorlzatlon of the clvll population, he has failed entirely. "

Let me tell you (for the first 1111116. I believe. from completely of- flclal and trustworthy figures) Just what happens when a. great city 1s bl tzed; and then let. me tell you. from my own observation, what such a clty Is like within a few days after the bombing.

I have data on two important places, both of which were sub- jected to two successive nights of incessant bombing. For obvlmls rea- sons, I shall call t-hem merely City A and City B.

City A was raided for twelve hours by hundreds of planes from one evening next momlng, and then again for another slx hours the following night, whlle the ﬁrst day-‘s fires were still bur .

In the first. raid the Nazi dropped 15 laud mlnes, 233 high exolostve bombs. and many thousands of 1n- ccndlarles.

In the second raid they dropped other thousands of lncendfarfes, 55 hlgh explosives. and one ltmd mine.

tA tabulation of casualties a week later showed 863 ersotns dead, 455 still In hospital. 2B being treawl for lesser injuries. There had men 626 fires. Ilbrty per cent of the hospitals had been but out of use. Nearly 30,000 homes had been dam- aged. more or '

A week after the ratd, 5,049 per- sorts were homeless, and bllleted m other dwellings elther because their houses had been wrecked or because there were unexploded bombs bur- ied nearby.

Yet three weeks after this holo- caust. I walked and rode through most of the streets of that cit . Aslde from the wrecked bulldlngs, life was obviously normal. Bhops were open, buses wen running. fac- tories gotng, and the streets m- ed with people. ‘The neactlon of the man In the street was surprlsmgly uniform:

"The Germans no madmen. They can never wln a war this way. Thls donut. frighten us Into quttb- Ing and we shell some day pay them ten tunes over."

In City B the dzmuse was even worse. The ﬁrst ruld. which lasted nine hours, brought the usual thousands of htoeudlsrles, 460 high explosives. and five mnehute mines. The second 111d. e night;

followg, lasted only three hours,

crossing In e steady and successful ferry service an ocem which only c. deems ego was the most. heat-o- 0113 arena of adventurous long-dist- unce flight. Hundreds of bombers have resorted beleaguered Brltefn In safety. According b0 the most. re- Fable sources of Information not one has vet been lost. ‘Ilhe crin- nnce 1s en outstsndlnu tribute to the develomtent of plum, enclnee In- atrume ts and pilots.

ed production of b com- ing “om hnerlcmt nlnnf-s. bhls ferry set may be expected steadily to Increase. It will supply Britain with

one of the weapons she most urgent- ly needs. -New York ‘limes.

Britain Sees It Through

PAUL A. TIIINIY- w" IJHOP; NOW Yﬂfl '9“ (Copyright, 1N1, By Now York Poll. l")

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there were thousands M’ 5:1“, together wlth 100 exploelvee and 6 purwhule

es. Here 1s the mold of flu Houses destroyed or requlmd be pulled down, 1.000; severely damaged but. reps ble 2.000; damaged to a lesser extenf. 30.000. Persons homeless after three weeks, 28,732; of whom 700 were tn publfc shelters, 12,782 were blllated wlth other ns and 4,000 evac- uated to o er clues. The bombs mtuns. denrtvln: 300 lubed water. The trolley w

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300 wu Deonle of

hlt. were destroyed 1nd a fourth was damaged: the bremlaes over 11 base. ment shelters were burned down. Eltrht. schools were destroyed: l0 more many so. I have other futures which I do not because Ge

mans could deal out and conﬁdent that 1n the end they W111 Rave me Germans an even neuter strafing.

Once more. I admit this ls hard. to believe: and once more 1 can only say I saw It with my own eyes.

In my examination of tithe bombed G“

clues I was not accompanied bv any official uulde whatever. and was under no restraint of any klna. Ran- road tlokeks can be bought by tmy- one with the urlce. and except for reserved nulltary areas. cnleflv alonz the coasts aim in Scotland. anyone may travel wherever he W111.

Iilltle Interruption

I was 1n London. Bristol. Dover. sheftteld. Coventry. Manchester and Liverpool. In all of tihese Ill-noes me nronerty damage 1s zreaut lie morale

age incredibly small. The oamtuze to war mu-ustrv almost neu- llglbe. In aiclplggno 1 saw no damﬂlle of any .

As roi- business. LtOndOD 1s fairly typluzl of the rest. Dunn‘: my 5w)’ mere. there were perhaps 12 or 15 air rald alarms tone lost. count of them). and bombs zen inside we city on several occasions.

‘mere was relatively little Inter- ruption of the cltys life. when an alarm sounded. civilians desmuaned for that ouny went to the roots to watch tltewskltase. W en tnenzralagﬁ appeared a broacm given Dart of me city, me war-chem mere caused IIHB local aturm w be sounded. ‘than. and men only. out some of the ueone take to the shelt- ets. Elsewhere. 1n all the R-reat. teem- mtz clty life went. on as before. Everywhere and. even to a wrest ex- tent. 1n the locality concerned. people walked the sweets. stores and ouiccs and facwrles continued in operation. buses 8X11] taxicaos and the subway continued to nm.

‘lhere was u raid my ﬁrst ﬂve minutes 1n London. I dluxrt. even

know it was on. My cab driver D819 m7“

no attention. Neither mo anyone else. wnen 1. reached my destination -a very conservative oankmtz 65mm- lisnmenb-l. was IIIAOHIICG mac the office was temporarily ‘closed because of the air raid. outside. me swat. was iuli of neouie count normally about their business. only Blvtnk an occasional ulace at. t-nc sky.

Cause Little Flurry Now 8o It went. clay after day. The

people b

used to a1: ralu alums that may nay tlicm little more attention than nhev xlve to a. sudden trust of rain. Anabsfor a major blitz. these

such experiences In the bail 8nd can llve tlirotmn them attain.

Incendiary bombs teu in me street 1n from of my howl. A policeman and three or tour uassersby r811 0V?!‘ to the sand-boxes wntch llne Lon- don's streets. threw sand over the bombs and out. them out. Meanwhile. traffic continued about. as usual. An automobile collision woud have at.- trncbed more attention.

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Ioﬁin, 811'. etc, B. I. OURRII,

ew. Mr. Currie encloses u lengthy

1e of hourly wage rubs; q approved by the U. s. Wu- md Na- vy departments for payment hout Newfoundland on all do. fence base oomrtructlon. ‘may in- clude the following: carpenter fo . man, wv-‘l-‘w: carpenter, fmish, 50c; carpenter 45c; labour foreman 40c- 60c; labourer (concretc- mason- mrpentcr, etc.) 35c; labourer (com- pign, “rick until‘ shovel)! 80c. Wages o o r wor ens an Pfwortlon.) n the “me

PRINCE EDWARD l L NEGLECTEDS AND

-Serv1ce Man.

ve the ex-servlce men m- the L. P.U. no symnatltlzers among the business community or any organiz- ation whose duty It 1s to represent 0111' ungmnloved oonloit or Char- lottetowns clt-lzens? Do none Inter. est; themselves enounh to ralse u vigorous protest against. the Fbdertu Govemmenfs policy o: Ignoring Prince Edward Island 1n the matter of the war emergency snendlntz. of which the other provinces of Canada. are all enjoying u share?

If we are willing to be told (and accent such a statement) that we are In no way fitted to share In Caxt- adtrs war effort. then we should at once bubllclv announce ourselves as. non-competitive and unworthy of cqiraslderatlon from the powers at.

wa.

The writer does not so acknow- ledge our Incompetence or Inability. He does censure our willingness accept refusals Ottawa. which have been our nortlon on manv oc- caslons during the past eighteen months. Just as surely as we have the ability and wllllnwness to more than double our ullottment. for lrte recent assocla‘ ’- services drive (which no other community In can- ada did). and just as surely that we have ulven bv far the Rreatest num- ber of enllstments to the services 1n the Dominion so surely we can make for the War Defense Board some commodities usable 1n the present war effort. -

The ports of Saint; John and Hall- fax are sufferlnz t conucstlori of war effort commoc-Itles to accumu- late because of lac: of warehouslmz accommodation anc orewtre on the limited slunulnz now leavlna t-hese

The bout of Charlottetown has e tmvernment railway wharf on which at the mtesent. moment is lvlntz idle an Investment; of over 0170.000 In government-owned s end ma.- terlals. brouaht here about two years 8R0 under a proposal to re- build thls vtmarf and flt It to accom- modate ocean-Rolnk shIDDInR. An- other 880.000 1s the amount requlred to complete this effort. Why have we not, the rllzht to ask that this DIO- lect be at once none ahead with? We have heard of the rumored lame ud- dltlonul wharfum! lo be bull! M! Saint John to care for the Immense pressure on that nort at the present- tIme. ‘These are pertinent 01168110118 that utltlht very wonerlv be uske 0f our Minister of Defence. Col. l- ston, who 1s now 1n 1.111s lrgylnoc.

the wrecked bulldfncs III-VG me 11w Impression mat the town was dead- dctwl best all hone of i nccu And. as I stood amonn these ruins. my heart sank and my fears rose and I motignt that civilization ﬁn

. t all the future would dominated by the Evil of Bet-ch-

cadllly sent, ti bus into a. neat. skid. team

broke the windows and tumbled tine pasenaers about. The 9120916 011mb" ed out and threw themselves flan 1n the street. One of them was a Bcotcn officer 1n me R. A. r‘. he lay there for several nunutes. men

himself ub and walked several blocks tonic nearest subway station.

D If I was from: to 11s In the street In u 15-lu1nea, (s70) coat." he said.

For three days I rode by cab and bus here and were t-hrouzh London. supplement-Inn these tours with many a weary mile on foot. As u re-

sult. I could take you on one kind of tour. blcklug out. certain streets. and

. But. 1 could also take you on another tour even lontt- er. without lettlns you lee even u broken Dene of elass.

1f I were asked to estimate how many bulldlnas 1n Inndon have been actually damn d by explosion and flre. I should ave to say not even one Der cent. The In certain areas ll anballlndwhole sectfom

e. four. oven ten blocks square. lvlna In utter rutn B/ut to butter the city down wlll take Hitler mm your: than he will ever live.

In general. the London situation was duplicated In the other blltud clues which 1 visited. In Coventry. as Wendell Wlluue told you. the 31:81‘; 12f ab‘: ltpnwn hnstboien destroy; e . u uortan eateries the outsklrts escaped. In " tsu- t-he warehouses In the center of town were leveled but. not. many fac- tories went doéwgi. In Bheftleld 1M

ul.

treat. docks are Intact. filial. 0n the bull o! on extended ob- servation. (The best the Germans ooul do there wn to wreck were- ouscs wroes the street from the docks). In Dover. bombed and shell- ed from across the Channel. clvlllan IIfe stlgniou forward w e swath-

ex

Experience In Bristol

As for Bristol. I wlll fell you I brief personal exberlmce.

Arriving In England by blsne from Portuael too late m tip to ~ don. I spent the night In rlatol and In the early mornfnu of the next day I walked about the ruins 1n the centar of the town.

It was u urlm and deuolete nfchne. mutchlnx the cluttered towns I uw on the Somme front In 101'! and I010 when I myself was e soldier. Ghostly and forbl dine 1a the morning 113m,

en. But. abruptly the scene chm d. The cltv awoke. The streets 0 0k- ened with men and women hurrytrtz to work w1t.h the mine rabid 8m 2t.“.“..““‘...§i‘.“‘° "“"étl‘}"€.3ll“’l?. ‘fill e any

awn America. The roads araduully ﬁlled wlbh men and women on blcy- cles. bcdullnu to the office and the factory. The railroad station bemm dlscharzlnz its commuters.

And I realized the most vital thine of this whole war aculust. Brltaln - s city consists not of Its bulldtnus but of its people. Only the bulldlnas have been destroyed. Only masterful things have been reduced to ruin. The human snlrlt still liven and the mon man and woman nlun 1110M at the common tasks.

P r~—-_.

Tlte Latest Shades 1n ROUGE

gnu. 16. 1941

LIP STICKS POWDERS By

‘Elilﬂllﬂlll Arden

and

Helena Rubinstein

ask to see the new

Liquid Bronze Glow Make Up

JAMIESOIFS

DRUG STORE

and t1! to be In Charlottetown t0-

If we ask for nothlnu. we wll cXﬂutly that. Our Island reprekestif tutlves. of whom Colonel Ralston 1g one. should be the channel thr which we could out,

claims to a legitimate

defense work 1n

I am. slr. etc.

N LONDON

See what u mass of Roms the c117 wears

Upon her broad live bosom! row on

' row

Rubleslatid emeralds and amethyst: :0 .

See! uttiiv time circle. like i. neck-

re

lacast-a s with thousands of bold eyes to heaven and dares

The lzolclen stars to dim the lamb!

And 1p‘ m? mirror of the mlref n

The mociiivhas left her Imam un- awares.

That's the tzreat town at nlsllbi l see her breasts

Prfckkl out with lamps they stand Ike huue black towers

I t/hlnk they move! I hear he! pantlnk reath.

And Inn's her head where the U"!

re

sis. And 1n ner brain. through lanes In dark as deatlt. Men creep like thoumhfs- - - - Th‘ lambs are like bale ﬂowers. —Lord Alfred Douzlﬂl

WHERE CLAY nunNEo

COLOMBO. Indlm-(CP) — Rich deposits of Kaolin. enouzh l0 10°‘ duce about. 8.000.000 tons of refined clay. are obtainable within clfrhl miles of here. says a rqwrl W9» N- Wadla. government minertilcgist.

REGRETS FROM 1891 BOZEAT, Dim-AC?) --R~ 35W"- of this Nortl-iants vlllaxe. doitatiedhg old aae pension to the Mlnlpqﬂy b Aircraft Production. saylntz e T

r ed Winston Churchill a drink o! uilafter on the North-west from!" 01

maintainer. _ i

,~.b..§». J KIDNEY ’ PILLS‘

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, f t P t. u , ‘i:n£’\\l" u rnoun‘ 9 ‘s, FF

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Say to Your Grocer I Want

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