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President: Llent. Col. W. Chutc i. labile Visa-Premium J. l Bnrnotl, IJJ. Secretary: Lieut. Col. i). A. MaeKlnnnn. 0.8.0. Editor and Director: l. I. Burnett. IJJ. lloelate Editors: l-‘ranls Walker and Llent lsn A Burnett, B03528. (On Active 8011100)

‘The; Strongest Memory is Weaker: Than . the Weakest Ink.’

SATURDAY. APRIL I. 19“

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raster, as commemorating the central fact of the Christian religion, has always been regard- ad as the chief festival of the Christian year, and according to a regulation of Constantine it was to be the first day of the year. This reckoning of the year as beginning Easter ling- sred in France till 1505, when, by ordinance of Charles 1X, the 1st of January finally took its place. Easter is now determined by the rule that it is the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox.

Easter has been observed in many different ways, but always it has been associated with expressions of joy and purity, and the churches and altars have been adorned with the flowers and shrubs of the field in token of the Resur- rection. Tomorrow‘; observance of this joy- ous festival falls once more during wartime; but surely this is all the more reason for seeking the aid and ‘comfort which religious \vorship affords. There should be a large attendance at all the church services tomorrow.

Whom Do They Represent 7

It is evident that our Queen's County repres- entatives do not appreciate the interest the Board of Trade is taking in’ seeking to have the run- ways at the Charlottetown airport extended. Iiime was when our federal members WQCOIII- ed such co-operation, and sought to work in closest harmony with all public bodies for the general welfare of their constituency. Now they seem to be concerned, not only with say- ing and doing nothing that would offend the powers that be, but with discouraging action or eriticism of any kind from any other quarter. The result is painfully and humiliatingly ap- parent in everything concerning our contact with Ottawa during the past few years. It i5 needlesr to recall the long series of discrimina- tory actions which have led to repeated protests from our Boards of Trade, Town and City Councils, Farmers’ Federation and Legislature. Quite recently from the Liberal Premier of the Province came words which were quoted on the floor of the House of Commons — quoted not "by our own representatives but by members from other Provinces ——- incondemnation of the treatment meted out to Prince Edward Island.

Some time ago, when Hon. R. B. Hanson w“ leader of the OppOSillOn at Ottawa, he was rebuked by the Liberal editor 0f TOFOIIIO 5H!- urday Night for wasting time in an important debate with a statement of the transportation grievances of this Province. In defending its position later, Salurdny jVig/it said it did not mean to imply that Prince Edward Island's grievances wet: unimportant, but that our own members, and not the leader of the Opposition, should speak on our behalf. It was hoped that our members would take the hint at that time, but the hope has not been realized.

In every other Province plans are being made and pushed intensively at Ottawa for post- war reconstruction and rehabilitation. In many eases \V0l'l( in connection with these projects will get under wav this spring, and federal moneys are being made available for such pur- poses. A recently cited instance was the an- nouncement that millions of dollars would be expended on the extension of airport runways in north-western Canada. \\’hat are we doing to obtain consideration in this regard? It is un- necessnrv for llnn. .\lr. Ralsion. or any one else, to remind us that we still have to win the war. We realize that here as much as any province of Canada. But surely we have a. right tn dcmnnrl equal treatment with other provinces, and .~lll'(‘l\' it is the duty of our members to stress this (lcmand and not he continually seek- ing fllllliq nnd excuses for governmental neglig- encc.

Housing Part Of Planning

Thu subcnmiiiiltec on national housing 0b- servcs that the desire for better housing and better ll\‘lll{)_ >!I'.ll(l.'ll'1l< generally is deeply rooted in the mind, of pvnplC of all ranks. This truth,

sa_\< the lilnlrl.‘ and .\lllll_ i= illustrated continu- ouslv bv the w:iv in which families scck better Immes zuid living conditions as they become ablc

to meet Illc cost. lt has bccn one of the good forluncg of this crumlnv that there has been no limit to such ambitions. and the desire has con- tinued to be an inspimlioii. As a result, the general trend ha< bccu toward improvement. llztnifcstly the chief obstacles have been lack oi earnings, for whatever reason, the expense of maiiitcliaiicc in which 1:1. ‘s are the lteavicst itcm. and lllc risk of llf'l1‘l'l'>l'2lll()l‘l in values, especially in urban arch»

The housing prnpo-uls are ilcsiguctl to meet the latter bv their emphasis m1 planning. Isligber earning powt-r is .1 matter beyond their purview: one point. in fact. is predicated on the bclicf that l'(!f|lll.~ll(‘ incomes arc not possible for many people. I.il."e all plans for Government spending. thev involve more taxation.

The schcmc is. :1 IVTSUYIH‘ project. and. ac- cordingly. it may bc considered to quite an ex- lcni insurance against unemployment. It is in-

tended. lll>\\'(‘\'(‘l'. 1n misc the average, lcvcl of housing bv (“litlrll-llillg what probably is to be (‘nl|!'~l1l!‘l'("l :1 Illllllllllllll uf amcuities, and there

will be uiib- inlcrcsl in learning “hat this slan- rliird i_. .\lu>ul one-third of tho housing mills of lhc (‘nunlrv would bc replaced undc1"_tlic plan during the first 10-_vc.'ir period. It is esti-

mnlcd that 355.000 urban house; mid 188.000 l-‘Wlll 'l\\'*'llllY§I< Hvcd "substantial improve- ment-." nt n c~=l of $233.000.o0o.

'l‘h.- (iuvvrniuciit is asked lu find tln- capital for low-rental mulcrlnlciiigs. For privately

financed dwellings loans are suggested up to 9o

par cant of loanabls value at a low rate of in- tenst to be repayublepvsr a period of 3o yara. flow many_ people Will want to assume a liab- ility extending over mfl 0f their working lives is a matter for the future to show. It will de- Pfllll. ll plrt at least. 0n keeping alive the spirit which influenced risk greatly la the past, the feeling that effort brings corresponding reward, and that the desirable things of life are not dependent on Government paternalism.

The permanent promise of the scheme is in ill contribution to planned development. The Dominion authority will work with the Provinces

to aid the municipalities, and if the right kind m“,

of cooperation is found-mot the kind express- ed 1n competition for handouts from the Fed-

eral Treasury, but that which creates commun- 3mm

ity desire for more conveniences and greater attractiveness in dwellings and surroundings — the results can be of inestimable value.

e. EDITORIAL NOTES a Pi...

The U. S. Navy Undersecretary James V. Forrestal recommends a “big stick” policy for the United States to maintain peace. He urges these steps: 1. Maintenance of the giant navy bllllt "P after the United States entered the war. 2. Compulsory military training. 3. Fullest exploration of iron and petroleum sources.

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Did this competitor really expect the ladies to

approve his plan? Out of an entry of ever 50o peaceful

competitors in a competition sponsored by the Northhamptonshire Federation of Women's Institutes for the best design for rural cottages he was the only one to suggest an all-glass house. He didn't win. a u u a

Last week Prime Minister Churchill talked the House of Commons out of extending two overseas decorations to home services, declar- ing that he declined to “expand, inflate or dilute the currency" of Britain's medals. Leave that to the Germans. he said, who created 8o de- corations in the last wsr and diluted the Iron Cross until it had little value except to "Herr Hillel’. Wllfl. it is alleged, gave it to himself some time later." Tactfully, says "Time," Mr. Churchill refrained from mentioning the U.S.

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Male help being extremely scarce this win- l". Siys the Telegraph-journal, Frank Mc- l-al-‘Ellllll. C.P.R. ‘foreman of maintenance of wly In the Fredericton Junctln railway yards, decided to find out if any women were willing to assist the cpmpanv keep the yard free of snow during the winters heavy storms. Fifteen young women, three of whom have husbands overseas, volunteered to do the work. All reports agree

that they did it well, not only in the junction I

yards, but also in the Fredericton area. Mem- be" of the group belong to Fredericton Junc- tion, Tracy and Three Tree Creel;

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The Federal Transport Controller has asked the Canadian public to refrain from all unne- cessary travel, and to suppress, as far s; p055. ible, the holding of conventions, exhibitions and other gatherings. The invasion of Europe is imminent, and (lnada/s railways are eslled upon to move ever-growing loads of troops and war materials. By foregoing unnecessary rail travel, the civilian population will greatly help free the roads for this all-important task, and will at the same time contribute towards Can- ada's war effort.

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Showering coins evidently is contagious in Olllflflf). IVl/mdsor ‘had s sequel to it, recent Mr. X episode —- this time 1t was money tossed away by one who prefers to be known as Mr, Y. Mr. Y. has a room in _the same hotel as Harry F. McLean, millionaire contractor who showered $5,000 in cash from his room to the street below. Even after the shower ceased eager crowds waited outside. Mr. Y. appar- ently thinking it was a shame to keep them lvaltlflgndl-lg into his pockets and scattered money 1n all directions. The crowd surged scurrying over the pavement picking up the change. 'l‘raf_ fice was blocked. In all 11c scattered $2.35. “I'm not a millionaire but we poor people can have our fun too,” he said.

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‘F. Woolworth, 5c 8: Ioc store pionccr, dicd this date 1918; when a young man con- ceived the idea of (leyeloping a business con- 5'9"? EXFlUSH/Bly of ‘notions"_and “odds and ends which the gcucrahstorcs ignored or paid little attention to‘; he ‘raided’ the wholesale businesses every I-all and Spring 1o buy up job lots of_ left overs, and soon had a flourishing, expanding business; which hc speedily develop- fll. establishing branches in different parts of

tllc United States: formed a joint stock com- sll-k

pany, and advcntuvcd out into the world's 1113p.

lf°l5 lllllll. Ilfarly every city and town possessed

its \\ onlwurlh 5c & 10c store; died a million-

aire many times over, i

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Le Soleil (Liberal) notes with satisfaction that “out of 27,000 industrial plants which are to be found on Canadian territory. a third of lllfim are established in Quebec province, that 1s to sav 8,700: Ontario alone exceeds this num- ber with 10,250. 'l‘his imposing force repres- ents quite an armv of workers in Quebec, to tl1c_ number of 327.500 producing different articles to the total value of $1,850 million... In Montreal or on the Island of Montreal are grouped the chief and most numerous under- takings; the number of these exceeds 3.000, the returns from which easily reach a thousand million dollars yearly, on an invested capital of {$700 million. Then it adds: ".. .\Vithot1t be- ing basically industrialized. the Quebec centre 60111911505 375 plants which employ more than 20.0O0_\vorl<n1cn, and which have an animal productum m goods lo the value of $72 million ---lf one Slfms 1n examine the industrial cen- tres of the snrrnuntling (llfilflClS, it Wlll be agreed that their expansion has been made in terms of the progress made bv our cily itself, may be uiallc of lhc Isak-c St. john district which has more than 200 industries the returns from which amount to the figure of $82 million; the Cliarlevoix-Mnntmorcncy district with a hun- dred ndtl establishments whose returns are more than $5 nlillion: ‘ieauce, 8o plants with a re- turn of $4 million; Gaspesia with a hundretl odd industries and :1 total return of more than

$4 million and s llélfl‘

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THE CHARLUPTETOWN_ GUARDIAN ___

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eitysre aooused of abandoning dams. Burch desertions am

mum- vhis stnoken world- tor.

However indifferent to death the troops of N n may be. in de- fending the ls Pacific,‘ the civilians of Japan are laid t0 be llvlnl in lies in atnra for their homeland

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FlTsr thousand pounds of bombs were near mles City. Montana, me other day. But they weren't hostile bombs. They were cropped by a Flynn: Fortress to break an tea Jam 1n the Yellow- stone Raver and clear the clty of a flood. Heavy bombers have their mes tmx-Bulltslo Cour- ser- .

Military tactics and history are the chlet hobbies o!" Robert. Port Pnttcrso "

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samples of the ssmy 1| now , and cry from the equipment Patter- son hlznself used. tn the last was". 1n which he was an lnfssitry major

and won a Dtst-lnlzulshed Service

decorate the walls l-lis big mahog- any desk 1s an old court-martial table used by General Sheridan 1n the Civil War. his round table cornea down from Jefferson Davis‘ tm as Secretary of War.—News- w .

will be 70 years old before yea: of 1944-11. year filled with great portents for the Allied cause —1s over; and even so vigorous a person as he 1s not looking to new gfitipal prefer-mam at that age. e

that. he this

this: Britain and the Utiltaed States and the world need this man 1n the anxious times ahead. He per- sonlfles the valor and the strength and the faith which held back the Nam tide in modem civilization! . — Buffalo Courier-

Disinfeetlng soils by sub-irrigat- af r the seeds are planted m. flpts

Mr. Churchill might have added.

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‘Lenten “Meditations _

rm. The London Times

IDVI AND MEMORY

E i 5 s

conscious only

ln the invisible order of God ernal kingdom. Easter Eve ls

when men are called to stand back

from the affairs of every day and scan the horizons of life: and there

_ are few who do not find themselves

thus occasions into

the poet.

yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast. eternity.

It 1s the urea-t achievement of the Christian faith to have made these duerts blossom as the rose. I'm- 11: bells of a realm where "God shall wipe away all teas-s from thelr eyes’ and there shall be no more heath, n sorrow nor owns. [neither shall there be any more pain." for "God himself shall be with them. and be their God.” What the flowers symbolize 1s the soul's garden, the garden of Para- dise whose gates have been o n- to men by mum's resurree lon.

PUBLIC FORUM

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XIIOI cautions It iaasseal. Ina Gaarllulnsanei raaaailyanhaaakellllfill arena-Inna.

or boxes offers a safe. and effective new method of pre- venting both me - emergence and - emergence damping-oft dis- ease of vegetables. Formaldehyde not only sterilizers the soll and seeds, kllllm hannful bacteria and fungi, but. appears to stimulate ger- mination In one test. lettuce seed treated with formaldehyde produc- ed planks which were six tim lanzer three weeks after planting than plants from untreated seeds. Th Massachusetts Agricultural

ed s. surface treatment for seeds utter they have been planted, and also a new sub-irrigation method so that formaldehyde may be ap- plled from below.

The professlonabsolriicr has the most thankless calling m the world. In peace he 1s looked upon as n. oonstinser of public taxes. In war buried three deep

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takes a life-t e to acquire. You will find hlm 1n the honors list; upon occasion, but ten to one ll; will have been the condescenslon of some amateur soldier that. plac- ed hlm there. And yet were 1t not for the sttffenlns: or professional soldiers each nation would o as l1 tyro into war-Victoria Co onist.

The question, then, ls whether Canada should pursue in the post.- war years her ore-war Dolley of self-conscious llttleriess or whether she would be acting more eflectlv y 1n her own interest and that. of the world's peace 1f she united her pol- 1c,v and strength" with that nation which "lms no territorial ambl- tlons, no designs on any other lseoplds land or liberty," whose 1n- fluence "Ls tho main force 1n the world for maintaining pence" and upon whose strength the security or “small countries" so largely de- pends-Montreal Gazette.

It. takes a jerk of 59$ Mus 1A! break the 28 cords ct the Brlt-lsh Army's parachute. Each rigging line Ls made or the finest braided cord, tested to a breaking strain of 450 lbs. The canopy to which they are attached is matte of the finest silk. The whole business weighs 30 lbs. including harness and container bag. and ccsts £70 ($308.) A; a consequence, ll; ls now calculated

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jumping ofl s. slow 0r Mrlas, such as sprained ankles and wrists. are down to less than three per thousan . Careful packing 1s an additional factor 1n this record. A 111g cerizeant, who has been responsible for the packing of 38.- 000 parachutes. has never had one fail to open-Empire Digest.

In a recent article in the mas- azlne section of the Inlldon F‘ree Press dealing with Knox Presbyter- tan Church. New Glasgow, which was the pioneer klrk 1n West El ln, Nell G. Smith reports that w en the first building was erected 1n 1835, a. bottle of whisky was broken on the tower after the is “l. was completed. This form of "christening" ceremony was pe have unusual. and would be regard- ed as shocking today. but 100 years nao. neither the Scots 1n the "Land o‘ Cakes", nor the pioneers who came here. regarded 1t as at all unfltllrm for the occasion -St. Thomas Times-Journal.

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War workers have received an unprecedented psychological prod eon urn production. says News- week. The first offlclal posters showing Japanese atrocities wont up 1n factories throughout the nat- ion. Prepared lav the nrmy. the l 000 comes which were originally printed were quickly snapped up and the War Dermartment expected a (remand for perhaps 5.000 more, Wh ch l1; intended to flll Dlstrlbu- t-lon of the posters, which were

based on atrocities tnmounced as long ago as last April, was timed to follow closely the release of details

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INTOLEBABLI CONDITIONS

S1r,--It 1s hard to believe that all the people of RE. Island re- alize just how serious is the 43111618- portatlon system or rather the 160k of such a system which we have lbeen forced to put up with during

the past season and the increased l danger whlch we will be called upon to fgce during next winter.

Prem r Jones has steed that the Island as a. real claim against". the Federal Government for hun- reds of thousands of dollars because of losses sustained throll8h the failure of our transportation system during the past season. Thls statement is only too true when one consider the losses caused through Spot Rot to our exports of potatoes and turnips |brought on because of overlong storage in heated cars. One cannot but wonder however 11 any such lclalm will ever be made and 1f 1t 1s will 1t be such as to completely cover all the losses which our peo- ple have suffered through the failure of the Federal Government

oration?

The loss of the S. S. Charlotte- town was truly a. terrible thing for this Province, yet; the Domin- ion Government appeared to look ,upon the whole thing as little more

than a good Joke. For after a fed-

el leral board of Inquiry had placed

" the entire blame for the loss of the vessel on the Captain (which finding was confirmed by a. new hearing only last week at Halifax) the Government secs flt. to award him a pension for llfe. Is 1t Otta- wa's idea that this was a Job well done?

‘men too 1t struck the federal authorities so funny to see. P. E. Island struggling for it's very 1l1e that they decided to allow the spec- tacle to continue. To make 1t. a sort. of annual winter carnival-anoth- er Battle of th¢ Century-the thlrty-yeur-old Tory car-ferry in mortal combat with the Waging elements’ with Liberal members for the Island holding reserve seats. But they finally began to t_lr_e__of VtheMFQOlt _uni_1 _l1fl;€l‘ thief; |ot Japanese brutality toward Am-

erican wer prisoners.

The Architectural Review. Brit- ain's No. l architectural magazine. recently declared that the ruins or Britain's bombed churches are more eloquent war monuments than any that could be dreamed up after the war. Tlme Magazine notes. It proposed to select from the country's 4,000 blltzed churches a few 1n London and other British cities "to remain with us as bomb- lnrg has left them." The Review also proposed a careful cleanup of ,the ruins. some necessary rear- ranilement. some landscaping. The blltzed churches would then be used as places of open-air worship, meditation. rest.