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“good iicrnttitis”

i PAGE equity, "HIE GIIARLUTTETUWN GUARDIAN

lluriiiiil lhﬂl] (Founded ln H81)

and throw in the sponge. The story of Kharkov is a tale of sheer ogreislt horror not to be equal- ed even in the most famous annals of pie-Chris- tian tyranny and terrorism. For 3 {"118 file main street had been decorated b)’ ti"! mvﬂdmll

i-IIIIIIHIIII Limit, Pol, \\!. Cheater s, Mel-urn u.» vminii-i i- .|. n. uiii-iiiiit, v2.1.1.

lmratnry: Ln-ul. lii, ll A. Mum-Kinsman. "-5.0. Idllur IIIII fllunugl g lltnn-tur, J. ll llurnoll. I-JJ. hum-lino iIIIHIPIZZ Friiiili llurnell. ILULNJJL

(On Ac-ll v0 lhrvlra)

Wiillti-r, Ind Lli-ul, Ian ll

Hints with the corpses of hanged Russian civtl< ians. lt was festooned with the strangulated dead.

\\’hen Geriiianv has lost this wai’. and is ab-

BAIT‘)! ,er your: n; 60o fur one munlh |u~r your; 83.00 lu- ll miinlhl - 64in (n! uni nlnlllh $5.00 per

[FD hlunln: \\' lilyi NIH) ner Yriif

501. fiir I! uutnl.

Tho lloviiilli ‘Mm, s"... A,,,.,,.-,\. i Hlt‘! iniii iiiiii wiiiiiiiigtiiii minim llllﬁrpnllltttn Sewn ihgi r), l2!!! I've] Bl [but M. rllfllllltl

01mins; lliilii-i- a nii hlillltl Tobin-vii sling .\IIIIII'IIII,

(‘liiiiliiltvtiiwii Guardian may In

n hen ii Aueiiry.

(‘liiiirnu IJIIIIBI’ iiilliun. 0nl.i lluh

“The Stronqest iilemori/ is Weakefihoil

the Heft/rest Ink."

12.00 hir I month:

“.00 for I niontnu.

nhlnl nod ll

ftnwn Square. New York; (N1: — _

Ht. illuntrrul: J. Fine

jectly squealing again, we shall be told IIICSe are fairv tales, and that, in any case, it was the wick- ed Nazis, not tlie Germans who did these things. Could anyone itnzitgitie any other people obeying such orders? Or supporting tltose who issue them?

r

I It makes one feel good and in the right mood for busincss to wake tip with the knowledge tha’. one has done ltis bit in putting over the Fourth \'ictor_v llond cainpziigtt. *

'I'L‘l.'.\ .i\\',wlq\l' 4. 1943

Hﬁalllcs Long Ago“

lii llIt titiirt- ilt-iztiit-il \\'tl ittaps iii Xtirilic-ri.

Tllllihlll ilit- criiwsil \\\.iiI'-l.\ that ititlicate the siic ‘

of ,1 [iig-itii-t‘ hi! it: Ill'\' to lc fiitiiiil niarltitig the hills n; xlii» \illllll‘\\\'~[ Lil Tums. whcrc the .\azis are trvirir ilvspt-ratvly" ti» iest~t the advance ril

the lir n, lwi-iit-Ei .iii~.l \tticr.cttti litffvﬁ. "llii the llitli/Iiill iin lift‘ t) itsr side iii the Liulf <ii 'l'ntiis," >;'._\~ a wrttt-i" ilvscrlliittg the rttitis ol Carthagc, "ri - i- chief heights oi the iniiun» taiii-cltziiti which \ ~ .-.itt~ of so tnatiy fic: * blfllgtjlﬁs l7.I\\t'\‘.l LI llifi‘ aziil Home, bettvvt-ti Route and llli‘ \ an l piin these hills there is going fort iril t» Gav a sirvggli; itiiiri- vital tii liti- nianiiy than :iti_v ii-tiulit ltlll in the diin 112w‘ "l

.i. illlllCilhdll ttpiin

long ago, t".i".l ti _h tilt.‘ it:

tilodcrn tulips by . - c=.i~»<il .\\‘i"lil>, llilil 2i l'7‘" found iniltxwt-si- ti; tin 1 :.- tmitxt- iii i1l\l'il'_\'. ‘ 'l'lt‘s was ihv liill T.» iii X. l"t i-uttght in :0: l‘. C. betwrcii ihc h -:.i'.::,- n: iio and the Carihitgntiztits tnt-ltr lhﬂlllliilll. The complete

Rotttati \ic1i~.'v pit‘. :11 l ti» the scciiiid iliiiit‘

\ ..n tor sFxtccn _vc:t.s c carvvt‘ of llanitilial,

\\'.'ir which hill litin it It also ctitlvil iii‘: itt-Qiii who thercaiict" \\‘il\ a t 1iit‘i‘<‘l' in the countries of l§.'is‘eri1 .\l ‘ilTiTlHl it titiizl it toil." his own life. Zatna t. ti.t- way fiir \\itl'iil iiiiiiiiiiéi- tion by Ron t: \\'.'l\ zi third l'ttt:fc war: i; “a, not .-i- iii sir. nt_tlt ltclwct ti rival pow- ers hut the tic iiciiiitt by Rome of ati

already \'~ii'i < - . "tint gave hottic fttll coittri-l iii‘ ~...~ \li;ili"Il.lll .1? ,.'ll‘ltl in the attciettt world ti. ciiniriil lit‘! sta was to coittrtil the “ioylii Ji i; pii»~-ilili- tftit this" tiizty still be trite.

Straicgvv tin a. ilarttig scale preceded this bat- tle. llannihztl. ttitcr his scitstttiotial victories, held southern liaiv whctc he was a constant menace to ltiiniu. pedititiu in Stcil‘: it was dcsigttctl not for the protection of hiitttc, as llanitibal (loulill " thought, but for a iiziritit; attack across the Sici- lian waters tipoit Carthage itself. This army, landing at I_.".ica on the coast l)Cl.\\'€(’ll (‘arthnxqe and the present site of llizcrie, by a flanltittg march took tip a position in the ltills to the south- west of Carthage. Ilaititihal. recalled from Italy in hot haste for the dcfcttce of the capital, inarclt- ed out to meet Scipio with an improvised army and suffered an overwltclttiittg defeat at the hands of Rottiait leuiotis ntadc up of veterans frotn the Italian Clllllllltigllf‘, iticltitlittgg stirvivors of the battle of Cattttae, that victory by l-Ianni- bal which is still sittdied with delight and amaze- ment by stttdvtits of ittilitaiy strategy.

It is wotwli recalling that this Roman in- vasion of .\i'ric:i was launched across the Sici- lian straits from Lilybricititi (the modern Mar- sala). which is siittzttctl on the western tip of the island of .\'ic'i' ln the carlicr cantpaigtts lic- tween the (L. icniztits ard ihc (irct-ks for tltc possession of $tt.l' the (‘aiihagctnan forces in~ variably lanilcil is place. The straits here are at thcir i.\\..‘~t and the harbor was sui- ficient for the .'lilt'i"lll llil\'lt"\. l‘ci"itaps there is a ltittt ll(‘l't‘ iii‘ llii\\' ltistiiry will rcpcitt iisclf in the near fittnrc.

Ltpen to Suggestion

Declining h} l't'lt'lilli.‘~:i to accept good ideas‘

front flllY lilil\' i" i:.i'tiiiii, .\lt'. _|itiitt ilflickbii ivc. a: iiltl inilw." inn ihat lit: is likely to be the intzn it! pu: ".'\\ hi; into the l,1'(Jf_l'l'C§5l\'€ Kins 1t. Fin!» an .'i_tiittil:-, says the

'Iil\'l'.l) is wltat is itcetliztl ing to rehahiliizitt‘ its -l sti ss", when there .'-'i :i lll‘\\' vra itiiist he ushered ‘1- i lit ifv-i in» p-trty hiiltdittiitttl iilii-i‘ inuch to Can- fiir iht~ iiticiittipriitiiis- ' The ﬁllCttrsllll _‘ ixfiiclt rcciiqtiizt-s itlcasi

forirn ‘ arc lil".i‘. in. li .

by

atla. . in}; \\ I . _ pariv vzll i t

‘.‘~ ("Jlli

i'i.i

am] priiii-isd» in Lt-tplny; wilt the needs ofi

~ w on llIFlll. If it stops toi li':‘~t' vi-IIIC front good party itlll.

the lilll- ~. Cﬁllmilld‘ \ . sourcvs, ii vitil lo»-

.\li'. ii"'l-l\ it l~ itfll'llc"ill.'tl'l'\' wcll fitted to adop: {his p. licy iii itctxpiing whatever" appeals to hitn as" gli-Itl, iriiiii no nttiitvr what source. llc i has ll(‘\'(‘l' lllTll .'t ~iriiitg p.'iriy man; in fact, he i has ztctnaily nwvr livliiiijywl to any political,’ fiarty. llis \\illil,' variii- tats lll't‘ll litiilt on in- (lcpundcitt lllirtlfllil and .'ll"i'l|l. and on ticttiptizig i and using fir: ihtiitghls of liltil tthti llllil wme- ,' thing t-i ci-iiirilitiir to iha- general wclhlicitzg of i

the tuition. I

Hun Siivagery

1f after onct: ittiire bcziiiiig Gcritiany down to the ground, wt,- aqttin listen. {l5 in 19th‘, to the _ sentimental t-itioiitinalist, vve shttll dcscrvc- all we get, wrilcs the London (‘ii|'l’(‘\'|i(lll(l(‘lll of the f)t~ i tawa Journal. 'l'h:ii the ilzntigt-i- exists is shriwti by the vclictitciicv with which the believers it ' revile Lord Yaiisiitart.

Alreadv there is official authority for placing the total ‘deaths liv excctilioit and torture or pri- vation in conceittration camps in Axisivcisiiiiicil l cotintriz-s at the ghastly figure of three attil one- , quarter tniilions. If that record of wholesale murder d!’ I'll)‘ cry to ll('.'l\'l‘If for vcitgrziii-"t". i then civilization had better put up the shutters i

The l\’i>iit.'itts fitictl Out an ex- .

:tlil_v sniallcr ‘llflll ill/PC w‘:iclt were taking plac€

‘lililflfcll llli‘llli"|' gains in ilic nuniliei" uf workers

cr lTitn rind

>i< i: i- Ctiiitpciitiiiit is the lifc iii cities and towns; sec how Slllllllltlldllﬁ is rising to the occasion by an eittitttsiastic, etitcrprisiug battd of citizens whose motto is “cxct-lsior." it it itv a The lliin. Cyrus .\Iac.\lillitti has been con- . grzitttlziictl upon being lllZltlC an Assistant Minis- ;:er for .\ir; the ciingrattilzitiiitis should be for i (Xinadzt, for. as .\lr. Pottliivt told the IIOIIFC of t (‘viiniiiiiitq wiilt a distinguished rccord stich as lie has. Ur. Cvriis is entitled to a cabinet seat ‘.15 l ilcpttty l‘rinie .\liuistcr. v iv it n-

i Acciiriliitg to .‘\(llIll‘.'Zll Ernest Kitig, com- niiinilt-i>iti~cliit-f of the United States Fleet, the cxitziitsiiin of Japanese forces in the Pacific has y been chrckctl. “In Decentlier of I941", Admiral i lint; told a ilittner meeting of the United States i llllfllllllft‘ of (ottttitcrce, "we were apprehensive . ~liiiilt 1hr- niiliiarv 7lll(l the civilian poptilatiiot— ttlt-szlttsr the Wvsterti Ilentispherc would lie iri- ‘JIliltVl. ‘Xe don't worry about that itow. The , t‘.\'liilll5l’ill of the lripattcsc forces ltas been check- ierl." Atlniiral King expressed belief that the l sitlintarittc ntcnrtcc in the Atlantic shntild be lili- i ‘ control within the next four to six months. f w iii x n

The Ancient Col0tt_v's Commission govern- inetit has proved an uttliotttidcil success in pro- viding surpluses w-ltcre sticcesive deficits were the ulgttc. .-\ sitrpltis of $t,6i'it'i,200 for the

current fiscal year is forecast liy Fittitnce (join- i niissiouei- lra \\'ilil iii his budget speech. The icstiitiatctl surplus \'.';ls liastid on expected rev-

tnttes of . ajiiitvi for the year ending next ch 3n. lhc ulw liiulgc-t provides a pro- .iuttal arranivrtttvttt for stipplctitentiitg the pen- sions oi ilisrthlrii Xewfottittllaud members of the llritish armed services. which are paid by the llritish iioverntitcnt. The (Tolonfs contribution i will be 30 per rent of the llritisli payntcitts. The l lilldﬂcl iiidiPIii/vil ztl~ii that zttioihei" Victory Loan _ will be titrated llils year, btit the atniittnt was i no: discliisctl. l . . .

4w

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Miss (‘ltarlottc \\'hittoti, ftirntcr (Iaitadiztn Welfare Cotuicil director, rcclares that the very lzfe and care of thousands 0f children ltave been threatened zind social tigcmics tlirotvn "into coit- siernatiriti" by the justice department ruling that‘. a child born nut of tredlocit is not a legal child on which mxatitin cxcitiptiiiii may he grained. bliss \\'hiti0n was spcakittg to the Ottawa \\'0mcn's (lub. She said the finance initiisicr had im- plicd in lhtrliantcnt that parents were not under legal tibligatioti to sttppnrt sticli children or the children of cotntnoit-littt‘ tnarrittgcs. “This chal- lenges the law of all our provinces, it defies the Critnitial Code of Canada in which, since i892, we ltave biiili up protection for women and children. and it overrides the section which says that children ‘in any way’ rcctigtiized as being the children of the person concerned shall oti this priinit fztcic evidence he. rcgzirdcd for pur- poses of support as lcgitintzite cliildrctf."

itliuitritr

Thomas Henry l-Itixley, one of the greatest of lint i zotiltigists and biologists, born this date, 182,; started his career as assistant stir- geon on II..\I.S. Rattlesnake, and during a four yczirs’ cruise in Attstralian scas he studied the delicate surface fauna "if the ocean; this r:- stiltcd "In his forsziking titt-dicinc for biological scicitve; became lcciitrct" on iiattiral history at the Royal School of Miits, London; delivered a series of lectures dt ibcd as "Lay Ser- mons" to make abstract st 11cc plain to ordinary people; among his publications arc: iVIaifs Place iii Nature", "Physfography," “Anatomy of the litvcrtelirztivs", "The Cray Fish", “Klem- oit ': "The (‘llCS.\li0.’ll'(l is thc world: the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rtiles of ‘the gzitnc are what wc call the laws of nature. The player on the other side is hidden front us. \\'e know that his play is always fair, just and patient. lhtt also we kitow to our cost that he never overlooks a titistztlte or makes the smallest zillowance for ignoraitcc."

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The llziulc of Nova Scuiitfs Inedx 0f Indus- trial .'\ciivit_v in (Yanada rose to a preliminary figure of 176.8 per cent of the 1935-1939 aver- age in Felirttartt from 175.3 per cent in Janu- ary. .~\t this level it was 4 per cent higher than a I vciir e: licr, and slightly aliovt: the previous peak rccnrilril last jitiy. Sitice Spring of I942, it ‘l1.'t_\' be noictl, the Index ltas been pursuing a rather iiiaagiilzii" (‘OIIFSC about a roughly horizon- tal lcvvl. ranging front i7! percent to r76 per cent of the iii35-t939 average. The rise in the lntlcx since the cnd of i942 has been the result I nf corrvtiiioit for norniitl seasonal variations. 'l‘li:it is, neither iif the two componcntS—-Em-

iwhich have been .=

TI "F. CHARL()'I"l'_!£__'I'_()_\_tV__l\_l_§_UARl_)lA1_V____

flutes By The Way

Aeoor lo Mr. Howe, and In oil is almost u bad as sand In spinach. —Wtnnlpeg Tribune.

Now h the time to get your hlrd- houses ready. say; a rural maga- zine, But don't. forget that you are not allowed w raise the rent. — Toronto Saturday Night.

The reactions to the Ricken- backer speech were abut as expect- ec. The rush tio swap places with the boy. on Guadalcanal was easily kept tn oontrol.--Exchange.

Eggs recently sold for twelve cents a. dozen ln Argentina. Which makes us feel inst as cheerful as the other undisputed fact. that the peo- pie of Brazil need no ration coupons to buy coffee-Windsor Star.

Actually, there ls something grim- l_v amusing in Germany's threat mat she will follow the Japanese ex- ample of murdering prisoners of war, We do not. need to shudder at. the prospect. because the Nazis |have always been capable of any .atroclties against unfortuiiates who -fall into their hands. What ls funny ; i5 the idea. that they have anything tio learn from their apish allies in respect. to rutlilessness. —-Wintlsor Star.

i The verb "scuttle" ls derived from IF r e n c.h ecuutillg ihatchwuvr). throngii Middle French escoutille, from sljiltglSlé escutilla ihttint .iyi, says Pati in er. A sen t.t‘ t" a. .sma!l opening in theldeclLhside Otl,’ .tot'tom of a shit) Tins. te vei" ,refers to the act of cutting such. ‘holes and has r-Jme to mean, speci- fically, the sinking of or the attempt o sink n vessel by cutting holes tle bottom. Lxiogely, seuttling may refer to any manner in which a

vessel is deliberately sunk. —EX' change. Few Pings could be graphically

demonstrate the new stains of Can< ads. as a f-ghting unit. of the Brit- ish Empire as the arrival here of a group of Royal Navy persotitiel from Britain The purpose of tizetr journey is revealing. 'I‘hey have come here to nian ships turned out for the Royal Navy in Canadian shipyards It is not. so long ago that the entire naval force of the Doni- fnlon consisted of a few almost cb- solete ships sent. here after they had outlived their usefulness in the Old Land. To find this country now st\~p1_vlng warships to the Mother lCotititry certainly demonstrates how ‘far we have come as a maritime na- ition. Frctn the livintisui- Star.

Four limes as many pairs of’ sprmneles are being csctl ll‘. Brilani in tl s war eotntitired with tlti: last. war. But this (toes not tnean that. the peoples eves chi Ls pricrcr. 'l‘lir- more scientific and detailed work of the present time requires a much ltighcr siaitdartl of visitm and many people who in peacetime did not wear glasses are now compelled to do so. In spite of stioristge of la nor and direct arms protlvtrtioti, Eti- taiirs optical industry is meeting 1C0 percent of this tilltznte lilizli tie’ maiid. In order to m the demand _ hi: (m "Lins- terity" types. Ttiere are no more tortoise site-ll frantes. no fancy rims and few colored specttitelcs They are now mad:- ef svntlietle shell ztuci nickel alloy. -I_mitl0n Evening Statidard.

Three hundred milinn trceri. from oneiyear old s ealinss to three and four year triti ants. are ready in the great nurseries of the Forestry Commission for ercitthii: nttv woods; throughout Britain in the yPflfS of ler the war, An official of the Fares‘ try Coiitmissioit said that whereas before the war 75,000,000 young trees were raised each vcar for afforesta- tion and reforestation purposes it will be necessarv in future to muse many more. He revealed that plans to give the nation a total area of forests and woods of 5.0012000 acres tire being considered. There are i-n the country 16,000,030 acres of rough and waste land. None of i‘. is useful for agricultural purposes. and can be planted with trees - London Evening Standard

When we think of the Increased production required to exeettte ﬂ e1‘ genie war program there is one item most of us pass over but. without which an army and navy would be lost. llterallv and figuratively, gays Pathfinder. That ltcin ls, of course, maps. Map making has expanded almost unbelievably since the start; of the war. In the issue of aeronautical charts. for instance, there ltas been approximately a. 250 percent increase. An additional sign of the times ls that now fami- liar spectacle of women at jobs for- merlv held by men and thought to he their special province. Both the chart division of the coast and geodetic survey and the army map service have broutzht in women and girls by the hundreds to do every- thing from the initial photography ﬂlld research to final prltiting: and folding. An army atlvanccs on its malls: a War's proizress is followed on maps, When American forces landed in North Africa they carried with them some 110 tons of maps. The additional hinilreds of ions .iii-.ed to the front. since the lnndinit have played no small part in the advance and in the planning for u Ettropean front.

An apple ll day isn't the only way to keep the doctor away. says The Toronto Telegram The Quebec Physical Education Association high- ly recommends an age-old method of keeping healthv and one that: ls available to all without. costs or taxa- tion. It's walking! The association claims that walking for health ls an excellent, medicine for all ages. It further claims that. wnlklnr; "cures cold feet, hot heads. pale faces and bad tempers " Contained in a pamphlet are cited explanations why everyone should walk. Here they are: "Because some form of exercise l5 fundamental to health. brisk circulation of blood, free ventilation of the body through the skim and free ventilation of the body bv deep breathing are three great iitials for body health; to

plnymeir: and l7i‘f'igllt Loadings~has receded as

walk br 'iv two or three times a

itittclt this Winter as ltas been usual in the past. lllf‘ (’lll]ilIi}'|llt'lll liQllfCS have continued to re~ cord .'nlv.'itivcs in iht- tr branches of manufac- turing though the int c: ‘s have been consider-

dtiriiig ilic l.'lli"l‘ half iif last rear. Tlllli, front lk-criitlicr Aist in hcliritziijv ist (the latest date for “lrrli iiiriirvs :trt~ Jt\'Jlil.".l)lC) iltcrc were quite

('lll]tli'1_\'('(l in the nnn~ft "runs inctal products iri- dihirv. in llltliilllfililii‘ pl shipyards, and “oth~ “ml l"""i!!t‘l—“—— a classification

oven fairly pond tone to the abdom-

diiy tn all but the severest weather is one of the best investments vou can make in your personal health: when you neglect to take some form of regular exercise you invite dis- ease: few Catiadlatis are taking suf- ficient exercise to kci-p them really fit. beeatise after n few years of of- flee work, not one person in 50 has

iniil muscles which are so import- ant. "Inactive muscles hamper brain, Intellect and imagination. In these difficult days we all need increased nervous resistance. There is inher- ent resistance to disease and sick- ness. but there ls also acquired n»

which i"'fl<'t't; .'llllil.'lllt‘ :inil iiicrirni itviititiacitir-

ing. I

sliilattee, A daily wnlk of two or three titties will strengthen your le- fstanco."

QOQ‘ ‘ ** T.‘

' Leaflets '~ 0n The Loan

BY STEPHEN LEACOCK

runuc FORUM

Illocnlmlbllﬂ llloullol

gallon it'll ioﬂdﬂIl

J

In‘!!! polllﬂl bgolnol I

arduous“! nounnrllluhonlboolllﬂl 110G103

of in

a

NATIONAL DEBT, NATIONAL BLESSING

I was a wit- ness to a queer matter o psy- choloity U115 "l.°‘i"“"i' ‘l’;

C oogy . I'm iiot tryins “ use a 1on8

word for a short.

WAR LOAN MEETING AT

GEORGETOWN sin-Hts Worship the

should be

fter the recent liiekout.

The Victory 1min meet-inns

t ‘I'll: tti 1 of George own an a 5

U]: gsggkgrs Messrs. Dewar. Camp‘ bell and Rollers.

C011-

giiitiiiiiteu when niev carried on

321d

brought the meetfnl through to 8- sucoessful finish.

and

canvass. started April 26 for B-

ough. It

SiZBIICBJ-ﬂl-P

many was that last 11016?" eleven. that's psychology.

formation.

morning with

mg papers him iusr come otf reo to sit. and rezio fur ii wnite.

Gecrb-e DUIIHIIQFS tailniig VICLOIV Loan.

and origin as me ilignr. oi ahum- mini: bit-ct. he liiis to. Hes in the iiiiiiaip, stock business anu 1n that. you ntusint. zive the other man time to tiiiiik. Of course Bill i5 closed just now. so he's in war wci-k,—ii cioiiiii- ti year mam-me most he ever made, net. l-tes the chief ennvasser tor tine Lioiln tn N11ll'lp1;5t\,—ll0l. the Chairman 01 the Ocintittttee. UIDUKAI,—MUI'IPOSB. is too reiigious e place to make a mitnni; broker u Cnatrmaii,

Anyway bill was talking to George btlInlIlBfS. George is uiﬁer- eiit. He has a cement business. and you know the way it l5 with cem- ent. 1t has to settle. George's trnnd is like that. You can't liiake any tnarks on it,—he wort’: let. you,- till lt. gets set and firm. George laid the town SIdE-Wtllks and he doesn't. forget. the place where tiie utick walkto across the cement in front. of the Puolie Liorary. No, Sir.

I didn't hear tiow the talk, or argument, started because Jeff had put a not towel over iny face and siaizpeu to listen anti forgot me. Biii._ when lie let me out of the eiiiitt- iitii Liaiiay was saying,

"Al. anv rate you remember the 0i" lliiiiisi‘. a national debt is a itattiiiial biessntg,‘

"Wiiv do vou call it a phrase?" says George.

"Beczttisi; it is."

"is illlill?" "ls ii 91111158." says Bill. "Never ininii tiie pnrase busi-

ness.‘ inzeriupts cne or tiie boys tvriti was listening. "ivliei-e cioes we iABSSi-is UUillU in? lsiii, a debt. ii Debt? '

"V/lil‘. tliLs iviiy." says Bill, "You

l1» a iiaoiotiai debt like ours, iriiirlv titsiriiiuteo.-"

"Wiini do v0.1 call "tlistribtited"? asks George.

"tie means eveiybody , . sins one oi me ieiiers.

holds

“\.i..l."_ Bill iveiit on. "now lets say tliii. iiiuivirinni A noids a iiunci. reu uaii:'ii‘s.—"

Il/viios _ iie?" asks George. Vv.ii, just. A, ui" if yon iike Ill call ttint i3 '

"iW. nu. eat] hint A if you like. Ycu iiIU-iiltiuliie IUIAG.‘ WflUse nan-e begin.- Ylvfill n, like Alec Anaerson or AllClv M11105,"

"X65. fXﬂcwy. but. I doift. mean them."

“On you don't!"

"He inst nteans anybody," inter- rupts- tne Ciioras.

“Xesx sais isiit, "1 Just mean a wiioie string o. intiiviiinais, A and t5, and o, ail rite way to Z"

"l (iotlui. says tieurge QUIIIXTIBTS

slowly, "it yoiru iinu any teller iiere in iviaiipusa wnose tiume be- gins wiin Z." _ "Nu mutter," says Bill. "title l-Xiixii, is tins. isaeii hllllﬂIUd Guitars mat. tiie gurerinneti. ourrows nieviis, to We isdl/Qﬂllliciii. a liiinureu uoiiars oi ocot." . . .

"yes,"

"nut. for A, B, and C, it: means I hundieu doiiars as an asset."

"ttigni uowii m 1i.’ says George, "or is tiiere t1 caveii in it. "

"Wily, nun t, you see, George," 1n- terrtipts me and the feiiers in the seats "what's a ueuii to ine Govern- ment tutu. ll. owes me, looks to me like an asset. a hiincireu dollars to tiie good."

"Lxiiciiy." savs Bill Lcindy, "Now adti up an the total. 1f tne country owes tl. blAllCIl dollars. ls it. any poorer‘! No, not. if it. owes 1t. at ncinc. It means tnere tire a lot. of people 1n the country who are, put together, a billion cloiiars to the good. Make it. two billion. it's ail the same."

"Ann where's the blessing?" ask- ed George.

"Holds the country together," says one of the listeners. “WhOs gciiig to upset or sntpwrerk a government; ll he tfepenos upon It. 1er three or four thousands dollars lnvcsteu in a lean? . . .’

“Exaeilyﬂ says Bill Lnndy.

"I begin b0 see," says George Summers.

“Next? called Jeff.

"You're next. George," said the boys. “Shave Mr. summers, Jeﬂ, well wait." They knew it. was just the moment.

I walked out and down the stt-et with Bill Latidy.

"That's a hard business B111" 1

feller like

said. “Cnaivnssfn a George summers."

“Olt. that was not for George," Bill snld, "He'll take u the Loan good nna plentv when e ets set. That was for the other felers."

"How do you mean?" I asked,

"Wh the wav to make a feller

SEA VIEW

White as snow the cliffs arise. Black as night. the soil impendinﬂ- velvet. green the pasture lies, Wave on wnve extending.

O how rich this iiotl must be Where I the English oaks are R

p nted, Oaks which onlv to the free Have their garlands gran-ted,

Oh how rleh ls he and bloat House and home who there has , made hlm;

O how irtorious there to rest

Neiitli the (JllkS that. shade lilml -—Henrik weigeland.

It's sfmvle en- us

.- means the way $ you. use V011!‘ ' - mind. r tn-

oker when you wani- the others to think you hold at. least. a, straight. that's DSYCIWWZY- A5,, 1°11 when You say to the candy. 111?‘: want him to say seven instead o!

The case I mean occurred In the Mariposn barber shop that I SPOKE of before,—-Jeu'5 niacin-B sort 0! centre of town talk and Dllbllﬁ 1X1-

It. was 1n the quiet hour of the only Jen himself shaving. I'd izot nominated to the chair right away because the morg; ' t

bits anti most, of mi: feiiers piefer-

iii/ell, ﬁlil Lanny was talking i0 and, eviueiiiiy

Ltii Laiidy has a iiiilld BS quick

three Weeks’ campaign. One would naturally think that the niimefolll officers of the Loan committee and those o! the A.R..P. blackout should be in touch with each other and not bangle things to the convenience of the people who are raising the monev to carry‘ on U118 war, "the People's War. Oiliei‘ centres ma have had their meet.- lngs, but t ere are three Couiiilﬁs ln the Province and the E1516“! County is called King's. Last Loan. King's County led the other two. Notwithstanding that not one dol- lar found its wav back to the Eist. We give or loan our money. SW65 from pure thrift. and _we tiatnrally resent this bun line wetween the different; offlcla _ Cant/asset's are working spare time Bellini; the bonds. Most of the work ls done after hours. We therefore ask those 1n authority to out on their trial blackouts at. a reasonable and stut- able time. I am. Sir. etc. BONDIIOLDER (We understand that no resDDH- slblllty attaches to local cfftetztls tn this Instance. Thev are not sup- posed to have advance information as to trial blackouts. which are de- tennlned by the Eastern Air Com- mand.-Ed. G.)

An Unmarked Anniversary

(Globe and Mall)

Oh now! we never mention her. Her name is never heard; My lips are now forbid to speak That once familiar word.

The lips are those of the Parlia- merit of Canada. so far as we are aware no mention has been 11181719 during the present session of an event which occurred twelve months ago and was considered at that time to be of some consider- able moment. On Tuesday of this week we were exactlv a year away from the plebiscite of April 27, 1943, On the latter date the people of Caitada were asked to answer the follotviitg question: “Are vou l" favor of releasing the Goveriiiiietit [rem any obligation arising 0ut._ of any past commitments restricting the methods of raisins! “men TOP military service?" The vote was 64 per cent. “Yes" and 36 per cent. "No." The number of beoille “I19 voted “Yes" was 2.926.856 and thIe number of those who tinted "N0'. 1.618.730. In efgltt of the nine prov- inces the percentage of "Yes" votes was overwheltnlntz.

'I'1ie totalntitnbenof vﬂtcsAciisi

sec anything. ls to let him ‘see some other feller not see it. dyoti see!"

"I see," I said.

‘You can't tin”? All.'lllll- If you feel

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THE TWO MAGS

I49 Great George Street

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THIS IS YOUll SWillll) . . x... it

Use it. to write your cheque for your new Victory Bonds. Use it to sign a pledge fio buy Bonds out of Ilhi

earnings.

Use it that. Citiiflifs ﬁghting sons may have the tools of war they will llUClI this year-above all years.

Your pen is your sword. Use it. There's still a tough ﬁght aheadl

Wew Wéetaay 34x0

THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

ffUY THE

was described by Prime Minister WHEATLEY RIVER $011001. '

King as "an impressive demonstra-

tion of the importance which the The following ls tho report of electors of Canada attach to giving Wheatley River School for Ln;

to the Government ii free hand at a time of wnr." This was on May 11. On that day Mr. King introduced his celebrated bill No. 80 to amend the National Resources Mobiliza- tion Act. the principal amendment being the repeal of section 3 which stood as a bar against. compulsory overseas service. This bill was given 56001“! Wilding on Julv 7 oti a vote of 158 to 5-1. On the 1st of August fﬂilOWlrii; it received the Royal ao- sent and became 13w,

The plebiscite cost. the Canadian iﬂXpﬂyers $l.503\158. perhaps more, because when this figure was given f0 Parliament at the end or his; February some accounts were still Olllﬁiiliidiiitt. At whatever the sum wits, something more than a mu. lion and a half. the bargain was highly unsatisfactory, We obtained

month of April:

Grade VIII-l. Keith Rackhun 2. Stanley MaoLean.

Grade VII Sr.-—l. Oectl Efkhaud, 2. Robert Raokham. t Grade VII Jr.-1. Garnet Game;- er.

Grade VI-l. Lola Daye, I. ‘Ihelmg Barrett.

Grade V-l. Eleanor Axwtirttiy, 2. Gertrude Barrett. 3. JuneEtkhaud. Grade II-l. Arnold Maeliean. Grade I A-l. Allison MacLean

Grade I B-1. Jean Chandler. f. Shirley Eltkhaiud 3. Helen Rose Elk- hand.

Grade I C. (no tests)

Highest. average in senior gradel: Keith Raekham 90%

Highest average tn Junior grades: Eleanor Axwort-hv 96.5%

an ninendmetit upon which the Thelm B. ‘Smith Government has not acted IIOX‘ a Teacher: seems likely m act we also got a

118513‘ 56th‘ 0k for the cause of nat- ional unity. It is perhaps natural n such circumstances that this weeks anniversiirv was observed in sebulchural silence.

Technicolor motion pictures of fighting between U. S. and Aida forces tn North Africa are beiiid shown American and Brliliili troops training in Brltafn.

PERIL .

On the sea, on land, peril of fire, lightning, fall- ing aircraft, of automobiles, of accident, of sickness, of war.

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BUY VICTORY BONDS

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eutsuc MEETING

IN SUPPORT OF

77w Fourth Victory i Loan Campaign

NAME DATE omnitnv May 4 Alberton Mill’ 5 BRADALBANE Mar 6 MURRAY HARBOUR May 7 VICTORIA May 10 TIGNISH May 11

All meetings 8.30 P.M.

Additional places and dates will announced later.

Realistic and authentic War pictures actually taken at the Russian fighting front. 20 per con} of the Cameraman lost their lives in “shootlnl

these pictures. They will stir your deepest emu‘ tions.

Prominent speakers will give short addresses. Every citizen should attend these meetings, and assist In the war effort. No admission charged-

llational War Finance Committee.

MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT

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ATTENTION-

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