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w nut Burnett, Ell-MARE. tOn Aotlvo Sen-via) “The Strongest Mlmory is Weaker Tlwl the Weakest Ink.”

FRIDAY FEB. I, I9“ Shipbuilding lli Canada

Information emanating from Oltatva states that llierc is to bc n0 lettip in shipbuilding for sonic time iii this cuuiitiy The factsjliowevcr, according to Canadian bltipping and Marine En- yiizccritig Nazi's, belie this information, which many shipyard workers can confirm.

.\t a mziiur Quebec shipyard, according to this zitithtiritv, thv ctnwtrtietiott of so iiizuiy inmates was cancelled last month that the keel o: the last one was laid a couple of weeks be- i-tie thristmas and the whole of the steel work hJid ltL‘(II prt-rtn-srtl lllltl itiailc rczitly for com- piling" llll‘ hull. 'l'lic iiiittiztgciiirtit had nu oth- er altcriiatiie tlum to lay off as many as 700 workmen. their noticc expiring three days be- lore Christtnas. ‘lihcsc men were paris of llllif> of the yard, who over the last three years hiid fiitcil into the schedule of production through extctisiu- trtiiiiiitg. lt will be no easy matter for tlte management to get these men back when furthter shipbuilding activity is re- sumed there.

Yiscotint “lavell. Viceroy of India, stated iviilr law ld>i tiiuiith that thc fllllrl] of the war in liiiiope will sec the commencement of war in the Pacific. Many types of ships will then be needed, and the U. S. is now hiisy on them.

“It is logical to presume that Caitada is go- iiig to Cttittribtitt‘ a share of this tonnage, now that SlIl|)_\'EIl‘(l5 here are so wcll organized," says the Naps. “Why, therefore, should it be necessary to disorganize our yards at the pre- sent time, as is being done? The yard men- tioned is only one of many where extensive lay- offs have lIll\'(‘|) [\l.'IC(‘. This is what IIIZIl\'(‘S la- bor disgruntled, and if dissatisfaction is shown, the blame can only be laid at Ottawa's door."

Pa rks And Post-War

The prmision of facilities for recreation is likely to rank high among Canada's post-war activities, says the Ni onal Parks Bureau at (Ilttawa. Already some public bodies-are in- creasing their zipprotirizition for the develop- lI‘.t‘lll of llttlflst traveb-no dottbt in anticipa- tmii of victory within the next year or two.

Nature has been especially generous to Can- lda in pfOViCliflg recreational areas of great ex- tcnt and variety in widely separated parts of the country. ' Canada is fortunate, too, in pos- sessing a system of national parks which can be used both for the maintenance of health and morale at home and the attraction of tourists from abroad.

In addition to the 26 areas covering more than 211.700 >t|ttiir< IlIll(‘> now iuidcr fcdcral \7\\'ll€l’Sl'llp and administration as national parks, other areas are being considered for park de- vclopntent. More than 10,000 square miles in the Yukon Territory adjacent to the Alaska Highway have been set aside recently for pos- szble extension cf the national park system. Two additional sites have been offered by the Province of Quebec and one by New Brunswick, and proposals looking toward the establishment oi a sea-level park in British Columbia have lICCII tllrsillssfitl. It is expected that other sites, representative of the most suitable areas for the purpose, will be offered by the provinces. Already a chain of these national parks ex- lciitls from British Columbia in the West to Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton in the liiist. it includes sonic of the finest scenery in the world as well as other featutrcs attractive to the vacationist.

Post-war development plans include better arterial and secondary highways leading to the put-ks, intproveil highways within the parks, cheaper accommodation available to those of low incomes, secondary roads, foot and horse trails in order to render points of special in- tt-rcst readily ZlC('(‘\.\ll)l(', rind lIlIl"II‘()\'('(l fire and game protection to inc-ct increased dangers frmn heavier and more widespread use of the tia- tional parks.

Planning

National Fitness Plan

t'\'lI(.‘I| the National Physical Fitness Actwas pdswell by Piirlinmcnt last summer. some people doubtless asked, Wllill new fad? Thcv-ilid not know that Canada wti- following the example of Britain, illf‘ Ynitrrl States, and many coun- trir» in liuiopc. which had rccvignizeil the econ- nmic in». and the poverty‘ duc to the lo\v physi- gal tonrhtion of many of their people and their lmliilitr In dcknc». 'l'h~'~.=e wnuntrics all adopt- ed prfltiramnies‘ to develop the physical fitness of lll"ll' YHIIIIQ lIlf'lI IliVl \\‘tlll('ll.

lifllillll had liikeii action, and tlic llcaltl: (foiniiiittce oi the League of Nations had en- dorsed the movement, inst before the war. The large number of reicctions by the armed forces of Canada and the United States because 0f physical iliszibilities, have emphasized the ne- ccssilv for sitch a campaign. lt was recom- mended last ycar by the Canadian advisory committee on health insurance.

There will be a ljtlllfillfll council on physical fitness, with a paid director. and therc will bc provincial dirr-clitrs. The Dftlhllllun tirovidcs kzgonvoo a yeatfl nf Wllltll $ze_;,om goes to stipport the actiilties in the [!l'"'\'l|"l(‘.‘f.<.

The programme includes games, athletics and sports, rliytluiiics, strimmiiig, ilfqllélilfs‘, and life saving. and tiutditot‘ activities such as camp- ing and hiking. It is proposed to cnlist tlic SIID~ port of organized physical fitness agencies, and of individual vulunlccrs. The nlijcct of the Act is to promote fifties-s through extension of physical education in schools and colleges, and in industrial establishments; tn train teachers and dcmotistrritors: and to organize sports and athletics on a natirfn-yvitlc scale.

Physical fitness IIIflliCs‘ for good health, so m“ this movement, if it in efficiently organ-

Iled and receives the necessary CO-Opcratioq, has a proper place in the health programme that. goes with any system of health insurance.

p EDITORIAL NOTES @-

Thomas Carlyle, philosopher and author, died this date, 185.51: "Is not the newspaper an open Forum, open as never Forum was before, where all mortals vent their opinion, state their grievances? . . A Parliament speak. in; through reporters to Buncombe and the twenty-seven millions, mostly fools."

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Friends of the N svy League here - there are practically no active members-will be inter- ested to learn that Mr. C. N. Taylor, general secretary of the Nova Scotia Mainland Division, has been appointed eastern supervisor of war services for the league. He will control all operations of the league in Eastern Canada. Mr. Taylor formerly was manager of the lea.- gue‘: Merchant SeamanskClub at Halifax.

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T he L‘.S. Ambassador to Ottawa, Hon. Ray Atherton, will be in the Maritimes in June when he will visit here among other places. He originally was an architect, which profession he abandoned for that of a career diplomat, and has served his country all over the world, in- cluding London. Mr. Atherton is an amateur painter of some note and has done a number of Ottawa landscapes. He expects to bring his sketch book with him when he visits the Alaritiiiies.

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A first edition of the late Archdeacon Fred- erick George Scott's book "The _\Var As I Saw It”, worn from thousands of miles of travel. and autographed across passages where their names appeal‘ by nearly 3,000 persons, was pre- sented to Defence Minister Ralston 0n Sattur- day by Mr. W. B. Scott, of Montreal, a son of the Archdeacon. Mr. Scott made the presen- tation in fulfilment of his fatherfs request that the book be offered to the Dominion archives upon his death. '

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Farmers here as a mic have been classified as Free Traders owing to the fact that the price of their produce is ruled almost wholly by the purity of world _markets. But meantime not many of them object to the premium on bacon hogs to prevent a rise in prices to the consum- er. Nevertheless by degrees we reach the posi- tion in which every item of food production is subsidized. Now we are told that' housing must be subsidized. Next we shall be told that clothing must be subsidized. Already there is to be a bill to subsidize doctors and medicines. and ere long, we will be back to the good old system of taking in one an0ther's washing for a livelihood.‘ ‘K

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Saint John is after Parliament for an im- proved airport and is likely to get it, too. Transport Minister E. Michaud announced iii the House that engineers of his dcpartmctit are making a detailed study of weather condi- tions prevailing at a proposed airport site on the outskirts of the city. He added that the engineers would not commit themselves one w'ay or another until they had completed this

be satisfactory.” Mr. Michaud indicated that the site which is under consideration offers the opportunity for development of a large mod- ern airport of trans-Canada standard, provided weather conditions are suitable. The Thins- port Minister stated that the present Saint John airport, at Millidgeville, could not be brought up to par for heavy commercial aircraft \vith- out removing “mountains," hence the necessity

of selecting another site. I? i‘

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Saint john is in the same position as Char- lottetown with regard to increased school board expenditure, and has accepted it as a matter of course. The Common ‘Council have approved, a 1944 budget of $2,o68,458.25-—an increase 0ft $71,459.75 over the 1943 figure, which was $1,- 990,998.50. The boost i|. the amount of the. budget,’ it was disclosed, was due largely to th increased requirements of the Board of Schoo Trustees which has been granted $65.56 more than last year. Twenty thousand dollars of this amount represents an increase in costs of school repairs and improvements, for which a total qf $47,000 was budgeted. However, the school board has been authorized to spend $40,000 more for the same purpose and this will be taken care of by ‘referred assessment or bond issues or both. 'A grant of $70,000 for in- creases in teachers’ salaries includes the sum of $39,000 already being paid to the teachers in the form of cost-of-living bonuses, now abolished, making an actual increase for the purpose of raising lltc teachers’ salaries of $31,- 000, an average of about $84 increase annually per teacher. In actuality, however, the whole of the $70,000 can be distributed by the school board in any way it sfes fit.

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They are all doing it, every single province of them, reducing the individual liquor quota, now that the festive season has been passed. From now on only one quart bottle of spirits a month may be bought by purchase ciird hold- ers in New Brunswick. This reduces by onc- half the monthly allowance which has prevail- ed for some months. A quart is a5 or 26 ounces. The regulations have been changed, however, to make it possible to purchase the full monthly allowance at one time or to buy it in iz-ounce or Ifl-OIIHCQ bottles on different days. The Saint john Telegraph-journal says: While no official announcement has been made, it is understood that managers of liquor stores in New“ P-runswick have been authorized to use their discretion as In the time each (lay thev put spirits, or hard liquor, on sale. In other words, the fact that a person is first in the line-tin when the store opens is no guaran- icv he will get a bottle of spirits (‘VCW if there arc spirits in the store tn sell. The manager, for lllrlliitlCC, may decide tn withhold sale of the hiii-d liquor until an hour later, or in the after- noon. or at any time he thinks advisable. It is possible that this procedure was adopted as l means of trying to prevent sale of spirits to bootlcggers or their runners——most liquor store clerks can recognize these persons pretty quick- lY~and in an attempt to have some spirits on hand when the "honest citizen" drops in in the

hope of getting a bottle. ____

stirvcy but that “we all hope the findings will A

THE

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the llllmpG-Jrflth could ho any P1160 1h lnw-Khchgug; Record. -

It wasn't n real revolution In Argentina. The rich families Just keep control by minim stead of a fake ‘act . guy Albertina.

True or not true.

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ihs niacin us of Shakespeare's commgnt: "flu ovtI that en d If

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The fhl day Prime Churchill was back In London had luncheon with the King yo: a man who is sometimes laid be a dictator Mr. Churchill ul- ways shows I scrupulous respect

llsment. - Ottawa Journal.

Wlut }Il¢s the boil will be able to tell when they return home fmm the battlefrontsl What knowledge they will have m. oumulatedl It Ia

cation. but those youths who do survive the llfe-and-death strug- gle will come home stored up with memories and facts beyond the range of’ any textbook. -- North Bay Nitggett.

ll might be n nod Ida In fu- ture elections to ve buttons away to those who cast. their vote -thc said button entitling them to moan and groan if they so desire over the actions of public officials AIM-MO. however. not, entitled to wear the button would be given the Grandview Ex- ponent treatment by the first gentleman who happened along wearing number twelves, -Wlnlpeg Tribune,

Everyone who traffic: in gua- ltm t, trafficking In the lives of the men on the fighting fronts. the other men In the aircraft and yet the other men 1n the fighting ships. If peo le for whom these men are fight g and giving thllr Ilves can't understand this, tho courts snould make them under- stand It, not; with gentle slap; on the wrist or smiling admonlttona not to repeat the offence, but with the stlffest possible fines or even the imprisonment which the offence fully warrants. — Brock- vllle Recorder and Times.

Take one young Canadian, slightly green. Stir from bed at an earl hour; soak ln shower or tub dal y. Dress in olive drab. Mix with other: of his kind, Grate on sergeant’: nerves. Tougher: on manoeuvres. Add liberal portions of baked beans and roast beef and season with wind, rain. sand and snow. sweeten occasionally with chocolate bars. Let smoke often. Sprinkle generously with War Savings and Victory Bonds. Bake In 90-degree temperature In sum- mer and let cool below zero In winter. Serves 11,500,000 people.- Murifctpal World.

Talking the other day lo a gal-- lant R.A.F. officer. the write: mentioned that. not, far from Lon- don them to n country Inn one room of which Includes the altar of a demolished church. writes tho London correspondent of the Ot~ lawn Journal. whereupon the R. . F. offfcor mentioned an inter- esting North African desert In- stitution. This consist: of an im- provised chapel. used by all de- nominations and also for Bible classes and Too H assemblies, that. was built by a Wellington bomber wing. 1t consists of two tents erected so as to make an ancient. Arab arch the west front, with a

unit built. an altar and another the communion nil from wood taken from wrecked enemy planes As altar vases stand two 25- pound shell cases, imd the choti stalls are 01d flare boxes. Seats were furnished from cut-down bomb boxes. but all rank; sub- scribed to buy a proper organ. Considerable voluntary labor was involved In completing this re- markable desert. chapel, includ- ing digging down two feet In the sand, and covering ft with can- vas, to Increase the height of the tent roofs. It. stand u a not. un- Impressive tribute to the piety of our air warriors.

The U.S. Army said recently that. paint. was playing a major role In reducing the beaten-head confusion which attends any In- vasion operation. Col. Fred A. McMahon. commanding the Phil- adelphia ordnance district. said that, In past, operations boxes and containers put; ashore under en- 63G,’ fire bore 175 different hues. " lth the co-operntfun the various ~war - department agencies." he said, "Army ordnance has elf- minatted 1G3 superfulous shades and standardized '72 colors." When the nil-out. offensive against the mainland of Europe ts launched. each branch of. the an-ned services will have a dlsttn hing color for its shipments, Lkewlse, bombs of varying types will have n par- ticular ldentlfyln color to facili- tatethelr handing in the con- fusion of batman-Montreal Star.

Opgoneni; In one of the Iii-ang- est " attics“ of the war will noon be locked in combat In the track- leu wastes of Saudi Arabia. any: the Kansas City Star. They are a force of British soldiers -- un- armed save for tons of bran mix- ed with an arsenic compound - and the swarms of locusts which breed tn that country and cause lnestlmable damage to vital Un- ited Nations food supplies. The fact that. Saudi Arablit t, u. neu- tral country-as well as the holy land of the Mollams - has had its! IIIHAIGDOQ on goth‘ Dotson- ne an men o expedi- tion. men and of Ioera comprising the force w! Idea being unnn-ned, wear no badges of rank. All will wear the Arab head- dress of "kuflyu" and "again? squares of cloth worn on the hold Ilka a kerchlef and ‘uttened with a headband. It is also probable that; the men will he permitted to grow beards. owing a rnuch to the custom of the counry u to the shorts e of water for shaving. Out o res ec 0o the Mosiem ho! land, all e non-niropean tro accompanying the expedition l be Mohammedan. and the Bri- tlah troops will not be accom- panied by n. padre. Neither will any alcohol be curled. for It; use I; forbidden by the Koran,

ON PAILI FIANOAII

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HRLWN GUARAN

Jacky Frost

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was frosty 1n the str t4 hmulh commit t» runny

i-eassurinx lihem as to Mafia-

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they were conscious. a numbness of

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for the power of throne Ind nu- leapfrog

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caught kicking of hfdma

wooden cross aurmounttng It. One in

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cuiiznot resist the

way to h t. e brittle ice on

CFIITIC what. only last night. was a. pig‘!- _ E

led i: q most equally alurlng. Those who , are old emush to have been brouizht up on a certain American picture-book ways l e Jacky Frost, n gallant boyish figure ; i up In h! e to drive 'll8 team of wolves, an still bet- ter tnvo of the lines accompanying

t "JaaeWri-oiii. Jacky most, crept found the house I Sly as a silver fox, still 8s a. mOIIM- ’

There Is summed up all the

games In the garden yrithout. their terror, this absolute and ecstasy of steailttuntss. No- bodv can hear him putting up his ladder to paint his mtte-ms on the windoyv. You only knew he had been there when you woke up.

It must be admitted that. Jacky is nip‘; Perfect. lg;- ivfin lxllll that. en- QM slvness t ere s In almost ntallgn quality; in this country at least he exhibits n. lik- lmz for a. sell. for raising hopes fills to dash thetm- an okt crusted joke that the fixing of the date for the skating chivmplo is the signal for a thaw. For those who are not clunnpfona even t0 take out their slates and look ten- derly at. the blades under their coating of grouse provides a temp- tation that Jacky cannot. alwa- s resist. ‘The curlers with their sh -

ll 011 idutiii. b t maltose who depend on deeper ponds he ieginarly plays his

imktnd pranks. Perhaps h

quent, he Ls

company. He two thmoughlv undesirable friends or hangers-on. One ts fog, who Is wholly vile and possesses not one of his amiable qualities; the other. snow. can make himself teusam enough for n. is tnotless and lumber- ing. his char- acter, but even so he is so Ioitv and cheerful and dimming most people are glad to see 9.88111-

New Brunswick Museum

(Saint John Tclegieph-Joumsl)

The New nsyvtck Museum l! continuing to show its value as one of the ediucatd nsttlutlomis of the province. When 1t, is considered that much otf the building Is helm used for war purposes it. is - tfytzig to learn titan 17,645 mints viewed the exhibits seeking inform- ation during 1943. That. was 3,170 more thwn attended at bhe museum the previous year. The natural science department. has become a valuable adjunct to the sifhool tern of the province, with uimlls vtslttng the institution be- sides txrfonnation on various sub- Jecta being servt. to scfliools through- out the rum!

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New material is constantly being added to the collections and the stuff gives much time to awrivtxiz new speclmente which are submit- ted by those seeking tnfonnatrton. 'f‘he different department are well supplied with exhibits. The Cana- dfan history auction contains u wonderful collection of chums. documents and other material con- nected wtth tllie early days of what In now the Dominion of Canada.

The museum Is wcrthv of inspec- tion ea a. sight-seeing feature: but when its educational Ibllittes are considered. than w o do not the fwttftles available

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I: pledged to hold his WW?» So sit-least Una: hi1 uleen Wearing tvelr cmrwna awry. Thetrkhanda forget what. they would And logsegn as the-y fle. And lovers mellow to the sound Of meadow, lurks tn spring Claw inattentive underground Nor heed them when they sinc-