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ilorning Dolly (Iblllltl In Ill?) hnllflent: Uent. Oil. W. Clleltel B. Iellln vice-President: J. I. Burnett, I. J. I. Ieeretary: Lient. Col. D. A. lhsilnnon. 0.8.0. lilltor end Manning Director: J. It. Burnett. IPJJ. Aloeiete Editors: Frank Walker and Itlent. len A. Burnett, lCJtV-B. (On Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Tlrqn the Weakest Ink.‘

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A Plea For Unity

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It l‘ 1 sflbelmfi thought for Canadians at home that those who ‘return from service over- seas declare that disumty 1s a phenomenon of the home front and not of the battlefront" says the Montreal Gazelle. “Within recent iweeks ‘we have heard two voices express this same senti- ment. One was that of an English-Canadian Pillar» Mall?!‘ I. Alex Edmison, a Montrrzil iawyfr. and former alderman for St. George ward, who was addressing a Montreal club l-k said that there was no disunity on D-Day, when Prench-speakmg and English-speaking soldiers M! ii by side on the invasion beaches. There has bccn no disunity sincc, amid all tl1e changes and chances of 3, strenuous calnpagfinh I\or 1s there any disumty among the Canadian soldiers crowded into the prison camps of the 0119111)’. Nor is there any disunity among the Canadian soldiers lying in the military hospit- als. Maia: Edmison concluded his address with an appeal to Canadians at home to see to it that the men who have served a11d suffered in unity should not return to a disunited Canada. The other voice was that of Lt.-Col. Hugues Lapomtc, Federal member of Parliament for Lotbinicre, and son of the late Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapointe. Speaking in the House of Commons, he asked the members to listen while he related one incident which had occurred in France. lrle had commanded a company of the Regiment dc la Chaudiere which had landed in Normandy 0n D-Day, and by morning half of his men had been 10st. He sent a message for reinforcements. Bu’ it turned out that the boat carrying the reinforce- ments for the Chaudieres had been sunk by the enemy. 5o his company was reinforced by men from the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto, from the Regina Rifles, and from the North Shore Regiment of New Brunswick. All thesc men were glad and proud to join the Chaudieres and the whole company faced the enemy as one man. "That night," said LL-Col. Lapointe, "I was thinking to myself, ‘I wonder how many people in Canada would believe such a thing could be true'."

“The final appeal of Lt.-Col. Lapointe to the people at home is the same as the appeal of Major lidmison. “Surely," he said, “if the men at the front can achieve this national unitv and attain this spirit of brotherhood the peo- ple back in Canada . . can fight the war on the home front follmvingthe example set for them by our Canadian forces overseas. . . If here in Canada we cannot achieve a community of spirit; if we cannot learn to understand one another better, thcn the hardships, the miseries and the losses we shall have suffered during this war may well have been in vain." Faced with such evidence and with such appeals, what are we on Canadafs home front to do? There is one thing we may do first of all, and that is to ask ourselves why it is that we are in suc‘. tinenviable contrast with those whose servic: is so much more urgent and exacting than ou’ own.

“Certainly o11r horde front opportunities and duties are pressing upon us. They lie before ns as a challenge. 111.1,. by our tinity can the chal- lenge be met, and only by meeting the challenge will we find our tinity.”

But the Gazelle neglected to add: “Equality of responsibility connotes equality of service. each for all and all for each."

Teachers Salaries

The Gallup Poll‘s most recent survey of Car.- ldiaxi public opinion relates to the very live question of teachers’ salaries. The reaction of the average person is the same in each of the nine provinces so far as common school teach- ers are concerned. the gleaned opinions being about two to one that this class 0f public servant is underpaid. Public opinion does not seem to have developed so strongly in favor of an i1:- crease of remuneration to high school teachers, although a considerable cross-section of senti- ment i11 eight of the nine provinces favors more generous treatment of those engaged in sec- ondary teaching.

The majority vote in flvor of better pay for public school teachers was almost two to one everywhere, but was largest in British Col- ttm-bia, where seven out of ten voters thought common school teachers underpaid. It is inter- esting in this connection to note that the scale of pay for teachers of all classes in British Columbia is the highest for all Canada. The fact that 70 pcr cent of the vote from there favors still higher salaries, shows a peculiar alertness on the part of the people of the coast province to the value of public instruction. In Quebec the vote was 67 per cent of those in- terviewed; in (Jntario 57 per cent; 0!! llll! Prairies 6C‘- pcr cent, and i11 the Maritimes 62 per cent. These expressions of opinion relat- ed, however, only to the common school teacher.

With regard to the salaries of high school teachers, the survey shows an almost even div- ision of public opinion on the question as to whether the basis of pay of this group is high enough. Nor was there so large a vote -obtain- ed on this question as in that relating to the pay of common school teachers, a consnllerable proportion of those interviewed being unde cided". On the whole, the survey shows a verv definite and widespread conviction across Can- ada that teachers of every class are tmdcrpatd. and that the catisc of popular education would be promoted materially if there were an upward revision of all such scales of pay.

fin: cuamnmrrowu GUARDIAN

EDITORIAL NU It)

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The almost universal expression in letters from the front these days 1s-—“\Ve'll surely be home for next Christmas."

i II l i I _ It 1s reported that the old 'l‘elcphonc Build- mg hasbeen acquired by Mr. Jordan to be con- verted into Governminttufficgs, I

The enemy is doing his utmost to split the. relations between the Allies, and is using Fifglj Columnist radio and jpreis ior that purpose.

_Enf0rce1r1cnt of call-ups is becoming more stringent: not a few who have so far escaped bv postponements, ctc., are now ordered to report for service.

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A Scottish seaweed research association has been founded under joint auspices of the Sup- ply Ministry and the Scottish Cotmcil of In- dustry, to investigate the commercial possibilities of seaweed. On its work depends to a great extent the future of the crofters of the Scot- tish Highlanders. The association will have a biological division; an engineering section with a ship equipped to examine deep sca weeds and the best methods of harvesting them, and a chemical division to determine how bcst to ex- tract the chemical constituents.

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The Free Iircnch commentator, a former Mitiister of justice and known in Brussels be- fore the war for his resolute hostility towards the Nazis, gave regular nightly comment on the war situation and on conditions inside He!» gium, giving his people reasons for hoping and bidding them not despair; to hold on and trust in the Allies. It was this man, Victor dc Lavc- laye, who originated the broadcasting 0f the \'- sign. He had heard that Belgian children were scribbling thelcttcrs “RAT” n11 the walls. aurl he had the idea of suggesting to them a single letter which could be chalked up quickly and easily. He chose the letter Vl-Iirench “Vic- toire'_’, Flemish "Vrijheitl." He proposed it to his listeners in a broadcast on IZUIUHF)’ 14, 1941. On February 1, the suggestion was included in Flemish. All the world knows how the idea kindled the imagination of those under the Nazi yoke, and equally of those jilanning an~l working from outside to overthrow the Nazis, till it spread like a. magic message throughout Europe.

n- m A boy drummer, only ten years old, caused something of a sensation in a recent BBC "Var- iety Band Box" performance. The boy, Victor Fcldman, took part with his two brothers, lllontv playing the clarinet and Robert the accordion. During the war the three have given a great number of concerts for the troops. and in aid of war charities. The measure of the drum- mer’s success may be gauged by the fact that what was formerly the Fcldman Swing Trio lns now become known as the Victor Feldman Trio. Victor, we learn from his father, is a self- taught drummer. He began. at six years of age. to try tr accompany his brothers-mu a drnnr. bought at a popular sixpcnny chain store. With- in a year, he was not only appearing on the platform with them-he began in an all-star variety programme in aid of the R.A.F. Ren- cvolcnt Fund-but was being ilCClilllllfll by “]azz" fans as a “drumming genius," having

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The creation of an aeronautical college cust- ing nearly $10,000,000 in capital outlay and call- ing for an animal expenditure of $1,440,000. mostly by the Exchequer, is recommended “as a matter of urgency" in the report oflthe Inter- departmental Committee on the Establishment of a School of Aeronautical Science recently pub- lislzcd. Sir Stafford Cripps, the Minister of Aircraft Production, has already airnoitnccd that the Government have accepted,’ 1n prin- ciple, the Committees recommendation. The primary purpose of the college should be to provide a high grade engineering. technical and scientific training in aeronautics to fit CltlLlCIIiS fur leadership 1n the aircraft industry, civil av:- aton, the services, educatioii and research. l4 should also provide shorter courses for special- ists in particular subjccts, refresher courses. and a genera‘. "staff course" aimed at Hlllllll 4 broader knowledge of aeronautics. The pro- posed college should accommodate 300 students at any one time. The instruction should be at a post-graduate level.

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Charles Fryatt, master of the Great Eastern packet Brussels, which plied between Tilbury and the Hook of Holland, born this date 1872. On March 28, 1916, he was ordered to stop hy the German submarine U33; Iiryalt, however. refused to do so, and skilfully evaded his antag- onist; the Germans falsely declared that be tried to ram the U-boat; there was intense ang- er against him in Germany, and on the night of Jung 22, 1916, a flotilla of enemy ‘destroyers captured the vessel and took her into Zec- brugge; Fryatt, who was falsely said to he wearing a gold watch presented by the Ad- tniralty ir. recognition of his feat of March .13. was imprisoned in Bruges, tried by court-anar- gial, and shot (July 27, 1916) ; half an hour later a telegram was received. postponing the execu- tion; the murder was denounced by the En;- ish Prime Minister as ‘an atrocious crime against the law of nations and the usages of war’; after the Armistice, Fryatfs body was exhumed and taken to London, where a striking tnentorial

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court; in April, 1920 the Belgian Government restored the Brussels to the British Government.

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A [lrl horn in Toronto attended Toronto schools t0 the very edge of the university. She 1s the daugb.

of an Italian coutpile who came to Canada before ey were 20 and were married in this country. Th9 ill-l!!!’ dlY a ntentlous house- wlfe nearby sneered at. her as e lllfelflner. 1n a hurry Scottish ac- cent. the housewife having come to Canada long after her school llfiyy Bbwld done. Now theres n situation! Race pre- ludlce. for all its seriousness. pro- vldes some moments of high hu- moun-‘Ibronto Saturday Night.

In Ca-nlde 011s average Ilnn i! 100 acres or more. In Alberta and

800 acres. One of the chief causes of the failure of home. steadln! 111 '1"? early says in rm.- plalns area of southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan was that the standard ISO-acre home- stead was not large enough to Pft-‘Wlde a llvlng for the farm fam- lly. In much of that area we have now learned that the family unit that succeeds best 1s two sections. which is large enough to enable the owner to 1t wlth the pm-

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audience that one of the main res. sons why British films don't go down well 1n the United States 1e the maxi-comprehension of our (pa- lects. Considering the pains which

to 1n picking up the more esoteric twangs and slzmgs of America from the talkles. our American Allies 111181111 make Just a slight effort to understand our much easier 12.n- rzunge. It is not as though our film directors were 1n the habft of butting over whole screen plays full of broad Zummerzet or “the grave (but puzzling) music of good Scotch." About the only dialects the American has to learn are the SO-Crlllcd "Oxford accent" and Coc- kney, both of them very easy on the ear. The implied United States bellef that the Amerlcnn lan-

Hge 1s a sort of standard. com- prehensible to the whole English- speaklng world without effort, 1s hardly Justified bv the facts. — Manchester Guardian.

We have lately had occasion tn examine the baptismal records of one of the oldest of Eastern On- tano parishes and have been struck by the simplicity of the names which the early hettlers of this part of Canada gave their chil- dren. By 1820-30, 1t would appear, the people of Leers and Grenville had departed from some of the perpostcrous names that the Lo- yallsts bore and often inflicted on their children. We have 1n these- records little repetition of the Jcholadas, Benonls, Comforts. L1- berty. Abiathars, Adonlranls. Icha- bods and ‘so m1. of the Loyalist per- iod. Instead. this later generation inclined to extreme simplicity 1n the matter of names. Few chlld- reu received more than one and such names as John. James, Anna, Wllllflm. Samuel. Sarah, Esther, Margaret, Thomas, Eliza. George and Henry predominated. If there were combinations they usually consisted of such simple names as

Thomas William, Christopher James, Emily Augusta, and Eliza Jane. - Brockvllle Recorder 11nd Times.

y's manufactured goods are not wanted here, but Britain and the Allled nations should make Germany pay by taking from her tne raw materials which are needed in excess of their produc- tion. In 1937. Germany's produc- tion of important industrial min- erals was as follows: Copper, 33.- 000 tons. This exceeds tue Span- dsh output, and was exceeded 111 EUYODE only by the Yugoslavian. Iron ore, 3,200,000 tons. Lead. '78,- tons, the equivalent of the uro- ductfon of Spain or Yugoslavia. Z1nc. 180,000 tons. To build her war machine, Germany consumed all her production and was a heavy 1m- Pvrter. The United Nations do not. intend that. Germany shall have any war machine after her defeat. They should. therefore. be able to draw upon these materials as they are needed. Such production wotild, otcourse, permit Germany to maln- tam some degree of war potential. It. w111 be the business of the Un- ited Nations to see that these min- erals are produced under strict control, and only under licence by the occupying powers for such purpose w111 be to ensure that bro- duer1on_ 1s to the benefit of Ger- rfiafiys victims. - London Dally a .

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Continued study of the U. 8. Army's estimated cigarette cnn- sumptton for 1944, which includes 2.100.000.0170 packages for sale tn overseas 100st exchanges and 1,160,- 000,000 packages for sale 1x1 do- mestic post exchanges. reveals an addttalonnl item of approximately 810,000,000 packages as part. of emergency field ratlons. notes The New York Herald Tribune. The army “C" ration includes nine cig- arettes a dav a man; "K" ration 12 a day a man; "lu-ln-one" ra- tion 20 a day n man; emergency parachute ration, three cigarettes, and the ration accessory packet. one package c day a man. These army requirements for cigarettes, added to the navy! estimated 1044 consumption for domestic and overseas resale to personnel bf. 771,750,000 packages. make a grand total of 4,841,750,000 pan ges of cigarettes purchased by the U. S. armed force for resale or issue this year at. home and abroad. The figure doesn't. include the cigarettes bought by military personnel in civilian shops or sent to them as gifts by individuals, organlzstlons or the tobacco trade.

When l recently discussed the modern method of 1ns1st1n u .1 German p.‘ keeping ttelr hands clasped behind or on the head, instead of the arms fully up- stretched, I did so as a mere cfvl- llan anxious for enlightenment. A young officer who was wounded 1n the Normandy fightln and 1s now convalesclng 1n York lre, gives n very convincing reason for "im- mobilizing" a Nazi prisoner's hands. "Even when dtsarmed." he writes. "the German army ull off some unexpected trick. en hundreds of prisoners are taken there is only time for a superficial disarming. A

o small automatic may escape the searcher and one mun Wltl! t!!! automatic might easily reverse the s; on an armed 11rd of one or two men. "It. wou d be dan er- our no allow a surrendering azi to come forward with his hand! new high and his ringers closed. He might have a small bomb the

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Attorney Geneml o ,at»taci.~1ed to the

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1.. Ls noteworthv that. during the the youth or this country has gone q-gars since 11-202. when the Nova Smtla Stwcesslo Duties Act was

massed. that. province has derived

1 excess of . - lhlfnde tfriait period about twentay- twvo thousand castes halve befl! eusesred or examined-

The article referred to does not say what. department had ‘at. first. admlristvercd the not. W1 Bl?!" my; 1n 1\'.‘, the admlrfstrjton was tmncjienfed to the m: rt- merit. of hhe Attorney General and that since that time the revenue to the Province has flmwnlld ove $4,750,000.

Iii other words. between 1m and 1931, a perlod of forty-five rel!!!- the sum of 96/160,000 was CbWlT-ed us succession duties, whlie duflflt! tire last eight, years. the sum of $41,750,000 Wars obtained 0!‘ 8110M $600,000 armuallt’. as against 515°.- COI) annullly for the Drewedlng (arty-five years. under the old management, befng four times as much anually under the new man- agement.

A great. deal of dmusslon has been going on 1n and around Mon- wgug for the past; year or more regarding the disposal of the crc-n- er les of deceased Wealthy bach- elors, but the writer has never mel- unvcre who seemed tn know under w-ll department the Swflfislm Duties Act of Prince Edward Is-

this subject. as well as 0n the d's- sal of such estates 1n senml 1t 1s mt um taxpayers have a

for the administration of the Suc- cession Duties Act of this Prov- lnce. and 1t, would also be inter- esting to know how much revenue has been received annually for the past eight. years, as comrparecl with the province of Neva Swill.

Assuming that the Succession Duties Ao. 1s under the fldmlf-lsf tration of the At/torney Generals department, it. 1s felt that he Slmllld no- only throw some T809 °!'! W15 subject but. that be should at. once. investigate the estates of some wealthy bachelors who have passed away within the last few 116B"- ar.d set at rest the minds 0f l! great many people If there are 1n this. province aged and helpless

apple who are supposed ‘o beneffclerles of wealth!’ estates. Bud “tho are mo feeble or innocent to look out for their own rights, 1t surely the duty 0f ‘he PQWBTS m“ to make enquiries, as we are told have been made fr. NOV! Scotla