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1 1 t , v ,_ __ ADDED - CARTOON Musical Revue {Chapter 4 “Secret Service In Darkest Africa"

SHOWS 7.00 and 8.45 Matinee SAT , AT 2.30

'Bumsteads Are Back In Zany New Scream Hit

The Bmnsteads are at it again, . . . with Hugh Herbert to add to Blondie-s woesi When the mly guy whos diz-Aer than ood , , , tries to straighten Dagwood out out for the funniest lallﬂh-Pllcked

Dﬂlll-vouns riding to hounds , . and going to the dogs- Blondie has a new boarder—a horsel Paby Dllmllllnll EOes into the side-show business! Daisy puts on the dog . . . and makes like a fox! Cookie doesn't like what's cooking! d Hugh Herbert woo-hows BlOIlil-B for ail he's worth — and he's worth a million bucks!

All in all . . . “It's A Great Life" is a great comedy . . . funniest of nll the Bumstead hits scheduled

Open on New Year‘; Eve at the Prince Edward Theatre. tlie Colum- bia comedy again features Arthur Lake. Penny singleton. Slmms and Jonathan Hale in

Remarkable Progress in Poultry Industry

REPORTO REMARKABLE .. .. "During i943. the poultry indus- try in Prince Edward Island made remarkable progress despite severe handicap." reports Mr. F. G. Ward. poultry products inspector. Poul- try Marketing and Production Scr- vices. "We exceeced our egg pro- duction quota, namely a 25"” in- crease over 1942. and our sales of baby chicks howed an incsrease of 37.8% over i942. this increase being the second largest percent- age increase in Canada. In i944. we are aiming nt a like increase. "Prices throughout the past year have shown an increase ovcr the

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a PETE SMITH SPECIALTY FEATURETTE

‘genngs or women with 4~i_lnch hips’! How iiiony baby napkins does n

Thatlprhzle“ will bcylialved when‘

"t1 ' fl ‘telv more oonomical slidgbhlrxip xl-loiitcs vin Iceland and lniiiltcr buy? How many saucepans GXIrel1lﬂl‘(l a "on we l .04 average home. (“cup gain. ‘,1; c thew in a tribute to the “pd “m, B-e ‘ some of the _ questions fore ‘he wah put to lillll during the Wai and gave ____+-_-_~--- the answers: 1O days; 17 per cent BRITAIN'S NEEDS l civilian "women; l8 on an KNOWN BY DALTON . nnd toiir

LONDO); Dpnygoi tCPi As “E657... sltiur president of the Board o1 Trude.

h it n ‘ as o know the nceds _ More than 3.060 ships of all kinds gu%r1g?n‘gcii}llialis and, more than and sizes were eiillﬂged in ihe AnBlD. that" he ha, q. know mam‘ of the American attack upon slcily. the "Little known" public likes and greatest nmffllblm? °P°lﬂill°ll 01 dislikes‘ ‘all (mo. In the initial ns-ault 160. 71-0 kéep up (m chaining public 5, (itlf) mcn. 14.010 \'0f!lllCl9L-. 00o tanks fancieq_ M1.’ Damon has n Cnnisiliiivi" land 1,800 guns were transported. Needs Branu the Board cl ‘Ifrrvlc I -—~———_——_— which keeps him up._to- the minute ' 01L A“NI-.CESSITY to answer such questions ast- V.i‘tu:~.lli.' evc y weapon of modem HOW 1011i; oii the. avur c will a \V2‘.l‘Il\1'0 needs petroleum either for razor blade lissi? Wlini‘ s iii fuel oi‘ ' ion

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I Sccfiun officer Nora Dafcaln. B.(.'.. plays n signiﬁcant part in the air war over llritnln from her post In the secret operations rnnm of :1 fighter sector. Known as “Opg B", Ilie ls clilcf assistant ln tlri: coni-cilrr in the job nl‘ iiircctlng fighlrr

' operations over an area of several liunzlrcd square miles. Tho operations .

room. shown iit icfl. is .1 lofty -ror.=n with a srrics of rising Ill-rs fori controller uznl s‘.;i'_l‘. (tn n l-iirc ti~':.':- may» lriqw‘. Pvi-"y movement of every aircraft In the are», friendly oi- hostile, l; plotted. Panel; an the

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"lllloslle wall. lllm a lhtlllllrﬂlirfs quotation boards, glvs Intimate-to- ~ minute information on every ilclnll affecting aerial control and ombut. Section Officer, DsCosta in In the centre of the top ller; below liar

sits the controller, Flight Lir-nl. If. E. Mnrlln of Toronto. In the lower right picture, Section (lliici-r DaCosla receives Information of aircraft movements nver sccrci fclrphone lino, 1n (h, upper picture she is shown going up for n "flip" with her husband. Squadron lander "Tﬂlly" DﬂCMtA 0f U16 R l-l-Y, who ilrsplle his Spanish nmnc ls very much s Soot. from Clans", fﬂ. (LAJ, Photos).

cast while new players include Alan previous year ' d they will “Dlfldcgafli. Marjorie Ann Mutchle a, in 1941: pmhgbly some. ‘"1 "1mY_'"_{§9_H"8h jfifbefl- what higher.

"Our grading station work has progressed exceeding‘ well with nine more stations operating this year. Nearly all grading stations have shown an increase in re- ceipts this year. Eggs handled by these stations were of a very good quality. averaging for the year over 70% in the grade A classes. Producers. more than ever. are showing their preference in sell- ing their eggs to gracing stations.

CENTRAL GIIABIIIEI

This column ls reserved for new! iof local interest. but ldvertlalng o! s newly nature may be inserted 1t five cents a word. strictly psy- abls in advance

CRASWELL for photographs.

i "Th5 same (IIo-tilperatives ‘are i - m“ opera ng as as year. e Xgggm) no“ L“! “SUD 0'Lleary Farmers‘ Co-operative

is growing rapidly. Tlie Moi-ell Fanners’ Co-operative has increas-

DALNCmG Bﬂghwn mﬁiab ed it; business and is now blan-

nigh

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been supplied by Df- J- A- n

t: Pint. Tho mcwfnll and total precip-

until tbs end of April. 1048. was much below average. During the ch and April the

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unany sreu of the - coldest days of the winter WHO Dec 2o with eleven below. Jan. 2i with eleven below. Feb. l6 ivlth

' fourteen below and March a with

four below. The temperature in February was the coldest recorded since January, 1935.

The spring opened about nor- mallv with fmzs singing on Thurs. day, April 23 and there were earthworm costs seen on the 24th which would indicate that most of the frost was out of the ground. At the mnei-imenmi station turnip steckllngs were planted the last week in April The mﬂlli-h °l April was dry and the laud work- ed well the first week of May. At the Experimental Station oats and wheat were sown on Monday and Tuesday the 10th and 11th of May and the last of the Pal-mil) $999k‘ lings were set out on the 10th ‘n19 balance of the month of May WBS wet. The early Brain leﬂﬂlnaled well and was above the 81'0"“ ‘m the 20rd.

‘I114 forest trees appeared men on May 35th, just about nomial for Prince Edward Island. yet the heavy and frequent shvwers 0f rain delayed general seeding l" the Proving; and only limited ar- eas of grain in certain sections had been sown by the end of the month. May ended wet with a total rainfall of 5.2a inches which was ninxisl. twice _the averatle rﬂlnfﬂll for May for the inst icrty 111m years.

The srmle trees came into bloom on the 10th of June. Growth W8! slow. as indicated by the lawn! which had been cut 0n MB-V n and “m... not out again until the 9th of June. The third VIPER "Y June was wet and many areas were tinder water even where the gmln was im. Th» germination of mots amt tiewfﬂble: was good and these ﬂung did wcll thi-niwhoiil the ses- wi- no ' M" °°°‘"T€'£‘ .1':'i".¢n-

date egg co-operative next year. Other Co-operatives. the Aiberton and Eastern Egg and Poultry Co- operative. are doing excellent work in their respective districts. During the post month. Island grading stations have supplied the military camps here with eggs.

"Greater care of baby chicks has been shown by the continued increase in the number of brooder houses in operation under the Provincial Broader House policy.

465 of these in operation, now there are 625. General housing conditions on PEI. could be im- proved greatly. The ehief need seems to be for more insulated houses together with better ven- tilation. This together with the standardization of poultry house equipment and a more general practice of feeding for production and greater hatchability would see greater progress being made in the poultry industry. “On every occasion. we are stressing the importance of correct feeding and the: who have fol- lowed our advice are obtaining cx- cellent prodmhdn and we suggest that any producer that not getting production from poultry flocks at six months of age con- tact this office.

“Winter production is showing

ning an extension to the premises to take care of the expansion thatl will take place in i944. The North Wiltshire Caz-operative Creamery lgsaplum for operating an up toi

Newfoundlamfs Future

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Y. M. C, A. BOYS’ Hockey starts Friday morning, Forum at 9 0'- clock. 12-30-11.

DON'T WAIT until the last date to pay your taxes. Pay earlv and avoid long waits. 1218-41.

THE TAX OFFICE will he open from December 21th to December 31st from ‘l to 9.30 in the evii-ings.

5°’ m“ “nvﬂhlem” °l m‘ m‘ Canada than ever before. there is . Payem 13284‘ certainly some hope of union cv-

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as msmucTon-sergt. Major I, can“, m,” Newfoundland

a definite increase over this time last year

“Regulgtiong pertaining to Can- ncll ELoultry ore now in effect and r ‘cl tns application of these reg- witions is proceeding smoothly An excellent product is being put up by time: firms operating strict- ly in accordance with these reg- ulations. An excellent market should be assured in Britain af- ter the war.

"There are also new Dresed Poultry Regulations in effect. These Regulations are welcomed by the trade as an advance in the

Fred Sernple, son of Mr. Tyndale

' . Kensingtbn. who recently returned from overseas, is remain- ing in Canada as instructor else-

wlthin its boarders it must be re- pared to spend some money. ew- foulndland was subsidized by the British government before the war}

where in the Masitimes. at s cost of $1,000,000 a year. m » has not of sup ed itself in‘ “Ag-mums. phﬂnum silvers‘ peacetime withou outside help.

Deny And as the living standards and

ﬂnlnecks’ whim marked‘ governmental costs cl Newfound-

piatinums and high-class standard silver fox pelts. all being offered, at auction in a special collection

by the Prince Edward Islam‘. Furl ‘ Pool Limited Ship your skins now.

maintaining than it has been, Against this. of course. must be set the enormous advantage of completing Canada, as it were, stretching our territory from coast to coast and including ,the most important military area on the whole Atlantic seaboard of America. _ . v

Already Canada has a definite state in the military future of Newfoundland. for it is operating military arises there, supplies most of the ciefenoe of N oundland, and could not perform its share in the Battle of the Atlantic other- ise. Wh a

Personals Mr. Dari 1.3.35. of was in tho city yesterday. Mr. Austin Curtis of Kinkcira. was g visitor yesterday to the city -

w. s-mes Fender-gust. Kensing- ton. cams to the city on the W!!!‘ ern train yesterday.

m. Walter Wakelln Aircraft .‘. mspector, spent the Christmas holidays with his parents. Mr.

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and Mrs. mat. Wakelln oicv. end “Ines lnw C nw- she ' zuuiummitth iii fA- Mn. Gifford Baln, Cornwall. ‘mag 23:9 ebgrdeg,’

went by plans iut week to spend ' Christmas with her mother Mrs. Alex Stevens, Hyde Park. Boston.

Corp Eric Barmall. R. C. A. P. stationed at Mt. Pleasant. spent Christmas leave with his wife and family at Mn-lpcque Baud.

American. under control through our joint De ence Boa-rd?

These and many other questions about the future of Newfoundland

com m4 Mm m‘, gum“ stand unanswered now, but some ‘ziroffresi has been made the “d family‘ "alum" MM‘ mam‘ long-term settlement of Newfound-

Chrlstrnss Day wiith Corn. Bag-

mw! narenm ML m‘ M" Pa” and; future. In the first place 355"!“ “"91 ("Wt 1:24: 11.6?‘ d Al: oatmeal. sntgégi!" again neglect the protection and

Ml‘! "if?" Mlllllﬂbn ll 899M" hence the wel-are of Newfound- ing the holiday season with her land. The ceo c of Newfoundland daughter and son in law Mr. and ‘have rcnlized 8y the actions of the Mrs Wilfred Swanson at their .two nations in the war that they beautlul new home in Bast Natichlare not the big bad wolves of the Muuchuum old ection song. The economic

.___ and ont He,“ Co, w’ JV Mudmﬂdv Newfoundland at last are under- of the r E r. Highlanders who m}: {ﬁﬁlﬂgtlggﬂfgglln l. em Jecently returned from special lnmmctory w n" mky be womd overseas service. has been soend- om an" m. w“ m ‘he mum lng short leave with his family “m, l. l! rmportam m“ cm.“ here prior to rejoining his blt- dions at large realize. {m- 0.1., msti tnliou Newfoundland means

time. what to them.

right direction and again. in their introduction. Canada leads the world in poultry industry progress. "The outlook for 1944 is indeed

- DEQEMPE-‘B 31.1943 ;

Notes or Weather Aid Cropping Season From The. Experimental Farm

itstlon from the llt 0f December

[a time when the blight Up to the end of 1942. there wei-l-Jvere destroyed before they came in

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nﬂteltly and in l2 hour a on the cropping season of 1948 have clock on Tuesday 5 up w m“ 0108K. We had L18 inches t of the Experimen-

morning ,1 p‘ oi rain.“ m

lhrmllsln: Del Haymaklng was u“ The crop. however, thickeneq and while at one time the cam?!

315W “NI l ‘Ilmvtny did not congmiﬁpfvbl lllntll the second week in Juiym [it was alzziit the middlc of “m1, before orchard gragg and M‘ only hay Was cut at the a " mental Station The first ,3“ berries were pickcd on Jnlv 1am iThe season for this crop. boy/strut Wu very short and the yield i“ below expectations The w“ small fruits ripened well a gm" “WY °P°P 0i sooseherriesn . rants and raspberries wa,‘,,°“" ed. On August 25th we cu; "idllr. _of wheat and mixed grain, n?“ Early crops _of grain gave beam jylelds 0f plumb groin. "Y l on Selﬁ- i heavy ha" Visited different part; Dy ‘Edward Island. bﬂlng _worse in the Miscouche. Very 11:1 l Charlottetown and ‘little o. "m! "m" W crops in that mi. “l” i The frost free mason m “'8! less than sverage m- ‘m’ rm not u, October lltb s the shortest mm

10d of 15G days; I i936- 5°°°M srowth ‘fa was cut on oitlti’, ‘gal; I Y“? "ml i?" "lllvds for p], in tele and while it remained T110415 in the field for a enable period of time, m. gxfltfvezlvgéi in gxcelllent grea vii n; in ,_ s

rra.p.":rs..rrie ~ m“. Y 0r other live.

clover shape and

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The season f i the worst for yylpleﬂgscaguAsm "

Station the i 1 . m‘ but on but dlwlilrzlg f: v23 fwquent showers of rain 1 vq-y

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Ilvwd- iwreticlirilitartiltxilto: litmndﬁ‘ tosh‘ Th”! W979 small g5 1 so“: 899"!!!" and not nearly up to m“, “ggrjgtfuellty- Most of the other

_ e8. however, were com-pay. atively free frcm scab. The crop of apples was above average, and w“ harvested with great difficulty w. lng to continued wet weather in sebiﬂlnber and October"

The third week of October lisd 2-13 inches of rain. This very great- IY delayed the dissing of potat- oes which had been damaged m.

in the season with late blignt. Fortunately. this damage came at spores

contact with the tubers, so that the "sum"! 0ND was remarkab- 17 flee- 11nd" the cucumstanc , from dry mt. The result. however. W94 that in many district; m. potato crop was below average and there were a great many m,“ potatoes. In other districts. how. ever. them was a heavy crop of Potato of excellent quality m; the potato crop of 194a turned out w be unite u pmfitlbls one

9°"!- Bﬂybesns and other soiling m!!! were almost up to average in yield- Roots. PB-lllicularly turnip, were above average both in sin and quality and have ma“ mug}; to the farmers’ revenue and to lil| stock of food for his livestock dur- ing the coming winter,

‘throughout the season the has w" l" 800d shape for ploughing on account of moisture conditions ind for that reason a very considerable area o! isnd had been ploughed before the freens up which occur- redhon Nov, a,

e season of 1M3 while om of the most difficult for the farmers 0f Pr! - Edward Island who were WTY 8h rt of efficient help, has turned out to be one in which "W" Wﬂs produced a very large quantity of food products so oss- ential to the nation at this time. when the final- figures are added up it will Drove to be one of thl "ml Profitable seasons that our Pfﬂvlnm has had for mnv Yéflfl.

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good. Bookings for baby chicks are already heavy and we feel sure I that baby chicks of 194i will give a good nccount of themselves." l

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At sale in till-l Cornish town. ‘l! was can wi- 1 small teddy- locnr and $38.50 for n rocking iorse. _

Asphalt Cardboard Cases for Shells

""911 15°" "B lust a few of the vital war produch mods fron- inwr. There‘: a serious shortage of loml kinds a paper. I