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TIIE BHARLOTTETDWN GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded ln 1887)

Presidents Llsnt. 00L W, Gluten l. IeLnre Vlee President: I, I. Burnett, IJJ, leeretnry: Lleut. Col. D. A. Mnclilnnon, 03.0. Editor uuil liiunnglns: Director, J_ R llurnelt, FJ-l- llsuvlllln- llllltorl: Frilnk lTillller, nlltl Lieut. Inn Burnett, R.C..\'.V.R. (On Active sIIVlCI)

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SUBSCRIPTION IATII Iy Mall fn P, I. L, 80.00 per year; 8.50 for I months, if‘!!! for I monthlu fllln for one month t'I‘\' $5.00 per your; satin n" e mnntlll Iur .1 nlnlltlll: fins‘ for nnq mnnlh other Provinces and USA. I»\,flii per veer 32.110 m-r year: 81,00 for d months, I00 for l months

HY \l:|l| inturiluy “W-vkly:

The Charlottetown Hntulllnfls News All-hey, Dltl Suutll Ni-us Alleury, lllwlun; “i-lrnlmlltiln Noun .\L{I‘III‘)', “lilllflhll; .i_ nus an lllly 5r. Ttlrlilllts; Now: sum-l, Flluleisu Luurlwr, Oltu u; “Ellie's News fltnnll Nuis- bur), (\ul,; Huh Toirus" Shop, “onelon, N11.

“The tSYrorzgest lllemory is Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink.”

missus y, JAXIQATH’ s, i943

flnnrfllnn nisy he obtained nt

Tlmea lqnnre, New Ynrll: (‘ornor Hlllk nnll Wnl-lllngtnn 12m I'm»! in,

Approved Hospitals , ; . » t-t Iiilii‘, llw l'riiwc Hind flit-pits iill/‘ll"l"\\ll llits- Fi-iv-Tnciwl Sana: inl and it t-"i :'.\l are lived am fig the hospitals that u» ~'_ P\',lCYll_E_' of zlll butliri. . [ll Litlltgv- of Sitrgt-ttlls. 'l lll‘ l\\t'ill_\'* ' 1L; (vi ll r-pitdlg 5r» 1|il)l'l)\'i'tl by flit‘ lust been nlzide public. It includri lll-lOfll in the United States, Canada, ere, an increase of I15 0V" 19-11- W-nt fiqgiillllillllidflfl the ticw list t ' .\l.'l\. ..rl:iril, ilwvwl-llé dirt-c- _ _ , f. in- fgs; surirv of h t-piizils made by the ijcffege a quarter of a century ago, which was. coinsidentallv, also s record of wartime :1 we. llostiitnl standardization “'35 in- _, r, clntfxtrricr- of retircselltziiive groups‘ .,!_,.,-_ flu; lu the iczirs lieiwucil the ' as a result of hospital standardiz- . hsve developed s. spirit of un- ited striving to improve conditions. ‘zas uuqiiestioiialilv increased tiublic - of the ki-v inlporlnncc of flit’ .\!‘-\£l\5 a iusil institution, it becomes suprc _ essential when calamity strikes 0r irtruentfs. Dispatcltes from the combfli 20M! l"? i-"l m’ new“; of drcimmic successes in treating '- - ~~‘~l_ Vin the homo front, llnspiffllfi are . '1 as rctitrrs for colnnlttnity protection in case of any disaster which might produce cas-

ualties. Ultimate responslblllt for the quality of hos- ice, T\lr_ Rlaclgachern emphasizes, rests . pruplc who use i: or may use it. Mod- » , red hospitals reflect a community's in- c» upon the best health service’ and, in Mme, the utmost protection in case of war pvwgencies, Communities with approved hos- U"'1I-_ wtfll s; we may proudly claim in llli: ind. ~t e, crln htilp them maintain the standards by c-W-Olflllilllllg in every possible “my in the solution of personnel and material shortages

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France's Colonial Enlpile

Fre;.cn Sonlallland hanng gone Fighting French. the whole French Colonial Empire is at Last within the ambit of the United Nations, -, " - i- i lllf exrcpfiotl 0f liltlo- h; lllC lupzlllcsc, livcil

.he brunch overseas lim-

ovcr 4,600,000 square miles,

til.‘ as large again xs that of the D0- ‘ f.<ill'!lit'l."'3ll(l a population of over 1.. (at lllzijorlly of wlltinl tire tin: .t-,0 iltirtls (if flit.‘ bivncll (fol-

': and almost half its pupulatioti are

fluent of Africa.

now the spotlight of world interest is in‘ nvh .\'t\l“ll \fric;l.-wltilsisting 0f t gnttl lllill$lfl,e*\‘.'llCl'<‘ the lilst

. _;.. i; c Liilllllllgll for the cxtinlsion of the A.-c's is kid-Dill to be enacted in the small coastal district comprising Tunis, Bizcrte and several- "er seaport towns. The importance of these

i North .\:'ric:i colonies may be in-

. lLc gnu: pzirl they pluvctl, while

r Yitlty in furnishing food-stuffs,

and other raw materials to Germany's

ir iiiie. Ngeria is the. largest. and Tunisia

" i i .\lg<‘ri:l's arczl i;

l it- luiiiilldlltill. accord- _ . $lll"\lllll‘i to TuOLLOOO all of whom berlong to imtive +~m laws an area of lfiifim square 1t n w’ ffgifltlfltii‘. Tunisia‘;

i lll‘if-_ :lli-l iz- liitplliiil! "ll

I fl.l'('i‘ pl~ cc.» lllcrr-

ftillrl a Yllllllltl‘ of the territory,

’ the pfiplilllOll, of the French

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0' or‘ -ll~,

(an wk Neglected Warnings

'l‘i,~ finned States authorities have issued x wl" ‘i il'l-'ll\'€S it more difficult than lliitlPi’ t lift“ >l1l]i-'lll(‘.\'(' trcucllcryl t F; i. crtiitl .1; l'L-'ll‘l llillliltl" on Doc. j‘. -"lli. l till)‘ i‘. uzl- no; through zmy neg- l__’|‘!."_‘ nu the part of the. l’. 5, Ambassador at 'l , Mr. l/"enh C. (in-w A: early as jan- lwil, .\lr, Grew crtlilcvl the Slate lie-

tt; "rt-ports fllilll mum stiurccs, in-

2| ldplillcsc sittlrcc, ihut _l.lp;inc_~c mili-

fury l1 zcts plimnctl a surprise mass attack st l‘c;irI llartior in case of trouble with the United States." Foon thereafter the new Japanese \ililll:‘.'ll Xoiuum, prrscutml his

i l‘ iii l':'i-~'<l<l.t lftitt-cxcli, Itlitl (‘iliirts , ynl it» ]i(‘l*ll.l(l(‘ lllf‘ _lil[tilll'~t' illit fbcii‘

rm} uppttaitllirty lriv in collaborating with Bri- tain and the bnited Ftntes against the (icrman nT!"i'i\"P. f. r“

"u; ‘e Flo/nit"

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1i», lfl\}|lli'(l l\'li~.-i;| in little, ltiii, 11nd in l:: tit liipzincsc inuwrl troops into stiuth- em l2. (hum. (ht liily 24 President Roost-- vclt rcrrivcrl Nonittra and told him the new fllT-f‘ by lnpnri in Indn-(hiiia crentcrl an ex- c til-Mill -t'1'l'tll< pri-ltlr-nl. lu ill!‘ following lP/t‘ "i l" l'1' ~ ill ilt nu-i l'li|ilc ikliili-icr f hur- c‘. ll n! -1.'l "l the historic Atlantic (illilllff con- ivliwl‘ ml uliich ii was agrretl flint ihc lhlitctl

Finns “would continue coilvcrsatirttis with the

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not improve. Nomurs suggested they would im- prove if a meeting could be arranged between President Roosevelt and Premier Prince Konoye “possibly aboard a jspanesc warship.” Secre- tary Hull insisted an agreement in principle on l! lt-‘et the major far eastern questions should be reached before such a meeting. The Japanese ambassador repeated the invitation and finally wtirncd that the Kunoyu Lioveluulcilt tnight fall if the meeting failed to lake place.

Again Ambassador Grew cabled from Tokyo, warning of the possibility of Japan's acting “with dramatic suddenness." On Nov. 7 the sit- uation looked so bad that Secretary Hull ad- vised the cabinet that the public should be in- formed of the gravity of the crisis. But soon thereafter there arrived in Washington's Japan's flying emissary, Saburo Kurusu, and on Nov. i7 Kurusu and Nomura began their conferences with llull for negotiation of a far eastern settle- mcui. On the same day, Ambassador Grow again cabled, urging “vigilance against sudden Japanese naval or military attack."

Prince l

The, “white book" goes on to dcscribe the bucking and filling that followed, cillnlinzlting in l'rc>idcitt Roosevelt's lltll-hour appeal to liinperor liirohito and the Japanese “reply”, —- delivered Dec. 7 by Nomura and Kurusu one hour after bombs crashed on Pearl Harbor.

\\'lly were Ambassador Gray's rcpczitcd wlrniilgs against vliilillllcfit‘ iroiclictjv not herdcil bv llu- niivail zlnd nlilitziiy authorities? 'l'l1;lt it an old question now, but this latest official docu- ment nizilves it more puzzling than ever.

US. Draft Plans

Dimensions of the United States’ fighting manpower program for 1943 are clearly out- lined in Selective Service estimates just pub- lished, with the result that this phase of the [iroh- lent is shown lo be fur better developed, from (ill lllllkkiirilllCCs than tllc viizil collateral tiucsiions of industrial and agricultural manpower.

More than 3,500,000 men from i8 to 37, in- clusive, are t0 be called to the colors at the rlite of bi-tweeu 250,000 and 300,000 a mouth. 'l"be lllill is lo bring the zlrmcd furcrs of lllc Nulluu lo 0,700,000 by the end of next year.

The pfOp0l8l envisages an Army of 7,500,000;

a Navy of 1,500,000, Marine Corps of 400,000 with 300,000 in the Coast Gilrlrd. Present | strength of all forces is fixed at about filtxttxio. l The figures do not iticludc officers.

' Even without the problems of industry and agriculture, the task of raising the additional fighting men required by this program is going to be a difficult one. Virtually all must come from a pool of 2l,0o0,00o to 22,000,0<YJ inru ill the 18-37 age brackets.

s-EDITURIAL NOTES- The \\'cck of Prayer is now in progrcss. i ‘I 3i It

Yesterda morning's trains were crowded t0 capacity with holiday-makers returning to duty or to resume college classes.

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The days may be getting longer, but it must be borne in mind that half-past six is only half- past five standlrd time.

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The sins of American war graftcrs are finding ibcm out with a vengeance. Mr. hloscs B. Sherr, lawyer, Manhattan has filed suit for more than $6,000,000 against the Anaconda Wire and Cable Company, its general manager, and four employes of the company's lVlarion, Ind, plant as an aftermath of the (iovcriinivut suit brought glgllilbt the company. Sherr .'lccuscd the defendants of selling defective wire and cables to the army signal corps and the navy. Under an old law, providing for double damages to in- formants of fraud against the (>il>\‘l’l‘lllll(‘ll1, Shcrr sought twice the $3,000,000 loss rillcgctl, plus forfeits and penalties to be determined by the court.

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HUN)’ Tracey Coxwcll, English aerollnut, (lied this dzitc, I900; long before the South Afri- cuu \\';u- 5Lrov¢ to impress upon the EiULlIOIlLIJS the prominent part aeronautics would play in future warfare; demonstrated this by encour- aging the production of balloons for meteoro- logical and military purposes, and designer] one of the first practical types of aeroplanes; his theories and advocacy fell on deaf official cars, but found recepition in the editorial sanctum of the London Daily Mail, which forthwith offered .1 prize of $50,000 to the first aeronautist who \\'itlllfl sztfcly cross tllc English Cllznlncl from linglzuirl to France or vice-verso. brunt i908‘, Blcriot, Antoinette and Voisin bi-plalws regular- ly flew in France. Early in that year Farmnu nu s Ynisin bi-plnne flew l2 miles; in Septem- lwl" Wilbur Wrijglit rculuiiicd in ilu- zlir l i~.Z hours and covcrcd (i0 lllll(‘\, Since thou flu pitigrcss has bccn plienoniiital.

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The story of the chemical industry's struggle to find a snbsiittite for rubber for mitcrpronf- in]; lu supply the armed forccs with ruincozils is told by Maria Frziticis ivriting in the current issue of the C.I.L. Oval. When rubber prob- lem became acute, the production of an adequate ‘supply of waterproof raincoats for tlic armcrl ‘forces prrsentctl .1 very serious problcm which |b:i»" now bccn solvctl by chculists. .\ ncw 111:1- tcrial has been created to take the place of rub- ber in waterproofing cloth and is proving thor-

oughly satisfactory. It has qualities which are an improvement over rubber s0 that it is no tcm- porzlry itizilrcsliift but represents an impoi'i:llit step toward the chemists’ constant goal to nuke ltnore useful products and toward freeing in- ldustry of dependence on easily cut off supplies ,nf natural rubber. The base of the new re- ']ll.’li'(‘l1"ll‘flt material is a fine white powdcr. a synthciic resin. This new synthetic rcsin is not soiucilling that can hc shut away from chemists by enemy action, as rubber has boon; it is derived from domestic raw materials of practicrilly- unlimited availability-weutral gas nurl stilt. Thousands of yards a day of this new coaicd material are bring turned out by the "Fab- rikoid" Division of C.I.L. at New 'l‘nronto_ At prescnf. the. whole output is needed and taken up bv thr- Government for Army, Navy and Air Forci- raincoat: hilt, when that nccd is filled, "Fztbrillitw" will be more generally available. its spi-cinl (pmliiics will make it valuable for many ‘civilian ilscs, such as aprons for workmen, for ground sheets, hospital sheeting and similar pro-

NFTES BY TllE WAY

Irving Berlin, who wished to write a sonnet about her Blaster berm». silent on the new minin- ary. May limerick writer could clfqo someth n3 with it. -Det:rolt ews.

Thai. African defeat of the Nazis settles a number of debates. For instance, German tanks have af er getaway then the Italian- vsrle y. —'I‘oronto Telegram.

Lloyd's of London ls now housed in offices 50 feet underground. Yes, theyTe the underwriters. —Ham1l- ton Spectator.

Lowering the mortality rnte in young pigs 1; the greatest single step toward meeting the bacon prp- duotion objective of 675,000,000 pOllllds set. in the new British agree- ment. In fact, this may be the only assurix; means of achieving the goal. Too many young pigs an lost each year -- almost invariably through llrnorance rather than care- lessness. Lrnck of iron, resulting in antic-film, worm, and disease germs are common causes of serious losses lil young pigs. -Wlnnipeg Tn- bune

THE CHARIJUNTLTOWN GUARDIAN

Crete Story Retold

ar The Brltishmlfih Odin! his 111st issued a bggkiggidwbich tolls. as far

it . u: ed Li. 3.1%. ' anew", m

I0 Van- couver Province comments. e Greeks were hopelessly exhausted $3‘l..l‘.°“ms "$2 T.“ °lr"llf" “Si; an . en w co not be Iuooond, they ouuldn 9t left to die alone. demanded that what could be attempted should be attempted If the expedition had not been ab- Wmlmd, it would have been said that; the British mm deserted meg- Allfes. On the moral side, which is more important in the lune run o! war than the material. perhaps the Allied chime. even 1f this cannot be proved. could never have survived the spiritual dailmge o; such u, 1m “£93k “Edith u e r s Wax Ofllce says that. the expedition was i even on military gmunds,

Particularly interesting 1s a re- cent statement made at Cardiff, Wales by William Mabime, parlia- mentu secrctarv l0 the British ZWnisti-yt of Food. He said: “In these dllys, it is the daily ditty of every citizen to read the newspapers. Im- poriant nmlouncemenfs are made on the radio, but most, important of all in tlu- ncwsimpcrs. T0 make silre, the lllllllslfy buys space to make the nmuiuncculc-lit in its own adver- tisement. The radio 1s useful but you may not. hear 1t when the announce- ment is made. If you do hear it. you may not have time to make a note. But ln the newspaper you have all the detnih sci out for you to Sllillv zit your lci5ul'e."~Sal"li:s Cllllildlliil Observer.

"Folks ls queer; there ain't noth-

ing 50 queer as folks," s. well-known Ontario character of a couple of l-lPliPTHflOllS aw: is crvdlfvci with sivlilu, Hui, \\ u fhusl- some folks (iruxllllzri q 't‘.lllllF'llf or get info a lilll'£‘llli$(‘l21C\‘ tlitgv seem to be" even queerer still Take the case of the saulfs wartime houses and the collection of taxes The agreement bvtwecn Wrlrflrne Housing, Limited. n Dominion Goverlunnnt concern. and the C;'v of Snuff Ste. Marie llli.'~l never boon VflbdfllCd by the [Ontario Government. So, although |the houses are built and rented and twurtlme Housing in collecting the l‘(‘l‘lfS, s-et it cannot pay any taxes to the Salli. Just “here the tie up comes in is lint exactly clear. but at thi- moment the city treasury ap- pears to be on the outside looking in -Sault Ste. Marie Btar.

Minnesota grew 208,598,000 bnah- els of corn this year - an all-time record bv millions of bushels. Almost five million acres —-'l,600 square miies —-were planted to corn for grain alone. and this in addition to the great area that produced silage. Now the huge crop is being pro- cessed info meat. Eighty percent of Minnesota corn is kept on the fltrm. Horses, sheep and poultry cat a frflCVOll of it, but most. of it goes to sleek swine and square-bodied cattle A hundred pounds of pork. on the average, result from (50 pounds of corn; a hundred pounds of beef from 800 pounds of corn — hllllll9fllfllll$ star Journal.

Those 1,300 Royal Canadian Al: Force grerltcoats will make warm

coiltg were surplus stock at Winni- peg After brflig divested of all in- signia, they were turned ovcr to the Aid to Russia Fimd. Eventually they will b0 usn. to keep some Rus- sians lvziim. Om" gallant allies in Russia need all the help we can send them, ‘Iliey require garments rind food as well as fighting equip- ment and war materials. ‘The stand the Russians- have made against the‘ HlflCTlflPs will go down in hlstoryl as one of the remarkable happen- ings of all time The Russian peo- ple are poor and 111 clad compared, to the people of’ Canada. Standards- of living over there are not the, sumo as we understand them to be. in our own Dominion, Those great-l soaks will be a welcome find for the fortunate Russians who receive them. Let it be hoped if: will 110i

Windsor Star.

lifnjor-Gcneral ll Williams, the director" 0t‘ nmiy education. has just mulounccd that, during the com- lng winter, all soldiers will be giv- en three hours’ educational train- ing every week, at the discretion of their ccmmrltiding officers. The first hour will be devoted to educating lrm as‘ a soldier, the second as a l'llll'."ii, und the third as an 1n- ldiridillll Splendid work ha; already been done in this direction through- ‘out the past roar by the Army Bur- ,r-:u1 of Current Affairs. under its

(m, rili-nrtnr, Mr W. E Williams. whol

in prc-svnl‘ ycllrs, was 1n charge of the British Institute of Adult Education Discussion of current af- lfans and unportant. war topics now forms part of the training of the army. Every week commanding of- ficers receive from the bureau from 4.000 to 5,000 words in the form of n DYOfIFlSlIBCL on the outstanding achievements of the servicemen or a resume for one or two periods each week during their training time to listen to the talks which are given by responsible officers. and the men nre invited to ask questions and Join in fi, general discussion on the parti- cular stibject The scheme has, of course, been e great success. No ionizer is it true to say thet “an armv marches on its stomach" alone or that a soldiers duty ls "but to do and (isle " It has been well realized by the higher authorities that in other, soldiers must. be tmlnod to "its WM, more perhaps than in any know why the are fighting? and to take an intel gent lntere in all subjects connected with the war. __ By "The Londoner.‘

When the Russians captured some Amerlcati-mnde motor cars being used by German staff officers, they probablv picked up a few of the au- tmnobiies confiscated from American citizens in Get-runny. After the Un- lit-d states entered the war, the Gr-rtnmis took over the cars of Am- erlcans living in the Reich, Being good cars, the staff officers got the hick qwindsor Star.

A person may know how to write without knowing what he is talk- ing abOllf We once read a magnifl. cenily written novel of an American author. who spoke of a cow's licking a man's hand with tier soft padded tona-ue. That cow was born in the author's barn. A real cow has a

garments for some Russians. The llshod

lgvhalrs. $27.00. Oak buflets, $10 and

take too long to get. them there- m

delaying o ration, very u the necess ties of the British situ- ation at. the time and ultimately for the whole Allied cause. It delayed the attack on Russia. by a, month, and therebv perhaps saved Moscow and Leningrad. 1t almost certainly prevented a German drive on who Caucasus through Turkey. 1L set back the German timetable.

So. because we never know what might have been the consequences of the thing that. was done, we. can Only speculate upon what would have been different in

bI-‘Hlru to transpire that. it was the lesser of two evlLs. and that history may vindicate it in its ulti- mate results.

Art. thou s men, and stismrt. thou not to ,

To practice sue s. servfle kind of life?

Why were thy education ne'er so

meat Havlnlz thy limbs, a thousand fair- GX‘ COIITBBS Oflor themselves to thy election. Either the wars might, still supply thy wants, Or service of some virtuous gentle-

man,

Or hour“: labor; nay, what can I name

But wand bgcome thee better than

mt mgnt of thv condition feed on s o

As doth the beetle on the dung she brveds in: Not curling how the metal of you: I1

m s II eaten with the nust of idleness. New, after me, what. ‘er he he, that. should Believe a person of thv quality, While thou insist in this 1005c ded- perilte course. I would vcteem the sin not thine. but his.

—Ben Johnson. PET CARE IV WABTIME

DONDON —-(CP)-— Five hundred rest. centres, complete with tiny bed, eating bowls, lattes, dog collars and eat baskets, vs been estab- in London end the prov- fncea.

MAKE IT HOME SWEET HOME

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leaves, six leather bested

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LIVING ROOM FURNITURE Beautiful three piece chesterfleld suites, spring construction recon- ditioned, $29.50. Pianos recondition- edakand tuned $46 and $65, popular

es.

BEDROOM FURNITURE Dressers, oak or walnut. 3 drawers, good mirror, $8.50. Vanity dressers, triple or single type mirror, $4 and $7. Vanity dresser, single drawer and mirror, $295.

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Kitchen stoves, 6 lids. cast iron, nickel front, nice size oven. $24 and $30. Quebec heaters, reconditioned, nickel front, $7.50 and $10. Phono- graphs with 50 records, special 28.50 complete. Washstands, $2 and 8 .