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Weakest Ink.“ FRIDAY. AUGUST 22, 194i

Mr. King's Flight

Ottawa i5 TCp\)l'i€(ll_\' very much concerned lbout the sunny» of a news dcspatch about the departure of nu Xlinistcr Mackenzie King for lit "tutu; p hell in New York before the eontpktuttt oi his transatlantic flight. The news

entantttcrl ftWtttt Bluntrcal, and a “quiet enquiry" is bcitt: “tr ‘~ ti» trace its origin- Transatlantic plane fl ~ arc <il]l]1t1>.<t‘<l to be ntade under the utmost secrecy", the prcss censors banning pub- lication 0f any 1‘t‘it'l‘L’llt'€ which might provide

the encmv widt inftvrtttzttioti enabling them t0 intercept tit» phmt- ltrfrtre it reached its fit'~‘-titt::fi~‘t. ht ti" ":t<<-. the itcttt was passed for tnthlicxt:it-:t in ' lzt :tftt-r its zippearance in the United .<:.'t:.-~. ltnt Cztttatliati newspapers were not pcrrtti wl ti» vztrry any story on the flight

tinder C-ttnttl-Iatt dnu- line. or any “background matcrirtl,“ tttttil thc official amtouncetitcnt frotn Lotttltttt.

The tivcc-ssity for such secrecy is apparant, but in the case m’ Mr. King's flight niere seems to have il<‘(‘i‘i a good deal of carelessness among those wit-t. ltusitu-ss it was to kno\v and keep silent. (trim-v 1v ltow account for the dropping

of stirh “ltEtti.-"" as the following, which appear- ed in last .\lv-tttl.t_v's l>SllC of a Toronto ex- change:

“It was. in our view. regrettable that when Mr. Churchill was so close t0 the shores of Can- ada ht- r-utld my spare time to visit Ottawa for the pttrji ‘c of a personal consultation with Prime kitristct" Mackenzie King. So urgent and patent is the need for such a. consultation as it cornifart; tn the rccttltt conference on the high sets tint it wottltl not be surprising ii the Can- flfilTlfi llftfitilt‘ found thvmseivtes some morning at no diva"! dztte confronted with the news that their Prvnc Atluiswr had landed in Britain and vras ltttlttlttu l 2h converse in Downing Street xvith .\ir. Chit hill "

"ibis; of twtttrw. ttt.'t_\' have been merely a "for- ntitous prtrqn» uiuti." In any case it affords a giltttl illtt-trztzitttt of the difficulty of maintain- ing rigid cuttwrsltip in a democracy“ '

Potato Processing

The cattnittg of potatoes, which is being car- tied 0n as an intlu<try at .\l'0unt Stewart, is be- lieved to ltztvc good [tossibilities in the way of export lmsntt-R, The tttiipilt at present is small, but the fact that we ltztveisitch an industry here is noted editorially in the Bridgewatcr (N_ S.) Bulletin tvhivlt sttgge>ts that a similar plant could he operand there as a going concern. It argues that there is a serious potato shortage in Grcat llritttin and that while the British Govern- ment lmvc a ban on the importation of raw potatoes on accttttttt 0f their disease-carrying propensities, the canned article would be wel- comcd.

Coincidcntly, there appears in the current issue of (nun/film fitrsinvsr s. description of two English villages, whose names are record- ed in \\'illiattt the (“onqtterofs Domesday Book, which are today supplying Britain's fighting forces \\i.h tnillirtits of packets 0f potato crisps. They come from 20.000 tons of potatoes, grown on what is claimed to be the world's largest potato farm attd producing about 125,000,000 packets of "crisps" a year. It is the biggest pure- ly ttgucttlttttrtl wltlie, in littglttttd, covering an area of 7 t-2 tttiles long by 4 I-z miles wide of the best Lincolnsltire ltt-ath and ienland. It is served by a light railway, with 30 miles of track, I20 trucks and fivt- llittscl engines, and it takes in the whole nf the village of Norton and most of Dlmqm-L ,\1[ it“; potatoes from the estate and the output of 3o rttltct‘ farms, are turned into "crisps" in tmt factories distributed throughout Great Hritaitt, Tiltltre are two other factories in Attstralia, out: at .\'\."dtt<~_v and the other at Mel- bourne. Tin: liugli-h and Scottish factories use 40,000 ton; of pqiiiltrvfi a year to produce 5.- o0o,000 packets of "crisps" a week. They supply Britain's civil pupnl;ttiu1t, as wcll as Service can- [Qeng and tmnpsltips. .~\ special variety 0f potato, the blttist-tt, wa< itlipnrtctl from the Netherlands end this strain, tiuw quite acclimatizcd t0 Britain. still gives tltc ltl-si I'm-Hills.

This is an itttlicitliott of the extent to which the potato puttw-“ittg itttliiiify can be developed. apart altogvtltt-t- from the tnanufacttire of starch

and non-t-ililtll- protlttcu. If the calmed Canadian article rnttiil hi; tynptllflldltil to the same extent as ihc littqlislt "crisp." there would seem no limit t0 the tnzirkcting possibilities.

Canada's War Purchases

Fntil now, Canada has "paid cash 0n the bar- rel lit-ad" for all the itittncnse amount of war npqfpfiql slit‘ lttts bought front the Llnited States m, lnvlt lv-r uwtt nttd llritidt account. In the pre- ‘(int f;,,;,,,.~Y_-,| yt-nr, (tutatlms purchases tn the [Mitt-ll Start-s will zipprttxtllt-‘tlfi WFO-ofmtooo nmrty tit-En- ;t< mu "h as tn W3‘)- Oi m?“ hllgi’ a,,,,,,,,,, up..." ltalf will ht- (nr the purchase of war stippht-s. Until now tltcre lttlvc 11W" 11° 0P’

erations between Canada and the United States under the lease-lend act. During I940, Canada's imports from the United States rose $t75,-

only $23,000,000 were for completed war equip- ment. The rest, and ntost of the $500,000,000 that are being spent this year in the United States on account of the war, represents ra\v materials. Between the outbreak of war and last Blur-ch 3t Canada provided Great Britain with ntore than $500,000,000 to help her finance her war pur- chases on the casli-axid-carry system. By next March it was expected that the amount will have been increased: by a billion dollars more. At the same time that she is importing front the United States war necessaries, Canada is also exportiq large quantities of materials to the United States that are essential for the American defense pro- gram. Besides nickel, aluminum and other metals she is sending certain types of small arms, some guns and ammunition, certain explosives and chemicals, timber and timber products, and cer- tain secret devices of no small value.

"it. EDI IURIAL NOTES a

Good prices in the market thesg day’, u u m a

Machines from China will be installed in New South Wales, Australia, soon to dehydrate eggs, saving space on ships Britatn-botmd.

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First payment under Australia's new child en- dowment scheme (about $I a week for each child after the first) have been ntadc, with 500,- 000 families claiming.

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Australia has 1,207,230 men of military age (I9 to 40) and 10,000 a month are to he re- cruited to keep the A.I.F. abroad up to strength.

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This province formerly did considerable busi- ness with Japan in foxes, hence the visit of the. Canadian Commercial Secretary to the Lcgatinn. Mr. Croft. After the War japan may need new

breeding stock of quality silvers. n n at a Prime Minister King’; excuse for not going to

London was that the situation necessitated him

000,000 over the previous year. Of that amount '

. dressed l0 a group or girl golfers on

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‘NOTES BY TllE WM

Wide Interest hu been aroused by the successful experiment of Mrs._G. V. GarLck. of Oulton, in wearing her gas mask to alleviate hay fever. Ancther sufferer wntes t0 58y that she has found "real relief" m wearing her mask while

Hitler is naturally anxious distract and confuse the forces against him, and he hzpes to strengthen the isolationist: by Smothering the indignation he has’

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excited by his crimes in the fear that his defeat would be followed by a great Communist triumph That he will have same success isi likely enough. But cne truth, stands out so clearly that nothing but wilful self-deception can pre vent the appetizers frcm graitping The miseries oi Europe are due to a. series of crimes czm- mittecl by Hitler and his Axis ally. Nobody could say that Russia ever threatened Europe or any of her neighbors before that series of crimes had involved Europe in an atmosphere of fear, intrigue, and confusion. Hitler and his ally have gone from crime to ‘crime, and the world today is threatened with a calamity such as it 118.5 never known. There is one simple test. to apply to the problem Hitler has set. Those who say that, because he has attacked Russia, to make war on him may bring greater disasters than to let him a one may be asked to answer a question: “Would you rather that peace should be made by Hitler or by the peoples com- bined against him , of whom the most powerful at present are Brit- ain, the United States, and Russia?" -Manche5ter Guardian.

The United States Army has re- captured its reputation for diivalry, In Fort Worth, Texas, column of 500 Army trucks and reconnaissance cars belonging to the 45th Division came to a sudden, unscheduled stop to avoid running over a. woman's hat, which had blzwn into the path, 1t is not lcmg since a great to-do was made in Congress and elsewhere about. a certain "yoo-hoo" and its conse- quences. The yoo-hoo or chorus 0f yoo-hoos, if nst accompanied by other personal remarks, was ad-

an Arkansas course by members of a moborlmd military unit returning from maneuvers. This is not av- ior a. general officer can encourage in trzops for whose discipline he may have to be responsible under much more gri-m conditions. The battalion tcok its punishmentr- an

staying at home. But when the Prime Minister of Great Britain could leave home, notwithstand- ing "the situation," that excuse went by the board. at n: n- m

Britain has now the verbal assurance of Print: Minister King that “Cattnda is with the Empire heart and lOlli for winning the war." This is ltigltly satisfactory and most eticotiraging, show- ing that the Prime Minister is "ntaking haste slmvly," for it is not so long ago that the term “Empire" was taboo in Mr. King's vocabulary.

n- m v Canadians, regularly entering the United States for work or other purposes now are

granted border crossing identification cards by the immigration service. All other Canadians, and aliens of all other nationalities require a passport and a non-resident border identification card or visa. Aliens resident in the United States, l who have registered under the Alien Registration Act, now are granted border crossing identifica- tion carcls good for six months for departure and re-entry through specified ports of entry. 1k it w- v

One reason why entrance to P. \V. C. is by special examination is because we have no uni- form plan for grading in our schools. If the stand- ard were the same all over it would be a simple matter passing pupils from grade X in the schools into grade XI in P. \V. C. Another reason no doubt is that additional accommodat- ion, equipment and staff would be necessary, notwithstanding that high schools have been cs- tablished in Summerside and Montague for Xi grade students. tr at at n-

Richard III killed at Bosworth this date I485; crowned in l433§shortly afterwards his nephew, Edward V and his brother were murdered in the Tower by his orders; be ritthlessly suppressed the Buckingham insurrection which ensued; de- feated and killed in battle by Henry of Rich- mond (afterwards Henry VII)_

"Did'st thou never hear

That things ill got had ever bad sitcccssi

And happy always was it for that soti,

Whose father for his hoarding, went to hell?"

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Note this inconsistency, says Montreal Gaz- ette. Stand on the corner of Atwater and Sher- brooke, or of Cedar avenue and Cote des Nciges Road, any morning between 8.45 and 9-30. In the solid line of eastbound automobiles that flow past, you will see ninety-nine out of every hund- red bearing one man, the driver, to ivork. Of the remaining one per cent .a goodly proportion have a uniformed chauffeur in the front scat, one man in the rear —the same principle, except that the car will make two trips instead of one. Incidentally, a high percentage of these one-man cars sport a big red V 0n the windshield.

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While British smokers continue to bemoan the dearth of tobacco, particularly in the form of cigarettes. tobaccoriists complain about a shortage of matches. The Ministry of Supply has declar- ed that there is an abundance of both and the [Home hiinistry is strivingto bring alleged hoard- ters to book. The Daily Telegraph of London, having established the fact of tobacco hoarding, turned its attention to the ntatch question and re- pored: "Although there are substantial socks of matches, the difficulty of maintaining the supply. is considerable. Of the thousands of millions of matches used in this country every other one be- fore the war had to be imported, the main sources being Scandinavia, Belgium and Hol- land. “We cannot get enough timber or its sub- stitute for our needs," said an authority. “In re- cent weeks we have bad matches from the Far

extra 150-mile trek-in good grace, and the Army considers the inc d- ent closed‘. It is not. only closed but. obliterated when another motorized column grinds to a stop to allow a. lady to retrieve her hat. Po slbly, despite all hat has been said about women's headgear, a hat — which in this inszqnce was des- cribed ns "chic but corservatlve"—| commands more rtespect; than sotrne| of lite breezier versions of present- day sports clothes, — Christian‘ science Monitor.

Among those who still love the church there is a mild and hurt surprise that the dreadful exigen- cies of war have not humbled their worldly and sinful neighbours and: brought the masses of the peoplet to their knees in prayer. There aren‘ indeed, signs of an approaching humility, but there are no signs, that. this humility will bring the people again to the church-at least

“not to the kind of church wfuse

doors are flung wide open to theml

t to- dayn-Prcsby terian Witness.

when rounding corners has beerf‘ invented by Cornelius Murnane, of

Melbourne. It is eight feet long, four feet wide, and will do 60 miles t to the gallon. Driven by a. sevenl horsepower two stroke engine it can travel at 50 miles an hzur. The car, which is designed t-o carry two adults and six children ls hinged in the middle so that when the steer- ing wheel is turned the whole fore- part of the chassis turns instead of; just the front wheels. Murnane

claims this prevents skids and gives! the vehicle q phenomenal lock. It‘ has slat folding doors worked on! the roller-blind principle. —Aus-

trslian Press Bureau.

Peter Fleming, the London Times writer, who has just won some new fame because his book, ‘T312 Flying VLslt", anticipated the sort of escape that Hess made, 15 better know-n n the Far East. for another reason. He arrived in Japan once when an anti-foreign campaign was at its height. A Ja. anese officer met him at the gangp snk and, learning that Fleming was a Journalist, demanded that he fill out a long question- naire. At. the end was this question: "For what pose do ou visit

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Winston ‘Spencer’ Churchill

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Many will have observed that the Atlantic statement of the Prime Minister and the President was sinned by Fkan Wuiston S. Churchill. The "D" is a familiar initial but that “S" is less well known. It stands for Spencer and its origin is avbit of history.

The Prime Minister ts the eldest son of the late Rt. Hon. lord Ran- dolph Churchill. who was the third son of the seventh Duke of Marl- borough. And slnoe the marriage in 1699 of Anne, the second daughter o1 the 1st Duke. whose name was John Churchill, to Charles silencer. 3rd Earl of Sunderland. the family name o1 the Duke of Marlborough has been Spencer-Churchill.

The Prime Minister. who was burn November, 1874, has really four names: Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. The name Leonard comes from his mother's father — the American Leonard Jerome, of New York. whose daughter married Rt. gotltinliord Randolph Churchill early

It it comes to a question of trac- ing the Prime Minister's ability and

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fire there is always the great. Duke‘

of Marlborough. England's "great- est" soldier. on the Churchill side.

it seems that. the Spenoers were no slumzards. Says Burke's Peerage 0t the 1st Lord Spencer:

“This nobleman appears to have been a very spirited member of Par- liament. as his reply to Thomas Howard. Earl of Arundel, 1n a de- bate upon the royal prerogative in 162i. evinccs: ‘My lord.’ said Howard, ‘when these things were doing. vOU-l‘ ancestors were keeping nheepf- When mv ancestors were keeping sheep’, replied Spencer, ‘your Lord- shiifs ancestors were plotting trea- son.’ This excited such irritation, at the moment. that Arimdel. as the aggressor. was committed to the Tower: but soon after. acknowledtl-

his fault. was discharged."

Manv have said. the Atlantic fitne- ment rates in importance wit the Bill of Rights. the Manna Carta and other treat. turnip! Doints in Brit;- ish history. Winston Ieonard Spen- cer Churchill’; signature on such a statement in behalf of EInBlB-ml is surely in keeping with its dignity and worth.

Memories

(By NEIL BANKS North Bend Oregon ln the Oakland Maple Leaf)

Some of my friends have naked me to write more stories about my boyhood days on P. E. Island.

Many things happened during the twenty years I speal on the lovely green island oi my birth. I loved to fish, hunt and set traps in the winter. Many of the fur-bear- ing animals were easy to ifitp but the red foxes outwitted trim-have set as many as three steel traps around one bait without success. Finally I decided to sink a box in the ground about. six feet d069, 0!! the runway and rig strip cover and it. The fox was too quick and Jumped clear before the let down. I abandoned it as e failure after a lot of hard work.

The spring thaw filled it with water. and the leaves and pine needles covered it over. In the sum- mer my grandfather was hunting for his cows and stepped on the lid. Down he went, but other than a

|terrible ducking. he was not. hurt,

with the exception of course cf English dignity. Until the day he died, I couldn't, convince him that

I didn't set'the trap for the sole purpose of giving him a. duckiig- A car that bends in the middle m’ a 1°“? time I kw" at l‘ s35”

distance.

Like the rest of the Island boys. I loved dogs and horses. My favor- ite dog was s white spltz. He lied a beautiful white coat, sharp nose and ears, and a bushy tail. He loved to play__with a ball, so on stormy days in the winter. I would take him to the attic and throw the ball

tThere was not much in the way

except the women's dye W-Jrks. which consisted of a tub oi blue dye filled full of skeins 0t thread. Jumping backwards to grab the ball, the dog landed on his hinder- most in the tub of dye.

I was getting too old to cry easily. but I can tell you my beautiful dog was a terrible sight. half blue and half white. I tried '20 wash it out with different kinds n2 soap, but to no avail. I finally went to an old trapper called George Robertson. He had some k'nd of formula for changing the color of mink skins, to blend them all for the market. l-le told me if I could find out what the dye was l

Japan?" Fleming scratched is head: Finally he wrote: “Espionagefl -‘ Boston Globe).

Death and tastes aren't Lillie.- Death never takes another crack‘ at you after you're dead.—Bit.ffalo News. |

The fellow who lonis all the time miss all the fun of lcoking fzr- word to vacstiarn-Lcndon Free Press.

Civilians in Great Britain u: now getting along with 24.500000 fewer pairs of boots and slices n year. but n steady increase in the nutribers shipped overseas is re-' ported from Northampton, heart of the shoe industry. Before the war. Britain bought 152000.000 pairs of leather boots and shoes s year and it is, a stiftiictent indicatim oi the large resources oi the British industry that, not until July 1, two years after rationing had been be-I gun in Germany, was it necessary- to restrict the total to 80,510,000 pairs. As there is in addition a vast output of service boots and shoes of . all kinds of footwear for export pur- ‘ poses, there will be no margin for waste. Types unnecevsqry in war- time are discouraged today and standard specifications may even be introduced for certain types of working and walking boots and ‘ shnes, The continuing success of Britain's shoes leather industries over=ens is being maintained at home by the active support of the Board of Trade working thrugh the Export, Corporation, Distribut- ors in the dominicms and in the United States ‘i-uve been most em, cournging. ‘In the Unfteti states ab, iioes have bccn taken in the Pin- pire State Building. New York, as headquarters to promote collective or g-rourp marketing. This new en- terprise is cc-operatinsz with Brit,- lsh dress designers and the Brit.-