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President, Honk-Col. W. Cheater S. Melnlra Vice-President, J. B. Burnett, IJJ. Secretory. Lleut-Col D. A. . idltor and Managing Director. J. B. Burnett, IJ-l. Aswolalu Eflllor, Frank Walk

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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than thelfialrestnlnk.”

FRIDAY, DECEMBER. l5. 1939.

The Navy In Action

It is just twenty-five years ago this month that Gcrutiiufs cruiser warfare was dealt a k1]4)(jl\'()l,l[aill()\\' when strategy, carefully planned at lhc Ilritish .\dmiralt'v, resulted m the battle of Fzilltlzvlitl Islands. M the most decisive naval (iflgugcillcllt oi the birst Great ll ar. lhere, 0H Du; 8_ 1914, the British fleet avenged the de- feat of Sir Christopher Cradock’s squadron a tnuullt czirlict", by destroy-lug the powerful Ger- man Pacific squadron iludcr command of .~\d- nural liraf Vllll Spec. _

\\'t»ihtesll-.ty's naval. engagement between Bri- tish cruisers and the Lierman pocket battleship

and call of this minister or that, or of some committee of ministers (people who, no matter how able in their particular spheres, cannot know much about an Information Bur-Jan); and he shouldn't have to run to seine other bureaucrat to get authority to buy a lead pencil. A Bureau of Information, if it is to do any- thing worth doing, should be given 5111mm- tial authority. The director should be responsible to the Pritnc Minister.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN 45:.‘

TH£ESAMEdMR.HENRY?

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

The captain of a sailing vessel was questioninl n. new hand m- gardinx his knowledge of snipe and the sea. After repeatedly receiving wrong answers, he asked. in ex- asperation, ‘Hang it all. man tell me this: where's the mizzien most?" ‘I dom. know," replied the aspir- ing seunicur ‘How long has il. IJZBII

Judith Robinson ill

Henry, it. is understood, will also

-= EDITORIAL NOTES

"A stitch in time saves nine," and a gift to Santa Pals this week will save much worry and anxiety.

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Once more we would remind Christmas shoppers to have consideration for store clerks, and shop early.

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Izaak Walton died this date, I683. “Of this blest man let this just praise be given, heaven was in him beforeidie u as in heaven.”

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We are indebted to Mr. R. H. Hogan. Jamaica, N. Y., for three useful calendars of the Bank of Manhattan on the staff of which he has been for many years, described as “The Bank of Yesterday Today and Tomorrow." i‘ 1% 1K i‘

Ozie of the finest broadcasts of this Province as an agricultural, fishing and tourist centre

“Adlliiral (lraif Spec" brings the Falkland Is- lllllll\ ballh- u) mind. The heavily armed enemy raider, iu badly shaltcred condition, had t0 seek refuge in the neutral port of Montevideo, where the chances of her escape under the guns oi llritish warships arc, to say the least, highly ])l'l\l)l(‘lll.‘lll\‘.'\l. Ililll she been slink or captured Ihc ll(‘\\'$ would he still more reassuring: but fhcrc is n0 doubt as to the effective work which the lC>S heavily armed, though faster, British crui-ers did in etigaging her.

The significance of the battle lies in the fact that lil-rmzmv is believed to have only three ship,- Qf this furmitlziblc type. which are the lrrillt‘ of the German navy. Soon or late, the same or a worse fate is in store for the others.

Coincident with ncws of the engagement in 1hr- Snulh .\tl.'ililic came the terse statement from the .\tlinit":llt_v that a Briliili Sllbmflflilf Had torpcllucd au tiuideulified German cruiser nirl suiil; a Nazi IJ-boat.

Meanwhile. the tightening of the British ll.'l\'.‘il blockade is being felt in Gemiatiy, where nt-upazalllla will he a poor substitute for essen- vial fnml stipplics during the coming months. The Allies are concentrating on air as well as

"ml sllpremflcy’ all‘! “er-v month that passis if is interesting to learn that the hlayor of is grown and flour is mantifaotur- to ciaiiifdforabot g s: is, without a fililjfif‘ air engagement adds to their Toronto informed his Cm, Council that at ed. the Aberhart Government has 121i». pitch 4: 0 Chances of victory when the final test comes. ha‘ q; c“, .r N5 Wm he Constructed issued an edict that the priq; o; Bibs. cotton 012: 0 - . . . 1 1 . . f a 1on0 5 “- n "n p0 . . . bread to the consumer is to be

“c ‘mm l“ PICPMC" ‘Olleler’ or. ” sliortlv in Ontario in connection \\'1lll the lLm- - -- Sfillllmiflll. 1K Wvllld 996m 11M! B and (‘lung-Mun gtrurmlg This warning cgti- . r. ‘ . . . . I upper a 09m a 103i m“ makes SChOOHCI‘ BIIIIOSL ITOm the start. 0f p . . 1.. l: y» f I e deg dclivm“ pirc air training scheme. _ Surely if that Pro- the price 10 with; a loaf to his Bgdeque cueenm-m November mm“ l“ l“ l“ ‘Qmolc 0 He 5p e I vincc can get so many this province is entitled lfiihbfldse housewives. Out in, of 1704 he made the charxo “$01M

ed hv Premier Chamberlain and other British t slate-men. who know whereof they speak.

Ontario Civic Financing

“Twain; m urban taxpayers all over (Ituallzt is the slatement of the Globe and Mail

. ~ me “U. the Combined municipaptics called, and appointed iutcriui head of the l " ' ‘i x t - - .

Lidlllili l)! hart rtduccd their aggravate deb; Ireasttrv during Dr. Lairds absence. llr. v l'~‘> l ' ’ so 1-. - ~ .» -. ,. ; by 58000000 or mom! The nmjomy have léaircll) bccaltie ill ululc 0n his tour here .n ' ~ - -- - . - t - c o cr.

made successful efforts to li\e within their f

llvcn those which were in default and

IIICRIIN‘. on lhc vcr-re of banlthutitcv have recovered . . t‘ ‘_ 1 ]-;y;.,.tt._.[-.[ ,5 u-cd as an ekatnple of how sev- eral cilu-s and towns are ciurfvmg the belie- . - * ' ,' l fiis of sicrit ccluiouilcs and a policy of living within their income."

lH-c-Ciotis lo 1037, says our 'l‘ot"outo contemp- ovary,

linenipltvynicut relief costs by the sale 0i (l6-

ht-tttttt-t-s, _\s the problem became more acute, the sllllllllflll was ziggravalcd for the reason that llriilitiorll i- an itidustrial centre which

was \('\.'Cl'l'l\r' affected by the drpressioti. Coin- niciicing will! High‘, liuwcvcl‘, file UfY (“Ouncfl (Ipp-itlptl t.) {llluiif 1t I1{l‘\'-Il?5"_\'l)ll-g(lUIXlllCy and the results obtained have amply justified the sacri- figgs, In three vcars llrantfortl has reduced expenditures by $IRl).§_H. 110K by QOIWQIIIYKU“?! tut nuv one itcm, hilt by reductions all along the liue. Ctvmpzlritig I93‘) will! l9.l_7._ ill"? llfis been a net tutprovemeut itiihe cltys ‘cur- rcut tio-itior. of Slo84Sli. “llus (‘XCCIICIII showing could not hav: bet-u achieved without. the co-tiperititui of competent civic official‘.

to go the whole length in the conscription of trade and commerce. ish Industries petitioned the Pritne Illinistcr to.‘ appoint a cabinet minister with supreme coli- trol over economic matters, including trade, but Mr. Chamberlain rejected the pro- posal without submitting i JP

and Industry of France is at present in Canada in the interests of supplies for his country. In an interview he said: “We require canned meats canned fruit and many other army. \\'e are also greatly in need 0f wood pulp and cellulose. wood pulp interests six weeks ago and learned

hopes of making contracts with you then." I! t a: or

cil for recognitions of our airport for training,

sition of Rev. Dr_ Robert Laird, treasurer of the United Church, Mr. H. A. Baker, who had recently been superannuated after serving 25 years in the treasury department, has been rc-

capitzt consumption oi flour in i902 was slight- ‘y less than 230 pounds. steadily, the latest survey in 1930-37 showing the per capitn. consumption of flour at

. . » - )Ollfl<l5. lrautlorll was paying inr most 0f 1l1¢ l.

vegetables.

ostensibly for imports is ziciuallv purpose; (2) to eitsurt- lillli . of foreign exchange are tlliliscrl h) the best vantage; (3) to prevent llllllt‘(‘(‘>~ill'_\l stuckitig

was that given by Mr. Arthur L. Phelps from “itinipeg. It will be recalled by many that Mr. Phelps visited here last summer and had.

pleasant interviews with many leading citizens. s- n- in v

The British Government is not yet prepared

The Federation of Brit-l

export his reasons.

1F I

A vice-president of the Batik of Commerce

things for the

\\'e cabled Canadian

you are sold out until February. But we have

In respect of the agitation by the City Coun-

O 011C. 1k ill ill i‘

Owing to the continued regrettable indispo-

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Bread is not eaten as extensively at present n the United States than in former years. Per

This has dccrcaswi

‘L,’ The exploitation lies in chluigctl liv- ig condition and the tyrcatcr tlililpclillllfl of ther types of foods such as fresh fruits and

wiry-v l

Over 300 items 11H‘, listed by the Ailslrzllianl Government under the prohibited cl.'iss as tut-ll important. The objective of them rcgulatiolul is: “(ll to ensure that forcigti cxcllatige soldl used for that LJJH l

,‘;,.. .

fill"

up of cotistimer goods and the absorption oi foreign currencies by iiiiiiiip1>i'iaiit l-{Nltds to the (letrlmclit of illlllfiilfll rcqliircmcuts iu \'ll.ll.

commodities; (4) to enable tiriurity iu shippiugl

. ._ . s. '* ~ "i\“l vial ii nrls >lll> z: gill-S "l" (HUM fwd “ML ‘Alwyn: “Ims m: ‘Eff hshillliiilijf’ Slillcc tllltilvclllli ouuhllittvl evwrwdlvvnwmmvoer I » llciiis \\’(‘i'(‘ alrct icczttisc o ‘i - ‘ a v >l< =r 5mm], {mm-ml cxtmllgc “ml gil-“rds fm- 11.10 lIt-rt‘ is licws fur ilsll‘lllllillll'l'\ and would hcl pmupmg slzilimi. Fliaults to wise admluistra- ‘qfilronmnprm “l, M” M, 'H.,\.,;(_L,(_(I l” “nnfig mm‘ H“. dvbmmul“ (“flit has [won fume“! in ti“: wmctliing which ut-ilhcr our childiwii lllvl' our Pf“! if)“ .\‘4‘{‘l3< h." §i’-l(‘-m3; flml hhc Sfnfioiél grczit-grandchildrcit will sec-a grouping; of six imu “M how" m mu“)- ihc Hulls m [his lion?) planets in the wcslcru >l\\' next hcbrll.‘ v. 1):". m “'40 “hm [he dell-V my (ism. Chill-gas “in K Frank S‘. llotfg. lilTifl-ssni: nf {l>ll'l)llllIll\' val lhl.“ Tflllwell l’) 5mm‘ 553900‘ H“ Saving m“ b‘: David Dunlap (lll>(‘l'\'.'lll)l'\'. told the’ I\’ll_)‘:ll

cumulative. Taxjziylcrs will reap the benefit."

Information Please

IInw utatiy (Eiuadizlus, asks the ‘ lfltiawa llulrual, kuou/ what the Fofflllll IZ-‘Changb’ Comm] Board (which gels an cvcragc 0f Q00 letters of iiiqiiir_v each d.'i_v) is fining? Ilow manv know what the \Vartimc Prices Board is doing? (Many business men are under the impression that the Board, of itself. can fix priccs), IIow many know the number of air- craft this country is now turning out, or i:- likclv to he turning out? \\’hat progl't'sfi—il .'li‘|\'-;llIlS hccu made iti mechauiziug our army? Ildw tuauv of our troops have lX‘(‘ll equipped with "battle dress"? Are we building any ships in our glilliyélillS? What, so‘ far have been the achievements of the Canadian navy‘?

These ltilcsiitwus-alirl scores of others out: can think nf-—rcmziiu lllIZlllS\\'(‘l'(‘(l_ People ask 31mm 111cm, wonder about thcm, but ‘nobody seems in realize that the answers arc vital. \ci the‘, a“, \.,',al_ A deluocrattc people witliput knowledge of their} wai- effort, and, more tin. pot-taut, without pride Ill their war effort, are a pflnplc in rlqnger of making little war effort- of thinking there is 011i)’ a w“ f° be watched from the bleachers.

Canadian Institute in an addrcs-x “it's onl\ cvcrv few thousand ycilrs that you find as mzmv as six planets in the satiric region of lllt’ skit‘ " he said. "Along wilh earth. there will appear in the western .\l(_\' during ihc latlct‘ days oi Februrntjv the planet.- .\ll'l't'lll'_\'. jiipitcr, Ycnlls. Saturn, Mars and Urautis."

4r w at c

\\'ilh the approval of the rcspclclive gnvcriv" inents the Sixth Imperial Pro-s Conference which was lo he hcld in (Iftuvzi during the week of Aug. 5, next, ltzis been postponed heczuiw of the war. The council nf the limpirc Press lTtiiuu has notified the (‘anzulizlti ,\(‘CllI)ll of the Union of the tioslpniicmcut of the gathcriitgl which would have hrnugltl (30 delegates front the Yuited Kingdom and lhc domininiis and cnloiiics to Canada with lhl-il‘ wives. The lzisl Imperial Press Conference held in (Tzutallu was iii 19.20 and this itlcclitig was our postponed {mm nu; because nf tht- lircnt \\'ar. lllui. john vlacol) Astor. .\l. l’., of The London limes. president of thc uni-in. was to have lctl the delegates in (imiadil. Tile program iti- cltidcd n six-week four of Canada, eitibracing this province. A committee of ("aundinn sec- tion members was appointed last summer to make arrangements for the i940 meeting, autl had platmcd to have the visiting tiewspapcrtueu see every aspect of Canadian life. The ar-

As a remedy the Ottawa paper Sjlgfifils Illa‘ the head of the Bureau of Information be given more responsibility. He should not be at beck

ratigemettt for the, conference and tour now have been suspended indefinitely, I

the University of Nebraska, has musics] instrument in the world- year-old ribs of prehistoric rhin-

enough ribs to give two full octaves with sharps and flats. and mounted them on a suitable stand. Like a voice from the long dead past, the‘ rib: give out a quality when played tIp0n,-J0hn Hix in The Etude, Philadelphia.

T’ —- Til-Bits, London. -___.

When we remember that ln the last war Genriany had mickey on her side, had beaten Rush; t0 h" knees by i915. had all of Romania. held Czecho-Slovakin as she does "W. had an infinitely superior 118V)’. W88 llthtin! on French soil in the West, no) on her own, and had not. entered the war rum- years of semi-starvation as is now the case. the picture ls far from dark for the Allies. - New York PO81.

had this f0 say 1h 193i:

(less in despolllng the company of worth for something that on the

of Parliament in 193i would not

On this other R.A.C. Henry the

Jl D i h r m o’ ' p" a" l‘ h’ “My “During all the time Mr. Henry

sports miter who ever killed the chances o! a. candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the United States At the 12st. Republican convention, held in Cleveland. ne WWI?! ‘If Bridges is nominated. the Democrats will be a cinch to go to town m the tune of ‘Landon- Bridges Falling Down?" That finlshed Bridges. - Walter Wlxiolh ell in St. Louis P05t-De5pufcp_

Power Syndicate . . . an interest stantial prciffuh. . provai of the plans of

is asked to believe that

capacity as Deputy, a project on w

nothing. recommended the appointment, fob, if you remember. Clearly, lh C. Henry!

A do; on which no lax has been paid is not property and. that-e, fore. cannot be stolen, ruled R9- corder Cranberry Tucker of Hert- ford, North Carolina. And the d9- fendant was freed. But up spoke Prosecutor Charles Johnson, ‘This d08 was wearing a collar-he took that!" And the man acquitted of the theft of a dog was found guilty of stealing its collar. "IWentv-flve

Shop - Keeping In Pioneer Bays

dollars and owts," said Judge 111]; $19311 0|.- BEDE "ES TUCkCF.—AI’itIlilI R. Childs in Oor- FIRST STOREQ onet, Chicago.

By E. S. D.

From the Day - Book of William Schurman, merch- ant, "on the Island of

St. John." begun I184

Dr. Henry Relder of the Verte- brate Paleontology Department of

built. what is probably the oldest

a‘ Xylophone made from muffin‘ (Continued from yesterday's Guardian)

ooeroses. The scientist selected A filter-m mgrghant; 1n the 01d

days d to have the commodities demanded by the travelling public, and the few travellers in the e t.- eenth-century Prince Edward rid went by sea whenever possible. The Bedeque store accordingly handled some sallclotih. rope. etc. A i795 ac- wunt with "Joseph Gudxle” would show thls:—~

straruze musical

fit," more than half a million dollars, The circumstance put Prime in quite an anomalous position,

the Globe and Mall

“R..A.C. Henry. s former Deputy W191i" f“ “"1"” “d 0',’ rials. is now functioning u the liaison officer between Olntdal War supply Board and Hon. 0.0. Howe. wow-or o! Transport. Mr-

work closely with the M11010!‘ of

Information in seeing that. the public is told more about. what. the Board is doing." News despsieh from Ottawa-

It wouldn't be the R.A.C. Henry. who w" Deputy Minister of Railways and Canals for eleven months back in 10% and '30? No, it wouldn't. "be. It. must be another!

Of the RAE. Henry who was IPPOIXIPNI D991"? 3411115“? 9f R341‘ ways and Canals 0n the roeomme ‘ Lion of Prime Minister K1118 ten years ago 18st- February a parliamentary committee of inquiry

"Mr. Henry's connection width Senator McDouflold. and Q1951‘ Buc-

a large sum of money or money's evidence was entirely worthless.

does not. commend him to your committee as a fit and proper per-

son to continue in the management of this greet public utility." You see. It couldn't be the same RAG. Henry! A man who was

publicly and unanimously denouric ’ as a. despollsr by a committee

be appointed b0 l. position of

mist under Government in l039. Certainly not. ‘more’: a war on. U I I I

Committee of Inquiry reported: was Deputy Minister of Railways

and Canals, he had a. very sirbstantlol interest in the Beauharnois

out of which he made quite sub-

. and was deeply interested in securing the ap- the Beauhsrnols project and your committee he took no active approval of tire Governor-General in Council. . . . His position, however, was, to say the least, quite anomalous." Quite. For this other Mr. Henry had "approved,"

interest. in securing the

ln his official “substantial pro- in fact. having invested Minister King. who had

hlch he made a

is couldn't. be the same Mr. RA.

anon

And a. good thing 1t couldn't be. This other R. A. 0. Henry was

associated with people wo clever by half for ‘an innocent. trusting politician like the Prime Minister

of Canada. It. is doubtful whether even Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe Minister of dra-nsport, could have kept his friends tagged. Judging b the report o: the Special Par-

irbmry C- hloe appointed. to inquire into the Beauharnois Power scandal nine years ago. A

.very instructive report, too, even

though it has nothln Mr. How's and the

to do witn or Supply

Board's new liaison. officer.

It seems from the report that this other RAC. H was em- ployed as an en eer n the De-

partment of Ra ways and Canals

from 1913 t0 1993. In 1924 he got

a new Government job as econo-

mist to the Canadian National‘ lM Railways, and

tho some year branched into partnership with

senator Wilfrid Laurler MoDoug- aid as a side-line. The partnership

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more than $10,000,000 to the or- ganizers 0f the Beauhomois com- parw. R. A. C. Henry was by then general manager of Beauhmiols. The posltiodwas one Mr. Henry lhad secured ‘Jy arrangement made .six months before he went back to the Department of Railways and Canals as Ml‘. Dunningks Deputy

lnister.

Iffs lucky that. this can't be the ,same R. A. C. Henry! A Govem- (New York Times)

[merit shouldn't mix wars and val- Business, industry, interimtiond leys of humiliation. It. wouldn't. be trade and commerce rest. on faith safe! as religion rests on faith, Dr. John

Bonnell Sees Faith Life’s Foundation

COMMERCE RESTS 0N As RELIGION DOES, ASSERTS

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Vancouver, where the balter must pay the freght on the wheat. o!‘

cently to sx cents a loaf-a cut. of

sell at slit cents in Vancouver and

mysteries that only M13 Abefhart,