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‘The Strongest Memory in Weaker The! the Weakest Ink.’

MONDAY. DEC. N. 1N8

Tributes From Overseas

One of the fine things about the people of Great Britain is their readiness to minimize their own nragnificent efforts in the war, in praise of what we in Canada and our sister DOlllllllMlS are doing. The following excerpt froiri a letter received locally is a case in point. lt was written hy an English gentleman who itas met and entertained many of otir Canadian hoys overseas. mid takes a warm personal in- lcrcst in their welfare:

"To evpect a tiolden Age after all this waste and dcs ction, this cirtirc suspension 0f bene- volent acfivinv the writes) is too much; but the w-orltl can at least look forward t0 a. wel- come change tr» thrift and decency and honest strenuous t‘llklt‘il\'illll‘ in an effort to rebuild r.ur tmrndzrtitriis and rc-establish our principles. ln this htisiirt-ss l lllllllx’ that you over there (in tfanatlzt) will perform a vital and illustrious part which will he sortie recompense to your nvcn who have come far away t0 render their t ~t~ services and to the added glory and reputa- tion of the British Iimpirc. The press here is pr-itivcly: humming with appreciation of Can- ada's ciiox-t and achievement and sacrifice and sticctnss and the wonderful way in which Can- adzi has carried all this through without fuss or brag.

"Hut 1 do think that our greatest pleasure ltas been derived from the outstanding prowess of the Royal Cattadizin .\'ttvy with all its prontise for the future. \\'e all knew of old that your men could chase the foe over hill and doivii dale and right across the heather, btit that they could build ships and ride the waves was sonic- thing startling to those of tts who had forgot- ten that you have two extensive seaboards and are descendants of a seafaring race not ab- solutely derived from bitcaneers but very nearly so. and claimed lluinpliry Gilbert as. one 0f your pioneers. lt is strange how breed tells."

Canada's Field Crops

The Dominion Bureau of Statistics places a gross value of S1,100,0o0.000 on Catiadzis field crops for 1943,—this being less by $100,000.- ooo than the value of the corresponding yields last year. \\'hile the I943 production shows a. sharp decline from the bumper crops 0f 19.1.2, the Bureau points out that this year's values are well up in comparison with past averages.

lhe most importatit single crop is 0f course that of wheat, worth $299,038,000 this year,——- a decline of $110,000,000, or over one third, lllllll lllfi 194? value. In quantity, Canada's wheat production is down 300,000,000 bttsliels as coinpnretl ivith that of last year, htit the aver- inc "f1rni price" has risen from 69 cents to til-OZ per bushel.

The 1943 oats crop-valued at $238,581,000 ——\vas almost 170,000,000 bushels lcss than i1! r042 hut. due to higher prices, the decline in valtie was only $13,000,000,

In 1943. the average farm price of bar- ley" rose 16 cents a bushcl, and this increase more than offset a decline in production, leaving the value of $134,683,000 compared with $1i<_'),.t5,-,o00.

[he potato crop this year was worth $70,- 535000 agaznst $64,247,000 in 1942.

Five provinces reported an increase in the 1013 value of their field crops.

Prince lzdvctu-rl Island reportcrl production VfllLlCtl at $l4‘.73$.t>ixl. a gain of two per cent: .\0va Scntia $18.649.0oo. up 13 per cent; New llrtiiis\v"- 538890.000. tip 3.2 per cent; Man- itoba Si, 207.000. up 24 per cent: and British Columbia 230,000 tip 22 per cent,

llllch” m $"l-’--"~’i.t.oer> was don-ii one pcr rent; (lirlarin at $175,431,000 down 2o per cant; Sftsltzrtchervan at $344,181,000 down L1 tcr cent: and Alberta at $I9f).865,000 down l8 [It-r ccnt.

lire slit-in llf the wheat crop accounts for Ill‘: "l decline of Canatla’s field pro- hicls this _\‘f‘.ll. as compared with 1942. R5; ill t|ll.'llI'll_\' the decrease is gcncrzil all along the l':~~ lizitci" priw- heiiiu the factor which l<c:ps the itgrictilttiral ruin-nail income this year with- i;i to ||l‘l' ct-nt tll tire I942 records,

Application Dismissed

Holding that while a wife has a tacit lllflll‘ date In lritiil her hnsliairtl. the latter is only so hound for trn-rchases which are necessary t0 hi: ivife. according to hcr rank and stafion, Mr. Itistice (f. .\. liertraittl. in hfontreal Superior (hurt dismissed an action iii ivliicli George llenri lcielrvre, zicctitrntaiil. sued Doiiat La- l-ont: for $111.21, balance alleged to be due for a fitr coat delivered to defendant's wife by the Sy-irtlicate St. llcnri. The cost nf the coat was ..id to he $135. toward which it was declared l\lrs. Lalioirtc paid $35 on account. British courts, which recently; ruled that money saved by a wifc in her housekeeping accounts belongs not to her- but to her husband have dealt wives another jolt. .\ irragistratc in Tonbridge, mar- kctmvn southeast of London, ruled that a hus- l/and hzis lhc right to decide who is to enter his lroine. including iii-laws. The case before the bench involved a wife seeking a separation from her huslinirtl who was employed out of town. Corning home for occasional week-ends, she charged. he tilrjectctl to finding her sister there as air ovt-ririglit guest. The chairman 0f the hrnch dismissed her application, ruling that a "ivife iiitisl realize that a httsband is the master iir his own house." and is entitled to rtlle on those who cross his thrcshhulth

Toothache and Flying

Higliialtitude flying reveals dental trouble: that elude even the X-ray, naval doctors in the United States Pacific Fleet have found.

For instance, a naval dive-bomber pilot re- P°l1¢d all! he was always troubled with severe toothache just before going into a dive. He blamed sinus trouble.

But a test in a pressure chamber simulating the atmospheric conditions at high altitude revealed hidden decay that had not been detect- ed by X-rays.

Studying m undisclosed number of cases, navy doctors found:

Fifty-seven per cent of airmen developed toothache in a pressure chamber equivalent to a height of 28,000 feet;

Twenty-three per cent experienced pain at a reading equivalent t0 18,000 feet;

Twenty per cent began showing symptoms before reaching the equivalent of 10,000 feet.

After the' hidden decay had been located and repairs carried out, the airmen experienced no further discomfort.

- EDITORIAL NOTES .- Christmas Sunday-E: paved the

Christmas proper. i

way to I l I

Group-Captain Blake's Christmas good ivishes to the people 0f Charlottetown, conveyed through

ed. Captain and Mrs. Blake while here entered enthusiastically into the social life of the city, especiallyt in connection with Legion and other military organizations. u w u U.S.S.R. (Union 0f Soviet Socialist Repub- lics), established this date, 1922; area, 8,336,- 510 miles, population, 195,710,000; consists of Russia Proper, Ukraine, Belorussia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenstait, Uzberstan, Tajikstan, Kazakhstan. Kirgizhstan, Karclo- Finnish, Illoldavia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Es- tonia; the rural population forms 80 per cent of the ivhole; 0n March 15, 1917, following a revolution in Russia, Nicholas II, Tzar adbicat- ed the throne; a republic was declared and the government converted into the All Russia Cori- gress of Soviets: the federal system was adopt- ed by the 10th .'\ll Russian Congress of Soviets on Dec. 31, I\‘-'; and tivo years later, i924, Great Britain formally recognized the Govern- ment; of U.S.S.R.; Joseph Vyssarioiiovicli Stalin is State Chairman or Comniissar, of De- fence. and Vyacheslay lfikliailovitch Molotov, V ice-Chairman. n a w u If the purchasing power of Iiidia’s millions could be increased by only five cents a day. a new market of $7,300 million a year would he created. In this market, as stated in The Royal Bank of Canada .\loiithly Letter for December, there would be rootii for great Canadian parti- cipation, as well as for India's own industrial dcveloptnent. In these days it is a good idea to take a broad world view, to ascertain what other countries arc doing aiitl what their war acceleration will mean to their post-war poten- tialities. The Far East has alivays roused the curiosity of the western world. The Iiast has a vast area, with great natural resources, grow- ing populations, and startlingly low standards 0f living, education, and industrial develop- ment. How much these eastern nations will develop in the white heat of battle, no one can yet tell. It is possible, however, to predict that when japan has been defeated and pinned within its frontiers, India will have emerged as a commercial power t0 be reckoned ivitli by all the world. i I i Unanimous judgment of the .\lC'llli't‘fll Court of Appeal maintained a writ-of qun warrant; and unsealed I-lerve Ferlaiitl as an alderman of the city of Verdun, t0 which office he was elected last April 5. Mr. Justice Errol Mc- Dougall delivered judgment. His Lordship stated that the Court could not accept the 1p- pellanfs reasoning that since he did not become insolvent "after his nomination and election to office," but that such condition aritedated both dates, his election was not affected by the pro- vision of the Cities and 'l'o\vns Act which en- acted that “the office of alderman shall be- come vacant in the event such alderman malzes a judicial abandonment 0f his property or ba- comes insolvent." “The law is jerrlors t0 satc- guard that no bankrupt shall serve in the ini- portant office of alderman for reasons which are entirely obvious," said Mr. Justice Mc- Dougall. “Whether that baitkruptcv aiiledatcs the election is immaterial. It is the fact of its existence during iiictuiibency which is material. Appellant concedes, as, in- deed, he must, that had the bankruptcy sup- ;sr.tu come out ;o ainuet ‘uouoap sgq pauaiua lapse and become void. It would be paradoxical to say that a person already bankrupt at the time of his election, and therefore stricken with the disability contemplated by the law, should be in a different or better position than a person whose indentical only i-rhile in office.” n- u a u LL-Col. W. C. Lawson, 'M.C., who has just returned from overseas, has now been appointed chief COITIMlSSlOIICI of the New Brunswick Li- quor Control Board, to succeed Mr. R. G. Ful- ton. Mr. Fulton has been in indifferent health for sometime. He wanted to leave his office a year ago, but had been persuaded to carry 0n liy the,Provincial government. His work had become increasingly heavy by reason of coin- plications added~by restrictions of supply and distribution outside of his control. "Mr. Ful- ton may be credited," says Saint John Telegraph- journal. “with establishing i provincial system of liquor control that has worked very smooth- ly in ordinary times. In that, he handled some- thing that was rooted in controversy from the start. His duties bristled with difficulties of every kind. The wonder is, therefore. not that. a few have criticized him from time to time. but that there has been so little complaint. The respmisihilities he hair carried have N611 vrrv

heavy.’

l-lis Worship the Mayor, are heartily reciprocat- u,

disability occurrw! n

folk nu l' b0- elim be Ls rlch. and re other feels infer-loi- because hl I: Poor.

two mobs have met-Elbe Albortun, Cullen’

‘flu Gollul Poll lluill that nluo of every tun American; do not know what lend-lease Ia all about. This Ia u bld Ihke of uffulra and pkely, lf left uncorrected and o

have t-be recent. Whltu Paper on the subject wlll help, -Brunt.foru Expositor.

Bootleg Jo coming buck nnln. but aniilvata My that iron of it ts n than palm remover or

d. The Illml 00n-

d1 pared before hand. -Bt. ‘Riomu

Times-Journal .

An American offloer on General MacArthur‘; stat! til-rinks the aw- anese can be beaten bv 119a and air and without llndln: an expedi- tionary force on the inamland of Japan. But, however. when the end comes. Japan mil-st be occupied by Allled mutiny fcrces — Preferably u Chinese army-so that never can the claim be m weren't really licked! Journal.

An uhulsblng number at dq- ownei-s have sent accounts of the immediate response of their dogs to the siren. relates The Inndon spectator. ‘Ifie bullest story refers s, afx-uwnths-old dachshund which bolts to an Anderson-WW shelter In the warden directly the alren sounds and stays there till mg proper "all clear" Is heard. paying n0 attention to the observ- er's "all clear." As 1, resident In the Eastern Counties the dos h much experience. and it may be claimed that Norfolk. Suffolk and Essex pheasants have equally learn- ed to respond to wartime noises.

What the rest. of the Empire must bear ln mind Ls that Canada ls stlll a nation of oniv 21.600. people. The war has not chanfled that Some who preatli "Canada for (only) Canadians" J0 not seem to want lt. changed. 'Iliey view lrnml rants as Potential over- crow ers of’ the labor market, for- getting that. they are also cori- stzrners whose demands Increase the demand for labor. Bur in any event Canada ls stlll sparsely pop- ulated. Anrl if her war achieve- mcitts have been expected of a greater population. th-it; ha; been due t0 her straining her resources to a. degree which could not. b maintained indefinitely. --Toron1,n

I‘.

-—0t.tawa

Spreading all the tlmc through our national mind ls the conscious-

’ ness that our affairs are in good

hands. We can go forward t0 final victory fn sober conftdriiee. In a democracy we do not spend much time praising (tur leaders. The setlfS of the mlgliiy are stun-united by tire toe of the populace. That way we avoid the errors 0f hue dictat- OTSIIlDS. But tonay ls .. day for praise, because beckoning before Us we see immense opportunities opciiiiiz up. Lret us sefzc swiftly the advantage c-f Germany's dll- emma. The nation rcmecnbers Clrunfiillfl; estimate that the Ger- mans are l0 times as trrcnp as the fbzrlinns. 'I'liat ls the tneasurc of our task _l.ondoii P-‘Xllrcss.

PM this time. when our modern slilc-‘Juildlirg yards are tull 0f act- ivlLv, ii moment mlglv, be spared to recall the story 0f tln: rise and fall of Bucklens Hard. where ship- building began 20o years ago, t-lie Autumn of 1743. Tlic Manchester Guardian.

the banks of the River lscaulteu lri Hampshire. the second Duke cf Montagu set out ta encourage the building of warships, 11.110 the ad- vantages he offered brought there a flmi whose first. product, the Surprise, was launched ln 1745 Later many stout; battleslipps came from Bucklerks Hard. neludtng trhi-ee-tlie Agamecnnon. the Swift- gure and the Euryalus - which fought. at. Trafalgar. The Aiza- memnon, M-gun slilp was captain- ed by Nelson at one static of is oareer. and 1t was while in com- mand of her that. lie lust lils 148M eye, Vllien peace "crime in l8~l5 l1. meant tlie end c! Bucklens Hard as a, building yard. but In the quiet village and one tlie river bank can stlll be seen a row relics of the brave days when tlvi yards here recount-led t0 the noise busy workmen helplm to produce fine wocden walls for Etigltind

The environ; of Amerlean truln- lnu camps and naval bases are choked with wives w‘io all have the aunt: "rash human impulses" —to Join their htisbands and to let them see their children. 1n Cplllerks, Helena Huntington Smith describes trhe “maiTylnllest army ln American history" and tells how seivlcemerira wives, refusing to stay at home. "are hrrvnrg babies all over tho country" many in war 011a; that; lack liospltazl facllltleti. According to some “mysterious cul- culatlona" by the Chtltlrcn‘; Bur-

Milie t, ' 800.000

mill!‘

"and t/ho blstmt one of all ta tth the wcmen won! stay home." "You can't, prove by statistics that the army and navy are producing off- spring faster than the civilian p0 - ulutlon, but. it. f! obvliius to e uked 0y

airfield or camp."

"At Gulnesvllle. thirty

Camp Blending. tfhe ladies of the Bled (from Motor Corps were call- ed out so often tn the dean of xilzht. to Io roar-tn: over the road to the Blundlnl l-loapltnl. b t someone renamed them the Stork

Th; German: ukad a Lien merchant. for certain particular-a with A view to maklnp vequlalttons later. and received onv an Incom- plete reply. A German officer lent for the merchant and asked why he nod not replied more accurately téiequeetlpna put to him In "plain

mun. "I don't understand Gonna ." uld the Belgian. "You mould know It. You hud plenty of time b0 leurn ff" replied

flie offlcer.

‘Tux-don me.” answered the cllluen of liege, "but f lm now over 00 yours old. l-nd I liuve Just time enough to learn unc foreign language — m lah. Anti 1 shall have to hurry flu about that. for the nmlluh are and‘ here."

The interview was ruptly ter- minated. and the Bellini mer-

l es uh these thousands of Canada's fines]:

llde that. the JMI S"

Part 0f Price We Pay (Ottawa Jeilmll) An oftkalal statement let: at. l0.- Mt. casualties to dub! in use new Canadian Afr Ilbroe. 0! than S, are known tn be flvld- 3 presumed dud. 2.1m” ‘"8 "I"? N 216d III-limit . ‘ “ma: vnr mu I5 are interned In neutrel - - 1t, i; ; heavy pi-loe we have pud- and mun Ply. to save our country from the bloody hands of the l8- gressors. We Ply 1n the Iv 0! oun: men- a from rum gchool, bo a biilyltlln: tinlierdty to enllat or uvnz fhdr first. 10b. mbblnl the Bvnerutfon from which would have been recruited mun for the Professions. for buslneu and industry. for public ll! . In the grief of Ounmdhn homes for

great homes and small. etty l . little homes on the prulrlel. 1101M! ' all on the

in which pride. too. has a

every one of U-iese gallant led: toured up because he nw that as hLs duty and counted his own life as nothing In the tremendous Issue involved.

We ‘nave said “eood-bya" to many M trhese young men who came to U5 when on. "erubarkatfon leave", Without exception they were keen to leave foi- the front. t4) do the 50b for which they hid been trained. They knew the risks. the price they would probably have to Pay. hoped that further opera- tional tralnlns would be short. They were an lnsplratloti to all o! us who had the opportunltry talking with them. ~ It has been said often and of course 1t; ls tragic truth. that, Wll’ demands of us our best and bravest young men. These ten thousand Canadian casualties rcpreaen A

ad small imrt of our total contrlbutlon

to the winning of the war and PIYVQ to the world that our contr of fighting men Is a very consider- able one They are a sacrifice to the hateful spu-itof brutal aggres- slon of Germany. Italy and Japlan, and we must see no it that t eli-

000 sacrifice ls not m valn.

Plastic Surgery

(Kitigstion Whig-Stairtlard)

In nus war more than in any other, many wounded men milst turn to their government:- for re- habilitation which will Include the care of plastic surgeons to correct. disfiguring scars on head and neck. Wonderful results Iiave already been achieved by this branch of surpery ln Eitgluttd and an organ- ization for spreading knowledge 0n the subject. has‘ recently been formed in the Urntzd states. Call- ecl by the rather formidable name cf lhe American Omrhliiologla Society for the Advancement of Plastic Surgery. the group seem! keenly aware of the problems ahead.

At. the first annual tneetlng of the new society the assertion was made that; cntirrary to established medical custom, very little about new techniques hi plastic surgery ls allovtecl to appear In tne pro- ft-sskinal press This secrecy f5 de- rrlorable at. ti lllllc when thousands of trounced men who stiffer-ed their licmelands, will irced the mos‘. skillful snrqical attention unploy- inu the la-tes: technique to avoid being horribly scarred for Ilfe 111c- new solely tics-ewes great credit for tryln: t0 Illuminate the 01d obictirltv ziupnrentlv prevalent in the United Stites at. least.

There are. un this COlLlflflllZ. re- latlvely few institutions and men cpntpetent. _i'>v))!3I‘fCl'Xll plastic op-

TIIE HARD-WON When ft returns, the dear- familiar

LEJCC,

That. {lea beyond our careless cer- 3 W.

When this, our loin; shall cea _

And we be lifted from our agony;-

When rullilessness ls driven from our skles- _

And. unafraid. the lack of morning

sinus.

How we sluill feed the hunger 0f our eyes

0n the lost: loveliness of quiet things.

geilrsemane

Greendsliadoiws sleeping tn a Ill’- G

n-poo,

The patch o1 moozillizht on a bed- room f 001'.

A woodland road serene, and sweet,

and c .

Such things our troubled eyes shall

nce more: _

When we have won the stricker worl ‘s r ease

We will have learned the preclour ness of peace.

-—Luc_v Gertrude Clarklii. lr. St. Dunsbexra Red and White.

THROAT

POULTRY

We ' uullmllod illn- lllln of chicken, fowl, Ab! Ill other kind: of maul Mulfry llvo and dreoutl. 00t- mt Iflillng and lllkbon market prices. 0n union kllllnl’ Dllnl I: It vuur fill- poeul. ' ‘

Swift Canadian 120., Ltd.

chant was sentenced to the Citri-

del for ten den-Manfred Stu.

Charlottetown

and new procedures. It. ls of course u matter for the to settle, and med cal likely nee the need of its-operation In hrlnllng about. b. reform which appears necessary. has expanded so rapltllv since the last war. and such miracles have already been performed it In this war, that.

teaching of schools than ll: has hllliei-to re- cefved.