THE CHARLOTTETOWN CUARDIAN JANUARY- 11- 1945

llotes By Tlie Way Socialist-Strategy To

People take advantage of the

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pocket-Guelph Mercury. OPITAWA N! Pflnu Minister King appointed Brook;

Claxton, Liberal member of the House of l‘ rumours for Monti-es] St. Lawrence-St. George, n; m; parliamentary assistant. .

More than s year later, Mr, Claxton was elevated to cabinet rank as Minister of Notional

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Merlin: Ihllo (lauded In ism President: Llent. Col. w. Chester s. mun vice-President: l. I- Blrnett, i‘. J. L Secretary: Lieu; Col. D. A. nlnolflnnon, 0.8.0. editor and Mulch; Director: s. L llllrllcll, us. Associate Editors: Frank Walker end Ueul. In A. Burnett. lC-NMB. tun Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weaken Ink.”

THURSDAY, JANUARY u, ms

most in the technique of sea and air warfare; tho first flight ever made from a ship at sea was in 191i, from the British battleship “Hi- oernia," and the first torpedo (lroppcd from seapianes was by a British pilot in 1913; the first landing of aircraft on a ship at sea \vas in r9l7—made by a British pilot; the first air service to sink a warship by dive-bombing was the “BcrgclW in I940, the first to defeat an air attack on a fleet by fighter defence. British naval aircraft have shown remarkable develop- ment from the “Swordfislff bi-planes respons- .l"-le for the famous Taranto attack to the “Bar- racuda", outstanding for its fast rate of climb; from the Sopwith “Pup", the first sea-aircraft ever 1b shoot do\vn an enemy plane, to the very latest “Fairy Firely" the most formidable naval fighter aircraft in tho world.

i Attention WAR VETERANS

A Tutorial Course. will soon begin for War Veterans who are short in their requirements for Matriculation to University.

Applicants will be interviewed by a com- mittee at the

VETERANS’ WELFARE OFFICE

Richmond Street, Charlottetown, (between 11 and 12 ‘o'clock daily) -From-

There are eltlmoted to h» one hundred thousand farmers in thc Canadian forces. Some ‘of these menlare expect/ed to return to their family farmstoads, but mauy 01' them. it ls believed. will wont to establish themselves on their own fanns.—Ham1lton Spectator.

The composite opinion of world leaders is that victory may be nearer than we think and farther away than we suppose. The watch- word, then, is. get hot but keep c001. and put everything in the punch but don't press.—Wlnn1peg Tribune.

comruzui INSURANCE SERVIC ”

Soil Preservation

In United Empire Magazine, Sir Albert Howard, C.I.I'.'., Fellow of the Imperial Col- lege 0f Science, deals with the manner in which

that. eld

—ED|TOR|AL NOTES- No parliamentary slelstant. of-

A potato grower In the Alllston

‘hiature restores the productivity of the soil- thc only one source of food." He describes as well how those who work the land short-

The Week of Prayer meetings are ut-

district ls reported to have had 40 per cont. of his crop lowered in grade because of bruises caused by the dissing machinery being oper-

flclally appointed by the gov. ernment. seems more eager or more willing to help the Prime Minister out of tight spots than

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 to FRIDAY, JANUARY 12

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the leader of the party which in former days, tried to make the people believe that any associa- tlon with the so-calied "old lln'e" parties was a political futility. What must the founders of Canada's party think of their wandering lender now?

Ielplng Mr. King

Mr. Caldwell. otherwise. has done the Prime Minister to do. Here they are:

On his return from over-

ated at too rapid n speed. As the old proverb said, it sometimes pays to make haste slowly-Barrie Ex- ammcr.

sightcdly 0r through ignorance are transfering fracfing great" Blicndanics ‘every evening. the s0il's “czipital" to their pockets. In other words, they arc not restoring itsmfertility aurl in consequence in many countries the value of land forruerly cultivable is being destroyed. In the United States, for example, in less than I century nearly three-fifths of its "agricul- tural capital" has been lost as thc rcsult of soil gpfyed‘

erosion. I\"0\v, the seriousness of the situation 1' *1 haf/lng 11"" mauled» P1i1C11°31 111E1T$11Ye5 a" F.arly in i943 a. unit, the nucleus of which bung taken '0 repa1r111c (11111135-39 at a 9°51 “'111c11 '.\;-s formed of Halifax aircraft, was furmcd for 915.1’ 51x11 3 T1911 ¢°11111TY 9011111 "ffofd- thc purpose of dropping suplrlics to Europe's

B1111 5°11 910511111 15 1101 111C 0111) {W101 111*" resistance movements. From .\luv I943 up to is tending to convert the green carpet into in- November 1944 lllls Squadron l,a',l nmlle Z57.) AS11115 Wasfedand- T11‘! R1'°\\'111R 1159 0513113111‘ sorties, of which 1,688 have bcen silcccssfill, cal fertilisers, the writer and other scientists me), have dropped SD64 long of Sullpllcs aml prove only too convincingly, are similarly clcs- 705 men tructive in their efforts. Immediately. they * 519111111319 $701141‘: 1111f 111 111511 the)’ are drawmh’ Like the man who was served with doubt- "Po" the 5011's 161111113’ 311d Puttmg “M11111? ful food, and first “tried it out on the dog". back» i115 c11emlca1 {611111295 are 113-5151111111’ 111“ the Federal Government announce thcv are 93111115111111 °f 111a 5011- A114 11°1 °111Y that; '1 "mug to try out if re-clectcil, their Fnmilv .~\l~ is found that vegetables raised by such means Towmlces pollcv on llm people U; tllls l.l.m._ inck flavour and nutritive vnluc. The follow- ncfi The bellellclarlcs under llle Ml wlll 1'11‘! 15 ‘U-‘olfid I101“ 151111111“ 11115131111”- Of 111E have not the least objection, and will look foi- "(Perknce of New 25315111“ ‘vhere’ 1n Order ward with keenest anticipation to a wurtlnvhilc to create pasture lands for sheep chemical fer- Domlnlm Day celebmllol, 0,, July L tilizers were used: v v s *

“The more far-secitig of the population have for some time been disturbed by the grow- ing signs of malnutrition and the increases of inc number of patients in hospitals and asylums Admissions into public hospitals have shown a gradual increase up to 120 per cent. Mental cases have gone up by 100 per cent. The in- crease of illness among young children is alarm- 11185 ""31 Y?“ before the 5c11°°1 age 15 what the Liberal organ describes as a “Klissitan Tfddmd 59"" so P“ cent are fmmd m 1m to Ottawa's" to do their work. physically defective in some way or another: a- n >v * 11 "1 “cry 10o Children who enter the New lea!‘ Sir’ IOhn Moorc. British General, cutcrcrl ‘i115 5C11°°15' 15 511011’ Sig“ of needmg med" Corunna, this date I809; was an Officcr in the C31 fllte1111c11- 15 need obsmwatmn’ ‘Mn-v Show American “far, served in the West Indies. Irc- 5i§115 0f 1105c “m1 111mm 111111111" and at 16351 land and Holland, ligvpt; (Iommnuder-iu- 111'°'11111"15 1151" f1e11m1 Caflesd, . Chief in the Meditcrraucaii and won fume for

“I10” ca" “'5 P111 11121116“ right", t11e.‘vr1t' his conducting of the Spanish fCSlsillllCC to 351“- And he replies’ “hf a very simple France; tuck Part in the march of the Light bl" co1wer1111g 311 avaflable "Qgeiab1e' Bigade, and defeated thc French at Carmina

This training is a joint project of the Pro» vincial Government and the Department of Labour, Ottawa.

L. W. SHAW. Regional Director Rehabilitation Training

or . seas in October. Mr. Coldwell re-

hav be t it l tim . ‘ ' afisured lflltlff Carcladlan lleople lablalut gl-laseaglsiaydfaiack IT] gggfigmbere 1941f Brltlsh SubSSIank l , . at l . . e qua y 4Y1 quan \ o e Italy. ans ans frst set. foot ln Jap Ships In 944

reinforcements to Canada's arm- ies overseas. Some idea of lww the troops ———

When the true situation re- themselves feel about this ls found By ALLAN NICKLESON gardlng reinforcements became in a recent. edition 0f The Canadian N, Jan. 2—(CP Cable)- kuown. Mr. Coldwell asked that Press News, that excellent news- Bitlsh submarines sank at. least Parliament be summoned. Mr. paper put out. overseas for Can- 1 5 Jflpflnese Ships. including u King sunnnoned Parliament im- ndiun troops 1n all overseas @1195. cruiser and a destroyer, during modlnteiv. tres. 1944. a compilation from ngvy -e.

Ml‘. Caldwell sided with the Doug How, C.P. correspondent. cords by The Canadian Press government when Gordon Gray- with the Canadian Corps on the Showed tonight. don. lender of the Opposition. Adriatic Front, was asked to do u The flflllre. roughly, is also me sought the unanimous consent of story 0n what the troops thought total of British submarine suc- fhe Ilouse of Commons to lntro- of spending another winter in cesses since Japan entered the wnr duce n motion culling for an all- Italy. wrote How; on Dec. 7, 1941, since them w“ out war effort. on the first dav "It is one of the more unfor- little Royal Navy underwater wet. 0f i119 51100131 59551011- M1‘. Grill“ tunate and stifling characteristics Wily against the Japanese before (Ian's request was refused. or the newspaper business ma; 1t last year. British losses in the

Despite i119 vtlnosilivn J1 precludes the use or printed nro- Qlflrlcd were not available. i 011161‘ ODDOMUOH RPOUPS. Ml’. ranlty and without profanity of 0f the 165~sl.lp total, onl :0‘ Cf-‘lduTrll SM‘ 9Y0 10 EYE 011 B 5B0" richness and breadth any attempt Were WM lips. the rema ndcr rot session to cover up facts about to {mm this rgqugsf, must be des- were merchnnimen. ranging from the reinforcement situation. The lined m fallm-eg- large frelghgers sulmble m, troop

C. F. lflflllvl‘ Baffled 111B 80V‘ Doug How recalls how all last. transport to small coastal vessels 01111119111 b11111" 111 861111“! 111° ummer the men whispered about carrying supplies to the spread-out ""91 5¢‘5§1"11- T119 E°VEY11111E111 being out of the trenches before Jflpfluese forces.

"5011 @1114 1101 317°?“ 1° 115k m1’ another Winter of mud and more Many- other Japanese ships in- the svcrct session; in that event mud, 0g patrols through greasjh cludlng a 100040" “mm,” ‘emu M11 K111?! 11‘°111<1 b111*11°11’111§1l’ °°""' cold, treacherous fields. of heavy rlcr, are believed to have been "F1111! 1111 “Z1131- “115 931M111 011 "11 fighting and nervous waiting. But through British submarlne 5111"‘ 115 1113111?! T‘ °1'111¢111 5111111111111» Summer left and Fall came and notion but unless there ls abso. M1". 6015119115‘ 11°“, "1 35 now Christ-mas has been and gone lutely no doubt of destruction "P‘11”11°111e11i“13l' 11551513111’ 1° M“ and the men are still there. and Navy flies list them only as "prob-I ables". The total cannot be comparedi with United States submarine suc-1

Agencies ltd. Heine 540-5471,

DDT has added another of man's insect foes tc its list of conqucsts. This time it's the potato leaf-hopper, serious pest in many potato-grow- ing areas. Treated plants are found to bc tall- cr, broader, darker grecn in color, and leaf- Icis were fifitr. No foliage injury was ob-

Ally one whl wants to act like a member of parliament. says u \\'l‘lt’?l‘. will put his hands to his licntl rind shake it hard. Parlia- mentary hendshakitig can be coni- mended if it comes under the fa- miliar directions. “Shake well be- fore ll5lfl§."—WillLI50i‘ Star.

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The Allies cannot be insensiblc to the suffcrlngs of Norway and her people. but with the best will in the world it is difficult to see how at this juncture in the war they can divert ships, men. mater- ial and supplies to their relief. The Norwegians must resign them- srlvcs. however unwillingly, to the prospect of waiting a little longer.

s m n- -_Monti~cnl Gazette.

We don't hold with the profess- ional optimists who are zissurlztq; us dolly that everytlmig will be nil right after tho war. One of me reasons we don't is that Wc’ve born told of u. survey made at a G. 1. rehabilitation centre where {he lnds were asked Wllnt courses they wanted to take to fit them for civ- ilian life. Out of a group of 100. 6 51nd they wanted to be radio an- nounccrs.-Colher‘s.

Victory bonds 1o mm value u; $90,000 were stolen din-in; lhg Your. And no doubt the thieving will continue. Many lnwg om n“- "Pcll l0 llrfltect people from their W11 folly. in which cilrelessntss about vnluublrs lzns a prominent pine-c. Evcrortc knows how bonds can l» DFUl-ECiCCI, but ill!) habit of kceplng them about the house xcrlaarllmuesk-‘roronto Globe and

It is extraordinary-or is it?-—-tluit the Island delegation to Ottawa should not have in- eluded any‘ of our Federal members, or _at least been introduced by one of them. Such a thing seldom or ever happened before, zmd inrlicntts ail is not well within the ranks of the Libcm! party. It does seem odd we should elect Fed- eral representatives and then have to send,

Chartered Accountant!

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K1"? ‘m 1v 1°“! 1115 P111111 11"" "feel it m their bones" illeY will Joining the government to vote be the“, for some time yel" _ covnvthc Progressive Conservative “I; 1s wmchcdly true to say." P1111,“ i111fc11d111°111lhatca11ea 1°‘ writes How, “that the Canadians tots. conscription (lf manpower. l“ Italy are magma to lolemw wealth, industry, agixclulture. even another wlnler l“ “all, Maybe oting nqnlnst his own professed ome beneflcenl “w, maybe some lpr1“f11’1"5 1° 51111111111‘ 111° gwem‘ military stroke here or elsewhere nen.. _

Mr’ Cmdmalrs “m1 service will banish the omen, but, the sol

to tlhe Llberalt parlty atnthe Sllafilal skiff,115:?’lliihfllguggfeioaflfe sew on was o H19!‘ 1c wor ng ' l. ‘

of the main‘ motion calling for a gghfsgyvmter m Italy’ the“ its m1‘ vole of confidence in the gcvern- wleruley The

nllerzt. The motion voted on read lhllggiianeg "x5e men Should be i us: the

,, . , kept in our minds when we in That this house will aid Canada compmn about the barb

At Washington early in Decem- P1‘ 111 1111c 0f the select restaur- ants beneath the grout some of 1118 CBDMOI. the grapefruit grilw- crs of the Arizona-California drs. "1 mflklpflrt in a competition with their rival growers from 'I‘cxas and Florida and publicly demonstrated u reformed and d03llc variety of "npgfrull, which they guarantee to be squirtless, 5113's The New‘ York Tim-cs. Five stoic governors refereed the con- i9bi. Th6)’ uive the world their as? stumrce that the grapefruit mm

ccses in the Pacific and Farigmonglland ll. F. AIIBIIIBALD

Y-‘astcrn waters gcnerullv. just r ‘,1

destruction of enemy craft by Un-l Chartered Accountants _ lantern Trust Building

ited States Naval units in thr- Charlottetown

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animal, and human wastes into humus and so r-ssioring the fertility of our soils- Ai I111‘ some time wc must give up the use of zirtificial znanurcs, which only put off the evil day 0r reckoning for a brief period and ultimately make matters worse."

Prince Edward Island also has its prob- lems of soil erosion and impoverishment, which were dealt with in a brief prepared more than a vear ago by the provincial committee of the Cahadian Conservation Commission. “The soils of the Province," the brief stated, “are becom- ing impOverisbed. The svater Sllllpiyll.‘ dim- inishing. and in some instances lS hem: I201‘ lured. Forest cover has decreased, soil erosion is widespread and wild life has practically vari- ished. These conditions will not correct them- Ielvcs, and unless chcclccd will become pro- grtssivcly worse." W _

The brief deplored the fact that httlc m the way" of remedial measures IS being at- tempted. The problem is so vast as to be‘ be- vrmd the successful solution of Lmaided private clfort. 'I'hcrt- is an acute need for a carcfullv rnnsidercd plan of conscrvution and land re- habilitation based on existing knowledge and on a prgvincc-Wldt scale." l

"The improvement of this greatest natural asset of the Province," the committee report- g-J. ‘fdocs not lic in increased flllpllCililfill of chemical fertilizer. fl1111011H11 101' f‘ 111"" '11“ might hell), Faulty farming practices plus’ de- pletion of natural water supply have contribut- oil very largely to this reduced fertility and

. .-' l; ~ in imlrovcnieiit mus $211,551.??? glfimriiarulii-ieiiliiiscs \Vf1i€l' stabilization through increased forest cover was recom- mm 5d 353i first and foremost importance blldtliiiifcliiztrlsonsiucc been hcard of the rel)?“ of the Corllgcyvatioll Committee, which consist- “l n; Dr, J, A. Clark, chairman. 111555"- I- O’ l-iyndmau, w. R. Shaw. B- F» Tune» D- Schurman, R. R. Hurst, Fred Cannon. L" 11' - Casserlv, F. G. \\’ar<l, (i. B. Whitesidc, G- C- Vlfnrrcri and U. _l- 150111161- l

An agricultural economic silfWYl was sequently instituted b)’ D1“ 1' 1‘ Lammer w “d nu doubt covered some at least of the 5'91"‘. traversed by the CHllllillliCU. in anylcafifi. 1f 1! to be honed that this important sllillecli C195“ 1y linkcdias it is with our pnstvifll’ fellfllflhia‘ “m, pl-ggram, will have been fully discussed with the Fcrlcrnl authorities by the Island dele- gation which visited Ottawa this “Tek-

Brilain In Sea-Air Service

“Jane's Fighting Ships" 0f 1944 £11155 British aircrafl-czirricr strength at seven plus forty escort carriers-the type of craft which has bccn generally found more practical Ill nclunl cl-inlmt bi-i g loss than half tonnage but. “M; mim- than h.\ f the plane capacity and used with grout vffect in thc Atlantic, Arctic, and

ivlicre he was killed; his passing mts made fam- ous by thc poem of Rev. Chnrlcs Wolfe: Not a drum was heard not u funeral note . . . l-ie lay like a warrior taking his rcst, with his martial cloak around him. U I I I Addressing 2,000 teen-age students in Lon- rlon on “Education in World Citizenship". l)r. llarbara Simonds whose first llli5l)¢l.ll(l w-as shot down ovrr France in 1943 and whose scconrl was killed at Arnhem in Holland, urged thc students to “examine your history" to sec why “hrs occurred. “In finding thcsc :u1s\\'crs you ivili (liscovcr why, bcforc thc war, they llllfllCtl oranges in California and threw herring hack irro the sea while children were (leformed by rirkets." She did not expand this statement. She concluded with words her second husband h-d written his thrce-yczir-oid stepson: “Never riakc courage and loyalty an excuse for war. Make peace an opportunity for courage and loyalty." . 1i 1t! U I Mr. L. \\'. Brockiilgton is linked up with the proposed new Otlcoir 'l“healrc at Char- lottctoxvn. The Winnipcg Tribune quoted an announcement by Boxoffice, film trade publi- cation, that L. W. Brockington, K.C., had been appointed personal representative in Canada of J. Arthur Rank, well known figure in thc llrit- is‘: film mdtistry, The 'l'ribune nddcd: “'l‘h-: magazine reports that in .\lr. BrOCkingiOn, .\ir. Rank has a representative who is definitely as- sociated with thc inner circle of government dcfibcrations in Ottawa. lt secs thc appointment as suggesting ‘a close understanding between Federal authorities and the active heads of the government in Great Britain on the promotion of British films and the extension of (listrihu- tion and exhibition nf British films in the Dominion’ Mr. Brockingtoifs oppniuuueiit . . adds importance to a deal which Mr. Rank rxcently made with Odeon Theatres of Canada. fur distribution through their theatres in thc Dominion." e n- A Canadian bomber crew's adventure while fiying to India, told by Gerry lVilmot to BBC overseas listeners, must have seemed like one n’ the stories from thc Arabian Nights. While crossing the Arabian Desert lhc bombg-i- was forced to come down. On landing, lhc crew met some friendly Arabs who guided them to the palace of their Shcik. There borLvgunrds escorted them along a pathway of thick red rugs to mcct the Arab Chief. They soon found tlimnselvcs sitting on fluffy pillows and being served with fruit and coffee. Later thc Sheik invited them to stay for the night, but they de- cided tn return to their aircraft, and slcpt unilcr the wing, guarded by the Sheiks men. 'l"hcy wcrc soon awakened, liowcvcr, whcn thc Ilium! rr-si’, nml invited to a feast which inclurlwl n whole lamb. After a little more slot-p and \(|ill(, brrakfast lhcy found that on thc ShciICs order. n labour gang was to pull thc Immhcr mil of

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at last be trainer! in order-linear. Tn due time it Will cease to be p, 1c; propeller and become sfifo for anybody.

Pwlllfi Whose sole concern ap- pears to be the “ldeologles" of the situation would do well to stop and consider what they are doing. O_f course, there are always r1105’.- "ldfllhgl-SIS" and “intellectual? who know for more about wnr 1111111 i116 general stuffs themselves. They knew far more about war 111F111 the high command wncn iucy were attempting to force the colossal gamble of a "second front" twofir three gears olzo. ‘They dldnt know Wlbhl, they were talk. inglnbout then-and most. of them dent know what they are talking about today-Halifax Herald,

Canada's Ambassador-designate lo the United States is the sort of fellow who works coatless, with his sleeves rolled above the elbows, D1115 his feet on his desk when Ccncfinlrfllilnk. and hangs from a bus strap on his way to the of. {Eve- olnwsr every one calls him Mike. That goes for President Roosevelt and Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Sewretsry, l“ the W» ranks. and also for a goodly number of the Canadian Embassy staff. No one calls this informal, direct and capable career diplomat by his legal first name, whlc Lester, Because "Mike" seems to fit Lester Bowles Pearson so much bclteL-Baltlmore Sun.

Pride ls handsome. economical; pride eradicates su many vices, letting none subsist but itself, that it seems us lf it were a great zgnrn to exchange vanity for pride. Pride can go without domgstjjs, without fine clothes, can live in n. house with two rooms, can out potato, can wor on the with poor men. or sit silent well contented in fine salons. But Vflll- lty .costs money, labor. horses, men, women. health and peace. and is still nothing at. last, g lung way leading nowhere. Only one drawback; proud people are ln- Wleffl-bll’ selfish, and the vain are gentle and KIVIIIilfir-Rfllph Waldo Elllepson. in “ e Conduct; of