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Publicist: Henl- Col. W. Cheater B. MOLIIN Vice-President: J. l. Burnett, FJ-l. Secretary: Heist. Col- D. A- ll" 9-5-9- Idltor and Director: J. IL Burnett, IJJ- Anoelato Editors: Frank Walker and Llent. Inn A Burnett. k-CJHLB. (On Aotlve Service)

“The Strongest Memory le Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

MONDAY JANUARY 24, l9“

Civil Airport Expansion

Does this capital city of Prince Edward Island hope to possess airport facilities sititable, even in a moderate way, for postwar aviation? If so, no more time should be wasted in pressing for improvements which are equally necessary at the present time, and which if delayed until after the war will leave us hopelessly iii the lurch. .\s recently stated in these cultimns, even in tlic case of La Guardia Field, New York. the largest airport in the world, facilities are becoming obsolete and enlargements are being ltlilllllCll.

.\unthcr stiiking cxatiiiplc conics to llllllti in the current issue of the ciuntnlian-Ii/crl linlirs Jlaqazine, Realizing the important part which civil aviation will play in the post-war (lcvclfill- nicnt of trade and travel and stroiiglv convinced that (iertrgvtiuvn, the citpiial of British tiuimizt, licrzitisc of its gctigrztirhiczil position will become an airport of first rate importance, the govern- ment of that Colonv recently appointed a com- mittee to consider the question of construction of a civil aerodrome to meet present and future requirements. The committee has now submit- ted an interim report. Here are some of its re- coniniendations:

The airport should be "of the largest type category for civil airports, with a runway of 5,- ooo fctt in length and 15o feet in width. The tzixiwav is to be f0 feet in width which is sufficiently wide to be used as a subsidiary run- way by the smaller types of aircraft if the oc- casion warrants. The approach zone to the air- port would be a trapezoidal area having it width r-f 1,000 fret at the boundary of the airport and broadening to a width of 4.000 fcet at a dis tance of two miles from the runway and will permit of aircraft landing within 22 1-2 de- grees of the true wind direction. The take-off zone irould be at least one mile in length and “Ill permit aircraft taking-off within 22 1-2 de-

grees of the true wind direction." "The esti- mated cost of the project on the site recommend- ed in the report is $3,840,515.

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Economic Trends

The outstanding feature of comparisons be- tiveeii the chief measures of economic trends in Lanzttla and the United States is the sim- ilarity which they reveal. says the current re- view of the Bank of Nova. Scotia. The re- view is rhicflyt devoted to a collection of charts showing Canadian economic developments over the [lilhi five years. but a few of the chief com- ].'l1l'.'llll(‘ indexes for the ,Unitcd States are also given.

The indexes cf retail trade and of carloadings"

for the two countries nave moved so closely to- gcthei- 11S almost to overlie. The sharp rise o.’ price»- in the United States began n. vcar or so lzitcr than in Canada but, with a time-lag, experience has closely parallelleil that of this country. Before mid-1942 the U. S. price in- dexcs had overtaken those of Canada and the authorities began the more intensive battle to ilwlfl the price line which Canada had embarked upon toward the cud of 194i. Indeed, the analogy is even closer, for the United States is now experiencing the increased pressure on price-ceilings which Canada had encountered earlier. llcre the problem of providing incen- tiu» to production and of offsetting tiniivoid- able increases in costs was met by a greater use of subsidies-a method which is meeting with strong oposition across the border.

Newfoundland Prosperous

Newfoundland last year saw very little cur- tailment of the general prosperity which began in i941 with the initiation of base construction operations in niany parts of the Island, accord- 112g‘ to the iinutial review of the Daily News of Si. John's. Less employment on the construc- tion of bases was compensated for by improved conditions in the fisheries and other occupations, and the general purchasing power remained high.

The Ncrvftiiinrllaud artillery regiment render- t-il notable service in 'l'unisia and is now with the 8th Army in Italy. A visit from a delega- tion of three members of the British Govern- incnt Parliament was an event of the year. Nciviotiiiilliiiid has been under Commission gov- ernincnt for thc last tcn years. Early last year the Commission announced that new income and corporation taxes would be levied. The taxes ncrc moderate, but the taxing of incomes and profits of thv previous year was protested. and iilQ Qcut-ral (liscussiou lcd t0 an increased dc- lllilllli for some form of representative govern- ment. 'l'|ii.<, no doubt, brought the delegation from the British Parliament.

lt returned to EHlVlSg that Newfouinllanl slinulil llHYC,_1‘C]11'('>Ct1iZlll0[1 at thc earliest prac- ticable moment, that the three Newfoundland (‘nininisdoiicrs should be elected and the liritisli [10\'(‘1‘1lll1(’llt should lend Newfoundland Sllooongxvo rner a ten-year period for develop- |l1('1ll and rccuiistrtictioii.

The Ncwfoundlzinrl Commission took belated

action last year zigainst inflation. It adopted price control‘ and rationing, but only after prices had greatly increased.

‘The trade cf the Island was ivell lllllilllilllitfd, with imports of $52,000,000 and exports of $38.ooo,ooo. The revenue for the present fiscal Vt-ar is estimated at $22,179,000, of which the big item is the customs revenue of $14,254,000.

This year-end review has no reference to a possible political union of Newfotindlatid and Canada. It is stated that the country was shock- ed ta learn last year that the Commission gov- ernment had almost concluded an agreement for

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Bay airport in Labrador to Canada for. 99 years. “This was vigorously protested in the pres; It was also admitted that negotiations for the tease of the civil rights to Goose Bay had been under

war as a result of the strong protests which were made.”

F EDITORIAL NOTES n.

Our legislators are now making tracks for Ottawa where what is promised as one of the inost important sessions of lkirliament will open next week.

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The London New Statesman and Nation n- ported the latest Republican Party prayer: - “Save the Republican Party from Willkie, the country from Roosevelt, and the world from Walfaize!’

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Judging by the reports submitted by Dr. Yeo and others at the joint meeting of the City Coun- cil, and School Board our schools for years have been providing the conditions ivhich has made optometry the prosperous profession it i: in our midst.

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Pfvitlctitlj: there is a concerted boom to have Prrfessor Blanchard called to the Senate in succession to the late Hon. Creelman McArthur. The only previous Acadian Senator from Prince was the Hon. Joseph Arsenault, father of Mr. justice Arsenault. *

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The London Philharmonic will tour Canada from coast to rOaSt next Fall, Mischel Cher- niavsky, noted cellist and patron of the orchestra, announces. The orchestra will be conducted bv Sir Thomas Beechman. Following the Cati- adian tour the London Philharmonic will tour the United States. Announcement of its visit to this continent was made in London originally

on December 20.

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Dr. Edward Jenner, English physician and discoverer of vaccination, died this date, i823, he received grants of $50,000 and later of $100,- 000 from Parliament, and steps were taken by the formation of the Royal Jennerian Society and other means to propagate the benefits of his discovery; after his death statues of Jenner were erected by public subscription in Gloucester Cathedral, he being a native of Gloucestershire, and in London where he lived.

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llon. Hubert Slants, Minister of Education for Saskatchewan, told the annual meeting of the Saskatchewan Liberal Association that the whole approach of the C.C.F. to the matter of education “indicates that its leaders either know nothing or assume the public to be obsessed with monumental ignorance.” Mr. Staines referred to the C.C.F. education policy u "an education- al novelty" and said that it contained “largely remedies for imaginary ills". “The Liberal party educational program completely eclipses any- thing yet to (lawn on the fumbling minds of the educational experts of the C.C.F." he declared. "Current expenditures of the federal Govern- inent on education are proposed to be dotiblcd." Mr. Staines added. But cranks and Iilow-hards will still be heard in the land.

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The Most Rev. Dr. Griffin, the new Arch- bishop of “cstminster, preached an outspoken erithronment sermon against what he termed the catisc of divorce and the manufacture of con- traccptive devidcs. He tirgcd stricter censor- ship of films and books which attack the sanctity of marriage and the sacredness of theiamily. A native of Binnii-igham, he served in the Royal Navy and the Air Force in the last war. He ivzis Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham since i938. Archbishop Griffin was little known out- side his native Warwickshire when he was ap- pointed to his new post but he has been active m youth movements since he was ordained in i024. Ilc has aunounmzil mipport for the Sir William Bevcridgc Plan for social scctirity af- ter the ivar. in u s- n- Writes an Ottawa cgrespndent —- Five years ago next August the Federal Liberals put on a big show in 'l‘ornnto to observe thc 20th anniversary of Premier Mackenzie Kingls as- sumption of the party cadership. And there are indisputable indications that the party will not miss the occasion on August 7 this year to Plfvtlrrly celebrate the 25th or silver anniversary oi that salient event in the present Prime Min- ister's career. Making due allowance for some unforeseen development in the European war 1t is not conceivable that there will be an appeal to the clcctors before August 7 because no party and no leader would risk having an important party occasion marred by untowaid electoral oc- currcrices. Then comes another anniversary date worth recalling. It was on October v4, 1935 that the Liberal hosts were led out against an arch enemy, ‘the so-callcd Bennett (lictatorship. Mackenzie Klllg’ was directing violent 555mm; against ii peacetime totalitarianism whose as- tonishing counterpart the present King gov. ernment was to establish by the cruel conqmlsfon of global war. l ‘ll i II

lsahor Minister Mitchell announces that, un- drr authority of an order-in-council passed re- cently. he expects to issue within a few weeks an order requiring all employers of male work- crs_ to c-xairiine the standing of employees of ‘Ylllllflfy Call-tip age to make sure that they have complied with mobilization regulations. The order. to be issued when arrangements have been completed to assist employers in making the necessary survey, will set forth the dates bc- twecn which employers arc to check on their elllflhyctli- It is hoped, the announcement said. that any man who may be delinquent in regard to military call-tip may be located so that his vase may he dealt with. The term "employer" will include dominion, provincial and municipal gnvcriimeiits, as well as all private busiiicsg and also farmers. even where the employee is g m" or other relative of the farm. Mr. Mitchell said no action on the part of €fllplOyCfS is necessary "lllll fllf? formal order is issued, although male employees should m the meantime provide them- "ll" Wllll Cflhics nf anv (IOCIHIICIIlS they iiccd

the lease of the military rights to the Goose

to tirov-n that ihcv have not failed to comply with mobilization regulations .-

consideration, but this was left till after tliei,

g"l%streét") (lzloegsteert,

llotos By The flay

Among the aim-ill

he man Norwegian destroyer Stcrd for "great gallant- rv and skill 1n ‘pro home a etiicoessful torpe o attack intder

Where ls the Luftwaffe? Well. since November of 1942 no fewer gran 7.500 egemy planes war; 10st

rmnean one

w Alli sari‘... Add

to that e losses 1n RAB-Ila. and

over Western Europe. and the anc-

wer 1s not hard to seek-Hamilton Spectator.

‘ A report vla the Swlllerhnd- Sweden route 1s that Hitler and his

have to not away by . ‘Iliere are three or four main considerations.

whether they oould get away, whe- ther s. submaflne could make the trip. whether Japan would want them and whether Japan coitlct tzlve emmglaifetyw-Port Arthur News- e.

There 1s only. one man in Ger- many who could minke an effective reply to General Ellsenhoivei", 1f only

circumstances permitted; which they don't. It; Ls Hitler. He could stand up and ask the nmuia

what‘ does a too man like Eisen- hower know anyhow sbout when victory will come._ Didn't mile: himself tell 111s people four years n20 that. the Russian armies were destroyed. and later that. Stalin- grad would fall. and so on and so on? But obviously the Ftiehrer cannot quite make that argument. —Ne'w York Tunes.

A report from Vancouver all!‘ Rests a deflni c swtnr; atway from sawdust as a domestic fuel. Thou-

sands of sawdust-hunters have been taken out durlns the past sawmills which had supplied

year. regular customers for years were unable to guarantee continued de- livery. so a switch has been made to coal. Sawdust ls an iceal fuel. It ls clean, easy to control and throws an amazing teat. Btut with th an un-

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e lumber industry facing contain sttruatitozi the future of e sawdust business 1s said to be n t any too reassunnp-Oariacle Luan- bet-man. Much juvenile delinquency

r to the lack of "

fi be t wed sorneth to do." boy see

e1 the n8.

If he doesn’

‘fit

wainsted and needed. and satisfaction for these fmpul

“d llnqiie t M t th deiinquengy met av mutt sh rld- ers? Do w ‘

8 channels whereby the youngsters can find adequate phys» and emotional 0UHOt5?—H!11lf8X Herald.

If, ln the plat. the United K - dom has dominated Conunnriweal h affairs and has exercised a. mono- polistic control over lnternatlonal Dolley. mzntn the fault 1s our own- The remedy for this lies with us and with the other Domilnlons. The choice for the-m and for us ls to take tucttve part 1n the refln em

“m” ‘W —-— err" '- "firms-tint: Th know I Ih to lnleli picture I til-HQ 94

and gvhen tldnwel/th “men from nun ll] mlsfortune by the all certain ncsttfons constitutes the powerful hand of a benevolent litlxhest $116M! slefiz . w govemrnerfi, ‘tzndmto tell the pa; 9311a o ;.a es w 1 mi; u necasllry

1| done wttl larrelymdetcrmlno the ‘Jjlf... siren e 11f; 1n order t0 elqgligixtw of vlfllflfllt-llgw,’ 1 sueiuutsuwtiuromo " - Mwwu- pic have in mind when the! wtwwfio- if about socl security. non

PUBLIC FORUM wager-a; Ollfil III

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rune MUST II INDIAVOUI

h prom! this brand of secur- fitiyohope trig bring 1t about by means of a tanned economy. They m" i moiiu '1 ‘rife niiavgmti

1 1m t pii cy, ey heavertheleeo. It d1! this: é-Amltw ‘or W TTIGHITTDW 61s an eIeent-lll

place"- part of their rograln. In no oth- er way can pmzfflm b0 1*"-

fed out. How many people would be satisfied with such a 1.11s 11 they had 1t? To be told that there 1| e. place for you 1n the scheme 0f things 1.s very nice; but to be told that that. ls Your place and Y0" have to stay there, whether 17011 ltike 1t or not. 1s a different mat- ei-

Would there be my ‘lea! scour itytnsuehntife? lawman! such thing as social security, or any other kind of security 1n t-hls tuicertain world? Or 1s the thlnl! we cull security only a state Of reverie 1n which we remain ob1lv1- ous of what Ls solnl on wand “I? A great: general once said that a retreating army 1s always tang?- ed to seek security wlthln o walls of a fortress. and by so d0- lnll it invites disaster- After the last wtir we sought security tn d15- armamerit and the League of Na- tions. Russta was more realistic. Bha never felt secure; so she pre- pared herself for the 91-11188 e

be inevitable. the reason she was able t0 stand the German attack. Shakespeare right when he said: "security 1s mortal’; chlefost en- emy?" 0n sunday I heard s. very good preacher say that 1t 1s the duty of government to create condi- tions which Will make Pflsslbla the highest development of man's per- sonnlity. Nobody will quarrel with that. But he went. on to mimic that the way to create such conditions 1s to provide man with social security. 1n order that he may be free to develop his personality, havtng to worry about. hls oconomlc future. It has not been the once of the human race that security has produced the mghest 1n inan- Our pmactier ‘ ‘ this. for he hastened to explain that 1f we are to have social securtty we will have to learn how to make pro- per use of our leisure time. Adam

security and leisure time. All their wants were supplied wfth a mini- mum 01 effort on their part, and they fell; secure 1n the thought; that 1t would always be so. Bil they got 111w mischief; and 1n or- der to keep them out: of further mischief the Lord took away their social security and required them to ear-n their bread 1n the sweat of their faces» W111 anyone say that; the lord's plan for develop- ing the highest. 1n our first par- ents was not a good one?

em Commonwealth-i pollc mix‘:

1’ achieve the influence wh our collective votoe can exert. or to

stand apart: and s our nleoe H5 small. national voices 1n a big world. Either We stand together and collaborate with the other Great Powers 1n world leadership. or we stand alone and march to some other’: bidding-Globe and Mall, Toronto.

Unfamiliar words tend to sllr my curiosity. such a one 1s “cenlz- atlon", which occurred 1n a report 1n last Saturday's Times. of l1. illbel action brought rho Prince o!

Pleas against. rd ereaph. M. P. He had. he said, applied or letters of dentaatlmi, but found

that the process was obsolete. _R.e- search throws 2m interestlni: 11km on this procedure, which 1s obsolete only 1n the sense than. 1t has fall- en into desuetude, not that 1t has ever been legalty abr ated. It consists lri the right. o the Bov- eretizn to confer on an iillen by let;- fem patent; cerltiin ltmlted rlilhti 0! British citizenship-to make him technically a “tlcntzen? Such denizcn may not. slt ln Parliament. or receive a. grants of land. qr hold any clvll or mllltary office trust." Since denlzaitlon has not been granted to anyone for half n century or more 1+. seems tinltke1_y' that iinv denizcn survives-London Spectator.

The bu trig of Mam Tor and the Whuiaita y the National Trust ts the lntesir. stop towards makinx the Peak District ll. national park. The new property covers an iireti 0f 473 acres and includes the land above the famous Blue John. Speedwell. and Treak C111! mlnes, but not the mines themselves. Mam

Tor. which ls 1.700 feet h crowned y an ancient British camp and ands magnificent

ccvznm views across the Kinder scout. as 1t rises above Cusltletoii and Edule. It has long been known as the “Shiva erlniz Mountain" because of the sholy screes which are constantly weathered from fits face. The Wmnats 1s a limestone izoute rank- lnx perhaps second in grandeur t0 the famous gorse of Cheddar. bThe . V 8. _ £1,000 from Miss Ethel Mairples. izencmiis izlfts from her relatives. money raiser. by the Sheffield and Peak Dla of the Council for the Prese 1.1m of Rural England and the Manchester Ramblers’ AssocliiMon. Mam Tor will be held as a 11er- mament momorlal to Miss Murplos. —Manoheeter G/itardtan.

Th? Illness wno one more c1080 mil or Churchill. Al: the age of nlne. 1n the camp. cold English c11- matte, he had doubl There were no ‘sulfa The physician wno atlcn ed him remarked, when he saw the recov- ery. that. Churchill had n charmed life. Al’. twel 30 feet ofl

der instead of h cad. . Cuba. he walked untouched tltrou h l rain of bullets. At 23. 1n Indliz. e ‘l from boat to dock, rnls Jldfifli, smashed again his once- aro en rluht. shoulder (on this oc- he 1s reported to have ut- 1 Imtilfc 1n 1h

n n s,

n the goer War. he walked or rode ‘ n space tilled with

rma (lomollahed n d out flve minutes nfter he had 1e

E 1t Shortly after that. he was 1n a

l‘ waited ln vain for critics to potnt ' out an extraordinary omission from

In World Wlr I. ta l

In seekfng the solution of inn-n! problems the surest way 1s to 1n- qulre what Nature does. and try to profit from heir wlsclmn. If we follow her way, we can hardly go wrong. If we depart: from her wny all our effort-s will come to tin-tight And what is nature's way? It 1s to make us struggle for everything we get. It 1s the struggle that de- velops xriank faculties. Abolish the struggle and men wlll cease to de- velop. Create a. world 1n which mun can get; everything he wants by voting for 1t. and man will de- velop into an astute voter. But that. 1s n11 he will be-not u. very entrancing prospect. Those who get through llfe without a. strugg- le are sometimes called lucky. In reality they are the most unfortu- nate of men. They contribute 11t- tle to their own development or to the well being of the time. They miss all the joy of the lt-flll 1e. The beat among u; find more oy in the struggle than 1n the prize. Those who tell us we can vote our- selves into n full and satisfactory