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Morning Daily (Founded- in i881)

‘dent: Lient. CoL W. Chester S. Mcimro

Vice-zresident: J. 8-. Burnett, F. J. I. Secretary: Lieut. CoL D. A. MacKinnon. 0.8.0.

Editor and Managing Director: .I. R. Burnett. IJJ.

Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Lient. Inn A. Burnett. R.C.N.V.R. tUn Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thai the Weakest Ink." e i;

Robot W/irrfare

There is, of course, no sticli thing as a robot war. Behind every instrniiiciit there is a brain that contrivcs and ii hand that controls. \\‘hen we speak of the robot warfare waged by the Nuis with the use of V1 and V2, we mean simply the excrcnng of the necessary human control at a greater zuxrl grcritcr distance from the wca The new cucurv bombs by scien- tific deiclopmfeiitvsieem to act as robots ;’ they can be launched at a distance at some unseen target and uncioubtcrlly‘ are ciipahle of inflict- ing great damage and casualties. V2 differs Iron V1 in that it strikes deeper and distri- butes its damage over a narrower area, and these characteristics are" of the nature of the weapon. Moreover. it strikes uithniit mirniiig, unlike VI, which by rca-ou of its sl~wcr velocity can be seen approaching. [is iiiiiifiir_v effects are, there- fore, of 1 different character.

In an interesiing artitc on robot warfare by "Stransgicus" in the lxindian Spectator, it is pointed out that the lllillllll'_\' prospect is scarce- ly changed hy the use of lil\'>C lllVCllliflilS. They may impose a furilier strain on endurance that has already suffered the Zlllflllllll of five years; but in the last analysis they cannot materially affect the outcome of the war, except in one way. Tihat is to say‘. they emphasize the need of reducing in iiiuwicnce a nation that seems only to work its ingenuity ai high pressure when it touches instruments of (loath.

It is the future. of course, that mainly con- cerns us. VI nud still more V2 have a range and scope that are as yer only in their infanc_v, Ind it does not rcriuirc much imagination to oc-e that they may be developed to strike at enormous distances and with an explosive force of which we have at present no conception. It is these possibilities lliiit give Y2 its strategic importance. The control of the means of mak- ing war must change enormously‘ after the war is over. War itself will change out of all recognition. lt miiy- begin without any sort of warning h; one country plastering every mili- tary objective in another-infcrpreting the word “military” iii its ividest $en5c—b_\' an over- whelming bombardment of explosives.

Such Incrhltems as this must lie nt the inundation: of any systeril for the maintenance of peace. The use of such miichincs cannot, it is clear, be limited to ouc- nnlion. The United States are said to he already experimenting with the use of Vi, and \'2 may appear to be more useful when once it is developed to the re- quisite pitch. This aspect of the question gives another meaning to the licrinau fight for time; for no lesson has come so clearly‘ from the five years of warfare as the vital difference be- tween machines and their tisc. _

It is recalled that it was the Allies who dis- covered the deadly use of roclcet-firing air- craft, and they won what “as perhaps the de- eisive battle oi the war by them at Avranches. It: has lung been evident. also, that they possess machines requiring lllllllL‘(liZ\l€ control that have very obvious zid\ ziqrs over the “rohot". The sinking of the. Tiirpirv. is hut one of the many instances of this, 'l'hi first clashes with the Siegfried defenses have s-llwwn the remarkable American versatility’ in the invention and use of machines. Nor are lhc llriiisli lriclcing in in- ventivcncss. Montgomery ru :\l:nuiin was the first of the Allies to llliih? u-c of a great con-- ccntration of guns. and by guns and tanks, with 50mg expert iissistzincc frnni the air. he broke the last stand in the <riulh of TillllSffl.

Other c-xzinipli-s are uivcn by the Sfvcclnlnr vvritcr to show that niilil.'ii'_v invention is being employed continuou-ly‘ zigainst the enemy. The 'Allies miiv shortly have something to say that will Ivaralvzc the rue of Y; and any relatives it may have. lu tiny czi-‘c. wlicil they come to strike in the griiud zis-ziulls. the cncniy will find mole machines than he likes.

Hard \Vnrk Ahead

llzlril \\\ '~ 1 if uiil lip 1],,» 1111c of most ("nun .,,_ i-i W17. 'l’h,-11_ m mil-icy, form, is lift‘ inrvru-i id I»?! iill=illl‘.~s and indus- trial lentil-rs i|u~l<~d lll He» Fimiiirinl Pnxl. There is little. of 1hr n~u;d li:.;-p;.' nrw mini" in their slalcinrnts ju-t tli<~ ‘Jlilll nnimuuci-inriit that Catnadian facli-riw. will rniilinuc to turn out guns, shells rind inypln-ivr- so long as these weapons of di-nlii 1m‘ ii-vrili-d.

l'nlil [wince lri- hr». u-un in liurope at least, little hope is ltulrl wf any substantial iin- proircnicnt in lhi- ..,»I\- of civilian goods. ilczivy iudi_i~.ii_v, i’ ‘ ‘~ tuppl nf 51ml. goods, is again cuncriiii. >i\‘L‘l_\' on war pvoductit-i. ilie u I-lllg off cinding abruptly wiili tln- (l; ,. .il'l~llllllh (iffcnsivc.

li(‘_\‘(ll]ll the 0nd of llir: \\'ill' llllv-i industrialists vcry naturally" are rc cizinl liflgn in for long term l\l'~l]\li('l‘_\'. 'l'lii~y' p- inl out tiizu lllllCll will dcpcurl upon the kind of p=tici~ wc are zihlr to devise. ill-ml \\‘l‘i'lll(‘l‘ the wi-vlil uill be wise enough 11nd nhlv tn Sf'lill' down t-i wnrk and trade, lll'il(‘.'l(l of lhc chaos, which llll'(‘.'ll(‘llS so much of that part thiit wt- have alrcnrlyi lihcr- lied. ‘

For the ilnmcrlialc fuuirc, siiys the Purl, our job is iv uin llu- "r \'f'_',f.'ll‘<ll('~< of prrsruinl lnctiuvenieuce and Sill Wt‘. ln’ lln- unvds of one iudustrinlE-l dunlcd in lill‘ lug; forecast, "we can hcst scrvc our cntutlrv by spuruing all wishful thinking and huckliufj llhvn tn wzii" work, to victory bond nurrliascs and to blond clonal- ‘ions as never before."

K-EDITORiAL NOTES_

The January thaw has lived up to its form- er, and almost forgptten, reputation. n- : v

Feast of Epiphany celebrated twelve days after Christmas (whence Twelfth Day). Com. memorates the shelving of Jisus to the Magi.

_ Tlrenarrival of the British fleet at Australia lS significant. U. S. Admiral Nimitz of the P355113 COmmHHd told a press conference: “The decisive battles, the greatest battles, the hardest battles in the Pacific war are still to come. The enemy, like ourselves, has just begun to fight." m m v x

It is no joke travelling these times. Last week, for instance, soldiers and sailors return- ing to Halifax after Christmas leave had this experience: Held up six hours at Borden because of high wind; again delayed at Tor. mentine four or five hours, and finally at Sack- ville 2o hours.

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A subscriber making a. long-distance tele-

Pl1°"=,°all..l¥!..B'i'ai" Perrier eilcllsklflfifinullfljl-

"lites" conversation and is warned at the end of that time by the sound of three “pips" (three staccato warning notes). This system is ex- clusive to British telephones, and is an autn- matic arrangement. lt safeguards the speaker from being over-charged, or from continual; his conversation for longer than he intended.

Mdme. Emma Calve, French prima domm soprano, died this date i942; her first public appearance was at Brussels in 1882 when she sang in C-ounod's Faust; in London ten years later she sang at Covent Garden in Cnvalleria Rusti- cana; while in r897 she appeared in Massencfs Sapho composed for her; her most brilliant suc- 9655. however, through a long musical career,

was Carmen.

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It will be observed from our advertising col- umns that Col. C. C. Thompson has established his own produce business under the title of the Thompson Produce Co. This will be good news to farmers and others, as the Colonel has been long and favourably known in the produce busi- ness, both on his own account and in connec- tion with the Potato Growers’ Association. He is a veteran of both Great Wars, having recently returned from active service, and has two of his own sons now at the front.

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Sensing a strong trend among returning men toward the ownership of small farms rang- ing from r0 to 8o acres, agricultural equip- ment makers have designed new machinery to reduce costs and meet the competition of larger and more mechanized farms, says Joitrnnl of Commerce. The industry recognizes that, apart from business reasons, it is socially desirable to encourage the ownership of small farms by providing suitable low-cost equipment.

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Here's a story of a chase after a stolen car with a different ending than usual. It hap- pened when Oshawa Police Chief George Holmes and County Constable George James spotted a car thief and gave chase. The chase lasted for seventy-five miles and ended up in a house in Port Perry. The police produced handcuffs. but instead of snapping them on the wrists of the thief, the thief snapped them on the wrists of the police and led them out of the house saying he would take them for a ride. But a few minutes thought reminded him that he travels farthest who travels alone, and the last the police saw of him he was driving off again in the stolen car.

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Finance Minister Ilsley holds out no hope for an easing of the almost intolerable tax bur- den. “I cannot”, he said, in a New Year's mes- sage, “hold out any strong hope that govern- mental expenditures will be materially loivcr in r945. Nor do I believe it will be possible for some time yet to divert men and materials to the production of a greater volume of civilian needs. Our resources of men, materials and money," said the Finance Minister, “must re- main mobilized for war purposes" hut he did disclose in the latest revised figures on the re- SLlllS of the Seventh Victory Loan that the ag- gregate cash sales of bonds during 1944 reach- ed the vast sum of at least $3.000.0°0.0°0- T1115 amount realized from bond sales will be a big hclp to the Federal treasury for the finance min- ister stated that his estimate in the last llutlgct speech that at least $6,0o0,000,0oo would have to be found for the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31 next, will, uuforlunatcly.

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The Canadian gourmet who has longed for the rare and tasty cheeses 0f old lint-ope, iniiy soon hc able to satisfy his craving, says an qyliclg by Philippg Hurtean in the recent C. I. L. publication, 01ml. The statidard Canadian Ched- clar-type cheese is probably the finest in the world, out, like the prophet, has no honor lll ils own land. The gourmet lms combed the world for exotic cheeses of distinct flavor, and Can- adian cheese experts have been experimenting for some years in an effort to nuike specialized products which formerly could be made only under conditions in Europe. "Canadizm-niiitlc cheeses of Etiropean types gained fitting rcWF-l" nitiou (luring the i\vu momentous {Quebec cou- fCfCllCQ-y, when Gruyere, Bleu de hlilfikfl (Rfillllc- fort), Richelieu (Bel Paese), and (ioutla mid lidam (Dutch) type cheeses were served as the trnilitional final course of dinners in honor of Cairadzfs distinguished guests. President Roose- vclt thought so much of them that the Hon. Arlclnrd Godboiit presented him with a 50- pound assortment of the various typos all of which had been made at the Provincial Dairy Sclmgl at 5t. Hyacinthe, Que. The school, un- der the direction of Stanislas Chagnou, oper- ates an experimental cheese factory equipped with up-to-date machinery. Georges Hclzuiger, the article states, who manages the pliuu, spec- iidizcd in this field in Iowa. The factory has a three-fold purpose-to introduce new methods of processing, to perfect them in the lilliurniory, and in train technicians to promote the expan-

uioti of the iidtteky.

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Notes By The Way

QUBLIO FORUM

To restore our ' equip. ment wlll require perhllpg ten Years or effort and we shall not. have restored our industries for tour or five years-French Minis. ter of Information Pierre-Henri Teltzen.

One Ontario town now reports a shortage oi’ chewing tobacco. Well, that's tou h! But it pm.

1"! ODPOYWIHEY to advertise: "The town of clean sidewalks." - Farm. er's Advocate,

If the G establldr an: new order anvwherc 1n Europe they must have taken it away with them when they moved ou. All the evidence ls that they didn't leave any order behind them. Toronto Star.

A “model home" is one in which

the root never leeks. the windows and doors tit tight, the plumbing never tails. the dog is home- bmken- the baby goes to sleep as soon as it is tucked in. i-‘he neigh- bors are pleasant. the rent ls low and the domestic system harmoni- ous.—-London Free Press. The nil-important point hr w. HY motorist to remember is that each railway crossing present; a potential menace to life, limb and property. It is a simple rule to slow down or pause lon enough to look and to listen be ore ven- turing to cross. But all too of- ifn. there is complete failure to d0 W-—R¢‘B1na lender-Post.

motorist do with me few minutes he saves? Is his time so valuable that every minute counts? Ask hi5 W118. or his employer or some friends. Any one oi’ them will lflukh at the question. He may lls 1n bed a few minutes later in the morning. He may dawdle over his ‘K955511111 or his breakfast. He may have n little extra gossip wnm 11¢ arrives at his work. Bu; o! gm thins: you may be um. He nor-u docs anvmlmz of the sllghtoot, im- portance with the iew minutes. All he does with it ls to contri- bute to the long llst o! motor ac. cldents that rolls up every year. {All he does is to help msim or kill nnocent. ersons-o d casiorull himselfi-(ghatlmrn flows}: y

Apropos the storm that has blown up over the shortage of 511k stockings. all but as gusty as the Bale ovcr reinforcements. we may as wcll lace what it means. It

to rock the cradle is now all but rocking the world, with the fem. lnlne touch so firm and decisive it ls revolutionizing our old no- tions and relegntlng the once dom- lnant male to a meek acquiescence. Donald Gordon may storm and fume. but. he might as well gave his breath to cool his porrld . us the old snvlnt: noes; recogn ze that he is fighting a rear-guard action. In time, and no long one either, he will be talked down, forced to strike his flag. admit- tlngly sadly that. the embattled gals must have their stocking; _ or clsel-Ottawrt Journal.

Today, even before the war’: and. we are faced ivllh the test of our sincerity and our faith. Are we go- ing to cling b0 those principles and establish a new world order, or are We going to talk about it. like a religion for Sunda only, while quietly building up bucs of power in Europe and elsewhere in the belief that. this ls the only prac- tical method oi safety? The on- swer to that question spelling se- curity or destruction (or our sons a few years hence will not. be giv- en formally at. some imaginary bar or justice. It; will be given, dny by dny, in every individual act or the Allied powers. building up B. pattern o! hope or or des- pair. The course or the human ffl-Ifllll/‘s future lies like a broad highway. so broad that; we hardly notice where it forks. If we take the wrong turning now tlhe re- sults at first may not be appar- ent, but; soon we shall rind our- selves moving down the road to yesterday rind hurrying at ln- creasing pnce, towards the recur- ring miseries of today- -— Winni- pea Free Press.

A report from the department or mines and resources states that one and one-quarter cords o! heavy hardwood such as maple. yellow birch, beech and oak wlll yield as much heat as one ton oi anthracite. A cord of the softer woods such as white birch, soft maple, poplar or basswood pro- duces only sixty t-o eighty ‘oer cent of the heat oi.’ the heavier hard- woods. This comparison with en- thrncite applies only to furnace equipment. as fireplaces are notori- ously inefficient. Now if you are in a oorriwocd section the question arises where to got the manpower to cut and lrnul the cordwood. 'I‘l1at. ls the nub of the matter just iis labor at the mines is the im- portant. factor in coal production. Next. to substituting cordwood. if available. the best. way around the coal shortage ls to use less oi it. Insulation, Weatherstripping, and cnlkinrz will help greatly but the use of lower-cost, higher-heat.- valuc soft coirl by means of auto- mntlc coal stokers represents by far the greatest step which the harrassed home-owner can take in reducing coal consumption imd heating costs. Heating News.

By an act oi Congress, April has been designated as “Cancer Control Month." The American Cancer Society seizes the oppor- tunity to press its educational work on a new scale and with new en- erEY- A campaign to raise $5.000.- 000 ls to be directed bv a board oi which Erlc Johnston ls the chill!‘- nian and which numbers among its members representatives or labor, business. the press and Congress. With such 1m organization the s0- cletl/‘s state units 0i 300.000 wo- men volunteers and thousands u! men should be able to reach the multitude. It. ls especially import- imt. that. labor should play a con- spicuous part. ln brlngln home the facts about the recognlt on o! car- ly cancer rind ih: cures that can be eifected by the prompt eradica- tion oi a malignant growth. with labor unions enlisted through their leaders, the tight against cancer can be waged more effectively than by the devoted band 0t Welter-e workers who have to rcly on their own eloquence and ingenuity. Tlrcrc ls no nobler cause than this. cancer is the country's second largest killer. Only hear-t disease claims more victims. with 600,000 Americans now suffering from cancer. tlrcre is work to (lo-work which can reduce the death-rate from cancer by one-third to one- hnlL-New York Times.

vlcles the Churn er 0t Commerce d;

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' A FARMERS VIEWS ON GRAIN GROWING

Bin-Tho iollowing is part oi’ a

conversation that I lad a. iew

' ago with an old isrmer e.

- going to persuade me to give up

growing oats and barley which have been the main crop o! my farm ior the last iour genero- migfl" earthly hops to per mule you to change your remain: methods. When I was in the real estate business you naked me to sell your farm nl 100 acres with all the required buildings, a few acres or firewood. tomes, and r. couple o! wells. sad you: price was less than the cost cl your house. advertised it widely and cent sev- eral good buyers to look it over and they all reported. that your land was worked. out. and the rice vvu very low they would not. guy it at my figure. That was simply because o! growing polio , Furthermore, I do not. believe t t. you have been getting mono than 16 to 20 birshels the more." "Yes, you an not (or wrong at that figure but I have to have grain because it. is the onlp vny I plan’ obtain my straw ior he cak- e.’

To that I rocked: “You appar- entlyhfire not amfothag‘ we hay? on Inland n: tons o pvtzplthuéd that. 100 posuarm olfipea}

u as poun o atria/Rama ab- eo mobile urs in the stable and when mixed with the manure it is an excellent ier- tilloer. 1t thickens the sandy loam‘ and breaks u-p the heavy c v.’

are going to use w.

peat. inltend of Itn

"Perhaps the belt answer to that qumtiori h to tell you that Sweden before the war produced nearly

six million bales cl

means that. the hand which used ‘u

there is a peat. bot; pflrtly develop- ed in Prince County waiting for labour.”

"That is news to me but we shill cannot do‘ without grain grow- m; tor we roqrlre hey and the timothy and clover seed has to be sown along with grain.”

“Again I differ with you. Like most. Island farmers you have not made a study of permanent pu- tiures. Ii you establish e. perman- ent. pasture with the right. com-

bineit u! as Mr. on mm:- o! Agricul-

Btewart, our

ture, ls doing and keep the pas- ture well fertilized you will each year be sble to use l. portion 0t 1t irorn which to obtain your "hay crop and you will have a. better qgality oi hay than you are now o _..

He replied to that: "That may be so but how many farmers in Prince Edward Island have Der- manent pastures?"

“Possibly only a. iew oi thorn but that. ls not. the point at. all. Ii it. is really advantaaeoua ior our rim-n- ers to give up grain growing and. permanent. pastures there is no reason why they should not do so. You surely do not intend to tell me that you have to con- tinue working on the some lines as your mrundiathers did. Farm- ing methods have changed enorm- ously in the last. two eneretions and l! the farmers o! rlnce Ed- ward Island expect to compete and nuke a decent living alter the war they wlll have to adopt as un to date ways as are in vogue 1n other‘ countries and other provinces lin Canada, for competition will be very keen.” .