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imam um. cu w. Chelhr s. MeLuro Vice-President: J. IL Burnett, F..I I. Secretary: Llent. Col. D. A. MacKinnon, 0.8.0. lditar and Managing Director: J. IL " ett, FJJ. laooelnte E’ Frank Walker and Lien. Ian A. Burnett, R.i.‘.N.V.l. (On Active Service)

"The Strongest Mensory is ‘WIIICI’ Than the Weakest Ink.” -

IIDAY, OCTOIII l, 10“

Newspaperboy Day

Tomorrow, October 6, is being observed throughout Canada and the United States as National Newspaperboy Day. The name is self explanatory, Newspaperboys are among the unsung heroes of our workaday life. With- out them the business of journalism would be at a standstill, for of what avail would it be to gather and publish the daily news if it were lot promptly and regularly delivered to the riding public? A very large proportion of our national and provincial leaders in com- merce, industry, politics and the professions earned their first money as newsboys, and are proud of it. It is also an interesting fact that smart tiewsbogis are usually conscientious in their school attendance, and not infrequently lead their classes.

ln observance of Newspaperboy Day, the Canadian Circulation hlanagers Association has secured the Trans-Canada Network of the CBC for :1 Cannda-ivide broadcast 0n Saturday night, honoring ncwspapcr carriers. The broad- cast Will be heard from 11:10 to 11:30 Atlan- tic Standard Time. It will centre around blajor _l. K. Nlahony, \'.C., of New Westminster, B. C., and Major Fred Tilston, V.C., of Wind- sor, Ontario. both former newsboys who cer- tainly “made good" in a big way 0n the fight- ing front. lt is also planned to have carrier bovs speak from Regina. Saskatchewan. and Saint lohn. N, H. as tvcll as a spcakcr from Quebec. This should prove a most intcresting featuR, and there is no age limit to its full enjoyment.

Homes

Maritime Survey

Maritime Provinces housewives own fewer gas and electric ranges than their sisters in any other region of Canada CXCCpl British Columbia. The)‘ lmvt" lztrgci" housc- 21nd therefore less of the crmvding that is Cunztdas number one hous- ing headache. Also their house interiors are: better kept than those in other parts of the country. But they need washing machines, re- frigerators and flush toilets to bring them up to the national average for ownership of those facilities in cities, small towns and on farms.

Analyzing the findings of the “Canadian Homes" Stirvey by the five main geographic regions. Lcvcr Brothers Limitctl have revcal~ ed how living conditions in moderate and low- cost homes compare with each other in differ- ent parts of Canada and with the country as a whole. \Vomcn researchers visited homes throughout the Xluritimcs and other Provinces and interviewed housewives to find out how their homes meet basic household needs in terms of shelter, feeding, and cleaning. Amongst other findings the survey states that Maritime houses. whether bv chance or better planning. have more daylight than in any other part of the country. Houses crttnntied end to end in poorly planned ribbon development compel many Canadians t0 burn lights in some room

of their hou=c thiring the dav. Nationally the average is 2,“ pct- ccut of city houses, t7 pcr ccnt of sznttil tiorn houses and 7 per cent 0f

farm homes. (comparable Nlaritime Province figures are only 11 per cent, 4 per cent and 3 er cent respectively. Only Prairie farm houses get more suuI-hirlt‘ indoors than the bottles of lhcsr lhovinccs.

Only 3 per cent 0f Maritime city homes do not have running ivatcr. But in small towns and on farms 42 per cent and 60 per cent re- spectively have to haul cvcry drop they need from a pump drawing on a. well or cistern. Furthermore they can only obtain hot water by filling a kettle or other container from tap or pump and carrying it to a wood or coal stove for heating. In summer, when stoves are not nor- mally needed for heating the home, 81 per cent of farm people must obtain hot water in this way for dishes, laundry, baths and all the other hsks for which it is necessary. Even so they Ire better stipplied with hot running water than farms in any other region of Canada except British Columbia.

14"" “lures show that on an average relatively more Canadians own washing mach- ines than even our labour-saving American neighbours. But the Maritimes have fewer than any other part of Canada and fall below the national average for city, rurll non-farm and farm areas by l9 per cent, l5 per cent and 23 per cent respectively.

There is a national shortage of proper built-in bathtubs and our people are no better off than Canadians elsewhere. More disturb- ing, however, is the report that an outside toilet is still used in one out of ten city homes, where congested living conditions must multiply the effects. Quebec alone has succeeded in banish- ing entirely these outmoded and unsanitary things from her cities. B. C. cities show 2 per cent, Ontario 3 Percent. Only the Prairies are worse off than we are, flush toilets lacking in l5 pcr cent of their city homes.

Built-in laundry‘ tubs were found in one- thirtl of city homt-s. fly contrast, only one in 50 Slllflll l")\\'l1 \\'Olilf‘ll Flllll OHC ill 2O farm “lOlllcll have onc. 'l"l1cir lcs; fortunate neighbours havc

each use.

Figures show that Maritimers have more rooms and especially more bedrooms per house. Consequently fewer people in this part of Can- ada have to bed down in living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, etc., because there are not enough bedrooms to go round.

Over one-third ‘of city homes, and almost half our village and farm homes have run- down interiors that nccd repairs, refinishing, and in some cases major replacement of walls, floors and ceilings to restore their original ap- pearance. Even so, our house interiors are the best kept in the country,

Without either gas or electric ranges are 7o per cent of city women and 99 per cent of both village and farm women in the group surveyed. All aummr" long they stand over coal or wood stoves for every hot meal that is served. Manufacturers who have sold modern cooking equipment nationally to 62 per cent of city people, 3a per cent of village folk and I: per cent of farm folk have s lot of leeway to make up in the Maritimes.

Refrigerators, either mechanical or ice, are owned by 68 per cent of Maritime city peo- ple, 39 per cent of small town people and 33 per cent of farm people. Others use a box or a shelf in the basement or store food in cool pan- tries or cupboards. Reporting no refrigerators of any kind are 25 per cent, 37 per cent and 28 per cent of city, rural non-farm and farm fam- ilies respectively.

Although over three-quarters of Maritime families have dining rooms, many prefer to eat in some other room, particularly country people. The kitchen is the favourite substitute and all- most half 0f the dining room owners in the cities, three out 0f five in villages and exactly half on farms, eat in the kitchen all year round.

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

It is pointed out in London that reports recently published in the press regarding the United Kingdom Government's alleged inten- tions concerning Palestine are unofficial and have n0 authoritative backing. It is also point- cd out that hitherto no statement 0f policy on Palestine has been made by the Attlee Gov-

CHHUCHL i I I! I

With Old age pensions of $30 per month at the age of seventy, as proposcdvby the Fed- eral Government to the Provincial Govern- ments, the latter to pay 25 per cent, would mean an annual expenditure of $510,000,000, of which the Provinces would pay $127,000,000. The proposal to increase the pension to $50 at 60, would mean $850,000,000 per annum, of which the Provinces would contribute $212,- 500,000. Not tnucl1-——-when one says it quick- lyl

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It is not surprising Admiral Nelles pro- tests against the proposal to virtually scrap the Canadian Navy. If ever there was a time when our sea power should be maintained and built up it is at the present juncture, when every- thing is so uncertain throughout a. world of which Canada is now the real centre. It is to be hoped Prime Minister King is not to return to his anti policy which very nearly wrecked Canada at the outbreak of the war now appar- ently over.

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Marshal Manuel de Godoy y Alvarez de Faria, Spanish Courtier and statesman, died this date I851; made Prime Minister by Char- les IV of Spain; tiegotiatcd the Treaty of Basel, and created “Prince of Hence" in 1775; he subsequently forsook his peace policy, and joined France in war against Britain; conse- quent on his marriage to a Bourbon princess, and his responsibility for the defeat at Tra- falgar, he had t0 flcc t0 Franco in the year Charles abdicated, 1808; he died in Paris an exile and in great poverty.

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The Russian attitude ovcr Italy, Rumania and the Balkans has had a tremendous effect in convincing ordinary citizens in Canada that Russia is not altogether the abode of fine, democratic idealism which we have been told that it is. Nothing can do more for the peace of the world than a realization that Rus- sia is intensely nationalistic, and not in the least interested in the pinko internationalism which still dominates thinking at Ottawa on in- ternational affairs (says The LcItcr-Rcrxicrv), and Prime hlinister King's desire to lend “r11; little nations" in opposition to the big fellows. l i l U

The carrying out of the St. Lawrence Sea- way scheme depends practically on New York, which stands to lose most by the opening up of the Great Lakes to the sea. Here in Can- ada, it will be Halifax and Saint John which will be the losers, but as Canada has already approved the project, they will just have [grin and bear it, and experience the loss and inconvenience of other Maritime centres left to the tender mercies of a Government which considers the Maritdmes an appendix which may be cut out without loss or injury to the

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New Brunswick is going to develop her potato seed production. The Telegraph-fours”! says: "Last year New Brunswick growers and shippers made large shipments of ngtivg Md to France under the direction of the products board. This was a new venture and on arrival of the seed in France, received the highest praise for its fine quality. With this de- mand for certified seed potatoes from the South American countries now evident, it has been felt by those etigagcd in the field, that everything should be (lone to encourage the growing 0f seed in this province. Also it is felt that present ex-

Notes By 11.; Way

“The art of being able to make a good use oi moderate ability wlns esteem and often confers more reputallon than greater real merltfi-Rochefoucauld.

Too runny people talk. of the "left wing" and the ‘Tight wing" of lltlcal thinking. They think $00 ttleoftlseblrdlntbeml , tlsout, wisi _

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g biul Clulaen. lvern Leeberg, refining ie his home town of Sklen after five you»: 1n prison, ran lnto a full- “Mifi *3?“ u...“ ‘l’: W; e ca res. before he found himself the Labor

oandldm for Plazilement. Hinds-eds of Norwegians will never forget. how Loeberg sided them 1n pr1aun.-News Of Norway.

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Jaws, whoa s e fanatical haired of _ regime have been beyond descrip- tion. It ls not to be wondered at, now that the tyrant has been overthrown, that insistent. pleas for redress should be boom flom the survivors of his cruel oppress- lon. The victorious United atlons must, make sure that. these pleas do not so unheeded 1n any lntec- national settlements which will be mocha-Hamilton Spectator.

Only on uonfllenilon should be kept. 1n mind 1n the f’ ‘m of the lnatltut-bn of clvll marriages which 1s balling place within the Canadian Council of Churches. Is there any need for this dlange 1n our laws? There does not. seem t0 be. ’I‘.h1s country still looks on marriage as a sewed institution. To kee 1t so, 1t should be aur- round vrlth all the lmpresatveness possible. I1; should continue to be looked on as a reliqlous sacrament, and that. cannot be the case lf hurried rites before a magistrate or Justice of the peace are mtlwr- ized. The sentiment for civil mar- rlages 1s based on the desire for reform, but there 1s grave doubt: that any such change oould pro- perly be dignified by that tenur- Windsor Star.

Samples of the immortal free- born Brltlsh race who have got themselves lnto trouble with auth- ority recently are (l) the firm which dared to make mirrors out; of scrap; and (2) the firm which had the audacity (,0 embroider butterflies on de eate articles of female adornment. Such 1| l1 1n1941l.A est on all this bureau- cracy w prevents our women from making themselves attract- lve. The men did not; stand for 1t. even during the war, They were given back their turnups their waistcoat pockets, and double- breasted suits. Bu; for the women of Britain austerity still rules. The Germans are sunk-Jet's have some butterfllesr-Jsondon Express.

Soldiers and sailors who have been smoking cigars by the bllllzins are adding tp the elvlllan demand for that. commodity be they come home. That. they will help make sales in this country exceed all records Ls the belief of Albert H. Gregg, president, of the Cigar In- stitute of America, who cites war- tlme figures as the basis 0f lzls oplnlon, according t,0 The Cleveland Plain Dealer. It. should be matte plain that “b1l1lons" was correctly used. In the 1944-45 fiscal year alone the industry sent. more than 1,000,000,000 to the setvlces, sent. them overseas at. the rate of 59,- 000,000 a month Rod to home army and navy establishments at the rate of 32,000 a month. That, the great bulk of those shipments were 1n the price range between five cents and three for 50 cents goes far t0 account for the general shortage of the lower priced article 1n the civilian market. Between Pearl Harbor and May of this

employes dropped from 55,000 32,500, a situation the industry hopes soon to correct.

The increase 1n automobile trai- flc has brought, with 1t an increase in the number of those bizarre 1:1- cllvitluals who believe in the magic of the honking horn. Just as sav- ages bcllevc 1n the efficacy of magic words and gestures, these strange gentry believe that lf they but hank, all things they wish will come to pass. Thus, 1f traffic ls tem- porarily snarled, they bear down on the button and, presto, they ex- pect traffic to evaporate. If it. doesn't, inc-n here's nothing to do but, hunk again. Similarly, wzth pumpkin-headed logic they believe that. a red light. will turn green 1f they blow their horn. Of course that will happen 1f they toot. long enough, but 1t doesn't work so well when they try to honk a pedes- trian from his position halfway across the road to one where he will not tmpede their progress. But nonetheless a guy can try. can't he? ‘These horny-handed sons of Babel are at, their cacophonous best when they do n-woolng g0. 'I‘l1cv draw up in from, of the abode of their loved one and play a tune- ful serenade, a process that both dellghts the neighbors and fans the flames o! rapture 1n the bos-

beloved. But, of all on onions. the one the bunkers love best Ls finding themselves tn a spot behind a stalled motorist. This of- fers the greatest opportunity for a display of their full and versa- ttle repertoire, and they make the most of 1t. Yes, the man with vhe horn ls n. lovely creature. May his diet. be rich 1n vitamins, and prus-

port markets not only should be maintained,

the old fn-"ltioncrl ntovnblc kind that have t0 be

filled by hand and tipped 0c baled out after

but new oncs also made available to shippers and

growers by the Federal Government.”

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PUBLIC FORUM Tish column h open lee t bouillon by corre-

be I from the ve e of Prhee

o! it; rflabllltation program. e

intent so put you on you’ fest, not to have you under the table. Its plan calls for steps

to be taken by you. Your nt. lnvslldlsm is one o: gm , I1 may be spasmodic

or occasional, suoh u takes pllqncc weddings or whee. I ‘ m qr pmhaps on a birthday. On the other land, your sickness onlc. Possibly tile effect of the QbOeViimCIlIOItEiI/S tplggl upon you mo? ¢ 9 - monhl given barber f his hair reef-one road: “ etore tukhg your hair tonic I had three bald spofie. After taking it I had only one". The Government's remedy may perhaps mwke the lnvalkllsm you have more easily dlecnosod. If this happens, the procedure of your procuring e U! tmene will be simlllllfld- a‘ present you are u. mere s odtic or occasional invalid, t; e Government gives you the rlvllege of applylns to 1-1 dimer or a certlflcate eve second day. l! ou get the certificate 1t will en 0 you ho obtain] from the Government's vendor nine full quarts of either ale, beer or r- ear. Nine uarts means 18 p ts or 38 cupfu s. "This must last you. lsowever, for two whole days. Y-u

will tlhns see you may not drink more ale, beer or er than an average of ll cupf a day. If you

should see lit to apply the Govern» mum's remedy at, mealtime, ou must be content with six cu uls at. each meal. I! You are a spas- modic invalid and wlm to cou- tlnue the cure, you may also have m call at, the vendor's for a new supply, bringing s. new certificate, every second day. This may be

tn walk, but yet only a

are not. en tiled which eome to a chronic

should you cease to be r arded as s mere occasional lnvalf , and should your illness become chro- nic, then the Government, 1n its regard for your welfare, has Break- ly extended your rights. Instead of applying for n. certificate every second day, you may obtain the necessary documontotlon oneeonly during each successive period of six months. You may t. en have a standing order with the vendor under which you can obtain sup- plies once a. week, 1f you wish, 1n- stead of lmvl to B0 there every second day.| our supplies, how- ever, will not exceed 1n quantity the average amount of eighteen cupfuls a. day of ale, beer or por- ter, or of two quarts of Wine. 01‘ of half a quart. of distilled liquor; whichever of these may have been prescribed for your health.

But should 1t happen that this daily supply proves unravelling, and your health still suffers, and should the cost of this tnedlcinal remedy. combined perhaps with your continued incapacity result-

ual illness, bring unplaasamtness to your family; and should fnmlly distress be occasioned, then the Government. in its regard for your welfare, will have a staff of quali-

will endeavour to alleviate any and

stress.

You must realize that the Gov- ernment. seeks only your welfnrc: and lf the Government, finds thrv its remedy for sickness has fnilrd to etfect a cure as tn your case.

relieve your family, You w1ll have performed your part, 1n the Gov- ernment's true temperance scheme o1" solving the liquor problem. Out of the pcrlodlcnl payments you will have made, and out of the profih: accruing to the Government. from your contributions e0 the promot- lon of temperance, the Govern- ment will, 1n case of such distress, take care of your family throurzh its Social Service workers, duly qualified for the purpose. Your self-respect; will thug be assured. The Government's contributions to your family 1n such case must not be renamed as a "dole". The pro- per view 1s that, the Govemmentfs receipts from you are 1n the nat- ure of insurance which you your- self ltave paid for. It 1s simply a business transact-ion. The family insurance alleviation wlll havebeen provided for by yourself out of your own money. The Govern- ment's part 1s the mere accumu- lation and subseuuent distribution of your own savings. Thlls it 1:. an insurance scheme for your family as well as a health scheme for vml. 0f course 1f 1t should n