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Morning Dally (founded in llfl) Antlanrlaed as so»... on» iuui. PM 0mm Department, Ottawa President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. MeLiare Vice-President: J. ll. Burnett. F-l-l-

. Lleut. CoL D. A. Mlcliinllflll. 9-3-0- lliilor and Manning Director: J, B. Burnett, Full-

Associate Editors: Frank Walker niul Limit. lln A- . nugget, B.C.N.V.B.. (On Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weflkfl‘ Till"! the Weakest lnk."

mmav, nucsiunim u, m: Railway Wharf Repairs

The calling of tenders for the Charlotte- town railway wharf proiect is good news in- deed, especially as the contract calls for the work to be completed within eighteen months. Whilg only $50,000 has been voted by Parlia- ment to date, the total estimated cost will be $340,000 and will include badly needed exten- sion and improvements to the fr0stl>f°°f W311‘ house. _

Our Queen’: County representatives, Messrs. Douglas and McLure, are both t0 be congratulated on their efforts during the past session in obtaining this long-delayed Pr0l¢¢l~ Its discontinuance five years ago Orville D193 of wartime economy was an unjustifiable act- ion, as there was no question that our Island contribution to the war effort would have been much greater had adequate water shipping facil- itics bccn available in Charlottetown. However, that is in the past and it is to the future that our farmers and shippers are looking. Up-t0- date wharf and warehouse facilities here will benefit all sections of the Province, and coupled with the new car ferry and other reconstruc- tion projecfs-ivhich are still unfortunately only at the blueprint stagc—will help to put us on the map. We have gotten this far with the po\v- era that be at Ottawa by dint of much prodding and protesting. That seems to be the only way to get action, and the moral for our representa- tives and all concerned is to keep persistently at it. ‘

Airfields In Newfoundland

A statement by a State Department offi- cia] at \Vashirigt0n is quoted in the New York Times to the effect that the United States has proposed the commercial use of airfields leased to America by Britain in Newfoundland, Ber- muda and the Caribbean for military pur- poses. The message said that a reply from London was expected at an early date and that a favorable attitude towards the request was expected. [he United States, it continued, pro- poscd that the iiirficlds should be open to authorized American and British airlines and others approved by both under certain condi- tions. The official was said to have pointed out that alri-adv the ninety-nine year leased bascs iii Newloiintllziiid were in such use pro- visionally, together with the Gaiidcr military base.

It is difficult to believe that t-he United States undertook expenditure of millions of dollars on Harmon Airfield and on the other at Argcutiii solely with the idea of utilizing them for military operations which. under plans envisaged from the (lays of the Atlantic Char- ter, would no longer be necessary after the war had ended and the organization to main- lain the world's peace ivas instituted and func- tioiiiiig. That she would seek authority to employ them for commercial flying seems to be an obvious conclusion.

“The question is of what value the Gander Airport would be to Newfoundland as a revenue producer under such circumstances," says the St. John's (Nfid) Trlcqram. “It is also a question ivaiiing to be answered to what ex- tent, if any, Newfoundland would stand to profit if againsi the benefits it would derive from landing charges and the Customs uties on fucl and lubricating oils, together with the employment provided, it had to be responsible for the maintenance of the airways and hang- ars, of meteorological, radar and other services and for the payment of salaries of highly skil- led technicians of various kinds."

The Telcgrairt concludes it would be un- wise to assume that the Gander Airport is bound to become a great revenue producer. It might become a tremendous liability, in par- ticular if the American airfields were avail- able — as they seem bound to be — for com- mercial operations. Further, the airlines are ‘anticipating non-stop flights from east f0 west ind the employment 0f energy which would lllalce refueling half-way and thereby increasing the pay-load nu longer a consideration. New- foundland has to guard against assuming re- lportsibility for a facility which, instead of in- fifelsing its revenue, might prove a white ele-

.100 Many Farmers‘

According to Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Ontario i f Agriculture, about one-fourth of ',on farms might iust as well be else-

s: all the good they do, If some 50,000

’q 192,000 farmers were doing some-

Ila: thinks, things would be better.

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' for whom they would be better.

i -Ill.t a lot of farmers are "merely lngQ’ " The balance of choice be- ‘ y values" and “habitation val- gigans cOnfincd to Ontario. There and Jubmaririnal fanns in every l1 ways and meansiof sub- rural population are, over

grdclw before. Ouh Winnipeg a a: _ ,1

“It is well known that the general level of capability and adaptability among farmers is above the, general average for other callinga. Should Mr. Kennedy and those who think» like him organize a “back to the city" movement for his ‘lower quarter,’ these so-called slipshod farmers would in due course oust an equival- ent number of us city-dwellers. They would ac- complish this through their superior compet- ence, and that would leave us nowhere to go except ‘back to the land.’ We in turn would then-if we didn't starve-gradually acquire ythe bounce and hinge which makes a farmer into a combination mcchanician, electrician, chemist, cost accountant, veterinarian, earth mover, construction engineer, nutritionist, phil- osopher and mmstrcss. '

“Armed with these talents and the admir- able strength of character that goes with them, we would doubtless thereupon consider wheth- er it would be worth while to go back to the city for the sake of doing something more than a living. On the whole. we are inclined to think that unless the memory of these highly educative experiences was blotted out, we would make some pretty strenuous efforts to increase volume and variety of farm production before gig/lug up and taking refuge in any kind of c1 y.

"Quite incidentally, the farm population i5 the backbone of this or any other nation.”

-I:DII'URIAL NUIES-

Good work ahOttawa has set the Railway Wharf project going; now for the Ferry Wharf.

a- a- ni w y It is reported that Santa Claus Iones was very good to the Provincial Building em- ployecs.

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There will be no “business as usual" until aftcr stock-taking and estimates are complet- ed, and that means the first wcck of the new year.

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Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports esti- mated value of P. E. I. potato crop at $7,362,- 0002 New Brunswick $11,208,000 and Nova Scotia $4,132,000. The total Canadian crop is estimated at $72,680,000.

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Disposal of Crown-owned industrial plants and equipment by the CustodiatrSales Branch of War Assets Corporation from the beginning of operations until December 14 has netted the federal treasury a total of $16,573,697, accord- ing to figures released by the Corporation. This amount represented 37.2 per cent of thg Oflkmal cOst price of $44,223,029.

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Innocents’ Day, the festival which is vari- Qllsly ilYleddfY this name, the Holy Innocents’ Day, and Childcrmas has been observed from an early period iii the history of the Church, as a commemoration of the barbarous massacre (IJ-If children in Bethlehem, ordered by King

crod, Wlblijllfl. view of destroying among them the infant Saviour, as recorded in the Gospel of St. Matthew; it is one of those annivers- arieswhich were retained_in the ritual of the English Church at the R€l0r|nati0n_

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Advertising must play a tremendous wk 111 peacetime, says Mr. lolin S. Perkins, pro- fessor of riiaiiagemeiit, Boston University, It must bring back old companies, launch new K001081115». make the public aware of new prq. dlms. and remind them of the value of old pra- ducts. Never before has advertising had sud] jl-TCSDOIISIDIIZIY for such a wide segment of in- llsfry. It has done it in the past for in. dlvldual wmpflfliflS; it must ~do it, all at once for entire industries." ' r iv a is John Logan. poet and preacher, died this dale I783; is best remembered by The Pam. P/"Mes and Hymn: attached to most editions of the Bible published‘ for use in Scotland; a P-Ofifaplfer v/rites-‘The name of John LOgan l5 not llkel)’ m Dass into oblivion in Scotland as long as the Church of that country con: “Hues to use iii her services those beautiful ffiflpglllre paraphrases and‘ hymns, undoubtedly fl ‘PM 41-4 most Poetical of any f/Bfsificd‘ co. ection of chants for divine worship employ. a? b; 30V denomination of Christians, 50mg of e m5“ 05 lhQSB. mfiluding the singularly sol- emn and affecting hymn ‘The Hour Of My Departure Comes’, are from the pen of Isogamnf a n- n- n-

Scientists of Imperial Chemical Industries Enfllfifld. have developed a new and revolution-I “Y fmhmalafla d1‘!!! from coal tar. It is known‘

. . ,, . as Plaludrirte and is far more powerful and’ effective than any other antimalaria drug It is ten titties more powerful than quining. m] three times more powerful than mepacrinc -'—~ also developed by I. C. I. research. scientists‘ Its protective action against infection from- {mflluito bites is stated to be remarkable. It Igmalreidy being used in Britain, the United‘

tes and Australia for treating thousands of.

"elufnlflk servicemen and civilians fr n1 Far East. ' o ; _ the ‘a a 1a a i '

°n 1l1¢ 1"“ industry and of the latest plan: by‘

to‘ the growing of this commercially valuable Pllfll- It says: “The plan embrhces the ‘con- struction of a central depot which‘ could be‘ used for filling the orders of. impqrflnz. w“... "M. which cannot be done in lo satisfactory‘ a manner when the harvests oftliedifferent Provinces are stored in scattered warehouses; o" "W °¢h¢f hand. the Quebec Provincial Couri- eil hu not abandoriedthe plan-conceived two. Yell‘! ago of entrusting to a centrdl cit-operative t!“ wk of yettmz funds foretho- for the crec- tion of a linen factory in the Rrovitice. The enterprise might be realised, it ii uld,.cluri_ ‘- the clfgse of the‘ next year at atflnitfal’ cost, I escape thcfavorabIe-attentl

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the National Flax Council to give an impgfl". .

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Tinameial writer Pro-Ilene “will W"! be “win debt at the end of his term. High t1 e

H11. human “Pf-Cd. III!) m h?!‘ dllf- —-'l‘or.'onto ‘Nvlgglngifhout

~We read of a wifemvho wants a divorce because her husband went. out fbr beer i5 e a as: and isn't back yet. She uat patient: he la probably near the head of the queue by this QIIYIC.—PEIGI‘IIOF ouah Examiner.

The IVQIIII British mnn'a waist line la an inch narrower than lt was in 108b, and men's suit styles are being adapted to a new range cf wider shoulder: and slimmer

urementa show no difference or: £2250 of pre-wnr. —London Dally

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The e to h‘ ’ made uneventfully on l?‘ oi-Tg‘: end the unit disembarked at Avon. port (BriatoL) It arrived ln Alden 35233;.‘ . filth. ‘""...'°...“ i

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The Dlvlalon we: Alderahot in October to room for 8 Dlvlllon, and the Novfea" spent the next afx wegh very pleasantly In Oemberiy.

At, that time it was considered that the standard of training 1n 9 Brigade was somewhat ahead of the other two in the Division and It wa: detailed to take over its first operational role in the defence .01‘ Tlnsmefe xroup of airfield; ‘ at Chlchester. On 30 November, the unit moved into the area wlth companies on Tanzmere Aero-

recent speech described the farm- ers wlfe as ‘the mos‘. useful gen- eral purpose, labor snvlng device on the farm.’ Young farmers who have not availed themselves of this gadget are reminded that it usual- ly can be had for the asking. Toronto Saturday Night.

The acara of the long work stop- page will not soon be healed. Evy eryone has lost through the strike“ Some $6,000,000 in wages ls gone,‘ never to be regained. The strikers and their families have endured] hardships. Business has suffered. Wlndsons reputation has ‘o eeri jeopardized. --Wlndsor Star.

The Toronto Telegram recently printed u forceful editorial com- ment on the modern child. even going so far as to suggest that it, needed training ln manners and golltenesa toward its elders; the

risntford Expositor now speaks of "uninhibited brnta." We rush to the defence of the modern child; there's nothing wrong wlth it that a kick on the shins or a clout over the head won't cure-mt least tem- porarily. —Peterborough Examiner.

Any idea that may have been entertained that the end uf the war would bring relief to hospi- tals which had been struggling u- long without sufficient nurses has been dispelled. The situation wlth many hospitals ls now as bad us it ever was and In some cares It is worse. Here ln Pembroke the Cottage Hospital, which normally has a staff of 22 graduate nurses, has only twelve and probably n similar story could be told by all other hospitals that have a grad- uate stuff. The Ottawa Journal ln commenting on the situation has taken the Federal’ Government to teak because noprovlslori has been made to encourage and assist young women to train as nurses. But. whatever ls done, there ls n: Im- mediate relief from the present shortage of nurses In sight. ‘(ruin- ing school: are now turning out nurses in sufficient numbers to keep pace wlth the need and since it takes three years to train a nurse, even If training schools are enlarg- ed and their number increased at once, It will still be long enough before the su ply approximates the demand. — embroke Observer.

The ring in the bathtub after a bath is a puzzle to rnany people. They cannot understand why lt should be. It looks like grime and some of them think lt reflects on their personal cleanliness yet they know they were not as d rty as all that. Nobody could be. There is a scientific explanation of that. ac- cusing mark and lt lies ln the chemical action of the soap. And now an Amerlcan flrm ls market- ing a soap that does not leave e ring in the bath. That is good news. Yet Junior may not. welcome It. How otherwise can he convince hls mother that he actually dld lake u bath? On the other hand It. might. breasy for him to till the tub, making a noise like tak- ing a bath by swishlng the water around wlth his hand and clalm that he faithfully performsu his Seturduy night chore. In any case there would be no evidence for or against him. --St. Thomas Times- Journal.

Nothin; can be more disconcert- ing than a pen which wont write when ft la needed. What loud ll a neatly stem ed and sealed letter if the post o flce pen won't func- tlon to address it? demands The Minneapolis Tribune. And what good is i: cheque wlth its value neatly impressed by a machine, lf the bank pen can't be used to en dcrae it’! There are all sorts 0i difficulties with pens ‘n Public places. There are 09h! "l" a" bent lnto a claw shape, Probably by some day-dreaming user who c ewed the point. There are a read-point pens, the ruln left by the heavy-handed scrawler. There are rusty pens, too Shflfl) D9115 W“ scratch, pens wlth their ointa

' Merston and Weshampnett. | unit participated in a series of ex-

fllled with fibre from a hotter. ens that won t. hold hat hold too much lnk. And trlvefy one of them succeeds in depos tiuiz more lnk on the fingers of yhe user than on the paper. The el- low who sold the pen ls mIShIl" than the sword certelnl have ln mlnd the pens public places.

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WARRIOR POE!‘

Nofamthe poet's elegy can vlehi 1‘ and the emu“. Alofll miich ‘fll-cleillnl berrwldv. M" "fl- concee , i Byinbtttl anguish n. warn smlmt 'i uni ' hiahis above each “matinee in

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ercises defending the aerodrornes that wlnter, and grew more end more accustomed to living in the

field.

While Living on the aerodmmes, Majors Mitchell and Stewart at-' tended one of the ear Battle Drill Schools conducted y 48 Dl- vlslon, and on their return, they introduced Battle Drlll training for the first time. In March they were relieved on the aerodromes and spent a few weeks in the urea of East and West Wittering and Itch- enor. About the first or May they moved to a camp near Seven Oaks, west of Horahiim, and a few days later started on exerclse Beaver IV. The end of the exercise found them located l.n a camp at Holl- lngly, north of Eastbcurne, where they remained until early 1n Au- IIISZ

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During that erlod, they particl- pated Ln Exerc sea Tiger and Har- old. Soon after Exercuse Tiger, Lt.- Col. Murdock left to take com- mandof a brigade ln 6 Dlvliilon on the weat coast and no appoint- ment was made for some weeks. Major Mitchell acted as C. 0. dur- lng Harold, but soon after that transferred to R..C.0.C. where he received hl: promotion to Lt.-Col.

The next move was to l camp about four mlles south of Horshum ln August. In September, l.n-Col. C. Fletch was appointed to com- mand and all the combined opera- tlons training and planning for the invasion was done under his direc- tion. Hls ablllty as a soldier and hls forceful personality were respon- sible for the unit's attainment of a high degree of fighting effic- iency for the Invasion. Major Dave Stewart was appointed second in command.

In October the unit moved across the road to Monks Common Cam which had just been complete , arid cowards th; laiit. of the month sent about 250 all rank: to South- ampton for the first combined oper- ations training. In this case l‘. con- sisted of llvlng on board ship in the Solent from which landings were made ln L.C_A.

In November a larger number took part ln slmllar exercises.

About New Years the unit mov- ed to Scotland and the month of January, 1048, was spent l.n stren- uous battle training in the hills and lochs north of Fort William.

On returning from Scotland they moved to Worthlng where they re- mained until early ln May. The highlight of this period was exer- clse Spartan.

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The next move was to Cissbury Camp and then to Spear Hill in July. From Spear Hlll the unit moved wlth the Brigade to Roth- esay where the month of Septem- ber was spent In combined opera- tlons training. Just before return- ing south, Major Stewart was up- polnted to command the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada and Major D. I". Forbes was appointed as 2 i-c of the "North Navies."

The month of October and N‘ - vember were spent at Boscombe (Bournemouth) and Huraley Camp, south of Winchester, and a num- her of combined operations were practiced around the Solent. They moved lrito wlriterouartera it Fort Brockhurst . (Gosport) early _ln December and remained theta un- til movlniz into the amps prepared for handling the nvasion forces in March. Their first camp was West Walk South. north of Fare- hum, and the second and last. was about five miles south of South- ampton. A final dress rehearsal was held ln Aprll for the Dlvlg- ion's role ln the lnvaslon and e landing made at Wittering. from the flotlllaii wlth which they would work on D Day.

During the months prlor to 6 Jun M, an immense amount of at- tention had been given to the ad- ministrative rid; of the prepara- tions. and vehicles had been water proofed and dewnterproofed time

lnk ""1 Penal after time. Types and scale: of

vehicles and equlpment wen. trled out-and discussed ad Infhiltum. The vehlclc: were loaded and re- loaded end checked and welllhed time: without number.

B M Mnv. 1M4. all surplus kit bee cleared out. and moat of the assault klt received. All follow up and build up personnel, vehicle: and klt. had been lent back out

of the way.

0n May 26 briefing began and the Bnttalllon was sealed In the camp.

The general plan was well known by everyone as l the tralnIn for some months had been to tha end, but fntereat ran hllh when the ma a and model: were first lrllllfilglQ , everhff they did have

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The plan we: for the "North No- vlea" sup ed b h ou llers) to lead O Brf thrratirph of the brid I ads-wlth