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With the organization of the Army Cadet Corps in the City everythingu in readiness for the winter training of our rising hopes. The Army Cadets will be under the command of Cap- tain Wellington Dixon, wiili Lieut Fred Discoll and Lieut. l-lazen Wigmorc as company cout- mandcrs. There will no loiiger_ be llldlVldl-lfll school corps, but senior and JUIIIOI‘ corps. to which all from twelve to eighteen may be draft-

d. e This means we have now in active operation Sea Cadets, Army Cadets and Air Cadets. Both in Military and Sea Cadet Corps training in Scout knowledge is the foundation; indeed, “Scouting for Boys" and “Sea Scout Training" are the bases of the instructions given. Tilicrc is no inten- tion to substitute Cadets for Scouts, btit as in Nova Scotia, it is hoped to organize the Scouts throughout the Island from the age of eight to fourteen, after which they will be in readiness to start their Cadet training courses in earnest.

__Thankgiviiig

Not since the outbreak oi the war have we bun able m approach Thanksgiving Daywvith so much hope and expectation. The continued guidance of Providence in world affairs, spiritu- ll and material, must be manifest t0 the most in- different. The people of all the United Nations under arms, as well as those still in bondage to Nazi tyranny, are at any rate inspired by clearer prospects of victory. peace and postwar secur- ity than seemed possible even a few months ago.

In the United States —the place of its origin -—Thanksgiving Day falls on the fotirth Thurs- day of November. \'\'c shall observe it in Cati- lda by lppropriatc church services tomorrow and by s public holiday on Monday. The precise date of the festival matters little; the spirit of its cele- bration, in both countries. is the same. it should be one not only of thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest and other blessings showered plentifiilly upon the humblest. but also one of rededication to great and unprecedented task! ahead.

A new world will be born out of the chaos of this war-a world in which spiritual leader- ship will be no less important, surely, than p0- litical and social and economic planning. That this fact is recognized is shown by the declara- tion issued jointly this week in the United States by‘ the Federal Council of Churcltcs of Christ In America, the National Catholic Welfare Con- ference, and the Synagogue Council of America. These organizations, representing three great religious faiths —Catholic, Protestant and Jew- lshrfletsnd united before the world today in a common declaration, calling upon the nations to preserve the rights of man and the dignity of the human spirit in the terms of the peace to come. Nor are signs lacking in Great Britain Ind other quarters that similar religious move- ments are on foot.

In‘ this Province we have much reason to be Iiankful for an unfailing harvest and other bless- ings. An encouraging review of our agricultural ictivities prepared by Mr. W. R. Shaw, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, appears in today's issue Ind will be read with much interest. Though the potato crop has been badly affected by blight in some sections, there are so many other factors in our favor that we would be monsters of lngratitude if we did not gladly and thankfully concede that gr lot has been cast in one of this rough world's pleasantest places.

Britain's Great Sacrifice

‘-’ As we prepare to do our utmost in the forth- coming Victory Loan drive, it is worth recalling the tremendous financial sacrifices which Bri- tain has suffered ungruduingly since this war began. Writing in the September issue of the Economic Journal, Mr. N, Kaldor, an authority, estimates that Britain's cumulative adverse bal- ance of payments, incurred chiefly for the purchase of war materials and food supplies, from the outbreak of the war until the end of 1042 (excluding lease-lend and Canadian con- tributions) amounted to about {$350,000,000 or roughly $l0,o00,000,000. This figure alouc, which has probably undergone a substantial in-

crease during the current _\’_(‘Zll’, is equal tn almost ,

lulf the value of Britain's foreign assets iii H38, placed by competent authorities at between

,6oo,ooo,ooo and 54.700,o00,o0o. And this large fificit has been financed by the sale of £650,- 000,000 worth of gold and foreign exchange; by the sale nf foreign secufiiies, which were coni- mandeered for $75,000,000, and by the ac- cumulation of sterling balances and interest-free loans to ihe time of {$25,000,000

There has, therefore, been s sacrifice on an enormous scale of foreign securities, and ac- count must also be taken of it huge loss of assets in the Far East and Europe, which is estimated t0 have diminished the national annual income bv It least £60,000.0o0. The conclusion of .\fr. Kaldor is that Britain, which before this war en- joyed a total annual income of over izoooooyxm from her overseas investments, will be lucky if she manages to salvage between iioooooorx) and £r2o.oo0.000 of the amount aftcr the war.

Apart from the serious hardships which have befallcit individuals and families through the cessation or drastic curtailment of their private incomes, a curtailment of a nation's income by about $500,000,000 per amium is no trifling af- fair, and for a time it will have serious consc- qticnces upon Britain's economic position. llcr large income from overseas investments helped materially to liquidate her heavy adverse anutizil trade balance catisetl by the great excess of her imports over her exports. After peace comes she will be unable to face such a large adverse balance, and this knowledge accounts [qr (hg

planl which are being utti t» maintain the pe- sent expansion of her agricultural production.

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Tomorrow Thanksgiving and much have we

to return thanks for.

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The poor we have always with us, and alas,

the poor orphans as well. Let us remember them "in our alms and thiinlisgiyings.

We will soon be putting our hands deep ln our jeans to finance the Fifth Victory Loan —- gpegd the victory :5 well‘ as‘ speed the plough.

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l-l, R. H. Prince Edward George Nicolas Paul Patrick, Duke of Kent, born this date, I935; elder son of H. R. H. George Edward Alex- ander Edmund, fifth son of King George V iDuke of Kent, K. G. etc., who was killed on active service Aug-tistxizg‘. r242.

The old English practice of employing s man as a "knocker-up" for workers due to go 0n

,early shift may have t0 be used once more. Alarm clocks are almost unprocurable. No new clocks are going from abroad. They cannot be l made in Australia, for instance. No watches are l now made and no spare parts. i ill It! l! 1i

I According to a Canadian Press bulletin St. Mary's Cathedral, \Viunipeg, is the first church in Canada to comply with the fuel coiitrollei"‘s re- quest to curtail the use of coal by cutting out services. But it is not clear whether this applies to week-flight or Sunday, as the Winnipeg Tri- luine says St. hlziry"s "will cease evening Service Oct 10," which doesnlt happfn to be a Sunday. U U

Canadians have been given s double incentive t0 back the coming Fifth Victory Loan up to and past the announced objective of $1,200.09!)- ooo. livery citizen, company and institution face, of course, a challenge to mobilize their dol- lars in support of our fighting men in the armed forces. On top of that, the recent success of the Third War Loan in the United States, in going a good billion dollars past its goal of $15 bil- lions, has given us a friendly example we can do no less than match.

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La Ligue pour la Defense du Canada, the Quebec province anti-conscription group, wants to know if Article 39C of the Defence of Can- ada Regulations is still in force or has been abrogated. The Ligue officials also want t0 know if s person who declared at a public meet- ing before several hundred people in July last. "Sure I am a Communist and 1 am proud of it," is not guilty of an infraction against Article 39C. The group is seeking the information through an open letter addressed to the Hon. Louis St. Laurent, K.C., Minister of justice, and signed by Jean Drapeau, secretary of the organization.

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How is it New Brunswick, can get away with public projects while we are everlastingly held up on one pretext or another. N. B. Municipal Council has decided to go ahead forthwith with the construction of an abattoir costing $180,000 $80,000 of which will be contributed by the Fed- eral government, provided fhe project "is un- dertaken before next September." In other ivords, war or no war, the Mackenzie King Gov- ernment insists upon the Council going ahead with this practicallv unnecessary expenditure under the penalty of forfeting $80,000. They have live-wire Federal members in New Bruns- wick

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The murdered multi-millionaire Sir Harry Oakes left about $200,000,000. Of the amount named in the preliminary esti- mate of only $14,000,000. Lady Oakes receives one-tltird, or more than $4,800,000 and the remaining two-thirds is to be divided equally among five children, Sir Harry also bequeathed £50,000 ($200,000) to Lady Oakes and directed that each of the f-e children receive $12,000 annually in United States currency. It had been reported that Mrs. de llfarigny, Sir Harry's eldest daughter and wife of the man charged with murdering him, had been disinhcrifed, but this turns out to'be ungrue.

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It was inevitable, says the Gazette, that the federal Liberals should have taken time to draft resolutions and to give some attention to study of post-ivar problems, because their rivals for federal power are doing the same thing, but it may again be necessary to indicate that the reconstruction work that Will be necessary in Europe for the next ten or fifteen years will be sufficient to provide adequate employ- ment here in both the primary and the second- ary industries and if there is any serious lack of ciuployincnt it will bc because this country is not willing or is not given a full opportunity to play its part in rebuilding the war ravaged con- tinent across the Atlantic. Already it has been brought to the minds of Canadians that the needs of Europe must be met from this contin- ent for as small countries are liberated from the Nazis they are being fed by this continent, even clothed, and the demand for this humanitarian service will steadily increase. -

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According 1'0 the New York Times, Leon Degrelle, the Belgian traitor, has been excom- municated in consequence of incidents which oc- curred in the parish church at Bouillon, his birth- place. The decree of excommunication was issued by Monsignor Andre Charrue, Bishop of Namur, and has been read from the pulpit of Namur Cathedral. and in Bouillon church. It states that the facts on which the excommunica- tion is based are common knowledge. Degrellc had entered church in German uniform. In con- formity with the decision of Belgian bishops, the priest refused to administer Holy Communion to him while he was wearing the uniform, and Dcgrcllc then laid hands on the priest, removed him from the church and locked him up. In accordance with ecclesiastical discipline the act- ion of the Bishop of Namur excludes Degrelle from the conimitnity of faithful Catholics both spiritually and temporally in the diocese 0f Namur until such time as he makes honorable amt-lids to the bishop himself, who alone can absolve him from excommunication.

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durable staff would hen fllllDeer andthepem of nlI-rclDect of the old People would be restored .—West em Producer, Saskatoon.

Evidence was [Ivan at the In- quest Into the bus disaster at AL dersnot that buses are compelled by law and by 00m any ula- ttoris t.o stop at all evel rs way crosslngs. The frequency of these tragic accidents would probably be reduced If thls precaution were generally observed by the motoring public. but the enactment of such a, measure met with strong opposl. tron. Stop, look and listen Is still the best. formula for avoiding col- llslons with tralns, -—HamIlt.on Spectator.

Incidentally. the names Mitchell and Marauder mean nothing to most of the men who fly those ships abroad, John Lardner wrltes In Newsweek, Perhaps the riubllc at nome has been successfully edu. sated to the Ilse of sobrlquets like that, and like Warliawk, Mustang, Dauntless, Liberator and Lightning but a backward quiz kid wou score much lilizher than u. combat allot in the identification of such names. They are considered some- what nancelsh tn combat circles. where the boys stick to numbers. Even the Stuka ls just a plnln "87" or a "JU—-8'l," In nIr force conver- sation. -—Exchoiige.

One woman In 17 In Canada Iii engaged in war industry, directly ur Indirectly. In Great Brltaln. the ratlo Is one womnn In four. A total of 1,191,000 women In Canada are reported to be employed outslde the home. Of this number, 255.- 000 are working In war Industrles. Women now constitute the chlef labor reserve upon which war and essentlal clvlllan industries depend. The major group In thls labor re- servolr are the urban housewives There are estimated to be 1,629,000 able-bodied housewives In the em- ployable age groups. It ls hoped the response from this group will be such as to relieve the labor shortage. —Toronto Star.

The story Is told about the AI- berta farmer whose crop failed to grow because of too much rain. a strange thing here. His were drowned out. To make Imit- ters worse a plague of frogs ar. rlved I0 Inhablt tlic pools that. dry found his farm. Than suddenly winter came as It. does In Alberta. and Just as the frost. hardened the surface of the sloughs. the frogs leaped into the water and were frozen solid with their lilnd feet In the air. ‘Flie farmer merely look out his lawn mower and cut himself 10 bushels of frog legs to the acre and Ilved lusclously thro- ggh the Winter. -—W111nlpeg Free

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Smoke from farm chimneys In. dlcates the basing of the season The grey pennants are part of the landscape piilure when the grow- Ing season 1s done and the rich Dromlse of frultlon 1s at hand. The smoke rolls upward In a

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