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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN __

JULY '9. 1941

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BIllll-ILOTTETIIWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (bounded in I881) Aulhurllcd us Second Class Jlziil. Past Office Department. Ottawa.

President, lun A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. ff. Burnett; Se(-y.-'l'reiii., )1. Burnett; Erlitur unit Managing Director, .I. R. Burnett; Associate Editor, Frank “Hillier.

“The Slrongest Memory is Weaker Thrui the Weakest Ink."

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A Provincial Museum

Among the rcsoluiions passed at the recent cnnual ‘convention of the Women's Institutes was one dealing with the establishment of a public museum at Grzen Gables, in th-e Na- tional Park. There is good reason to hope that Institute efforts in encouraging the collection of ancient relics and historic articles for this pur- pose will l:e successful. What is needed is leadership, and we can think of no better org- anization to give the required stimulus in this direction than that of our Women's Institutes.

Some years ago, on ‘rho establishment here If I National Park, The Guardian suggested the desirability of a provincial museum, and consid- erable interest was taken in the suggestion at the time. A visitor to tn: Province on that oc- czision was Mr. Harlan L. Smith, of the Na- tional Museum, Ottawa, who expressed the opin- ion that a systematic search of old Indian camp- ing grounds on the Island would yield many evi- dences of aboriginal occupation—not merely stone tools and weapons, such as have already been fozind from time to time, but possibly pot- tory and other relics of prehistoric culture as well.

Years ago there was an antiquarian soc- iety in Charlottetown, and some of our older readers will recall the great interest taken in the proceedings of that organization. ,The ad- dresses delivered by the society members, as re- ported in the press, contain a fund of informa- tion on the early history and traditions of the Province. No doubt also many relics were col- lected by the members. These have been lost or dispersed because of the lack of proper hous- ing accommodation, such as a museum would Ifford.

Prince Edward Island is the only Province which has not a public riuseum, a fact which has occasioned a good deal of surprise among our summer visitors, who wonder that we should be so indifferent to our own past history. There are, of course, many relics of political and historical interest in the Confederation Cham-

ber, but there are other things worthy of pres- ervation, for which the only proper place would be a museum.

Once the museum movement gets under way, it may be possible to obtain Federal as- sistance in view of the fact that it will be situ- ated at the National Park. In any case, it is an excellent idea, deserving o.‘ the fullest public support. We shall probably be surprised at the wealth of museum material we possess, if once a start is made in assembling it systematically.

Many Canada “Firsts”

Most people are aware that the invention of the telephone, the discovery of insulin, and the construction of the world's first transcon- ‘inental railway were the accomplishments of Canadians. Not so general is a knowledge of the great many other outstanding achievements for which Canadians are responsible. The Globe and Mail devotes a full page of its July I issue to publicising many of these lesser-known devel- apments.

The idea of standard time zones, 24 zones around the world, was originated by Sir Sand- ford Fleming, a Canadian railway engineer. It was adopted first by Canada and the United States.

Credit for the world's first successful elec- tronic microscope is given to Professor E. F. Burton, of the University of Toronto, who also pioneered with Professor J. C. McLennan in first proving tho existence of cosmic rays.

The peacetime use of magnesium for in- dustricil purposes was made possible by Pro- fessor L. M. Pidgcon of Toronto. In the early days of the war h-e discovered an efficient means of extracting rhe metal from dolomite, which is a common rock forming most of the Niagara escarpment.

Built and launched near Wolfe's Cove, Que- bec, the steamship Royal William was the first vessel to cross the Atlantic between the con- tinents entirely by steam power. She was bought by Spain, and later becam-e the world's first steam warship.

Among the many other Canadian achieve- ments mentioned by the Globe and Mail is the Linotype machine, the invention of which is generally credited to Otmar Mergenthaler. But, according to our contemporary, Patent Office records of l877-l878 disclose that the machine was originated by George Pringle Drummflfld 0f Ottawa I3 years before Mergenthaler.

Bled In IIEIIISw 0n Brltaln

More than 400 Canadian Army officers and men were killed or wounded during air raids dir- ected against Great Britain in World War ll, fligures compiled by the Army's Historical Sec- tion reveal. Of this number, nine officer; and Il4 other ranks were killed or died of wounds, and 24 officers and 277 other ranks were wound- ed.

First loss of life suffered by the Canadian Army as a result of an enemy raid was on July 6, I940, when three soldiers were killed and one officer and 28 other ranks wounded in the daylight bombing of Alriershot.

The staff at Canadian Military Headquart- im in London suffered its first casualty on September 24, I940, when a sergeant was wounded, and Its first fatal casuultin in March I941, when two soldiers employed at C.M.H.Q., P"! numbered among the four Canadian dead

in the bombing of the Cafe de Paris, near Lei- cester Square.

Twenty-two Canadians died in a heavy, all- night attack directed against London on the night of l6-I7 April, I94I—ten of them in a s-irvice club which was ‘totally destroyed.

Hit-and-run raids on tne south coast also rook a number of Canadian lives. Ten mem- bers of the l7th Duke of York's Canadian Hus- sars were killed and 3i admitted to hospital as a result of a sneak raid an Hastings in May I943. and eight members of a Canadian Field Am- bulance were killed and three injured in a similar attack on Eastborne, in August, I942.

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British and Canadian troops stormed into the outskirts of Caen this date I944 on a seven- mile front following a heavy raid on troop con-

centrations by Bomber Command. i * ir

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lt all depends as usual on whose ax is gcred. The powers-that-be primarily respons- ible for last Friday's water main mishap and consequent inconvenience and loss to citizens generally, and business men in particular, are significantly silent on the subject. Had it been

rhe Maritime Electric Co.'s fault the rafters would have been mode to ring to some tunel A‘ >Y i N

Now that all our representatives are satis- fied with th-e progress mode at Ottawa, it re- mains only for Premier Jones to capitalize on it in the event of a Fall Provincial election. Ac- cording to our contemporary, the tremendous activity in road repairing has that objective in view. Likewise the Temperance forces are once more intervening, though during the interim since last election it was strictly forbidden to make a political issue of the Jpnes liquor policy.

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A well-known business executive, address- ing a meeting of colleagues and other business heads in the Royal York, Toronto said: "We have not made clear enough to ourselves and then to our employees and agents that adver- tising is a dynamic force, almost startling in its power to develop business and expand net pro- fits. In this way we are standing in the way of progress and the development of our respective communities. Get our staffs interested and sold on our advertising and increased business fol-

lows as a matter of course." k k 7c ‘I

Henry Hallam, English historian, born this date I777; a most careful and painstaking in- vestigator into things post, he produced work incisive, judicious, and accurate; his chief works include View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Constitutional History of Eng- land from Accession of Henry Vll to Death of George II; Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seven- teenth Centuries. He was lath-er of Arthur Henry Hallam who inspired Teiinyson's poem In Mem-

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The C. C. F.'s are believers in the old- ‘ashioned and most serviceable way of preach ng their gospel, viz., oy word of mouth facing hose they want to convert or otherwise inform. II political meeting by radio is just as effect- iie as a church service by the same method—- tiere is no enthusiasm among the hearers, no forrid oratory, no singing, no cheering, no bpoing, nothing but the deadly monotonous tones of the speakers, which may b-e satisfying to themselves but largely wasted on the hearer who may so readily tune into something more al- luring. The way "to get your man" in religion and politics is to look him straight in the eye and challenge him face to lace. R i’ I l‘

The International Emergency Food Coun- cIl has called a special Cereals Conference ta be held in Paris on July 9th. Passing through the French capital on his way to Germany, Mr. Fitzgerald, the Americar; President of the I. E. F. C., conferred with French officials and not- ably with M. Jean Monnet on the technical org- anization of this conference. lt will be divided into four working committees. The first will estimate the amount of cereals that will be made available for consumption, as a result of the next harvest; the second will study the problem of the grain collection; the third will consider the ilcorporation of secondary cereals and the distribution throughout the world of cereals for human and animal consumption; the fourth will take up actual methods of distribu- tion, allocation and rationing, etc. Th' is the first time that an international body as tried to draw up a general plan for distribution of cereals before the harvest has even been gath-

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Trying to federalize Ireland on the lines of Canada. In Dail Eircann

which he declared was politically

of Nationalists willin the jurisdiction of

De Valera added, be essential.

a hydro-electric power station on

needed powers was introduced recently in British Parliament.

Premier Eamon De I Valera put forward a plan for ending the thorny problem bf Ireland's partition which he hopes may yet lead to a solution. Mr. De VaIera's plan, practicable though by no means ideal, was this: iThat peo- ple in the six Northeastern Counties of Ulster should, if they so desired, retain their present local Parliament in Belfast with its existing pow-

ers but that powers at present reserved to and exercised by the British should be transferred fa an All Ireland Parliament in Dublin in which thl northern minority would receive their full demo-

the local Northern Paiiinment would, of course, Mr. Powers exer- cized by the BritISi over the north, mentioned by Mr. De Valera, include finance, customs and defence. Under its present restricted powers the Northern Parliament was unable tp negotiate an agreement with the Eire Government concerning River Erna, County Donegal, to serve both Eire and the North until a bill giving tho Ulster Government tho tho

PUBLIC FORUM Thll column II open Bo the IIIICIIIIIOII by corra-

nponaentn of questions ol Interest. The Charlottetown Guardian does not IIBCGBII lly endorse the oplnlou of correspondent.

ROAD CONDITIONS CRITICIZIJD

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SIi'.—In last Sunday's Globe there was an advertisement Invit- ing New Englanders to Prince Ed- viard Island. I thlrik that ad was uasted and dld the Island more harm than good.

Once a motorist grrbveg on the IsIand and sees the terrible roads, unless he has family connections he will Ieave as fast as he can, and perhaps never will come again to see the beauty of this Province. I have been coming to the Is- Iand for many summers and when I leave, underneath my C81‘ ls coated with three or four Inches o1‘ mud that 1s hardened an like cement, which decreases the iurn- In value. I have a new car this summer and I hate t.o think what It wIII Iook like when I leave In September, as the roads are In the worst condition In years, What Is the Government doing with the heavy tax that Is being collected on gasoline?

On several occasions I have been almost blinded with dust from .1 passing car, and which could cause an accident.’ and litany a time I have seen cars that. skidded off the road In n very deep dI-ich after a rain.

Instead of advertising for tour- Ists the Government should tell motorists to stay away from the Island unLII roads can be made that will be safe to drive on. Wake up, Prince Edward Island, and demand that this road busi- ness be attended to Immediately, and quit playing politics.

I am, Sir, etc.

HAROLD A. MBOGREGOR, Wellosley, Mass.

Potato Bugs

(Juddth Robinson In the Fort Erie Times-Review)

A gentleman named Eaton who lives in Castlerock, 0a.. London- derry, Ireland, had found comfort In historic quotes and ts spreading them through the press. Starting on a dim dark and unpleasant- Iooklng nInth decode of Confedera- tion, Canadians can use some comfort, too. Here are Mr. Eaton‘: quotes:

William Pltl; (circa 1781): There Is scarcely anything around us but ruin and despair.

Samuel Vlilberforce (about. 1800): I dare not marry, the future ls so dark and unsettled.

Lord Shaftesbury (1848): No- thing can save the British Empire from wreck.

Benjamin Disraeli (184.9): In 1n- riustry, commerce and agriculture there Is no hope.

The Duke of Wellington (dying in 1851): Thank God I shall be spared from seeing the consumma- t'nn of ruIn that 1s gathering about.

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Ii may be argued that n11 these omlinent prophets were quite right being merely a hundred years or r. hundred and fifty. ahead In voicing a despair not due until 1947 It may.

Yet. there Is this to be snld for cheerfnlness; n0 two potato bugs have got together in England so for.

The Londor- Times reports that a. Colorado beetle was found on June 2 0n the main deck of the so. Whitstuble of the FoIkestono-Bou- Iogne service while the vessel “'35 crossing from Boulogne. It was a second attempt at IIIegnI entry by the some means. Only three days before a Colorado beetle of French birth was found on and removed from the lower deck of the so. Whitstable while she still lay at (he quaysldc In Boulogne hart-or. Whe- ther It was the same Colorado bee- tle or another. that tried again the report does not say, only that the attempt. like the first, was dis- covered. So 5.1.1 Is well.

The discovery ems reported by wireless from raid-Channel and "an official of the Ministry of Agricul- ture met the ship at Folkrtone and took possession of the beetle" Eng- land stands therefore where she rIIrLAsIong as the offlclalfrom the Department of Agrlculture keeps his nerve and his. hold on the pota- to bug. everyrnlng I.s under control. But as you can see, It ‘was a near thing. Potato bugs and defeat are about the only two misfortunes England has managed to miss In he seven lean years Inst past. The bought of what might have hap- iened If the Colorado beltle on the naln Jock of the as. Whltstnble ad been smart enough to get hll llng cases open and through cus- LFms before the offlclal from the

InLsrry of Agriculture arrived Is readful.

For, ihe same day tihe unwel- come tourlst. from Boulogne wu taken into official custody‘ at. Folk- storie, an ofIIcInI government source In Inndon released a statement about another. The statement sold an Immigrant potato bug had been Identified ma: Barbary. where ihe Cross reed to be and the cakes used to come from, eating potato

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The only sure way of ending accidents at level crossings Is to abolish level crossings or. as an a1- ternatlve, abolish motorists. -—Ot- Iowa Journal.

Some day u halt may be called by the American people Io the psychopathic fem" of Communism which afflicts a large section of the present United States Congress. Meanwhile, the hysteria spreads endangers liberal movements, and gives comfort to dozens of hatc- mongers. - The Natlo, New York.

A Chicago policeman seized 50 tickets of admission to the ball park from ticket speculators. When '»he latter were fined In court, the Judge wanted to know what trad become of the tickets. The offixir blushed and sald he had g~ven them to kids who didn't. have tic- kets. We thlnk we would like that. policeman. - Fort William Times-Journal.

There are those who swear occas- ionally and those who swear con. nlnually. The largest class is com- P615911 of those who swear only when they hit their thumb with a hammer or In cases of such ac- cidents. Yet even thIs Swéilfiflfl, at mishaps Is a habit whlch will grow In a subtle mariner unless strict uiatch Is kept. - Chdfliilfili) News.

Those of the older generation who remember Mae Marsh, star of the silent movIe, The BIi-th of a Na- tion, wI11 be Interested to learn that In addition to being a grand- mother, she has just come into fame as an artist. Her collection of oIl paintings Is now on exhIbt- tlon In California and I: drawing a great deal of favorable often- tlori. Some-Isa years have passed since she was the talk of the con- tinent. _- Fort William Times-Jour- nal.

Bloycleu I-IIII motor can are not the best. companlons on the high- way. They were not built to get along nicely together. One is so light. and sensitive, the other so heavy and rougih Ln Ita contact. Riders on bicycles and drivers of car; do not seem to get along par- ticularly well either. The cycbst. often thinks the motorist. Is tr}- Ing to hog the whole road, and most drivers of automobiles are sure that the cyclist. tries to u.e all of the road. - Fort WIIIIum Tunes-Journal.

In any clash between the two greatest world-powers of today, zlic United States side of the case is sure to be played up 1n thd- 0811.65 reaching North America. In fact. they are given a slant which 1s not. only pro-American but. antl- sovlet. It, is essential. therefore, that caution should be exercised‘ In accepting Ell that Is said ‘m these one-sided dispatches as a complete statement. of the facts. Wise readers await confirmation oi the stories. In the past, the Illzb reports have often proved unre- IIabIe-Toronto Daily Star.

We note n trend. Someone In Hollywood, we suspect, started what, might be called the (logger peak stretch, by which the paints o1 n collar nDW run almost. to iIie IiIps and allow full scope for tiiose Malayan sunsets and microscopic surveys of bacteria that. compose so many of our new nocktles. It hasn't. quite the strangling quali- ties of the more orthodox collar, tor it dips considerably below ihe Adam's apple and reveals new spaces chestwards. Soon the trend should reverse. Those high .vI1"ie collars may return, and they had a lot to recommend them. You could always rest your chin ctim- fortably In listening to a stimuli about. the Empire-Hamilton Spec- tutor.

For some years the British pop- ulation of working age wIII become smaller, and wI-thIn It. the propor- tions both of younger people and of women of aII ages wIII fall. Detail- od estimates of the probable changes Ln the next. five years are made In the current. issue of the "MInIstry of Labor Gazette." Be- tween the end of 19416 and ihe end o1 1951 the number of people used fifteen to thlrty-ntne wIII fan by 590,000 or 5 percent. The Increased number of older people wIII no’. offset the whole of this decline. The total populatlon of working age (fifteen to sixty-four for men and fifteen to fifty-nine for wom- en) wI1I faII by 124.000. Accc-rdlng to the MInIstry not. only wIII there be fewer women of working qo but a smaller proportion of thom can be expected to work -becouse the higher birth-rate now means that more wIII have domestlc ties. There wIII, therefore, have to be a considerable substitution of men for women In a number of Indus- trIeo. Moreover the way In whlcn work Is organized wIII have to be adjusted to allow for the fact that.

a Luger shore of It wIII full on the older men. — Manchester Guardian.

Harley. So far lll was known when the abatement was released this Banbui-y IIIVHLEI‘ was the only potl- to bug at. large In England.

wiu. Ministry of Agricuiiure offl- clals closing in from a1! dlrectom on the gander: of Mr. George Bol- worth ihere is no need to despfllf of 1 capture. To lock on the bright ildo Io 1I.III possible. But I: wouldn't