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Cheese Production Estimates On the basis of information provided ‘by pro- vincial delegates at the recent Dottiinion-Pro- vincial agriculture conference, officials said that while i944 cheese output promises to be 20,000,001) pounds greater than in the average pre-uar year, it still \\ill be down I0.00°.°°° pounds as compared with i943. _ Following are the estimates of production by provinces, compared with I943 otllpflll Prince lidwtirtl l~lilllll, 753,000 pounds, tin- ghanged; Nov-n Scotitt, tioiie, since no cheese factory has operated in the province for years; New Brimswick, 771,000 pounds. unchanged; Quebec, 40624000, tinchriuged; Ontario, 93,- 283000, down in per cent: Manitoba, 3.526,- ul. t-iglq; per cent; SZl¥l\f\lL'llP\\'t'\l1, 419,000. unchztilgctl:.'\llic1'tzi,2,25‘1.00o, down I0 P" cent; British Columbia 777,ooo, up io per cent.

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A Fine Tribute

Following the announcement that Prime Minister Churchill had been stricken with pneumonia, this fine tribute to him appeared in the New York Post:

“After the doctors and nurses have their wciy __md we'll bet they didn‘t get it wiltuit a roaring figlit—\\'inston Churchill must lifi alone with his thoughts for a few hours today.

“We can't know all that passes through his mind. But for most of his 69 years that mind has been about equally preoccupied with making histcq and ivrititig it. And so we can safely assume that he is thinking in terms of history and of his own place in the tremendous record of his times.

"That will call for many books, One item we wish to contribute today: that Winston Churchill will stand as the perfect example of how an intelligent conservative, a conservative bv birth, education and conviction. could hate und fight fascism with all the passion and power of his being. By that demonstration alone, he has clone a great deal to save the democratic way of life. He proved how it was possible for men to differ ori many fundamen- tsl questions. and yet fight together for each other’: freedom. We needed that proof.

“That is why liberals and conservatives both, free men everywhere, hope from the bottom of their hearts today for his quick recovery."

It is reassuring to note from yesterday's des- natches that this hope is being realized. The Prime Minister now seems to be well on the rosd to

Greatest Property Owner

Th Bririlh Government, because of the OI has become the greatest property owner h It already possesses assets valued gt 13315000900 and a good deal more. But

no central record is kept, the House of Commons Select Committee 0n National bprndlme tin not been able to estimate the g1 Giant of state capitalism in the United

government now owns lsnd on a big cede, land for airdromes especially. It owns Kings by the rhousands—factories, work-

barrgclu, camps. offices, houses, liOl- plhie, Motels, warehouses, cold stores, general nuns, air raid shelters, gas, water and electric- Jy ‘a-istsllations and railway sidings. It has huge quantities of plant and machinery for a (roast variety of purposes, including tractors and qricultunl machinery, National Fire Ser- vice vehicles and fire fighting equipment.

It possesses ships, docl-ryards, floating docks, lceties. whsrves, launching ways, slipways, har- bor- Qhcds and grain elevators. And it has fum- iture and equipment for a wide range of build-

s.

Iri short, it is by far the biggest “capitalist? in the country.

“The total expenditure which these assets represent," says the select committee's report, “is very large, and the’ future of so much state property will raise considerable financial prob- lems. Ilforeover, the. eventual decisions about the retentionpadaptation, or sale of such pro- perty, will be governed to a considerable ex- tent by major considerations of policy which, io far as the committee can find out, have not yet been determined."

Chahces The Japs Missed

General Auchtinleck, commsndcr-ln-chlof in India, s.'licl the other day that the Japanese last your mix-ed their hcst chance to invade India, :l"at lnahzi now is safe from ally serious attempt it lll\'ii$l0ll.

The laps missed last year also their best chance, _in fae‘. their only chance with hope of success, to itivittlts Australia and New Zemland. They llllfihPll. the rlsly of Pearl llarbor, their only chance to seizi- the Hawaiian Islands-had they sent in troops on the heels of their air ut- tacle they would have found little in their way.

Tokyo had hceu premriitg fnr war for years, had ciircitll and r-.\'.'ict plans. Apparently those plmis did not go so fztr as lhc actual invasion of llrtu-aiii, Nt-lv Zvzilzuul, .-\|.islr."lia and India -—:iud vet it must have hcen clear to lliroliitds war lords llint thev could not settle down to rnioy thtir lHHl rpfh- the-st: l'-.lE\ll(l$ untl coun- trirs could b: u.-.--tl .'t~ lvtsvs alqzlilist them.

lifllllillll)‘ whztl fouled the laps, silggcsls the Ottawa journal. was the failure of Germany to livc up tn ll(‘|‘ pill", of the .-\.\ti< plot. icrliu “~35 qruivincctl in the liztll of IIHI, and no doubt convinced the greedy glztpnuvst: that RussXl was on the vcrgc of complete collapse, that af-

ter Russia surrendered Britain could be knqslt- ed out of the war before help from the United States could become a factor. And, of course. everybody knew the Americans wouldn't really fight! So no doubt the wily Japs decided they could show their strength in a great swoon southwards, sit down in Malaya and The Nelli- erlands East Indies while their enemies humbly begged for terms, pick up India and Australia, New Zealand and anything else they wanted, at their leisure. No doubt they actually thought

terms in London and Washington. Fortunate- ly for us, and unhappily for the laps, fate had other plans.

r EDITORIAL NOTES -

The shortest day, according to the calendar. a a a s

There have been crowds of farmers in the city this week. but not having much to sell; nor, on the other hand, has there been much variety on which to spend.

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r,ooo.ooo tons more cereals for bread and more than 250,000 tons more potatoes have been

record-breaking effort. This harvest is the greatest yield per acre of these products since official records have been kept. n- w- a- e Australia is to give s Speaker's chair for the House of Commons at Westminster when i: is rebuilt. Mr. Curtiri, the Prime Minister, an- nouncing this said the offer had been accepted by the British Government, but the matter was being deferred until the design of the new House of Commons and the timber to be used had been decided. is a a Hearty congratulations are extended to the l-lm. Cyrus MacMillan on his prospective en- trance into the cabinet-as Minister of Pen- sions when the Prime Minister reorganizcs his ministry preparation to the general election. The only fly in the oitment of good wishes all round is the fact the last time Prime Minister King reorganized his ministry to include Dr. Cyrus it went down to defcat. This may, in fact, is almost sure to happen again. u a e e

A vital war factory was built near s. New South Wales town. It had to be staffed, and there was hardly enough housing for the local inhabitants, and none extra for operatives frotn outside. So the local manpower officer called up the whole town except for rural workers, and those running the vital services. “Everybodfs don't know what we're going to do." “Make munitions!" said the lifarlpovyer Man.

George Eliot, (pseudonym of Mary Aiui Evans), English novelist and poet, died this date 1880; among her friends were Herbert Spencer, Carlyle, and George Henry Lewes the last named inspiring most of her work; “Adam IEedc", published in i859 was her finest work; her place is among the greatest of Etiglish fic- tion writers; she excelled as a word painter of middle-class life and character, and her work 1S marked by much pathos and humour: ‘One must be poor to know the luxury of giv- ing"... “Our deeds still travel with us from afar’, and what we have been makes us what we are.

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The Montreal-Matin naturally takes it for granted that Mr. Bracken is indeed on middle ground between Liberal rcactionaries and C. C. radicals. It comments thus: “Mr Brac- ken: doctrine is first and foremost based on the respect and welfare of the individual. And then it is a. good thing that he takes something both from the left and from the right, in for- mulating up his creed. He well knows the dan- ger of a_ socialist policy, but he is also aware of the risks of ‘I. lsissez-faire policy, of com- Pmmlie 1nd Plrtlslnship. He chooses the mid- dle course. On the one hand, he wants to as- sist the poor to improve their lot, and on the other he intends to prevent the powerful from exploiting the people, from acting against the common good."

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vThe ‘Trafalgar D_ay celebration at the foot of helsons Column in Trafalgar Square includ- ed the speaking of a new short poem, “Men ‘>5 9" RWll NIW." written for the occasion verses were recited by Lieutenant Esmond partially blinded in the action between H.M.5, Prince of Wales and the Bismarck. They are u f0llows:—- Lon: since. I knew the tailors of the Fleet.

The Navy's lion-hearts, the undismayed; Dull" wddcmt. most dreadful, they would

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Al an old lhfpnntc who a visit . Ocean liu added to her datli m than;

Science and purer courage are her need; Man. grown in ridtl, is deadlier to men;

Thesaedwltll 81""! ‘M111. dare the greater

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Canadeh wheat wedge reduction progrurt has cost the Federal treasury already about $75.o00.ooo, and the total will be at least $80,- °°Q.000 when all the i943 payments are made. This money has accomplished a total wheat now- mg cut since r940 of at least 10,000,000 acres and has produced s corresponding increase in western ‘summer fallow and coarse grain acre- ike to compete with Eastern Canada. Acres sown to wheat in i939 tmlled 36,750,000; 1n 1940 the acrea was z8,7z5,ooo; in 194i it dfflllflfid l0 II. .000 acres; in i942 there was a. slight reduction to 21,586,000 acres; but in i943 the. full force of the reduction prOgram was reflected in a cut to 17,500,000 acres. Un- der this subsidy plan, originally, there was paid $4 an acre for summer fallow, and $2 an acre for coarse grains and $2 an acre for ground sown to grasses and rye. In the first year the plan operated under departmental regulation but -n I942 an act was passed, and last year it was amended to place the payment on a flat $2 rm

were basis for all areage withdrawn frotn wheat and put to other uses.

at that stage that they would dicate the peace t

grown in Britain this year than in last year's s

short-handed now," lamented the Mayor. "I a

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Notes By The Way

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llitle is r-o timllt ll h thinks [the ti... is uoitm t: hibernate this winter. — Kansas Cit-y Times. ,

llurnan beinn can m ‘lung (or a wnue without tuna and iciiies, but. ngdarlsr‘ etyery one Ls sometimes

1190a its iii-natured omen-Victoria Colonist.

has a DNSS Blank-no is not convent. with the decent obscurity to which events have consigned him. perhaps he thinks in can con- vince the Allies that they should nstore him to his throne. He miaiht. better save his possum-Ot- tawc Journal, ~ -

To throw away an empty cigar- ette package involves a suit rina in Britain. In the matter of real saving and conservation we. in thla country. or the people or the Uni- ted States. haven't. lot. to first base. And since t-he war started there has been no urodmiuity with navel” worse than that o1 our own govern- merit deoortmentsl-St. Catharincs tiandwd.

Soun High School Elan: is nut. an be “h

‘ust as it. did 40 years B80; it may

re new on this continent to call a

ull younlz man a “drlofif but. the

31811611 have done so since i920.

Say that 2011100118 is in a

when they are over-excited

has been recognized Etnzit-sh since

about 1860; it is Just. lsettuin to the

i-iigh School crowd novn-Pelerbor- ough libmmlner.

Last week Mme. Litvinott, wife of the tormer Soviet ambassador to the United States. was backing in nreoarattion tor her return to Mioi- ww. Gilt: Xor Russian from Ameri- caai rrlencls jammed her luggage. she said. In one parcel there was enough crystallized Vltamuic D to care for 20.000 babies for one sear. Oifharid. we'd say that is the blit- iest mt. ol.’ "_sunnine" on record.~—

gstnn Wing-Standard.

Mark Twain once remarked "nun

the tendency or Eastern neulile in general, but o! New Yorkers in nar- ttcular, money and money matters at. all times turd in all places. i-ie contrasted this with the genggull‘ peep e c o! annibal. . “in Hanmbal we tiever talked about. money. There was not enough in the place to iuruisli a topic at con- VBISGMOH."—KSIISBS City Star.

At a recent session or the Slal- ingrad Regional Soviet it, was re- ported that 8,400 houses have been oullt. or restored in the city. Vol- unteer builder teams have Dlnyed

at. part. in this work. with

. 42 schools. l0 hospitals.

1i voivcl 10s. eight. mother and

child consultation centres. 99 kin-

daicmtens and a nursery were re-

paired. Twenty-five kilometres ot

water mains were also Wt. iiito 0D- oration-USSR Bulletin.

The Russian dorrt tool when the)’ int/end to court martial "wur crim- inals" and execute anv found guilty. Moscow already reports the conviction uiid hanging of one "war criminal." The Gcimun was hanlzed from the came tree that the Nazis used to tiang a iettssiaii woman for killing poultry ivitliout a Nazi pcrnut, There should be a lot more Germans hanged. And. when the executions stnri, they will include snore than likst Hihlm‘. Him- mler and those fellows. A lot of lesser gangsters have tu be Jllliizii- ea so the German people ivill un derstand what happen..- when a na- tlon turns gangster and tries to murder its way to world-domina- tiotm-W. L. Clark in Windsor Star.

An advance step was taken by the clergyman in the Cumberland and Westmoreiutid districts n short time ago when they held n rural conference at. Naupan to consider how be -

lasted through- out three days and when the con- ference was over. it was clear that much new information liiid been provided and that. the clergyman

d been urn/en a new field in whic

to exercise their talents for ieade - ahtn- I/t. is not. that. men in the ministry can teach the rairmer any- lilna in the way o! producing crops out that they can provide a greater habitation in devising new ways or stinking community lite more cttz-scivep‘ t. News.

With Ohriltmal an evvnt lo In- to weeks in advance annually. it. Li difficult. to realize that. here was once n. time when the (estivity was abolished in Enuland. Parlia- ment. in the veer 16B, ousted m fwblddlns the celnbratlon “vii tho in apito or pro s o:

by the Poet Launate, Mr. John Muefield, Th; (stir-gm... Knizht. R-N-V-R» the yvung actor who was o! Menu mats

. or my other w NW Iiich day ll Christmas. For years this isw restrained enforced, 01111! bflnl atralu oitlcially or" m..." t“ 223‘

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a mink-unsung

recognised Deuiedin

minds are also insisting that provision for American recruit! must with a "nuclear" tri lo or quadruple understanding wh ch be the hard core o! n world

bnd nttlzd relation n _ glgt-I-iipnd the Iii-riled

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Carol. once Kin: 0t ltumanil- T nixed

~,\ Taxation

them the Preview Wad) Most authorities It"! w: rates have had scmethinl tn| do with abaenteelim, in war- piante. The take-home NY de- cilnes ra idly. in iiromrflvn. u I man wo longer hours. and es-

claily. l! there is a penalty rate. hi: overtime This is contrary to the trend in industry {or ion: years. Tlmc-and-a-halt and even, doubletime have becoin tradition.’ The Ilsley rates made them a con- tradlctlun. For a iuimbe p! years prior to the boom. many n workman was xetlinlr alonlz 0n part-time.

ocuy. tn hla rm o! nay nun- er despite ceilings. he is Derhlbl inclined to continue Dart-time. e8- peciullv as there 1s little on which he can spend hi; money.

Bubect to more expert inter- nreta n. the (inure: relatini ton skilled worker on a payroll t. cs0 per week tor a six-day week would be as follows: Assuming that he ts a married man with no dependents. and is subject to the lull wmplllfiory suviii s. his take- hcme nay out o! the would be $42.80. lea; unemployment insur- ance deduction. war savlnu plecge. bond pledge. etc, m. It any It he works lust hall’ a week his take-home nav would be $25.60. which ls perhaps what he was making betore the war. His argument is likely to be that; nu nets $8.53 per day to take home t!‘ he works three days ner week. But it he works the second three days, his take-home pay is lust $5.73 per day for those days.

a plant uioducinlz a vital. or even send-essential war material. should be so unnatrlotic m: to argue it out this way as an excuse {or him to lots! halt the week. A great many workers - men and women —- are working steadily. earnestly, whole-heart- sdly, pmrlottcallv. But humans are human and the percentage who "l0 u"! i“ "M! ls an excuse to take It easy in these times is sut- flblehlly lflrfle to have aroused the interest and championship or some the C.C.F. members or the House o! Commons and to cause managers o! war plants more than s little worry.

BABYLON

The child alone a 00st ls: _ Spring and Fairyland nre liiS._ Truth and Reason show but aim. And sll’s poetry with him.

Rhyme and music flow in plenty For the lad of one-and-twciliy- But Sorintz tor nlm is no more now Than daisies to a niutichlu; cow: Just. a cheery pleasant season. Dairy buds to live at. easebii.

He's forgote-n how he smzled

And slggliillted at snowdiroi-ls when a

Or wept one evening secretly

For April's glorious ‘nlscry. Wisdom made lilm old imd wary Banishing the lords of Furry. Wisdom made a breach and ha..-

bored Babylon to bits: she scattered To the lleelues and the ditches All our uurserv zivimcs Witches. _ Lob and Piltfti. oooi‘ frantic elves. Drag their tieasurcs trom tne shelves. _

Jack tne Quint-killer's stone. Mother Goose and Obci-ui. Bluebird and King tsolutucn. Robin. and Red Rzdinu llrou

‘Faro together to the wind.

And Sir Galahad lies hlzl

In a cave with Cii-jitnlu Kidd

None of all the titanic trusts,

None rcnialn but a few ghosts

O1’ tlmorous heart. to linzcr on Weeping for lost Babylon.

—Roiic:'t G tax‘; s.

States has been n mighty ncluevc- merit oi the years oi ivar. a deep foundation on which to build. The concrete purpose o! _ilte three-pow- er talks which lie ahead is to strengthen tie with inst other llrest. country which has litlhcrlu borne

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the brunt. oi war on tne European continent and will exercise ir. the future settlement of Europe a share ioportlonate to its ettorts and to ts victorlesplondon 11mm.

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Benefits oli PRICE CONTROL

The lists below are conclusive proof of Can- ada's price control policy and at the same time point out the dangers of inflation. Those comparisons are based on facts revealed by a. survey of prices right here in Charlotte-

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Anything you and we can do to pre-

vent inflation is a service to Canada and an added insurance for future prosperity.

What $20.60 Bought in the Last War

50 lbs. Sugar 5O lbs. Potatoes

10 lbs. Rice 10 lbs. Lard

What $20.60 Will Buy Today

50 lbs. Sugar 50 lbs. Potatoes ‘l0 lbs. Rice 10 lbs. Lard 3 pkgs. Cornflakes 3 tins Milk 1 pkg- Quaker Oats 2 pks. Rinso 1 pkg. Soda Biscuits 10 cakes Soap 1 pkg. All Bran 1 gal. Vinegar 2 lbs. Butter 1 doz. Quart Sealers 2 pkgs. Wheat 24 lbs. Flour

1 pkg. Cake Flour 1 pkg. C. B. Soda 2 loaves Bread

1 lb. Shortening

2 pkgs. Cheese

1 doz. Oranges

b tins Peas

1 lb. Tea

1 jar Pickles

2 doz- Eggs