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TIIE GHARLDTTETDWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily tl-‘ounded in 1887)

rreeident: Lieut. Col. W. Cheater S. Mel-are Vice-President: .I. R. Burnett, I-‘JJ. _ Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. Mnclilnnon, 0.5.0. Editor and Managing Director: J. R. Burnett, l-‘JJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Ian A. Burnett

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“The Strongest lllemory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1049.

4 - I! "Just Before Christmas D "4' Wl__%“ , , .

The Guardiziii pre-cuts in this issue its an- niril ilirisinias rillllfiii, in tlic hope and exticcta- tiou that the -pecitil features. illustrations, and adveriisciuctits will accord with the subject up- permost in the public mind at this season. Though world conditions are farfwm bani! harmoiiiiiiis with the spirit 0i Lliristmas,_ there i: so far as Canada and the British knipire

l ’ , _' _ are concerned, legitimate ground for encourage- ment The war in which we are engaged is for Christian freedom and democracyg agilil1$f 38' Rte ion and t\'r:iiiii\' which if victorious would “yup-C ,1 ytpiglggt'v' m‘ Christmas and all its hallow- ed atcoejations, 'l‘hai is why we can rejoice, sincerely as Christians, in the latest develop- ments of the war in the Rear East, in the sup- erh courage shown by our air, land and naval forces, in the hcroi-iti of the people of the Old (oiunrv, in the iiirreii-iiig support which the Unitedbtattas is affording, in the fact that in- itiative is passing to Britain andher Allies, and that the tidt- of battle seems definitely to he tum- inc in our favor. _ '

Locally this has been one of the busiest Christ- m“; _.hopping st-gisoils in recent years, and the freer (llSlflbllllfJll of money means a happier Christmas for nianv families. There are still op- portunities for charitable giving. however: the Free l'li-ii(-ii-";ir\'. the $alvation Army, the Iti- firiuzirv, the hn-piials, orphanages and other in- stitutions can alivais use more fiitids at this time. and we solicit on their behalf the same generous response as in other years.

Province Before Politics v.4- -———-—————— _

An object lesson to our local contemporary is afforded bv the comment in the llzilifzix Chronicle (Liberal) on the lll‘\\'.\ of plain expansion and orders for muuititiiis Ul)lillll(‘(l for the towns oi Trenton, r\nihcrsi and .\'cw (jlzisgoiv. Instead of indulging in faiutius eulogitis ovcr the “generos- ity” of the authorities ai (iliiawa and the alert-

Hess of liberal l‘('iil‘t'~t'lll£\ll\'t's. the Libra/null‘, “liilu welroiiiing ihi. new industrial activity. says:

"Nova Scotia, however. will regard this indiis- trial program less a- llir- gift of a beneficcnt cen- tral government tutti :i the beginning of a pro-

. izi Sroiizins. wiili good s . ' ate t-niuletl to share in the industrial activity re. dung from the war effort’. Thev have felt that vvav ever since the war be- gan. and the" have been impatient to see orders placed in tlii‘. proviiivt-"JThe firestiit activities, it adds, "regii-escnt a bcginuitig, lint they are only l. beginning Aniiouticcinent of munitions production should serve to stimulate ptiblic bodies in this provinsti to pr ss, with renewed force, for a greater use of Xova $cotia's shipy-arrls and boafvrirrls . . . lt is important that Nova Scotizfs voice be heard ]it‘i'.\'lSl(‘llll_V and emphatically."

That is how things get done in our sister Pro- vince. Politicians are constantly being prodded out of their inertia. and the Liberal press is usual- lv the first to crime forward with energetic critic- ism when it is needed.

‘Consider The Clerks

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Now just birftire the lrist-iniiiitte shopping rush, there's a golden rule worth remembering. It's Christmas time for the store clerks, too. Some timely advice on this subject is offered by an exchange. llere it is: Take your turn; don't jinn ahead of (iihtirs. The clerk can't leave one cusiotncr. to nait on another. If _v0u're not in- tctirling in buv. doiii take the clerk's time. Don't go through the stock like a hurricane and leave a pile of havoc: others as well as you want to

see tbt- di-pl::_v. "hiuk as vou enter. Clerks tire not mind l‘4‘JlIli'l'<. lf you don't know what voii \\'i!lll, don't blame the szilcswomziit. Clerks have to be ladies and ggcntlcnit-n, otherwise thcy could not gt-t to first base. This can't always

be said of a customer. “The customer is al- ivavs right" was thought up to get rid of the

rudc. The fzici is the. cu-iottier is generally wrong. \\'li~ii some people go shopping thcv wear their rh:u'.'icii-r- inside out, with the seaniv side tixpos-tirl, Don't do it.

Perhaps (his llll\'l\'l‘ i-ift net-fled in Charlotte- town. llui it's worth i'<~iiit»iiiliei'iii;_'. :iii_v\\'.'i_v.

"Not Without Honour"

Arthur ll. l‘iirvi-_ n tiroiiiinenf Lianadirin citi- zen who is tlirrclor QPIIVFZII of iht- Kriiislt l'ur- chasing (limiiib-ii-ii in the lfuiit-tl .<!:ifcs. has

been nirule .i member of llis .\li1lP.\‘l\"< .\lo-"t Hon- orable l’ri\"v (ioutiril. This makes him. and for

life, H |\‘i.~bt llltlitillllil -. lint for the resolution twain-t title- ]\ll-~l‘4l 1i? the instance of Prime .\lll'll$ll‘l' ilicl. lI/it- King some vctirs ago. it may bt- ns-uincil \Ir. l‘urvi< would have been given n luiiidrliiiiirl, The lroitiitir bestowed upon him

i‘|>lll’l rt-rcive in the circum-

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slant-rs Rig-bi llotitirzible lirut-st Idlfifiilllt‘ was 'h~ lw-i Vziiizitliziii iirr-vitiii-lv honored. briiiqinfl 1H- lfu tli-u to llllll‘. lw-itlvs three tmtwr Cann- ‘i i- iv r-Wlrtii iii liiiigliitil: Iliffl lltinv-"i" ""|l' [Jiftl fii‘t'i‘li\‘-'lrf‘fl éillfl lflglll lfflll, If. ll.

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recalls on fYfllflllPF. performod a ir-rvict- i». vlit- lloiiiitiiiiii (ii)\'(‘""t1l"lIf lit‘- fiwc t"‘ in" over bi= orvsent duties. lir- headed l\lr_ Iliicl-zenzic King's National Employment

Commission and stibmittcd a report and a plan which, if implemented with some semblance of vigor, would have removed a great part of the disgrace hanging ovcr the country‘ at the time. 110w ivas he honored by the Kitig Government for the time and energy he gave unsparingly? When his report was under debate in the House of Commons in April, 1938, the Liberal member for 'l‘etniscouata created a scene by throwing a copy on the floor atid calling it “rotten", demand- ing the deportation of l\lr. Piirvis, as an un- desirable. Although Hon. Norman Rogers, Min- ister of Labor, rebuked the irresponsible mem- ber there was no indication that Prime Minister

King was moved out of his complacency. The report, which should have been recognized as one of the most valuajile documents ever tabled in the llouse. was pigedfiholed and forgotten.

This was Mr. Purvis’ reward for public ser- vice in the country of his atloption.

For his service to the United Kingdom diiriiiz the past year His Majesty has given him the greatest honor at present possible.

Trulv, “a prophet is not without honor, save iii his own country."

_ EDITORIAL NOTES .-.

The shortest day. e it n:

Have you concluded your Christmas shop-

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Tomorrow Christmas Sunday with Christmas music in the churches. m n a n Remember the poor and helplCSS. especially little children whom aant: Cjulaus may forget. The Feast of Si. Thomas, also known" as Didymtis, one of the twelve apostles: Shared the (lariger with Jesus at Bethany when Lazarus lay dead; was filled with dismay when Jesus an- notinced l-lis departure at the Last Supper; rc- fusetl to believe in the resurrection till he had seen and touched Jesus. at v- If you meet a lot of fine looking airmen in the streets next week, you will know that a first contingent of Commonwealth trainees have reached our air training school» even though it is not expected to be inaugurated until March. The contractors are so far ahead with the work that accommodation can already be provided for aircraftsmen.

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They do go after the material interests of their citizens in Amherst, while at the same time making ample provision for things spiritual. Full approval by the Amherst Town Council has been given to the change in construction plans by the Canadian ("ar and Foundry‘ Coinpaiiv. Originallv it had been decided to construct air- plane wings at the Amherst plant lint recently it was announced fuselagcs would be built and that wings would be sent from Xlontreal and risseitibliitg dotie in .'\lllllCl‘.~l. lf would tncrin iii- crcased f'llll)lO_\‘lll(’lll and a larger circulation of money, the (founcil advised.

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Sitrcly for the first time in history a British king has given a tncdal for gallantry to two nicn for threshing wheat. If that sounds fantastic, it must be noted that this is a somewhat fatitas- tic war, in which the work of civilians in a bombed area can be even more important and more dangerous than that of men in uniform. The two men in question are Mr. Reginald llcr- bert Blunt and Mr. William Harris, who carried on their threshing job while German shells from the other side of the English Channel fell about them and German planes machinc-gtinnetl them. Other hazards were German bombs and frag- ments from British anti-aircraft shells. Every farmer knows the importance of harvesting wheat at the right time; apparently these two men refused to let the special hazards spoil the crop.

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Citizens of llioiictori are to hold “open house" for members of the armed" forces located in their vicinity during the period from Christmas Day to New Year's. The Atlantic Hotel, Church §treet, will be the scene of activities and sol- diers. airmen and sailors will be welcomed dur- ing the afternoons and evenings. At a meeting in the office of Mayor F. W’. Storey at City Hall plans for the week were gone over and thoroughly (liscussed with the result that all lo- cal service clubs, womctfs organizations and church clubs will be asked to co-opcrate. Re- freshments are to be served at intervals and the men will be made to feel perfectly “at home." The hostel, a large building, has been the home of the 8th Battery and the 14th Field Ain- bulance during the past year, but at the present time is now unoccupied. An entertainment coni- mitlee will provide entertainment for the dif- ferent days and a refrcslitnetit committee ivas named also.

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The comparative failure of the last Govern- ment loan. was due, it was claimed. to the Gov- crnmetit having failed to recognize the import- ant necessity of preliminary itewspaper advertis- ing. In this connection “Canadian Business" say; regarding advertising generally: “We be- lieve that there is good reason to increase na- tional advertising in Canada next year. But l)y that we do not mean that there is anv necessity to abuse the privilege and opportunity by stretch- ing the appropriation beyond a proper percent- age of anticipated sales. To oitr way of think- ing. however, there is less real danger 0f tax loss involved in too much advertising than too little. Don't do enough atlveriising and what happens? Sales and profits drop off and the Receiver General loses out on taxes because the extra nioncv inst don't livc there any more. Bu! increase adrertisitiq in reasonable limits and what is the story? Profits rind sales increase in tomorrow-K tnarkct so the government stands to collect higher fax revenues. Cooioonv unifies and vii'ri"""ts_ i't'l'ifio"s with the riulilit‘ "i" be stronger than evrr when peace crimes. \Vhaf's more. as such Ill"l'!’-'I§f‘Il t-xprtidiiinv-s might \\‘('ll add to the profits of the various .’l')_‘f"l(‘l'"; in- volved in the nroiluctiott of the ridvertisinv. the

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tax return on combiner] ext-me ivrofits s‘.'\"tls to be even higher than if it had been collgatcd from the advertiser alone."

THE qi-iaitsorrerogtiv cuiiitniiviv

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Britain wants 112000.000 pounds ‘of Canadian cheese next, year and a milk shortage here» is feared. It would not hurt Canadians to eat a iwrceritaze of margarine as a war measure. - St. Thames Times- Journal.

liis astrologer; perhaps haven't- menitioncd the fact, but there ap- pear to be many signs that the Fuehrer should heed. Jobless Frenchmen to titre number of 300,- 000 in the _Paris area are reported to be growing sullen and restless. _ Several Italian aristocrats and scores of Italians have been ar- rested for being tlllll-Wfll‘. The con- cealment of arms and the circula- tion of anti-German leaflets con- tinue among tire Czechs, even though many have been arrested. There have been food riots in Yugoslavia. - Hamilton Spectator.

October was the biggest cigar- producing month since October, 1930. with l gain or 5.86 per cent. over the corresponding month of last ycar. 'I‘ha1; is an added indic- ation of the volume of Christmas trade to be expected and so, pro- baibly is the 9.4 per cent. increase in snuff manufacture. which scored 3.567.501 pounds. Cigarette manu- facture made a new October high and gave the month fourth place in

PUBLIC FORUM

flflleleolnr’: lo epol III the eeueen cornopeelelte of eetl ll

in one a lntaeel. Ib fine-

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THEN AND NOW

Sin-It is inspiring and refresh- ing to raise our minds, sometimes, above our surroundings, to trans- port ourselves from amo the everyday affairs of life, an con- template how people lived. what they did. and what they thought in other lands and other ages.

t us today transport ourselves in imagination for a few minutes

"The nbtbtwu

oomlnizvery fut: It. reached the ante as I ran out.

Th i had zone to the tower a Dofeilll: church

d an [he nens 'were on their beech

U!) in ti» barn. end I thouzht 1 r

A blece t. a little DLIITIDI word.

t a‘ s‘ inside. weltlrm and stay-

from twentieth century Prince Ed- To u-v if); near what the hem were say mt.

back a couple of

ago to fer of! sunny Italy. Neither I nor per- liaps many or your readers have ever been privileged to visit Italy, but from manv very vlvld descrip- tions that we have of that country

ward Island. thousand years

They were asklnn eomethlntt. that Aaklnriwff over find over aizaln. are of them moved and turned

we can at. least form e fairly ac- H" tefbgllélllfs-mlde‘ “med mud.

curate mental picture of its salient features. Italy was the same Italy two

A ruffled sound. like a buahful of

thousand years ago as lt is today. And me said he, “We 38km“ word,’

Not the same Italy politically. but

the same Italy physically. There Sh. flushed h" m“ do“ m“; h“

were the same hlls and valleys.

the same rivers and streams, the B“; 30mg}; ‘ngwgggd gnyhhlng.

same beautiful Italian lakes: the some snow-cupped Alps rising in

-—El1labeth MMIOX 1740179115.

the all-time record. The total for the north; the same dee blue the 10 months of the year is more Mediterranean on the sout 1 the than 152.500.000.000. If you would same brilliant Italian sky; the like to lay that. many end to end same sun that rises and sets here for urposes of measurement re- day by day, rlsl and setting mom but n. large number of there then, just as will rise and them are the extra 101185. 0! set two thousand years hence when which we tI-regfo have more scon.— we are gone and forgotten.

Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the setting of the brilliant It- ——i ,alian landscape, picture to your The Mexican government, it is mind a beautiful day in the Ides

announced from Mexico City. of October 79 B. C. "deeply regrets” the tiziauthor-l 0n that day a boy was born ln izcd peep of "inexperlencedj Pietole, a little town in the prov-

United States customs official into ince o1 Mantua, on the banks of the diplomatic pCllCh of a courier the Minclri: a boy who was to be- on his way fijotm the Italian lega- come in later life the most illus- tiorr in Waszplingion to the Italian tt-lous of all the literary lights of minister to exioo. The rror ofiRome. this official is not the gigater if His parents were well-to-do and this particular pcucli happened toi he was sent to the best. seats of contain $2,000,000 in cold cashhilearnl in the then Roman Em- Amerlcan currency and the Mexi-lpire, witch included practically n11 can government would be just as the civilized world. sorry about the incident if fiiie he grew to manhood and pfiuclh had contained nothing at completed his studliiesli i? brelcaptile a . t vivas rumored that th Amer-levident that his e ca e ea 1 lean FBI had rpeorted toeMexlco unfitted him for the life of the lqggty fillet the! Dtallims tyere making field or “tripe forunkifi {aha lliveabntio i era use o money or purpoeeslone or er o w c ,a am - which the Mexican police might ous young Romans of his day as- Sllfmlfit‘. Mid it. can be imagined; pired, ln which they sought glory that if tlicse rcpcris had anything and renown. to do with flit- incident. the re- But he was possessed of a gift grets of the FBI are about on tlielwliich transcended in its way the. par wiht those of the Cardenas talents of all the other sons of governmeinttGongf 1:11:01 theupouch Biggie. 11% was“): p03.“ rarrtpl n03 was a vonao o poma c im- m e, an s ity e s ove munity; but tffe unexplained pres- and most honored of all the great ence of $2.000.000. raises a strong men of that famous Empire. ygresuiriliption flint the diplomatic In those dalys hthe g-ltnpetrgor had ieac has ot been one-sided, associated wlti im n e gov- Obviously, fhexfe isn't much the ernment. of the country a man of Italian minister can complain great magnetism and skill, called about. He has the apology and, Maecenas, who had a true appre- more important. lie stilt has the elation of art and encouraged it 32.000000. Nritufrallvkthe countt. felt|wlth alrll his ability. i t d t ie necesst o moi a b cl But is was no que an ran- scme explanvaifon fornnlzl lIIBSlaCBSTI. qull life, for ominous anarchic The money, lie said. wios to cover rumblings could be plainly heard the rriitine expenses of the lega- ln many places. with his usual tlon. But he hziibtllv expected any- ‘foresight Maecenus clearly saw the ope to lloereve lrm. At present rates troubled tflflég; IZOWéWd phitchdhi? o exc ‘lance 52000000 Ameri .C0tlnf.ry en , an s0. its ea o m" fly buys quite o int in Mexligg suppressing his people by force as wliv was the tram-rm. made ind; lesser man would have done. he instead of draft or letter ofslrflve i0 build ill! l1 Romfm 90H" i? Count hlarchetii expressed sclousness and Wide l" 301115" B (gr-n SHZIVZlFIIITIIt over that. _ ciftlzegiisiyliptlnmgixgiall the (actions ran .0 tin, o w c re pre was compos- n - ed, and thus cement togeitfhcr by , . . . _ a v-oluntary and common e, peo- no':vh°bcg:'l“;_l£qmgghlnwgfgllgcfiiig pies who could not otlierviplse live _ v '_' i pence and concord toge ter. "f?" fxlm" KW“? f" me “Pull "To this end he summoned all “lbhm ‘h? m“ ‘Welvefllomhs M the resources of urt and literature, 12°90“) lmyclcsi “m” wmpktfiof eloquence and oratory, of tradi- °r l“ “Qmlwnml Palm’ The“ wmition and history. And foremost be nothing ersatz about them, for among those whom this appeal eaficatelg‘fyllhehgsalgcg? “Sig? l called forth. was the Poet of whom 1 -9' _' ulspeak. fillilllgfidll; ',‘.l§i.;“““£r'i..3““§l§la3ii I‘ “ml” “° 5”“ “add” “m " - _ '<‘. ~ . on, nor rewards to lea 1m for- allenllq“. l5 b9“? 931d w fldalmng ward. for he was instinctively an me Brmsh “my”? 5°‘ m? Unllflllinterpreter or nature and his soul glalefj. and Clantfldlak AT°Y1EIRI1 andlv-ias hiippv in presenting to others an“ “m W“ “"21. ° m“ e1‘ 50d‘ the wonderful works of nature as (1195 ma" the Blll-i-‘ill- Th9)’ Dwferltliey revealed themselves to him. $35533}, glllgi-O Cfillélxse lgralggsthalg so hp set. to work in: earlnest t3 e15 ' 5 W i d be the iori o Ita y, an against One and three-eighths in gffif.’ us Somegof 3e most beau“- grfilagdb/Il-l-f 115m Welghgdllf kaiiful word pictures that. were ever ri is icyce as eornpar _ W1 ‘penned by mm, that of other countries, pBILICIIIBTIYI He tens of Italy's unsumasseg Genm-"Y and Japan. 18 brill! more i natural scenery. the fertility of her and more aipiirsviiitcd- Most Brit- rein plnlns, the excellence of her Ellie "K112551511? “Bégletefrll “lady-zl- tflzelégg- vafit herds tot fiflblilfiiflcflld horsesrI-Ie . . -r.estooote wsom of er TEBPOMMS Gefmflfl 0i‘ JRP-‘itlf-‘Selstatesmen. the eloquence of her machine, the result to some extent cram“, m, rowess M he; war-

of the increasing use in Britain of g _ H the 1 1 1 the open frame. — Bv Robert deiiiis n“: opuetseciiee sot iirerg "$.25 Wllllamsml» and beautiful cities. I-Ie traces the

nncestrcy of the Romans back to the g0 s.

fwd?“ PYWIIS mm“ "nfilsi u" Yet with every out/ward manl- G'e_°k.3°h‘?‘~"1°lll beam" "en festntlon of abundance and pros- mote important as a factor in the perm,’ Wm, everymmg that man °ul°°me ‘Pr, m9 “W- F01‘ one ca“ could desire to satisfy his natural hardly oieistate the effect. upon appgflbes and ambitions, me sen. Yugoslnvni, Bulgaria ar- Tl-lfkey- sitive soul of the poet perceived and up” m!‘ (‘llslaved lmpulauun that there was a subtile indefin- of Europe, of seeing one little peo- ple which dared to stand up to an aggressor. The spectacle of Greek Evztines driving Italian trcops into panic-stricken flight cannot fail t0