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Morning Dally (Founded in i887)

President: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S- Vire-Presldent: J. R. Burnett. FJJ _ Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. MacKinnon, 0.5.0. Editor and Managing Director: .I. R. Burnett, F..I.L , lnoelote EditorsrI-‘rank Walker and Inn A. Burnett

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: I; Mall in P. li.l., $4.00 per year; $240 for 6 months. $1.25 for 3 months; 50c for one month City Dt-lhery: 55-00 per year: 83-00 wr 6 month- 8135 for 3 months. By “all in Canada and U.S. A.: $5.00 per year Iaturday Weekly; $2.00 per year: $1.00 for 6 months; 50c for 3 months.

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the IVea/vesl Ink.”

THURSDAY. DECEMBER l9, 1940.

Isltistctiirlg Aid To Britain new plitll for baclting mailing huge amounts o1 ziizil abine the "(Lt>ll'1tllLl' ' ~ has alrcaily placccl in the _ llltllCZtIC» a griwviii}: >vi1>’¢ 0f Xcduni, ..,, (M. pit-i oi our .\nii:i* . _~"ilt‘lllt'lll$ in _vc.-tci"il.i_v's des- i \ » .-. [Ktllfilill effect in >iiecilmz ut- iiwlfltlllCC to llritziin at this ' n IJJftl llcarcrbroolc, liritish it Production, who warned titling to invade Britain lwiiwrc all sires-cit the vital need for ‘ more. bombiitg planes. The _ innit \\'iili:iin S. Knudsen, head charge of Defense

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1>;-,,,i,;.-;f .< .101 the “terrible urgency" m‘ ipyp- ivar production in the linilcd States if -‘:i is to receive adequate aid in time.

T a =' w :~-i;i- l\.'l‘? struck a IttW il.'i_vs ago by fhr- _\.-,-,- M." ».~r_ ‘winch drclrircrl that thi- onlv -.-...v 1M- t" i .1 <iaics can keep out of ilic \\'{‘.l' is "iin c.» ill i: our help to illfllilill and our miqui; ml <lt‘lt‘lli‘(‘, particularly in the air. ri :ich :i - d ft'l'l zi \'ttlllll‘.€ far beyond our luv-tint c-iiti". "

A ' tr umeal for more speed was also heard . l llaruch. who was chair- man iii tl: Slams \\'ar Industries Board. 1gif-;.\‘, or pvt-amt prr-iliiczioii nor plans for i‘ -~ i’ wow." hi- sairl, “arr- ini-cting ntll‘ i'li-t'~--_--» Y?’ .l'l'l the ir-piircuv-iits of llir‘ llri~

of ruuiw. d» continued yirngrrss

iu-li and lirrclc forces against the It- - ll1‘t'!l a matter iif great satisfaction in ~d S-riics as \\'('ll as throughout the llri-

tisl: liiiiiiirc. l’-ut the vcijv fact (if Btlllficfilllllfi 30ft‘ lilt"li(‘i'\ll‘.(‘lll, both in Africa and Albrtnia. rnav liri-ti-ii Nari itiva-ioii plans against Great

Brit '

. lli!l(‘l' is not going to ivriit until his Axis

pitbllivl’ ciillzip-cs. llis whole strategy has ltccn

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the offcii-ivc. and the ' "s of a ll'\'(‘l'l~’ll

to present ‘Kiirc

ili-vclopiitciit in

‘ion in the Reich." as l.or<l flli-aivrbiitoli; i-.\,-i'< s it. can point nnl_\' lit one thing. ltqiit-vti-il citiirts to cru-h lirit.'iin are 1uirlir nay. ill ili-iivitiug which lltC time elcineiit

jnziy be of the utmost importance.

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“In (‘Jrganizatiiins At Ottawa " i/urtziitcracy‘ l: growing at Ottawa uiay l lliilll tilt.‘ iiilloiviiig ll>l of priuciiial

_ Ettll- recently l:$ll(‘(l b_\' the Direc- tor iii l“iiiit.c lni~i'iii1i1ii»ii: .\(l\'l>tJl'}’ Coitinnt- tic till l-i ltillllt,‘ t‘~dit:_v; Agricultural Supplies

lotiril ; lLiciui ll. ' -" i; lloaril of Referees lilxcess lhtiiii- 'l'.ix: .\ilmn":ilty Ikitliiiiczii .\lis- ' ~; l ' tart-mg Liminiis-iiiii lll l.'<..\.;

liiizird; (Xiiiucil lmb-tei‘ Con-

uiir-hip; (fustiiilizui Ill lineiny , y ; y Products llrnird; Ilepeuilciits .l\llrt‘i\itllt'~’* l iard", liueuiv Alien (jtivcrations;

Torcig-ii Iixclizinge Control lloaril: Inter-Dcpiirt- ini-ntai CUllllllllltI‘ nu Labour (fo-oriliziatiiiiii illl\'t'n‘_ltlll.\. lliiiirili joint Inspection liiard of the bnitc-il Kingdoitt; .\liui.-.ti-r_v of Sliiilpiiig oi the lfuitcil l§ingdi>nt; Iliuiitiims and $uppl_v

DPliIlTllllPlll, and Director: i-s of (liimitziuics (Jwiiid by the frown; . 'oit:il Advisory Coin- ' Illltlfi‘ itir lliililriiii (‘n.1- as; Natiriitril Labour Seipibi (hum-it: National \\':ir (bari cs liiiuils ailvi-iirv liiixirvl: Xatiouzil \\'ar Services Il('|l2tl'l~ lticnt: vli(‘llllt/ll'lll'y\' (ircat Lakes-St. Lawrcnct: Ilasiii flimiizitiiic: 'l‘ran-port Controller: Yncm- ']tlt\‘.'lll\l|l lzi>uranvi> .\fl\'l~'fll"\' (‘iimmittr-r; L7nit- ed 1cm Qtlitlll .\ir l.i.'ii=r-n Xli-siitu; Lftiiti-vl King- di-iu diiirliziii-zil .\li-"-iiiii: Yoluntaijv .<('l'\‘lC(‘ Itc- gi-tiatiiin lluri-ziii; War Savings (Toininilt<‘c: \\':u" Vitntrzicts ll('l'>l'£‘i_‘:.'lll'lll lttuirrl: \\'.'irtini<r .l‘ric<-" and 'l'r:iiii- iUillWl: \\'ar 'l'ecliiiic."il and S(i"llilllt.1 Diwclitpiiii-iit (iiimtniticc; \\'.'irtimc

Industries (Viiitriil lloaril: \Vartimc Require-

mPflls Rnrird. Fach of these boards has a chair-

man, \'l<‘t"~i'll.'ill'l'l'lilll and several members. and rnanv of lll<'lll are divided into committees and sub-iviiiiiiiitti-cs.

(Irihvn Colony Designation

All .'ii"tivli~ on "What I Saw in Catiada" in the ‘flimcinbci- number of the Rotarian contains a double page map of the “Dominion of Canada flliil (:l'lt\\'lt (folimv of Ncivfouridland." lheuvm- ITICIHI noun-man whose account the map l5 m- ung...‘ p, illustrate states, as a result of all i]][(‘|}'||t_'(llt)l‘\' barrage with persons with \\'llO_l‘ll lii~ Filllll‘ into contact, tliat_ though “Am- tl'i('..|l- l\Il'i\\' little of their nitiglilioiir to ll"? ,,,.,-,i,_ _... (‘,-u|.-|.li,-iii.< ilout know much about the lhiliil Sl€ll(‘~,"

“"lii¢ writer." continents the St. ]0lm’s (Ne\v- ifllllltllilllll) livciiiiig Telegram, "might have cimrliiilvil front the laclc of information display- (‘ll ll\' llinziilizius of their large neighbour to the with that their liuoivlcilgc 0f a smaller neigh-

liiiiu might bi~ i-ven less reliable. It is assum- ril llll‘ illlttl'lll.'lllfill iliat Newfoundland was a (‘ruin f1 duuv Wits l)l)l-'llll[‘(_l there. $0 far. New- fniuilLiiiil i- nut ;l\\'lll‘C that it has been placed

iii this caii-gi-rv. 'l'lierc are various kinds of (‘mu-n (‘uliinic- The classification iticltides (‘nlriulv- in which lllt‘ legislative poivc-r is \‘(‘S.t"‘(l iii a ‘ill\t‘l'lltll‘ ziltinc, \\'llll(‘ executive po\v_cr is also vestrd in him, either alone or n1 COfljlillC-

tion with an Executive Council; Colonies in which the legislative power is vested in a (jov- ernor and a nominated Legislative Council, and the executive power lies with the Governor and a nouiinated Executive Council; Cfllonics if! which the legislature contains a Representative Assembly. The present form of government in Ncwfiitmcllond does not correspond to any of the above classifications. Further, the posses- sions known as Crown Colonies come under the jurisdiction of the British Colonial Office, whereas matters relating to Newfoundland come under the Secretary of State for the Dominicans." The nearest approach to a definition of New- foundlanils status. adds our St. ]ohn’s con- temporary-, is "a Dominion with its constitution suspendcil.” How long it may remain suspend- c-d, whether it will fully be restored, whether it will revert to Crown Colony status or what it niav become, is a question for the future to determine and nothing can be assumed.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Blouciou has got ahead of the Island in in- augurating tier commonwealth flying school. k at w ri< lfnlcs- we do nttl‘ Christmas shopping now there will be little time to make the selections we want. a :- a- w 'l'lii~re are still a few hosts wanted for the \\'c_-"tern boys desirous of spending Christmas 0r New Year! with us_ =l< w n- rt F0 itiauy of our own boys are due home for the festive season that the addition of 200 or 300 \\'esrcru boys will make things huin forawliile. I ll 1 l‘ Ur. l. ll. Winchester and Company of New York, bidding on behalf of British shipping iti- tcrcsts. has offered tn purchase for 33.010800 If.‘ cargo vessels in the IISA. Ilaritiinc Com- missi-inl laid-up flcct. The ships are tird up in the laincs River in Virginia, at lll'l‘lll€l'lllll. \\'ash.. zuid at New Orleans. - wi =i< m lTvcu the country town of Trenton. X5. can get orders for war materials. indicating $3.516.- 000 capital expenditure, and an annual output of $2,800,000, whereas this province is permit- ted to go without a darn shoe-lace order. What is the use of our sending four members to sup- pnrt the Government when all they do is to provide work in itciglibriiiritig provinces to which in attract our lil'('.'ti'l\\'lllli(‘l‘S lr-aviug lllf‘ ldanrl itiilustiirs in go in wet-l? It! ti! II‘ ‘I! Admiral Sir Wm. lid. Parry, Arctic explorer and author, born this date I790. lli: accom- panied Sir john R0553 first expcudition for dis- covery of the North West Passage (1818); commanded the second sitccessful expedition in r819, winning the British Government reward oi $25,000; after three more expeditions became controller of the steam (lepartnient of the Royal Navy. \\'rote “Narrative of an Attempt tn Ilczich the North llole," pitblislied in 1828. i i! i! l!

Reiluctiiui in ll()l'SC-(ll'<'l.\\'ll traffic iu Canada is inrlicziteil in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics‘ report of i930 operations iu the carriage, sleigh and vehicle supply industry. Eighty establish- ments in Canada were engaged wholly or chiefly in manufacture of carriages, wagons and sleigbs or vehicle supplies in r939, compared with Si; in the previous year, Forty-three 0f the plants op- crating in I939 were located in Quebec. to iii Chitario, six in Nova Scotia, five in New Uruus- wiclc. four in Prince liclward Island. thrcc iii Xlanitobzi, two in Saskatchewan and one in .-\l- bcrta.

a w Big Interests. as represented b_v “Catiadizm Business” is “all for thc Sirois Report, with ziincnibitctits". In its citrrcut issue it says: “To ittalcc the CllilllQUF. important zinicitcltttcnts to the itonstitution will be necessary. But it is also evident the federal government is ready. in the light of changes causcil by the war on the fin- ancial condition of some provinces. t0 consider certain adjustments. There are persistent stories, though, that Ontario will protest against the special consideration proposed to be given by the I)OlTlllllOl1 to Quebec because of the division there bctwccn provincial and municipal (leiit. \\'hatcvcr differences may develop, the confer- i-iicc is not to bc rcgarilcd as zinytliiitg more than an exploratory or |)l'(‘lllllllli'll‘_\' meeting." I I i

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The British Govcrniucnt has every intention of cinitinuiitg the movement of children to Can- ada in the spring. Over 250,000 applications for evacuation to Canada ltave been received. Sonic 24,000 llritish children have passed their final tests to be evacuated under the overseas scheme and fully 75 per cent 0f these will be for Canada. The British (iovernnicut abandoned the movement of children to Canada following the sinking of the City of Bcitares by a Ger- man submarine last fall, but the stispcnsiou of the movement was not due to the torpcdoing but bccausc it was inadvisable to continue the move- mmt uuili-r winter conditions. Sn far, 1.532 P-ritish cliilrlrcn have been placed in Canadian homes. “In general, the children are extremély ltappyi." i: iv e o

A truce iii the war on nerves was called bv Dr. C. _l. Tidmarsh, lllontrcal, in a recent ad- dress to a service club. else, lie said, men and women of the present generation who have pass- ed through two world wars, a major economic depression and the intense strain of tnodc-m lift‘. could not possibly wxpcct to live to a ripe old age. Tn fighting this war on nerves. Dr. Tid- marsli said. the greatest need is self-discipline. “We have to sacrifice many of our pet indul- gcnccs” lic counselled, "curb our weak desires. and build up our strength of will. At present we are soft. much too soft. Exercise is a thing of the past—we ride instead of walking. watch games, instead of playing them. avoid physical effort at cvery turn. “lithout any sclf-rcstraihl we indulge our appetites for frmrl. alcohol and tobacco to the limit of our incomes. And what is worse. we bring up our children tn do as we do. tlius fatally ltnndicapping them for life. and all we complain nf is their lllflrllllllllll‘ for what we call ‘the advantages we have given

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IIOTES BY TIIE WAY

Prof. Guy Pnraloe of tbe Uni- versity of London. writing frcm England. put. ttLs linger on one of the essential differences between the British Empire and Germany. The best news source ln Britain, he says. is Rt. Hon. wlnswn Churchill, who does not try to aims over the hard facts of the war. Mr. Churc- hill bluntly and plainly tells the people what ls happenin . Hitler screams out what he wo d like to happen. — Windsor Star.

Pleading that the name "Adolph" Ls a source of “inconvenience. em- barrassment and hum '01:" to- day, a Tennessee young man has gained penntssion to substitute “Rnbert.” He puts 1n mildly. A name like that. these days l.s Just plain disastrous. - Windsor Star.

If she scrubs. scours. bakes, washes dishes, cooks, launders, irons and sews the census man will put. her down as housekeeper — no occupation. _ Brandon Sun.

The BBC gets credit for the re- mark that. while the British Navy sucks to the rum issue, the Ita- lflan Navy sticks to port.—T;mmtns

ress.

'l‘hosc who have had doubts, se- vljvt Or mwXpre-ssed. that a true picture of war conditions has been coming to them through the newl- papers would do well to heed tiiw words of Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King on this subject. His statement. tn Parliament that. the press accounte of what is actually happening tn the war zone accord exactly with what he gléflns from official correspondence from the British Government. s-Tzculd de- flate complaints for which there has never been any real fctinda- tion. _- Windsor Star.

About the Acropolis in Athens there must be a light shirvng these early‘ Winter nights, fcr the glory of Greece has returned. No one can predict; the end of the campaign.

UL the first. chapter ha‘; been clearly written. The armies of Greece ltavc been the avcuging

sword. The hordes of the bowling dictator of Rome are routed and fleeing through flu; gorges of Al- bania. Any Greek with a Warrior's heart. looking at the sky above the Acropolis. would see the light to- night, glowing. - (Vulgar-y Herald.

Prof. Li Ki-wey, dean of the Na- tional Yunnan University. has per- feczed a device to produce liquid fuel. Ir. is nct. made of petroleum. or coaLor vegetable oiLbut of refu'e

and lay-precincts. During experi- ments. it. showed a service ablity 20 pcrcetil. higher than natural

gasoline. ‘This new artificial gas- oline. which takes abcut one mouth to produce, has physical and chemi- cal properties similar to the na- tural fuel. It has a lnwrr ignition psmt. higher BTU. (British Ther- mal Unit), and is devoid of cor- rosive elements. It is colorless. after bleaching. and has the same $11811 and specific gravity as gas- oline. Prof. Li is continuing his ex- perments. seeking to improve the

quality cf the fuel. shorten the period of manufacture and lu- crease the producticn. As to crst.

he estimate; that a gallcn of the liquid can be made for s6 to $10 in Kunming. where the price of natural izasallne :'_< 520 a izallon. ‘This price estimate applies to lrlboraloijv in-cditctlon: 0n a corn- mercial seal/- the ccst would be lower. -- "China at War".

The man who. as supmlntendent of tne uecroic Siupbuuaaig Cem- pany, Davin B. CHFMVCH, nod me cave tllld inc OfgulllZlllg genius to turn ‘out a 4.0004011 abael vessel every eight. clays tn the last war, has been normed Snip controller for Canada. with totalitarian powers lor cclivcrtng the gxds. I115 jOD will apply to ICDklIla as wzli as to new construction. Ana by trite 0r- dcr-in-counell which appoints him, n, \V0l1l;t appear he can do every- tnlng he wants to do. in order to spezc up delivery of new ships for BLliSh service. The announcement. this week that the enemy was sinking ships faster than they cculd be replaced by construction was a disturbing one. There is no doubt, however. that. when the genzus for mass prcductlon is challenged 0n this s.de of the Atlantic. there will be a response to the call of the hour. Controller Carswell. lt would seem, fits the bill as a mastermind for his jab. lr is fortunate that, the government gets a man of high speed capacity and perhaps more fortunate that, he will not be 11am- strung by red tape. The biogro hies of men who Iisve really ach eved things ln a big way are aboundlng in stories and anecdotes a5 to how they first had ta cut rid tarpe and were able to do it. - St. Catharincs Standard.

It probably surprised most read- ers to see in a Canadian Press dis- patch from Ottawa the other even- ing a. statement to the effect that pcc-ple ivlta have received Christ- mas and New Years greeting cards in past. years frcrn Cabinet min- isters and department, cfficlals need nct. expect any this year. The read- ers were evin more surprised. no doubt. by the reason given-namely that the Government considers 1L "neither necessary nor appropriate" that the practice of providing greeting cards be continued under "existing conditions." Certainly the idea of having the Government — meaning, of course. the people - pay for the prlntlmz of greeting cards for Cabinet. lilllilSl/CTS 0r of- ficials to send to their friends is not and never was "appropriate? It; was a. straight and unwarran- table imposition and. besides, ran Just about as contrary to the proper Christmas spirit. as one could imagine. The practice ac- counted for another of the innum- erable petty "bills" which, in the aggregate help ta make administ- ration ln Canada the expensive tmlng it. Ls. - Brantford Expositor.

Under the heading. "Our Last. Post," Editor Maurice Det- lor laid down his pen as editor of the Dcstrcnto Post; last. week and by now 1s in the uniform of the Royal Canadian Atr Force radio dlvlalori, for possible early de- pllflllre to mgland, Edltar Detior sums up his decision in these cryp- tlc words: "Wit-h this issue we con- clude our activity as editor and manager of the Desrronto Post. la

our shoulder to the wreel of clvlc affairs. And along with these we have for the past right yenm tried to keen Desoronto tn the limelight. by interpreting the trend cf lccal events. Now We have one other task to perform. G's-eat. Brlvln has lssurd m1 urgent appeal for radio mESIlfWCS and w? have an- swered ti"! cell. F0 lnnz. folks!"-

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CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

PUBLIC FORUM

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

Sirz-ln recent year-s moat of the Christmas Decorations which are" purchased from the various station- ery a-nd variety stores have been

rendered fairly safe frizn fire by being immersed in a fireproofing liquid. This. of course, ls done by the manufacturers. Home-made decorations are verymuuli more easily set aflre and care should be taker: that they arehung or placed

places where they would be most unlikely to come in contact. with. gdpen flames, cigarettes or electric

res. -

The greatest pmble l, however, is the Christmas tree itself, which ca‘ create quite a. serious hazard and the following suggestions are made in the hope that they will be found of sufficient value b0 create a de- sire to make Christmas as safe as

possible.

Do no bring the tree into the warm house until you are ready to use it.

Do not, under any circumstances, have lighted candles on the tree.

Use nqp-mflammable ornaments as far as possible.

If electric lights are used, play safe and makesure t-liey are of an approved type. This is readily as- certained by a label on the cord.

Do not. keep the tree after the needles start. to fall, for as the tree dries it becomes ever so much more inflammable and takes very little to set it. afire.

when tlie tree ls to be removed it should be taken out of the house entirely’ and disposed in some safe way. not left. until the spring when it will becom; so dry and brown that a spark might ignite it.

I am, Sir, etc,

C. A. BEER,

Provincial Fire Marshal.