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It is just one hundred years ago today since the first group of young iticnpelevcn in all, met at the call of one George Williams, a Lon-

Centennial

don clerk, and formed the first Young Men's be

Christian Association. Today the organization covers the. whole civilian world and embraces some sixtv-six itatious. In Canada alone it operates iii 73 centres, as well as in every train- ing camp. Overseas, as in the last war, there is a “Y" in every camp and on every front. The Canadian YMCA is now working 834 sep- arate locations in the .\'orth American heiii- isphere. litcludetl are 70 naval establishments afloat and ashore, almost three times the num- bq- and l»: year; 59 army camps and bar- racks; 348 army forts and outposts; 251 air >l3.[lOll: and stihstzitious; 20 service hospitals,‘ 35 hostels and 55 permanent \i.\lL'.\ buildings.

A very practical w ay oi celebrating this cen- tennial anniversary is the launching by the Charlottetown of a campaign for a new and commodious youth centre. with all the mod- ern facilities which the old building could not provide. The keen interest taken iii this cain- paign, and the generous contributions already received. augur well for the success of the drive.

paign.

Canadians Were "Magnificent"

Interest in the great news that Rome had been liberated over the week-end was enhanced by the proniint-zit part which the Canadian Corps took in the engagement. The Canadian success in smashing the Hitler line south of Rome was described as "magnificent and well worthy of Yiiny Ridge and Ortona" by Lt.-General Sir Oliver Lesse, the British 8th Armyi commander. It is well, however, to remember that the Ger- mans may he a long way from being driven out of ltaly, that they are retreating to a line of greater strength some 20o miles north of Rome. As Prime Mitiistei- Mackenzie King said at Llttaita on Saturday; “we do well to remem- ber that it is almost a year since the Allied forces first landed in Sicily and that harder battles are still to be fought."

For the Canadian 1st Division, the past year's fighting proved convincingly the value of the long and arduous training which they had un- dergone. Their record in_ Sicily was as fine as that of any division in the line. At the fierce battle for the cliff-top town of Leonforte they showed their real mettle. With Sicily behind them they went on to ltaly—tlie same division -—antl, with a British division, were the spear- head of the 8th Army attack across the Messina Straits, the first Allied landing in Europe. In Italy they first pursued the retreating Germans ti» Potenza in the snuthertt part of the coun- try and thcti advanced to Foggia and fought their way through Vntta and on to Campobasso. Later they switched to the Moro River on the Adriatic coast and the heavcst fighting which they had in this war took place there and in the port of Ortona.

What a thrill it must have been for those Canadians who were in the vanguard of the Allied army entering Rome! It was one of the great moments of history, occurring for- tunately" without the destruction of irreplaceable religious and historical monuments whicl a full-scale battle would have entailed. -

Rural Electrification ln Manitoba

ln preparation for the proposed elcctrifica--

lion of.farms in Manitoba after the war, the Manitoba Power Commission is undertaking a general survey of the farms and a promotional cziinpziign. It plans to survey 32 municipalities and interview 15,000 farmers, one-quarter of the total number, this year.

'l'he--co—operation of the municipal councils, says the Winnipeg Free Press, is being sought

and Premier Godbout has been sharply criticiz- ed by his opponents for not having brought on the by-elections necessary to give the affected constituencies representation in the House. The Premier's answer, made nearly two years ago. was that it was inadvisable to hold by-elections while the electorate was abnormally stirred up over questions relating to the war. The last by- election to be held in a predominantly French language constituency was that of Terrebonne on November l9, I940, the Liberals retaining

had obtained in the general election a year ear- lier. The standing of parties in the Assembly on March to, I944r~WlIlCh has not since been changed,—showed this alignment: Liberals 59; Union Nstionele, i7; Bloc Populairé t; In- dependent I; vacancies 8. As the result of a Government measure which became law this session, the next House will consist of 9i mem- rs.

A recent dispatch from Quebec to The Mon- treal Gazette says that one of the most force- ful and erratic members of the Godbout Gov- ernment, Hon. Oscar Drouin, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Trade and Commerce, has broken with his leader over war issues. and may resign from the Cabinet, withdrawing en- tirely front provincial politics to enter the Fed- eral field in the next Dominion election. .\lr. Drouin was at one time a supporter of Maurice Duplessis, and held a portfolio in the Unior National: Government for six months, retiring in i937 from the Cabinet because his leaders brand of separatism was too half-hearted to meet his stern and impatient views. To lend spice to the rumors now pivoting around Mr. Drouin's political future. it is said he will be- come the opponent of Hon. Louis St. Laurent. .\Iinister of Justice, in Quebec East in the ~

ing Dominion election, that being the district Mr. Drouin represents in the Legislature.

EDITORIAL NOTES _

All shipbuilding yards in India are now work- ing to full capacity on the construction of naval vessels of various types. Over 300 such vessels are under construction as well as floating docks. _ o u e s It took two policemen, to men of a heavy- rescue bombing squad and the use of a police van to recapture a wallaby which escaped front London Zoo. The wallaby/ is a kind of kangaroo. i‘ Ii i I

Less than five per cent of injured Royal Air Force personnel are invalidcd out of the ser- vice. More than 82 per cent resume operational flying duties.

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Some mothers paid as much for baby prams as for a second-hand automobile. One pram brought $185 and another $95. This was at Hexham, Northumberland.

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The application of the degaussing girdle to the hulls of ships, thus neutralizing the effect of the German magnetic mine, was equal to a major victory at sea. \Vithin a few weeks

British scientists had defeated the menace of what Germany had vaunted as a \\‘3l'-\\’ll'llll1lg weapon. e e e e The Ministry of Food has the soldiersfifood packed all ready for D-Day. When the day comes the soldiers will have tn take their food with them. It will be loaded on the invasion craft with utmost secrecy. The composite packs which are now ready, have been designed by British laboratories. and are the last word in modern diet, besides being appetiziiig and easy to prepare. u u e u

William Ralph Inge. ex-Dcan of St. Paul's, London, born this date 1860; has been dubbed “the Gloomy Dean", because he insists upon

optimism; has been also called "a living correc- tion of complacent twaddle"; has written num- erous works, including “Society in Rome under the Ceasars", “Studies of English Mystics", "The Philosophy of Plotinus": “Worry is iii- terest paid on trouble before it comes true.” I I i i

During his long and active life, the late Dr. H. D. Johnson was never known to say an un- kind word or commit an ungeiterous act. He was truly one of nature's noblemeti. and no one who came in contact with him could fail to be charmed by his personality. He will be miss- ed particularly by his old comrades in arms of

and the appointment of local committees to contact the farmers and give them the forms to fill in with information about their farms which would be needed in connection with elec- trical installation. The grcat advantages of electricity for farm operations and for use in the farm homes are stressed in sound-pictures ulscrhat the meetings and in a booklet given to tie tarmers.

They are told that 75 per cent of the farms are electrified in Sweden and New Zealand, and that K5 per cent or itiore have electric current in Denmark, llOll-lllfl and liraiicc. ln the United States, 4i per cent of the farms are electrified, and in Ontario 40 per cent. The inquiry coni- mission which made its report two years ago is quotcihas stating lllilllll is fezisilile to bring ClCCiIl‘1C1\l_; to ilic lllfl.)¢l1'll'y nf the 58.000 fartti- ers in A aiiitu m.

Some assistance would be expected from the Dominion for such a scheme. as a post-war pro- ject creating eiiiizlc-ytiiciit. And self-help from the farmers in connection with itistallation and maintenance is part of the plan.

_______. Quebec Politics

A dispatch from Quebec forecasts the early dissolution of the Legislature, and says that the general election will be held either in inidsiini- mer or early autumn. The Liberal Government headed by Pi-eniier Gndbout was returned to power on October 23, i939, with an enormous majority. winning 6i of the 86 seats of which the Assembly‘ their (Wlltilalfifl. Eight by-eler- tions have since been held, resulting in a tiet loss of two seats hy the Government. There are

the Canadian Legion and by his associates in the Red Cross and medical profession, but there are thousands of people who will treasure his memory for little acts of kindness and courtesy, of which he himself may well have been unaware. i I! ll Ill

Ur. j. G. Diefcnbaker (Prog. Con” Lake Centre, Seek.) is concerned over the provision to be made returned soldiers on resuming civic occupation. He said: “As I see the position cverywihere across this Dominion, there are men who gave up their business. siiiall filllfifpflsCsi, larger enterprises in some cases, in order to en- list. I suggest that we are faced with this prob- lem and that we must meet it. After the last war. as of the 21st of November, i919. pro- vision was made for vocational loans in amounts not exceeding $500 in any individual case, to

nient for their reestablishment if they were re-

trained disabled men. and to pursue their train- ing or education where disability made such training necessary, in cases where they were not entitled to or had not taken training under the Department of Soldier Civil Reestablisli- ment. The record which the Minister was kind enough to place before me shows that, of $624,-

424, which was advanced. there was paid in cash up to March 3i, I942, $5w.3i3. In other words practically all of the advances which were made to enable these men to carry on and to purchase tools and equipment or to pursue training and

education were repaid. I suggest that the time

has come when provision should be made for 1,,

the seat by e majority almost as large as they M"

facing the problems of the day without undue Hum,

enable servicemen to purchase tools and equip- l!

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A dangerous role ls that. of t prozphet. The New York ‘Ilmes. fr. instance, 5U years aao. brushed avray the idea of an income or pro-

tc tax. "51 :e no man wc1ud_ re- veal his textual revenue." How tunes have cnartged. To-day there ls no difficulty about. knoivlm a man's income. Indeed. tf he tries to hide any of it the process may be ex- ceedingly painful for his person as weii as his purse-Niagara Falls Review.

Bacteriophage (literally "germ eater“: is effective against. dysentry ln the mouse and probably 1n man. Dr. Han-y E. Morton tUnivcrsitv 0t Pennsylvania) and his associates. Frank B. Engley. Jr.. and Juan Em- rlqtle Perez-Omro. have found. says The Newi Yogi TlmeilclOi/zemultilc mcroscopcp sepal ew v - acct réllce agalxisltx‘ elem vtrLi-lllen:

n. _v erms. one ewe: en ahwmlee sgua-vlved 12.000 minimum deadly doses of dysentry germs. when at the same time they were given one cubic centlcnvtei‘ c! phage (about a'fou.rth ‘c! a tea- fiiponuor about flftv billion par-

es.. .

In an excellent address on “Cen- ndlans and Canacllarusm.” a speak- er at a Vancouver service club fore- cast a possible population of 160.- po-opoa. I815 a ivilcé airless. verv vrild n act. omip: en years ago estlma poeslble zrowth of this munti-v to a total of 25 to 30 millions wfthln the fore- seealb future.

‘Tribune Forum lii New York pre- sented expert testlcnonv confirm- in: the estimate of 25 millions. We nave vast resources and zreat p65- slbllltles of development. But the area of possible concentrated DODu- latlon li-i Canada must connlnue fer a lontz time to be alone a compara- tivelv narrow strip. running east and west. If trends of population lrl other parts of the world mean any- thing. then the figure of 150 mil- lions ls {antenna-Vancouver 91in.

Having babies 1| no hindrance lo the careers of the prof 1 m - e15 who make a good llvlrir: rlls- playing their pretty faces and fine fimires for photographers and illus- trators. says Lite. Motherhood. ln fact. seems help fihem- Avwfd‘ 1m; to John Robert Powers and Harry Conover. heads of the lead- lng model-booking arterioles in New York, bei " a mother usually 1m- pmve5 a !zi1'l‘5 dlsfiosiltlnn, her afl- titvude toward her work. her looks and even her flizure. 0f the nearly 409 glrln who are registered at these agencies. more than tlftv Psrfiem are tnianled and about half of these are mothers. Most of them take ll modeling between the ages of and 19 and consider it an excellent stop to niatrimcnv. Thev marry at 3331“ ti?“ l.“ “ifiwfilqii 12$‘ es ore .. ev a: at. - - A good model makes a minimum about $4.000 a year. a few torp- notchers make up l0 $189911 Aile- nct babies ‘s their ticmesls. It tsu- gily fcrce cm 5.0 retire when they between twenty-seven and

A ublle servant who retired rec- etrvttlvp at Ottawa after ‘nearly hi!!! a century ln the service used to take his cog to the office two utter- noons in each week. He observed that his pet was nknzct a irericct clvll servant. as lie slept under the desk and not. on the desk. re- markable thing about. It. too. was that the don always Knew the d8! when he ivas to go to the office with his master. Lovers of pet-B nevcl-l-l cease tphbe fllglflfifid éitigrthcoi? inte Senor. ere 1e A! the man who used to take has do; for a walk every Sunday morning- Hts master could leave the ‘house every week-day morning wit-trout demur- on the part. of the dog: 2911i let lilm try to izet away on Sunday without the company 0.1’ his devcted pet! Then there were the ttvo maiden ladies who kcim a molar“?

t. The curate alwa-s came to mu Sunday. when e parrots cage ivas covered by a. cloth to rc- straln the bird's profanity. One Monday afternoon the ladies saw the citrate coming up the walk and hastened to throw the hooveriii-i: over the parrots cage. w ereunon the bird exclaimed: “Damn short week!" any do: owner. horse lovrir or cat. fancier 1f his pet is intelligent. But don't do 1t unlcs you have half an hour to siparel- Toronto Globe and .V1a1l. .. .

Hitler ls halyllgng a hnrdlsh tlntae getting the B arlcuia to come o that oarpiltal of treachery, Berchtee- gaden. 'I'hey remembered the vlstt their Premier Phllofi paid to Vien- na in 1941. He signed. like so many c-thcrs who had responded to l-llt- ler's lnvltallcns. on theflnulcated line. and Bulgaria Joined the AxLs

ang. Now Hitler we tn see somebody from that little wuntry again. He ivants of course. to make sure that Russian pressures are not win Bulgaria nwav from the Axis. and that the Allied warning to the aatelll taken too seriously 1n $1M. The reluctance of Bulgarian officials to respond to the mhrerii invitation to his infamous eerie ought to ens-

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l EXTEN THANKS

D OUR SINCEREST and APPRECIATION

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I The Canadian Corps]

(Montreal Glut-tel "The Canadian corps has Breetly dggmgulshed itself 1n this. its

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comm 11-1 ‘ quarters in Italiv will stlr titemorlefi in the minds of thousands of adtan veterans of the lost war- T116 Canadian 0011151 it ""115 u” glorloun achievements of that 861-

1 to d fame on ill-lbs liaglfilxcidloeflde ‘b? ylgiilgnce. The Canadian COFPBI of B?"

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m, mm a powerful war machine-x The Canadian 00111151 "5 591m lives C1,’! Y". in the hearts °1 “lo” who returned to build a create! Canada. °

Arid now e new Cesudlan C0113 is 1n the tlatck of t-he f!!!“ - - - ~ - -- Znlae attack by the 8th Atrnv W" made by a Canadian Coaqps Whlob effected a breach ln e Hitler Line north of I-‘ontecorvo after extrtriryjlshheflvl/ fiehtlns 98am“ O Theseus-re the‘ 80M of 5"" w! Canadian flamers. 1B1 by Lsllllbfl General E. L. M. Bums. of West- mount and Ottawa. They have ShUWfl their worth 1n divisional formations in the babtles of Sicily Now as a corps they are

aces with the 501d‘ other gutted i of e slioiilld gapedleicnllblve 1n the history of’ the world.

B“); in migland. too stands an- other Canadian corps. fully arsen- lzgd and equipped for what is ex- Jed w be an even mlshtler gidw at Hitler's nurope- We their fellows tn italr t-h he" W"

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wanted u e forums conclusion In politics-l circles at Washington. Ravine wowed the null-third w: Wm f-rldlflon. Mr. Roosevelt has '1' Pmblblv the conclusion

t-hnt a mun may be President u

0H8 Ind its ofterru the people I mly firs. st m; polled m» m d umeu e en un emocretlc concluadon at that.

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pie-pa d fr th ro they are to ploy “its ofe intensive tralnlnrz- Canada's military reputation l8 thoroughly safe in their hands.

Roosevelfls Fourth l Term Hint

isydiiey Pnet Record)

Speaking et a Press Conference in Washlnfltcln on may. Presidm Roosevelt dropped a remark which ls bemg interpreted as his first. in- timation to the public that he would be candidate for a fourth Presid- entlel term in the ilovemher elec- tion. The remark Mr. Roosevelt. let 511p, whether accidentally or by subtle deslen. was that he

to see Prime Ml

an Int: -Alller§l Way’ t t some "lets next s1) n8." 11° fl earllei- date. He fixed the time 0! 1115 conference for either this sum-

"sprtng or 1946. The press report 0f his statement says. "R W" "m1" with airy good humor, indicating his awareness of the speculation he was setting off." and indeed lt has get political Washington Kites- alng at. eoxwert pitch as to What

Fremont. might, have had up his political sleeve.

This 1;, how the incident arose. The question of a fourth Presld- ential term having been raised, a news, reporter reminded the Prea- irlent that theme were already more th ged to

what your decision ls." observed tho reporter, "I em asking you whe-

l’ week.

ATTENTION FARMERS llElR BIIARLOTTETIIWII

___.._.._.__.__.__. We have completed delivering our fertiliser and 1t ls necessary for no to leave Saturday. June 8rd. for Montreal he another operation. I ee- pectellyeskell thosewhohevonuplreeslyellledettllsoffloelpdnsdo settlement of their fertiliser In Hull! do lo M It all Iollble. Illllll I