The SUMMERSIDE GUARDIAN .__i.___ ._.;r;.-* ._ _ _.__&_.;_ (THE WESTERN GUARDIAN 1 AGENT-Mrs. John Pond. 101 Harvard SUMMER-S. sum - r11»... m f: and rnrncs couury News. Subscriptions, Arum-gun. ‘hum b. M, "m! M“ h“ /y11= Guardian may be bought daily at any of the following it...“ u, Iummersi’ .- Beli Bookstore, Water Si. Toronto Bakery. Water- 51,, ti___ The Guardian will he d ll Currier Boy at 2e per day or index: was“ “wil” Brenton. Water s1. "l"! 01mm. o1 Grflllvllh: s1, I h in Phonzmz-tti) forstlilriiismsgrirti; give your order to the boy responsible for deliveries on your room, -'l'his column is reserved Im- new; of local interest but advertising 111 a ncwsy nature may be insen. v.4 at. z cents a worn strictly pgy. aisle in advance _. _.._ - 0Z1 CAPSULES, vermituge etc, J". L llililkil ill. 13510; gyug yo“ i...1ui1,,..n. _—SEI‘|DS {Or the pd , 1; and field. Older early tttauifiges, w“ L-z52-4-13-2i. "FOR 555E ll qllllllllly of loose ll-l‘ 1111.41‘ A. M. Dawson, Sunr- -- L-IOU-‘Pli-Zl. _»-. FTEND BIG AUCTION SALE (3 L111‘ tcck Q1) 111F111 Q1‘ rred L9“- t»: eiun o.1 ‘i uesaay, Aprpl Iul-i 11.. 1 s’. M. ‘Ierms cash. {1-237-4-13-21. -R.»\LPI.I u. illU'l"l‘AR'l‘. Gen- 0R1.‘ in uizincc Agency. insprurrce u, .111 krds. iaberai contracts at lfIH-Hdl r11 s. Phone Summerside, bit-i: 521-1. L-BBZ-d-tlti-tt ETURNEI) FROM n-Rev. Mr. Ruatit-s, pastor . Prtsbjvtcinan Lllllftl! at. 1,.i1 .125; m returned on Thursday 1 (.11 u vitlt to Itlfiilftkfi, Srult Ste. .\1. r.» and other points of ietxc t. 111 L11:,)'.'r Canaca. 5 MONT- ‘EIVES lNJURY-—- Mr. 1 Claw of Summcrside, dis- ..d his shoulder five weeks ago "11 cimc to the hospital on for tfeatnrfnt, olthiugh .:e the shoulder was re- Mr. Clow is now doing S. WILL SPENB-‘IIOLIDAY HERE l. Graham Rulers, super- '1" of the Prince Edward Island ‘ ‘e1 Iliilidlll/iltfts just, received a I .', J acksoa r frcm it‘ . tiny that he and Mrs. Dodds 1nd tnrrc mcmb:rs of the family, will Lind 0:1 23th. t0 Spend 5 t1" Lon at. Da'vay House . t.e National Park. Dal- Iir-use has been considerably ‘It'd and it is expected a. of c.h"r orominmrt persons 1 :1 -o s“frld their holiday thcre iis 51111111181‘, ~I~‘.\REWI‘JLL SKATE-Tire fare- .- skate at. Bcdequc rink was last ulultt and brouaht a very "ssfnl secson to a close. Mr. J. 111111211, secretary of the i: 11k 0a., sad they had had a good _\-:1r notwithstanding the tact that the war 11nd taken a good many _- Inf: men from the village. A1- tlt-cttqh Agiril 12th seems rather late i;1 the season Mr Inman recalled that on May 6th (Coronaiim Day) thcy had put on a skate when the ice was very good S. PERSONALS —R"v. W. IJNFh-lhips was a vis- tliwi" to Sunrmorsltie on Friday. S. tvftllman of .- -—Mrs, Jan1rs_B. .l'(orsii1:rton, was a visitor to Sum- S niorside on ‘ Thursday’. - Rcv. Dr. M aglnn of Mis- ftllPll" 11w; a visitor to Summer- stle on F iday. S. I - hi‘ firs ontrutalncd at bridge on Th .._y for Mrs. Fraser Ross of f-falfax. N. S. S. --Mr. Jackharnthcrs of Hali- fi.:.. N. S. ls visiting 111s home in Eiizumcrside. 5~ —Mr, Melville fiwir-Zidshaw, accom- pinictl by Dr John F. MacNeill .011 on Friday for Montreal. S. ---Fi~ic11ds oi Mrs. Albert. Mc- Ciirtllc, Klnkora, are pleas cl to i. 1:111‘ that; sh: 1S mucii rnprovcd iii 11.111111 and 1s ab!» to be out 11,1111. ss Ma garet Jones of St 1's is visiting 111 Si11l1lIlI1'5l'~3 ;st of her uunt, Mrs. W —M'ss Inez German, RN“ hus rr-turncd to hcr home in Konslng- 11:11 uizcr spending some time in Middleton. Crinz. nurse- , P. ‘. island UM spent the ri-cnd at hor hrine tn Middleton. the guest of ll(‘1‘ mother. Mas. Louise Craig. ~ Friends will FCQPEC to hear that \ (111.11 Raalw. daugihth-r of Mr. 111d 1111's. Fred Simmons oi W11- 1 ., 1.. quite STICUS y ill 1n the Prince County Hospital. S. ss Wanda Bradshaw of Sum- ... c, lcft on Friday for Si. John, N. 13.. to visit her brother, Mr Donald Bradshaw. S. uarrie, lcft - _ to visit her Miss Marjori Mag- -Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Matthew who have been living in Summer- sifc for the winter months have t.1k:11 up their residence at their ltome tn Summ-erside East. S. —Mr. Wilfred Callaghan of l-Hlifrx. N 8.. arrived home on 'l‘hursdz\y evening on account of the ilncss of his broker. Mr. Fred fitllavhcn. Dr, Currie of Halifax. accompanied him. 5 —lN TRIYRO _ Mrs. John l" . Micilelll of Summeriflde. l! ll) Truro. trtondirg a meeting of the Ilnttcd Baptist Mh-stonnrv Boole for the ‘Maritime; of which she '5 a mrmber. S. —Rev Canon Dixon of Toronto PW. Vi‘. Pavtes oi’ Albcrton and Rw. Mr. Freon) of Kenslnvton- """ '"'°sts at. Garden 1.105%. 1'1":- Punc Street‘. Summ-rside. rlu-ing the recent. Anglican Confer- ence at 8t; Mary's Church. —F0ll. SALE-Dr ft Ma‘ Wm. A. Delaney, Kgnstngtlcahdikfixe: it. R. n-zlll-u-tz-zf. —CONDITION 1 ' - galvilé laierscitoctlfhe ‘I113; obtainable at bi-ivftriififltfiifif -1.r:r-‘-r- FOR T0 ._ Donald Baker left §.‘.°".T.?..,, Toronto on a short visit. 5, —RETURNED 110m; __ Mn gle°r80 Cameron has returned from onctcn where he has he.n taking a special course in florist work. s. —VISITING IN ULEARY-Mrs. A- Avery Gates of Suinmerside and MTS- Davis M0859. New. Annan, are "sit"! their parents. Mr. and 1.11s. P. Smailman, O'Leary. s, —-ENTERTAINED LADIES CLUB _Mr5- Thomas Rtlmsa-V was hostess 15st lllilht for the ladies social club of Trinity United church The"! W35 a 00d attendance and after the bus ness nteetiiig a so- cial half hour was enjoyed and lunch sewed. s . _,___ —BlNGO AND DANCE-A most. Blllvyable affz-ir was held in M15- Alumnae Society of M sccircne Ocnvent held a bingo and dance. There was a very good rticndarcc and after the game a mot crijoy_ able dance was held. —BRIDGE PARTY-Jfhe regilar Weekly bridge party at the K. of c. Home was quite successful with 21 tables in play. Prize winners were f0!‘ b11030. Miss Jean Maciicarney and Alphpnse DesRocncs; for arc‘- tlon forty-five, Biiditic Doucette and Mrs. J. C. Hickey. A lunch arrive on Prnce Edward fs-r was served at. the conclusion of PIW- s. -FIRST SUMMER VISITORS Mr. and Mrs Lang of New York arrived in Summerside on Tht1rs- 08y with their fumttut-e. coming all the way from New York in a five ton truck. Mr. Lang who was for- merly fwm Cratmud has purchased H Summer residence in Crapiuui and had brought. his furniture to fix no their new home but found on their arrival at. Bordon that. they could not got down to Cra- paud as the rcads were blocked with snow. They obtained n strccial permit from the R, c. M, P. bring their truck to Summersldc. where Serg. Patrick Ryan took charge of them. finding them a place to Dirk their van and tak- ing them to Garden Lodge, Netrc Dame Street where Miss MaoKt-it- zie the nroprieircss made them comfortable. Mr. and Mrs. Lav-r will remain until the roads are fit to travel. Miss MacKenzie said. it: was her first summer visitors. but. she extended them a hoot-iv wol- come. and hoped they \v~'e tho fzv-erunners of a. successful sca- son. s, ST. M lIU/"S A r‘ anWMY SUMMERSIDE The lollow’ng is the standing of the pupils of St. lvfaryls Academy. Summerside for the month of March: Gzade X-i. Henrietta Coyle: 2. Mary Gallant: 3. Mary MacPhec. Grade IX-i. Frances Gallant: 2. Florence Cormier; 3. Guelda. Linkletter. Grade VIII-i. Ruth Kelly: 2. Theresa Cameron; 3. Kathleen Dehhan. Grade VII-i. Florence Wflianis. 2. Shicla Callaghan; 3. Eileen Praught. Grade Vf-l Rita Deighan: 2. Rose Marie Blacquiere; 3. Barbaza Silliphant. Grade V —1. ‘Ihersea Prauzht: 2 Florence CIC-Wj 3. Jean Clony. Grade IV—1. Dorothy Arsettault. 2. Yvonne M. Arsenanlt; 3. Mar- jorie Rollers. Grade III (a1 -1. Emlyn Arsen- ault, Mary Florence Gallant. Alblllfi Arsenaut; 2 Theresa Cameron; 3. May Gaudet. Grade III (b) -1. Cecilia Clow. 2. isidora Bernard; 3. Arsenault. Grade II -f. Phyllis Gallant: 2. Mary Gallant; 3. Dorothy Gal- lent. Grade I Girls -l. Eleanor M"- Qtrsid and Dolores Morrison; 2. Milded Arsenauit, Grade I Boys 1. Kenneth Grant. 2.LClarence Perry; 3. Neil Link- ‘et er. Music Department (Over 9C por cent) Senior Class: Jean Nicholson. Mewlna Glow. Sheila Callaghan, Zhlen McEwcn. Henrietta Coyle, Diane Dcwnittrz. Ruth Kelly, Shirley Cnllhcck, Kathleen Alien, Agnes Sullivan, Wanda Rzeves, Irene Allen. Shel- ton Harris. Alex McInnis, Florence Wfliams. Rita Dcighan. Marion Waite, Joyce Chaisson. Betty Mc- Mumo, petty Bruce. Mary Gaudct. Roy Grant. Virginia Cantpboll. "ally Schuiman Dorothy Mc- Phee Junior Class: Dornthv McNeil). Donna S1111 1v. Paula. Schurmao. Anna I-ievittt. Titer-om Pm uzht». Janet McPhec. Marlo Drlavicv. Elenor Peters. Joan Mt-Phec, Mar- cellus Mcfvor. ASK FOB MATRII". WITH TIIE BRIDE oswtrrra, April l2—(CP)- When the family of a Benvnll bridegroom stimulated the bride should pass her matriculation ex- smtnfllon before mar-via". the "H's father asked the Calcutta University that. she might annear for "aminatinn this year lns‘°'*d of t9". the nw-‘uled time. Th“ uctw-rsily acceded to the ronurst and she curried her tests immed- iately. y , Marie ‘ i. AND PRINCE COUNTY CHRONICLE Children's Aid- Society Meets ‘rho regular m] (Elbe Children's stcigdflfiag "Bu" y was held on ursdny eve- u: in the Town Hal. The pro“- ggiet. J. a. McPhee presided. mes fgllnt officer and agent, of °° "Y- Jmilh A. Gallant rc- ported no truancy and no delinqu- Pllfiy T01‘ the past four months. He grevtirl the attention of the Society 9h ‘l? 4118c number of children u 0 were compelled to play on u“ concrete streets in the wgsfgm flit“ 911mm Darts of the Town to {w great danger to themselves rom the motor cars. It was hoped that some effort would be made by theflyt: ‘Men or some other or- caniza .on 1d ,- for these chcflgre‘: $113. pg: 0MB VerWolf advocated that some piece of land be obtained near where these children lived no that. they could have baseball and other games and be thus kept. off the street. Gymnasiums, he pointed out fllvrflys benefited a select class. while what was needed her; w“ sortie playground which would help al under privileged children, who at’ the Present. time had no where t0 illfly eXcept the caved streets. ‘There had been during the past month some demands for clothing for wards of the Society which had been attended to. The truant of- frcer reported the curfew bell a great help. Most, of the children who were playing arormd the strcefs went to their homes as soon as the bell rang, s, BORDEN SCHOOL Honor roll for March: Principal's Department 1 Grade X-l. Glenn Sharpe: 2. Reg. Rodgers and Emery Richard .cq1ial): 3. Winnifred Chappell. Grade IX—1. Gordon MacKerr- izie; 2. Elinor Campbell; 3. Ralph 1 Grade VI-i. Doris Herring; I. Inc-z Macfnnis; 3. Edit-h Sharpe and Frank Oatway (equal). Vice Principal's Dept. Grade VIII-l. Ida Doyle; 2. Betty L-yrds; 3. Phyllis White. ‘ Joyce Love; 2. Raymond MacTavfsh; 3. Walter Dorsey. Intermediate Dept. Grade V-i. Willard Pickering: 2 Marlon Decgan; 3. Joseph Dor- say. Gloria Gaudet; 2. couche hall this week whsn the! ‘ gDorscy . Grade TV-—1. ll‘ .rey Stewart; 3. Aileen Rich- rd. G ode III-I. Barbara Herring; 2. Francis Ozcn and Arnett How- att fequal" " °~=l~ Peretti. Primary Dept. Grade II-i, Lloyd I-Ieffell and Nnrccn Sherry (eoual): 2. Eleanor (‘flout and Marion Howatt (Oowil): 3. Marjorie Irving Grade I (a) -‘1. Mary Mac- Alocr. 2. Everett. Keough; 3. Carl Macwnis and Rena. Macfnnis (couch, Grade I (b) -1. Joyce MacDon- ald: Q. Freddie Toombs and 'T"mm\' Perot" (corral): 3 Joan Cameron and Mae Keough (equalJ l Grade I (c) —No tests. Teachers: Pi-‘nctnol, Thomas Johnson. Vice Principal, Amelia MacDon- al l. Intermediate. Tessie Sexton. Primary, Beryl Dorsey. A Weather liiiitiers Canadian Business WINNIPEG. April 12—(OP)- Business condtiens in Canada were bin-fired a§a‘.n last. week by ed- yerse weather, the Canadian Cred- it Men's ‘Trust Assncation reported in its weekly review today. Expected spring sales in all cen- trc-s were retarded by the return of wint/er weather and both retell and wholesale orders were con-sid- crabiy below comparable periods for former years, the report said. steel and metal and industry was the br‘gl1t feature of trade in | Eastern Canada. Automobile, im- , plemcnt and furniture lines re- ! ported fair volume. Clothing and , knit goods were hardest hit by the unreasonable temperatures. iiireat War Veteran Jleturns To Front OTTAWA. April 12 —(OP) — A scarred veteran of the first Great War, Major-General Leo R. La- Fleche is one of the first Canadians to obtain access to t-ho fighting area. on the French frontier in this war. General LaFieche recentl wok up his duties as military at e at the Canadian Legation in Paris. ‘that position gives him the ruponsfbtlity of report 11g to the Canadian Gov- ernmont. through the legatton on all matters relating to the war and military affairs. His duties may take him to French general headquarters, to Briton general headquarters or up the line into the subterranean Maginot forts. The duties cf a military attache in an allied coiitry in time of war_nro more extensive and 111010 Vltvll m!" 111 time of peace. GIRLS‘ scuool. IIEAD nsrmss MONTREAL. April 12 -—(CP) — Retirement- of Miss Janet L. Cumm- ing as princ pal of Trafalgar school for girls and s11 intment of l-E Joan M. V. Fos er as h" 8110055801’ was announced here tonight. Miss Cumming has been principal of ‘mm or since 191’! and before that was cad of the modem 1M1" inmesTuepmtgmeni at rravemol 00l- cre. oron . Miss Foster. who will take over her duties in Seillembef. ll the daughter of Senator waiter E. 110s: tor oi Rothesay i! mt! M om 18' Ines uhiversl te f x or - ‘i111 $11 11°» ma’? received the am“ tum Shift Causes Cloud Cver Business M lhderiok Gl-rdncr Annotated llreaa -' nclal wrrwr I NEW YURK, April lI-(AB- ‘The shift of RHODES war into tscandimvta this week shrouded 21118811111: business propeots with oon- o . Germany's lightning invasion of Derutiark and Norway hit oom- merce can-ted in the big Nordic merchant fleets and added diffi- ritulties of international money deal- n gs. Some analysts suggested effects in this country may shape up along these‘ lines: fl) Demand for paper, pulp, mes/t products and certain man- ufactures formerly supplied in world markets by one Scandinav- ian countries may be stimulated. (2) American sellers of varous kinds of manufactured goods, tn- cluding automobiles and machine- ry may lose the bulk of their Scandinavian markets. at least. Mills Germany commands them. (3) Allied buying of war supplies, including some foodstuffs formerly obtained from Denmark, may be skgeeded in North American mar- s fflTho American Merchant Marine and shipbuilding appear set for fas-ter development if seg- ments of the Scandinavian fleets are withdrawn from world cargo markets. Scholarships OTTAWA, April 13 —(CP)—'I'he awarding of two special scholar- ships of $1,000 each in the divis- ion of chemistry at’. the National Research C o unci 1 aboratories, four university fellows ips o! $750 each and 37 studentshtps was an- nounced tonight by the National Research Council. The two Research council schol- arships went to R. L. Cunningham and R. B. Harvey. Eraduates of McGili University. IThose winning studentships in- c uded; Graduates from Daihousie Unl- verstty: J. C. Arnell. C. A. Reilly and A. C. Topp, physical Chemistry studentship at, McGill. Mount. Allison University: F‘. W. Matthews, physical chemistry at McGtll: B. K. Wesson, organic chemistry at McGill. Acadia University: W. J. Chute, organic chemistry at University of Toronto. University of New Brunswick: H. Icliiialllweeb. physical chemistry at Mc- OBSERVE ‘FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH The feast of the Patronage of Saint. Joseph was fittingly observ- ed at St. Joseph's Convent. Wed- nesday. At seven o'clock Mass was offered in the Convent Chapel by Rev. r. McMahon, Chaplain of the Sodality. A large number of Sedat- ists assisted and received Holy Communion. In the evening at 7.30 thirty- eight young ladies were received to Sodolity. The sermon for the occasion was preached by Rev. John Sullivan of St. Dunstarrs University. Father Sullivan spoke of 8t. Joseph's threefold claim w our vencratlon as spouse of the Virgin Mary, foster father oi Jesus and. patron of the Universal Church. He exhorted his hearers to imitate the virtues of St. Joseph especially his spirit of humility arid obedience, virtues so necessary to our times when pride and contempt for all authority are contributing so much to religious, political and social disorder. At the closo of the sermon Bene- diction of the Mot Blessed Sacra- ment. was given by Rev. Dr. Mc- Ma-lton, Rev. Dr. Bernard Gills and Rey. Father Sullivan assisted at. Benediction. The Sodalfty Choir assisted at -Mass and Benediction and the? beautiful rendering of the familiar hymns of l-IcIy lvlother Church added much to the sc-lemnity and devotion of the ceremonies. O'Connor. Destruction byants or cedar noise along telephone and Dower lines in central Canada. is a relatively new problem even to entomologiszs. In recent years, public utility compan- ies have noted e. remature loss of 1 due m the estruction of the or wood by a. large black ant. the largest of its W. known as the carpenter ant. s insect bores thro h the softer portions ab‘! anndlagl rings of wood and tor a few years the pole may be little more than a hollow drum from Bmlllld line ton hei8ht of some ten feet- le becomes weakened mid. at. times. unsafe poles in cen- to be in- Msny thousands of trot Canada. are known footed and, in some instances. the normal 20 ear lite expectancy 0f some poles reduced to an actual 6 or ‘i years. Infestations are not. rc- stricted to power lines. howcvch.‘ verandah Posts and other structur- al timber are quite frequently at- tacked. The ant bores only to D75‘ pare a suitable home tn which to rive and increase. The wod is mt used as food. Colonies once est-ab- ltshed may persist for many Yell-PB. but as crowding becomes evident in the home, winged males and - males orig-rate to establish on es. WhiYe more or lees satisfactory treatments can be used to destroy these colonies. the rent solution of the problem consists in 13L". tor of Philowbhy from Bryn. m. ca nter ant. o1 is being invest go by the forest enlomologists o the Domin- ion Dveirlrtm t. of t-ure, Are Awarded ‘ new col- ‘ m administered n Jtaigns by an "hiterpreier. Canadian Collar Holds Steady NEW YORK. l ILMP)... The Canadian do a: maintained its stability in 1m- u. cirsngs market today despl e sev- ere Briton in the pound sterling and Belgium befga. ‘P110 Cflllfldlfin unit often moves 1n 111115011 With the pound but Whit" Slerllll-i! dlvvped seven cents ,t.o $3.49 the Canadian dollar mov- ed up 1-4 cent t0 84 3-4 United 5mm? 001118. (Ottawa foreign ex- (Yharltrc control board rate 8.00-9.91 per cent discount.) At the same time the belga, under pressure all week as new war forces were unleashed around the neutral countries of northern Europe. tumbled ll-ICO of s cent, t0 16.112 cents. The French franc diDPEd .04 of a cent to 1.9a cents and the Builder .01 of a cent. The Swiss franc was unchanged. TIIE WAR THIS WEEK (By Don Gilbert, Canadian Press Cable Editor) Germany made her boldest stroke of the war in the 32nd week of hostilities, invadin Denmark and NOPWHY in a rock ess attempt to seize the Atlantic ports of Scan- cinavla and thfireby put, herself in o position from which to chal- lenge the maritime supremacy of the Allies by establishing sea, and air bases there. Greet Britain met the challenge quickly. As soon as scouting alr- craft reported that for the first time since the war began the Ger- man fleet was leaving its bases in force. Admiral Sir Charles Forbes but to sea with the Home Fleet to catch and engage it. Other Allied naval forces penetrated the nar- row waters separating Denmark ,and Norway. threatening the Ger- iman lines of communication, The Nazi Government, using its familiar technique of surprise. ordered the German army across ‘the Danish border at 4.30 a. m. Hruesday. At the same time troops were dtsemlbarked at. Copenhagen, the cfliPltfll. and other strategic points. At 6 a. m. the Danish Government announced it would not resist the invasion, and Den- mark wss added to the free na- tions oi Europe which have come under the Nazi yoke since the in- vasion of Austria. two years ago. Norway, however, rallied her forces to resist. The Germans ap- parently made successful landings in Oslo Fjord and at. key along the Atlantic coast. The Nor- wegian Government. rather than have Oslo, the capitol, destroyed. moved to the north and directed the Norwegian army to make its stand there. Forces also were be- ing organized to attempt recap- ture of the Atlantic ports, and suc- ces; was reported from the im- porlant citv of Bergen, where most. of the civilian areas was ictaken, the Germans retaining the harbor forts. While the Germans faced e. tremendous task in consolidating themselves in Norway, the Allies 11nd neutral countries nevertheless were alert lest; the Nazis strike elsewhere in a desperate attempt to win the war quickly. The French army cancelled leaves and in the Netherlands and 3018mm the arm- ies were ready to fight. back should Germany strike. The Balkans re- garded nervously ~G€lTllan troop concentrations in southern Pu- land. The result; of the naval oper- ations in the North Sea and in the Skagerrsk was obscure. In the House of Commons, Winston Churchill said he was unable to "lift the veil" beyond details of scattered engagements between individual ships and of tho de- stroyer attack on Narvik. in whim the Royal Navy lost t/wo destroy‘ ers white the Germans lost, one and three others were set on fire by British shells- The First Lord of the Admiralty told a graphic tale of a runninz fight- between the battle cruiser Renown and the Gennan battle- ship sohamhorst in high seas and s snowstorm. The Schar-n- hnrst escaped after the Renown had registered several hits on her. In an encounter with enemy 811'- craft, the battleship Rodney was hit squarely by s heavy bomb. which was deflected by the shifts armor and caused no dune-Se °l . any consequence. The Germans lost four cruisers in the week's Operations. H1078 than half their cruiser strength. Three of these were sunk by Nor- wegian coastal batteries. In addi- tion the Germans lost several de- stroyers and U-boats. as well I: I number of troop transports which were sunk in the SW20?!“ Wm‘ heavy losses of life. Glancimz back 25 years: After a week of severe fightlno on the western front French tTOOPB W"- solidated gains on the heiohts 0f L95 Epargeg in the week 0f’ April 7-13. i915. These gains enabled them to dominate the plain of the Woevre. In the east. the Rus- .ta rted successful oper- Iltlgsng Ifipo the south Carpathian ares. UNANIMOUS The sergeant had twenty recruits lined up tor fatigue dutv. hey were not; so energetic as the sergeant sought mtlhcy should be: so he tried ~ rem. "Men." he said, "I have a nice easy job for the laziest man present xlilldthe laziest man raise his right an ' Nineteen men raised their ti!“ fronds. "Whv doift you raise your hand with the rest?" inquired the eeril- eant of the remaining one. 1"Too much trouble." was the re- l! Y- DEAF MUTES’ DIVORCE [QNDQN --(CP) - A11 parties wma u”: and dumb in n divorce suit here. In which the oath was in deaf-and-dumb ' schedules announced by Air Schedule Changes Permit Connection liere MONOIUN N. 3.. April i2 -In oonnecti-n wfth the chanzes 1n air _ the Trans- Canada. A11- Lines effective Sunday. April 14th further changes are an- nounced in the eastbound schedule t? the Marttimes. The pane pre- v ousiy announced as leaving Van- couver at 6.15 a. m., reaching Toron- to at 11.10 p. m., Ottawa 12.55 a. mu Montreal at 2.00 a. m. will not continue on to Mono- ton but. will terminate at. Montreal. The plane however leav- ing Vancouver at 4.15 p, m., arriving Toronto 8.45 the following morning. Ottawa. at 10.25 and Montreal at 11.30 a, m., will c0ntin11e to provide connections for the Maritime»; leav- in Montreal at 11.45 a. m., and ar- riv ng Moncton at 3.10 p. m., thus affording through connections here with lanes for Halifax. St. John, and ummersido and Charlotte- I I Imperial 011 liet Income I Shows Decline ‘IORDNTA, April l2 -(CP) — Net income of $l9.250,071, after provision of $4,165'i.5C5 for income taxes from Canadian refining and marketing operations was re- ported today by Impeziat O11 Lim- ited in the fiscal year cndrxi Dec. 31, 1939. Net income in the previ- ous year totalled 825.059.5130. Dividends received by the com- party from subsidiaries totalled $14,672.999, after all taxes, compar- ed with $21,211,422 in 1038. Inter- est on investments and other revenue netted $66,570, against $585,371 in 193B. Soil Reaction Its Relation To Crop Growth (Science Service News) Soils may be divided, on the basis of their reaction. into two groups. acid and alkaline. states H. J. Atkin- son. Division of Chemistry, Science Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture. Alkaline S01l5 are char- acterized by the pressure of ac- preciable quantities of calcium (lime) and sodium compounds. Acid soils on the other hand, contain vary ng amounts o1’ hydrogen ions which have replaced the calcium or sodium ions. The reaction ofa. soil is usually defined in tot-ms of its hydrogen concentration. and 15 ex- pressed by a scale of numbers, runn- ng from 0 to 14 which is known as the “pI-I" scale. Soils with a pH value of more than 7 are alkaline; those with a pH of less than '7 are acid. soils with a oH value of 7-0 are known as neutral soils. Those soils in which sodium com- unds predominate are commonly nown as “alkalf soils. They occur only intermittently and constitute a very small proportion of Canadian soils, Usually the presence of exces- sive amounts of salts and D001‘ physical conditions (due to the pres- ence of so much sodium) make such soils difficult. t.0 handle properly. Soils which are slightly alkaline clue to the presence of lime compounds occur somewh more frequently. are in better physical condition than those in which sodium compounds predominate, and are usually quit/e ertile A very lar e proportion of Cana a, however, are acid soils and range in DH values from 3 to 7. Under climatic condi- tions where rcclprtotion exceeds evaporation. t. c percolation of wat- er downward through the soil layers causes considerable leaching. In this rocess the soil bases. articulany me, are removed from he surface and their places are taken by h '- dro en ions, thus forming acid s01 s. ile many soils which are only slightly acid can be classified as good soils, conditions of extreme acidity are frcouently harmful and should be corrected. for example. by addition of lime. ‘Ilrcse harmful conditions may be caused by the soil acids themselves, or bv the pros- enoe of aluminum which is render- ed soluble by the acids. or to tho lack of of calcium which may cause either a deficiency 0f this element for plant growth or poor physical condition of the-soil. In soil studies, it. 13 difficult to separate there fac- tors. In acid soils. conditions are un- favourable to the growth and activi- ties of soil bacteria yrhlch are nood- ed in the breakdown nf organic matter and in the reclase 0f nut- rients for plant. food. The effect of the reaction of the soil in plant growth varies with the cro . Some crn s will grow well only wit in r-elativey narrow rations of soil reaction, for cxnnrplo. alfalfa. which grows well undcr neutral or slightly alkaline conditions but will no gtrow on very acid soils. Other crops are tolerant of large varia- tions and will grow well utidcr quite a range of conditions. It is impossi- ble to draw 111') any precise 11st and assign various plants to define pH ranges since other factors such as the amounts of limo. organic 11111.11. moisture, etc., may also have a. o0 slderable effect on the growth of the e presence of certain plants "ti; commonly classed as woods, o- ouentiv indicates acidity in the soil. ‘The reason those words 1:11‘ yrorv in acid soil may not be smplv that they prefer acid conditions, but. bc- cause other plants do not crow s0‘- well on acid soils and thus the \\'(‘(‘f1s I have s. better chance to crow. In 11n- disturbed iffrtssland, it: is possible t0 (e11 (mite closely the soil reaction l-y kind of plants that iraturalh’ row bwt on it. when the soil roac- I ton is changed _bv tho addition of the m-oper chcmcirs, the growth of certain plants will be ilTPflU" Slim"- megd, rqtgulflnq tn the crnvrdioz out i and almost complete elimination of other species. The occurrence of certain 1111"" diseases is also asqv-tatcd with "PM reactions. Monv of those rhseorl occur only on acid soils. Potato srh on tho other hand. docs not occur rn aci soils below a certain oil value. an potatoes can he salt-iv crown] under such conditions. fr tho roao- I tlori is changed to make the soil less - acid. scab may apileflr on the vo- 1 t t1 izers. Thus. the ammonium , .. to make the soil l ever/s Conservation (Continued from page l. ‘With one notable exception, are any 0f our provinces really en- dcavoi-ing to better the unemploy- ment situation by their own ef- forts? They are not. Like the gold-digging divorcee, they have entanded and secured large cash grants from the Federal Govern- ment, not. w help build arterial lughways or for scientific forestry, but just to dotc out to the unem- ployed. expecting little or no re- turn from the recipients, and in this expectation they are seldom disappointed. How can the Federal Govern- ment provide these cash grants? Only by borrowing or through taxa- tion either direct or concealed, and these taxrs bear heaviest on the unorganized and fnartlcirlate earri- er of small wages struggling provide a comfortable home for his faintly and who fa not nearly as sure of his job as of eventually lCslng his home unless prosperity is magically waited around that mythical corner. 1t is _n1ce to retain our child- hood faith in Sarita Claus, but much more statesmanliko to em- ulate the successful policies of other countries. Could the tourist trade be con- trolled and exploited by a com- pan or corporation, their share- hol rs would enjoy dividends be- yond the dreams of avarice. we are all shareholders in the profits of the tourist trade. which can never become a monopoly. When tourists are invited to come into our country by good highways and induced to stay here by providing them with alluring national park playgrounds, they would, without in any way decreasing our na- tural scenery which brought them here, provide a most profitable in- come so that the entire highway system could be improved, What are we individually going t0 do about it For a long time we have done nothing but leave matters in the hands of our gov- ernments. We hear from them a great deal about, the staggering railway problem and about in- creasing rtnmnploywncnt. relief. but very little about. statcsmanhke re- medies of present conditions. Pos- sibly the reason for this L! that the railway problem and the re- lief debt are supposed to be Fed- eral problems, while modem art- erial highways, dedication of park areas, reforestation and s. pro- portion of unemployment are un- doubtedly provincial problems. al- though in the last. analysts all of them are our individual problems and most serious ones at; that. ‘the DOmm-lon can only‘ raise necessary revenue to meet. eir railway and unemployment problems by taxing the people of the various pro- vinces while, of course. the pro- vinces in securing cash grants from the Dominion are simply in- directly taxing their own people. How much better it would be if our various provincial governments could be induced to sit; around a table with the Federal authorities and forget their efforts to become little nations and co-operate with each other by cndeavoring to solve the railway problem, the excessive cost of government, prolonged un- employment, confiscatory taxation and to decrease our annual three hundred million dollar national ill- health cost, not by building more hospitals and as lums but by spon- soring irationa recreation and physical education, together with a scientific treatment of natural re- sources and development. of the tourist; trade. Let mom commence by constructing modem highways. Transportation has spelled civil- lzotton the worlcl over. seldom are prosperous communities and poor roads found together, 8 Hords of autos now remind ua We should build. our roads to stay,, Arid departing leave behind us Roads that are not blown sway. When our children pay the mort- 81189 Our fathers made to build those roads, Theyhinot have w ask the ques- on "Here's the bonds, but where's. the roads?" PTO. We often study, seriously debate, and worry over international situa- tions in which we have little con- cern and less influence, while we. overlook or entirely ignore local‘ conditions of the most, vital and, far-reaching cortsc-qtiences to our- i z solves. Undoubtedly our greatest peril in Canada today is a spirit of de- fcattsm and pessimism which . grows rupidl into apathy unless irdtvidunl cfort can be aroused Lil wide-spread areas. Note-This Bulletin ll offered to our members all over Canada in the hope that. it will stimulate them as citizens to become builders of pitblic opinion tn their several coniintinities aloitq the healthy lines itidicatod. Canada can bc likened to one departmental stoic with one hundred and thirty mil- , lion potential customers on its doorstep. actually rinsing the door- bcll. if not kicking the door itself. I-llghrvavs represent. the c1001’ which must. he o 110d and only active, aulljzhtoite public opinion press- ing upon our zovernntents and statcsittcir can force the issue. You are invited to use your individual wright, in forcing the door. Can- ada will reach a billion dollar turn- 1 over in the your and our National Parks will come by their own as the marvellous rendezvous which mouse continent in search of 11021111 1 thry are for citizens of this im-t menso cnittinoiit inscarch of health and outdoor lifc. A. B. NlacKay, President too ta s. S011 reaction may be changed by . tho continuous use of certain 1‘- nhnte wil tcnd more acid and calcium cyananri 1c 11111 tonit to make 1t uni-c alknl no; t» The common method of corrcrt soil nciriiiy- lnwovor. is 1y,- thc rm- (‘ition oi around IIIIIPFIOHP. Soils tioizs of sulphur. 1t. may be prefor- ahlc in some oases to row crop-i which will tolerate exist og soil con- ditions rather than attempt to change soil reaction to suit certain crops. Plan Study 0f Apple Situation In N, S, OTTAWA. April l2 -(CPl “RA- vertue Minister Ilsley and Agrlcul- ture Minister Gardiner will leave for Nova Srwia t011101"i'.\‘ to Fflfly at first htitlll the n; apple grovicrs (1.' - 1e caused by wartime loss of exwgyt markets ' All this week the 1x0 Vii." ‘i have been coirfnr ‘<1 ‘ .3 Crop and 5017111 ti , will be posed o., “icy is frirrtiliar with b- in since ‘re Annapolis Val the main ripple pros. Parliament. DEFENCE ____(_Continucd from page f) :1» "Derhflfll 1a the most trying m0. merit in more than 100 years." He added: “To maint our neutrality nrcans that, 1r n9cfi§gaftn we must defend it. ' "Since the war has been hrouznt to Sweden's door. she r1111" ' intensify her military prepa 'I'his explains why 2111 t 5 government durnr: the pas: fezy day‘: has taken certain additional measures. "Sweden retains the rtmt toin- dependettce and to t. actions. It is iriv-cnr strie-t neutrality.’ that . ritory be llSf-d to fl(l\'l11‘. bellltlorvint nation." The premier aiitirrl that. ‘LITIYIPCPSSTI YY Q "P, , S friendly fwlfnus to .. r Stockholm. l ,1 granitic cominnnr firm “T11 0pm The entire Swcdrli west coasts were out to txtst anti-aircraft pwepflrgg- ttons. Tire sinking of a tarm- cos-w, or updater-ruined nnftonulit-r in tho Skagcrrnk was n"'11'~.~'.=<~r1 diving the montimr from Fvrnnrsmn, Swedish coaswal mart near ms Norwcigtan border. For hours before ‘he shin wont down in flantos host-y ca nading ‘was heard from the r1.rootiori of the Oslo Fjord entrance, GIANT ___(Cont.iirued from page 1) ______-._.. . ,3. 1 mfllfih tex- .e 113' any held by Geirnarry, during thq night. The flgtiiels s eat down first, and dainzitgt-ti Jugfgl)“ planes with machine uuas estimated thug; wounded 20 of tlic G1- sonnci, ‘Then uilLl-ulr‘ began and the p Wellington p“ dOWH 1101f an hour .. . ~: and (trop- pf-‘d heavy bombs, 1111111 flew over a second tinte, machzitc-gtiritriirg and durnugiirg par cd aircraft, llflllgfhfs and airti-iiircriift. batter- ies. Encm fighters 100k off and enraged e bombers in a fit-roe dogfight but all QXCPpt, o“ wen. irrgtoir returned safely. Ammuniti ship Destroyed The captain of one attacking aircraft told how on omtnunliimi sirtp was caught in Darash ‘Raters in pitch darkness. A tany light. bobbing near the surface of the water was the first clue to the presence of ships. Parachute flares revealed some 10 ships heading not d e barrage of "flaming o. as" and. anti-aircraft fire, tho attackers dropped bmnbs. one of which found its target. "There was an almighty‘ em-plos- fon as 1f the omnuiniiioti store had been blown up or '18 boiler had exploded." the can The ammunition 5111;) mated to be an 8,0004» raiders also attacked a supply ship which was ‘ damaged by bzvo large l» to birrst close w 11o: s All but. l4 of the ‘mdnder of the <1». y pedocd 1 t-ul- 1 Imav br-mado more acid bv anullv-l- ‘ destroyer Ciurkha, day by German a rescued and landed rt. Ciaptalrt A. W. n. year-Old son of I v» tzv ' ' 1 Went. (i(_>\'.'!1 0111' t .' were giviita tlio t more than we wore sazd. Gunner Jark Sqtlllfii stud the Gurkha brought down a couple of planos-"oitc of thorn was the bllczhtoi‘ tho‘. not us." Captain l! 1:11:11 '1 vociferous vvi1"11 11o. Lmrdzni. . "It. was a . - would 211.1 other crack Other Sea Dcvclopiwtcvrts {fawn I t.‘ .\I', 1 . .. at 1.11.11," 11o n d, Other t1r\'ol.'1',\i11cn's :11 the son ' I1l"'t11(=.("tZ- 1 o1 111v 510'.‘ tori Svodnh S\'(‘£\l"1l".‘. United Slates to cargo 0t 1 .~'l1::c. in Loirnoii. 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