Says iiore liraln r >4 1" 1115 561-11 Year. Mineral from l l. >- s- .- i owns by claims §§$§,‘.i.,,."'¢li.s? togfitpx: c fllggliblhli‘ will h investigated It “nomad estimate pieced 9 P 0 Q8108! bjinning J , ‘I. a .000. o‘ Senator Murray told a maylslorter rli-aendoshtere still 9011"“ . -—-- that the inquiry. which baa been ‘m. into the relsd bundles and Ilsa. ihjor Townsend and fem- eaesthoed by ms lmltvfl- H onto woodon hornet in the i=- tbair lneere “not an a to p into the may," wiqinltyytfi meld lfllflli ' thesis: ta their friends. relating Nflflitgol papers at eli - it with. "m, wgurge of flames. -1 neietiboseras-thssraiaaeessflotwtoiudae merreeaoaiot‘ in actual: letters. eel-as aha the new" l RIM o r eanndona of, "00P s tn ~ ma? in‘ ants repent “d? lose-u mamas the nsaiilr SW10“ JEWELLEITS ... 1O . ‘Uflfld QII n of country." he silo. 3-1:: ‘TURF “W” ~ fifii'..'s"iiiss‘°“iisflii us“? ~- ., a t . M D‘ “mam” film's-mo...“ a... u-u». emu m» u" t" .. holy. N“- JINDERTAKIII "We-hope s some; ems - Ewynamtmp be done by u: mes-assent mob‘; Tuesday, Christmas eve. =10!‘ _ ' “ ' 1 i llllllatim to these small pas gt Q p.51, . . Uaeslsleesewa u! pare alive" Joaepsadsat. , i ‘M’ "'""" sltsrsrmodww: 0" '"' ""0 ='"" """ é ‘i’. the small newspaper omen fir’ F’ ' bx‘ ' ' i '~ Hallie. 12 miles out on the Bay 1"" torment People's Cemetery. Rest. Gould lie Shipped ~_ Through ilalifax _..__, RALIFAX. Dec. 23—(CP)-0or- don B. Isnor. Liberal member of Parliament for this riding, said here today he had information that gave him reason to believe double the present quantity of grain could be nloved through Halifax for Bri- (sin. In fact, he said, be had_aent a cable to Rt. Ron. Anthony Eden. deputy leader of the British opposi- tion and fellow officer of the Em- pire Parliamentary Association. His cable to Mr. Eden said: "No difficulty, to getting Canadian wheat moved if John Btrachey ‘will urge shipments vie year round port e! Halifax.” Mr. _Isnor referred to a London report that quoted Hod MfniltI Strachey es blaming lack of ship- ng hcilltiaa for the fact that an ufflcient amount of grain was being moved fl-om Canada. "From information given me," Mr. Isnor declared, "1 have every season to beiim that if 1h. Utrecht’! were to press the matter, I feel that double the present quantity being moved through Halifax could be handled without any congestion." VIILILLIOWI fOmti-nued from Page 1) MM_______ bus churches end had been Active l-l I 138101‘ 1111111 a few days before his death. lib first wife, flarmerly Mile His- ebeth Hill. was a native of New- foundland and met the late Dr. Genge while aha was a teacher in one of the Halifax schools. They Tb Roy. both living in California. survive him. "P001; the death qf his first wife several years ago. Dr. Genge mar- ried the widow 0f the leite Mirr- doch Miobeod, a sea-captain. He has one brother, George. in Charlottetown. and a sister. Lillian. in Montreal. The funeral will take place from Zion Presbyterian Citumh. Tuesday nfiemoon at 2 o'clock and will be held under the auspices of the Hedbytery of P. l2. Island. (By The Canadian Press) KENTVIIiLE, N. 5., Dec, 22- For four veers Dave Spicer, 30- yenr-old lighthouse keeper. has kept his lonely vigil on Gil-faunas eve at tho light on Isle de of Wndv. But this Christmas it will be diifrrcnt. Two friends will! swoon i over the rocky beacon island in I i‘ lisht aircraft and drop a large bag of Christmas gifts for the lonely llghtman. Illllis. iilinniaiiis. UHTIIS , 50c Per lnsertiorf -- nlnrns My? Nawsolun-At the Prince Count y 11°51'11" 1M- lm. low. to m. ‘"1 MYS- lllloworlil Newsome, a _ deushter. Arlene Patricia. r a... 11 011M305. ‘ DEATHS lilaclfACllllitN-ln the city, D93, 21' K911119111 "Vi!!! MacEanhern infant son oi Mr. and Mrs. K: Aiwua MacEacher-n. MnoLAUClILAN-At the Prince Edward Island Hospital Saturday, Dec. 2i. Ashley A. MlcuuQhhn Zion Church (his Monday an". 11°00. Service starting at 1.80. In. in: at the Maofsean Funeral Home until noon. _McARTHIJR—iAt his home. m. ‘ Plfllflhl- Saturday. Dec. 21. James B- Mcbfbhlir- Remains at Bew- flcas Funeral Home until Monday morning when they will be “d. veyed to the heme of his dauglh. s:;..'"""..i"""."'".‘";~ n": - r. nera a ' Wesley. Dec. as. ° °° DECEMBER 23. 1946 . ' differs Industries l-Iad ornrlul. Thriving Year lss 1946 n! your: LIBLANC fill Press sun Writer rolled on to the year-end without letup. Foundation of the nati ' Q0011. 00R‘. the basic lnduatriesonoi’ agl-l- cu use mining, lumber-in and 115111118, Pmbabiyuncvor expgrieuced " “n” 7°"? 1PM. employment. "m" ""1 Wises all were high, and "'1'" "B" 110 8180s of lowering as u" 119W Year loomed. In asricuitwe. a amp "i" W" dlllioerienccd all around. 5mm "old woos were well above the five-year avenue and i-n spite of the heavy production, o, ready market was available for all that "hi5"? t W a crop at an estimated 418.758.1300 bushels was 37 per cent l!) from 1945. Output or oats. 399m of five per cent. Barley was up unc N!‘ 0911i at 160000.000 bushel; F0118! 0100s laterally were better- i-hlh “were. though down in the eastern provinces. Whllp the 494a yield of hay was reduced from 1945, dian ' Orraws. Dec. 22 —-(CP)_—Ca.n. 500-000 1711111018. Showed an increaae| \ "ii-u, Tlshoslllniareerval sun sheath ni l“ | aaeway up“; atilveaaataeuwaa.” pg- CBAQWILL for Photograpsa. "We Primary lllduliirifl thriving year in 1946 wlmmdfgfic; 111-! CliUl-Jrhe Weakly meet- im tacos-fig “uttered m mm lug of the Charlottetown Bi-Y directions ea the post-war boom Club was held at the YMCA an Saturday nlzht. The meeting open- ed with the President, Mr. Vernon l-Ienneasey, in the chair. The min- utes were reed by tile Secretary, lMr, John Mcbennan. after which a business meeting was held. The meeting then closed by a sing song. TRAIN DELAYED - Saturday night's second Bordon-Charlotte- town trein, due in the City u: 10.45, did not arrive until 830 Sunday morning. The main cause of the almost-ien-hours delay is said to have originated on the mainland where the Boston and Montreal trains were seeveral hours late in reaching Sackvillc. Heavy winds too. are said to have kept the car ferry at Borden until after mid- night Sunday morning. PICTURES AT OBPIANAGII- On Friday. Dec. 20. through the courtesy of Mr. Bramwell Chand- ler of the National Film Board, it was of better quality. A big in.- crease of 83 per cant was registered in the 40.000000 hundredweigbt DOteto c109. while increased returns 515° W!" ltfvlitht by sugar beets." fodder com. dry peas. dry beans and mixed grains. i On tihe other hand, ahortago of 100d Chiba col-Died with transpor- tation difficulties threetened meat end dairy production Milk pa-odiuc- tionweaaapactadtcdrnpfiveper cent, or 500.000 pounds. while a de- oreesc of flper cent in cheese pm- dlsctlon was indicat ‘. Proqseeta Bright Ibr 1847. department or agricult-l urn surveys point to another good yea-r, particularly in view 0d excel-| lent weather that has /permitted| full fall plowing in all sections of the Dominion. | In the fishery a record for landed! value of the Canadian catch was in prospect. to“!!! last year's high. snark of about S100.000,000. While risurss rei- tho inlandi catch had not been complied. un-| revised estimates on the coastal corrnmercial catch compiled by the department of fisheries indicated a‘ lmnp in value of about 84000000111 the first nine usontha of the year. The estimate to the end of Septem- ber was $46,700,000, against $41.- 900,000 in the same time last year. Improved prices brought about the higher returns, for the depart- ment calculated the actual weight of the catch had dropped off, fall- ing to 912.000!!!) for the first nine months of 11113 year from 924,000,- 000-also an estimate-for the same time in 1945. Heavy decreases in the British Columbia herring and salmon runs accounted wholly for the drop. since the other coast- al provinces were up. Exzport trade in fish also showed a considerable increase,_ rising from $60.000.000 in the first nine months of 1945 to $63,100,000 in the cones- ponding months this year, This in- clpded both coastal and inland iLsh. Bcgord Year The lumber industry enjoyed the greatest year in the nation's history and estimates st the year's close were for.a out of Just about 5,000- 000.000 boa-rd feet. This would be about 100000.000 up from last year's total. which also is still sh estlim? ate. The breakdown-mil eatimated- shows 4,530,000,000 board feet as the 1946 softwood cut. against 4.- 495.000.1300 for 1945, and in hard- wood 420.000,000 ' against 406,- 000,000. _ ' o Paper production was well up, the 10-month total of 3.Q1.l37 tons showing s. 2d per cent jump over the same period of .1946. Employment in the woods was slightly higher titan in 1945, though in December there was still a shortage of about 10.000 man. 8,- 000 of which were needed in Ontar- lo. Canada's mining industry had a big year and, on the basis o! avail- able figures for the first eight months, appeared on the way to ox- oeedlirvr the $S14.S2'2.000 figure for tho value of the 1945 output. Coal production showed a jump of around 800.000 tcn in tihe first eight months, awhile the output of gold. silver. lead and some other minerals also was up considerably. Among the major minerals, copper. IX all aha were down. Mi; ll. S. Will Frill! 1 BBNGI-(At the Prince Iliward " .1tav.1do anlqq‘. p u in hla astn runes-er. fig . Zion Church tomorrow. Tuesday, service starting at 2 ociook. In. ""1""! People's Cemetery. Rest- llll at the MacLean Funeral Home until noon ‘iuesdq. 1818M! Hospital on Sunday, DedP nowapapor uwuorblil tldsruarmbfl. Dec. a2 - (AP) —Chairnsan James Murray (Dem.- Mont.) of the United States Sen- ate mail business committee said ' laturdap the "rapid growth and ooncssste-stiai i |'lihen an infinite amount of pa- ‘ tience is required when one waits the picture ‘The Policeman" and a technicolor film of the Peace River district were shown at 8t. Vin- cent and Mt. Herbert Orphan-lees. A slnlr song was also held. Mr. Stan Mcfnnis of the National Film Board and Cpl. A. W. King of the RCMP. presented the entertain- ment. These films are being shown throughout the Province to child- ren and adults during the month ‘ oi December on the monthly tour of the National Film Board. The children of both orphanages thor- oughly enjoyed the films and those in charge expressed their thanks and appreciation of this kind les- ture by Mr. Chandler and the Film Board. Personals Mrs. 1L3. White. Hunter River, has left for Winnipeg to spend Christmas with, her daughter, Mrs. V. MaoQuan-ie. Ralph Cox, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cox, as: Kent Street. has recovered from an operation in the Charlottetown Hospital and is once more at home with his parents. IIIT SITUATION (Continued from Page 1) precious restaurants servo the liquid only on request. To take a bath in Moncton these days requires no small de- gree of planning. The unpainted hour must be one which does not conflict with periods when the bumping system is flit down. for the thin trickle of rapidly cooling hot water to fill the tub. Housewives have been forced to re-arrange their work schedules and the traditional Monday wash- day has become a memory for many. Hardest hit are persons liviriil above ground floor level. They find only a thin trickle cornins from their tans when the pressure is reduced during the afternoon and evening and the water sys- tom works only on gravity flow. Supply liettor Elsewhere But while hope for normal wat- er supply in Moncton lies in wait- ing for the spring thaw, the rest of the Marltimes is perking up under an unusually heavy De- cember rainfall. In Nova Bcotia provincial power officials are firm in their convic- tions thet the situation has re- turned to normal after the pro- llonged autumn dry Ipeil. l with the week-end rainfall of 3,01 inches, the province already has more than an average fall for “the month. Lakes throughout Nova Bcotia were up to the all!!! Iievel by previous falls and the ‘week-end downpour was expected to supply a large reserve. . In Charlottetown. hard hit by the large amounts of water used in recent fires. the supply is dc- seribed as still below normal. But the fall of 1.5 inches helped the situation considerably. Anoliher district that has felt the drought is around Frederic- ton. Rccent weather has improv- ‘pd oyster supply in central New Brunlwick and Baturdlfl half I foot of snow which turned to rain w” "lam-led by the town of Marysvilie and the capital. ll laoi-‘rsltere Pl-alltlsilg! (3; The Canadian Preaal grl. ALI-ATI-Ili. 000.. Dec. N: A roaring fire touched 3:1 am boiler 001M" “m” ' 'I‘HE CHARIJOTTETOWN GUARDIAN Shepherd-Marshall Wedding gliehunk Theory 0i Shortest liay l By GEOIG! KITCHEN (VITA/WA. Dec. 2 — (T) — Bet you thought Saturday, being Dec 21. was the shortest day of the Yell-but it wasn't. ‘Ibo gnarl in the know, the no. mission astronomers. ddsurlked that popular theory today and said that the shortcut day of the year doesn't " xolwflys fail an the 21st and, any- Wfly. it hinges exactly on whore You ilvo in Canada. 1t appears that l; you Toronto yesterday live in womit the area and on the 24th thore will be only $2.100, making it the shoriest. But if you live in Quebec -lucky People. those Qllobecers — you have five short day; - Saturday, Sun- dly. Monday, Tuesday and Christ. U185 DBY. Referring to a mess or figures, the statistics show that in ‘the Quebec area. those five days each have 30.720 seconds of daylight. ‘Iihen. the days lengthen, a second each day. one short day, smd that was Fri- day. Doc. 20. when the sun was between the horizons 38.80 sec- onds. l Theme unfortunate enough — or otherwise - to live in centres other {than Toronto, Quebec cr Winnipeg llst only those three cities. ‘liuadrupiats Ara Winnipeg. like Toronto, has only‘ will have to do their own figuring , as available astronomical statistics rams FIVE T: 1 Gallup Poll bi Canada T0 Civil. MARHAGd "TE Strong Sentiment Against Idea Revealed by National Gallup Poll PUBLIC OPINION OPPOSED n, Canadian mums or Public Opinion ‘RIIONIO. Nov. 30- ‘the balance of pisbllc opinion in ouuas [still tips heavily uway from civil marriages. in spite o: (no fact um; 0111i’ two Drovincek-Quebcc and Ontario-make no provision for mar- riages of this sort. l 731° 11mm"! 0! 0M1 “Til-lacs. which has been aired in connec- ion with the discussions of Church groups on marriage problems. W“ Pi" i° 111° "i"! 01 Owldfl- W002i: s Gallup Poll sample, in shortest day because there were .1111! 1011111 32,160 seconds of daylight in that: "In some Canadian Provincel. civil marriages are ailawed—that 1" 7MP“ m‘, 5° “"11"! 117 I 1W1!!! or some other court official if they wish. In other Provinces, marriages can be performed only by Clermnen- Which law would you like to see in this Province?” While a third of the population would like to pee both form; of service permissaibie. only three in every 100 persons ln-tervigwad would like to sec civil marriages alone. The verdict of the public looks like this: crane-r iorvzy . Shown above are the principals in n ‘pretty wedding which too place in the Zion Manse on November 30th when Mary Esther M“. 6113-11 0f Digby, 11.5.. became the bride of Leo Francis Stephan! of Charlottetown. Reading from left to right the above group include qpoornsman ‘Ronald Shephard. brother of the groans: Mrs. Shepherd, the bride; bridegroom Mr. Shepherd, and brides-maid Mrs. Lottie Bel-i. k ; Born in Baltimore (By The Associated Press) BAIJITMOl-‘LE. Dec. 22-Q\iad- rupleta. three boys and ‘a girL were born in 8t. Agnes Hospital here tonight to a wide-eyed slen- c/V/z Miknmaraivz ’ 52 l‘ By ROBERT M. I-‘ARRJNGTON WASHIINGMN. Doc. 23-411?) -Coat1y blunders of the first two years of the war against Japan are recounted along with notable victories of the last two years in a detailed summary released Sat- urday by the United States Navy. The volume. “The Campaigns of the Pacific War," is based on "ultra-secret" Japanese battle plans and other captured docu- ments, as well as American corn- bot records. The report traces campaign by campaign the long sea road from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. Highlights: Pearl Harbor- Planning started in January. i041. Dec. 9 (Hawaiian time) was picked for the attack. but this was later moved up to Dec. ‘l because of "possible advantages-.. from a Sunday attack." If dis- covered before Dec. 5, the Jap- anese carriers had orders to turn back. No follow up of the raid was made since its only purpose was to destroy the capital ship strength oi the United States, and the Japanese accurately esti- mated the damage done. Midway- Ttie success of the Japanese expansion, plus the American raid on Tokyo, were both reasons for seizing additional defence bases such as Midway, the Japanese said. Inter they considered this fur- ther graib a “fundamental err ." American naval officers said Md- way was “penhaps the decisive battle of We war." anese carriers and one heavy cruiser at a cost of one U5. car- rier and a destroyer- Mentions»- The Japanese landings were made right after the Midway de- feat. but United States scarab planes did not learn Kiska and Attti were being occupied until four days after the start of the landings. After ‘l4 months of Un- ited States bombing _ihe “disap- pointing total" of less than seven per cent of the Japanese garri- son had been kiiderl by the air raids. The Japanese evacuated 5.100 troops from Kiska in 46 minutes one afternoon following the Am- erican seinurc of Attu. Some 25 days later 34,000 American and Canadian troops attacked the de- serted island after weeks of air and surface borrbardment. Solomons- During two early battles, how- ever, hhe commander of an Am- erican task force chose to light from the San Francisco. which was not equipped with the latest radar. Before the tactical situation was clear to the United States commander. the fiagdrip was within 2,0(X)-3,000 yards of the enemy vessels. In the confusion of close-range fighting organization dldo-Dbeared and "United States ships occas- ionally fired inic each other," In another STORE Boxing Day: Branch Blunders, Yictories In Pacific Are Told .- Arnerican forces sank four Jap- battie when the .force mould have been combined. HOURS ~ The following stores will close tonight and Tuesday at 8.80 pm. They will also be closed all dey Thursday, Dec. 26, in observance of l CROCKETT AND STOREY, R. T. HOLMAN Ltd» Charlottetown THEROIVIEIIT SIMPSON Eastern Ltd. , ' ~ h der British war bride, Mrs. Ohar- less llenn. Jr. The babies, still unweighed two hours after their births. were born in the delivery room of tihe hos- good condition." Quadruplets are average of once in eries. born on an $0.903 deliv- Pair Safe in Labrador After TRINITY UNITED CHURCH . The services in ‘Trinity United Church on Sunday. December 23nd. , were both in harmony with the —-— Christmas season. In the mominG. GOOSE BAY, Labrador, Dec. 22 the Minister preached on "The —(CP)—Deserted by a dog-team Perils of Christmas" and pointed which broke its tow ling and raced out that as one reads the stories "hell-bent for home" at the height in the New Testament. one be- of a howling Labrador blizzard, 0011105 WW much “"19 °~1 the ‘M’ Michael Barlrwsy, Canadian rep- 18111100! anrll contradictions that resentative of the British Broad- qevalkd ‘ndthe "gndanmmghgw casting Cor oration, relate todn ° me“ ‘m Wm 1‘ 5 ' the cxperiegcc that almgs: rossi nmmcement of Jesus 17m?‘ became u“, lives of 31m Murphy. a CBC known. The Minister ponted out engineer from Halifax. and himself. that’ we” dmeremctlfi i)! rfigggifi Resting in comparative comfort a Egizfgffds egg gm“: :8,’ m‘... here after ex rlen n two frl i nights m the $8“ a‘: finowumvcgeg as God came in the form of a babo it ht to at least indicate in Melville Bay Barkway said he and mlsougay and Generation the im. Nmrph-v 1°" GM“ B” ""13"" portance of homes. schools, church the ‘veek Wm‘ 1w‘) d” ‘"1115 and church school as places of driven by U. s. soldiers to record m-aming and lasts-demon in the a Christmas party at the Grcnir-ll christian faith, mission 27 miles from her». As they crossed the bay, Barkway no- Joyful Mom i; Breaking" tired l\'turphy's sleigh was stalled ter and Miss Pauline Simmonds ‘and saw the dog team racing for sang the beautiful solo “The Birth- |daY of a Kins!’ _ The men held a consultation as‘ M 111B H9010! iflvlcfi the Mm‘ the blizzard whipped about tnesfilsrer spoke on "The and decided to lie the sleigh: to-,L1K111-" ' gelhcr and g0 on with the rcmnm-t T119 car“ "In D“1°1' Jubuo, '_ ing team. The load in the deep 151-11- century w“ sung by the home. snow was too heavy for thr- dogy choir ‘Mm MT" George '1°“,‘.“°“ . t kin m solo part: the 5010 The and at one time the four men Ifirstgchlfutm" Mom" (Newton, attempted to break trail for the team. ‘ Realizing they could make no progress in the‘ blizzard they red- dcd down on the sheltered side of an unnamed island until morn- ing. The storm continued next day and another unsuccessful at- wgg sung by M1‘, A-J. Charley; the caroLs "Now is the T11"! ‘Laubew stein), “In the Bleak Mid-Winter" (Holst), Mr. Harvey MacPhersoll soloist. were sung by the choir and Miss Sally Wood sang the solo "The Holy City" (Adams). andIthQ com] "Ring Out Wild Bells . tempt to move the equipment was PE mew)“; we; sung by the mad“ -' choir. By then they had consumud fouri -_~--—--~—- of the six packages of K-rsiinn they carried and after dividing the; last of the food. tho U. S. army, . 1) men attempted to return to base (Commued from Page for help. Bm-kaway and ltfurphy would he continually successful, beddvd down in their sleeping bags n; the 5.1m» time stressing the 1° “W311 'e5“"°- very urea; importance of n31 lan- Tiley had trouble lighting .1 fire gualze studies in lilo acquiring of and it wasn't until they had used gxflct, smooth and effective all the letters they carried and speech. The Chief Justice who ts had only Bark\vay's passport left. one of the most distinguished that they were successful in mnk- Alumni of lhc College. referred in‘! the 11W 011m» 'feeiingi_v lo his student days and For two nights the men huddled ended by wishing lo nil students zs in (hrir Pmpmvlsed camp wvlwut pleasant Christmas holiday and 1°°d- 011 the 101101 <10)’ l Cflflorlllm- continued success in their work. built snowmobile came lo their M!" Mary Louise Gaudet is a rescue. It was discovered they we!‘ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antonin on the wrong side of the island to Guudet of st. Nicholas. Miss have their camp fire owl by res- Guudel m addition to winning the cuers and it was mere chance they French prize in 194.5. also won one W"! 10111111. ' ,0i the Prince County scholarships. ‘Continuing her education tn Mis- couch; Convent she successfully passed the Common Examining Villmlfl D. fmmd in fish oils. Board examinations with very 1191B"! (‘Qmiiollsaie for the lack of high marks, in June last. She ls sunshine in winter months, ‘now enrolled in the third year carrier Hornet was lost and the $131: ' Enterprise damaged. the report| “ says air attacks from the two car- riers against a heavy Japanese splvsmns Am College, Miss Mary Loretta Gallant h a daughter of Ml‘. and Mrs. Hector Gallant of Egmont Bay, She passed the entrance examinations from r iof the commerce class at Prince! of Waits College. These two young‘ indies and their parents are to be congratulated on the success lhey have ltchieved. and will all be pleased lo success and future achlevermnts. STUDENTS HELP AUBTIIIANS In its world student relief pro- gram, international Student Service recently appropriated 107000 Swiss francs to Austrian siating on len than 1000 calories. INSECTS CATALOGUE!) A half million species pital, and Dr. ‘Thomas Bowyer. Clergy only .. the attending physician. said all Q1011 Mgrflage foil!‘ "B" ill 800d 5111131" Choice of either Mrs. Henn was reported "in Undgcidgd The choir sang the carol “The ....l.es-. Power 0! .C#0/c£ OF Elm/ex? - U/VDE C/DE D i 35$ 4-5! 100% Those Canadians who voted for civil marriages. either as the sole marriage rite. or in conjunction with a religious ceremony. were Hallo! further: ' "no you think this should be permitted only in the higher courts. like County Courts, or do you think Police Magistrates or Jnlflcel of the Peace should be allowed to perform marriatfl?" Opinion was very evenly divided. with half those in this 8104M with an opinion. voting for the higher courts. and half preferring to see Magistrates and J. P.'s emliowflred i0 119F101‘!!! mama!“- i An interesting difference in the attitude of men and women. ‘crops up in his survey. Men are noticeably more in fowl 0i i118 0M1 rite than are women. While nearly seven in every WI! Wm!!! m‘ um marriages should be performed by the clergy only. slishtly mm than five in every ten men felt the same way about it. The survey also shows marked differences in the coir-ions 0! ihl various church members. For exssnple, 81 per cent of the 110mm Catholics interviewed voted against permitting any form of civil mar- riages, Anglicans and 'United Church members were about evenly divided, with s slight edge in favor of marriage by clergy only. ' Peaoetime Force Built ' As Men Return" llome 1 f oom- . Q - f" operational 010a By JOHN bcBLAlt-L Zfglndsmand many w,“ pmvm, (Canadian Prtsa Staff Writer) OI‘! iWA. Dec. 12 — (C?) Nineteen forty-six was the year training staffs for the 1B0,000-nun TGSETYE. - ,Eizmont Bay school in July inst] 'She is now enrolled as a sludentl "M, mends and auxiliary vessels, h," o; "m, force of 18.000 will train at estab- llshmenis across (he country and will spend about two weeigr, afloat the boys came home - and the year a handful of far-sighted young men laid the foundation for Can- ada's strongest peacetime armed force. . The complicated, drown-out task of repatrialing hundreds of thous- ands of sailors, soldiers and air- men now is within a few hundreds of completion and recruiting ls bined three-siyvlce goal of 53.100. The Navy's first winter cruise. Arctic studies by the Army, and |R.C.A.F. plans for full-scale. Do- mlnion-wldc flying activities all are under way. RCN. and RCJLF. repatria- tion is complete and all but about 1.810 eamy men are due to reach home by Christmas. The others are expected to sail for the Dominion early in January. About (he same time the approximate 500 wives and dependents of Canadian serv- lcemen stiil,in the United King- dom will leave. The recruiting box score: Navy — 8,600 of its 10,000 objec- tive has been reached. Army 15.000 of 20,000 with more than 27.000 all ranks now serving, including some 12,000 of "lmdetemtiined status," Air Ihlce -- 12.600 of 18.100. A keynote of the lervices’ peach- time plans is more "home atmos- phere" away from home —- and Ply- Radtlctioa: 0! war complements means mos-a comfort aboard R..C.N. ships and officials say every effort is made to have men serve at the coast nearest their homes. The army plans dozens of bar- racks improvements - hospital- training class at Prince of w” be.“ “mud of bung“ gm”. ‘era. book shelves. lounges — and aboiitim of the traditional “lights out" and early-morning blanket- folding routine. ‘Illa R..C.A.F, plans similar berradrs embellishments. Navy Strength The navy will have tiwo aircraft carriers, two cruisers. 12 destroy- us, ll frigales. l2 mlncsweepers A rescrve during the summer. first-peacetime winter cruise saw the cruiser Uganda meet the car- rier Warrior and her escorting de- llmyel‘ Crescent in the Pacific offf ‘ d V b Mexico in November. After train- ‘ u "‘ “ s“ ' in: manoeuvres in southern waters ‘they will sail tut Esquimait, B C, Leerly in 1941. The army will have a striking head of 10.000 in an air lending of Insc-rls brigade group. eve been catalogued by mankind-men will be spread through the The other 15.000 lln Port This Year moving steadily toward the cOnl-‘ Canadian Sailors To Spend lihristmas OTTAWA. Dec, 22- (CD-NI the first time since 1939. Cflllllflll sailors will carry out their tradi- tional Christmas celebrations ll port this yODT‘. Only one vessel. the flee! 011'! FLMCS. Dundurn, will spend ml day away from Canada. The Dill!" durn. sailing from Halifax 0Q Esqulmaii, B C. will be 5°15" where off ill:- C0851 Of DWI-lun- Ail ships will carry Christmas {recs at their masihcads» Drill-HWY a peculiarly Canadian addition tn hallowed British naval tradition. Below decks, the youngest mem- hcr of the crew will change 91"" with lhc commanding officer, wearing his ilnifcrm and carry out his routine duties. Toward noon. ships’ officers will assernbld in their wardrcorns and make I tour of (he eaamonh messes D changing good wishes and enjoy! inyz Christmas fare, Thr- cusimns wlii be clolfl paralleled sf naval shore estab- lishments. Mriny of the sailors. like menu bars of the army and the ROAM. will have (heir choice of snendlnj their Christmas or New Year's at home with three days’ leave. QUADS ll YEARS OLD ST. NEOTS, Huntinssionishlre w (or-l - The st. Nmts quadruple! —An.n. Ennosi, Paul and Michael Miles ~ had i0 postpone their 11th birthday party because they III working hard to pm 0x11010101"! to enter a county secondary school. Dnlhomas" a». tumsico, suits and rams