i i r1112 ESTNGARDIN " 4w. —--_1 - he SM lre, Jollu Pond. :1 Church Street-Phouo m SUMMERSIDE llld runes COUNT! l lru Advertising, should he left with ma. runs. m. may or blllllllstufill! llthtuy of tlie following store; 1n lfcwl. 1.7m gs: , Water Street. magnifier-y. Water Street. ardlon will be delivered to ut 2c oar du- or 10c |.or week. Phone no rdcr to the b0)‘ responsible for deliveries on your route. Illl I!" The”?! i fly‘: your o , column ls reserved for new: pl local u‘ ngwi)‘ nature may be‘ inserted u; cents a word, strictly payable lnfcrcst, b ls advance. 40X carsuuas [lug 00.. -11'0on SCRAPERS. steel wool. end D8991‘. order now 5Z5 RED? The new p0 - {limit- ln Adrienne ourlirs Rcxoll Drug store. ..1\‘.il\"l‘El):.\la11 for farm work. rdon Ross, Carleton -FOR SALE-A number of Jer- Kcnslnglon. . grade Cons and filling pill‘? - one. JTOR i010. ice rialu 111 presontr . nd car 11:1 C. Jll-IAVY, sound a-nd draft proof ,_ 311m; board for dividing large m5. all 1011:1115 111 stock at ,, w; L-998-4-24-2l. _11rsr 111-1 ULTs from your ., 5, Quailly work and prompt nice, Gourlles . Rcxall Dlil-lg 11-18-4-24-21. . 0ft. 401mg T0 FARMERS-See 1 new Cockslnllt Tractor (small '|af.Kc11s1l1gton 1211'. day) Sat- “ Ami] gr. rThc tractor that‘, inhale R speeds forward). Wal- bred Chevrolet Sedan zcmcbllc 11m. latc model mileage “Sr-d prlraivly by myself. 1:1 (‘or guaranteed as 1f you wont a second Sll/li d. i11 $1.100 P. J. 511111 r S. Weeks Borden 1111s Pauline MacIsaac of nor-den a visitor to Charlottetown on 1 EV. Friends 111110501111 MacDonald is suf- 1 ~ from blood DOISOILlIIR in his r d and all hope that it will b9 blur soon. Writer Fa mend nsport servlccs and other auxil- r as. With the troops already here id by some nhserimrs to be the l» runners of an army of 90.000- will ialkc 11p positions in a1- ‘ liyprvparvrl stations on the ‘Ain- hcre are 0n Monday afternoon a group Oi lumen fro111 Burden gathered at the lawn hall for r111 old llliililvr bee. Two nice new quilts mcombletcd 1o be donated to the led Cross. Lunch was served and 11o afternoon was much enloyed bl’ lillltending. last week Mrs. mtrrtalrfed at three tables of auc- tion in aid of the Rad Cross. Ilivmn by Mrs. Wank Dorsey Wit-h msolstlon Drizc going to lVLrs. Louis Beckett. A dninlv lunch was served llier which playing was lathe frccmut ivhich was won by T111131". The Borden Women's ld their regular auction Dari-Y 111 llttiowrl hall on Thursday evenlnl I'll.ll five tables playing. Ladies first uilcvlas won by Mrs. J. MacAleer. nrlu Brats first prize bv Thos. Gallant lfldsecond nrfzc J. MacAleer with 11111011111011 brlzcs going to Mrs. F. '~ rev and Roderick MacDonald. 11f freeze out prize was W011 b!‘ 1 rih MncAlcer,——A. REINFORCEMENTS (ConlinuedTfro1n__ page_l)____ ltlrs. ' n 11011111511111. lLGen. L. V. Bonds, command- oflnnd forces 1n British Malay, r ihvt tllc (iv-fence of the pen- 1111111 1cm. of mcu, guns and lies ls nearing its peak. Q-licr army mniixigents of Aus- llllls and lnrlinlls, rmd a whole liilllltrd of lhe latest type "Milt artillery’ my. Britain and "films from 1111- United states lrnuurcrl. 11c cxn1z1l11ed, r1 close- to-orrllnntcrl slrikl liolirlllninlrlilrg all the British rations, "Japan would he a litroua ‘tilalirnp (‘FF ‘int 1 hhllat In ln 4 lot "l! v1 "e if her if“ ll mat l the and. ooIT trluurouimva. him-Nil when mills News enemy." ,b11t ho ndrlcd he did not be- ‘ ii Jflllancse- attack would be l1ir." is 1m question." he said. tho lhlitcd States flrel. ‘m; most pnwcriul M“! lilE urtlvil yqt lhc Pacific area." 15.461111. "rlq ~R§1Ir1cn Scibold Walter. her business. what, used lwhhv hns become a full- lfll‘ lhls r 3"?“ 011v Miss Walter start- “ 111K. ref “M7190 dolls, The ~ the-n were treasured ‘ Wm’ iiimily heirlooms. s. hnkirvoma ‘rqeproducitlonn of . I e mus ns, ca - hWlQSNHi and slum Wiles. p k has. now he hulls. Thomas Mclnnis, Borden. sorry to learn Waller Furmer‘ , April 24—(AP) "l 1111c girls will wlsh they znishi iilllcvlnz and selling 111a probably several B" display at borne m- A confluence "will the burglar flit vllllltre constable ul advertising m at Taylor L-421. at Erica's. 11-998-4-24-21. liill . L-1B-4-24-2l. Siding, 11-838-4-18-31. calves: also 11-985-4-23-21.“ 1e this is your 11-995-4-24-21. 11-17-4-24-21. l Q fashioned Prize resumed Institute p, Maclnnis. anti- ng power. the general factor dc- an enemy of UES" DOLLS ellred school ng and trad- onl,v period So of their how many I've got. him o Gourll 1mm. ‘ Mart ‘amulet, fllnénvrlzllel: "l! hello In Burumereldo by for this service, -COLLARS 1-1 “QM sold ruin: fififabi-‘i "Rubber --.Pbi=rous tonic. for u energy. ao-cun b m . p ‘n- lies Rcxall Drlcleg safari.“ ' Gm“ - » 1-111-4-24-21. DR — - CARSON, ' be at 39 Granville (gtllecgtragutlrllnvgll! side each Saturday and ‘Pllesday be- ng tomorrow. L-54-4.z5-11_ -—BEDEQUE UNITED cnulwn. aggro services for Sunday, April are as follows: Bedeque 11 A.M. Cape ‘Traverse 3 P. M. Albany 7 PM, RBV- RfllDh W. Barker, ilvlinister. L-21-'4-25-11. ~ ‘ Ice’ ‘Conditions Qv-r-r-q-www HALIFAX. April 24—(CP)—'I‘he geigartment of Transport reported n , u , , Angullle. e. c?“ Cl°$° Packed ice lies off the flit 00MB 0! Cine Breton from St. Paul westward toward Cape North, extending southeastward to 90 miles east of scatarfe, to Aytlmqn bank and then to Scatarlc. This is very open and scattered in the southern and eastern sectors. The south coast. of cape Breton is clear and navigation ls possible to Sydneyuvia Scatarfe. Northward from Sydney ice is moving on'the coast_ There is considerable drift 10c in the Strait of Cansq llazis fail l‘ to Backup claims BERLIN April 24 --<CP) - The German high command clatmcd- w- day that at Thermopylae, historic" ‘pass some 100 miles north of Athens “we succeeded in breaking into no- sitions which were suited in espec- ially favorable terraln," thus fail- ing to back up Nazi claims made Wednesday that British forces there had been "annihilated" and that the road to the Greek capital was open. A command bulletin claimed that 30 British tanks were taken be- tween Lanna and Larisa, north of the pass. 11ml D. N. B.. the Ger- man news and propaganda agency, claimed that at one large British camp hundreds of tanks and mum- guns had been captured. as well as several thousand British soldiers. (These claims remained without confirmation in Cairo, Athens c;- London.) There was no announcement as to how the hfgh command prflpng. ed f0 capture Athevgs without dum- B-Blllg the classic relics of antiquity, although one newspaper, thq Deng. ‘sche Allgemehle Zeitung, boasted: ‘The Acropolis stands in the midst of war. spared by the German air force." Responsible quarters fn Berlin claimed "the Greek incident" was liquidated and the impression pre- vailed that neither the Greek nor the British troops would offer op- position on the peninsula of Pelop- hcnnesus, below Athens, if the Nazis break through. The magazine Berlln-Rome-Tok- yo, which usually reflects policies of the tripartite partners, contend- ed that the Yugoslav collapse hnd "pushed Roosevelt out of Europe." If Britain fa driven from the Bal- kans, lt said, "American interven- tionist policies and Roosevelt must be counted‘ among the beaten." Probe Shooting ST. JOI-DPS. Nfld_. April, 24- (CP Cablm-Charlesll. Brake. 62. of Humbermcuth died in hospital, today and police pressed -an 1n- vestlgstlon into c the shooting which inflicted on him the fatal wounds. I . ~' ' Brake was shot’ through the arm and hlp by an unknown gunmen as he stood in his. kitchen ‘rues- day night. The‘ bullets ‘coupe through the window and flying glass inflicted facial injuries on his daughter , ‘. Brake was fired upon. once be- fore aa he walked along the street near his home at night some time ago. ' »' (Contlnuedfrom gag. l) . l lying in the naval ...1..~..'.~...1.1. ‘and set "seriously on ~flre'f...ill@ Admiralty said. One waseeenwo sink. A fourth ship in the naval basin, apparent] aden_wlth am- myunltflténi efipl ed when struck a - no er. A supply ship moored off the Spanish quay was hit by lll-lnchers and sank lmmedlatel _ Still another auppy ship wt- side the harbor was set on fire. A destroyer moored at Karsmatl mole was heavily hit. "It ls considered certain that other damn was done to ship- ping." the dmlralty said. The Admiralty announced also that a heavily laden oll tanker of more than 10,000 tons was tor- rloed and sunk b the submar- ne Urge under Ih-Omdr, E. P. Tompklnson. "while endeavorln to run in the blockade." Scene 0 doesn't dare I'm about."- - “mm-e _.. i. 1*‘- the torpedolng was not indicated. Ila lllnanrrfor dandruff. ~1- ' L-Bllil-li-Zd-Zl. d there‘ is a. large area of ice , tlon trucks and many three-inch- s ' shore llmlt of 11:1_|1:v|a11.11y,r, '" ‘I Jinn-s. This ls the fifth in Gmulf Press series of stories base: u g the booklet ".'I'hc Battle of Indium," 0f which close i0 2,000,00( coplgg 113113;) been sold in the United King- By H. M. PETERS Canadian Prose Staff Writer Hitler's assault on Iondon be an Sept. '1. 1940. when two or three gis- tlnct waves of aircraft, each com- posed of formations of from 20 to 40 bombers with fighter escorts. flew over in daylight. The whole attack that day lasted about anhcur, This assault, relates the ct, “The Battle of Britain." continued with little respite until October s. and- was the "last tempt" to w Lory bv daylight aerial bombing. “This could no longer be achieved cheaply. for the Luftwaffe had m ready suffered terrible losses." th booklet says. ‘ edOxrril September 7, m; gags bum; ommg. noon an ago. inland fighter ainiromes. Sept. 7, they made “tremendous ef- fort to reach London and destroy the docks.” "Three hundred-and fifty bomb- ers and fighters flew in two waves east of Croydnn up to the Thames estuary. some penetrating nearly as iar as Cambridge. They were met number broke through and were en- gaged over the capital itself. = . "London did not. emerge unscathc ed. » age was inf on dock buildings. on severahfalctories, on railway communications, on 1111s and’ electricity plan It was also in. flicted on- the enemy. Qne hundred and three German aircraft were de- stroyed. These heavy casualties shook the German high command. for though the attacks were renew- ed and continued, evidently all was no longer “Yell. ‘ “ the Luftwaffe persevered with great tenacity and couroge,de- lfverlng heavy attacks." CDIDQI "On the 15th the climax‘ . 500 250 in the morning the o! glfittfi-noon. fought a from from though. between he last 883 aircraft. By the end of the first week in . British alrdromes had re- °°‘°°.%’ 1 cover ram _ them in steadily increase The Battle (Of Britain Reviewed Climax otcmber German aircraft, and 250 in th o Hun-i d S ltf i; erslcfis an p lrcs “It Bow: 131m coast tifwllrance. cos e en _ alrcraf known to have DGGCXIIIHAGSBTOYOG. Al- Sept. 6 and Oct. l5 AND PRINCE COUNTY CHRONICLE M139 e fight to Dungeness.‘ damage inflicted on m n August and September. The Dercentaze of raids inter- cepted increased, as did. the casu. allies of the enemy, while our own Thus on Sept. 2'1 N0, 11 group of the fighter com- mand destroyed 99 German aircraft“ a:1§.:rr.'*f1s" d“ “i arc o , 1 6% w 1 Don a ‘proper n 0 pilot was lost tho mv were shot 0c . ugh 22 of down." ‘ The method used by the RAJHln 011 meet-ins: the enemy was this:- 6 only one the ene- “The enemy's high fighter screen W88 EXIRGR by pairs of Spitfire squadrons half way between London‘ an the coast. while wings of two‘ or ee Hurricane squadrons at- tacked the bombers and their cgrts before they reached the fight- C airdr - over Kent and East Surrey. but a don. c, omes c?“ and mum or Um- "Other squadrons formed e mud ring ' patrolling above these airdromes. forming a defensive screen m guard tne southern. and inner proaches to Lmfdon. oeptcd the third wave of any attack andrmoppcd up the retreating for-l motions belonging 1o earlier waves», The success of these tactics mav be gauged by the number of casualties curtain. pilot lost." inflicted on the Germans. l "Between Sept. ll. and Oct. 5, No. .11 grout) 0f fighter command alone destroyed 442 enemy aircraft This was with the loss of 58 pilots, giving a ratio of 7',» enemy tolone British 0S- BP- Those inter- _ for acconl Dllslfed. i I‘ - I Expect Mayor 1 1 a (Coutinuedifrorn page 11 I thgifl wartime burdens. e for United States and possibly Carl-I adian warships and planes to patrol the North Atlantic for 1.000 miles off the tip of Newfoundland and as far north as Greenlan . Germany and Italy probably will be warned to keep their submarines and surface warships out of _ e area or run the risk of combat with the patrol ships. ~ The plan, it was emphasized, does not mean American convoys for trans-Atlantic shipping. It simply means a neutrality or safety zone reaching half-way across the At- lantic, an extension of the general policy of hemisphere defence. But. it should prove invaluable for the hard-pressed British and Cana- dlan navles, relieving them of some of their escort. duties on this side of the Atlantic and permitting i-hern to concentrate on the danger zone on the other side. All official circles, including Stev- . . White House Press Secre- tary stressed that naval patrols would not constitute convoys. These advantages were seen for Canada and Britain in the Atlantic patrols:- 1. Thev would cut down the time factor for Canadian and British warships, permitting them to con- centrate on the eastern side of the Atlantic. where the dance!!! lwllffi. instead of shuttling back and forth across time ocean. _ 2. A regrauplng of convoyswcud seem possible and perhaps escorts for fast ships could be abandoned. letting them make a dash throiillh the danger area. relying on the speed to escape submarines. _ 3, Bv permitting allied war- ships to concentrate in the eastern half of the Atlantic. the 01009003 screen for merchant ships could strengthened and made more inttzni slve in élgicsttsarea where the mil 8 dafimsgemed to be ma; than l l}?- i, -m e o - incidence that thuee Dunc}! woulld take the American war sh N l! ' most exactly, within a few réiileil- 0_ half-way across the Atlan 0 tween Newfoundland and Britain- ROLLO BAY INSTITUTE "Ihe Aprl‘ ‘meeting of the Rbllfl Bay rEast. Wrmens Institute W15; held _at,the heme of Mrs. Haro d McEwen with ten mflfflile" m‘ on.‘ visitor presentpMeetin 0P9 " e4. by-readlng a Club’ 0mm!’ the response in rvll Ml was saw. say- play. or pev- Ti" arnlnutes of last rneetlnit were Md also correspondence ‘and qllflliim‘ .nalre. home economcs and wl- oulture. A list of names and - dresses of ffiemlfi and “will” l.“ U. s. A. was filled in by the "Kg"- hers. The program pert 0! ‘ M g consisted of paper! flli i1" Institute. tell? Yam‘ b the W Y. Y Tl fiwtspelsau. Allallbv Susa ‘s Troubles on nthargfllklfllxlec om biv- wldfilfvi-itiérr and radio aloof;- ions. ‘ Q dainty lunch wast v and a social hour slmll- N." ‘m; _ 1m; to be held at the 1101119 ° "- Edwin‘ Peters when answer to roll a Creed and be redpes. Meeting od- ‘gighlm n with p“ Naticnnb-Alf- hem. Almost o Reflect-loll 11.1111; natty. "twine from school one afternoon. acid: "Johnny Wilson's examination papers were so good that, teacher keeps them on he, de-k t9 show visitors.’ d w Asked about .1er own, she he confess that they werent good. Jghnnyl?" her mother asked. You "But why aren't yours as good ls have the same oppporillhiiiflf’ n; know, mother." said Betty. "but Johnny wllson comes from a plan, as outlined here, calls‘ Princess Colliery Miners resume e SYDNEY MINES. N, 5-. April 24 —(CP)—Striking miners at Nova‘ Scotla Steel and Coal Cdmpanysl Princess Collery returned to work. today, ending a two-day tie-up of the blg pit. Eleven hundred men were voZveda-in the walkout, sympathy with 16 employees who complained against a change tlmberlng operations. They struck of the Tuesday. Representatives and the company met during the day to discuss the grievance. flhurchill Asks (Continued from page l)_ liTclose contact with the enemy." He gave the broadcast hint in replying to a member the broadcast to Australia two days ago by Prime Minister R. G, Menzies of Australia Mr. Churchill said: “I have been thinking whether I might not make some statement of a general character but I have been very anxious to make sure whether, if I did so. I should not be treating the House with any when I suggested a debate on the matter should be postponed 1111M] a later occasion." He added: "If I could so an thl he on the matter fl; thg lnagrvahlpllblt of course going info a controver- sial aspect. 1 feel the House would Pflllllps give me an opportunity." The House cheered. Mr Churchill said the Austra. nrllament wou‘d be unlikely to meet before the first week in May and an effort would be made ltqc have simultaneous war debate; ere and in the Dominion since there would be "obvious venferlrce" in having them “piece- llan P meal mine Kore-Bell 11 , r Secretary, pressed sfoar amfiifdnlgfii "m" F"~r:..sarw a" "r replied» it was "intimately tn 1 which the Housee $151.2. {Emfrifi his ~ recent woven with cuss." PTl-EDERI in with little 1 Larger apple Crop expected CTON. April u-(c?) “Act-ital; lélélrlgmdiligp has“ anticipated. or no pmslbl port overseas g, more H. in- staged in in miners who cited disrespect incon- RGRUARDI l“, ti Troops Battle At Close Qlarters B! W. T. Ye-rbrough Associated Press Staff Writer IONDON, April 24 —(AP) -Bat- tered but rim British Imperial forces fouglglt the German war ma- chine at close quarters tonight — apparently around the historic pass of Thermopylae-tc bar the way to Athens against an onslaught ex- pected to grow greater at any mo- en . The British ubllc, warned with prpgresslvo ins tence for several days to expect reverses in Greece, hoped anxiously that its embattled troops, pressed between the Ger- mans and the sea, could be saved to fight again. Details of the fighting were meag- re, but an authoritative British source said the troops were hold- ing their positions at Thermopy- lae. horted Parliament; lse and steadiness," once more s ved off the growing de- mand that the full story be told. he said ft was for the sake of the soldiers in "close contact" with the foe. He hinted he might make a broadcast in a few days. show " This source said there was basis for reports that the British flank had been turned and it was “very doubtful" whether the Ger- mans had taken the Island of Lem- nos. (The German high 100 I10 command claimed its forces had succeeded in “breaking into" the British posit- ions ln Thennopylae. north of Athens. but did not re- peat the claim of Nazi sourm Wed- nesday that British troops been “annihilafer? and a break- through accomplished.) miles had Prlme Minister Churchill, who ex- 5881!! Tuesday to International At A Glance (By The Canadian Press) ATHENS — Heavy losses suffer- led in ttempts to storm Thermopy- lac Pass north cf Athens force Nazis to haul up six-inch guns — heaviest artillery yet used in Bal- kan offensive; Stuka dive-homb- ers claim heavy casualties aboard shlp taking aboard refugees. CAIRO — Ethiopian forces rout- ed near Dessle in fiercest battle of campaign; axis drive across North Africa bogged down at Salum. Egy- pt; R. A. F. gels another eight Nazi planes. bombs Bengasl. Derna. mo- tor convoys. '1 SINGAPORE — More Ian troops are landed. Austral- LONDON - Churchill hint! at possible broadcast; again defers de- bate on war. VATICAN CXTY— Pope asks for Maytlme prayers for peace. WASHINGTON -- State Secre- lflry Hull says ways must he found for U.S. aid to reach Britain 1n shortest time, in maximum quan- zlty; Navy Secretary Knox says we must make good" aid promise. LONDON - Scharnhorst, Gnels- enau attacked anew at Brest. Schurnhorst believed put out of action for at least some months; Nazis raid southern England. 11.3. plans vast Expansion of llcfcncc plants WASHINGTON. April 24—-(AP)- A vast. new program of defence plant construction and expanslcn to cost approximately $1,500,000,000 has been drafted by tine Un.ted States War Department, it was learned tzday, and is expected to reach the stage o1 contract nego- tiations in two weeks. Almost doubling the $l,'l50,000,000 of defence plant construction a1- ready under contract, the new program is designed to: 1. Increase defence production caroaclty to the int where 1t will supply full c at equipment for an annv of 2.000.000 men, plus so- called "critical" or basic items ‘or a force twice that size. Preizous plans wera based on furnishing full equipment for 1,400,000 men, plus "critical" items for 2,000,000. J 2. Substantially boost the csplw- ity for turning out munitions need- ed by Britain,_ partlculary must have such planes numbers if she is eventually .to| start widespread offensive warfare. against Germany.‘ The new program was under-l stood to be awaiting approval by the office of prsductlcn manage- ment and. offer that, by the Pree- ident. ~ In authoritative quarters it was reported 1,0 call for construction of upwards of 80 ordnance factories; expansion of at least three existing bomber engine plants and dozens of other types of defence factories: construction 0d’ two new bomber fuselage frame factories, and the’ acquisition of two new bomber en- ycar. and‘ llty of ex- intensified l! 09-min: t: Canadian markets essential . G. HQfl-icllllturist, said ann _ wiclglafimgeglgwfllsphxssltqizixflghlm t prices of apple lowest ln years, pre- senting an opportunity for -£dgstabllsh new fields in ol orch- c.’ p. Bailey, Superintendent H: ported trees fro the the Domi under easier circ ban residents. He Dried farmers the post-war period operating with a minimum of labor and improving their livestoo Bailey cautioned farmers against a. mistake he mid thev made during the first Great War by planning ex- pensive improvements and mortgag- mhon the strength very bright family." 3% ‘111 t 1 "Eyes right!" thundered the m" 9" ° Negro lieutenant. ggldshts- l‘? "Yen's wrong!" came from the ‘runner’ m ranks of the black troops. 1 ' 11MB hlon Experimental Sta- tion here. predicted farmers would occupy an enviable position after the war. due to their ability maintain themselves at] less coat and to wi 8 ces. . Wnulfh. Douglas. was elect- the Gaflelown. vice- . _._ . i M!" nmlwlecr¢iuT Hccke Association in a move to th Memorial Cup,1=‘lncl, 1f paces“ ‘Iumey. Pro 1 1 1 toduv vma at the owerl of to cos than ur- olan now for th the aim k. Ml‘. temporary Assoclatlnn, glue "capacities." ‘Thai-letter term would cover either new plants or the conversion to‘ engine manu- facture od plants which now» pro- duce some other typo of equip- ment. _ . . The speed with which the , pro- gram for increasing airplane facil- ltles can be canted ‘put will be determined largely, it was said. by the supplies of" aluminum, magnes- ium. certain special steels and mm chine tools. ', ~ 100 YEARS OF TEACHING -—-_- the W“ year- -' is csscntfallv 1114- mos! lnillorutlit ( . Among the ‘group was Hiram , . Tnoo; @3113,“ ' Q () once. Our Drug-store isom- “f $3253.25}? 3.41;; wit; W511‘ 0i "W "all!" limild- lliiirlrfiinilriloili‘ 115011111 utlltefor tca- f of 01's best-stocked 1h nu- placed in an oven which served as, yefmazagr éfifi‘, kifiplgmfilugf i crs 1s ,_1‘(‘C'Oi!llli.'_(‘(l 1n 111E 11ro11r‘tg-s-Eg 7}‘ niarltllnrs and cvpryjthlng is I all lncllbflwi‘ 10f‘ their tiny bodies co gown on m“ to“ éy"n'll,hlor,.' 71 , “qmdimilri cillcufifiai n “ism-r _y,olccq i‘ vuvailziblcafliyg ‘Ihflll -_- simply ~'1 _ ~01‘; hale and hearty at the BBB 0f ,5“, memurlal 581d ‘i ‘ ' i J9me?’ only 111:,’ iflmms‘ ,0, Al, 0,- writt- us anrftvvou will gel ‘the (J , 54' vmnni he" m3" the" ‘Mm’ "Every year some.‘ great lihlllts §-'I,‘”L'.'.-‘.’§w living ilrfgc” We‘ (lustful) "will!" l'0llriI'0ll$'I~'l‘I'\'ir0 0v- .\'0"= ‘f "Wm! llmlii- $9151! slid m9? "lid ‘l1 pass from our rolls all chcsc Clinic ‘lliA ‘to work 111 ¢1Lsu-.1f..-.n.nh§ i f) wnulil ll‘ you visitor] our slur-v. ‘i ha“ "hwl 995cm" "m5 h“ as we have" chosen. lo cast their ‘(v1.11 the public 1'01‘ 1111s \crv 1111-1 i) Prcsoripllons) at." filled 11o- l7 taught a combined‘ total of 1U lives and fortuneswlth the ad- ‘son a ‘Citizens’ Cumlnilicc uasll) , (U. a ‘H; h, "M i), ""5- '- vocates of the ‘fourth estate.‘ . .o1"1'ntd. rcm-cscllthlivc o1 1110 dillcl? M. "Lzhfhim ‘xtm; h,“ "pmhé, (if! ——'—---'-'** "Rarely has that choice called out classcs of people 111 our province, 1 r/ a '_ ‘ ' ‘ ' (Q 59770375 MOVE for more forthright courage. mcn- Needless to suy,-1hc members rep “i5. W“ ' ,' . —-'—~ F tal endowments an lnflxibl - scnlifi thc f~a1'n11-1-s'=organizalluzs‘ . j" "' .. I . _ MONCTUN- N3;- Allfl! 24-“35”! lrlotlsm. flies-e, onrdbrotlxierszeligso lore cogc1>cr11t111g fully w-rtu 11s 11101.1 I (y, A ‘ --.l"rar1k J. 01111831101‘, President of lgyaveyv m“ the dgfngndg of rm» mifortslo improve curl-own fol? mill, /. - - 1' ' l,’ the Maritime Amllfklll’ Hockey Al- of the world's critical periods. wa i that of the children 1n mu" schools. (f _ -. _ l‘ l) Swill/km. Mid liolllllll he ha Wil“ 11 ve inscribed their namcs n11 the i 'l‘hat more is among 0111" nub 1c Q Lsd‘! -- f} (A 9d l V0?! NIPPOPllTlC l-llfi Qllfibw in licncrfxl 111mm rcgarrliug our ‘lfv- /' Branch of the Canadian Amateur-ls .-.._._ have e fourui and fifth gunes of ,8!‘ Waterways plan Meets oppositio In ll. S. By J. F. Sanderson circles Canadian Press Stuff Writer WASHINGTON, April 2i—-(CP)— Iiie Si. Lawrence ivnzcrvrays fnent with Canada is mcctin Congressional opposltion ELQTCG- g X11011} than Presdent Rocsevclt and his ad- ministration expected WllEll they signed it in Ottawa March l9. In fact. it is having such a tough time that runny’ give it no better otxcrvers than a 50-50 here chance oi being ratified by Con- gress and some put the odds on re- Jsctton. S0 far. President Roosevelt ‘has not sent the agreement to Congress or taken any step toward r tlon but there has been plenty action behind the scenes. who believe the pass Congress suggest that. agreement alifica - c! ‘Ihose will one of the biggest factors in the fight will be the personal influence of thc President and his longheld detemf- mtmon to develop the navigation facilities Lawrence River. oi’ At present there ls a move Congressional circles to JWEX‘ and the St. in link the St. Lawrence schcmc to two other P11216005. i119 Florida ship canal and the Tomblgee-Tenncsee ivater- Way. and perhaps a ColumbizuRiy- wer and navigation plan. 1 these pl'0lects were linked with the St. Lawrencyagreemefir, Con- gress might be asked to" rarffy ’ omnibus development" scheme ‘. m F velvipg perhaps $1.000.000.'.\0O. This might run the cost so hgh 6S- pcplelly in view of the $39,000,000- 000 appropriated for defence be spent over a period of and to ., YGBTS, that, as one Congressman evzpresw ed it beaten. "the whole thing vvculcl be C ORDELL (Continued from ffig_g__l) inlzthe where the Axis powers dominated and controlled four continents, leav- Americas isolated "Yes." he exclaimed, makes a difference who wins-the difference whether we stand with our backs to the wall with all the other four continents against us and- the nigh seas lost, alone defending the last free territories on earth-or whether Eng tions lost. we keep our place in an- world." ‘ orderly It was the British fleet. ‘he de- clared. that is keeping the Germans from sweeping across the HBJTOW; Channel and “were the c011- trol. of the seas- ny the resisting na- the" Atlantic would n0 longer be an obstacle — rather,» it would become ‘a broad7hlghway for. 10118-; a conqueror moving westward. Our range bombers. Experts say Britain Dmliecfilm‘ w°uld be emrmmlsll’ 195" m pea“ He called on the ‘i130 millions of Americans to rise incur might and proceed as one manin the hercu- lean _m task of equipping this ‘nation the fullest for its self defence.“ Declaring that the United Stem ls included in the plans of Axis bglvéers for world domination, Hull s z - . . ' "Yes,- itmakes a difference "who wlns-‘the difference-whether backs to the stand with our with the other . four ocritinentsl against us and the high seas imt. alone‘ defending the last free terri- W6 W ' PUBLIC FORUM ‘this column in one; for the dlucuaufou by correspondents of quoltlouo of luterut. lll Clurluttntnvvu Guardian d“! l0! nocelulrlly eudorlo the ooluloul of correlooudeutl- " ‘ J<_7Q!1El¥3_\E°§__1}E_P_°:EQ__\>_ enrolled. in public. clemen‘ y. end secondary hools Only o - states rank below. About 250 of our teachers teach for less than the minimum annual _ law in Canada. w be paid t0 young girls who are learning to wrap par- cels. tidy hotel rooms, dry-clean gal"- ments. wait at tabze, etc. (C. '1‘. I". Bulletin). 567 teachers on Prince Edward Island teach for less than the average minimum wage perrrut- ted to be paid to experienced wo- men who know how to do these tasks competently. 573 resellers on P. E. Island work for less than the annual average wage paid for 50 weeks’ work to laborers in Canadian cities for sweeping shavings off the oor. In relation to the salary question. this is what Supervisor MacKenzie. B.A-. has to say in his I940 report: “The question of salaries 1s closely associated with status and influence. If we are to attract to the profes- sion the best material available. our teachers 111ust be paid a remunera- tion worthv of the task. 1f salaries were paid according to experience and efficiency, more teachers of strong personality. whose influence would have an important bearing upon the future of r1115 DTOVLIICI‘. could be procured. and better still, rclunlcd 1n 1.111: service." bulx! or William A. MacPhec. B.A.. says: “Reforms that could be instituted at very little expense are the stituuon of larger units of adminis- tration for the present, outmoded system of government by district trustees. R/evfslon of the attend- ance Act to enable tcachcrs and buufls 10 profit by the educational iacilftles now provided by our uro- vfnce. and the revision upwards of teachers’ salaries. so that they may live dctenllv aml 111 some degree of the most important work that lsbc- 1112 done 1n the world today. " would, as a. matter of course. rcqulfe additional expenditure to ilnaficc hlghci" salaries for teachers, but the results obtained 111 the long run, would male than balance the ex- house." from year to year. says: hi5 progress 0i the pupils.” lot of the rural tblchers mat question. it would be unfair .1101 change the picture. ioefncmuel‘ sc . no adlan province and eight Negro, W889 permitted by. sub-I security bctfttfflu lllfllVlfilLlihb uho do, an educational sysltni, any Supervisor Arthur Woolncr, B.A., 501211111111: of the change of teactiers‘cducatcd to scc the flaus lack of continuity 1x1 our l llilcllle have been enlightened. teaching service, results 1n a fif€3l1 loss of educational effort, and such frquent ciiafigcs 1n our schools tencs t0 ililYé R iafilfllliifllkll €U€CL Oll Lin: . 1t 1s particularly lo improve the l means at cur the changes in u Teachers“ Federation is pressing for which 11011151. 21o 1 1.. an immediate solution of the salary evidence. from the fllldlll2S"Ol to Maclvilllan Comfnfssioil, 1d ~ make any distinction between the cur educational‘ rural and urban teachers. The lac. 1 creases 1n teacher 111211 more city teachers vvcula 1n the _ _ beginning benefit 11V ‘the move (103.5 to force our views or obfnlcns “WHEN YOU NEED A romc — 7d» l.l.OWS' SYRUP"- O If you feel run down, tire quickly, clnft sleep. have no op- rtite-my thin tonic. t work: quickly. You will find Fellows’ Syrup an aid to_ restful elee IflCl soothing tnfrlye - out nerves. ft help: to due: a hearty uppe- Ute. It contain: cucu- dal minerals thou i F \ help to restore strength to men and wprneu who Ire phvsieully ex- hausted. nervous and anaemic. It’: a tonic known and recom- mended the world over. Try it. 1l=111.1.ows' JSYRUP, mental Reports. Our Sunerinoefld- ent, speaking of this. said in his i931 1 report: "To inform and reform the public would sccm to be-the starting point for improvement." In the 1940 Report. Supervisor MacPhee says: "As regards the question of re- 1 form. it is clear to all that no re- , formation can conic from 112.1111 11011.32- ‘ clcanmg 11111:! he dune by those aut- slde. i11 1.111s case. the public. "As long as_fhe 1:ecp.c o! E. Island support and corldone an 1.1.1 - worn system of education, so 1 g will that system rem-am. for no 211-.- crfimerlt will legislate to change 1‘, in advance of public 0111111011. "W11c1'cf0rc 1111s 11191111011 lrillst, be to our lslsl/cm, lQlIBS scon as tzlc 001111111011 re- garding this matter. i have no doubt ybut they Will ‘act speedily and fair- y." r u We are, therefore, ins‘ Led, bringing bcfcre the bun‘ 5115110 ll ill 1111, su, \\'e,.11e\'cr lntslrzl to a1’ h-‘uubllc. but ralncr. to have n11 i101 the amounts Dald bv the Govern-j intellillctit interchange o1 ohlnicfi so ment to the ‘ClW and rural teachels that some mutually agrccavble course . b?” class is exaclly the same, ,~'-1J)e of action may be chem‘: ed. ‘uftv School Board 1s r€5D0llSlbl6 fcrl anything the city teachers receive ovcr and. above that received ‘by uie rural teachers. I more teacfiers-‘remaiff the fes- slon. Is it not precisely wibrlnlz about-J, similar condition in the countrv that Adequate should be bald? We Lwere DYCIIllSCCI by a spokesman of» the Government 1n 19211 that 111 the event of addi- tional subsidy from Ottawa th teachers would rcce1ve_._ha.f. was primanlv on the strength c! improving our educational condi- Lions that‘ the .Dom1n1on Gover ment was induced to grant the as ditional subsidy. In the face 0i i-e following recommendation of v the Macmillan Comm1ss1on that promlw has not yet been fulfilled: _"An 1n- crease 1n subsidy may provide 1n whole or impart the 11808-58813’ I6- venue for educational improve- merits. advances in salaries. p911- sions. etc. and we recommend tfjlat if, and when, an increased subslul‘ ls granted. the requirements of edu- £8,018? ge given first c nslderation y e overnmcn .’ then be more reasonable. klfiffifld bi criticizinz and belittling our efforts for educational improvement, if each and every citizen would 10in with us in impressing .0111‘ Government with the seriousness of their obliga- [long 1n respect 1o our educational conditions. when the future of our boys and girls isat stake. Our Gov- ernmeintnis till getting this subslcy from‘ the ederarl Treasury. Ihelr ‘Se. fly reason of the 'We silage-st mat better salary received 1n the. cfiy‘. salaries findings of the ould it not ; In concluding 111s lctl _ JICSDOIIGEIII inliinatcd 111.1 I further examine. 0.111‘ sulrul’ "i112 d.) so 111 1111: k light of-Lhe 1930 Report of the‘ Royal Commission cn Education, t. e Departmental’ Reports over a 1101150 of the bast l5 years, as ivellmsjhe various Canadian provinces. states cf‘ life Ufillflil“ Stiles ‘£11101 British Iqoniinlcns uhcre 1 the principle of a living wage fog Kteachers 1s recognized and applied i0 the resultant benefit ‘of their ‘whclo ‘cducauonal structure. We furthers request that his next article appear-g. ovcr‘ his ovm signature 21s it. would " ‘be interesting to know 1f hejreprc- 5:111: 1111‘: group orrorganizatfon. or 'ls he _mcre1y *1 expressing his 01m views.' ~ From our experience and associa- tion with‘ farmers. we are convinced that the maturity are aware of ex- isting conditions and realize that the teachers are, woefully ,-under1- < 11;...d. Lrcr us do sornetinngfabout it. '1 l-"vlzinn gvru fog: your Valllflbii? spaceJnrhJirz ' J. K. DLBCDONALD Gen.-S€€. E. .11; :-.;_~nur fAnsaldods still ‘crying “W0e" after the fall of Benghazl, as utter the fall of rBardia. Bub what is the use of crying “Whoal" l0 B. steed which has been-filmed! ‘running for a monthr-The Ob- server. - ‘ 1 Bill Your correspondent criticizes torles on earth-pr whether we keep our place in an orderly world." llcvlspancrllublislicrs r llonorbfcllovl-dcyad _ uszvv YORK. April 24—(AP)— The American Newspaper Publish- ers Association by a rising V008 today adopted a memorial to 42 of its newspaper editor and pub- a red scroll of memory." played in Montreal. ,‘,l1sher members who have died ,ln responsibility of fulfilling their pro-v mise to the teachers and implclllelll- ‘ ing. the recommendations of the MacMlllanRebort still remains» In the meantime our_ educational con- ditions a-rejibeconurlg worse from yearim year. 181i, not lush time cur public were awaiting to the sc- lriousness of the situation and mak- 11111 a concerted drive 1o have our Government and educational offici- als act? u. Hmost severely for iylshlnll W- "5 l“? i states it. “start a mflil"D0l\'tl'€fl.l-lio" 1 oaganda machme to educate, us (inc DEZODIGJ intomeckly acccptffig any- thing they may lillllkllll.’ g» i _ Everyone laminar WlLh the‘ wllfi. done by the teachers and the leach- ers‘ Federation knows that our cf form to miorove educatlofi 81G 11011 est and sincere, and not 111011111111 by any selfish lntcfcst, but ‘ 1.11" m1‘ holiest desire to soothe 31111.11 of .1111 y province e11_1ov_L11e cclticnllcnal 011-. purtunltics Liflfllfid tucuuat urcs t. T116 statemcnls and suggestions c1. 1 _ 1.311160’ n1 our brief are not our can. but ale based on the flndlnks _ol the 111-ghost cuudallonal autnorlllcs. we are not resolving a living wage. 'ihc basis 0f a sound educational ssstcfn rcsls laruclt- m1 Itllc- iylr; <11 lcnchcrs 1n our schools.‘ llic tcftcffcl" ...__ x“\3‘\."\'§"r~.\'.‘ Y i I ,. i i tz-lora 1e cducatlxrfnl 'CDllfllllDllS'1 no fi one JKlll dcuv. ‘mid ii is al1\111r‘.111l‘.v {'1 A Coin 1i 110$ ' a YO ASYOURj .; _ _, . . Our Mail Department fills your orflcr as soon p! ltnls rc- 1 ccivcfl and is sent to you at slinurlitslotj v . \ ‘your: evident 1o the 11am of the peoari- l = 3 =3 KQKCQQRRJCmw-sfww ..e