the home front. The prize is to0 great, lions concerning the care of the "striking force. 1 of the complete control of the llritisli liast Indies PAGE 599R ._. THE . fiTfllilllTTETlli-fil GUARDIAN Morning Dally (Founded In I887] _____... _... - _._____ Ivolldent: blunt. Cal. W Chester B. MeLIII VHI-PICIIHOIII; J. 8. Burnett. F. J. I. "Innocent Ueut. Col. D. A Meelfilnnon, 0.8.0. Illtol and Managing Director: J. K Burnett. l‘J.l. fl- Edltorl: Funk Walker and Lleut. Ill nets, B.C.N.V.Il.. tun Active Service) cages: Memory i: Weaker TIMI the Weakest Ink.‘ —sT'r'uiz.nnv, APRIL 2i. 104s Lest We Forget Lest we forget in the excitement of election- bering, the home front has an important battle to win; it is the Victory Loan Campaign. Vic- jory Loans provide tlie siuews of war. The obligation is strictly up to every individualtto Fdig down" t0 the last copper to see that every last piece of equipment is provided to the lads overseas from the dollars that are available here In Canada. _ Victory Loan campaigns are a wartime ac- tivity into which any citizen should throw every Inst degree of energy without considering the itical implications of his action. Vlclflf)‘ oln bonds represent the common means b)’ which all can harvest, in practical fashion, the inner prayer and wish for victory. The Victory Loan Campaign is sponsored by our govcrnnicnb-oiir government until a new one is electcd—and no effort should be sliirked or evaded because of political considerations. The election date comes late_r, and any antiDfllhY to the government should be expressed then, and not before, particularly in response to the VIC- toey Loan appeal. There can be no let down in our efforts on and, In view of the superb organization and the human lives at stake, let no one on the home front do less than the last best effort. In that last fragile moment 0f reaching for victory, let it not be said that anyone on the home front faltered or failed. Spokesman For The Fighting Men Thirty thousand of the flower of Canadian youth have made the supreme sacrifice in the present war, says the Globe and Mail. Had this lost section of the gcticration lived, many of them would give leadership in their respect- ive communities. They were the kind of men who were impressed with the extreme gravity of the situation in Europe and the danger which threatened democratic nations. It is gratifying that l. good number who survived the holocaust of war welcome tlhc opportunity to render further service to the nation. Among these are men like Maj-Gen. George R. Pcarkes, V.C., who has accepted the Progressive Conservative nomination in the Federal constituency of Nan- limo. This heroic officer, whose gallantry and distinguished service won him the Victoria Cross, the Military Cross, the Croix dc Guerre Ind the D.S.O. in the Great War, commanded dis 1st Division in the prose-tit conflict. He sees In politics not something for his own aggrand- Ilcment, but an opportunity to discharge “per- sonal responsibility to the tho: ands of young men and wonieti w » are ' ug their lives in defense of n"\' .. and, you-c hctiie. l sec It as a rcspons 1 to my son and to your children ivliose tutu v: ~E ivg are of such vital concern to all of us. Gen. Pearl-ma i ‘ who sec in a tunity to e:\=t"-= _ .' . fighting in this "a1 ‘ .. ffhere will be baffling prob. its concerning the flhabilitation of the men who drove the Hulls back across the Rhine. The-re will be ques- wotnen and children who have been left without husbands ind fathers. There will be men who have been maimed and broken. \\'lio is better quali- lfied to protect their interests tlintt veterans like Maj.-Gen. Pearkes, Lt-(Iol. Merritt, V.C., and Wing Cmdr. biacLeati, DJLC? A score of such men have been itonlinated for Parliament by the Pmgressive Conservative Party, which believes there is a call to them to smzil: for their coilirades-iu-ziriiis. llany of these have engaged the enemy in lllt) skies or _ on latid. ,They have seen collcagttcs shot down tn flatiics or mown down by rifle and macliitie-gtin fire. They have a rcspotisihilitv to carry on. and it is for sakes of those who fell in battle that they dedicate their lives to serve in yicacc as they served in “'9?- ut soldiers -r an oppor- ‘ kll=l Cllfl s»: need in vain. Destroyers Do Good Work The entire (lcstrttctititi, on April l, of a Jap- Incse convoy by a flotilla of British destroy- ers working off the Japanese-held coast 0f Sumatra and tlicir bombai-dtiicnt of Japanese targets at Sigli, northern Sumtiti-a, tlcniotis- trates the ulctlacc of an unsttpporlcrl destroyer i ' ' The 1)|l(‘l‘.'lllt)ll is also cvitlcticc Fleet iii the eastern part of tlie liuy of licngal. Destroyers are luost (iZlllLfUTfHlS when work- .Ilig as a compact littlc iitiit, tiusutiporterl by , larger ships. . They screen the battle fleet and protect con- ," voys. They have iiizidc lightning strikes against i; priority sllore targets. 'tr00ps from Dunkirk Illl(l Crete and rescued ‘ ltey people from iiivatlcd cottntrics. But tlicy have tnziiiv other duties. 'l‘hey have evacuated their varied work destroyer» Because 0t" "nrc, to a very itnporlaitt tlcgrcc, the nursery v lhips of British naval leadership, and illaiiy faul- . M.“ Admirals llavc risen from the i destroyer lfiupreme Commander South rniiks of t\diitii':il Nlotitlthatlcti, Fast Asia Com- ‘mend, won his early fnmc as a tlcstroytcr Cap- tain, and throughout tlie Royal Navy his name In associated with tlie destroyers he command- ‘id, particularly H. M. S. "i\'cll_v" and ii. .\'l. S. "‘]lvelin". Another naval leader who won fame Captains. u a destroyer Captain is Rui- Admiral Vim, now commanding aircraft carriers, British. Pac- ific Fleet. In the early days of the war, when in command of the “Tribal" class destroyer, H. M. S. “Cossack" he rescued 200 British seamen from the German prison ship “Alt- mark" hiding in Josing Fjord, Norway. In the second battle of Narvik, still in H. M. S. "Cos- sack", he led the destroyer flotilla which sank seven of the German destroyer force hiding in the fjord. AEDITORIAL NOTES! _Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, heir to the throne, born this date I926; the Princess has now assumed her place in public the Queen, in popularity and usefulness. a s a e Political probibitionists are shrewd. They direct their appeals to the emotions, rather than to the intelligence, because they know the great majority is considerably more emotional than sensible. e a n e The Jones Government must now, perforce, makethe best of the Prohibition Act for another year. Why not, as an experiment, enforce it according to the letter? Of course, on the other hand, they could abandon it, and let free rum take its course. a a u u Major Richard Lloyd George, eldest son of the new Earl Lloyd George, has taken the courtesy title of Viscount Gwynedd. Accord- lnk f0 the “Gazetteer of the British Isles", Gwy- nedd is the name given to "ancient territory nearly identical with North Wales." u a- s e This is why grocers are rolling In money these days, and should contribute more than ever to the Victory Bond campaign: Canadian Grocer calculates that based 0n figures issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, sales of grocery and combination meat and grocery stores in Canada last year reached the all-time lllllll 0f $737,000,000. An article in a recent issue presents the percentage increase given by the Bureau each year since 194i, date of the last complete census when actual sales shown to be $567,310,000, urea works out estimated sales for each year sinoe then. The increase in 1944 over I941 was $159,000,000 of 23% and compared with the flgllrflfi Shown by the 1930 census it was no less than 79%. Canadian Grocer further esti- mates that independents operating grocery and combination stores had sales last year of $508,- 000,000 or about 70% of the total and chains $218,118,000 or 30%. l! I i I and from these fig- Civil servants get pay boost. Finance Min- ster Ilsley has announced acceptance by the Treasury Board of recommendations by the Na- tional Joint Council of the Public Service of Canada for I resumption of statutory increases for civil servants receiving more than $3,000 an- nually and for a limited resumption of reclassi- fication procedure in the service. The board has deferred decision on recommendations for payment of full cost-of-living bonus to civil servants receiving between $2,000 and $3.000 "pending an examination of the detailed effects of acceptance of this recommendation." The joint council had recommended that present bonus provisions covering single employees re- ceiving less than $108 a month be continued and that heads of households and other single em- ployees receiving less than $3.000 a. year be paid the full oost-of-liviiig bonus at a rate of $13.42 a month provided the bonus would not ceed $3.000. The council had recommended that this bonus be effective from January 1, 1945. illlti Prime Minister King was extremely lucky with the closing session of the House‘; lucky in not having had an Opposition which would have been more tough with him, WillCil would have demanded that he bring to Parliament the budget, and which, in fact, might have chal- lenged his right to represent anada at San Francisco or anywhere else. Ir. King, re- membering some of his own militant tactics as an Opposition leader, would perhaps have under- stood. One trouble with Mr. King is that he has been so long in office he now begins to imagine that the government and Parliament of this country belong to him. That is about the OlliV construction one can place oii his extra- ordinary proposition when asked for the date of the dissolution, “that if the Opposition will be good boys and do what he asks of them he will tell them the date of the election after the House rises." Fortunately Premier Drew forced his the bag, ivitli the result Premier Drew has trapped liim. n- u- : a The supply of a number of hardware lines for spring busiiless is likely to be smaller than was anticipated last fall. Manufacturers have not been able to produce civilian metal goods to tlie extent tlicy had hoped for, because of thc acute shortage of manpower, for that purpose. At the beginning of this year, when tlie push into Germany commenced, the production of munitions on this continent was increased, add- ing to the difficulty in securing supplies of steel Toronto. There will be a few lawn mowers available for domestic use this year, but the stipply will be very limited. Aluminum kitchen utensils, which came back on the market in January, are still only available in vcry snlull quantity. Aluminum sheets have tightened up in supply, There is a vcry decided shortage iii the common sizes of tiails, chiefly because of large quailtities being bought tip for govern- tneait housing projects. Electrical household ap- pliances are not very plentiful yet, and the sloiving up in civilian output of metal goods No fes By The Way nus. ma r u. four Brltlsh eflggglfllfeflfilfrcgflghr: which took part ln attach on en- emy oll reflnerles ln Sumatra It tho belllnnln: of the year, ls the first four-acre; carrier In the R0 B in!’ a speed of consldgrably moi-Q than so knots. Each engine drive; an lnde ndent shaft and pEIi0f.— ontreal Gazette. If success h the fest, than em be no dls ullng Blr James Grlgg’; claim the? our army ls equl ped to. day “as no Brltlsh annygne ever life, and bids fair to equal her Scottish mother, M were f’ have the effect of making total remuneration ex- b0 hand in this respect, and he let the cat out of , and copper, according to Hardware and Metal, , bee" "billed before." He noted some iiiiservatlons of Field q ontzomery about the su our tanks over those of which wlll convince everybody ex_ cept perhaps one of two critics who are impervious to persuasion how- ever authorltatlve tlie evidence against them. When the Field Mar- shal Bays tint If 1 erlorlty of equipped with German tanks, they could not have crossed the Seine argumentyfgiid’ IIhatS musiilclose ti“ a re sona e peop e.- Whether lt. be ln equlprne , or ln training, or ever battled ln a b the Brltlsh Army Dally Telegraph. Al "capital goods” Imllllkl elilpbulldlng and shipping have :1’ the past; been subjec to the worst giggle of trade fluctuatlo etter cause than us. Pros- and depression. the latter usu y the more fly-disturbing slnce ably at _ operation of which affected the ablllty to placement vessels and thus led to underemployment ln the shipyards. The years before the presen war were a (period of this latter condi- tion, an experiences then have left a dee impression on the mlud of the lpbuklinfl’ communlt. It ls thus welcome news that: conscious efforts are booms left; shlpowners with tonn e cost. state affairs-Glasgow Herald. ll tlon of the i-lvenmeu he streams and shep- the logs to their appointed la a hard one and full of urklng per-ll. They often have to make split-second decisions. Most of the time they work wet and cold. With calk feet and peovles ln their hands they balance themselves where It seems lmposslble for any man to eep a foothold. Some slxth sense seems to tell them exactly where to apply force and where to let things tales their natural course. re- olsely when to go ahead and w en to -jump clear. Turbulent water. rlndlng logs and, at this season, co combine to create seemingly conditions, but the face them all. - Saint John Telegraph-Journal. The wlse course would be to pro- claim the post-war needs of the RAF. ln manpower and machines just as soon as they can be cal- culated. Similarly, there llns got to be an end to secret deals and hole-and-comer bargaining about commercial aviation. In the put five years tlie defects of pro-war alloy ln the military field have een exposed and magnificently re- paired. That. the same defects have not; proved fatal in alr transport ls due almost entirely to the fact that Anierlean ald was at hand when first required, and has been given without stint. Too little has been sald even at this date about the arrangements ln hand or lri pros- pect for the production of trans- ports-Glasgow Herald. The we who drive herd pany whose management ls con- tent merely to flll orders that come its way. There must be an aggres- slve effort to develop markets and regularlze production schedules. Nor can much be done where a la.- ur union concentrates on exact- lng the highest possible hourly wage for the least possible work. There must be a co-operatlve effort to increase production and to reduce production costs, so that tlie 0- ducts can be more widely sold. Management and labour worldnz together can do much to regularlze employment. reduction and ln- comes-to the l‘ mutual benefit, and World-Telegram. For g city which didn't have a single tree on its slte when it was originally surveyed Letllbrldge has reached a stage where this Spring there will probably be as many trees taken out as will be planted. What looked to be a uny thing when It was an Inch th ck and slx feet. high has turned out to be a veritable giant, shading the whole lawn nnd house-Lethbrldge Herald. SELECT I choose my enemies with scrupu- lous care, Since war, like friendship, is a game w - rules. I have “:0 wlsh, nor time. to beat t a - Wasting good anger on corrupted fools. I choose my enemies for every reason Love has for chooslness. My foes are ya. Upright, determined speak tlie truth ln season. At. ndl times ready for I. battle- royal. I do not doubt them, and they well believe . In me. Each. having proved the other, knows Here ls no ponlard Illdidexi up I sleeve. Blow will be honest, lf lt come to lows. Forgive the boast . . . Antagonists lke these Sharpen my edge, press me to my own ends. I choosf those only, for my ene- e m s. I should be proud to niunber with my frleiids. generally, is also affecting tlie anticipated iii- crcase in electrical lines. -Raehel Harris Campbell. In Kn-letdogrubl: mums. Marshal I he enemy, sub ln splrlt no finer amiy F 1 u, l1 alternated with tusliiigbiiiigereguiiif c! lnvarl- I f I ubs u tl 1W1 s oisdderenre! W? l1 far as osblble s repetition o! this ta ed boots on their Q; Not much can be done In a win- m to the common good-New York b ence: Control has one ma. x do not qualify n as?” " warn. .. - at. "s": emit? "sir" is‘ . u ted lleve In ohlblttlm 1m not alone." mm does not. bell does not moan n mania-London do iluoted from my Mug- out letter, "It. mm, and stat-ed t-h d being made to avoid so wlok sndth Wm m";°mllollgeriunent l h" P . m?» wpuld be little Income tax “the sale of be en In . w Went our country. If the sales of any artlcl find increases. N. went 8.000.000 1n celved every cent of That ls more than the law on P. E. I. does. 9th. Be quoted.‘ "that the U. s. . the harvst pear-i be stopped?" slave be hidden In e snow , emptied down the sewer, hidden Ln stove pl wl on one end lt bulges at The only way bootleggln stopped ls for the government to lt themselves and the people t be bothered they aell the government store liquor. The government receives the rev- enue of the bootlegzged liquor. be. cause the bootlegsers ln the other provinces buys the while the liquor stores are open. and lt for double price after the store ls closed. ‘Phat Ls bootlegglng tn the other provinces. but here we know 1f you take a smoking man's tobacco away from hlm he wlll smoke black tea and lt. doesn't have to be lng Cole. Bo take flWHY a drinking men's llquor and you will find him drinking (lt doesn't have to be Woodbu 's) shavlng lotion, halr tonic. ru y- dub, Jamalea Ginger. peach, 1cm. on. cherry, orange. extract or shoe 11th, He quoted "Slavery put out of Business.” We have even worse slavery than ln Lin- coln's days, known as wage slav- ery. In wage slavery we have to . ay our Dr's bills. our fmmllty Drfs Ills. earn our three meals a. day, buy‘ our own clothes and pay rent, llg ts and fueL-and we all know what rent ls ln summerelde. There- ION, a slave In Lincoln's de-y, was cared for. We on P. E. I. with- out. e wage act are working for starvation wages. 12th, He quoted "The late Earl Lloyd George who was Prime Mln- lster of Greet Britain ln the First Great War, said we were flzlitln: ustria and Rum. and of these 4e rum". have talked to “people who came from South W es, who told ~me they have been to beer srlors in England. I have also tn ed to E. I. boys who came back from this present conflict. stating they have seen other boys over there tn beer parlors. so they m liquor ln England. You talk to any member of the Canadian Lec- lon end they wlll tell you the some. They know the men enlisted ln tlrls war will also want lt when they coma home. W our Island boys be d ved or made to drink boot. ‘P 18th. I-le quoted, ' at. lbflll the tourist? If they come here for recreation that was alrl ht. but lf they came here to d nk liquor and debnuch themselves and oth- ers. they were not wanted and’ neither no their money." What ALBERTON, FRIDAY, BATTLE MAJOR ALBERT Ii: ll! ‘Thh ll tlie time In IIVO your fox pup, Everybody In the f0 Olpilllcl and of their their timely use. menu at once. 01.00 for ll Cupcake Nmllboforiweohlol Nmlllnferltclweeh ' 50h Agent" for age to life or theft. IIYIIIIMMI & Oflicefl Charlottetown - _____.__._. I would like to know la "what ls tourist doing ln a retell vendor's shop? Are they slck? If lay. m» one or two tablespoons daily" or "shake well before ulna." as most. medlclne does. 14th, He quoted, "Dld Chu ‘ - say, we cannot. wln the war be- one time. ho less?" Nor/ But. lf we don't all pltc ln on April 23rd. the day the 8th Victory Loan drive opens, we can dela the war by slit months If we fall reach our ob- ject. If we fail the dead will never foi-glve us. I am, Sir. etc. ALBERT ARTIMAS VINCENT 110 Ottawa. Street, Bummerslue, P.E.I. ._-_____ GLAD OF THE VETO 51X‘,—T.lIO who have the welfare of our at heart, are pleased that the Prohibition p, amendment has been vetoed Hon. Horace Wright. should be congratulated on the stand he took opposln the amendment. We need men o hls clarity of vlslon to fight the liquor truffle. Hon- est people will acknowledce that our neighboring provinces have not benefited by Government 0on- -trol. (Th wll likely approve of an enlarg budget—hilt.forget that men are eecrlfl ed). v Recently a eon wrote hls mom- er. from an adtolnlns PPOVIMB. regarding a fracas that occurred during 5 bingo lame. where llquor was used freely-one eiillor was killed-another sent to hospital. The llquor business ls one of the [realest evils menaclnc u: today. The trade be: almost unlimited‘, STIRRING ADDRESSES BY WARD ISLANDS GALLA FOUGHT IN THESE BATTLES. LIEUT. COL. J. D. STEWART. D.S.O. MAJOR ALAN NICHOLSON property of others. also damage your own car or truck. on tlie bottle or case. lt does not It cause lt was hard, or almost, at. min majority of people L; VICTORY LOAN MEETINGS. MT. STEWART” MONDAY, APRIL 23rd NORTH WILTSHIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 24th TIGNISH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th O’LEARY, THURSDAY, APRIL 26th APRIL 27th TRYON, MONDAY, APRIL 30th ALL MEETINGS BEGIN AT 8 P. M. THRILLING PICTURES FROM THE FRONTS PRINCE ED- NT SONS WHO J. WILSON and other returned men. These meetings are being held through the co- operation of tlie National Film Board under the direction of Miss Hilda Gillie. ..4 National War Finance “Committee " FFIIEIISIFS "MIGIIIE CAPSULES F08 ELIBMNATING WOIMI you should [It utter the worm menus ogflbrslnallhknowl o! o eno d lln with N rancher should be without than; In flzhtln‘: this gm? no and thousands of young foxes have been saved through than wondaflnl "I M" I ll!!! IIPIIIY Ill can attend to your requlms Let Ill have you order u noon 1| poulblg, PIICIC $8.00 hr 100 Capella; months olll. all. E. A.- FOSTER CENTRAL DRUGSTOR! Dr. ffnneli’: Animal Romulus _______ AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT! An automobile accident may cause dam. It may The automobile, owner can secure finan- cial protection against any of these haz- ards through Automobile Insurance. Ho can also insure against loss by fire and May we look after your requirements? foo. LIMITED The Oldest Insurance Agency In P.E.I. Summerslile - Montague _________________ aresourcee. and ls a. stro ' n8 011811- Wlll do Bllythlns and further lte own ends. h“ "0 Howls. no conaolnoo Plea. It has no desire to ald youth but rather o nlv seeks to stimulate a taste by 1 ' vertlsement-s. Ll a world brothel-h lzatlon that eVETyl-illllfl to t e Act. ms l 11171119111801’? 30 dflyfl’ blood teat. before marl-la e for V.D. control. This ls a milked step In itglhls dhlseasehchDrlélsklng es omes, ec terlal or mental, prom“! flc those connected with sue hom suffer the humiliation of defeat. Liquor obtained through scripts as we all w. never ueec by slok ‘people. Liquor as medicine la lete. It is not surprsgfi that many doctors are disgust- wlth this means of supply. War ls a costly business and tlie des- truction of llfe great. It ls only equalled _by the armv of drunk- ards, who go down the years. tn- volved ln this destructive habit, where families. and communlt as well, have to bear the Inca cul- able waste. Honest people should be allve to this menace w git-listens the lives of boys and r . f em. Sir, etc. razor blade lhflrtlgrll sllekln and some shops report they in many months. . it? wNDON - (C?) - A four-Willi 0 . sve_ blades in stock for the first time i Pelee I0 eenb pee n", TIIE 2 lilies Ml Genet (hom gm“ Mil 0n! GI hinting.’ “m” I Professional Gard: ‘ ll. ll. Ileana v 0o. (Bulb-ml Annuals new um. [boll III go. Qq inn-law taunt-e. 0.1. ‘Hlufrliland 00pm“ II. F. IIIIGIIIBAIJ Channel Aeeoulub lllkrn ‘kit Billing Ohnlldtolewn BELL THIESN noun m 1.0 Canadian B n; f Commerce I 0 ' - MONEY T0 LOAN BABIISTER SOLICITOB. l ' | cannon-Ewen N ‘HEX w. MATHIES ‘ Office: 90 Great Georxe Street fiheiiisvrshimoucnghmgi: PALMER GLHASLAM n. s. IIA . . . unnatural. mo. flunk of Nova i Elem A. Large BARBIBTER. ETC. I33 Grub George Street Plume 1m r. o. no: “i " cmuuofiroww v. al- l Richard B. Johnston Attorney M WW Commissioner fr Deeds. F?!" Prlnee Inward Island Lute Jblghnetnnl Office Slllto Cg. S! Mill Si?!“ ‘ Boslslnctlss-fm-z ‘ f0! “ us. McPhee B.A- Kr» NOTARY ac. BARRIBTEI SOLICITOB lllley Bulldllll Z.- Charles R. MCQllfld ' B.A. ‘ s ll mu. "$1354.. l...” [tugy Building. ChnrlotMlIW Phone S3! ' u EYES exiuiiiisn GLASSES FITTED t1. s. TAYLOR ' OPTOMETRIST Corner Egg; W" .“ .."‘z.......*""i'.i:"" t ___.- __________ . I Charlottcflvll