“AGE FOUR

THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded in 1887'. Authorized as Second Clan Mail. Post. Office Department, Ottawa.

President. fan A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm. R. Burnett; Seep-Tram, G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director. J. B. Burnett; Associate Editor.

" c Frank Walker.

wate rs.

ou‘ "R"—is effectively disposed of.

are not poisonous.

_"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than , the Weakest lnk."

CIIARLOTTETOWN. FRIDAY» OCTOBER "- 19"

11in Alternative To Meat

‘ d C ld-t e lants throughout the Unite Statesoaressodidgtopbe holdln9 017°“ lniooopool pounds of fish that could be used to suPPle'l ment high-cost meats on American menus and, at the some time make more meat available lro Europe. This vast supply of filleted I151; H: cold storaQE. °¢F°"l'_"9 l° ll‘? ‘llumkger 0r b-_ Massachusetts Fisheries Association, is no e ing used because of the failure onuthe hplart of the retail food merchandisers to pus t Se; food products and. encourage housewives o u seofoodgas a substitute for meat.

winter they remain dormant.

in the water.

lFishermen have stepped into an lSOHfid boat only ta have their feet go through -thc bottom. The Ellerslie station is combatting lthe shipworm with a mixture of tar and copper oleate dissolved in kerosene or stove oil.

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in most other countries having access to tide- water. The answer seems to be that Canadians, 1 m,“ especially inlonders, are accustomed to only al most limitedwariety of seafood, rather that; that they dislike it in toto. Most of them wi. eat fresh salmon, halibut and flounder without overdue persuasion. Theacceptance of mack- erel and sea-herring requires more persuasion- possibly because they are relatively inexpensive.

lt is evident that a wide-open opportunity ex- ists for some promoter to exercise hi! Skill 1° popularize seafood, and especially the lesser known kinds. Such an effort should return good dividends, not only to those directly concerned,

but to the nation as a whole. OYSLBI’ Farming FBBLIITCII much to lcorn as to how to make friends and _ influence people. Tossing bombs at the legotions

Oyster farming in Prince Edward lsland Is Of-HCIIIOHS which incur their displeasure is not the subject of an excelgnlt EtilClE inTtLie carreni’ going to gain them international support. issue of the Imperial i eview. oug un— ' ' ' * signed, the article is authoritative and covers ln Alberta they are following the lead of all the details of the industry, which started,here Quebec in strike prosecutions. Seven picketers, in the Mnlpeque Bay area in the 1930's, fol- a number of them former employees of the lowing an epidemic of disease which wiped outlstrikebound Medalta Pottcrics Ltd., charged with the commercial fishery. Previously, as the art-ldisturbances on the pickct line Sept. 19 and 29, icle notes, this area produced 53,000 barrels as were sentenced to one month in Lethbridge a natural harvest 1n its heyday. Dying oysters Jail at hard labor. . were first noticed in 1915 and heavy losses oc- curred the following year. By 1922 ialmost all I Count Claude Henri Dc Rouvroy, radical and of the oysters in the MaIpeque-Cascumpec reg- SDCECl reformer, born this date 1760; he served in inns had been destroyed. _ the American Army against England in the Rev-

Malpeque Bay oysters had enjoyed an in-lolution, showing unwanted energy and valour for ternotianal reputation for many years andia bookworm; as a philosopher he greeted the some start had been made on an oyster culturesoutbreak of the French Revolution with enthusi- program thcie with the blessing of the Pl'0Vll1-' asrn, but continued to play the part of the grand cial Government before the 1915 epidemic. Thus,seigrieur_till his death anticipated his financial the area seemed on ideal place to conduct flirt-IN. l-lis last work Noveau Christianisme pub- large-scale attempt at rehabilitation of the lished in i825, was the foundation for 19th Cen- oyster industry.h Tge hthen giologiclgl B50020) of fury Sflclflllim, which led to the present impasse. Canada (now te is eries esecrc oar in * * i928 commissioned Dr. A. W. H. Needler to,‘ Four years ago this month, the 3rd Can- undertoke the work. _ I ladian Infantry Division, than in Britain, swarm-

Dr. Needler wostengaged in this task from ed ashore on the Dorset coast at Studland Bay, i928 to 194i, and 1n these years the present near Bournemouth, dunng a large scale am- Prince Edward lsland Biological Station at phibious exercise designed to develop the as- Ellcrslie was builti and became the centre of Sault tactics learned at Dicppe and to pave the oyster research. An old boathouse was used as way for the invasion. So realistic was the men- a headquarters ‘until the present building was oeulvre, known officially by the code name "Pir- erected. ‘Dr. Needler was assisted fram_the start ale , that at l tone or two public house keep- by his wife, Dr. A. B. Needler, a ranking bioln- crs about Southampton where part of the force 9,5; l" b5,- ow" ,lgl,t_ They enlisted the gup- elmbarked were hcard to remark that "this was port of the formcr big oyster growers and were inc rcul thing." The assault brigade we," helped by various seasonal assistants and by flilwrfi 01' Studland Bay on the morning of Oct. the co-operatian of the Department of Fishar- aber l7 in the wake of a storm of fire laid down ies, but there was much rough and hard work an the "encmy positions" by all three arms of before the present success. tne Sorvizo. "Exercise Pirate" developed this A study of the biology of the oyster reveal- Combined fire plan for providing assaulting pd that the survivors of the epidemic possessed troops with heavy. and immediate support which an immunity which they cauldpass on through ltflfl not been available at Dieppe. lt was, in of- many generations of descendants. The problem fect, the ‘real thing cn a reducsd and preliminary of re-population thcn became one of expanding Scfllc- Eight months later, Canadian troops who this tiny fraction of the original population to POO-K Perl In "Exercise Pirate" were in the vnn pgusqnqble size qgqlm of the assault on the Normandy Beaches.

The rehabilitation steps taken are given in ' * " * detail in the article. Among other things, oys- ter culture methods from all over the world werc studied and tested and new techniques particu- larly suitable to the Malpeque Bay area were

Few will find fault with the increased pay of civic employees. Only by paying ade- quate wages can the city expect to get effici- ent help. Also the city, if not a model em- plqyer, should certainly not be below average for

ythe community.

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The U. N. Assembly's decision an Greece was very definitely n compromise. They held that her neighbors, vYugaslavia, Albania and Bulgaria, were not guilty of helping Greek guer- illas, but decided on an international border watch to prevent them doing it again. 1' i 1E *

The bomb throwing henchmen of the pro-

Fascist miifti of Jerusalem apparently have

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Discussion is taking place in Vancouver ‘over the forthcoming retirement of Premier ‘Hull- 771-’! 5"", Liberal, says: "Mr. Hart has been the backbone of the Coalition since -its devised. The growers were induced to ¢ondn¢l formation six years ago. In justice to his large-scale trials and all this work had prospered llfiflllll. lie "W" 5MP dim"- Tl"? P=°Pl9 °l ll- so well that by 1946 production had risen to,C. regretfully accepting hisdecision as final 7,000 barrels annually which is considered (I053 have the keenest interest in what happens next. to the maximum under present conditions, Tney have had o long spell of stable government

Dr. Needler went to direct the Atlantic along progressive lines, to the point where poli- Biologicol Station at St. Andrews, N.B., in 1941 ‘tics i105 taken a_ holiday in the public mind. The with jurisdiction over mast fisheries research in tsridency has been to accept the benefits with- the Maritimes. He was succeeded by Dr. C. J. out paying too much heed to the policies and KflfsWiil who directedthe activities of the P. E. the men responsible for bringing ., them about. l. Biological Station until‘ the summer of i946.4Mr- Hart has been able to turn in a stand-out The present director is Mr. R. R. Logic, M.A., performance. Three or four items should be who was appointed on his return from overseas mlnlioncd — the financial deal with the Do- service. miaion, the new hydro-electric program, inaugur-

Tho fundamental problems of oyster papu- atian of scientific forest management. Then lotion recovery have long been solved but thorn there is the extension of the Pacific Great East- arc many questions of refinement of techniques ern into the North as a part of the national which still require intensive investigation. Fur- ,I'flilW<lY system. Which Mr- Hurt is pressing vig- ther, tho station performs many routine services orovsly. People-who wish this type of adminis- tor tho industry. Those services are based on tiiation to be maintained had better express tho life lilstbry of tho particular species, Osfrool themselves, rather than leave the province a

The details of the operations conducted at Ellerslie make interesting reading, but are too lengthy for quotation here. incidentally the old misconception that oysters are poisonous during May, June, July and August--the months with- Oysters are lean and not very tasty during these months, for they are preparing to spawn or spawning, but Later they fatten and are at their best in October and November. During the

Snails and starfish both prey upon the oys- ter; but another serious enemy of the oyster farm- ‘er is the shipworm—-not because it attacks the oyster, but because it honeycombs the wood of the floats, trays, boats and any untreated wood The shipworm enters the wood through a pin-sized hole and in a few weeks may destroy the usefulness of the equipment. apparently

Credit must be given to Premier Jones of

Notes By TIT: Way

This Tate Gallery, Britain's greet national art. collection in Landcn, ls celebrating its 60th annversery this year. Today, the Tales coloe- tic-n of British Dllillfhfll numbers about. 3000 works. whlle there are imore than 500 Works of modcrrn painting and sculpture from other countries —- Vancouver Prov rice.

On his seventy-seventh birthday Bernard Baruch agen prcvcd himself a worthy example to his fellow countrymen. Asked to give his views on things in general he declined an the ground that he had nothing to say. How pleasant. if speeches were made only when the speaker has something to say! -Cl1lcago Duly News.

Canadians are now ullng 14 yards of wollen and worsted cloth for every ten yards that were ussd in an average pre-war year. This 1n- vrease in consumption 1s equal to 11,000,000 yards and has been made possible by increased produstlon by Canadian mills. Since the war years Canada has become more selI-s-uffll ent 1n the production

Total flour production in Canada for tilie crop year 1946-47, endcd July 31, 1947. topped all previous records amounting to 28,518,602 barrels as compared with 25,435.- 341 barfrels for 1945-46, I81’! Th9 Amherst News. Th s 1| an increase of 2.083.251 barrels in one yearly output. Twice during the 1946-47 crop year (in November 1946, and .111 May. 1947) the mOIYthly product- ion exceeded the 2,500,000 mark. Wheat used in the manufacture o1 flour during the 1946-47 crop 59st‘ totaled 127,484,924 bushels as against 107,609,386 bushels for 19415- 46 year. Total exports cf wheat. flour for the 1946-47 crop year reached an all-time high of 1'1.- 660109 barrels an increase of 3,- 873,392 barrels over tihe former year. Mlllfeed production for the CTOp year amounted to 910,652 tcm exceed rig the 1945-46 crop year’ record by 88,808 tons.

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Production of Chemical fertilizer 1n Canada has expanded rapldy. says The St. Thomas Tunes-Journ- al. Dollar value 0.1 t-he output. in 19139 was approximately $13,000,000. The 1946 production was valued at. more than $50,000,000. While scme increases in prces 1s reflected tn these fgilres, production itself jllfllped by over 200 percent during the same peric-d. Since agrcultur- ists have come to realze the value of ctlmical funfzors in pm- duong greater yields. cmsumpllan has shown a general climb upward.

1n 1930, 154.5110 tons of mixed fertil zer were consumed. 7111s leaped ta 232,926 tons in 1539.

Staittlcs for 1946 placed the con- sumpb on for that year at 542,497 tons. While these may seem Lo- be rather astronomical figures, ‘.1: should be pointed out that 112m a fertilizer consumption viewpoint, Canada sf. ll lags for behind many European countrics. For evmple the small country, Denmark, is re- ported to have used almost. 8.0.030 ions 1.115s year.

Some indignation has been ex- llfCSdfd by cne or two of our cou- lCmpCfflflfs because the n-cccnf 1101' wcatlier 11a; brought: about. an cul-

break af barefoot; dancing 11 a for:

1\':-.v York nightclubs. Appnrenty

some of the barefoot dancers 5am d

1.11:1 they couid not. gci Per feev‘ l)1'I(‘k into their slices aflcr a few, danccs, and 1.111s has gfvezi the. imcralists great se.i.t‘.i:L‘.mn. The idea cf bare. oot. danc ng in summer appeals to us. Shoes are a neccs ary nuisance; we cannot do wtxou: them, but. 111019 1s no Eleventh Commandment which nclsts l-ltnt we should wear them while danrfng. We can imagine that. a rcxmful of people dancing 1n their baa-e feet. mght. achieve a great. deal c1 innocent pleasure, and would un- daubtedly evolve a few niew steps. The Greeks danced in their bare feet; so did our pioneer ancestors, in summertime. What's wrong with .1? Let the shoe urnanufacturrrs have no fear for trfier trade, if the new fashion should become general. Slices will still have to be worn to and from dances, and girls will buy Just as many pairs of party slppers as evcrr. The care of the feet will mean more work for the rropcdists and mrasseurs. Sales of toenail paint will soar. Make-up for the feet will come 1n, and new tones of rouge w.ll be wanted for the ankle bones, and new shadswa to give the lllusori of a finely arch- cd foot. And the foot itself — which can be one ‘of bhe most. beautiful and expressive parts of the body-w.ll come lnto lf,: own. —-Peterborough Examiner.

PIONEER RADIOLOGIBT DIES

TOR-ONTO Oct. 16—-(OP)-Dr. Harold M. Tovell, 00, pioneer Can- adian radiologist, died today tn hospital after l, brief illness. Born at Peterborough, Ont, Dr. To- vell came to Tomato o: a child. He was a patron of the urta and was associated with the Art, Oui- lery of Toronto where he organ- ized the educational work in 1027-

vlrginlca, wlllcli grows lo Maritime Province

pray to possible political ieolousios." Tgigéir as

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Election and LeadershipiTlle Changes i" The

Rumors

(Montreal Gazette) when Rt.

nation as leader of the

lieved to tie absolutely

a recent

lieutenants.

of the federal Parliament.

agement of the country's

gone before. Party expects that Premier 11.12111:- lce L. Duplessis will hold provin- cial general elections 1n Juno, 1948. following the fourth session of lltc present Legislature. The decision has been taken that the fedora. Liberals will enter 1211c provincial fight. openly and with all their force, 1n a determined effort 1a defeat Mr. Duplessis; not. only for the sake of defeating 111m, which tn itself means very n1uc11 to the federal Liberal Party, hut also to clear the air in the Province of Quebec when the time comes for this province to pronounce itself in the national general election 1n 1949. ' There is admission 1n federal Liberal circles down this way that defeating M1’. Duplcssis is going to be B. tourfi job, but it is contended bhat every effort must be made to that end for sake of federal suc- cess in the following year, and, as a consequence, having Mr. St. Lament confirmed as Prime Min- ister of Canada.

This will be the 11111111 point which the Liberals will stress in provincial elections, namely, 111.1’. to have a Quebec man 011cc again at the head of Canadian affairs i‘.

is necessary to defeat Mr. Dup- lessis; otherwise, with Mi". Dup- lessis sweeping the province in

1948 the i-liances in Quebec look dark far Mr. St. Laurent. in 1949. It. is not, of course, essential that there be provincial general elections 1n Quebec 1n 1941s since the Duplessis Government 1111s un- til the fall of 10119 to go, having only taken office in September. 1944, but generally if. has been customary to hold provincial gen- eral elections each four years. In two instances during

come after only three years in of- fice, as in 1910, when sir Lamar Gouln went. to the people after having been elected 111 1916, and in 1939 when Mr, Duplessis went to the people after having been elected in 1926.

The general complexion of af- iniis of late years 1111s hei-ome sucli because of the provitlslal autonomy light. and the alleged continual encruazlimcnts o1 Ottawa into other provini-ial fields, notably the present labor sit atian that, if ls impossible to keel) federal issues ouL of the next. provincial cloc- Llons sim-c issues, both provincial and federal, ltave become doepIy interwoven. In consequence. when the federal Liberals fight in 1948 in provincial elections they will hi: fighting their awn battle 111 11d- vance.

Tupi; mes

(New York Times)

Captured documents of the German High Command, just. mado public by the United States Navy Department, disclose that. Adolf Hitler, 1n 19411, swollen with the false confidence engendered by deceiving victories, decided to hurl forty 0f his divisions into an 1n- vasion of Britain, but. was deter- red by "the indisputable fact that the British people have up to now shown extraordinary morale and most remarkable stamina." Bri- tain, Hitler and his military mcri discovered, was "nof beaten"; 1119i‘ will to fight, they admitted, was "unbroken."

Everybody Elle Knew

Well, 1t was about. time for Hitler and the German High Command to learn those "indis- pulnble facts." Long before tho Second World War, the great ma- jority of the human race friends as well as foes of Britain, had come l0 regard the excellence of British morale and stamina and will power as something axiomatic beyond all questioning, needing no now evidence to prove 11s actual- lly~trrespectlve at what. other estimates ohose holding this vlew might have formed concerning other manifestations of the Bri-

Jloh soul, the conduct of British

Hon. William Lyon MacKenzle King returns from Bri- tain after attending the marriage of Princess Elizabeth. his first task will be to present his resig- Liberal Party to the National Liberal As- sociation, and request the associa-

the Ancient Capital, and, 1n vlew of the excellent. sources respon- sible for the information, 1t is be- reliable and in conformity .wit‘1 the defin- ite decision taken by Mr. King at cabinet meeting when he announced his plans Lo his

There 1s still to be one session before tlie Liberal convention in the fall of 1948 can be held and just. an the eve of that session Mr. King will step down from active man- affairs and the Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laur-

angle which ties in with ivhat has The federal Liberal

THE_GUARDIAN, __ cunnncrrrerowu

United Kingdom

i Government

(Unltgd Kingdom Information)

The following ore the chance-r 1n the United xnsdom G°'°_""m°"‘ announced on the evening o! October 7th.

The following Mlnlsters tendered

for War; Jchn wunot. the Min- ister of supply: J- B- Hrnd- "it Minister of Pensions. .

The King approved the follorwln; appointments: _

MINISTERS IN THE CABINET- Lnl-d Privy seal, Viscount Addison; secretary of Statefor Commun- wcalth Relations, Plrllip John Nucl- Baker; Secretary of State for Scot- land. Arthur Woodburn.

OTHER. MINISTTIRS - Secretary of Stale for Wm‘. Elmanuel Shin- well; Secretary of S1819 f0!‘ All‘. Arthur Henderson; Minister o! Supply. G. R. Strauss; Minister af Fuel and Power, Hugh T- N-

_ - I That line of reasoning, M19995“ 9" onmno having the courage of his convictions. of textiles than ever before — 55- em will be nvlini; prime minister Gflllslssili Milli-ii" 9f P°“5l°“" N. & ; NEIL W. HlGGlNg exchange applies with added force to Canada, s a w a “my,” tpmg,._ymnal_ during tho 194a session. - Ge0r89 Bwhflml": M"! 541"".- ch d ' . - H ,,,, rm... u nqtiqn- . _ _ , At the 1.111 convention of 11.; John Wheetlev. K-O. mom 2w artere Accountant because this country is Sn e 9k Y t 8P lf, for the protection of the individual, vote why d, “m”, u; mfg-ice? Liberal Party, Mr, s; Lauren; The new Mnlster of Fuel and Currie Bund. l wide strike of packinghouse wor ers._ e ' P l by ballot is essential in the case of political This qiiesoan l; suggested by will be chosen leader of the party P01?"- Hllflh Glllskell- l‘ 91°‘ , mg "591 °l "e1°'l'5l°'° udvefmenlenls m Severn‘ elections, why should not the same principle some sadly thoughtful comments and, once this is done, Mr. King meted from secretary of this *"'*~““*"°"*'°**** ; Charlottetown newspapers last _week, including a éiumberthof prevail in the case of strikes? made 1n un editorial iin 1111a ('3;- xlllrlnsiitdMillifiléssggfélfilgrféeligirgif lwtilifllrll-W junior Minister! are i Tel. 1636 P.O.‘ Box 452 I mellllpollia" dmllgs’ provided. no e" ence| g i‘ ' l‘ ' six‘; gfuglgircggizzzhifcéhalch: There will be one more session 911110515 all "5"" 15° ‘imce- Allimlnli‘ i fish in greater variety was being Pul °" scef‘? Makers of ice cream in The lsland hold the aEfd Ne)“ n-ro mo“ who have Seen, of the present Parliament, that tn merits nrcl- Mln55lry 0i’ Asrlvul- ‘ relieve the meat shortage. Tl‘? 'e‘“°". ° Canadian record this year in the matter of in- heard and lbvsd her in many fine 1949- with Mr- Si. Laurent a. lure and Fisheries, JofntaaPar- MORRELL l, dt‘ i; obscure. ls it due to inade- . , mmm. “l,” m, Jammy 1,, party leader 111111 prime minister, ilamenterv Sserstery- ~°18= and COMPANY . 5"‘ 9 c°,1_'_'°" , .b . _ ha" s“ I Orly creased production. The seven months make, at Beams bad ma, Greer Ggrscm and then rho Liberals will right Alfred Brown; Colonial Office, chnemd A qllate facilities for distri ution, S PP 7" 61,000 gallons, was 64.9 per cent above that of i,” Joined the long W,“ o; the general election under the st. Parliwniflnlflrl’ "M"! 5°°"°i"Y» ccmm""“ what? f Inst your’; similar pcrlqd Hollywood stars m the dive“. Laurent. banner, Lt. Cal D. R. Rees - Williams; gum", h.” 5mm". It might have been thought that per ect- . . . . coumy. The“ ,5 ‘mamas tragm man n? infortigation given above 201131321511 gilésett-onsecggllcyc- than‘ H“ no l 1'19 1h‘ q“l°k‘l'°e.""9 process ‘everull yefhrs The “lbllme 795919 Price 91' ll"? 611C999 any fméolus alien: this tingle 2g- 50.1151 aigfagdy rrienticaigbii dsnaibtig Piiitrrfck C. Gordon-walker; Min: AUTUMN Charlottetown‘ u. ‘l9° WWI." have mcreuied lrememlkiusi’ e Stockyards of $591.05 a head for cattle was fifififl, zfiiaihreagnfof: ,,‘,,,‘,,,§§,§ 3,’; strategy outlined at the cabinet ister of Fuel and Power, Pairllam- ____ l. M. amiss. ma. consumption of seafood n1 this claoutniay. t muyypupl f0, W0 loads or choke ,0 pH-me mm one who had m“, ,0 b, known Eleeting g1 question, when M1‘. e11tarY0z§°Y°l-;Ty-ll Attica 11213832; A spirit haunts the year's last autism rm“, have caused some improvement, u _e per cap-l averaging L626 pounds apiece‘ The lot of 2o l“ her representation o, m“ sh ng ma e 111s irrevocable decls- Home Izce, a1‘ amen ry n v ours, r ‘ , ita consumption of seafood l“ 4'51"" l'°"‘ l head was sold for $36.35 n hnndredwelgnl, ivwnnnood Hi1" be“ -V**"°°"- lfifgfg’, “m” knw“ 1° h“ °°" §§f,§“‘g’,l,-,.,l§;° ,,§‘,‘,’,',‘,;’;‘,’f",£i,.,“8,'- memfifmld the” y 91ml“ W“ ;' ' 1.. fresh-water fish) in Cflnfld" ‘i “"97 bel“ m" ' * * * V" 5”" There is a Quebec provlnclgl lice, Assistant Postmoaler-Gen- To hlmselfhe 1.1111111;