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armed services and 12 per eent to Allied coun- tries. If food production had remained at pre- war levels-the U. S. consumer would be suf-

llarnllsl Dally (handed In Ill?)

IISICIIIIIIAIIILOOIW-clflbfis-IOLIII Vice-President: I. l Barnett, I. J. I.

iccrctarr: Heat. 00L I). A. 0.8.0. ldltor and Director: JWI». Barnett. IJJ. Aloclatc Edltora: Frank Walker and, Hell. lal a. Burnett. 8.0.1483. IUn Active leryloei

"The Strongest Memory Ia Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink.’ WEDNESDAY, Amu. ii. m:

meat and dairy livestock follow: milk cows on farms, 26.1 million (23.5) ; chickens raised, 745.8 million (664.4); broilers, 213 million (69.7); turkeys, 35.6 million (27) ; beef cattle on farms,

Canadians Liberating Holland

The Canadian troops in Field Marshal Mont- gomery's army are within sight of the southeas- Tlie Allied forces are spreading into the heart of Germany like the tentacles of a mighty octopus, and it is hard

tern shores of the Zuider Zee.

even for military experts to decide which of any day's spectacular advances is the most sign- ificant. But the drive into Holland and toward the North Sea gives a special lift to the heart. At last the liberating forces are throwing 3 F095 around the Nazi garrison that has held tlieDutcli ports and the Dutch people in an iron yise for five racking years. More than 50900 bermalls are caught in the trap in which they have held their victims for so long. Seyss-Inqtiart is said to have escaped. and his flight [IIOJCCIS a pic- ture of all the Nazi 0\'Cl‘ll)l'(l5 scurrying before the pursuing armies in all directions. But the 110155 are getting fewer and narrower, and soon there will be no hiding place where they or the loot they take with them can be safe. The advance into Holland, says an exchange, means relief for England that cannot be imagin- ed by those \\’llfiillZl\‘C not experienced the strain and horror of thc rocket bombs. The belief that most of ti“; \'-:'5 were launched from tlie Neéh: erlands seems confirmed by reports that o1 nearly a wcelc the British Isles have not been bombarded by these infernal. weapons. These reports carry the first adniissioit that igiltil 110W the bombs have been falling pretty stea iy on 2ft people whose stocisin neither the long tlists o war nor the approaclrof victory can crac .f th But if for the British the capture o 6 launching grounds means deliverance from one of illClfxllflfdfiif trials. 50F Th}? Nemerlamefs i‘ means life again. the awakenlllll {mm a might‘ mare The liberation of Holland has been SlOW and difficult, and no country has éuffered mloif: in the long wait for liberation. or Rafi in llollnnd has been as gray as the flat, water- ‘ , . soaked landscape of a Dutch \Vln§?l'.d Buttll]: recent months the population has ivie thonland very brink of deathfa large Pa" °th etarvw flooded. tlic food ration reduced tcp {Iesd the 3.0.. point, towns and farmlands espoif . l Licrinzius iiiziking the helplessnpcolpk g3)’ 10%;‘: defeats of the “master race. T1? U!" endured so much more than their share that the mistaken bombing of The Hague W35 Pew‘ liarly tragic. Their lot has been so K105i)??? that the .\llies have a special obligation to ‘still . - , t in food and essential stlpphe’ atdhe fangs moment. The Dutch Government 1n SE58 s: accumulated reserves to meet the imme H e i r e-_-‘_._.@n¢>\-, and everything humanly possi e—0 tli: sake of Holland and for the sake Of EUYOP‘: “should be done to facilitate its'delivei'_y. t0 the end that this sturdy. self-respecting natiplrxtnefihzig: be strengthened and eucourfliled. ° "e5 plat‘? as a stabilizing force in a sick and shaken Continent.

C. C. F. In Saskatchewan

hcviiwiiiig the recent session of the Sask- atchewan slzittirc, tlic first regular session since the C. C. F. Government took office, the Regina LcmIrr-Post has some interesting 0b- servations. '

’I‘lic session its a whole, says tlic Regina iic\vsp;iyir, was "it striking illustration of the ditiig:rs to democracy inherent in the impleitien- tation of a party program based on autocratic executive control in place of legislative responsi- bility." The C. C. l7. majority pFCSSEd on with great ‘zeal its “undemocratic practice" of arm- ing niiiiistci aiirl boards with sweeping powers to make do inn: without reference to the Leg- islature, (lccisions from which there is no appeal. and (hipnsftioii members who urged caution and mpilt-rntiiin \\'I.‘l'L‘ scorned as eniissaries of “llig Business." In some small matters there was a slight I'€ll";.".l “from the autocratic conception of govcriiinznt." lirt in the main the Lender-Port finds the broad policy of the C. C. F. ad- lllllll>ll1lll<ill if) consist of “compulsion rather than agreement, regulation instead of guidance, ctinfisczitiiiii in place of negotiation."

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U. S. Food Production

That there is never enough food in the world to go around. even iii the best days of peace without the dislocation of war, is a truism. The Ifniterl States (lepartmeiit of agriculture esti- mates there are 4,000,000,000 arable acres in tlic world, whose population is about 2,000,- 000,000, and that the production of about 2 1-2 acres is required for a minimum adequate diet for one person. That means hunger for mil- lions 0f persons, and the war has iiiailc it worse. Ifraiicc needs to import 200,000 tons of food per month, and received only 175,000 toiis in 1944. Belgium needs 100,000 tons per month, and re- seived 65.000 tons in i944; Netherlands receiv- €d_n0 food imports in i944, and needs 120,000 tons per month: Greece needs 43.000 tons per month. and received 54.000 tons last year.

Nutrition figures show the situation more clearly. The U.S. national research council esti- mated a minimum diet should contain 2,730 cal- ories .1 (lav. llerc is what tlic people of a num- ber of countries are receiving: United States, 3,183,- France 1,400: Belgium 1,500; Nether- ‘zuids. 1.500; Italy 664; Athens 2,150; Greece 'lllSl(lC Athens 1.300.

in 1944, tlic U. S. food supply was allocated:

39.2 million (32) ; milk production, 118.2 millions

-EDITURIAL NOTES-

The enthronenient of the ,Archbishop of

the Chignecto Canal project he was away from home, so the Province was represented by the Mayor of Summerside, which “keeps on coiii- ing up" all the time.

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His Excellency the Governor General the Earl of Athlone and_ the Princess intend leaving on return to England in June and without hav- ing visited Prince Edward Island, the smallest, yet by no means the least important province in the Dominion.

a v c v H. M. S. indefatigable, one of the four British fleet aircraft carriers which took part in attacks on enemy oil refineries in Sumatra at

together developing a total of more than 15,000 horse-power, are capable of raising a speed of considerably more than 30 knots. Each engine drives an independent shaft and propcllor.

v s- s- n

We have not a few “joiners" in this coni- iiiuiiity, people who join organizations for a personal and profitable purpose, but no profes- sional one. Down in Florida, however, there has just passed away James William White, 84- year-old world’s champion “joiner" of fra- ternal organizations. A publisher of T/ic Fra- ternal Record, White's title was given to liim

Seems like wells and pumps in England are through. A bill introduced iulo the House of Commons proposes to take all power over water and water supply out of the hands of local auth- oritics and vest it in the Ministry of Health. The bill says that every Englishman is entitled to a_ constant supply of pure drinking water, atid provides that the Ministry shall see that water mains are brought to a point from which neigh- bouring hottses may be connected at a reasoii- able cost. Local authorities have been in the habit of refusing water supplies if there liap- pens t0 be a well iiearby.

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Charles Reade, English novelist, born this date 1814; started his literary career as a dra- matist, tlien drifted into fiction writing, but fiction based on fact, nearly all his stories treat- ing of social problems and written with the ob- ject of bringing about reform; his outstanding _\vork is The Cloisler And Tlie Heart/i dealing with the life of Rogerius Gerardus, father of l1 Erasmus; It's Never Too Lale To illriid, a study of prison life, was largely responsible for the prison reform introduced in the middle of last century: “Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character, Sow a character and you reap a destiny. . . . It is droll and sad, btit true that Christendom is full of

dictive. . . Their law thrusteth its nose into every platter, andlkits finger into every pie." v it v

Bootleggers and nioonshiiiers, even German prison camps. Big business was being don: at Montcith, Ont. Two stills running oft 35 gallons of pure alcoholic beverage per day were discovered. Monteitli residents who have

in the

can be made from a length of pipe and a metal drum. Where they get their yeast cakes and

maintaining "somebodys making a niouiitziin of a mole hill. We know its being made. The prisoners have nothing else to do for 24 hours a day except annoy the staff and that's one of the ways they do it."

v v s s- Whcn cease fire is sounded in Europe thous- ands of British Government employees are to have two days’ holidays with pay. School chil- dren, too, probably will not need to make up their own excuses for being away from school on the great day, for the government suggests that it would be “appropriate" if two days’ holiday were granted. Other workers may have to wait for two days fixed according to local needs to be set aside for a victory rest. Workers in essential services, particularly in utilities, and those on essential maintenance work, will have to be prepared to carry on. For them, it is stat- ed, special compensation will be deviseed. Brit- ish air raid sirens, which throughout the war wailed out their eerie warnings o approaching German raiders. may be used to sound the "last all clear", when the war in Europe ends. Re- porting that the war cabinet was considering such a proposal. the New: Chronicle said the sirenswould be synchronized so that their vic- tory signal would be heard throughout Britain

74 per cent to U.S. civilians, 13 per cent to U.S.

at the same time.

pounds (103.6). s

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Before the wo All men of righteous b Bow down In dee I pray to Mother

Notes By The Wdy

Our dark thinkers an mug. s €£§fi€“'éii.'?i{.‘l”’i.‘°'i.'i°" n" rather be right t p op Q '0 d P?! Tribune.

rebuild th lti l I 1

which the; idesiioyxelilore 8n ands they are doing It they compelled to grey forcec} 8n them 1

an occup e d g

wan-Chathamcolilielwlhes urns h’

Manchester,

field are to experiment with a new type of bus In the hope of reduc- Ing street accidents. a central entrance with a door that will close when the vehicle A double staircase to the top deck will lessen congestion.- London Times.

A statement by the American Treasury that

De

Arriving at

met‘ King Carol of Romania told reporters that he for the future. one of those fellows whose “fut- ure ls ln the past" and as a "man with a. past” he has no superiors. It was a kingly past, in the worst ileiise of the term-Chicago Dally we

ews.

Ducks,

by the American Blue Book for his membership in 74 different societies. _ “mm style s. a ; , well-dressed.

camouflage sul every season's coloring.‘ And s ti to wlld izame: —From the N.Y. World-Telegram.

There Is no

Ifa

better

To most women there are two kinds of men. who are neat and tldv and there are their own husbands. We have listened virtues of many spouses as they are paraded before us happy comparison with our weak-

esses. There

the dishes every night and some who even do There are those who do the house cleaning. w ‘*‘ , basement swlslilne and helping with the cooking. ways bow our heads when such husbsnd-helpmeets are ed. But we usually end with our chin at its proper elevation, for . _ _ we have still to hear about the men in a hurry to hate and be habitually vin- h

falls

socks under the bed, his tl the door handle, his suit coat on the back of a chair and his hat on the table.—l'~‘rom Windsor Eur

Royal Air Force men, long steel- tho necessity death and destruction from the skies, must be taking keen pleas- ure in the type some of them arc engaged In over

drcri's socks. sweaters, ltivcttes. and other clothing for destitute Greek families made by Rcd Cross chap- s America and dropped

In th

tian Science Monitor.

FROM "IN PRAISE OI‘ EARTH”

Give me the sun And fields of lhado

Th weep f rasav, ; n5 gplendig it... Jfiiii‘

These sure high paaatons vraken, These old gasp The shiver deep waters In the strong grip of tide.

The strength of beautyb bearing In everv rank and The ancient pain o ‘Ilia grasp of Inner grace;

The same In guess all wonder In stillness unrevealed;

The dark unconscious passion In da cont-ea ed. . .

rker duet

loo, llk man rtsmen, liavb n y t mes to whI {gr fishlfla’! bro wk s e the iiiigdleudiays s a u‘ “out

It’: democracy and we like It, but It does seen crazy to be plant- ing young trees and at the‘ same

since December '1. I041, the war hits cost the United States

he passing years-but some- °1 how the duality never seems to improve-Calgary Albertan.

, coyotes.

squirrels and their wild neighbors are In for It. tests have demonstrated that a hunter wearing a camouflage suit like a commandos can get virtu- ally wltliin patting range of game, so far as optlcalfdeceptlon ls con-

o

deer,

petty flvnlry among men who are lives daily In Allied bomber and fighter squadrons fron .

than a that Is all airmen do not give a hoot whe- ther it was designed and built in United States As The Aeroplane says: "Both the British and United States craft indus‘ ‘es have done a mar- vellous jnb of work; let 11s give them full credit for it. it us stop this childish crying out of 'Mlne’s Toronto Telegram.

nythlng the enemy has, to th

in gri

Fiieuc FORUM

. ' I “f. b f l fering, but due to the extraordinary efforts of M“ In‘. I m“ h u" ‘b mnhuw-“n W9‘, I American farmers, food production has increas- tar and then his leadership ends. Irllllllll N Elli-III 03-‘ ed 50 per cent. Figures on this, obscured by Alum“ Fill‘ mllw- Gf-‘fi 7:. M‘ ,1 impressive figures on munitions production, dis- n," || . mug?‘ ‘g ‘an, my, "h". u” umu’ close fabulous food prospects, and the trend of gigllllgfi 1:“ 9112213.; t0 m” "but the: l‘ Wlllvflllltl- | food production is still upward. With pre-war qmimmy f; m, uM-dgy leofmg; "'"_"'"‘

figures in brackets, some statistics of U.S. “will "MW-Bonita! Wee Press.

‘THANK YOU, ILLINI” Sin-I would like tbrouah ban cab-Winni-

dMrM the daily en ry written wit been able "P il°ii'.."lf§.‘““‘§{.‘i

us ' a er own expense and she Ia

Jun-windmi- Star. WWI "I41 to

from day to day.

Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, will take time cutting down good you“; Ienjoy especially ea-h Saturda 's

place in Canterbury Cathedral April 19. {gfihwgmiqffgggl°igeg“_°§ P“? Egisfiiiimpltssiiiigifleiii: this’.

"' f‘ "‘ ‘ Advocate, ' “m.” reason for her apparent poise Is

When the Saint John Telegraph Journal n h m T; t lgfichsltifie Egiffisifnniffgiv-piiiiif desired the views of Charlottetown Mayor on ellte guiiiid wlillubee coilii eGlliagnlt: "l" can it like 8W!!!’ I

I hope that for many years to come Ellen will help us to see wItli her the ‘ of every-day llfe and the won- drous beauty oif nature in all her moods. So many of us have "eyes to see but we see not."

I am, Sir, etc. r" ‘nan raniusivs WIFE.

And while! should be exist on the rations

people of Ger-

Leeds and Shef-

IBLANDERB IN BOSTON

Sin-Following ls a writeup of some of the nctlviitles of the Can- I]

It will have

adlan Legion, and around Greater Boston. Mass. Am for- warclin same, In hopes that you

may fnd It mnvenient to Insert it in the column; of your valued PIIDEI‘.

Boston Post No. 1 was the first

partment indicates

gzmggopgqgggg _ Se‘, M Canadian Legion Post In the Un- the beginning of the year, is the first four-screw "V131" law-Silent on the Fffit Wgiiled gig ligzaepsaraglélffnlllfge 13m ix; ~ - . , r carrier in the Royal Navy. Her four engines, m “s grow more expensive the Sta

te of Massachusetts In

Today It Is the leading Post In the Eastern States Command, which takes tn the States of Mass- achusetts, Rhoda Island, Connecti- cut, New Hampshire and Vermont. Boston Post meets the first and third Monday of tlie month, and our big event of the season ts Vlmy Ball, which Is held each year, as near April 9 as possible. have In onnectfon with tne Post, a excellent Glee Club, end a superb Kittie Pipe band. In April 1943. under the direc- tion of Comrade Horace Stewart, formerly of Charlottetown, 2.15.1. s groun of entertainers was form- ed, and known as the Canadian Legion Concert Party. the purpos of which, was to entertain smk and wounded veterans of the pre- me sent war, who are confined to

I hospitals within a reasonable dis- tance of Boston.

Rio de Janeiro, for.

has no plans Carol ls certainly

rabbits, BBIIIE Wartime

recast for post-war hunter: t to blend with

the Brighton Marine Hospital In Greater Boston. May 20. I943, c1- tsrtalnment being provided by the Glee Club, assisted by a few of the Kiltle Band.

Prom this small start, due to the good work of Leader Btewan, the project has grown Into a Con- cert Grouu of some forty mem- bers, consisting of n larger (Ilse Club. the entire Klltle Pipe Band. togethe with a large group of outside entertainers of merit who rdve their services free of charge, to assist In this grand project. To date thirty six performances have been given to ari estimated audience of 35,000 sick. wounded soldiers, sailors and marines, Visits have been made to Camp Edwards on Cape Cod, Camp Myles Standish In Taunton. Old Soldiers Home In Chelsea, Lovell General, and Station Hospitals at. Camp Devens. Chelsea Naval Hospital, in Chelsea, and the Naval Hospital In Portsmouth New Hampshire. Borne of these have been visited several times.

D smell, don't look.

risking their

on tlie war new plane Is better

e good, arid the

or British plants. air-

And let than yoursh"

There are those

in silence to the

for un-

‘The tfollapinglalpgcigramh Vi!!! even a e rg on arne are those who wash Hospital, OIIIJiZIIISIMBS Eveihne: cem er _ , our seven a.

the 18mm’ wash‘ this hospital. Opening number, baby watching’ window Silent Night bv the entire as-

sembly. followed by selections by the Kittie Pipe Band, Scottish and Novelty Dancing, Accordion selec- tions, Singers and a Military Re- view by a izi-ouo of voting enter- tainers and Christmas carols by the Glee Club.

Throuvh the efforts of Boston Post and Auxiliary. and some out-

We il- mention-

to leave his dirty e on near $200.00 was raised. and was used to purchase Christmas rzlfts for the boys In this and other ho!- Presentation of gifts was made from the stage by Chair- man Horace Stewart imd rensiv- ed by Miss Connelv of the Hos- pittal staff, on behalf of the pati- ens

Miss Connoelv was also present-

of dropping

of "homblni!"

. t - _ ed with a izlft by the chairman. saniped tlie German made prodpctlat‘ $4 zrbot- (ggggtalggns n1,“ 65$ In recognition of the fine co-op- tle claim its really good stuff. Ilie prison- @735; m m: “ma; Munving (m, érationt. sllaiethasTirtillvlays ISIVGZI our ers reallv know how to make moonshine" They 1111591190111"! imllt-T- m? °Y°Wd§ om" Br y‘ s n” “m: _~ ~ _ _ 1 l 1 - will continue throuirh-out this ‘are believed to manufacture tlie potent liquid §f..‘.’",,,,,§.‘;§‘,°,.,,,‘.” lyliandiagtelf, 51?: yearill,“ imp‘ longer If " n rom potato peelings and other vegetable refuse, 111R of the bomb-bay door!» '1“o1' “"0",” ‘I m s , w putting it through crudely fashioned stills which the bumb loads 0mm" ch“- rers n e ewlcemens d

fare Fund Committee and Cori- cert Gronn are: Horace G. Stew- iirt, chairman; Dorothy Olson, secretary; Robert W. Jodrey, tress-

sugai", however, remains a dark mystery. A Vet- by British pilots from skies that ggééraauloagifolgtlllé nlélfialjbgl; eraiis’ Guard probe continues with officers Qggegpgggfulmfflgi éfexnfwfffggllfilf w. Jiidrey. publicity officers; Carl

G. Nlcoll. post commander.

Other comrades from P. E. Is- land, who have held office In the Post are John G Mac