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‘The Strongest Memory ie Weaker Th; . the Weekcet Ink.’

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Canadians who imagine that this nation lacks the money to buy Victory Bonds should look at the latest figures of the Batik of Canada. They show, in brief, that the sale 0'1 merchandise in the retail stores 0f Canada is now breaking all records because people have more money than ever to spend.

The retail sales index, which averaged too between the prc-ivar ycdrs 1035-39- 5l°°d at 161 for ilic ycnr 1943. People bought 61 per cfilfl more goods iii Cuiuida last ycnr than in the prc-ivai" years. llnt even this enormous spend- ing ll1l5 iiicrcriscd iii ihc first lllillllll5 of 1944. in January of this yczir speiuliiig stood zit 107, onlv a fraction of 4i point liclrm- ilic grfllt UNIS!- 11111; spciuliiig lllltlltll oi lli-ct-iiibcr.

(jivntln, jiitlgi-il l1)‘ lliystltcst i051, ilS aliility to buy goods, is iiiorc prosperous tliaii cver, is getting more goods than ever, even ziftcr the figures for sales zirc adjusted to cover ziii iiii- (illlllylgd iitcTUIl5Q iii price. 'lilic Cziiiudiuii pct)- ple thus have itiorc than enough moiicy to put uvcr the iicw Victory Loan without the 182151 sacrifice, and the very fact of their huge money income is the most urgent reason for the loan. Part m‘ this iiicmiie iiiust be put by, szfvcd. or the zittcmpt to spend it n0\v on goods, which arc limitcd iii Supply, will inevitably bid up prices.

Bacon and Eggs

Two of Ciiiiailzfs wartime food production jflll+-ilviii and poultr_y-hnve done so well that svvilic of tllt: experts now actually fear ovcr- cxpaiisioii, are issuing discreet warnings. If the prcsum should bc a good grain crop year, with rcstiltiiig clir-zip ziiid plentiful supply of feeds, surpluses of both these products may be a prob- lcin before the year's end. Ilowcver, thc ex- perts are not over-optimistic about grain pros- pects so it is too early to start worrying about a iiizii-kct gluttetl with ham and eggs.

The expansion oi Canada's poultry population and resulting egg production, says the Ottawa journal, has been one of the near miracles of the lioiiic front effort in this war. Denmark formerly supplied one-third of Britain's egg imports and Canada only an insignificant trickle. 'l'his year, after only four ycars of intense ei- fort, Canada's llCll population bids fair to equal Denmark's prc-ivzir iiiark. Of course there is n fundamental difference, our eggs are going ovcrsciis in the forni 0f powder.

lii ilie first ioiir months of 1944 tlic Special Products Board will have purchased for ship- niciit tu Britain more eggs than in the entire

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When the Vingtor was retired it was said to be the oldest plane in the entire Coastal Com- mand. Upon learning that it had been declared unfit for further service, certain Norwegians sought to retain it for the purpose of placing it eventually in a museum in Norway as a per- manent memento of the services performed by Norwegian airmen in this war. For various reasons, however, this thought had to be aban- doned.

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At 2o, Bert Redford, s. Lancashire gunner, is the tallest soldier in the firitisli Army. 11c stands six feet, 10 inches and his equipment causes difficulties. He dons size 14 boots and his bed has a IWO-£OO£ extension.

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In a return tabled in the House of Commons for Mr. I. F. Pouliot, State Secretary McLarty reported 62,188 persons had become naturalized Canadians since war started. Of this number 3.349 were Austrians, 1,312 Germans, 2,155 Ita-

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'l'haiiks to the immense strides that have bccn made iii improving iveapons, and thanks also tn the skill of the British Anti-Aircraft Coin- lllZllKl, the same average number of shells it took to bring down one cucniy plane in 1940, now brings down eight.

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Transport llliiiister Michaud told the House of Commons consideration is being given whe- ther Canadian delegates will be sent to the Pari- .\iiiericaii Higliivays Congress in July. ilc was answering Mr. G. K. Fraser (PC-Pcterborough West) who asked if an invitation of Peru to send delegates had been accepted. Mr. Fraser sziid he understood an official invitation had been received by the government.

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A bill setting l floor pricc under agricultural products n0\v is being prepared and will be presented to the House of Commons as soon as possible, Agriculture Minister Gardiner states. llc was replying to a question of Gordon Gray- don, Progressive Conservative House leader, who asked that the bill arid another affecting agricultural credits be brought down as soon as possible s0 that they could be turned over t0 the proper Commons committee for closc

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Negotiations for construction of an undeter- mined number of a new type of supply ships are being carried on with Pacific Coast shipyards, Mi". D. W. Anibritlgc, director-general of the Munitions Department shipbuilding branch, stated in Ottawa. It is reported from Vancouver that the contracts might total $31,000,000. Mr. Anibridgc says there is not yet anything final about the negotiations. “We don't know whe- ihcr we'll be building two ships or 20" he said. but a start will be made almost immediately

contract year of 1943. By the end of this week they expect some 2,270 carloads, 44 million ilozcii, iii contrast to 993 carlozids at the same dziic iii 10.15. .\s the niiiiiinutii contract for 1044 is only 48 million dozen it is quite possible‘ ii will bc doubled during the current buying 5813011. Purchases of the Special Products. ljiiartl rcprcsciit only the surplus after Canada's] liiiqi- iloincni; requirements are nict.

lu ziiuidtiiiciiig the latcst figures the Agricul- turc Department iclt it necessary to stzitc, “sui- iicicnt egg supplies for the Cnitcd Kingdom appcaii- tissurcd without furtlicr expansion of Ltuiudiitn pOllllft‘ iloclts." Not a bad rccord llt f<Itll' years.

lii tlic- c of bacon no such warning has as yci liccii l.‘ ~l but the time is near wlicii SUlllC wi-i Ill c1 tziilinciit may be necessary. New lioiiii>cs fur -|ii;ilit_v stock. plus the prospect of a iuiii _\'J£lt‘ iuiqoii zigrcciiicnt with llrilaiii. iiiiiltg hugs nii zuirzictivc proposition ior Cana- dian farmer». . iplics iirc such that tlic c011- tract ziiuotirit will likcly be sent to Britain well cud of the year: If this happens and fin‘ iced arc good, some form of ailiiiciii lll(l\' lizivc t0 be considered. (Quill: likcly- it will izikc ilie form of greater emphasis on qii"l'lv. with an eye on the post-war market for t itidian bacon iii Britain. \\’itli assured Supplies (If high quality bacon our chances of lcccpiiig this lllllllCllaClV profitable market against "_\'L‘ll tiic bcst competition, would be greatly cii- riziiicctl.

Thor's Modern Chariot

lir-iiii lniiidcii CUtlWS word that tlic Yiiigttii" (Winger TllOf), best known plane of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, has been ivithdraivn per- manently from service after having been flown more than .'i thousand hours by Norwegian pilots during the past two years. The Yingtor is a Catalina flying boat, and its record of ad- vcuiaircs iiicludcs some of the most daring feats in the annals of the RAF Coastal Command. The roar of its motors has been heard along the cntirc length 0f the Norwegian coast, and over lcclaiiil as well. Vingtor gunners have stink their share of U-boats in the Atlantic, but through some strange and lasting good fortune the Vingttir never suffered any (lamtige due tn encinv iirc. That is one reason why it was the darling of Norwegian airmen. The Viiigtoi- ivas a “second-hand job" wlicn it was turned ovcr to the Norwegians by the British back in May 1942. By then it had seen considerable service at Gibraltar. Norwegian mechanics took it in hand, however, and soon had it in tip-top shape. They dressed it up and gave it its new name. It was the first plane at this particular Norwegian air base in Great Bfllillll, but cvcif after others arrived it was the Viiigtor that nhvays led the expedition. and it was the Yiiiginr that continued to get the toiiqhcsi aissigiiiiiciiis. For a particularly haz- ardous mission carried out in blay-Iune i943, all members of the Vingior crew received de- 'Ct7_FRIi9ilS;" It wvas 1111' assignmenrgiven outlay the Coiniiiriurlcr-in-Cliicf of the RAIT Coastal Command, and when the Vingtor set out few

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Australia has just harvested a 100,000,000- liuslicl whcat crop and hcr reserve at junc 30 last was 236,000,000 bushels, the greatest iii her liist0i'_v. Annual requirements for flour and power alcohol are 58,000,000 leaving 278,000,000 bushels and a bigger acreage has been demanded for the 1944-45 season. “\\’e have an obliga- tion to help t0 feed a starving world now and aitcr the war and we are building up stocks for the purpose," said Lheflinister in charge.

Britain's record as a refuge for, the victims of Nazi oppression is one that should not be allowed to become forgotten. it is particularly truc when the size of the island, and the war- time conditions arc remenibercd-—stringcut re- strictions in food and clothing, overcrowding with .\llicd troops, and total preoccupation with the prosecution of the ivar. Despite all this. Britain admitted some 60,000 non-British rc- fugecs between May 1940 and April 1943. Silvifl ivheii, according to an announcement made last December, they were still being admitted at an average rate of 800 a month.

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i\lr. R. S. Hudson, British Minister of Agri- culture, speaking at 'l‘aunt0n on Saturday appeal- cd to the farming industry for a sustained ef- fort not only for 1944 but for many years to conic. Last year, he said, they had increased lllc tillage acreage iii England and Wales hv 800,000 acres, and arable acreage by over 1,000,- 000 acres, a total increase over pre-war of near- ly 5,000,000 acres in arable and over 4,500,000 iicrcs in the tillage area. Isle spoke of the pre- sent year as the first oi a four-year production plan which would carry them t0 the harvest of 194;: T hey were starting on a livestock im- provement campaign and on increasing the pro- duction of milk. One of the objectives wotild llc to make a gradual change of emphasis from the production of crops for direct human con- sumption to an increase in livestock and live- stock products. The stricken peoples of Europe \verc crying out for food, and food would be sli0rt—very sliort—in the world.

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Thomas Hood, British humourist and poet. died this‘date, 1845; best known as author of “The Song of the Shirt" which was popular at the time of its putblication, and was used with considerable effect by social reformers in urg- ing upon the politicians the necessity for im- proving the condition of the poor; he was known in his day, however, more for his humour than his serious verse, and for his contempt for make- bclievcs and shallow pretensions:

Gold! Goldl Goldl Goldl

Bright and yellow, hard and cold.

Spurned by the young but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould, Price of many a crime untold:

Goldl Goldl Goldl Gold!

How widely its agencies vnry-—- To save-to ruin—-to curse-to bless - Ascveri- its minted coins express, Now stamped with the image of good Queen

THE RODDS of PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND liv E. B. ll.

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Of Marianne Rodd, the only daughter lii the first family, 11t- tle ls known save that. she was married September m Nicholas Moi-Ahead Jr. of North River. whether they had any dee- ceridanta has not been ascertain- ed. Nicholas Morsheud was a members of the first family of that name which came to the Island 1n 1819. ls father who carried the same name, Nicholas Morshead, had other children including, John, 690F119. JOSE h. Pmvldence Edward Daniel. $01118. Jane, Elizabeth, Mary and Maryann, the older ones of whom were born 1n En . land. They settled at. the No h River Cross R farm descended to D ors. head who chanfltd 111a name to

as dld also some of his brothers. Some of the older mem- bers of the Rodd families remem. ber faintly of hearing of a “Aunt Mary Morestde". s0 Nicholas Mors- head Jr. evidently changed hi5 name too. but a. art from this nothing further as come dawn to the present generation. _'I'he member or m; 1118i- family. Theophllus Desbrisiiy Rodd. was culled witer the Rev. Tlieophilus earlv and saintly rector of St. Pauls tn Charlottetown. Born the Z0 May. 1819, and baptized by Mr. Desbrlsay on 2'1 July. 1819. he married at the age of twenty-two t0 Lucy Pepperell, a woman some fifteen years his senior. The mar- rtuge settlement drawn up between this couple is on record 1n the Charlottetown registry office. In 1t Lucy Peppere , daughter and heir of William Peoperell, one time sexton 0f St. Paul's. made over to M. Doughtery, cabinet mak- er, and to George Cotes, brewer. all lier property to be held in trust by them for her use and benefit. Among the items listed were Lot ‘o. 34 1n the 4th Hundreds of Charlottetown with dwelling house thereon, part of adjoining Lot No. 33 and pew in St. Paul's Church. The marriage settlement. continu- ed . "And whereas marriage 1s intended to be shortly had and solcninlzed between Thcophllus DesBrisny Rodd and said Lucy Peppercl. if some Sllflll take ef-

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Notes By The Way

Since the Battle of Midway the Japanese Navy has fared badly. Its losses have been much greater than ours and its capacity to replace them much less. These losses nave been chiefly 111 carriers, destroyers. cruisers and ll‘flll'l€d_ crews. About 1110,0110 mien and officers are bcliev- ed to have been sacrificed 0n Jap- niiesc stubs against. our own naval loss of 41.000. Japanese nuval per- sonnel ls believed to have expand- ed m three times what. it was at the beginning ut the war. Our own has been multiplied aoout. l5 times. The flre power of our fleet has been trlippled. In every tyne 01 mhting craift we are not only superior to Japan but lncreaslniz that su-cer- 10rlty.-New York Times

Men who fight on the front liner. 1n this war are constantly aware cf the hazards they face But their courage sustains them. and they carry on. hODIIIE for one best. and longing for the day when they will be back with their loved ones. Nothmz can more quickly strike at their morale than the knowledge that all is not well with their ltllll~ lites at home, while they consort

with death. They look to their country. for which they risk all. to see to 1t. that their wives and child- ren. or their parents. are being m0- péanallv cared ton-Hamilton Spec-

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The figures of Canada's forest resources am said with reason to stagger the imagination. Only two other countries, Russia and Brazil, have greater forested urcas. Can- ndrfls total ls about 1,500,000 miles. is almost equiil to the combined areas of the British Isles, France. Spain. Portugal. the Netherlands. Denmark and Sweden. Compared with tIIAQH-lhlxty-flve per cent of land area covered by forest/s, Can- ada has only sixteen per cent. of "present or potential value for a511- culture-Sherbrooke Record,

ln this conflict the mainWvelght 0f the battle on land has ben fought 1n the east and not 1n the west. But..once again 1t has worked its‘ way round to the mouth of the Danube and to that very special circle on the map. Germany must defend the clmle, or else withdraw rom 1t. T0 defend lt is t0 keep watch on 100 doors. To withdraw 1s to lose even a semblance of Nazi " era" war, l-lflsborv sel- dom Dlaglarlzes. bin in this 1n- stance 1t could be said to have come around one full term. and a in" W111. 11113011 our side. The Balk- ans are azaln 1n ferment. — Vlc- torlu Times. i

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Qlll-‘en Victoria was brought up

er a rcfllme of remarkable strlctness; 1t ls posslble. indeed. that this austere rout-lire 1n earlv

day's nave rise to tier later zest. for Simple al pleasures For n5 lomz us llble the knowledge of her

f. llrlde or vunltv should make her unmanaizeable. Little Victoria was amuallv twelve years old livfore she knew that she was to wear a cmvm. and until she became Queen she never slept. a night away from her mother's room, Nor was she a1. lowed to converse with flown-ups. frlend. tutor or servant. without consent-Leeds Yorkshire Post,

1| fllldllll Is not keeping, It must seem nearlv as 200d to a small bov 1n Berkshire. T1115 Master Kellie was engaged 1n watchlng the aard- emr remove a wlthv tree from an ancient wall. en an earthen- ware not fell with the ruins or thr- war, the flown-no went on with his lob. but the chlld. helm: gifted with curiosity. discovered the czold- en stream of soverelizns pouring frtm the manic vessel. A coroner and Jurv have awarded him 30 per cent. of the rind. It is nll the pleas- anter to hear a storv about a not of Bold with n hnoov cndfniv because these stories are traditionally sad.- London Times.

A New York man named Phll Cooper. who is associated with the nmsslnz and cleanlnii industry. has for the neat. nix venrs conducted an investigation into the number and character of auo on ts and ts vlcre rerelvrd

Bess, And n0\v 0f l Bloody Mary. 43mm.»

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l I1 on the Island and (I118 Milan time of yegr, ' maybe the straln of the” m“ days 1n is very special way we °1 Vim-our boys from this Is nd home. Scattered all 0v. t‘? "10 810M Y0" IN. from the blue Mediterranean to m; from‘ 0g Norway —- from tihe Indian Ocean to the Bay of Blscay. Even so. we are thinking of ou. I

You are special y missed of course. '

Your own family circle, but. vle try not to dwell too much on tnet, Only by a. head held higher, or l

look 1n the eye,

guess what you boy; mean, community misses you. we your step on the street; or pgyg- ment, because every gommunjty knows the step of its own boys. Your church mlflsg; you._me “m. tlwgattcns are skeletons without You You are the flesh on the bon- es. The whole country side seeing lust wltii you away. True, mimy mnny other boys have come to flll 'tll0 larger centres. but thev are not 181M111 boys" and 1t make; a r111’- ferenoe to us.

We are at that season of Year when the East Wind L; sol friendly It is impossible to shake. 1.4 off. Perhaps you have hm an acgualritance like that. At any rate, wl chever door you open, yup seem to meet the Blast Wind. and no matter how hlizh your hopes when lon go to bed. morning grggtg you with a frosty smile. stiii are bulbs are coming up ._ the pussy willows are over long ag()__f;hg buds are frantic with the iyqsingg of home maldns. and the trees have that "Walling" look. 80 familiar t0 you born and brought up on the Island. The little foxes have been coming, and the new pigs and lambs and calves. All life u astlr, and the men are prepared a1, a 1110111011131 notice to get out; on the lflnd It Dromlses to be a late Spring. but Nature inlays some funny pranks on this Island. and some fine morning we shall wake up grid find it summer More than we can say do the farmers miss you. ‘They are doing their best to keen 11p

Slr.--Iwouldl1ketonddrustli' Wen otter tn our tse-

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other men. But he's doing it.

always there, just out front.

After all, that's his duty. He’: just eno

Johnny asks only one thing . . . that.

him and the other! like him. you to lend your dollars. Thatfs not mu 1s it?

Get ready now to buy Victory Bonds.

J. P. CROCK

175 Queen Street

the production. and by exchanging Wcrk. they mriniice to tum out a. izrcnt crco. Why? To titisteri the dd!’ of Victoria and t0 make 1t an arm-rd fact, that Island boys will not £10 hungry - n01‘ their friends. Such overwhelming amounts work they attempt. and do. and such long hours they labour. with their women beside them shoulder to shoulder, and all because qr young lads with marching feet, who went to bat-lie t0 save the world