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THE GUARDIAN

Authorized aa Second Clan Mail Post Office Department. Ottawa. The laiand Guardian Publishing Cd.

CIRCULATION 'i'otal City Zone..... 3.765 Retail Trading Zone. 8.457 All Others . SIN Total Net Pal 13.043

Editor and Managing Director. J. R. Burnett Associate Editor. Frank Walker

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

CHARLO'l"l'l:JTOW.V. MONDAY, JUNE 25. I951

lip To The Electors

The issues in today's Federal contest in

2-Queenls have been fully discussed, and now

it is for the electors to pass judgment. The only point on which all the party speakers were in agreement was in urging every voter to get out and exercise his or her franchise. The fact that this is a by-elcc- tion and not a general election should not zleter the voters from performing their duty on this occasion. Democracies in other countries have gone under because of the indifference of the public to sharing the responsibilities as well as privileges WIIl':II our system of government entails. It is also very important that the vote be a free and unpurchascd one. Queen's County has an opportunity of setting an example to all Canada in this respect. and it is to bc hoo- cd that the party leaders on both sides will co-operate in the attainment of this objec- tive.

In the final analysis, however. it is the electors on whom the onus of this i'espon- sibility falls. Rum and money are not the only means of buying votes: patronage and preferment are also potent incentives. The line is sometimes hard to draw, but a good general rule to follow is to put public in- terests first and foremost. and forget as much as possible one's personal. interests which may or may not coincide with the public weal. I!" is only neccssa1'y to recall the bitter stitigglc involxcd in the attain- ment of responsible government to soc that this issue is the cardinal one, and that elections matter little one way or the other if they do not truly reflect the voice Of the people.

School Meetings

The annual school meetings will be held

' throughout the rural districts of the Prov-

ince tomorrow evening, and emphasis is again placed on the fact that these meet- ings arc extremely important. The sev- eral duties of the voters at an annual school meeting are outlined in a letter circulated by the Department of Education, stress being placed on (I) the election of trustees who will realize their responsibilities to the children of the district. and endeavour to discliargc those responsibilities efficiently and Well: (2) the provision of sufficient funds to ensure that the schools and their surrounclings will be clean. comfortable and reasonably well equipped; and (3) the pro- vision of adequate supplements to enable the trustees to secure or retain the serv- ices of competent teachers.

It is also 1ii':c(l that the payment of l.eachcrs' supplements should be made promptly. even if the money has to be borrowed. as the Government salary can- not be paid in full until the returns show

the amounts paid l)y the district. lie trustccs are also being advised with re- gard to iCfI(lSi.".ll'.)ll pertaining to women

voters. pro. ..on for the creation of lai'p,c- units of administration by combining sev- eral school districts and the services of the Land Va'-'.'.zilioii Board. assistance in paying over and above the minimiiin supplement rcquireil. Go'.'crnnient aid in the improve- ment of school property. and other nint- ters.

It is to he hoped that at all these school meetings there will be a large and representative attendance of ratepayers,

who will thus be exercisiiig one of the most important functions of our democrar-y.

First lltlaiitic Flight

Thirty-two years ago on June 15th. many thousands who had been anxiously waiting to learn the fate of two intrepid airmen who had left St. John's. Newfound- land, the previous day in an attempt to make a non-stop flight across the Atlantic had their fears relieved by a message flash- ed around the world fo the effect that Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Ar- thur Whittcn Brown had effected in land- ing at Clifdcn, Ireland. The distance of eighteen hundred miles had been covered by the Vickcrs Vimy plane in the incred- ible time of 16 hours, 12 minutes.

"To those who recall the machine in which the flight was made or who have seen it suspended in the Kcnsington Museum of.Engineering where it is preserved. and compare its structure with that of the streamlined powerfully-engined aircraft which today fly on regular schedules and convey passengers back and forth across the greatest distances on the face of the

globe in comfort and safety, it is an un- ceasing cause of wonder how the flight was successfully accomplished.” says the St. John's Telegram. "It stands out as a re- cord of skill, endurance and courage. Of the difficulties and dangers faced, the num- ber who subsequently lost their lives in making the attempt is testimony.

”In due course a monument will be erected to these gallant airmen on a site in the western section of St. John's from which they took off. The names of those others, too, who helped to solve the prob- lem involved in Atlantic flights and who brought to world notice the strategic pos- ition occupied by Newfoundland as the crossways of the airlines between the Old World and the New will be commemorated in a monument which will be erected at Harbour Grace. It will be a tribute as well to the residents of that town through whose initiative the first airfield in New- foundland was constructed."

EDITORIAL NOTES

Double train service with the mainland

commences today.

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In lllontreal, a wholesale egg dealer forecasts prices of ill a dozen wholesale for eggs later this suninier if the price trend continues as at present.

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A wartime factory at AIIOIIH. near Bel- fast. will be re-opened by Short Bros. &- llarland for the construction of Canberra Jet Bombers.

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Korea seems to be witnessing as much of a see-saw struggle as did North Africa. It is assuring to reflect that whatever may have been the cost and peril of the cam- paign in the Western Desert it certainly did not end in a deadlock.

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Disease hitting the swine herds in this country and the United States is a hard blow for stock breeders in the effected areas. This Province. however, is remark- ably wcll situated to take advantage of the situation by providing guaranteed disease- free breeding stock.

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The swimming and boating season is upon us. The authorities try to reduce the danger of these activities by appointing life guards but, particularly in this Province of endless miles of beach, the chance of a wat- er-accident victim being revived will largely depend on the presence or absence of a private individual trained in resuscitation.

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County organization is practically non- existent in this Province, with the Provin- cial Government and Legislature assuming much of the work which is done elsewhere on a county level. The amount of that work. however. is rapidly increasing and the day cannot be far distant when a real county, or similar local, government must

be set up.

The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Denys Lowson, who has a farm in the vicinity of Haywards Heath, England, has been convicted of selling milk containing less than three per cent fat. He pleaded innocent, but was found guilty and was discharged on payment of costs. Counsel for Alderman Lowson said somebody else's act or default had caused contravention of the law.

George IV, the eldest son of George III, died this date 1830. As Prince of Wales he showed little but levity and profligacy, and on his accession to the throne (1820) the Queen Caroline trial destroyed his few re- maining shreds of reputation. Neverthe- less his reign saw great progress. England becoming a great power on the Continent, the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts and Roman Catholic emancipation.

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Swine breeders, evidently. will be faced with temporary embargoes in selling their produce to the States The American Veterinary Medical Association say that if infections atrophic rhinitis spreads new purchases from abroad "should be kept in quarantine for a few weeks. Sows and their pigs should be earmarked identically so the trouble can be traced back if it shows up." It looks like the adoption of

potato importation regulations to live stock. 0 O O

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According to The Gazette. store eni- ployees away back in the Eighties had ideal times. Samples: ”Store must be swept. counters, shelves and showcases dusted. lamps trimmed and filled and chimneys cleaned, pens made, doors and windows opened. a pail of water and a bucket of coal brought in before breakfast. (If there is time to do so, attend to customers who call.) Each employee must pay not less than 35 per year to the church and must attend Sunday School regularly. Men employees are given one evening a week for courting. two if they go to prayer meeting. After 14 hours in the store. the leisure hours should be spent for the most part" in reading." And that was the rock out of which present day

business was hewn.

THE GUARDIAN. CHA

RLOTTETOWN Theylre om

PUBLIC FURUM

This column is open to the discussion by wrreapondcnta of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- iiy endorse the opinion of wrrcspondcnia.

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Sir,-This reader is only in the. dairy farming business to the ex-i tent of being a perennial consum-, er of this "precious stuff" whiclii comes in from the farms-andl keeps the roses in the cheeks of a "We Are Seven" urban famiiy.'

Nevertheless, this contact. withl the butter vs. margarine contra-l

DAIRY PROTECTION NEEDED

the following principle, which observed in a XIEAVS item from Ol-

resentatives from farming munities in Western Canada to- oils imported for use in the manufacture of margarine." (UP). I would like, specifically. tol support the view expressed by George Cruikshank (L-Fraser Val- ley) to the effect that if the Government would remove khe tariffs on all imports required by the dairy industry. he would have no objection to margarine oils being imported free of duty.- Tho:c are my sentiments exact- ly. Only a few months back. I recall 9. powerful demand from the "automobile industry beamed at Parliament Hill. because too many of those smart. British small cars were entering the Canadian market and. reportedly, endanger- ing the take-home-pay of thou- sands of workers engaged in build- ing s5oo.oco,ooo worth of car: and trucks annually. 1 am not aware

just what action (if any) grew out of this latter protest; but. doubtlcsvt it. was given careful

considcmlion?

The farmer. also. could benefit from having his basic industry reasonably pi-otected; rather than. as now, operate the tariff against

him-which merely increases his costs? I am. Sir. etc. FAIR PLAY Toronbo, Ont.

Lord Nelson's Cabin

(London Calling)

One of the Royal Navy's historic treasures is I-IMCS Victory. the flag- ship of Lord Nelson. The crowds that come to inspect her at Ports- mouth are proof of the fact, and last. year nearly a quarter of a mil- lion people clambered aboard and walked the decks. Now the cabin once used by the Admiral has been restored. and the newly painted walls and roof form a pleasing background for the furniture that was his up to the time of Trafalgar.

Most people will still come largely to see the place in the cockpit where Nelson died. and to examine the spot where he fell on the deck. but they will stay to see the place where he slept-and to gather that an Admirals life was not such a bad one after all.

Nelson had more room than most Admirals have today. He had a bed- room, ii large dining room, an equally large cabin-we would call it ii loun;,ve-and two small enclosed promenade decks from which he could survey the Fleet. and if need be the enemy.

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All are most comfortably furnish- ed and now most pleasantly redec- orated by Lieiit. Southcoti. and Mi: Langford and their thirty Petty Officers and men who look after Victory under the overall command of C.-in-C. Portsmouth.

All is now as it was with the slight exception of Nelson's sleep- ing cabin. where his folding bed. his col. his chair and hfs toilet cabinet. are cut off by a glass screen. There was no glass 8lI'CEn in Nel- son) day. there was no glass win- dow in the cabin at all. The wind either blew straight in throuiih A large opening in the bulkhead or it was blocked by a heavy shutter and the room would have been in darkneu.

versy is sufficient to induce met by DS)'Chl3lvI'iSlS Emplcyed by the 1,0 say um, I co,-djany approve. Department of Veteran Affairs. 1' After more than seven years of

tawa, intimativg that '”I'hree rep-I M13 B13-0km0l'C Called ”S1'0SS 31'1- com.' digiiities", Mr. Read was finally

day protested the low 131-ms out vetcrans' hospital recently. and it

A Sorry Episode

(Globe and Mall)

The case of Warrant Officer I-Ianry Albert Read. revealed in the House of Commons on Tues- day by Mr. John Blaclcmore, is an appalling story of official inepti- tude and professional stupidity. According to the data placed be- fore the House, W0. Read was in- jured while making a. parachute landing in Sweden afber the cel- ebrated raid on the German V- bomb centre at Pecneinundrp Germany. in 1944. Mr. Read says

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that. a few months after he had was discovered that he had had a i

bailed out. his "neck began twitching." The army doctors told him the cause was psychological, and he had repeated examinations

pain. growing deformity. and what

given an X-ray in at Vancouver

i broken back. He was actually in I

a very dangerous condition. l

During all that time Mr. Read ; had tried, amid growing difficult- ies. to earn his living. As might have been expected, he earnest- l ly sought, help. and went to va- rious DVA hospitals. But; he was always refused a proper medical examination. Mr. Blackmorc says that he was several times treated in a. very humiliating fashion. The only recognition of his disability was a 15 per cent pension for the presumed psychiatric disturbance. After the publicity. the Pensions Board this week-end raised it to the full amount.

To the lay mind, it would seem the most obvious course to give a complete medical examin- ation. with X-rays. to a man who had had a rough landing in A parachute jump. But; once some one jumped to the conclusion that the trouble was mental rather than physical. the professional minds closed. What. is least de- fensible is that each new hospital and each new psychiatrist start- ed with the case record and as- sumed its validity. Not one of them would begin again at the beginning, with even a routine physical examination. They act- ually refused io do so, when re- quested.

The obvious moral of this sorry episode is the danger to the med- ical profession of over-special- ization. Pqychiatry has its place, but the pontificai diagnoses of too many psychiatrists are the cause of much unnecessary human suf- fering. What; might. have saved Mr. Read his lomz ordeal is that old-fashioned institution. the fam- ily doctor.

for the clropiiigs-Lady Hamilton made the originals which shroud his cat. They hung like a roof over his head and feet. The cot hangs on ropes from the ceiling. and it all looks very comfortable, rather like

a bnbyls cradle. O O

The other bed which Nelson med only in port, is an ingenious collaps- ible affiilr which the Admiral used to fold up and use as B coffee-table when he was at sea. The chair in just like any other wooden chair. but the toilet cabinet, like the foldlng-bed-cum-coffee-table. is a remarkable affair.

It is about the size of an upright radio-gnrnaphone. and us lid opens up to reveal three apertures-one for the wuhbiuin and two for the shaving water and soap-dish. There is I! slot at the back. and. when you pull astrip of wood. up slides I shaving mirror. The whole cabinet can be closed up in II matter of sec- onds. and that is why it was made, so that it. could be slowed safely away as soon as the ship went into action. .

The panelled walls of Nclsuiixi three cabins have been painted hi their original color. green. to rc- mtnd the Admiral of the share that he had left. behind him, and the floor of the dining room has been covered with canvu which has been

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ISLAND

RETURN TO AN So summer comes and we return to sum-mer, Seeking the small island. Finding summer there where we remcmlhrvr Between the montlis of June and September. Everything is the same- The daisies on the hill. The quiet eyes of the Islanders. The shock of water like a flame. The tumbled rocks warm with sun. The main street with the bridge at one 'end Where the fisiieiunen meet. And at day's end the long sunsets Waking the sky as the swallows gather, As the gulls cry, and slowly the coming of night, Intimate with stars . . always the sound of water-

iThe pools emptying and filling.

The headlands white with foam, An iialwyas the sense of quiet. The sense of home.

-Sara Van Alstyne Allen.

s3G9&G9Cti0sD00&30&p;; 6 Old Charlottetown (And P. If. I.)

"Mr. James Thomson, of Tryon. has manufactured ii table-cloth eight yards long. and of propor- tionate width. in which is exhib- ited a very considerable degree of skill, both as regards workman- ship and design. It. has been pre- sented to fill! Lieutenant. Governor, as a kind of heirloom to Govern- ment House. to be used upon oc- casions when His Excellency en- tertain: the two Houses of the Legislature. The cloth was ex- hibited to the two Houses on Wed- ncsday last. and was much ad- mired. Mr. Thompson has also pre- sented the Lieutenant Governor with ii table-cloth of superior workmanship and fabric. for his domestic use. The material at these table-cloths was grown upon Mr. Thomson's own farm. and underwent the whole process of preparation and completion ny his own and his industrious

housewifc's hands." --Colonial Herald. April 18, 1840.

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DENTIST Dental X - Ilay

IILOIIIA BUILDING 1'19 canon 81-

Phunr 191

Mi. MacPhmon & 8::

I61 QUEEN ST.

painted in black-Ind-white dra-

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uuhu-board squares as it was in ms.

l'aIlorad-to-liieniium Clothing Thu rm. MOM and up

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Cnnacioualy or unconsciously, a good many Americans are putting China ahead of Korea. They are bent on remaking China. It would be fine to have China freed from the Reds. But for an outside power to undertake the job by force in ii very dubious enterprise both militarily and morally. That has not been the U. N. object. in Korea. To smash aggression there and insure against. A re- petition should be the peace aims. Recent victories increase the hope of attaining them.- Chrisiian Science Monitor.

The Alice-in-Wonderland char- acter of the English language is well known to all who have any knowledge of the tongue. Take, for instance, "bougli" and "bow", and then look at "dough" and "bow". ”Bow" has two mean- ings, two proiioimciations - and one spelling. Then again. why should a word pronounced coff be spelt. as "cough"? Or wh

another ”lh.rew"? As the

in Lewis Cafroll'-s time) me!"-Branbford Expositor.

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It in odd that the age of AI Jolson, the late T motion picture and radio star. should turn out. to be a matter of real importance to the Jolson estate as well as an unending subject of wi.secrn.cks. For some years before his death wltticism concerning his age was always good for a laugh. It now. turns out that his age can make ii. difference of s122.0o0 to his est- ate. If he was 64 at death the life insurance payment will be 5400.000; if 70. 8278.000. Jolson was born in Russia and had no birth certificate. AI Jolson! age-a tar- get for puns and coarse humor In his lifetime-has become in death. a. matter of big business.-twin-l nipeg Free Press).

The census takers who are going the rounds of Canadian communi- ties. inquiring of ages. origins and salaries, have had their counter- parts all down the years. We have

should one thru be "through" nndl

Queen . of Hearts herself might have said (had the expression been coined.

JUNE 25. 1951.

f Notes By The Way .LL. . . 4

- from Dan oven to Beerlhaba. um 'numbor we tha people. that I lnjy know the number of the pooplg", oEiirly records of life in Canada . have revealed incomes and mm. liner: of living almost unbeliev- able to a generation so far ad. vanced now in material com. forts. Accounts of the your 175: in Prince Edward Island, whm Halifax was only three year: old show families cherishing tam. -households which. in some cues, Iconaiated only of a Iheep. -.1 lcouple of hens. or I cow. It lg ,hard to believe that in two cen. 'tui-ies such changes could be :wroughi: not only in population but also in general living condl. ltiuns. In 1752 Jacques Le Pricu: lon Isle St. Jean, might. not have .bcen regarded as "passing rich" lwlth his one sheep and three hens. but he was hardly an, !worse off than the majority at his compatriots. What a change in worldly goods will be revealed in his descendant.-. as they meet the census taker almost. two centurlei later! - (Halifax Herald).

Dr. Malcolm McKenzie of thu shade tree laboratories at the University of M uchuneita ha: issued a timely warning to be on the lookout for a new tree dis- case known as oak wilt. Althougl no sign of it has yet. been report. ed in Massachusetts, the diseasi is believed to be moving east- ward from the central part of ill! country. No adequate means o control are Iimow-n. Telltale slam are a brown discoloration direct. ly beneath the bark and light green. yellow and reddish brown leaves which curl. stiffen and sometimes drop prematurely. These sign: are best detected ear- ly in the summer. Dr. Miclienzie offers to give expert Infomiatidn if specimens from suspected trees are sent to him at. the uni- verslty. in Amherst. This mat- ter calls for co-operation by the public. Don't take a chance on losing our beautiful shade trees -Boston Post.

LONDON. June 22-(Rcutersw

to go far back in history to find when such work was first stai-t.ed.l In the Scriptures we hear this' command: "For the king said to Joab the captain of the host

which was with him. Go nod; through all the tribes of Israel.

Two 40-center Britilh Overseas Airway: Argonauts will be divert- cd from normal route: Sunday iind Monday and placed at th- dlsposai of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company for the withdrawal on

lBrltish families from Abadan.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

FREDERIC A. LARGE. KI cU

Barrister. Solicitor. Notary Royal Bank of Canada Building Charlottetown. P. E. I. LOANS ON CITY AND FARM PROPERTIES

Bell. Murhieson 8: Foster

Barristers. Solicitors. etc.

R. R. BELL. K.C. D. L MATHIESON. LL.B.. K.C. G. R. FOSTER. LLB.

Loans on City and Farm Properties.

I50 Richmond Street Charlottetown. P. E. I.

MccPhee 8: Trainer

B.F. MICPIIEE. B.A-. K.O.

I. BOMERLED TIIAINOR. B. A. Barristers. -lo.

M. Albun Farmer B. A. LL. 3. MONEY T0 LOAN Charlottetown. P. E. l.

Chas. R. Mcfpuuid

B.A. BARRISTER, SOLICITOB. NOTARY. F.lc..

A. Walthen Gander. LL.B.

BABBJSTER. SOIJGTOI, Bu. Phillips Building In Grafton Street Money to Loan Collection

Gullckf & I-laszord

GILBERT A..GAUDE'l'. B. A., LL. I

Barrister-a and solicitor: Money to Loan

Canadian Bank of Oommercu lid;

J.- A. McGu'igun BAIIEISTIIR, SOLICITOI, Ik- NOTABY, ITO. BARIIISTER, SOLICITOI CUBRIE BUILDING

Dr. W. R. Canon Chiropractor Palmer Gradual: CHARLOTTETOWN 201 Prince St. Iholu 107'

Dr. John E. Stern:

vE'rir.'niiv.uir svnczoiv

rhono 129 288 Pownaisf. Office Hours

33' Aillwlntmcnt

I-intern Trurt " CBARLOTTETOWN Phone 1711

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Palmer & I-iuslam A. J. llASI.AiiI. B.A.. l.L.B. Barrlster. Etc.

Bank of Nova Scotia Giamberl Charlottetown. P.l:'..l. MONEY T0 LOAN

Allison M. Gillis. LL.I.

BABBISTEII. SOLICITOB. Etc.

130 Richmond st. - Cirtown. Phone 590

Joseph ii. MccMillun. LL.B.

BARRISTEII, s()l.l(.'lTOR. En 75 Queen direct l'll0Nn. 776

Maiheson. Puke 8: Nicholson

A. iv. MAT!-IESON, l(.C. A. ll. PEAKE, n.A.. u...a. JOHN r. NICHOLSON, u..n. yarriuterso No.

Collection: - Money To Loan no Great George street: Charlottetown

J. S. TAYLOR

optometrin Eyel examined, glauu fitted

Corner Rent 0 Queen SCI. Office Piinro I950-lloun loll

J. A. CARRUTIIERS

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Collection

BYRON J. GRMIT ii. I). OPTOMI-:TIlls'r 12895 Kent Street PHONE; ills Adjoining North American ilofel

Money to Loan

. 0l'POME'l'RlS'I' PHONE 2872

123 Kent Street (Nexi in Simpson: Anne!)

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