rscsjrouks THE GUARDIAN

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CIRCULATION . g l "Covers Prince Edward island like the dew

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink". ...s..aa.A--i s.x1"vnn.u. APRIL 25. 195: I .. - .. .. ......p

Cl.-lAllLOT'l'E Oi V.

Diioiinifiignt Indeed

Prime Minister Churchill has joined the distinguished order of Knights of thc Gar-I ter, the liigliest honour he could accept at, the hands of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth without giving up his seat in the House of Commons. Herc. indeed is an example ofl "honour seeking the man", for no title-i

can outshine the lustre of Churchill's; name as Britain's great war leader. 1116 man who personified the refusal of his,

people to admit defeat and led them to triumphant victory. Now tlfltilli at the helm in peacetime, after .1 temporary defeat of his Party, he shows the same outstanding ability and genius for leadership. He is indeed a great world figure. Perhaps of no other living maxi can it be more safely predicted that his name and fame will sur- vive, an inspiration to future generations Is it has been to his contemporaries throughout the Commonwealth and among free peoples cvcrywliere.

He is now Sir Winston. Nothing added to his stature thereby, it may be said; but it is highly fitting that in the honours being bestowed by Her Majesty at the out- set of her reign, the name of this great patriot, soldier, statesman and historian should lead all the rest. It is an auspicious omen, and will be hailed with pleasure and satisfaction by his millions of admirers and well-wishers on both sides of the Atlantic.

New Era In Movies

1t seems that we are in for Fl revolti- tion in the motion picture theatres com- parable to that of 25 years ago with the change over from silent to sound films. This change. is coming through the intro- duction of three-dimensional movies. Cana- dian theatre managers, back from a con- tinent-wlde conference at Hollywood on the new development, report that 3-D is about to sweep the country. Theatres are being re-equipped for the flood of 3-D films re- leases next autumn. Some of the big studios have made their last two-dimension- al films and are now concentrating on 3-D. Other studios have slowed up production on their 2-D commitments.

The 3-D picture is now being produced and projected by several differing and com- peting processes. Some employ the stere- optic principle which requires the audience to wear goggles. Others attain the illusion of depth by arrangement of an extra-large curved screen and by using stcreophonic sound, consisting of 5 to 19 loudspeakers arranged behind the screen and around the theatre so the sound seems to come from where the corresponding action takes place. One uses three projectors using films shot. from three angles to give the illusion of depth.

The methods being used to gain the effect of three dimensions on the screen today vary as did the methods used for the reproduction of sound when ”talkies” were first out. The best practical 3-D method for general use will he arrived at only after months of trial, as was the ease with sound methods. Already, how- ever, it is beinr: heralded as the movie theatres reply to television which has been credited with holding people at home and away from the theatres.

Canada's Natural Bastion

Since the Russlaii armed forces became a menace to the Western world there have been whispers that in the event of war Canada might suffer :1 mass invasion from the Arctic. The sharp military common- sense of Field Marslial Viscount Montgom- ery has silenced these whispers, notes the Hamilton Spectator. He places the North Pole in a low category as a danger area and thinks a major assault t'rom the Arctic most unlikely. .

Time and SD80" are the foundations of military strategy: in war each has an in. timate effect on the other. Both are Can- ada's best military allies. it is doubtful whether any country in the world, even India with her Himalayas, has a better nat- ural bastion than Canada's northland.

The cost of moving a mass of men and material thousands of miles through this vast, inhospitable wilderness to the targets and population centres of Canada staggers the imagination. The Spectator recalls that in the first seven weeks -of the Normandy assault, the proportion of stores landed was one ton per. -man and one vehicle per five men. The distance between British bases

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and the Continent was infinitesimal com- pared with the distance between Russian territory and the settled parts of Canada. Until cargo-carrying planes the size of an ocean liner are built, the problem of sup- plying a vast fighting force thousands of miles from its home bases will not be solved. The key word in the Field Mar- shal's statement was ”major." it does not preclude isolated landings of guerillas or saboteurs by parachute, or from the sea, nor, as the Field Marshal said, a planel getting through and dropping "the odd bomb." The Spectator adds:

"Forgetting the old atlases. with their flat and deceptive maps, and looking at the globe, Canada's tsoft under-belly', from the Russian point of view, could be the north Pacific coast. This might invitcj landing on a limited scale, but the hazards of supply would increase with every day as opposition grew on land, on sea and air.i A beach head might become a death trap.l

tilt is a military axiom that no barrieri is impregnable. Those who forget this suffer the fate of the French behind the Maginot Line, the British in Singapore and -the Germans, who were promised by Goering that not a single cnemy plane would penetrate the Reich's defences.

”The Canadian northland, vast as it is, should still have its defences. They need not be great, but sufficient to add to the problems of space and the elements and make the boldest strategist quail at the thought."

EoifoRiAi."NoTES

Easter. l O I 0 Birthday of H. R. H. the Princess Royal,3 Col.-in-Chief Royal Canadian Signals. ll 0 O 0 l Fish and pork scraps used to get alongi very well together but now alas it seemsi that fish and pork scrap. 0 O 0 Usually it is American authorities who express doubt about the sufficiency of! British security measures but the shoe is on the other foot in the questioning of re- leased Prisoners of War. I O I The season in Charlottetown harbour has certainly opened with a wave of port activity. Soon all Island harbours will be busy. Georgetown, of course, does not ad- mit to having been closed. 0 O 9 Today good roads are vital to any com- munity. When they are temporarily im- passable that fact is brought home to all. This year we have been most fortunate in having such conditions for a very brief time indeed.

Coronation celebration plans are gath- ering momentum in the Province. The commemorative medallions which all Cana- dian school children will receive, will make an excellent souvenir of the occasion but local plans for celebrations will require a lot of work in order to mark the great oc-

casion suitably. .

Another Prince Edward Islander has distinguished himself, this time in the spe- cialized field of speed photograhy as ap- plied to the race track. He is Mr. W. Ru- pert Godfrey, of Marshfield, and his achievement is recounted fully in today's "Down the Back Stretch" notes.

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Anzac Day. The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the First World War rendered most conspicuous service in the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign. The Corps effected a heroic landing this date 1915 un- der intense difficulties at Gaba Tepe, later known as Anzac Cove. After the evacua- tion they fought in Macedonia, Salonika, Egypt and France.

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School accommodation in Charlotte- town, already strained beyond capacity, will be in even greater demand for the next school year. A recent report indicates that the schools are now 700 pupils over capacity and that next term eight addi- tional classrooms will be required. The City Council some time ago requested the School Board to make immediate plans to

remedy the situation. 0

Canada had five per cent fewer hogs on December 1, 1952, than the year previous. The total of 5,237,000 hogs represented an increase of seven per cent in western Can- ada and a twelve per cent decrease in east- ern Canada. Only Saskatchewan and Al- berta showed increases. By provinces On- tario had 1.8 million hogs, Alberta 1.26 million, Manitoba 1.07 million, Quebec 1.04 million. Saskatchewan 560,000, P. E. Island 72.000, New Brunswick 71,000, British Col- umbia 54.000, and Nova Scotla 53,000. There were 22 per. cent fewer sows expect- ed to furrow between December 1 and May 31, than last year, a decline of nine per

cent in the West uidthirty t1 the East. ipieroen n

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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Festival of St.-Mark: 3rd Sunday after. 1

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This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Gusrdlan does not necessar- ily endorse the Olllllloll 0' correspondents.

COIN OR TOKEN? sir.-I wonder if any of Your readers could give me Mill p1Il' formation on a coin with "Prince Edward Island 1857” on one H00 and "self Government and Free Trade" on the other. Is it s penny? If so, of what value is it lodly 11 ny?

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MRS. JAMES s. MACLEDD Bayfield. P.0.

THE LIQUOR PROBLEM

Sirrwe have now been living under the new Temperance Act for five years and every man who cares for this Island that is his home must. be asking himself this question: What damage will drink do to this Province in the next. five yeacs? This is 9. land to love with its shining homest.eads,g1ts rich fields and no devastating storms or floods. A splendid place to live: but in these past five years we have sustained serious damage through drink, and with new outlets and an increasing (low we must expect an increase in broken homes, more people maimed and more .tragic signs along our roads. This inc1'es.se is as inevitable as the going down of the sun tonight. From the be- ginning of human history, drink and damage have gone together as insepsrably related as the moon and the tides.

The Governrnent. is doing the right thing in putting on stricter road supervision, but that will not lessen the drinking not stop the killing. As long as drink is so avtulable, and the drinking habit spreading as it is today, drivers will drink and accidents will oc- cur, in spite of all precautions.

Let us look at. the record. Be- tween the years 1945 and 1949, just. before the new Temperance Act got. under way, the increase in liquor sales was 34 per cent. But betwen 1945 and 1952 the iii- crease is 262 per cent. This in- crease i.s largely in the four years in which the new Temperance Act was in operation. You see what 8. tremendous boost this Act has given to the sale of liquor in this Province.

In these last two or three years there has been e. great. increase in the number of men drinking. In Charlottetown, Summerside and on the roads one sees more drink- ing. The streets, leading to the liquor stores. are crowded. Empty bottles everywhere along the road- sides. Yesterday morning I saw three. .

And with this increase in drink- ing has gone an increase in fatal road accidents. In the last two years the record has been truly alarming. In 1951-20. In 1952-25. and at least there were four fatali- ties mt. included in the above list. We are getting is name for our- selves.

The Government is beginning at the wrong end of this problem. Re- duce the sale, instead of boosting it. Put. it fence around the cliff instead of ii. hospital at the foot. A pound of prevention is worth I ton of cure. .

If something is not. done to stop this increasing flood of ii- quor flowing over our Province than in the next five years, at this rate, life and limb on our roads will not be safe.

I am, Blr. etc., W. I. GREEN Stanley Bridge.

Behold. the lord's bend ifnot that it cannot one; that it cannot hour: but your lnlqultloe have separated between you end your ova. end your line have hid his fun from you, nut in will

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COLONIAL BLDG. corrrnscrs ',l . l

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"Contracts been entered into for erecting the Colonial Building. It has been taken in

eight separate and distinct con- tracts. No. 1, Nova Scotla stone; 2, Carpenters work and materi- als, with exception of Nova Sco- tia stone; 3, Carpentcrs' and join- crs' work and materials; 4, Plast- crers' work and materials; 5, Slot- crs' work and materials; 6, Paint- ing and glazing. and materials; 7, Plumbers' work and materials; 8, Excavating for foundation, etc. "The whole of this work has been taken by inhabitants of the Island, with the exception of the Nova Scotia stone. No small praise is due to the Commission- ers for the judicious mode they have adopted in letting the work by separate contracts, thereby not only affording an opportu- nity lo the different tradesmen of offering for the work peculiar to their individual trades. but of cf- fectlng a saving to the Govern- ment of upwards of B000-that being the difference between sep- arate tenders andlthe whole thing taken by one person."

-Royal Gazette, Oct. 21, 1842.

Whale Meat

(Hamilton Spectator)

Whale meat may soon appear in greater quanirtitiee in British shops. Whale fleet owners are being urg- Ed by izovemn-lent scientists to bring back the three and four-ton fillets from the carcas so that they can be cut. up and sold in the shops instead of being ground into meal: meal. The prospect will bring grim smiles to the faces of some Britons who are still mourning the Juicy beef steaks of times past.

The belief that the whale is in fish and not a. mammal is a ham one to remove from the public mind. The meat is dark and Kroined and with 9. little imagina- tion may be said to resemble beef. Li-be-mlly decorated (some cynlcs SKY "03-mmlfl-8-fled") with fried on- ions. whale steak is said to be re- markably like beef It first taste, but with n. fishy flavour in the after-taste.

As the population of the world increases and the pressure on the world food supply grows. these experiments must be expected. Sauced with suitable propaganda, whole meet may become popular with the public. Newfoundlsnders have enjoyed it. for centuries and now sell it in cans ss"polnr steaks".

Since the war, Canadians have seen horeeburgers Join hamburg. em on lunch ooimtlus If the taste for whole meal. travels west- ward, whsleburgece my join them.

Sicily. the Medlterranmn island where the invasion of Italy started,

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THE OIL-SKIN FLEET (Dedicated to our Fishermen)

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Down to the seas in exile and was before the rising sun. As dawn breaks o'er the rolling

waves, the work has long un- When prows plow throuzli the

wlhlte-copls foam and tides are running high

Where stem - faced men in salty spray work mouth a lowermg sky.

The traps are stacked in heigh- tened piles along with nets and bait.

From stem to stern athwa.rt. the beam with gear and lobster crates;

As outward bound they rise and drop on waves that crest and fell.

On moving tides that ebb and flow in sea troughs that nlppall.

Tliesc seamen of the Strait and Gulf with llt'al'1S .4 .-..... .. .. strong,

with muscles toil and

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hardened by their. spirits filled with

song, They meet. the duty of their call upon the breaking wavc,-- Thesc he-men of the bounding sea, so rugged, kind and brave.

Far out. from land in ocean lanes with windward tides and lees.-

They chug and sail oft Princy's coast in squall. or calm. or breeze;

To fish beds on the ocean's floor beyo;.d the Island's shore,-

sail men of noble heritage, born of the Vikings lore,

Whose forbeiirs came from coun- tries old beyond the distant

see;

who left their home to Westward

room, in search of liberty,--- the wide and bounding

main to countries that be- ulle

Across

the places they called New and some to P. E. Isle

So. here's a toast. we give to you. men of the oil-skin fleet.-

Thc friends and neighbors whom we know find those we hope to meet,

As homewud bound we come to you. upon vaca.tlon's cell-

In Springtime, or in '5 heat, or harvesting of Fall.

-Peter A. Reilly Boston, Mass.

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By Observer p 1

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NO NEED TO FEEL INFERIOR

”'I'here's nothing wrong with this Island", R friend remarked the other day, "that a shot, of self-

lconfidence cculd-n't cure", The idea

he had in mind was that as s com-.munity living in more or less geographical isolation we are in- cllned to exhibit. ii trace of in- feriority. In a way this is natural enough. Prince Edward Island is ii small Province and its economy is built around small resources, or at. least. limited resources, We have no large centres of population and only A very few small towns. Our per cupita wealth is not impresive and there are practically no heavy industries, due largely to the lack of basic materials.

It is unfortunately true that many of our young people who go on to aClvanced'training in the arts and sciences must. go outside the Province to find suitable op- portunitles for their talents and

would like nothing better than to own a farm and work it pro- ductlvely simply cannot. realize his ambition. Neither money nor credit is available for the purpose. . . .

While I have no actual figures

at. least half the rural populntlon is wltfhout electricity. Good trans- portation is much limited and, not- withstanding the acceleration of road building operations in recent years, there are still scores of dis- tricts where good or even passable roads are unknown. Not only are we remote from the larger main- land centres; in many instances, at certain times of the year. there is ii. feeling of isolation among ruldexits of adjoining school dis- tricts. often it takes a letter three or four days to go from one post- offlce to another only it few miles away.

In assessing the blame for these conditions (excluding, of course. those that are attrlbutalble to nature or our star-si the obvious thing is to think of flhe govern- ment. Actually. governments have very little to do with them. and members of government share with everybody else the inconveniences which, for the most part, are in- herent in our geographical situa- tion, The smaller and the more scattered the population. the more difficult the process of administra- tion becomes. This is a fundamental law -and governments can do little to change it, It would be wonder- ful if the governments. in some nilraculovus way, could put electric lights in every home and good roads in front of every door. But so long as provincial revenues re- main as they are there is not much sense in expecting such 3 miracle to take place.

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No doubt the conditions I have mentioned and others of like pat.- tern are mainly responsible for whatever sense of inferiority we exhibit as 1! community. It mav be natural enough, but a natural emotion or impulse is not neces- sarily wise. In this case I, think it is downright foolish.

I am not quite sure about this. but I believe it was Mr, Ssvlllc who in one of his many speeches in the Legislature said: "Let us no out from this House and help our young people to have a faith in the future of this Province", nr words to that effect. It was. in- deed. is sensible thing to say, I devoutly hope the admonition will be heeded. There is no finer thing that any person in a nosltion of influence and responsibllty can do than to encourage the younger generation to have faith not onlv in the future or their native land but as well in its present.

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of the situation That must r... F to 3. community as well as film individual. Wishing for the pp? ly im-possible is futile; lliiiillldllli ways and means to erect a 5l:'o.,-5: structure on the foundation have can be prorfita-blc, In all ,,,,. travels I have not. found .. mm) munlty - large or small -. hf cultural foundation is rsscnl,.',n,. any better than our own. i t O or

All Island communities are nmv; for a certain kind of lnanl.-u-:1..- and B. peculiar form of ,.,.,', vlncialism, Usually, it. is .,,.. ,,., sularity and a provincialism ulm'-1 can be turned to good ;.,-c,,,,,.. M the enrichment. of life in all its fundamental aspects. This is l'P1'. talnly true of this Island if he could only bring thc lll.'lj0lLly ,1

0111: l'!90lJ1e - including tid- poliiiciuns -- to see things iii '1,;.- light.

Discovery of oil wells. llll".tr-1

deposits, and the like, which limo added to the material wca't'n of other parts of Canada, me vol likely to come our way It grains accuratc to assume that ll ,- economy must continue to rmzere around agricultural H.Cill'itlF'S of one kind and another. Tliern is nothing more sound than ting

really, in view of the fact. 23...; more than half of the wo-”.l-

population must exist in a ,r."i'o of insufficiency with respect. to We basic foods,

How our productivity can be PM up with the needs of less fnV(lil.”l, peoples in various parts of world is, of course, a ninttrr the economic engmecrs to . about. But, all that aside, it .3 my conviction that there is n.

place in the world where a lush can find it easier to live R t".'.i, siltisfyillg life, And isn't that, ?."v-1' all, the chief goal of every mu-n-.;.: human being?

Geographical isola tlon. wk. '1 t there is of it, can be annoying nf. times, but I would say that the compensations more than rnrilzc ':',i for it, In such simple thznc climate. fertility of the hind, most complete absence of 5' '

dangers as floods, hurric.. .a, drought. etc, we are much bettrr off than some other regiors our country, to snv nothlnc N off places.

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Taking one thing with oiiollw. and comparing our” lot. with that of much larger communities, I see. no reason at all Why we slimrztl bclittlc our possessions or our l--.- heritnncc. I see plenty of 1-c,i:.nr why we should stand up and pro- claim in all the world that n-ir Island is ii good place to inc. We may not have some ' e which others have: on the nth hand we l'I:il'P. a few things will others luck. On balance the r' total shows up very well, It is t that we do not have great ir. . ence on the economy of Canndi and, a.pvparentl,v, our political pres- surc is slight. It is also true. litm- cvcr. that our forcl'.1tlicrs hurl .1. great deal to do with the archrcr- ture of our count.r,v's history.

Here I recall some lines f'f0lll the pen of Edgar Guest. While they were written in an entire” different connection perhaps thcv might not be nllozctlier mi' of place here. ”should no this walk come ircnrli.

or smiling fame,

some little tre-zisurc might be mldrri

here, But life itself would still rt :I1ni'l

the same. .

Love is no sweeter in a lnf'lZ"r sphere.

This little world of ours wlwrelii we live

Holds now the rlchc.-l. joys r'rCfl1

We are what we are and the sensible thing is to make the best

life can give",

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