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" Dally (Founded ln i881)

President: Lient. Col. W. Chester S. Meltnre Vice-President: J. B. Burnett, l‘. J. I. Secretary: Llent. Col. D. A. MneKinnon, 0.5.0. Editor and Managing Director: .I. B. Burnett. I"..I.I. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Lleut. hn A. Burnett, R.C.N.V.R. (On Active Service)

"The Strongest Memory i0 Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, avcvsi‘ 22nd, 1m Federal

Revenues Decline During ]uly._ for the first time since the out- break of war, the Federal revenues of the Dom- inion showed‘ a definite decline. Collections for the month, according to a statement given out by Revenue Minister Gibson, totalled $241,755,- 981, this being a decrease of $32,539,323 as com- pared with the corresponding month of i943.

Income tax collections last month amounted tn $ro5,3(i4,248, a decrease of $30,030,095 frcim the record for _lul_v, 1943. Customs and lixcise revenue amounted to 13764591733, a decline of $2,509,239 from the total of the preceding month.

But IQ the four first months of the now current fiscal year, there was a gain of $65.926,- 971 over the Corresponding period of 1943. The total from April Ist to July 31st amounts to $9o0.342,77l. The corresponding total for the April-July’ period last year was $834,450,800.

This turn in the tide was to have been ex- pected. It ivas out of the question that the spectacular expansion of revenues which had lasted under war conditions for nearly four years should continue indefinitely. The turning point has now obviously been reached. a circum- stance which should hecarefttlly noted by those sitting at the receipt of customs at Ot- iawa.

Soviets In Berlin

Ills the Russian armies draw nearer Ger- man territory on the east. and the American and British forces close in on the west, the ques- tion of who will get to Berlin first is being agitated. The atiswcr should not matter materi- ally. It will be an .\llicd army of occupation which will take over Germany in any case. From the time of the Tchcrati conference onwards the plans of joint control and administration have been undcr ititcnsive consideration. One Russian writer, in an article in Information Bill/Fill! issued by the embassy of the USSR. at “Etshington, thus pictures the day from a Soviet standpoint: i

"I can sec in my tnintl's eye Soviet troops marching through the subdued and silent streets of Berlin: farmers, gold miners and trappers from Siberia, stccl-smelters from Leningrad, mechanics from Moscow, coal miners from the Donbas. lfJllll’ll'_\'l1lQll from the Urals, weavers front Ivanovo, collective farmers from the Volga, tractor drivers from the Ukraine, wine- growers from the Caucasus, lnmberjacks from the North, shepherds from Kazakhstan, fisher- men. poultry‘ breeders, agronomists. “P101615- drcamcrs, lovers of the muses, champions of truth.

“They march in silence along the road which the Germans call the "Avenue of Victory”, that long avenue which is punctuated with the tigly statues of conqucrors. They march past ‘stout and spiteful Valkyries, past thin and spiteful hausfraus. past squint-eyed Prussian eagles and the swastika spider which for years sucked the blood of littroytc. Past evil and villainy they will march like justice-the first army of a deeply human victory"

The Fourth Front

According lo reports from Sweden, the Al- lied landings in southern France caught the Ger- mans by surprise. If this is so, then the unly con- clusion to he drawn is that cvcn the German high gommnnd no longer pays any attention to Ger- man propzigziittlu. livt-r since the landing on tlic Normandy bfitchcs, the German radio has been having Riviera jitters. Several times within the last six weeks it has reported large convoys moving around in the llay of Genoa and has been predicting imtnitielit landings on the Lig- urian coast of ltaly- or on the beaches of south- ern France.

Moreover, for several weeks, British and American heavv bombers have been giving the Riviera an tit1pi'cct*tlct1te<l tasting in an Obvious preliminary" to invasion. The pattern was so Sllll- ilar to the one the (iertuans saw unfold in France that only military idiots, to use one of I-Iitlcrs prize phrases, could have been taken by surprise.

A far more liltely explanation lS that the Germans knew very well what was coming, but “they were powerless to do anything about 1t. Once again it was a great combined operation. The air force sitiashcd coastal defences. It went far behind the lines to blow up bridges, block railway in... and hirluvflys. and prevent G"- man troops from moving into the landing areas. The navy stood by and blasted whatever coastal defences remained. The 11111111111095 511911511 119W" behind the outer defence forces and then the infantry moved in from the sea.

School Curricula Changes

p ‘A gug-vey of changes in elementary and sec- ondary school curricula lS made m the Wartime Information Board's recent report_on Canadian sdmolg and Universities in Wartime in which {g is pointed out that "not all the _changes in Canadian educational institutions m the last {our years can be attributed directly to the 1m- pnct of war." Within tht~. lower grades 0f 1116 (Igmentafy school systems, the report states there xvas an increased emphasis on the stibjcct matter relating to religious instruction, health and nutrition, democratic citizenship and patriot- ism. Students of the upper elementary grades were given longer periods of instruction in mat- ters relating to agriculture or shop work to make

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them more useful during summer holidays and in spare time throughout the year. The report goes on to say that certain protagonists had long been emphasizing the fact school curriculum should train students for car- eers in commerce, industry and agriculture, as well as for academic careers. Under the pressure of war with its varied educational demands the curriculum has been expanded into a diversified program. Old courses have been given new dir- ection, and many optional subjects have been added with a view to allowing students a greater n choice of studies. The type of curriculum which ' is coming increasingly to be adopted is outlined in the report of the Survey Committee of the m, mum“; Canada and Newfoundland Education Associ- 111111111 0f ation. In actual operation, it consists of five de-- "ma, partments, each of which prepares students for in resign? u 119°“ distinct objectives: (a) college preparatory d_e- m°rwgfidfffogfém°flly “d PM‘ Can partment to prepare students to enter untversit- Money cannot rep ace e llmb lost ies, normal school, etc; ( b) department of c0m- ‘m 111° "@111 °1 17111119- 1711111115 @1111"

depgmnfena has; 155 2w? sllthjecis peculiar to the and understandable that neeso tcsucnsmi.

EDIIURIAL NUllib -

Signs of an early fall are not lacking, due largely to the considerable period of drought which enabled the hay harvest to he gathered in in. first class condition.

It seems the same elsewhere as here. All crops, especially potatoes, are m a very good o; casualties, disam- es and dc. condition but owing to the drought pastures are 11101111121110" 191161195 getting poor and milk flo\v is sensibly decreas- is m, now appncable w ing, the agricultural branch of the Qllcbcc B111" 511114695 eau of Statistics announces.

exhibit the same optimism regarding the early pruvlded ‘or under the termination of hostilities as do many ‘people My at home; one of them remarked on arrival at Montreal, “we still have a long way to go to 510m“ should be ramcany ma“- Berlin, and the war will not end until that ‘city ed. At the P1856111 111119 there 1S has been reached.”

0 u r D u t y To The King’: Forces

l! Ian. John Bracken Lender d ti; 2* Conservative Party Tu‘ o‘ u ., .1 .. ,

It lrric . Albe aliiiut 11th:“, on

that a high

bto discuss now the im-

I M81000 portant. su ject _of provision for

. In m": u peacetime ad‘

accorded.

not. fill the empty chair in the

mcrce to prepare students to enter the world of 110mm Bu; money and dollars can business; (c) department of agriculture to pre- D111)’ 11 part in assuring that those

who have been made dependent

pare the students of the country to become good upon m, oounuyg w,” o, Jug farmers; (d) department of trades and mdus- tlce are no worse off financially try to prepare boys to enter trades; (c) department of home economics to prepare girls for home-making and other oc- changed with the passing or the cupattons usually followed by women. courses fundamental to each department are 8111111118 10 end- I1 should 811/9 111B

because of the sacrifice that each has suffered.

1 would start at the beginning. Our Pensions Act, chopped and

the mechanical

C9191" years, should be redrafted from be- heneflts to which our disabled are

These include English. health and emmed the Status of law‘ and not In addition to these courses, each merely,

of departmental regula- tion. It. should be made so clear every man and wcman who comes under its provlslonsand the many thous- ands of willing workers who en- deavour to nld these people should be in no doubt as to what the in- tentions are and the which those intentions can be brought to fruition. - n o

The Pensions Commission should be increased in order that the most raplcl attention possible should be given to all claims. Vet- erans of this war should be includ- ed on its personnel. There has

delay going to be when the flow

lood tide?

The “insurance principle" which armed personnel in Canada should be restored to what it was before the present government. changed it. That ls to say. those who become casualties during the

Not all the soldiers returning from the front period of their service 1n uniform,

whether on duty or not, should be Pensions

The system of appeals from the

too much repetition, too much de- lay and far too little opportunity for the man or woman claiming a pension to have his or her case

steps by *

been delay already. What ls that be g

decisions of the Pensions Commis- 1

Signs of the times multiply. The Vatican city settled with the rapidity which 1s

newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, expresses

belief in an Allied victory. In an article on the of the women's forces should be of Atlantic chartg; ljOgservatore said the entire 51110523,‘, imam IEHL .

world now "is dominated by the Allied armed forces" and expressed the hope that the prin-

desirable.

Pensions payable to the members

ac the same scale as

The present iniquitous situation

with regard to what ls called "pre-

ciples of the charter would be translated into enlistment mndmonp. Should be

wiped out.

The Progressive-Con-

reality in international life.

Until recently he was secre- Show u‘, would be

Meetings and discussions now Britain make it seem possible that there will

servatlve Party has already gone on record with regard to this. As things stand at present a claim-

Brigadier Daniel C. Spry, 3i, of Winnipeg, my; {or P31151011 can, and brten has become Canadas youngest general, Defence 11°95» 111111 1111115211 111 111° P°1l111°11

where he is told that some physi-

I-Ieadquarters having announced his promotion ca] handycap which he believes 1s from Brigadier to acting Major-General, suc- due to military service ls attribut- ceeding blai-Gcn. George Kitching, 33,,a divis- ional commander of Montreal, as the mosgyouth- he did not even know existed. ful of‘ Canada's high-ranking officers. Crahant 7'01" m“!

ed by the board to a pre-enllsttnent condition which, in many cases.

is that. when men or

women are finally accepted for

Spry, well-known former Canadian newspaper- get-vice their physical category, at. man who has been living in Britain for some l" 1118 111K189 01' 801118 111116. 8111' time, is a brother. tary to Sir Stafford Cripps.

thirty days, for hidden ailments to eonslde ed fixed -— that the category then of- ficially pronounced by the medl- cal examiners should be unalter- f - able as far as it. effects pension a °°1 l“ rights later on.

From that, time on there should be no onus of proof required of a

come, postwar; a. movement to require some sort of “minimum qualification‘ for persons th up later are attributable to war and therefore pensionable.

This ls the law in Great Britain. So far the Canadian Government has refused tn brln similar situation in . ought. to be chapgep immediately.

Sport Good: and Playthings. "It has often been pointed out that for all the skilled trades, ent- rants receive training or atiprcnticeship extend- ing over a good many years, while ‘just anyone We know the frequent re- Le,

m phase of rehabilitation, viz dis- ability pensions.

Veterans of the Great War will

can open a shop‘. sult. Retailing is a skilled occupation. If that was not known before it was certainly made plain in wartime."

and author, died this date 1940; was professor of physics and subsequently principal of Liver- added and me" were

pool bmversity; was president of the Psychical corporated ln the basic Research Society; and of the British Associa- tion; was Knightcd in 1902; in 1919 received the Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts °111111Y¢11t "'9" llltfldequale- as the pioneer in wireless tclegraphy; his purely O scientific work was supplemented by excursions into the field of spiritualism, his two principal works in this connection being “Raymond, or Life After Death", and “Christopher, a Study in I-Itimati Personality. .

to controls and a return to their former liber- tiesand individual enterprise be satisfied with- 1% out permitting that return to be so rapid as to exaggerate, rather than alleviate the suffering

part of it not yet enmeshed in the state socialism ed

fall, says the Gazette, Munitions Minister Howe 01 will be called upon for a. franker and fuller dts- endow Th”, “e ncewm‘ “my. closure of industrial demobilization plans that Y present war conditions make possible.

n n e 4- ‘I1’

~ nlion rates shall Edna in keeping with the cost of v

and can be made orderly, but they also contend that this orderly process can only be accomplish- ed by a continuance of many of the present rigid controls for two years after the fighting is fin- d ished, ~-,.-,~- -- - n. o

wishing to start a retail business, according to

I i l 1'

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, British physicist

1'9

n

The scale wrong then-it ls even more wrong

DOW

discharged nun or woman to show

at physical defects which show

anada This

e refer now to another

pensions was

muneratlon

form of unskilled labour. A totally disabled man and a widow with children cannot maintain the stan- dard of living which each has

I ll 8 I If,‘ o lves, are debarred by

How can the craving of the people for an end

8

of

11188115 which they would have had e rliht

from the opportunities

expect if their fathers had liv-

l I O No one will den that. the cost

living in recon years has in-

from wartime restrictions? Close consultation cram‘, grew _ cowobnvh,‘ M“.

will be demanded by private enterprise or that uses

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and ot er increases have en authorized for those employ‘ in industry. nut nu provfllvn

of post-\var expansionist planning, and this whatever has been made by way

At least aimillion Canadians are engaged in

B80.

cost-of-livlng bonus for those

the some as they did ‘flve W!"

It is the intention of the Pro- uslve Conservstlvge gm:

When rsttu-rted to

war production. If reconversion can made h‘ tutu," comm-m, gradual and the demobilization of war industry made orderly transitional unemployment can be

will immediately see that. Jul ce ll done to these ple and that th! whole scale o

pensions ll liven

kept down to a minimum, bu! 11 C1111 0111)’ 11¢ immediate and sympathétipgeféllzi;

ment.

stion and brought in

achieved by the closest co-operation between the "rum condmmt government and private industry, by the utmost candor on the part of the Munitions Depart- M¢11 91 111B’ 111511155 111111 1111111511)’ who with special prov l

tef that It the

nsion should

Gill ODE-QUERY

went to Ottawa as dollar-a-year men and other- those, such as widows and children.

who are particular-l

handles d.

wise, are convinced that reconversion must be The Denna“ m. ma,“ ‘ho b,

two-fold. (To Be Concluded)

uni-T ma. s

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FINANCING THE NEW EDUCATIONAL SET-UP Bin-The orit -

a n. cinlensmbl ml. “”‘ of all the Prov

necessary to equip them for these jobs; so-here ts where our teacher's I "ldcnces might come in and the rehabilitat- ion of some of our returned mcn to fit them to become directors of our new "Educational Centres" which are to take the place of our old rural schools. '

S0. Why cannot Prince Edward Island take the lead tn this new proposal? Be the first to put it in practice? The federal authorities are eorrimitted to tzlve work to all returnedmen who arc capable of working. They are onlv too anxious to receive new suggestions cf how this may be done, for ll; will be an arduous task: the man must be suited to the job; the Job to the man. And, ln many cases, the re- turned men wlll not he capable- physlcnlly. of occupying their old lobs Some. havlnrz lost, an aim or a leiz, etc. will not be physically capable of undertaking anv stren-

the young. Many too. of the re- turned men——for various reasons. will desire other lines of work than that ln which thev were moaned before the wnr Of course there will group returning who entered the war fresh from mhool and col- lcfle and so never worked at any civilian job. I am sure that in each of these grcwps some may be found. who would make splendid post- war school-teachers-to use the old name, though a. more dignified attractive, and adequate one should be found for this Job in our post- war set-nip.

The Provincial authorities would be well advised to communicate with the authorities once 1n regard to this matter-lie- fore all funds for rehabilitating these war-returned men, have been utll- zed-"rmir province needs money for this purpose-we are badly in need of new educators and cf an entirely new type-why cannot. a plan be immediately devlsecl for giving some of our bctter-educa-tcd boys-particularly those who nave been plwslcally miflttetl in the war for strenuous physical labor-suit- able trainlng to become directors u our new Educatlonul Cen- es___..b .

Apart, even. from the present time being opportune for us now to receive federal help to carrv our. t plan, we must, remember that the province 1s now better off, fl - socially, perhaps than ever beic e. So ,this is certainly the time ltmaugurute these long-needed Ike- forms as well as opening up n n \v avenue of work for a. certain t; of returned man-this in itself e- tng a worthy object.

Why cannot the ministers of - ucatlon in the various Proviu s immediately consult together in tie matter -and arrange n united plan? —“1n unltv is strength" as well us economy.

In a subsequent letter I pur se discussing how retzurned men co ld be fitted for these jdbi.

I um, Blr, etc. M. it" F. Moncton. N. B. APT NOMENCLATURE

The Smithsonian Instltutlo ‘s fossil lmprlrm, of a jellyfish is b -

llllpvcd t0 be the Oldest evidence l’ e.

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