east: roux TllE GHARLUTTETUWN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily tI-‘ounded in i887)

President: Lient. Col. W. Chester S. McLIro Vice-President: J. It. Burnett. F. J. I. Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. Maclfinnon, 0.8.0. ~‘ Editor and Managing Director: .l. R. Burnett. l"..l.l. ' Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Lieut. Ian

A. Burnett. R.C.N.V.R. 10o Active Service)

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

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After Germany Falls

Some time ago. while Parliament was in session, Hon. Dr. ii'l1C'.."l‘ZllSC(l the following issue, as reported in llan- 1rd:

110x. 1-1. A. BRUCE (Parkdale): “Mr. Speak- er, I shotild like to (lircct a question t0 the Prime Blitiistcr. \\iill the government, before this S€$§lilll closes, pass the order in council necessary to make all tho-e drafted under the National Resources Alohilizatitni .-\ct available for service aiiyivlierc

Rtoit-r nos". w. 1,, .\t.-\r.<i:xzti-: KING (Prime Minister): ‘The lion. nicniber will be fully aware of tllt Iiiveriitiiciifs attitude as soon as any change is iiizvlc, heft-rs u" aftrr the session is concluded."

111:. iiitrcit; "l should like to ask a stipple- nientary (itiestion. When the liuropcau war is terminsltd will the gov uiciit ask those who have wtin that war to fig it ant-flier war on the Pacific tiitliciiit in the iizczititiiiie itiakitig the home defence ariny available for the task?"

MR. .\i.-\(.'Kl-'..\'7ll-I l\'l.\'t?Z “It would he utterly improper for the governziiriit to make any an- nouncement witli l't‘~'tiL'Cl to tiiatters that relate to the strategy of the war and which are part of the general plans for the war. The hon, member. I azii sitrc. on reflection will realize that it would he tun-t llll‘.\l*(‘ to inform the en- emy of zuiytliitig that we are going to do."

Evidently thc lritish li0\'(‘i'l‘illll'll[ is less concerned about the HIHVlI-(lfllll of "informing the eiieni_v“—tvi‘ more concerned with the merits

of the case-than is Prime Minister King and his colleagues a: (lttawa. ln an official bulletin just received front the Liziited Kingdom Ittf0r- mation Office. an outline is giveit of the Brit- ish plan for prosecution of the war iii the Far East after the defeat of (,iCl'lll.'l.i])'. Therein it is stated that not only will thcrc he no demobil- ization of the Armed Forces or of war industry until japan is beaten, hut iliat “compulsory re- cruitment of the Armed Forces ‘will continue f0 pi"t'c rrliijf to thorn lit I/ie Farm’: tt-lio llflTf‘ serv- ed for long; frrizizlr."

This, of course, is nothing btit nierc justice to the men who have endured, for months and years. the dangers and llZ1"/l$lll_DS 0f active serv- ice. \\'hat comfort ctui it give the enemy’ to know vihat these nicir who lime dotie their bit will

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Time's corrosive (l€\\"(lI'OlI eats The giatit warrior to a crust Of earth and rust to rust.

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be replaccrl by fiw-li drafttfls in the war against japan? Iiut _’i‘inie .\lin.7<.ter King is afraid that a similar ileclaratiott 0n his part would be "utterly iii1tii'0prr"——it being, forsoothl a mat- ter relating to “the strategy of the war" and therefore >tilllclllillg abotit which it would be "most ‘.lll\\l~'[‘ to inform the etienrv!"

.__ Fighting Diphtheria

The National Imniu nation \\'eek, sponsor- ed by the llealth Lcagtie of Canada Sept. 10- 16, served to draw attention to an address by. Dr. Roger G. Knipe of Prince Rupert, B. C., at that province's annual institute for public health workers at Yictoiii last Spring. The address was published li_v the (faiiadlan journal of Public Ilcalth and in it Ur. Kitipe told how a dangerous situation in the Prince Rupert area in regard to diphtheria was checked through the agency of an active anti-diphtheria cani- paign.

The situation \\'as brought about by influx of workers to the area to take. part in a vastly t expanded war effort. Diphtheria was unknown

in the area in the years intniediately tirecediiig j the war. Tihmugh 1941-43 the iticidcncc of diphtheria iii thc area hit a ltigh mark with the peak in 1942 when 47 civilian cases represent- ing 78 per cent of the British Columbia total. ‘ This situation was checked through an in- , tensive itiinitinizatioii proyyrtttn carried out iti the area's widely scattered school population and the inatiguration of Sthick-test clinics for older age-groups. The campaign scrverl to show the value of immunization and iisc of the Scliiclt-tcst fol-

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lowed the use of toxoitl. It also served to show that diphtheria is no longci‘ largsly a diildren's disease.

"Monty"

Under the above siiitplc heading tlic War/i- Ingfon Purl, infhictitial niorning daily 0f the United States capital, paid ‘eioqticnt tribute to General Sir lleruartl I.. lilriiitgoiiiery 011 the occasion of his elevation to the rank of Field Marshal. It said in part:

"In France, Montgomery has not been as conspicuous as he was in North Africa. But it shouldn't be forgotten thtit he held the shield while (icncral Ilratlley conquered the Norman hinterland. A great menace- confronted him for, if the Germans had emptied the Pas de Calais or robot area, and flung the garrison into the battle of Cacti. the whole invasion would have been iniperilletl. The Gcritians. however, were afraid to more out of the Par; de Calais arch They were themselves. in other words, the vic- tims of the hlaginot Lin: complex the posses- sion of which by the French had previously yielded France to them. That was Motitgonieryk (and our) good fnrtune--sometliitig tipon which wchad 110t reckoitcd.

"Motitgomcry's stature in the eyes 0f the British people has not been dimiiiislietlby the more spectacular role plarved by our Amcfiflllt generals. He is their military hero-with a standing superior to ./\llenliy’s in the last war and more analogous to Nelson's. Ilc has the color llojling him to fit the part. Intrinsically, how-

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0f the mattresses. ‘I found onl he said.

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Approximately 100,000 square feet of ware- house space has been contracted for i|1 Saint john, .\'. B., for the storage of CNRRA sup- plies which will be shipped through that port. according to the Saint john correspondent of Canadian Shipping News tracts running “well into ed by F. C. Schoficld, Saint john busincssiuati, as having been negotiated for transportation and storage of the supplies. chief executive officer of the Canadian Export Board, has been in the hlaritinics iluring Airg- ust and September arranging details shipments and it is of particular interest to the that the Board taking 20,000,000 pounds of canned fish for UNRRA. Canadian Shipping News quotes .\Ir. Schofield as saying that a very large percentage of this fish will be packed iii the Xlaritimes. Fish, it is believed, will be the first major cargo to move through the lllaritinies. come clothing, farm implements and other re- lief stipplies, it is coiitendcd.

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Fines totalling $15,000 or an alternative of six years in penitentiary, in addition to a one- year sentence, was imposed upon Frederick I. Brown, president of a 'l'or0nto mattress cotit- paiiy, he having pleaded guilty to three charges of tinlaivfully delivering t': ittilitary, naval and R. C. A. F. stores defective mattresses not tic- cording to specifications. Senator Hayden, coun- sel for Brown, sajd the fine would be paid. R. C. M. P. Constable l5. hlclillionc, who conduct- ed thc investigation, tcstifcd that Brown's coni- patiy received contracts from the Department of Munitions and Supplies in 1942 and 1943. The contracts called for manufacture of mat- tresses for the army, navy and R.C.A.I<‘. total- ling 157,539 at a cost of $529,081. Nlclilhoiie said that second-hand hair and other second-hand material were used in making many “In a bundle that I examined y two (mattresses) properly made,"

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Toward the close of last war we had a Mili- tary Hospital in Charlottetown, Government House, with temporary additions, having been utilized for the purpose. Although Ilis Honour Lieut.-Governor LePage's term expires at the end of this month, no intimation has been triade regarding his successor, but it is unlikely he or the Provincial Government would consent to another such reconversioti scheme. We have s hospital for our wounded heroes, how- ever, and it has been suggested lleacli Grove military quarters might be adapted for the pur- pose. It has almost completed serving its pur- pose as a war depot, and being in near proxim- ity to the city, would prove an ideal site for such a purpose. As for equipment we have that already in abundance in the Province, the never- usetl supply stored here in case of invasion, as wgl] as the quantity at present in use at Mi. Pleasant Airport soon to hi: vacated. It is hoped the Provincial v take the necessary action. otherwise it may be l case again of “too late", "too 1316-"

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ever, he is entitled to a place among the great captains because of his genius for instilling con- fidence atid courage in the men under hint. Mont- gomery is a leader in the truest sense of the Discipline among his soldiers is so in- herent that he can dispense with the discipline of external trappings upon which many gen-

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Is there to be any move in the city and prov- ince outside of Suitimersirle to make arrange- ments for the celebration of peace when

Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic, born this date 1824; professor of poetry at Oxford; author of 111313’: and Songs, Lyrical Poems, Visions of England.‘ also compiled the Golden Irrcasitryi of English Lyrics:

It will be recalled that when the dc (iaullites attempted to seize Martinique they were op- posed by the then Vichy (iovernor, Vice Ad- tniral (icorges Robert. who was sithscqttcittly (lcportctl to Pucrto Rica following riots on the Word has just been received that he has been Jrested in Paris by the new regime. Follotving the collapse of France in 1940 Robert had the aircraft carrier Bcarn, two cruisers. and several merchant ships under his coiiiitiaiitl Blartiiiirpte, besides having charge of 2,000,000,- 000 francs in gold belonging t0 the

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The ill‘>l large co-opcrativc auction sale of feeder cattle _—— 3,000 hercfords and shiirthortis —€\’(‘l' held iii Central Canada will be held at Little Current on Maititotilin Island, Our, to- The sale. to be conducted by the hlatii- represents property‘ of betwecit 20Ov1i17d 30o producers. lii the past many Manitoulin producers have iii- dividitally sold their cattle in the spring. This year they decided to graze the animals through- out the summer atid sell them Manitoulin farmers have considerable experi- ence in the co-opcrative marketing of turkeys and lambs.

co-opcratively.

Boys in Scotland are now receiving new op- portunities for taking [l‘l"li‘ part in post-war reconstruction. Crafts learned at school provided new ambitions, and many of boys are now leaving the Edinburgh School of Building and Crafts, ready to take up their first job as apprentices in the building indtis- try. For 45 weeks the hundred boys who coni- pleted the course had been attending this novel school, acquiring knowledge of the various trades of which the building industry is composed. could have left school at fourtecti and found blind alley jobs as iitesstigye boys or young la‘- ourers at double the wage.

ed to recover the Niagara's gold, off the New Zealand coast. 1n All of them 1942. nursed the cat back to

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on my shoulders," confided to a chum, “but. 1 wish would stop wiggling so. me ltchf-Detro‘; Frag pres;

I! you are ber of jobs talnly non-essentn l- Sclencg

nologlcal progress 1n this war illustrated by Gen.

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this country is at war with Pin

Finnish people who. do not wan News-Chronicle.

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surprised at the num- listed as essential, take a look around you at. the enormous number still filled that are cer- to any- one but the Jobholdein-Christlan Monitor.

How great has been Allied lech-

Somervelfs revelalon that not a snzle piece of equipment the Americans age t e Garnnd _r1fle. was 1n production at the wars beginning. - Edmonton

_Music of the great‘. composer Jean I Sibelius was natured in a concert at Toronto. Sibelius ls a Finn and

lnnd, but, as ths izoes to prove, not. at war with art. or with they

to fight for Hltlen-Port Arthur

Italian prisoners-are being em-

THE- CHARLK WFETOWN GUARDIAN

Picture Th, uptick h“ “m, u, m, (Bowmanvllle Canadian with m, degenm o; pub, but Statesman.)

we have become used to the per- vcrsloiu o! Nazi psychology, and when Dr. Goebbels or Hitler cry out. against an alleged breach of nicer-national law by the Allied minions we pass lt, on with a tired smile. But, this perversion appears to be catching, or perhaps it is a cQmmOn characteristic of all far.- atlcs. An example of this queer mental twist occurred 1n the House of commons at Ottawa recently “then Clarence Glllls, C.C.F. membcr for Cape Breton com- plained bitterly that Thomas Reid. Liberal member for Westminster. had slanclered our sister Dominion of New Zealand. At. a previous seslon Mr. Gillts had Presented a. glowing picture of New Zealand 85 it Socialist Utopia. and had cited comparative figures which purported to show how much better they do things in that island than we do in Canada. Mr Reid went to work on New Zealcmci Government reports and discovered that, Mr. Glilis’ fact... and figures were so f - wrong as to prcsciit tlic very uppa c of the truth. Herc are 50m: the comparisons Mr lReid worked out: t New Zealand Canada Per Capital Debt

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t Dctnfnfon . $1,024 $670 00 Dcminian talus l governments provincial in Chi J $1,152 E908 00 Rate of lntcrcst. Zl.‘.Z4'I. 2.06";

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ployed 1n large numbers now on Interest charges 52B 75 $14.65 E1‘ tlsh railways. Though not‘Pei~ Cent Debt bay- iised as luggage porters. they psr- able outside 3 3 t form many tasks "behind he Income Tax scenes" at the btg stations. Most Smfllc mun _ X of them help in loading and un- $709 t1 vear Sufi $13 00X

f loading fish and fruit,

glues. and ln coal-stacking. -/ London Daily Mai. "

bred Engllshwoman never

groan of an approaching

table. remarked with perfect “Dunk you think they give you a really excellent lunch here for 3s. SdF-Manchester Guardian.

ls over. other countries to speak up as (16- clslvely. Any Government that nt-

should be dealt wlh sternly and promptly. These vllians must not be allowed to escape. - Brantford Expositor.

whim lhe saivagemeu arrived to start work, ten days after the wreck 0f a frelghter on the Aus- tralian coast, the only living thing on board was n black cat. Expert. John Johnstone, who help-

Strength. find gave it to a woman race-horse owner as mascot ‘for her star performer. So far, the luck has been restricted to the cat. —Australlan News Letter.

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The army trucks built by the British automotive industry are claimed to have a running life several times longer than the best German trucks» Testimony t0 the truth of this statement came from the Nazis. A regimental order qt the German 155th Motor zed fn- fantry fell into Allied hands. It read: “For this reconnaissance, as andeed for every other desert ac- tion. only captured British trucks a" 10 be Employed. since German trucks suck 1n the mud too often." —Mon‘real Gazette.

Poems cannot cure asthma; po- lice at Buenos Aires. Argentina, pointed out to a disappointed pati- ent who pnld $5.000 to r1d lfmself of the malady» The Draws took into custody a quack doggqr who hail claimed to be a "magic heal- er and his assistant, who pre- pared verses to be recited several times daily until ailments disap- peared. The assstant admLted that even this type of pQeLry- writing is unprofitable, 11s the “doc- tor‘ had pocketed most of the pm- fis fPOm his transactions with ‘health-seekers.

Canada has a new slogan 1,0 add 1.0 the famous battle words of i115- wry. It ls, "Don't Send Reln_ forcements." Four crack rfle com- Plihles of the Royal Highlanders of Canada were trapped on g ban-en rldize Just above May-sur-Orne July 2a. After a savage fight they

ere annihilated by the German;

3J0!‘ Phlllp Griffin, In command fter his two senior officers had " en _klled. sent back a message, Dori t Send Rcinforcamsnts," 11110111118 that the reinforcements would be cut. to pieces. The Maple Leaf Fbreverl—Jersey City Journal

'Brltlsh ni- bride! of Cgugdlgn i Idlers have been arriving 1n ariada. for the past yenr or two rid many more will come, NU 11188 01 immigrant. should be more zelcome lti this country than re-

cleaning carrlages, cattle wagons and en-

Thls story proves that a weliw lcsssl tier presence of mind. A young wo- man, lunchlng 1n a London restau- rant, heard the crescendo wall and doodle- bug and promptly dyed under tne There she very nearly col- lided with an earlier arrival, who ' aplomb,

Switzerland has made it clear that none of the German war crim- inals will be allowed to find asy- lum in that country when the war It might be welt for some i

fords refuge to the Nazi criminals

Married mnn. 2 child- ren $1,500 a year $154 $26 50x x-Jre-latest Canadian budget re- fundable deducted.

Annofved at this exposure of mie- rtpresentatlon Mr Clllic indig-

Pronhecv And (litres

Like all other wars this cnc has had its crop of tizophcts There was, we recall, an Edmonton seer. who predicted that; the ivar would be over on August 31, 1941 Later, he revised the date to September 24 of the same year, being no doubt lust as confident about the second as the first Then there was u gentleman in Toronto who had it all figured out from the Bible that the Germans woatu be finally defeated in September, 1942. But three and two years, re- spectively. have gone by and the war is not over yet.

Not. manv years ago. tl1l< addic- llcn to itrcizliccv would 11.11": been denounced by a cert '11 patty. which 110w modestly obscures its identity, as a capitalistic phenom- enon, a sign of the weakness of mind of peoples believing in free enterprise. 1t. ie therefore reassur- ing to discover that the ltussians are not, superior to this frailty. Numercloglsts ln Moscow’ had It. till worked out. at one time. that the war 1n Europe positively would be over 1n 1943. Figures cannot lie!

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More recently there was a ' petisant girl in Italy who had a vision of llll" war terminating at the end cf last July The series of predictions was capped by an anonymous humorist who. by add- ing t0 the year of birth. the tuze of the leaders of six utarrlng nations. Churchill, Hitler, Fnnsevelt. Ii Duce. Stalin, Tojo. and ticrfotming the some operation with the year of their taking office and its term in years, arrived tit the figure 3.883 for each. which. divided by two

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any one adds hfs age to the yenr of his birth lie will get the present year, and bv doing: the same ivltlt imv event in his life. and adding the two additions together he will arrive at the mvsttc number 3,888 I Astronomers can make precise predictions of celestial events. such as the time of sunrise, the appear- ance of an eclipse or a comet, but slmllar calculations are not possible ln human affairs, for tltc cutcamn of an evcnt is often dependent upon the action; of the people ccn- cerned. 01v.- may make guesses. more or less shrewd. of the result of ever-ts ulfPJclv 111 tircccss. onro mort- nf lllf‘ factor. are known-it is lmtzossilik- to know tin-m ;t't_ and Field Mai-slut Montgomery hm: dcne just that. t 1th n21 iimvle knowledge of the circumstances lie has declared to hi. troops 1n Belgium that the war can (the word "can" should be noted) be over thl; vicar. And he oralifles this stat-cnv-nt, He adds.’ "if We do our stuff." He knows