Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by Prince Rupert Dally News Limited, Third-Avenue Q. A. HUNTER. MANAGING EDITOR LOCAL ADVERTISING Transient, per Inch . Contract, per Inch : Readers, per line , Black Face Readers, per line We always carry a full assortment of Cooked Meats $1.00 50c, 25c 40c Today is April Fool's Day and, as everybody knows bv now, there s no fool s day like an old fool s day. And the oaf who was, sent to the bookstore for the "History of Eve's Grandmother," was called a "Poisson d'avril" or April Fish-r-sucker, to you. April Fool's pranks in Scotland weregknown as hunting the gowk or cuckoo and the fools-of the moment were consequently gowks or, ji you orefpr. cuckoo. Fools in Britain were sent on "sleeveless errands" maybe because they had to make the "vest" of an awkward situation. A Communist Talks Sense . We have been to a Communist meeting and heard from Fergus McKean, released anti-Fascist, as patriotic and as sensible a war speech as anybody could wish for. We think we.are justified in saying this for Mr. McKean who not so many months ago was languishing in an internment camp where he was associated with German Nazis and Italian Fascists whose doctrines he came, as a result of the direct contact, to detest even further than he had before.. He seemed to be quite sincere about what he was saying. If what Mr. McKean said about Russia and the Soviet system is true we might well do with some of it. Soviet Russia, he declared, was not a dictatorship but the epitome of democracy. In Russia, he said, every one had to work and there was reward for individual service. There was no toleration for drones anywhere. Mi: McKean also said that there was little to be gained by talking about changing the system while the war was to be won. Such discussions could only tend to disunite us at a time when there was need of the greatest measure of unity capitalists, socialists, employees, workers all in the great effort to win the war. First the war must be won. Then could come the settinu up of the new system, the reconstruction in the planning of which there should be participation in proportion to the measure of effectiveness in winning the war. It was sound wartime procedure that Mr. McKean propounded, a good deaf sounder and more helpful than has been heard from certain other socialist groups which profess less radicalism than the Communists, groups which snend a lot of time and energy in political discussions which, to say the least of it, are not tending to unite us in our prime task of getting down to winning the war. Use them for sandwiches and lunches. Our refrigeration system always keeps them at their peak of flavor, Mussallem's ECONOMY STORE "Where Dollars have more Cents" Phones 18-19 P.O. Box 575 Editor, Dally News: peing nepnvea .01 xue nourwumtau thnmnke them and .relaxation provided by a glass of beer." Again brewers have proven themselves to be no mean psychologists when It comes to advertising. A cloak of respectability and the power of suggestion are resorted to In order to fix lies In the national mind. The only way to counteract misleading propaganda Is to present the facts concerning beer as a source of nutrition and relaxation. Roughly, beer Is 90 parts water, five parts extract, four parts alcohol and one part carbon dioxide gas. The food value of the small amount of extract Is largely - nulll- erly classified as a poison. Medical j members of the Star of the North April Fool's Day is old so old, in fact, that historians .science puts alcohol m tne same li i. i..n :l u-. i srouD of narcotics as ether and Some say it is derived from the Huli feast among the Hindus, held on March 31, when gullible members of the tribe were sent on foolish errands. Others trace it to the ancient .Romans, who are reputed to have spent the day : in pursuit of Sabine women. When later Aprils rolled around, and while their boy friends were off at war, Roman ladies sat under the myrtle-treer bathing, crowning themselves with its leaves' and offering tribute to Venus all because once, when Venus was drying her hair when taking a dip, a satyr peeked from behind the bushes. Bashfully, say the poets, "with myrtles she her beauties veiled, from whence this custom was entailed." Plainly, this did not happen on a Satyr-day. In pre-Renaissance times there were annual April feasts of fools, clowns and jesters. But nature students blame that spring feeling, for' old-time celebrations of the vernal equinox ended April 1. Whatever its origins, April Fool's Day was widely celebrated for centuries throughout Europe. In France chloroform (methane series). A narcotic deadens nerve sensibility. Even the nutritious malt used In the early stages of the brewing process has lost its food value since the carbohydrates (starch and maltose sugar), and proteins have been largely destroyed by fermentation. The value of the remaining extract Is spoiled in proportion to" the amount of alcohol present. We nave absolute scientific proof that alcohol retards thought, delays nervous response, decreases endurance, curtails all kind of efficiency and leads to gross Inac- curacies. Luther Burbank said: "To use liquor is to the nervous system like placing sand In a watch. It wears out rapidly, making It a worthless, useless thing." Even after a few beers a man Is unfettered .mentally which in common language "the governor is off." He becomes contentious and pugnacious. He becomes sentimen tal or moody or hysterical. He be comes affectionate to a disgusting degree. He be comes gullible. coarse and talkative a butt ol ridicule and an object of pity and disgust. Are these results of taking food? Is this the kind of relaxation -we want for a nation at war? Do we want accidents, let-downs, poor health or dulled brains among our soldiers, sailors, airmen, war work ers or civilians? If not, let young; Canada cease to support this in dustry which is definitely not in harmony with social welfare In serve us Instead of allowing ourselves to be tyrannized and victim ized. Tolerance has Its limits. Canadians shall have less and less to do with an Industry that waves flags, buys bonds and then advertises its patriotism one day, while undermining national stamina everyday an Industry that has sacrificed truth for profits. THE- SHEPHERD. t DEMAND MORE MILK Editor, Daily News: In view of the fact that we be lieve that canned evaporated milk has lla; become uctuulc an ail absolute (LUJUlUkC Ilcv-coai.J necessity iso. wi jj. u. d. a. are suppuiwug the demands of Dr. McDonald for a greater supply of this product for this area. We believe that the more organizations that register protest against the lack of this commodity the sooner adequate supplies will be forthcoming. Thanking you for space In your valuable paper, we remain, STAR OF THE NORTH LODGE No. 452, L. O. B. A. Pearl Howe, recording secretary. BEER AND BONDS ' Editor, Daily News: I know I am writing for the de- ( cent citizens of Prince Rupert when I assure the mothers and wives of those who have donned the uniform that the slogan "No beer no bonds" comes from a few and very few dlsgiuntled men and the majority of the workers resent it. Your menfolk are fighting to protect us civilians who are still enjoying every possible comfort and freedom. We further assure you that we shall see they are provided with the best of equipment and we shall "Buy Bonds until H hmt5," Tills, is. the least we can do. i Two hundred young men, English and Canadian, gave their lives last night over Berlin and the Ruhr. Did they have a slogan? "We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Field." (or Berlin). We shall not break faith with those who die. VETERAN. Always put a Thermos of The Chocolate Cocoa in the lunch box It's delicious it's satisfying it's the Chocolate Cocoa. No matter how much of a hurry he may be in to get through his lunch he will always finish his Neilson's Cocoa and then you're sure he is getting big nutritional value. He is fond of Neilson's Jersey Milk Chocolate. He is just as sure to enjoy Neilson's Chocolate Cocoa. NEILSON'S DELICIOUS COCOA BEVERAGE for tach cup Mquirtd, ' mix dryt I tp. cocoa, 1 Itp. sugar. Stir Into a tmoolh patio with a little- cold milk. Fill cup with hot milk, ttirring constantly. GLAMOR IS OUT Hot Milk at 2 a.m. in New England Kitchen Caps Day for Madeleine Carrull By ADELAIDE KERR (Associated Press Staff Writer) NEW YORK. April 1 (AP) Madeleine Carrol pou ed the milk Into the saucepan as the snow fell through the darkness beyond the kitchen window. Watched the milk scald as the clock ticked 2 a.m. Sat down and sipped it-alone In the kitchen as she thoughtfully reviewed her day. A day far removed from her one-time program as a Hollywood movie star. No cameras, klleg lights or fans In sight. But work. And plenty of It. Work as special representative of the United Seaman's Service (the USO of the UJS. Merchant Marine) Morning meeting with a group of girls who wished to make a dona- fled by the alcohol which Is prop- to the people of Prlnce Rupert) the,Uon- t A bout wlth the M . at . New York office. Speech at the Town Hall Club. Appearance on her dally radio program "Made-I lelne Carroll Reads." Dinner on run. And an evenirrg as hostess at a merchant marine canteen. End of Perfect Day At the end of the day no house full of servants 'to pamper a prima donna. No deft French maid to dab cologne on that famous "marble brow." Instead a commu ter's train to, Connecticut, caught on the run after midnight. And hot milk alone In the kitchen at 2 a.m. "Is this a glamor life?" Madeleine Carroll asked herself. Even a cat, looking at the one-time movie queen, would have had to answer, "No." For the woman once known as filmdom's most beautiful blonde- still pretty as a gold and Ivory picture says he has "completely given up the movies." And that means giving up the trappings and glamor which surround a throne. Madeleine Carrolr, born In England of a French mother and an Irish, father, queened It in Holly wood for years, after she Joined the American film colony In 1934. After seven successful years she left Hollywood In January, 1941. Six months later she married Sterling Hayden, sailor and blond leading man of the movies. Now, while her husband serves In the United States Marine Corps, she lives In Norwalk, Conn., with her mother-in-law and shuttles back and forth to New York for her daily radio program and her work for the United Seaman's Service. suns cocoa UKITISH COLUMBIA PACKERS LTD. Vancouver, Canada Sister Was Killed "My sister was killed In the London blitz a little more than a ' year ago," she told me. "Since then I have felt there was only on thing of Importance helping to win this war. I'm concerned about what is happening In France; my! mother's people are there and 200 orphans I adopted are In my house in Paris. ! "The Job 1 have came about quite naturally. Before ny husband. Joined the Marines, he carried government cargoes from Florida to the West Indies In his schooner. I did his shore business and wound up his affairs for him after he entered service. In this connection I met Admiral Land, head of the Maritime Commis sion, and when I asked him what I could do in the war effort, he asked me to help with the United Seamen's Service. "I was glad to do It. I have sailed with my husband and I know how seamen are treated In port and how few places there are for them to stay. Some hotels 'THURSDAY, APRIL PAGE TWO THE DAILY NEWS 1 1343 THE DAILY NEWS PRINCE RUFERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA -I Business and Professional Cards inserted -dally, per month, P MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press Is exclusively entitled to use for publication of all news despatches credited to It or to the Associated Press in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of republication of special despatches therein are also reserved. DAILY EDITION April Fool' EDITORIAL Thursday, April 1, 1943 LETTERBOX FACTS ABOUT BEER time of war nor In time of peace. What we need today is not a depressing let-down of our inhibitions. We need relaxation which Is recreation that kind of play which will enable us to face our work without that "morning after" foolinff U'o noari o fnrtlfvlntr and other false suggestions Among ( rebulldi of character, a rejuVen-In a recent brewers advertise-; Qf mannood and stamina; a ment we find this s tat ement: , .es torln f God lyen phyStologl. of soldiers, sailors, air-j "Many our such and mental actlvities to men, and war workers are already; thafc W(J cm command have signs, 'No dogs or seamt allowed. "The United Seamen's Serv!: has established headquarters II' them In several ports end cur aim Is to establish slmlhr headquarters In every seaport In tlie world where American seame.i j My Job Is to get recognition zui sympathy for the seamen, AT all, If we don't have them. er lost the war." AFRICAN TOBACCO CAPE TOWN, April 1 Th Nyasaland government re; T that 84,000 South East Air:..;, are registered as peasant producers of tobacco for the 194J season. This Is an Increase of 35 per cent over 1942. CEYLON'S CROPS COLOMBO. April 1 J, In furtherance of Ceylon's great effort towards Increasing food production the Island's agriculture is partment has appointed a crc;i officer to deal with the prcper ordering of crop programs. Baby High Chairs Each $1.50 Crib Mattresses Size 25x1!)'. Each $1.50 TIIIKI) AVENUE ELIO'S PIUNCE KUPEUT, B.C. FOR APRIL SHOWERS ! and SPRING CLEANINGS Get Hand Cleaner French Balm two sizes Almond Hand Lotion Adrienne Creams Talcum Powders large tins in assorted perfumes 25c tin Ormes Ltd. Pioneer Druq&iats THE KEXAIX STOKE PHONES 81 and 83 Open Daily from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. Sundays and Holidays from 12-2 p.m. and 7-9 Pm