i The Daily News Published Every Afternoon i i Except Sunday by Prince. J Rupert Daily News Limited. Third Arenue. S O. A. HUNTER J Managing Editor' .' PRINCE RUPERT . , . BRITISH COLUMBIA SUBSCRIPTION RATES By City Carrier, per week . - .15 Per Month - 63 Per Year $7.00 By Mall, per month J. Per" Year ..- $4-00 DAILY EDITION . . . Wednesday, August 15, 1944 EDITORIAL POST-WAR INFLATION i Sound basis exists from a long term point of view, 'for confidence in the economic future of Canada. ; Rehabilitation of the war torn areas of the Avorld Svill make a demand on the products of Canadian in-jdustry and agriculture for a number of years. These :will provide Canada with a healthy export trade. In jthe more orderly world that must emerge and with "our additional resources revealed by research and technical advances of recent years it is possible to plan for the future with more confidence than at any previous period in the history of Canada. The most critical post-war period will be imme-JdiaTely following the cessation of hostilities. Two hazards, mass unemployment and inflation, might ,at that time so disrupt the national economy that iCanada would not realize the long term opportunities for prosperity. The danger of the first looms largest in the minds of the general public and has probably been exaggerated while that of inflation lias been more or less ignored. : Alarmists have quoted figures of more than 700,-1000 men returning from the armed service? and the 1,200,000 people now engaged in war industry. But ithere will be no sudden release of men from the jarmy, navy and air force when the war in Europe jiswoH These figures of those employed in war industries include those producing for war purposes goods ":and materials for Which there is an urgent and mounting civilian demand. Others are in industries .which will have little difficulty in converting to ': civilian production without delay. affne figures are subject to further reduction of 'tfieDlunciredl of thousands who have been drained ;frojnoh"er civilian occupations, from businesses and services now stopped or running short handed. A ipnnkirWnhle nrnnnrtinn nf wnmpn in war innnstrv Sydney was 'r.ni w,wi 4 .v, rrn,,,o,,i Zt Indian Ocean .uiujf icgiiiu men juus aa tciiij.iuiaiy. i jiuusauus UA Was sent to .vuuii ueuuie die wuiiwuu vvjiu win ictuiii iu euuca-laaopi Itional fields when the war is over. ;materials in Europe and Asia was making a heavy -call on Canadian consumer goods. Additional danger is that many of the measures planned to forestall post-war unemployment seem -designed to step up work and wages without increas ing the immediate supply of goods and services to absorb the purchasing power they create. ; To avert this danger overall planning by the gov- 'Crnment in co-oneratinn with mnnipinnlitipa nnrl private industries must be undertaken soon. There must be no return to the policies of the thirties when work was provided just to make employment, when men worked by hand on projects which could have 'been done better for half the cost by machines. Work .must be planned that will produce goods and ser- ; It is possible that some measures of price control .and rationing will be required in the post-war period. It is unlikely that until after industrial conversion has been completed for some time that there jwill be the supply of consumer goods that the public has mistakenly been led to expect. A public education camnaien should be undertaken to acquaint the public with the nefessity for such measures and secure its co-operation. REFUGEE PETS SWARM OVER AIRFIELD IN NORMANDY iQrlrife... R.C.A.F. In Danger of Becoming Out-Numbered By Their .Many Animals and Foul Canadian airmen are noted for acquiring pets and mascot?. But if many more refugees from shell-blasted farms arrive at a certain R.C.A.F. Typhoon fighter-bomber airfield in Normandy the pilots will be In danger of becoming out-numbered by their pet3, according to a despatch in Wings Abroad, R.C.AP. newspaper overseas. The situation has developed from a small bginnlng a baby billy goat which FO William Hutchison , Toronto, found wandering around a barn, where I four other kids, the mother, and several horses had been killed by a shell-burst. Now, at least two dogs, a duck, a rabbit and a hen with no tall, as well as "Butch" the goat, cluck, squeak and frolic between the legs of the pilots as they chat in the mess. Outside, the calves munch at the grass around the tent, and three pigs-one shell-shocked are fed from scraps. Nearby also grazes a line saddle-horse, found by Flt.-Lleut. P. A. "Paddy" Hayes. Skib-berdeen, Cork. Latest addition to the growing list is a white goat, which Flt.-Lieut. Cecil Langille, Wolfvllle, NS found licking the taps of a broken bath tub in the ruins of a house in a village near the front. He reports gleefully thi she is regularly providing milk for his morning coffee. Complaints are beginning to be heard over the antics of FO Hutchison's goat Several pilots have reported that "Butch" browes Into the tents and chews the legs of their trousers. Funny thing about that goat." FO Hutchison observed "He never seems to want anything to drink. He wont drink vrler. or beer, or milk or anything. He just gets lonely at night when nobody Is at the mess, and tnat s why he wanders around. He's Just friendly, likes the Doys you know. , A pilot aiked: "Say, Hutch, what are you going to call the rabbit?" FO Hutchison replied: -I don't think ,111 call him any thing. We'll be eating him shortly, I expect." VETERAN PARROT DEAD MELBOURNE Xf, Bydney. parrot mascot of the crew of the Oerman cruiser t Emden. sunk by IL&LA-S. Sydney, in the Indian Ocean early in the 1914-1918 war, has just ended a not uneventful life In Melbourne zoo j But,' inflation may wreck the internal economy sent fo zo- J of Canada and bring unemployment and chaos. It k was the post-war inflationery boom and not war rescued from the after the Emden the bottom and was . . . .. ! Tnin Aiinit K!pnrdnn took Olla crew or uie ayaney. Later w i" . C; German-speaking parrot was Andrae Stronsheim as his wife. conditions that wrecked the economies of a number ' -Jvi of European countries after 1918. A number of -",J"f'.Z &r?i ifactors already exist in Canada for a post-war ; Essentially inflation is an expanded purchasing ;power without sufficient consumer goods to meet ;the demand. A flood of potential purchasing power has been accumulated in Canada during the war. Bank ac counts have reached new levels in volume and number IWar savings are widely distributed and a large pro- iportion are in bonds of small denomination that are las liquid as cash in the pocket. Bank note circulation ifigures reveal an increasing accumulation of cash ;in private hands that is neither being spent or de-jposited in banks. ' Relief from the tension of war may result in a spending spree by the general public that will release this flood or purchasing power. It could easily sweep !away all the careful checks and controls that have been operative against Inflation. It would occur at ;the same time as export demands for rehabilitation Life with Canada's Pilots From The Daily News Files . . . THIRTY YEARS A (JO The increasing of the prici of coal in this city from $10 and $11 a ton to $11 and $12 a ton is considered aeciaecuy unjust and unwarranted, business men here assert. A fence has been built around the dry dock yards, separating It from the O.T.P. It Is ,naw necessary to have a pas to enter the property. TWENTY YEARS AGO The Idea of home owning must be encouragd if cities re to be built In Canada andJthU anplies very especially to .Prince Rupert, declares W. J. Aider, well known property owner, who is Daytne his annual visit of, in spection to his holdings It looks as If there here. must be; a return to the old system of norpe' investment companies wjsere money Is loaned out to tnos desiring to build homes. A quiet wedding took place las', evning at the parsonage of the English Lutheran Churchy Rev. P. E. Balsler officiating, wen j-som are resiaenis oi aiijtua. 25 1 FOXHOLE BUILT FOR TWO Two of the first American soldiers to enter the Oerman bastion of 8t. Lo, squeeze down in the bottom of their foxhole In the town square the place Du Champs De Mars as Oerman shells come too close for comfort. St. Lo was taken after eight days of some of the most savage fighting of the Normandy campaign. Enjoy Life! Pleasure and health are inscpar able . . . For hcuUliy eyes, have your eyes examined eriodically. SPORT FLASHBACKS The Canadian Fma Remember when- It's not usually news when u dcg bites a dog, but in Brooklyn : the other day the dog died. ! Mickey. 6-month-old Irish ter- rier. owned by William Schll-i ling, bit his master's left Index finger, and alter a m me pet fell dead. All of which suggests the story I about a city editor describing ' what is news and what is not I news to a cub reporter. "When a dog bites a man. j that's not news," the editor ex-' plalnd, "but when a man bites a dog that is." Tne rub said he knew a man ! who did. The editor laughed i i and the your? reporter left, re , Ihe people of Polish towns, arc waging their own war of nerves 'against the Oerman oc-cupatforfarmf. with no more; than" ajneword Inscription. On Kirthday Party for Harvey Holt on Draws Sandy Somervllle retained his Man i,,. tlt Ut KtcIa.H u-Wunlna Canadian ainaUur golf cham- plonship, defeating Arthur Yates of .Rochester three and two at Montreal 10 years ago today. mat was the fourth of Sandy's six wins In the event. He now is overseas, a captain In the .anadlan Army. Mnre than 25,000,000 gallons of petroleum products are re quired every week ta supply the need of 500.000 European tnva slon troops. From London come the story of a Oerman officer who surrendered only two days after he had arrived in Normandy from the Eastern front Asked why he had been so 1 willing to give himself up, he mn rt " T T7tiuln u. nor TnM j Dutch Seamen are I 'Continuing Fight 1 Since May. 1W0. more than' ' 1.700 Dutch merchant seamen have been tost on Netheralnda thtps sunk by the Axis, according to the Netherlands New ' Service. i These men went down carry- . tng ammunition and supplies for the United Nations; they served as crewi on hospital ship: they braved enemy dangers on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This ! total does not Include the hun :dreds of Hollanders who have lost their live wniie serving aboard merchant ships of othei United Nations partners. At the outbreak of war there were approximately 40D00 Dutch j turning later with a feature story i Jeamcn writing on ocean-golne about a veterinary surgeon who, . . . num. bit cf puppy dogs' tall-and was , "u ' "7' ' ',," , pa:d fur It. ber that escapd from noiiana must be considered military secret since all who were able signed up for military servlee the corning of the program. The crossing of the Skeena River by Terra r visitors was made in small boats. ,h.,l th !.ftwoff, uas in the QUICK PRODUCTION West. In Normandy we are told The banana piani proa uw w that the Luftwaffe Ur in the 1 ruU within IS .months atu-r the ; twk is nlanted rv... t .ia f , . KITSELAS. Aug. 15- A large number of natives of this dls-litre ard 45 friends from Ter race galhered In Kltselas Youn? Peoples' Axsoelatiort Hall to cele brate the birthday of Harvey Ualtcn. son of Mr. and Mrs Royal Bolton. Mutk for dancing was provided , by Mrs. Tom Presby. Games were also enjoyed. Chief M O. 'McKay and his KlUetar trxe extended a cordial Iwplcpiyi" Ja all visitors at HMf, --.J l luttMnmwuimt I "My mu CONG OLEUM ST tutting OH Sub. Arrears Due to newsprint ratlonin and the requlrrmenU of our circulation audit, towthe with greatly increased dr mand. It has berome nwi arv for the Dally New r eliminate from IU delivery Ihrts subwrlbrs who har 'alien into arrraw on Uie ubicrl-itlon arcnunU W mu.it be In a rwMiUun to In mi uninterrupted delivery h( who keep their accounts aid ud to date and. to do this we cannot continue dr liveries to those who do no keep paid up. Check your mt erlptlon to se that It In standing andTivold being eu off. m in there punching Morale and Victory!" physique may not be rtimlirly nnprtssive bui in my own spitcic oi action i ni rattd tons with both dealer and public who know me at the Congoleum Trade Mark. I've always stood for floor covering quality and value, factors that arc more im portant today than ever, now tliat replacements arc so hard to come by. The care that hat always gone into the making of the goods I identify, is intensified as we do our modest bit for morale and victory by providing that touch of colourful brightness fine, easy-to-clean, budget-saving Congoleum floors that make anv home a happier place to live in, And on top of that, yve at Congoleum arc hapny that our complete machine-shop facilities have Inen devoted to specialized war production ever since the outbreak of hostilities." HOW TO HELP MR. COLD SEAL MAKE GOOD You ran fcrt aJJrJ wear out of rour Omtiteum floors with vtry little effort. Ilruth and mop ilicm regularly and rrticw die brtghtiif of their surface with an ixcationil waxing. Make sure too, that the floor underneath is smooth and free from crtvliei or knoht. If it's a rug, move it every few months to "spread" the traffic. Yes, a little tare will pay big dividends. COLD SEAL 3 Prince Rupert Congoleum Dealers Gordon's Hardware A. MacKenzie Furniture Ltd. .Mcllrlde Street 308 Third Avenue