WO pesca rae fet yas Wag Thursday, Apel By 1956, rind endent intly newspaper aevoted to D the “pbuilding of Prinee Rupert “Vand Northern and Cerfral British. Columbia. tember: of Catiadian Press—audit Bureau of Clrenintions oo Canadian Dally Newspaper Association ‘iblished hy. The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited: : “Py MAGOR, President - Subseription Rates: DURBETY ty 6 carrler—Por week, 25¢; per month, $1.00; per year, $10.00 Be Bye mall--Per month, 75e: per year, 8,00 Authorlznd AS second class ‘mall by. Aho, Post Office Peparimen', Ottawa Olncr "A proniineat minister se si VS, “D have heard eople confess to breaking every. one of the T'en'Com- nandmer ts exce " We can hall yj ment by tng orl night ] not be Second: “Remember that, however certain an- her's guilt may seem, there may. be extenuating | IF umstances, ul hird: Give: e your habit of judging others a “re- arse twist” by focusing on their g good points instead of their faults, (Ue os, : vOR ourth: Le ve ‘all judgments of others’ sins to God, -Arrogating to ourselves the functions of the Deity i sas pr esumptous as. it is rrever ent. | Ca ok Week Q "apologetialy to dip into Canadian works, p he subgéation seemed to be that people of this coun- “bay Avere under an obligation to read their own au- Tibrs asa 80 t ofaational duty, " Now Caittda Book Week draws attention to the “face that-Canadians are producing more volumes “that ean’ br ‘fe int information and entertainment to the | “yiiblié and-veward adequately the person who reads them, Lo sim” Gt adually | Canadian writers are attaining a Ble in the favor of readers outside Canada as well ws Within it, They are producing more and better : Koel ks, and in this respect British Columbians hold an musta position. One publishing firm reports that Tale the: manuscripts: it receives come from this amy qvinee, | ' 7 One can tapnow foe anadiah books not with a. Aaitse of duty With ideo pleasure, ‘The .Uidlogy onee attached to Canada Book Week is being left hehind, ty oN ad Somebod wed | emeameeiemmendemmennnen canes mem y Always Tells yNE THING the self-deluding folk who like to es ‘hold meeting as behind closed dons would do well “i realize j is that no meeting is secret if there's more Ae n one person at it! —Hrantford lx positor, we e ‘Nbveising in Dai News bi rings esl " mia Vee , Skirts & Suits A complete line of excluslye fashionswise fares sy, talloredt to perfection and your discriminating taste as only Aean min dod, Skirts $12.95 up Suits $45.00 up a the ninth: . Thou shalt not bear | ‘ MAJOR GENERAL E, L, either side. "But General Burns must be a man who enjoys being in’ hot walter. He has just published a titled Manpower in the Canadian Army 1939-1945 (Clarke, Irwin! & Co,, Toronto). In this book, General Burns} deals bravely with the wacle mis- handling of the “zombi” army In 1944, But he also demon- strates, by careful analysis, and plenty of official facts and fig- ures, that Canada’s army was Joverloaded with: hrasshats and extremely. wasteful of manpower generally, “The main reason fat: the latter condition was that the auxiliary services were kep: (oc heavy in relation {9 the actual i “teeth” ofthe army, There werd, ' * (00 many batmen, too m: uly | CAMP men, too many tradesinén of all kinds; in relation to tne inumbers of frontline fighters, -earrying rifles and bayonets. | GENERAL BURNS does not deal; ; with the conscriphion issue 43 ‘such. -That is, he deals with it fonly in so far as it affects the As | See It — OS i -Clinore 2 hitruil @ Blunt Braschat | most explosive spots in all the world right now. As the UN truce supervisor in Palestine, he | is liable to find himself shot at from both sides, especially as he is blunt in |his denunciations of provocations from red-hot. controversial book ene! BY -o M.- BURNS is in one of the ; produced from. ‘the total ‘mai ;power enlisted in army uniform. hIt took only 71,100 American! i GTs to keen one division at the front, It took 84,300 British tc [maintain one division. It took mo fewer thon 93,150 Canodinn. ‘Lo produce the same result! } ‘True, (he “mere division i: isomewhat smalicy than (he Bri- i tish and Canadian. But his book plainly: proves his point that the “tail”? was too heavy for the “teeth” in our army, And he clinches his point by showing that the Russians had a few more economical forms of or- ganization, even than. the “Am- ericans. Other Papers Sa Says. STREET REPAIRING The long hard winter, persistent frost and with : reeular : ieconomy in the use of the ‘otal | snowf alls, has done considerable ; ‘available manpower. ‘Thus, inj ia sense, his volume cloes noti: ing fo settle the big argument aba: ‘world war two policies. He shows -that once we raised the conscript army for home defence we, had_a. ‘super-abundant pool of trained | /manpower for all the front line! pood to know that the depart- ‘ior of the + Tservices. We did not use that - pool. because the parliamentar-: ‘lans of the day were reluctant: {he condition of the surfaces an individual investor winnine i working toward th ito face up to the political praob- ‘lem—namely, whether or not. ‘compulsory military — sevice: ‘should be imposed on French: ‘Canada, contrary to its clearly: “expressed opposition. In the: ond, after a crisis which brought: | Canada to the verge of a bloody: ‘civil war, conscription was in- | yoked, for service anywhere in. the world. But only a trickle of: — I the so-called ‘zombies “ever did | iréach the fighting front line: Pactually, the number was ap-: ‘proximately 70 per battalion. © » | General Burns’ book clearly; jshows that it would have’ beers; | possible to find this number, and /many more, from within the: overseas forces themselves. ; THE whole voint of Genera! Burns’ book is that in the event ‘of a third world war Canada ‘should profit from her own mis-: ,takes, made chiefly in the war -Of 1939-1045, He states flatly’ What almost every MP at Ollawe . ‘how aecepts—that this country ‘would almost certainty anniy: conscription from the very first ‘day of any such conflict. But {his main effort is to show how. iby more economical organiza- ‘tion, Canada could tum out more ‘actual fighting front line forma- ‘tions, du proportion to the: total, ‘enlisted manpower, and woman-! power, The main reconmendation ae by General Burns ds Wat peat Ma tis yould have fewer top! ga nN ey eieinations. - Ue, be- Neves that yt! wail it vile nea” rar! ‘better to content ourselves with: wo Canadian corps, He shows ‘how the topheayy brasshat for- “mations actually delayed final ‘vielory In the war, and he cites examples of where Field Marshal ‘Montgomery aetually bypassed sone of his own subordinate commanders to ylve orders dir- Cb to front line divisions, Ac. cording lo the Burns reasoning, ‘this was clear proof that. tte Multiplelly of command was ae- tually no advantage, but did. hae (OOF COMMON couse, The naln eure whieh he user concerns what le calls “Phe d{- Vislonal see, By (his he means ithe mumber ol netual divisions damage to some of Edmonton's | older hard-surfaced thorough- : fares and to gravelled residen- tial streets. This has ‘become plainly evident to motorists and: Lather: ‘Canada to set up an army of ily SORTS, Take the case of ayoung lug to prevent Canadians fram CI ‘own—-that we would have bean: Polish couple who came to Can- buying preminm bonds, sinee * CAA ERLE ARENT TOLUCA er een cas ROD LRN nese ‘is well recognized by the city's. engineer's department. It ‘is, ment will undertake wherever feasible, as repairs soon is. and the weather. outlook . will’ permit, mo ‘The city is, of course, planning , another large street surfacing program for the summer ‘and ‘fall. Paving will be a big item in this program, with emphas si -on residential streets. It would | probably be a waste of time and money to make extensive repairs jto surfaces which are due to be: !paved or reconstructed this Sea - son but even in these cases such ivepair work as will ensure safety in motoring needs to be under - taken, The damaged eravelled roads, ‘Which are not likely to be paved ‘until 1957 or later, should be graded and eravel-filled as soon “ag possible. This will be quite’ a chore, There are a consider- able number wheh resemble a roller-coaster as much as they do a road: the washboard effect on them is extreme, Repair work, oneraus thought it niay be, is amply justified py the need of Edmonton's citizens for good access to their proper- tics and by the importanee of conserving the expenditures of money and work which have al- ready been made on the affected streets, -~Edmonton Journal. WHEN DEMOCRARY WINS In a vexed world one hears much of the is of democraey. 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STORE shopping at Prince Ru- fashion-wise shopping CHERRY TREES BL oseom in the spring night along the ‘Tidal: Basin at. Washington, with the floodlighted Washington Monument in the sacicerounel The trees, gifts of the Japanese . people, annually add their beauty to the nation’s capital and draw thousands of tourists for the Cherry Blossom Festival, More than 750,000 lourlsts are expected to visit Washington for the event. U. K, "Draw"! Jackpot Winner Facing 1,000,000 to 1 Odds By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Star Writer Phe st ego” awaiting them in- LONDON @—Chances of hit-' Britain, Alternatively, winnings ‘ting the £1,000 jackpot in Bri-‘could be used to pay their way ‘tain’s proposed new savings plan tover, since payment ins sterliny work out to nearly 1,000,000 to | ean be arranged by (ravel agen- Mathematical minds, studying ; cies, ‘the “can't lose’ premium bond: scheme announced by Chancel- Hor Canadians to transfer money: Exchequer Harold! tram Britain to Canada. Macmillan in his budget speech! “Our aim is to remove these Luesday, Bive the.¢ odds against} harriers, and we = are always at obiective,” in UE | the reasury official said, And some day it may be easy one of the ble prizes ~ state-run draws, scheduled to be, iCP Head Seek: held quarterly, They figure the odds on the, basis of the amount which wi Hy be available in the pool, accru- ing from the four-per-cent in- | Significant terest on the £1 stakes. The treasury concedes the ca!-! ‘Commemoration culation to-be about right, but | . ‘notes that the chance of wine’ TORONTO %—R, J. Rankin, ‘nine.a big prize on the footbali: President of The Canadian Press the pools, which altract some 7,000,-;S83eested yesterday that 000 speculators weekly, is twice Oth anniversary of co-operative ‘as remote. ‘The odds there are News-gathering in| Canada be “about 2.000.000 to 1. commemorated pest year “in a TAN-PREE PRIZE canner that will reflect its sign- in ” The scheme works like this::G@nee. You invest a pound in a bond, 2 1907 a group of western Tt draws no interest, and vou Wiles established the Wesler, can get it back when you wish., Meoctstad Press, 800.2 attes I you let it stand, it will qualify’ ra Matern aud cesta) Gan efter a period for prizes ing (Ae Brats Were tusaged. iti quarterly draw, the maximum “PCat wroups mereed in Thy eden Press, a Coeaperative Qwhinerebyy for the exehanee of buen operated in Sweden, Bele 8s eere s Ube country and for eiwinh, Germany, Norway and (eteeuiion of a world news re: Waly. Sweden claims to have pan. ; been first in the field with an ant huis presidential address art anh-intlationary loan in. 1918. a AHN Meeting today Ma, The British counterpart may wanlsny noted Chat Cauvida. hot start working until 1957, HY Te Ws papers had progressed Uxperts have not yel started 88 eUS in the fdl-ventury. The work on the detailed arrange. Ylescht alo was a period of ace lnctits, and postal authorities CNb04 ih the hall-century. The wil have to find offiees and ye. Present ato was a period of ad- crult staff to handle the draws, OU ture ih the technique of get- Advi od that interest in the te the Pallest iaformacion to at hymie Had been expressed jn the reat public. Cohiada,. thé afficial said) that HECONY: Whe BEGUN , , saperficlally there will be noth- tax-free dividend being £1,000. Similar bond-loan plans have > had ever taken, Mr. Rankin Ud, Wae a cirrent study of ews they ean buy national savings eiission in oun effort to contifiea les, make sture that every. dilly, aa matter how far fram the hay MONEY CMRANSPER TEEN CH awe erntres, should benefit The hiteh is the difficulty of from un improving Hews Pe port, transferring vaphtd) from Hrdt- A second wire had been opened Way lo dollar counties. Por te qawspapers in westem Can. (his reason the phin is likely ta adiacand Sint steps had heey beomost attractive ta Canadians tasen towed apenlig a second with a speckil reason for visite chante to the Attic prays jog Tyttabae -Brittsh war brides. inces, coigeuits and the dike. \ Cankdlins who wank tovome 2 back for a visit may well he Try Daily News Classifieds | have you tried & | have you tried | \ | MALKING /: WHITE LABEL TEA - In cartons or handy, ncanomical toa begs. Shea eee eee _ political drawn by the idea of having a ” — occasional “On of The nicst oxag slips o7 TAWA DIARY Superfically the public opine. ‘lon polls, which have been fair- ily accurate reflectors of Canad- "an political trends In the past.! Fare proving a souree of encour- ‘arement to the Liberals these ‘days, - Latest surveys report the gov- ‘ernment to be back sapproxi- imately to the leve, cf strength, ‘whieh it enjoyed just prior to I the 1953 election. They also re-- ‘veal the PC's at approximately , ‘the level of thelr 1953 popularity , | which was inzufficient to win the election by w very wide mar- | vin, But veteran Parliament Hill by NORMAN. 4 MacLEOD the Liberals were in a corres. hending stimp, Tf this trene fy , Stil In operation, there woul he very sieht "s sp aaance for Prime Mintster Laurent in any figures of naions over-all strength. Ontario Is no Jess: al key province than Quebee j in the government’s possession of po- wer, Tf thines look doubtfut there--and if that tuidecided electorate is scattered through such marginal provinees ag: New Brunswick and Novi Seatla-- then anything might happen (came next election day. At the Very least the new figures indi- cite that the situation remains ‘decidedly interesting, | voliticul observers who have been: + ~~ i studying the figures closely fre: 7 more impressed by the statistics ’ of the numbers of voters who ; ups, sheir minds a. yet about the way hey intend to vote when elec-- ‘haven't been able lo mike ion day rolls araund, The te- al of this vroup is estimated somewhere between 20 and 30 ser cent of the whole clectorate, Any practical politicians real- ves that that is a most stuntf- unt figure, ib is an exiom of ‘polities Chat a shift of ten prr-. recent of the total vote, if it takes | ‘place uniformly in every riding, ‘would be sufficient to Severse ‘the resull of any general elce- ‘dion. The fact that approxi- ‘mately one-quarter of the elee- ‘torate is still undecided ty is intentions means, ‘therefore, that the nation-wide polligal situation is definitely Hand encourazingly fluid aver: ‘though the Liberals may be “starting from the advantage of a fairly healthy backtos of streneth, Another factor in assessing po.” litical streneth is peosraphy ‘Just us ia exumple, that the ‘another 20 per cent gain in thei “strength in Quebce would be of: furs less pdactical ‘their strength in Ontario, Brunswick, or Nova Scotia they already — have strength in Quebee. But in On- tario. New Brunswick, and Nava Scotia thelr strength--exeept for constituencies 2. fs marginal, The hitest public opinion pei figures haven't included a pro- vincint breakdown, A survey just. before Christmas Indicatoa that the PC's were surging un strongly in Ontario and brewed the “Old Style” feed This uel oan Mm hi ploy ofa Iva ay «i Ly the a ethine ul ol Wait i, ‘ 1 d the feet, g Liberals mivht inake; importance, than if they lost five percent ol! Fg New: For} surplus | that. ‘pot pe D> record MIPS “4 changers make real cool stampin’ partners ty bye poral X e 5” Super M speaker § j in lid, Treble ' ». a and boss § “Controls, § co. A: ’ F f : \ “i an 5 eS \ # ty g ; uy grott \ . eee onus fo Mckay BROS. 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