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'I ' : 'T. : V ia T C w iA ^ r t ^ !liail|iw(Wiii«(̂ Husineus and Editorial Office: 1704 Marin© Driv©^ Phone W est 55 A„Week-fy C kcuhlim m the D htrict o f Wca Vamouvcr-AmUtside. HoUsbur„, W a m , $1,00 per year. Cypress Park, Caulfeild, WHytec/iff, Etc. HOLLYBURN P.O..-WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27th, 1941 rubliHhc'r F. F, I.OVEGllOVE IMione West 305 JDundarave '1 5c per copy. No. 50 COMMERCIAL PROGEESS IN CANADA In such a comity of nations as ' the Britisli Empire, eacli uno etiual and autonomous and hound only hy loyalty to a common sovereign, the trade, arrangem ents or commercial treaties made by any individual member tend in peace time to be governed more by the necessities of th a t member than by the Empire as a whole. But in time of war, more particu- ■ larly in 'a cohilict like the present one where the existence of the Empire and even* its chosen form of government is at stake, tne reverse polioy becomes essential, if victory is to be achieved. Then a certain welding of the members into one common whole m ust be made in order th a t the united use of their man power and resources may produce the maximum ell'ort of which such an empire is capable. This, in fact, is the policy which has been followed by Canada and every other unit of the British Commonwealth 0̂ ' Nations since war broke Owing to the fact th a t H itler was apparently basing his whole strategy on an attack which should overwhelm the Brit­ ish isles as the centre of our Empire, the first problem of Canada became io so arrange her sea-borne and domestic com­ merce as to ensure the g rea test help possible being given to the Mother Country. Secondly, as bur Canadian economy compels , us to m aintain an international trade greatly in ex­ cess of the necessities of most other nations, pro ra ta to popu-, lation, we had to make certain th a t the trade lost to the con-, qufired and conquering countries of continental .Europe should be diverted into other channels or increased in those directions remaining to us. In ,th is connection it must be borne in mind that--this applying ju s t to the present time of world war -- 'between one-half and three-quarters of the economy of. the whole earth is contained in the B ritish Empire and the United States. " , .Although all the story, cannot be shown by statistics, the FEATURES OF RADIO BROADCAST By Mrs. D. G. Sleeves, M.L.A.• **' Hard times resulting from the depression of a few year.s' ago taught us the lesson: that the B.N.A. no longer served us in solving the problems of modern industrialism. Pi'ovinces a n d Municipalities approached bank­ ruptcy in an effort to meet the need for relief and social services generally. Attem pts to set up legislation ̂dealing with labor problems and marketing failed because of flaws in our constitu­ tion, and it was generally agreed tha t a saner division of respons-j i'bilitiees would have to be made. .Out of this, came the Commis­ sion and the famous Rowell- Sirois Reportr which cost the taxpayers half a million dollars. While the w ar has temporarily solved some of the economic problems of the ;day, the basic problem of constitutional mal­ adjustm ent remains. The Prime Minister called the Dominion- Provincial Conference in order to iron out some of the difficulties FUBUC MEETING FOR WAR SERVICES CAMPAIGN COMING EVENT'S Watch and plan for the big First class facilities for stor­ age are now available a t Fergu­ son's, 23«id and Marine Drive, at reasonable' rates. All good.s are wrapped and demothed, tlie in-' surance rates are low and sep­ arate l(K'kers are also provided. Reeve Sears has called a moot- Spring Blossom Dance to b('. held ing for Friday evening, of all April 18th. Keep this date open.' those intorosled'ln the camt>aign ------------ ------------- to raise funds for the War Sor- ST6RAGE vices. The meeting will be held ■ ----- ---- in the Parish Hall of St. Sieph- en's Chui'eh at 8 p.m. The Canadian War Sei'vicGs Fund is being raised by a joint campaign, combining the na­ tional financial' appeals of six lauxiliary war service organiza­ tions. The organizations are the Canadian liegion, the I.O.D.E., the Knights of C.olumbus Army Huts, Salvation Army, Y.M.C.A., ami Y.W.C.A. War Services. The. above organizations do an invaluable work among t h e members of the armed ,forces. At the meeting on Friday night an outline of this work will be Members of the branch are re­ given by prominent ,, speakers minded that the regular ineet- from Vancouver. iiigs are held on the first and Already a committee of work- third Thui'sday evenings of each ers under-the chairmanship of month. Mrs- W. B. Sinail has commenced Membei\s,are akso requested to canvassing West Vancouver and turn out to the whist drive to be. these honorary ' workers are given by, the .Eegibn W A. on the Satur- LEGION NOTES facing us in properly planning speeially requested to attend the 29th instant, that is, on Sa for the, war as well as, for the meeting in St. Stephen's Hall. day evening of this week. peace afterward. Although' Dr. Weir made a loyal attem pt to defend B.C.'s Premier, Mr. Pattullo still stands condemned for his refusal to dis­ cuss the Sirois report, after pledging his word to the Prov­ incial Legislature. >. As it stands the B.C. Govern- total annual external trade of Canada today is approximately ' two aiid one-half billion dollars, or almost one-third in excess of that of a year ago. Our reports*' are gr^latly in excess of our imports, while- the products sent by us to Empire , coun- . tries comprise considerably more than half of our to tal do­ mestic exports, the increase being about fifty-five' per cent. There has been, of course, a tremendous expansion in Canadian industry, and trade ;ag a resu lt of the wiar and war contracts, and a huge sum of "n-ew cK^iital has been-invested in the increased economic life of the country. F or instance,, from the beginning of the w ar to th e end of 1940 contracts to the enormous amount of '833,000 had been let by .the Do­ minion Department of Munitions and Supply and its predeces-" sor purchasing bodies.. Most of these contracts were awarded in greater part on ,behalf of the Canadian Government, but : large figures also were contained in contracts let in Canada for the account o f G reat-B ritain and other Empire .countries. Last year contracts on Canadian account including plant extensions, totalled $671,559,000, in addition to which the Civil Ayiation Division let contracts to the value of $17,048,- 000 for airport 'construction. Both these items included ex­ penditures under the Commonwealth A ir Training Plan, some of which are chargeable to other Empire countries. The total for contracts placed to the account of the United Kingdom was 1417,226,000, of which $154,187,000 was for plant extension. ' The-revised to tal for capital commitments by the British and Canadian Governments for the extension of plants and fo r , plant equipment, which will be owned by the Crown,, now stands at $307,119,000. Approxirnately 35 per cent, of this sum is for British account, 30 per cent, for Canadian account, and 35 per cent., fo r jo in t account-.,. Of the total amount of these commitments shells and bombs"account fo r $32,855,000; armaments, $102,754,000; a ircraft, $18,132,000; automotive, '$7,331,000; chemicals and explosives, $104,035,000; machine --tools-and - t e c ^ i^ l equipment, $4;37 ̂ 000'̂ M ~m iscellane6us, • $37,637,000. ^ ^ HOLLYBURN HALL PRESENTATION A boys' and girls' meeting il- Last Friday night in the. lustrated with lantern views. Legion Hall Mrs. A. Ewing, on will be held on Friday evening, behalf of the West Vancouver March 28th, in Hollyburn Hall, Ladies' Pro-Rec Glasses present- when the speaekr will be J. A n-\; ed their instructress. Miss Marj- , xxo It (suaixvio derson. Next Sunday, March orie Rivers, with a beautiful ment have denounced the whole 30tb, there will be Sunday School Royal Albert tea set in Petit., report but offered no alternative a t 9;5i0 a.m., a song service a t Point, in appreciation of her proposals, in fact, no policy, no ..7:15 p.m., and . a Gospel service work during this season. Their solution for . National problems a t 7:30 p-m., the last being a pianist, Mrs. Van fickle, of which our Pro.vincial preblems '̂Testimony Meeting." Tuesday, - also the recipient of are an integral part. Another fact is tha t the Conservative op­ position in the Provincial House have offered no solution either. Flailing the ' Government does not solve any problems. The C.C.F. co;isidered the Sir­ ois Report of '^uch significance' . th a t two inter-provincial confer-- ences were called to idiscuss it, and while nof accepting it in its entirety, a very defiinte policy was arrived at. Briefly, the report proposes th a t the Dominion take over the net Provincial debt, relieving the a was pretty April 1st,'~at 8 p.m. prayer and cake plate. The tea -and coffee ministry, the speaker being J. drawings were won by Mrsr Mc- Alexander. Carthy and Miss Jane Kirk. LEGION. W.A. Provinces of interest paym ents Legion Hall on Monday, March and singing funds, and take over 3 is t a t 2:15 sharp. unemployment relief. In re turn ---------------- the Provinces are to give- up the income tax, . corporation tax es . "amdYiWonfiitibnaTsubsiaie^^ ; 1;;.;: The Paragon Radio Service wish to give notice t h a t : they will be occupying the store a t the south-east corner of 18th and Marinê ^̂ ^ xo KXKj 1st. It should also be stated tha t whist, refreshments will be serv- K. McMillan has sev e ra l his con­ ed. Price 25 cents- nection with the Paragon Radio The usual monthly meeting of Service and A. S. Allen, late of the W.A. will be held in the the Allen Radio Service, i.s now associated with G. Gunningham in the former firm. A military whist drive will be held in the Legion Hall on Sat­ urday, March-29th, at 8 o'clock. Make - up -a table with your friends and relax for a few hours it will do you good. A fter the lA, While possibly much of Canada's increase in business is , due directly or indirectly to the war, and granted th a t possibly the east as the m anufacturing centre of the country is in a . position to benefit to a g reater extent than the we;st from war contracts, it still staJids to reason th a t there is no part of Canada which is not feeling th e good effects of the general improvement in business. Certainly we of British Columbia are better off for the increase in shipbuilding, apart from other contracts placed here iii connection with the war. More­ over, when the am ount of re-construction work to be done in the bomibed cities of G reat B ritain and the opportunities for trade in China are considered, it, will be our own fault in this - province if the post-w ar. years do not bring us such pros- perit.y as we have not seen for many years. --Report also-proposesTo_seUa_l!La:i. Widow Weeds Leaning over a roadside fence, the Hiker watxh(ni^in--©W-nian working-in- a-garden. MUSICAL SiUCCESS Nellie. Harrison,-- A.-T.ALMi_ 'Which weeds are easiest to k ill?" he asked. "Widow weeks," said the old man. "W hy?" "You only need to say 'Wilt thpu' to them, and they wilt."' . Special Diploma, wishes t o an- nounceThe success of two of her pupils in 1:he recent Toronto Con­ servatory theory examinations. Jean • McKellar obtained F irst Class Honors with a total of'95 per cent, in Grade I Theory, and 10-year-old Sheila Dines, F irs t Class Honors with 93 per cent, in the same examination. MRS. ELLEN MARY WILTSHIRE PASSES BRITISH-ISRAEL qk! ? M ary W iltshire of ;^40 ̂ Creery Ave., W est Bay, away last Tuesday in her yth year. She is survived by her - usband-;--three " sisters; Mr s'.' James Grant, TYinity .Valley, •L,, Mrs. W. S. Oooice, Arm- yong , B.C., Mrs. H. Thurlow, Sask.; and one broth- lev p T rinity Val- i V , F u n e r a l services were 3 p.m. today a t St: Steph-. Q? ̂ 'the Rev., F. A. followed by in- ^^nnent m Capilano View Ceme- Mrs'. Brereton will give an­ other dT her interesting and in­ structive talks next Monday evening a t 25th ' and Marine Drive. '̂Remember the Things of - e id r"- You-are -very-eordially:^in-- vited to attend. You will enjoy the, meeting.**,* .• EASTER PARADE tional average of social service expenditures, and for those Prov­ inces not in. a. position to finance up to the National average, a subsidy, called a National ad just­ ment g ranf is to be paid by the Federal Government. Under pre­ sent circumstances, Ontario and B.C., being fairly _ prosperous, average standards, then the would not be entitled to this province should refuse to give up " - arant. 'The C-C.F. yields to no the income and corporation taxes NATIONAL EMPTRE ' group in i t s . desire not only fo and bargain on this basis. PRAYER SERVICE maintain B.C.'s existing services, On the question of the debt --------- ̂ ' but to extend them. The C.C.F. transfer, no m atter who has the In obedience-to our King's re- being National _ in its outlook, control of the indebtedness, the quest a meeting for prayer was seeks n,ot only better things for people of Canada would still owe held in the Legion Hall, Sun- the people of B.C. bu t for our the debt, but the Dominion Gov- day, March 23rd a t 3 p.m. The " fellow citizens'all across Canada • ernment is in a position to re- m eeting was very well attend- V. - x; fHaf nll_ ^t a m uch'low er interest ed and an impressive service ra te or, as the G.C-F. proposes, was conducted under the chair- to re tire a portion of it by a bap- .manship oL Rev. % 'H ; ital levy. Geo. Dempsie, who recenb- As to taxation possibilities dn ly came from Japan, gave the and is of the opinion th a t an all- embraoing social security scheme for Canada is long overdue. In th e opinion . of the C.C.F. the jurisdiction over social .services should rinf. ho left to the prov- fho „hands-_of a B.C.- Provincial address,, followed by p rayers. n f Q Mn+innfll chmilrl fhp Sivois Rfinrpsenf.fl.f.fvos f r o m - l o c a lR ep re sen ta t'f^ f r o,m - 1 o c a 1 churches also took part. . A t the close of the service a le tiring offering was taken to meet ej^penses. Special hymn ' Call a t Mildred's Drbss Shop, 1660'Marine Drive, if you wish to be, ready Tor the E aster par­ ade. Silk suits, . d re s s e s ,h a n d bags and' sportswear, bouton- ieres, all of the latest designs. inces and instead of a National Governmerit, should the Sirois adjustment grant, the Doniinion Report be implemented as it Government should undertake to ' stands, there still remain's a. fa ir establish a basic National securi- field for revenue such as business tv plan, Allowing, the Provinces licences,' royalties, taxes on na- -- - coheurrerit legislation, that, is, to tural resources in private hands, sheets coding $1.50 left a pal improve the benefits where de- not to forget the profitable liquor ance of $17.10 which has been <?ired The C .C .F . m aintains th a t industry, which'.should be entire- turned over to the local Red, if the Dominion ,governm ent Jy socialized. So th a t adoption o f , Cross. A donation from a kindi could not see its way to estab- the report does not altogether friend met the expense for the l i s h this scheme with reasonable' mean long distance control.*** use of-the hall. ■K):I-