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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1051 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE SEVENTEEN First Thanksgiving Day Held to Mark Recovery 0f Then Prince of Wales By the Canadian Press 'Canadians celebrate thanksgiving day on Monday in observance of a custom that began back in the golden years of Victoria's reign Canada, as a self - governing dominion, was not quite five years old when her citizens filed quietly into the churches to celebrate their first Thanksgiving day--Mon- day, April 15, 1872. While the day now marks thank- fulness for a bountiful harvest, it was not so with the first thanks- giving. . The then Prince of Wales, later to become Edward VII, was re- covering from a long and serious illness and the government of the young dominion proclaimed April 15 as a day of thanksgiving for his restoration to health. History repeats and now after 79 years Canada's measure of thanks- giving will be the greater for. the encouraging reports of the King's condition since his operation and the presence in the dominion of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal couple scheduled to arrive from England on Monday and will observe Thanksgiving day for the first time. Thanksgiving day is not cele- brated in Britain. 'AT VARIOUS TIMES Since its first observance, the day has been celebrated in various months, on various days and, at times, for varying rea- sons. However, for the last 20 years, it has become custom for it to be celebrated on the second | Menday in October and officials say there is no reason to expect a |B change. Though Thanksgiving first was observed in 1872, it did not become established until 1879. In that year, the government proclaimed Thurs- day, Nov. 6, as a day of thanks- giving for an abundant harvest earlier that fall. From then on, it was a harvest celebration day with only a few notable excep- tions. One of those exceptions was in 1887 when June 21 was set aside to mark' the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne. Again, in 1897, June 22 was proclaimed to celebrate Victoria's diamond jubilee. In 1902, Thanks- giving fell on Aug. 9 to coincide with the coronation of King Ed- ward VII. It returned to its autumnal spot on the il mn 1903. Following the First World War, parliament adopted a bill combin- ing Thanksgiving and Armistice day. The two were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which Nov. 11 feil. This practice was fol- lowed until 1931 when parliament, acting on protests from veterans' organizations, separated them. Since then, Thanksgiving has been celebrated on the second Monday of October. An exception occurred in 1935 when a general election was called for that day and Thanksgiving was put off un-| til Thursday, Oct. 23. In 1945, the | day was proclaimed as one of] thanksgiving for the restoration of peace. Missing Plaque Mystery Hangson "Dont Buy" Speech By ALAN HAJ HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer London (CP) -- The case of the missing plaque would be a suit- able title for the most piquant of all Britain's pre-election feuds. The principals in this political thriller are the country's house- wives, its textile manufacturers and one Hugh Dalton, the saucy, insouciant socialist who once was tabbed as a future prime minister. The first storm signals were not- iced in mid-September. Dalton, minister of local government and planning, advised housewives to re- frain from buying clothes or other lextles until prices started dropp- g. The storm freshened quickly. Ad- jectives such as "reckless," "un- warranted," and "irresponsible" were heard on all sides. Everybody who had ever sold a suit of clothes, it seemed, wanted to tell Dalton |! where to get off. TRADERS ANGRY A member of an organization called the Drapers' Chamber of Trade stiffly advised his colleagues to '"'cut Dalton dead." C. W. Ful- ker, officer of the cooperative union, said co-op managers were "gnashing their teeth and would like to tear Mr. Dalton to pieces." Rival politicians got into the act. One recalled that Dalton had been dismissed as chancellor of the ex- chequer in+1947 for spilling budget secrets to a newspaper man -- in the wrong place, at the wrong time, to the wrong person." Others challenged Dalton's claim that clothing prices should be reduced immediately, saying that the fall in wholesale prices could not be Jeflecieq in the stores as soon as at. Dalton didn't budge an inch. In fact, he was sassy enough in a subsequent speech to claim that the housewife, by foregoing cloth- ing purchases, ahd won a "striking victory' on the cost-of-living front. HOUSEWIVES HAPPY "We have broken the price rings of clothing and textiles," said Dal- ton, chummily linking himself with the housewife in the personal pro- noun. "The profiteers are in full re- treat. In the last fortnight many prices have come down with a run --knitting wool, carpets, blankets, men's suits, raincoats, women's dresses and best of all, children's clothing." He accused the conservatives of trying to 'hush up" the fact that wholesale prices had fallen. If the price reductions made the housewives happy, it didn't do the same for the traders. In some areas, manufacturers spoke gloomi- ly of being forced to fire employees because of reduced turnover caused by the housewives' buying strike. Proving that political pronounce- ments often come home to roost, one of the hardest-hit areas was reported to be Bishop Auckland, Durham, Nothing significant in that --Central Press Canadian. With her hair disheveled, sport- ing dark glasses and carrying her own baggage, Greta Garbo, often called "most glamorous woman," appears somewhat deglamourized as | she leaves a plane after her arrival | in Paris. Miss Garbo, who travelled | by plane incognito, was listed on! the trans-altantic passenger list as Mrs. J. Clark. except that Bishop Auckland is the | constituency which elected Dalton | to parliament. i That's where the missing plaque | comes in. Three years ago Dalton | opened a new clothing factory in | Bishop Auckland, once a depressed | area. To commemorate the occa- | sion a plaque, giving glowing de- | tails of Dalton's part in. the cere- | mony, was placed in the entrance | hall of the factory. Now the plaque is missing, and | nobody will say where it went. But | rumor is that workers threatened | with layoffs pulled down the plaque | to show their displeasure at Dal- | ton's "don't buy" advice. ) | | | | tic ¢ oP jE. 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