Wartime Price Board tightens controls in Canada news
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board tightens price ceilings and licenses dealers in food clothing and footwear while expanding licensing to more businesses. The plan bases maximum prices on a Sept to Oct 1940 base with exemptions for certain farm and producer sales. Cabinet vacancy after Justice Minister Lapointe’s death sparks speculation on successors. A wartime salaries order caps increases for wage earners, merging hourly and salaried workers into a controlled-income class.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Donald Gordon
Lapointe
Mackenzie King
Casgrain
Philippe Brais
Quebec
Adelard’ Gadbout
G. P. Vanier
France
L. F. LaFleche
National War Services
Hiles
Isley
Barbara Whitley to Present Christmas Shopping Monologue
Montreal actress Barbara Whitley, known since freshman year at McGIL, performs a new episode of Monologues of the Moment on Thursday December 11 at 5:00 p.m. EDST. Her program, rooted in amateur drama, features amusing Christmas shopping wit.
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Montreal
McGil
Barbara Whitley
Stephen Lencock
Witl
Army coats merged into one for Home Guard Barney Worth
Bristol item notes two army great coats joined to cover Home Guardsman Barney Worth. The piece mentions 588 pounds from the city and his wife who weighs 420 pounds and fears the war will end before she finishes a khaki pullover she is knitting for him.
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Bristol
Barney
Akim
Over 2 000 000 Insured Under Canadian Unemployment Act
Mr H G Suffield of the local Employment and Claims Office reports over two million three hundred thousand workers are registered under the Unemployment Insurance Act. The act excludes seasonal and hard to administer occupations such as agriculture and most private domestic service due to administrative costs and practical difficulties.
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H. G. Suffield
Great Britain
Suffield
Canada
London pinball operator jailed for unlawful gaming
A London operator who admitted using premises for unlawful gaming received four months in prison. The man, who run a weighted pinball machine designed to deny jackpot wins, pleaded guilty to the charge.
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London
December Dandelions and Price Control Debate in Canada
A reader notes early December blooms on the back lawn and shifts to the wartime price control policy. He cites Gov ernment plans, warns of hardship, and compares civilian discipline to Allied expectations, urging gratitude and reduced grumbling. He references Mr. Donald Gordon and a church notice board question about being on God’s side.
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Partner
Canada
Donald Gordon
Gordon
England
France
Greece
Denmark
Germany
Legion
E. J. Springett
God
Mr. Springert
Temporary Casual Employment Defined By The Commission
The article explains how temporary and casual Christmas hire in Canada falls under the Unemployment Insurance Act. It covers insurability for those available more than two days a week, stamping requirements for employers, the difference between temporary casual and part-time work, and registration and insurance book duties for employers handling transient or part-time staff.
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Canada
Suffield
Employment and Claims Office
Moscow Calls British Women to Fight Fascism
Moscow messages British housewives urging an active struggle against German fascism and mobilization for humanity’s liberation. London replies that civil defence women in London stand ready in arms and pledge leadership alongside Russian and British Empire women to forge a new, finer civilization.
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London
Moscow
Great
Britain
Europe
Russia
British Empire
Light Keeper Waded Into Sea to Save Steamer Crew
65-year-old Mrs. James Jones, caretaker at Llanddwyn lighthouse since her husband’s death, waded into the sea to direct 28 crew members as they reached shore in a lifeboat after a cargo steamer wrecked on rocks. Five Red Cross workers praised her bravery, noting their certificate for distinguished war service for their own grueling dune and sand trek to aid the crew.
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Llanddwyn
Wales
James Jones
Mra Jones
Red Cross
Food Labor Plan for 1942 in Canada Urged by Farmer Journalist
John Atkins, farming columnist, calls for rapid labor mobilization to restore idle land and repair machinery. He urges using farm youths, veterans, and mechanized forces to repair gear, train on tractors, and sustain seeding and harvest efforts amid wartime shortages. He notes need for cross-government cooperation and local boards to implement the plan. Rev Arthur Hawking in Richmond seeks 1180 repair funds for Holy Trinity Church bomb damage within 16 days.
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Farmora
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Gauragos
Richmond
England
Arthur Hawking
Holy Trinity Church
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