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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

May 09, 1946

Page

6

Ottawa Conference Fails to Bridge Tax Row Among Provinces

The Dominion and provincial governments fail to reach a common plan on personal and corporate taxes and subsidies. Ontario Premier Drew and Quebec's Duplessis press for tax rents while Manitoba and British Columbia seek fiscal needs based subsidies. Finance Minister Ladys indicates study of a standard basis for intergovernmental finance will continue.

Ottawa Aland Dominion Maritimes Union Nationale Quebec Ontario CCF Saskatchewan Social Credit Alberta Manitoba Huulah Columbia Ontari Drew Wit Hie Duplessis Maritime Provinces Prairie Provinces British Columbia Uady Justice St. Laurent

Causes of Shortage of Farm Machinery

The Dominion Department of Agriculture surveyed farm machinery supply due to drought and price shifts. Findings cite three main factors: drought and crop shortfalls hurting farmer finances, wartime manpower shortages increasing on farm labor efficiency, and rapid adoption of new machine types boosting demand beyond current manufacturing. The result is a rising, unmet demand for certain machinery as purchasing power grows.

National Committee On Agriculture Engineering Dominion Department of Agriculture Hool Patterson Aimee Patterson

Buds of the Ancient Seas

Dr. M. Fritz of the Royal Qetario Museum explains blastoids were ancient sea buds living in lime cups with limy stems. These fossil organisms, related to starfishes and starfish, vanished after their peak during coal-formation swamps.

M. Fritz Royal Qetario Museum

Moon Quarter Hen Hatches Crescent Egg on Ontario Farm

A Pembroke Ontario farm reports a hen laying a crescent-shaped egg during the night of the moons first quarter. The egg measured about two inches long and three quarters of an inch wide at its widest point.

Pembroke Ont Joseph Laforce

Free Christian Science booklet upon application

Distribution Committer 196 St. Charge 51 Toronto Ont will send a free Christian Science booklet on request. Christian Science Sunday services are broadcast on CFRD at 11 am every other Sunday. Next broadcast May 12.

St. Charge Toronto Christian Science Listion Cfrd

Sergeant alive after Molotov attack inquiry in Edmonton

United States Army sergeant survived after a Russian incident en route to a San Francisco conference. The report notes the sergeant is still alive and mentions foreign commission reception.

Edmonton United States Army

Sweden Sends Food Aid to Finland and Norway

Sweden has shipped more than 400 tons of food including grain sugar and butter to needy countries over the last two years. The aid was valued at about 40 million dollars and the primary recipients were Finland and Norway.

Stockholm Sweden Finland Norway

Watermelon Seed Broth Helps Child Recover in Australia

Three year old Raymond Muller from Arncliffe in New South Wales survived a severe nephritis after doctors fed him a broth made from watermelon seeds. Following a New York case, his mother urged the treatment and Raymond improved enough to return home. doctors remain cautious about the broth's role while continuing the remedy.

Sydney Australia New York Raymond Muller Arncliffe Raymond Campentown Hoanttal

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