Manitobans Poised For General Election Next Monday
Manitoba faces 67 candidates across 17 ridings with Liberal, Conservative and Progressive Conservative parties contesting. Key seats include Neepawa, Winnipeg North Centre, Souris, Churchill, St Boniface, Portage la Prairie, St Boniface and others as Liberals claim ten seats are secure and various candidates eye gains amid predicted Liberal lead and potential shifts among minor parties.
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Dominion
Manitoba
National Party
John Bracken
James G. Glen
C.C.F
Labor Progressive Party
Neepawa
Mr. Bracken
F. D. MacKenzie
Jas. H. Wood
Bracken
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg North Centre
Winnipeg North
Joseph Zuken
Col
James A. Ross
Souris
Churchill
Ronald Moore
St. Boniface
Ze C. MacLean
Progressive Conservative
Bag
Provencher
Lisgar
Macdonald
Portage la Prairie
Marquette
Brandon
Dauphin
Winnipeg South
Winnipeg South Centre
Most Filling Stations Still Close at 7 p.m
After wartime hours, filling stations across Manitoba and neighboring provinces largely keep 7 pm closing. Operators say all day or night service would burden workers, noting motorists are used to set hours and desire steady rest for staff.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Ottawa
Veterans Training Proposed For Business Establishment
The Prairie Regional Employment committee of the Unemployment Insurance commission approved a resolution at a Winnipeg meeting to provide war veterans seeking private businesses with business management courses. Committee members cited veteran employment as Canada’s key issue and noted many discharged personnel will use their re establishment credits to start enterprises. A reference to the stores department of the Canadian National Railways handling storing of vessels built by Canadian shipbuilders since 1942 appears in the text.
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Prairie Regional Employment Committee
The
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Winnipeg
Canada
Stores Department
Canadian National Railways
Central Canada Air Council Formed To Guide Postwar Aviation
Delegates at a two day convention discussed forming Central Canada Air Council to steer civilian aviation growth. They did not map concrete plans for immediate action but expressed confidence that postwar aviation will expand in the mid Canada area. The aim is to build development on sound lines and follow up on proposed actions.
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Mid Canada
Resolution Seeks Campaign To Stimulate Farm Production
A board approved resolution labels the drop in livestock production as alarming and cites nearly 2,000,000 fewer hogs on farms late last year than the same period in 1943. It notes no improvement since and urges action.
Wood Not Wire Slows Up Electrification
Ottawa's restrictions on copper wire will not hasten Manitoba rural electrification. The government advises no immediate speed-up and outlines continued delays in the work.
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Wood
Ottawa
Manitoba
Poles Shortage Hampers Provincial Electrification Plan
The province delays the full electrification program as 13,000 poles are needed while only 2,500 are on hand. Mr. Cottingham says supply is limited to British Columbia with uncertain delivery from the west coast and other sources.
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Mr. Cottingham
British Calumbia
West Coast
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U.K
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