Ottawa Eyes Revisions On Tax Pact Subsidies With Provinces
A federal source said Canada may equalize subsidy payments to provinces to avert a breakdown in tax talks. Premier McNair of New Brunswick halted negotiations over BC's more favorable terms. Garson proposed calling all five negotiating provinces for talks while Cabinet reviews potential adjustments. Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia have not signed agreements.
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McNair
New Brunswick
Dominion
British Columbia
Garson
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Figures Reveal Foreign Trade Off Balance
Ottawa reports 1946 ended with Canada selling more on credit and buying with cash. Parliament resumes Jan 30 amid questions on reserves, with US funds at 1.5 billion. Trade with the United States shows a deficit of about 474 million including gold. Forecasts suggest 1947 may lessen the dollar drain as exports rise and US demand for Canadian newsprint continues.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Canada Doing Its Best Says Strachey
Food Minister Strachey said Canada is doing its utmost to move wheat to the United Kingdom and called the failure to move more from the head of the lakes a tragedy for both nations. He noted Pacific coast shipments via Vancouver are progressing smoothly and he expects no difficulty in obtaining wheat after the Great Lakes open in spring.
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London
Strachey
United Kingdom
Canada
Lakes
Vancouver
James MacKinnon
Great Lakes
Seaboard
New South Wales Plans 18 Dams to Combat Drought
The New South Wales government unveils a 15 year program to make the state drought free and agriculturally dominant through water conservation. It calls for 18 dams and storage works plus flood mitigation and river protection. Work has begun on some dams but major undertakings are limited by shortages while about six million dollars is planned to be spent this financial year.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
British Soldier Faces Trouble Over Italian Sweetheart
Stanley Edwards, a 25 year old British soldier, smuggled his 34 year old Italian lover over the Alps and through France into England. They were found in a hut near Norwich and she faces possible deportation while he remains under military escort.
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Norwich
Norfolk
England
Stanley Edwards
Alps
France
Britain plans to control future land development
London reports a government white paper outlining a town and country planning bill that would place all future real estate development under state planning authorities. It envisions a development charge on land value and aims to replace older planning acts while leaving the new towns and agricultural schemes intact.
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Britain
London
House of Commons
Many Find Jobs Winnipeg
191,140 persons were placed in employment in the prairie region in 1946. Of these, 132,638 were men and 58,502 were women, according to Fred J. White regional superintendent of the unemployment insurance commission. Employers placed 156,440 orders with prairie regional offices during the year.
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Winnipeg
Prairie
Fred J. White
Unemployment Insurance Commission
French Paratroopers Use In Fight In Nam Dinh
Saigon reports French forces used para troops and amphibious landings to seize a bridgehead in Nam Dinh. Parachutists dropped at dawn secured a river landing for reinforcements. progress was slowed by Viet Nam barricades, though the landing “fully succeeded.”
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Paris
Nam Dinh
Saigon
Berlin Adopts Five Day Work Week and Eight Hour Day
All Berlin businesses except food and medicine traders ordered to a five day work week with an eight hour day as part of a tightened power conservation program. The move aims to reduce electricity usage during peak periods and streamline operations citywide.
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Berlin
Solemn Ceremony Hails Canadian POW Cemetery in Japan
In Hodogaya near Yokohama Canada dedicated a cemetery for 137 Canadian POW dead from Hong Kong 1941. The service attended by about 40 Canadians featured Protestant and Catholic rites, wreaths, a salute by Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and Lt Col Baillie who helped arrange the event. Nearby plots hold New Zealand and Australian personnel. Norway. Lumber camps need over 10,000 woodsmen despite a 15 percent rise in labor.
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Canada
Hodogaya
Japan
Yokohama
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Niigata
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
John A. Baillie
Winnipeg Grenadiers
C” Force
Arthur MacNarma
Byrnes Succeeds as Secretary of State by Gen George Marshall
James Byrnes resigns as secretary of state at 67 and President Truman names Gen. George C. Marshall to succeed him. The Senate promptly confirms Marshall amid praise for his wartime leadership and long military career.
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James F. Byrnes
Harry S. Truman
George C. Marshall
United States
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Gen. Marshall
Byrnes
Army
China
Congress
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marshall
Roosevelt
White House
Canada Considers Importing Butter From New Zealand
Ottawa reports the government may import butter from New Zealand to maintain the six ounce daily Canadian ration during the winter shortage period. Arrangements with Britain and Australia are noted, with one or two shiploads expected to divert to Canada. Retail butter prices could rise if subsidies end, potentially moving from about 45 cents to 53 or 54 cents per pound.
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New Zealand
Canada
Britain
Australia
Gardiner
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