Dominion's 1946 Foreign Trade Sets Record
Canada postwar trade hit a peak in 1946 with imports and exports totaling about 4.2 billion dollars. Exports reached roughly 2.3 billion with the United States taking 40 percent and the United Kingdom 25 percent. forest products led, followed by food exports to the UK and Europe. Imports valued around 1.9 billion, the highest on record, driven by consumer demand and a need for raw materials and capital goods.
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James A. Mackinnon
Ottawa
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
British Empire
Europe
Latin America
Dominion
United States Plans Dump of Potato Surplus in 1946
U S agriculture officials forecast dumping millions of frozen and rotten potatoes as part of the 1946 crop surplus, with an estimated final loss near 80 million dollars. The surplus grew by about 100 million bushels versus expectations, forcing sales to distillers and industrial users and staged loans to growers.
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Washington
United States Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department
Clinton P. Anderson
London denies Polish funds withheld by Britain
The Foreign Office denied a Polish embassy claim that Britain refused to release 28 to 40 million dollars deposited by the Bank of Poland for wartime use. The funds would be returned under an Anglo-Polish financial agreement not yet ratified in London. Ratification hinges on Potsdam terms including free elections in Poland.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
Bank of Poland
Poland
Port of Churchill to See Its Biggest Year in 1947
Saskatchewan Co operatives Minister L F McIntosh told reporters in Prince Albert the Port of Churchill is poised for its biggest year in 1947, signaling strong activity and growth for the northern trade hub.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan
L. F McIntosh
Churchill
Vancouver loggers plan boycott over wage demands
Harold Pritchett, district president of the International Woodworkers Association, says about 500 loggers in nine Queen Charlotte Island camps will boycott until operators meet union demands for fair wages and a differential pay increase retroactive to January 1, 1946.
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Vancouver
Harold Pritchett
British Columbia
International Woodworkers Association
Queen Charlotte Island
Peacetime Army and Navy Get Under Way
Canada discharges 250000 and repatriates over 100000 in 1946 while building a peacetime force of 25000 regulars and 180000 reserves. The year saw demobilization and reorganization, five regional commands, and educational reforms. The Royal Canadian Navy expanded to a modern fleet with two aircraft carriers planned, and 18000 reserve personnel trained across 19 divisions.
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Ottawa
Civvy Street
Canadian Women's Army Corps
C.w.ac
Royal Canadian Navy
Naval Service Headquarters
Navy
Halifax
Esquimalt
B.C
Vitamin D2 shows success in lupus and skin TB
In Canada two Quebec dermatologists report cal ciferol or vitamin D2 used to treat lupus and skin tuberculosis. Dr. Emile Gaumond and Dr. Jean Grandbois at Hotel Dieu say several cases improved notably after treatment since mid 1943.
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Quebec
Chronicle-Telegraph
Charpy
France
Canada
Emile Gaumond
Quebec Hotel Dieu Hospital
Jean Grandbois
Fireman lowers woman from ninth floor during Louisville hotel blaze
During a Louisville hotel fire, a firefighter climbed a half floor into a ninth floor window and lowered a woman guest to awaiting crews. Several hundred guests were forced into the street as flames compelled evacuations.
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Louisville
Arrow
Parcel post rates reduced to U K
Ottawa Postmaster General Bertrand announced considerable reductions in parcel post rates from Canada to the United Kingdom. The new scale charges 25 cents for the first pound and 15 cents per pound to 10 pounds, then 2 dollars for 10 to 15 pounds and 2.50 for 15 to 20 pounds, easing gifts to UK friends and relatives.
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Ottawa
Bertrand
Canada
United Kingdom
Canada proclaims 12.5 million citizens in new act
Ottawa reports the Canadian Citizenship Act takes effect January 1. For the first time in 79 years as a self governing dominion Canadians may legally call themselves Canadian citizens rather than British subjects. The measure proclaims a new legal status for residents nationwide.
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Ottawa
Canada
Vancouver Woman Correctly Counts Gobbler Feathers
Violet de Mille of Vancouver claimed the correct feather count for a 15 pound gobbler awarded by Sunset Memorial centre as a Christmas stunt. Two thousand entrants across Alberta and British Columbia submitted counts ranging from 126 to 55 million, with Violet asserting 6341 as the true number.
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Vancouver
Violet de Mille
Sunset Memorial Centre
Alberta
British Columbia
Violet
Canada’s Labor Picture Brightens for 1947
Ottawa reports Canada's employment outlook for 1947 is strong with reconversion advancing. Employers show 1946 employment above 1939 by over 45 percent overall and manufacturing up over 60 percent, logging over 150 percent, aided by unemployment insurance.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mitchell
Man Bites Policeman Leads to Assault Charge
Vancouver report notes 22 year old Gordon Sandford bit constable I C Morrison while being restrained for drunkenness. The officer required treatment at a drug store and Sandford was charged with assault in addition to drunkenness.
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Vancouver
Gordon Sandford
I. C. Morrison
Sandford
Further Cuts In Income Taxes Likely
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Abbott forecasts a balanced budget or surplus for the year ending March 31. Officials expect further income tax cuts and consider raising exemptions for married earners from 1500 to 2000 and singles from 750 to 1000.
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Ottawa
Abbott
Health department reports 1946 family allowance totals
The welfare branch paid out 240 403 175 dollars in family allowances in 1946, averaging about six dollars monthly for over 3,335,000 eligible children. The 350 word statement says the year featured extension and consolidation of the department's activities.
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Ottawa
Health Department
Amnestied Germans Cleared in McNarney Christmas Move
General Joseph T McNarney announced a sweeping amnesty that clears about 800000 Germans in the US occupation zones of the Nazi taint. eligibility included those not chargeable under denazification laws as major offenders and showing no Nazi profits. The decree also covers those with more than 50 percent disability.
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Joseph T. McNarney
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