Cost Of Government Taxation In Canada And Its Rising Burden
The article discusses growing government costs in Canada driven by expanded health welfare and social security services. It cites Bureau of Statistics figures showing payrolls rising from 66 million to 277 million and an employee increase of 268 percent between 1935 and 1948. It notes postwar tax reductions but warns of higher costs borne by the public. It also compares to the United States and United Kingdom trends toward more social legislation and higher taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Bureau of Statistics
IMSS
Bureau
Department + National Health and Welfare
Department of Veterans Affairs
United States
England
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Girl's hair generates static electricity in Pittsfield
General Electric engineers report a girl in Pittsfield Massachusetts can produce about 900 volts with each stroke of her comb. The electricity harnessed in her hair can power a flash bulb and fire a spark plug in an automobile engine. Pasteurized milk is safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
General Electric
Funny And Otherwise: Comic Tales And Jokes
A collection of light humorous vignettes and quips. Notes on antiques, love, wages, races, manners, and shop talk illustrated by short exchanges and witty one liners. The items include cheeky observations about lovers, chores, and everyday life with a playful tone.
Love Will Find Way in Vancouver Engagement
Joan Dredge of Brisbane and Clifford Phelps of Reedley California plan marriage after meeting in Australia where Phelps served with the US Army. He returned to the United States in 1944 and Joan could not join due to the Australian quota. She moved to Vancouver and now seeks to cross the border as the next step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Dredge
Brisbane
Australia
Vancouver
Clifford Phelps
Reedley
Cal
Phelps
U.S
Joan
S.N.S
Estimates 600000 Acres Of Land Suited For Irrigation In Central Sask
Saskatoon. John Mitchell head of the soils department at the University of Saskatchewan estimates about 600000 acres of central Saskatchewan farm land suitable for irrigation. Surveys over two years, plus extensions this year, support the figure though subject to revision.
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Sask
Saskatoon
John Mitchell
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Mitchell
Elbow Dam
Pike Lake
Delisle-Asquith
Bradwell- Elstow
Moose Jaw
Thunder Creek
Regina
South Saskatchewan
Deliste-Asquith
Bradwell-Elstow
Alberta
Plentywood Herald Faces a Parade of Plant Oddities
In Plentywood Montana the local editor contends with a flood of unusual garden entries. P C Peters en displays a three headed cabbage followed by L M Jensen quadruplet corn Lester Hancock triplets and a quintuplet parsnip Mrs Ole Johnson quintuplet carrots and now Mrs Emil Rost brings an eight headed cabbage from Archer Canada provoking the editor to remark on the competition and its effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plentywood
Mon
George A. Gross
Plentywood Herald
The
Herald
P. C. Petersen
Petersen Garden
L. M. Jensen
Coalridge
Lester Hancock
Medicine Lake
Petersen
Ole Johnson
Herald Office
Emil Rost
Archer
Canada
Melted Chocolate Candy and Navy Paint Usage
Recipe describes melting chocolate with careful temperature control and beating for a glassy finish, plus a butter condensed milk candy with rum option. A note states the U S Navy uses 25 to 30 million gallons of paint annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Navy
British capital blocked by U.K. currency import limits
Alberta official Gerhart says government currency restrictions in Britain trap Britons and capital, preventing a mass migration to Canada. The remarks tie U.K. policy to potential shifts in trade and investment during the postwar period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Gerhart
United Kingdom
Canada
Winter's Fuel Free For The Taking
In Lillooet British Columbia ranchers can take free burning coal from Hat Creek valley after flood waters exposed several thousand tons. Manfred McGeer spearheads the offer linked to Hat Creek Mines. A local test shipment reached within ten feet of the deposit, drawing attention as coal sells at twenty five dollars a ton in town. Geologists note large lignite beds and nearby ceramic clays suitable for cement brick and pottery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hat Creek
Manfred McGeer
Vancouver
Lillooet
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Iminard
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Nme
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Ity
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Les Carroll
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