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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
4
The MacGregor School Board moves to raise the levy by seven extra mills to cover higher salaries and repair costs for the 1945 school year. Total staff salaries and other expenditures approach $9,760, with 81 in public school and 57 in the collegiate department. The board notes growing costs and emphasizes education as vital for youth.
A Winnipeg Free Press quotation attributes to Abraham Lincoln a defense of labor and enterprise. It argues prosperity is the fruit of labor and property is a positive good, praising wealth as incentive while urging freedom for individuals to acquire property without restrictive laws.
It is estimated that about 40,000,000 people are in Axis labour camps, prisons or concentration camps, or have been forced from their homes by war.
Rural Municipality of North Norfolk seeks applicants for Noxious Weed Inspector and Dog Tax Collector. Choose whole municipality or East or West half. Salary 200 dollars for all, 100 for half, plus extra for weed unit work and dog licenses. Apply by February 17, 1944 at MacGregor office or via council members.
All claims against the estate must be sent to Mackinnon and Mackinnon solicitors at Hampton Street MacGregor Manitoba on or before February 20 1944. Dated January 18 1944 at MacGregor Manitoba. Executors Ellen M L Munro and Lillian Hay.
Winnipeg Tribune quotes Pilot Mound Sentinel on a new rule banning posters for events at non event venues. The piece notes the law trims advertising waste yet laments the loss of pole signs and public notices, calling the measure a necessity even as it reduces government waste.
Mr and Mrs Alex Borozny announce the engagement of their youngest daughter Annie to Pte Jack Romanuk eldest son of Mr and Mrs N J Romanuk of Hayfield Manitoba The wedding is planned for this week.
Milk cow advertised for sale due to imminent freshening. Applicant James Barrett at Bagot Portage 1a P offers contact via phone 452-21 for details. Local notice style with brief sales information.
Thirty eight resolutions from Manitoba municipalities were presented to Premier Garson and the cabinet by a delegation of the executive. Key asks included ten thousand dollars yearly to aid Cancer Relief and Research Institute for free services outside greater Winnipeg, funded by the municipal commissioner's levy, plus a shift of mental defectives funding to public institutions. Other proposals sought half of motor vehicle license receipts for highway postwar construction, the right for municipalities to levy livestock licenses, a Bangs disease survey in cattle, compulsory auto insurance, and Dominion wool producer bonuses. The executive members were Percy Bechall Rosser president Hugh MacIntyre Pipestone vice president Geo Goulding Sidney C McLeod K.C. solicitor and John Spalding secretary.
The World of Wheat 1 Research Dept is reported as dearer amid rising costs and market shifts. Experts note persistent demand and potential supply adjustments affecting prices for milling grains and related commodities.
The piece argues that world conflict requires a global peace built on access to Earth's resources on fair terms. It advocates international free trade and lowering Canadian tariffs to curb nationalistic protectionism, urging readers to lobby Ottawa and contact MPs.
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