Canada Must Seek Markets To Increase Trade
Canada must broaden and diversify its trade by finding new markets beyond Britain and the United States. Trade Minister Mackenzie calls for expansion in Latin America and the Orient, noting Japan’s defeat opens opportunities and that India and China offer complementary potential. He cites war-time gains and urges vigor to boost exports to Australia, New Zealand, China, India, and Japan.
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Edmonton
Mackieson
Canada
Britain
United States
Canadian Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dominion
South America
Department of Trade and Commerce
Latin America
Pacific
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
China
India
Manitoba Farmers Lead In Income Tax Assessments 1944-45
Manitoba farmers totaled 5562 assessed for income tax in 1944-45, leading all provinces. Ontario followed with about 4000, Saskatchewan 3465, Alberta 1316, and British Columbia 5. Other provinces recorded minimal numbers: Quebec 251, Nova Scotia 83, Prince Edward Island 82, and New Brunswick 4.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Canada
G H. Castleden
CCF
Yorkton
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prince Award Island
New Brunswick
Strike in Cairo ends as King Farouk decides protection
A 1000 member Cairo telegraph workers strike that paralyzed the system for 48 hours ended after King Farouk responded to their appeal for royal protection. Police surrounded the telegraph administration, blocking food and water to strikers inside, while some reached the royal palace to seek safety. Per the king's order food was allowed in and officials promised to address working conditions.
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Farouk
Cairo
Cain
Telegraph Administration
Royal
Curios Stolen From Bennett Home in Surrey
A break in at Viscount Bennett of Curios Hill, Mickleham, Surrey, resulted in several items being stolen including a gold key once given to the former Canadian prime minister when he was granted a Free Man of Vancouver. The incident occurred weeks ago and the house was ransacked.
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Mickleham
Surrey
Eng
Viscount Bennett
Vancouver
Charottetown Focus On Food At Tourism Convention
AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR: Charlottetown notes good, clean food as key to building tourist trade. Nat Bailey of Vancouver, president of the Indian Restaurant Association, addressed delegates at a two day maritime action convention. The Taiga of Siberia is a vast forest 4,000 miles long and 1,000 to 2,000 wide. AB0VE NORMAL BANG Torquay reports TV pictures from Alexandra Palace at long distance. London’s No 10 Downing Street first housed a Prime Minister in 1704.
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Charlottetown
Nat Bailey
Vancouver
The
Indian Restaurant Association
Maritime Action
Torquay
Devon
Eng
Alexandra Palace
BBC
London
No. 10
Downing Street
Urge Greater Use Of Hudson Bay Route
Saskatoon report from secretary Prask Jasea of the Hudson Bay Route Association urges expanded use of the route to support storage, crop shipments, and wartime supply lines. The note mentions the wheat board, shipments from Britain, and plans for two carloads of coal via the Hudson Bay route to bolster strategic logistics.
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Hudson Bay
Saskatoon
Prask Jasea
Huden Bay
Interpre
Uhh
S Wheat Board i
Spacetag
Churchill
Toe Dalgiuh Shamshop
Britain
Werchast
Regelres
Crveral
Darian, Bush
Cooperative Fare
Change Proposed Britain to Consult Dominions on Armistice Day
London reports plans to shift Armistice Day from November 11 to the second Sunday in November to honor war dead. The Evening News notes Commons questions and says the dominions would be consulted before a decision is made.
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Britain
London
Evening News
House of Commons
Dominions
Tobin elected president of Canadian Manufacturers' Association
Henry Seymour Tobin of Van saver, noted Pacific coast industrialist and lawyer, ends annual Toronto meeting as CMA president. He chaired the British Columbia division from 1941 to 1944 and now succeeds G. Blair Gordon of Montreal as president, after serving as vice president in 19.
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OMA
Henry Seymour Tobin
Vansaver
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Toronto
Ont
Col Tobin
Solumbia
G. Blair Gordon
Montreal
Prairie Land Fertility Declining Warns Sask. Expert
F C Bentley of the University of Saskatchewan soils department told the western Canadian Society of agronomy convention that prairie soils are being depleted especially of phosphorous, risking lower nutrition in crops. He urged fertilizer use to reach 200000 tons by 1955 as mineral content drops. Dr T Johnson noted rust races threaten cereal crops, with US race SB able to attack key wheats, though not yet in Canada.
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Winnipeg
F. C. Bentley
University of Saskatchewan Soils Department
Western Canadian Society of Agronomy Convention
Prairie
Bentley
T. Johnson
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Winnipes
Vanguard
Ajax
United States
Renown
Regent
Thatcher
Canada
Prices board workforce shrinks from June to January
In Ottawa the prices board showed 5,106 employees as of June 1 versus 5,678 on January 1. The Commons was told by N. J. M. Lockhart that monthly salary and expense costs were 842,626 for May and 68,553 for December 1945. The report notes on the continent of Australia are referenced in topics.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
N. J. M. Lockhart
Lincoln
Canada
Labor Department
Grave Problems Facing Russians and Poles in Shanghai
In Shanghai postwar life faces grave problems of allegiance for two minorities. Russians contend with citizenship choices after statelessness since fleeing Russia after the Great War, with a July 3 deadline for applications and many awaiting a Chinese passport. Polish residents shift allegiance from exile London to Warsaw, remaining largely neutral amid London-Lublin disputes and awaiting Poland’s progress.
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Shanghai
China
Russia
Ussr
London
Warsaw
Lublin
Poland
Indians Plan Big Fort Quippelle Hospital Extension
Ottawa announced plans for a 50 bed extension to the Indian hospital at Fort Quippelle and a new nurses residence. The program seeks to boost health services for Indians across the north and western Canada, raise annual funding to 4.10359 million, appoint five regional health superintendents, establish an air ambulance service, and have the department oversee patient transport to hospitals.
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Ottawa
Fort Quippelle
Brooke Claxton
Brooke
Canada
Claxton
North
Ininnipeg
RCAF
Department of Transport
U.S. Prices Rise for Butter Cheese and Milk
Housewives face higher prices for butter, cheese, and evaporated milk as price control raises costs. Fire of price administration targets milk, bread, and other foods. meat and eggs may be scarcer. Secretary Anderson forecasts slimmer meat and poultry supplies and tighter fruit offerings, with canned fruits and vegetables expected to be more plentiful.
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Washington
United States
Price Administration
Agriculture
Anderson
All Must Work Former Nazis in French Zone
In Aden Germany, French occupation authorities push de Nazification by assigning former Nazis to work. A French official stated they employ anyone suitable, using Nazis in jail or camp roles while carefully supervising those not fully condemned.
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Aden
Germany
United Press
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