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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 11, 1952
Page
1
Chancellor Richard Butler outlines drastic import cuts and new taxes to curb inflation and fund food subsidies, while avoiding tobacco and liquor taxes. The budget raises automobile licenses, boosts entertainment taxes, and promises relief for low income earners, aiming to stabilize sterling and reduce the trade deficit.
An 85 member teaching staff accepts a 200 dollar across the board annual salary increase retroactive to January 1 1952 after a reguar semi monthly school board meeting. The raise raises minimum salaries to 1900 dollars, 100 dollars below the 2000 dollar province wide minimum sought by the Alberta Teachers Association. A.T.A. resolution calls possible strike action. Representatives will meet in Edmonton Thursday to review the salary situation. Board chairman C W Niblock and trustee W A Church plan to attend.
The army seeks a federal injunction to force 6,000 striking workers of the New York Central system to return to work west of Buffalo and at the St. Louis terminal. The action aims to halt the national rail stoppage that hit 200,000 members and disrupted 20,000 NYC passengers daily. Negotiations continue but workers seek higher pay and oppose changes to four working rules viewed as wage cuts.
Paris Premier Antoine Pinay secured a 293 to 101 approval vote in the national assembly. Only Communists opposed his new right of centre cabinet, with Pinay pledging Atlantic Alliance support, a crackdown on Communist rebels in Indochina, and strict tax reform to fund defense contributions.
An earthquake struck Regio Calabria, Italy, last night causing no reported damage. Officials urged calm as residents felt a strong tremor across the city and surrounding areas.
Alberta legislature authorizes creating an Alberta Academy to honor arts achievement. Attorney General Lucien Maynard introduces the act among 38 first reading money bills. Other measures fund phone service, pensions for aged and blind, and establish family courts in Calgary and Edmonton with potential expansion.
London report notes Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard Butler cuts Britain's food subsidies by almost half from over 400 million to about 250 million pounds annually. The move raises household costs by roughly one shilling sixpence weekly per person and sparks international concern over Britain's economic resolve amid the financial crisis.
Tokyo reports a decline in strip-tease shows as a new all Japanese style entertainment rises. A Swordswoman drama featuring a frail heroine wielding a Samurai sword tops a nationwide audience poll, edging out traditional strippers and signaling a shift in Japanese amusements.
Peiping radio reports that China’s first women air corps pilots finished a year of rigorous training and flew in formation over Peiping marking a milestone for women in aviation.
Ottawa officials say Britain’s 100 million pound import cut, part of broader reductions totaling 600 million pounds, will spare essentials like metals and wheat but tighten non essential exports. Canada must seek new markets, especially in Latin America, as Australia and New Zealand cuts continue. Expansion of diplomatic and trade links in Latin America may be explored.
United States jet pilots launched a major air strike on a camouflaged red supply base near Sinmak, 30 miles from Panmunjom, using napalm and explosives. They reported 32 red anti air positions destroyed and ongoing night attacks as fires raged over four square miles.
A heavy Alberta snowstorm blankets the Medicine Hat district with over 10 inches in 24 hours, closing many roads and stranding traffic. Forecasters say the worst is over with sun expected, while police urge caution and chains for drivers amid drifting and glare from the storm.
Wellington New Zealand cancelled all import licenses for Canada the United States Japan and other nonsterling countries In a move to support the sterling bloc Prime Minister Sidney Holland said licenses will be granted on a reduced scale Imports from sterling countries remain unrestricted while licensing is reimposed on motor vehicles from all sources The government will review the situation and aim to boost exports to dollar countries
Alberta legislature gives first reading to a bill to suspend licences for first offences two months and one year for subsequent offences. The bill also requires trolley buses to follow all road rules and motorists to carry licences and present registration and testing certifications. A second bill amends the Child Welfare Act to align with a new juvenile jurisdiction transfer to the attorney general.
Willie Bruentjen left Ottawa for Vancouver after tests in Hull confirmed he had no foot and mouth disease. He received $50 for his trouble and the government will cover his plane fare. Bruentjen, 27, German army veteran, plans to settle in Canada and may bring his sweetheart to join him in a poultry and swine farm venture.
The Alberta legislature approved a resolution urging the federal government to remove embargoes on dressed meats and to set an adequate floor price for livestock. Agricul ture Minister D A Ure criticized federal handling of the foot and mouth outbreak and called for overhauling the health of animals branch. Elmer Roper warned costs should be shared, not borne by farmers alone.
The Commons learned that Willi Bruentjen, a German immigrant, has been found free of foot and mouth disease. Jean Lesage, assistant to External Affairs Minister Pearson, said about 160 Canadian missionaries remain in Red China. Prime Minister St Laurent implied that foreign policy is cabinet business, not parliament. George Drew protested Pearson's New York speech. J M Macdonnell urged recovering UK markets.
New York state assembly introduced a bill banning police and officials from disclosing the identities of tipsters who aid criminal investigations. The proposal follows Brooklyn slaying of Arnold Schuster, whose tip helped catch bank robber Willie Sutton.
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