Anyone's Guess What Tax Reductions May Come
Ottawa is alight with budget guesses as a surplus looms and Liberal back benchers expect tax relief. Income tax exemptions for singles could rise from 750 to 1000 and married from 1500 to 2000, with middle brackets seen as likely targets. Sales and nuisance taxes may fall, but alcohol and tobacco cuts look unlikely amid wartime to peace-time shifts.
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John Bird Southam
Ottawa
Mr. Abbott
Dominion
Abbott
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Joreso
United States
Europe Exiles in U S Plan for Time Iron Curtain Lifts
Exiled leaders from Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria gather in Washington to map post Curtain futures. Committees form to represent homeland voters, aiming for free votes if regimes fall. Leaders include Dr George Dimitrov Dr Peter Zenkl Gen Nicolae Radescu Rev Bela Varga Stanislay Mikolajczyk.
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Washington
Middle Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
George Dimitrov
Turkey
Egypt
Council For A
Peter Zenkl
Zenkl
Mduaira 3Enes
Nicolae Radescu
Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
Michael
Bela Varga
Ife
Tie
Pierens Nagy
Stanislay Mikolajczyi
Peasant Party
European Recovery Program Aids United States and Canada
Forbes writes that the European recovery program and Canadian aid bolster Europe’s rise and world trade, benefiting North America. The piece notes the humane and self interested aims, the wheat contracts among Canada the UK and the US, and concerns over ERPs future funding and political pressure.
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United States
Canada
Forbes Rhode
Britain
Europe
North America
Wall Street Journal
Soviet Russia
MCA
E.R.P
United Kingdom
Davis Urges Against Moving TCA Offices During Atomic Era
Ottawa Senator Davis warned against relocating Trans-Canada Air Lines offices from Winnipeg to Montreal. He cited atomic-age risks to major institutions, including CPR, CN, Sun Life, McGill, Royal Bank, and Parliament, urging dispersal of government personnel and services.
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Ottawa
J. C. Davis
Q.u
Manitoba
Senate
Tranz- Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
Montreal
Dominion
Hiroshima
CPR
CNAR
TCA
Sun Life Insurance Co
McGill University
Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Justice
Confederation
Supreme Court
Davis
Lost Tanker Plane Discovered on Peak
A B 29 tanker plane missing since refueling a globe circling B 50 was found on a mountain peak northeast of Manila. Nine crewmen were aboard. An air survey is planned and ground teams will reach the wreckage via the best route up the steep mountain.
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Manila
United States Air Force
Occasional Escape Said Healthy Sign
Saskatoon educationist Dr. S R Laycock dean of the university of Saskatchewan College of Education says occasional escapes from a boys industrial school signal healthy signs. He argues that judging efficiency by escape numbers is misleading and that gradual self control and responsibility are essential to proper training for citizenship. He cautions against overreliance on rigid confinement.
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Saskatoon
A_ Saskatchewan
S. R. Laycock
College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
Trade Policies Deplored by Towers at Vancouver Luncheon
Governor Graham Ford Towers of the Bank of Canada criticized current international trade policies as risky and unsustainable. He noted Canada’s progress since 1939, warned that dollar resources are scarce, and said reliance on U S European recovery aid and credit systems cannot be depended on to support Canada’s foreign trade long term.
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Vancouver
Graham Ford Towers
Bank of Canada
Northwest Credit Conference
Towers
Canada
United States
Sweden to Hold Countrywide Home Guard Drills This Spring
Stockholm radio reports Sweden will stage nationwide home guard exercises this spring the first since the war. The plan signals heightened civil defense readiness across cities and rural areas nationwide.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Radio
Sweden
Fluorination eyed as partial remedy for tooth decay
Ottawa reports Health Minister Martin says water fluorination may help fight cavities. He notes an Ontario experiment shows cautious optimism though concedes a nationwide dentist shortage exists with Ontario holding most dentists and Saskatchewan severely undersupplied.
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Ottawa
Martin Monday
Martin
Ontario
Dental Health Division
Canada
Saskatchewan
Labor wins again at Sowerby by election
Labor retained the Sowerby seat in the House of Commons in a by election, keeping the government party's record of not losing a constituency since the 1945 general election. The report also notes a reference to a mal distribution in dental care.
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LABOR
Sowerby
Yorkshire
England
Reuters
House of Commons
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