Federal costs may reach five billion in 1952-53
Canada plans main estimates totaling 4.336 billion for 1952-53 with added supplements likely pushing near five billion. Increases span national defence health welfare labor and post office while tax rental payments and unspent US defence orders complicate the outlook. Publicity spending rises modestly as Ottawa signals no overall tax cuts next year.
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Ottawa
Federal
Douglas Abbott
Commons
C.N.R
Regina
Saskatchewan
Dominion
St. Laurent
Canada
United States
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
National Research Council and Atomic Energy Board
Post Office Department
R.C.M.P
Veterans’ Affairs
Abbott
National Research Council
Atomic Energy Board
National Bookkeeping
Auditor General's Office
Eeees Ercees
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Citizenship and Immigration
National Gallery of Canada
Civil Service Commission
Emewvecces
Defence
Eweeeweccenecsas
Crown Companies
Meneneneneserseeeerens
Wawona
Dominion Coal Board
National Defence
Wenn
Eee
Ee Rene Sneneteeene
National Film Board
Wees Eee Ten
N.R.C. Atomic Energy Board
National Revenue
Wae
Meen Nee Ee Eee
Public Archives
R.C.M.P, Wien
Wareeenanseenenceces
Secretary of State
Wen Eeecen
Reese Ecanesee
Peeweneeeenenres
Pegaren Eeerence Enetevsseensecen Transport
Air Transport Board
Veterans Affairs
Alberta cattle shipments to British Columbia resume after embargo
Agriculture Minister David Ure announced that B C lifting the livestock embargo will aid Alberta producers. First Alberta cattle shipments to B C, imposed February 25, are expected to move tonight pending health clearances and provincial permits. Ure warned of rushing sales and urged care not to undersell.
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Edmonton
David Ure
British Columbia
Alberta
Ure
B.C
Subsidy Report Shows Western Grain and Hog Aid Totals
Ottawa reports 110,349,675 paid by federal government to eastern feeders on western grains shipped into eastern Canada from 1945 to 1951. A further 36,085,849 was subsidized to hog producers nationwide in 1945 to 1951. John Sinnott asked the Commons.
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Ottawa
Canada
John Sinnott
Springfield
BC Premier Plans Plebiscite on Daylight Saving
Premier Byron Johnson announced in the British Columbia legislature that a plebiscite on daylight-saving time will be held in the upcoming election. He said fast time will run this year from April 27 to September 28.
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Victoria
B.C
Byron Johnson
British Columbia
Public building appropriations for Alberta 1952 53 estimates
Alberta 1952 53 estimates list public building projects with revote amounts including Athabaska Banff Blairmore Brooks Camrose Corway Edmonton Edson Grande Prairie Lethbridge Stettler Taber and related revote figures totals range from 25 000 to 200 000 dollars, funding for completion and revotes noted.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Athabaska
Banff
Blairmore
Brooks
Camrose
Corway Customs
Edmonton
Edson
Grande Prairie
Lethbridge
Taber
Children taught to bring up their parents tale
Liberal leader J. Harper Prowse charged an Alberta classroom course titled Growing Up urges grade 7 students to criticize parents. He said the mill-run teaching could cause harm by prompting children to discuss home conditions and parental allowances for recreation.
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Edmonton
J. Harper Prowse
Alberta
Education Department
Prowse
Spring Brings Cold Weather and Snow Across Prairies
The first day of spring finds Medicine Hat and other prairie regions cool with 20 in the city and forecasts of 5 tonight and 25 tomorrow. Edmonton warns of continued below normal temperatures while Grande Prairie reports 15 below. snow hits several areas as spring arrives. Hong Kong whisky prices rise four dollars after controls end, topping 19 HKD per bottle, about 2.83 CAD.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Prairies
Grande Prairie
Hong Kong
Up to Eisenhower When to Quit Post
President Truman said General Eisenhower may return to the United States whenever safe and proper. He praised Eisenhower as doing an able job and the best judge of when to give up his post. Truman indicated Korea bears no bearing on his own re election plans, rebutting Democratic chairman McKinney’s impression on a possible truce influence.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Eisenhower
United States
Frank E. McKinney
Korea
Brazil Earns 765 Million From Coffee Exports in 1951
Brazil's exports of coffee to dollar areas reached about 765 million dollars in 1951, reflecting strong demand and market reach for the commodity.
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Brazil
Alberta Legislature Debates Language Study Revisions
Education Minister Ivan Casey defended shifting language instruction to higher grades to allow specialization. Oral French would move from grade 9 to 10 with other languages in grades 11 and 12. Debated by J. W. Beaudry and others who argued for early multilingual education versus focusing on English mastery.
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Edmonton
Ivan Casey
Alberta
J. W. Beaudry
SC St. Paul
House
Education Department
Beaudy
C.C.F
Elmer Roper
Arthur Wray
SC Banff-Cochrane
Michael Ponich
Sc-Vegreville
Peter Chaba
SC Redwater
J. Harper Prowse
A. E. Fee
Sc-Sedgewick
Fee
Roper
Britain
France
Sweden
Holland
Belgium
Prowse
Call for Probe of Currie Barracks Jail Three Soldiers
CALGARY CP Mr Justice C C McLaurin urged a rigorous defence department inquiry into Currie barracks discipline after three privates of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps received two years less one day at hard labor for assaulting a woman. The judge described the barracks scene as filthy and the events as disgraceful while a fourth soldier was acquitted.
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Calgary
C. C. McLaurin
Defence Department of Discipline
Army
Currie Barracks
James R. Quinn
Francis Primeau
Raymond Madere
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Quinn
Justice McLaurin
Primeau
Court House
RCMP
Smilestones Artist in Storefront Exchange
Storekeeper denies camel-hair brushes, noting no camels in town and no demand for such items.
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Smilestones
British Columbia Lifts Prairie Meat Embargo With Permit System
British Columbia relaxes prairie meat and livestock restrictions after foot and mouth outbreaks. Prairie cattle and meat may enter BC with health certificates issued by federal inspectors and permits from the BC agriculture department. The move follows federal pressure to lower inter provincial barriers and mirrors actions in Manitoba and Quebec. Nova Scotia retains a horses only ban set to lapse next week.
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British Columbia
Saskatchewan
B.C. Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department
United States
Regina
Manitoba
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Gardiner
B.C
Left Estate Worth Nearly 100 Million Revealed
In New York surrogate court accounting Mrs. Sylvia Wilks, 80, once named one of the world's richest women, left an estate near 100 million dollars with over 31 million in a single bank account. Her 1928 will was stored in a cabinet with four cakes of soap. She died February 4, 1951. Most wealth goes to 63 charitable institutions.
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New York
Sylvia Wilks
Wilks
Top Contenders to Miss Academy Presentations
Hollywood hosts the 24th annual academy awards with many top nominees absent. Vivien Leigh Marlon Brando Katharine Hepburn and others miss the show while Humphrey Bogart Shelley Winters Jane Wyman Eleanor Parker attend. Frederic March and Karl Malden are among likely winners with Ustinov the sole absentee among key actors.
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Hollywood
Vivien Leigh
Marlon Brando
Humphrey Bogart
Shelley Winters
Jane Wyman
Eleanor Parker
Montgomery Clift
Frederic March
New York
Arthur Kennedy
Bright Victory
Jamaica
Karl Malden
Kevin McCarthy
Leo Genn
Peter “Nero” Ustinov
Manitoba to decide on lifting livestock embargo
Agriculture Minister C Bell was to announce in the legislature whether Manitoba would lift its embargo on westbound cattle. After British Columbia lifted its ban, Premier Campbell said Manitoba would consider a joint move with other provinces, though officials suggested a lift could occur soon. The ban started March 4 to guard against foot and mouth disease and market overload.
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Winnipeg
C. Bell
Manitoba
British Columbia
Campbell
Saskatchewan
Quebec Maintains Ban on Western Meat Shipments
Agriculture Minister Barre says Quebec keeps restrictions on western meat shipments in place amid BC lifting its ban following a foot and mouth disease outbreak in South Saskatchewan. The ongoing ban stems from concerns over the outbreak and preventive measures.
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Quebec
Barre
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
South
Saskatchewan
Parliament at a Glance 1952-53 Estimates Tabled
Finance Minister Abbott tabled 1952-53 estimates totaling $43,335,796,809. The Commons debated a private member resolution urging education grants to provinces. Senator J. J. McDonald urged a federal price inquiry.
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Abbott
Commons
J. J. McDonald
Nova Scotia
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Ottawa Bureau
Labor Department
National Health and Welfare
Miss Jacque II
U.S
Sinanju
North Korea
U.N
J.w.wallis
Optometrist
Central Bik
Second Street
Prince Philip
British Commercial Airlines
Duke
DeHaviland Aircraft Company
Hatfield
John Cunningham
Beny Motors Showroom
Parliament
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