Many Brides Face Loss of Government-Paid Travel to Canada
Ottawa reports the order funding transportation to Canada for British brides and children of Canadian servicemen expires June 3 and will not be renewed. An estimated 4,500 to 5,000 family units remain in Britain, with many unable to meet the June 30 deadline due to job and housing delays. Since the program started, 31,545 brides and 15,918 children have traveled to Canada.
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Britain
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Veterans’ Affairs Department
Control Fires Save The Birds
Spring brings nesting near ponds and sloughs as larks meadowlarks and ducks prepare. Burn before April 15 to avoid disrupting nests and food sources, protecting nesting cover and woodlands while reducing insect pests. Ducks Unlimited Chief Naturalist urges careful burning for healthier farms and communities.
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B. W. Cartwright
Ducks Unlimited
Spaak forms coalition cabinet in Belgium
The Socialist premier Paul Henri Spaak announced formation of a new cabinet with the Catholic party. He is said to serve as foreign minister. The government is composed of Socialists and Catholics, with Liberals and Communists not participating. Previously the left wing coalition headed by Camille Huysmans resigned over coal price policy.
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Belgium
Paul Henri Spaak
Catholic Party
Camille Huysimans
Newsprint prices rise again in Canada and U S markets
Abitibi Power and Paper and Canadian International Paper Sales announce April 1 price hikes for standard weight newsprint. The moves lift base price from 80 to 86 dollars per ton in Montreal and Toronto, with the per ton cost more than doubling since 1934. Vancouver Daily Sun logs ad publication cutbacks due to paper shortages.
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Toronto
Abitibi Power and Paper Company, Limited
Canada
United States
Canadian International Paper Sales Company
Montreal
Nations urged voice in final German peace talks
In Moscow Secretary of State Marshall pressed for full participation by all nations at war with Germany in drafting the final peace settlement. Molotov urged Albania and Iran join the conference. Bevin questioned a compulsory German clause. Bevin supported broad participation and legality concerns were raised.
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Marshall
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Germany
Molotov
Albania
Iran
Foreign Ministers Conference
China
Bidault
France
Bevin
Britain
Helgoland to be blown up by navy and air force
The British Royal Navy and RAF plan night raids on Helgoland this month. A naval officer will detonate 7,000 tons of high explosives on April 15 to destroy the island’s defensive tunnels and gun emplacements.
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London
Helgoland
Royal Navy
RAF
Prices Board Names Taylor as Chair After Gordon Resigns
Senior Deputy Chairman Mr. Taylor will assume the chair of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board upon Donald Gordon’s resignation effective April 15 1947. Born December 12 1899 in Takutang Ki China he is a McMaster University graduate and longtime economist with roles from lecturer to dean before joining the board in 1939. He has served as Special Economic Advisor and Foods Administration Coordinator and resides in Ottawa with his wife and three children.
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Prices and Trade Board
Donald Gordon
Mr. Taylor
Takutang
China
Canada
Canadian Field Artillery
England
McMaster University
University of Chicago
McMaster
Department of Finance
The
Foods Administration
Ottawa
Germany to Build Penicillin Plant in Allied Zone
Construction of a state of the art penicillin plant in the American zone of Germany is to begin immediately using German industry materials. The facility aims for a monthly output of 200 billion Oxford units sufficient for British and American zones with surplus to cover project costs.
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Berlin
Europe
United States
Germany
Oxford
T. A. Rude
Great Lakes Shipping Expected to Break Records
Canada’s inland waterways brace for a record season with grain from the prairies iron ore from Lake Superior and pre season cargo demand. Port Arthur Fort William elevator heads report unusually high grain flows and a million tons of steep rock iron ore expected to move.
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Toronto
Canada
Great Lakes
Prairie Provinces
Lake Superior
United States
Ontario
Lakehead
Port Arthur
Fort Willam
James Whalen
Recovery Seen In British Industry
British industries reported a most encouraging recovery in 1946 despite a severe winter. Herbert Tout, senior lecturer in economics at the University of Bristol, stated in Edmonton that there is no reason why the recovery should not resume once immediate difficulties are overcome.
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Edmonton
Herbert Tout
University of Bristol
Depression Rates Doubled to Spur Rental Housing Build
Ottawa announces doubling of depreciation rates for rental housing projects and equipment built or acquired between March 31 1947 and Dec 31 1949. The measure aims to boost supply by allowing larger annual tax deductions, lasting 10 years for qualifying four or more unit projects meeting CMHC specs and rents under $70 per unit.
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Ottawa
Howe
Commons
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Donald Fleming
P.c.toronto Eglinton
Hong Kong Population Surge Sparks British Policy Debate
London reports Hong Kong's postwar influx has swelled its population to about two million, straining administration and services. E Creech Jones notes the territory's appeal to Chinese migrants, while deficits grow as war damages persist and tax contributions lag among the wealthy.
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London
Hong Kong
Britain
Crown Colony
China
E. Creech Jones
Jones
Housewife College Bought By Women’s Institute
Abingdon Berkshire see National Federation of Women’s Institutes purchase a house and 100 acre estate to establish a college for country housewives.
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Abingdon
Berkshire
National Federation of Women's Institutes
Juneau Records 53 Zero-Weather Days in 33 Years
Juneau, Alaska, recorded 53 days with zero weather over 33 years, challenging the image of the state as perpetually cold. The data highlight unusual temperature stability in the capital despite Alaska’s cold reputation.
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Juneau
Alaska
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