Brief On Social Security Given To Parliament GTAWA
The Canadian Welfare Council presented Prime Minister King and provincial premiers with a brief arguing for a nationwide social security program. It calls for a contributory old age insurance extended to all employed people, including farm workers, and funded jointly by the Dominion and provinces. It also recommends work training, expansion of housing and residence rule reforms, and a three way partnership among Dominion provinces and local governments with private agencies to ensure access to social services.
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Gtawa
King
Canadian Welfare Council
R. E G. Davis
Dominion
Not-Soola
Canada
Changes Approved in Veterans Land Act Ottawa
Ottawa approves two major changes to the Veterans Land Act by order in council. Minister Mackenzie says the act will grant discretionary benefits to veterans of both world wars who still owe money under the Soldiers Settlement Act, and raise capital assistance for equipment and livestock while limiting land costs. The reforms aim to aid previously excluded veterans and adjust funding as land prices rise into 1947.
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Ottawa
Veterans Committee
Commons
Mackenzie
Labor conference aims to seed future labor policy talks
Labour Minister Mitchell said a summer conference with provincial ministers is planned to set a policy framework for when provinces resume jurisdiction over labor matters. He spoke as delegates from the Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labor pressed for wage increases, tax relief, and new employment projects. Justice Minister St Laurent described Canada’s 1,250,600,000 loan to Britain as an insurance against recession.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Labor
Confederation of Labor
Justice
St. Laurent
Britain
Soviet astronomers study cosmic atomic energy with new instruments
Soviet astronomers using new and reconstructed observatories report indications that atomic energy is released both from the sun’s interior and near its surface. Academician V. Fesenkov writes in Izvestia that ongoing studies use the latest instruments and apparatus to observe these phenomena.
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Moscow
V. Fesenkov
Izvestia
Britain Warns World Food Shortages Persist After War
A British government white paper cautions that global food shortages will not ease with the next harvest. It cites 8,000,000 tons wheat deficit for 1945-46, acute rice shortages, limited fats exports, and reliance on imports for half Britain’s food. Sugar remains the bright spot with a hopeful outlook, as Washington talks aim to secure supplies for early 1946.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
Washington
Ben Smith
Combined Food Board
Taking New Job Soil Research Official Will Join UNRRA Mission
Dr. W. S. Chepil, long in charge of soil research at the Dominion experimental station, leaves for Washington to take a short course before joining an UNRRA mission to China as a soil examiner specialist. He will help restore productivity of lands flooded by Chinese dykes during wartime, a process expected to take one to two years.
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W. S. Chepil
Dominion Experimental Station
Washington
UNRRA
China
Chepil
No Extension for 1945 Income Tax in Ottawa
Ottawa announces no extension for 1945 income tax balances due April 30. Last year payments were extended to August due to the Victory Loan drive.
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Ottawa
Canada February trade drops to 271 million
Canada's external trade in February was valued at 271.7 million dollars, down 33 percent from 352.7 million in February last year, according to the Dominion bureau of statistics.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canadian relax exit permits spark anxiety in London
Canadian plans to ease exit permit rules for travelers to the United Kingdom unset transport authorities in London. While Canadian ships can carry westbound travelers, the outbound flow is constrained. 29,500 wives and children of servicemen await relocation and 3,812 civilians await return to Canada. Some discharged servicemen return to the UK, spending money and later seeking priority to go home, with no aid available except potential Dominion government help if veterans fail to adjust as after the First World War.
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London
Dominion
United Kingdom
Canada
Small Increase In Living Cost For Canadians
Ottawa reports no serious rise in living costs despite recent price adjustments by the wartime Prices and Trade Board. Finance Minister Ilsley reassures Parliament the price control policy remains in place while small increases in clothing and furnishings are expected in coming months. He notes targeted boosts in butter and pork prices to support production and ration goals, and cautions against abandoning price controls despite protests from some groups.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
J. L. Isley
Ilsley
Mr. Isley
United Kingdom
Muskox expedition nears Copper Mine on Arctic trek
The Canadian Army yeomen Muskox force advancing from Churchill toward Edmonton has passed the halfway point in a 3100 mile Arctic trek. March 31 report places them 25 miles from Copper Mine as they tackle high hills and deep snow with good weather expected. new members include Col J T Wilson and Tom Manking while Sym Bourdon is replaced by Albert Maloney. A second item notes the Soviet Union declining an invitation to join an 18 nation emergency conference on European cereal supplies.
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Coppermine
N.W.T
Arctic
Churchill
Edmonton
Here
Muskox
P. D Bard
Montreal
Col
J. T. Wilson
Ottawa
Tom Manking
Dominion Observatory
Symn
Bourdon
L Cpl
Albert Maloney
Mossbank, Sask
London
Soviet Union
World Wheat Demand Outstrips Estimates Across Regions
A Dominion bureau survey shows world wheat needs exceed the last estimate by about 3.4 million long tons, with no change to the 12 million long tons exportable surplus. Factors include monsoon failures, fertilizer shortages, and postwar dislocations across Europe, Asia, and Africa, along with below-average crops in key exporters.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
France
North
Africa
Europe
Asia
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
United States
Canada
United States Crop Reporting Board
Ministry of Agriculture
Australia
Citizenship bill cuts required residence to one year
Ottawa reports that the Canadian Citizenship bill lowers the residence requirement to one year for those who served in the Dominion’s armed forces abroad during the war. State Secretary Martin announced the proposal in the commons while moving second reading to clarify citizenship definitions. The measure follows a prior bill that stalled at first reading last session due to other business.
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Ottawa
Canada
Martin
Powdered milk could aid China says dairy official
Robert C. Smellie president of the national dairy council spoke in Vancouver about wartime reconstituted milk. He noted millions of pounds processed at Royal Canadian Air Force stations overseas and that milk kept at controlled temperatures for 24 hours tastes like fresh milk.
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Vancouver
Canadian Dairies
Robert C. Smeliie
The
National Dairy Council
British Columbia
Smellie
Royal Canadian Air Force
Switzerland Declines UN Membership Over Neutrality
Foreign Minister Max Petitpierre told the Swiss parliament that Switzerland would not apply for admission to the United Nations even if invited. He argued that permanent neutrality conflicts with obligations under the UN Charter.
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Bern
Max Petitpierre
Switzerland
United Nations
UNO
San Francisco
Windsor Wedding at St George's Chapel for Major Benton
London report says King Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret attend the Windsor castle ceremony for Major Edward Benton of the Black Watch and Miss Lavinia Lascelles daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles.
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London
Elizabeth
Margaret
Mary
Maj
Edward Benton
Lavinia Lascelles
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
Alan Lascelles
Benton
The
Black Watch
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