Revision Seen Of Tax Pacts With Provinces
A federal cabinet source said Ottawa will likely try to equalize subsidies to provinces using major tax shares to avert a breakdown in dominion provincial talks. Premier McNair of New Brunswick suspended negotiations over BC's favorable terms. Garson suggested calling all five negotiating provinces to Ottawa, but individual talks remain likely. Ontario Quebec Alberta and Nova Scotia have not yet agreed.
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McNair
New Brunswick
Dominion
British Columbia
Manitoba
Garson
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Canada Doing Its Best Says Strachey
Food Minister Strachey told reporters Canada is doing its utmost to move wheat to the United Kingdom. He called it a tragedy that more wheat could not reach the seaboard from the lakes this season and noted the Vancouver route is now the main movement. He declined to comment on MacKinnon’s forecast and expected no difficulty securing wheat after the Great Lakes open in spring.
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London
Strachey
United Kingdom
Canada
Vancouver
James MacKinnon
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Canada Faces 1946 Trade Trends and Dollar Reserve Outlook
Year end figures show Canada ran larger export sales on credit and bigger cash imports. Parliament reopens Jan 30 and will hear questions on how long this trend lasts and its effect on U S dollar reserves. Final 1946 data suggest possible favorable balances with some South American nations and a brighter 1947 export outlook.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
S& Trade
New South Wales Plans 15 Year Drought Elimination Program
The New South Wales government launches a 15 year plan to make the state drought free by conserving water and maximizing use of water resources. It calls for 18 dams flood protection river works and river protection. The program will spend about 6 million dollars this year though progress is limited by manpower and materials.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Love or deportation in British soldier tale at Norwich
Stanley Edwards, 25, a British soldier, smuggled his Italian lover over the Alps and through France into England. They were living near Norwich when captured. She faces possible deportation while he remains under military escort.
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Norwich
Norfolk
England
Alps
Stanley Edwards
France
Britain unveils plan to control future land development
London. The government outlines a town and country planning bill assigning all future real estate development to state planning authorities. It seeks to collect development charges, replace older planning acts, and pursue new towns outside cities while denying nationalization of land.
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Britain
London
House of Commons
Jobs Placed In Prairie Region In 1946
191140 people found work in the prairie region during 1946 with 132638 men and 58502 women employed. Employers issued 156440 job orders through prairie regional offices in that year.
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Winnipeg
Prairie
Fred J. White
Unemployment Insurance Commission
French Paratroopers Seize Bridgehead at Nam Dinh
French forces used parachutists and riverine landings for the first time in the northern Indochina fighting to secure a bridgehead in Nam Dinh. Dawn drops created a landing zone for ferried troops, but Viet Minh barricades slowed progress as mop up operations continued.
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Paris
Nam Dinh
Saigon
Five Day Work Week Enforced in Berlin Shops
All Berlin business shops except food and medicine traders must operate on a five day work week with an eight hour day as part of a tightened electric power conservation program.
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Berlin
Solemn Ceremony Marks Canadian War Cemetery in Japan
Canada dedicated a cemetery in Hedagaya near Yokohama for 137 Canadian POW dead from Hong Kong fall 1941, most due to Japanese brutality. Wreaths and services were held November 6 with Protestant and Catholic rites, honor guard, and Lt. Col. Baillie presiding for C force. Nearby lie New Zealand and Australian plots in the British Commonwealth war cemetery.
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Ottawa
Canada
Hedagaya
Japan
Yokohama
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Niigata
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
John A. Baillie
Winnipeg Grenadiers
C” Force
Ottawa lumber camps need 10000 more woodsmen
Ottawa Canada's lumber camps report a 15 percent labor increase from last year yet require more than 10 000 woodsmen according to Arthur MacNarma deputy minister of labor.
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Ottawa
Canada
Arthur MacNarma
Byrnes Succeeds As Secretary of State by Gen George Marshall
President Truman named Gen. George C. Marshall to replace James F. Byrnes as secretary of state after Byrnes resigned. Senate approval came swiftly with no committee hearing. Marshall, wartime army chief of staff, ends a China mission and assumes a post with potential presidential succession implications for the next two years.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Harry S. Truman
George C. Marshall
United States
Senate
Gen. Marshall
Byrnes
Army
China
Congress
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marshall
Roosevelt
White House
Canada Considers Importing Butter From New Zealand
Ottawa reports the government may import New Zealand butter to sustain a six ounce daily Canadian butter ration during a winter shortage. Britain and Australia coordination is planned. one or two shiploads could reach Canada en route to Britain. Subsidies ending after April 30 could raise retail butter price by about 8 to 8.5 cents per pound.
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Ottawa
New Zealand
Canada
Britain
Australia
Gardiner
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