Lifting Ceiling Price On Gas And Distillates
Canada’s prices board says as of April 1 the price ceiling on gasoline and tractor distillates will be removed and the Dominion excise tax of three cents a gallon on gasoline cancelled. Provinces may raise their taxes to offset the change. Ontario and British Columbia plan increases, Saskatchewan to raise two cents.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Queen's Park
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Ottawa Post Office studies air mail for distant Canada
Postmaster General Bertrand told the commons the post office department is examining sending all first class mail between distant Canadian points by air. He also noted consideration of possible reductions in air mail rates.
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Ottawa
Bertrand
Post Office
Canada
Wampanoag Chief White Horse resigns after 17 years
Not Appreciated MASHPEE Mass Chief White Horse also known as Clinton M Hayes resigns saying his efforts are not appreciated by fellow tribesmen and that he is washed up and through with no cooperation. He invokes packing away his feathers and skins in mothballs as he steps down.
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Mashpee
Mass
White Horse
Clinton M. Hayes
Washing Load Clashes With Efficiency, Water Circulation
Overloading a washing machine reduces efficiency and blocks water flow, hindering cleaning performance and risking inadequate rinsing.
Australia Faces Population Pressure and Immigration Policy
Canberra reports Australia’s population around 7.5 million on 3 million square miles with a density of 2.5 per square mile. Officials warn that without higher immigration and birth rates, Asiatic populations could overtake in two generations. Immigration Minister Calwell outlines plans to admit 35,000 white immigrants in 1947 and 70,000 annually thereafter.
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Canberra
Australia
Canada
Asia
Java
H. V. Evatt
Arthur Calwell
Macdonalds Brier Tankard Record Winners Listed
Complete list of Macdonalds Brier Tankard champions since 1927. Winners include Murray MacNeill Halifax 1927 Gordon Hudson Winnipeg 1928 1929 Howard Wood 1930 Rob ert G Gourley 1931 James Congalton 1932 Cliff R Manahan 1933 Leo Johnson 1934 Gordon Campbell 1935 J K Watson 1936 Cliff R Manahan 1937 Albert Gowanlock 1938 Herbert C Hall 1939 Howard Wood 1940 Howard Palmer 1941 J K Watson 1942 wartime gaps 1943 44 45 1946 Billy Rose 1947 Jimmy Welsh 1946 1947 winners listed with club and city.
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Murray MacNeill
Halifax Curling Club
Halifax
Gordon Hudson
Strathcona Club
Winnipeg
Strathcona
Howard Wood
Granite Club
Robert G. Gourley
James Congalton
Granite
Cliff R. Manahan
Royal Club
Edmonton
Leo Johnson
Gordon Campbell
Thistle Club
Hamilton
Ont
J. K. Watson
Albert Gowanlock
Glenboro
Man
Herbert C. Hall
Kitchener
Howard Palmer
Calgary
Billy Rose
Sedgwick
Alta
Jimmy Welsh
Deer Lodge
McKell Sworn In as Australia’s Governor General
William John McKell former New South Wales premier and second Australian born governor general takes oath in 13 minute ceremony in Canberra Senate chamber attended by foreign diplomats and Australian leaders including 46 of 76 Labor MPs and 15 of 42 opposition MPs. The swearing in noted despite protests over naming an active political figure as king’s representative and received the king’s approval on government recommendation.
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Canberra
William John McKell
Labor
New South Wales
Senate
McKell
Duke of Gloucester
Parliamentary
Labor Party
House of Representatives
R. G. Menzies
Country Party
Arthur Fadden
Sydney Sun
Commonwealth
Master of the King’s Music to Tour Canada
Edgar Stanley Roper to tour Canada for three months with Cornelius Fisher and Michael Head. They will attend musical festivals in Toronto Ottawa Stratford Sudbury Winnipeg Saskatoon Regina Edmonton Vernon Vancouver where they will serve as judges for the British Columbia event.
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Edgar Stanley Roper
C.V.C
Mv.c. F.rc.o
His Majesty's Chapel Royal
Canada
Dominion
C.N.R
Cornelius Fisher
Guildhall School of Music
Michael Head
Toronto
Ottawa
Stratford
Sudbury
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Vernon
Vancouver
British Columbia
Floods Strand Traffic Across Britain Amid Thaw
Britain endures floods from a heavy thaw as the Thames rises and trains halt while roads flood. Officials warn of possible summer fuel rationing and meat margins tighten at butchers as gas and electricity strain grow. Farmers face losses from prolonged snow and thaw threaten winter wheat on heavy land.
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London
Britain
Thames
Air Ministry
Isles
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
House of Commons
J. R. W. Alexander
British Gas Council
Commons
Stafford
Derbyshire
Sammy Yates Passes Out Stickers At Central School
In Menlo Park California Sammy Yates appeared in eighth grade at Central school with a cigar box and handed out all day stickers while declaring I am a brother. The incident reflects youth activities tied to school life and community relations.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Sammy Yates
Central School
Courage on the ladder saves two girls in blaze
In Trowbridge England two young girls were carried to a window from a burning apartment. Four unknown sailors formed a human chain on a ladder and handed them to safety with quick decisive action.
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Trowbridge
England
Dominions push for middle and small power representation at Big Four
At the Moscow Big Four conference, Canada Australia and New Zealand will push for inclusion of 18 other wartime powers in the German peace settlement work. They urge private talks with delegates to join committees on political economic territorial and military matters. South Africa lacks a diplomatic mission. Bevin plans to seek Stalin’s support to broaden treaty drafting roles.
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Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Europe
South Africa
London
Bevin
Stalin
Germany
United States
Amputees Placed in Employment in Canada War Veterans
Ottawa reports 1,490 Second Great War amputees placed in work. Nine of 11 double arm amputees succeeded. Veterans Affairs prosthetic service offers no cost limbs via 12 centres from Halifax to Victoria. About 3,500 First War and 2,000 Second War veterans fitted. Canada collaborates with Britain and U S on metal leg tech through contractors and its research committee.
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Ottawa
Walter Tucker
Veterans’ Affairs
Veterans Affairs Department
Canada
Halifax
Victoria
Tucker
Ministry of Pensions
Great Britain
United States
Brotherly intervention ends street holdup in Vancouver
An older man acting as his "Brother's keeper" gave quick aid after a robbery. Fred Bedenoss had just been relieved of 15 dollars and a wrist watch by two youths when a stranger approached and handed him three five dollar bills and a watch, saying his brother and another man had held him up. The incident ends with an apparent act of repayment or restitution.
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Vancouver
Fred Bedenoss
United States Firm to Open Stores in Canada
Sears Roebuck and Co. plans to open its first Canadian branch in Vancouver after incorporation in Canada, with charter to operate stores and offices in the Dominion. Seattle officials confirm the decision and timeline.
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United States
Canada
Vancouver
Sears-Roebuck and Co
The
Dominion
Seattle
Churchill invited to address Canadian merchants meeting
Winston Churchill has been invited to address the Retail Merchants' Association of Canada annual meeting in Waskesia Sask June 16 17 a spokesman said He will be in North America in June and is expected to address the Chemical Institute of Canada convention June 8 11 at Banff Alta
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Saskatoon
Winston Churchill
Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada
Waskesia
Sask
Churchill
North America
Chemical Institute of Canada
Banff
Alta
Taxes to Stay Washington After Wartime Tax Extension
President Truman signed legislation extending wartime excise tax rates indefinitely. The law keeps high levels on liquor, furs, jewelry and cosmetics and on transportation and telephone services.
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Washington
Truman
Edmonton Journalist Named YMCA Delegate to Oslo Conference
Les D. Wedman editor of the Edmonton Journal will be one of six Canadian YMCA delegates at the world youth conference in Oslo Norway. He will represent Alberta and British Columbia.
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Edmonton
Les D. Wedman
Edmonton Newspaperman (Journal
Y.M.C.A
Oslo
Norway
Alberta
British Columbia
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Manitoba
Siender
St. Andrews Curling Club
Saint John
N.B
Welsh
Winnipeg Deer Lodge
Jimmy
Alex Welsh
Jock Reid
Harry Monk
U.S
Mexico
Harry Truman
Miguel Aleman
Mexico City
Aleman
Brier
Dominions
Big Four
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
YMCA
Honey Harbor
Herb Cousineau
B. E. Lavalley
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