The Cost Of Government Taxation In Canada
A discussion of rising government costs and taxation in Canada. It notes large growth in federal payrolls from 1938 to 1948, driven by health welfare and veterans services, with implications of higher taxes to fund expanded public expenditures. The piece compares trends with the United Kingdom and other countries, urging awareness of tax impacts.
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Canada
Canadian Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Department of National Health and Welfare
Department of Veterans Affairs
United States
England
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Girl harnesses static electricity for self-portrait
In Pittsfield Massachusetts General Electric engineers report a girl can self-portrait using the 8 900 volts generated by combing her hair. The same static electricity can ignite spark plugs in a car engine. Pasteurized Milk Is Safe.
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Pittsfield
Mass
General Electric
What is an antique and other light humor
Funny exchange of jokes and witticisms about antiques love and daily life. The pieces present humorous remarks on deceitful suitors wages luck meals and misheard phrases as two girls and amusing characters share quips and one liner punchlines.
Chocolate dipping and English toffee tips
Melt chocolate in a double boiler avoiding steam and heat not exceeding 100F. Cool dipping chocolate to 83F before centers. Beat while melting for a glassy finish. English toffee uses condensed milk brown sugar corn syrup butter and rum flavoring optional. cook on low until it threads then set in buttered pan. Navy paint use is 25 to 30 million gallons annually.
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U.S. Navy
Estimates 600000 Acres Of Land Suited For Irrigation In Central Sask
Saskatoon report by John Mitchell head of the soils department at the University of Saskatoon estimates about 600000 acres in central Saskatchewan are suitable for irrigation. Surveys over two years plus four extension surveys this year add to last year’s figures, with drilling into lakes and dam prospects shaping the Elbow dam project. Mitchell cautions the figure may revise as findings are tabulated and stresses slow growth ahead.
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Sask
Saskatoon
John Mitchell
University of Saskaton
Saskatchewan
Mitchell
Elbow
Pike Lake
Delisle-Asquith
Bradwell- Elstow
Moose Jaw
Thunder Creek
Elbow Dam
Regina
South Saskatchewan
Bradwell-Elstow
Alberta
Montana Editor Faces News Supply Frenzy
Plentywood Herald editor George A. Gross found himself at the center of a local competition as residents submitted increasingly odd produce. P. C. Petersenns three headed cabbage sparked the trend, followed by triplet corn from L. M. Jensen and quadruplets from Lester Hancock, then quintuplet carrots and parsnips, culminating in an eight headed cabbage from Mrs Emil Rost of Archer near the Canadian border.
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Plentywood
Mon
George A. Gross
Plentywood Herald
The
Herald
P. C. Petersen
Petersen Garden
L. M. Jensen
Coalridge
Lester Hancock
Medicine Lake
Petersen
Ole Johnson
Herald Office
Emil Rost
Archer
Canada
Currency Curbs in U K Slow Britons to Canada Move
Albertan Municipal Affairs Minister Gerhart says UK government currency restrictions hinder a large flow of Britons and British capital to Canada, limiting a wholesale exodus from Britain to Alberta.
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Edmonton
Gerhart
United Kingdom
Canada
Winter's Fuel Free For The Taking
Lillooet B C residents can take free coal from Hat Creek Valley after floodwaters exposed thousands of tons near the Hat Creek Mine. Manfred McGeer, a Vancouver barrister linked to the mine, issued the invitation. Locals already hauled about a ton, with the deposit 200 yards from the road. Coal sells for about 25 dollars a ton in Lillooet, attracting strong interest. Geologists note large lignite bodies and nearby deposits of ceramic clays viable for cement brick and pottery.
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Upper
Hat Creek
Manfred McGeer
Vancouver
Lillooet
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