Rowell Sirois Report Calls for Provincial Aid to Municipalities
The Rowell Sirois Report proposes greater provincial support for local governments to ease municipal finances. It highlights high real estate taxes borne by small property owners and calls for shifting tax burdens to better payers, aiming for a fairer, better run Canada with focus on rural Ontario.
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Royal Commission On Dominion - Provincial Relations
Rowell-Sirois
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
Fountain pen hack and oil gas stock report
A guide suggests cleaning a fountain pen by flushing with vinegar then ink, plus stacking two nibs in the socket to double writing output. The report compares Biour oil stocks in Canada for October this year at 1,183,551 barrels versus 940,505 barrels in October 1939.
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Canada
Roosevelt Calls for All Out War Aid to Britain
In a post re election broadcast President Roosevelt declared the Axis powers would not win the war and urged Americans to become the great arsenal of democracy. He pressed for more ships planes and guns and debated using U S navy vessels to convoy material to Britain as Congress weighs his program for the next ninety days.
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U.S
Great Britain
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England
Arthur Purvis
Washington
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John A. Stevenson
North America
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Isles
Germany
Royal Bank annual report shows stable assets and profits
The Royal Bank of Canada issued its 1940 year end balance sheet and profit and loss figures to shareholders. Total Canadian deposits stood at 852 million with notable declines outside Canada, while loans and liquid assets supported a 3.53 million net profit and higher pension contributions. The annual meeting is set for January 9, 1941 at the head office.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Pension Fund Society
Butter price peg sparks Ontario farmer protest
Reg`lars and government clash as Wartime Prices and Trade Board fixes a winter butter ceiling. Ontario farmers press for a summer minimum price while Agriculture Minister Dewan condemns the move as unfair and urges strong protest. The eight Canadian troops’ arrival is noted alongside.
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A. G I. MacNaughton
Prices and Trade Board
Dominion
Ontario Cabinet
Ottawa
Dewan
Ontario May Curb Yule Tree Harvest
Premier M. F. Hepburn criticized the annual waste of Christmas trees and signaled possible restrictive action by Queen's Park. He argued Ontario taxpayers fund tree nurseries and opposed cutting trees from six to eight feet tall for Christmas use.
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M. F. Hepburn
Queen’s Park
Ontario
Encore Twist Delivers Twin Son in Bethany
Raymond King of Bethany Missouri learned the unexpected news that his newborn was a daughter, prompting the doctor to promise another try. An hour later a twin boy arrived, completing a surprising family moment for King and his wife.
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Raymond King
King
Daylight Saving Gains Acceptance in Shanghai
Chinese in Shanghai preferred daylight saving with favorable opinion from elites and public bodies decided not to oppose it. Early rising groups welcomed the system as it saves electricity, despite varied views among classes. Canada reports a 1940 wheat crop of 547,179,000 bushels, second only to 1928 record.
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Canada
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