Federal Budget Highlights And Tax Reforms
The Dominion Government unveiled a budget with cuts and reforms. Eight percent sales tax cut on canned foods. theatre and dance hall taxes removed but swapped for provincial taxes. Five percent on pari mutuel bets lifted. Age 65 plus income tax exemptions rise to 1250 single and 2000 married. 25 percent sales tax removed from inexpensive alarm clocks and plated cutlery. Surplus forecasts: 670 million for next year, 549 million current. Debt reduced by 1400 million. reserves at 668 million. Finance Minister Abbott warns of occasional large expenses and urges savings for a rainy day.
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Dominion
Renair
Canada
Iinance
Abbott
Doctor Stricken On Trip To Former Home
Dr. J F W Chester 50 of 993 Kingston Rd collapsed with a coronary thrombosis and died in Huntsville while about to deposit a coin at a parking meter. He had spent the weekend at Port Sydney with his wife and was in Huntsville shopping. He practiced in Toronto 23 years and was born at Port Sydney. He served as a surgeon in the British Navy during WWI and studied at Jarvis Collegiate and the University of Toronto. Surviving are his widow Mildred Smith a son-in-law two daughters Joan and Ruth a brother William M Chester and a sister Hilda, all of Toronto.
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Huntsville
J. F. W. Chester
Kingston Rd
Port Sydney
J.F. Chester
St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto East General Hospital
Home Destroyed by Fire in South Ward
The Orone Fire Department was called at midnight Tuesday to extinguish a blaze at the home of Mr. Everett Cain in South Ward. The house was engulfed on arrival and practically destroyed. no one was at home. Firefighters were attending a Clarke Union Home and School Club meeting at the time.
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Orone
Everett Cain
South Ward
Clarke Union
Liberal Candidate Garnet Shield Leads Durham Liberal Fight
The Liberal Association in Durham County rallies behind Garnet Shield of Cavan as their candidate for the legislature. Staples praises Shield as a locally rooted, capable leader with a long record in public service and education while noting Liberals face funding shortfalls and surprise Conservative nomination.
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Durham County
Staples
Garnet Shield
Cavan
Mr.Shield
Durham
Park Street Sunday School Anniversary Speech by Dr Walter Brown
Dr Walter Brown president of Victoria University Toronto is guest speaker for Park Street Sunday School anniversary. He will address children in the morning service and young people in the evening with Glen Allan of Newcastle as guest soloist. Sunday School meets at a quarter to eleven.
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Park St
Walter Brown
Victoria University
Toronto
Brown
Glen Allin
Newcastle
Park St. Church
Women’s ‘Christian Temperance Union
Harry Lynch
Keith West
Gerald Brown
Caroline Jones
Ethel Dawson
Lillian ‘Cole
Anna Marie Sherwin
C. B. Tyrrell
A. E. Eustace
Goheen
Burgess
Orono
C. Stewart
BE. Waddell
Marvin Ibunn
Eleanor Robinson
Marlene Cantrell
War Continuation School
Faburton Boyd
Joyce Snitton
Don MelLaren
W. J H. Rowe
Dan Fraser
Colin Taylor
Denny Lynch
Teresa Dowling Injured In Toronto Neck Fracture Case
Eight year old Teresa Dowling daughter of Horace and Mrs Dowling Toronto suffered a fractured frontal skull after an unknown assault. Police Sergeant Mince links facial marks to the Anderson case as inspectors Mace and Thompson assist York Township detectives in a wide neighborhood search.
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Teresa Dowling
Horace Dowling
Toronto
Harold Dean
Oreno
Teresa
Archie McCathie
Set
William Mace
William Thompson
York Township
Anderson
Sgt. Mince
Norman Allison Accepts CCF Nomination in Durham County
Norman Allison of Bowmanville and president of the Goodyear Union is the CCF candidate for Durham County in the provincial election on June 1. Four candidates were nominated but three withdrew in his favor. The meeting drew a capacity crowd in the council chamber as outside speakers urged a shift from old-line parties and big corporate power.
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Norman Allison
Bowmanville
Goodyear Union
Ic.c
Durham County
Wilfrid Bowles
C.C.F
W. L. Lycett
Otto Bragg
C.C. F
Bragg
Norman Allin
Bennett
Toronto
Thomas
the Nations? Council of the C.C.F
Bowles
Lycett
Allison
George Drew
Canada
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Boards of Trade
Lois Turner Showered Before Marriage in Orono
A surprise bridal shower for Lois Turner of Orono was hosted at her home by friends and neighbors with about thirty attendees. The event included a pink blue basket of gifts a playful Love at the Wheel contest and a lunch. A Bowmanville host and twelve attending guests presented gifts to the bride to be.
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Lois
Turner
Orono
Lou McFeeters
Nellie Wright
Bowmanville
Lois Turner
Oddfellows Attend Peterboro Rally Under Grand Lodge
Local 1.0.0.F members joined brethren from Florence Nightingale Lodge at Bowmanville to fill a chartered bus for a Peterboro rally led by W. J. McCarthy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in Ontario. A 65 man team from Empire Lodge St. Catharines performed a Third Degree exemplification with other lodge officers present.
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Florence Nightingale Lodge
Bowmanville
F. Lodge
Peterboro
Otenabee Lodge
Oddfellows
W. J. McCarthy
Grand Lodge
Ontario
Empire Lodge
St. Catharines
Brownies Enjoy Pictures and Tests At Guide Hall
Brownies and mothers attended a meeting in Guide Hall hosted by Capt Armstrong. Colored motion pictures showed skaters in costume and Florida trip photos were shown. Madeline Cowan earned a Golden Bar with others passing tests. six Brownies completed their First Test. Plans for a Saturday hike were announced.
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Guide Hall
Capt. Armstrong
Joyce Jones
Mary Jack Blue
Glory Pigott
Cynthia Bruton
Jill Chapmen
Norman Allin
Ottawa controls big business in wartime policy critique
A speaker denounces Ottawa for bowing to corporate lawyers and big industry. He cites wage freezes to 15 cents an hour and a 56 million dollar Nickel dividend aided by government funds, arguing press advertisers enforce capitalist influence and suppress the CCF program.
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Ders
Ottawa
International Nickél
C.C.F
By Law Notes Tree Cutting Rules In United Counties
The United Counties of Northumberland and Durham pass a by law to regulate tree cutting across Hope Clarke Darlington Manvers Cavan and Cartwright townships with certain exemptions for on property owner use on private land and woodlot limits. A conservation act provision supports enforcement and appointment of officers to uphold the measure.
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Municipal Council
Northumberland
Durham
Ontario
Council of the Corporation of the United Counties of
Hope
Clarke
Darlington
Manvers
Cavan
Cartwright
Conservation Authorities
Board of Commission
Government of
Tree Cutting Restrictions Mentioned in By-Laws
Fragmentary text outlines prohibitions on interfering with cutting Christmas trees and other specified trees. It references exemptions and general controls within the by law but lacks complete context or full applicability.
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Manitoba
Major J W Foote VC Progressive Conservative Candidate Profile
The Durham County Progressive Conservative Association chose Major John W. Foote VC as their candidate after provincial election approval for June 7 1948. Born May 5 1904 in Madoc Ontario he worked in a brick yard farms and a Delora smelter before becoming a teacher and earning a BsA and LL.D from the University of Western Ontario.
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Ontario
Rey Lawson
Durham County
Progressive Conservative Association
Orono
Major John W. Foote
Major Foote
University of Western Ontario
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