Provincial birth rate soars in 1946 Manitoba report
Health Minister Ivan Schultz told the Manitoba legislature that the provincial birth rate rose from 15 to 25.3 per thousand, with a similar rise in the marriage rate from 1944 to 1948. The death rate fell from 4.1 to 3.6 per thousand, heart disease cited as the leading killer amid rising high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis. Schultz announced increased grants to Children's Aid societies and higher mothers allowances, plus staff expansions for mental hospitals and clinics.
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Winnipeg
CP i
Ivan Schultz
Manitoba
Schultz
Health Department
Brandon
Wages and Living Conditions Cited in Irish Criticism
Dublin reports growing criticism over wages job prospects and living conditions as emigration surges with 2 953 432 population and 184 942 total emigration since 1936. Critics urge better pay and conditions at home while some tradesmen return, yet overseas migration may resume. Patrick McGilligan notes wage declines since 1937 and few earn over £3 weekly.
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Dublin
CPI -Etrea
United Kingdom
Fine Gael
Eire
Czechoslovakia
Japan
Erre
Patrick McGilligan
Dublin Northwest
Dail
CARE Food Aid Packages to Britain From North America
CARE operations move 50 000 dollars of food and clothing to Europe this year via Britain as Ottawa, London and Washington announce new shipments. The program offers friends and relatives relief items including 7 2 pound packages with 40 953 calories and blankets, expanding CARE offices in Canada amid Prairie demand.
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Ottawa
Europe
North America
British Isles
London
Washington
Canadian announcement of oeke ho to Britain
The fragmentary report notes a Canadian announcement regarding relations with Britain mentioning names like Oake Ho and Denahi in a terse diplomatic context. Details are unclear and non-specific in the surviving text.
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Britain
BO Mo Denahi
Two Fifth Column Leaders Arrested in Switzerland
Reuters reports in Canatanee that two readers of the Nazi intellectual fifth column, Dr Karl Rothe former secretary general of the European Authors Society and Dr Georg Roege editor of Adber a periodical, were arrested near here. They were described as Hitler’s zealous henchmen entrusted with important missions at home and abroad before and after the Nazi collapse.
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Canatanee
Switzerland
Reuters
Karl Rothe
European Authors’ Society
Georg Roege
Adber
Othe
Beth Rethe
Boese
Untilfitier Boch
Iroonewwio
Doolittle Fliers Plan Reunion on Tokyo Raid Fifth Anniversary
Sixty one of the United States Army Air Forces fliers who launched the first air strike on Tokyo under Jimmy Doolittle are alive to mark the fifth anniversary. A three day reunion will start April 18 at Miami Beach with 16 B-25 bombers taking off from the carrier Hornet 800 miles east of Tokyo. Lt Gen Doc Mule, now oil firm vice president, plans to attend.
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Washington
United States Army Air Forces
Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle
AAFP
Miami Beach
Doc Mule
Legislature Rejects Milk Subsidy Resolution in Manitoba
Winnipeg April CP An opposition led move by Donovan Swailes CCF Winnipeg urged the Manitoba government to push for subsidies to milk producers and consumers from Dominion and provincial budgets but was defeated 36 to 15 in the legislature Agricultural Minister D L Campbell noted that with the federal stance clear any provincial subsidy would amount to about 1 7 million dollars excluding admin costs and would require provincial funding.
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Winnipeg
Donovan Swailes
Ccfwinnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
D. L. Campbell
Race to Station Fatal For Three in Penticton
Three young Okanagan men died when a half ton truck racing a CPR passenger train crashed head on at Penticton's main street level crossing. The victims were Fred Wolfe of Penticton Paul Able of Rothn e B C and Chester Isaacs of Penticton. Wolfe, the driver, died at the scene with bodies badly mangled. Police say the collision occurred near the station.
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Penticton
B.C
Okanagan
Fred Wolfe
Paul Able
Rothne
Chester Isaacs
Wolfe
C.P.R
Fixers Jailed Over Bears Giants Fix Attempt
Harvey Stemmer and David Krakauer receive five to ten year terms for trying to fix the December 15 football game between Chicago Bears and New York Giants. Jerome Zarowitz faces up to three years with an indeterminate sentence. All three were convicted March 9 as the alleged masterminds behind Alvin J. Paris in the scheme.
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New York
Harvey Stemmer
David Krakauer
Chicago Bears
New York Giants
Jerome Zarowitz
Stemmer
Krakauer
Zarowitz
Alvin J. Paris
Yugoslavia Dismantling Rex Liner Suspected
A Reuters report cites Ansa that Yugoslavia has begun dismantling the 47,000 ton former Italian liner Rex off Capo Distria. The ship, sunk in 1944 by RAF Beaufighters, may be referred to the United Nations. Official confirmation is lacking.
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Rome
Reuters
Rex
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Ansa
Capo Distria
Tagged herring study in Nanaimo tests lifespans
Biological station researchers in Nanaimo British Columbia conduct experiments on metal tags placed on herring to determine how tagging affects their return to spawning grounds and overall lifespan.
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Nanaimo
B.C
Demobilization Date Set for Interim Force Ends
Defence Minister Claxton announced to the commons that September 40 was fixed as the date when men in the interim forces would either be discharged or become permanent service members. Remaining wartime enlistees are being retufied with consent until the end of September for post war service.
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Ottawa
Icps
Defence
Claxton
Commons
Winnipegosis Fish Decline Prompts Legislative Action
Manitoba legislators heard that Winnipegosis fish stocks have fallen sharply from over thirty thousand pounds to about 5.7 thousand pounds between 1944 and 1946. An interim 23.18 million dollar appropriation was approved to cover immediate expenditures until the main supply bill passes, while bills for a two cent provincial gasoline tax and related set offs received final readings.
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Winnipest
Latke
Manitoba to Inaugurate Mercy Flight Air Service
The Manitoba health department with the resources department will launch a mercy flight air service and a two radio communication system to aid patients in remote areas. Health Minister Ivan Schultz announced the plan to the legislature in April.
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Winnmer
Manitoba Health Department
Resources Department
Ivan Schultz
Departmental budget shows 5.26 million for health welfare work
The official cited department estimates totaling 5 259 833 for public health and welfare programs. The plan includes funding for nutrition investigation and related social services.
A Flight From Shanarrawa Awakens Car Fear in Pas People
Four Todlan patients from Shanarrawa, Manitoba, boarded an aircraft at home without hesitation but needed coaxing to enter the automobile waiting at Grace Lake air port. They had never seen a car before and believed it a "devils con traption."
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Pas
Man
Cpi
Todlan
Shanarrawa
Grace Lake
Navy Show Pours 290000 Into Veterans Distress Fund
Admiral Percy Nelles announced in Ottawa that the Navy Show, a wartime revue, raised nearly 290000 dollars for a relief fund aiding navy veterans and personnel now serving, aiming to ease distress among sailors and ex sailors.
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Navy
Percy Nelles
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