Red Cross 1946 Manitoba Campaign Aims for Broad Support
Manitoba Red Cross branches outline a 1946 campaign to expand peacetime relief, transfusion services, and home nursing. They seek $150,000 in provincial funds for blood supply, care for disabled veterans, nutrition in rural schools, and continued lodge support at Deer Lodge. Eight and a half million dollars remains for European and Chinese relief.
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Red Cross
Manitoba
Winni
Mani
Manitoba Red Cross
Bunda
Canada
Deer Lodge
Winnipeg
Red Cross Lodge
Europe
China
Permanent plan for education finance urged in Manitoba report
The Select Committee urges a permanent funding plan with the province paying 50 percent of a basic programme and local districts raising the rest. It warns equalized taxes alone won t ensure equal educational opportunities and calls for cooperative large school districts under a new provincial administration. Robt H Wellwood notes the Manitoba Teachers Society backing.
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Dominion
Manitoba
Select Committee
Wheat Price of 1.80 Proposed to Government
Line Elevators urge government to pay farmers not less than 1.80 per bushel on all wheat marketed since August 1 1945 via the Canadian Wheat Board. Proposals seek export and domestic sales basis, ending domestic subsidies, a commission for coarse grains, and tax revision to aid farming.
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Dominion
W. L. MacKenzie King
Cecil Lamont
North-West Line Elevators Association
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Vancouver
Canada
Canadaan Wheat Board
New Quick Freeze Locker Plant Planned for Roblin
Frank G. Newton announces a Quick Freeze Locker Plant opening in Roblin in early May. The facility will offer 300 lockers for reservation.
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Roblin
Frank G. Newton
Year in Review August 1945 Roblin area notes
August items from Roblin and district include marriages and homecomings, bridge and roadworks, local fairs prizewinners, a hail event north of Roblin, fire losses, frost damage, and community notices. Notables include marriages in August and veterans listed as home from overseas. Continuous updates on local events and civic items appear throughout the period.
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Vancouver
Esther May Mathews
Deepdale
Arthur Staley
Tacoma
Wash
T. B. McMillan
India
Roblin
Legion
F. L. Skinner
Dropmore Nursery
Pennsylvannia
Virginia
Washington
Boston
T. McLeod
Togo
MacGregor
W. Davis
Silverwood
F.O. Hugh Belcher
Ellen Olson
Newmarket
Ont
Winnipeg
F.L. Keith Alexander
K. M. Ward
Nelson Robertson
G. E. Collins
Isabella D. Mitchell
Tummel
Finlay McLeod
Ann Belcher
John Adam Jr
Bield
James Allbright
Mickelson Bros
Rink
Anderson
Makaroff
Manitoba
Re establishment credits explained to returning veteran
A Winnipeg veteran meets a counsellor in the rehabilitation centre to learn about re establishment credits. The counsellor outlines eligibility for ex service personnel with honorable discharge and notes NRMA volunteers receive credits for war theatre service. The exchange emphasizes clear guidance and encourages questions.
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Winnipeg
Mr. Smith
Fred Johnston
Stoney Creek
Army
NRMA
Government pension plan for military service gains details
A discussion explains a credit on the service member’s account and how it is calculated. It states $7.50 for each 30 day period of qualifying service and 25 cents for each overseas day served, noting the grant is not a loan.
Prairie Provinces Subsidies Keep Gasoline Prices Low
Wartime Prices and Trade Board explains subsidies prevent higher prairie gas prices as Turner Valley output declines and crude is imported from Oklahoma Texas and Montana. A 2 cent per gallon rise is planned for March 18 with Montana crude subsidies ending to push reconversion costs toward peacetime pricing.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Prices and Trade Board
Turner Valley
Oklahoma
Texas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Albert
Prairies
Bea Tly
Montana
United States
Louisiana
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Robt. H. Wellwood
The
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
Postup
Boychuk
D.D.G
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
C. A. Pope
Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs
Mr. Pope
Re-establishment
Smith
Mr. Johnston
RED Cross Blood Bank
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