Manitoba Red Cross Campaign Surges Toward $50,000 Mark
Manitoba’s Red Cross drive climbs from $10,000 to $50,000 as Winnipeg and St Boniface residents respond with clean wool donations for hot fermentation treatment of Eskimos flown in on March 6 from Chesterfield Inlet. Rural areas begin to contribute, including Manitou, Neepawa, St Anne, and others, while large local firms such as Hudson Bay Mining and Flin Flon and National Grain group give substantial gifts.
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Manitoba
Red Cross
Winnipeg
St. Boniface
Eskimos
Chesterfied Inlet
James Park
Binsearth
Kennedy St
Appea
Manitou
Fairford
Grahamdale
Lowe Farm
St. Anne
Warren
Neepawa
Carberry
Dugald
Mulvihill
Riding Mountain Branch
McCreary
Hudson Bay Mining
National Grain
Dominion Motors Limited
Staff
Margarine vs Butter Debate and Farmer Economics
A letter questions margarine availability, arguing butter prices harm farmers and the economy. It critiques subsidies, notes consumer impact, and asserts farmers rely on the cream cheque while margarine profits favor manufacturers and retailers. The writer urges a balanced policy and invites public opinion.
Parliament Hill row on C C F amendment to Speech from Throne
On March 9 the House split over the C C F amendment moved by Mr Coldwell. It claimed advisers failed to provide orderly marketing of natural products and needed exchange goods, and to secure national health insurance. The non confidence motion failed 174 to 39 with Social Credit backing the C C F and Progressive Conservatives backing the Government.
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Coldwell
Canada
Social Credit Party
C.C.F
Progressive Conservative
Canada faces prosperity with outlook for 1949
Facts from Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe show Canada as the third largest trading nation with $55.0 billion in 1948 trade, $8 billion invested 1939–45, and a broad industrial expansion from 1946 to 1948. The speech warns that tax and marketing reforms are needed while stressing high employment, steady prices, and an expected prosperous 1949 barring major shocks.
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Canada
House of Commons
C. D. Howe
United States
United Kingdom
Mr. Howe
Manitoba tractor costs on farms and efficiency findings
The Dominion Experimental Farm at Brandon records yearly costs for eighteen tractors across stations. Operating costs per hour averaged 79 cents in 1948, versus 80 cents in 1947, with four furrow model at 1.18 and smaller models at 0.77 and 0.63. Maximum efficiency occurs at 90 percent load of capacity. tractor size should match farm needs to avoid overhead. Community call to assist Red Cross Drive urged via I L Mitchell.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Brandon
Manitoba
Allied airborne victory over Rhine March 24 1945
Four years ago on March 24 1945 Allied forces landed two airborne divisions including the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion on the Rhine east bank. Airborne and infantry broke German lines, creating a bridgehead 30 miles long and seven miles deep. Highland Light Infantry North Nova Scotia Highlanders and Stormont Dundas Glen Garry Highlanders led the advance, with the North Novas and HLI sharing the bloodiest battles at Bienen. The farm tractor note hints at cost-cutting in field crops.
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Rhine River
Germany
Rhine
Highland Light Infantry
North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Stormont
Dundas
Glengarry Highlanders
Unis
Bienen
North Novas
H.L.I
Wartime compulsory savings pay dividends for Canadians
The program has started yielding returns for 2,250,000 Canadians with over 247 million dollars in cheques mailed or received, averaging 112 dollars per cheque, covering savings for 1943 and 1944. A camp football left end missed four easy passes at half time, asking for glasses. the athletic officer retorted that he needed radar rather than glasses.
Lincoln on Government by the Worker's Way
The quotation extols a free and prosperous system where the penniless beginner earns wages, saves to buy tools or land, and progressively hires others. It warns workers to guard political power or risk losing liberty and advancement through born poverty to new disabilities and burdens.
Telephone operator and caller exchange blunt joke
A telephone operator informs a caller that the number is out of service. The man quips asking who has “taken her out,” delivering a risqué pun in a brief, humorous exchange.
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Manitoba Red Cross Campaign
Jamica
Parliament Hill
U.N
United Nations
Philippines
United Nations International Social Service
Britain
France
Europe
Great Britain
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Chartered Banks and Trusts and Loan Companies
Valliey
I. L. Mitchell
Abraham Lincoln
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