Rising living costs worry Canuck families after wartime controls
A Canadian Welfare Council survey finds that even with higher incomes and low unemployment many families struggle to meet current price levels after wartime price controls and anti inflation measures were lifted. The report highlights concern over increased cost of living and its impact on the average Canadian family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caneca
Family Welfare Division
Canadian Welfare Council
Dominion
Welfare Council warns savings drained amid high living costs
The Welfare Council reports families have used emergency and future savings to boost income under the strain of rising costs. The note says ongoing shortages erode financial security, heightening family tension and risking health and welfare of children and elders.
Low Standards Of Nutrition In The Aftermath Of War
The report notes that debt and the high cost of living are lowering nutrition standards, with impacts on children and diabetics. It suggests price controls, unemployment insurance, and family allowances as possible shock absorbers, but warns underlying economic causes must be addressed for lasting improvement. Canada faces a serious, though comparatively favorable, situation and seeks an early adjustment to high price levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Duke Of Windsor As Drummer Boy
The Duke of Windsor returned to perform with the Greenbrier hotel orchestra after 29 years. He sat in on drums with sticks given by leader Meyer Davis during a gala weekend in Diamond Hall. The event drew over 300 leaders from business government society film and sports as guests of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway owners of the Greenbrier.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Duke of Windsor
Greenbrier
Meyer Davis
Davis
Duke
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
New TB treatment shows high cure rate in Canberra
Eight young doctors report staggering successes using a new drug streptomycin with a new test therapy. In the last year about 85 percent of treated patients, mostly veterans, were cured.
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Canberra
Pacific island navigators charted long voyages with leaf strip maps
Pacific island people sailed large canoes across vast seas using rectangular leaf strip charts. These improvised navigational aids guided distant voyages, blending maritime skill with rudimentary chart construction.
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Pacific Islands
Prairie Farmers Built Dugouts Across Prairie Provinces
Between 1935 and 1947 prairie farmers constructed 27 916 dugouts with Dominion government aid averaging 105 each. Saskatchewan led with 18 338, Manitoba 8206, Alberta 1372. peak builds came in 1946 47. Every dugout holds around 160 by 60 feet and 10 12 feet deep, storing 350 000 to 390 000 gallons.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Switzerland Worried Over Canadian Trade
Switzerland voices concern over Canada’s import restrictions aimed at conserving hard currency. Ottawa officials report Switzerland has a favorable trade balance, but Canada must be paid in hard currency for Swiss goods, prompting reduced Swiss imports due to dwindling reserves.
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Ottawa
Switzerland
Canada
Dominion
U.S
Heavy Immigration By Air Anticipated In Canada
Ottawa reports a strong expected air immigration push this year with Trans-Canada Airlines seen as central to processing settlers. Howe notes 11 637 westbound passengers last year and a plan to widen the role of the carrier with 16 first class Canadian built planes ready for the Trans Atlantic run potentially boosting arrivals beyond 20 000.
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Ottawa
Canada
Howe
TCA
Atlantic
Trans-Canada Air Lines
United Kingdom
Cook Burns $2000 Bank Roll To Ashes In Oven
In Shreveport Louisiana Travis McCreary a grocer from Rodessa hid a $2000 bank roll in his oven to keep it safe from robbers. He forgot about it during a bank holiday and the money burned to ashes when the stove was lit for supper.
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Shreveport
Travis McCreary
McCreary
Rodessa
Air Mail Rates Change for Europe Deliveries
Short paid air mail letters to Europe will not be sent by air and recipients will be charged double the deficiency. They will be sent by surface despatch. The air mail rate to Europe is 15 cents per quarter ounce.
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Europe
Humorous Vignettes Refuge Laughs In Public Life
A collection of light anecdotes from judges, drivers, pastors, burglars, fathers and editors. Jokes about weather forecasts, jail warnings, hat fortunes, whistling, misprints, and a poet friend wrap readers in quick wits and social quirks. The pieces skew toward everyday mishaps and sly wordplay for a warm one page laugh.
Syndicate Plans Alaska Railway
Seattle engineer Willis T. Batcheller said an eastern syndicate will provide 200 million dollars to build a railroad to Alaska. He added that the U S and Canadian governments must first supply 375 million to extend the Pacific Great Eastern railway from Sifton Pass to Fairbanks as a military defence measure.
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Seattle
Eastern
Alaska
Willis T. Batcheller
United States
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Sifton Pass
B.C
Fairbanks
High prices hit Boston in 1780 butter sugar tea
In 1780 Boston faced steep inflation as butter rose to 12 shillings per pound, sugar to 10 shillings per pound, and tea to 90 shillings per pound due to the sharp devaluation of paper money.
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Boston
Chamber Approves Aid Measures for Unemployed
The chamber preliminarily approves two unemployment aid bills. One broadens vocational training to those who exhausted benefits and to workers outside covered jobs. The other raises maximum benefits under the unemployment insurance act from 14.40 to 18.30 weekly for married claimants and from 12.30 to 14.40 for single claimants.
Alberta Agriculture Dean Heads Group
Dr. R. D. Sinclair, dean of the faculty of agriculture at the University of Alberta, is elected president of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. J. C. Hackney of Vancouver becomes a two year director. Also named two year directors are F. N. Miller of Olds and Dr. L. C. Paul of Saskatoon.
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Alberta Agriculture Dean
Ottawa
R. D. Sinclair
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Alberta
The
Agricultural Institute of Canada
J. C. Hackney
Vancouver
Farm Market Relations Incorporated
F. N. Miller
Olds
Alta
Dr. L. C. Paul
Saskatoon
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Welfare Council
Drummer
Edmonton
Milner & Steer
North Edmonton
Lee Williams
Weiller & Williams
Edmonton Exhibition Association
Gipsy
George Washington
Brandon
W. D. Davie
Neepawa
Man
Les Carroll
Alaska Railway
Paly Mall
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