Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 10 Winnipeg free press Friday May 1949 prime minister stresses National Unity it s great to be a Canadian is St. Laurent s text in . By Hugh Boyd Yarmouth ., May 13 to his own strongly individual electioneering formula prime minister Louis St. Laurent came thursday to Nova Scotia and linked the government s record with the theme of National Unity. The latter theme indeed was Paramount. His journey from Digby to Yarmouth by car took the prime minister through a land Laden with historic associations where descendants of the old More recent French speaking Side by Side with those of English scotch and Irish Stock and of other races. For meritorious service again and again he drove Home the proposition that in this Rich variety of races and in their Mutual Pride in being Canad ians Lay the greatness of this nation. Several times during this expedition to the Eastern town ships and the maritime or. St. Laurent has alluded to a sent ence which he found on the Prin Ted programme beside his plate at a luncheon meeting at Saska Toon last great to be a he made that his text on two occasions thurs Day. For the third successive Day of his Campaign the prime minister did not bother to mention the name of his main opponent progressive conservative Jeader Georgre Drew whose party has Hopes of picking up the Odd seat in Scotia. To the extent fat least one Riding these Hopes Are apparently realistic he was Content to Tell the Story of Uncial Security measures and tax reductions and leave the people to judge whether this Liberal administration w a s worthy of a fresh mandate. As at Saint John the previous night when Premier j. B. Mcnair of new Brunswick put or. Drew on the griddle on Dominion provincial the score of relations and family allowances it was someone other than the prime minister who delivered the old style Campaign speech. This time it was Hon. R. H. Winters minister of reconstruction and Supply and Nova Scotia s representative in the Cabinet. Or. Winters told the Princi pal meeting of the Day Here that family allowances of some a year to Nova Scot ians had meant More Cash to the province than either the ii thing or lumbering industries had meant in any of the de pression years. His Point was that social Security measures of this kind meant a guarantee that never again will Nova Scotia sink to the old Levels of from there he went on to charge or. Drew with thwarting in agreement Between Ottawa and the prov inces in 1915-46 which would put canadians on the Road to further social benefits As proposed by the Dominion government at that time. Or. Winters scoffed at the notion promulgated by conservatives that Canada s Trade was shaky. He could see no danger signal in that res Pett. Certainly it was necessary to be vigilant and never relax in the search for markets but the fact was that Canadian foreign trade1 was at a record level and the lib eral government had the Best pos sible recipe for keeping it that Way showing a constant willing to Exchange goods with other countries. One significant incident the prime minister s Day came at Church Point on the Digby Yar Mouth Highway when or. St. Lau rent visited St. Anne s College. There Rev. Wilfrid Hache superintendent of the College interpreted the lifting of the Berlin blockade As signal Victory for the North Atlantic treaty. He gave or. St. Laurent much of the credit for the pact the Western cies and told him that acadians expect great things of you for can the prime first halt on Nova Scotia territory was at a new Rural High school on the Edge of Digby where he used the Corning provincial and Dominion elections Nova Scotia s Falls on june 9 to illustrate his talk on democratic processes. Once again his Holiday proposal for the school was accepted by the local authorities to the Manifest pleas ure of the student body. Meanwhile political interest Cen tred in the constituency of Inver Richmond where a curious situation is in Prospect. The progressive conservative candidate is Likely to be Liberal Premier Angus l. Macdonald s Cost of living for Winnipeg shows no change Ottawa May 13 up Cost of living indexes for four of the eight regional cities on which the Bureau of statistics keeps a Check increased during March while two were uncharged and two moved lower it was reported thursday. All changes were fractional. Further recessions in food prices particularly butter were offset by increases in clothing Home furnishings and services miscellaneous items and rentals. The Bureau composite Index for Saint John Rose 0.1 Points Between March 1 and april 1 to 155.9 Toronto Rose 0.2 to 154.8 Saska Toon 0.2 to 161.6 Edmonton 0.1 to l54.3. Meanwhile Montreal s Index Ell 0.1 to 161.9 and Vancouver s .2 to 160.5. Halifax and Winnipeg remained unchanged at 152.3 and .53.8 respectively. The indexes for cities Are based on 1939 equals 100, and showed the Index for All Canada on this base was 15s. The Bureau s regular in Dex based on 1935-39 equals 100, was 159.3 for april 1. Bracken leaves Ottawa to begin pre election tour Ottawa May 13 up John Bracken former progressive conservative Leader will leave the Cap ital Friday night for a pre election speaking tour of the Prairie prov aces progressive conservative Headquarters announced thursday. Bracken s first Stop will be Brandon Man., where he is seeking re election to the commons. His former seat of Neepawa Man., was incorporated with another Manitoba Riding in the 1947 redistribution. From Brandon he will go to Saskatchewan and Alberta speak no at meetings for which sche Dules will be drafted by i he party s provincial organizations. He will re urn to Ontario for a few Days in tune and then return to the West or the remainder of the Campaign. Younger brother Dan. At any rate Dan a Macdonald a school teacher has stated his intention of running. The Liberal candidate in he same Riding is equally Likely to be or Justice a. Of Carroll who retires from the Nova Scotia Benzli saturday after 25 years service. Judge Carroll has expressed a yearning to get Back into Active politics which he gave up Long ago. He represented Cape Breton South in the commons from 1911 to 1925. That is the seat now held by Clarence Gillis of the c.c.f., and according to the experts will prob ably stay that or. Justice Carroll has a National reputation through his chairman ship of the Royal commission on the Coal Industry which reported is months ago of. R. B. West Rivers awarded Mckee trophy award of the Mckee trans Canada trophy for 1948 to flying officer r. B. West Canning . One of the Royal Canadian air Force s outstanding search and Rescue pilots was announced thursday by Hon. Brooke Claxton minister of National defence. The trophy is awarded annually for meritorious service in the duration of the flight but despite this and the very Adverse sea conditions existing in the confined Harbor at Mutton Bay he executed a Safe Landing and explained the patient because of weather and sea conditions the aircraft became seriously damaged nevertheless of. West made a successful take off and delivered his patient to the Hospital authorities at eight members of last year s varsity Crew have returned for this year. Swan River Man. Six week old Bear cubs were ship Ped to a wild animal farm recently by George Alderson. They came from 25 Miles West of town where the Mother Bear was shot when she came out of hibernation. The cubs Are being fed on milk. Advancement of aviation in . It a. West daily crossword across 1. Tibetan priest 5. Father 9. Least whole number 10. 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