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ciiaitborrrsmwlv. CANADA, WE NESDAY, MARCH 11. 194a

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llhserlptiou Delivered, “.00 Illls “Jill other Provinces and U.8.A. 56.00,

50 gllllLES 0F SMOLENSK

Basic Minimum income Scheme

For Canadians

‘March Report Tabled Before Special House I Committee

hp Convoy” it Forced To Retire

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yo; in tho vlu

be; f rs d to ro- ‘rlhshzgillod ‘Ill!’ Command

ted i _ b .:.'".'...... '1 a: B

gl ried today. his success am. toinfhlnl . Igadqlllrtefb; re ol-re to t

i nsporta and raked t a ‘trox-crrzwded decks with Ila-

“vinyl, morning reconnais-

souu oi the seas north sf th

o ' Arcs islands felled to locate any enemy shi lug," tho oom-

muniquo - “Oar sir attacks on tho pre-

visits ominous’ evidently tare“?!

rhs iuisll convoyta nsoliin i d

yisg, planes and men.

inrsnunrioun lT A sluice

(by r116 can-nan Press)

ibi“'t°°.1..'.i""“i° "iron

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"W! hsr anymore Russian rent cap-

~ . oi th ce tral itmoro oca ties.

Western Paciflc-i-Alll A Forces

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ll. damaging three at era,

wcsrsna mom‘ - x. A. r. Illtc Bombers blast railway re- mlllilllb at Paderborn in Gar.

101ml AFRICA- Wcvtl bogs '1' "Ebtln! but lst annyleirepcrts smn in northern sector with-

Wllflsltlon.

CQADA - Tensions Minister “mile Proposes to Commons -- Security committee mom- W health insurance for all I'm! nssuren“ or mim-

~ siair rd or income.

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luolnldrflv" Bulk m"! lfld W's“.

g - :1»). "Wight hon a Oolvllle 1c

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The convoy had been sighted

ll ills vieinlt of D0110. which miles no

o as“): liy of Arcs is n s: N"! reports slnkln five lap

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UITAWA. An integrated plan in assure every sdisn of s has minimum -

I ins d cost of 01.000.000.000 a year zwas ls-id today before hh special House of Commons comm tice on social securitv.

Prepared by Dr. Leonard C. Marsh. research adviser to the Government's lildvisorwmmnit e

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be 1 dwend at ' u‘ u

d d . . waihie '13’... calls for nafttonvai health insurance. revised une torment insurance. ghildrenu‘ a1 oyancss‘. extended oi use end i» ~ M?“ . and funeral art his.“ ‘ oposes ou ay

sec1t11\i.il%1.‘i,l‘00.000.0 durln: the

' first year after the war 0n works

ls i d fill lh ‘ital/fan ‘l}'§m'§§i1ua"tlon ande £51‘: all (o. bins“ national economy All this.‘ the réport says, can be dons on half the present war-ex- panded Federal budget.

MAIN SUGGBGTIONS

ancca -- syab v poo every ohilcl’ srdless of family incomo-r-of t8 t9 a month. 0r on a graduate scale depending on age: this program to be coup- led with sboliton of pr n0 in- come-ter ozcemp ns or pendent children.

l. Incresso the ..ressnt benefits under unemployment insurance or workers with dependents to a lgurs to per cent above the bene- fits on single persons. (Benefits taeowk l?llfl9lll‘0kfn $4.08 t0 £21.38:

e or on rs a

and mac 1.3%. old‘: married persons . 3_ Provide unemployment assist- ance to uninsur ‘ ns at rates about 10 per cont under the benefits paid under unemployment insurance.

. Institute rros medical esra for all citizens.

l. vide sickness benefi on a s comparable in that o 1m- emp oylnent insurance.

s. Provide matsrnitv benefits. for employed women only, on the same basis.

, 7. Make no immediate changa in worksnerrs cumgensation tor in- dustrial scciden .

8. Lower the age for the exist- ing non-contributory old-ag- pen- siohs to d5 for men and 00 for wo- men: and raise the maximum pen- sion fi-opi $20 to "30 s month with a premum for hose who post- pone acceptance until s more ad- vanced e,

I. lnsirute s new contributory old-egg pension, for all . ons un- der a cerain age. of $30 a month mr a man and I15 mOIa for ‘his

wife.

l0._ Provide permanent disability pensions at e some s30 and $15 rates. payabe at earlier ages on prop! of unempi ability.

1. Provide su lvo pensions for widows nn the same scale as rid-vs pensions.

12. Pay fundamental benefits at ‘.100 fr)" ammo. 9.55 for Juveniles and S20 for children

BASIC MINIMUM

‘line basic minimum income sim- ed at in the report appears to be on the order of sec a month for for an in ivldusl. sit a 012i. for a msrrle couple. n _ 1.0 s month tor each onto. or Mtlrsll used s budget prepared by the

' "as (Continued on page ofcol 2) ._____._____.___

liuws Appeals For Increased Fusl Production

limo AW ch d —- (OP) — lllinl onshflhmgr idovvo ion! ht

enil a six-hour debate on uei shortages in the Commons by s9- ng for an and to "n " lea which he said had 0' sled

‘til. .

h 1- esn Q is the srsvi alllfnli ustlou g

March 1C - (UP) -'

sure sremtge F‘? n13. in res

s, can}. Babb, Associated mo. War Analyst

which moved across tbs frontier above Akysb lust thrse months ago.

months it must some from India.

thou into China's Yunnan Province along the old Burma Road.

not directed at more than locsl objectives.

fidenco that such help in more ample measure will ho for ‘comln States army air force, which there is reason to believe will be a conside as an off-shoot of the American Air Command based in India.

destroyed 296 Japanese planes, probably destroyed 21d more.»

IVS. To Have Wooden Ship Building Industry

Steel Ship Construction Program.

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cons tloh Nova Scotls and the e ablisimlsnt i)! a second steel shipbuilding indus ry in the ro- vince were announced 1.0 the Beg- lslature today by Industry Min- ister Hamid Connolly.

2,000,000 orders receiv-

The u WASHINGHTON- Mitch 1Q ed durln the last month, covers “uph” Anmmy 5'1"" “h” gm can; mcmm o; 599 wooden dullng of a conference tomorrow craft, m, Miniatu- do¢1ured_ no with Soviet Ambassador Litvin- work n; fiufldlng sham has been off-sharpened interest tonight be n by four firms, three of them in the Russian angle of the en irely Nov: Section, the House British Foreilrn swirl-BU’! W" me

was infor , ‘rho ve els, ii: was learned lat- er, are to ' built in Mshone Bay

and post-war discussions.

craft is a service secret, the In-

I-icu no d t ils th 1 - sitguéflon. ‘Isahgre was n: rlmlcigg- ‘hips we" damaged‘ {d}, ‘in w,‘ gflfljf’ m" "m l” GENEVA. March 10 --iAP)-- ‘e province», ‘new awe] amp Hundreds of young French iriot who took refuge in l§°lis1l."'so1l"'°°{"-}§"yu§‘““‘¥{"°°“‘ {he rnzuntains of the Route . u a ~en . has v.50 “.13., (or “at... Savoie to escape forced lsbor in from me Defence Department. Germany were reported slvlns Value of the orders was not dis- themselves up tonight while closed. others still held out against

ufi, by Fer uson Brothers. who lodge them. D nested resurgence of the

Bhl rd l‘. P111011. Th l engaygid if, gurgling out meilgfigglerl; on retreating Japanese forces

Supply Ships soc u..." Torpedoed Warships Sunk

wo arge enemy supply shlpys were secrelmn’ l° ‘he "orpedoed in t is morning by 012:1"? sndlyaliuhliyh t f 9 p3 o e PM‘ O l

v0 h; h y _ sunk since the tva mfleffin; H',',§‘|1n§§'"°‘”°“ °“ T“ count there are tillers.

attack despite a strong escort and “w” "l u" "WW- the communique ssld. " is hit wa pmke‘ b“ ‘Whip. 1W1‘ 0mm?"-

"Aunou n u. ‘ens ' 11 W“ Shim

was rspi and Qnsavymolir mlgrc: {M91 "l- 45 O

1:5,:":.°.*":.‘,i';""“"= = mo“ Ztflniiifiifi. .5‘: ‘m’

Znoflwuuml, mlitlctpeda l oh Joplin: Two uttl

ls tlritioal 0i '

_ii.0.ii.|'. Methods

z-Qiib mmmwlbn Marcia is .. ‘.5131 _h;fl°d"v1ndiotive_ncss' sac

methods‘ b -

anadian Mounted Police in R n

unty were chm-fill in the New K ick la is

I 0ft w i "Hm u- t im- | 1 5."....’.....o.‘ vucidlétivsnssl, ‘lanai; the lellb"

For the first time since the conquest of Burma the Japanese High

ll , a live ' ‘ ‘ in the " -lndia front. A fresh

division or so hss been thrown into that rugged. jungle-clad battleground and a reel effort made ts thrust back tho British and Indian forces

UMPWI lllllies of sustaining this summer's enemy attacks. or car- 5am’ wmwr’ and rying her resistance into he sixth year, still depend largely on the ex- tent o! Allied help. sortunately there is increasing reason [o] m“. gins hi; éuetlkatn/dealerrs momces. _ - prepare a away par- iulonsral Lhennault has been given the newly-activated 14th United cegéitn the bit/b; bu

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winter. WASHINGTOPL March 1o _(AP> With the power to control Prices

The Trenton ‘yard has been set mobile guards ‘tempting to dis-l

LQNDON. Mal-ch 19mg) _The LONDON, March l6 —— (C?) — 34m g- 1 Lord Bruntisfield, rliameutary aty announced toda that quemo er i m éufljrghm ‘mtglid

he orth Sea. early 5 n e ° 59 ° l 1m, a today t at 306 German. Italia and

g t coastal forces Jwmese w" hips. excluding "mm mm marines are own t; have been gun and "no

"Om. “m” puma hom. the“. lord Bruntislied gave this break-

tfiiggefliflttil? T'°01j_n£ 0f Doctors’ Bills Is lfroposcd

llltlllllllllli lll- l Health Insurance Plan Made Public In House

Under Scheme Every Canadian Would Receive Medical, DentaL-Hospital Care; Cost Not To Exceed $26 Per Adult Per Year.

Fast Bombers- ilaid Germany

Debate 0n. Fuel Problem

OTTAWA. March 16—(CP)—'I‘he budget debate jolted in s. halt as

ft la likely that thq J; g | g0 1| g g h“ member after member articipsted strength hu been eonecntratvcldnr til... 3.‘? beforon on‘; ca‘: Issu- 1“ dumb" °1 ' "m" 1' °1 "Y"

gent public importancoP-fuel short-

sprilig or sunrises csmpal in Chi . Th i1 th t if tsld power is to Interfere with“ their prnramqfornghina l.n vilified“ is: §'.§§,‘,,““°c provmon “mm the“

ren c. Without debate the House Brant-

Thoso attacks. which have compelled Wavsll’; men to give some ed Howard C, Green (Frog. Con. Iftlllll. may Io preliminary to another Japanese attempt to push far- WOW/er 300th) leave

to intro- uce s. motion to permit discussion

When it doea some It is um; to be synchronised with an offensive °l ti" 1"‘ "WWW; “d “t 6 m-

sfter three hours o debate un-

or series oi offensive: somewhere in Central China. directed either to- . ltions Minister Howe had not been (‘llislltlgking or at one of the Provincial Capitals that surround it, ab], w enm- me dlsgussyon w “w, III h iiunan or Slam in Shensi. for instance. The most recent the gqvemmgng 5mg o; the quesflggL Japanese attack in that general ares. that thrown across the Yangtze Members sstrl hardship had been ihto Northern uunsn last week, has come to an end and apparently was oaliscd by fuel shvrtases in many

parts of Canada during the pre-

N. .M. Lock- hart (Frog. Con. Lincoln) told of people with tears in their eyes beg-

(biggyllanark) said

1i. 1- sblo expansion of his China air task force which has operated hitherto tshouid be remembered the winter

18d been the most severe Canada

lord Allvvyn, who visl od China. recently as member of a British m” knmm 1°‘ 5° Yen's “m! m”

buildings burned from one to five

parliamentary dele atlon, dl closed in Lo d yesterda who what slende fflllllftes c ennault shes dcconipuxrehn his near-Schools). wm. 5135.3’; 333‘ ,',".gf.:,§5“',*,,§'§5.3§,§"§,- never more thsn 1| Medium Bombers and 80 Fighters his command has

wood and United States coal strikes had affected the supply of anthracite.

He said he feared the House dis- cussion would result in people ela- moring for fuel with the idea of hoarding it. He now could see no escape other than coal rationing with so much assigned w each coal order this spring,

Others participating 1n the dis- cgsion were Capt. GB. white ( 0g. Con. l-ias in s-Peterbomugh),

22.0. Ha l

uni t - Re . an M - NS. Legislature Hears Province To Have Second Lieggi), Clarencxeue gillls ((1.0%.

on. . . -York-Bunb i

New Westm nlner), Angus Mac- Innis (C. .

C. Black (Pros. con. Cumberland), Mrs. Doris W. Nielsen (Unity North Battleford) and John G. liiiegenhaker (Prfls. Con. bake Cen-

re.

Introducln his motion, Mr. Green said e fuel» shortage had resulted in great suffering by many Canadians and loss to the war er- fort due to illness. There was grave fear of a shortage next winter. A munitions department advertise- ment had given warning of the danger of a wood fuel famine next

and manpower the respons billty

§§figew2fiF°”' Pmsbom and o-Lfiexjnglgsggszvefigstggé? wdugzzgg for dealin with the situation re. Bu!“ m‘ 1mm" 01' the 119W States submarines in recent oper- emmemh not with the local m”

mained w th the Dominion Gov-

ations in the Pacific war cone, the mo m“ ‘mm’ “msu” "$1" “w” ‘he Navy reported todsv- Three more '1" e government should declare

fuel production and distribution s.n essential industry and provide the necessary manpower. A forestry com any or battalion might be es- tabl shed similar w those in_ the United Kin cm, and the govern- ment shoul be prepared to ration fuel ll necessary next winter.

A. C. Smith (Frog. 0011., St. John Count ) criticized the Gov- ernment's f nanciai record, reiter- ated his "annual appeal" for in- creased government aid to hos- pitals, and also urged further sup-

siaeei ship industry i N s - ' , m‘ Wm‘ the 9553b“! ‘all: 01600 —g?£r§(3l§:s§gaxnfilln1lmirifilégd ivlctllgxrsyyew Brunswlcks “Ema-

Ths other Budget debater today,

southern Hupeh Province. the A. J. Bordage (Lib, Kent). de- f,'{,‘{,;,,{,““"”°’ we“! m" bee" Chinese high command reported to- clsred fsmlers generally ' dfly- Today's communique left no made more aware of he import- doubt that the Japanese are mak- time 0f ffifmlll . "When the ins a full-scale withdrawal. It said time ""1""- "n ll 999ml V! b6

~ fast spproa hi , h n 1 rglulrnaficrges are manning up enemy o; m, Dmslngeil ‘wluenb: 3881135355‘ urn

should b

the people will then have to to agriculture." no said_

Mr. McKee. the first speaker, said the educational situation was "onlmllins" 111 Kent County where about 4'1 r cent of the children ended ther schooling in Grade 1.

thurchill Returns To ilouse 0i Summons

LONDON. March 16 — (C?) —- Prime Minister Churchill returned to the House o! Commons today,

one m,“ v§me1 w" torpedo“... German : one battleship, or}: crisp and chi pgr a; ave,- agm- 59v-

oral weeks’ 1 ness with pneumonia

fdllqwgd b y, 1 destroyers and torpedo boats. four and assured membc tn i; r 11 “m, h.“ Qnfi" °"p°°°“ “‘ raiders and on other miscellaneous Allied co-o ration will. assllred lln

the eunmsn against Aids sub-

lTen (igloo destro era ma ines. 35 o er

gs said also that he would not. consider a proposal of Prune Min.

ins. Whips. six air- lster Smuts of south Africa for an

0TB"; vflgisrml cruisers and '70 Allied general staff to supervise

‘ESE

Help The + Red Cross

summers- Warfare-

OTTAWA, March 16 —(CP)— A gigantic pooling of Canada's doc- tors’ bills was proposed today by

draft health insurance bills mitted at the first meeting of the s ccisl House of Commons comm- teo on social security.

Health insurance was put for- ward as a Joint. Dominion-Prov- incial measurc, with the provinces administering schemes approved by‘, the Dominion and conforming to a,

I NDON, March 16 — (CP) — Mosquito Bombcljs swept into Ger- many w blast railway workshops at Paderbom ‘in daylight wday and item and the Dominionwne returning pilot said they ap- peared to have caught the Ger- mans napping although they flew over Axis-occupied land must oi the

ho 1 1 ‘"35" - "m" ‘P "a = U16 raid followed a night assault 0n an enemy airfield at St. Brleuc 1n Brittany and a counter-blow by the Germans who sent about aircraft to Eastern England, four and causing some damage but no casualties. One British bomber Prov/interwar. lost in the Brittany mo.

Stockholm that the German City of Essen, home of the KruPDs man- ufacturing works, had bee under martial law as s result destruction by the R. Al‘, was described s5 having

great that the Nazi authorities were not capable of dealing with even the elemental needs of the pop-

making fnanciai grants. proposed measures, every Canadian would receive medi--'

care and drugs as necessary at a cost of not more than $26 payable DY each adult every year. and about $131,436,000 per year from public

unds.

To participate in health insur- ance a5 proposed the g would also be required to provide, frea treatment and care for sons suffering f and mental disease. ncluding ment- al defectives. In return they would receive grants from the Dominion towards carrying on this work and towards construction of additional hospital buildings.

Before a province could qualify 'for_participation in health insur- ance it would have public health work which would antitie it to these grants.

Elected tihainnan 0f ilommiitse 0n Social Security

Grants to Provinces

C Tom Rel? (Lib. BYiI-lld health grants among the provinces ; Prince Edward Island, $48,717; Nova scotia, $316,228; New Brunswick, $212,848; Quebec, 015,076; Ontario, $2,147,317; Mani- toba, sascaos; Saskatchewan, c5111,- 239~ Alberta $399,882; British C01-

The Dominion would insist in the same way on provinces carry- ing on measures to combat venereal disease, to train doctors, nurses, engineers and other health experts. to make s eciai investigations into public hca th matters and to pro-

1 physical fitness of young pe.

F. Vancouver East), P.

UITAWA, March 16 Cyrus Macmillan, Liberal member of parliament for Prince Edward Island riding of Queens, today was elected man of the House of Commons Social Security Committee.

vice Chairman is J. A. Blan- chetic, Libeml member for Que- bec's Compton constlt/ixency.

Preventive Measures

Joint Agricultural Committee Named

These are the six ‘types of pre- ventive measures for

grants to the provinces:—-

for all persons suffering from tub- erculosis, including construction of additional buildings and bed

2. Provision of free treatment of ted states mental illness and care of mental defectives, including buildings and

3. Provision of preventive and free persons suffering from venereal diseases.

. Provision of training in public health work for physic- ians, engineers, nurses

March 16-(QP)-.Ap.

joint Canadian-Uni-

nding agricultural A811

countries under continuing review was announced today try the Exier- anal Affairs Department.

The committee's studies will be designed to “Further such develop- ments as may be desirable in ro- ferenco to iihose phases of our wor- time and agricultural and food pro- gramsflthst are of concern in both

ti

health measures.

. Establishing and undertaking a program of physical fitness dev- elopment for youth.

The draft bills submitted by the Pensions Minister were the result of work done by an advisory comm- ittee on health insurance. consist- ing of officers of government de- partments under the chairmanship,

l-leagerty, Director of th Bervlcesf during the

and recommendations of the committee will go be agriculture Minister Gardiner and t0 ill United States Secretary of Agricult- ure, Clo/ode R. wicks

AFRICNS POPULATION

PREPORIA—(CP) — south Al- "European" or whl ulatlon increased to 2.188.200

Y Dominion health bill, under which the Dominion government

Great-Battle Rages South 0i Kharkov

Soviets Claim Pace (if Advance On Smol- ensk Is Mainizilrlcd _.

LONDON, March 16- (CP) -The. Red Army rolled the Germans back

on the important front west of Moscow today,

driving to within 50 miles