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...next week, if Canada's 12,500,000 prayers are answered, Barbara Ann will wear the crown of an Olympic champion. No Canadian from Vancouver to Halifax doubted that she would, but it was comforting nevertheless to hear one neutral European judge say: "Scott shows up the others when she merely skates on one foot in a straight line." The last skater to do that was Norway's brassy Sonja Henie, who in 1936 danced off the Olympic ice into a $1,000,000 Hollywood contract...
...There had been no organized buyers' strikes, but there was plenty of buyer resistance, and it was having some effect. In Vancouver, sales of beef, bacon and fresh pork were down, even after retailers shaved prices a little. It was the same in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. In Halifax, the City Council took up a resolution urging provincial and federal governments to "do something immediately about the constantly rising cost of foods," and passed it unanimously...
...last week, Canada's Communists and fellow travelers were trying to overrule Canada's government. In Halifax the freighter Islandside was loading general cargo, but 600 tons of ammunition and six crated aircraft destined for China lay on the dock. Members of the Red-tinged Canadian Seamen's Union would not man the winches to load ammunition. If the ammunition were loaded, C.S.U. men would not take the ship...
...forced the meddlesome Reds to back down and withdraw their pickets. But the Colima had overrun her charter date for loading the cargo, and Chinese officials had to seek another ship to carry it. At week's end, the cargoes were still waiting at the piers in both Halifax and Vancouver...
...block were about $200,000 worth of paintings, including items from the collections of Lord Halifax, Lord Winterton and the estate of the late Lord Rothermere. As usual, Sir Alec Martin, the 63-year-old managing director of Christie's, conducted the auction himself. Last week, the sale ended, he was able to report that Christie's had all but wound up one of its busiest years since...