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...reflected the booming expansion of Canada's economy to meet the needs of Western defense. Since the beginning of the year, the value of listed stocks on the Toronto exchange has climbed from $10.2 billion to $12 billion. Last week, with the announcement of a new ore discovery, Quebec Copper soared from $1.35 to $2.95. Canadian Pacific, Canada Cement and the Aluminum Company of Canada all hit new 1951 highs...
When the Rev. L. G. Barnhart, a Baptist preacher in Roman Catholic Quebec, investigated the disappearance of the sermons he mailed to the village of Ste. Germaine, he made a startling discovery. They were being turned over to the priest at Ste. Germaine, the Rev. Alfred Roy, who burned them. Such letters, said Father Roy, "would give people wrong ideas. They can't take me to court for that, can they?" Said Archibishop Léger of Montreal last week: "The church . . . calls upon all people of good will not to implicate the whole church in a culpable...
Sherman, son of a New Hampshire schoolmaster, came from a family of fighters; the Shermans, tracing their descent back to John and Priscilla Alden, fought with the colonists against the Dutch, went with Benedict Arnold to Quebec. A pleasant, neat man with an air of cool detachment, Forrest Sherman lacked the flamboyant quality that makes for a great leader of men. But he was a great planner, a great negotiator "You can't get good marks if you're popular," he once told his sister. He had few close friends, but his admirers were legion...
...reporter who tried to get in to see Maurice Chevalier after a performance in Rouyn, Quebec, was turned away by the star's manager: "My good man! You must realize he is a tired old man. How do you think you will feel...
Admiral's success story is no isolated wonder. Since the end of World War II, specialized U.S. investments in Canada have become commonplace-wholly aside from such widely known developments as Alberta oil, Labrador iron and Quebec titanium. Last week, for example, Canadian Steel Improvement Ltd., owned by a Cleveland company, announced plans to produce jet engine compressor blades for the R.C.A.F. in a $2,000,000 plant near Toronto...