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"HOME WANTED"
Throughout the United States and Canada, the worst sufferers from the acute housing shortage are
returned veterans -heroes once, but homeless now. Their plight is reflected in column after column of
"Home Wanted" advertisements in newspapers everywhere, and in individual. "stunts" such as that of
the veteran above, who set up a pup tent before the Camden, N.J., City Hall to call attenticn to his
predicament.
SCRAP PILE
Designed and executed by Sg ,
Winslow Anderson of Plymouth,
Mass., the African head above is
made of a horse -currying brush,
tin covers, snap hooks, springs and
pieces of brass. It won second
prize in the "Inventive Use of Im-
provised Materials" class, in. the
New York Metropolitan Museum
of Art exhibit of handicraft by
personnel of the Army Second
Service Command.
BOY TO HAVE PLASTIC 'SKULL
Six-year-old Norman Turner was born with scaphocephalus, a rare
skull condition which necessitated removal -of most of the bon*
from the top of his head in order to relieve threatened pressure on
his brain. To replace the missing skull, Irving A. Goldman of Ar-
lington, Va., plans to provide the boy with one of plastic. Above,
he 'displays a plaster cast of the artificial skull to Norman and his
mother.
U.S. PLANS SUPER -LINERS FOR 'ORIENT TRADE
Anticipating unprecedented .postwar overseas travel, the '11.5. Maritime Commission is plc, ming a mod-
ernized American Merchant Marine, including two super -modern trans -Pacific express liners like that
shown in drawing at top. These 900 -foot air-conditioned queens of the deep will travel at speeds of
29% knots, Carry 1000 passengers, and maintain fortnightly service between the West Coast and the
Far East, Accommodations will be the last word in safety, comfort and luxury. Typical will be the
standard compartment, sketched at left, . and the more elaborate stateroom, right. Compartment ap-
pointments include such things as,upper and 16wer berths, cpncealed life preservers, stowed bridge
table and chairs, closets, private bath and lavatory behind full-length mirrored door, The stateroom, as
shown in daytime aspect with berths closed, will -be -even more spacious and luxurious.
FACES NOOSE
Convicted by a U.S. Naval Court
of ordering the excutions of 96 Am-
erican civilians on Wake Island .in
1943, Jap Rear-Adml. Shigetnatsu
Sakaibara has been sentended to
be hanged. Ten co-defendants were
similarly . condemned. They were
tried on Kwajalein Island in the
Marshalls.
JAILED AS REBEL
Arnulfo Arias, above, former
president of Panama, was arrested
after the quick and bloody suppres-
sion of an armed revolt against the
government of President Enrique
A. Jiminez.
TO COME TO CANADA SOON
Sir Harold Alexander, governor-general designate of Canada, Is seen
in an informal pose with his dog Tessa at hie home in Windsor,
England. He will visit Canada in the spring.
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THE R
OF
General Statement, 30th November, 1945
ASSETS
Notes of and deposits with Bank of Canada $ 154,458,345.62
Other Cash and Bank Balances 166,690,950.57
Notes of and Cheques on other Banks 97,040,916.90
Government and other Public Securities 1,001,072,550.27
Other Stocks and Bonds 32,767,405.11
Call and Short Loans fully secured 106,446,918.06
$1,558,477,086.53
Commercial Loans in Canada 284,038,691.85
Loans to Provincial Governments 5,070,535.17
Loans to Cities, Towns, Municipalitie's and School Districts4,459,634.54
Commercial Loans Foreign, .....:.......... ........ • . 88,441,196.18
Bank Premises 10,848,254.92
Liabilities of Customers under Acceptances and Letters of
Credit 49,482,848.75
Other Assets C ............. 6,728,730.92
Total Assets - $2,007,546,978.86
LIABILITIES
Notes in Circulation $ 7,007,429.94
Deposits 1,888,757,074.14
Acceptances and Letters of Credit Outstanding 49,482,848.75
Other Liabilities 1;480,446.73
Capital. 35,000,000.00
Reserve Fund - -20,000,000.00
Dividends due Shareholders 572,660.73
Balance of Profit as per Profit and Loss Account - 5,246,518.57
Total Liabilities " $2,007,546,978.86
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
Profits for the year ended November 30, 1945, before Dominion Government
taxes, but after contributions to Staff Pension Fund, and after appropriations
to Contingency Reserves, out of which Reserves provision for all bad and
doubtful debts has been mads $6,003,142.89
Less provision for Dominion Government taxes 2,175,000.00
Less appropriation fox Bank Premises ..
$3,828,142.89
729,295.88
$3,098,847.01 -
Dividends: No. -230 at 6% per annum $525,000.00
No. 231 at 6% per annum 525,000.00
No. 232 at 6% per annum 525,000.00
No. 233 at, 6% per annum 525,000.00
2,100.000.00 •
Amount Darned forward
Balance Profit and Loss Account, November 30, 1944
Balance Profit and Loss Account, November 30, 1945 $5,246,51.8.57
$ 998,847.01.
• 4,247,671.56'
MORRIS W. WILSON
President
SYDNEY G. DOBSON
Executive Vice.President
lAMES MUIf1,,
General Manager