Atomic warning on world conflict and secrecy
Dr. L G Cook of the Chalk River atomic project warns Ottawa service club that no atomic secret can be kept. He notes major powers including the United States Canada Britain France and Russia face potential atomic warfare within the lifetimes of children and warns secrecy invites a swift fatal counterstrike.
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Quantry
L G. Cook
Big
Chalk River
Ottawa River
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Russia
Plot to assassinate Nehru foiled by Bombay officials
Government officials in Bombay report the crushing of a plot to kill Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Fourteen leaders of Hindu extremist groups were arrested as police found arms allegedly being collected to carry out the plan. The motive cited is fury over Nehru's stance toward Pakistan and Hindu mistreatment claims.
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Bombay
India
Jawaherlal Nehru
Nehru
Pakistan
US Dials Back Foreign Aid Bill Amid Ireland Unity Debate
The House reversed a push to bar Britain from aid, sending a 3.0 billion dollar foreign aid measure to the Senate. The plan to restrict Britain failed 226 to 60 as the bill was reduced, with allocations including 2.86 billion for Europe under the Marshall Plan, 100 million for Korea, 100 million for China and Southeast Asia, and 27.45 million for Arab refugees. In Alberta, coal mines halted operations as a pre war season lull hits Drumheller valley and Crow’s Nest Pass, leaving over a thousand miners unemployed.
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United States
Britain
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Ireland
Europe
Korea
China
Southeast
Palestine
Alberta
Drumheller
Crow's Nest Pass
John Crawford
Canada to train pact forces in unified defence plan
At The Hague defence ministers from 12 NATO nations adopted a unified plan with Canada serving as a training ground. Defence Minister Brooke Clax said about 150 army officers and 100 air crew from European pact countries will begin training in Canada this summer. US Defence Secretary Louis Johnson set three aims for the program to deter aggression defend themselves and defeat an aggressor if war comes.
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Hague
Holland
Canada
Brooke Clax
Pact Nations
Louis Johnson
United States
Pact
Britons Relax From Cold War Tensions Last Week
A number of Britons took time off from the tensions of the cold war last week and pushed scare headlines off the front line.
Manitoba Budget Sets Record Expenditures and No Tax Change
Premier Douglas Campbell unveiled the 1950-51 Manitoba budget with expenditures at a record $39,000,000 and no provincial tax change, forecasting a small surplus. Capital outlays total $29,474,000, including major projects for the Manitoba Power Commission, Pine Falls hydro plant, and Manitoba telephone system, funded largely by new borrowing.
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Douglas L. Campbell
Manitoba
Campbell
Manitoba Power Commission
Manitoba Telephone System
John Dryden
Pine Falls
Winnipeg
Puchalski Fined 750 for Manslaughter in Auto Crash
Arnold E. Puchalski, 22, of Gilbert Plains, fined 750 or three months in jail and disqualified from driving one year after being found guilty of causing grievous bodily injury by negligence in a spring assize manslaughter case. The crash on No 5 highway near Gilbert Plains killed Effie Burdeniuk and her 12 year old daughter Mariene. Crown counsel C S A Rogers and defense Earl Solomon participated in the trial before Chief Justice Williams.
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Arnold E. Puchalski
Gilbert Plains
E. K. Wiliams
Puchalski
Effie Burdeniuk
Mariene
No. 5
Williams
C. S. A. Rogers
K.C
Earl Solomon
Winnipeg
Dauphin Ochre School District to Close for Pastor Holidays
School children in the Dauphin Ochre school area No 1 begin a ten day Pastor holidays this Friday. District schools will be closed Friday and all of next week reopening Monday April 17 for the remainder of the 1949 50 term.
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Dauphin- Ochre School Area No. 1
Hockey rink revenue up for season with modest skating drop
Town reports total revenue of 3 762.80 from the rink for 1949 50, up 1 008.13 from 2 754.67 last year as hockey gates rise. Skating receipts fall 188.80 despite 251 season tickets and 1 213 children plus 753 adults admitted. hockey gross 8 176.15 with 5 607.40 to the Dauphin hockey association and 2 568.75 to the town.
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Dauphin Hockey Association
Collegiate Physical Education Display Draws Large Henderson Crowd
About 300 adults and children attended a Henderson school auditorium program featuring Day Collegiate and Technicalies. Notable participants included McGuirk, Mlot, Hasichuk, Buchy, Sowiak, Coppell, Oliphant, Oiphant, Grey, Ross, siesta, Ginnell, Thomlinson, Fendick, Demeria, Schnoor, Sholdice, Ginnell, Mansfield, Hutchison, Allard, Keats, and a school orchestra. The event opened with a Swedish shot put tumbling and closed with a grade 9 social dance.
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Henderson School
Fred Hasichuk
Ernie Buchy
Olga Sowiak
Bob Coppell
Dave Oliphant
Kathryn Oiphant
Leone Grey
Florence Ross
Mavissiesta
Fred Lesyshen
Manitoba
John Ginnei
Laura Curle
Bobby Thomlinson
Arnold Fendick
Walter Randall
Cyril Demeria
Dolly Schnoor
Roberta Sholdice
John Ginnell
Bob Mansfield
Tom Hutchison
Paul Allard
Ron Keats
April Snow Fades After Weekend Brush With Winter
District enjoyed a brief late winter spell with 1.2 inches of snowfall over Friday to Sunday. Temperatures ranged from a high of 42.2 to a low of 5.8 above zero, far below last spring’s milder norms, with seven days of data showing notable deviations from 1949 readings.
Three New Rural Schools Planned For Dauphin-Ochre Area
Dauphin-Ochre area school board approves summer building of three new rural schools in Dickson Bay Centre and Fairville districts modeled after Sandringham school. Tenders to follow, cost around $7,000 each. Advisory committees to aid Dauphin collegiate courses planned along with purchases for home economics and shop facilities. Graduation is set for June 2 with program arrangements in progress.
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Dauphin-Ochre
Dickson
Bay Centre
Fairville
Sandringham
Dauphin Collegiate
Collegiate
Home Economics
Gordon
W. Goran
H. C. Ray
Park Road Closed To All Traffic
Riding Mountain park highway from the north gate to Clear Lake was closed to all traffic for an indefinite period. Gravel stockpiling will resume after frost. weight restrictions may follow if roads break up. provincial highways remain in good condition under mild weather.
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Riding Mountain National Park
North Gate
Clear Lake
Dauphin
Park Highway
Good Roads Department
Tractor Club Formed Here in Dauphin District
Under Manitoba’s agriculture extension service a tractor maintenance club for boys aged 14 to 20 was formed in Dauphin district. Mel Forbes named club leader. Bill Forbes as president, Dean Durston secretary, Vaughn Durston reporter. The 19 members will study safety and maintenance with instruction on tractor operation.
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Extension Service
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Dauphin
Mel Forbes
John Main
Garnet Maynard
Clarence Bailey
Bill Forbes
Dean Durston
Vaughn Durston
Winnipeg
Regional festival entries jump in Dauphin event
A total of 636 entries have been received for all divisions in the Dauphin regional festival of music drama spoken poetry folk dancing and choral reading. Adjudicators will include Robert Jarman of Winnipeg May 18 to 20 for plays poetry and dances and Filmer Hubble of Winnipeg May 23 to 27 for music classes. Entries span Grandview Pine River Ethelbert Winnipegosis Roblin Ste. Rose du Lac Laurier McCreary Ochre River Neepawa Oberon Wellwood Sandringham Ashville Melton Franklin Gilbert Plains and Dauphin with about 2 500 participants expected. The pianoforte sonatina open class shows 34 entries this year versus one last year.
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Dauphin
Robert Jarman
Winnipeg
Filmer Hubble
Grandview
Pine
Fire destroys chicken house on Max McCrae farm
A Sunday morning blaze at Max McCrae’s farm two miles southwest of town destroyed a chicken house, killed 150 chicks, and burned a electric brood er and a feed building. Strong east wind aided spread. total damage about 250 dollars.
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Max McCrae
Cribspiel Trophy Donated for Novelty Cribbage Bonspiel
Roger Watson and Bill Cruise have donated a trophy to be awarded to the champion rink in the novelty cribbage bonspiel next week. Individual trophies will also be given. Details on the cribspiel rules and entry arrangements appear on page 13 of this issue.
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Roger Watson
Bill Cruise
Local Lions to Provide Free Blood Transfusions in Dauphin
Dauphin Lions club opens a community blood service with 35 members typed and ready, 15 more to be typed. Blood is donated by members and stored at the Dauphin General Hospital and Lions representative Phil Smordin will coordinate requests. Aimed to ease hospital blood supply with no patient cost beyond service.
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Dauphin
Dauphin Lions Club
Smordin
Ander
D. Persson
Pat McConnell
A. 8. Little
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U.S
North Atlantic
The
Dauphin Herald
Canadian Press
William Morton
Flin Flon
Killarney
Minnedosa
Carman
Rivers
Melita
Selkirk Mental Hospital
Portage la Prairie School
Crown Lands
Bill Murray
Tom Scrase
A. Buckwold
Norm Nantais
Dauphin Arena
Mickey McBride
Neepewa
Cats
Winnipeg Tribune
Dauphin Parks Board
Parks Board
C. McEwen
Grand McGuirk
Walter Mlot
Park Road
H. W. R. Gemmel
Tractor Club
Morley Douglas
Isca
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