Alberta Storm Brings Snow Rain Dust and Wind
In Alberta a spring storm blanketed the province with snow rain and a dust storm in Medicine Hat lasting over three hours. Edmonton saw about an inch of precipitation Calgary received .17 inch while winds reached 65 mph at Lethbridge Temperatures dipped below freezing but warm weather was expected to return later. One life was reported as a shipping vessel ran aground in British Columbia.
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Lethbridge
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Britain Bathing Facilities Revealed By Works Ministry
A Works Ministry booklet from a 6000-home survey shows less than half of Britons have private baths. One third rely on portable tin tubs, 12 percent use no hot water, and over a quarter heat bath water in kettles. Even among higher income households, 1 percent lack bathing facilities.
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Works Ministry
Palace announces Princess Elizabeth expecting second baby
Reuters reports Princess Elizabeth Duchess of Edinburgh is pregnant again while in Malta with the Duke of Edinburgh. The notice states she will undertake no further public engagements. If the baby is a girl or a boy it would place third in line to the throne after Charles and Elizabeth.
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Mediterranean
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Hearings Begin On Rail Plea For Higher Rates
Ottawa hearing opens on a 3.4 percent freight rate increase sought by railways as appeal from recent 16 percent rise. Railways argue a 20 percent increase would cover a 1949 revenue deficiency of about 29.97 million, with a final board decision issued March 1. The case also seeks longer appeal time to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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board of transport commissioners
Canadian Pacific Railway
supreme court of Canada
Railway Association of Canada
Evans resigns as parliamentary secretary to Food Ministry
London April 17 Stanley Evans parliamentary secretary to the ministry of food resigned Sunday night. Prime Minister Attlee accepted the 52 year old's resignation after a blistering attack by the National Farmers Union accusing him of driving a wedge between town and country. Evans called British agriculture feather bedded in the world and said the time has come to question farm price review talks.
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Stanley Evans
ministry of food
Attlee
Evans
National Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union
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Manchester
Jet Plane Crash in Peg Residential Area
Winnipeg residents witnessed a Vampire jet crash Sunday near Stevenson airport. The incident killed one civilian and injured two others as a spate of weekend air crashes claimed multiple lives worldwide. RAF and naval losses followed in Britain, Maryland, Cuba, and Switzerland.
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Maryland
Moron
Cuba
Switzerland
Concrete Dam Poured Amid Zero Degree Winter Siege
Regina workers in shirts sleeves battled 4 below zero to pour concrete for a dam at Cowan Lake, 100 miles northwest of Prince Albert. An insulated wooden chamber circulated steam to keep the interior warm and humid, allowing year round setting. The feat is hailed as a significant engineering triumph over harsh conditions.
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Regina
Cowan Lake
Prince Albert
Vatican denies Polish church state accord rumors
Vatican press office denies any Polish Catholic hierarchy agreement with the Communist government. Warsaw claimed a pact was signed after Cardinal Sapieha left Poland and arrived in Rome. A high Vatican source warned that such a pact would imply the government pursuing a “way of death” for the church, though no confirmation exists.
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Warsaw
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Sapieha
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Strike twist as managers quit at Air Production Development
In Birmingham on April 17 Reuters reports a factory strike with managers stopping work while workers continue. Managers protest against dismissals by the aging director calling it high handed. Air Production Development, once dubbed the happy family for Saturday shifts to aid exports.
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England
Reuters
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Air Production Development
Train death in Lethbridge claims Turner Lamb at 25
Turner R. Lamb a former Melville Saskatchewan man died in a Lethbridge hospital two hours after being crushed between freight car couplings during CPR yard switching. The 25 year old resident of Lethbridge since three years, died at 3 15 am after the accident around 1 am. Police CPR investigations continue and an inquest is set for 5 pm with Coroner E D Fryett presiding. Remains to be sent to Melville for interment.
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Lethbridge
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Melville
CPR
E. D. Fryett
Enthroned Brandon Archdeacon Ivor A Notre Bishop
Enthronement of Archdeacon Ivor A Notre as second bishop of Grandon Diocese at St Matthew's Anglican Prim Cathedral. Archbishop R L Sherman of Rupert's Land led the ceremony aided by eight bishops and clergy from other dioceses. Notre succeeds recently retired Bishop W Y Thomas.
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Atlantic high council urged for peace by Bidault in Lyon
French Prime Minister Georges Bidault proposed an Atlantic high council for peace to coordinate defence and economy across the Atlantic community. He spoke at the Lyon International Fair and urged study of the council’s principles, powers, and relation to governments. Britain shows interest and awaits more details as Washington notes a testing period for Western defence against Soviet Communism.
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France
Reuters
Georges Bidault
Brussels
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council of Europe
Atlantic community
Bidault
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LONDON
WASHINGTON
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National Arts Board urged before Massey commission
Ottawa April 17 The Canadian Arts Council urged creation of a national arts board of artists and citizens to develop Canada's cultural conscience. The council, representing 18 national bodies and about 10,000 creatives, proposed prizes and fellowships to support composers writers and artists and touring arts groups across the country. Additional recommendations urged CBC funding seats on boards, subsidies to universities for arts training, a national library, and financing to build theatres concert halls galleries and art centres nationwide.
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Canada
Massey commission on arts
Canadian Arts Council
Arts Council
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Canada Jet Planes Set for World Flight Tour
Central Press reports Canadian jet aircraft under preparation for a world flight. A Jetliner model arrives in New York on April 18 and will carry a revised time schedule. By September the Jetliner and the Avro CF 109 fighter will begin their global tour.
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New York
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Budget Secrets Outlined To British Cabinet
April 17 Britain’s budget for the Labor government prompts a chilly mood as sixteen cabinet ministers meet at 19 Downing Street ahead of the two hour budget speech tomorrow in the Commons. Bevin absent due to a minor operation, Cripps to read the speech. opposition plans possible but unlikely move to force a vote as the government faces a tighter margin.
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Attlee
Stafford Cripps
Labor
Mother and Son Die in Ottawa Fire
In Ottawa Sandy Hill a mother Kathleen Saunders 38 and her three year old son Timmy died when an early morning blaze consumed their three storey home. A 24 year old Simone Tetu alerted residents after waking to the fire.
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OTTAWA
Sandy Hill
Kathleen Saunders
Timmy
Simone Tetu
Soda Pop to Sink Ships Not Entertained
The British Admiralty rejected the idea that soda pop could sink ships, sticking to the traditional method of large hull holes. Lord Fraser joked about aerating water to sink a vessel, but the admiralty dismissed any such use of soda pop as a weapon.
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Lord Fraser
Britain
Ottawa
Lord Praser
Door Left Open For Strike End
Detroit April 17 The door seemed open today for an early settlement of the costly two day Chrysler strike. UAW rejected Chrysler’s final pension offer but negotiations resumed with observers saying Chrysler may revise parts of its proposal to reach a settlement. Walter P. Reuther said Chrysler agreed to provide pensions guaranteed by a sound pension trust fund. Chrysler offers $190 monthly pensions at 65 with 25 years service, with three plan options and a $100 monthly pension plus Social Security in all plans.
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Chrysler
United Auto Workers
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Walter P. Reuther
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U A.W
Board reserves decision on railway freight rate boost
Ottawa April 17 CP the Board of Transport Commissioners reserved a decision on a 3.4 percent freight rate increase after a four year hearing with railways arguing for the rise and seven provinces opposing PINCHER. Vulcan can borrow for new schools Edmonton April 17 ICP Pincher Creek School Division gains permission to borrow 40 000 for a high school Rocky Mountain Division authorized to borrow 66 000 for new schools Foothills Division can borrow 110 000 for a Vulcan school.
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