Prices Under Decontrol Merchants Hold Prices Down
A Canadian Press survey across Halifax Charlotte Town Saint John Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Regina Moose Jaw Edmonton Vancouver shows most merchants maintain price lines on decontrolled goods. Some raise selectively, while staples rise minimally, with retailers balancing costs and subsidies as prices drift modestly upward.
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HALIFAX
MONTREAL
TORONTO
Board of Trade
WINNIPEG
Retail Merchants’ Association
FREGINA
MOOSE‘ JAW
EDMONTON
VANCOUVER
British -Columbia Retail Merchants’ Association
Jews Storm Leave Centre in Nathanya Attack
British forces report Jews seized Nathanya leave centre killing a sentry and throwing three bombs after arriving in an unmarked truck. Three attackers dressed as civilians escaped despite heavy gunfire. The attack follows relaxations of security before hangings of Irgun members.
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JERUSALEM
Nathanya
Reunion of three Peterborough boys sparks Calgary linkage
The Left Hand Corner reports a reunion of three former Peterborough boys now in Calgary. Rev. W. N. Turner rector of St John’s Evangelist, Harold Kinney choir master at St Stephen’s, and Rev. Reginald Howden rector of Trinity Barrie shared youth at Collegiate Peterborough and the same musical teacher. They were ordained by the same bishop and intersected in Calgary charity services.
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Peterborough
Calgary
W. N. Turner
St. John’s, the Evangelist Church
Harold Kinney
St Stephen's Anglican Church
Reginald Howden
Trinity
Howden
Church of the Redeemer
BLA. ACT.C.L
Progress On Control Bill
Ottawa April 18 The government omnibus control bill moved slowly through parliament with seven orders in council approved, leaving fifty to be considered. Veterans' preference in Civil Service and subsidy reclaim on agricultural products were among the topics. Debates touched on who should decide when the Prices Board disbands, with Knowles proposing Parliament rather than the cabinet. Sinclair urged clearer ministerial responsibility to Parliament, noting CPP statements on private enterprise and capitalism. Justice Minister Isley favored preserving board powers while considering revocation later. The bill aims to extend board powers for a year amid concerns over constitutional limits to price controls.
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OTTAWA
commons
Prices Board
Stanley Knowles
C.CF
Winnipeg North Centre
Tisley
James Sinclair
Vancouver North
rols
Sinclair
C.C.P
Collin Lameron
British Columbia
Ross Thatcher
Moose Jaw
Regine
CCP
Thatcher
T. J. Bentler
CCF
Swift Current
C.C.P. mem
Justice
Isley
Churchill Charges British Policy as Crisis Deepens
London April 18 Winston Churchill condemned the postwar Labour government saying the present system would cripple Britain forcing starvation or reliance on American charity. He attacked Henry Wallace as crypto Communist and urged a hard line with Russia while defending friendship with the United States. He accused Attlee's government of moral cowardice and oversized civil service, noting a high wartime workforce and a triple-build in government size.
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C.P
Winston Churchill
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Benjamin Disraeli
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United States
Great Britain
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Fire destroys 800 homes in Aomori as blaze controlled
The Asahi reports a large fire in Aomori on Honshu’s northern tip destroyed 800 houses before containment tonight. Earlier, 400 houses burned in a fishing port on Sado Island. Local authorities work to assess damage and restore housing.
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TOKYO
Asahi
Aomori
Honshu Island
Sado Island
Blizzard victim adds name to February list in Saskatchewan
Ollie Forseth, 68, of Trossachs, Saskatchewan, died in hospital here after frostbite treatment. Forseth had been patient since February 9 and is the latest name added to the February blizzard casualty list.
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WEYBURN
Sask
Saskatchewan
Ollie Forseth
Trossachs
Forseth
Fire in Fertilizer Explosion Shatters Texas City
Surviving crew members of the ship report the blast that devastated Texas City started in hold four where ammonium nitrate fertilizer was stored. They said no black powder caused the explosion, described smoke as the hatch opened at 8 a.m., and that the ship was abandoned shortly after.
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Associated Press
TED SUMMERLIN
GALVESTON
Tex
Texas City
Grand Camp
Morris’ Lebrozec
Lebrozec Bay
Julien Guerll
shin
Gueril
smile
Guy Saucey
Died on Gallows and Other War Chronology in April
A wartime report notes Dr. Joseph Tiso, former Slovakia president and priest, died on the gallows for crimes against the Czechoslovak state after his appeal failed. Vatican radio earlier claimed he had retired from church duties due to political activity. separate dispatch from Texas City recounts Imgido Riza assessing his ruined grocery and narrowly surviving a blast that tore through the city, praising luck that spared himself and several relatives amid destruction. A third vignette from Texas recounts a morgue scene in a high school gym where a wife identified her husband’s body stretched on a slab.
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BRATISLAVA
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Vatican radio
Tiso
WILLIAM C. BARNARD
TEXAS CITY
Tex
Igmido Riza
los
Riza
Katherine Lopez
Mercede
Chilo Loyola
Herman Reyes
ENE
TEXAS C . Tex
Fortress Island Heligoland Blasted From Sea Bomb Blast Hits Heligoland
April 18 report says the small German fortress island Heligoland ceased to exist after a 3,000 ton explosive detonation off its coast. Observers described enormous mushroom clouds and a sky-high column of rubble as ships offshore recorded vibrations reaching Britain within minutes.
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HELIGOLAND
island
Europe
Harold Walker
Dunkirk
Ek Canal
Hamburg
Bremen
BBC
Sritain
Kewoberevatory
minuria
Weligoland
Henry Burroughy
Associated
Fearful search for drowned Crippen child in Crow's Nest river
In Blairmore Alberta on April 1 an intensive river search is under way for 18 month old Patricia Paddy Crippen, daughter of Ronald and the returnee father. The child vanished after playing near the Turtle Mountain service station. Police and RCMP divers, with Smoky the police dog, scour the Crow is Nest River as volunteers assist.
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BLAIRMORE
Patricia
Paddy” Crippen
Ronald Crippen
Crow's Nest Pans
Frank
RCMSP
Paddy
Turtle Mountain
Crippen
Smoky
King's Condition Deteriorates in Copenhagen
Copenhagen bulletin reports Ming Antistian X in critical condition after a severe heart attack on Easter Sunday. State officials say the latest update shows continued instability and renewed concern for the patient’s prognosis.
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COPENHAGEN
Ming Antistian X
New Danger in Wind Change
Wind shifts spread smoke inland from Texas City disaster as 11 fires burn, two new. Coast guard holds Galveston hearing into trigger explosion at Grand Camp, amid rising death toll and large property losses. Firemen enter Monsanto plant. hundreds missing, hospitals overflow. crisis reportedly past as fires burn out.
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Texas City
EXAS CITY
Tex
A.P
coast guard
Galveston
Grand camp
Monsanto Chemical Company
Palestine
Jacksonville
Humble
Sid Richardson
Holston-Galveston
Humble company
Monsanto
J. C. Tranhan
Hough
Marvin Hill
Austin
San Francisco
W. L. Laddis
O11 company
Laddis
ROCK CITY
High Flyer
Wilson B. Keene
Bevin Given More Power
London reports a cabinet shakeup increases Foreign Secretary Bevin’s influence with two ministers of state under him. Lord Pakenham takes German and Austrian duties, joining McNeil. Hynd’s role in Germany shifts to the pensions ministry, while Lord Inman moves to the Lords and Greenwood shifts to minister without portfolio.
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LONDON
Reuters
Bevin
Lord Pethick- Lawrence
India
foreign office
Lord Pakenham
McNeil
Germany
John B. Hynd
Duchy of Lancaster
Hynd
Whitehall
ministry of pensions
Lord Inman
Labor
house of lords
Arthur Greenwood
Fissit
Sharp Debate On Pension Increase In Manitoba Legislature
WINNIPEG April 18 The CCF motion to raise Manitoba old age pensions by 10 monthly until federal action was forthcoming was defeated 31 to 13 in the provincial legislature. M A Graye Winnipeg CCF urged the increase, proposing a possible 5 raise if 10 could not be granted. Premier Stuart Garson said old age pensions are a federal matter and a provincial raise could interfere with federal plans.
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WINNIPEG
Aranitoba
M. A. Graye
Stuart Garson
Ottawa
Dead at Monsanto plant as blast toll rises in Texas City
News dispatches report 25 more deaths found in the Monsanto chemical works following a Wednesday explosion in Texas City. Officials fear as many as 100 might be recovered dead. worker Paul Stokes confirms no survivors among the victims. An immigration camp fire incident is noted in Cypress, and separate reports cover a South African air force crew killed near Khartoum. Also, Arab states threaten to block a UN Palestine inquiry, while a UN commission remains in Greece amid regional tension. Protesters storm the British consulate in New York over Palestine tensions.
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MONSANTO
TEXAS CITY
Tex
Carades
ICE
KHARTOUM
Reuters
here
air force
Cairo
U.N
PALESTINE
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
Faris El Kheary
Syrua
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