More Homes Fired As Nelson Jail Bulges In BC Turmoil
Restova British Columbia April 99 The Canadian Press reports additional buildings burned after a government warning that laws must be obeyed In Krestova the Sons of Freedom protesters amid nude demonstrations forced police to crowd the Nelson jail as 80 Doukhobor detainees crowded the facility Ten more were arrested as the three day blaze destroyed 10 dwellings with fear of further violence and roadblocks around East Kootenay community residents sought to save homes amid a tense standoff.
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RESTOVA
B.C
Krestova
Canada
Gorden S. Wismer
pricen
Sons of Freedom
Nelson
Freedomites
Kootenay
Robert Stewart
United States Transport Plane Crashes Near Tokyo
A U S air force C 54 with 35 aboard went down in stormy mountains southwest of Tokyo as 27 passengers and eight crew were unaccounted hours after the crash. The craft had just left Okinawa on the final leg from the Philippines toward Tachikawa air base. Ground searchers and air units combed Sagami Bay area despite poor visibility and bad weather halting aerial operations.
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KYO
United States air force
Tokyo
McArthur
Japan
Philippines
Unawarai
Sagami Bay
Tachikawa air base
Okinawa
Oshita
Sazami Bay
Tachikawa
Four-year-old Doukhobor girl opposes stripping raid
In Krestova British Columbia on April 22, a protesting Sons of Freedom raid burned four more dwellings. A four-year-old girl resisted stripping during the incident while her mother, unclothed, tried to remove her clothes. Police reported the mother prevailed.
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KRESTOVA
B.C
Doukhobor
Sons of Freedom
Two Czechs Sentenced to Death for Spying for U S
In Prague on April 22 a state court condemned Maj Jaromir Nechansky. 34, and Veleslav Wahl. 28, as co leaders of a spy ring. They pleaded guilty to high treason and spying for the United States. Other defendants received long terms. Four former U S embassy officials were charged with directing the ring.
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PRAGUE
Reuters
United States
Jaromir Nechansky
Veleslav Wahl
Miles Spryss
Jiri Dohnalek
foreign affairs ministry
Zdenka Vackova
Spryss
Karel Loris
U.S
Prime Minister St Laurent Appeals for Tolerance in Dresden
In Dresden Ontario on April 22 Prime Minister St Laurent lauded the town as a symbol of individual freedom and interdependence for all Canadians He recalled Rev Josiah Henson the model for Uncle Tom who is buried nearby noting Dresden's significant Black population He praised democratic institutions upholding liberty and dignity for every person and spoke of national unity.
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DRESDEN
St. Laurent
Ontario
Josiah Henson
Uncle Tom
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mr. St. Laurent
Royal Navy disperses wrecks by submarine explosions
The Left Hand Corner notes a Royal Navy squadron of twelve armed trawlers fitted with explosives resumes clearing wrecks along English coasts. Since 1945 about five hundred such hazards have been removed at roughly two per week, with seventy priority wrecks remaining mainly in the Bristol Channel. Work pauses in winter.
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Royal Navy
Lencon
Ottawa Journal
Bristol Channel
Amend Charter U G G Company Amending Charter U G G
Ottawa April 22 The commons last night gave second reading approval in principle to a bill authorizing amendments to the charter of United Grain Growers Limited The co operatively owned company seeks to raise capital from 5 000 000 to 7 500 000 following the purchase of 110 country elevators in western Canada The bill has passed the senate and the firm proposes reclassifying shareholders reducing class B from 200 000 to 100 000 converting the latter to class A shares Class A shares are priced at 20 and class B at 5
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OTTAWA
commons
United Grain Growers Limited
W. G. Weir
L. Portage-Neepawa
Canada
Weir
senate
Canada Needs a Larger Population Leaders debate immigration policy
OTTAWA April 22 parties agreed Canada should grow its population by immigration from overseas and displaced persons camps in Europe. Immigration Minister Harris outlined continuing 1947 policy to absorb newcomers while others urged clearer definitions and broader professional intake. New ideas included a nationwide citizenship drive and a “freedom train” proposal.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Atlantic
Europe
Harris
gies
CREW
George Crew
Coldwell
C.CF
John Liefenbaker
PC Lake Centre
United States
Ride Herd on New Pipeline by Plane
Edmonton April 22 Inter-Provincial Pipeline Co announces a 1200 mile Edmonton to Superior Wis pipeline will be patrolled by a light airplane. Vice-president Lorne F. Kahle says air patrol replaces ground checks as telltale oil stains reveal leaks once the line is completed.
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EDMONTON
Lorne F. Kahle
Inter-Provincial Pipeline Co
Superior
Wis
Open House for Nudists at Fern Hill Camp
Bloomington leads a one day open house at Fern Hill nudist camp where Thomas Smith owns the land. Prospective members may try nude sunbathing. no invites issued. Visitors must join or leave.
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BLOOMINGTON
Ind
Fern Hill
Thomas Smith
Deadlock in Chrysler strike shocks industry
Federal mediators report a hopeless deadlock after 88 days of Chrysler strike. The dispute halts talks, threatens a cooling off period, and endangers 89,000 workers. Estimated losses reach about 1.25 billion dollars as negotiations stall over non-economic contract issues despite a partial pension agreement.
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DETROIT
Chrysler
Arthur C. Vint
federal mediation and conciliation service
E.S.T
Viat
B.E.T
United Automobile Workers Union
C.O
UAW
Automotive News
Chrysler Corporation
Alberta Highway Program Details Announced
Ontario authorities tightened penalties for drunk driving ordering all police forces to seize and hold the offender’s car until the case is disposed. J P Bickell registrar issued the order under the Ontario Motor Vehicles Act amendment from the last session.
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ONTARIO
TORONTO
Priday
J. P. Bickell
registrar of motor vehicles
Grade Gravel And Surfacing For South Roads
Alberta plans a record 600 miles of highway surfacing and 285 miles of hard surface upgrades this year. Minister D MacMillan announced that 55 miles of new graveling, 150 miles of existing highways resurfacing, and 11 miles of maintenance on No. 2 and No. 3 routes in the south plus 173 miles in the north will be undertaken. Total expenditures for 1950 are set at 39 million plus.
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EVMOUNTON
Alberta
MacMihlan
MacMillan
department of public works
Britain at crossroads as budget faces vital votes
London reports continued Conservative pressure on Sir Stafford Cripps budget amid Labour grip in Commons. Strike action and wage policy disputes intensify as Liberal and Conservative parties hint at coalition tensions. Government claims of wartime trade gains amid imports growth are debated, with fiscal policy under fierce critique.
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LONDON
Reuters
Britain
Stafford Cripps
house of commons
Trades Union Congress
Liberal party
Clement Davies
Labor
Herry Wilson
Board of Trade
Commonwealth
Oliver Littleton
Stafford Caps
dages
Argo naut Football Club to get tax relief rebate
Premier Frost announced a tax rebate for the Argo naut Football Club on all sums spent for charitable purposes to relief Ontario's 15 percent amusement tax on professional sport. Other club revenues remain subject to the tax.
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SPORT
TORONTO
Ontario
Argonaut Football Club
Frost
Dobbin Overcomes Manitoba Floods Then Halts Rail Traffic
Dobbin area endures severe floods this week the worst since 1897 as dozens of families are marooned and rail and road traffic to four towns is halted for 24 hours disrupting regional transport and life.
Red River Nears Flood As First Death Reported
Manitoba reports the province’s first flood death as residents brace for stronger rises from the Red River. Emerson in Manitoba suffers severe flooding with the Red River looming to reach Pembina North Dakota, while Ste Elizabeth area man Beland Sicotte 41 drowns crossing a swollen coulee.
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Red River
WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Royal Canadian Mounted Pe- Hee
Beland Sicotte
Ste. Elizabeth
ean RCMP
Sicotte
here
Pembina
N.D
Emerson
Man
Southeast Alberta Development Association Formed
A promotional group to represent southeastern Alberta was formed by 30 businessmen, ranchers and farmers in Medicine Hat. The Southeast Alberta Development Association aims to promote regional expansion with initial focus on roads and irrigation during the first meeting.
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MEDICINE HAT
Alta
Alberta
Southeast Alberta Development association
Build your own houses by jigsaw plan, says Osborne
London April 22 Labor MP Henry Osborne proposed solving the housing shortage by citizens assembling their own homes from standardized parts. He urged local authorities to provide sites and foundations, depots for parts, and instruction. A new ministry would design three easy to build house types. No government reply was given in Bevan’s absence.
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LONDON
Henry Osborne
Yardley
Birmingham
Osborne
House of Commons
Aneurin Bevan
Heat Ahead or Major Fraser Flood Feared in B C
Vancouver April 2 The chief engineer for Dominion Water and Power Bureau warns of possible floods on the Fraser River if heat does not arrive soon. Snow on mountains higher than last year raises flood risk, with potential damage tied to weather. Fraser dikes have been reinforced, BC better prepared than two years ago.
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ANCOUVER
C. E. Webb
Dominion Water and Over Bureau
Fraser
ELC
British Columbia
bethie
Truman Inspects Spectacular Display Of U S Armed Might
President Truman at Eglin Air Base in Florida oversees a grand display of U S ground and air power as relations with Russia sour. Canadian Defence Minister Brooke Claxton observes. U S policy advisers try to downplay the demonstrations amid Moscow's rejection of a State Department protest over an unarmed American plane shot down over the Baltic.
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EGLIN AIR BASE
Fla
Russia
Truman
United States
Defence
Brooke Claxton
Canada
Moscow
state department
Baltic
Benidickson Not Seeking Ontario Liberal Leadership
Kirkland Lake Ont April 2 CPI William M Benidickson Liberal Labor member for Kenora Rainy River said he has given no indication of intending to seek the Ontario Liberal leadership. Though his name has been mentioned as a possible successor to Farquhar Oliver he told the Kirkland Lake Liberal Association that the federal House is most congenial and he is not under pressure to leave it to run for provincial leadership.
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KIRKLAND
CPI
William M. Benidickson
Liberal-Labor
Kenora-Rainy River
Ontario
Liberal
Farquhar Oliver
Kirkland Lake
Liberal Association
federal house
Shilo squad called to blast earthen dam in Assiniboine Valley
News wires report an emergency call for a demolition squad from Shilo Camp to blast an earthen dam in the Assiniboine Valley about one mile west of Brandon to release floodwaters threatening farm lands.
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SHILO
BRANDON
Shilo Camp
Assiniboine Valley
here
CN.R
C.P.R
N.B
SAINT JOHN
Canadian Pacific Railway
central
New Brunswick
St. John
Canadian National Railways
Moncton
Matapedia
GIEL
Lydia Grenivich
St. Francis
Alta
Alberta College
Ledec
Edmonton
Leduc
SULLET
Landells
Slave
Alberta
North Winnigas
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P.M
Uncle Tom’s Town
ApUn
U.G.G. Company
Harry Bratshaw
Montreal
Quebec
HOPELESS
Capa
DOBBIN
Kearnfeld
Southeast Alberta Farms Organization
Beat House Crisis
Benidickson
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