Parliament Winds Up Job Goes Home
Canada's 20th parliament was dissolved today with a general election set for Monday June 27. Writs returnable August 25. nomination day June 13 except five ridings May 30. The date Sept 1 for a new parliament is ceremonial. prorogation follows a brief throne speech.
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UAWA
Canada
Canada Gazette
Louis St. Laurent
senate
Thibaudeau Rinfret
St Laurent
couers
commons
Newfoundland
Yukon-Mackenzie
Carnegie mansion given to Columbia School of Social Work
The 66 room East Ninety-First Street property in New York, once owned by Andrew Carnegie, has been conveyed by the Carnegie Corporation to Columbia University for a 21 year lease at no rent with an option for renewal. The 29 room adjoining house at 2 East Ninety Third Street also transfers, with the total estate valued around 2 million dollars. Structural changes will convert the main kitchen into a cafeteria and the art gallery into a lecture hall while the Carnegie study and library remain intact.
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Carnegie
East Ninety-Erst Street
New York
New York School of Social Work
Columbia University
Pau
Andre
Carnegie Corporation of New York
East Mintieth Street
Roswell Miller
Miller
steel
Alexander Morrison
Patterson Appointed As Transport Commissioner
W J Patterson named to Saskatchewan Board of Transport Commissioners replacing J A Stoneman whose 10 year term expired. Patterson, born 1888 in Grenfell, elected 1921, served WWI overseas. Board oversees rail, inland shipping and telephone, with added gas pipeline regulation. Salary set at ten thousand dollars annually.
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C.P
W. J. Patterson
Board of
olaws
Saskatchewan
Patterson
J. A. Stoneman
Saskatoon
Sask
Grenfell
Stoneman
United Farmers of Canada
Board of Transport Commissioners
Canadian Commons Reaches Unanimous Pact Vote Amid Turbulent Day
Ottawa notes the house passed three major measures including ratification of the Atlantic Pact and a wheat agreement, with record cheers for Prime Minister St Laurent and former PM King. The session closed with intense scenes as MPs urged leadership and final passage of western Canada pipeline measures.
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OTTAWA
commons
senate
house
CCF
Canada
St Laurent
St. Laurent
Wb. Mackenzie King
Progressive Conservatives
George Drew
Gordon Graydon
Peel
John Bratken
Neepawa
ale
Hilda Buildings Burned in Wind Whip Blaze
A wind driven fire in Hilda Alberts destroyed seven business concerns in under 49 minutes with damage over 100000. No injuries were reported. The blaze originated in burning refuse near Sam Krassnoff store and with limited water supply merchants and citizens stood by as flames swept the block.
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MEDICINE HAT
Hilda
Alberts
Sam Krassnoff
Krassnoff
Fred Kissinger
Ed. Angerman
Albert Schneider
John Croissant
J. J Williams
John Schneider
Hie
Ea. Fanndrich
Fanndrich hardware
McGillivray Mine To Continue Operations
After a careful examination by Canada’s eminent engineer, McGillivray Creek Coal and Coke Company will keep operating. H A Howard, president, announced after the annual meeting in West Coleman. Encouraging coal production in the first quarter supported the decision amid rumors of shutdowns due to costs.
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CLONEMAN
Jene Wureauj
McGillivray Creek Coal and Coke Company
Canada
H. A. Howard
McGillivray Coal and Coke Company
West Coleman
McGillivray
CBC Announcer Aldred Fired Over Secrecy Oath Breach
Ottawa reports that Aldred a 28 year old Toronto born CBC announcer was dismissed Friday for violating his oath of secrecy by an article about him in the Montreal Standard. George Drew PC leader disclosed the dismissal in the Commons.
Social Credit School to be Held in Calgary
A social credit school will run in Calgary from Wednesday to Saturday next week. Sessions cover Principles of Social Crédit political action and organization work. Instructors include R D Jorgenson MLA president of the Social Credit League and Orvis Kennedy editor of the Canadian Social Crediter.
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CALGARY
Social Credit
Social Crédit
R D Jorgenson
Social Credit League
Orvis Kennedy
Social Crediter
St Jerome Policeman Sentenced For Bank Robberies
Rosaria Therrien, 33, a St. Jerome policeman, was sentenced to five years in penitentiary for three bank robberies in neighboring communities. The pair of holdups netted about $5,159, with police recovering part of the money.
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ST JEROME
Que
Rosaria Therrien
St. Jerome
Therrien
Wolverhampton Win English Cup 3-1 At Wembley
Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Leicester City 3-1 to win the English Football Association Cup before a 100,000 crowd at Wembley. Jesse Pye scored twice, Sammy Smyth added a late goal, and Billy Wright lifted the cup from the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Wolverhampton
LONDON
Reuters
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leicester City
Wembley Stadium
Princess Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Wolves
Midlands
Rangy
Jesse Pye
Malwyn Griffiths
Leicester
Sammy Smyth
Wembley
Billy Wright
royal box
Dave Reese
Pye
Gordon Bradley
Griffiths
Smyth
Williams
Pritchard
Stringthorpe
Crook
Shorthouse
Wright
Hancocks
Smythe
Dunn
Mullen
Russian Forecast Break In Three Days
Col. Sergei Tulpanov, head of the Soviet information division, forecast Berlin blockade restrictions will begin lifting within three days. He spoke at a conference with editors of Soviet licensed papers asserting cardinal problems in communications between Berlin and western Germany have been resolved.
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ERLIN
Sergei Tulpanov
Berlin
Tulpanov
Bovier auenorites stro SHBS
Tulpanovy
Germany
Drop Spy Charges Against Freda Linton House Told
Justice Minister Garson announced in parliament that charges against Freda Linton are withdrawn. He said two lawyers found insufficient evidence to prosecute Miss Banton, named by the royal commission as a contact to two Russian agents. Gouzenko remains abroad with family, under guard, now an author and wealthy from writings.
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Canada
Garson
Freda Linton
Miss Banton
royal commission on espionage
Miss Linton
Igor Gouzenko
Gouzenko
pearing
China Communists Call for Allied Withdrawals from China
Chinese Communist leader Li Tao urged Britain the United States and France to withdraw armed forces warships and aircraft from China while offering protection to foreign nationals in normal vocations and signaling openness to diplomatic relations. In Peiping radio remarks reported in San Francisco. Han Chang Hangchow front developments noted as Communist columns approach and Nationalist positions potentially retreat.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Britain
United States
France
China
Li Tao
people's liberation army (Communist) of China
Peiping
Associated Press
Asbestos Strike Talks Collapse in Hone Village
In Hone Que, after 11 weeks of dispute, new settlement talks broke down delaying relief for 5,000 workers. The center town, under a five hour curfew, sees a deserted shopping district as clergy appeal province-wide. The plan to return workers pending arbitration failed as talks ended.
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Jonas-Manville Company
Barrette
Caution Urged Over Berlin Blockade Hints
Reports from Berlin suggest a blockade may be lifted in days though officials deny any official move. The British-Soviet zone tension grows after Soviet custody extended to seven soldiers with four more held near the British canal border. Foreign ministers council may convene soon amid a guarded British response.
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Reuters
ONDON
Berlin
Suez
canal
Tulpaney
foreign ministers’ council
Cabinet Ministers Face June Election in Canada
Prime Minister St Laurent said all but one cabinet minister will contest the June federal election. James MacKinnon, minister without portfolio, will not seek reelection and will go to the province. Local reports from Edmonton Regina and Calgary cover related political notes and regulatory actions including margarine and liquor measures.
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OTTAWA
C.P
St. Laurent
James MacKinnon
stnte
D.P
PRINCE ALBEWS
UPJ
ECILE
Andrew Balatsky
Balatsky
Theodore Adamovic
CINCINNATI
Procter and Ganeble Company
GOYT
Sor
C.D
Canadian Wheat Board
Miniter Howe
United Kingdom
ALBERTS EDMONTON
U.P
Alberta
cartemy
REGINA
Saskatchewan
Agriculture
I. C. Nollett
EDMONTON
Maen
Alberta Liquor Control Board
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