Alberta election results show Social Credit kept control with 50 seats
In Edmonton and Calgary, Social Credit secured five seats with 50 of 57 in the legislature. Liberals and CCF each elected one, while Beaver River and Bank-Cochrane recounts loom. Edmonton’s gains include Adams and Hearn, alongside Premier Manning and Prowse/Roper setbacks for the opposition.
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Beaver River
Banff
Cochrane
Govt
Edmonton
Calgary
Liberal
C.C.F
DMONTON
C.P
Alberta
Social Credit
Libh
Liberals
J. Harper Prowse
C.G.F
Elmer E. Roper
Prowse
C. R. Belleville
H. Lobay
John Hannochiko
C-C.F.s
Bankl-Cochrane
Arthur Wray
Edual Credit
Manning
SWain LUG Appyomu
Clayton Adams
board of industrial relations
Lou Hearn
Roper
J. Percy Page
Independent movement
Rose Wilkinson
Fred ©. Colborne
air force
A. J. E. Liesmer
H. B. Maacdonald
H. J. MacDonald
Andy Davison
G.C.F
US Rules That Teacher Is Beyond Russ Control
The U S state department formally ruled that Mrs Oksana Kosenkina a Russian refugee teacher is beyond Soviet government control while she stays in the United States The decision by Ezra Gross legal adviser to Secretary Marshall was sent to Justice Dickstein who may rule on a habeas corpus writ against Soviet consul general Lomakin The department plans to reject Soviet charges in a note to the Soviet ambassador and Marshall signaled concern over the allegations as unsupported by evidence.
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WASHINGTON
United States state department
Oksana
Kosenkina
Ernest A. Gross
Marshall
Samuel Dickstein
New York State Supreme Court
Gross
Michael McDermott
department
Soviet Union
state department
United States
Geese Capture Study Marks Severn Wildfowl Trust Work
The London Times notes the Severn Wildfowl Trust yearly report on trapping geese alive using rocket nets on Silmbridge marshes in Gloucestershire to ring and track migrations. In 1947 48 no lesser whitefronts were sighted, while 31 geese were captured during early trials.
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Severn Wildfowl Trust
London Times
Silmbridge
Gloucestershire
The Left Wand Continued Story Fragment
A partial newspaper fragment continues the tale titled The Left Wand. The readable lines suggest a serialized feature with ongoing narrative, though details and context are limited by the damaged text.
Butter Loss In Canora Creamery Blaze Raises Alarms
Regina Aug 19 Thirty thousand pounds of butter were destroyed when a fire swept the Co-Operative Creamery plant in Canora Tuesday night. Officials say 6400 pounds of cream were lost while more than 40,000 gallons of ice cream were saved. Fifty firemen battled the blaze for about three hours. Damage estimated at 250000 with no ice loss reported.
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REGINA
Co-Operative Creamery
Canora
Bus Skids Over Cliff Near Chilliwack
A Vancouver bound bus skidded off a highway in Fraser Canyon at Alexandra Lake north of Chilliwack, plunging about 50 feet to rail tracks below. Ten people escaped death. eight were injured including Rod erick McDougal of Inverness and Melva Williams of Hilton Man. The cause was a broken steering mechanism.
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CHILLIWACK
B.C
Fraser canyon
Alexandra Lotte
here
Roderick McDougal
Inverness
Melva Williams
Hilton
Man
Cany
Alberta voting stand shows early party standings
The latest Alberta election standings tabulated by Canadian Press show CCF leading in several districts with 15 seats noted as doubtful. Beaver River and Banff-Cochrane are flagged as unsettled, while Beaver River and Ind.-S.C. show tentative leads in the report.
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Alberta
CCF
TOLAl
Alberta plebiscite tilts to private electricity firms
EDMONTON Aug 19. Albertans favored private ownership of electricity as city counts shifted rural support. Early province totals showed a lead for private enterprise with 109,330 in 2,280 polls versus 102, etc. Premier Manning declined to comment until all returns were in.
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EDMONTON
E. C. Manning
Newsie Killed In Montreal Newsstand Feud
Montreal August 19 Benny Gallasio known as The Wop was shot dead on St Catharine Street while selling papers in front of the Palace theatre. Antonio Rennie 25 was arrested and a six man coroner jury found him criminally responsible for the slaying. Police plan to charge him with murder amid a downtown territory dispute among news vendors.
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MONTREAL
Benny the Wop
St. Catharine Street
Benny
Gallasio
Antonio
Tony) Rennie
veador
Rennie
Palace theatre
Gaillasio
newe_les
U.N. urged to act as Bernadotte warns on Jerusalem
Count Bernadotte, United Nations Palestine mediator, told the Security Council that Jerusalem’s situation is slipping out of control and may not be demilitarized soon. He urged prompt action to halt the Arab Jewish escalation, noting Arabs accept disarmament in principle while Jews resist. The council scheduled an urgent session on Palestine to consider a truce amid renewed fighting.
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LAKE SUCCESS
L.D.T
Polke Bernadotte
U.N
STOCKHOLM
United Nations Palestine
security council
Jerusalem
Count Bernadotte
thiater
Farmer-Labor Co operation in CCF power push
Aug. 19 Winnipeg reports farmer labor cooperation urged as essential before the party annual convention. The CCF national committee proposed socialization plans for chartered banks be changed to public control of the banking system. The council argues monopoly capitalism divides farmer and worker, insisting no group should dominate the movement and that a program is needed to protect both from exploitation while ensuring democratic participation.
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WINNIPEG
Farmer-labor
CCF
CCP. national committee
C.CF
national council
C.C.F
CCP
polisea OT
council
Frank Scott
David Lewis
Seek Prevent Price Boosts To Consumer
Vancouver report says BC liquor inquiry chair William F Kennedy warned beer prices will rise and eastern ale may see increases, calling agitation for more potency a dead issue. He noted no return of all night liquor stores, but Scotch supplies should increase due to Britain's foreign exchange problem.
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VANCOUVER
Willam F. Kennedy
British Columbia
Nquior commission
Britain
New Zealand Revalues Currency and China Adopts Gold Yuan
Wellington reports New Zealand revalues its pound to parity with sterling boosting from 16 to 20 shillings, a 25 percent rise and the first such move since 1946. China introduces a gold backed yuan with rates not yet disclosed, while observers expect potential inflation relief and dairy export price effects. Finance Minister Walter Nash cites correcting disequilibrium in New Zealand’s prices.
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WELLINGTON
New Zealand
Britain
China
Canada
Sweden
United States
London
Denmark
Walter Nash
Toronto Steers Sell At Record Price For U S Shipment
Toronto reports 21 choice steers at 30 dollars per cwt with average 1,380 pounds, shipped to the United States as embargo lifts. Wheat Winnipeg also records all time high butcher steers at 30 dollars per cwt, with 3,900 cattle and 1,205 calves offered. Chicago hog market hits new price peak at 31.75 dollars per cwt, then 31.85 for Hampshires, averaging 215 pounds.
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Toronto
United States
U.S
WINNIPEG
United Stats
CHICAGO
Prices Frozen Today at Levels in Effect Last July 31
Prices board reimposes price ceilings on flour and bread made from Western Canada wheat. The measure, effective today, ties prices to those in effect July 31, despite a 45 cent per bushel wheat subsidy aimed at shielding consumers from increases. The government says ceilings curb price rises and must hold prices for all buyers.
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UAWA
prices board
western Canada
Howe
Round World Hop Now Abandoned
MARSEILLE August 19 Mrs Richarda Morrow Taft of Cambridge England 24 year old flying mother abandoned her round the world flight attempt after a crash landing due to bad visibility. The propeller wing and undercarriage were damaged with repairs expected in eight days. She may return to London to try again accompanied by navigator Michael Townsend.
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MARSEILLE
Richarda Marrow-Taft
Cambridge
England
London
RAF
Hiccupping Girl Gets Much Advice
Wayne County report says Pauline Lucas, a 31 year old from Waynesburg, Pa, has endured 177 days of hiccups and receives about 8000 letters and telegrams in ten days. Doctors note hiccupping at about 15 episodes per minute while well meaning correspondents push herbs pills and strange remedies from across the United States Canada and the British Isles.
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WAYNESBURG
Pauline Lucas
Miss Lucas
United States
Canada
British Isles
Gateway To Australia Gateway To Australia
Vancouver Aug 19 This Pacific coast port became the main western gateway to Australia as pre war traffic resumed with the CA line S S Aorangi leaving Sydney on her first post war passenger run and due Sept 10. Canada Australia liners plan two new 20000 ton ships for 60 passengers each while coal shipments to Japan begin a new contract. The trans Pacific decline shifts cargo to Vancouver and new airline links arise. The Aorangi sailed from Sydney amid union tensions and left for Vancouver with a full load.
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VANCOUVER
Pacific coast
Australia
S.S. Aorangi
Sydney
United States
Matson lines
San Francisco
Alberta
Japan
trans-Pacific
Canadian Pacific Airlines
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines
New Zealand
Envoys may meet Stalin and Molotov in Kremlin talks
Western envoys reportedly expect a decisive outcome from a planned meeting with Soviet leaders Prime Minister Stalin and Foreign Minister Molotov on Germany. Other dispatches note coast guard searches south of San Diego, Syrian cabinet resignations, Swedish casualties, RAF Dakota missing, a Soviet spy courier in New York, an oil show at Pitcher Gulf No 1, and Australia’s Davis Cup opener victory in Brookline.
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STALIN
MOLOTOV
LONDON
A.P.J
Kremlin
Germany
V. M. Molotov
COAST GUARD
SAN DIEGO
Calif
United States coast board
Saniego
navy
NEW YORK
Washington
Moscow
house of representatives
NLW
PINCHER GULF
Pitcher Gulf No. 1
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madotte
Actio
Herald
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Farmer-Labor Co-operation
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N.Z
N.Z. REVALUES
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Nynzeshamn
MALAYA
KUALA LUMPUR
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WIST
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Vladimir Cetnik
Longwood
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