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A lively nominating convention of the Civic Labour Organization placed full slates for four aldermanic seats and three public school board trustees at the Lethbridge civic elections on December 14. Delegates selected Ald. Reginald YTuerner and others for council while four trustees vie for school board, with earlier nominees including ex Ald. Kitson and Dr. Schmaltz among others. Continued on page two.
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Civic Labor Organization
Lethbridge
council
Reginald YTuerner
Edward Castles
Vaselenak
Al Davis
Alberta Steel Products
JH. J. Harris
Tom Clay
Leslie Howard
Labor Temple
C.L.C
C.S.C
Ald
A. G. Virtue
U.e Government Association
R. J. Kitson
S. M. Schmaltz
G. S
Joe” Lakie
Ralph Baird
G. §&, Brown
A. A. Haig
Jean Glover
Andrew Mihalik
F. R. Whittick
clvic
Win
Triska
H. J. Harris
Harry Boyse
Anne Peters
Wes Scott
Ald. Turner
Horace Godsalve
Boyse
Ald. Castles
Ald. Vaselenak
Leonard Biming
Davis
Reginald Turner
E. 8S
Royal papers show thrifty paper use in high offices
London dispatch notes Emblems of royalty save paper by reusing envelopes. King and queen employ plain white sheets with Buckingham Palace stamping. Mary uses vellum from Marlborough House. Duchess of Kent favors dark blue note sheets with a small M and crown. Also mentions pies tested by Hydro News and a ribbon custard.
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London
Ottawa dourney
comptrollers
Buckingham Palace
Mary
Marlborough House
Duchess of Kent
Marina
Winnipex Free Press
Hydro News
City Hydro
Hydro
British Columbia Legislature Opens February Eighth 1949
Victoria reports Premier Byron Johnson announced the 1949 session of the British Columbia legislature will open February 8. The 48 member house is expected to sit for about eight weeks after the opening following a cabinet meeting.
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VICTORIA
Des
Byron Johnson
Howe Says Governments Drive Wheat Trade in UK and Europe
Canada must recognize that government purchasing is the prevailing pattern in wheat trading abroad, Trade Minister C. D. Howe told the United Farmers of Alberta. He praised the compulsory wheat pool and government selling as beneficial to producers, forecast a stable British market beyond the 1949 crop, and noted an assured export of 140 million bushels. He also eyed growing U S demand, acknowledged weak flour exports, and highlighted Alberta's promising development as a support to rising exports and growth.
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CALGARY
C.P
Canada
United Kingdom
Europe
C. D. Howe
United Farmers of Alberta
Mr. Howe
Howe
United States
U.S
Alberta
Mencken Stricken in Baltimore Stroke Sickness
H L Mencken renowned author and critic, age 68, is treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital after suffering a small stroke. The hospital reports his condition as serious only in relation to the underlying illness, while noting the immediate event is a stroke.
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BALTIMORE
H. L. Mencken
Johns Hopkins hospital
Kimberley Youth Dies in Plane Crash in Cranbrook
Davia Leith Jr of Kimberley, about 22, died at hospital after the training plane he piloted crashed near Slaterville, marking the area’s first flying fatality. He was a student pilot, with family survivors including his father David Leith, brothers Jim Bill Jaba, and sisters Jessi and Alice.
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CRANBROOK
Davia Leith, Jr
Kimberley
Louis Percher
Slaterville
Leith
David Leith
Sullivan
David Jr
Jim
Salmo
Bill
University of BC
Jaba
Jessis
Springbreck
Alice
Nelson Studio
Herald
Cranbrook Flying club
Percher
Eaton Co. Buys Out Spencer's Of B.C. Deal Runs Into Many Millions
Vancouver report says David Spencer Ltd holdings totaling 15 million dollars or more transfer to The Eaton Co Ltd. 3,000 Spencer workers become Eaton employees with few changes expected. Spencer cites war taxes and succession duties as reasons for sale and assures staff job security.
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Eaton Co
Spencer’s Of
B.C
VANCOUVER
David Spencer, Ltd
T. Eaton Co., Ltd
Crusade in Europe Strong Counter Attack by Germans
Dwight D. Eisenhower recounts discussions with General Bradley at the start of 1944 about German counterattacks in the Ardennes. They assess whether a major offensive is looming, noting troop positions, possible feints, and plans to mass armored divisions to blunt the threat. The account foreshadows broader operations as they adjust to impending pressure on the front.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Doubleday & Company
Bradley
Middleton
VIII Corps
Gerow
Ardennes
tron
France
Von Rundstedt
west
Laer
SHAEF
Aly
Marshal Tedder
Bull, Smith and Strong
Ardenney
United States armored
7th Armored Division
Robert W. Hasbrouck
Patton
1un Armored
Willam 8
Morris, Jr
Ihuis
Saap
Ardeimes
Western Powers May Take Counter Action
Delegation to negotiate contracts. Agriculture Minister Gardiner will lead a Canadian team to Britain to set a new price for 140,000,600 bushels of Canada’s 1949 wheat crop. He may be joined by J. G. Taggart. Discussions aim to fix the price by December 31 under the UK Canada agreement. The British price for this year’s crop was 82 cents per bushel. The note also reports Western powers may act in response to Soviet moves in Berlin.
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OTTAWA
CPI
Gardiner
Britain
Old Country
Dominion
J. G. Taggart
agricultural services
Canada
U.K. Canada
Associated Press
ARIS
Berlin
Juan A. Bramuglia
United Nations security council
France
United States
Bramagna
security council
mannot
Andre
Vishinsky
Bramagtin
Moscow
Bramuglia
Bramugia
Argentina
Belgium
China
Colombia
Syria
Bramugha
Imperial Oil Cuts Gas and Oil Prices Across Alberta
Imperial Oil Ltd announced immediate price reductions for gasoline kerosene tractor distillate and diesel across Alberta with Edmonton Calgary prices now identical. Crude off price cuts include 43 cents a barrel at Turner Valley and 52 cents at Leduc Wordbend and Redwater. Saskatchewan also sees reductions with Regina and Calgary transport costs affecting local prices. Edmonton expected to produce about 11 000 barrels daily by July or August.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Imperial OH Limited
Saskatchewan
Regina
Imperial Oil
Calgary
Turner Valley
Leduc
Woodhend
Redwater
Woolhend
United States
Wordbend
praine
prairie
Cfiens
SASK
Imperial Ou! Ltd
Memorial services for Mrs Alfred Watt held in London and Victoria
Memorial services will be held in London England and Victoria British Columbia for Mrs Alfred Watt honorary president of the Associated Country Women Of the World and founder of the Women's Institutes in the United Kingdom who died suddenly at the home of her son here Monday.
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MONTREAL
Dec
London
England
Victoria
Alfred Watt
Women’s institutes
United Kingdom
Fog Blankets Western Europe Amid Dense Mist
The heaviest fog in western Europe for five days gripped the region causing widespread travel disruption. Planes, trains, buses, and streetcars faced cancellations while several ports cleared. ships Queen Elizabeth and Aquitania finally left harbor, though the Queen Elizabeth was 14 days behind schedule. Four killed and 45 injured in accidents linked to the fog.
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LONDON
Europe
Southampton
Queen Elizabeth
Aquitenia
New York
Nanking Struggles to Hold Key Defences as Communist Threat Grows
Reports from Nanking indicate two nationalist signalist corps race to improvise a new defence line to protect the capital from advancing Chinese Communists. Chiang Kai-shek reportedly ready to assume command of Nanking’s defence and keep the city for three months even if Communists reach Pukow. The government cut air links to Suchow and redeployed forces to defend the capital, while a southern Huai river line near the Yangtze valley is being built to slow the advance.
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NANKING
New York Times
Chiang Bai-Siek
The Times
Chiang
Huai river
Yangtze valley
Yangtze river
Alberta Won't Support Oil Royalties Move
Alberta Attorney-General Maynard refused to back granting oil production royalties to surface rights holders. He told a Morinville delegation in St. Albert that the petition will be considered but not supported.
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EDMONTON
Vancouver Stock Exchange
Imperial Home
Anglo
NEW YORK
SOUTHAMPTON
England
Reuters
VANCOUVER
Dec
L—U.P
U.N
C.P
Syria
United Nations
Israel
WINNIPEG
Canadian Wheat Board
United Kingdom
G.B
CONKLROSS
LONDON
Britain
ministry of transport
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Turner, Castles, Davis
Waselenak
LABOR
MENCKEN
Chris Spencer
nave
Hastings street
Eaton
Joan
EATON COMPANY
STRONG
Big Three
U.N. Security Council
WESTERN
MRS, WITT
WDA
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