Landlords to announce rent increases across most provinces
In UAWA on December 15, tenants in all provinces except Saskatchewan and Newfoundland may learn today if landlords will raise rents under federal rules. Absent heated units, increases up to 18 percent. heated units up to 22 percent start December 15, with notices sent now and decisions due within a month. Saskatchewan opts for April rent controls. Newfoundland maintains its own. Alberta hints at future provincial measures.
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UAWA
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland
Abbott
confederation
Alberta
Provinces Meet On Trans-Canada Highway Plan
All ten provinces attend a two day Dominion conference in Ottawa to map a coast to coast 5,000 mile hard surfaced highway. A tentative 11 point agenda includes route selection and standards with federal funding of half the $300 million cost.
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OTTAWA
Dominion
Harewood Earl plans auction of Jamily estate assets
Harewood's 24,000 acre Jamily estate near Leeds, with tenant homes and farming plots, will be largely auctioned next summer to meet death duties. The 26 year old earl says he hopes tenants can buy their homes and land, expressing reluctance at the step. The decision follows heavy inheritance taxes, leaving him with no alternative.
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Harewood
Leeds
earl
A F A Delegates Defer Rye and Flax Selling
Edmonton report of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture convention shows delegates tabling for one year a resolution to have the federal government appoint the Canadian Wheat Board as marketing agent for rye and flax. The move follows prior proposals to expand the board’s powers to cover wheat and coarse grains. President Roy C. Marler urged delaying the rye and flax measure to test the Winnipeg Grain Exchange as a disposal method.
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EDMONTON
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Canadian Wheat Board
Roy C. Marler
Winnipeg
Three Arrests In Calgary Car Theft Ring
Calgary police arrested Edward J. Vining of London Ontario last night in connection with a theft ring operating between western Ontario and Alberta. In London James Burke 24 and Georges Francis Henshaw 31 of Bowness appeared for preliminary hearing. Henshaw hinted at a third person. A man and two women were detained in Calgary but released.
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Vining
London
Ont
Ontario
Alberta
James Burke
Francis Henshaw
Bowness
Alta
Duplessis Asks Postponement Of Rent Increases
Manitoba will not enter rent control now and sent Premier Campbell's letter to Finance Minister Abbott after a cabinet meeting on the rent problem. Saskatchewan and Alberta had announced plans to step into rent control with systems to adjudicate disputes, while Ottawa began wartime controls. The Manitoba government notes federal control has occupied the field since September 11, 1940 and wartime decontrol should be considered.
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Abbott
Campbell
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
prmnier
CPI
Finance Minster
supreme court of Canada
Duplexsis
Quebec
Believed Beaten Toronto Boy Dies in Hospital
Toronto December 15 Michael Dodds nine of suburban Mimico died in hospital after a brain injury believed caused by a gang beating. Chief Coroner Smirl Lawson said the head injury likely came from pounding against pavement after altar boy practice at St Leos church. Police investigate reports the attack involved older boys taunting them about religion.
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TORONTO
Michael Dodds
Mimico
Smirl Lawson
Michael
St. Leo's
Confession seals plea by Doukhobor fringe in BC
In Elson British Columbia a radical Doukhobor faction known as the Sons of Freedom pledged confession repentance and no repetition of violence following years of unrest in the south central region. Four signers presented the statement to police and promised to clear themselves from violent acts as provincial police patrols continue to enforce a law enforcement plan against rail bombings arson and violence.
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ELSON
B.C
British Columbia
Krestova
Sons of Freedom
Sons
R. S. Nelson
Col
PF. J. Mead
John Shirras
Nelson
Victoria
Vancouver
Anton Kolesnikoff
John J. Perepelkin
William J. Zmolf
John Lebecoff
Canadian Pacific
Three Killed In Truck Crash Near Gibbons Alta
Three people died early today in a highway collision south of Gibbons Alberta. Victims were Lela Tkaczyk of Edmonton and Redwater, Nick Nimkan and Robert Kay, both of Redwater, all in the light delivery. A three-ton truck waited for a mechanical check. driver L H Alcox of Thorhild was not aboard. The crash occurred at 4 30 a m M S T during heavy snow.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Gibbons
Alta
R.C.M.P
Lela Tkaczyk
Redwater
Nick Nimkan
Robert Kay
L. H. Alcox
Thorchild
Production Parley Ends No Bacon Contract as Yet
Canadian agriculture faced loss of the bulk of U K food contracts with the United Kingdom. Agriculture Minister Gardiner warned of a grim picture as the U K sets aside funds to buy Canadian cheese and possibly small bacon quantities next year. He noted any bacon gain would come at wheat farmers’ expense. The UK may buy about 65 million pounds of cheese in 1950 at around 27 cents a pound, with price talks to follow.
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United Kingdom
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U.K
Dominicon
Canada
Maritime Provinces
U.S
North America
Army Helicopter Joins Five Day Search For Girl Scout
Kelso Washington December 15 A army helicopter was assigned today to the five day old search for Ruth Aberle a 16 year old Girl Scout who disappeared Sunday while on a Christmas tree cutting expedition in the mountain woods northeast of Kelso Ground parties had found no clue and bloodhounds in a seven square mile area were baffled as the sector had been trampled by many men since Sunday.
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KELSO
Wash
Ruth Aberle
here
G B Produces Atom Bomb Drew Attends Alberta Convention
Calgary December 15 George Drew national Progressive Conservative leader will attend Alberta party convention in Calgary February 16 and 17. J Ross Henderson provincial president announced the plan.
Red Deer River Diversion Project Hinted Near Start
Municipal Affairs Minister C E B Gerhart told the East Central Irrigation Association meeting that irrigation plans for the Red Deer River Diversion project may proceed now that surveys are complete. Association president James Cameron blamed delays on missing provincial and Dominion signings, while Cameron and Gerhart urged resolving the hold ups at the government level.
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Alta
C. EB. Gerhart
East Central Irrigation Association
James A. Omeron
Youngst 7un
Red Deer River
Daily Mirror Reports Britain’s Atomic Weapon Claim
The Daily Mirror implies Britain has produced an atomic bomb in an unattributed piece by Ronald Hedford. It claims Britain’s scientists have been developing a weapon for over two years and notes no independent confirmation. Government ministers refused to confirm or deny Britain’s nuclear progress in the house of commons.
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Daily Mirror
Britain
Ronald Hedford
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Romanians Executed for Spying for American Counterintelligence
An official announcement from Bucharest said three Romanians sentenced to death last week for spying for the American counterintelligence were executed by firing squad on Tuesday night amid wartime security measures.
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Lucky Lady Arrives Seattle For Dean Ault
A cocker spaniel named Lucky Lady arrives via air from Canada to comfort 23 year old Dean Ault of Seattle. Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Ault, has cancer threatening his remaining eye and faces possible removal. His father seeks more medical opinions despite a San Francisco doctor recommending removal to save his life.
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Dean
Jack L. Ault
air express
Canada
Maureen Allaston
Cadillac St
Montreal
San Francisco
Maureen Alaston
Wash
Maureen
Nean
Power Plant Strike Flares Back To Life In London
A three day wildcat walkout at state owned power plants in London flared back to life as 2,700 strikers vote to resume work, with some plants defying the call. Opposition cited broad terms in return notice, while troops kept partial production and weather reduced demand.
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A.P
electricity authority
Bark- Inn
Europe
Brimsdown
Taylors Lane
Littlebrook
Death toll nears final count in Noronic disaster
In Toronto on December 15 a lab study notes war fire effects on the body as the last death certificates are issued for 119 victims of the Noronic disaster. Only four remain unidentified with burial plots ready for future needs. The Sept 37 sinking of the Great Lakes liner remains the century’s worst marine tragedy with many bodies unidentifiable amid grim scenes.
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sioner
Noronic
Canada Steamship Lines
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Great Lakes
Toronto
Britain urges aid plan for Middle East and Asia
A British source reports London is pressing the United States and Canada to back a giant threefold aid program for the Middle East and southern Asia. The plan aims to curb communism spread, reduce Britain's dollar gap, and ease wartime debt burdens. Talks in Washington remain exploratory with no full plan presented.
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Unidentified plane crashed near Peace River region
Reports say an unidentified airplane crashed near Loon Lake about 75 miles east of Peace River in northwestern Alberta. Northwest Air Command officials said a Edmonton bush pilot will fly into the area to investigate.
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EDMONTON
Loon Lake
Alberta
Northwest Air Command
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