Alberta court upholds part of bill of rights ruling banks need license
The Alberta appeal court ruled part of the provincial bill of rights unconstitutional, finding the section licensing banks and imposing penalties beyond provincial powers. Chief Justice Horace Harvey authored the decision, with four others concurring, noting banking regulation falls under Dominion authority. Premier Manning declined immediate comment.
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Alberta
apspeal court
Horace Harvey
supreme court
Social Credit
board of credit commissioners
MAYNARD
Laden Maynard
Dominion
Canadian Bankers’ association
Worst blizzard chills Saskatchewan yet little snow falls
Regia news reports the worst Saskatchewan blizzard in 30 years with winds up to 50 mph and three to six foot drifts reducing visibility to 200 yards. One man, W. Mitchell Fallett of Tugaske, was found safe after search parties failed to locate him. Moose Jaw and rural pupils shelter with local families as a Humboldt Notre Dame game is canceled due to the storm.
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Saskatchewan
Tugaske
Central Butte
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W. Mitchell Fallett
Moose Jaw
Humboldt
Notre Dame Hounds
Humbolt
Notre Dame College
Wilcox
Sask
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mercury
The Left Hand Corner on London Churches Losses
The Bishop of London’s Commission proposes which city churches to retain after extensive wartime damage. Of 47 churches, 27 will survive in some form, with 11 restored and three sites repurposed for halls. Notable survivors include St Fride’s Fleet Street and All Hallows, while many ancient spires and historic ties endure uncertain futures.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Wren
St. Fride’s
Fleet Street
Rusyia
ecstacy
St. Gilles
Milton
Cromwell
All Hallows
Toe H. Most grievous
Left Hand Back Page Aligned In Paper News
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Canadian Car Price Rise Cuts 10 Percent
Ottawa reports a 10 percent increase in consumer prices for new Canadian made passenger cars and a seven percent rise for commercial vehicles effective tomorrow. Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler of Canada secured permission after demonstrating higher production costs from imports. Board notes prices of domestically produced cars compare favorably with imported models, with U S standards costing over $200 more than Canadian cars under the new ceiling.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Prices Board
Ford Motor Company of
Canada
General Motors of Canada
Chrysler Company of
United States
Body Edmonton Flier Found In French Grave
TOURS France Dec 17 C P Cabler An RCA F patrol team identified the corpse of Flt Lt James MacVicar Clement whose plane was shot down near here in 1944 by German anti aircraft fire. The last address on file was for his Edmonton widow. Clement disappeared after the crash and later it was learned he sheltered with a French family Bodineau before both were taken prisoner and shot. The burial pit at St Synthorian near here was found and Bodineau's body identified by his widow.
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France
C.P. Cabler
R.C.A.F
James MacVicar Clement
Ottawa
air force
Edmonton
Clement
Mornths
Bodineau
St. Synthorian
Nehru denies report of instant British exit claim
Nehru, vice-president of the Indian interim government, denied a Reuters report that he told a Benares meeting India would declare independence from the British empire in three days. He said the story had no foundation and noted there is a place for Englishmen in an independent India not as colonial heirs of two centuries of rule.
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ALLAHABAD
India
Reuters
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Benares
Nehru
Calcutta
Farmers Want Out In Gasoline Tax
Calgary report says Alberta farmers welcome a three cent cut in agricultural gasoline price following the federal decision to quit the gasoline tax field. The Alberta Federation of Agriculture adds the move is long overdue and will offset last spring's increase.
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CALGARY
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
APA
Alberta
Harness Cosmic Ray Use Urged by Commonwealth Conference
A British blue book from the Commonwealth scientific conference urges sustained cosmic ray research including keeping Cape York station in Australia and jointly controlling Suva, Nairobi, and Graham Land facilities. It calls for a London-based Commonwealth science office and notes a British expedition at Marguerite Bay with other nations eyeing polar activities.
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LONDON
Reuters
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Queensland
Britain
New Zealand
Suva
Fit Islands
Nairobi
Kenya
Graham Land
British territory
south polar sea
dominions
British Commonwealth scientific office
Marguerite Bay
Cape Horn
United States
Washington
Marguerite ay
Russia
Norway
Argentina
Chile
Turkish Army Purges Oppose Communists in Istanbul
Turkish garrison in Istanbul padlocked eight publications and outlawed branches of two new political parties as directed by a state of siege. The action targets magazines and a newspaper for alleged propagandistic content linked to communist groups. Reports say arrests and documents were seized while anti communist sentiment grows amid regional tensions.
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EDWIN B. GREENWALD
STANBUL
Istanbul
organa #s
poli Ucal
Iran
Turkey
Russia
state of siege
Thrace
Workers and Peasants Socialist party
Turkish Socialist party
Sendika
Ses
Gun ¥igin
Dost
Nor-Or
Birthday at Ottawa as King turns 72
Ottawa December 17 0 Business almost as Usual marked the day at the prime minister’s office as Rt Hon W L Mackenzie King observed his 72nd birthday with a fairly fit agenda. Cabinet council, normally meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, was moved to Wednesday and Thursday. Otherwise it was just another work day.
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OTTAWA
W. L. Mackenzie King
Cabinet council
St Laurent Considered for Next UN Assembly President
Ottawa reports from the recently ended United Nations session in New York say External Minister St Laurent may lead the next assembly. Belgian Foreign Minister Spank is unlikely to take the presidency, with speculation centering on St Laurent as Canada’s delegation chief. Paul Martin corroborated the talks, noting St Laurent was widely mentioned.
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OTTAWA
United Nations assembly
New York
St. Laurent
Spank
Canada’s 1946 October trade tops prewar pace margins
Canada’s external trade for ten months 1946 dipped from 1945’s level, though October reached 393 million dollars, near a record high. October’s value stood at 393 million, with 328 million the prior month and 367.3 million in October last year, while year-to-date trade totaled about 3.439 billion dollars, versus 4.112 billion in 1945. a sharp rise remains above the 1938-30 prewar trend.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Dominion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Secret of palatable fish oil sparks international dispute
Ottawa reports a secret process to remove taste and odor from fish oil has sparked a dispute between Canada and Norway. Senator McLean calls for sharing the method, while Norwegian claims it originated with German research. Canada argues disclosure to the United Nations is needed.
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Det
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Olaf Notevarp
Germany
A. N. McLean
Saint John
N.B
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McLean
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CANADA
Norway
British Columbia
A. W. H. Needler
food and agricultural organization
Poison Experiments Reported at Dachau Camp
German Social Democratic deputy Heinrich Stohhr testified that S S doctors at Dachau injected poison into about 40 clergymen to observe reactions and noted some victims died. He described watching from outside the ward as doctors injected pus into priests and ministers held as prisoners to study a cure for an inflammatory disease worsened by camp water shortages.
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Dachau
Deaths Yesterday I By The Canadian Press
New York City police commissioner Lewis J. Valentin dies at 84 former longtime public safety leader. George Jenner aged 61 noted film character actor and Arliss associate. Albert Sterner 83 renowned painter etcher lithographer die in New York, mourned in art circles.
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Lewis J. Valentine
New York City
HOLLY WOOD
George Jenner
George Arliss
Lowon
Albert Sterner
Atom Debate in New York United Nations on Atomic Peace Plan
The United States and Great Britain urged the United Nations atomic energy commission to approve the American plan for harnessing the atom for peace, while Russia asked for more time to study it. Gromyko warned against rushing and sought explanations as Baruch pressed for a vote. Cadogan urged incorporating American principles into the commission's report to the Security Council. The panel adjourned to Friday to consider Russia's request.
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Great Great Britain
United Nations Atomic Energy
general assembly
Gromyko
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
Britain
atomic energy commission
Bernard M. Baruch
Alexander Cadogan
Baruch
United Nations security council
firat
United Nations general assembly
Vyache
Paul Husluck
commission
Andrei Gromyko
Russa
sumer
Canada Industrial Bank loans freely in second annual report
Ottawa December 17 The crown owned Industrial Development Bank reports 9 090 674 in loans since November 1 1944 to 205 industries. Ontario leads with 9 595 568 in loans, average loan 45 000, term five years. Earnings for year ended Sept 30 total 427 322 up from 208 509 prior year. Half of applications were withdrawn during examination.
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OTTAWA
Industrial Development Bank
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Aberta
British Columbia and territories
Abbott
Graham F .Towers
Towers
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Bridge Tenders Opened for Edmonton Area Projects
CALL BRIDGE TENDERS OF EDMONTON Dec 17 1C P I bridge building and gravel creaking tenders were called as the province advances an enlarged road and bridge program. Substructure work for a highway bridge over the Oldman river near Lethbridge, excavation and base coarse crushing, stockpiling for 50 000 tons of one inch base coarse material, and gravel for the Calgary to Cochrane highway.
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EDMONTON
department of public work
Oldman river
Leth aridge
Calgary
Cochrane
Prowse seeks recount in Civic Labor election dispute
K C Prowse counsel for the Civic Labor Organization says he will apply for a recount in the recent civic elections after a vote difference between two aldermanic candidates. Alberta Association of Municipal Districts to petition cabinet on tax abolition. Wages rise cited for Alberta workers after 26 005 inspections with 488 employers reporting higher pay.
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K.C
Civic Labor Organization
The Herald
EDMONTON
Dee
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts
ALBERTA
W. C. Ring
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