Drastic Power Cuts Loom in British Columbia
A cold snap and frozen watersheds push British Columbia toward a 30 percent reduction in industrial power use. BCE spotters will enforce curbs. buses may replace trolley lines, stores open later, and many venues cut hours. Hospitals keep auxillary plants. exemptions for meat packers and dairies noted. Ontario Hydro ends quota allocations to southern Ontario towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
C.P
Greater Vancouver
lower mainland
British Columbia
public utilities commission
B.C. Electric Company
BCE
Trail
Kootenays
Kootenay
Victoria
Vancouver Island
TORONTO
Ontario
Robert H. Saunders
Ontario Hydro
Wreckage Believed Found From B-29 Missing Over Atlantic
A Spanish naval commander announced the discovery of wreckage believed to be from an American B-29 Superfortress missing since Thursday. He said no survivors had yet been found and a Belgian ship reported the wreckage located just before midnight, halfway between the Canary Islands and Gibraltar.
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LAS PALMAS
Canary Islands
Canaries
Gibraltar
Whisky Mash Feeds Livestock At Sunset Hills Farm
A Virginia farm with 7 160 acres hosts a small whisky mill that feeds cattle hogs and horses with mash wash from the distillery. A Smith Bowman and sons report cows producing more milk steers gaining weight hogs fatter and horses friskier while markets seek mash-fed beef and livestock owners defend the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Smith Bowman
A. Smith, Jr
Delong
Left Hand Continued on Back Page
The fragment shows a continuation note on the back page titled The Left Hand. Lacking readable details, the brief item references an ongoing feature or column without concrete events, names, dates, or places available in the legible text.
Texas Crops Dealt Sub-Zero Blow Causing Heavy Losses
The Texas tomato and potato crops suffered complete loss as cold snapped to six below zero in Llano and zero in San Antonio. Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain damaged ripening fruit and hardy crops. Floods and cold caused deaths. Atlanta faced blackout from freezing rain severing power and hospital delays.
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CHICAGO
United States
Texas
Rocky mountain
army
air force
Llano
mercury
San Antonio
Atlanta
Blanchard to Probe Combine
Ottawa reports Justice Minister Garson announced the federal justice department appointed C. Blanchard of Calgary to review the price fixing bread-baking combine report. He will assess possible federal prosecution after provinces signaled preference for Dominion action and report his recommended course of action.
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OTTAWA
M— C
Blanchard
Calgary
federal
justice department
Justice
Garson
J. O
C.C.F
Regina
combines investigation commission
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Beet Growers Receive $486000 In 1948 Payment
The first 1948 sugar beet payment of 1.50 per ton mails today totaling 486000 dollars for 324000 tons. About 1400 beet growers under Canadian Sugar Factories contracts will complete payment upon receipt of today’s remittance, following an initial 10 per ton payment.
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AYMOND
Aged Barons Man Is Frozen In Bed
Gerrit Versluys an 89 year old Barons resident and pensioner was found frozen to death in his bed Monday by neighbor Martin Haufman. RCMP and Dr D McHart attended and ruled death occurred 24 to 48 hours prior. Coroner E D Fryett will not hold an inquest. Versluys born Noord Brabant Holland Sept 28 1859 moved to Barons area in 1911 a bachelor and Dutch Reformed church member. Survived by a brother Anne of Abbotsford and two nieces and two nephews. Funeral Thurs Feb 3 at Martin Brothers Chapel with Rev H A Mutchmer officiating. Interment Mountain View cemetery Lethbridge.
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Barons
Gerrit Versluys
Martin Haufman
D. McHart
RCMP
E. D. Fryett
Horn
Hell
Versluys
Noord Brabant
Holland
Dutch Reformed church
Anne
Abbotsford
B.C
nerces
Martin Brothers
Rocket craft hits 1700 mph in tests
Cleveland dispatch reports an aviation plant executive implied the X-1, first to break sound in level flight, reached 4 100 miles per hour and climbed to 80 000 feet. Lawrence D Bell, designer behind the rocket powered craft, said the plane was built to reach 1 700 mph and 800 foot altitude and has been successful in tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLEVELAND
Lawrence D. Bell
Wheat Board May Gain Coarse Grains Marketing Powers
Regina reports delegates at a prairie conference want the Canadian Wheat Board to also market coarse grains. They push for it to act as a producers’ agency and sell for the best available price, while Ottawa studies the move with Trade Minister Howe. Manitoba signals readiness if producers’ interests are protected. Saskatchewan urges caution to avoid government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REGINA
Canadian Wheat Board
Howe
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
prairie
wheat board
Saskatchewan
Justice
Gatson
Manitoba
Saskatoon
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Last Tribute Paid to Mrs J King in Ottawa
Hundreds gathered at First Baptist Church for the funeral of Mrs. J. King widow of Hon. Dr. J. H. King Speaker of the Senate. Attendees included government leaders and members of both houses. Remains to be interred in Vancouver. Mrs. King known for charity in Cranbrook and Ottawa hospitality during her husband’s tenure.
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OTTAWA
Louis St. Laurent
Mackenzie King
R. W. Mayhew
Wishart Robertson
senate
Buchanan
Copp
Farris
Sinclair
Turgeon
Mackenzie
Vancouver
King
Cranbrook
Kootenays
St Laurent Denies Move To Centralize Power In Ottawa
Ottawa February 1 Prime Minister St Laurent told the commons that the budget may come early and that the government is not centralizing power. He cited provincial reluctance to tackle issues like rental control and oleomargarine while resuming the throne speech debate.
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OTTAWA
St. Laurent
Drew
Dominion
Canada
George Drew
Coldwell
Selen Low
Social Credit
United Nations
Arthur Ross
F.C. Souris
Claire Gillis
C.C.F
Cane Breton South
J. J. Raymond
Wright
Mr. St. Laurent
Norman Jaques S.C
Wetaskiwin
Garson
Carrs Testify Before Grand Jury In Communist Inquiry
Mr and Mrs Sam Carr testified briefly before a grand jury investigating Communist activity in the United States and were later escorted to Ellis Island. Special United States attorney Thomas J Donegan said they will not be recalled for questioning and are excused from the inquiry. The session was in camera and details were not released. Carr, longtime organizer for the Canadian Labor Progressive party, and his wife faced deportation charges. The Carrs appeared with counsel Miss Carol King who said Mrs Carr denied knowledge of Alger Hiss or Whittaker Chambers. first witness Alexander Stevens aka J Peters, head of the Communist underground, was questioned for an hour before leaving with his lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EW YORK
C.P
Sam Carr
United States
Ellis Island
Thomas J. Donegan
grand jury
Carrs
Carr
Labor-Progressive party
Carol King
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miss King
Mrs. Carr
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Manhattan
United States immigration service
home of representatives committee on un-American
federal court house
Alexander Stevens
J. Peters
house of representatives committee on un-American activities
Stevens
Emanuel J. Bloch
Hungary Declares Itself People's Republic On Anniversary
Hungary marked its third anniversary by declaring the republic a "peoples' republic" and renaming the National Front of Independence the People's Front of Independence. Mathias Rakosi will chair the supreme council, with Istvan Dobi and Ferenc Erbei as vice chairs, and a new constitution promised.
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Hungary
People’s Republic
BUDAPEST
Republic of
National Front of Independence
People’s Front of Independence
Mathias Rakosi
supreme council of the People's
Front
Istvan Dobi
Smallholders’ party
Ferenc Erbei
Peasant party
Rakosi
people’s
Moscow
Dokt
Smallholders party
central
supreme council of the People's Front
people's democracy
Vishinsky Quits Red Sanatorium
Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet deputy foreign minister, left a Red army sanatorium at Karlsbad yesterday. An attendant said he did not know how Vishinsky felt or where he went, noting the departure was as mysterious as his arrival, which had been reported Saturday night. The rest centre described him as suffering a nervous disorder gravely affecting concentration.
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PRAGUE
Czechoslovakia
Andrei Vishinski
Karlsbad
Vishinsky
Imperial
Alberta coal royalties challenged in supreme court
Six Alberta coal operators including West Canadian Collieries and Cadomin Coal Co filed a claim in supreme court arguing the provinces 1948 royalty increases violate the 1929 Alberta Dominion resources agreement. They say higher royalties on coal from leases and land grants amount to ultra vires acts costing operators about 500000 dollars annually.
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CALGARY
Alberta
Canadian Rockies
supreme court
Dominions
West Canadian Collieries Ltd
Blairmore, International Coal and Coke Co. Ltd
Coleman
McGillivray Creek Coal and Coke Co. Ltd
Uillcrest Mohawk Colleries Ltd
Bellevue
Cadomin Coal Co. Ltd
Cadomin
Brazeau Collieries
Max Reimann Sentenced in Germany for Discrimination Charge
Max Reimann, West Germany's Communist leader, was sentenced to three months in jail by a British military government court. He was convicted for encouraging discrimination against Germans who aided the allied military government amid demonstrations by communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DUESSELDORF
Germany
Max Reimann
West Germany
Reimann
Flames Take Lives Of Five More Kiddies
A Bristol Mines Nova Scotia fire killed four year old Lorraine two year old Dwayne and eight month old Andrew Cleary while their mother watched helplessly. Neighbors risked their lives to pull the carriage with baby Andrew from the flames. The fire left the hamlet with no water to fight the blaze and a nearby pump proved useless. The father worked at Blewartville hydro project across the Ottawa river.
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BRISTOL MINES
Que
C. J
iive Cleary
Ottawa
Lorraine
Dwayne
Andrew
Blewartville
Ottawa river
Canada
New Waterford
Hewert
N.S
Henderson
Cleary
Ceeee Cleary
big childdren
HEBERT
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Wayne
Rodney M. MacAloney
Turner Valley Crude Price Boost Announced
S. R. Stevens, manager of Imperial Oil's western crude oil department, announced that effective Feb. 1 the Turner Valley crude price will rise 15 cents a barrel to 3.24 dollars for 33 gravity oil. There is a two cent per barrel differential for each degree of gravity above that. He cited local competition as the reason for the increase.
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EDMONTON
C.P
S. R. Stevens
Imperial Oil
western crude oil department
Tanner Valley
Stevens
Turner Valley
Six dead feared in Ripon Wisconsin hotel fire
Six missing presumed dead after a fire destroyed the Grand View hotel in Ripon Wisconsin with about 48 guests present. Fire crews from Ripon and nearby cities battled the blaze as the origin remained undetermined at noon.
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WISCONSIN
RIPON
Wis
Grand View
Allan Newton
Rumsey
Alta
EDMONTON
Cresswell Bay
Somerset
Arctice Circle
R.C.A.P
mercy
Fort Nelson
B.C
here
SMELTER
VANCOUVER
U.D
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
C.I.C
Kimberley
CARBONDALE
Scranton
HALIFAX
Ship Harbor
Thomas Counry
Dartmouth
OTLIAWA
C.P
St. Laurent
mabaister
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B.C. Power
Charles
Sunset Hills
Virginia
China
Canton
Central Press Canadian
armita
metopolis
Will Interview
J. King
New York
U.S
Red Sanatorium
Quebec
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