U S Moves to Deport Carrs Reported at Ellis Island
The U S immigration department began deportation hearings for Mr and Mrs Sam Carr. Attorney Carol King announced the action. Details from headquarters were unavailable. Presumably hearings are at Ellis Island New York.
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Ellis Island
New York
A.P
United States immigration department
Canada
Sam Carr
Carol King
Carrs
immigration service headquarters
Deportation hearing held for Sam and Mrs Carr at Ellis Island
A one day deportation hearing for Mr and Mrs Sam Carr was held at Ellis Island. Officials say the official report is under study and a decision date is not yet announced. If approved, the Carrs have 15 days to appeal. Carr, once a Canadian Labor Progressive party organizer, was a key figure in a postwar spy inquiry.
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WASHINGTON
Sam Carr
Ellis Island
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justice department
Carrs
Winnipeg youth named undersecretary of state for external affairs
Arn old Danford Patrick Heeney, a Winnipeg educated boy, is appointed undersecretary of state for external affairs. Son of Canon Bertal Heeney and Eva Marjorie Holland, he studied at St John’s college school and the University of Manitoba and served as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. The post was vacated by L B Bears on becoming minister of external affairs.
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IGH
Arnold Danford
Patrick Heeney
Heeney
L. B. Bearson
Canon Bertal Heeney
Eva Marjorie Holland
Canon Heeney
St. Luke's
Winnipeg
St. John’s college school
University of Manitoba
Manitoba
St. Johin’s college
Oxford
Sub Zero Temperatures Hit Wyoming and Colorado
Sub zero temperatures spread across Wyoming and Colorado as fresh snow falls hit Nevada, halting the lift season for the first time since Jan. 24. Army led rescue efforts under Operation Bulldozer with 673 bulldozers and 123 graders clearing roads. 4,556 people aided in 24 hours. Ontario also faced heavy snow with 3 to 6 inches, delaying travel in southern regions.
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United States air corps
Nebraska
South Dakota
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Lewis Pick
Tighten Berlin Blockade Tighten Berlin Blockade
Britain and the United States extended their counter blockade on the Russian zone by banning all motor freight from neighboring European countries into eastern Germany. The embargo takes effect Sunday and covers highway shipments from Belgium France Switzerland the Netherlands and Denmark. Officials said the move aims to pressure the Soviet zone in retaliation for its Berlin blockade and would have a considerable effect on traffic.
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United States
Germany
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Netherlands
Denmark
Berlin
Alberta Liberals push tax cuts and reforms at convention
Alberta Liberals urged immediate income tax reductions and higher exemptions for lower income groups at their annual convention, where J W Stambaugh was re elected president. Delegates backed a ban on Alberta natural gas exports until supply and costs are protected, and called for contributory pensions with no means test. A Young Liberal Association was created with J O Starritt named interim president.
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CALGARY
Alberta Liberals
Alberta Liberal Association
J. W. Stambaugh
Bruce
Alta
J. Harper Prowse
Edmonton
St. Laurent
R. E H. Winters
Dominion
NANTON
J. 0. Starritt
Asta
Alberta
J. M. STAMBAUGH
Mindszenty Recants in Court Denial of Guilt
Cardinal Mindszenty recanted a letter he drafted before arrest in a treason espionage and black market case. He said guilt admissions would stem from weakness of the flesh and that the letter was written in November 1948 to be sent to Hungarian bishops on his arrest day.
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ADAPEST
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Haig Predicts Canada General Election Date
Ottawa Feb 4 Senator John T Haig Progressive Conservative leader says Canada will vote Monday June 27 1949. He announced the date during the throne speech debate in the upper chamber asserting the timing without hedging or elaboration.
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OTTAWA
John T. Haig
Canada
Haig
Constitutional Issue Flare in Ottawa Debates on Dominion Relations
In Ottawa the Commons shifted from agriculture to trade and the St. Lawrence waterways plan but clashed over Dominion provincial relations. PC’s Fleming and Liberal Croll spar over Ottawa Ontario's stance while Ontario seeks social security but resists others' costs. The session also touches on the St. Lawrence project with MacNicol and Melvor backing progress.
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St. Lawrence
Donald Fleming
P.C
Toronto Eglinton
David Croll
L. Toronto Spadina
Ontario
Canada
Croll
Dominion
Groll
George Drew
Quebec
John R. MacNicol
Toronto Davenport
Dan Melvor
L. Fort William
Robert
Re-Elected LPP Convention Opens in Toronto
More than 300 delegates are expected for the third annual Labor Progressive party convention in Toronto. The event runs four days with the public meeting tonight featuring Tim Buck, national leader, as the main speaker.
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LPP
TORONTO
Labor Progressive party
Tim Buck
Soviet leader open to four power talks with Truman Attlee Queuille
Reuters dispatch from Moscow says Marshal Stalin willing to join a four power conference with US President Truman British Prime Minister Attlee and French Premier Queuille to address objections to bilateral talks. Tass report echoed Moscow coverage on the plan as part of ongoing international diplomacy.
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Attlee
Henri Queuille
United Stats
Soviet Union
New York
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Escaped Russian Officers Land in Westover Massachusetts
Two Soviet air force officers Peter Pirogov and Anatole Barsov who fled the USSR by plane arrived at Westover Mass today. They said American Communists should volunteer to return to Russia for a month then resign from the Communist party.
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Soviet Union
United States
Rhienmain
Germany
United States navy
Peter Pirogov
Anatole Barsov
Russia
Deaths and injuries on picket line at Penmans plant
In Paris Ontario two women were injured and four people arrested including a man on his third arrest since the wages strike began January 18 by United Textile Workers. An autopsy was held on Mrs. Cardy 44 who was injured January 19 in a clash while going to work.
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W. J. Deadman
Ontario
Gladys Jenner
William Horsfall
Gordon Bonney
Helen Murphy
Union Locan
Cost of Living Index Reaches New Peak in December
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports the official cost of living rose seven tenths in December, returning the index to a record high of 159.6. Increases are led by miscellaneous items and services, with fuel, clothing, and home furnishings also rising. rents hold steady. The index shows January reading 11.3 points higher than a year earlier, and the period August to January marks a 38.3 percent rise since 1983.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Jevela
British DC-4 crash near Tripoli spares most aboard
In Castel Benito near Tripoli a DC-4 crash injures 5 crew members and 44 passengers and a British service person with families. Only the pilot dies. Injured were moved to sick bay. The plane, chartered to the British War Office by Skyways Limited, took off from Khartoum amid dark and heavy rain. crash site was 400 yards from the airfield tower.
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Castel Benito
Tripoli
Gastel Benito
British war office
Skyways Limited
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Canada Should Have Right to Amend Constitution
Ottawa Feb 4 Prime Minister St Laurent urged Canada to amend its constitution without UK parliament, saying changes should be handled domestically though admitting difficulty. He avoided details and noted provincial agreement may be required to request royal action under the British North America Act. He linked reforms to broader North Atlantic security aims.
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St. Laurent
Canada
United Kingdom
CBC
London
Jast Conservas
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Burglar Ensnared While Watching TV At Break‑in
New York police found burglar Frank Magalino in a Brooklyn home as an intruder watched a television program. The intruder reportedly told the resident he would leave after the show, but officers arrived first and arrested 48-year-old Joseph Motyka on burglary charges.
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NEW YORK
Frank Magalino
Brooklyn
Magalina
Joseph Motyka
Canada Aims for Economic Yet Global Air Role
Transport Minister Chevrier said Canada must keep its main street position in the new air world without an uneconomic expansion. He stressed services should be economically viable, with Trans-Canada and Canadian Pacific as the chosen operators, noting Canada leads in international airports and ICAO involvement.
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Canada
International Chamber of Commerce
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Pacific
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T.C.4
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Montreal
Snow Briefs and Global Notes From February Headlines
Snowblanket worsens on Vancouver Island with six to seven inches around Victoria. Alberta to seek a gas export licence. Pacific Petroleums and Peace River Natural Gas file private bill. Greek rebel Vafiades reportedly executed. Norway extends recognition to Israel. Iran’s Shah wounded by a reporter as martial law is declared. Mercy planes reach Eskimo hamlet Cresswell Bay in Arctic search for aid.
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