Snow Plows Go In Action On Alberta Highways
Provincial snow plows moved to clear main highways buried by a blizzard sweeping Alberta from the Pacific coast. No. 1 highway east to Gleichen and No. 9 to Drumheller were targeted, with secondary roads left for the weekend. Roads from Edmonton to Lethbridge were discouraged for travel unless essential amid drifting and ice.
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ALGARY
Alberta
Pacific coast
Fred Graham
Gleichen
Drumheller
Alberta Motor Association
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Calgary
Crossfield
Calgary municipal
Balzac
Banff
Crow’s Nest Pass
Fernie
B.C
RCMP
Herronton
Blackie
George Merkel
High River pollet
Macleod
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE
Alta
Rocky
Blizzard isolates ONeill Nebraska town and warns of winter toll
A letter to the local editor from ONeill Nebraska Holt county reports a severe Nov 18 blizzard that paralyzed the region. Snow depth reached 35 inches on Windswept level, total snow since Nov 18 was 64 inches. January winter shifted from inconvenience to survival, with rural residents isolated and many without telephones.
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O'Neill
Neb
NEW YORK TIMES
The Left Hand Continued on Page Thirteen
A fragmented newspaper item references continuing content about a left hand topic with page thirteen notes. The readable text is sparse, offering no clear events, names, dates, or locations.
Fires Do Damage In Sask Towns
Regina February 12 An estimated 175000 dollars in damage came from fires in Saskatchewan yesterday. A grain elevator, two annexes, two coal sheds, a garage and a general store were burned. The Pioneer Grain Elevator and its annexes and coal sheds, owned by Beaver Lumber Company, burned in Shaunavon. About 20000 bushels of grain destroyed. Marriott Brothers Garage in Fife Lake southwest of Regina was destroyed with losses above 10000 dollars. At Kelstern Bedwell general store burned, a family of five escaped with only their clothing.
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REGINA
Saskatchewan
Pioneer Grain Elevator
Beaver Lumber Company
Shaunavon
Marriott Brothers
Fife Lake
Keleston
Bedwell
Eisenhower Recalled to Head Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington reports Gen Dwight D Eisenhower is named to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff while on leave from Columbia University. He will help shape postwar US military policy and may mediate tensions between the air force and navy as debate over Pacific and European defense shifts.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
joint chiefs of staff
United States army
navy
air force
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Truman
Defence
Forrestal
Pacific
Europe
Tokyo
Asia
Army
Royall
Pacific zone
Gen. MacArthur
Household full of measles hits quad births in Latrobe
In Latrobe Pennsylvania Mrs Andrew Zvada celebrates the quads first birthday as measles spread through the household. The six year old Michael and his three sisters join their brothers in the rash outbreak marking a milestone with illness sweeping the family.
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LATROBE
Andrew Zvada
Larry
John Michael
Fire devastates Warner hotel and bank on Main Street
A early morning blaze in Warner Alberta destroyed the Warner hotel built in 1909 and the Canadian Bank of Commerce building on Main Street. The fire started in the hotel and damaged surrounding frame structures while retaining the bank vault. Fire units from Raymond and Lethbridge fought flames. no injuries reported as guests escaped in night attire. The bank contents were saved, with only the building incurring total loss and the vault remaining intact. The Toyls insurance coverage and bank manager P A Thomson noted no cash loss. The Paul Kuschel estate owned the hotel.
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Herald
ARNER
Warner
Lethbridge
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Raymond
Alberta
Coutts
Paul Kuschel
Warner hotel
Frank Leffingwell
Warner oldtimer
Churchill to Address MIT Convocation in Cambridge Mass
President Truman and Winston Churchill will meet at MIT in Cambridge on March 31 to address an international symposium on the social implications of scientific progress. Churchill sails March 19 from Southampton to New York for the event, with Truman to speak the following day.
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CHURCHILL
U.S
Cambridge
Mass
Truman
Winston Churchill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
institute
Britain
LONDON
Reuters
Mann
New York
Southampton
lari MIT
White House
Anaid
Ganeda
MAT
Sam Carr arraigned in Ottawa on conspiracy charge
Ottawa officers report Sam Carr was arraigned in city court on a conspiracy charge linked to a Soviet spy network. He was remanded without bail until Monday at 11 am, after deportation from Prescott. Carr did not plead or elect trial method, and he remained unrepresented. The case ties Carr to Col. Nikolai Zapotin and Dr. John Soboloff, with activities dated from 1942 to 1948 in Ontario and Quebec.
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OTTAWA
Sam Carr
Prescott
Ont
United States
Joachim Lattre
Robert Forsyth
reed
Carr
John Sokoloff
Toronto
RCMP
Ontario
Quebec
Nicolai Zapotin
Soboloff
Wind stops hay lift plane in air in Wyoming
Omaha dispatch reports relief officials told of a haylift plane at Casper, Wyoming that hovered in strong headwinds of 80 to 105 mph while dropping 28 bales of hay. Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, operation snow bound commander, noted the cargo landed near the same spot despite the conditions.
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OMAHA
Wyoming
Bligard
Casper
Wyo
Lewis A. Pick
Wage Parley Deadlocked in Calgary Arbitration
Calgary February 12 The dispute between District 18 United Mine Workers of America and the two Alberta coal operators associations will go to a three man arbitration board after a week of talks failed to break the deadlock. K A Pugh of Edmonton, chairman of the board of industrial relations, announced the step on Friday.
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CALGARY
C.P
United Mine Workers of America
C.C.L
Alerta
K. A. Pugh
Edmonton
board of industrial relations
Marketing Act Urged in Commons Debate in Ottawa
In Ottawa on February 12 lawmakers from major Canadian farming regions urged adoption of a national marketing act to stabilize surplus agricultural products and secure markets. They warned of reduced sales to the United Kingdom and called for wartime act extensions while Agriculture Minister Gardiner prepared to respond when the debate resumes. Speakers included Reid Cruickshank Fair Zaplithy Pearkes Koos Herridge and others.
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OTTAWA
Canada
United Kingdom
GARDINER
Thomas Reid
L. New Westminster
George Cruickshank
L. Fraser Valley
Robert Fair
S.C. Battle River
F. 8. Zaplithy
C.C
Canada Gains Freedom to Import Fats and Oils
Ottawa reports United States decontrols fats and oils removing export quotas. Canada can acquire larger amounts for margarine and shortening. 1949 allocation had left Canada short of demand. Officials warn price effects domestically and internationally. Canadian measures also ease clamps on non edible oils linseed and flaxseed. The new order-in-council shortens export permit lists.
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OTTAWA
United States
Canada
lord
commons
international emergency food council
Dr Axel Munthe Dies Veteran Swedish Physician
STOCKHOLM Feb 12 Dr Axel Munthe prominent physician to King Gustav V and Swedish royals died yesterday in a private palace suite after a long illness. He authored The Story of San Michele about two decades ago and trained in Paris. He also wrote Memories at a Varieties and Letters From a Mournng City reflecting his medical career and Naples cholera era.
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STOCKHOLM
Axel Munthe
Gustav V
Sweden
Munthe
Paris
Victoria
Naples
Warning by Holy Father Special Masses at Easter
Vatican says a conspiracy against God is abroad and excommunicates all linked to Cardinal Mindszenty's arrest and trial in Hungary. Pope calls for special masses on April 3 to expiate the offenses of those enemies of God. The excommunications extend to all involved in the action against Mindszenty.
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VATICAN CITY
Pius
Vatican
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
foreign office
consistorial
Mindszenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
sacred consistorial congregation
St Laurent outlines joint Canada U S radar plan
Prime Minister St Laurent said Canada has been consulted by the United States on plans for a vast radar interceptor network across northern Canada and the Arctic area. A widely spaced U S radar screen bill has been approved in committee, with estimated costs around 161 million dollars. Canada may join if the United States finances the undertaking.
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ASHINGTON
St. Laurent
Canada
United States
ARCTIC
congress
house of representaeves armed services
Truman
army air force
house of
air force
forthern
Recall of U S Minister Demanded by Hungary
News wires report Hungary’s Communist government demanded the recall of American Minister Selden Chapin from Budapest. The U.S. State Department said Chapin would be ordered there for consultation. Other items note higher Canadian fish express rates suspended, a Quebec church fire, and winter weather across British Columbia.
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U.S
CHAPIN
WASHINGTON
Hungary
United States
Selden Chapin
Budapest
state department
OTTAWA
O.P
Canadian railways
Board of Transport Commissioners
QUEBEC
C.P
Mick presbytery
COAST PROVINCE
VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Prince George
here
Cranbrook
acre
EDMONTON
Alberta
Roy C. Marler
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
OMER ST. GERMAIN
Tedident
Morinville
lesinglature
St. Albert
U.E.A
St. Albers
Liberal party
BLACKIE
CALGARY
C.F
southern Alberta
chame pions
Liberta high school
Taylor
Fearson
Carsem
Foresburg
north Alberta
tad
BATTLING LEVINSKY
PHILDELFHLA
Bailing Levinsky
Levinsky
Baney Letee~wilz
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USS
Holy Father
St Laurent
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