Pope Piusdenounces Mindszenty trial verdict and condemns regime
In a Vatican address Pope Pius XII denounced the Mindszenty trial as unjust and declared clergy and faithful must resist laws conflicting with divine and human rights. He criticized Hungarian authorities, called the excommunication of those involved a grave outrage, and urged prayer for those persecuted. The pontiff spoke to 16 cardinals about church dignity and civil authority.
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azenty
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Faith and Works Unite in Port Stanley Almshouse Plan
The parish of Christ Church Port Stanley Ontario builds modern rent free lodgings for elderly widows and children from a $35,000 fund raised on a 1914 bequest now worth $10,000. Rev H R Rokeby-Thomas leads the drive, shaping a parish almshouse system locally welcomed despite the dislike of the term.
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Fort Stanley
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H. R. Rokeby-Thomas
Royal Canadian Regiment
Italy
Arctic
Rokeby-Thomas
Port Stanley
United Kingdom
Wheat Pact Hopes Rise At 55-Country Conference
A 55 nation wheat conference in Washington began January 26 with cautious optimism for a new international agreement to stabilize prices and feed hungry populations. Key players United States Canada Australia Russia and Belgium pressed for a price range around 1.80 to 2.00 dollars with gradual reductions over five years, while Argentina remained noncommittal.
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HLS.M. Ishaque
Pakistan
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United Nations
United States
Canada
Australia
Russia
Argentina
J.C. Van Essche
Belgium
United States congress
St Laurents Denial Of Canadian U S Radar Plans
Prime Minister St Laurent denied new developments in radar defenses with the United States. He said no talks are under way despite mentions of preminary planning and a network across the north. He noted that some stations have been activated using Loran and weather facilities.
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North America
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St Laurent Seeks Information From Truman on Election
Prime Minister St Laurent of Canada, at a Washington press conference, noted a similarity with President Truman in both entering office without an election. He joked about facing his own acid test and sought firsthand insight into Truman’s methods for winning elections.
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Canada
Truman
Drew Plans Weekly Press Conference in Ottawa
George Drew Progressive Conservative leader will hold the first of what he plans as weekly press conferences with parliamentary press gallery correspondents on Parliament Hill this week. He intends Friday morning sessions to foster cooperation with newspaper men, a practice veteran gallery members say no previous opposition leader has pursued.
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OTTAWA
George Drew
Parliament Hill
Drew
Shakeup in French Government Reshuffles as Lecourt Replaces Marie
Paris Feb 14 17 Andre Marie resigns as justice minister amid criticism over failure to prosecute a French construction firm tied to the Atlantic Wall and buzz bomb ramps. Robert Lecourt succeeds him, seen as a gesture to the MRP. Queuille’s middle coalition survives amid improving postwar conditions and steady food supplies.
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Robert Lecourt
Henri Queuille
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Marie
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London
Lecourt
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France
29 KILLED IN SPAIN WORS TRAIN WRECK
Tarragona Spain Feb 14 A.P. reports 29 dead including three Britons and one American from the Madrid Barcelona express crash. Four cars fell 40 feet into a embankment between Mora La Nueva and Mora De Ebro. Police cite no official cause but sabotage is suspected. Forty injured were hospitalized and rescue trains mobilized.
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Newfoundland Bases Held By U S In Negotiations
Ottawa dispatch reports Prime Minister St Laurent returning from Washington says talks with President Truman satisfied him that negotiations over Newfoundland military bases now held by the United States will be settled without embarrassment. He added that we are about a northern radar network and noted newspaper men had already said as much. He planned no major speech to Parliament on his trip and found the whale issue very interesting.
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Washington
Truman
Newfoundland
United States
Britain to receive 190 million bushels wheat under pact
On February 14 Britain is set to receive about 190 million bushels of wheat under a proposed seat agreement. Canada would supply 40 million bushels as part of Britain's overall quota for the next crop year. Last year's failed agreement sought 179.93 million bushels annually for five years with 56 nations pursuing a new deal.
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United Kingdom
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Communist sabotage plan targets Bonn constitution makers
Western Germany reports a resistance movement to harass the Bonn government. A machine to sabotage the constitution framers is described in the Montags Echo, a British licensed weekly. In Toronto a hospital official said a teratoma tumor was removed from a 19-year-old boy’s abdomen recently.
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Hungarian fugitives claim Mindszenty trial a forged farce
Salz burg report says Laszlo and Hanna Sulner claim final proof that Mindszenty sentence was built on forged extorted documents. They bring microfilm and vow to expose the trial as a monstrous government crime, awaiting a safe spot before testifying.
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SALZBURG
Austria
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
Buda
Worst Storm In Two Weeks Paralyzes West And Midwest
February 14 reports a broad new weather front from the West to North Dakota with the worst 24 hours in two weeks. Six North Dakota counties added to disaster area as relief and rescue operations stalled, while California faces subfreezing temperatures. A minor tornado hit Colms Kansas with no fatalities. Alvarado saw $54,008 in damage. Snow, cold, and drifting hinder railroad service from Rawlins to Cheyenne. One death and multiple injuries reported as crews work to reopen lines and deliver fuel and food.
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Nebraska
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Kansas
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Hanna
Wyo
Cheyenne
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wea
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Union Pacific Railroad
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pitmans
Elsie Yendell
Vancouver
Death of Pincher Creek horseman Thomas Scott at 83
Thomas Herron Scott age 83 of Pincher Creek died Sunday after a month long illness. A veteran merchant in household furnishings and noted outdoorsman, he was born near Ottawa in 1866 and came west in 1885 during the North West Rebellion era. Survived by wife, son James “Jimmy” Scott, and daughters Mrs. J. K. Ringland of Lethbridge and Mrs. H. Ratledge of Calgary. Funeral at the United Church Wednesday at 3 p.m.
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Jimmy” Scott
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Calgary
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oregens
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Richmond
Canada
Alberta
John Merron
Mounted Police
Whett
North West Territories
Fort. Garry
Winnipeg
Fierce gale blocks roads in Cowley region
News briefs report a second fierce gale pounding Cowley on Feb 14. A government snowplow to clear No 4 highway between the Pass and Cowley had not reached by 2:30 pm. A CBR freight train stalled yesterday. stockmen feed heavily with no plant losses noted.
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Lawrence McGet
Michael Koauk
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Beth
Mulholland
Torento
Gerden Jackson
Terento
department of health
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Whitehorse
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Chaim Welman
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