Main Street Businesses Are Razed in Fire
A major fire in Coleman gutted six Main Street buildings including Gentile's Shoe Store Sam's Barber Shop and the Palace Theatre causing extensive damage estimated at 120000 to 130000 dollars. Fire started at 4 a.m. and with 50 mph winds fanned the blaze. No injuries reported as firefighters battled the flames and telephone lines were down isolating the town.
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COLEMAN
Feb
Miners’ Thon
Grand Union
Crow's Nest Pass
Gentile’s shoe
Sam's
Rite Spot
Palace theatre
Coleman Hardware
Blairmore
Gentile’s Shoe Store
Sam's Barber Shop
Weir's Novelty Shop
Grand Union Hotel
Harry Drew
Mike SButculas
Return to Homes as Flood Crests Recede
The flood crests in seven avenues across three states moved seaward today, lowering upstream danger but increasing risk downstream. Hundreds of families returned to homes and businesses in Tennessee while some remained evacuated. The Cumberland River receded at Nashville but rose elsewhere, with muddy waters flooding low streets. Five people died in West Virginia and one each in Indiana and Mississippi.
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cHIcaGO
Tennessee
Cumberland river
Nashville
Tenn
Kentucky
West Virginia
Oho
Indiana
Misssappi
Cardinal Pignatelli Dies at 96 in Vatican City
Cardinal Gennari Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, 96, longtime dean of the College of Cardinals, died in Santa Martha at 10:13 am after a bladder ailment. Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani was named successor as cardinal dean, with Enrico Cardinal Sibius possible next in line. The pope blessed him on his deathbed and emissaries noted the dean had long served Vienna, London, Brussels, and Rome.
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CARDINAL PIGNATELLI
PHIL CLARES
VATICAN CITY
Granito Vignatelli Di Belmonte
Pope Pius
Vatican church of
Santa Martha
College of Cardinals
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti- Selvaggiani
Frascati
Rene
Cardinal Pignatela
Vatican
Enrico Cardinal Sibius
Sabino
Poggio Mireto
Libia
College of Caramals
Cardhnal Pignatelli
Belmonte
Tralas
South Alberta Puts Mayor Ballot In Garden City
A noisy slate of nominations lands several former trustees and councillors on the mayoral ballot. In Macleod four candidates face two council vacancies, with school board nominees including A G Swinarton and Tomin. Hospital board candidates include James Hart Jev and Charles Bowles as two seats open.
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IONS
SOUTH ALBERTA
Garden City
ta.anderson
lh McKean
Frank Taylor
Wm. Wilde
Ray Attwood
Morris Cooper
L. B. Dunean
hotelieeper
Tomin
C. S. Reach
merchant
W.jother
Huge Investment Expected In Canadian Industry Postwar
A Department of Reconstruction and Supply report estimates Canadian business investment will total about 3.5 billion dollars over four years. Data from 4,212 companies account for two-fifths of all investment and four-fifths of manufacturing. Regions and industries are itemized, with totals for cities such as Montreal Toronto and Vancouver, and sectors including wood, food, iron and steel, textiles, and chemicals. Employment projected near one million, export targets at about 2.1 billion, and prewar production levels to be regained. Article notes continued discussion on page two.
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OTTAWA
Canada
department of reconstruction and supply
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbis
Maritime Provinces
Prairie Provintes
British Columbia
Montreal
Foronto
Harminton
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Fort William
Calgary
Edmonton
Victoria
Regina
Saskatoon
chemical and allied group
scientific
Academy Award Nominations 1947 Announced in Hollywood
Four American films and one British production lead 1947 best picture nominations by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Bishop’s Wife Cross Fire Gentlemen’s Agreement Miracle on 34th Street named for best picture with Ronald Colman Joan Garfield Gregory Peck William Powell Michael Redgrave and more among acting nominees. Supporting choices include Charles Bickford Thomas Gomez Edmund Gwenn Robert Ryan Richard Widmark with Ethel Barrymore Gloria Grahame Celeste Holm Merjorie Main Anne Revere. Two awards to be presented March 20. Nominations announced by Jean Hersholt, academy president.
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HOLLYWOOD
Fed
fims
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Cross
Ronald Colman
Joan Garfield
Gregory Peck
William Powell
Michael” Redgrave
Joan Crawford
Susan Hayward
Dorothy McGuire
Rosalind Russell
Loretta Young lested
Miss Crawford
Peck
Miss Sursell
Charles Bickford
Thomas Gomez
Edmund Gwenn
Robert Ryan
Richard Widmark
Ethel Barrymore
Gloria Grahame
Celeste Holm
Merjorie Main
Anne Revere
Jean Hersholt
academy
Navy officer guides three Chinese planes to land in fog
Lt. O. F. P. Charan of the US Navy, February 19, safely directed three Chinese transport planes to Kiangwan airport amid fog. One aircraft had merely five minutes of fuel remaining. The planes circled low, with a ceiling of about 20 feet, before landing.
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SHANGHAT
O. F P. charman
United States Navy
Kiangwan
Miners Win $2 Pay Boost in Alberta Strike End
Alberta miners end a 35 day strike as Western Canada Bituminous Coal Operators' Association and District 18 United Mine Workers announce a contract settlement. The deal provides a two cent per ton wage boost and increases to miners welfare contributions. A emergency meeting is planned to discuss the pact and a return to work across several Alberta coal locales.
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ALGARY
C.P
Alberta
Western Canada
Operators” Association
uxing
DALW.A
Argus Morrison
irecsurer
GALW.A
William Whittaker
operators’ association
wefare find
Uihuinous conl
supreme court of Canada
cow of Alberta
Dee
Colemar
Canmore
Nordegg
Cade
Russian Puppets Form North Korea Regime in North
An American official says two Russian puppet governments have been set up in north Korea with an army estimated at 200,000, a flag, and a constitution. He alleged the timing aligns with the UN mission failure to Boreas and noted Pyongyang radio broadcasts declaring a North Korean Peoples Army and a Democratic Peoples Republic of Boreas.
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SEOUL
Korea
north Korea
United Nations commission
Bores
U.N. Commission
K. S. Menon
Areriean soirce
Pyongyang
democratic peoples republic of
Boreas
Deport Red Agent Arrest in New York City
Federal agents arrested Ferdinand Christofer Egan, accused of being national secretary of the National Maritime Union. Smith, described as a satirical inmate, was sent to Ellis Island after entering the United States without proper entry and charged as a member of an organization advocating overthrow by force and violence.
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WASHINGTON
Ferdinand Christofer
National Maritime Union
United States
Groom Loses The Licence In Sudden Fire Escape
JOLIET IL Feb 16 12 A week ago Charles Simpson 25 tucked his marriage licence into a magazine for safekeeping Saturday while preparing to marry Olmae Almre 23 he could not find it His mother Mrs Rita Simpson said she had torn open the magazine to start the stove A frantic hunt yielded singed pieces of the licence An affidavit from his mother followed and County Clerk Joseph Hartley issued a substitute on Valentines Day IF NEEDED
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JOLIET, DL
Charles Simpson
Ols Maé Almre
Rita Simpson
Charles
tom
Joseph Hartley
Valentin
Bartley
UN Calls Urgent Action on Palestine Partition Plan
UN partition commission urged the Security Council to authorize adequate military force to enforce the 1947 plan to split the Holy Land into Jewish and Arab states. It warned that Arab interests are defying the General Assembly aims and attempting to alter the partition by force. The report stressed urgency in carrying out the plan amid strong opposition.
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U.N. ASSEMBLY
A.P
Palestine partition commission
security council
Holy Land
commission
UN. assembly
Palestine
general assembly
BRITAIN
LONDON
Falkland islands
Antarctic
Hector McNeil
qunister
the
commons
CALGARY
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
F.L
Amalgamated Building and Construction Workers
C.L
Calgary General Contractors Association
bothystem
CXR
Raley
sterk
Mewat Regens
Jasper
James Carter
WINNIERG
Edward Joseph Quennell
YU das ape
Montreal
Dorval
auilig
M. H. Garton
Quennet
MANGREXE WENS
FRIZE HARLINGEN
Tex
Lloyd Mansram
Rio Grande
Jimmy Demares
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FORBES KHUDE
Tein
Albercza
COAL FRICE
Troy
Mina
QanHiy
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