Royal Family Wins Hearts Of Africans
Capetown crowds greet King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret with flowers praise and cheers as the royal party visits. The king thanks South Africa for loyal support in two world wars and notes Africa as a cradle of a great nation.
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Hearts Of
CAPETOWN
C.P
Elizabeth
Margaret
South Africa
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Reuters
Smuts
Soviet Izvestia Attacks Canada US Pact as Aggressive Move
Izvestia denounces the Canadian American military agreement as an iron fist in a velvet glove and accuses Prime Minister Mackenzie King of concealing its true nature. It claims the accord drags Canada into US policy, enlarges war potential, and undermines peace while portraying it as a stabilizing but militant step.
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MOSCOW
Izvestia
Canada
United States
Irvestia
Mackenzie King
R. Morin
Soviet Union
royal commission
Ottawa
U.N
Arctic
polar
Morin
Shortage Of Box Cars Is Acute
Windsor Ont February 18 The Chrysler Corporation of Canada Ltd said a shortage of railway box cars may force drastic action on production schedules A survey shows automobile cars are the most scarce but all box car types are in demand The company notes it receives only about half of its daily requirements and is using driveways and transports to deliver new cars and trucks, risking a serious disruption at the plant if the shortage lasts.
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WINDSOR
Vancouver business leader Charles Buscombe dies at 66
Charles Buscombe 66, prominent Vancouver businessman and former president of the B C Liberal Association, died in hospital after a lengthy illness following a long period of illness.
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VANCOUVER
Charles Buscombe
B.C. Liberal Association
Ten Little Indians Eat Raw Carrots in Diet Survey
Mrs. Allan Stevenson, national nutrition director of the Canadian Red Cross Society, reports at a Ottawa conference that an Indian school survey found boys refused cooked vegetables but ate raw carrots and cabbage. Kitchen staff note lighter work as plates now come back with no uneaten vegetables. In Mexico City, Pan American Magazine notes sagging buildings, including the Palace of Fine Arts, settled about eight feet below street level and fourteen feet relative to surrounding mountains over 30 years.
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Allan Stevenson
Canadian Red Cross Society
Ottawa
Stevenson
Pan American Magazine
Mexico City
Left Hand Continued on Back Page
The fragment shows a newspaper notice referencing continuation on the back page with no additional readable details or context provided. No names dates places or events are legible in the available text.
Break In Mine Strike Raises Hope Of Settlement
Canadian Press reports in Glace Bay Nova Scotia that the United Mine Workers of the Maritime provinces, in their first general strike in 22 years, may see a new step toward settlement as their executive stays in Ottawa. Government officials and union leaders held meetings without resolving the wage dispute with Dominion Steel and Coal Corp. Maintenance crews remained underground while others surfaced. talks with Labour Minister Mitchell and Reconstruction Minister Howe continued, with a possible breakthrough hinted by a union source.
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JOHN TRACY
GLACE BAY
N.S
United Mine Workers
C.C.S
Maritime provinces
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Ottawa
Mitchell
Reconstruction
Howe
Arthur MacNamara
W. F. Carroll
Nova Scotia supreme court
U.M.W
Cape Breton
Mills Scramble For Wheat In US
Chicago reports wheat prices at the highest since 1920 as mills race to secure supplies from U.S. markets to meet flour demand from bakers and government buyers. Industry voices cite foreign gov ernment purchases and terminal-supply shortages, with General Mills noting car shortages and bread prices potentially rising.
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CHICAGO
United States
M. Calvin
James E. Bennett and Company
Commodity Credit Corporation
Portland Alaska Air Freight Line expands regular schedule
Portland launched a new air freight service with three weekly DC4 flights to four Alaska cities Anchorage Fairbanks Nome and KadiaK. Globe Distributors plans a six month contract with American Airlines to handle full loads.
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PORTLAND
Ore
Alaska
Ed Nye
Globe Distributors
American airlines
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Nome
Kadiak
Railways Should Stand On Own Feet
Ottawa Feb 18 President R C Vaughan of the C N R told the Board of Transport Commissioners that each railway should "stand on its own feet" and revenues from hotels and other operations should not be counted in freight rate calculations. He noted fixed charges are high versus earning power and compared unfavorably with the CPR and U S lines. Vaughan argued the CN R if privately owned would have failed and wartime surpluses were turned over to the government, raising shareholders’ equity from 670 million to 770 million dollars since 1939.
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OTTAWA
R. C. Vaughan
C.N.R
Board of Transport Commissioners
J. L. Ralston
Maritimes
Col. Ralston
CNRs
Vaughan
C.P.R
United States
Turkey In Straw Broadcast Aims at Russia
The United States uses Voice of America to reach Russians in their language. A 2,000 word program explains state rights and world news, interlaced with folk tunes like Turkey in the Straw and Git Along Little Dogies. It marks Washington’s first effort to cross the Soviet iron curtain by radio.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Soviet Union
Voice of America
Russia
Ex Mayor Robert Barrowman Dies in Lethbridge at 66
Former Lethbridge mayor Robert Barrowman 66 died at Galt Hospital at 9 35 am Tuesday after weeks of illness from cardiac failure. City hall flag half mast. Funeral by Martin Brothers. Native of Scotland born 1881 near Glasgow. Artist and sign painter who built City Sign Works in 1910 and Lethbridge Posting Co in 1920. Sold businesses to Hook Signs in 1945.
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Robert Barrowman
Lethbridge
Galt hospital
Martin Brothers
SCOTLAND
Glasgow
Clyde
Canada
Blue Ribbon Tea Co
Toronto
Peterborough
Turner's
Barrowman
Saskatoon
City Sign Works
Lethbridge Posting Co
Hook Signs, Ltd
Calgary
Fire guts Somass hotel in Port Alberni blaze
About 70 guests escaped uninjured as a five hour fire gutted the four storey Somass hotel in Port Alberni Vancouver Island. A Woodward’s department store and Roley’s tobacco warehouse reportedly escaped major damage though smoke exposure was possible. Fire began in the old frame section near the furnace room and a city official, Que Sreman, suffered smoke inhalation but was revived.
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PORT ALBERNI
B.C
C.P
Somass
Vancouver Island
Woodward's
Roley’s
island city
Que Sreman
Canada Liquor Beer Sales In 1945
Canadians spent 289,568,387 dollars on beer spirits and wine in the fiscal year ending 1945. Beer accounted for 155,195,704 dollars, spirits 120,071,172 dollars, and wine 14,301,511 dollars. The figures for 196 are unavailable. Provincial liquor boards and commissions reported the sales by province and territory.
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OTTAWA
D. J. McCuaig
C.C.F
Maple Creek
lquor boards
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
North W. Territories
North West Territories
Prince Edward Island
Attlee Eyes DP Labor in British Mines Crisis
Prime Minister Attlee said displaced persons in British occupation zones in Germany and Austria would be classified for possible employment in Britain’s coal mines and other industries short of manpower. Aiming to relieve the coal shortage, a Labour Ministry organ will select and classify these workers for UK jobs amid factory shutdowns and fuel cuts.
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LONDON
Pome
Attlee
Germany
Austria
Britain
Ford Motor Company
Dagenham
coal cabinet
ministry of fuel and power
England
Scotland
Two US train wrecks kill 33 near Altoona and Michigan City
Coroner reports at least two dead as the Red Arrow derails ten miles west of Altoona. A passenger train crash near Horseshoe Curve injures around 80. hospitals struggle to count casualties. In Michigan City, a Chicago South Shore electric train fatally strikes a railroad bus, killing 13 workers and injuring 13 others. The bus driver, Glenn Morris, is among the dead.
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ALTOONA
Daniel Beningla
Pennsylvania Railroad
Detroit
New York
Amer
Mercy hospital
Altoona General hospital
Tom Lynam
MICHIGAN CITY
Chicago
South Shore
South Bend
Glenn Morris
Andry Siding
Debates Sink Hope Of Unified Big Four Peace Terms
London reports show the deputy foreign ministers of the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union unable to agree on postwar treaties for Germany and Austria. They fear the main drafting of peace terms may fall to their foreign ministers in Moscow. Russia balks at full small-state input while Britain and France back broader participation. the US abstains pending study.
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LONDON
Big Four
Germany
Austria
Moscow
Russia
west
United States
Britain
France
More Newsprint Produced In Canada
The Newsprint Association of Canada reports January production at 370000 tons, a 12.7 percent rise from a year earlier, with shipments totaling 344543 tons. US deliveries reached 283986 tons, overseas 29243 tons, and Canadian shipments 21314 tons. Capacity use stood at 101.1 percent, versus 98.2 percent the prior month and 87.9 percent in January 1946.
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MONTREAL
Newsprint Association of Canada
United States
Election set aside for sub division No 4 trustee race
District Court Judge J H Sissons ordered a new election after nullifying John Wright's Jan 10 vote for sub division No 4 trustee amid irregularities and interference alleged by Mrs Catherine B Andrews at the Hyssop School poll. Four British soldiers injured as mine blast near Jerusalem. Death sentences on three Jews postponed pending Privy Council ruling. Footwear price increases face opposition at Winnipeg shoe retailers' meet. Ireland seeks 1000 tons weekly coal from Britain, Britain sympathetic but noncommittal. Strachey to Canada to assess fuel supply impact.
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J. H. Sissons
John Wright
Lethbridge
Catherine B. Andrews
Wright
Hyssop
JERUSALEM
Reuters
privy council
Dev Bela Gruner
WINNIPEG
C.F
Canadian Shoe Retailers’ Association
BRITAIN
DUBLIN
Eire
TRACHEY
CANADA
LONDON
Strachey
Ottawa Defences Bills Adopted In Commons After Debate
In Ottawa, a long Commons debate ended with the adoption of two government defence bills. One provides a unified postwar defence ministry with a single minister and new deputy and associate deputies plus a defence research board. The other amends the militia act. An amendment extending active army enlistment to five years passed. Isley announced plans to entrust Canada’s penitentiaries to a single commissioner with two deputies, with broader reforms possible, including a Dominion provincial conference on penal matters.
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OTTAWA
defence research board
Defence
Claxton
Isley
penitentiaries of Canada
Canada
Dominion
Rent control pledge wavering as Abbott avoids pledge
Montreal February 18 P F inance Minister Abbott told a West-end Consumers League delegation he will use all power to extend rent control beyond its expiry but cannot promise ceilings will not rise. He emphasized fairness to landlords and all Canadians and urged parties to support extending wartime powers.
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MONTREAL
Abbott
West-end Consumers League
Canada
Mary Taylor
Canada’s Green Troops Debate Warns of Repeated Errors
Victoria B C February 18 Air Vice Marshal Leigh Stevenson warned in the British Columbia legislature that Canada risked wasting training time in both world wars by sending unseasoned green troops against seasoned foes. He urged changes to present plans to avoid a repeat of costly bloodshed. Calcutta February 18 A famine struck Bengal faces an $18 million deficit in its 1947 budget with Finance Minister Mohammed Ali noting the potential for a larger shortfall if higher payrolls are adopted.
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VICTORIA
B.C
Canada
Leigh F. Stevenson
Vancouver-Point Grey
British Columbia
Western Air Command
BENGAL
CALCUTTA
Mohammed Ali
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League for a Free Palestine
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Mordeccal
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