Alberta throne speech promises bigger farm aid and health plans
Alberta’s throne speech forecasts substantial rises in agricultural development spending and prepaid hospital and medical care schemes. It also calls for a permanent tax agreement with Ottawa, creation of an economic research bureau, and an active industrial program to boost stabilized agriculture and offset grain and livestock declines.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
Horace Harrer
Alberta supreme court
C. Bowen
SELIT MINES
propitee
department of mines
Senators Protest Controls On Trade
Ottawa debate pits Liberal senators against a two year extension of Export and Imports Act controls. Senators Salter Hayden Grerar Roebuck warn of dangers in enabling legislation while Crerar supports a shorter period of one year and calls for restraint on expanding government control.
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OTTAWA
Salter Hayden
L—Ontno
T. A. Grerar
Quebec
gien
Crerar
Tower of London history detailed in Works pamphlet
London correspondent notes the Ministry of Works publishes a pamphlet detailing the Tower of London history. It covers the White Tower as the oldest fortress section and notes the Tower Green executions, including Queen Anne Boleyn, with the complex on Magna Carta linked to 1215 and 1216.
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Tower of London
Ministry of Works
London
Ottawa Journal
Wiihem
Ralf Flembare
Durham
White Tower
Tower Green
Anne Belesa
Chile Sets Up Two Military Bases in Disputed Territory
RAF Lancaster bombers from the Eriain navigation school flew from Gibraltar to Reykjavik via an Arctic leg, initiating a two base setup amid a disputed region. The exercise involved seven aircraft and marked a midwinter deployment sequence with returns anticipated.
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CHILE
DISPUTED
GIBRALTAR
RAF
Eriain
Reykjavik
Iceland
Britain
Arctic carcle
Chilean president defies British Antarctic claims with bases
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla returned to Chile after inaugurating two weather stations on disputed Antarctic territory. One base was set up at Port Sovereignty on Greenwich Island, the other 60 miles south on the Antarctic Peninsula, amid long running British assertions. London, meanwhile, notes Britain Argentina and Chile each claim vast wedge shaped areas from the pole southward. The three claimants eye a diplomatic battle, with Chile and Argentina preparing to submit to a territorial boundary commission in the future.
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SANTIAGO
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Antarctic
Gonzetez
Port Sovereignty
Greenwich Island
South Shetlands
South America
Cosle
south pole
Antarctic circlé
Argentina
Chile
Disteral boundary commission
therr
foreign office
resteraay
Algerime cenenstraniens
Frikland
Korea Debate Adjourned In United Nations Assembly
At Lake Success the United Nations Little Assembly voted 37 to 1 to adjourn debate on Korea until Tuesday amid Canadian protest. J B Pearson condemned the move as railroaded after he was unable to speak. Menon warned that Korea could trigger a larger Asian crisis if UN action is delayed.
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Lebanon
interm committee
Korea
Canada
Little Assembly
New York
EAST HOPE Menon
United Nations
Menon
Asia
Foreign ministers meet on German problems in Prague talks
The foreign ministers of Czechoslovakia Poland and Yugoslavia concluded a Prague conference on German issues. They reportedly discussed the Marshall plan German reconstruction the surrender of war criminals and border matters with a focus on small states security and postwar recovery.
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PRAGUE
Czechoslovakis
Foland
Yugoslavia
Labor Holds Paisley Seat in Glasgow Suburb
The Labor government retained the Paisley seat near Glasgow in a by election. Douglas H Johnston Scotland's solicitor general won by a margin of 6445 votes over Liberal J John MacCormick. Jonasson had 27213 to 29668 for MacCormick, with earlier totals from 1943 showing different standings. The by election marked the first of 27 since the general poll, amid a Liberal Conservative joint cabalite shift following a Conservative by election win in Glasgow Camlachie.
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GLASGOW
Reutersi
house of commons
Paisley
Douglas H. Johnston
Scotland
J. John MacCormick
Scottish Liberal party
Jonasson
MacCormick
Viscount Corvedale
Labor
Lieut
T. G Galibrain
Eady Glen-Coots
Capt
A BR. Eagles
Camiadhue
Attlee
Alberta throne speech opens fifth session amid royal wedding cheer
The throne speech read by Chief Justice Horace Haney for a hospitalized Lieut-Gov Bowen welcomes MLAs to Alberta's fifth session of the tenth legislature. It notes the Princess Elizabeth's wedding triggering broad reform across the Commonwealth and calls for steady social and economic recovery amid postwar global tensions.
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Edmonton
Alberta legislative sesson
Horace Haney
Bowen
Legislative Assembly
Province of
Alberta
Royat
Elizabeth
Royal
Duke of Edinburgh
hs mansurs
Five Billion More Money In Dominion
In Ottawa on February 19, J M Macdonnell, financial critic for the opposition, warned the commons of inflation fears from excess money chasing goods. He accused the government of ignoring the inflation threat and said invoking a prices committee would not curb underlying causes. He noted money in circulation rising from £2.2 billion in 1939 to $7.1 billion today, predicting greater price pressures unless corrective steps are taken.
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OTTAWA
commons
J. M. Macdonnel
P.C
Muskoka- Ontane
Macdonnell
Canarda
Percy Wright
C.CF
Melfort and
Resources Minster Glen
Glen
Commons Row Over Hong Kong Evidence Release
In Ottawa the Commons clashed as Gor don Graydon pressed Prime Minister Mackenzie King to demand the publication of wartime evidence from the 1942 royal commission on Hong Kong defence. Liberal MPs shouted him down while King cited British reasons for keeping parts secret and said cables had been sent seeking a reply from London. No response had been received.
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CUTAWA
commons
Gordon Graydon
Peel
Hong Kong
John Bracken
Progress
Mrr
Bung
Graydon
Mr. Graydon
Briish
King thet
Canada
King
Lofiaon
Norman Robertson
London
Conciliation Board to Address Rail Wage Dispute
Ottawa February 19 1911 a federal conciliation board will be set up soon to settle the wage dispute between Canadian railways and seventeen international Brotherhood unions. The action aims to prevent strikes and stabilize railway operations nationwide.
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OTIAWA
federst cemecHaftn
federah
Coal Moves For First Time Since Jan 13
Ten thousand striking miners in Alberta and British Columbia began returning to work under a new wage agreement boosting pay by two dollars per day. Collieries across the Crow's Nest Pass resumed operations today, marking a shift after weeks of stoppage, though no date was given for domestic mines to restart.
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OAL
Crow’s Nest Pass
Alberta
British Columbia
Pass
Wintry Blast Sweeps Saskatchewan Manitoba
Winnipeg reports a 42 mile per hour wind with record cold as prairie blizzard conditions close roads. Airlines delay eastbound flights by hours while western trains run several hours late. highways blocked across Manitoba, with Edmonton area also affected. Restoration expected as winds ease and night trains resume.
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WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Vancouver
achedule
western points
roads department
Edmonton
nomak
Nazi Field Marshal Given Life Sentence
In Nurnberg Germany on February 19 Field Marshal Wilhelm List and seven other generals were condemned as war criminals. Two generals were acquitted. List received life imprisonment after a trial that found many killings of hostages in Greece Yugoslavia and Albania amounted to murder though some executions were deemed lawful to deter partisan attacks. The court noted German reprisals and partisan actions often violated the laws of war.
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NUERNBERG
Germany
Wilhelm Last
Stroefe
wth
Balkans
List
United States war crimes court
MAX BRE SLAINTI
crie
Greece
Yugoslava
Albania
Helmuth Feiny
$10,000 Fine On Strikers
Vancouver judge rules strike legal and orders $20,000 damages against six Vancouver Local officers of the International Typographical Union. Three international officers face no damages. rank and file members not fined. Strike began June 5, 1946. Province newspaper action filed in fall 1938. costs awarded against defendants. continued on page two.
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VANCOUVER
International ‘Typographical 'union
AFL
J. C. Wilson
Supreme Court of British Columbia
Justice Wilson
Woodruft
Randolph
Harry Finch
Candaian
James D. Davidson
western repre
royince cue
Southam i
Woodruff Randolph
Harry ‘Finch
James Davidson
Call Friday Meeting Here For Miners
A special miners meeting is called for 11 o clock Friday morning at Stiners Hall North Lethbridge to discuss the new working agreement between calliery operators and District 18 United Mine Workers of America. Meanwhile miners in steam coal fields resumed work after voting overwhelmingly to accept the pact, with Crow's Nest Pass showing near four to one support. Further voting results by Bellevue Blarmore Fernie Michel and Alberta's Crow's Nest area indicate broad support and pending returns for more centres.
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Stiners
Lethbrudge
calliery
United Mine Workers of America
Lethbridge
Crow's Nest
isteam
Bellevue
Blarmore
Michel
Alberta
Crow's Nest Pass
United States slashes gasoline export quota March
Washington reports the commerce department cut another 399 500 barrels from the export quota through March to conserve fuel for American homes. Also in brief reports an elderly man frozen near Regina and a intercepted Jewish immigrant ship off Palestine. A Yemeni king dies at 45 years, an explosion hits Bayonne New Jersey, and Morrin Alberta endures severe fire damage with heavy losses.
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WASHINGTON
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taday
NEW JERSEY
BAYONNE
Hedson river
Tidewater Oil Company
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