Italy Would Aid Soviet Army in Case of Invaders
Rome reports quoted Palmiro Togliatti stating the Italian people would have the duty to aid the Soviet army in swiftly repelling any aggressor on Italian soil. He gave no details on how aid might be rendered and emphasized no Soviet attack intention. The interview appeared in Giornale della Sera, amid French Communist backlash over Thorez comments.
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ROME
Maly
Palmiro Tog-iatei
Togliatti
Maurice Thorez
chamber of deputies
Communist party
Thorez
interiew
rightisto
Giornese Della Sera
France
Italy
Soviet Union
PARIS
defence ininistry
Pierre Juin
Communist picture weekly
Jacques Friedland
Juin
Robert Pentillaut
France D'Abard
resistance
Bertrand Jouenne
National Central Aviation Construction Company
interior ministry
Agence France- Presse
Elly Robinson Builds Amphibious Snowplane In Coldwater
Elly Robinson of Coldwater, a furniture dealer and undertaker, develops an amphibious snowplane named Penguin. The 14 foot craft seats five, uses a rear 140 hp Tiger Moth engine, and can reach 100 mph on snow with a 50 mph cruising speed. The project stems from dissatisfaction with skis limited to ice and snow surfaces.
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Elly ROBINSON
Coldwater
Simcos
Midland
Robinson
lang
mae tan
Herbert Sheppard
Biscotnsing
Vast Sub Arctic Region Placed Under Government Quarantine
Ottawa reports a vast sub Arctic area under quarantine as the government investigates an obscure illness. About 25 people are affected with four deaths, in Chesterfield Inlet on Hudson Bay. An RCAF Dakota will fly doctors and supplies to the region while RCMP restrict travel inland and warning signals are sent to residents. Health officials note virus origin is suspected and specimens are sent to Connaught for testing.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Chesterfield Intet
Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
RCAF
Dakota
Winnipeg
Chesterfield Inlet
health department
Martin
Connaught laboratories
Toronto
rim
Alberta and Saskatchewan wheat farmers to receive windfall
Alberta producers will get over 70 million dollars and Saskatchewan farmers at least 50 million from higher wheat prices retroactive to August 1945. Government figures estimate total Alberta 1945 48 wheat deliveries at 353.2 million bushels and Saskatchewan deliveries at 575 million bushels. Reformulated payouts reflect the price rise from 1.15 to 1.75 per bushel and affect about 125 000 Saskatchewan farmers and many Alberta growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALGARY
C.P
Alberta
Calgary
Howe
Ottawa
ene
EGINA
Saskatchewan
Wheat Board
G B Manufacturers Fear Competition Of German Goods
London February 1926 British manufacturers fear cheap German goods will undercut markets. Harold Wilson president of the board of trade told the House of Commons that German competition concerns are widespread. Germany may increase ports to pay its way, a uniform exchange rate was fixed, export price controls and unfair pricing practices are to be prevented, and occupation statutes will empower military governors to enforce this.
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LONDON
Harold Wilson
board of trade
house of commons
Wilson
schmark
thas Tale
Germany
American Negro seeks reunion for boy in Sydney home
Trennon James Joiner of Cleveland pleads for his five year old son Geoffrey to be sent from the Dalwood Home for Children in Sydney to the United States. Geoffrey, long isolated, enjoyed a birthday party with toys while his father’s letter urges transport home, aided by Edward J Hallstrom who offers to cover costs.
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Trennon James Joiner
Cleveland
Ohio
Dalwood
Childen
Sydney
Geoffrey
Joiner
United States navy
Edward J Hallstrom
Hallstrom
Geoffrey Joter
Daiwood
United States
Milk price rise urged by Edmonton producers
Edmonton officials heard that rising production costs since 1947 justify a minimum boost of 3815 cents per 100 pounds to producers, which would raise consumer price by about one cent per quart. Producers seek 425 to 450 dollars per 100 pounds. auditors weighed labor and management allowances amid current controls.
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EDMONTON
board of public utilities commissioners
R HM Bailey
Edmonton Milk and Inspected
G M Blackstock
Bruce
Massie
Don Bailey
Turner Valley
Crow's Nest Pass
Bailey
Canadian labor unions weigh communists bar ruling
H Hall, chair of the anti Communist bloc in Canadian unions, said the group will meet to discuss the Trades and Labor Congress decision advising affiliates to bar communists from union office. He criticized the move as not aiding settlement and noted his role with railway brotherhoods linked to the AFL.
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MONTREAL
F. H. Hall
Trades and Labor Congress
rensgress
Hall
Dutch Freedom Move for Indonesian leaders at The Hague
The Netherlands government moved to release Soekarno Hatta and other Republican leaders. It plans a round table conference March 12 to discuss interim government and transfer of sovereignty toward a federal Indonesia with full sovereignty before July 1 1950. Exiled leaders on Bangka Island face uncertain terms for acceptance.
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HAGUE
Netherlands
Soekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Jogjakarta
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
security council
Batavia
Bangka Island
The
Interest funds to create 29 Alberta agricultural scholarships
Edmonton Feb 26 Interest on money awarded Alberta in 1919 from the Canadian Wheat Board will be used to set up 29 agriculture scholarships this year. Agriculture Minister Ure said Alberta has used the interest on its share to provide 198 scholarships at a cost of 16,485 dollars. A report of the wheat board trustees was tabled in the legislature Thursday.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Canadian wheat board
Ure
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
board of trustees of the wheat board
Gordon Taylor
Drumheller
CCP
ite
CCF
Prowse
welfare commission
Taylor
CLO
the
CF. T
ROPER
Elmer Roper
Mr. Taylor
Tomyn
Bulgarian church leaders in treason trial plead guilty
In Sofia a chief conspirator Rev. Vassil Ziapkov 48, a Congregational pastor, pleaded guilty to treason and espionage charges. He followed two other defendants in admitting guilt as the trial of 15 Protestant churchmen continued amid testimony from Rev. Yanko Ivanov and Nikola Naumov about British American influence and letters to counter communism.
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OFIA
Vassil Georgiev Ziapkov
Ziapkey
Congregational
United Evangelical Churches
Bulgaria
Ziapkov
Yanko Ivanov
Ivanov
Nikola Naumov
Sofia
Naumov
Methodist
Rockefeller
Mellony Turner
Lovech schools for
Fat Cow Rescued After Oklahoma Site Debacle
Grady the Hereford cow, valued at $1,000, was freed from a Yukon site prison at 8:09 am after a rescue by the Denver Fest. more than 40 dawn spectators watched as a winch and a team effort pulled the animal through a shed door. The plan used a heavy tow and sedation before the final heave, ending five days after she bolted through a door.
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YUKON
Okla
Grady
Denver
Oklahoma
L .J Crump
Ralph, Partridge
the
Post
Dr Crump
Bil
Charles Mack
North america
States
Canada
Howe Explains Removal of Oils and Fats Controls
Trade Minister Howe explained Friday that Canada removed restrictions on oils and fats last week to maintain obligations to an international board. He noted the oils and fats were formerly under international control and that the board allocated supplies to each country, so Canada must now regulate imports and exports as the board dissolved its authority.
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CHTAWA
Howe
Lir E Cardiff
Huron North
Canada
Back Bench MPs Press for Subsidies and Reforms in Commons
Plain MPs pressed the government on several issues including a five cent per pound butter subsidy and a two cent per quart subsidy if provinces agree. They urged compulsory coloring of margarine to distinguish it from butter and pushed for broader grain marketing reform through a single Canadian Wheat Board. Comments also touched on higher old age pensions and unemployment.
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OTTAA
C.P
Vatican
Gour
Russell
Canada
William Bryce
OCH
Selkirk
Cecil Merrit
VC.P.C
Vancouver-Burrard
commons
Bryce
Canadian Wheat Board
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Merritt
Blackie rink wins opening Alberta curling series
Calgary report that Ewart Weagle's Blackie rink defeated Gordon Walker of Edmonton 8-? in the opening game of the best of three series for the Alberta curling title to represent the province in the Dominion playdowns at Hamilton Ontario.
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ae BLACKIE
ALTA
CALGARY
ewart Weagle
Blackie
Gordon Walker
Edmonton
Alberta
Hamilton
Ont
imith
Leduc
Edmeanton
SELF
Fairview
Airo
Ecmenton
B.CORP
Pellce
Howard Harry Foxx
B.L.MLP
SPUES PEOBE
BANK
BOBBERY
WINNEPEG
U.P
het
Royal Bank of Canada
north end
Winnipeg
William Kissick
Royal Bank
ROME
Reuters
Giuseppe Satagat
mier
mercantile marine
reiang
Saragat
Alcide De Gasper
BERLIN
CALIFORNIA
REDONDO BEACH
Calif
aifkiacs
Ubemmervester 2
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Britain
Michel-Lucien Seigneur
Madame Seigneur
Dr. Seigneur
Marshal Fetain
Seigneur
Arctic
REV ZIAPROV
G.B
Australia
Free Leaders Of
Congregational Church
Canadian Press
Russa
FAT COW
Gorden Taylor
Kr. Frewse
royal communistiens
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