Attlee Reconfigures Labour Cabinet After Victory
Prime Minister Attlee forms a new Labour cabinet after a narrow election win. The colonial secretary post is vacant due to Arthur Creswell Jones's defeat. Changes are kept secret with Parliament due tomorrow. Analysts expect shifts to soften nationalization plans and aim to stay in power till the 1050 budget.
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Associated Press
Attlee
ttlee
Arthur Cresch Jones
Labor
house of commons
Liberal Leader Answers Member For Crow's Nest
In Edmonton Liberal Leader J Harper Prowse accuses Alberta’s government of delaying coal development, asserting coal policy is federal and provincial responsibilities and urging a national policy to aid Alberta. He cites William Kovach applauding the throne speech reply and warns federal action could help meet national needs.
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DMONTON
Alberta
J. Harper Prowse
Prowse
Wiliam Kovach
S.C. Pincber Creek
Crow’s Nest
Woman’s innuendo stunt shocks Ohio convention delegates
In Columbus on February 28 an attractive young woman distributed perfumed invitation cards to monument builders delegates reading I’m in room 5. Come on up and see me Nel lie. Delegates visited room 5 and found a display of granite tombstones, an idea by L. M. Kanuckel, a convention delegate.
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COLUMBUS
L. M. Kanuckel
convention of monument builders of Ohio
Government weighs seizure as mine strike drags on
In Washington, Feb 28, government contempt proceedings against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers proceed as talk of seizing U.S. mines grows stronger amid a coal shortage. Talks are off and a back to work order lingers, while 500000 plus remain idle including 372000 union members and 184000 nonunion workers. Steel capacity runs at a low 73.7 percent as industries face fuel shortages.
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WASHINGTON
John L Lewis
Lewis
White House
Truman
United States
Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers’ Union
S. U.M.W
UM.W
American Iron and Steel Institute
U.S
Bible quiz stumps students at major colleges study
The Left Hand Corner reports a study by W H Clark of Middlebury College showing many students miss basic Bible facts in a twenty question test. Despite New England church heritage, over half misstate Jesus place of birth and a third misidentify a Gospel.
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W. H. Clark
Middlebury College
American Association of University Professors
New England
Jesus
mame
David
Goliath
Paul
Pericles
Loss of 32 men feared as lifeboats capsize off Iceland
Off western Iceland the 7404 ton British tanker Grain faced disaster after breaking from a tug. As lifeboats capsized 32 sailors, mostly Chinese, are feared dead while four were rescued by breeches buoy. The Clam, owned by Anglo Saxon Petroleum, was stranded and later towed to Britain.
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REYKJAVIK
Iceland
Feo
Britain
Reykjavies
the
Anglo- Saxon Petroleum Company
Govt Accused of Laying Politics With Wheat Board
Ottawa Feb 28 A CCF farm member accuses the government of pressuring the wheat board to pay 20 cent participation payments before the 1949 election. Percy Wright of Tisdale Sask claims the board borrowed 23,050,000 dollars from banks by Dec 1 to fund payments started before the crop sale. Wright says the move was political and not board voluntary, prompting interruptions from Liberal MPs.
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OTTAWA
C.r
C.CF
wheat board
Percy Wight
C.C.F
Wright
Gardiner
Dion
government wheat board
Wight
Mr. Wright
Alberta moves to unify county government under County Act
A plan to centralize administration of school, hospital and municipal affairs in a single county council passed first reading in the Alberta legislature. The County Act would elect councillors from the county at large and allow government by order-in-council to set boundaries and the number of councillors. The council would hold sole jurisdiction over municipal, school and hospital matters with three committees guiding the main boards.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
mmembers
Tanner Winner Again in Southern Alberta Election
Brisk voting marked the municipal elections in Taber and Magrath, Alberta, with a record turnout and few upsets. William Tanner and W. M. Barrus won Cardston town council seats as Leo Stutz was defeated after nine years on council. Tanner earned 330 votes, Barrus 313, while Stutz drew 151. S. W. Low was re-elected to the Municipal Hospital board with 193 votes to Gregson 145 and Phipps 70. Record vote noted at Taber. tabulations continued on page two.
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E. Pingree Tanner
Magrath
Taber
Alberta
Herald
STUTZ
GARDSTON
AHNS
William Tanner
W. M. Barrus
Cardston
Leo Stutz
water and light
Tanner
Barrus
S. W. Low
L. Gregson
H. ¢. Phipps
Wiliam
Thief May Have Stolen Wrong Car In Vancouver
A car thief may have taken the wrong vehicle in Vancouver. The sedan stolen Sunday night belonged to Air Vice Marshal K G Nairn. The MV was visiting Lt Col C H Hill, a former BC MP executive entertaining Supt C W Harrison of the RCMP who had just arrived from Winnipeg.
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VANCOUVER
K. G. Nairn
C. H. Hill
B.C
C. W. Harrison
RCMP
Winnipeg
Two Slayers Hanged In B C Prison
Walter Prestyko aged 33 and William Worokee 37 were hanged at Oakalla prison at 6 06 am PST for the June murder of elderly railway worker Michael Geluch and his wife. Prosecutors say bonds valued at 150 dollars were central to the crime. Both appeals for clemency were denied as witnesses described a quiet death.
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VANCOUVER
Walter Prestyko
William Worokee
Oakalla
P.S.T
Worabee
Michael Geluch
Worobee
Prestyko
Thatcher
house of commons
Nationalist China Warns Shipping Faces Air Assault
Nationalist China warned that all ships trading with the Chinese Communists are subject to air attack after two US merchantmen were bombed near Tsingtao. The defense ministry cited a reported massacre of 3,800 pro Nationalists in Shanghai and Chiang Kai-shek announced plans to resume the presidency and command role.
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TAIPEI
Formosa
United States
China
Isbrandtsen
Tsingtao
defence ministry
Shanghai
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nationalist China
Nanking
Li Tsung-Jen
New York
China coast
Britain
U.S
Chushan Islands
Bevan Could Force Crisis Aimed at Labour Leadership
The Imperial, Daily Express questions if Aneurin Bevan will push Labour to resign to position himself as Socialist leader. It cites Bevan absent from cabinet, claims he seeks autumn election and middle-class support, while Bevan’s sister says illness kept him away.
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LONDON
Feo
Reuters
Imperial
Daily Express
Bevan
Britain
Aneurin Bev
Labor
Socialist party
Aneurin Bevan
Uae fac
Saskatchewan breakup proposal shocks throne debate
Irvin Studer Maple Creek urged splitting Saskatchewan north to south to form Manitoba accepting the northern portion and Alberta the southern. He claimed the plan would yield lower taxes and power for Manitoba while giving western residents a $750 pension without a means test, referencing provincial top ups to the $40 monthly old age pension.
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UAWA
Saskatchewan
Irvin Studer
Maple Creek
Manitoba
Alberta
Gullies Win Over Plane in Portland Seagull Runway Chaos
A United Air Lines plane from Seattle landed on a gull filled Columbia runway in Portland. Hundreds of seagulls crowded the strip and forced the aircraft to the hangar for repairs. The incident delayed passengers until a second plane could be brought in from Seattle.
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PORTLAND
Ore
United Air Lines
Seattle
Columbia
heaven
Fire Disrupts Westminster Palace Basements
Fire broke out in the basement of the Palace of Westminster causing alarms and smoke that lingered over Parliament’s first session after election. Five brigades responded as MPs aided workers, with minimal damage and no delay to the next day’s session.
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LONDON
house of commers
tomexrow
house chamber
Palace of Westminster
Chrysler Canada plant to close. 1,000 laid off
Windsor reports Chrysler Canada Limited will shut its motor and truck plant today with 1,000 workers laid off and a further 2,500 facing layoffs tomorrow due to supply shortages tied to a Detroit pension strike. production reductions ripple through the region.
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Ont
Chrysler Corporation of Canada Limited
Detroit
BILL
MaCLEAN
SYDNEY
wpreme
bil
Dan Jack MacLean
Dolney
Joseph Mackinnon
RUSSIA
FRANKFURT
Germany
United States
U.S
John J. McCloy
ALTA
Alberta
Edward Demutro
Joseph Zeigier
Hamilton
David Trenchuk
Myrnam
Edmonton
Trenchuk
UBL
MONTREAL
Soaney M. Friedman
McGill University
University of British Columbia
CALGARY
Hilda
Alla
Medicine Hat
supreme court
Sam Krasnoff
Carl Schacker
auptoyee
FBI
ENGLISIL
Ind
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Milltown
First National Kant
E. K. Ropgen
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