Key Figure In Red Spy Case
Sam Carr, named by a royal commission as a recruiting agent for a Russian spy ring in Canada, was arrested in New York. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said Carr was found in a Manhattan apartment building where he had lived for two weeks with his wife under the name Mr and Mrs Jack Lewis. Carr had been sought since 1946 on charges from the inquiry and disappeared before a warrant could be served in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASHINGTON
Sam Carr
Canada
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Manhattan
ghven
Hoover
FBI
Carr
Jack Lewis
justice department
Ottawa
Canadian
Labor-Progres
First service station pioneers gasoline era
The article recalls Harvey W. Wickliff of Columbus Ohio who in 1913 started the world first service station bringing gasoline to drivers rather than drivers to gas. It notes primitive early method with pans and funnels and later pumps that show price and volume. Wickliff died in Columbus last Friday at age 85. It adds a Toronto Globe Telegram snippet about a new dictionary word genocide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt. Thomas Times-Journal
Harvey W. Wickliff
Columbus
Ohio
Wickliff
Mosquito Complaints Reported in Union New Jersey
Citizens in Union New Jersey report persistent mosquitos as warm days drew more stings. Mayor F Edward Beirtuempfel notes numerous calls from residents though a forecast of rain sleet and snow may ease the problem for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNION
F. Edward Beirtuempfel
Negotiations Break Off Between Miners and Coal Operators
Calgary Jan 37 Negotiations between United Mine Workers of America District 18 and the Domestic and Bituminous Coal Operators Associations for about 8000 miners in Alberta and British Columbia ended with calls for a government conciliator. The union demands include replacing the contract wage system with a 1405 basic underground wage and a 15 cent per ton increase for the welfare fund. The operators' side rejected these requests and counterproposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CALGARY
Coal Operators’ Association
Alberta
British Columbia
Angus Morrison
District 18
United Mine Workers of America
C.C.L
Morrison
TM.W.A
St Laurent To Visit United States In February
President Truman announced that Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent would visit the United States for two days in February for a friendly visit. The trip, set to begin February 11 in Washington, would not be connected to the North Atlantic pact or any specific issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Truman
Louis St. Laurent
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Farmers See Record Cash Returns in First Nine Months
Ottawa report shows Canadian farmers earned a record 1 762 814 000 from sales in the first nine months of 18, up more than 37 percent from 1947. Gains mainly reflect higher prices and large grain payments, plus 15 821 000 in supplementary cash from Prairie Farm Assistance and related acts, pushing total cash receipts to 1 978 635 000 versus 1 292 306 000 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Bureau of Statistics
bureau
Canadian wheat board
western grain companies
Nevada hay lift battles starvation in snowbound West
Aerial feed drops by C-82 boxcars aided Nevada ranches as 148000 pounds of fodder reached hungry sheep and cattle. Forecasters warned of higher losses as cold and heavy snow grip northern Nebraska and California mountains. President Truman released funds to aid snowbound states and Indiana ranchers amid ongoing blizzards and widespread travel disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DENVER
Nevada
United States
Nebraska
California
air force
Truman
Indiana
blizgard
Talk Without a Larynx Through Burping Shown
Toronto report notes five men demonstrated speech after laryngectomy by swallowing air and burping to form vowels and consonants. Capt. Fred Ritchie of Toronto, speaking at a university refresher course, said he retaught himself to talk at age 63 after throat cancer surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORONTO
Fred Ritchie
Toronto University
Diphtheria Outbreak Closes Nobleford Schools
Nobleford records two new diphtheria cases bringing total to six with one death. Identified patients include Mrs. B Nyhoff and Ida Hann, with Patricia Hann also ill. Nearby towns step up immunizations as Rolling Hills and Monarch Coaldhurst districts suspend classes until Feb 1. Health officials add staff at isolation hospital and plan mass inoculations across Barons Carmangay Champion district Coaldale and Picture Butte areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wemesday
B. Nyhoff
Kenneth Nyhoff
Lethbridge
Ida Hann
Hann
Patricia
Rolling Hills
Nobleford
the Herald
Monarch
Coasthurst
McWatt
Carmangay
Barons
Champion
Coaldale
J. D. McFetridge
Picture Butte
Iron Springs
Turin
Edmonton
algeady
Bevin faces cabinet inquiry as Palestine policy debated
London January 27 Ernest Bevin's fate as foreign secretary under review in a cabinet inquiry on Palestine policy. The government won a narrow 193 to 128 vote after a 72 hour debate, Churchill denounced Bevin, Attlee defended him, and Crossman abstained amid calls for accountability in the wake of the Palestine crisis.
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LONDON
C.P
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Wiliam Whiteley
Whiteley
Levin
house
Churchill
Palestine
commonwealth
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Attlee
Ottawa Parliament Opens Amid Clash Between St Laurent and Drew
In Ottawa the fifth session of Canada’s 20th parliament begins with Prime Minister St Laurent clashing with George Drew over procedure as leaders face off in the Commons. Drew forces a withdrawal attempt on suspending throne speech debate, with debate set for Friday and plans for further motions.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
green chamber
George Drew
Progressive Conservative party
commons
Drew
St. Laurent
Liberala
Mr. St. Laurent
Borrowed Rifle Witness Reveals At Murder Trial
W J Ferniuk of Carragana testified Cummins 45 of Carragana borrowed a rifle with five shells, saying five would be "us" as the murder case for Phyllis Hazel Connelly 21 unfolds at his preliminary hearing. The crown says a rifle bullet set a Tamp fire fatally wounding Connelly in her Carrigana home. Brothers Edgar and Arthur Connelly said Cummins later left with a rifle after a beer parlor visit.
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PORCUPINE PLAINS
Sask
W. J. Ferniuk
Carragana
James C. Cummins
Phyllis Hazel Connelly
nearby
crown
Cummins
Miss Connelly
Carrigana
Yorkton
Edgar Conneily
Arthur
shack
Curaming
Edgar
Calgary Offers Buses to Regina
Calgary Mayor I. c. Watson disclosed he offered Regina the loan of trolley buses after Regina’s $1,000,000 fire destroyed about 75 percent of its transit equipment. Regina Mayor Menzies replied Regina needs gas buses, not trolley ones, and Calgary cannot supply gas buses at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CALGARY
I. c. Watson
Regina
Watson
Menzies
Navy mascot renamed Lady Hamilton after AWOL cat
In London on January 27 the H.M.C.S. Prevost comforted sailors by naming its one eyed cat mascot Lord Nelson, but after the feline wandered away for several days the crew rechristened it Lady Hamilton in a more fitting title for the period.
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LONDON
Cai
navy
H.M.C.S. Prevost
Lord Nelson
Lady Hamilton
Britain seeks large cut in wheat price under world pact
Canada backs a two dollar per bushel ceiling for new wheat talks, urging prices aligned with 1948 goals. The United States signals rough willingness to settle if other terms are favorable while the United Kingdom demands substantial reductions and hints at revisiting floor price terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASHINGTON
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Charles F. WWiten
Australia
T.S. Anderson
Wilson
Seve at B C Camp Rescue From Icebound Island Arm
Seven people from the Muchalat Arm on Vancouver Island were rescued after being stranded for a month at a small mining camp. They were taken aboard the tug Island Commander and moved toward Nipismenza for medical aid for a sick person. The party includes H. E. Anderson and his wife and child, Jack Sloan and his wife, and the camp superintendent and his wife. Thick ice hindered earlier transport. a 36 foot cruiser was towed back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICTORIA
Muchalat Arm
Vancouver Island
narby Mspernza
here
H. EK, Anderson
Jack Sloan
Will ‘am ‘Sloan
Vancouver
Muchalat
Edmonton furniture owners face supreme court trial
Two Edmonton store owners will stand trial on charges of defrauding the Dominion government of more than $800 linked to irregular manipulation of re establishment credits. Witness W. J. Desrocher testified a bill of sale for $969 worth of furniture bore a 10 percent cash payment he did not authorize and that Louis and Philip Leibertman provided cash totaling $500 in $50 bills, with no delivery expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
supreme court
W. J. Desrocher
Inen
Philip
Louis Leiberman
Philip Leibertman
Planes scour search for missing craft over Yellowknife route
Two North West Air Command planes took off from Edmonton to search for a light civilian aircraft believed lost between Yellowknife N W T and O'Connor Lake 150 miles southeast. The report notes the search is urgent and involves in-flight coordination.
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K.GAF
EDMONTON
Notyeman
North West Air Command
Yellowknife
N.W.T
O'Connor Lake
Slave Lake
spark-preg
berta parenia
MR. Baw
Alberta
Bow
snether
Sim
CARE
OTTAWA
D.0
Justice
Garsen
United States
Sam Carr
Camada
tink
WASHINGTON
U.2
Truman
Israel
Trans-Jordan
WARE
VANCOUVER
British Coolumbie
Columbia
Trail
Kootenays
Peter Popoff
Peter Popett
John W. Potter
Naty
Yukem Territory
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Canadian Communist Party
Toronto Evening Telegram
genos
Lanfair valley
Robert Blair
Essex
Central Press
Ely
Nev
Las Vegas
California mountains
New Mexico
Dezna
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Coalhurst
G.B
Bevin Post
Crossman
Labor
Coventry
marktul
Alexander
U.S
B.C. Camp
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