Lane Prowse Leader of Alberta Liberals at Edmonton Convention
J Bar Prowse, 34 year old army member, elected Liberal Leader of Alberta at a 476 delegate convention. On first ballot he defeated Jonathan Wheatley and J H Tremblay. Prowse pledged to restore sane stable government and align with the federal government. Wheatley urged unanimous support and highlighted criticisms of Social Credit policies and public works waste.
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EDMONTON
J. Bar- Prowse
Alberta
Jonathan Wheatley
Chancellor
J. H. Tremblay
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Grouard
PROWSE
J. H. Prowse
Lethbridge
Redwater
Little Bow
Wheatley
farmer
proby
Calgary West
Tremblay
De La Vergne
Brooks
Moo
t ‘Social Credit
department of public works
Calgary-Edmonton
Childelfare department
Charlotte Whitton
New York Family Receives Large Public Relief
The Left Hand Corner notes a New York City family receiving 649 dollars monthly from municipal welfare as head of household remains unemployed. Officials defend the payment while admitting others receive similar relief. the family, with five children, rents a Manhattan hotel at 318.50 dollars monthly and spends 280 on food and 325 on clothing, with the arrangement lasting months.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York City
America ciy
Ms Dermott
department of welfare
W tech. McDERMOTT
Ther
New York
oheast automn
mrunicipal rolls agency
Manhattan
Work Stoppages Spread to Shipyards and Coal Fields
Nationwide labor unrest staggers industries with 262000 idle workers as coal fields and 10 east coast shipyards halt operations. Hartley Taft act scrutiny grows while Ford foremen strike and city transport in St Louis faces paralysis. Utah Geneva Steel cuts output. 40000 miners idle in Alabama and Pennsylvania leads with nationwide curtailments.
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NEW YORK
United States
east coast
SCORES LEWIS
Washington
Fred Hartley
Rep
John L. Lewis
UAL
Hartley
Lewis
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
Detroit
Ford
St. Lows
Aloys P. Kaufmann
Missouri
Oakland
Calif
Omaha
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
rcceral coal mines administration
Utah
Geneva Steel Co
Pennsylvania
Government study on whale love life shocks bachelors
Washington reports Dr. Raymond Gilmore of the Fish and Wildlife Service and Smithsonian Institution releases a naval Antarctic expedition finding that sperm whales are polygamous with bulls left without mates. The government view: unrequited love among whales ends in whaling potential and old bulls retreat to the Antarctic.
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WASHINGTON
Raymond Gilmore
United States
Gilmore
fish and wildlife service
Smithsonian Institution
United States Navy
Antarctic
Smithsonian
B C Labour Statute to Receive Its First Test Today
Victoria June 26 The first test of British Columbia 1947 labor statute looms as Nanaimo court faces three Laundry Workers Union officials and 27 members charged with strike activities before conciliation. Prosecutions target illegal strikes under the act with penalties up to 125 a day for unions and employers and 50 a day for individuals. Test centers on government supervision of secret ballots on strikes and lockouts.
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VICTORIA
Columbia
Nanaimo
Dominion
United States
Laundry Workers Union
C.C
Imperial Laundry
Nankimo
st leatt
Vancoutr
Pioneer Mine
C.C.L
promnere
Uhag B
distri
Canada
Wool Price Support Bill Is Vetoed
President Truman vetoed the wool price support bill saying it would harm international relations. The measure would keep government wool prices and allow tariffs or import limits if foreign wool or products lowered domestic prices. He warned it would be seen as economic isolationism and hurt leadership at the Geneva UN conference. This marks the third major veto of the current session, following tax cuts and the Taft Hartley bill.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Geneva
congress
Train Wreck Kills Engine Crew Near Shelby Ohio
A derailment on the Big Four line near Shelby Ohio last night killed engineer G. P. Higgins and fireman L. J. McCord from Cleveland. Assistant superintendent J. D. Eine identified the dead and said Elmer R. Wanke and J. D. Kennedy Jr. were critically injured. several other workers were mildly hurt as a baggage car overturned and work train cars were damaged.
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SHELBY
Paice
Cleveland
J. D. Eine
Ohio division
Springfield
G. P. Higgins
L. J. McCord
King
Elmer R. Wanke
J. D. Kennedy Jr
mane
Auto accident victim succumbs in Edmonton
EDMONTON June 26. Feduniw 58 of Edmonton died in hospital last night from injuries from a collision between a truck and a taxi that overturned. Seven were injured. John Noonan remains in hospital with head lacerations broken ribs and limb injuries in favorable condition. Peter Feduniw truck driver and brother of William was charged with dangerous driving and released on $2000 bail after a court adjournment.
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EDMONTON
Wao
Feduniw
Peduniw
John Noonan
hosppital
Peter Feduntw
Wiliam
Boston Mayor Loses Appeal Over Suspension Plea
Washington dispatch reports Boston Mayor James M Curley lost his appeal to suspend an 18 month jail term on mil frava charges. The judge rejected defense requests for a brief delay due to the mayor's ill health to handle principal matters.
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WASHINGTON
James M. Curley
Boston
Imperial Takes Option on Land Near Edmonton Refinery
Imperial Oil Limited holds options to acquire 250 acres near Edmonton 6 miles east of the city for a refinery site. Unconfirmed reports say the company paid about 31500 for land owned by Horace H. Tink, who previously bought it from the Great West Coal Company.
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EDMONTON
Imperial Oil Limited
holts
Blackmond
ietetep Ina
Horace 8. Tink
Great Weat. Coal Company
Plane mechanic uses necktie to fly home from Berlin
Tommy Campobasso, 23, an American aircraft mechanic at Shannon, arrived from Berlin via Soviet occupied Germany after a forced landing. He repaired his engine with a necktie, flew the plane bought as army surplus for $100 to Shannon, tying up the fuel line with the same necktie to finish the hops.
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SHANNON
Erie
Tommy Campobasso
Shannon airport
Berlin
Campobasso
Germany
Judgment Not Official Till Written Decision Handed Down
The Privy Council’s judicial committee reserved judgment on Alberta’s Social Credit bill of rights. They consider whether sections one and two are inseverable, with section two granting credit control deemed ultra vires by Alberta’s supreme court. Arguments touched on severability as counsel for Canada argued two parts are inseparable.
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ONDON
privy council
Alberta
Social Credit
supreme court of Alberta
Viscount Simon
aleady
credit
Dominion
Lucien Maymard
Simon
Dominion of Canada
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Maynard
supreme court
George H. Steer
Edmonton
attorney-general of Canada
Alberta supreme court
Steer
Pension Bill Approved in Ottawa House of Commons
The Canadian House of Commons approved the principle of the government old age pension bill, with second reading given without a vote. The measure would raise basic payments from 25 to 30 dollars monthly, while opponents criticized the means test and size of increases. Interim supply of 96 million dollars was approved to cover seasonal and sessional expenses, and sugar rations were raised for the year to three or four pounds for households, with industrial users also receiving a boost.
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OTTAWA
commons
public works
Abbott
McCann
Gordon
Graydon
P.C
Perel
Calgary Chinese Slain In Shop
Calgary police report a 60 year old Chinese tailor Charles Mah Wing was bludgeoned to death in his shop living quarters. Wing was found early this morning with wounds to the head and contusions suggesting a struggle. Blood spattered the door and furnishings as investigators seek a motive and identity.
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CALGARY
Charles Mah Wing
Wing
May exports set postwar record for Canada
Ottawa reports Canada’s domestic exports rose sharply in May to a new postwar high, valued at 257,200,000 dollars, up nearly 77,000,000 from April. The May total compares with 3197,000 a year earlier and 295,000,000 in August 1945, lifting the year-to-date figure to 1,455,800,000 against 886,000,000 last year.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Air integration urged for hemispheric security in war era policy
General Roy S. Wardenburg urged Washington to back legislation enabling U S cooperation with Western Hemisphere nations, notably Canada, in military standardization and arms supply to seal air power unity for peace and security in Latin America.
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WASHINGTON
Roy S. Wardenbirg
United States army air forces
South America
howe
United States
Canada
Husband Forgives Wife in Compromise Adoption Case
In Los Angeles a husband named Franklin Hanks forgave his wife Grace after a love triangle dispute and agreed to adopt their baby Ruth Ann, born to Grace but fathered by Jake Carel. Hanks, 24, stated he forgave her during two years of army service overseas and Carel, 22, store clerk, would support the child. Daniel to defray Grace Hanks' medical expenses.
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LOS ANGELES
Franklin Hanks
Elmer Doyle
Grace
Jake Carel
Ruth Ann
Hanks
Daniel
World’s smallest automobile shown in Osaka
A vest pocket car weighing about 50 pounds appears in Osaka. It seats one passenger and can reach a speed of .17 miles per hour with a 1.4 horsepower case. Designed and built by Hiroshi Tamura of Sankoku Heavy Industries, it cost about 10,000 yen ($200) to produce, with hopes for mass production for sale abroad.
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OSAKA
Japan
Hiroshi Tamura
Sankoku Heavy Industries Company
Winnipeg Flood Aftermath Reaches Dauphin Region
In Manitoba, floodwaters receded around Winnipeg leaving wrecked crops and farm dwellings in their wake. Dauphin faced its gravest peril as Vermilion river water supply broke a pipeline, threatening residents until a reserve 90 000 gallons could suffice while repairs proceed. RCMP reported no confirmed deaths but described miraculous escapes from the Vermilion.
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WINNIPEG
Dauphin
Garnet’ Cyst ter
posi tment Bae RCMP
Cyril' Demeria
reece
erasiam
western
Menitobe
Tension moves out of order Ottawa peace pension debate
Ottawa reports that a CCF effort to increase the basic old age pension to 50 is ruled out of order. Also noted are local incidents from West Winfield and Edmonton, along with July corn price records and a fatal self-immolation in a leather plant in New York. Police and officials provide brief updates on arrests, court hearings, and a Calgary murder investigation with recovered cash and jewelry.
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C.GF
OTTAWA
Etty
tetley
C.C.F
WINFIELD
N.Y
Charles Morgan
lfe
leather company
Cecil Whittemere
coreast
CHISAGO
core
Board of Trade teday
SROSS
besbel
Macoms County
Scott Burke
LOEMONTON
EDMONTON
George HL Sher
Calabsity of
Alberta
detroi
Melatyre
eniversity
ADJOVENS
NANAIMO
Jose M
Brith Com
bis
Lionel Beever-Pette
CALGARY
C.P
Charles Mah Wing
Malcolm Boyd
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Taber
University of Alberta
Sweden
U.S
Sulk
B.C
Imperial
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