Eight Die As Fire Devours Me County Family Home
A March 2 blaze in Onson Me killed Elwood Smith 36, his mother Harriet Smith 68, and six children with wife Norms critically burned. The family home, a two story dwelling near Bangor, was found fully involved as firefighters faced near zero cold and deep snow. Five children and a grandmother were trapped in second floor rooms while a neighbor carried Mrs. Smith to safety.
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ONSON
Elwood Smith
Harriet Smith
Smith
Bangor
Eugene Bickford
KENOSHA, Wis
Alberta Legislature Debates Budget Motions During Close
As the throne speech debate nears end in Edmonton three motions from the government side are under consideration. One seeks an interim payment by the Canadian Wheat Board on coarse grains.
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DMONTON
Alberta
Canadian wheat board
Alberta to unveil 1950 51 budget in night session
Premier Manning will present the 1950-51 Alberta budget in a night legislature sitting. Expenditure is expected near 72 million dollars with about 18 million for retirement of public debt. For the first time the budget address will be broadcast on Alberta radio stations.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
Manning
Debate winds down as throne speech battle spills over
Notices show motions filed amid a dying throne speech debate with two Social Creditors clashing over party principles. Only three opposition members remain to speak as Premier Manning prepares his budget address for Friday night if the debate ends. a motion for interim payment is also noted.
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C.C.F
Elmer Roper
H. J. MacDonald
Lib
Calgary
Arthur Wray
Ind
S.7
Banff-Cochrane
Manning
Ontario Battles Another Spell Of Intense Cold
Ontario faced another severe cold spell with no relief expected until Friday. North west winds caused drifting and near blizzard conditions in the snowbelt southeast of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Temperatures fell to 19 below at Port Arthur and 27 below at Kapuskasing and White River, with southern cities such as Toronto at four below and Windsor at seven above.
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TORONTO
Ontario
Lake Huron
Georgian Bay
Port Arthur
Sault Ste. Marie
North Bay
Ottawa nutrition official defends pie as healthful pleasure
Dr. R. L. Pett head of Health and Welfare nutrition division told Ottawa parents that enjoying pie is not harmful and that scaring children about pie could worsen malnutrition. He recalled a plan years ago to feed a family of four for a week on little money and urged viewing eating as a healthful pleasure, not a laboratory experiment.
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R. L. B. PETT
Weilfare
Ottawa
Dr. Pett
Mine Workers' Union Cleared in Contempt Case
The United Mine Workers were found not guilty of contempt of court in the soft coal strike. Judge Keech ruled the 372,000 miners quit by individual choice, not under union direction, and did not read his lengthy opinion. The decision stunned the court and could shift pressure toward mine seizures or quick production deals.
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WASHINGTON
United Mine Workers today
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
Truman
U S Flying Boat Ditches in Atlantic Rescue of 19 aboard
A United States Navy flying boat ditched in the Atlantic about 300 miles north of Haiti during joint naval air maneuvers. All 19 crew members were rescued by life rafts and two navy surface craft reported to have aided the recovery. No injuries were noted as the aircraft sought an invasion fleet role in large scale exercises involving 80 000 personnel.
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SAN JUAN
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
Haiti
navy
army
air force
marines
Wife of Donald Gordon Passes
Mrs. Donald Gordon wife of the Canadian National Railways president died in Montreal at 47 after a week under medical care. An M better wartime Red Cross and canteen worker in Ottawa she was awarded the MBE. She leaves two sons Donald Ramsay and Michael Huntley a brother and two sisters. The death was due to a heart attack.
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MONTREAL
Donald Gordon
Canadian National Railways
Gordon
M.B.E
Canadian Red Cross
Ottawa
prices board
Bank of Canada
C.N.R
St. John‘s
Toronto
S. B. Horwood
Brampton
Ont
Lem Taylor
Mamico
Manitoba Opposition Attacks Coalition in Legislature
In Winnipeg March 2 the legislature heard Mortisen C of Manitou denounce the coalition for skulduggery in redistributing seats and expanding the house. Health Minister Ivan Schultz defended steady voter support for non partisanship since 1922 and warned cabinet ministers to respond to opposition claims. The debate followed a non confidence amendment from the anti consent group.
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WINNIPEG
Mortisen
C.-Ind. P.C
Manitou- Morden
Manitoba
Ivan Schultz
sesson
anti-consiien
Britain and Egypt Contend Over Suez Tanker Passage
The AP reports Britain and Egypt clash over allowing crude oil tankers through the Suez Canal to Haifa bound refineries in Israel. Egypt bans Persian Gulf to Haifa routes, Britain seeks resumed traffic, with economic strains and sharp Egyptian press reaction cited.
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Associated Press
AIRO
Britain
Egypt
Suez canal
Israel
Haifa
Brtalin
Al Balagh
Wafdist
Palestine
Canadians to Learn If Cost of Living Trend Continues
Ottawa dispatch reports the Bureau of Statistics will release its monthly cost of living index in a few days. December's index stood at 167.0 with rents largely unchanged as new increases begin Feb. 1, signaling possible little effect on the next figure.
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OTTAWA
Bureau of Statistes
Parliaments Packed as Commons Opens in London
Britain readies for 625 members to crowd a 400 seat Commons when the new parliament convenes. With a seven seat governing majority every vote counts and space may force MPs to use public galleries. Since 1941 after bombing the chamber, MPs sit two benches facing the speaker with government and opposition sides split.
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LONDON
Britain
house of commons
commons
house of lords
Seek Decision On Federal Rent Controls From P C
Vancouver March 2 The Associated Property Owners of British Columbia will seek a decision on federal rent controls from the Privy Council after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the controls valid A E Craddock secretary manager said the decision is not in the public interest and an appeal to the Privy Council will be made immediately Landlords complain controls protect undesirable tenants.
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VANCOUVER
Associated Property Owners of
British Columbia
privy council
supreme court of Canada
A. E. Craddock
provincal association
privy counciil
Press Demands Changes After Fuchs Sentenced
London March 21 British press calls for overhaul of security services after Klaus Fuchs receives 14 year sentence for passing atomic secrets to Russia. Dail y Herald urges immediate reforms and probes at government research sites while Telegrap h cites slow security updates amid wartime to cold war shift.
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LONDON
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
manior
Britain
London Daily Herald
Daly Herald
Labor party
Daily Telegraph
west
United States
Federal Bureau of Investration
Fuchs
Germany
atomic energy research establishment
Harwell
Alberta telephones face delays as user demand climbs
Alberta's telephones report shows 5,233 new phones in the year ending March 31 1949 bringing total users to 113,479. Toll facilities remain inadequate and service delivery shows little improvement despite added capacity. Calls rose by 618 252 over the prior year, yet wait times and equipment delivery delays persist.
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D. B. MacMillan
Alberta
Millan
Canada Gains 800000 Citizens in 50 Years
Canada’s population record marks a surge as 800009 new citizens are added over five decades. Statistics estimates start 1950 with 13,728,000 people, up 8,357,000 from 1901 figures, while forecasting 15,000,000 by 1990 before a potential gradual decline.
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TAWA
Canada
bureau of statistics
bureau
Dull Commons Debate on Employment and Fiscal Policy
Ottawa reports a dull throne speech debate as employment remains a concern. Liberal MP William Mott urged low interest loans to municipalities for essential wars, while CCF member W R Herridge advocated UN style unemployment planning. Prime Minister St Laurent signaled potential discussion on a 74 percent freight rate increase. Bills to lower voting age and protect dismissed employees gained first reading.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
commons
labor department
British Columbia
William Mott
New Westminster
RRO W. Herridge
CCF
Kootenay West
United Nations
FD Shaw
Red Deer
St. Laurent
chamber
C.C.F
Recapture of Third Convict Near Regina Jail
Moose Jaw Sask March 2 P Robert Tomlinson 26 of Regina one of three convicts who escaped from Regina jail last Saturday was recaptured yesterday Detective Sergi William Crichton of the Moose Jaw police arrested Tomlinson in a downtown hotel room without a struggle The other two convicts Thomas Deal 35 of Winnipeg and Carl Johnston 20 of Vancouver were captured Tuesday Deal was arrested by RCMP at a Regina roadblock and Johnston was caught by a Moose Jaw laundry manager while trying to steal the manager's car.
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MOOSE JAW
Sask
Robert ‘Tomlinson
Regina
Sergi
William Crichton
Tomlinson
Thomas Deal
Winnipeg
Carl Johnston
Vancouver
Deal
RCMP
Johnston
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