Michael Tells Of Abdication In Videoed UK Visit
Former King Michael of Romania claims his abdication was forced and says he is not bound by it. He sails to the United States Friday after lunch with the Buckingham Palace royal family. He cites political pressures in eastern Europe and recalls being urged to sign the 1947 abdication text under armed guard.
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LONDON
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Romania
United States
Buckingham Palace
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Petru Groza
Gheorghiu- Dei
Battered Glass Replaces Bars in Zoo Cages
Wartime aircraft style batterproof glass reduces bars in zoo caves at the Zoological Park. Two half inch plates with plastic between form a strong sandwich, safer for aggressive apes like chimpanzees and orangutans. Visitors must stop tossing peanuts and poking through bars with umbrellas.
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Zoological Park
Be Left Hand Continued on Back Page
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Will Replace Czech Envoy Over Prague Crisis
Czechoslovakia names Irvin Munk as minister counsellor to Washington to head the Prague embassy in exile after Juraj Slavik resigns in protest of the new communist government. The United States may offer Slavik asylum but no break in relations with Prague is expected.
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Prague
New York
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Alberta ministers defend oil policy in throne debate
Alberta's S. E. Tanner argues oil firms spent about 165 million in exploration and development while the province could be 26.08 million worse off if in oil business. He cites royalties and insists on provincial control, new regulations, and a gas pipeline project to Winnipeg. He notes tar sand tests and veterans land-clearing contracts in northwestern Alberta.
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Alberta
S. E. Tanner
C.C
Bir. Tanner
Mrr
Tanner
al- Dderta petroleum
Manning
Social Credit
thig
Canadien senate
Winnipeg
sir
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luz
Imperial Oil Ltd
Gulf Test Off Till Saturday
FINCHER CREEK March 4 Gulf Pincher No 1 well south of Pincher Creek will not be tested today. Preparations were made to open the slant gasser but Jouse pipes developed in the string casing delaying the test. A new packer from Calgary arrived and the test is now tentatively scheduled for Saturday.
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FINCHER CREEK
Gulf-Pincher No. 1
Pincher Creek
Calgary
Canada Reports Higher Debt Totals In Parliament
Ottawa tabled figures showing gross national debt rose to 217,327,320,951 in the latest period, up from 3,510,227,614 in 1935. Current net debt stands at 12,261,477,616, with unmatured funded debt at 36,195,040,200, highlighting a substantial increase from 1938 levels.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Sheriff Outfoxed By Young Prisoners
Two prisoners escaped Carter county jail using a can opener. Bill Bryson 23 and Esreid Baker 15 slipped free as Sheriff Howard Johnson lamented the bold breakout in Ardmore Oklahoma.
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ARDMORE
Oxda
Carter county
Howard Johnson
Bruch
Bill Bryson
Esreid Baker
MacArthur Endorses Military Aid to China Against Internal Reform
Gen Douglas MacArthur urged military aid to China in opposition to President Truman and State Secretary Marshall. He said maintaining Chinese integrity against destructive forces threatening engulfment is more important than internal reform.
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WASHINGTON
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Marshall
China
MacArthur
Ottawa Couple Sentenced to Reformatories for Abandoning Children
Edna Emery and Len Emery were convicted for failing to provide for their four children found abandoned in a trailer near Ottawa on February 10. Magistrate Austin O'Connor sentenced the 39 year old Mrs Emery to an indefinite term and warned parents against shirking responsibility. The couple planned appeals as charges involving younger children were withdrawn at crown request.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Edna Emery
Len Emery
Austin O’Connor
O'Connor
Emery
Fifteen Years Ago Roosevelt Inaugurated
Washington marks the 15th anniversary of F D R’s first term. He defied the oath format, delivered a sweeping inaugural address, and launched a nation turning program. Congress was pressed for broad power and rapid action to combat hard times.
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A.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
Roosevelt
Hughes
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Labor Congress urges national social security plan for Canada
Ottawa March 4 The Trades and Labor Congress presented a cabinet brief urging urgent national social security legislation on a contributory basis for all citizens. It calls for health and accident coverage old age pensions mothers and widows allowances wages and a comprehensive national unemployment scheme. It also presses for price controls a national labor code strengthening unemployment insurance and broader income tax exemptions and urges government immigration control voting rights for 18 and over and a 40 hour work week under federal jurisdiction.
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Trades and Labor Congress
Canada
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Unem
CBC
Five European powers discuss Benelux draft for Western union
In Brussels a 20 hour meeting on a Benelux draft for a Western European union adjourned as Britain and France study the plan. The communique says wide agreement exists on principles, with a treaty idea to curb Communist influence and reference disputes to The Hague court.
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Hoe
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western
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Low Countries
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Man Found Dead Hanging From Tree in Beacon Bill Fark
Police report a man identified as Sam Yackins ki of Winnipeg was found dead hanging from a tree in Beacon Bill Fark in Victoria. The death is treated as a possible suicide and police continue investigation with a coroner notified.
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VICTORIA
C.P
Sam Yackinski
Winnipeg
Beacon
Bill Fark
Arabs Attack Near Jerusalem Kill Jewish Militiamen
Arabs ambushed a Hagana patrol near Ramallah and a two hour gunfight left 17 Jewish militiamen dead. Arab sources say the patrol aimed to mine the highway. no Arab casualties were reported.
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Rareailah
Kabladira
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Jerusalem
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British League of Ex- Servicemen
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Jessie
Ottawa Softens Carrot Ban Amid Shortage Relief
Ottawa reports the Prices Board will relax the import ban on carrots to ease shortages. Domestic and imported carrot prices set at 10 cents per pound starting March 5, with topless imports allowed under a temporary permit after March 15 to stabilize supply and pricing.
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OTTAWA
ICP
Prices Board today
Bus Arrives After 445 Days From Rosetown
A long journey ends as a bus reaches the southern Saskatchewan city after 445 days on the road. Passengers aged varied travel with limited provisions, noting cold nights and melted ice cream along the way.
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Rosetown
Saskatcheswan
Canada urged to lead against European Communist advance
Ottawa reports show Progressive Conservative speaker E. D. Fulton and Kamloops members urging Canada to take decisive leadership against the spread of Communism in Europe. Fulton linked Europe’s upheavals to prewar events, while others called for strong statements and action as the throne speech debates loom.
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Europe
ata E. D. Fulton
Kamloops
Czechoslovakia
Canade highway
British Columbia
Four Indian children die in dysentery epidemic
Four Indian children died from a dysentery epidemic at Mobberly Lake, 104 miles from Dawson Creek B C The outbreak had 46 cases but is now reported under control by Nurse Mary Cowte.
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