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Lethbridge Herald

Location

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Date

May 13, 1947

Page

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Northern Grain Co Sold to Wheat Pool Elevators in South

Calgary May 13 The Alberta Wheat Pool has purchased Northern Grain Co Ltd which owned 30 country elevators annexes and 16 dwellings. Majority of elevators are in northern Alberta with some where no pool elevators exist. Purchase raises pool owned elevators to 466 with capacity 28.65 million bushels. Alberta Wheat Pool system now totals 35.8 million bushels including Vancouver terminal 5.15 million bushels. List of Northern Grain country elevators includes Andrew Arvilla Athabasca Barons Bonnyville Boyle Hayley Chipman Claresholm Derwent Daysland Dodds Donnelly Egremont Father Fedorah L'augh seed Mannvalle Mik River Mormobile Mundare Myrmam Nanton Round Shoats Thorhild Venice Villeneuve Vilna.

CALGARY Aierta Wheat Pool Northern Grain Co. Ltd Alberta R. D. Purdy ool vere Alberta ool North‘n Tberta Wheat Pool un Alberta Wheat Pool Arminal Vancouverith Peel lere Andrew Arvilla Athaisca Barons Bonnyville Boyle ayley Chipmar Claresholm Der Daysland Dodds Donnelly Egremont Father Fedorah Lougnseed Mannvalle Mik River Morm bile Mundare Myrmam Nanton Round Thorhild Venice Villeneuve Vilna

King George to sample Arizona grapefruit breakfast

London reports the King will try Arizona grapefruit at breakfast tomorrow. A shipment totaling 70 pounds arrived by air today, sent by the Arizona Hotelmen's association.

LONDON Arizona

Developments in diagnosing and healing ailments prompt city hospital needs

The text discusses shifts in medical practice from country doctors to urban hospitals, noting the high cost and patient transfers to larger facilities for proper care and modern equipment. It highlights the impact on rural doctors, hospital availability, and municipal policy implications for new or expanded hospitals.

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Left Hand Continued on Back Page

The continuation appears on the back page with sparse readable text. The fragment includes a brief note about Ninwapaen eA beiye, offering little context or clear details for a fuller summary. Further content is required to capture any substantive event or statement.

Reducing U.S. Budget Surplus Cited By Globe Dispatch

Toronto Globe and Mail reports Ottawa dispatch that Abbott’s 1947-48 Ludket surplus will be cut from 190 million to below 180 million dollars. Nova Scotia revenue share set at 12.231 million with 7.673 million in current year receipts. balance charged to 1948-49. Subventions to the province are roughly 2 million. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island talks aim to bridge wartime tax gaps as New Brunswick plans about 3 million, lifting Nova Scotia total to just over 19 million for 1947-48.

TORONTO Abbott Toronto Globe and Mail Ottawa dispatch Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island

Arabs Walkout Threat Fails In U N Palestine Debate

At Lake Success on May 13 the U N political committee defeated two Soviet proposals for a Palestine inquiry commission and Arab delegates, led by Faris El Khoury of Syria, warned of a non cooperation walkout if the debate continues. Meanwhile the U S and Britain opposed a Soviet demand to curb the Greek frontier sub commission and prepared to block it at the next council session.

LAKE SUCCESS United Nations assembly today U.N. Palestine inquiry commission Holy Land Faris El Khoury elegate Palestine El Khoury U.N men wth Farler Russia United States Salonika general assembly Gromyko Rustin

Premier Drew Arrives In U K for Migration Talks

Premier Drew of Ontario arrived in London aboard a Trans Canada Lines plane. He will stay about two weeks to confer with British leaders on migration of farm laborers to Ontario and on establishing plants in Ontario with Old Country manufacturers.

LONDON Drew Ontario Trans Canada Ai Lines Toronto England Drew fo United Kingdom

Britons Hope to Rise from Economic Troubles Without New Loan

A government source in London on May 13 expressed cautious optimism that Britain can recover from its economic woes by the end of 1949 without seeking a fresh loan from the United States. The remark reflects confidence in domestic policy measures to restore stability and growth.

LONDON Monta Britain United States

Enteritis blamed on influenza virus in Canadian babies

Canadian Press survey shows about 1290 infant deaths yearly in Canada from a diarrhoea like enteritis. Toronto Windsor Montreal are worst centers with notable outbreaks. Autopsies in Saskatchewan yield little concrete data while provincial totals for 1946 show wide regional impact and a possible gastro intestinal influenza form. In Birkenhead twelve pregnant women in a hospital ward fall ill from gastritis.

ficer Sasketoon University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon BIRKENHEAD Ung Reuters sesterday

Eight Years For Schacht Convicted By German Denazification Court

Hjalmar Schacht, once Nazi finance minister and Reichsbank president, was found guilty as a major offender by a German denazification court and sentenced to eight years in prison. His fortune is confiscated, and he is barred from public office, voting, and professional activity. deductions reduce his actual term to six years due to prior custody. The court anticipated possible labor during imprisonment and noted his health as a factor.

STUTTGAMT Hjalmar Schacht Nuernberg Schacht Putz Lenz Reichs bank Schecht HITLER the Alles

Lethbridge Sets 1947 Tax Rate At 43 Mills

City council approves City Manager J. T. Watsons recommendation to set the 1947 tax rate at 43 mills, 21 for schools and 22 for city purposes, up from 35 mills last year. Aldermen debated limits before final agreement. The council noted Lethbridge carries the highest per capita assessment in Alberta. Wartime housing needs cited as context for the boost.

Lethbridge new city J. T. Watson Herald Ald Turcotte Ald Shackleford Ald Castles Turner Alberta

Fire damages Boundary Sawmills in Grand Forks BC

Boundary Sawmills near Grand Forks BC was destroyed by fire over the weekend with damage around 350000. The mill, employing about 25 people, stood 32 miles from here. A hall in Doukhebor also gutted by an unknown origin plate. Canada Hamburg invited Cardinal Frines to visit.

GRAND FORKS

Regrets Retiring Of Dean Acheson

Washington May 13 Hunte Wrong Canadian ambassador to Washington and friend of Dean Acheson retires undersecretary of state. He regrets Acheson resignation accepted by President Truman and notes Acheson’s long ties to Canada and Toronto. Robert A Lovett nominated to succeed Acheson.

WASHINGTON Hunte Wrong Dean Acheson Wrong Acheson Truman state department Canaan Eleanor Gooderham George Gooderham Harriet Dew Toronto Canada Britain Edward Campion Acheson

Liberal Convention Plans Attend Halifax Meeting

Justice Minister Isley and Liberal MP James Sinclair will attend the Halifax County Liberal Association event on Friday where a candidate will be chosen to contest the July 14 federal by election.

HALIFAX Isley James Sinclair parlament Vancouver North Halifax County Liberal Association

G B Army Head Dies

Sir Cyril John Deverell 72, famed WWI tactician and multilingual officer, dies at his Lymington home after a meteoric career as chief of the imperial GB Army. Continued on page two.

LYMINGTON Hants England P—Field Marchal Cyril John Deverell Britain Cyril imperial GB

Budget headed for swift adoption in Parliament

Ottawa May 13 Finance Minister Abbott's budget appeared set for rapid approval as debate neared conclusion. Agriculture Minister Gardiner and nine others spoke, defending and criticizing provisions including a ten cent rise in butter prices. The Senate gave third reading to a sweeping temporary controls bill awaiting governor general signature.

OTTAWA Abbott Gardiner commons senate

The Battle of Stalingrad film portrayed by Soviet news

Excerpts from an unreleased script shown in Moscow accuse Britain and the United States of seeking to bleed Russia white to dictate terms. Stalin is labeled as the anti ally, while Churchill is cast as the instigator with Roosevelt unable to curb him. A Moscow News excerpted glimpse ends with a warning that Western powers want Russians to fight their battles. The script, by Nikolai Virta, has not appeared on screen yet. Separately in Melbourne, six queen bees worth 600 dollars arrived from San Francisco for experimental breeding at the California University.

MOSCOW Stalingrad Stalin Russia Britain United States Euro Balkans Winston Churchill Roosevelt Churchill W. Averell Harriman Moscow News Soviet Union Nikolai Virta Alexander Vasilevsky MELBOURNE Reuters fits San Francisco California Sydney

Russia's Recovery Program and Russia's War Damage Repair

London May 13 The Soviet Union mounts a desperate drive to recoup war losses through three postwar plans aimed at American industrial standards. Diplomats in Moscow report enthusiasm tempered by mounting worker discontent after 35 years of communism, as older generations feel promised socialist gains have not materialized and disillusionment grows under the Communist regime.

ROSS MUNRO LONDON Spott Union norbhers sirisang Corminunis ferekn Moscow Russia

Supreme Court voids Saskatchewan Farm Security Act debt relief plan

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that section six of the Saskatchewan Farm Security Act giving reduced interest on farmers debts in bad crop years is ultra vires. A related housing debt provision was also struck down. Justice Taschereau dissented on mortgages and bills of sale. The hearings were held Oct. 16–21, 1946.

OTTAWA C.P Supreme Court of Canada J. Taschereau Supreme court J. W. J. Estey Saskatchewan

Beverley elected bishop of Toronto after second ballot

TORONTO May 13 Rt Rev Alton Ray Beverley suffragan Bishop of Toronto was elected bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto on the second ballot by a synod of 209 clerical and 340 lay members. He succeeds Archbishop Derwyn Owen who died April 9. Beverley, born 1884 in Dorchester Ontario, has held multiple church posts including rectorates in Quebec City and Barrie and was Archdeacon of Simcoe before his 1934 election as Suffragan Bishop for Toronto. In Newton New Jersey a 14 year old state ward Arthur Peer faces a homicide charge for the fatal shooting of James Townsend, another 14 year old ward.

TORONTO Alton Ray Beverley Hishop Derwyn T. Owen All George FP. Kingston Nova London Owen NEWTON Arthur Peer James Townsend

De Gasperi Government Quits Amid Coalition Civil War

Rome May 13 Premier Alcide de Gasperi submitted his resignation to President Enrico De Nicola as Socialist and Christian Democrat leaders traded blame for the collapse of his three party coalition. A government communique cited Socialist attacks, while Romita said the move followed charges he fomented a crisis. The aged president reportedly urged a united front and another attempt before the constituent assembly.

KROME Alcide de Gasperi Enrico de Nicola Christian Democratic de Gasper Italy De Gaspen micks Iter Guiseppe Romita De Gaspert Christian Democrats Sochists de Gasperi cethzer

Sister Act I saves $5000

In Montreal May 13 a salvage incident saved Canadian Pacific Steamships $5000 worth of gear. The cargo vessel Beaverburn left May 1 for the United Kingdom and anchored 15 miles from Quebec in fog. Its anchor cable parted, dragging the anchor and 77 fathoms of chain valued at $5900. Two days later Beaverlake, facing similar weather, anchored nearby and snagged Beaverburn’s gear as it swung downstream, using a 40 gallon drum for buoyancy to salvage the sister ship’s equipment.

MONTREAL Pactic Steamships Beaverburm United Kingdom Quebec

International aviation body approves UN affiliation and drops Spain

Montreal May 13 The International Civil Aviation Organization approved at a plenary session a resolution affiliating with the United Nations and another disaffiliating Spain. Ottawa May 11 Plans for a new customs immigration building at Coutts port are underway with drawings being prepared and tenders expected in about a month. Calgary May 13 About 100 Strathmore Wheatland students walked out to demand Daylight Saving Time, refusing to return to class until DST is adopted. Quebec May 13 Premier Duplessis blamed Communists for the Lachute woollens plant strike, saying it was inspired and directed by them. Yokohama May 14 Seven former Japanese privates pleaded guilty to using an American airman as bayonet practice after a B 29 crash survivor from Denver testified. London May 13 Britain warned it will shed responsibility for Newfoundland’s financial stability if locals choose another administration. Seattle May 12 The crew of the British motorship Hartington went on strike over discipline, delaying cargo voyage to Hong Kong.

LCA SPAIN MONTREAL International Civil Aviation general United Nations COLUS OTTAWA te department of public works Coutts STRATHMORE CALGARY Strathsmore-Wheatland Diveton Sorathmore scheal board LACHUTE QUEBEC C.P Duplesis Apers Limited Lachnic Que YOKONAMA United States 5th Army Liat Darsin T. Emory Denver Cole LONDON Britain Newfoundland A. G. Bottombs dominions the commons SEATTUB stamen Hartington Hong

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