Canada farm income rises as drought breaks in Prairies
Edmonton reports that western Canadian farm markets show little worry despite US surplus fears. Agriculture Minister Gardiner cites rising domestic sales and family allowances boosting farmer net returns from 1948 to 1939 records. A prairie rain and snow storm arrives, improving crop prospects and topsoil moisture after months of drought. The St Mary River dam project faces no delay amid irrigation talks. A brutal wind and snowstorm sweeps southern Alberta with 72 inches of moisture recorded and a sharp fall in temperatures.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Gardiner
United States
Canada
treasury
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Manning
Dominion
province
St. Mary River
government meteorological bureau
Lethbridge
McGill to Honor St Laurent With Civil Law Degree
McGill University will award an honorary degree of civil law to Prime Minister St Laurent at the May 30 convocation ceremonies. The announcement was made Monday.
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MONTREAL
McGill University
St. Laurent
Left Hand Corner features Lincoln journal tale and Chicago ad
Sedgwick persuades Edgar T Wells to publish his journal with Mrs Lincoln pressuring Abe to appoint a man. A two page ad in the Chicago Tribune and Left Hand Corner tease a continuation on the back page.
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LLERY Sedgwick
Atlante Monthly
Edgar T. Welles
Lincoln
CHICAGO
STATE STREET
Newsweek
Chicago Tribune
Communism Hand Picks Slate Loses Vote in East Germany
In Soviet controlled East Germany a people’s congress election yielded a surprise 66.1 percent Yes and 34.9 percent No for a single slate of 2,000 delegates. Officials withheld returns 20 hours after polls closed amid Soviet press criticism. The vote rate was 95.2 percent of eligibles, with 12,024,221 valid ballots.
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BERLIN
Germany
people's congress
foreign ministers’ conference
Paris
ible
Social Unity (Communist) party
Snowstorm Delays Pincher Foothill Area May Heaviest May Snowfall
A fierce snowstorm dumped 15 inches on PINCHES CREEK MINS. Cars and school vans stalled, tractors pulled vehicles, and sleighs were used to move stock. Calves headed to summer pasture were trapped, halting farm and ranch work across the region.
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PINCHES
Closer mingling urged for national unity by Sen Buchanan
EDMONTON May 17 Senator W A Buchanan of Lethbridge Alberta urged closer mingling of French and English speaking Canadians as a path to national unity. He spoke at University of Alberta convocation where he and Msgr Ferdinand Vandry received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees. He called for language knowledge beyond English, cautioned against racialism, and cited Bunche as an example of cooperation across groups.
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EDMONTON
W. A. Buchanan
Lethbridge
Alta
Buchanan
University of Alberta
Ferdinand Vandry
Laval University
Quebec
J. C. Bowen
Vandry
Frank Ford
Europe
South America
Canada
Sen. Buchanan
Palestine
Bunche
Two Pronged Attack On Market Policies In Campaign
In the campaign for Canada's June 27 general election the C C F and Progressive Conservative leaders attack Liberal agriculture policy. M J Coldwell rallies in Summerside urging national marketing legislation while George Drew in Lunenburg warns of farm expropriation powers and broader state controls. Prime Minister St Laurent counters in Charlottetown calling Drew a self appointed saviour while denying tax agreement threats.
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C.C.F
Canada
M. J. Coldwell
Prince Edward Island
Summerside
George Drew
Lunenburg
Coldwell
C.C.P. aad
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Drew
Reds Step Up Attack On Vital Pootung
TheCommunists intensified their push against the Pootung industrial area across the Whangpoo from Shanghai with heavy explosions and visible fires. Forces of about 12,000 were reported near Chowpu and Chawansha as Nationalist reinforcements were rushed to the front. The Shanghai garrison claimed the city could hold out, while Red radio boasted of advancing toward Shanghai.
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Associated Press
HANGHAI
Pootung
Whangpoo river
Shanghai
BUND
Woosung ship
Lunghwa International Airport
Whangpoo
Lunghwa
Canton
Formosa
Hong Kong
Peiping
Red
HANKOW
Sun Wan Fao
mid-Yangtze
Lin Piao
fourth
Yangtze river
OTTAWA
Col
L. M. Cosgrave
Cosgrave
Col. Cosgrave
Britain to allow full weekly meat ration starting Sunday
London May 17 Britons will draw the full weekly meat ration in fresh meat beginning next Sunday as supplies improve. Government sources say gains in domestic and imported meat, including Australia New Zealand and the United States, support keeping the ration even if Argentina talks fail. Food Minister John Strachey announced in the House of Commons that canned meat purchases will be reduced.
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LONDON
Britain
Argentina
United Kingdom
John Strachey
house of commons
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Ireland
France
Daily Express
Buenos Aires
Life imprisonment for Coast man in Canada
Clyde Robertson aged 38 of Burnaby was sentenced to life imprisonment on two counts of attempted murder for a shotgun hold up on February 18. He fired but injured no one. A. D. MacFarlane urged protection of society and left Robertson's release to the minister of justice. Robertson, a father of five with a pregnant wife, claimed he was framed and had no lawyer. A concurrent three-year sentence for robbery with violence was also imposed.
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VANCOUVER
Clyde Robertson
Burnaby
lfe
supreme court assizes
A. D. MacFarlane
Robertson
Justice MacFarlane
Labour M P Rebels Face Rebuke Over Ireland Bill Votes
London May 17. The Labor party decided to rebuke 63 members who voted against the government during last night’s Commons debate on the Ireland bill. The bill grants special status to Irish citizens in Britain and requires Northern Ireland consent for constitutional change. An amendment to delete a Belfast Parliament consent clause failed 345 to 21, and a motion to rename the Republic was defeated 227 to 79.
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LONDON
Labor party
house of commons
Ireland
Herbert Morrison
commons
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Scotland Yards
Jack Beattie
Belfast West
Belfast
Irth Republic
Republic of Ireland
Six Killed in Air Crash Near Walker AFB
Six military personnel died when a United States Air Force C-47 transport crashed and burned twelve miles northeast of Walker Air Force Base. An engine fire caused the crash and officials said the names of the dead would not be released until kin were notified.
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ROSWELL
Walker air force s
May Snowstorm of 1903 Haunts Cardston West
On May 16 1903 a severe snowstorm struck South Alberta lasting four nights and three days. Local barrister C E Cameron recalled the event from Cardston where he was then principal of the school and described the heavy spring snowfall.
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Alberta
C. E. Cameron
Cardston
Weather Update Shows Prolonged Rain and Snow Across Districts
Skies stayed heavy Tuesday morning with no storm setup after Monday night’s system. Rain persisted overnight south at Milk River and turned to morning snow elsewhere while Claresholm reported white ground from gusty snow.
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Milk River
Foremost
Claresholm
Retlaw
U K Canada Air Shuttle Aims To Speed UK Parts
Ottawa reports a plan by Prime Minister Harold Wilson to create a one day replacement air service for UK manufactured machinery parts to Canada. The proposal targets faster access for farm equipment tractors motorcycles and autos amid US competition.
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OTTAWA
Harold Wilson
United Kingdom board of trade
London
Wilson
United States
Canada
tyers
Mrh Wilson
Dominion
Toronto
Rotary International
U.K
be sa
Rail unions demand 40 hour week across Canada
Frank H. Hall announced 15 international railway unions will serve notice to all Canadian railways by June 16 demanding a 40 hour week with current take home pay for a 49 hour week. About 100000 railway workers across Canada would be affected.
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RATL
MONTREAL
Frank H. Hall
railway unions
Canada
Lethbridge
ALTA
EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
Lesser Slave Lake
UAW
FORD MOTOR CO
DETROIT
United Automobile Workers
Meteor
Ford
CLO
WASHINGTON
C.I.0
Philip Murray
COOK
VICTORIA
B.C
Riverside
E. Teichman
Seafarers’ International Union
CALGARY
central
Brmonton
company crown
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U.K.-Canada
Air Shuttle
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