Issues Call For Election In Dominion Provincial Relations
A Liberal call for a general election on Dominion provincial relations was urged in the Commons by Bona Arsenault who said the people must decide the issue and that federal proposals don’t threaten provincial rights. Finance Minister Abbott announced a barter deal with Argentina to supply Canada 18 000 metric tons of edible oils in exchange for a small share of newsprint output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GEORGE KITCHEN
OLTAWA
U.B
Dominion
Bona Arsenault
L. Bonaventure
Canada
Arsenault
an. I. Hamel
B.P
St. Maurice-Le- Fleche
Doninson
Ontario
Quebec
Hamel
Britain
Fina rnce
Abbott
Argentina
Luxury Plane Found Wrecked in Mindanao Mountains
Manila May 22 The Lily Marlene luxury twin engined plane linked to President Roxas vanished four days ago and was found wrecked in a Mindanao mountainside. Officials and eight crew aboard are feared dead. Roxas was not aboard. Air searchers reported unburned wreckage scattered with no sign of fire.
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MANILA
Manuel A. Roxas
Mindanao
Roxas
Lily Marlene
Viscount Mountbdallen
Southeast Asia
India
Old Police Figures and Hockey Ties Highlight Quarterly
In the latest HERCMP Quarterly, Frank W. Davis is named Chief of Police at Moncton and ex Sergeant John P. Bunt is noted for service with the North West Mounted Police at Macleod. Walter F. Bemister dies at Beaverton aged eighty five, and Frank Boucher, once at Lethbridge, gains Toronto hockey fame. Readers in Southern Alberta learn of these ties and histories.
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HERCMP
John P. Bunt
old
North West Mounted Folice
Macleod
Toronto
Walter F. Bemister
Beaverton
Ontario
Boucher
New York
Lethanige
Lethbrdee
Citizenship Stamp Planned for Canada Commemoration
Ottawa reports Canada will issue a special commemorative citizenship stamp on July 1. The 6 by 10 inch photo shows a young man with right arm raised, against clouds, one foot in Hudson Bay and the other on prairies, over a Dominion map. Stamps read Canada at top and Citoyen at bottom.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Hudson Bay
prairies
Dominion
Ciizen-Citoyen
Wells Blow In At Leduc Fields Boost Alberta Oil Hopes
Two Imperial Oil wells at Leduc Alberta blew in yesterday with officials calling the outlook encouraging. No 2 came in after acid treatment at 400 feet and No 3 followed at 7:20 p.m. No 1 discovery spewed oil at 5066 feet on February 13 but production figures remain absent. Imperial Oil is drilling two additional wells in the area while the Alberta conservation board will set allowable production to balance gas use and field longevity.
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EDMONTON
Imperial
Leduc
Alta
Alberta
Imperial Oil
Alberta conservation board
Polish Girls to Work in Canada Plan Faces Protests
Polish displaced girls under 24 will migrate to Canada to work in Ladger Dionne’s spinning mills in St. George Quebec. Dionne will fund part of their air travel with the inter governmental refugee committee covering the rest. They sign two year contracts with a path to citizenship after five years and will live in a dormitory under 40 nuns supervision.
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PRANKFURT
Germany
Reuters
Ladger Dionne
house of commons
EHeance
Canada
St. George
Que
Dionne
Dominion
inter-governmental committee for refugees
department of immigration
Dionne mills
citizensip
Coldwell Criticizes Government Budget On CBC Broadcast
J. Coldwell, leader of the CCF in Ottawa, says the federal government faces a recession with strained revenues and lacks a plan to meet a crisis. He decries budget cuts for higher incomes and the end of the excess profits tax, arguing pensions risk poverty without relief for the poor and vulnerable.
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OTTAWA
M. J. Coldwell
C.CP
CBC
Coldwell
CCF
Abbott
Ambassador Dies in Sleep in Bryan Texas
William S. Howell recently appointed United States ambassador to Montevideo died in his sleep at his Bryan home. He was to depart for New Orleans to board for Montevideo to assume his post.
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BRYAN, Tex
William S. Howell
United States
Umequay
New Orleans
Montevides
UWS
Bluey Makes Mountain Hop Look Easy On Prairie Flight
Bluey the kangaroo completes a high altitude hop from Vancouver to Toronto with no oxygen mask, landing in Lethbridge then continuing east. The famed visitor, named Warana, charmed officials and reporters as he prepared for the Toronto event.
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Bluey
Aussie Visitor Bluey the Kangaroo Heads to Toronto After Vancouver Welcome
A six week old blue kangaroo named Bluey completed a warm Vancouver reception as he travels from Sydney toward Toronto for the Toronto annual Press Club By-Line Ball on the 11 000 mile flight. Reporters photographers and many Vancouver residents greeted Bluey just before boarding a Trans-Canada Airlines plane. Immigration and customs officers cleared him without questions, and he continued his journey to the Toronto event.
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Bluey
Sydney
Australia
Toronto
Toronto Press Club
ERWIN FRICKE
VANCOUVER
Vancouver Women's Press Club
Bluer
Trans-Canada Airlines
Canada
T.C.A
Independents Withdraw From Alberta Political Field
Halifax May 22 A small life preserver bearing the Nova doc name was found off Lockeport Nova Scotia clue to the missing 2227-ton ship Novadec and her 25 crew since March 3. The Novadec sailed Digby NS March 2 with gypsum for New York. radioed March 3 thirty miles off Portland Maine claiming damage in heavy seas before aid efforts failed. General belief is the vessel capsized due to top heaviness.
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HALIFAX
Novadoc
Lockeport
Nova Scotia
Robert MacDonald
Novadec
Digby
New York
Portland
Montreal broker fined fifteen thousand for exchange rule breach
Peter C. Lust a grain broker from Beaurepasne suburb was fined 15000 dollars on Wednesday for violating Foreign Exchange Board regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
Peter C. Lust
Beaurepasne
fred
Foreign Exchange Board
Edmonton Indepents Cancelled Convention and Movement Ended
J Percy Page of Edmonton announced withdrawal from the Tedependent group and said there is no hope of forming a coalition of Liberals Conservatives and Independents. The Independent Citizens Association of Alberta canceled its June 16 Calgary convention citing political developments. Page, leader of the Independence movement in the Alberta legislature, said there is no point in continuing the independent political factor.
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EDMONTON
C.P
J. Percy Pagt
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Page
Independent Citizens’ Association of Alberta
IC.A A
Calgary
Stader
becawe
National Fire Service Urged at Dominion Conven tion
Vancouver May 22 The federal government urged to lead in creating a national fire prevention organization. A H S Stead president of the Dominion Fire Prevention Association said federal officials fail to uphold public safety. Crown losses were out of proportion to other areas damaged by fire. He argued insurance inspection gaps leave crown property unprotected.
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VANCOUVER
Stead
Dominion Fire Prevention Association
Dominion
Black market charges set for Toronto workers hearings
Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigations into black market clothing material activity span from Montreal to Vancouver. Special court hearings are arranged to handle charges against 39 Toronto laboring operators, set for May 27 to 30.
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TORONTO
tin
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
clfforts
Montreal
Vancouver
Young Thieves Amaze Police After High Speed Chase
Courtenay British Columbia May 22 Police captured two teenage auto thieves after a wild chase on the highway at Fanny Bay. Shots were fired during the pursuit. The car was stolen from Dr. Bruce Gordon's Courtenay home. The youths admitted breaking into a local store before taking the vehicle.
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COURTENAY
B.C
Fanny Bay
here
Bruce Gordon
Experts See Low Mood In Economic Survey Plan
Washington May 22 Congress launches a broad national poll to diagnose economic conditions and cushion the impact of a looming low mood. The joint committee led by Senator Taft and Rep Wolcott has sent questionnaires to industries agencies and organizations to map employment and business positions. They expect a short depression followed by a decade or more of stable prosperity. About 2.5 million idle workers and 1.25 million veterans in training stand to enter the job market. Mass employment sectors near production saturation at current price levels.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
Joint committee on economic report
Robert Taft
Rep. Q
Jesse P. Wolcott
Rep. Mich
Wolcott
U S Wheat Crops Face Critical Stage in Pacific Northwest
Spokane report notes wheat on hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pacific Northwest at a critical stage due to a dry early spring. Rain could aid crops, but some areas like Washington Big Bend and north central Oregon already show reduced yields. Weather outlook offers hopes of showers. no rain expected in Oregon.
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SPOKANE
Wash
Pacific northwest
United States
Washington state
Big Bend
Oregon
weather bureau
Washington-Idaho
Biz Bend
erain
Plane crash reported near McBride BC in Cariboo district
Royal Canadian Air Force officials said a report of an unidentified black monoplane crash near McBride in the Cariboo district prompted a large search. Army air force provincial police and forest rangers combed the area but found no trace. Crews began search Monday after the report with no further leads from Canada or the United States.
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VANCOUVER
Royal Canadian Air Force
bath
McBride
Cariboo
British Columbia
army
air forece
forest ranger
Canada
United States
Finland Crisis Resolved as Pekkala Keeps Premiership
May 2 7 Finlands government crisis ends with Premier Mauno Pekkala accepting to withdraw his resignation and continue leading the cabinet, preserving existing ministers and policy direction.
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HELSINKI
Finlan
Mauno Pekkala
UK Faces Dollar Shortage Risk With Possible US Loans
London reports a growing belief that a world dollar shortage can be eased partly by U.S. action. Half of Britain’s American loan and much of Canada’s credit have already been drawn, raising urgent talk of a new U.S. loan with favorable terms but possible strings like tariff concessions from the UK and Commonwealth.
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JOHN DAUPHINEE
LONDON
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Britain
Stafford Cripps
board of trade
Great Britain
senate
Whitehall
Financial Times
Westminster
Washington
United |Kingdom
United
Gulls Aid Battle Against Mormon Crickets in Oregon
Seagulls joined hundreds of birds to feed on Mormon crickets advancing along a 3 12 mile front near the Ordnance ammunition depot in Morrow county Oregon. Poisoned sawdust and bran mixture is being spread by truck blowers to curb the infestation.
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Utah
Ordnance ammunition depot
Morrow county
Oregon
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake folly
Arrows Fire At Eclipse As Tribes Fear Armageddon
In Brazil's interior, Camalulas braves covered women and children with ashes and fired flame tipped arrows at the solar eclipse. Observers note scientists watched with instruments as the sky darkened over the Xingu river region.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
Xingu river
Truman signs Greek Turkish aid bill at $400 million
President Truman signed the Greek Turkish aid measure worth 400 million dollars to bolster Greece and Turkey against outside aggression. He called it a step toward peace and said U.S. ambassadors will begin negotiations for fund expenditures. Britain awaits potential reimbursement of about 20 million dollars for Greek army support.
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KANSAS CITY
Truman
Natons
United States
Fruman
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
U.N.’s
Britain
Nazi officer hanged himself at Dachau trial end
Kurt Mathesius, accused as a participant in Mathausen concentration camp atrocities, hanged himself in his Dachau cell. Official confirmation released today as the trial concluded.
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DACHAU
Kurt Mathesius
tral
Mathausen
ASUNCION
RIO DE JANEIRO
EQUAREST CITY
Ark
nema
EB. W. West
Ethel Ellis Boyd
B.C
MAN HEADS HEALTH
QUEBEC
C.P
G. F. Amyel
British Columbia
A. R. Foleye
Qrebdte health department
DREW
LONDON
Ontario
Holand
Beytem
Germany
AMD
EUROPE
HERLIN
grand
Nith
Herts
Walerleo
Kettle Creek
St. Thomas
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Audrey Tavender
A. Hell
Lloyd Knight
Herald
Lethbridge
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PHOOEY
Teo
National Fire Service
U.K
U.S
Lions Greek
Turk Aid Bill
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