Alberta MPs Back 3 T C H Routes Plan for Trans Canada Highway
The Canadian Press report notes federal Reconstruction Minister Winters telling the Commons the government will seek legislation to cover roughly 50 percent of the 5,000 mile hard surfaced trans Canada highway cost. Projections suggest a total of 150 to 200 million dollars with routes extending to Vancouver Island and the Atlantic provinces. Debate includes calls for full federal funding and wider provincial input as 1927 onward highway aid is reviewed.
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TAWA
Winters
commons
Dominion
George Drew
Halifax
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Cape Breton Island
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Progressive Conservative
Hazen Argue
C.C.F
Assiniboia
Solon Low
Social Credit
A. F. Macdonald
Edmonton
The Left Hand Corner in Meat Curing History
The article traces meat curing origins over ten centuries before Christ, noting curing methods rely on experience rather than science. It explains dry and brine cures use salt, sugar, and saltpetre with sodium nitrate substituting part of saltpetre for faster color, and sugar aiding high grade products.
15 Years After Offense Ends Hope for Ex-Hockey Star
A former professional hockey player was sentenced to 15 years in prison on a manslaughter charge tied to the death of his girlfriend. The case hinges on a fatal incident that led to the lengthy confinement and a high profile legal battle.
Ex-Hockey Star Gets 15 Years
Sherbrooke Quebec November 22 Tony Demers former hockey star was sentenced to 15 years in penitentiary for manslaughter in the September 16 death of his girlfriend. The 32 year old, once voted most gentlemanly player in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, showed no emotion as Justice Cesaire Gervais delivered the verdict. A King's Bench jury had acquitted him of murder, finding manslaughter instead. Demers' companion Mrs Anita Robert of Coaticook died after a drinking party that began the prior day. her husband works as a chef in Banff Alberta.
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SHERBROOKE
Que
Tony Demers
Cesaire Gervais
King’s Bench court
Gervais
Demers
Anita Robert
Coaticook
Robert
Banff
Alta
Eskimo Youth With Artificial Legs Shows Hope
David Koomayuk an 18 year old Eskimo is fitted with artificial legs after his legs were amputated below the knees to stop gangrene. He arrived at Edmonton's Charles Camsell hospital by mercy flight and may become a Arctic post clerk. His teacher praises his high IQ English handwriting and memory as signs he could lead his people in the future.
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DMONTON
David Koomayuk
Arctic
David
Charles Camsell Indian hospital
Edmonton
Cresswell Bay
N.W.T
R.C. A.F. mercy
Somerset Island
Arctic circle
Calgary man remanded in murder case near Levesque incident
William Lee Wallace, charged with the murder of 24 year old Yvonne Levesque in an east Calgary auto cabin on August 11, was remanded for eight more days after appearing in police court.
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CALGARY
William Lee Wallace
Yvonne Levesque
US Consul General Ward in Chinese Court Handoff
A Chinese People’s Court is reported to likely issue a final ruling on US Consul-General Angus Ward and four consulate staff held in Mukden since Oct. 24. The charges claim they beat a Chinese employee over back pay, denied by the U.S. as trumped up. Washington awaits replies from 30 nations including Canada and Russia to Acheson’s plea for joint action.
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WASHINGTON
United States
state department
U.S
Canada
Russia
Acheson
Ward
Alberta to Build $600,000 Land Titles Building
Edmonton report says the Alberta government will construct a new 600000 dollar land titles building in downtown Edmonton. Works Minister D B MacMillan announced the project and said the site lies just south of the Edmonton courthouse. Construction is to start soon and be finished next year.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
D. B. MacMillan
Edmonton court house
Alberta Siamese Twins O K First in Canada Thought
Four days old and doing fine, Siamese twin girls born to Mrs. E. A. Townsend in Tofield Alta are nourished in an incubator while doctors weigh separation by surgery. The twins joined at the abdomen were born last Thursday and weighed nine pounds 12 ounces total. Doctors say it is uncertain if separation is possible and hope to save the babies. The mother, 22, is progressing. the town may claim Canada’s first Siamese twins.
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TOFTELD
Alta
E. A. Townsend
Alberta
Tofield municipal hospital
Edmonton
Art Townsend
W. B. Freebury
Townsend
Northwestern Utilities Ltd
CANADA
OTTAWA
Tofield
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Plane crash in Norway kills 26 including Jewish refugee children
Police report recovering 26 bodies from a DC-3 crash near Filtvet Norway, en route Tunis to Norway with 28 refugee children, three nurses and four crew. One 12 year old boy survivor taken to Drammen hospital with good recovery prospects. The aircraft’s rear section intact. rescue teams search dense forests for additional survivors amid poor visibility.
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Associated Press
SLO
Norway
Tunis
North Africa
Aero-Holland
Filtvet
Oslo fjord
Drammen
Oslo
Israel
Calls Vet And Saves On Taxi By Honest Driver
BALLSTON SPA N Y Nov 72 UP Dr Harry E Hansen a veterinarian got a call from a downtown drugstore to look at a sick cow He picked up the farmer and drove to his farm The farmer told him to stop and said he would get charged only 3 dollars for the visit instead of a five dollar tax saving the farmer money and the day was saved by the vet’s kindness
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BALLSTON SPA
N.Y
Harry E. Hansen
Royal Winter Fair grand champion Palomino named
At Toronto on November 22 the Royal Winter Fair concluded cattle and sheep judging with horses in the spotlight. Golden Prince owned by John Bracken of Manotick Ontario won grand champion in Palomino breeding while Golden Spike owned by S J Henderson of Lacombe Alberta was named reserve. In Moose Jaw Saskatchewan on November 22 F E Howse a 23 year old fireman on the Canadian Pacific Railway was injured in a derailment near Buttress when his locomotive and two freight cars left the track. The train was en route from Assiniboia to Moose Jaw and the cause remains unknown.
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TORONTO
John Bracken
Manotick, Ont
S. J. Henderson
Lacombe
Alta
MOOSE JAW
Sask
F. E. Howse
Buttress
here
Assiniboia
Claim to throne questioned by law journal
The British Law Journal says Princess Elizabeth is not sole heir and Princess Margaret may also have a valid claim. It suggests they could be co queens if the King dies without a male heir, while Buckingham Palace calls the notion nonsense and recalls a 1937 ruling.
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LONDON
British Law Journal
Elizabeth
Margaret
Hilzabeth
Buckingham Palace
crown
C A B Chairman Foresees Radio's 20 Year Future
TORONTO Nov 22 Radio and its future in Canada dominates the royal commission on arts letters and sciences. William Guild of Lethbridge Alberta, chair of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, says the Massy report will shape Canadian radio and television for two decades. A D Dunton, CBC board chair, stresses the commission's crucial role for Canada’s radio future and notes the broader scope includes scholarships and Canada UN relations. Continued on Page Two.
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TORONTO
Canada
royal commission on arts, letters and sciences
William Guild
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Nt Man
Vincent Massy
A. D. Dunton
C.B.C. board of governors
commission
United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organiza
German Nationalism Grows in Occupied Germany
Berlin reports a surge of German nationalism as four occupying powers weigh a resurgent sentiment. British MP Brig Medlicott notes signs of Nazism reappearing, while U S war crimes counsel Telford Taylor says Germany seeks to soften trials amid rising nationalism. French and Canadian officials also voice concern over Germany's postwar status.
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BERLIN
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Germany
London
Frank Mediicott
Washington
Telford Taylor
U.S
Paris
Ottawa
Earl Wavell
Legion President Warns of Possible Third World War
Col. L. D. M. Baxter, Dominion president of the Canadian Legion, warned in Winnipeg that a third world war may come soon. Speaking at the opening of new Legion clubrooms, he cautioned that clouds are bright and urged a united Canada to help stave off a future Atlantic power conflict. He noted great division in the last two wars and urged unity among Legionnaires.
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INNIPEG
Col. L. D. M. Baxter
Winnipeg
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Legion
Canada
SESSION SEEN FEBRUARY RETURN TO OTTAWA
Ottawa Nov 22 Liberal members expect prorogation on December 3 and foresee a new session likely in February with MPs returning to Ottawa. Some say the recess will bring rest while the government plans to press on toward a Dominion provincial conference on constitutional matters in January.
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OTTAWA
commons
Four Die After Snowmobile Ice Breaks on Great Slave Lake
Four men from Yellowknife bound on a fishing expedition drowned when their snowmobile crashed through ice on the Great Slave Lake north arm. Victims named Prochuk Morris Stromberg and Mouille. Police and RCMP awaited recovery and completed investigation. Ages and other details unavailable.
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YELLOWKNIFE
N.W.T
C.P
Great Slave Lake
Mike Prochuk
Ricky Morris
Eric Stromberg
Marcel Mouille
Lead Prices Down by 13 Cents a Pound in Montreal
i-Con Solidated Mining and Smelting Company announced a lead price cut in Montreal on November 22, reducing the price by 13 cents to 132 1/2 cents per pound.
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MONTREAL
i—Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
No. 1 Farmer Award at Ottawa Nov 22
The Ottawa Winter Fair directors plan a national hall of fame for outstanding figures in farming. They nominate Dr. E. S. Archibald as the leading candidate and seek to form a Canada wide club modeled after Chicago's Saddle and Sirloin. Archibald, 64, heads Dominion Experimental Farms and is renowned as a top agronomist with 30 years of leadership.
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OWTAWA
Canada
Ottawa
Toronto
Union Stock Yard
Chicago
ARCHIBALD
E. S. Archibald
Dominion
Dynamite Found in Culvert Near Nelson B C
Provincial police report dynamite planted in a wooden water culvert under CPR tracks at Glade 16 miles west of Nelson. Fuse similar to bombings in Doukhobor areas failed to ignite. Explosives removed. track patrol set. previous week two blasts at CPR junction Kinnaird Castlegar area.
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NELSON
B.C
C.P.R
Glade
Doukhobor
CPR
Kinnaird
Castlegar
Edmonton Man Found Dead After Fall
Matt Stark, 73, of Edmonton was found dead in his basement suite during the weekend. He apparently died following a fall down a flight of stairs.
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EDMONTON
Matt Stark
Snow blanketing southwestern Ontario closes highways
Southwestern Ontario digs out from last night snow storms with seven to 18 inches. Highways closed in Lake Huron Georgain Bay and Sarnia areas. Ontario highways crews pressed into service to keep roads open.
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ONT
TORONTO
Ontario
Lake Huron-Georgian Bay
Sarnia-Gonerién
Duck Mountain forest reserve
Ernie Cockerill
Merrydale
Man
Cockerill
EDMONTON BRIDGE
EDMONTON
Victoria Kostasko
North Saskatchewan
ALBERTA
Rocky Rapids
Alia
Evansbure
Eleanor Cameron
Lloyd Hanes
Eastford
Alta
EAU CLAIRE
Wis
Rock Falls
here
John Berg
Berk
OTTAWA
Canada
United States
Kingdom
Washington
C. E. Gertart
Thorsday
Aloris itis
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