Stand-off in Commons Over Canada Constitutional Powers
A heated verbal clash in the Canadian Commons centered on Prime Minister St Laurent's resolution to grant Canada power to amend the constitution on rare federal matters. Opposition by Conservative and Social Credit leaders stalled the issue, while Liberal and CCF support circulated. Provincial premiers largely accepted a constitutional conference, with Ontario, Quebec and Alberta seeking caution before federal action. Duplessis of Quebec signaled provincial readiness to participate in talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
commons
St. Laurent
United Kingdom
Progressive Conservative
Social Credit
C.C.F
M. J. Coldwell
George Drew
Solon Low
DREW
W. Ross Macdonald
Low
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
DUPLESSIS
Left Hand Corner Calls for Nationalising Whiskey Industry
The Left Hand Corner pursues a motion on the House of Commons order paper urging immediate nationalisation of the whiskey industry. MP Emrhys Hushes of South Ayrshire, whose first wife was Keir Hardie’s daughter, argues a handful of distillers exploit America's thirst, provoking strong proletarian opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Scotland
America
Aneurin Bevan
London
Ottawa
Emrhys Hushes
South Ayrshire
Keir Hardie
Left Hand Corner (Continued on Page Four
Continuation of a local column or sports brief titled Left Hand Corner appears on page four of the newspaper. The fragment suggests continued notes, observations, or quick items typical of a community page. No additional names or dates are readable in the fragment.
Seventeen Sailors Rescued From Burning Schooner Salina Cruz
A U.S. government vessel rescued 17 seamen after their burning schooner Salina Cruz was abandoned in heavy seas 140 miles west of Grays Harbor. The Black Douglas picked up all survivors as a 25 knot wind and nightfall hampered the scene. ten in one lifeboat stayed afloat, seven were pulled from another craft. The Salina Cruz had sent SOS before the fire reached the engine room. The crew was en route to San Francisco, arrival expected Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SEATTLE
north Pacific
U.S. fish and wildlife service
Black Douglas
Salina Cruz
Douglas
San Francisco
Grays Harbor
Wash
Coast guard
chip
Head of dope ring convicted in New York
Edu ardo Balarezo, 48, a ship's steward, was found guilty of narcotics charges and named as head of a $5,000,000 international cocaine-smuggling ring. Sentencing deferred. he could face 15 years and $15,000 in fines. Probe tied to cocaine smuggling from Peru to New York aboard the Grace Line ship Santa Margarita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Eduardo Balarezo
Peru
Grace Line
Santa Margarita
New Aircraft Carrier Albion Rammed in North Sea Gale
The 18,300 ton Albion in tow to dry dock collided with the freighter Maystone eight miles off Berwick upon Tweed. Albion took water after the hole on her port side near the propellers. Maystone crew of 2,025 tons coal bound for London from Methil, Scotland, with three survivors aboard, and others reportedly rescued by coast guards. Albion’s crew not fully aboard. launched May 1947 by the Prime Minister's wife. work incomplete amid economic crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Maystone
London
England
Berwick - Upon - Tweed
Berwick coast guard
Albion and Press Association
Thomas Stone, Limited
Swansea
Wales
Methil
Scotland
Hermes
Britain
Attlee
Wallsend
Jarrow
Tyne
Amoy Seized by Communist Forces Along China Coast
Communist amphibious troops completed Red control of the China coastline by seizing Amoy, with Swatow also reported as captured. In Chungking Li Tsung Jen urged swift political reforms to revive the Nationalist government, warning that failure could doom their position. Loss of Amoy was confirmed by Formosa. Nationalist garrison retreated to Kingmen Island as Reds consolidates along the coast. Some fear a push toward Kweichow could split Nationalist China. London awaited an answer from Communist authorities on a related request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHUNGKING
China
Canton
Amoy
Hong Kong
Swatow
Li Tsung-Jen
Ife
Formosa
Shanghai
Kingmen Island
Kweichow
Kweiyang
LONDON
foreign office
Head-on Train Collision Wrecks Two Freights in Dauphin
A head-on collision between two Canadian National freight trains occurred Saturday about 57 miles west of Dauphin Manitoba. Both locomotives and four box cars derailed and toppled into a ditch, causing major wreckage that halted traffic for nearly a full day with no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAUPHIN
Man
Canadian National
here
PLAN ALL OUT DRIVE FOR STEEL AND COAL SETTLEMENTS
Washington dated report shows government labor officials set an all-out drive to win voluntary settlements in the steel and coal strikes. If mediation chief Cyrus S. Ching fails this week, President Truman may decide to use Taft Hartley powers or seizure powers under the Selective Service Act. Ching to meet US Steel officials in New York to break pension cost deadlock with employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
United States
Cyrus S. Ching
federal mediation service
Truman
Ching
New York
US. Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
Murray
Burned to death in blast at Vauxhall farm bunkhouse
Howard Edgar Wills, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Marry Wills of Vauxhall, was burned to death about 8 45 pm Monday when a gas lantern exploded while he was filling it. The bunkhouse on the Wills farm seven miles northwest of Vauxhall burned to the ground. Coroner Dr A Hamman of Taber and the RCALP investigated and ruled no inquest is necessary. He survived by his parents. details on others not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Edgar Wills
Marry Wills
Vauxhall
Wills
R.C.AMLP
Lethbridge
A. Hamman
Taber
R.CALP
iuraver
Vauxhall district
Bus Plunges Off Cliff in Mexico Kills 10
A bus with 30 Mexican passengers ran off a 305 foot cliff near Chilpancingo yesterday. Ten people were killed and four injured severely. The accident occurred in Me xico on October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHILPANCINGO
Mexico
Abs
Beet Sugar Beets Stalled as Alberta Blizzard Hits Harvest
A severe October blizzard blankets Southern Alberta delaying beet harvests. Snowdrifts block country roads and schools, with over 100,000 tons of beets buried and 10,000 harvested acres left idle. Canadian Sugar Factories reports 240,000 tons delivered by Monday evening as the storm worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
T. George Wood
Canadian Sugar Factories, Ltd
the
Herald
Recruit sheds 30 pounds in three weeks
A Newfoundland army recruit, deemed overweight, learned how to lose 30 pounds in three weeks at Buckmaster's Field St John’s. Capt D H Morgan said he turned him down for service but advised the rapid loss, and the recruit reportedly achieved the slimming feat in three weeks, though the method remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
Newfoundland
D. H. Morgan
Buckmaster's Field
St. John’s
army
Canada Films Draw Packed Crowd in Washington
In Washington the Canadian embassy staged a documentary series on the Dominion in the Interior Department auditorium. Standing room only for a 70 seat venue was filled as more than 1100 attended, with fire marshals turning away scores at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Canada
Dominion
United States department of the interior
Two Below Zero at Whitecourt as Snow Storm Hits Alberta
In Alberta on October 18 a cold snap driven by a severe snow storm sent temperatures to two degrees below zero at Whitecourt and zero at Grande Prairie, while Edmonton ranged near 4.7 degrees above, with other cities like Red Deer Vermilion Calgary Coronation Lethbridge and Medicine Hat recording single to mid-teens above zero. The national forecast predicted continued below normal temperatures with little or no additional snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Whitecourt
Grande Prairie
Peace River
Alberta
Red Deer
Vermilion
Calgary
Coronation
Let
Rocky Mountain states
Montana
Cut Bank
MACAO
HONG KONG
Canton
TOAM
Saskatchewan
fiers
Medicine Hat
Alta
Regina
DENVER
Colorado
W. Frank Prendergast
Toronto
Prendergast
Imperial Oil Ltd
Leduc
C. G McLaurin
Salina Cruz Abandoned After Fire Off Washington Coast
Coast guard reports Panamanian lumber ship Salina Cruz burning furiously 80 miles west of Grays Harbor Washington. Crew of 17 abandoned ship in two lifeboats as the vessel burned above decks on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SEATTLE
Coast guard
Salina Cruz
Greys Harbor
Wash
Britons Brace for Post Devaluation Austerity
London report notes public alarm as Britain prepares an emergency plan after currency devaluation. Deputy PM Herbert Morrison warned measures would be harsh, with a cabinet meeting tomorrow to approve a program likely cutting hundreds of millions in capital spending and imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Reuters
Herbert Morrison
Doncaster
England
Fine autumn weather in Quebec and Ontario
Montreal Oct 18 reports fine autumn weather with temperatures ten degrees above normal across Quebec. The pattern remains mild as drier air from the prairies moves eastward. In southern Ontario decreasing clouds hint at continued pleasant conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
Quebec
prairies
Ontario
Alberta Saskatchewan blizzard shows signs of easing
A severe night blizzard battered Alberta and Saskatchewan with heavy snow, strong winds, and deep drifts. By noon the storm appeared to move southeast out of Canada with relief in Calgary Edmonton and Cowley, while Lethbridge faced continued delays and foot-deep accumulations. Main highways remained open but traffic moved slowly as winds reached 26 mph from the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
INTER
Alberta
Canada
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Cowley
Calgary
Death of Marshal Tolbukhin at 65 A World War I commander
Russian army commander Marshal Tolbukhin, famed for leading troops that conquered Hungary and for Sevastopol’s fall in Crimea, died after a long illness at age 65. His death marks the end of a notable career tied to major Eastern Front battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOLBUKIN
Hungary
Sevastopol
Crimea
Ukraine
Tolbukhin, Red Army Marshal, dies in Moscow
Moscow radio reported the death of Feodor I. Tolbukhin, veteran commander who led troops that captured Sevastopol and helped conquer Hungary. Funeral services are to be held in Red Square. his illness was described as prolonged and severe. Sevastopol fell to Soviet forces on May 10, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Moscow radio today
Soviet Union
Feocor I. Tolbukhin
Hungary
Ukraine
Sevastopol
Moscow radio
Soviet council of ministers
central committee
the
Communist party
Moscow
Red Square
Tolbuchkin
Stalin
Crimea
Black Sea
Edmonton Youth Shotgun Accident Tragic Death Near Town
Gerald Armstrong Price, 18, of Edmonton, was instantly killed while hunting 35 miles northwest of Edmonton. He walked ahead of a companion whose loaded shotgun, with the safety off, discharged when a twig allegedly snagged the trigger, the blast striking him in the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALCOMDALE
Alta
Gerald Armstrong Price
Edmonton
Price
Also Mentioned on This Page
B.N.A
P.C
S.C
EWSPAPER HALAIVYE
North Sea
rage Two
U.S
RED ARMY
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!