Alberta Coal Industry Faces Unemployment and Closures
In Alberta, a spring downturn reduces orders for coal and forces layoffs. Drumheller valley and Crow's Nest Pass mines suffer closures or suspensions, with over 1,000 workers unemployed. Provincial mines director John Crawford notes many mines have closed, while Verne Sanders reports Drumheller’s unemployment impact.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Drumheller Valley
Crow’s Nest Pass
Lethbridge
Drumheller
Dil Lie Ulow
Liestl Rass
John Crawford
Verne Sanders
Unemploy
Calgary Officials Back $1 Day Hospital Plan
Calgary commissioners recommended council accept a $1 per day hospital plan with extra charges for non ratepayers, aiming to secure 954000 in provincial and federal construction grants. Blue Cross will pull out by April 15 as the city moves to implement the plan amid unemployment and mining industry layoffs in the region.
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Calgary
Dominion
Blue Cross Organization
White Book Reveals Tax Split in Budget Figures
JOMN BIRD reports on Ottawa as Parliament opens with budget homework. The white book breaks down 2.548 billion dollars in revenue, showing 90 percent from taxation and 10 percent from other sources, with income tax at 24 cents and corporation tax at 23 cents per dollar.
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Interon
Canadian National Railways
Bank of Canada
Crown Assets Corporation
Windsors to Visit Calgary April 11
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan to stay at Hotel Palliser in Calgary for a party of five on April 11. The visit is tied to the possible sale of his E. P. Ranch in Pekisko 65 miles southwest of Calgary. Ranch officials were unavailable for comment as road conditions hinder a ranch visit and the main house remains unused.
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Calgary
Duke
Duckegis
Windsor
E.P
Pekisko
P. Burns Ranches Ltd
Duke of Windsor
Driver-Killer Flees After Two Children Die In Toronto Crash
In North York, a green stake-body truck struck Lorraine Watson aged 13 and her five year old niece Barbara Jones on their way to a pre Easter church service. The driver did not stop and fled at high speed. Police dispatched 500 officers to locate the vehicle and suspect. Eyewitnesses said the truck veered across the road as it fled.
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Toronto
Lorraine Watson
Barbara Jones
York Township
Fire damages Hearst Los Angeles presses in night blaze
A fire at the Hearst owned Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express damaged two presses with potential losses up to $500,000. Officials say the blaze began in conveyors moving printed papers to the mail room and the presses were idle at the time.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express
Glass Button Plant To Be Set Up Here
Medicine Hat hosts a planned glass button plant announced by Ald S F Scott, backed by W H Hop Yuill of Alberta Clay Products Co. The project, a small yet special industry, leverages local natural gas. The Stratford Ontario plant previously operated as Glass Guild of Canada. Equipment has arrived, with a technical superintendent sought. initial jobs will be created and costs favor competition with plastic buttons due to heat resistance and nonflammability.
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Medicine Hat
Ald.s. F. Scott
W. H
Hop) Yuill
Alberta Clay Products Co
Canada
Stratford
Ont
Glass Guild of Canada
Yuill
Bakers Face Bread Combine Charges Across Western Canada
The Bakery Employers' Association of Alberta took precautionary measures in 1948 as the investigation committee probed the western Canada baking industry. Six bakeries and the Alberta association are charged with combining to lessen competition across Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
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Calgary
Bakery Employers’ Association of Alberta
Combines Investigation Committee
Canada
G. H. Rose
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Canadian Bakeries Ltd
MacGavin Bakeries
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Vancouver
Weston’s Bread and Cake (Canada) Ltd
City Baking, Ltd
Prowse Criticizes Alberta Oil Policy for High Prices
Liberal leader J Harper Prowse told the Alberta legislature that pro ration and linked production allowables kept oil prices artificially high. He argued large companies with many wells outpaced independents, harming competition. Mines minister N E Tanner denied the claim as a conservation policy to encourage development.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. Harper Prowse
Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board
N. E. Tanner
Mines and Minerals
Prowse
Conservation Board
Racial Tensions Rise in South Africa Under Apartheid Rule
CAPETOWN reports mounting racial unrest under the apartheid government of Dr. D F Malan. Riots have killed hundreds and damaged millions in property as Africans and Indians clash with Europeans amid the white minority's hold on power. The Durban outbreak of 1949 escalates tensions with nearly two million Africans in big cities seeking jobs.
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Capetown
South Africa
D. F. Malan
Tury
Durban
Elimination and Apartheid Threats Highlight Natal South Africa
An elderly man at a wedding asks a guest if he is the groom as a public policy critique appears. The text warns of a central white regime targeting Asiatics and colored races, proposing repatriation and separate representation, while Indians and Cape coloreds react to loss of universal suffrage and police raids intensify in townships.
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Natal
Cape Province
House of Assembly
South Africa
India
Pakistan
Russian miners rule Saxony uranium empire in secrecy
In East Germany two Russian men head a hidden state from Aue near the Czechoslovak border. They run Wismut Aktion-Gesellschaft with thousands of German workers, guarding troops, and a ruble capital of 12.5 million. Ore is mined for the Soviet Union under Moscow orders.
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Berlin
East Germany
Kremlin
Wismut
East German
Ussr
AIF
Russia
Saxony
Moscow
Essakia
Maltsev
Oil Development in Alberta Presented at Canadian Club
S L R Harding of Imperial Oil outlined how surface geophysics boost oil prospecting by at least 50 percent, noting most wells fail but careful mapping improves chances. He traced Alberta drilling from 1850 to today, including Turner Valley, Ledue, and Redwater, and explained oil’s association with natural gas and water in porous beds.
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S.L. R. Harding
Calgary
Imperial
Oil Co
Canadian Club
Harding
Alberta
Mr. Harding
Turner Valley
Imperial Oil
Canada
Leduce
Maple Creek
University of Saskatchewan
Alberta Association of Petroleum Geologists
Ledue
Redwater
Charge Young Man In Hull Murder Case
Joan Ralph Hooper 25, son of a Ottawa family, was charged with murder in the hand towel slaying of Gertrude Maritim Davis. A coroner's jury had named Hooper criminally responsible. He appeared before Judge Roland Milla and was remanded without plea. Preliminary hearing was set for next Wednesday. Lawyer Joseph Ste Marie said a psychiatric exam may be sought at Bordeaux jail in Montreal.
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Hull
Quc
Joan Ralph Hooper
Ottawa
Gertrude Maritim Davis
Hooper
Roland Milla
Joseph Ste. Marie
Bordeaux
Montreal
Howe Sees Growth In Exports To United States In 1950
Trade Minister Howe told the Commons he projects a 1950 rise in exports to the United States while trade with other nations may fall. He expects Canada to maintain markets for staple products such as wheat flour metals lumber pulp and paper. Opponents questioned the optimism noting Britain’s shift to bilateral trade and potential farming machinery swaps. The debate on Howe's 1950-51 estimates resumes after Easter recess.
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Ottawa
Howe
Canada
The
Commons
United States
John « Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Hazen” Argue
CCF
Assiniboia
Mr.Howe
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J. J. McCann
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Southam
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Human Rights Commission
Eleanor Roosevelt
P. C. Chang
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Bakeries
Bing Crosby
Coleen Gray
Francis
Gifford
Frank Capra
Eacheatae
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