Milk price rise set for four western cities
The board of public utility commissioners ordered a one cent per quart increase in the minimum consumer price for milk in Edmonton Calgary Medicine Hat and Red Deer effective January 1. Prices for producers and retail specifics varied by area with notes on costs and future review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Red Deer
Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Lethbridge
G. M. Blackstock
B. W. Massie
Superior
Strathcona
Kidmonton
Conrich
Medicine War
Increase in Number Of Jobless Workers Is Cause for Alarm
Ottawa reports a rising unemployment rate with about 250 000 registered jobless and 50 000 to 75 000 unregistered, as winter job losses and reduced British markets for lumber and newsprint bite Canada’s labor market. Officials warn five to ten percent jobless level already disruptive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Storm refugees flee to Vancouver as blizzards rage
Central British Columbia endures heavy snowfall along the Pacific Great Eastern Railway with five feet of snow and trains halted. Nine CP trains carrying over 1,800 passengers arrived in Vancouver after days of isolation as weather eases and flood risk grows on Vancouver Island. Commuters and travelers cope in harsh conditions, some marooned near Princeton awaiting aid.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
PGE
Williams Lake
Ase
Lillooet
van- Comvel
Vancouver Island
Victoria
Port Alberni
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Princeton
Here
Art Russell
Bizlio
Couple Frostbitten After 36 Hour Prairie Ordeal
John Tunstall and Phoebe Gnam, both 23, suffer frostbite to hands and feet after a stalled light delivery truck on a blizzard swept prairie road 314 miles southwest of home. They were rescued by locals and rushed to Medicine Hat hospital where doctors fear for several toes and fingers though limbs may be saved.
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Medicine Hat General Hospital
John Tunstall
Phoebe Gnam
Bow Island
Joe Kearners
Tunstall
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Trains Collision At Southesk Claims One Life
Casualty total climbs to 69 with one dead and 35 in hospital as CPR investigates a Southesk mainline crash near Brooks. 32 victims are at Calgary General, others at Col Belcher, Bassano, and Medicine Hat hospitals. George Peter Jacobs of Regina, 19, is hospitalized in serious condition. CPR clears debris, two train crews involved, no official statement yet as inquiry continues.
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Calgary
C.p.nr
C.P.R
Southesk
Brooks
Calgary General Hospital
Col. Belcher Hospital
Bassano
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat General Hospital
George Peter Jacobs
Regina
J. Ivan Mackay
Prairie
Lo Brooks
C.P
Rail Service Cut Prompts Halifax Criticism
HALIFAX CP reports criticism at CN Rail service cuts due to coal shortages. Mines Minister Patterson of Nova Scotia questions coal supply and says no Nova Scotia operators were asked for more coal. CN Rail announces Jan 9 cancellations including Halifax Montreal and Halifax Saint John trains amid coal depletion.
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Halifax
Canadian National Railway
Patterson
Nova Scotia
Maritimes
CNLR
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ostean
Moncton
Aub
Cln.r
Montreal
Saint John
Midnight Curfew to Curb New Year's Eve Revelry
The Canadian Press reports a nationwide midnight curfew will curb New Year celebrations as bars close and dancing ends before midnight since January 1 falls on a Sunday. In Quebec Premier Duplessis urges exemplary dawn celebrations, while other provinces see crowds staying home or at friends. Nightlife costs vary by city with dinners, cover charges, taxis, and babysitting factoring into a New Year outlay.
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Quebec
Duplessis
Canada
Montreal
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto
Halifax
Russian Atom Bomb Tops 1949 News Highlights
The Canadian Press survey names Russias atom bomb as 1949s biggest story with Britain’s pound devaluation and China’s collapse close behind. Other top items include Noronic fire, federal election, and the Sault-au-Cocheon crash, reflecting world moves over human interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Britain
China
Telegraph
Ney
Haus Toroanta
Noronie
Quebec
Jed Copuwder
Tito
Cardinal Mindszenty
Prince Charles
Ty Dial
Aeon
India Recognizes Mao Regime in China
India announced recognition of the Peiping communist government and broke diplomatic ties with Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist regime. Burma followed, recognizing Peiping while Britain and dominions were expected to act after the Colombo conference opening Jan 4. No reason given for India's move.
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NEW Dell
CCP
India
Chiang Kai-Shek
Jawaharlal Nehru
Ane
Mao Jze-Tanpe
Burma
Peiping
Britain
Commonwealth
Colombo
Ceylon
Smilestones Tabloid Biography Summary
A fragmentary tabloid item notes a high school figure nicknamed “Ti, Warden” with unclear context and scattered phrases about finance and hats. The readable bits mix personal bio style with garbled captions and no coherent event. No identifiable names beyond the nickname.
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Hish Chit High School
Igh Stool High Finance High Hat “Ti, Warden
Truman and Cabinet Plan 1950 Economic Agenda
President Truman met with his cabinet to preview his upcoming state of the union and discuss the Fourth Annual report by the Council of Economic Advisers. The report urges continued federal rent controls, expansion of federal old age security, and government policies to spur steady business growth.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House of Representatives
Council of Economic Advisers
Leon Neuserling
John C. Clark
Cheat Page
Canadian Army Expands to Twenty Thousand and More
The Canadian Army reached 20 600 personnel in 1949 with training in winter and airborne operations. New armories and barracks cost millions as the force advances toward a planned airborne brigade group. A high re-engagement rate and expanded radio and training programs marked the year. Construction began on a 750 000 armory in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
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Ottawa
Arctic
Signal Corps
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Sault Locks
Canada
Injured List From Train Collision In Alberta
Hospital authorities list patients hospitalized after two Canadian Pacific trains collided near Southesk Alberta. Names include James Andersen Calgary with a compound fracture right leg, Mrs Jessie Bebbington Calgary with right forearm amputation, Judith Blondeau Field B C with eye laceration, Mrs Marilyn Blondeau Field B C with shock, Gus Buss Neudorf Saskatchewan with unknown injuries, Mrs Maria Chomanuk Filmonton with abrasions, Joman Chomanuk Edmonton with fractured shoulder and a rib, Julia Chomoi address unknown with a serious fracture, Stanley Cocss Strathmore Alberta with left leg amputation, William Alex Cook Cochrane Alberta with multiple fractures and right ankle fracture, Mrs Pearl Cawley Arrowhead Alberta with head injury, Georgina Hewitt Renfrew Ontario with compound right ankle fracture, Mrs Eve Hordiejchuk Toronto with wrist and shoulder injuries, Barbara Kuntz Calgary with multiple broken ribs, Walter Lamb Medford Ontario with compound right ankle fracture and foot laceration, Margret Mother Stages Alberta with right leg fracture. Continued on page seven.
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Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Southesk
Alta
James Andersen
Jessie Bebbington
Judith Blondeau
Field B.C
Marilyn Blondeau
Field
B.C
Gus Buss
Neudorf
Maria Chomanuk
Filmonto
Joman Chomanuk
Edmonton
Julia Chomoi
Nothle
Seriou
Stanley Cocss
Strathmore
Alte
William Alex Cook
Cochrane
Pearl Cawley
Arrowwou
Was
Georgina Hewitt
Renors
Gould
Eve Hordiejchuk
Toronto
Barbara Kuntz
Walter Lamb
Medford
Margret
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Sonteam
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Calgary Herald
RCMP
Kearners
Mr. Tunstall
Miss Gnam
Jacobs
Pattison
Tag
J. F. Townsend
D. T. Sparrow
J. W Weeks
W. A. Dixon
Maurice McArthur
William Turtles
CNR
World News
Red
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