City council vows to take over Medicine Hat General Hospital
Bare quorum approves transferring assets and liabilities to the city turning the hospital into a civic institution with no cash consideration beyond a $1 binder. Aldermen Leinweber Scott supported by McCombs Gardner and Mayor Lang. four members absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat General Hospital
H. C. ‘Leinweber
S. ‘I. Scott
W. ®. McCombs
R. C. Gardner
Hector Lang
Riley, Scholten
Douglas
Smith
al Antonian
Antal
Colnvellius
Robt. Calder
Lang
S.15
Senda
Calder
Elsie Pushk
W.J. Cocks
Jack Dempster
Cecil Page
Leinweber
Rathers
Public Ownership of Radio Urged In C C L Brief
The Canadian Congress of Labor urged national development in arts and sciences through broadcasting. The 16 page brief favored CBC funding options such as grants or taxes, opposed more ad time, and criticized calls for an independent regulator over both private broadcasters and CBC. The brief was filed on the first day of the Royal Commission hearings in Quebec City.
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Quebec
Canadian ‘Broadcasting Corporation
Commission
CBC
Congress
Canadian Association of Broadcaster's
50 000 Soft Coal Miners Out In Strike Across States
More than 50 000 United States soft coal miners are on strike, many unaware of the cause. UMW president John L. Lewis is said to be pressuring operators to sign a contract. The walkout began yesterday, with mines in Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Alabama Virginia Ohio and Utah idle. Some miners say locals voted, others stayed away as a precaution. The strike affects captive mines of U S Steel and other steelmakers and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. Negotiations since June 30 have stalemated.
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Pittsburgh
United States
United Mine
John L. Lewis
Needle
U.M.W
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia
Ohio
Utah
Steel. Corporation
Pittsburgh Consolidation, Coal Company
Three Whites Sought For Massacre Of Negro Family
In Mississippi, a critically wounded Black man named Thomas Harris reports three white men massacred members of his family after attempting to rape his 14 year old step daughter. Harris was shot in the back and lung as 100 possemen search central Mississippi for two suspects, while a third is in custody.
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Kasciusko
Miss
Thomas Harris
Mississippi
Heary. Rodgers
Malcolm Whitt
Leon
Turner
Wendell Whitt
Malcolm
Rodgers
Pedrline Thurman
Harris
Whitts
Elderly Recluse Frozen in Calgary Home
Calgary police and relief officials report Isabella Campbell an elderly former teacher about 80 years old was found frozen and malnourished in her five room cottage after neighbors noted no life for two days. The house was cold with broken windows and no functioning furnace or stove. the front door was locked barricaded and nailed with the key missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Isabella Campbell
Campbell
George Green
Miss. Campbell
Miss Campbell
Severe Weather Drives Antelope Toward Settlements
A herd of about 50 antelope, plus pheasants and coyotes, moved up to settlements near Medicine Hat and along the main Brooks–Medicine Hat highway as harsh winter weather pushed wildlife from the Suffield reserve area in search of forage. Wildlife officials report hundreds of birds are present around Redeliff, Suffield, and Lilley. some pheasants have died from suffocation after inhaling snow particles during prairie blizzards.
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Suffield
Cypress Hills
Redeliff
George Bray
Brooks
Bray
Henry Erielson
Waden
Hansen
Ottawa conference on the constitution opens with cautious goodwill
The dominion provincial conference on the constitution began with limited friction as premiers and Prime Minister St Laurent met in the commons. Maurice Duplessis and others pressed for Canada to amend its constitution, while cautions about federal versus provincial control were raised amid a tentative consensus.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Commons
Maurice Duplessis
Quebec
Canada
Frost
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Angus L
Wreath on Door Keeps Mailman, Cleaners Away
Southam London bureau reports a London household found the Christmas wreath spared postal and cleaning staff from delivery calls. The mail carrier explained he avoided the residence due to a wreath hidden mourning the household’s bereavement, a matter misinterpreted amid festive customs.
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Peter Inglis
Southam London
London
Inglis
Britain
Avith
England
Attlee Announces Parliament Dissolution After Cabinet Meeting
London Reuters reports Prime Minister Attlee said the King agreed to dissolve parliament. An official Downing Street notice states the King will open Parliament on March 4, with speculation surrounding the timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Downing’ Street
Eta
Paratrooper Injured In First Mass Drop Of PPCLI Exercise
Pte J Risley of St James Manitoba suffered serious arm and leg fractures and possible back injury after his parachute failed to open during the first mass air drop of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry winter exercise at Wainwright Alberta. He remained conscious and was in fair condition at the hospital as next of kin were notified. Another paratrooper escaped injury when his reserve chute opened. The incident occurred during a 50-man first drop amid a larger exercise.
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Wainwright
Alta
Princess Patricia's
Canadian, Light Infantry
J. Risley
St. James
Man
Risley
PPGLI
Patricia
Ercan
Appearance of Blue Ice Welcomed by Freighters
The Pas Manitoba CP reports a severe cold snap ends the slow freight season and brings blue ice on lakes for safe fast winter freighting. Freighters with caterpillar trains move from Flin Flon to The Pas and beyond, aided by new US Canada Army signal station and widened routes.
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Pas
Manitoba
Parkas
Flin Flon
Brochet
Fom
Cold Lake
Sherridan
Hudson Bay
Flin
Fion
Unemployed Eager for Canada Labour Congress Action
Unclear text references unemployed workers and the Canadian Congress of Labour. No specific events, dates, or names are readable to form a complete summary.
Council votes to defer formal demand amid tensions
Fragments show a council debating deferred action on a formal demand amid references to Chinese, Russian, Yugoslav, Indian, and other foreign mentions. The muddled text hints at a broader geopolitical discussion and possible government pressure.
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TN Gr
Ejter
Bro
Andinese
Yugoslavia
Indi
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SAAN
Aus
Christopher C. Janus
Winnetka
Ill
Chicago
T. Zi. Aristophran
Janus
BLUES
Thomson
P. Richards
Ross Munro
Southam
Ottawa’ Bureau
Alcatraz
Attlee
Graham Trotter
Canadian ‘Press
Pte
U! ‘Parliament
Toronto
Forittin
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