Gas Export and Labor Chief Dominate Alberta Session
Alberta legislature opens Feb 18 with focus on gas export to eastern Canada and labor law revisions. Opposition seeks report from Premier Manning and calls for Alberta gas fields reserved for local consumers. Major bill is the Alberta Labor Act with minor changes expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorne Bruce
C.P
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Manning
Industries and Labor Department
Norman Willmore
J. L. Robinson
Willmore
Edson
David Ure
L. C. Halmrast
Warner
R. D. Jorgenson
Pembina
Alberta Social Credit League
Mr. Halmrast
E. G. Robinson
Medicine Hat
Social Credit
Red Deer
Ure
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
CCF
Independent Social Credit
Robinson
Rose Wilkinson
Calgary
C. R. Wood
Stony Plain
C. E. Gerhart
Gerhart
Saskatchewan
Elmer Roper
J. Harper Prowse
Prowse
Roper
N. W. Dushensky
Willingdon
World Travellers Reach Frankfurt
World travellers including Mayor Harry Weiner and Louis Kohn visited Tyrankur Germany and Frankfurt where they met Rev H Milbrandt head of the Baptist Haven of Rest. They interviewed potential prairie settlers before continuing to Amsterdam Belgium and Paris with a trans Atlantic call to Mayfair.
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Harry Weiner
Louis Kohn
Tyrankur
Germany
St. Laurent
Bonn
Frankfurt
H. Milbrandt
Baptist Haven of Rest
The
Prairies
Kohn
Amsterdam
Belgium
Paris
Mayfair
Boy bitten by rabid dog in Chicago hospitalized
Peter O'Brien, three, is pictured in a Chicago hospital with swollen lips and a bloodshot eye after a rabid dog bit him. The dog was later shot to death.
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Peter O’brien
Chicago
Beer Now Outsells Liquor In Canada Survey Finds
Seventy percent of Canada's adult population drinks liquor beer and wine, with beer favored since 1871. British Columbia shows the highest alcoholism rate, Ontario leads per capita absolute alcohol, and Nova Scotia drinks the most hard liquor per capita. The study covers 1871 to 1952 and compares with the United States and European nations.
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Walter Gray
Toronto
Canada
Alcoholism Research Foundation of Ontario
Foundation
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Nova
United States
France
Sweden
Switzerland
Denmark
Nova Scotia
Dominion
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Strike vote set for hotel beverage staff Monday
Next Monday February 15 is the tentative date for a strike vote by 125 hotel employees including beverage room dispensers service personnel clerks and bellboys. Notices will be posted in five hotels by T H Leece of the industrial relations board with a union and management scrutineer supervising.
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Arbitration Board
T. H. Leece
Industrial Relations Board
CCF'er Proposes Man Bypass Pension Tax Plan
Manitoba legislature hears a CCF suggestion for a special liquor and beer tax to raise 18 a month for needy pensioners. John Hawryluk says a cent per beer bottle and modest liquor tax would fund 10 monthly increases for 12,000 pensioners, with funds left for medical and dental care. Premier Campbell defends throne speech debate amid talks on municipal aid and self-liquidating projects costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Nitoba
John Hawryluk
CCF
Winnipeg North
Hawryluk
M. A. Ment
Campbell
Errick F. Willis
Manitoba
Women Outrank Men As Beer Patrons Here
Estimates by beverage room dispensers claim Medicine Hat has more women beer drinkers than men with about 55 percent female patrons. Beer sales in Medicine Hat are said to rival double the Drumheller valley outlets, reflecting population and per capita differences. The 40 to 50 age group forms the largest share, followed by 30 to 40, while 21 to 30 is the smallest.
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Medicine Hat
Drumheller
Alberta
Alcohol Foundation Survey
Abstainers Mostly Over 50 In Ontario Survey
A survey by the Alcoholism Research Foundation of Ontario shows 36 percent of Canadian women and 24 percent of men abstain. The 50 and over group is the largest abstaining cohort at 41 percent. Protestant abstainers exceed Catholics, and education and community size influence rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Alcoholism Research Foundation of Ontario
Smilestones Boarder-More incubator chicken scene
A quirky dialogue unfolds with a landlady confirming a remark about a chicken incubator. The boarder counters that a mother chicken would not tolerate such toughness, creating a humorous domestic moment.
Parliament Pay Debate Sparks Shift to 10000 a Year
REGINALD HARDY explains how a 10000 dollar yearly salary breaks into monthly, weekly, and daily installments under a new Salary Bill. The piece notes expected Senate approval, and outlines attendance penalties, 21 day absence allowances, and and a new 60 dollar daily penalty, with MPs contemplating sticking closer to Ottawa.
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Reginald Hardy
Southam News Bureau
Ottawa
Senate
House of Commons
St. Laurent
Canada
Parliament Hill
Commons Chamber
The
Commons
Parliament
Treasury
United Nations
N.A.T.O
M.P
Edmonton Proposal Raises Jay Walking Fine to Two Dollars
The Edmonton police department recommends doubling the jaywalking fine to two dollars from fifty cents and increasing all one dollar traffic tags to two dollars. The proposal goes to city council for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Edmonton
Police Department
Blackmore Pushes Royal Commission on Red Menace in Canada
Ottawa reports Social Credit critic John Blackmore announces a motion to create a royal commission to investigate the origin and reach of the Red menace in Canada. He alleges a Mongolian Turkish Communist conspiracy using socialism as disguise and seeks measures to counter Reds in Canada.
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Ottawa
John Blackmore
Social Credit Party
The
Commons
Canada
Lethbridge
America
Mr. Blackmore
Fifth Column
Polio toll climbs in Alberta to ten with new death
Alberta reports 78 polio cases as a 41 year old Pincher Creek man dies, raising the toll to ten. The update marks the latest rise in a season marked by widespread infections and public health alerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Sub-zero Era Returns to the Prairies
Arctic conditions move into Alberta and Saskatchewan with clear skies and temperatures plunging below zero. Overnight lows risk 25 to 30 below in some areas as a brisk northerly wind continues through Thursday morning. Forecasts show Edmonton and Prince Albert near -15 to -5 and -35 to 20 respectively with other cities in the -5 to -30 range.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Red Deer
Swift Current
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Battlefords
Four Children Die in Brandon House Fire
BRANDON CP Four children died Tuesday in a fire that swept their home. The victims were the children of Mr and Mrs John Pilchar. All were under six and their names and ages were not known immediately. The mother, held back by firefighters from reentering the blaze, collapsed and was taken to hospital.
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Brandon
John Pilchar
P A Still Lacks Solution River Pollution Pld
A brief report notes that Pennsylvania experts and officials still have no agreed plan to address ongoing river pollution. Local groups press for stronger action while agencies study pollution sources and remediation options.
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P.A
City council debates North Saskatchewan river pollution
Prince Alberta council ends its meeting without action. It will seek advice from Edmonton solicitor and wait on chemical analyses from Canadian and U S laboratories before any action against Edmonton industries. The council endorsed measures to curb pollution and improve water access.
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Prince Alberta, Sask
North Saskatchewan
Edmonton
U.S
J. M. Cuelenaere
Saskatchewan
Douglas
Alberta
U.S. Senate Votes to Impose Coffee Controls
The Senate approved a bill to regulate speculation and future trading in coffee. It heads to the House as protests over rising prices push coffee above one dollar per pound and fifteen cents per cup in some spots.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Bank of Canada to Guarantee Funds for Mortgage Loans
Deputy Governor J E Coyne says the Bank of Canada will assure funds to meet extra needs of chartered banks for mortgage loans. He notes high lending may require central bank support but expects banks to prefer selling insured mortgages to individuals and life companies rather than borrowing central funds.
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Warren Baldwin
Bank of Can
Ada
Mr. Coyne
Life Companies
Sharp Eye Helped Develop Selkirk Wheat in Manitoba
Manitoba farmer Malcolm S. J. McMurahhy discovered a rust resistant stem in 1929, saved 11 kernels after mice ate most of 70, and his samples later aided scientists to breed the Selkirk wheat. His role, though unremunerated, helped seed 110000 bushels in Manitoba next year.
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Minnedosa
Man
Selkirk
Manitoba
Malcolm S. J. McMurahhy
McConnell
McMurahhy
McMurachy
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