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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1950
Page
1
London dispatch surveys British voters amid debate over socialism versus free enterprise after World War II. Analysts note complex postwar challenges and caution against external influences while the public weighs the future path.
Police evidence showed Blanche Fisher 45 a spinster was in Fred Ducharme's car the night she vanished November 8 and body found next morning near False Creek. Ducharme admitted being out with Fisher and described taking her on a drive before she ran toward the bridge and he released her. Shoes found at his waterfront shack linked him to the crime. witnesses testified of blank spells and a body in a rowboat. Ducharme a native of Elk Horn Manitoba was committed for trial.
The Labour government risks weather and history by selecting February for a general vote. Historical note recalls Britain's last February election in 1874 under Disraeli, which produced a Conservative majority after reforms. Meteorological and past weather records fuel debate on February's political viability.
In San Diego the humane society sheltered Roy Walker, 22, who carried a nearly dead puppy in a burlap sack police found him with after he said he found it a week earlier near Yuma, Arizona. The puppy, a chihuahua mix, required veterinary care and was to stay under shelter care until it could travel.
Ottawa CP reports the dominion provincial conference stalled over procedure for drafting a formula to amend the constitution. St Laurent and premiers debated limits of joint jurisdiction and the UK parliament's role amid a quiet, unified mood on avoiding UK involvement.
A railway brakeman was killed and four other crew members escaped injury when a CN freight locomotive, a caboose, and a parked car collided near Steenrock Manitoba at 4:45 am. Poor visibility and light snow hindered rescue efforts as the locomotive struck the parked car and the caboose suffered heavy damage but remained on the tracks. Names of other crew members were not immediately available.
Midget houses on six concrete blocks in Saskatoon lead a national research council project to test warm, inexpensive housing for prairie winters. University of Saskatchewan hosts the unit led by RT Legget with N.RiCo scientists and engineering staff directing models and controlled tests of insulation, building papers, and wind effects.
The fragment shows a husband asking if the wife has wondered what she would do if she had Rockefeller's income and the wife replying that she has often wondered what he would do if he had hers.
At midnight in Brownwood Park North Ireland two locals, John Mackerel and Sam Culle, pursued a reputed white lady haunting Holly Walk. They glimpsed a white clad figure rushing toward them. Sam fled, John fainted. The woman lifted and revived him, described as a local resident wearing a white raincoat en route to midnight mass.
Montreal reports reveal Canadian railways facing new pay bids from more than 100000 operating employees. The Star notes demands include a 40 hour week without pay cut, plus hourly increases and a 20 cent raise, with details to be set by two conciliation boards. Leaders from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and other unions declined to comment while notices go out to members.
Waterton Lakes park in Alberta remains cut off for over two weeks as heavy snowdrifts block access. A broken snowplow and a wall of frozen snow prevent any relief, with provincial plows stalled west of Cardston on the Belly River hill. Residents face dwindling supplies while authorities await repairs and a breakthrough.
Winnipeg reports U.S. army pigeons trained in Churchill Manitoba faced high losses during cold weather tests. Maj. Otto Meyer cites hawks foxes and accidents as key factors with 51 to 71 birds lost from 14 to 200 mile capable stock. Nine birds died when snow plow trapped them after release. seven week training covered flights up to 10 miles.
Fragmentary note mentions Truman era concerns and the Cold War, referencing a security council and communist bloc in 1949 with scattered terms like mining and machinery.
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