Coast Storm Delays Travel Across Midwest Blizzard Belt
A severe Arctic outbreak grips the Midwest from the Rockies to New England. Subzero readings reach 30 below in Grand Forks and 20 below in Minnesota. Travel disruptions include canceled branch-line trains and late main-line service as schools close and plows clear wind drifted roads.
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Chicago
Mid-West
Rockies
New England
Dakotas
Minnesota
Grand Forks
N.D
Iowa
Canada
North Rockies
Northern Plains
Mid-Continent
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachians
Northern Pacific
Winnipeg
Manitoba Junction
Detroit Lakes
Minn
South Dakota
Great Lakes
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Government eyes steps to curb butter price surge
Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the Canadian Federation of Agriculture that Ottawa plans actions to counter butter speculation this winter. He cited past price jumps and noted a 12.5 million pound stockpile as a potential tool to dent high prices while he defended postwar export growth and farm expansion.
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Montreal
Gardiner
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Canada
Canadian dairy protections urge higher tariffs and price floors
Canada’s Federation of Agriculture urges the federal government to raise cheese tariff protections and tighten dairy imports to curb unregulated cheddar. They also seek higher wholesale cheese prices and a maintained butter floor, aiming consumer prices near current levels.
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Montreal
Canada
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
United States
Dairy Farmers of Canada
Angler Complains of Slow Bites as Passerby Intervenes
A passerby asks why the angler calls a quiet stretch “pretty good” while the fisherman notes no bites for three hours. The conversation shifts to a nearby man who hasn’t bitten for over six hours, prompting the onlooker to seek an explanation.
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Tarby
Angler
Thacker Sidelined By Illness For Taber Bonspiel
Herb Thacker of Taber is seriously ill in Taber Hospital with a dangerous chest condition. The Thacker curling team will miss him at the fifth annual bonspiel starting Monday as doctors Abraham Muth and H J Muth treat him with Dr Schmaltz from Lethbridge called in earlier for consultation.
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Thacker
Taber
Herb Thacker
Herb
Taber Hospital
H. J. Muth
Harvey Muth
Schmaltz
Lethbridge
Canadian Among 23 Killed in Newark Plane Disaster
A fogbound American Airlines Conair twin engine jet from Buffalo plunged into a three story apartment block in Elizabeth New Jersey killing 23 aboard and five on the ground. Victims include Kenneth R Wilson Canadian newspaper man and Robert B Patterson former secretary of war. Eleven injured including residents and a fireman. The blaze raged for 90 minutes, threatening nearby homes.
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Elizabeth
N.J
American Airlines
Newark
Robert B. Patterson
Truman
Kenneth R. Wilson
Ottawa
Financial Post
Buffalo
N.Y
Newark Airport
Elizabeth River
Churchill Returns Home After U.S. Canada Visit
Prime Minister Winston Churchill sails for home aboard the Queen Mary after 18 days in the United States and Canada. He waved to hundreds at the dock, with guests including Bernard Baruch, his daughter Sarah Churchill, and city officials. He spent his final day in the U.S. nursing a cold.
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New York
Winston Churchill
United States
Canada
Bernard Baruch
Churchill
Sarah
U.S
Canada’s Luck Hailed By Governor General At Dinner
Viscount Alexander addressing the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy dinner in Ottawa praised Canada as lucky and called the country his second home. He hinted at a forthcoming role in Britain’s cabinet and recalled speaking to the institute five years earlier as he prepared to depart Canada. He spoke warmly of his wife and children’s happiness in Canada amid the 800 delegates’ applause.
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Ottawa
Canada
Viscount Alexander
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Alexander
CPR Plans 3 Million in Maintenance for Medicine Hat Line
Canadian Pacific Railway will spend nearly 3.5 million dollars on the Medicine Hat division for railway maintenance this year. D. S. Thomson announced the program during talks with Alberta district officials. The plan funds 762000 for Brooks and Maple Creek to prepare for diesel locomotives, and 1100000 for rail laying and 490000 for ties. Grain handling to the west coast grows, with over 100 million bushels expected this crop year, boosting export trade. The Selkirk oil fired steam locomotive No. 5916 ran for testing ahead of the diesel era on Calgary to Revelstoke runs.
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Medicine Hat
Canadian Pacific Railway
D. S. Thomson
Winnipeg
Prairie
Brooks
Maple Creek
Calgary
Revelstoke
British Empire
Thomson
CPR
Carseland
Ogden
Abbey
Lancer
Craigdhu
Irricana
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Vancouver
British Columbia
C.P.R
Mr. Maine
Harry Hutchings
Chamber of Commerce
Don Hawthorne
Road Report Details E To Maple Creek And Calgary
East-Heavy to Maple Creek plowed between Maple Creek and Regina. No 1 West plowed to Calgary. No 3 West open heavy in spots along road. Monalta to Elkwa very heavy with drifts on beach. not recommended. Snow plows active Irvine north on school van route and on Grayburn Gap road. Hilda Schuler noted as heavy.
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Maple Creek
Regina
Calgary
Monalta
Elkwater
Irvine
Grayburn Gap
Hilda Schuler
Transit Men End 19 Day Street Car Strike in Toronto
Toronto streetcars and buses resumed service after 19 days as 4700 operators returned to work. The wage dispute was settled with arbitration and pay between 1.45 and 1.55 per hour, ending wartime style carpool and hitchhiking hardships for 1.3 million residents.
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Toronto
Ontario
Gray Coach Lines Bus System
Toronto Transportation Commission
Commission
Street Railway Employees’ Union
Afl-T.l.c
Tremendous 1896 Japan quake triggers deadly tsunami
An 1896 earthquake in Japan unleashed a massive tsunami that killed about 27,000 people. The disaster struck coastal regions, prompting relief efforts and long lasting reconstruction debates.
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Japan
Sneaker Condemns M. as Godless and Calls It Failure
Toronto preacher Rev. E J Springett of the British Israel World Federation told Medicine Hat that the United Nations has failed as a peace force. He accused NATO of replacing the UN and warned of a final world struggle between Soviet forces and a British Israel alliance, urging prayer and warning of a coming holocaust. He spoke to more than 300 in sub zero weather at the Empress Theatre, with S N Goldie chairing.
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United Nations
E. J. Springett
Toronto
Dominion
British-Israel World Federation
Medicine Hat
U.N
Israel-Jordan
India-Pakistan
Iran
Korea
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Springett
Soviet Russia
General Assembly
Great Britain
Irrigation Dominates Chamber of Commerce 1951 Report
A. P. Burns outlines irrigation as the key focus of the Chamber of Commerce during 1951 at the Gas Hotel meeting. He cites the S.M.R.D. project and Bow River extension aimed at 60,000 acres of irrigable land, urges swift completion, notes PFRA readiness to build a water siphon, and reports on 1952 leadership and committee activities with progress on Trans-Canada road work and upcoming courses.
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Chamber of Commercce
Irrigation Committee
A. P. Burns
Burns
Bow River
Ronalane
Redcliff
F. W. Gershaw
Harry R. Hutchings
Ald. Gardner
L. H. Tansley
R. C. Black
Jack Cuthbertson
Alex Stewart
National Civic
Bob Buss
A. G. Finch
Roads Highways
R. E. Keating
Hutchings
Trans-Canada
Suffield
Dunmore
Mr. Keating
C.P.R
Three Policemen Killed in Tunis Clash
In Moknin near Sousse, three policemen died during clashes tied to anti colonial rioting. The toll rose to 31 deaths in a week of Tunisia unrest with strikes and protests spreading, prompting military orders for heightened troop alert in Sfax.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Moknin
Sousse
Sfax
Actress Polly Moran Hospitalized With Heart Ailment
Hollywood veteran Polly Moran aged 68, once paired with Marie Dressler in 1930s comedies, is in hospital with a serious heart condition after months of illness dating from last fall.
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Hollywood
Polly Moran
Marie Dressier
Atomic Power Will Roll Back Canadian Frontiers
Defence Production Minister Howe described atomic power as a future tool to bring electricity to Canada beyond existing grids. He predicted large plants aiding major power networks and opening industry to regions without hydro power, while stressing the need for more engineers and higher scientific training.
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Atomic Power
Toronto
Howe
Canada
Weather outlook offers only faint hope for prairie break
A Pacific storm near Vancouver Island gives a small chance of relief Friday from a severe cold wave. Disturbances threaten continued transport disruption as 52 below readings persist across Alberta and Saskatchewan. In British Columbia a blizzard snarls air, rail, and road traffic with schools closed in the Fraser valley.
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Edmonton
Vancouver Island
C.N.R
Montreal
Toronto
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Transcontinental
Keg River
Alberta
Dawson Creek
B.C
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
British Columbia
Fraser Valley
Truce talks reach accord to map prisoner camps
In Munsan Korea Red and United Nations negotiators agreed to supply a map marking the 12 North Korean prisoner of war camps and a civilian internment camp for daylight air recognition. The Reds refused to light camps at night and stalled broader armistice progress with a stalemate assessment by Rear Admiral Libby.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations’ Command
Kaesong
Red
Shay
U.N
R.E. Libby
North Korea
Alberta 1951 oil output nearly doubles 1950 total
Alberta crude oil production for the first 11 months of 1951 reached 42,119,698 barrels, up from 24,709,256 barrels a year earlier. The Red Water field produced 21,603,265 barrels, over half of 1951’s total, while 162 rigs operated in November 1951 versus 114 in 1950 and 713 new wells were drilled.
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Calgary
Alberta
Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board
Ancient Portraits Found In Egyptian Mummy Cases
The earliest attempts at individual likenesses appear in mummy cases from ancient Egypt indicating early portrait practice by artisans.
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Virginia Gibson
California
St. Laurent
Quebec
Federation
Farm Loan Board
Sneaker
Keating
Manyberries
Tothill
Black
T. E. Brown
Cassils
Stewart
Hawthorne
Alc
Gardner
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