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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
1
Western Canada shows voter indifference as Dick Sanborn reports from Manitoba on the Manitoba Liberal hopes in Saskatchewan and anti-C.C.F. sentiment among farmers. Polls hint at possible shifts in Winnipeg seats while overall western turnout appears low ahead of the anticipated election.
Paris reports show Western powers and Russia at odds over reviving the four power Kommandatura for Berlin. The dispute centers on whether to limit veto rights and allow majority decisions for secondary issues while Russia pushes for unanimity.
Fourteen people were injured as tornadoes swept four midwest states causing destruction to farm homes in rural sections of southwestern Iowa northwestern Missouri northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska on Wednesday.
The six year old Michel Fontaine has been missing since Monday. A large search operation with 600 personnel scoured swampy uplands, forest, and barrens as authorities continue efforts today in Shefford county.
Berlin strikers voted 13 477 to 398 against a Soviet backed settlement plan. The proposal would have paid West Berlin workers 60 percent of wages in West marks while the rest stayed in East marks. Officials cited that the union lacks support and that the measure favored the Russian controlled Reichsbahn.
Calgary police were summoned to the Prophetic Bible Institute as dissidents tried to force entry. Board members including Premier E C Manning and Mrs William Aberhart accuse Cyril Hutchinson of stealing students and staff to form Berean Bible College, with the Berean school building under construction. The Bible Institute Baptist church group was told to vacate by May 31.
PRETORIA South Africa The birth of quadruplets challenges a Shangaan family on two wives and five children earning 28 dollars a month. Jan 16 Makwarela Bavenda gave birth to two boys and two girls at Elim Swiss mission hospital near Trichardt. Bavenda tribe views multiple births as monsters and the mother as a witch. The department seeks treasury funds to assist Elim hospital with the three remaining infants.
Mary Durrant aged 92 of Brandon died today. Her husband Charles Durrant died May 6. The couple drew Canada wide attention March 30 after celebrating their 72nd anniversary.
In Asbestos Quebec a strike by asbestos miners and backing from the Church of St Georges has drawn national attention. The town’s union supportive of Saint Georges chaplain Rev Camirand aligns with Union des Electeurs a Quebec Social Credit faction led by Armand Larrive. They nominate Roland Pelletier as a key asbestos worker candidate.
Ottawa reports the bureau of statistics will issue a cost of living index covering April 1 to May 2 to show whether prices have stabilized. The May report followed a March 1 to April 1 rise of 0.1, with clothing, home goods, rents and services pushing the index up to 159.3.
A resolution from the Jasper branch to the 16th Alberta provincial convention asks the Alberta liquor control board to allow licensed Legion branches to sell beer on Sundays on club premises. The motion cites Sunday hours for reading rooms and aims to extend hours to 11 p.m. for all branches to improve service to members.
The first English infant welfare centre was opened in 1906 by Dr. Eric Pritchard, marking an early move toward organized child care and public health efforts for infants.
Winnipeg CP report notes the Manitoba Pool Elevators representing about 26 000 farmers urged the royal commission on transportation to cut freight rates on the prairies. They argued prairie costs are lower than in other regions and rates should reflect railway operation costs. The brief warned high freight charges hinder agriculture and the national economy.
Chief Justice W R Howson will oversee 15 cases at the Alberta Supreme Court sittings in Medicine Hat starting June 7. One criminal case and 14 civil disputes including divorce actions are listed, with possible additions. The opening date moved from June 6 due to a government holiday for the King's birthday. The sole criminal case involves Joseph Breland accused of unlawfully stealing a wallet containing about $200 from Henry Sauer.
Montreal report details a Halifax man’s death after taking antabuse for alcoholism and warns the drug, when used, must be hospital supervised with small doses. The Canadian Medical Association Journal notes 55 patients treated with antabuse had no serious ill effects and 45 did not revert to drinking.
The passage notes that matches began to supersede the old flint and steel and tinder box method for obtaining fire in the early 19th century, marking a shift in everyday technology.
The United Nations proposed an 85 million dollar plan to boost economic development in underdeveloped countries. Trygve Lie released a 328 page document detailing two year funding of about 35.9 million in year one and 50.2 million in year two. The effort, run by the UN and agencies like ILO and FAO, relies on contributed funds and aims for long term progress.
Vancouver hear a case against Herman Linder called the King of the Cowboys for alleged cruelty to calves in a rodeo and a second charge of abusing a bucking horse was remanded until Friday. Magistrate McInnes dismissed the cruelty claim as unsupported. Linder, Cardston Alberta rancher and Medicine Hat rodeo director, defends rodeo practices and says rules were softened for the SPC A action.
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