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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1949
Page
1
In Joliette and Trois Rivières, Fiorenza Drew captivates French-Canadian crowds with flawless French delivery and operatic poise. George Drew struggles with pronunciation, while Fiorenza playfully notes his effort, electrifying the audience and boosting the Drew campaign's charm.
Washington reports indicate a face-saving compromise forming on Britain Argentina trade talks. Britain may sign after U.S. study, will buy meat for five years while Argentina negotiates annual purchases, allowing American sellers access to the market.
Ballot boxes with election supplies were mailed to deputy returning officers in rural Medicine Hat constituency over the weekend. City boxes will be available later. A total of 262 boxes and 126 polling divisions will be used for the June 27 general election. Freight car seals are used to lock boxes, with seals cut by D R O to access supplies. Advance poll in Medicine Hat opens Thursday at Mr Duggan's.
Prime Minister St Laurent defended irrigation funding during a Saturday tour of central and eastern Ontario. He rebutted Tory attacks claiming West drought risks echo 1930s. He cited 1930–35 Bennett government, post 1935 priorities, wartime delays, and postwar P F R A spending in the West.
M J Coldwell, national CCF head, calls for universal health service paid like schools, funded partially by public banks. He spoke in Winnipeg and planned Regina and Indian Head appearances, then Rosetown-Biggar riding focus. Prime Minister St Laurent tours East, touts St Lawrence seaway, and Liberal decentralization policy while rebutting PC centralization claims.
In Sudbury Ontario on a Saturday night Clarence Brosseau, 46, shot three men dead and wounded five others before killing himself after a two hour standoff with police and volunteers. Police described his shooting as uncanny as he moved through his West End home. His victims included two constables and a civilian. His wife and children hid nearby during the attack.
Sydney faces power and gas cuts as miners threaten a nationwide strike. Joseph Cahill warns industry will lose electricity by Tuesday, with 230000 jobs at risk. gas supplies could cease today or soon. Labor leaders fail to sway miners as Communist-linked leadership pushes for concessions.
The article describes a cordial private and public meeting in Quebec between Maurice Duplessis and George Drew. Photographers captured smiling, staged moments as both men projected unity. The piece hints Duplessis may back Drew, possibly costing Liberals seats in Quebec.
Continued drought in northern Alberta raises forest fire danger as crews work to control the last of 10 blazes. Strong winds and dry conditions hinder containment efforts across the region. Local authorities urge heightened caution and readiness for further flare ups.
In Salem Michigan a hundred armed locals searched rural farmland for a giant serpent they believe haunts the area. They found only two blue racers and eight garter snakes while reports of a 17-foot creature persist from farmers including 80-year-old George Bowen who saw the head four feet high before it vanished.
The Independent Socialist Party in Rome voted Sunday night to back collaboration with the anti Communist government of Premier Alcide de Gasperi, signaling a shift in postwar Italian politics.
Vatican declares excommunication of all members of the Catholic Action movement as tensions rise in Czechoslovakia. Archbishop Joseph Beran is forced from St. Vitus Cathedral by security police amid sustained Communist interruptions during Corpus Christi services.
A royal commission in London urged the government to provide free birth control guidance under the national health service. The report backs Planned Families and tax relief for parents, says contraception is a practical population control method, and calls to remove clinic restrictions on giving advice.
Martin Bender, 42, spent three days in a bender then became intoxicated after a hiccough episode. Police jailed him on intoxication charges. his hiccoughs disturbed other inmates until hospital sedatives calmed him. He now experiences hiccoughs in five to ten minute spells.
Four powers announced an in principle agreement on an Austrian independence treaty and a working Berlin pact with a plan to resume east west trade. The session adjourned as Vishinsky sought a new night meeting and Russia signaled new information from Moscow.
New York resident Herman Rodenberger 75 commissions a camouflage paint job on his Brooklyn house to deter kids from bouncing balls. The irregular black and white patterns frustrate returns as neighbors report the novelty may actually heighten the game.
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