Government to Approve Gas Exports Guarding Public Rights
Alberta Mines Minister N E Tanner said exports will be allowed only after ensuring the people's rights. The legislature defeated a Liberal motion 48 to 4 urging against gas export while debating throne speech. CCF and Liberal motions argued over legality and public interest as votes split along party lines.
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Edmonton (Cp
N. E. Tanner
Alberta
Social Credit
J. Harper Prowse
Prowse
House
Peter Dawson
C.C.F
Lucien Maynard
A. J. E. Liesemer
CCF
Calgary
Elmer Roper
Social
Killed By Train In Medicine Hat Inquest Opened
Mrs Flora Aldoff about 50 was struck by CPR No 12 from Lethbridge while gathering wood along the railway east end of the city. Coroner Dr Skinner calls a preliminary inquest for 7 pm. Husband Mike a miner in Coleman. two children Dick and a daughter in the city.
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Flora Aldoff
Purmal
Medicine Hat
Mike
Coleman
City
Truman seeks seven point nine billion for global aid drive
President Truman urged Congress to approve the entire seven point nine billion dollar foreign aid program to counter Soviet threats and support allies. He announced plans to address the nation on major networks and warned against any cuts viewing such moves as national self harm. The proposal would fund arms to Europe, bolster allied states in the Middle and Far East, aid arm production, and lift living standards in Africa and Asia.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
Europe
Middle
Far East
Africa
Asia
Member Against Fluorinating Water in Alberta Assembly
Edmonton report shows Mrs. C. R. Wood from Stony Plain opposing water fluorination in Alberta legislature. She warns of poison risks with no antidote and questions long term benefits, urging no additional cities be used for experiments until more data emerge.
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Edmonton
Alberta
C. R. Wood
Stony Plain
Parliament action on foot and mouth disease losses
The commons passed a bill to compensate western farmers for losses from foot and mouth disease. The senate began debate on the speech from the throne.
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Commons
Senate
Farm Union Pushes Federal Probe Into Farm Implement Costs
The Saskatchewan Farmers Union urged the Saskatchewan legislative farm implements inquiry committee to seek a federal royal commission on farm implement production costs. The memorandum proposes cooperative purchasing, central repair parts services within 100 miles, off-season discounts on parts, and government emphasis on farm machinery in Canada’s defence facilities with material price controls.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Farmers Union
Saskatchewan Legislative Farm Implements Inquiry Committee
J. L. Phelps
Farmers Union
Legislative Committee
Canada
Egyptian Premier Receives Envoys From Big Three Powers
Cairo Reuters reports Prime Minister Naguib Hilaly Pasha received envoys from Britain United States and France. The meetings aimed to renew talks to resolve the Anglo Egyptian dispute and reach an understanding.
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Cairo
Reuters
Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Ralph Stevenson
Hilaly
Jefferson Caffery
United States
Couve de Murville
France
Albertans Among Ten Three Rinks At Curling Finals
Winnipeg CP report notes Manitoba undefeated after seventh round at the Canadian curling championship with a 14-8 win over Prince Edward Island and six straight wins. Alberta’s Art Simpson and Ontario’s Dr J R Clark both sit at five wins and one loss as action continues. Ontario edged Truro 8-7, while Alberta beat Reg Stone’s British Columbia 10-8. New Brunswick topped Newfoundland 8-5 and defeated Northern Ontario 7.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Billy Walsh
Ontario
Dr. J. R. Clark
Alberta
Art Simpson
Henry Blanchard
Truro
Nova
British Columbia
Reg Stone
Trail
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Sealing Ships Depart From St. John's for Gulf Ice
Sealing season opens as 27 ships from Newfoundland Norway and St. Pierre launch toward Arctic ice fields in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and northeast Newfoundland and Labrador. Hood pelts fetch about 10 dollars per hundred weight while harp pelts sell for around 9 dollars. Ice remains the chief hazard to vessels.
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St, John’s
St. John’s
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Norway
St. Pierre
Gulf
Bevanites Defiant Defy Party Unity In Arms Vote
London authorities report Labour rebels defied leaders by voting against the arms program in a defence debate. Bevan and about 57 supporters abstained as Attlee’s bloc urged endorsement, producing a 313 to 55 government victory and prompting a planned full party meeting to address the split.
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London
Labor Party
Labor
Winston Churchill
Aneurin Bevan
Clement Attlee
Attlee
House of Commons
Bevan
House
Churchill
Readers Shocked At Napalm Report
Manchester Guardian faces reader fury over publication of napalm bombing excerpts from Rene Cutforth. Letters condemn complacency and compare scenes to Belsen, urging clearer stance on napalm’s horrors and journalistic duty.
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Manchester
England
Korea
Manchester Guardian Today
CBC
Rene Cutforth
Dagenham
Essex
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Belsen
Cheshire
Guardian
Pinay Confirmed Premier as De Gaulle Faction Backs
Antoine Pinay was confirmed as France's premier in a dramatic vote shift with 206 in favor and 9 more than the minimum. De Gaulle followers helped push the decision while Pinay must secure a cabinet and a confidence vote. He aims to curb tax evasion to fund defense and Indo China war efforts.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
France
Pinay
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaullists
National Assembly
Indo-China
Edgar Faure
Canadians Peace Candidates Nominated for 1952 Nobel Prize
The Nobel committee announced 27 nominees including Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and External Affairs Minister Lester Pearson. Americans named include Frank Buchman Raphael Lemkin and Clarence Streit. No Canadian has won the peace prize to date.
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Oslo
Louis St. Laurent
L. B. Pearson
Canada
Nobel Committee
Leon Johhaux
Eadet
Frank Buchman
Oxford Group
Ewing Cockrell
Warrensburg
Raphael Lemkin
Yale Univ
James Shotwell
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Clarence Streit
United States Union
Britain
Benegal N. Rau
Miguel Aleman Valdes
Mexico
Income Tax Forms Presented in Court For First Time
In Vancouver a criminal trial of 26 bookmaking conspirators heard tax returns offered as evidence for the first time. Justice Whittaker ruled disclosures hinge on whether a defendant’s return names co-defendants and is corroborated by others. Court adjourned to 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.
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Vancouver
Norman Whittaker
Justice Whittaker
W. G. Thompson
Department of Internal Revenue
British Columbia Appeal Court
Smilestones Optician's Daughter Makes a Spectacle
A quirky note recalls a daughter of an optician who became the center of attention for clever fashion and bold posture, creating a small local stir.
Police rule out Willi Bruntsen deliberate disease spread
The R C M P announced there is no evidence Willi Bruntsen deliberately transmitted foot and mouth disease in Canada. No report confirms whether he carried the disease. Agriculture Canada said Hull Quebec labs have not finished tests and results may take several days.
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Ottawa
R.C.M.P
Willi Bruntsen
Canada
L. H. Nicholson
Agriculture Department
Hull
Que
Will Creates $5,000 Trust From Sussell S. Scott
New Brunswick report states the will of the late Sussell S. Scott sets up a five thousand dollar trust fund. Details on beneficiaries or final probate actions were not disclosed in the snippet.
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New Brunswick
Sussell S. Scott
Deadlocked Korea Truce Talks Deepens Bog
MUNSAN Korea deadlocked truce talks deepen as Communist negotiators press to inspect secret equipment with neutral teams including Russians. Prisoner exchange sub-committee ends after 12 minutes as staff officers fail to break the impasse. Col Darrow warns the demand may be a device, though he notes Russian access would be desirable from their view.
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Munsan
Korea
Exchange
Don O. Darrow
Hit and Run Raids Kill 40 Communists
United States Sabre jets shot down a Communist MIG in a one minute dogfight near Pyongyang. Capt Henry Frazier downed the Red jet as six Sabres fought 22 MiGs. Allied planes cut rail lines in 92 places and damaged 50 boxcars. Marine Corsair pilots claim two tanks destroyed northeast of Pyongyang. Ground raids west of Mumdong valley killed 40 Communists and wounded 30.
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Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
Parallel 38
Henry Frazier
Harrison Thyng
Fifth Air Force
Marine Corsair
Iron Triangle
Mumdung Valley
Einstein Renews Plea for World A-Bomb Control
Albert Einstein urged a supra national authority with strong executive power to prevent nuclear catastrophe. Speaking from Princeton he warned that no one acts, delaying action until it may be too late and urged global cooperative efforts during Canadian education week.
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Ottawa
Albert Einstein
Commons Passes Aid Bill For Foot and Mouth Losses
The Commons approved a government emergency bill to loosen purse strings for farmers whose herds are destroyed to stamp out foot and mouth disease. The measure, aimed at Canada wide bans and losses in packing, includes fair and reasonable compensation within a 50 square mile Regina quarantined zone and potential sales abroad if meat surpluses appear.
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Ottawa
The
Commons
Saskatchewan
Senate
British Columbia
Manitoba
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Gardiner
United States
Calgary
Canada
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Toronto
Regina
United Kingdom
Montreal
John Diefenbaker
Pc—Lake Center
Weather Outlook for Alberta and Saskatchewan
Skies are generally clear over Alberta and Saskatchewan with milder afternoon highs. Friday will see readings from near 40 in the southwest to around 25 in the north, with light winds and mild nights.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
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J. J. R. MacLeod
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William Francis Giauque
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