Appointment of Hawthorne as probation officer sparks council debate
City council debated the appointment of C. H. Hawthorne 29 of 955 Yuill St to succeed Arthur C. Wade as probation officer. Finance Chairman Riley criticized the method, while Ald. Smith defended Hawthorne’s qualifications and urged staff needs assessment. Mayor Lang backed the appointment and suggested deferring selections to allow other applicants.
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C. H. Hawthorne
Yuill St
Arthur C. Wade
Wilson Riley
Hawthorne
Aid
E. W. Smith
Ald. Smith
Wade
The
Canadian Legion
Ald. Riley
Hector Lang
Alds Riley
Graham Resigns From School Board
Nomination to fill a board vacancy follows the resignation of Thomas Graham who tendered his resignation and leaves for Calgary. Election set for Monday April 3 with modern polls at city hall and four other locations. Some aldermen hope for acclamation to avoid a by election.
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Thomas Graham
Graham
No. 76
Calgary
City Hall
Toronto St. School
Alexandra H.S
Riverside Scout Hall
Elm. &J. School
Absent Motion to Bar City Officials From Contracts Fails
Alderman McCombs attempted a motion to bar city officials from obtaining civic contracts for personal gain. The measure failed to reach a vote due to his absence from the meeting in Sousa City. Clerk Keith said McCombs asked to table the notice for two weeks. The city solicitor ruled the notice void as time limits expired, allowing a new notice later.
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W. E.mccombs
W. A. Keith
Ald. McCombs
J.G. Kidd
Alberta Undefeated In Curling Classic
Alberta remains undefeated at the curling classic as rounds began in Vancouver. Ontario and Nova Scotia also kept clean records while Prince Edward Island Manitoba Saskatchewan had yet to win. Early matches featured Alberta vs Saskatchewan and Ontario vs British Columbia with Edmontons Cliff Manahan contesting Prince Alberts Ernie Whitter rink.
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Ancouver (Cp
Ontario
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward’ Island
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Quebec
New Brunswirk
British Columbia
Vancouver
Cliff Manahan
Edmonton
Ernie. Whitter
Prince Albert
Special appeal yields $60 recovered for local woman
A News publicity drive Monday evening led to the return of $60 lost by a local woman. A boy turned in a wallet he found at a downtown store, later given to police, stating the money supported the woman and her family. Police also report a $110,000 diamond theft linked to the Aga Khan case with two arrests and most loot recovered near Marseille.
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Heather
Paris
Aga Khan
Sumner
Marseille
Strachey Named Avowed Communist in Spy Probe
British politics shook as the London Evening Standard accuses John Strachey of being an avowed Communist as Parliament weighs a probe into Dr. Klaus Fuchs espionage case. Strachey denies ever belonging to the Communist party and defends his early views as youth folly.
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Lord Beaverbrook
London Evening Standard
John Strachey
Klaus Fuchs
Soviet
Russia
Standard
Strachey
Fuchs
MI-5
Secret’ Service
War Office
Red Party
Saskatoon Thief Takes Pot Shot
Saskatoon police say 24 year old Raymond Bates was shot at last night when he surprised a thief during a break in at a second story home. A darkened store room was searched and a light revealed a gunman who fired through a smashed window. The assailant fled.
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Saskatoon
Raymond
Bateslay
Barclay
Seismograph Records Severe Tremors Near South China Sea
A quake recorded late yesterday at 8 28 49 p.m. C S T registered as quite severe. It likely struck the South China Sea about 8 200 miles from New York.
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Duake
Seiamouranh
C.S.T
South China Sea
New York
New Yale blood test shows 75 to 80 percent cancer detection
A Yale University study introduces a blood test measuring anti-enzyme levels to detect cancer. In trials with over 2,500 subjects, the test correctly identified about 75 percent of cancer cases but produced false positives in many noncancer conditions and missed some cancers, especially when spread.
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Niow Haven
Conn
A. Yas
EB. Everett
Cliffton
Yale University
School ‘of Medicine
Clifton
Coplan and Gubitchev Found Guilty on Espionage Conspiracy
A federal jury in New York found Judith Coplan and Valentin Gubitchev guilty of conspiring to spy against the United States and of attempted espionage. Coplan was found guilty on two counts, acquitted on one, and Gubitchev on two counts plus a separate count of unauthorized reception of secret documents. Judge Ryan ordered them remanded until sentencing Thursday morning.
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New York
Judith
Coplan
Valentin
Gubitchev
United States
Gubitchey
Miss Coplon
United
States
Soviet Union
Irving H. ‘Saypol
Ryan
Harvard pathologist testifies air injection could not kill patient
In Manchester New Hampshire a Harvard pathologist testifies that 40 cc of air injected rapidly could not have caused death in cancer patient Abbie Borreto. Dr Sander stands trial for murder claiming air embolism as the cause. Witnesses describe the trial’s 12th day with testimony from Dr Richard Ford and Dr Sander’s wife Alice.
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Manchester, N.H
Harvard
Hermann N.” Sander
Abbie Borreto
Sander
Richard Ford
Department of Legal Medicine
Alice
William’ L. Phinney
Allmale
Gertrude Morency
Mrs Pitire Testifies On Bomb Parcel In Guay Case
Mrs Arthur Pitire testified in Quebec court that she learned from jeweler J Albert Guay that a parcel she placed aboard a plane contained a bomb. Guay is on trial for the murder of his wife Rita, among 23 killed when a Canadian Pacific Airways plane exploded and crashed last September.
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Quebec
Arthur’ ‘Pitrie
J. Albert Guay
Pit ¥Ie
Guay
Tramps Bargain Over Old Trousers And Repair Time
A kindly old woman offers worn trousers to a tramp saying they need a little mending. The tramp agrees to return in about half an hour to collect them.
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Lack
Leopold's Fate Up To Vote On Sunday
Amid Belgium’s "popular consultation" about King Leopold II, over 5 million electors face Yes or No on March 12. The measured result aims to inform Parliament while critics accuse the king and supporters of misused rhetoric and calumny as the battle for Leopold continues.
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Leopold
Benelux
Southam Co. Ltd
Brussels
Antibes
Verdic
Leopold II
Siamese Twins Born Head to Head in Tasmania
Dr John Starr reports Siamese twin girls joined at the tops of their heads were born to Mrs Erskine Smith near Burnie Tasmania. The babies and mother are said to be well. The twins lie head to head in one extended cot. Doctors doubt the twins can be severed and survive. The birth occurred after about 30 minutes. they are daughters of a timber cutter and his wife who have five other children.
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Sydney
Australia
John Starr
Erskine Smith
Burnie
Tasmania
Natone
Edmonton Goverment Passes Rent Control and Pensions Bills
Edmonton reports passage of major legislation including a rent control bill creating a rentals board with hearings and penalties up to 5000 dollars or two years in jail. It also notes old age pension boosts of 2.50 and hospital schemes at city level without plebiscites, with means testing excluded for the Supplementary pension.
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Edmonton
Deral
A. Rentals Board
Dominion
Manning
Rotterdam Rises From Rubble With New Bank And Market
War scarred Rotterdam rebuilds with Europe’s largest bank building rising from a bombed desert. Wholesalers operate on a new ground floor as cement forms set for a two story wholesale market. Thousands of homes and many shops were wiped out in the blitz. reconstruction stretches 20 to 25 years.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Europe
Roterdam’s
North Sea
Was. Jabong
Churchill Asks Postponement Of Steel Nationalization
London reports Winston Churchill offered the Labor government a delay in steel nationalization to avoid a quick overthrow of its majority. He asked for a pledge that steel would not be nationalized until at least nine months after the next general election. Attlee’s Labour government rejected the proposal and vowed to proceed on schedule. Meanwhile Conservatives prepared for a vote of dissatisfaction to gauge voter opinion.
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London
Winston Churchill
Labor
Churchill
Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Lavor
Commons
Po Clesed
Coal Production In The US Resumed As Miners Return
Pittsburgh reports coal production restarting after a long soft coal strike. Miners return to work as output flows into gondola and hopper cars. Officials predict near total restoration of operations and resumed rail service to steady demand.
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Pittsburgh
Aoal
United States
United Mine
Sion
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University’ of Manitoba
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