Princess Margaret Happy to Be Home From Calypso Tour
Princess Margaret smiles as she finishes a Caribbean Calypso tour and attends a luncheon in London with the lord mayor. Speculation over her marriage to RAF Group Capt. Peter Townsend is noted but she offers no comment, praising West Indian shores and cane fields.
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Margaret
Caribbean
Mansion House
Peter Townsend
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West Indian Islands
Clarence House
Seymour Howard
Townsend
Brussels
Over-all Agreement Sought to Help Unemployed
Ottawa aims to finalize a nationwide unemployment assist plan with provinces. Prime Minister St Laurent invites provincial leaders to Ottawa to set a timetable, likely after Parliament reconvenes on April 18, to discuss sharing responsibility for unemployed employables and draft a new aid framework.
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Warren Baldwin
News
Ottawa
Occas
St. Laurent
Dominion
Canada curling championship round summary
Three rounds underway in Regina see four rinks undefeated. Manitoba beat Alberta 11-7 to hand the defending champions their third straight loss. Ontario crushed British Columbia 15-5, while Northern Ontario led Newfoundland early to win 13-4. Saskatchewan overwhelmed Quebec 18-3 as PEI beat Newfoundland 10-8. Nova Scotia sat out with two losses.
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Manitoba
Alberta
Province
Ontario
British Columbia
Northern Ontario
New Brunswick
N.B
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Olivier Samson
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Nova
US Faces Early Boom-Bust Cycle Warns Galbraith
Harvard economist John K. Galbraith told the Senate banking committee that the United States may be in the early stages of a boom and bust cycle that could end in a 1929 style crash. He urged readiness to halt credit buying of stocks and to apply emergency brakes if the bull market persists. He noted warning signs such as increased credit buying and a surge of new market entrants.
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Harvard
United States
John K. Galbraith
Senate Banking Committee
Wall Street
Galbraith
Harold E. Wood
St. Paul
Jubilee Pageant May Be September In Alberta
Medicine Hat may postpone the Golden Jubilee pageant and parade of history from June to September to align with province wide Jubilee Week celebrations September 5 to 10. The Golden Jubilee Committee, chaired by H. R. Hutchings, planned to form a main pageant committee and announce a chairman. Secretary F. Walter Hilton reported about 430 pioneers scroll names and over 500 applications to be filled in for ob ne.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
H. R. Hutchings
F. Walter Hilton
Smiles Twist as Ivory Carvings Spark Ruse Talk
A lighthearted confessional exchange unfolds about a buyer who discovers ivory carvings were imitations. The seller jokes that the elephant might have store teeth, leaving both amused at the misread merchandise.
Pasquel dies in Mexico City plane crash
The Mexican sportsman Jorge Pasquel, who led a 1946 raid on American baseball talent, died in a plane crash near Mexico City today. His death follows a career marked by audacious moves in sports entertainment.
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Jorge Pasquel
Mexico City
Vancouver faces five year window to choose city form
Vancouver planners and architects warn residents that within five years every usable downtown site may be taken unless a new 20 year plan imposes controls. They urge more green squares and open space to avoid a dense, unrepairable skyline and urge buying vacant lots before costs rise.
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Gerald Sutton-Brown
Town Planning Commission
Sutton-Brown
Couver
Burrard Inlet
Canada
James Acland
University of British Columbia
Acland
UBC
Desmond Muirhead
Move Slower Irrigation Work In Alberta
Agriculture minister Halmrast said the government will proceed more cautiously on irrigation land in southern Alberta. He noted past rapid action let farmers occupy land before it was ready and cited 12 construction contracts for the St Mary Milk River development awarded last year.
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Edmonton
Halmrast
Alberta
St. Mary Milk River
Arctic air moves through Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta
Arctic air will pass through Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta today and Wednesday, cooling conditions briefly. The cold spell ends quickly and will not be severe, keeping temperatures lower but short lived.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Fish and Game Easier to Manage Than Humans
Winnipeg CP reports J W Churchman Saskatchewan deputy minister of mines and resources told Manitoba game and fish convention that games and fish are easier to manage than people. He warned of rising hunter farmer tensions and urged positive action by associations plus landowners to post no trespassing signs rather than outright bans.
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J. W. Churchman
Mines and Resources
Saskatchewan
The
Federation of Game and Fish Association of Manitoba
Churchman
Game and Fish Association
First woman Agnes Macphail honored in Parliament bust unveiling
Ottawa honors Agnes Macphail, first woman MP, with a bronze bust unveiled in Parliament Centre Block. Tributes led by MPs C G Power, Earl Rowe and Angus MacInnis with Prime Minister St Laurent. the sculpture by Felix Weirt de Weldon was a gift from Macphail's sisters.
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Agnes Macphail
Ontario
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the Commons
Miss Macphail
Meredith Reany
Palmerston
Ont
Hugh Bailey
Toronto
C. G. Power
Quebec South
Earl Rowe
Dufferin- Simcoe
Angus MacInnis
CCF
Vancouver Kingsway
John Blackmore
Canada Loses Out In New Tariffs and Trade Pact
Ottawa reports Canada failed to influence a general tariffs and trade agreement. The deal allows U S restrictions on agricultural imports despite GATT limits, removing safeguards from article XI. Canada hopes waivers protect its interests but remains disappointed by the outcome.
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Canada
Warren Baldwin
News
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Agricultural Legisla
United States
Dulles Sees China Communists Likely to Attack Formosa
State Secretary Dulles, back from the Far East, reportedly believes Beijing will move soon against Nationalist held islands off Formosa. He is said to foresee coastal island attacks paired with subversion at Chiang Kai-shek’s Formosa refuge, while remaining tight on U.S. defense intentions for Quemoy and Matsu.
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Dulles
Formosa
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Matsu
Red Mainland
House Backs Boost to Vets in Parliament
The House unanimously approved a bill to raise payments to about 41,500 burned out veterans and dependents by 9.5 million dollars annually. It now moves to the Commons committee for clause by clause study after a second reading in principle. The ceilings on income were criticized as too low by the opposition, while ministers noted casual earnings would not reduce benefits.
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The
Commons
Special Commons Committee On Veterans Affairs
Lapointe
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