Trial Opens in Road Fatality Case in Western Canada
Crown witness Max Trimble testified he did not see road closed signs on the Elkwater highway during daylight before the November 1 tragedy that killed Maurey Webster and Frank Pilling. The case against Angelo Provenzano, Elkwater district engineer, expects a judge trial with Fred Rogerson as co-defendant. Roger son trial set for Tuesday. In Wales, 80 killed in the Avro Tudor crash at Llandow, relatives identified victims, witnesses cried, and authorities prepared body documents while the inquiry continued.
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Gerald Kent
Max Trimble
Lethbridge
Elkwater
Pilling-Webster
Angelo Rr. Povenzano
Maurey Webster
California
Frank Pilling
Provenzano
Fred Rogerson
Calgary
Rogerson
Max Moscovich
W. D. Gow
Llantwit Major
Wales
Llandow
Harold Rees
West Glamorgan
South Wales
Northern Ireland
Wallop Ireland
United Kingdom
Tal
Trevor John Musson Stari
John
Beatrice
Gow
Montana-Alberta
Elkwater-Wildhorse
Webster
Pilling
Byron Tanner
Pillings
Manitoba Will Not Ban Stromboli Says Film Board Chair
M. B. Newton chair of the Manitoba film cease board said Stromboli does not warrant a ban in Manitoba. Two church groups and one individual had urged action. Premier Douglas Campbell argued the matter lies with the censor board and films are not judged by actors private lives.
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Winnipeg
M. B. Newton
Manitoba Film Cease Board
Ingrid Bergman
Manitoba
Douglas
Campbell
Film Board
Censor Board
Calgary suggests cities form group to reunite Alberta towns
Calgary city clerk J. M. Miller proposes Edmonton form an association of seven Alberta cities to address regional problems. He argues city voices are underrepresented in the current union dominated by towns villages and rural districts. Renewal of Calgary’s membership is withheld pending other councils responses.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Union of
Calgary
J. M. Miller
Miller
Thomonton Council
Ex-Mayor of Sydney Denies Murder Charge Opens Trial
Dan Jack MacLean, 63, former mayor of Sydney, Nova Scotia, pleads innocent to the murder of Joseph Mackinnon, 65, registrar of voters. The crown alleges MacLean deliberately crashed a car into Mackinnon in an alley, as jurors hear the case before Chief Justice J. I. Iley.
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Sydney
N.S
Dan Jack MacLean
Joseph Mackinnon
Cape Breton
J. I. Iley
Nova Scotia
The
Crown
Maclean
Mackinnos
Oan Alley
Mounties Have Other Jobs Than Chasing Criminals
The RCMP annual report outlines diverse duties beyond crime fighting. Central registry handles over 1,000,000 letters yearly, fire prevention relies on 4000+ extinguishers and 56,000 feet of hose, and border smuggling oversight continues alongside aiding displaced persons. The force also delivers mail in remote areas, assists travelers, aids vessels at sea, and supports youth programs touching millions of children. Uniformed members numbered 3,369, down from about 5,500 at wartime peak.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
S.T. Wood
Central Registry
Criminal Investigation Department
RCMP
National Revenue
Housing vote shakes Attlee government as Liberal Nine swing
London AP Liberal MPs abstain or back Labour in a housing test, defying the Conservatives. The motion defeated 314 to 289, leaving Attlee’s government vulnerable ahead of a spending vote and a potential new election if either test fails.
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London
House of Commons
Labor
Attlee
Walter Elliott
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Fiery Welshman
Uiiles
Plitt
Emrys Hughes
Scotland
Young Robber Takes $3 From Detroit Grocery
A teen held up Gus Lakas' store in Detroit last night and escaped with $3 after handing back a dollar. He told the grocer he was as poor as he was.
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Detroit
Gus Lakas
Lakas
Guay Defense Calls Jury to Reject "Flagrant Contradictions"
Defense lawyer Gerard Levesque asks a 12 man jury in the J Albert Guay plane crash trial to acquit the jeweller, arguing the crown relies on inconsistent testimony and overstates a macabre crime. He contends Guay was a model husband and that key statements by Genereux Ruest and Mrs Arthur Pike do not prove guilt beyond doubt.
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Quebec
Gerard Levesque
J. Albert Guay
Guay
Levesque
Genereux Ruest
Arthur Pike
Ruest
Levegie
Sault Au Cochon
Palais Railway Station
Pitre
Arthur
Pite
Doolittle Eyes Alberta Oil Over Flying Saucers
In Edmonton Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle says as Shell Oil vice president he is focused on Alberta oil and not on flying saucers. He notes aviation’s importance and hopes a new world war is avoided while declining to discuss hydrogen bomb impacts. He is touring Shell operations in northern Alberta.
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Edmonton
James H
Jimmy) Doolittle
Tokyo
Alberta
Shell Oil Co
Gen. Doolittle
Stalin Leads Unopposed Soviet Election Nationwide Rally
Stalin led millions of Russians to vote for a single slate in the Soviet parliament election. 671 nominees for the council of the union and 631 for the council of nationalities ran unopposed. Voting spanned from the Bering Strait to the Danube. The government expected near universal turnout as a vote of confidence.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Bering Strait
Danube
Council of the Union
Supreme Soviet
Council of Nationalities
Stalin
Snowstorm Dampens Ontario Roads In Early Morning
Snowstorm struck southern Ontario and forecasters predicted a change to rain. Officials described the snow as too wet to drift with driving conditions normal across most of Ontario, while milder weather eased Alberta conditions.
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Toronto
Ontario
Prairie Temperatures Rise After Weekend Chill
A shift to milder weather begins on the prairies after a weekend with temperatures about 20 degrees below normal. Today and Tuesday will be partly cloudy with highs around 25 above. Edmonton and Peace River forecast slight warmth with low temperatures near zero and highs around 20 to 25 above. Calgary and Lethbridge see milder conditions Tuesday with lows near zero and highs up to 30 above.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Peace River
Grande Prairie
Red Deer
Calgary
Banft
Theatre Fire Kills 169 in Boyertown
A deadly blaze in Boyertown Pennsylvania on January 13 1903 claims 169 lives. The tragedy marks a catastrophic fire at a local theatre drawing national attention and prompting investigations and safety reviews.
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Boyertown
MPs Become Individuals In Five Cent Coffee Bar
Ottawa coffee talk at the Parliamentary Cafeteria reveals MPs as individuals beyond party lines. The five cent cup fosters informality, sparking candid debates and hidden ambitions among cabinet ministers, editors, and MPs from coast to coast.
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Reginald. Hardy
Ottawa
House of Commons
Capital Hill
Shave or haircut remark delays seating in smart restaurant
A restaurant manager asked staff to handle a rude customer discreetly after he sat with a napkin tied around his neck. The waiter confronted the patron and offered a polite choice: shave or haircut.
Fire Claims Three Quebec Children and Mother in Montreal
A Montreal fire killed mother Alice Desrosiers and her three children Jacques 10 Pierre 7 and Yvon 2 months early today. Only husband Raymond escaped. fire started about 4 am and was fought for 18 minutes with one water stream. Fire officials blamed a furnace.
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Montreal
CPA
Alice Desrosiers
Jacques
Pierre
Yvon
Saskatchewan
Neil
Barry
Mother of Trinidads Siamese Twins Dies in Hospital
Rita Lovell, mother of Trinidads first known Siamese twins born March 6, died in hospital six days after the cesarean delivery. Doctors assess prospects for separate surgery based on how the twins are joined and plan X rays to evaluate feasibility. The father, Barbados mason, plans to care for the babies as he searches for work.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Rita Lovell
Barbados
Thomas Mann Death Reported in Hamburg
An obituary note reports the death of Thomas Mann a native of Lubeck writer of 16 novels most in German died of a heart condition in Hamburg.
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Thomas Mann
Lubeck
Mann
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State Medical Examining Board
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