Liberals and Conservatives Split Seats Eastern Ria
By elections in four Ontario and Quebec ridings reassert Liberal holds in Verdun and Gatineau and Conservative wins in Peel and Elgin. Verdun’s Yves Leduc led with 5,525 votes, Peel’s J. Pallett topped with 13,637, Gatineau’s Rodolphe Leduc won 6,678 to 2,615, and Elgin’s James McBain led 11,870 to 10,628 with 1,242 margin after 11 of 141 polls.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Peel
Elgin
Liberals
Verdun
Gatineau
Quebec
Yves Leduc
Montreal
Paul Emile Cote
Labor
Leduc
Mr. Leduc
Armand Dupuis
Roland Gadbois
William Dodge
CCF
Herve Ferland
Liberal-Labor
J. M. Hayes
Ken Perry
Dr. Leduc
Ernest A. St. Jean
Marcel Bonnier
Roger Boucher
Mr. Palett
A. J. C. O’marra
Mr. O’marra
Lloyd Gane
Drugs Show Temporary Leukemia Benefits Found
Boston scientist Dr. Sidney Farber reports five anti malaria compounds yield temporary improvements for acute leukemia and other tumors. He notes benefits are brief but strong enough to merit more study, with one leukemia patient living five years though disease remains.
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Boston
Sidney Farber
Children’s Cancer Research Foundation
Farber
American Cancer Society
Lebaron Leaves Redskins to Sign with Calgary Stampeders
Eddie Lebaron, the Redskins' former No 1 quarterback, reportedly telephoned owner George Preston Marshall to say he will sign with the Calgary Stampeders in Canada. Marshall said Washington will take no action against Lebaron, who will play for coach Larry Siemaling at Calgary.
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Washington
Eddie Lebaron
Washington Redskins
Canada
Skedskins
George Preston Marshall
Redskins
Lebaron
Calgary Stampeders
Marshall
Eddie
Calgary
Larry Siemering
College of the Pacific
Siemering
Thomson To Speak at Walsh on April 6
Confirmation that Dr. L. B. Thomson of Regina director of PFRA will speak at a Walsh irrigation policy rally on Wednesday April 6 starting at 1 30 p m He will not address Vauxhall that day then flies from Regina to Walsh for the rally and later proceeds to Vauxhall for an irrigation inspection on the Bow river project The director met Alberta water resources board in Edmonton last week and will hold a second session with cabinet members early in April.
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L. B. Thomson
Regina
PFRA
Walsh
Vauxhall
Thomson
Flats
Bow River
Alberta Water Resources Board
Edmonton
Weather disturbances bring dull cool prairies and light snow
Weather disturbances move from the northwest causing dull cool conditions over the western prairies. Central Saskatchewan will see near blizzard conditions this afternoon as the storm shifts southeastward. Snow is likely in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan tonight and Wednesday morning. Temperatures today reach 30 to 35 degrees. Wednesday will be about 5 degrees lower.
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Edmonton
Northwest
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Explorer Sends Mock Cable About Lion Attack
Reported cable exchange shows six men to replace crew eaten by lions. Another cable states no accident occurred and asserts the lions acted on purpose.
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African Explorer
Explorer
Coelacanth insult sparks brief Commons clash in London
In a London House of Commons skirmish, Sir Walter Fletcher likened Sir Hartley Shawcross to a rare coelacanth, an extinct fish, prompting Shawcross to defend the creature’s traits. The exchange quickly faded as Parliament returned to business.
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London
Hartley Shawcross
Board of Trade
Labor
Walter Fletcher
Hartley
Labor Party
Madagascar
Fletcher
Labor rallies back strike in Medicine Hat hotels
Resources of organized labor in Canada and the International Bartenders and Restaurant Workers union back the hotel workers strike in Medicine Hat now in its 29th day. A. R. Johnstone of Toronto said early settlement is unlikely and outlined plans to meet with unions in Lethbridge Calgary and Edmonton. Over 100 beverage dispensers and hotel service employees are on strike pay. Labor rally drew more than 200 union members as TLC officials spoke and a similar meeting was planned in Lethbridge.
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Canada
International Bartenders and Restaurant Workers
Medicine Hat
A. R. Johnstone
Toronto
10Th District
Hotel and
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta
Johnstone
Medicine Hat Trades and Labor Council
Gordon G. Cushing
Ottawa
Trades and Labor Congress
Max Swerdlow
TLC
Lethbridge
Average Canadian families spend six dollars eighty three weekly on food
The Canadian Bureau of Statistics reports average weekly food spending of 6.83 per person in the five major metropolitan areas Halifax Montreal Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver for the second half of 1953 up from 6.78 in the first half. Breakdown shows meat and dairy slightly down while fresh fruits eggs and bakery rise.
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Ottawa
Halifax
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Bureau of Statistics
Jet Airliners Back in Business
Britain’s Comet jet airliners returned to passenger service after a 10 week grounding following a Med crash with 25 fatalities. BOAC resumed Comet service between Britain and South Africa with engines rumbling at Heathrow and Johannesburg. Other routes to Pakistan India Ceylon Singapore and Japan to resume soon.
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London
Reuters
Britain
Mediterranean
Johannesburg
British Overseas Airways
South Africa
Pakistan
India
Ceylon
Singapore
Japan
BOAC
Isle of
Elba
Parliamentary committee shown cat o nine tails paddles Ottawa
Ottawa reports that the cat o nine tails and other instruments of corporal punishment are demonstrated to the capital and corporal punishment and lotteries committee. Warden R M Allan of Kingston penitentiary will testify with exhibits including a photo of the board used for convicts. Harold Winch a CCF member threatens to wield the implement if a demonstration occurs.
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the News
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Parliamentary Committee
R. M. Allan
King
Harold Winch
CCF
Vancouver East
Membership Drive Highlights TLC Growth and Plans
Mr. Cushing reported TLC membership over 600 000 across 3 347 local unions with 19 full time field workers. He urged higher unemployment insurance benefits and longer payout periods while Mr. Swerdlow pressed organizing unorganized plants to counter unfair competition. Gordon L. Wilkinson outlined April organizing drives and praised TLC educational institutes.
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T.L.C
Mr. Cushing
Cushing
Swerdlow
Gordon L. Wilkinson
Calgary
Congress
All Perish in Aircraft Crash Near Grande Prairie Alberta
Three men aboard a missing aircraft bound from Edmonton to Fort St. John Alberta died when the two motor plane crashed and burned near Grande Prairie. Rescue crews reached the site 28 miles east of Grande Prairie as RCAF officers prepared to view the bodies in Edmonton.
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Alberta
Grand Prairie
Grande Prairie
Alta
RCAF
Sqdn
T. W. Stewart
Ottawa
Fort St. John
B. C
Dakota
FO. Hutchinson
Hospital group session to approve new 200 bed plant
The provisional board of the municipal district hospital plans a Friday meeting at the city hall to accept final plans and estimates for the $2,000,000, 200 bed hospital. The meeting may set a date for a ratepayers vote and will display the model at Beveridge's store windows.
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Beveridge’s
Municipal District Hospital
City Hall
Edmonton chief resigns as council orders police shake-up
Chief Constable Reg Jennings resigns effective immediately after a unanimous city council vote. The report cited inadequate administration and an unauthorized gambling raid. Jennings will receive pay through year end and full pension benefits. Mayor Hawrelak calls the move hard but necessary.
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Edmonton
Reg Jennings
Edmonton Police Department
Jennings
William Hawrelak
Allderman
H. E. Tanner
Frank B. Baxter
Calgary
RCMP
Hawrelak
Questions Right To Photograph Srap Tails
The Ottawa parliamentary committee on capital and corporal punishment faced objections as photographer access was arranged to capture Kingston penitentiary warden R M Allan holding the strap and cat o nine tails. Members including Harold Winch and Davie Fulton debated propriety and steering committee involvement.
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Reginald Hardy
News Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Kingston Penitentiary
R. M. Allan
Donald ¥. Brown
Essex West
Allan
Harold Winch
CCF
Vancouver East
Brown
Ann Shipley
Temiskaming
Nancy Hodges
British Columbia
Warden Allan
Davie Fulton
Kamloops
B.C
Credit buying urged to curb in Medicine Hat rally
Gordon G. Cushing national secretary treasurer of the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress told more than 200 union members in Eagle's Hall to reduce spending to their means. He warned credit and installment buying ran wild in 1953 causing job losses and inventory backlogs, and urged retrenchment to ease unemployment in 1954.
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Gordon G. Cushing
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress
Mr. Cushing
Eagle’s Hall
Medicine Hat
Tragic fall as man dies pushing stalled cart
Louis St. Germaine, age 38, was killed Sunday when he fell from the back bumper of a car used to push a stalled cart in Red Deer. The accident occurred as bystanders attempted to move the obstructed cart. Emergency responders arrived but he died at the scene.
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RED Deer
Louis St. Germaine
U S Air Force Flying Saucer Claims Debunked Says Spokesman
A spokesman dismissed claims the U S Air Force recovered flying saucer parts without public disclosure. He said most sightings are explainable by known objects or hoaxes, with 10 to 15 percent outright faked and the rest potentially solvable with better physics knowledge.
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Vern Haugland
Bill Nash
Pan American World Airways
Greater Miami Aviation Association
Air Force
Baptism at jail for condemned man Lonnie Brinkley
Lonnie Brinkley sentenced to death is secretly baptized in a sheet metal tank at Houston County Jail. Reverend E. A. Munroe presides as Brinkley’s daughter and son observe. Brinkley had been charged with shooting his son during the attack on his wife last October.
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Lonnie Brinkley
E. A. Munroe
Houston
Tex
Brinkley
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