Canadian Stock Markets See Record Volume On Week
Speculative interest drives Canadian exchanges to new volume highs with Toronto trading 10,80,000 shares and Montreal a record 1,721,100 mining shares. Week ends with profit taking as trends reverse. New York nears its high while Canadian indexes slip slightly. Radiore uranium jumps, base metals rise, banks fall.
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Toronto Exchange
Montreal
New York Stock Exchange
Ord
Associated Press
New York
Radiore
Requests for More Aid Farmers Heard in House
Parliament heard calls for increased federal aid to Prairie grain growers under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act and to coal miners in Nova Scotia and Alberta. MPs urged higher subventions to ease crop troubles and to fund coal industry development, while the House approved part of the year’s expenditures and debated deficits and CNR funding.
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Ottawa
Commons
House
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Prairie
CNR
C. E. Johnston
Social Credit
Bow River
Ontario
Quebec
United States
Treasury
Johnston
McGill University
George C. Nowlan
Digby - Annapolis - Kings
Dedication Of The Sons Of Abraham Synagogue
Out of town guests join local Jewish community for the dedication of the renovated Sons of Abraham Synagogue. Rabbi Arthur Chiel of Rosh Pina Winnipeg will officiate with local leaders and Joel Stall Moose Jaw assisting. An evening banquet follows with limited seating. An open house is planned later in April for public inspection.
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Sons of Abraham
House of Worship
Arthur Chiel
Winnipeg
Joel Stall
Moose Jaw
Immigrants Urged to Work Farms in Alberta Reach
Sauder, colonization manager for St. Mary Milk River Development, urged a larger influx of immigrants to boost Alberta agriculture. Speaking to Redcliff Board of Trade, he argued new Canadians would raise production and national revenue, aiding debt reduction. He cited irrigation driven growth in southern Alberta and warned against leasing land without irrigation assurance. Jack Anderson showed a film on water protection.
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P. M. Sauder
St. Mary-Milk River
Alberta
Sauder
Redcliff Board of Trade
Charlie Moore
Canada
Lauder
St. Mary’s
Jack Anderson
Weather Trend Signals Mild Sunshine Ahead
Edmonton forecast notes a shift in overall circulation bringing continuing mild weather and generous sunshine for several days. Clear skies and light winds are expected with pleasant daytime temperatures and calmer nights.
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Edmonton
Redcliff Teen Queen Betty Swanson Crowned at Cameo Hall
Betty Ann Swanson 17, ACHS student, was crowned Re-Teen Association Queen at Cameo Hall Redcliff. Sister Elaine Swanson, former teen queen, helped crown her after judges selected from a trio of finalists Patricia Davis and Lois Palnau also placed high. Swanson, a nurse-in-training at the local hospital and ACHS student, has piano and singing trophies and is active in sports and choir.
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Redcliff
Betty-Ann Swanson
ACHS
Elaine Swanson
Alberta
Cameo Hall
Patricia Davis
Lois Palnau
Palmer Huckle
Dave Broadfoot
Wilf Thomson
B. J. Smith
Miss Swanson
Evansburg
Banff
Ron
Zip) Hodges
William T. Swanson
Redcliff Lions Club
Various World and Local News Briefs From The Nation
Evelyn Thomas of Toronto held a winning ticket on Quare Times in the Grand National steeplechase today earning $137,500 for first place. Soviet Premier Bulganin voiced a positive attitude toward Eisenhower’s views on a Big Four meeting. Calgary Stampeders sign their 15th Canadian player for 1955. Doug Nagle has returned his contract. Britain urged Russia to pursue a disarmament accord to end mass destruction fears. Dynamite charges were delayed by weather while attempting to break ice on the Niagara River. A. M. Van Ostrand resigned as Calgary Zoological Society president amid director demands. Police arrested at least 1,000 in protests over Belgian subsidies to Catholic schools. Cambridge University rowing beat Oxford on the Thames. Vancouver chosen as site of the 1955 Grey Cup final. A mild earthquake affected the Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Puget Sound area with minor damage. E. J. Wilson reports unemployment in Calgary dropping. West German anti-rearmament forces rally to block Paris accords in the French Senate. A spring storm spread across the plains with bitter cold and up to 20 below zero in some mountain states.
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Britain
Russia
Niagara River
School Board Wins 25 Mill Education Rate Cut
Alberta education minister confirmed Medicine Hat School Board qualifies for the 25 mill basic education rate. The move yields about 220000 in provincial grants this year, doubles last year’s 110000, reduces education demand by five mills and eight mills from the 33 mill estimate for 1955, compares to 30 mills in 1954, and reduces local ratepayers’ tax by three to four mills from last year’s 0.43 mill demand.
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Alberta
E. G. Robinson
Medicine Hat
Ottawa debates sponsorship of religious broadcasts
In Ottawa a Commons broadcasting committee heard debate on commercial sponsorship of religious programs. Critics argue sponsorship taints religion though some favor keeping access, noting small town stations cannot afford unsponsored shows. CBC policy bans commercial religious broadcasts on private stations.
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Ottawa
R. R. Knight
CCF
Saskatoon
The
Commons Committee On Broadcasting
Tom Goode
Burnaby-Richmond
Knight
A. D. Dunton
CBC Board of Governors
CBC
National Religious Advisory Council
Fulton J. Sheen
New York
Goode
Sheen
Manning
Smilestones Mothers Seek Patience for Rainy Days
A reflective line urges mothers to store patience for future challenges. The quotation frames motherhood as a steady reserve that sustains families during tough times and teaches resilience.
Liberal federation to hold threesession in Ottawa
National Liberal Federation advisory council meets Monday to pick a new leader, plan steps to meet the social threat, and revitalize the party. Delegates from about thirty Liberal organizations will gather, with leadership and future direction debated in back-room talks.
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Reginald Hardy
News
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Advisory Council
National Liberal Federation
Liberal Pa
Not Going Down Woods Again Mayo Child Recovers
Five year old Steven Hart told his parents from a hospital bed he will not return to the woods after nearly 24 hours lost in freezing timber. Found by a 300 man search party he described paddling through water and staying awake until sleep finally came. He is listed as fair after exposure and recovery.
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South Portland
Steven Hart
Woodlands
Steven
Winthrop Hart
Brooks Woman Delivers 21st Child in Brooks
Mrs S B Hemsing of Rolling Hills gave birth to her 21st child at the local hospital. Twenty of the children are living at home including three sets of twins aged 9 4 2 years. The baby weighed eight pounds 10 ounces. The family farms a 400 acre irrigated operation. 12 of 19 at home attend school. The couple moved from Divide Sask in 1939 and rely on meat milk butter eggs vegetables and a $90 monthly baby bonus.
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S. B. Hemsing
Rolling Hills
Dorothy
Ponoka Hospital
Bernard
Arnold
Edmonton
Hemsing
Divide
Sask
Mr. Hemsing
Carlot
South Dakota
Drake, Sask
Shirley
Montana
Brahma Bulls Break Out From Cattle Car In Phoenix Rampage
A herd of 31 Brahma bulls escaped from a railcar in Phoenix causing chaos. Police and bystanders pursued the roaming animals as dozens sustained injuries and one 15 year old girl, Frances Rhodes, suffered a critical head wound. Storekeeper Glenn Hay was credited with saving James Legg by distracting the bull and striking it with a garbage can lid.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Phoe
Othe
Frances Rhodes
James Legg
Glenn Hay
Legg
Iif
Hay
Leonor Russell
City Humane
Texas lawmaker claims national filibuster record
In Austin Texas AP reports Senator Jimmy Phillips 41 claimed a national record for continuous filibuster with 23 hours 35 minutes. He wore socks to ease aching feet and pressed for beds for the sick at John Sealy Hospital Galveston after an amendment failed 14 to 11. He eclipsed Wayne Morse’s 22 hours 24 minutes.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Jimmy Phillips
John Sealy
Galveston
Wayne Morse
Morse
Senate
Aged City Man Earl Wooden Dies in Gas Poisoning
Coroner Dr. Skinner reports no inquest will be held into the death of Earl Rober Wooden 73 who was asphyxiated in his apartment at 527 6th Ave E yesterday afternoon. He was found slumped over in bed by relative by marriage Herber Little. Three gas jets were burning on and caused monoxide poisoning as the ventilator could not carry fumes away. Survived by widow Mrs Rose Wooden and children Mrs David Lang George Wooden Bob Wooden Glen Wooden and Ralph Wooden. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Pattison Funeral Home.
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E. G. F. Skinner
Earl Rober Wooden
6Th Ave
Mr. Wooden
Herber Little
4Th St
Mr. Little
Wooden
Rose Wooden
Liv
David Lang
George Wooden
Medicine
Bob
Lethbridge
Glen
High River
Ralph
Salmo
Pattison Feral Home
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Baz) Nagle
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