Ghost Nations Serve Russia
Ottawa reports on the debate over recognizing Byelorussia and the Ukraine as sovereign states. The piece argues Moscow controls both, denies real sovereignty, and notes their UN status and diplomatic façade, with Kyiv’s foreign ministry location unknown to a western visitor.
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Ottawa
China
Byelorussia
Ukraine
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
United Kingdom
Ussr
United Nations
Organization
Canada
United States
U.N
Dmitri Manuilsky
Kusma Kiselev
March Weather Turbulence Strikes Midwest and South
Storms across the Midwest and Plains bring snow sleet hail and floods with gale winds. Downtimes include road closures school cancellations and disrupted communications. North Dakota and South Dakota report heavy drifts and stranded motorists freed. Cedar River floods threaten Charles City and surrounding areas.
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Chicago
Midwest
Plains
United States
Colorado
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
South
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
South Dakota
Iowa
Charles City
Ta., Were Unevacuated From Their Homes Yestayvlay
Cedar River
Driscoll
Highway Patrol
Rival union officials accused of communism in Montreal clash
Sam Baron, UTW vice‑president, alleged the AFL affiliated United Textile Workers of America is run by communists. He named four Canadian UTW leaders as communists and cited affidavits from ousted UTW organizer Azellus Beaucage and former employee Simone Darche admitting communist ties. Local 102 members at Dominion Textile in Montreal reportedly shifted to UTW.
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Montreal
Sam “Baron
International
Textile’ Workers Union
Cio-Ccl
United’ Textile Workers of America
Tlc-Afl
Baron
Labor- Progressive Party
Kent Rowley
UTW
Madeleine Parent
Leo Roback
Charles Lipton
LPP
Azellus
Beaucage
Simone
Darche
Dominion, Textile Co
Wartime bread price letter enters Alberta court record
A wartime purchasing agent's letter stating bread was bought at a dictatorial price was admitted as evidence at a bread combine preliminary hearing. S. V. Jeffery of Vancouver, the wartime purchasing agent for the minister of munitions, read the letter. The case charges the Bakery Employers' Association of Alberta and several bakeries with combining to restrain competition. The document cites prices and discusses whether current prices were reasonable given wartime conditions.
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Calgary
Armed Services
Vancouver
C.-S. Blanchar
T. Jeffery
Bakery Employers’ Association ‘of
Alberta
McGavin
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Canadian Bakeries Ltd
Weston’s Bread and Cake’ (Canada) Ltd
Baking Ltd
Jerrery
British Columbia
Master Bakers’ Association
Thrifty Shoppers Urged to resist Wrapped Goods
Ottawa CP Dr A M Shaw chairman of Canada's agricultural prices support board advised at the Consumers Association meeting to curb impulse buying from tastefully wrapped goods. He warned that many housekeepers purchase excess food simply because of bright wrappers and attractive containers.
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Ottawa
A. M. Shaw
Canada
Agricultural Prices Support Board
Canadian ‘Association
Procery
Smith Urges Consumer Focus Over Pressure Groups
Ottawa debate on farm price supports sees A Le Smith of Calgary West press MPs to aid the consumer and curb pressure groups. He urges parliament to study true value of products and money, stressing the consumer pays the bills and has no organized voice.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Calgary
Mr. Smith
Civil aviation urged for national strength in Canada
G R McGregor president of Trans-Canada Air Lines warned at a Canadian Club luncheon that a purely military air system would be expensive and shortsighted. He urged maintaining a healthy civil aviation industry to provide security at a fraction of military costs and cited TCA growth in passengers cargo and flights along with higher Canadian maintenance and fuel costs.
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Montreal
G. R. McGregor
Trans- Canada Airlines
Ins
Canada
McGregor
International Civil Aviation Organization
International Air’Transport Association
TCA
Atlantic
United States
U.S
Smilestones Forest Ranger Dialog Fragments
A fragmentary exchange features a ranger asking why he rides while his wife walks, a line about a horse, and a brief Indian speaker reply. The clipped text suggests a dialogue scene with rural or frontier tone and character tension.
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Smilestones Forest
Military foresees no major North invasion in war
Maj. Gen. M. H. S. Pendale told the Edmonton Military Institute that a third world war would likely see only small scale northern operations. He cited cold weather and inexperienced troops reducing efficiency, radar and weather stations as targets, and airfields at risk. He noted Sweetbriar proved cooking in five man tents unreliable except in emergencies.
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Edmonton
M.H. S. Pendale
Western Command
Edmonton Military Institute
Sweetbriar
Penhale
No Trace of Man Missing Up North
Private search parties failed to find Bert Nelland, operator of a tractor train, missing since March 14 near Great Slave Lake. Police searches ended, but private hunts continued until the weekend. Nelland left his rig to walk for fuel, but a snowstorm erased his tracks and his fate remains unknown.
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Yellowknife
N.W.T
Great Slave Lake
Bert Nelland
Neeland
Senate Faces Master Spy Claim In State Dept
Washington reports a new claim that a master spy from Russia has penetrated the U S government as senators probe Communist influence in the state department. President Truman reportedly rejects a request for government loyalty files, while Hoover and McGrath oppose releasing FBI data.
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Washington
Russia
United States
State Department
Truman
Senate
Jeanings
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Congress
Stalin
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Howard McGrath
F.B.I
Senate Foreign Relations ’ Subcommittee
Hoover
Millard Tydings
Vitamin D Now Allowed in Various Milk Products Ottawa
Ottawa health department announced that regulations permit adding vitamin D to a range of milk products. Vitamin D in pure form can be safely added to condensed and evaporated skim milk as well as dry whole and dry skim milk, expanding beyond prior irradiation methods.
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Ottawa
Health Department
US Ambassador Killed in Ottawa Area Plane Crash
A United States embassy plane exploded near Ottawa killing U.S. ambassador Laurence Steinhardt and four others. Only Master Sergeant Gwyn A. Long survived with injuries after parachuting from the Dakota before the blast. Officials investigated sabotage as a possibility.
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Ramsayville
Ont
United States
Ottawa
Laurence Steinhardt
U.S
Canada
Gwyn A. Long
Air Force
New York
Long
Rockcliffe Air Station
Vee
Allan Harrington
Julian’ Harrington
Thomas’. Archibald
Union Springs
Ala
W. Fr. .Trueblood
SUSAR
Kansas City
Kas
RCAF
Mark: ‘Belanger
USAR
New Bedford
Mass
US Air
Aim
Msf
Lester Kipp
Clem ‘Scharfe
Russell
Bodi
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Charles Tuckwell
Milwaukee
Wis
Thomas Chudzinski
Ronald Haggerty
Edna Voight
Ross Munro
Southam
Ottawa Bureau
Medicine Hat Lodge
W. Bro. C. E. Jones
Grand Lodge
Scotland
Steinhardt
Cape Breton County Mental Hospital
Sydney
N.S
Red Cross
Smith
Herb Surplis
Emile
Elmont
North
U.S. Senate
C. Yen
Rieck Neca Nee Ass
Ronan Sis Orr
Empress Theatre
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