Provinces Agree South Route Best For Trans Canada
Ottawa reports a general agreement among four western provinces on a southward Trans Canada route from Winnipeg to Calgary via Kicking Horse Pass. Dominion acceptance is expected, but cost sharing, road width and maintenance remain unsettled until parliament reopens and data are complete.
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Ottawa
R. H. Winters
Reconstruction and Supply
Winnipeg
Calgary
Kicking Horse Pass
Rockies
Legislation On Order Paper Faces Provincial Data Hurdles
Mr Winters says legislation is on the order paper and if provinces supply needed technical data they expect to proceed by the next session. Government open to 50 percent cost share of construction per J A Mackinnon, but cabinet notes provinces may demand higher federal contribution.
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Winters
Mr. Winters
J. A. MacKinnon
Provinces debate highway standards for coast to coast road
Government experts have yet to decide the standard of construction for a uniform coast to coast highway. Provinces submit varying widths and right of way, with fabrication details differing, and the costs to be borne by the provinces as direct beneficiaries of tourist and commercial traffic.
Government plan to aid trans-Canada highway construction
The House resolution proposed federal assistance for a trans- Canada highway with Canada paying provincial costs and employing temporary engineers. By the next parliament, cabinet aims to have Winter's proposals approved and submitted to provinces to permit an early start for the project.
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Winter
Parked Car Before Meter Installed Rule Dismissed
Sioug City Indiana judge Berry Sisk ruled that August Madura did not owe an overtime parking fine after parking before a curb meter was installed. The citation was dismissed as the meter had not yet existed when the car arrived.
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Sioug City
August Madura
Berry Sisk
Qase
Powers Weighing Russian Troop Withdrawal Demands
Washington reports that Moscow may propose withdrawing all occupation troops from Germany at the Paris foreign ministers conference. Britain the United States and France have not decided their response, with officials indicating no current acceptance. Prime issues include unified western stance and plans for a western German government opposed by Russia.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Britain
United States
France
Truman
Berlin
Communists Launch Drives Two Fronts West of Shanghai
Shanghai reports a major Nationalist garrison clash as Communists strike from the southwest and northwest. Thousands attack Kashing and Taichang near Hangchow, with brief two hour fights producing about 200 casualties as forces regroup.
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Shanghai
China
Hangchhow
Kashing
Hangchow
Chengehih
Taichang
Billboard Warfare Between US Cities
Detroit and Highland Park dispute tax image branding with boundary signs. Highland Park posted signs declaring lower taxes beyond its border. Detroit council approved two signs promising life worth living and return to friendly dynamic Detroit.
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Detroit
Highland Park
Reds Credit Russia for Berlin Accord
The press of eastern bloc countries credits a Russia peace policy for easing global tension. Moscow’s media remains quiet, while other Eastern European outlets praise Russia as four power talks end the Berlin blockade and set a foreign ministers council in 11 days.
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London
Press of
Iron Curtain
Russia
Moscow
Communist Party
Europe
Berlin
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Germany
Missing pair sighted near Penticton mountain crash
Two persons were seen six miles southwest of the mountain crash site on Mount Hozomeen after a plane wreck was found. RCA spokesman hopes they are pilot Bill Grant and Miss Sheila Cure as para rescue units move toward the isolated area.
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Vancouver
Penticton
B.C
Bill Grant
Sheila Cure
RCA
Mount Hozomeen
Princeton
R.C.A.F
J. H. McLeod
Prince Rupert
Income Tax Offices Busy Handling 1948 Returns
Canadian tax offices race to finalize 1948 returns within a week to ten days of filing. The new system uses simplified forms and routing to speed receipts. 1947 and 1948 assessments advance, but the end-of-deadline strain remains uncertain. The goal is current assessments by 1950, easing backlogs.
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Ottawa
Canada
Trading Resumes When Ice Breaks up in Hudson Bay
Churchill Man CP dispatch reports Hudson Bay harbor awaiting ice break and navigation opening. Harbor area sounded. minimal dredging anticipated. Port manager Twolan cites snowfall and spring rain as key to timing. normally June 10 or 11. Elevator capacity 2.5 million bushels. last year 5.8 million bushels shipped to the United Kingdom. About 225 workers hired seasonally. 90 stevedores may be required for grain ships across three berths.
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Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Canada
Churchill River
W.t'wolan
United Kingdom
Twolan
Harbor Board
Red-Faced Officer Returns Flimsies in Fruitvale Raids
In Fruitvale B C Police Constable Tom Quaile recovered intimate flimsies after a string of clothes line raids in the Kootenay Valley town ten miles east of Trail. His task today is knocking on doors asking residents if they belong to the items.
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Fruitvale
B.C
Tom Quaile
Kootenay
Trail
Asbestos Strike Violence Draws Wide Police Crackdown
In Asbestos Quebec police detained about 180 striking miners amid a nine week stoppage. Insurgent activity included a clash that injured Inspector-general Norbert Labbe and several officers as patrols moved from miner homes to the jail in Sherbrooke 40 miles away. Labbe was treated at hospital and returned to duty.
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Asbestos
Quc
Norbert Labbe
Emile Contant
Sherbrooke
Inspecta
Norbert
Labhe
Riot Toll Rises as Clergy Hall Held Urgent Riot Act Read
Police arrest seven youths found hiding in a parish hall and fifty companions in Ste Aime’s church basement. Officers confiscate homemade weapons as the riot act bans gatherings of more than two. Workers at Johns Manville plant expected to return to work as 20 hours of violence end in a tense town.
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Ste. Aime’s
O’grady
Johns Manville Company
Daneville
George Foster
Believe Extension Of Runways Planned At Local Airport
The News advert signed by F T Collins outlines a plan to extend Medicine Hat runways to 5 000 feet with new hard surfaced areas and surface treatment of existing strips. The project, a joint government city effort, would keep No 3 highway grade and requires tenders. the city currently receives a 7 000 annual lease subsidy for maintenance and service.
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Medicine
F. T. Collins
Department of Transport
North Stars
Medicine Hat
T.C.A
Australia Tightens Grip on Communist Influence
Sydney reports a tougher federal stance against communism with summonses issued to three communists for seditious activity and Leslie J. McPhillips jailed for contempt of the arbitration court. Criticism says the Labor government tolerates communists on union boards and inflames public life.
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Sydney
Australia
Cecil Herbert Sharpley
Communist Party
Labor
Ant
Chifley
Canberra
Commonwealth
Leslie J. McPhillips
Commonwealth Arbitration Court
Sharpley
Falk
Ford Rouge Idle as UAW Strike Enters Second Day
Ford Rouge plant remains idle as the United Auto Workers walkout spreads to 60 000 workers over speed up. Negotiations not scheduled, but both sides seek early peace talks to avert further production paralysis at Ford facilities including the Lincoln Mercury plant.
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Detroit
Ford Rouge
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
Ford
U.A.W
Plebiscite Likely for New Civic Commission Form in Medicine Hat
Voters may decide on May 31 to adopt a commission form of government with mayor and department heads serving as commissioners under city council oversight. Five bylaws accompany the plan, including financing through $250,000 in 20 year debentures at 3.144 and 3.34 percent, covering storm sewers gas wells and fire equipment.
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Medicine Hat
J. G. Kidd
South Railway St
Allowance Ave
Factory St
Balmoral St
Minto
Allowance Avenues
Balmoral
Allowance
Ash Avenues
Ash Ave
Third Streets
Third St
Railway St
Seventh Ave
Spencer St
Seven Persons Creek
Fourth Ave
13Th St
RCAFhalts photo survey in missing aircraft search
The RCAF has given up further photo survey work for the search of seven men and an aircraft missing since April 21. The New Brunswick Maine area search will be resumed on a normal basis.
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Ottawa
RCAF
New Brunswick-Maine
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