Quebec Unknown Election Factor
A Ottawa dispatch summarizes one month of campaign reporting across Canada. It notes uncertainty over how many Quebec seats the Progressive Conservatives may win with Duplessis’ aid, while Premier Duplessis rests and avoids a stump tour. Ontario holds key tensions with Conservatives optimistic and Liberals cautious, and other provinces show split or regional contest dynamics.
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John Bird
Southam
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Quebec
Duplessis
Maurice Duplessis
Drew
Premier Duplessis
Ontario
Inc.c
Johson
Coalilinn
Cfr
Dominion
B.C
Alberta
Social Credit
Saskatchewan
C.C.F
Liberals Lead in Newfoundland Early Count
The Liberal party led as returns from Friday's Newfoundland provincial election came in, with five seats won of 27 on the island. PCs held one seat and led in four, an Independent won another, and Labrador election was deferred to July 25.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Liberals
Brandon
John Bracken
Neepwa
Maritimes
ST. John’s
Nfld
Liberal Party
Newfoundland
Canada
St. John’s West
Progressive Conservatives
Labrador
NDT
Canadian Press Party
Newfoundand
Anles Datenigetsad Endl Sitgeke
Romance Cools After 7th Try
Ella Riddle, 60, seeks divorce from George, 59, in Houston after seven marriages between them. Married first in 1944 via a lonely hearts club, both had previously wed four times. George has eight children and Ella two from prior marriages.
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Houston
Tex
Ella Riddle
George
Ella
Lonely Hearts Club
Eskimo Navy Now Wanted in New York
Albany AP report describes sailors from two British ships in New York buying suits roomy enough to pair with loin cloths. Jake's clothing store in Albany supplied about 500 coats with vests and 40 extra trousers to Indian seamen, with many second-hand coats and vests on hand.
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Albany
N.Y
Jake
Philip Schwartz
Irish Sweepstake Tickets Drawn for Seven Canadians
Seven Canadians mainly from Ontario hold Irish hospital sweepstake tickets for horses in the Derby at Epsom Downs on June 4. Winners would share a $100,000 prize. several have plans for charity or life changes if luck strikes, including Norman Crawford and Joseph Berman among Toronto holders, and others from Victoria Calgary and Bradford.
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Ontario
Epsom Downs
Phil Burnett
Victoria
B.C
Normanton
Calgary
O. Muat
Dachau
Toronto
Norman Crawford
Bank of Commerce
Joseph Otto Berman
Buchenwald
Canada
Crawford
Royal Forest
Berman
Royal Drakes
Doris Whitley
Oshawa
Ont
Prionim
Bert Bell
Port Colborne
Enver Pasha
Bradford
Joe Glista
CPR Orders New Passenger Vessel For Pacific Route
Canadian Pacific places an order with Fairfield Shipbuilding for a 6000-ton passenger cargo steamship to run between Vancouver and Nanaimo. The 340 foot vessel will carry 1500 passengers and 130 automobiles, with construction starting immediately.
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Glasgow
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Nanaimo
B.C
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Ages span Wiltshire pupils from 15 to 87
In Salisbury England a reader notes that students in Wiltshire schools show an age range from 15 to 87 years, indicating a wide span of learners in the area.
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Salisbury
England
Wiltshire
Six By-Laws Vote Count at Advance Poll in City Hall
Just 16 votes were cast in the advance poll on municipal by laws to noon. Yesterday nine burgesses and this morning seven ballots were recorded. Polls open at 10.30 pm in city hall with H O Parkes as DRO. Most voters were railroad workers due to travel Monday 9 am to 9 pm. Six by laws on the slate, including a government form and five money measures.
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H. O. Parkes
Dro
Car Killer Invited To Funeral In Vancouver
The unidentified driver who killed 60 year old Albert Snowden is named in a front page invitation to the funeral. Walter Snowden, his son, urges the driver to attend to face the grief caused. Vancouver police offer a $500 reward for the suspect’s arrest.
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Vancouver
Albert E. Snowden
Walter W. Snowden
Vancouver Police Commission
Second Wedding Plans For Rita Hayworth And Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan plan a second wedding after their Cannes ceremony. The couple, staying at Chateau de L Horizon, keep details secret while hinting at a possible Moslem religious service in Paris and a trip for the English Derby at Epsom Downs on June 4.
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Cannes
France
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Chateau de L’horizon
Mediterranean
Chateau
Rita
Aly
Epsom Downs
Accidents Take Three B G Lives in British Columbia
Three people die in British Columbia accidents including Max Sasaratti who fell from a motorcycle into Vancouver harbor after hitting a lamp standard and Leo Marchiori a 51 year old former Olympic cyclist electrocuted in North Burnaby while clearing brush. Ernest Glawson perished when his truck slid 300 feet off the Hope Princeton road.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Max’ Sasaratt
Sasarati
Mathias
Leo Marchiori
Burnaby
Los Angeles
Hope
B.C
Here
Ernest Glawson
Hope-Princeton
Rose Roberts
Archibald Cather
Montreal miser dies after fortune found in boiler
The case centers on Joseph Napoleon Belanger of Montreal who died April 29 and left $320000 in a rusty hot water boiler. The money, mostly small bills, was found a month after his death and placed in a bank by his niece Alice Belander. Belanger, known as hot dog for his thrift, also owned property possibly exceeding $150000. He had earlier survived a gas accident with his niece.
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Montreal
Joseph Napoleon Belanger
Belanger
Hutchison Street
Alice Belander
Tragic Stampede Road Crash Kills Man and Injures Wife
Michael Taylor 37 of 801 Tenth St Medicine Hat died when a 1942 Ford light delivery truck backed over a 75 foot cliff on the back road to the stampede grounds. Viola Taylor, driver, was seriously injured and later described her condition as improving. The couple, living with landlady W Burkman, had no children in the city and planned to move soon due to Mr. Taylor's job with Bird Construction. The accident occurred as Mrs. Taylor shifted from low to reverse during uphill driving. discovered 2:50 a.m. by police near the Imperial Oil warehouse. An inquest is scheduled for Monday at 7:30 p.m. in police court.
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Michael Taylor
Tenth St
Medicine Hat
Taylor
Bird Construction Company
Viola Taylor
General Hospital
Pattison
E. D. MacCharles
Victoria
Wm, McKenzie
John Judge
Imperial Oil
Oil Company
A. R. Bull
E. Gi F. Skinner
A. Brown
Central Motors
W. Burkman
Albert O Son
Purmal
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Rayon Ice
Grey
C.C.P
Urba
Socialist Party
Tom Dutton and His Orchestra
Elkwater
BLAIR
Boy Scout Orange Appeal
Sea D Son
Glen Mackenzie Orchestra
BIG Six
Hat Tigers
Bow Island Combines
Athletic Park Committee
Eskimo ‘Navy
N’york
C.P.R
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Brazil
Pan American Society
New York
A.J. Dutra
Paris
Aga Khan
Vatican
Wiser
Bim
Flath
Optometrist
Penzance
Empress Theatre
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