Calgary moves to block $1 a day hospital plan
Calgary council and a hospital study committee pressed a strong resolution against the provincial hospitalization scheme requiring $1 per day. The plan, tied to grants, would raise property taxes and non-home owner charges, with a vote possible at the next municipal election. Emma Thompson, 18, and sister Connie were injured in a separate Hamilton accident.
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Calgary
Medicine Hat
Union of Alberta
Wee TD
Fcueral Nosp
Alberta
Special Hospital Plan
A. E. Aikenhead
Hector Lang
B. C. Armstrong
E. W. Smith
TH. C. Leinweber
Hospital Board
Robi. Calder
A.T. Legge
J .G. Kidd
Emma Thompson
Hamilton
Ont
Connie
Emma
Jimina
Alberta seeks general pre season duck permit for ELD farmers
Alberta game commissioner E. Huestis asked Ottawa to study issuing a general pre season duck hunting permit for farmers in the Eastern Irrigation District near Medicine Hat. The area has reports of thousands of ducks destroying grain crops and some 24 permits have already been issued around Brooks. The season opens Sept 24, and permit holders must list hunter names and report duck take.
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Edmonton
Alberta Game Branch
Medicine Hat
Huestis
Alberta
Ottawa
Iluestis
Brooks
I[nestis
Brooks State
Sleepwalking passenger rides streetcar to police station
Frank J. Germain, 71, awoke aboard a trolley wearing a bathrobe and slippers with no memory of how he got there. The motorman stopped the ride, and police returned him to his home, noting a nighttime walk may have been involved.
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Frank J. Germain
Germain
Edmonton Enrolment Rises to 17 380 Students
Reflecting Edmonton's population growth enrolment for the year stands at 17 380, up 1 276 from the previous year. The figure indicates continuing demand for schooling as urban expansion drives student numbers higher.
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Edmonton
Calgary Trades Union Convention to Condemn Communism
Ottawa report outlines expected anti communist resolution at the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada in Calgary. Delegates may push to expel the Canadian Seamen's Union while backing a new world labor federation countering communism. Also urged are national health insurance, old age pensions and unemployment insurance improvements.
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Ottawa
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Calgary
Canadian Seamen's Union
Canadian Congress of Labor
C.S.U
T.L.C
Seamen’s Union
Hamilton
Congress
British
Trades Union Congress
T.U.C
Bridlington
Yorkshire
TLC
Geneva
Bevin Sees Washington Talks Aiming At World Economic Balance
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps boarded the Mauretania for talks in Washington with U S cabinet ministers from Canada and Britain. Bevin warned against exaggerating crises and urged mutual policy adjustments to correct sterling dollar disequilibria. He cited six developments in 15 months including the Brussels Pact and the European Economic Cooperation plan as signs progress is possible.
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New York
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Washington
United States
Bevin
Sir Stafford Cripps
Mauretania
Canada
Northern Ireland
Organization of European Economic Co-Operation
Rheumatic Fever Fought by New Drug Cortisone
Mayo Clinic doctors study cortisone and ACTH in rheumatic fever cases noting rapid improvement and potential heart protection. They question whether recovery is due to the drugs or spontaneous. Cortisone shows faster relief than salicylates and may aid heart tissues. continuous use is needed for arthritis. Continued discussion hints at glandular links to other conditions.
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Washington
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Mayo
Covent Garden Market Buzzes Despite Early Morning Noise
London reports show Covent Garden’s famed fruit and flower trade thriving yet noisy as market workers and porters roar through dawn. The scene features colorful produce displays, bustling carts, and workers from the Transport and General Workers Union earning 6 to 12 pounds monthly, with summer beer and winter hot rum as routine refreshment.
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London
Savoy Holtel
Convent Garden
Strand
Convent Garden Opera House
IAIL
Transport and General Workers’ Union
Covent Garden
Smulestones Sup Engages Milk Comment and Banter
A playful exchange centers on milk consumption with Smulestones praising milk as a strong builder and Shod teasing that the drinks may be going to Smulestones head. The dialogue highlights friendly banter about beverages.
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Sup
Shod
First German Govt. Since Hitler Now Runs West Zone
Bonn reports the western parliament met as 43 in the upper house and 402 in the lower house confirmed the republic. Arnold Catheletto, new premier of North Rhine Westphalia, was chosen president. Chancellor designate Adenauer planned a right coalition and Berlin’s Mayor Ernst Reuter attended but could not vote under allied orders.
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Hitler
Bonn
Germany
Reuters
Weima
Berlin
Hundesrat
Hundestat
Arnold
Cathelie
North Rhine Westphalia
Conrad Adenauer
Free Democrats
Bundesrat
Berlina
Ernst Reuter
He Voling
Allies Begin Key Talks on Global Financial Crisis
In Washington Britain Canada and the United States opened high level talks on the financial crisis. Bevin Snyder and Abbott spoke of cooperation to stabilize economies and lay a foundation for future peace. Bevin urged joint political financial and economic actions and proposed ideas to save dollars and boost British sales in the US.
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Washington
Britain
Canada
United States
State Department
Bevin
Treasury
Louis Snyder
United Kingdom
Banks Alerted to Watch for Bogus U S 10 Bills
Banks across the country tightened checks on ten dollar notes amid reports of a major counterfeit ring from Montreal to Vancouver. Police say distributors may reach large cities. recovery in Vancouver exceeded 2500 dollars. Local RCMP have not received a national alert.
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U.S
Montreal
Vancouver
Medicine Hat
Toronto
Canada
Toragato
Windsor
London
Fort Erie
Cornwall
RCMP
Augmented Rail System Surges With Prairie Harvest
Winnipeg reports a peak grain rush as CPR handles an average of 900 loaded freight cars daily eastward for two weeks. William Manson notes early spring and heat sped the movement. New CPR yard intercom and 10 diesel-electric switchers join eight existing locomotives to run 15 to 15 trains of 55 or more cars daily.
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Winnipeg
CPR
William Manson
Prairie Region
Canadian Pacific
Praivie
Canada
Intercom
Brabazon Makes Second Test Flight in Bristol
The 130 ton Brabazon, the world’s largest non military landplane, flew for 27 minutes on its maiden flight and then logged 242 hours in its second test. The aircraft landed perfectly after today’s flight in Bristol.
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Bristol
England
Reuters
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