Canada Land and Irrigation Deal Approved for Bow River Extension
The Canadian cabinet accepted the Canada Land and Irrigation Co. deal to buy the Bow River extension assets including the Ronalane-Redcliff project for 2 250 000 dollars. Alberta holds 1 250 000 dollars in the development with 3 500 000 more needed to complete works to supply Medicine Hat.
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Canada Land & Irrigation Co
Bow River
Ronalane-Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Marty Veiner
Brooks
James G. Gardiner
Gardiner
Dave W. Hays
Canada Land
Canada
Vauxhall
P.F.R.A
Ronalane
Walter Down
Tremor Hits Timmins Ontario After Suspected Air Blast
Residents of Timmins and neighbouring Schumacher in Ontario felt a strong quake-like tremor between 12 30 and 12 25 p m CST described as an air blast from an underground mine. Minor furniture movement reported with no injuries and no major property damage. Mining officials said no such blasts had occurred locally.
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Timmins
Ont
Ontario
Schumacher
Kirkland Lake
Here
Timmins Free Press
Jack Brady
C. Kennedy
Mines
McIntyre
Britain's Radio and Car Expos Pledge New Dollars Amid Strikes
In London at Earls Court and Olympia Radiolympia shows, Britain showcased radios and cars as hopes to draw millions from devaluation. Strikes delayed openings by forcing an all night push to open on schedule. The radio exhibit highlighted color TV by Pye and a possible auto TV receiver, signaling a push into televised markets.
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Peter Inglis Southam
Ottawa Bureau
London
Owo Great Halls
Britain
Earls Court
Olympia
Canada
Pye Company
Winnipeg man named assistant general superintendent
Rev Oscar Wouca of Winnipeg was chosen assistant general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church at the closing session of its international conference in Duluth Minnesota.
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Duluth
Minn
Oscar Wouca
Winnipeg
United Pentecostal Church
Earl of Harewood Weds Viennese Pianist in London Ceremony
The 26-year-old Earl of Harewood wed Marion Stein, a Viennese pianist, at St. Mark's in London before 900 guests including King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth. The service featured a Britten anthem, "Amo Ergo Sum," sung by Joan Cross and Peter Pears.
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London
Earl of Harewood
Earl
Marion Stein
St. Mark's Church
West End
Britain
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Yorkshire
Stein
Ripon
George A. Chase
St. Mark’s
K. H. Thorneycroft
H. H. Griffith
Harewood
Benjamin Britten
Britten
Alderburgh
Joan Cross
Peters Pears
London Opera Club
Miss Stein
Erwin
Violence Flare In Coal Wage War At Tipple Blast
CLEARFIELD Pa. A coal tipple was blown up in a new flare of labor violence in Pennsylvania’s soft coal fields. Junedale Coal Co president W. Smith said the blast damaged generators and motors, ripped the roof, and tore part of a side. the tipple valued at 10000 dollars will halt operations for about a week. Smith said United Mine Workers pickets attacked his non union trucks, prompting a shutdown of strip mining operations yesterday.
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Clearfield
A_ coal company
Pennsylvania
Coal. Fields
Xobely W. Smith
Junedale Coal Company
Grass Flat Pa
Smith
Smth
United Mine Workers
Medicine Hat Sells Bonds at Premium Amid Sound City Credit
Medicine Hat sold 200000 dollars in instalment bonds at a 1.84 percent premium to the city treasury of 2680 dollars in gross premium. Tanner Co. Ltd. of Calgary bid the top price of 101.84 for two issue lots of 38 and 3 percent bonds. The sale boosts gross indebtedness to 2025796 and annual fixed charges by 17500, with sinking fund reserves covering much of the debt.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Civic Treasury
Tanner Co. Lile
Calgary
Edmonton
Board of Public Utilities Commissioners
Manitoba Election Called for November 10
Premier D L Campbell announced a provincial election set for November 10 in Manitoba. The move follows a Liberal Progressive Association meeting that backed coalition and signals internal debate within the party over ending the coalition.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Smilestones on Crafting Long-Lasting Coats and Garments
The note suggests starting with the vest and trousers to extend coat longevity. It emphasizes planning and stitching order to ensure durable results. Detailed guidance on materials and construction steps is not provided within the fragment.
Ford to Finance Pension Plan for Ford Workers
Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers Union reached a landmark pension agreement to be funded by the company. The plan pays $100 monthly plus Social Security to workers over 65, as part of a 2 1/2 year contract ending a near 35 hour marathon negotiation that avoided a strike by 115,000 workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers Union
C.S.0
United States
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Russia
House of Representatives
Friends of the Program
Addiiton
Ottawa Fire Kills Three Young Lavigne Brothers
In southwest Ottawa a flimsy frame house burned killing three young Lavigne brothers aged seven months Leonard two-year-old Philip and three-year-old Richard. Their mother Mrs illa Lavigne escaped via a second floor window suffering multiple injuries. Walter Lavigne and other sons were away at school. Firefighters and army personnel attempted rescue as flames engulfed the building and neighboring homes.
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Ottawa
Illa Lavigne
Leonard
Philip
Richard
Alex Raymond
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Howard Perry
Lames
Raymond
Perry
Mounties Train as School Teachers Across Canada
The RCMP has added a voluntary school teaching role to its duties, delivering about 17,000 talks to over 1.5 million children. Topics include Arctic dog patrols, discipline, and how police protect the community, with lectures expanding from the prairies to Western Canada and Arctic life.
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Ottawa
North
Prairies
Canada
R.C.M.P
Arctic
Western Canada
Efonce
Police
Mounted Police
U S Begins Speeding Arms Aid to Europe
Congress approves a 1.314 billion foreign arms bill to fund rapid delivery of surplus U S military equipment to North Atlantic Pact nations and allies including Greece, Turkey, Korea, the Philippines, Iran, and the China area.
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U.S
Europe
Washington
Truman Administration
United States
Congress
White House
Greece
Turkey
Korea
Phillippines
Iran
China Area
Would Have Truman Confer with Stalin
Forty MPs in London urged a meeting of President Truman and Prime Minister Stalin to end the race for atomic and other weapons. The motion in the House of Commons asked Attlee to arrange a heads of state conference, especially USA and USSR, to resolve the deadlock and curb mass destruction weapons development. Capt Ray Blackburn, who witnessed the Bikini Atoll test, led the motion. Government reaction was not announced.
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London
Truman
Stalin
House of Commons
Attlee
U.S.A
Us.s.r
Capt
Ray
Blackburn
United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Rescue Effort Highlighted in Fragments of Report
A fragmentary newspaper item describes a man prioritizing a child's safety during a rescue attempt. The account notes another man had tried to aid in the effort but does not provide additional verifiable details or names.
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Macleod, Young, Weir Co
Bell Gounlock Co
Dominion Securities Corp
Royal Bank
Jas, Richardson & Sons
Anderson and Co
Ringling, Meredith
D. S. Taw
Loomis
Andrei Vyshinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Vyshinsky
Stamford
Conn
Dan Paight
Carol
John Brennan
Optometrist
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