Premier Douglas seeks ruling on Saskatchewan rental controls
Premier Douglas of Saskatchewan asks the federal government to obtain a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the legality of rental control measures planned for the province. A federal court in Washington ordered a halt on Trans-Canada Air Lines route plans in the United States. Don Head farms wins Southdown ram title at Chicago livestock expo. The British House of Commons passes third reading to a bill easing inheritance limits for married heiresses. A 30 foot CPR track gap near Nelson exploded, third such incident in 10 days with no injuries. Vancouver pioneer Charles E. Mahon dies at 79. Canadian ships enter Shanghai port at their own risk as tensions rise. Montreal’s Richard Robert, charged with false pretences, held for Vancouver police. Brake man Terrance J. Rann killed near Watrong after a fall under a work engine at the yards.
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Douglas
Saskatchewan
Supreme Court of Canada
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trans-Canada Air Lines
United States
Three Juveniles Arrested After Breakout from Industrial School
Winnipeg police say three juveniles escaped from the Regina Industrial School for Boys on Friday. Two constables nabbed two of the youngsters soon after they left a restaurant where they had stolen 40 dollars. A third youth was later arrested by detectives.
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Winnipeg
Regina Industrial School
Victory by acclamation in Roper's Land election
Independent coalition supporting D. R. Roxy Hamilton nears an acclamation in the deferred provincial race for Roper's Land. Nominations close at noon Wednesday in Bissett Manitoba, with voting set for December 14.
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D. R
Roxy) Hamilton
Roper’s Land
Bissett
Man
Kilbon Charged With Murder In Ontario Mercy Slaying
Ralph Kilbon, 56, a Baillieboro farmer, was committed for trial at Cobourg Ontario on murder charges for the fatal shooting of his wife Irene on November 1. Police described the act as a mercy killing after she was found with gunshot wounds to chest and head.
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Ralph Kilbon
Baillleboro
Cobourg
Ont
Irene
Kilbon
U S Prices Fall to July Lows as October CPI Drops
Lower food costs pull the U S cost of living down in October to the 1949 July level, with the consumer price index slipping tenths of a point from Sept 15 to Oct 15 per the Bureau of Statistics. Dr Starry M Cassidy of the University of Toronto gets a three month UN leave to advise Egypt on social welfare measures. Saskatchewan may not reuse plate numbers next year while Manitoba keeps plates and adds small tabs.
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United States
U.S. Bureau of Statistics
Starry M. Cassidy
School of Social Work
University of Toronto
United Nations
Egypt
Cassidy
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Magistrate Calls Doubling Drunk Driving Penalty
Magistrate D G Potter in Winnipeg provincial police court sentences David Manson, 63, to seven days for drunken driving and says the law should be doubled to fourteen days to curb accidents, calling drunken drivers potential murderers.
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D. G. Potter
Winnipeg
David Manson
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