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Liquor stores did a rush trade. Practically every Canadian who wanted a drink had the price of a bottle, though it came high. The turkey supply was spotty; there were plenty of birds around Winnipeg, but few in southern Alberta, where growers were holding out lor fatter prices at Christmas...
Over Canadians also hung the threatening clouds of the unwon peace. Said one Alberta mother who lost two sons in World War II: "Now in my Thanksgiving prayers I am asking the Lord to show the way of peace to the world before another war can take my other two boys...
Bing Crosby looked none too healthy in a photo from the wilds of Alberta, Canada-but it was mostly the usual depressed hat and the unusual beard. Hunter Crosby was dead tired after a day of shooting. His bag thus far: a moose, a bighorn sheep, and a mountain goat...
...tension was hemispheric. In a Calgary, Alberta court, the Crown interrupted his address to the jury to glance at a note. Then he passed it on to defense counsel, who broke into a grin and quickly apologized: "Pardon me, gentlemen, but I have just received today's ball score." The judge suggested drily that the jury would like to know the news too. "Of course, your Lordship," came the answer. "The Dodgers...
Charlotte Whitton thinks the investigating committee may do some good. "At least," said she, "the matter will be dealt with in dignity and justice." But neither Charlotte Whitton nor the Daughters of the Empire will rest the case there. They are planning indignation meetings all over Alberta...