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February 28, 1950

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U.S., CANADA AGREE ON VAST INCREASE IN NIAGARA POWER; Sign 50-Year Treaty on Water Diversion to Give Cheap Energy to Both Nations THE FALLS ARE PROTECTED Our Senate and Parliament of Dominion Must Ratify Plan --All Old Pacts Voided Lehman Sees Big Power Gain Beauty of Falls Safeguarded U.S., CANADA AGREE ON NIAGARA POWER Coordination Is Stressed Long-Range Needs Cited

By Jay Walz Special To the New York Times

US and Canada sign 50-yr treaty on use of river water for power; falls scenic beauty to be safeguarded; Sec Acheson and Amb Wrong sign; ratification needed; old pacts voided; US State Dept, Sen Lehman, Min Pearson and G Drew comment

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Senate Votes Plan to Curb Potato Surpluses Next Year; Strict Quotas for the Future and Limit on Present Dumping Are Provided in Riders to Bill Adding Cotton Acreage SENATE VOTE HITS AT POTATO SURPLUS Plan Has Force of Mandate Peanut Politics" Query

By Bess Furman Special To the New York Times

US acreage additions, '50, passed by Sen

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U.S. COURT PERMITS 3D AVE. LINE TO ASK FOR A 10-CENT FARE; FINAL U.S. ACT IN BULGARIA: BURNING THE FLAG 3D AVE. PERMITTED TO SEEK 10C FARE Union Demands Rejected

By Paul P. Kennedy

Fed Ct permits 3d Av to ask PSC for 10c fare; orders co to conf with city on revising bus-to-subway fares and on modifying franchise payments

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Water Use Highest Since October; Compulsory Curbs Expected Soon; WEEK'S WATER USE HIGHEST SINCE FALL

By Charles G. Bennett

use increased 889-million gals, wk of Feb 19; Clark rept on reservoirs; Carney expected to set compulsory curbs

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U. N. Hears That Soviet Bases Its Economy on Slave Labor; SOVIET IS ACCUSED ON FORCED LABOR

By George Barrett Special To the New York Times

AFL repr Miss T Sender charges USSR bases econ on forced labor; offers copies of documents indicating secret police undertake labor projects of major importance, UN ECOSOC

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Historical Context for February 28, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people^[†]