Peace Cairns Dedicated At Colorful Waterton Glacier Ceremony
Peace cairns were dedicated at the Waterton Glacier International Peace Park border, with Rotarians, officials, park staff, and families joining U S and Canadian representatives. Messages from Truman and Mackenzie King were read as dignitaries praised cross border friendship. The ceremony featured Chief Mountain, Vimy Peak, RCMP, American Rangers, and band music under clear skies.
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Peace Cairns
WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK
Waterton- Glacier International Peace Park
United States
Canada
Rotary International
Peace Park
Vimy Peak
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Truman
W. L. Mackenzie King
Montana
Alberta
Rotary
Chief Mountain highway
seven mountains
Chief Mountain
Waterton’Glacier International Peace Park
H. R. Regge
Calgary
S. H. Middleton
St. Paul's Indian School
international committee of Rotarians
Herald
J. C. Bowen
Gov. Eaton
W. A. Buchanan
James Smart
Dominion parks department
Jos. Low
Cardstor
International Rotary committee
Leper Window Village Exhibit and Controversial Theme
London correspondent notes a Norman church in a Sussex village with a leper window and a worn path to it. He recalls a glum Gypsy hamlet on the downs and visits an Overseas Club exhibit on those who walk alone, highlighting lives affected by leprosy and its stigma in Darkest Africa.
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Arundel Castle
London
Eng
Ottawa Journal
slomng Downs
Overseas Club
Africa
This Week
Paraguay Leader Flees As Civil War Intensifies
Buenos Aires dispatch reports Gen. Morinigo, Paraguay’s president, leaving Asuncion with his cabinet as five month civil war spreads from the naval base at Vinas Cue. Rebels threaten the capital, with insurgents landing along the Paraguay river. Morinigo’s fate and the war minister Martino’s injuries unsettled amid unknown government statements.
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BUENOS AIRES
Reuters
Migunio Morinize
Paraguay
Asuncion
Vinas Cue
Moriniga
Villa Hayes
Paraguay river
Atomic Spies and the Atomic Energy Program Reach Public View
A U S report marks peacetime uses of atomic energy in medicine biology and agriculture. Scientists describe progress and limits while noting radioisotopes enable tracing and study of cancer processes. Researchers at Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital and 170 institutions have used isotopes to investigate cancer mechanisms and potential treatments.
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OAK RIDGE
Tenn
atomic energy commission
commission
St. Louis
Barnard
Cancer
Hos
Jews To Hang More Britons Threat looms over British troops in Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi broadcast a threat to hang seven more British soldiers in retaliation for hangings of three Irgunists. Haganah threatened reprisals against British troops and police. A railway mine near Rehovot killed one Arab and injured another amid weekend violence. Court actions began in three English cities over anti Jewish riots. 29 incidents reported, synagogues damaged, and a Liverpool factory fire met with hostile crowds.
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ERUSALEM
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Voice of Fighting Zion
Irgun
Sgis
Mervyn Paice
Clifford Martin
Mayer Feinstein
Moshe Barazani
Haganah
defence” army
Rehovoth
LONDON
Palestine
Liverpool
bai
Selford Lanes
Manchester
ngland
Ramsgate
Horace Newbold
Lancashire and Cheshire Federaton of Trades Councils
Not Cats Bagpipes Mystery Incompatible Alarm
In Boston on Aug 4 police were called by a woman to break up a cat fight but found she was hearing a lone musician practicing the bagpipes. The comment noted Scots view bagpipe music as Edenic while others may not share the sentiment.
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BOSTON
C.P
Garden of Eden
Bitter Blast At Russians
New Haven Aug 4 Barl O Shreve president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States said Soviet Russia s rejection of the Marshall plan will be rated by history as the greatest single crime of totalitarianism He called the decision in a class with the Berlin Moscow pact and said its victims are the people under the Kremlin s rule He accused Russia of delaying obstruction and chaos hoping to profit from a capitalist collapse by stalling for time to pick up the pieces when the crash comes
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NEW HAVEN
Conn
Barl O. Shreve
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Russia
Shreve
Northeastern Institute
Kremlin
Roosevelt Promises Full Facts On Hughes War Contracts
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late president, told senators he would reveal the full facts about his connections to wartime airplane contracts with Howard Hughes. He claimed serious implications had been raised about his record after testimony by Hughes publicity man John Meyer about parties. He suggested pricing, recommendations, and possible harm to the war effort should be disclosed to the public as the committee reviews a contract that started with 100 planes but was cut to two, with none delivered during the war.
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WASHINGTON
Elliott Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
John Meyer
Hughes
air corps
Rooseat
Three sisters drown in Saskatchewan river tragedy near North Battleford
In one day three sisters Mrs Mary Desjarlais 26 Helen Neovard 20 and Evelyn Neovard 19 drowned at the North Saskatchewan River while their brother Fred Neovard 32, a poor swimmer, failed to help them. At Couchin Beach 13 year old Maurice Lavigne and 16 year old John Gustovich also drowned before a crowd. Four million Shanghai residents live in the city as housing scarcity forces poor to sleep on sidewalks and streets amid danger.
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NORTH BATTLEFORD
Sask
North Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
R.C.M.P
Mary Desjarlais
Helen Neovard
Evelyn Neovard
Fred Neovard
Couchin Beach
here
Maurice Lavigne
John Gustovich
Albania Accepts Court Move on Corfu Case
Moscow radio reported Albania's press published a letter to the Hague international court saying the government fully accepts the United Nations Security Council recommendations to bring the Corfu Channel case before the court.
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ALBANIA
LONDON
Moscow
Hague
Birthday of Queen Elizabeth Ignites BBC Anthem Critique
In London Aug 4, Parliament attacked the BBC for failing to begin broadcasts with the National Anthem to mark Queen Elizabeth II's birthday. Conservative Sir Waldron Smithers led the criticism, urging BBC directors to explain negligence, while the speaker said the issue was outside his jurisdiction. The day proceeds with a quiet family dinner at Buckingham Palace attended by Queen Mary.
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HER MAJESTY
LONDON
BBC
Elizabeth
Waldron Smithers
Buckingham Palace
Smithers
Douglas Clifton Brown
Cease-fire Declared in Indonesia as UN Victory News
The Indonesian republic and the Dutch halted hostilities in Indonesia, marking the UN’s first major peace victory. Jogjakarta announced a cease-fire to all troops after talks, while Dutch forces largely stopped operations before the deadline. The Republic urged an impartial supervision committee to ensure enforcement. Dutch units were mostly pulled back with little activity at Semarang.
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Associated Press
ATAVIA
Java
Indonesia
United Nations
security council
Jogjakarta
Netherlands
Semarang
Britain eyes special autumn budget to curb inflation
London reports outline a planned autumn budget by Attlee to counter inflation from upcoming measures. The plan redeploys industry toward exports and home production, shifts labor to top-priority sectors, and extends wartime manpower controls to more essential trades, with defence and cabinet discussions continuing.
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LONDON
Reuters
Britain
Attlee
defence committee
House of Commons
First planeload of British immigrants arrives in Ontario
The first plane load of British migrants reaches Malton airport as Premier Drew and Planning Minister Porter greet 34 men and five women. Doris Halloway of London accepts a Windsor stenography job. James Doran from County Down secures a Toronto construction post. The welcome marks the start of a planned flow of 7000 newcomers over ten months with a second arrival due Tuesday.
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iCanadien Press
Steil
TORONT
Ontario
Malton airport
Drew
Dana Porter
Doris Halloway
London
Windsor
Ont
James Doran
Tr ishman
County Down
Toronto
Indonesia leader orders cease fire over Dutch resistance
President Soekarno announced a midnight nationwide cease fire in a three minute Jogjakarta radio broadcast reversing his July 24 call to resist the Dutch with all force. The broadcast gave no exceptions and ordered an immediate halt to hostilities.
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BATAVIA
Java
A.P
Soekarno
Soeckarno
Jogjakarta
UN urged both sides to halt fighting amid Java crisis
The Security Council on Friday called for ceasefire steps while Indonesians signaled willingness to stop hostilities but demanded Dutch withdrawal to October demarcation lines. Dutch forces announced troop landings on Madura island off Java as relief rice shipments reach the population there. Dutch orders to stop military action by 11 p.m. BD-T were issued despite questions over UN authority.
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United Nations Security Council
Madoern
Java
iMadoern
Cheribon
Madoera
thhe
Hubertus Van Mook
U.N. Security Council
Polish Theater Boom Sees Shakespeare Popular Again
Warsaw view shows Shakespeare as Poland's favored foreign playwright in a postwar theater boom. George Bernard Shaw follows closely as a second favorite. Polish works, both classic and contemporary, share the stage with sixteen Shakespearean plays staged since the war's end.
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WARSAW
Aus
Reuters
Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw
Poland
Girl Slayer Gives Self Up
Roland Fiset a 32 year old Quebec native surrendered to parish priest Rev Auguste Pare at St Paul L Ermite and was remanded for a preliminary hearing. He confessed to killing Annette Diotte 45, in self defense saying she attacked him with an ice pick during a quarrel. Police note Fiset was a former boyfriend and believe motive was jealousy.
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MONTREAL
Roland f Fiset
Quebec
Edouard Archambault
Annette Diotte
Fixet
Auguste Parc
St Paul L'Ermite
Fiset
Miss Diotte
Hollywood
St. Paul's
St Paul LErille
Panther Auguste Pare
Father Pare
Roland Fiset
Miss Distie
Mountbatten named Governor General of India and Jinnah for Pakistan
The King has formally approved Viscount Mountbatten as governor-general of the Dominion of India and Mohammed Ali Jinnah as governor-general of Pakistan, the India Office announced Sunday.
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DOMINIONS
INDIA
LONDON
Reuters
Viscount Mountbatten
Dominion of India
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
India office
World speed record flight launch from Chicago
William P. Odom started a 19 600 mile around the world speed flight from Orchard airport at 2 31 50 p.m backed by Milton Reynolds after a 24 hour delay due to radio direction finding issues. The enterprise aims to set a global speed record.
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CHICAGO
William P. Odom
Orchard
Milton Reynolds
VIENNA
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