South Reefs Hail Storms Decimate South Alberts Crops
Terrific hail storms struck South Alberts Tuesday creating wide scale crop damage across Magrath Stirling Warner Nemiscam Vulcan and surrounding Turin areas. The storms left 100 percent crop losses in multiple farms and caused extensive property damage including ruined roofs and flooded fields.
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Magrath
Warner
Nemiscam
Vulcan
Turin
Alberta
Stirling
Skiff
Foremost
Herald office
Nem~iscam
HNS
Seward
F. F. Balderson
WARNER WARNER
Hudson Bay brims with cautious welcome amid recent ship losses
Ottawa reports Hudson Bay opens the shipping season with hope to avoid a third tragedy after the Nascopie and Neophyte losses. The freighter Essex Trader leads an inbound grain run to Churchill while bringing steel, glass, linen and whisky from Newcastle. A Saskatchewan delegation travels by special train to greet the vessel.
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OTTAWA
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Churchill
Man
Canada
trade department
Essex
R.M.S
Britain
Newcastle-on-Tyne
prairie provinces
Foreign Trade
foreign service
National Harbors Board
Saskatchewan
Regina
Saskatchewan government
G.N.R
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Associated Chambers of Commerce
Bay Route Association
Bread as Currency in Ancient Egypt and Abyssinia Origins
The London Sun Express recounts how wheat spread from Abyssinia to the Nile valley over five millennia, carried by seasonal floods into Fayum and Egypt where bread served as currency. Herodotus notes ancient bread rations. priests earned 900 loaves and 36,000 coarse loaves in 1618 Bc, with loaves varied in shape and size.
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jug
Britain
priad
London Sunnay Express
Nile
Abyssinia
maliest
Egypt
Tolstec
King's Silence on Resignation Rumors Mount Ottawa
A source close to the government says Prime Minister Mackenzie King has not disclosed when he plans to resign. Vancouver North MP James Sinclair floated next spring as the timing with Abbott among front runners, while St Laurent and others are repeatedly named as possible successors.
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OTTAWA
F—O
Prime Minster
Mackenzie King
Vancouver
James Sinclair
commons
Vancouver North
Sinclair
King
Abbott
Indonesians Are Accused Of Violations
Batavia Java Aug 6 7 The Netherlands army acccused the Indonesian republic today of violating Monday nights cease fire order five times and denied Indonesian charges that the Dutch had committed such violations Prime Minister Amir Sjarifoeddin charged Dutch violations at Gombong on the central front 60 miles west of Jogjakarta The Dutch said they occupied Gombong 30 minutes before the order took effect US consul general Walter A Foote offered mediation to A K Gani who would relay to Jogjakarta and hoped for a reply tonight Gani said he would seek international mediation to supervise the cease fire The Indonesians earlier sought an international commission for mediation and supervision
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BATAVIA
Java
Amir Sjarifoeddin
Gombong
Jogjakarta
Walter A. Foote
United States
U.S
A. K. Gani
Gani
Foote
Russia May Lose Part of Lend Lease Goods to Allies
Washington reports indicate a $250 million block of lend-lease items bound for Russia could be diverted to Greece and Turkey under U S aid efforts. Officials say congressional action blocking shipments creates headaches in state and treasury. Congress argues pressure on Soviet actions in Eastern Europe warrants disapproval. The deal traces back to VJ Day when aid halted. remaining contracts total 1.2 billion dollars with Russia slated to receive 250 million.
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WASHINGTON
Russia
Greece
Turkey
state
treasury departments
state department
congress
Europe
United States
Missing Dollars Probe Under RCMP Crown Law
Ottawa reports the Mounties will conduct a country wide check of US currency handling by merchants and others receiving foreign exchange from tourists. The foreign exchange control board said breaches will lead to prosecutions under the Foreign Exchange Control Act. Vancouver notes a fisherman retrieved a seven inch lamprey from a home faucet, with the officer preferring traditional fishing methods.
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Canada
foreign exchange control board
R.C.M.P
United States
U.S
Foreign Exchange Centrol Act
VANCOUVER
Ernest Cave
Limited Direction Of Labor Promised Gone To The Dogs
Auburn Mass report says county commissioner Crockett counted 29 dogs peering through windows at a worker’s home during a dog complaints investigation. Selectmen ordered Mr and Mrs Ralph Walker to dispose of all but two animals. Crockett said at least two dogs occupied every window watching him.
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AUBURN
Mass
board of selectment
Mrs. Ralph Walker
Elbert M. Crockett
Attlee Plans Wide Reductions To Save British Economy
Prime Minister Attlee outlined a broad program to curb Britain's economic crisis. Joints measures include a £12 million monthly cut in dollar-area food imports, longer working hours, and reduced overseas armed forces. He urged unity across parties to meet the emergency.
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ONDON
Attlee
house of commons
Britain
United States
muiruster
Canada
i 4
Labor
Attree
Monstrosity Sundae Attracts Chicago Stirring Offer
In CHICAGG on Aug 6 Gerry Schemel a fountain owner offered a prize for anyone who can chew three of his monstrosity sundaes weighing oxo pounds. The dessert features six large scoops of ice cream two bananas two brownies and fresh fruit topped with chocolate marshmallow whipped cream nuts and two maraschino cherries.
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CHICAGG
Gerry Schemel
Chicago
Round-up of Jewish Leaders in Jerusalem Fallout
In Jerusalem Aug 1 British authorities intensified arrests of Jewish leaders accused of sympathy for violence or contact with underground. A loud explosion near a British post by the Jewish Agency building caused no casualties. About 40 leaders, including Tel Aviv Natanya and Ramat Gan mayors, are held at Latrun detention camp with many from the revisionist movement.
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JERUSALEM
Jewish agency
Latrun
Tel Aviv
Natanya
Ramat Gan
revisionist
Fire Breaks Out In Ottawa Restaurant
Ottawa Aug 6 Virtually the entire fire department was called out to combat a three alarm blaze in a restaurant in the heart of the capital’s business district. It started in the Tea Gardens kitchen when grease fat used for French fries ignited, spreading to the roof. Firefighters controlled the fire within an hour. No injuries reported and damage estimate unavailable.
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OTTAWA
Sparks
O'Conner
Tea Gardens
Longshoremen Vote To Be Taken on Vancouver Island
OTTAWA Aug. 6 The National Labor Relations Board directed a vote among longshoremen at Empire Stevedoring and Canadian Stevedoring in Chemainus Crofton and Nanaimo areas to choose bargaining representatives. Applications for certification come from Local 308 of the ILU and Local 38-164 of the ILA.
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OTTAWA
National Labor Relations Board
Empire Stevedoring Company Limited
Canadian Stevedoring Company Limited
Chemainus, Crofton and
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
International Longshoremen's union
International Longshoremen’s Association
Bennett's Will Reveals Bennett Heirs and Gifts
London Aug 1 Viscount Bennett's will discloses his estate valued at 1 , 1 435? million pounds after death duties. His brother R V Bennett of Sackville NB receives 30 percent of the net estate with two nephews from Montreal and Ottawa each getting 20 percent of the remaining balance. The nephews share later terms: 25 percent of annual income after the death of R V Bennett, then rising percentages at specified ages. He grants legacies to friends and organizations including Canadian ties, Juniper Hill and a Royal Empire Society bequest, plus items to Calgary and Edmonton associations. Residue of Juniper Hill personal belongings goes to R V Bennett.
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LONDON
Viscount Bennett
Tim jster
R. V. Bennett
Sackville
R. B. Coates
Montreal
W. R. B. Herridge
Ottawa
Coate
Herridge
province of
New Brunswick
H. A Turner
Vancouver
Phyllis
Donald
Alice Mular
Juniper Hill
Surrey
fsdean
Goates
Calgary
E. F Windsor
Alta
jabra
D.L. Hutchinson
Edmonton
Weston Frazee
R .V. Bennett
Juniper
Canavan Legion
Calvary
U.S. Looks to UN to Handle Balkans if Veto Holds
The United States said it may have the United Nations General Assembly handle the Balkans if the Security Council cannot act due to Russia's veto. An official stated Herschel Johnson would outline the U.S. position, emphasizing reliance on UN mechanisms while not ruling out outside options. The note criticized Soviet vetoes and urged Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to cooperate with the council's efforts.
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LAKE SUCCESS
United States
United Nations general assembly
Balkans
security council
Russia
council
Herschel
Johnson
general assembly
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Wally
United Nations
Bond Redemption Announced By Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada announced redemption of two Dominion of Canada bond issues before maturity. Four percent loan bonds dated Oct. 15 1952 due Oct. 15 1952 will mature Oct. 15 next with $46,191,000 outstanding. Forty percent conversion loan bonds dated May 1 1941 due Nov. 1 1997 will mature at par on Nov. 1 next with $37,523,200 outstanding. Also: surveys in Alberta as F G Stewart arrives in Edmonton for western field studies after visiting Wells, Hay River and Yellowknife.
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OTTAWA
Bank of Canada today
Dominion of Canada
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
F G Stewart
Dominioa geological survey
Lectur
Wells
Hay River
Yellowknife
Roosevelt Denies Girl-Hiring Claims In Hughes Probe
Elliott Roosevelt testified he might be open to reprimand for letting plane maker Howard Hughes pay a $576.83 hotel bill as a wedding present and that Jack Frye paid $850 in hotel costs for the marriage to Faye Emerson. He labeled the inquiry into Meyer expense vouchers as to whether girls were procured “utterly despicable,” urging the senate committee to clear up his moral record. Roosevelt served as brigadier general and commanded reconnaissance operations in Africa and Europe during World War II.
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WASHINGTON
Elliott Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
Roosevelt
senate
Jack Frye
Trans World Airtice
Hughes
Faye Emerson
Meyer
Africa
Europe
Bughes’ Company
Nahe
Henry J. Kaiser
Col Eilott Roosevelt
Record Vote In Democrat Primary In Mississippi
Mississippi voters, including many whites and blacks, turned out for a high turnout Democratic primary for state and county offices. Polls closed at 6 pm after a 106 degree day, with limited black turnout under new party principles laws requiring pledges to anti lynching and anti tax loan support. Early reports from Jackson precincts noted subdued black participation and only about 150 votes near closing time.
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JACKSON
Miss
Mississingi
representatve
Mississippi
Maple Leafs sign ex pro goaltenderMailie Hughes
The Lethbridge Maple Leafs announce the signing of Mailie Hughes 25 year old ex professional goaltender last year for Winnipeg Stylists of the Manitoba senior league Hughes played for Winnipeg in 1946 when they travelled to Calgary and was described as the outstanding godlie in the West.
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MAPLE LEAFS
Lethbridge Maple Leafs
Mailie Hughes
Winnipeg
Salatiqa
Winnipeg health committee
Manitoba
Children’s hospital
SANTIAGO
Chile
Stardust
Andes
London
C.P
Board of Grain Commissioners
U.S
WASHINGTON
Howard Hughes
Owen Brewster
Hughes
Trans-World Airlines
Pan American Airways
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Valair Vandebelt
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St. Laurent
Robert Walpole
St Laurent
Quebec
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Chevrier
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Claxton
Justice
Isley
Reconstruction
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Lester B. Pearson
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SHA LAMPREY
Jewshoes
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ELLIOTT Butson
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Joh W. Meyer
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