Conferences Continuing At Moscow
Representatives of Britain, the United States and France met at the British embassy in Moscow to map their next moves in negotiations with Russia on east west differences. More talks among the three western envoys with Soviet readers were indicated as weary but patient progress continued. A Moscow radio broadcast urged closer collaboration between the Soviet Union and the United States to assure lasting peace.
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MOSCOW
A.P
Britain
United States
France
Russia
East West Berlin talks bogged down over immediate settlement
London reports indicate the East West Berlin talks remain stalled on how to secure an immediate Berlin settlement. Molotov presented a Soviet currency solution tied to easing traffic restrictions, while Moscow questioned a Western plan on Russia United States friendship. U S envoy Walter Bedell Smith and Britain’s Frank Roberts attended the session, signaling high-level interest.
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LONDON
Whitehall
Kremlin
Germany
Berlin
Molotov
Russia
enjous
United States
Moscow
west
Walter Bedell Smith
Fay D. Kohler
Brewster Morris
Frank Roberts
Britain
Geoffrey’ Harrison
King May Act As Cabinet Advisor
OTTAWA Aug 10 External Affairs Minister St Laurent, elected Liberal leader, said no steps were taken to ask Prime Minister Mackenzie King to stay in the cabinet until the next general election in 1950. He added King will decide his parliamentary role and may advise the cabinet without serving as a minister, noting no plans had been discussed yet.
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OTTAWA
St. Laurent
Liberal party
Mackenzie King
King
Mr. St. Laurent
Topaze flees fog to pioneer radar sailings at sea
The 1 076 ton steamer Topaze crosses the North Sea to Antwerp claiming to be the first ship with regular radar sailings. Fog rolls over Ostend as captain attempts the crossing. The vessel proceeds up the Thames, clearing docks by noon and completing a cargo swap tied to a radar aided voyage.
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RITAIN
North Sea
Antwerp
London News Chronicle
Ostend
pind
Titury
Thames
ockers
Tepere
MacKinnon Sees Delayed Trans-Canada Highway Plan
Ottawa Resources Minister MacKinnon said a Dominion provincial conference on the trans-Canada highway is unlikely this fall and that the project will take several years and cost millions. He cited labor shortages high costs and route location as key difficulties. He favored an independent commission to study the issues and noted Winnipeg or Ottawa as possible conference sites.
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OTTAWA
MacKinnon
Dominion
Howe
United States
Winnipeg
Government Ahead of Itself In Calgary Letter Oddity
Calgary discloses a curious note from RCAF Ottawa dated June 20 49 proving a government body ahead of schedule. R. W Moss of Calgary received the postmarked letter marking the surprising timing and the gag like slip shows officials once again juggling dates and duties.
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CALGARY
R. W W. Moss
RCAF
Ottawa
King Plans Private Holiday Hidden From Press
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King intends a brief holiday next week with no public location announced. He may travel to Seal Harbor Maine or Sea Island Georgia and will likely be joined by External Affairs Minister St Laurent for cabinet talks and a possible shakeup. He plans to attend the United Nations general assembly in Paris in September and later join Commonwealth leaders at a London conference.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
Liberal party
Union station
United States
Sea Island
Seal Harbor
King
St. Laurent
L. B
Mike) Pearton
Gen. A. L. McNaughton
general assembly of the United Nations
Paris
prime ministers
London
King Has Last Word At Liberal Convention
The 1299 delegates at the Quava convention elected Louis St. Laurent as leader, but William Lyon Mackenzie King loomed as the lasting influence. A wax transcription of King's address captured his faith and dogma, underscoring his role as the party’s persistent mentor even as he steps back from active leadership. The piece suggests future Liberals may remember him as the defining voice of the era.
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Louis St. Laurent
Canada
Liberal party
Mackenzie King
Mr. King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
W. L. Mackenzie King
Royal Commission to Probe Freight Rates
Winnipeg Aug 10 Trans Minister Chevrier said a royal commission to study the railway freight rate structure is likely unless legal obstacles block it. If illegal to appoint, the government may amend the Freight Rates Act. Ottawa reports note a cabinet ruling on legality. Chevrier warned of delays from long study and favored Board of Transport Commissioners for the inquiry with new technical and accounting committees. Premier Garson could join the cabinet portoflio, as Chevrier emphasized. The minister and Air Vice-Marshal Cowley arrived for an inspection tour to Farmanton Whitehorse and Yellowknife.
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WINNIPEG
Trans
Chevrier
roysl
Ottawa
justice department
royal commission
Chevrier salt
Board of ‘Transport Commissioners
Garson
Manitoba
portfono
A. T. N. Cowley
Farmanton
Whitehorse
Yellowknife
More US Tourists Coming To Canada
Ottawa reports a surge in United States visitors with June 1948 border crossings totaling 881,900. Foreign entries reached 689,300 while 192,600 Canadians returned from the United States. US inflow included 192,000 on traveller permits and 479,700 non permit local entries. Canadian traffic showed 16,500 staying abroad over 24 hours, 160,100 for shorter stays, and 16,000 commercial vehicles.
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OTTAWA
United States
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
First Polio Death Reported in Manitoba Health Data
The Manitoba health department reports the first polio death this year. A 2 year old Winnipeg resident died in hospital after being among 12 cases so far, eight adults. No further details given.
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MANITOBA
WINNIPEG
department of health and welfare
Substitutes for Butter Debate f r Ottawa Food Policy
The National Dairy Council urged Ottawa to prepare a suitable butter substitute if rationing is not reintroduced or butter supplies remain tight. They suggested possible margarine use, with government policy to decide. A cabinet meeting heard four recommendations: import enough butter, rationing if needed, authorize a substitute sale, and lift price ceilings only after supply improves. Officials warned against removing ceilings now, fearing price spikes and emphasizing supply over price.
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OTTAWA
National Dairy Council today
Two Alpinists Meet Death in British Columbia
Two University of California students were injured but alive after a lightning strike as they sheltered in a mountain cave during a snowstorm on Bugaboo Spear in the Purcell range. Rudolf Pundt of Berkeley and Bob Becker of Los Gatos died after being knocked from a cliff during the tragedy. The 18-member Sierra Club ascent, led by John Ohane, faced a chaotic rescue and the bodies may be unrecoverable.
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RANBROOK
B. C
C. P
University of California
Purcell range
Selkirk mountains
British Columbia
Kootenay
Ann Strong
Berkeley
Callia
John MacKinlay
San Francisco
John Ohane
Rudolf Pundt
Bob Becker
Los Gatos
Sierra Club
U. of C
Spilamacheen
B.C
Thune
MacKinlay
Punder
Pundt
Becker
Miss Strong
Thane
Thung
Charles Shiverick
Cleveland
Harvard
Red bloc beats West on Danube
Belgrade reports the Eastern European Communist bloc defeats western hopes for Danube navigation guarantees. In a 7 to 3 vote, a conference drafting a Central European transport pact rejected France’s bid to replace Russia’s prepared preamble. The dispute focused on omitting recognition of the sovereign rights of Danube states.
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BELGRADE
Europe
Danube
Russia
Monument for Chief Crowfoot to Rise on Blackfoot Reserve
CALGARY August 10 A monument to Chief Crowfoot one of Western Canada’s best known Indian chiefs will be erected on the Blackfoot reserve near Cluny Alta on September 26. A rock cairn will bear a bronze plaque outlining Crowfoot’s seats. The project is by the Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old-Timers Association. Crowfoot led Plains Indians during the Blackfoot Crossing Treaty of September 22 1877 which placed them under Dominion government care and reservation terms. He died April 3 2 June.
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CALGARY
Crowfoot
Canada
Cluny
Alta
southern Alberta Pioneers’ and
Alberta Leaders Clash Over Hospital Care in Campaign
Premier Manning charged Saskatche wan CCF programs fail to provide beds and care, citing Alberta has 73 beds per thousand versus 45 in Saskatchewan and higher family costs. Harper Prowse and Elmer Roper supported broader, national medical services, promising free care with nominal fees, amid Edmonton rallies as candidates race to 57 seats in the Tuesday vote.
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Manning
C.CF
Alberta
Saskatchewan
C.C.F
hll Special Credit administration
Alon
tn 2
Harper Prowse
CCF
Elmer Roper
packinghouse
west end
south side
ROFER
CBC
Roper
Swift Current
C.C.P
ness
Plan Union With Newfie Plan Union
St John s Newfoundland Aug 10 CP Canada set March 31 1949 as earliest possible date for confederation with Newfoundland in response to a commission government query on trade The reply notes tariff restrictions delay union until at least March 31 1946 Newfoundlanders voted to join Canada in a referendum and Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced acceptance into union.
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ST. JOHN'S
Mid
C.P
Canada
Newfoundland
commission
confederation
old colony
Mackenzie King
Russ Demand For Teacher Is Ignored
U S officials brushed off a formal Russian demand to hand over a Soviet schoolteacher Michael Ivanovich Samarin and his wife who stayed in hiding. The House Un-American Activities Committee wants to question them about Russian intrigues in the United States. Samarin and Mrs Kosenkina taught children of Russian officials at the UN in New York. The Russian charge alleges kidnap and blackmail by U.S. authorities. Page Two continues.
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U.S. state department
congressional
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael Ivanovich Samarin
Fiss
house of representatives un American activities committee
belings
Samarin
Samarins
bke
Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina
Kosenkina
United Nations
New York
Alexander S. Panyushkin
state department
New
Panyushkin
Deaths yesterday from various locales and a political note
Obituaries report Rev Charles William Squires 73 pastor at Limerick Maine and Margaret YT Holland 77 former Boston Sunday Post editor among others in Wellington New Zealand Newton Massachusetts and Doylestown Pennsylvania. A Kelowna British Columbia by election note states Bruce Woodsworth son of J 5 Woodsworth chosen as CCF candidate for the South Chabagen by election. Woodsworth is a West Bank BC school principal.
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PORTLAND
Charles William Squires
the
Baptist church
Limerick
WELLINGTON
N.Z
Richard Makgill
Makgill
NEWTON
Mass
Margaret YT. Holland
Boston Sunday Post
DOYLESTOWN
Rheta Childe Dorr
WINCHESTER
Conn
Edmund H. Yates
American Brass Company
C.C.F
KELOWNA
B.C
Bruce Woodsworth
J. 5
Woodsworth
CCF
South Chabagen
West Bank
New Commander Named for Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
OTTAWA August 10 An old friend from Ortona days Lt Col Donald Cameron 37 DSO ED born in Alexandria Ontario named to command the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. He will lead the Pats first class to undergo airborne training and was present in Calgary Monday when the Pats were informed they were chosen as the first infantry outfit to train as airborne battalion.
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OTTAWA
Ortona
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
Canada
Pats
Donald C. Cameron
Alexandria
Ont
Calgary
News Bullets Rule Committee Subpoena Russians Shoke
The State Department advised the House of Representatives on the American Activities Committee it can serve a subpoena on Russian woman teacher Mrs Shitn Stepanekay Kosenkina currently in the Soviet consulate in New York. Ballet boxes shipped from Edmonton for the August election include 4 000 boxes in 559 crates and over 300 000 rural electrification plebiscite ballots were sent to provincial returning officers. A CN Railway engine and 12 freight cars plunged through a storm weakened bridge over the White Water River injuring no one. The Arab League rejected Israel’s invitation to open peace talks on Palestine. Romania reportedly may join the Soviet Union. a Romanian attache denied the claim. Dr Morris Leff, a Bronx physician, was arrested on charges related to a baby adoption scam described as a black market baby traffic. Princess Margaret will attend Princess Josephine’s investiture Sept 6 in London, marking her first major royal public role outside the British Empire.
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state department
house of representatives
American Activities committee
Shitn Stepanekay Kosenkina
New York
EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
CNR
KAMLOOPS
B.C
Canadian National Railway
White Water river
here
Vancouver
Calvary
Morris Leff
Bronx
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Samaria
Princess Pats
ARAB LEAGUE
CAIRO
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Arab League tonight
Palestine
ROMANIA
SOVIET UNION
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APFI
Nivla Dinulexu
MARGARET
IULIANAS
Princess Margaret
Jossap
Buckingham Palace
Mary Karet
Netherlands
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