Resignation of Lethbridge Magistrate Accepted
Alberta Attorney General Maynard announced the resignation of Magistrate Arthur Beaumont of Lethbridge has been accepted. Beaumont had barred RCMP court cases in the new city police court building and ordered a press reporter to leave the reporters’ quarters after reporting the dispute. The deputy attorney-general visited Lethbridge Aug 7–8 to investigate and a meeting with the police magistrate and city police commission followed.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Maynard
Arthur Beaumont
Lethbridge
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
new city
R.C.M.P
police commission
city of Lethbridge
Beaumont
department
Dual Control Auto Draws Ottawa Crowd on Street
In Ottawa on August 20 a trio of Winnipeg visitors showcased a car with duplicate front-seat instruments allowing either driver to take over instantly. The invention, by Deloli and Howard Dixon, aims to teach would be drivers inspired by RCA system coal-control instruction.
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OTTAWA
Emile belo
Deloli
Howard Dixon
R.C.A.P
Saudi King Plans Huge Expansion Amid Oil Wealth
A 67 year old ruler of Saudi Arabia, ruler of Arabia of the Sauds, plots vast spendings from 1946 oil royalties. He will enlarge ports, build railways and airfields, 1200 miles of roads, and bring electricity and water to Mecca Medina and Ayadh. Construction costs are put at 270 million over four years, largely financed by U.S. oil firms and the Import-Export Bank.
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bla
New York Times
Egypt
Cairo
Ayadh
Arabia
holy gires
Mecca
Medina
U.S
One Killed Auto Crash Near Woodhouse Alberta
Claresholm reports a two car collision one mile south of Woodhouse at 5:30 pm Tuesday. Mrs. Basil Havens of Hartell died after ambulance transport to Claresholm hospital. Drivers Mrs. G L Stafford and Mr H Nicholas, plus Mrs. Nicholas of Los Angeles, are treated for shock and minor injuries. a continued report follows.
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CLARESHOLM
Woodhouse
Basil Havens
Hartell
Turner Valley
Manhunt Ends With Provincial Search Frustration
Ontario and Quebec police halted a 24 hour manhunt for three Kingston penitentiary escapees as miltary style stakeouts eased. Authorities in Hull and Ottawa reported the trio may have slipped away, with sightings in Smiths Falls Pembroke and Quyon while a stolen olive green 1949 Ford drew watchful scrutiny.
Fishermen Retrieve Deer From Sea Off Santa Monica
Santa Monica Calif Aug 20 These fishermen went oceanishing and brought back a deer from a mile out to sea. They sighted a six months old doe swimming in the ocean and after an hour’s effort hoisted it aboard. The animal was wounded in the leg with a small pulley.
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SANTA MONICA
Calif
Cadiz Blast Toll Seen Near Two Hundred as Digging Continues
Rescue workers continued digging through wreckage two miles from Cadiz after a torpedo and mine factory blast. Officials estimated about 200 dead, around 99 in morgue and 35 in hospitals, with thousands injured and damage over 10 million dollars. A fire chief attributed a gas engine explosion at a nearby shipyard as the likely cause.
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CADIZ
Spain
Francisco Sanchez Cossio
Antonio Fernandez Pernia
Reuters
Generalissimo
Sevilla
Kimberley Miner Killed In Mine Slide
Kimberley British Columbia Special: One man died and another injured in a muck slide at Consolidated Mining and Smelting Sullivan mine. David Harper Brown, 21, was instantly killed. F Richardson survived injury and is hospitalized in McDougall. Brown, born in Vancouver, had moved to Kimberley twelve years ago and taught at Golden BC before working as a surveyor's helper during vacation.
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KIMBERLEY
B.C
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
David Harper Brown
Dave Brown
F. Richardson
McDougall hospital
Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Golden
Baillie Named New C PR Vice President at CP Rail
W. M. Neal announced a three region operating setup for Canadian Pacific Railway with a new Pacific region headed by George H. Baillie of Winnipeg Vancouver. Baillie becomes vice president effective immediately with Vancouver headquarters overseeing rail and coast services.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
Canadian Pacific Railway
W. M. Neal
Neal
west coast
eastern
prairie
Pacific
George H. Baillie
Winnipeg
western Ines
Baillie
W. A. Mather
western lines
prairie region
N. R. Crump
Toronto
eastern lines
Canadian Pacific service
Montreal
Lethbridge
Alta
Wynyard, Sask
Revelstoke
B.C
Ballii
Alberta
Calgary
Canadian Rockies
Escape of Three Long-term Prisoners Stuns Kingston
Three inmates from Kingston Penitentiary escaped at 9 39 Monday morning. Donald Mickey Mac Donald 40 of Toronto Ontario jailed 15 years for hijacking a uranium truck. Ulysses Lauzon 33 serving 48 years for Canada’s biggest bank robbery boasted 300000 hidden. Nicholas Minelli 35 has tattoo marks on chin and left forearm. A police tip led armed squads to Shawville area but the men remain at large.
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Uris Alumette Island
Whettawa
Pembroke
Gaston’ s Garceau
Hull
Que
Kingston
Ulysses Lauzon
Donald
Mickey) McDonald
Nicholas Minelli
Ottawa
Britannia
Smiths Falls
Ont
Quyon
Quebec
T. L. Smith
S.S. Pontiac
Desjardins
Alumette Island
Kingston penitentiary
Lauzon
Windsor
man
Prince Edward Island
McDonald
Toronto
Minelli
Mickey” MacDonald
Canada
Shawville
Dollar Crisis Urgently Talks Continue In London Summit
Washington reports Britain faces renewed urgency in the dollar crisis as the Anglo American talks enter their third day. British delegates led by Sir Wilfrid Eady press to show how the remaining 850 million loan will be spent on materials, food, and machinery before October. American officials expect focus on the convertibility clause to ease Britain’s dollar drain.
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WASHINGTON
Britain
cay
Wilfrid Eady
London
Balkan crisis looms as veto paralyzes UN council
The Associated Press reports Aug 20 that Greece Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania tensions escalate as Russia uses veto twice to block Balkan measures. Britain and the US weigh presenting the dispute to the General Assembly and possibly invoking collective action under UN Charter. Indonesia dispute also deepens as Jakarta seeks UN arbitration after rejecting direct talks with the Dutch.
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Associated Press
ures
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security council
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Yugoslavia
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Albania
Gromyko
Balkan
council
Faris E! Khoury
Syria
general assembly
New York
assembly
Britain
United States
East Indies
Herschel V. Johnson
Attlee Resignation Rumor Denied by Morrison
Morrison rejects a Daily Mail report claiming Prime Minister Attlee planned to resign soon. He tells reporters the story is unfounded and points to lack of basis in what has been published.
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LONDON
The
Daily Mail
Attlee
Herbert Morrison
government Ieader
house of commons
Morrison
Attree
13 Year Old Pilot Flies Grandmother in Cal Flight
In Compton California Mrs Dula Chesney aged 70 rode as passenger while her 13 year old granddaughter Mary Gee Chesney piloted with candidate instructor F H Gallagy. The boyish pilot has logged 14 hours flight time and faces licensing rules restricting under 16 year olds from solo flying.
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COMFTON
Calif
Dula Chesney
Mary Gree Chesney
civil aeronautics authority
Mary Gee
F. H. Gallagy
wiang
Nazi Doctors To Be Hanged for War Crimes Verdicts
Adolf Hitler's personal physician Karl Brandt and six others were sentenced to death by a U S war crimes court for conducting inhumane experiments on concentration camp prisoners at Ravensbruck and other sites. Several co-defendants received life terms or lighter sentences, while seven doctors were acquitted.
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Adolf Hitler
Tne
Herta Operhauser
Ravensbruck
cours
Bitier
Karl Brandt
S.5
Karl Gebhart
German
Red Cross
Henrich Himmler
Rudolf Brandt
Himmeler
the
Two Young British Officers Killed in Amritsar Violence
An official report from Lahore states two young British army officers were killed in Amritsar amid sectarian clashes that have plagued the area since 1946. Their identities and homes are withheld pending relatives’ notification. Initial reports suggested ambush rather than direct shooting. Earlier, a severe riot near Amritsar left 24 people dead and wounded.
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LAHORE
Pakistan
sisin auring
Amritsar
India
whee
katy
Emergency action to halt drain on dollar supply
United States agreed to suspend convertibility of sterling into dollars as Britain faces a dollar drain. The move comes amid wider wartime economic measures and related political maneuvering in Ottawa and London.
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United States
Britain
STERLING INKO BOLLARS
LONDON
MANITOBA
SASK
WINNIPEG
C.P
Saskatchewan
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
A.P
United Nations assembly
New York
CABENET
CANADA
OTTAWA
TOKYO
Reuters
Japanese transportation ministry
Hakata
Kyushu
PENITENTIARIES
Isley
Joseph McCulley
Pickering College
Newmarket
Ont
Louis Philippe Gendreau
Manitoba Mental hospital
McCRACKEN
B.C
VANCOUVER
Farifh
GPR
Lethoridge
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