Lethbridge rally and rodeo draw large crowds in opening day
Veterans and families packed the exhibition grounds for the three day rally and rodeo. T. K. Haig praised turnout and weather, predicting further crowds for Friday and Saturday. About 15 000 attended Thursday with 5 000 grandstand capacity filled twice, while Herman Linder and Lucky Low drew fans. Some attendees blocked views near the amphitheatre, prompting promises of crowd-control measures. Continued on page two.
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T. K. Haig
Lethbridge
the
Herald
South Alberta
veterans’ gate
exhibition grounds
Herman Linder
rodeo
Lucky Low
Hell
uture
Naming the Baby Chur Chill Takes It Easy
The piece notes a decline in swallows and a recent scarcity of plovers across Britain. It cites a London Ottawa Journal correspondent and suggests provocative theories like gunfire from World War I diverting swallows’ Mediterranean migration. It mentions arsenical sheep dips and postwar disturbances as possible factors.
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Britain
London
Ottawa Journal
Mediterranean
No Little Sprouses Declared By Sprouse Family
Grandma Sprouse 79 and her 18-year-old husband Delbert Sprouse say there will be no little Sprouses. Fresh from a honeymoon on a 35 acre Cat Hollow farm, they began a personal appearance tour at Glen Park Barn in Williamsville. Grandma, Mrs Mattie Lyons Large Sprouse, denies inquiries about children. She has had 16 children, 50 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
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WILLIAMSVILLE
NLY
Grandma Sprouse
Delbert
Shorty) Sprouse
Cat Hollow
Sprouses
Glen Park
Buffalo
Mattie Lyons Large Sprousé
U S Inflation Plans Scrutiny On Unemployment Aid
Ottawa July 5 Labor Minister Mitchell told the commons the government will study raising unemployment payments under the Unemployment Insurance Act with a rise in employer contributions. The advisory committee’s minor increase for dependents may be deferred to next year amid flux in North American prices and inflation risks. The nine day waiting period for benefits could be shortened, and policy aims stressed sound administration.
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OTTAWA
Labor
Mitchell
commons
unemployment insurance commission
North American
United States
Mr. Mitchell
Barler
Westinghouse Workers Strike in Hamilton
About 4,000 employees of Canadian Westinghouse in Hamilton walked off the job at 7 a.m. in a two-plant strike. The United Electrical Workers Local 504 demanded a 40-hour week, a 25 cent hourly raise, while the company offered eight cents. Union officials said the offer was rejected.
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HAMILTON
Canadian Westinghouse Company
east end
William Walsh
United Electrical Workers
C.1.0
More Arms Caches Found in Mesheq Yagur
The British army reported uncovering a large cache of munitions and a substantial quantity of British battle dress at Mesheq Yagur in the Haifa Bay area. Troops had been searching the Jewish settlement since last Saturday after previously disclosing underground depots with contraband arms. A British officer insisted battle dress proved not defensive equipment while noting the seizures aimed to curb violence as tensions remained high in Palestine amid recent British officer releases.
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JERUSALEM
Mesheq Yagur
Haifa Bay
Palestine
St Mary dam project to start with Bennett and White tunnels
Initial tunneling for the St Mary dam will begin immediately after Bennett and White secured a two tunnel contract near 20 feet in diameter for about 750000. The award was confirmed by federal minister of agriculture James G Gardiner by phone from Regina. The work supports the St Mary Milk River development, potentially irrigating up to 345000 acres and costing about 15000000. The diversion tunnel must start soon to allow dam construction next year and will carry river flow during works.
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St. Mary dam
Bennett
White
Herald
James G. Gardiner
Regina
Gardiner
lew UayYS ORY
Bennett and White
Alberta
Marquis
St. Michaels’ hospital
air training plan
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
No. 8
Kenyon Field
Spring Coulee
St. Mary-Milk River
Lethbridge
St. Mary River
St. Mary-Milk Rivers
St. Mary
Prices Rise as Peacetime Free-Price Test Goes On
New York July 5 Americans faced higher costs as the first week of a peacetime free-price economy ended with Congress set for a showdown over restoring price controls. Meat prices surged in many cities by as much as 80 percent, with putter milk and restaurant costs rising, while rent increases caused local turmoil. Some regions reported steady levels in Chicago Atlanta Memphis and other large cities. A new one year price control bill advanced in the Senate Banking Committee by 12 to 4, with Alben Barkley saying it will be enacted.
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NEW YORK
congress
United States Office of Price Administration
Chicago
Atlanta
Memphis
Columbus
Biping baw
Shreveport
Arkansas
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
senate banking committee
Alben Barkley
Truman
Pogrom Grips Kielce Polish City Killing Dozens
Kielce Poland saw at least 34 killed and 42 wounded in a bloodier postwar pogrom. Government forces used armored cars to quell the riot as anti Jewish rumors sparked attacks on Jewish homes and the central committee. Curfew was imposed and security reinforcements patrolled the streets.
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Kielce
Poland
central Jewish committee
lsst Sunda
foreign ministry
sio
Polan
Polish ambassador Lange travels from New York to Warsaw
Oscar Lange, Poland's ambassador to the United States and UN Security Council delegate, arrived in Warsaw from New York yesterday to confer with the government about ongoing war issues.
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WARSAW
Oscar Lange
United States
United Nations security council
New York
Monty lauds Eisenhower at Independence Day dinner
Vircount Montgomery told the American Association in London he could not imagine a man he would rather serve nor a better friend than Gen. Eisenhower. The chief of the Imperial general staff praised Allied unity amid reports of discord and noted closer Britain United States ties as a scarce positive outcome of the war.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Vircount Montgomery
Eisenhower
Imperial general staff
Britain
United states
Second Atom Test July 25 Revealed by Admiral
Aboard MT Bikini Atoll July 5 Admiral W H P Bloody announced July 25 as the detonation date for Bikini's second atomic bomb test. He lowered initial tidal wave estimates to about 40 feet, warned of radioactive spray and cloud, and noted contamination could delay ship inspections. The admiral called the parborne drop a miss of appreciable dimensions but said the test would be a complete success.
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U.3
MT. McKINLEY
Bikini
Ingoen
ome
Bikini island
Agreement Reached on Italian Reparations After Session
Paris reports a lengthy seven hour and 40 minute meeting where officials from Britain, France, Russia and the United States agreed in principle on Italian reparations. Italy would pay Russia 100 million dollars over seven years from munitions factories, assets abroad, and current production, with a two year grace before payments from production begin. The 21 power conference will not seal final treaties yet. Moscow terms guide the process. Prime ministers plan to draft agreements on Italy, Finland, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria after addressing remaining issues.
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SOE
humisters
Italy
Finland
Romants
Hungary
Bulgaria
Britain
Canada
Attrails
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Belgium
Brasil
Russia
China
Ethiopia
France
Greece
India
Netherlands
One More Voyage For Queen Mary War Bride Vessel
Army authorities said the Queen Mary, which arrived with 3200 war brides and 900 children, will make at least one more trip here to bring dependents of Canadian servicemen. Other ships due this month include Georgic on July 16, Letitia on July 22, Lady Nelson on July 25, Lady Rodney on July 26, and Aquitania on July 27.
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Queen Mary
MALIPAX
Georgic
Letitia
Lady Nelson
Lady Rodney
Four hour Paris talks end in deadlock on peace conference
In Paris a four hour foreign ministers council session closed with a deadlock after Huxtam blocked formal calling of a peace conference set for July 23, as reported by Senator Arthur Vandenberg. US faces another weekend without price controls as Burkley delays senate action. Canada not yet invited to peace conference, Mackenzie King says in Ottawa. Russia ignores US appeals for cooperation in rebuilding Korea, US proceeds alone. British Columbia lumber prices rise sharply, and L W Brockington named commissioner to head the Mason-Harris disputes inquiry in Ottawa.
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C.P
council
Huxtiam
Arthur Vandenberg
U.S
WASHINGTON
United States
Alben Burkley
Dem
patdl Memday
senate
sethon
Office of Price Administration
CANADA
FARLEY
OTTAWA
Mackensie King
RUSSIA
Ruma
VANCOUVER
H. & Irwin
BC. Legpers’ Association
prentily
L. W. BROCKNGTON
Mitchell
L. W. Brockington
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