Five Year Plan Chiefs Named in Britain
Reuters reports the government announced 13 men to run the new five year plan under chief planner Sir Edwin Plowden. appointees include Sir William Coats, Sir Godfrey Ince Best, H. Vincent Tewson, Sir Graham Cunningham, Sir John Wood, Jack Tanner, Sir Archibald Rowlands and others from industry unions and civil service.
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Westminster Bank
Godfrey Ince
ministry of labor
H. Vincent Tewson
Trade Union Congress
Graham Cunningham
Triplex Safety Glass Company
John Woode
board of trade
treasury
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Archibald Rowlands
ministry of supply
Baron Beaverbrook
R. H. Hall
cabinet
central economic planning
Death Toll Rising in Indian Riots in Calcutta
In Calcutta rioting continued with 28 officially confirmed dead and 141 injured since yesterday, police and troops using tear gas and firearms to quell mobs. Unofficial counts rose to 50 dead and 200 injured as trams and buses halted and workers stayed home. Reports from Lucknow said Bulandshar bus passengers were killed, and Muttra saw further clashes.
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CALCUTTA
Lucknow
United Provinces
Bulandshar
Muttra
Hasn't Given Up Hope For Russia Not Even Stalin
Dr John R Mott of New York honorary chairman of the International Missionary Conference told a press conference he is confident the number of non-Communists in Russia augurs well for future good relations. He said he does not give up hope even for Stalin and based his belief on long contacts with Christian groups in Russia. He urged Canadians and others to avoid superficial thinking that labels all Russians as Communists. Mott, 82, was a Nobel Peace Prize co recipient in 1946 for wartime work with the MCA.
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Russia
Dr. Mott
M.C.A
Left Hand Corner remembers Harewood and stories from York
The Ottawa Journal London correspondent recalls Earl of Harewood a Yorkshireman who died at 64 leaving Princess Royal a widow at 50 and nicknamed lucky Lascelles after a fortune from his great-uncle Lord Clanricarde. He loved sport and Yorkshire life and served in the Grenadier Guards. Also notes courageous Mrs Kate Taylor of Hazel Dell who overcame severe injuries to educate teach and raise a family.
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Earl of Harewood
our Princess Royal
London
Ottawa Journal
Eton
Grenadier Guards
Ypres
Lord Clanricarce
West End
St. James’ Club
lucky
Lascelles
Lord Harewood
Yorkshire
Jockey Club
earl
Phil Snowden
J. B. Priest
ley
Regina Leader-Post
Kate Taylor
Hazel Dell
Yorkton
Peel
U N Awaits Soviet Reply on Balkan Crisis
Lake Success July 8 Russia signaled readiness to issue a major declaration in response to US and British demands for UN action to restore order in the Balkans. Security council delegates faced a potential veto by Soviet delegate Andrei A Gromyko as they weighed Greece border watch and blamed Greece and the three satellites Albania Bulgaria Yugoslavia for the turmoil.
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Greece
Gromyko
Alexander Cadogan
security council
United Nations
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Change In Radio Control Unlikely
Ottawa July 8 The commons radio committee meets in camera to draft a report on who should control radio broadcasting in Canada The panel has heard evidence since May 9 and is unlikely to recommend an independent licensing body despite calls from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the Canadian Daily Newspaper Association for CBC reform The report may be the session’s final one.
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OTTAWA
radio committee of the commons
Canada
CBC
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Canadian Daily Newspaper Association
Ministers From B C To Attend Meet
British Columbia will be officially represented at the Western Canada Irrigation Association meeting with Hon. Frank H Putnam and Hon. E T Kenney arriving by plane. Also attending are George Melrose and other provincial officials. The meeting expects 150 to 200 delegates with a banquet featuring Rt. Hon. James Gardiner and Dan P. Thurber. Registration opens Thursday afternoon.
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Victoria
Frank H. Putnam
T. Kenney
lands and forests
George Melrose
British Columbia
Western Canada Reclamation Association
James G. Gardiner
Longman
agriculture
Alberta
E. E. Eisenhauer
reconstruction
Saskatchewan
D. M. Stephens
lands
Manitoba
Opposition For Missionaries In New India Seen
Dr. Rajah Bhushanam Manikam of Nagpur, India, warned that recent political changes in India will bring some opposition to foreign missionaries for a time. He spoke in Whitby at an International Missionary Council address, predicting internal Indian conflict after self-government and noting possible church repurcussions from communistic programs. He said religious liberty may be guaranteed constitutionally but daily life challenges will persist, especially in rural areas, with potential difficulties rather than frontal attacks on Christianity.
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WHITBY
Ont
India
Rajah Bhushanam Manikam
Nagpur
Dr. Manikam
International Missionary Council
Retail Trade Up Ottawa May Gains Backed by Bureau
Ottawa reports May retail trade in Canada rose 11 percent from April and 14 percent from May last year. The Bureau of Statistics notes volume across 14 business kinds, with dollar sales through May 10 percent higher than a year earlier. Unadjusted index stood at 248.0 in May, up from 243.1 in April and 167.0 a year ago.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
bureau
Fire damages Canada Packers eel warehouse in Toronto
Firemen battled a blaze that damaged a warehouse as 100 crates of eggs were fried and hard boiled. The incident caused about $1,600 in damage to the Canada Packers facility and its contents in Toronto.
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TORONTO
Canada Packers
Bandits Rob Bank of $4400 In Vancouver Area Heist
Police comb rooming houses and underworld dives across Greater Vancouver for two or three bandits who escaped with 4400 from the Bank of Buya Scohe in North Vancouver. A maroon stolen sedan used by gunmen was found on Seymour Mountain twenty miles east, with youths near the spot saying two men hid the car before fleeing in another vehicle. An eyewitness noted a bandit masked with a dirty grey handkerchief and sunglasses. guards were posted at North Vancouver bridges and ferry wharf to stop a possible crossing.
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NORTH VANCOUVER
Burrard
Greater Vancouver
Bank of
Buya Scohe
lonely Seymour Mountain
North Vatcouver
L. A. Hannah
rm clici
gage
first
second Narrows
inlet
Gandhi proposes joint talks to avert India division
In New Delhi Mohandas K Gandhi urged a simple joint meeting of the Muslim League and Congress to decide peacefully on India’s future. He proposed a mud hut for at most ten representatives to stay until agreement is reached on creating Pakistan and Hindustan.
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NEW DELHI
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
150 000 soft coal miners sign highest wages pact
Washington July 8 Gen Eisenhower opens eight day war department food service conference saying food is part of a soldier pay and he intends to secure better cooks and meals for troops.
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WASHINGTON
Eisenhower
United States war department food service
Alberta minister denies Vermilion hotel stake in cabinet row
Alberta Works Minister W. A. Fallon rejected claims by Elmer Roper that he holds a $30,000 mortgage on a Vermilion hotel and insisted he sold the business before joining the government. Roper urged Manning to disclose whether public funds financed ministers private ventures.
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Lucien Maynard
Wanham
Alta
C.C.F
Roper
Mr. Roper
Manning
treasury
EDMONTON
Alberta Works
W. A. Fallon
Vermilion
Elmer Roper
D.C
Social Credit
Fallon
Americas Win All Star Game 2001 at Wrigley Field
The American League defeated the National League 2 to 1 at Wrigley Field Chicago in the 2001 All Star Game. Pinch hitter Stan Spence drove in the go ahead run in the seventh inning to send Bobby Doerr home. Johnny Mize hit the NL's lone homer in the fourth. Frankie Shea got the win and Johnny Sain took the loss.
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CHICAGO
Wrigley Field
Stan Spence
Bobby Doerr
Johnny Mize
onoue
Frankie Shea
New York Yankees
Johnny Sain
Boston Braves
Strike Averted by Miners and Steel and Mine Heads
Washington July 8 An agreement secures 150000 US soft coal miners to work at the highest wage in history under terms signed by Harry M. Moses for steel companies and Charles ONeill for northern operators. Additional midwest and far west operators soon joined, leaving the southern group to decide while meeting on capitulation to Lewis terms.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Harry M. Moses
steel
Charles O’Neill
commereigh
midwest
far west
Moses
O'Neill
Lewis
Probe Ills Of Housing At Mayors Meet
Winnipeg hosts the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities 10th annual convention as over 300 delegates plan three days of talks on housing. Major topics include municipal finance and health programs with Maj Gen Hugh A Young to speak. Mayor G G McGeer presses for a united mayoral voice to push federal and provincial action. Mayor Percy George urges federal and provincial funding for social services.
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WINNIPEG
Canada
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Dominion
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
Hugh A. Young
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Percy George
Victoria
It’s a Boy Baby News Lights Up Cleveland Street
In Cleveland on July 8 neighbors celebrated a newborn son for Fred Hudson. He marked the occasion by hanging a house sign reading It’s a boy and decorating the yard with clotheslines of dispers and baby clothes and two dolls on the roof, then treated neighbors with cigars.
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CLEVELAND
Fred Hudson
Hudson
Chinese Reds Renew Attacks on Chaoyang and Peiping
Chinese Communists renewed attacks on Chaoyang in Jehol bordering Manchuria and consolidated control of the rail and coal hub Peipiao near Chaoyang. Observers warn of a broader offensive toward southern Manchuria and a possible strike on routes from Mukden to Peiping, with home defense units forming in Peiping Tientsin and Mukden and Li Ta-Chian organizing 280,000 youths in Mukden for bandit suppression.
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PEIPING
Chaoyang
Jehol
Manchuria
Peipiao
Mukden
Chinhsien
Chinchow
Shanhalkwan
North China
Manchurian
Tientain
Li Ta-Chian
Plebiscite Proposed On Daylight Saving Time
Edmonton July 8 The Alberta government may be asked to authorize a plebiscite on daylight saving time to be held with the next provincial election An official of the Alberta Farmers Union said the majority of the union's 800 locals oppose the change in resolutions adopted at their last convention.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Alberta Farmers' Union
Courts Are Stacked Against Defendants In Court Martial
Washington dispatch reports Senator William Jenner alleging the high command in the European theatre stacks courts against defendants in court martial proceedings. He cites a routing slip noting attempts to limit defense counsel access and discredit potential civilian lawyers involved with the Lichfield case.
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WASHINGTON
William Jennert
Ind
Patterson
United States army
Jenner
Lihield
England
Indiana
cio
Cornelius E. Ryan
Germany
staf
U.S. F.ET
United States forces
Earl J. Carroll
Thomas Lester Foley
California
Frankfurt
Carroll
Lichfield
James A. Kilian
Foley
wling
Nations accept invitation to Paris Marshall aid conference
Britain and France invited 22 nations to join committees to map Europe’s needs and aid. Czechoslovakia formally accepted while several Soviet bloc states disputed reports of rejection. Bevin urged openness to Russia and emphasized the economic nature of Marshall proposals as Norway Denmark Sweden and Switzerland indicated participation potential.
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PARIS
Prague
Russia
Tass
Czechoslovakia
London
Ernest Bevin
Marshall
Bevin
Sofia
Bulgaria
council of ministers
Finland
Pri
Helsinki
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Austria
Rome
Carlo Sforza
Europe
Britain
France
Romania
Poland
Yugoslavia
Government Wins 70 to 63 in Dominion Commons
OTTAWA July 8 Prolonged debates stalled the prorogation drive as the government faced calls to amend or kill a pensions bill for senior diplomats. After 11 speakers, a 57 to 40 vote rejected raising eligibility from five to ten years. Angus MacInnis’s six month hoist failed 76 to 2. Debate touched on merchant seamen and a remark by Howe. Maj. Gen. Victor Odlum was assailed by Col. Douglas Harkness. Government Wins continues on page two.
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OTTAWA
commons
civil service
national parks and estimates
Canada
Angus MacInnis
C.C.F
Vancouver East
transport department
Howard Green
P.C
Vancouver South
Reconstruction
Howe
Green
ODLUM
Victor Odlum
Gol. Douglas
Harkness c
Calgary East
Brief Hail Storm Pummels Raymond Centered Night
Raymond was struck by a severe brief hailstorm lasting ten minutes from the south. The icy hail damaged windows, trees, and crops, with the largest stones about the size of 38 hen eggs. Wheat field damage was light, but sugar beet may have some harm and many homes suffered broken panes.
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RAYMOND
Declare War On Unsanitary Drinks
Ottawa reports that Canadian army authorities have declared war on unsanitary milk vendors to protect servicemen and families. Milk and milk products failing to meet regulations or medical officer standards will be barred. Soft drinks made locally will be inspected and sold only with command medical officer approval after thorough quality and hygiene checks.
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OTTAWA
army
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Agnes Macphail
Minneapolis Star
U.N
B.C
New India
Rob B.C. Bank
GANDHI
Henn
Charles Henn, Jr
Fatlmore
St. Agnes hospital
Baltimore
Bruce
Joan
Donald
Thomas
CHIEF COOK
Mayors’ Meet
High Command
ROSWELL
N.M
Army air force
Toronto Star
Ottawa dispatch
parliamentary committee of external affairs
CP.J
The commons
senate
BALKANS
United Nations security council
SASKAIUBEVAN
REGINA
C.P
C. F. W. Hames
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