Gallows Ends Ducharme Case No Final Appeal
Millworker Fred Ducharme was hanged at Oakalla prison farm at 6 05 P D T for the murder of Blanche Ferne Fisher after a lengthy Vancouver trial. There was no confession or final plea of innocence. The execution followed a controversial trial noted as one of the longest in the city’s criminal history.
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ANCOUVER
Fred
Red) Ducharme
Ducharme
Oakalla
D.T
Vancouver
Blanche Ferne Fisher
Intense Artillery Duel Opens Across The Kum River
Front dispatches from Tokyo report intense artillery dueling across the Kum River and guerrilla raids behind U S lines as North Korean forces push to breach the river front. MacArthur headquarters says unofficial reports of a bridgehead are not confirmed but notes Red probes along the river at several points.
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OKYO
Aum river
Red
U.S
MacArthur
Kum river
second
Give Them Time View On Setbacks in Korea
Western European non communists echo “give them time” for U S setbacks in Korea while press and public doubt readiness. Norways and Finlands public wonder if reinforcements will arrive in time. Finns note U S Pacific preparedness as a chilling eye opener to North Korean military prowess. Il Momento in Rome offers sharp criticism of the American mobilization. Continued on page two.
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LONDON
Korea
Moscow
United States
Norway
Finland
Russia
U.S
Pacific
Delegates hear Canadian U S defense cooperation remarks
Ottawa delegates to the Commonwealth Press Union heard Hon Brooke Claxton speak off the record on Canadian defense plans. A London Free Press note via A R Ford reported that during the last war American customs sought duty on Canadian arms as fears of a Japanese invasion rose.
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Commonwealth
Ottawa
Brooke Claxton
A. R. Ford
London Free Press
Claxton
Alaska
Ume
American Customs Department
Big Liner Held Fast On Rocks In St Lawrence
The 20,000 ton liner Fran conia ran aground on rocks near Pointe Au Taureau on the St Lawrence shore below Quebec. All 850 passengers disembarked safely as salvage crews from Foundation Maritime Salvage prepared seven pumps to refloat the ship. Captain Robert Featherstone led surveys from Halifax as tugs planned an initial attempt to budge the vessel.
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QUEBEC
Franconia
St. Lawrence river
Orleans
Cunard Donaldson Mner
Pointe Au Taureau
Liverpool
Foundation Maritime
Traverse
Grindstone
Magdalen Islands
Robert Featherstone
Foundation
Halifax
Newhere
Vancouver millworker hanged in long sex slay case
A B C millworker was hanged early today in Vancouver for the sex slaying of Blanche Fernie Fisher last November 8. The lengthy Vancouver criminal trial is noted as one of the city’s longest.
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B.C
Blanche Fernie Fisher
Vancouver
criminal court
May Fly Boys To D C On Weston s Tour
Montreal July 14 CP messages went out to over 50 parents of boys chosen for a six week British tour to ask if they will permit air travel. The group, hosted by Garfield Weston, had their voyage to England interrupted when the liner Franconia grounded at Quebec. Plans to fly the boys over the Atlantic were announced for Saturday pending parental approval.
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MONTREAL
Canada
Britain
Garfield Weston
England
Franconia
Quebec
Cunard Donaldson Limited
Atlantic
UN chief Lie appeals for ground forces in Korea
Secretary General Trygve Lie urged 52 United Nations members to provide ground combat forces and other aid for the Korean war effort. In a press conference he emphasized the need for effective, not token, forces and hoped for a three to six month end to the conflict with full allied effort.
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Associated Press
JAKE SUCCESS
Trygve Lie
United Nations
U.N
Lie
Korea
War Victim Reported Dead in Korea Engagement
International News Service correspondent says a U.S. army headquarters confirms the death of a war victim in Korea. A second correspondent, Cpl. Ernie Petter of Stars and Stripes, was lost in the same engagement as Richards. Their bodies remain unrecovered.
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International News Service
Korea
U.S. army
Cpl
Ernie Petter
Stars and Stripes
Richards
Sweden Urges Russia to Halt Korea War and Withdraw Forces
Stockholm July 14 Premier Gerhardsen of Norway urged Russia to help stop the Korean War and withdraw North Korean forces behind the 38th parallel at an international socialist youth conference. He ridiculed the communist sponsored Stockholm appeal to ban the atom bomb.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Elinar Gerhardsen
Norway
Russia
Korea
Gerhardsen
Seven Kiddies Victims In Quebec Farmhouse Fire
In Rouyn Quebec seven small Degagne children died when a McWatters farmhouse burned after dark. Three other children and the parents escaped. Eva Degagne aged 15 was not expected to survive. The victims were Rosa 14 Claudette 9 Carmen 8 Jean Roch 9 Giselle 4 Lucien 3 Maurice 7. The house collapsed after Mr Degagne rescued Eva. The blaze was quickly fatal. The cause was not known immediately. Neighbors said baking bread earlier that evening sparked the disaster.
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ROUYN
Que
McWatters
here
Lionél Degagne
Eva
Rosa
Claudette
Carmen
Jean Roch
Giselle
Lucien
Maurice
Equal Pay Bill Advances in Senate Labor Committee
Washington July 14. A bill to outlaw pay discrimination based on sex was approved by the senate labor committee. Violators face up to 5000 dollars in penalties and up to one year in prison.
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WASHINGTON
senate labor committee
Vancouver Man Drowns In Italian Sorrento Canoe Accident
Charles Penway aged 53 of Vancouver drowned in Sorrento Italy after falling from a canoe. Bathers and rescuers rushed to help but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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SORRENTO
Italy
Reuters
Charles Penway
Vancouver
Penway
Death toll in bomber crash rises to 16
Dayton officials report the death toll from a B-38 bomber crash near Lebanon has risen to 16, up from at least 11. Wright-Patterson AFB provided the updated figures.
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DAYTON
Lebanon
Wright-Patterson air force base
DETROIT
Sam B. Sampson
Vivien Stanley
EDINBURGH
Reuters
Abe Moffat
National Mineworkers Union
EVANGELINE BOOTH
HARTSDALE
N.Y
Salvation Army
SEDGMAN
MACKEN
WASHINGTON
agriculture department
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