Devastating hail storm hits southern Alberta crops
Thousands of acres across Cardston Glenwood and surrounding districts were destroyed as a hail storm sweeping 50 miles southeast damaged crops by 50 to 100 percent. Golf ball sized hail killed about a thousand turkeys on E J Wood’s farm near Glenwood, with 22 workers salvaging birds over the weekend.
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Herald News Service
ARDSTON
Alberta
Springridge
Pincher Creek
Grenwood
GLENWOOD
Blood Indian Reserve
Cardston
Woolford
Jefferson
Taylorville
Whiskey Gap
Del Bonita
E. J. Wood
Alvin Nelson
C. J. Wight
Dale Wood
Lily Langtry to be recalled in Kilburn Palace reopening
London correspondent notes the Kilburn Palace revival of Lily Langtry, once a famed London stage figure. The Jersey Lily, daughter of an archdeacon, famed for romance with King Edward VII, is remembered for her striking stage presence and social charm as Britain moved from Victorian to postwar eras.
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NLY
dorsey Lily
London
Kilburn Palace
Ottawa Journal
Kilburn
Lily Langtry
Edward VII
Jersey
Britain
U.S. To Test 42,000-Lb Super Bomb
The United States Army Air Forces plans a 42,000-pound non-atomic bomb test in coming months, likely for use in large bombers like the B-36. Earlier plans included even larger 100,000-pound bombs, but those projects were shelved after a reduced research program.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
United States Army Air Forces
A.A.F
Plague of Curfews As Jerusalem Revolts Rattle Jews
In Jerusalem 90,000 Jews placed under dusk to dawn curfew amid 48 hour violence that killed three and wounded 23. Haifa and Natanya residents also affected as British forces seal Jewish quarters from 7 pm to 5 am daily. Exiled refugees connected to Exodus 1947 fuel tensions as reports hint at deportations to France.
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JERUSALEM
Haifa
Natanya
France
Stella Maris
United Nations investigation committee
LONDON
Whitehall
Clash With Russia In UN Aims To Limit Soviet Veto Powers
In a United Nations Security Council membership debate, the United States Britain and Australia challenged Soviet claims that wartime behavior should affect admission. Albania Outer Mongolia and other applicants face Russia backed by Poland White Russia Soviet Ukraine Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. Britain tied Albania’s admission to Corfu channel incidents and ICJ referral. Romania Hungary Finland Bulgaria leaders seek action while Albania and Outer Mongolia vie for votes.
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Italy
Romania
Hungary
Rusia
U.N
international court of justice
Russia
Poland
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Bulgaria
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Union
Purged Nazis in Hitler Plot After 1944 Attempt
London report cites naval documents showing more than 4980 German citizens were executed tortured or shot in the terror that followed Hitler’s failed July 20 1944 assassination attempt. The dossier traces Beck’s revolt to 1938 with Moltke Foerdeler and Canaris. Stauffenberg and Witzleben planned Hitler’s murder and Berlin seizure while loyal officers faced oaths.
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LONDON
Adolf Hitler
admiralty
Hitler
Ludwig Beck
Czechoslovakia
Beck
Count Von Moltke
Karl Foerdeler
Leipzig
Friedrich Werner Von Der Schulenberg
Moscow
Edwin Von Witzleben
Erich Hoepner
Frederich Olbricht
Walter Wilhelm Canaris
Count Von Stauffenberg
Germany
Von Stauffenberg
Rautenburg
Witzleben
Von Fromm
Berlin
Forty die as army plane crashes at Buenos Aires air show
Forty people were reported killed when an Argentine military plane crashed among spectators near El Palomar airport during an air display. Two hundred planes were to fly over Buenos Aires but the event was halted. Survivors leapt from the cabin as flames spread. gasoline tanks exploded and a freight train with kerosene drums delayed aid teams.
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UENOS
Estimate cites 5,000,000 Communists in United States
Walter S Steele told the House Un American Activities Committee that about 5 million Americans are Communists or sympathizers. He broke the figure into 100,000 card carrying members, 100,000 candidates for membership, and 4,800,000 in front organizations. He warned front groups pose greater danger and noted 2,000 Army officers or men are listed as members.
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WASHINGTON
United States
house of representatives committee on un-American activities today
Walter 8. Steele
Steele
national security committee
American Coalition of Patriotic
Communist arty
Communist front
war department
17 Injured In Calgary Bus Crash
CALGARY July 21 Six persons remained in hospital from a Vancouver to Calgary Greyhound bus accident at 24th Ave and 10th Street late Saturday afternoon. Eleven others had minor bruises and fractures and were released. Names listed include Melvin Much Belfast Subdivision and Donald Abbott Thomas Philadelphia with rib and head injuries, Dorothy Calvert Moose Jaw with fractured ribs, Frances Begg Winnipeg with a fractured elbow, Anna Olenick Winnipeg with bruises, and Norman Bodie Calgary with a fractured lower arm. All patients are in good condition and injuries not serious.
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CALGARY
Vancouver
24th Ave
10th Street
W.W
Stalf
Melvin Much
Belfast
Donald Abbott Thomas
Philadelphia
Dorothy Calvert
Moose Jaw
Frances Begg
Winnipeg
Anna Olenick
Norman Bodie
Callgary
Soekarno Appeals to UN as Dutch Attack Indonesia
President Soekarno urged the United Nations Security Council to act after Dutch land, sea, and air assaults on the Indonesian republic. Reports from Batavia described air strikes, shelling, and fighting across Java with several casualties and widespread destruction.
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Bas Tata
Soek
arno
United Nations security council
Indonesian official appeals to foreign consuls in Batavia
In Batavia Indonesian deputy premier A K Gani, guarded by Dutch troops, urged Britain, the United States and other powers to hear a protest against Dutch hostilities. He spoke in the house where Indonesia proclaimed independence on Aug 17 1945. Dutch troops patrol the grounds as the red and white flag was lowered.
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BATAVIA
Java
A.P
A. K. Gani
Britain
United States
Gani
Soekarno
Hold Former Burma Premier On Killing
Burmese police held former Premier U Saw and 19 lieutenants after a gun fight at his Rangoon home. Three Myochit party members died. a dawn curfew was imposed as authorities linked the raid to the Saturday massacre of seven council ministers.
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RANGOON
Law
tofay
council
U Saw
Myochit party
Ba Maung
Burma
Myoehit party
U Aung San
People’s Freedom League
Guerrilla Attacks and Border Skirmishes in Greece
Dispatches report 400 guerrillas attacked Mourtes 29 miles north of Salonika at dawn. Greek commandos killed 10, remaining fled toward Yugoslav barrier. Another raid on Mesahori drew 300 gunmen. heavy machine gun fire reportedly aided by Yugoslav post. UN sub-commission plans to view Konktsa where fighting began eight days earlier.
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ATHENS
aad
Greece
Albania
Yuguehila
Komitsa
Saloruke j
Mourtes
Salonjika
United Nations
Konktsa
guerrila
Five Still Missing After Halifax Collision Update
Five men remained missing and one of six dead remained unidentified as naval and federal inquiries continued into the collision between the destroyer Micmac and the freighter Yarmouth County off Halifax.
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HALIFAX
naval
federal department
Micmac
Yarmouth County
N S Buyers Go On Strike
Sydney New Brunswick July 21 union leaders called 80 000 workers families in Cape Breton to restrict purchases to essentials in a planned buyers strike aimed at rolling back prices and rents. Officials from Cape Breton Labor Council and Cape Breton Trades and Labor Council said commodities to be restricted would be named as the movement progresses. The objective is democratically administered price controls and subsidies to stabilize the economy without harming small producers such as farmers and fishermen. Frank Smith on the coordinating committee stated the aim is not to starve workers but to limit buying to necessities of life.
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SYDNEY
Cape Breton
Cape Breton Labor Council
C.C.L
Cape Breton Trades and Labor Council
TL.C
Frank Smith
Ife
Air Raid Hits Jakarta As War Intensifies
Reports from Java indicate Jakarta faced its first air attack tonight with four Dutch planes over the outskirts. at least five explosions were heard amid sirens.
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Buenos Aires
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Antara
west Java
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Mageland
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ATTLEE
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INDONESIA
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