22 Jul 1946
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1946
Page
1
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Dr Mar shall Holloway, Cornell professor, will press the button from a room 15 miles from the blast aboard the USS Mount McKinley. He plans to sleep aboard the weapon craft the final night with Rear Admiral Parsons and Herbert J. Hall. The test may be delayed a week due to weather at Bikini Lagoon.
Ottawa July 22 A proclamation making Canadian citizenship and nationality definitions clearer takes effect January 1 after royal assent June 27 and passage by Parliament. The Canada Gazette notes the change to the Citizenship Act.
OTTAWA July 22 The house of commons sits again Tuesday as budget debate nears completion with hopes of a prorogation by mid August observers warn pace must quicken to finish within four weeks. A flag committee dispute is deferred to next session. A four year wheat contract between Britain and Canada may be announced this week before July 31.
The majority report finds failures among both Hawaiian and Washington military leaders but clears Gen. George C. Marshall and Admiral Harold Stark of dereliction. It pins culpability on civilian and military authorities including Roosevelt Stimson Knox Marshall Stark and Gerow and calls for unified command and integrated intelligence to prevent future lapses. The inquiry, begun last November, concludes after heated congressional debate on whether the full Pearl Harbor story had been told.
Terrorists bombed the King David hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British army and Palestine government, killing at least 50. The blast shattered the building and injured many, triggering a curfew and widespread panic as troops searched rubble and witnesses described horrendous scenes outside the hotel and nearby YMCA.
Madame Sun Yat Sen, sister-in-law to Chiang Kai-shek, urges a coalition government and accuses Kuomintang reactionaries of seeking to ignite U.S.-Soviet war to crush Chinese Communists. She appeals to the United States to cut military aid to China and halt armed intervention. She warns Americans that Chinese factions ally with U.S. reactionaries to destabilize peace and calls for ending arms supplies to prevent a wider conflict.
Toronto aptometrist Henry Harris appears in Ottawa court today on two espionage related charges tied to the royal commission final report. The case centers on alleged acts connected to classified information and national security concerns. Harris bids for bail as proceedings begin in the Ottawa courthouse.
Henry Harris a Toronto optometrist appeared before Magistrate Glenn Strike in Ottawa on two charges linked to an espionage related passport scheme. Bail set at 5000, case adjourned to September 16. Others named include Soboleff Pappin and Sam Carr with related proceedings and warrants issued but no custody.
A fire swept a Winnipeg suite, traced to an overworked refrigerator motor. Two women, Gertrude Hutchison and Frances Johnson, occupied the suite and called the fire department. Firefighters reported extensive damage to the room.
Reuters reports that at least eleven senior British officials tied to the Palestine administration may have been killed in today's King David Hotel explosion in Jerusalem. Ottawa announces David Whiteside as industrial disputes commissioner for Vancouver foundries. Vancouver Daily Province publishes first paper since June with union-set type. Ottawa says war brides abroad to return before spring 1947 amid housing strain. Stem Co of Canada reports most employees ready to accept proposed wage increase.
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