Spillway contract awarded for St Mary river dam works
The W C Wells Construction Company of Saskatoon has won the concrete work contract for the spillway at the St Mary river dam site near Lethbridge for £380,855. The project is part of a near $6,000,000 dam program with Wells already handling dam construction and excavation. Work starts when reinforcing steel arrives, with most tasks expected to finish by fall. The spillway will be heavily reinforced concrete, 20 feet walls, 1200 feet long and discharging 53,000 cubic feet per second to protect the dam from floods.
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St. Mary river
Lethbridge
W. C. Wells Construction Company
Saskatoon
Herald
P.F.R.A
Wells company
The
Herald today
Vern Thierman
Warns Congress Of Disaster If Any Slackening
ASHINGTON June 2 Acheson urged Congress to approve a new 1 2225 million foreign arms aid program to defend Western Europe and preserve democracy. He warned that any slackening could bring disaster, urging forceful action in the Western anti Communist coalition. The testimony accompanied a push to sustain current munitions shipments and fund arms aid for the new fiscal year. President Truman's support echoed the urgency.
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ASHINGTON
Acheson
congress
United States
Europe
North Atlantic
TRUMAN Acheson
senate foreign relations and armed services committee
Truman
Strikes Strangle London Docks Disrupt Cargo Movement
Strikes by Thames lightermen and rail depot workers threaten port cargo movement to the continent. About 550 lightermen walked out after 91 were fired and 14 suspended, delaying loading from freighters mid river. Rail depot workers strike to back a promotion dispute, while 4,000 hack drivers walk out over fare shares, raising taxi fares and reducing service in London.
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ONDON
Thames
London
Kent
Sussex
Hampshire
Grave Mistake In Divorce Case Ismael Pays Wife All
Cincinnati judge grants John Yemael a divorce for neglect after he testified he gave his entire pay cheque to his wife Elsie since their 1919 marriage. The ruling echoes the judge’s remark that such a practice is a grave mistake.
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CINCINNATI
Charles S. Bell
John Yemael
Ismael
Elsie Yemael
Saskatchewan Premier: marketing honeymoon ends for farmers
Saskatoon June 2 Premier T C Douglas told the dairy and poultry pool meeting that federal moves to return agricultural products to the open market will let profiteers exploit producers. He said producer marketing bodies under two acts could only partly solve export issues while international trade remains federal responsibility. He urged floor price support to ensure a reasonable living for producers.
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SASKATOON
T. C. Douglas
dairy and poultry pool
Douglas
Predicts Market For All 1950 Wheat
EDMONTON June 2 CP C W Lockhard of Hamilton president of International Harvester of Canada Ltd predicted Canada will have a market for its entire 1950 wheat crop. He cited drought in the central southwest United States reducing demand and said Canadian surplus wheat will be needed on the continent. He also noted Quebec and the Maritimes are catching up in farm mechanization.
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EDMONTON
C. W. Lockhard
Hamilton
International Harvester of Canada Ltd
Canada
United States
13 Year Old Guilty of Murder in Chester
A 13 year old boy Them as Anthon Lougmin was found guilty of murder for battering his 10 year old playmate to death with heavy stones in Chester England. He was ordered detained during the king's pleasure, meaning potential life imprisonment, with no hanging allowed for someone under 18.
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CHESTER
England
Reuters
Themas Anthon Lougmin
Satin bower-bird artists of Australia noted in field report
The satin bower-bird Ptilorhynchus violaceans and the spotted Chaam Gera maculata build stick bowers and decorate inside walls with charcoal paint. The bird may hold soft bark in its beak as a brush or stopper while painting, though purpose remains unclear.
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AUSTRALIA
Bride Locks Groom Out On Wedding Night In Suit
Dwight F Stratton, 80, claims his 78 year old bride Alice spurned his love after he removed the bedroom door hinges in an annulment suit filed in Los Angeles on June 2. He alleges she consented to marry only after he deeded her half his inheritance from his previous wife.
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LOS ANGELES
Dwight F. Stratton
Alice
Senate probes expand crackdown on underworld gambling
Washington reports a Senate investigation into crime and gambling in the United States gaining momentum. With President Truman's support, a special committee advances rapid inquiries across the nation from New York and Florida to California, signaling a major federal crackdown since Prohibition.
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WASHINGTON
senate
United States
Truman
New York
Florida
California
Canadian exporters seek coverage on US orders amid rumour
In Ottawa, June 2, Canadian exporters have increased forward coverage on American orders as rumors spread that the Canadian dollar might be devalued. The foreign exchange control board confirmed banks have covered millions of dollars of Canadian business, while noting there is no truth to the devaluation rumor. Forward contracts protect exporters by fixing payment at the rate on sale day. Big firms routinely use this coverage.
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UTTAWA
United States
foreign exchange control board today
Plot of MacArthur assassination claim denied by Willoughby
Tokyo reports of a planned assassination of General MacArthur were dismissed as an absolute fake by Maj. Gen. Charles Willoughby, MacArthur’s intelligence officer. An alleged left wing Tokyo group was said to target Hibaya Park with a May 14 or 15 date later moved to June 4, but no evidence or details emerged and guards were not increased.
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TOKYO
Charles A. Willoughby
occupation
MacArthur
Japan
Santa Claus
Willoughby
Hibaya Park
Thief Steals $75,000 in Gold Bars from Delnite Mine
Timmins Ont June 2 Three gold bars worth 75000 were stolen overnight from the Delnite mine five miles southeast of Simmins. Provincial police said the robbery was reported by J J Mangan the mine office manager. Mangan found at 730 am that a walk in vault had been entered and a small case containing the bars was removed.
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TIMMINS
Ont
Delnite
Simmins
J. J. Mangan
Mangan
Nobility On Skids in Modern Germany
FRANKFURT June 2 Nobility titles are mocked as outdated in Germany today reflecting a change from a pomp laden past. The piece notes the decline of noble privilege amid economic and social shifts.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
Rain Dampens Welcome To Pakistan P M And Nobility
Fragmentary OCR notes describe dampened pomp as rain, with the nobility in decline after wars. References mention Oscar Von Hindenburg, Alexander Ferdinand Von Renssen, and Duke Earl Alexander Von Wuerttemberg in exile or cloistered life. The piece hints at nobles taking menial work in the US zone and a shift from privilege to subsistence.
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Gus Schpmidt
aly Ginner
Oscar Von Hindenburg
Paul Von Hindenbureg
Oscar
Lueneberg
Prince Alexander Ferdinand Von Renssen
Wilhelm 17
Earl Alexander Von Wuerttemberg
Beuron
Odo
Mauna Loa Eruption Destroys Homes In Hawaii
HONOLULU June 27 At least two missing and 15 homes destroyed as Mauna Loa erupts pouring a 1 mile wide lava stream to the ocean lava destroys a Catholic church a schoolhouse unconfirmed and communications cut near the northern lava flow while 60 families flee southwest Hawaii island Police report retired couple Mr and Mrs L P Lincoln are among the missing more homes deemed safe nearby Kona police say.
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HONOLULU
Maura Loa
Kona
Hawaii
Hawaii island
L. P. Lincoln
First Sea Shipment Flood Relief Supplies To Leave Next Week
London June 2 The commonwealth relations office announced the first sea shipment of relief supplies for Winnipeg will depart next week. The Beaverdell will sail for Montreal Wednesday with heavy goods including china ware cutlery and hand tools requested by the Canadian Red Cross Society. Gifts from firms and manufacturers are included. Two plane loads of supplies already have been sent to Canada under Britain's 100000 pound plan to aid Manitoba floods and Quebec fires.
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LONDON
commonwealth relations office
Winnipeg
Beaverdell
Montreal
Canadian Red Cross Society
Canada
Britain
Manitoba
Quebec
Plane crash kills two Ontario youths near Tillsonburg
Two Tillsonburg youths, Seb Laur 19 and Dalton Murr 13, were instantly killed in a Tiger Moth crash near Tillsonburg airport 30 miles east of London. Laur, son of Mr and Mrs John Laur, had been practicing for aerial tobacco dusting and was lying low.
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TILLSONBURG
Woman Dressed As Man Charged Being a Father
Pulaski Virginia June 21 A woman who for 27 years had dressed as a man was named in a warrant charging she seduced a 19 year old girl and fathered her baby Alpha Turpin Wytheville was complainant. The defendant Pauline Hufford claimed she is a girl and a physician examination supported her, charges dropped.
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PULASKI
Pauline Hutford
trial justice court
James L. Whitwood
Alpha Turpin
Wytheville, Va
Miss Hufford
Joan W. Deeds
Paul
Payroll theft shocks Montreal owner in daylight
A bandit snatched 24 000 payrolls from Phillip Maron as he entered his west end Girquard Avenue office. He fled after a stalled car chase, leaping into a truck and escaping. Police pursue leads on the audacious daytime robbery.
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