Fraser River Dykes Hold Amid Flood Front News
Seven flood sectors under army command report dykes holding through the night with strong reinforcements along the Fraser and Columbia fronts. Water levels show little rise near Mission while Agassiz drains inundated lands. Rail-Plane service to bridge flood gaps begins. CPR and Great Northern run trains and air connections, as Trail battles continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Frazer Valley
Fraser river
Trail
Columbia river
here
Fraser
Mission
Fraser Valley
Agassiz
Kootenays
Nelson
Columbia
Duluth Fire Sweeps Through Two Blocks in Duluth
A large fire hit two retail blocks in central Duluth causing multi million dollar damage. A four story furniture store and the nine story Duluth board of trade building housing grain offices burned. Over 150 firemen fought the blaze aided by nearby departments. one firefighter injured.
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DULUTH
Minn
Duluth board of trade
grain exchange and grain commission
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Wolvin
Duluuth, Mesabi and
Iron Range
Oliver Mining Company
Superior
Wis
Rudolph Furniture Company
board of trade
Canada to resume beef cattle shipments to United States
London reports a muted reaction as Agriculture Minister Gardiner announces that Canadian beef cattle shipments to the United States will be resumed soon. Farmers say prices have leveled and shipping now may not be profitable, though dairy and breeding stock shipments continue. Gardiner had said the renewal would be discussed with U.S. authorities.
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LONDON
Gardiner
Blenheim
Ont
United States
Canada
U.S
the
commons
Ottawa reports similar March buys of foreign securities and Canadian stocks
Canadian March purchases of foreign-held securities and Canadian stocks and bonds were both about 15.6 million dollars, per the Bureau of Statistics. In Q1, Canadians bought 5.1 million more foreign-held securities than they sold of their own stocks and bonds abroad.
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OTTAWA
Bureau of Statistics
Whale catch fuels flesh markets and insulin breakthrough
Word from Cape Town reports a whale catch valued at 140 million dollars. Four thousand tons of whale meat head to Great Britain to ease shortages, while fats fuel vitamin pills oleomargarine and lipstick. Simultaneously Tokyo announces a scientist has derived insulin from a whale’s pancreas, yielding more than 65 pounds per large whale.
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Brandon
Cape Town
South Africa
Antarctic
Great Britain
Tokyo
Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton
Woolworth fined for labor code violation in Vancouver
F W Woolworth Co Ltd was found guilty in city police court of discriminating against employees who joined the Retail Clerk's Union. Magistrate W W B McInness fined the company $250, the maximum under the act, and said the charge was abundantly proven. Six supervisory executives face conspiracy charges and will be tried at the next sitting of the assizes.
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VANCOUVER
F. W. Woolworth Co. Ltd
British Columbia
w. W. B. McInness
Sex topics stir Ottawa debate in post office estimates
In Ottawa on June 5, discussions over the post office department’s powers to block indecent literature sparked a rare, risqué exchange. John Diefenbaker pressed for action against salacious material as Postmaster General Bertrand planned to read Kinsey’s The Sex Behavior in the Human Male, with a second reader to ensure judgment. Follow-up questions on crime comics and indecency led to a broader debate alongside budget items and private bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
post office department
John Diefenbaker
Saskatchewan
Lake Centre
Bertrand
Alfred C. Kinsey
United States
Mr. Diefenbaker
E. D. Fulton
P.C
Kamloops
justice department
Canada
trade department
Howe
Cecil Merritt
V.C
Jews Rout Egyptians Near Tel Aviv as Yibna Falls
Cairo reports Israeli forces recaptured Yibna and cut off a sizable Egyptian detachment advancing toward Tel Aviv. Jewish HQ says Egyptian naval sortie off Tel Aviv may have been a coastal Dunkerque move and planes plus coastal guns routed four Egyptian vessels. Conflicting updates from Jenin front. Iraqi claim of heavy Jewish losses denied by Tel Aviv. Yibna sits on coastal highway 15 miles south of Tel Aviv Jaffa. main Egyptian spearhead encircled near Isdud.
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CAIRO
Yibna
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Jenin
Baghdad
Nablus-Jenin-Tulkarm
Israel
Tel Aviv- Jaffa
Isdud
Ramle
Arab Legion
Akhbar El Yom
Newfoundland to vote again in July on governance
The second referendum on Newfoundland's future form of government will be held in mid July. The vote options are Confederation with Canada and Responsible Government, with Commission Government eliminated. Early tallies showed Responsible Government leading at 67 670 to 61 930 for Confederation and 21 661 for Commission, with 89 percent of votes counted. Observers expect final results not to differ much. A definite date for the second referendum was expected late next week.
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ST. JOHN’S
Newfoundland
confederation
Canada
responsible
commission
Dismal Prospect for Power and Fuel Next Winter
Interior Secretary Julius Krug told a convention dinner of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers last night that the United States faces serious shortages of electrical power and limited supplies of gas and oil next winter, underscoring a bleak energy outlook for Milwaukee.
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MILWAUKEE
Julius Krug
United States
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Flood Control Key Task For Engineers
Flood control remains a key problem for Canada's engineers at the 62nd Engineering Institute of Canada convention in Banff. A special 500-member committee continues discussions to prevent a recurrence of the floods sweeping British Columbia. John Norison Finlayson presided at closing sessions as newly elected president of the organization.
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BANFF
Alta
Canada
Engineering Institute of Canada
British Columbia
FINLAYSON
John Norison Finlayson
Canada's Wheat Contract Critique by British Press
London reports a Canadian wheat bulk purchase at $1.55 a bushel led Britain to buy from Argentina at over $3, triggering a Conservative pamphlet critique of Labour postwar policy. The 1946 50s agreement covered 160 million bushels yearly, with later minima and a $2 bid for 1948 49, highlighting mispricings versus Chicago futures.
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JAMES McCOOK
LONDON
Britain
Argentina
Conservative party
agen
Chicago
Queen Wilhelmina to Abdicate September 4 in Netherlands
The Hague reports Queen Wilhelmina will abdicate on September 4 due to poor health. Crown Princess Juliana will become queen on that day and be sworn in two days later, marking the 50th anniversary of Wilhelmina's ascension.
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THY HAGUE
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Juliana
Sepveraler
River Diversion Planned For St Mary River Dam Project
Engineers near Lethbridge plan to divert the St Mary River through a new tunnel at eight oclock next Tuesday morning. The flow currently peaks at 5500 cubic feet per second, higher than normal, as they clear a river path into the tunnel and await lower flows to start cofferdam and dam core excavation.
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R.A
St. Mary River
Lethbridge
Adverse Trade Balance Reported for Ireland in 1948
Dublin reports the first four months of 1948 show an adverse trade balance of £36,591,065 ($146,364,260), the highest for a similar period. Imports totalled £49,799,936 ($199,199,744), up $75,834,364 from last year. Exports valued at $52,835,484 rose by $13,626,944.
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DUBLIN
Eire
Russians Free Comrades at Vienna Police Station
Six Soviet soldiers stormed an Austrian police station in Vienna on Thursday night and freed two comrades arrested for drunkenness. The two Russians had been causing trouble in the British sector and were handed to Austrian police by a British patrol before the assault. The attackers, wielding pistols, forced the release after pushing aside the Austrian guard.
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VIENNA
Socialist Correspondence
Forest Fires Improving in Ontario
Toronto reports indicate several large fires still scorch over 125000 acres across Mississagi Chapleau but conditions show improvement due to cooler weather and light showers. Fire crews of about two thousand counter flare ups as risks persist with downpours needed. travel bans extend into Quebec counties and northern Ontario permits halted until danger fades.
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TORONTO
Ontario
T. B. Mackey
forest protection division
provincial lands department
Mississapi
Chapleau
Mississagi
Timmins
Godfrey township
Rouyn-Noranda
Temiskaming
Pontiac
Gatineau
Labelle
Papineau
Quebec
lands and forests department
Train Crew Deaths Ruled Accidental in CPR Crash
Blame not assigned in a coroner's jury verdict for the deaths of William M. Dommett Edward Lewis James and Gordon Herbert Cripps three CPR freight crew members killed when a Rock Creek culvert derailment near Sandpiper occurred May 27. Witnesses described the night crash and culvert conditions while officials noted the creek was low and no prior faults found. The verdict recorded the accident at mile 75.8 on Rock Creek Canadian Pacific.
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BLAIRMORE
HINB
William M. Doramett
Edward Lewis James
Gordon Herbert Cripps
Lethbridge
C.P.R
Rock creek
Sandpreck
Donald McPherson
R. F. Stewart
Anderson
N. Wykolaychuk
Burmis
J. Miers
Crow's Neat
Robert Trenholm
A. W. Betton
R. D. Turnbull
Seth
Joe Kubasek
Todd Creek
Charles Milvane
J. Dziedic
Lester Herbig
Constable Shields
F.C. M.P
William M. Dommett
mile
Canadian Pacific
Eight-Engined Flying Wing Crash Kills Five
Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing crashes near Muroc Air Base killing all five crew aboard. Cause under investigation.
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MUROC AIR BASE
Canf
A.P
Northrop
U.S
BARRIE
Ont
C.P
United States
Ohio
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QUELLINGHAM
BLIND
SULTAN
J. N. FINLAYSON, M.E.LC
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Landbreck
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