Quebec jury stays execution for Guay in airliner bombing
Quebec solicitor-general announced Chief Judge Sevigny granted a stay of execution until January 12 for J Albert Guay, condemned for murder in the Sault Au Cochon airliner bombing that killed 23, including his wife. Genereux Ruest, charged with murder, appeared in court on crutches. he is linked as an accessory before the fact in Guay’s case.
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UEBEC
Antoine Rivard
Quebec
Albert Sevigny
J. Albert Guay
Sault Au Cochon
Ruest
Will Succeed Gen McNaughton To Important Post
R G Gerry Riddell was named head of Canada's United Nations delegation in New York, succeeding Gen A G L McNaughton. The External Affairs shifts include Lt Gen Maurice Pope to Belgium as ambassador and W L McDermot to South Africa as high commissioner. John Holmes to resume head of the UN division in Ottawa once Riddell departs.
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Pearson
Canada
United Nations
UAWA
R. G
Gerry) Riddell
A. G. L. McNaughton
external affairs department
Maurice Pope
Germany
Belgium
W. L. McDermot
South Africa
EDMONTON
Riddell
Toronto University
McNaughton
international joint commission
Atlantic pact council
London
New York
MacDermot
E. D. McGreer
Montreal
McGill University
Oxford
Lower Canada College
McGill
Upper Canada College
League of Nations Society
information divvision
Pope
Victor Dore
Switzerland
Riviere du Loup
Que
Allied control commission
T. C. Davis
Lake Success
John Holmes
U.N
Hanging Debate in House Endangers Capital Punishment
In Ottawa on June 7 two lawyers opposed a private bill by Ross Thatcher to abolish capital punishment for murder. Solicitor-General Lapointe defended hanging as a deterrent while A L Smith urged abolition. The bill failed to advance as parliament debated deterrence, justice, and Canada shipping act provisions.
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Lapointe
A. L Smith
P.c
Calgary West
Calgary
Ross Thatcher
CCF
Moose Jaw
Smith
Canada
The Left Hand Corner Makes A Return
The Left Hand Corner makes a comeback as a compact feature noting its revival and ongoing presence in local columns. Ambition and focus anchor the piece while readers glimpse the column’s renewed voice.
Danish King Seen in Copenhagen on Pedals and Sandwich Stops
London report notes King Christian X of Denmark roaming Copenhagen streets by bicycle with the public, visiting Oskar Davidson’s famous sandwich shop for morrebrod, and secretly visiting London for a tattoo consultation on the Thames shore, seeking ink for a chest anchor from a tattoo expert.
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Ottawa Journal
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Copenhagen
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Thames
Denmark
Fear 28 Lost In Crash Probe Opens Into Transport Plane Disaster
A crash probe opened into a C 46 air disaster near Miami. 28 Puerto Ricans reportedly died with 37 survivors from the San Juan Wilmington flight. Rescue efforts continued as investigators from the civil aeronautics board and the Puerto Rican government toured the scene and questioned Westar operators.
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Fla
civil aeronautics board
San Juan
Charleston
S.C
Saufley
Atlantic
Aurora
coast guard
Wilmington
Fernando Sierra
The
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Washington
Gordon Matthews
10 Point Peace Plan Urges UN Backing From Lie
Pi-Trveve Lie appealed to all 59 United Nations members to support a 10 point peace program. He published the full text after talks with Truman Stalin Attlee Bidault, saying China’s UN representation blocks Cold War progress and urging periodic Security Council meetings to advance genuine negotiations.
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Hess
Complete 130 miles of pipeline despite harsh weather
Interprovincial pipeline officials report 130 miles of the Edmonton to Superior Wis line completed with a $90,000,000 price tag. Progress slowed by late snow in eastern Canada and the United States, Manitoba feeds, and high western winds. Central Sask region near Rosetown shows best progress with 50 miles dug and 10 miles of pipe welded. Eastern stretches from Retina to Gretna and Gretna to Superior hampered by floods and heavy spring snow.
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Superior
Wis
Canada
United States
Manitoba
Rosetown
Sask
Retina
Gretna
Man
Two More S M R D Contracts Awarded
The Saskatoon based St Mary Milk rivers irrigation project awards two additional main canal contracts totaling 414 370 to Alex Wilson Co of Tisdale and Piggot Construction Co of Saskatoon. The work includes sections feeding Chin Coulee reservoir with depths about 12 12 feet and 40 feet bottom width 30 feet top width. About 1 000 workers will be employed across roughly a dozen canal contracts, with about 2 500 000 dollars in canals and water distribution planned for the year.
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Eamonton
David Ure
Alex Wilson
Tisdale
Sask
The Herald
SM.RD. pro
Bedell 77 Fined for Reckless Driving in Detroit Court
Henry J. Bedell, 77, faced reckless driving charges after a car crashed into two parked vehicles. He claimed the accelerator stuck and brake failed, leading to the collision. The judge fined him $10 and barred driving for six months. He protested the verdict as a personal favor.
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DETROIT
Henry J. Bedell
Bedell
drnurg
130 Year‑Old Japanese Woman Dies by Jumping Into River
Tokyo reports a woman named Yoshino Nakahone said to be 130 years old killed herself by leaping into a river. The paper says she was vigorous until a few years ago when grief over her daughter‑in‑law’s death sapped her morale, and she worried about becoming a burden to her 70‑year‑old son after his wife’s death.
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TOKYO
Reuters
Yoshino Nakahone
Mchichi Shimbun
ays
Former RCAF navigator awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Seated in a wheelchair, former RCAF navigator Fit Lt W Winskin received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Governor-General Alexander tied for devotion to duty during a 1944 coastal patrol operation out of Reykjavik Iceland. The private investiture was held at his Kingston home where he is confined by a severe case of poliomyelitis.
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Ont
RCAF
Alexander
Reyajavik
Iceland
W. Winskin
Government bills pass as $10 million cut agreed
In Ottawa on Tuesday four government bills cleared final stages amid cross party debate. An amendment trimmed $10 million from a money sorter department project while others moved through committee stage and third reading. Weather treaty discussions tied to North Atlantic pact plans and international cooperation. Gordon Grayden and other officials noted cross-party weather treaty implications.
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commons
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ang apar
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Conrada
Gordon Grayden
Doukhobors face long prison terms in nude parades fire
Vancouver dispatch reports 272 Doukhobors sentenced to a total of 1311 years in prison for nude parades and arson. BC officials face jail-space shortages as scholars and authorities scramble to address the sect's intractable troubles. Dr Norman Mackenzie of UBC chairs a joint inquiry into the Doukhobor problem, seeking solutions amid long-standing strife in the mountain regions.
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Mackenzie
Vietnam crackdown escalates after cabinet attempt
In Saigon on June 7 the Bao Dai regime announces a total war against Ho Chi Minh guerrillas after a botched assassination of a cabinet member. Education minister Vuong Quang Muong was wounded Monday, three bullets, in critical condition. The regime vows arrests without trial of underground terrorists and to mobilize a national army to aid French forces. Lucien Bazin, French police chief aide, was killed April 28.
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SAIGON
Indo-China
Bao
Lucien Bazin
Go To Jail Sooner Than Pay Taxes Says Ont. Woman
Brampton Ontario June 6 a Brampton housewife Mrs Annie Potter told town council she would go to jail rather than pay taxes on her home her tax bill of 218 06 was 45 higher than last year she said she would not pay 320 4 month taxes to live in this town and that her house was not in a good residential section with a dump across from it she appealed unsuccessfully to the court of revision about her taxes council decided to consider the complaint at a special committee meeting.
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BRAMPTON
town council
Janl
Annie Potter
jai
old council
court of revision
Smance committee
MacArthur orders more Japanese purged in postwar move
General MacArthur announced 17 additional purges targeting Japanese Communists. The edict targeted Akahata editors and policy makers, described as an alternate method of correction to censorship or closing the newspaper. The purge followed the government’s purge of 24 Politburo members and the red party’s formation of an eight member leadership group.
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TOKYO
Stalin’s Unofficial Rating as Worst Dressed Man
Washington report notes Prime Minister Stalin earned the dubious honor of being the worst dressed man on the information scene. Haverdasher Paul D Gilbert, addressing the Association of Better Business Bureau, awarded the title and suggested a new suit and brown and white accessories might improve his image.
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Haverdasher
Paul D Gilbert
Association of Better Business Bureau
Giibert
ne Nttvenal
Beta Clothiers
andea
US B 29 Crash In North Sea With 8 Missing
Reuters reports a US B 29 Superfortress crashed in the North Sea with eight crew declared missing. A British trawler said it rescued two survivors and one body. further details awaited.
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Reuters
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