International Joint Commission to hear US water diversion bid
The International Joint Commission will hold four public hearings in Southern Alberta on the United States application to divert waters of the Waterton and Belly Rivers. Hearings start next Wednesday in Lethbridge, Thursday in Medicine Hat, with inspectors in Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park. The commission, aided by Canadian and US legal advisers and engineers, seeks public attendance to inform its final adjudication.
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International Joint Commission
United States
Waterton
Belly
international tribunal
civic sports centre
Medicine Hat council
Montana
Waterton Lakes National Park
commission
J. A. Glen
Ottawa
Southern
Belly rivers
teday
Shelby, Mont
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Havre, Mont
Funema Herald
Abbott Govt Pays 75 Percent of Diking Cost in Manitoba Flood Aid
Finance Minister Abbott announced in commons that the federal government will provide 12,500,090 dollars to Manitoba as an initial payment for Red River valley flood rehabilitation. The Dominion will cover 75 percent of diking and remedial costs, matching Fraser valley aid from 1948. An interim joint federal provincial report valued Manitoba flood losses at 26,631,888 dollars, with major damage to municipal infrastructure and emergency costs. The government will also discuss Quebec fires with Premier Duplessis and is expected to issue a statement next week.
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p.c
Quebec
UAWA
Manitoba
Red river valley
Dominion
Fraser valley
Rimouski
Cabano
Que
Duplessis
J. B. Carswell
D. Bruce Shaw
Meat price surge hits Canadian shoppers in Vancouver
Vancouver reports rising meat prices cause sales drop and store closings as prices jump across beef and pork cuts. Cooked ham moves to 95 cents to 1.30 a pound with recent hikes, while beef and lamb prices also rise, signaling possible peak levels per packers. Continued notes on page two.
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VANCOUVER
butchers
Retail Merchants’ Association
TORONTO
Long Journey to Preach A Sunday Call From Louisville
Rev William R Clarke of Kine's Park Presbyterian Glasgow received a sudden request from Louisville Kentucky to preach for a call. He and his wife flew there and conducted services the following Sunday, a distance of about three thousand miles. The notice appears in the St Thomas Times Journal, The Left Hand Corner continues on Page Nineteen.
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Wiliam R. Clarke
Kine's Park Presbyterian church
Glasgow
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Clarke
Louisville
Kentucky
Vancouver Man Charged in Restaurant Cashier Robbery
Austin Tarleck identified by police was charged with robbery with violence after a snatching of $8,200 from a restaurant cashier en route to the bank. Detectors say he was picked from a lineup. witnesses to the Tuesday robbery attended the identification.
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VANCOUVER
Austin Tarleck
Tarleck
Loggers In B C Gird To Strike
British Columbia's coastal loggers brace for a strike as the June 15 deadline nears. About 70 percent of workers backed walkout to push for wage increases, with Vancouver and New Westminster locals voting around 75 percent in favor. The International Woodworkers of America faces a mass work stoppage of roughly 32,000 members unless a last minute settlement is reached.
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British Columbia
New Westminster
the
International Woodworkers of America
CI.0
Publishers Revolt Over UK Newsprint Ration Cut
The British press rebels at a Board of Trade order reducing dailies to six pages starting July 2 amid acute newsprint shortages. Publishers fear 12 week rationing may extend, as they struggle to fit world news into smaller editions. Headline stirs concern over reliance on dollar-linked imports from Canada and future supplies.
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LONDON
United Kingdom
Canada
Board of Trade
Harold Wilson
Record $30 CWT on Steers at Calgary Sale
An all time Canadian record was set at Calgary stockyards as 24 head of choice steers sold for $30 a hundredweight. The previous high was $29.60 at Brooks two weeks earlier. In yesterday's sale 618 steers were sold with an average price of $27.96 per cwt.
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Cine
Calgary
Brooks
Kia
Dafoe Foundation awards 2000 fellowship to London student
Donald Eldon of London has received a $2,000 Dafoe Foundation fellowship while completing his Master of Arts at Harvard University. A 1948 University of Western Ontario graduate, Eldon was gold medallist in honor history and earned a scholarship to study at Harvard.
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DAFOE
LONDON
Ont
Dafoe Foundation
Winnipeg
Donald Eldon
Harvard University
Univerity of Western Ontario
Harvard
Truman warns U S must keep aid to Western Europe
President Truman told graduates at the University of Missouri that abandoning Marshall Plan aid would threaten peace. He warned the United States must continue its contributions to free peoples to prevent Communist expansion, arguing U S vital national interest lies in a healthy world economy beyond 1952.
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COLUMBIA
Truman
western
Europe
United States
University of Missouri
Marshall Planaid
Not Strong Enough To Fight War
In June 1951 General Omar N. Bradley told Congress that armed forces would be insufficient for a major war by July 1951. He supported a $13 billion budget and stressed mobilization and allied powers to deter and contend with an aggressor, saying victory would come through mobilization and industrial power.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Omar N. Bradley
congress
joint US. chiefs of staff
senate appropriations committee
U.S
Bradley
senate committee
No Commitment in Commons on Defence Pact
Ottawa June 9 The commons opened a broad defence debate with Defence Minister Claxton saying Canada has undertaken no new military commitments under Atlantic Pact arrangements The policy of balanced collective forces is implicit in collective defence and will have no immediate effect on Canadian forces or planning The Dominican was ready to discuss its part in planning total pact defence Opposition leader George Drew urged a detailed statement of units establishments and expenditures for army navy and air force Continued on Page Two.
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George Drew
Claxton
army
navy
air force
Douglas Harkness
P.C
Duke Reveals Love Triumph in Abdication Tale
The Duke of Windsor says Wallis Simpson left him and tried to force abdication. He recounts a France call amid the crisis and notes she would renounce herself unless he renounced. He claims he offered to follow her anywhere as love triumphed over politics.
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Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
France
Life magazine
Montreal Standard
China
Labrador
South Seas
Britain
Flood Damage in Rainy Lake Area Nears Million Mark
Flooding from Rainy Lake spring run-off has crippled Fort Frances fishing industry with water up to the 1916 flood level. Losses cited include $150,000 in production and ice packs destroyed. the area faces near a million dollars in damage. Tourism areas west of town mostly safe. east of town cottages inundated with boats on land. Indians of Redgut reserve evacuees report water up to window height.
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Rainy Lake
FORT FRANCES
Ont
Winnipeg
Ontario
George C. B. Smith
Bear's Pass
Four Burned to Death as Train Cated at Beattock
Fire swept three cars of a Birmingham Glasgow train near Beattock Scotland on Thursday night killing at least four. Two victims were women. Storm warnings were issued as high water and east winds damaged shoreline within town limits.
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BEATTOCK
Scotland
Outlay For Flood Costs In Red River Valley
Winnipeg Free Press reports the federal government will likely pay between 10.0 and 12.0 million dollars to Manitoba as an initial flood cost outlay. The amount is tied to an interim Carswell Shaw commission report on Red River flood damage.
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WINNIPEG
Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba
Red River Valley
Carswell-Shaw
Ottawa Woman Heads Liberal Federation
Mrs W O Reagan of Ottawa was elected president of the National Federation of Liberal Women. She succeeds Mrs Nancy Hodges of Victoria who led the federation for three years. O Reagan had served as vice president last year.
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OTTAWA
LIBERAL FEDERATION
W. ¥. O'Reagan
Storm warnings rise in Rainy Lake area Fort Francis
Rainy Lake area in northwestern Ontario sees intensified flood alerts as officials warn residents of worsening conditions. Forecasters expect continued rain with uncertain drainage impacts around Fort Francis and surrounding communities. Local agencies urge preparedness and emergency contacts amid evolving weather.
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RAINY LAKE
FORT FRANCIS
Ont
Ontario
Landslide Buries Track Near Kumanodiaea Japan
A landslide buried a railway track near Kumanodiaea Japan killing at least 19 workers. Twenty injured and more than 30 missing after tons of mud and rock collapsed onto crews repairing the line.
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KUMANODIAEA
Japan
Report Finds Gas at Wildcat Well Southwest of Peace River
Edmonton Journal reports a Fairview Alta location finding gas at wildcat well Shel British American Whitelaw No. 1, 46 miles southwest of Peace River. The discovery marks a significant gas potential in the area as of June 9.
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EDMONTON
The
Edmonton Journal
Fairview
Alta
Peace River
Telephone workers quit in Manitoba strike widens
About 100 cablemen and underground workers walked off their jobs amid lockout accusations against the Manitoba Telephone System. They join 160 line-department men who halted work a day earlier over late pay cheques and cancellation of annual holidays.
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WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Du vieusart forms all Social Christian cabinet in Belgium
Brussels Belgium June 5 Premier-designate Jean Du vieusart announced he has formed an all Social Christian Catholic cabinet and committed to bring exiled King Leopold back to his throne as soon as possible.
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Belgium
Jean Duvieusart
Leopold
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