Soviets Lift Berlin Freight Traffic Ban
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet authorities and British officials agreeing to resume freight traffic after a stoppage that halted western zone trains into Berlin. American and British officials note 2,000,000 Berlin residents and 25,000 Western troops face impact, with a Monday meeting to discuss the broader Berlin freight question. Trains will pass via the Soviet zone to Berlin with 18 daily trains permitted, while six British trains held up will be released once locomotives are provided.
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BERLIN
Clay
United States
Helmstedt-Marienborn
Lucius Clay
Helmstedt
Improved Weather Brings Cheer As Dykes Hold
Flood battalions marshal for weekend attack as improved weather lifts spirits in British Columbia. Fraser valley sunshine. Trail remains cloudy but not obstructive. Dykes holding with no Fraser alarms. Trail’s flood barrier strengthened by sandbags. Plans call for 500,000 bags flown in, 30,000 more from Trail, and 12 firms to hire 1,000 workers to reinforce dykes.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Fraser valley
Trail
Fraser river
Columbia
Fraser
B.C. ae
navy
Kootenays
Godden
Calgary
B.C
valley dyke force
Creston
here
Leacock Advice on Writing Humor Reveals Technique
The Wall Street Journal quotes Stephen Leacock saying humor comes easy once you sit with pen and paper and write as ideas occur. He adds the hard part is letting the occurring moment become the finished paragraph.
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Stephen Leacock
the
Wall Street Journal
Leacock
Jet propelled toys from Motive power by jet cartridges
Jet propelled model aircraft cars and ships from an English toy firm Motive powered by small jet cartridges. Power is provided by a cartridge sealed with a cardboard disc and a metal disc with a central hole forming the jet. A child clips a cartridge into the motor and lights the igniter wick.
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United Kingdom
Left Hand Continued on Back Page
Front page wrap includes continued feature on the left hand topic with references to continuation on the back page, indicating layout notes and ongoing coverage. No additional names, dates, or specifics are provided in readable text.
Truman political clash shadows Congress and tariff showdown
Washington unfolds as President Truman denounces Congress amid bitter attacks while Sen. Arthur Vandenberg pursues Marshall Plan prestige. Taft blasts adjournment, and Senate factions collide over the reciprocal trade program and tariff extensions with a one year compromise looming.
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TAFT
Robert Taft
Ohio
Philadelphia
congress
Truman
WASHINGTON
Senate
senate finance committee
house of representatives
Arthur Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Eugene Millikin
Colo
Hold Woman In Axe Death
TORONTO June 12 Yvonne Brouillett 34 a divorcee arrested for the axe slaying of John Frederick Farrell 32 in an east central boarding house Farrell whose real name was Fanya had been twice married Police say the slaying followed an evening of drinking during which Farrell beat the woman in court she was remanded Brouillette said Farrell beat her and she gave a voluntary statement as she went to the basement Farrell allegedly called out when you come Continue on Page Two
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TORONTO
Yvonne Brouillett
John Frederick Farrell
Farrell
Fanya
Yvonne Brouillette
UN Mediator Seeks British Aid for Palestine Truce
Count Folke Bernadotte filed a formal request to use British ships and planes to supervise the Palestine truce, arguing for UN observer transport under UN authority. The U.S. may provide naval vessels and small aircraft to aid Bernadotte, while Israeli and Arab leaders accuse each other of truce violations. Bernadotte travels toward Rhodes with observers arriving in the Holy Land as four weeks of truce begin and talks toward a peace conference loom.
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LONDON
A.P
foreign office
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Cairo
Bernadotte
United Nations
U.N
Lake Success
U.S
WASHINGTON
United States
Rhodes
Holy Land
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Much Money For Health in Canada’s Defence Budget
Health Minister Martin stated in the commons that contributions to health services equal contributions to national defence. He described the department’s plans to spend 87 million more than last year’s defense budget, reviewing aims and noting insufficient cures for arthritis and ongoing cancer research across 27 projects.
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arrawal
Canada
Martin
commons
defense department
Health department
Defamation suit launched by Tucker against Premier Douglas
Saskatchewan Liberal leader Walter Tucker filed a $100,000 defamation suit against Premier T. C. Douglas over remarks at a Rosthern meeting. A writ seeks damages to Tucker's reputation, alleging slander during the speech. The action follows a Rosthern mortgage case tale Tucker says Douglas linked him to.
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SASKATOON
C.P
Walter Tucker
Saskatchewan
T. C. Douglas
Douglas
Rosthern
Sask
Tucker
G.H. Yule
Tuckey
There Are Dollars In Your Attic
An upbeat ad urges readers to turn unused items into cash by selling furniture instruments toys clothing and appliances. It promotes placing a low cost Want Ad in the Herald and listing items to phone in tomorrow.
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the
Herald
Montreal strike averted as trucking charge hike approved
In Montreal on June 12, Labor Minister Barrette announced an increase in minimum trucking charges. The move paves the way for a general wage boost of 15 to 20 cents an hour for about 5,000 Transport Drivers Union members on Montreal Island.
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MONTREAL
Transport Drivers Union
A.P.L
Montreal Island
Barrette
No Decision On Lifting Embargo Says Gardiner
Agriculture Minister Gardiner said there was no decision by the federal government on lifting the embargo on beef cattle shipments to the United States. He noted reports the ban would be lifted Sunday and said he had no knowledge of any new decision since leaving Ottawa.
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ASSINIBOIA
C.P
Gardiner
United States
Dominion
Ottawa
Seamen Protest Use Private Armies in Canada
Toronto June 12. The Canadian Seamen's Union protests the use of private armies by powerful industrialists amid a five-firm lake shipping strike. The union, claiming labor-contract breaches by hiring crews from the rival Canadian Lake Seamen's Union, has taken the case to court. Harry Davis urges immediate action to remove the so‑called murder squad in Cornwall. About 200 CLSU members were sent from Montreal to sail strikebound ships. two CLSU men were arrested in Cornwall for carrying weapons.
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TORONTO
Canadian Seamen's Union
T.S.C
C.S.U
Trap Rabbits on the House of Lords Floor
In London on June 12, Britains aristocracy failed to legalize trapping rabbits on the red carpet of the house of lords. Lord Amulree proposed a rabbit trap for floor use, arguing it did not torture the animal, while the Earl of Airlie, owning vast Scottish lands, urged removal of the plan. The proposal was ruled out of order.
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LONDON
Britain
house of lords
Lord Amulree
pxers
Earl of Airlie
Scotland
Pacha of Oujda Stabbed After Jewish Riots Funeral
Mohamed Hajoul the Pacha of Oujda was stabbed by a fanatic Muslim Friday after the funerals for five Jewish riot victims. The attack followed the June 7 violence in French Morocco's Oujda community.
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OUJDA
French Morocco
Mohamed Hajoul
Pacha
Vedder Canal Aleak Holds As Water Drops Near Vedder Dyke
On the Vedder Canal the water level fell 17 inches in 36 hours and continues dropping. Farmers resume chores near Abbotsford while many evacuees remain in Red Cross camps. Officials say the dyke has a reasonable chance to hold with seepage not considered dangerous. The situation remains tense as the Fraser River flood risk shifts.
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YARROW
B.C
Vedder Canal
Sumas
Fraser River
Red Cross
Abbotsford
Mission
Fred Sinclair
Vancou
Willing to join Arab Jewish state in Palestine
Amman June 12 Reuters King Abdullah declared that if a single Arab Jewish state formed in Palestine the Trans-Jordan people would have no objection to joining it. Cardston June 24 Tanner cancels meetings to be with ailing father in Salt Lake City minister of lands and mines left for Utah. Another truce breach Damascus June 12 Lenters Jewish forces attacked southern Palestine at 2 a.m. Former Alberta MLA Tobin dies in Toronto Tobin 77 former Alberta legislator and Glenora Gold Mines president. born Bridgewater Nova Scotia. U S team retains Wightman Cup London June 12 AP United States sweeps four matches to retain trophy over Britain 6-1. 11 cents hour wage increase for rubber workers Akron June 12 AP Firestone and United Rubber Workers sign contract boosting wages 11 cents for 23,000 employees. union had asked 3 cents more.
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AMMAN
Reuters
Abdullah
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
TANNER
CARDSTON
N. E. Tanner
Salt Lake City
Social Credit party
DAMASCUS
ALBERTA
TORONTO
Stanley Gilbert Tobin
Glenora Gold Mines Ltd
Tobin
Ottawa
Bridgewater, N.S
AKON
A.P
Firestone Tire and Rubber company
United Rubber Workers (C.I.0
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DELTA FARMS
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Bellingham
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RCAF
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U.N. MEDIATOR
Rosthern, Sask
C. Shumfatcher
executive council
Dougla
Shumfatcher
Uni States
MARRITIM& STRIRR
BERKELEY
Calif
Tremen
justice department
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