Fraser River dike breached at Port Mann forces evacuees
Fraser River floods Port Mann dike forcing 150 to 200 residents from homes. Port Mann near Vancouver on the Fraser’s south bank is a CN rail divisional point. Police say the situation not too serious as most houses lie on high ground. Meanwhile Trail faces the worst flood threat with the Columbia River rising, three dead in eight days, and crews building a civilian dike along Main Street.
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Fraser
Port Mann
Canadian National Railways
Fraser River
Fraser Valley
Tra
Trail
Vancouver
Columbia
Kootenay
Castlegar
Lower Riverside
Double Spying Penalty Deepens Canada Espionage Law
The Commons voted to double the espionage penalty from seven to fourteen years and expand powers to prosecute Canadians and aliens alike for disclosing secrets. Opposition urged broader powers, while several MPs argued the measures still did not go far enough. The bill also advanced a citizenship act amendment and reviewed maritime safety provisions, with Indian Act changes paused for consultation.
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UAWA
commons
Canada
chamber
John Diefenbaker
P C
Lake Centre
Donald Fleming
P.C
Toronto Eglinton
D. Fulton
P.C. Kamloops
Alistair Stewart
L.C.F
Winnipeg North
Pierre Gauthier
L. Portneauf
Harris
Justice
Garson
British House Ends Marathon 14 Hour Session
London June 23 The House of Commons ended a marathon 14 hour session with the Labor government prevailing against Conservative attempts to amend tax proposals. An 11 vote margin defeated a Tory bid to wipe out a 10 percent tax on undistributed company profits. Anthony Eden, deputy Conservative leader, saw the motion fail 295 to 284. Brendan Bracken accused the government of acting as a post office for General MacArthur as the debate touched on a Times Tokyo correspondent complaint sent to The Times.
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LONDON
house of commons
Labor
commons
Anthony Eden
Brendan Bracken
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Japan
Tokyo
Times of London
The
Times
The Left Hand Corner on Penicillin and World War II plans
A fragmented report discusses penicillin usage, production volumes, and a World Health Organization plan to inoculate Haiti's 3.5 million population over two years. It notes penicillin tools against gangrene and venereal diseases and references a New York Times report.
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Alexander Fleming
United States
World Health Organization of the United Nations
Haiti
New York Times
Supreme Court Allows Calgary Couple to Sue Crown in Provincial Court
The Supreme Court of Canada overruled Alberta justices and permitted a Calgary couple to sue the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation in provincial court. It reversed a ruling that crown corporations could only be sued in the exchequer court and upheld the action in a triplet of suits over a home construction and financing dispute.
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OTTAWA
supreme court of Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
supreme court of Alberta
exchequer court of Canada
C.M.H.C
George Yeats
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Bow River Construction Company
crown corporation
CNLH.C
crown
federal court
C. H.C
Return News Firms Make Agreements
The American Newspaper Guild announced it will withdraw its consent-to-prosecute application to Labor Minister Mitchel and that CP and Press News Limited agreed to actions. The Guild reports reinstatement of dismissed employees and a preferential re hiring pool. Dent Hodgson is reinstated with full rights. CP general manager Gillis Purcell recognizes Guild members in Ottawa and rejects a prior ban as personal.
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TORONTO
Guide
C.I.O
Mitchel
Press and Press News Limited
Guild
James W. Sittst
Ottawa
The
national news-gathering agency
additiion
Dent Hodgson
Gillis Purcell
C. B. Edwards
Press News
Menzies to Re-submit Deadlocked Anti Communist Bill
Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced Australia will re-submit the stalled anti communist bill when parliament reconvenes in three months after Labor forced amendments during the senate debate. The bill was shelved due to opposition holds and Labor majority via hold-overs.
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CANBERRA
Reuters
Robert G. Menzies
labor party
senate
labor
Newfoundland Day Observance In St Johns Discovery Claims
Newfoundland marks Newfound Day the 453rd anniversary of Cabot’s discovery with debate over whether he sighted St Johns Harbor. Historians say there are no records proving Cabot’s sighting here, though St Johns later became a major rendezvous for ships of many nations. The name St Johns appears in 1527, with development unfolding over years.
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ST. JOHNS
Mid
cPy -Newfoundland
temorrox
Johos Cabo
Newfoundland
Cape Breton Island
tsat C. EB. A. Jeffery
St. John’s
federal historic sites and monuments board
St. John's
Lightning Strikes Florida Church and Baseball Game
A severe Florida lightning storm yesterday destroyed a 1928 Christian Science Church in Winter Haven, killing convict Angelo Massina and injuring Robert W. McKay as ballplayers and an umpire were struck during a game near Jacksonville. The church cost $75,000 to build and was destroyed by fire sparked along an underground line.
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MIAMI
Fla
Florida
Jacksonville
Charles Webb
Winter Haven
Christian Science Church
Princess Margaret Faces Rumors Of Wedlock With Earl
London gossip swirls over Princess Margaret, 26, rumored to wed the Earl of Dalkeith. Buckingham Palace declines to comment as talk says Elizabeth’s younger sister may announce an engagement after Margaret’s August 21 birthday. The Earl, a red haired Scot and longtime escort, dismisses the rumors as foolish. the pair have known each other since childhood.
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LONDON
Margaret
Earl of
Dalkeith
Buckinghazm Palace
Elizabeth
Earl
Newfoundland Signs Highway Agreement
Ottawa June 23. Newfoundland signed an agreement with the federal government for construction of the island section of the trans Canada highway. Resources Minister Winters announced in the commons. Quebec and Nova Scotia were the only provinces not yet signatories.
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OTTAWA
Newfoundland
Winters
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Peacetime Draft Extension Faces Senate House Clash
The peacetime draft in the United States likely extends for two to three more years after Congress approved a 15 day stop gap. President Truman awaited the bill with the Senate approving a three year extension while defeating a racial segregation plan for the armed forces. House bills propose a two year extension leaving differences to be ironed out. Senator Richard Russell proposed a race based modification rejected 45 to 27.
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WASHINGTON
United States
congress
Truman
senate
house
Richard Russell
Dem.Ga
Bow Island Sees Heavy Rain Over Three Days
Bow Island reports 1.25 inches of rain in three days, with 18 inches on Wednesday, 53 on Thursday, and 54 in Friday's downpour. The moisture saves crops burning before the storm, while areas six miles north and the Maleb district saw much less rain. The Friday shower moved east toward Medicine Hat.
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BOW ISLAND
Maleb
Medicine Hat
Lebedoff Convicted of Conspiracy Near Krestova
Nelson B C June 23 A leader of the Sons of Freedom sect of the Doukhobors faces prison term for conspiracy The crown won a seditious conspiracy conviction against John Lebedoff who leads the Freedomite colony at Krestova He was remanded for sentence at a later assizes session.
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NELSON
B.C
JPh
Sons of Freedom
Doukhobors
John Lebendoff
Freedomite
Krestova
here
Hudson Plant Fire Destroys Canadian Hudson Factory
A $500,000 blaze at Chatco Steel, the Hudson Motor Car Co's Canadian maker, in Tilbury Ontario destroyed plant No. 1. The fire began about 3:25 a.m. and two hours later only outside walls remained. Tilbury lies about 18 miles southwest of Chatham.
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TILBURY
Ont
Chatco Steel
Hudson Motor Car Company
Chatham
Ontario
Canada provinces spend on public health and hospital care
Halifax reports Canadian provinces invest about 200.6 million pounds this year in health and hospital care. Health Minister Martin cites 3,900 provincial projects totaling 37 million as approved. The plan aims to expand hospital capacity and public health staffing, while noting a 2,000 doctor shortage nationwide.
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HALIFAX
Martin
Canadan
carmine
pebbic health
Tecmeretaen’s
Canada
Atom Liner In Offing Harnessing A Power In Eight Years Seen By G B Expert
British scientists at Harwell reveal plans to harness atomic power for industry by around 1960. Sir John Cockcroft says most plant work is done and photonium production studied. He estimates eight more years to feasibility, reactor funding, construction, and testing before a liner maiden voyage.
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G.B
Berkhire Engenne
sRouters
atomic research
Thei
Harwell
John Cockcroft
Stenren Trenka Wins design prize for nickel anniversary coin
Stenren Trenka of Green Lane near Toronto won the design competition for a new Canadian five-cent piece. Abbott announced Trenka’s design was accepted to commemorate the 25th anniversary of nickel isolation. Trenka received a $1,000 prize.
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Stenren Trenka
Green Lane
Thoerhi
Toronto
wriner
trance Mcnsster Abbott
Trenka
Best New Weapons For Europe
Washington reports administration plans to approve a foreign arms program totaling 1.2225 billion dollars over two years to place modern weapons along Western Europe fronts excluding atomic bombs. Major disputes include granting the President authority to transfer arms worth 12.25 million to vital allies, credit sales to friendly powers, and Marshall Plan country access to 3.9 billion for European recovery.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Europe
Sensior
Tom Connally
Tex
Trmiman
United States
U.S
Hens Cabot Lodge
Rep
Mass
Bank robber-killer eludes Ontario posse near Angton
Police close on Langton bank robber who escaped with $23,000 after Wednesday raid on the Imperial Bank of Canada in Angton Ontario. Detectives including Toronto fingerprint expert Oliver Borland linked prints to a likely suspect as authorities widen the manhunt with a large force, planes, dogs and armed farmers assisting. Continued on Page T.9.
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ANGTON
Ont
Langton
A. R. Knight
Onetario
Oliver Borland
Toronto
kier
Ottawa
FBL
Washington
Imperial Bank of Canada
St. Thomes
NOT TRUE PICTURE Editor Defends Baldwin in Abdication Tale
Times editor Alan Patt Robbins challenged the Duke of Windsor s account of the abdication and its portrayal of Stanley Baldwin and Archbishop Cosmo Lang. He criticized the memoirs as presenting only the government’s side and alleged devious tactics behind the marriage crisis involving Wallis Simpson.
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Archishop
Canterbury
Cosmo
Bakiwin
Premier urges withdrawal of troops in Agassiz district
A bulletin from Victoria reports Premier Byron Johnson urged troop withdrawal in the Agassiz district after word flood threat was over. Other items note Ottawa cutting cablegram and radiogram charges July 1, McCarthy resigns as Bosox manager with Steve ONeill replacing him, milk theft spurring a bank bandit hunt, the Columbia River rise near Trail, Port Mann evacuation and return, and Yugoslavia’s claim of Bulgarian troop movements toward its eastern frontier.
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VICTORIA
Byron Johnson
Agassiz
Fraser Valley
OSTTAWA
United Kingdom
transport department
Canada
international telegraph
Paris
QSNEILL
McCARTHY
BOSOX
ST. LOUIS
API
Tom Ded
Boston Red Sox
Joe McCarthy
Steve O'Neill
BANDIT LANGTON
Ont
Ream Hall
COLUMBIA RIVER
Kootenay
PORT MANN
VANCOUVER
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Stanley Baldwin
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