Fires and floods grip Canada in wide northern reach
Northern Ontario towns such as Hearst Kapuskasing and Calstock faced massive forest fires with hundreds of firefighters and volunteers mobilized. Mayors urged conscription to battle blazes near Trans Canada highways while settlements evacuated and airlifts rushed equipment. In Manitoba Dauphin suffered record floods washing out roads and rail lines as RCMP rescued two men. crops damaged and power threatened.
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EARST
Ont
Ontario
Hearst- Kapuskasing
Sault Ste. Marie
George McNee
Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Ontario forestry service
Calstock
Studeholme
Hearst-Kapuskasing
Gullfest
Kapuskase
Arrow Lumber Company
ornemo
Marathon Paper Company
Wawa
Michipicoten
Dauphin
Vermilion River
Winnipeg
R.C.M.P
Canadian customs tale in Sarnia on July visits
In Sarnia ontario customs officers note US tourists crossing in July with skis fur coats and snowshoes. An American car carrying two US army veterans asked where to catch a barrel of fish and was waved on.
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SARNIA
Ont
United States
Canada
U.S. army
Britons Wed Younger In 1942 Says Dispatch From London
The Left Hand Corner reports that 1942 saw Britons marry younger than any year this century with 21 as the typical groom age and many older men wed. Girls as young as 12 became mothers, and 39 births were to mothers aged 50 plus. Canadian data show similar trends with grooms commonly 23 22 25 and 21 in fifth place. Cases of 80 plus grooms and 50 plus brides appear, while several teenagers became mothers in the mid teens.
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DISPATCH
London
The
Toronto Star
Canada
Britain
Drastic Tax Bill Passed By French Assembly
Premier Paul Ramadier won approval for a drastic tax plan by a 302 to 241 vote with 59 abstentions. The measure aims to raise 136 billion francs and includes administration cuts and ending state subsidies, sparking widespread strikes across coal, port, and industrial sectors.
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PARIS
Paul Ramadier
French national assembly
France
Marseille
Labor Federation
Ramadier
Preneh bank
Citroen motor works
chein-store
Frost Damage To Rye Is Uncertain
Frost damage to Western Canada's 312000 acres of fall rye remains uncertain as reports vary across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Prices on Winnipeg futures closed at 24.47 and 22.63 with cash rye quoted 3.55 to 3.19 per bushel. Experts warn it will take time to assess the extent, with reports from Melita showing little damage while Saskatchewan fears severe loss in the rye belt.
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WINNIPEG
Canada
Winnipeg grain exchange
D. G. Thomson
James Richardson and Sons
Manitoba
Melita
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Pool
pool
Prorogation In Air at Ottawa
Ottawa observers note a murky sense of prorogation as MPs opened a brisk session with a flurry of summonses. Reporters sense the house has adopted a tighter, more concise tone while signaling a long legislative run ahead.
Bevin expected to propose all European conference
OTTAWA June 24 Higher pay for medical and dental officers of the Canadian armed forces in the form of a responsible allowance of 60 a month over prevailing rates has been authorized at headquarters. The new allowance aims to attract more young graduates to the services and will apply to officers up to surgeon captain navy colonel army and group captain air force.
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OTTAWA
Defence
Claxton
navy
army
air force
Britain seeks loan terms as Bevin to Paris for talks
British Foreign Secretary Bevin met Prime Minister Attlee and Hugh Dalton at 10 Downing Street to discuss aspects of the American loan to Britain. Clayton arrived in England to discuss the $3.75 billion loan and prospects for Marshall Plan details with British officials. Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy requested further plan details through diplomats in London. Bevin may report from occupation authorities on German integration into continental reconstruction.
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LONDON
Bering
Paris
Clayton
England
Bevin
Downing Street
Attlee
Hugh Dalton
Britain
Georges Bidault
France
foreign office
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Lopton
Germany
United States
America
BERLIN
Reuters
Taegliche Rundschau
Europe
Floods Force Mass Evacuations Across Midwest Regions
New flood crests rolled through the Midwest forcing large scale evacuations of low lying areas. In Cambridge Nebraska 13 were killed and four bodies remain missing while Miller and Oxford areas reported tornado deaths. Levees and dikes breached along the Republican and Missouri rivers disrupted rail and road traffic across Nebraska Iowa and Missouri as residents moved to higher ground and prepared for renewed flood danger.
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OMAHA
Nebraska
Missouri
Cambridge
Miller
Nev
Oxford
Neb
Alma
Harlan county
weather bureau
Norfolk
Elkhorn
Ewing
Meadow Grove
Kansas City
William E. Potter
Rule
8. Louis
Platte
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Herman Schaeffer
Oltumra
Caroll
Westen
Iowa
Beartooth Pass Reopens After Blizzard Trap
Beartooth Pass in Yellowstone National Park reopened to travelers after a brief blizzard that stranded about 70 tourists for over a day. The closure followed 15-foot drifts and wind gusts that collapsed briefly into the early weekend, delaying some vacationers before the road was cleared.
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Wyo
Beartooth Pass
Murder charge in Norma Burton case at Lost Lagoon
A 21 year old Vancouver house wife Norma Burton was found murdered after an alleged assault in Stanley Park. Elmer Edward Johnson 25 of Burnaby faces a murder charge after police questioned him all day. Arthur Miller 21 is held as a material witness. Burton's husband, married six years and recently separated, spoke of wanting the culprit brought to justice.
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VANCOUVER
Norma Burton
Lost Lagoon
Stanley Park
Elmer Edward John~ son
Burnaby
Arthur Miller
Burton
Stambaugh Replies To Scuttling Charge At Liberal Convention
J W Stambaugh of Bruce, president of the Alberta Liberal Association, rebutted charges that Liberals sabotaged the independents and accused Conservatives of not backing them. The Alberta Liberal convention opened with over 210 delegates, with Stambaugh chosen chairman and Harold Riley vice chair. He urged a strong provincial leader and organization, saying an Alberta Liberal victory would aid Canada.
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EDMONTON
J. W. Stambaugh
Bruce
Alberta Liberal Association
Mr. Stambaugh
Harold Riley
Calgary
Nelles V. Buchanan
FE. Horton
Stambaugh
weir
leys
Alberta
Canada
G. W. Auster
DDT Used to Boost Japanese Coal Output
Tokyo reports the government will distribute 200000 cases of DDT powder to coal miners. The national coal production committee says the insecticide will help miners sleep better and work more efficiently, reducing back strain and increasing coal digging.
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TOKYO
national coal production committee
Commoners Pass Eight Government Bills in Final Reading
In Ottawa on June 24 the commons swiftly completed third and final readings for eight government bills and granted preliminary approval to three others. Key measures include a three man Maritime commission to aid shipbuilding, a seven man national rail board for coal policies, permitting insurance firms to invest in I Bank securities, and modifying Saskatchewan resources agreements to allow certain shooting grounds to be cancelled. Other bills focus on courts, expanding Exchequer Court registry sales, improving fugitive extradition processes, aiding legislation drafting, and creating an additional BC supreme court justice plus an associate Quebec superior court chief justice.
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OTTAWA
commons
Maritime commission
national real board
Dominion
international bank
Saskatchewan natural resources
Saskatchewan
supreme court
British Columbia
Quebec
Strive To Avoid Logger Walkout
Vancouver reports British Columbia timber interests seek to avert a 27000-logger walkout by meeting with the International Woodworkers of America to craft a new wage and hour agreement. The union rejected a 10 percent raise, prompting talks as both sides aim to prevent a repeat of last year’s month-long strike that halted logging and cost millions in lumber exports and domestic sales.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia
International Woodworkers of America
C.I.0
J.W.A
R. V. Stuart
LW.A
Harold Pritchett
Russia Again Rejects British Clarification on Hungary
London reports Russia refused a second request for clarification on Hungary. A Foreign Office spokesman confirmed receipt of Moscow’s response to Molotov regarding a June 17 memorandum but would not disclose contents. Meanwhile Soviet Ambassador Zatablin relayed acceptance of a French invitation to three power talks on European reconstruction.
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LONDON
Russia
Hungary
foreign office
Molotov
Moscow
rome
George Zatabin
Spontaneous Pro Tests Hit Labor Bill Protests Rise
- More than a quarter of U S soft coal miners, about 123000 men, on strike in seven states, shutting hundreds of mines. - Walkouts spread after the Senate overrode Truman veto, with cuts in Pennsylvania West Virginia Illinois Alabama Kentucky Ohio and more. - Union leaders and John L Lewis halted negotiations as the Taft Hartley act passes, prompting fears of wage disputes and future court actions.
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ITTSBURGH
United States
Alabama
senate
Truman
union
Pennsylvania
West Virriniz
Illlnois
Kentucky
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
A.F.L
U.M.W
Cumberland
UAW
WASHINGTON
Willam Green
American Federation of Labor
Charles Halleck
Indiana
house
congress
Phillip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Murray
Delegates Arrive to Discuss Newfoundland Union with Canada
A Newfoundland delegation arrived in Ottawa to discuss joining Canada as a 10th province. Joseph Smallwood of Gander, secretary of the delegation, said they seek full information on what union would involve and plan to discuss it frankly.
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OTTAWA
Newfourthland
Canada
Joseph Smallwood
Gander
Main Street Fishing Report From Kansas City Area
In Kansas City on June 4, Claybrooke described urban fishing along Main Street, noting two catfish and four perch caught in water pooled near curbs after a heavy rain. He suggested sewer backups may have driven fish into the flooded streets.
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KANSAS CITY
Kas
Claybrooke
Coal Board Is Approved in Ottawa Debate
In Ottawa on June 24 the Commons approved a government bill to establish a seven man national board to administer coal subsidies and to advise on production importation and distribution of coal in Canada. Fuel oil gasoline and diesel oils were added to fuels the board could regulate in emergencies. The board could suspend prevent or regulate production distribution and use if a national shortage threatened welfare. The bill allows study of production costs and mine rates and may extend these powers to oil and transportation as needed.
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OTTAWA
commons
Canada
Howe
Canadas
B. Johnston
S.C. Bow River
Johnston
East Slope Aid Bill In Commons
OTTAWA June 24 First reading given in commons to a bill to ratify an agreement for aid to Alberta the eastern slope of the Rockies and the Athabasca and Saskatchewan river basins. Howe notes Alberta representations for assistance in a project the federal government funds along with western provinces. Fresh canada will pay tribute today to Saint John the Baptist with religious devotions, parades, horse races, spectator games, and fireworks in cities and small towns.
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OTTAWA
Dominion
Rocky Mountains
Athabaski
Saskatchewan
Howe
mi of mines and resources
Alberta
MONTREAL
canada
John the Baption
anid
Vancouver mother dies after 25 foot fall from window
June 24 Vancouver reports the death of 63 year old Min J Mackay mother of Ian MacKay well known Vancouver soccer player after she fell 25 feet from a window in her home. She was dead on arrival. The obituary notes she had been unable for some time. Seven killed in Brussels blaze.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
Min
J. Mackay
Ian MacKay
Ministry of Education
COCHRANE
Ont
Jone
ALBERTA
NORDEGG
Atta
Hector Mettearric
Brareau
Elmer €. Johnson
Burnaby
baker
Norma Burton
Stankey Park
Sandis
CALGARY
Alicia Maniex
Late Island
B.C
Innisfail hospital
Tonkfall
baby
Bowe wag bert
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bobby soxers
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