Dikes Brace Fraser Flood Area as Water Presses In
In Vancouver on June 24, officials report a fragile belly-like dike holding in the Fraser River flood zone near Port Mann and New Westminster Surrey. A second emergency sandbag wall guards 3,000 residents as pumps fight seepage and rising waters threaten one to four feet of flooding.
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VANCOUVER
Fraser Valley
Fraser River
Canadian National
Port Mann
New Westminster
Surrey
The Left Hand Corner feature on notable English architecture
A London Journal report outlines the Duke of Sucmerlana house near Kingston, describing its grand Terra Ota woodwork and stone screens. It notes Sir Richard Weston early Tudor connections, a son executed under Henry VIII for alleged relations with Anne Boleyn, and a glimpse of Grener Place near Guineaford as the era’s private residence edge.
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Englard
Vican
Lonnon
London
Richard Weston
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French Premier ousted as cabinet loses confidence vote
ARIS June 24 The French national assembly ousted Premier Georges Bidault after a 352 to 230 vote against the government on a confidence motion. The defeat occurs amid a major European steel pool conference with France in the lead and could trigger new general elections this year if Bidaults MRP refuses to join Queuille's Radical Socialists.
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Georges Bidault
French National Assembly
ARIS
France
Premire Herri Queuille
Bidault
MRP
Queuille
Quewile
national assembly
fourth republic
Buidault
Queen Mary's Home Intruder Attacks Staff in Break-in
In London, an intruder broke into Queen Marys home and stabbed housekeeper seven times, while her helper sustained two black eyes in the same incident. The 26-year-old Irish gardener Gersia OBrien was arrested and charged with robbery attempt and assault. He faces preliminary hearing at Bow Street court on Monday.
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LONDON
Queen Mary
Scotland Yard
Gersia O'Brien
O Brien
Bow Street court
St George's hospital
Alice Knight
Winifred Ralph
Scotland Yards
FBI Agents Shoot Down U.S. Criminal Shelton in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS June 24 Two FBI agents fatally wounded Henry Harland Shelton a top 19 wanted criminal when he reached for a gun during an attempted arrest outside an eastside tavern. Shelton 41 a former inmate serving 60 years for a 1933 kidnapping fled from a Labor Day escape with Sam Lieb 42 who was later recaptured.
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Waliam Gooddyn
Arthur Lierman
Langton
Ont
Norfolk county
Langtom
Imperial Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Henry Harland Shelton
United States
Michigan
Shelton
fug tve
frort
Mason P. Harper
Taernm
Wes
Snellon
azerts
Thocn
Kileva Vitch
Sam Lieb
Labor Day
mid-west
Indiana
Three Hydro Plants Considered for St Marvy Mark Canal
P.F.R.A. weighs two to three hydro electric plants on the main canal of the St Marvy Mark irrigation project. Feasibility study nearly complete with 12500 kilowatts capacity and annual output of 71,000,600 kilowatt hours. Estimated total cost 930,000 dollars based on 1949 costs, with 570,000 planned for 1952 and 360,500 for 1953.
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St. Marvy- Mark rivers
Herald
Alberta
Lethbridge
PFE.A
W L “Wally” Foss
PF.R
SMRD
plems
Muffins Spark a Churchyard Lesson in Texarkana
In Texarkana Arkansas on June 24 a Bible School teacher hosted a party for young pupils. Mrs Harold Hodge, mother of Pat and Paul Hodge, sent muffins iced at the gathering. The teacher urged the children to bow their heads and thank Jesus for the muffins. Paul Hodge softly whispered that his mother made them, prompting a cheeky correction from the back of the room.
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TEXARKANA, Ark
Harold Hodge
Pat
Paul Hodge
Jesus
Heir Claimant Otto Wilhelm Held on Auto Theft Charge
A man calling himself Prince Otto Wilhelm, claiming to be heir to Kaiser Wilhelm, was detained in San Francisco on auto theft suspicions. The 27 year old denied the accusation as ridiculous and asserted he is the son of the late Kaiser Wilhelm, though the throne claim is unverified.
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Prince Otto Wilhelm
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
San Francisco
Otto
Switchmen To Strike In U S Sunday
Switchmen on five major mid western and western railroads face a Sunday walkout at 6am local time. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Chicago Great Western Western Pacific Great Northern Denver and Rio Grande Western plan to stop operations. only Great Northern may continue with most switchmen in another union. The walkout aims to press for a 40 hour week with 48 hours pay, opposing a Truman board’s recommendation to cut to 40 hours with pay raise.
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CHICAGO
United States
Switchmens Union of North America
APL
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Great Northern
Denver and Rio Grande Weste
San Francisco
Truman
Can't Catch Abbott Out On Any Limb
Ottawa reports France Minister Abbott faced questions in the commons as he declined to provide an answer, sparking debate over his stance and the government position.
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Abbott
OTTAWA
France
Minster Abbott
Canada
commons
Flood breach and currency talk at chamber meeting
A rough account notes flood damage to a dike at Pitt Lake and a muddled discussion of the Canadian dollar and exchange controls. Speakers commented on possible relaxation of controls, government spending, and tax agreements while Parliament debated rail bills and Canadian shipping acts.
Airliner Missing Over Lake Michigan After Oil Slick Sighted
A Northwest Airliner with 58 aboard vanished over wind-lashed Lake Michigan. Coast Guard in Milwaukee found an oil slick about nine miles southeast of Milwaukee with marked buoys, wreckage and dye markers reported. St Paul said plane carried 15 passengers and officials doubted it could stay afloat long. The DC-4 was en route from New York to the Pacific Northwest. massive search operations were launched from both coasts.
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Associated Press
Lake Michigan
United States coast guard district
Milwaukee
Was
ARES
coast guard
St. Paul
air line
Line
United States
New York
Monday At The Fair Opens Kiddies Day At Lethbridge Exhibition
Monday marks the opening of the annual Lethbridge Exhibition also called Redew with Kiddies Day. Activities include a 10 am official opening parade from Third Avenue and 17th Street South livestock judging at Stockburns buildings and exhibition halls, machinery exhibits, and a full afternoon midway.
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Lethbridge
Third Avenue
17th Street
grandstand
Netherlands appoints Lovink ambassador to Canada
Envoy H. J. Lovink is to arrive in Canada in July to take up his post as Netherlands ambassador to Canada. He succeeds Dr J. H. Van Roijen, recently named Netherlands ambassador to the United States.
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H. J. Lovink
Canada
Netherlands
J H Van Roijen
United States
British Frigate Fires On Three Planes Near Swatow
June 4 report from Bong Kong says Royal Navy frigate Hart fired on three Chinese Nationalist Mustang fighters after they attacked tug Frosty Moilier aiding mine-struck freighter Annul near Swatow on China's southeast coast. No casualties reported. First retaliatory action by the Royal Navy within Chinese waters. Lady Wolmer returned home with six wounded after being strafed by Nationalist forces.
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iemit
Royal Navy
Hart
Swatow
China
Formosa
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Naliczaks
Turbulent World News Flash From June Dispatches
News briefs from Chicago Ottama Lisbon and Spokane report possible airliner traces in Lake Michigan a freight rate debate in Ottawa a plotted overthrow of Portugal's government a Northern Idaho flood threat and a Soviet protest over MacArthur bans plus a Yugoslav plot against King Peter and a U S Superfortress crew in Honolulu all dated June 24 spanning multiple agencies and locations.
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Canadian Citizenshop Act
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SING AIRLINE
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