Red River Flood Crest Rises Toward Winnipeg
The Red River flood crest moves toward Winnipeg as Manitoba cabinet meets to review the situation. Readings exceed 1948 levels with 23.6 feet in Winnipeg and Morris rising over four inches in 24 hours. Premier Campbell tours flood areas and orders dike work around Morris hospital.
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UNIPEG
Red river
Winnipeg
Minnesota
Morris
Douglas L. Campbell
Manitoba
Campbell
Emerson
St. Jean Baptiste
Manitoba-Minnesota
Western nations to boost defence spending, says US
Washington reports say North Atlantic powers will raise budgets and effort for the integrated defence plan agreed by 12 ministers at The Hague. The United States funded about 72 percent of last year’s $20.15 billion total, with Europeans urged to share costs and review expenditures for better use of funds.
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WASHINGTON
United States
north Atlantic
Dean Acheson
Atlantic council
London
Acheson
Hague
Toronto stores cut butter price drop in wholesale floor
Toronto reports butter prices sharply reduced as wholesale support fell, with first grade creamery butter at 56 cents a pound, six cents below Saturday. Government cut wholesale support to 53 cents per pound from 58, boosting retailer sales. Vera Maxwell, the blonde Venus of the Ziegfeld Follies, dies at 58 after a long illness, noted for Folies in 1919 and wartime canteen work.
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TORONTO
BLONDE VENTS
NEW YORK
Vera Maxwell
Venus
Left Hand Corner Gadget Gains North Ontario Following
A risky fishing gadget from Finland called the Left Hand Corner has spread quietly across northern Ontario. Officials warn it falls outside current wildlife regulations and will push to declare it illegal. The device uses two heavy brass hooks powered by a spring. a minnow baited hook and a trigger release impale a fisher on contact.
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Ontario
Finland
Hong Kong Restricts Mainland Entry With Valid Documentation
Border police halted about 2000 Chinese attempting to enter Hong Kong yesterday as new immigration rules take effect. Mainland arrivals must now present valid travel documents to gain entry into the overcrowded British colony.
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HONG KONG
China
Hong
Reid named Regina division superintendent
Charles Reid of Revelstoke BC has been appointed superintendent of Canadian Pacific Railways Regina division, announced May 2. He succeeds D C Hartley, transferred to Revelstoke, in a statement by EF S McCracken, general superintendent of BC district.
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VANCOUVER
Charles Reid
Revelstoke
Canadian Pacific Railways
Regina
D. C Hartley
EF. S McCracken
British Columbia
Plane carrying Cameroons high commissioner missing
A personal aircraft carrying 12 aboard including six children and Jean Soucadewi the Cameroons high commissioner disappeared between Kano Nigeria and Goa French West Africa. His wife and two children had left Kano with him yesterday.
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Reuters
ren
Cameroons
Kano
Nigeria
Goa
French West Africa
Jean Soucadewi
Oil Line Work Is Begun
Oil line construction for the 95 million inter provincial pipeline from Edmonton to eastern markets has started with three spreads in the western division. Floods delay eastern division work while crews trench in Nesbitt Man and near Hughenden and Rosetown. Dust control measures resume as pipe stringing picks up again after winter delays.
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DMONTON
Edmonton district
Edmonton
Regina
Edmonton-Regina
Ontario
Hughenden
Rosetown
Sovereign area
central division
Nesbitt
Man
500 Will Be Affected And Calgary Included
Immediate layoffs affecting about 500 Canadian Pacific Railway shop workers in western and central Canada were announced. Vice-President Crump said lower rail traffic would cause minor reductions in back shops, with temporary repairs and general maintenance in line shops. Affects main shops in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. some work run on a temporary 40 hour week.
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central
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
CRUMP
N. E R. Crump
C.P.R
CALGARY
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Broadway Musical South Pacific Wins Prize
New York May 2. Pullitzer prizes awarded Monday to the Broadway musical South Pacific and the novel The War West by A B Guthrie Jr. The Chicago Daily News and the St Louis Post-Dispatch receive awards for meritorious public service exposing Illinois newspaper men on state payrolls.
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NEW YORK
Pulliitzer
A. B. Guthrie Jr
Chicago Daily News
the &J. Sous Post-Dispatch
Govt Wins By One Vote In British Commons
London may 2 one vote decided a government victory as the labor ministry of transport appropriation squeaked through 279 to 278 in the house of commons. the tie was broken by labor member james mulner’s decisive vote. analysts said a loss could have imperiled prestige and prompted tougher party discipline.
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LONDON
house of commons
ministry of transport
James Mulner
Labor
Prime Minster
Commissar Takes Over In Mock Soviet Occupation
A small Wisconsin town staged a daylong mock Soviet occupation led by two former communists. Police and Legionnaires enforced rules as local officials were hustled from bed and property was seized in the city demonstration. A parade ended with a mayor reading a co operation appeal while a soup kitchen offered borsch to ration holders.
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Joseph Zack Kornfeder
Benjamin Gitow
Commune
New York
Carl] Gewits
Calgary Plane Crash Kills Lethbridge Native
A twin engined aircraft piloted by a man named Sen Harver, son of Mr and Mrs Reginald Harver, crashed into a telephone pole and a Calgary bungalow after buzzing the city for about 40 minutes. The four occupants in the home escaped with minor scratches. The victim, born in Lethbridge, attended local schools.
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Sen
Reginald Harver
Lethbridge
Calgary
Two Senators Appointed By Cabinet In Ottawa May 2
The cabinet announced Gordon Isner of Halifax will join the Senate while Charlies Hawkins of Milford Station NS is named. By-elections on June 19 will fill vacancies in Halifax Annapolis Kings and Montreal Cartier with Toronto Broadview and Hamilton West voting May 15. Senate tally shows Liberals leading with 12 vacancies remain and MPs praise Isner’s appointment.
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OTTAWA
Gordon Isner
commons
Halifax
Haifax
Annapolis Kings
Montreal Cartier
senate
Charlies G. Hawkins
Milford Station
N.S
Nova Scotia Liberal Association
Isner
St. Laurent
Isners
Dan McIvor
L. Fort Wiliam
Ysner
Toronto Broadview
Hamilton West
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
CCF
Social Credit
Leslie Mutch
Winnipeg South
Hunger strike push for Indian independence harshly thin
Jules Sion, a 43 year old Huron, on hunger strike since February for Indian independence and self government, has fallen to 112 pounds from a normal 170. Visited every two days by Dr Gaston Jean at Huron Village reservation, he is in the 70th day since starting February 22, taking a pint of sweetened water daily. doctor estimates he can endure about 190 more days.
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QUEBEC
Jules Sion
Sour
Gaston Jean
Huron Village reservation
Jean
Drew Calls for Outlawing Reds in Canada
Ottawa May 2. Progressive Conservative leader Deverell Drew urges stamping out communism by making it a crime. In a 23 speech before the Ottawa Junior Board of Trade he asks Canadians to use free speech to press for laws that deal with Canadians who knowingly serve the Kremlin as traitors.
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OTTAWA
mir —Decrge
Canada
Top-Level Blunders Blamed By Telegraph Editorial
The Daily Telegraph blames Labour government blunders for a decline in Anglo Canadian trade. It notes Britain has cut and cancelled contracts angering Canadian exporters, attributing the changes to dollar shortages caused by ministerial missteps.
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LONDON
Daily Telegraph today
house of commons
Debates Pace Manitoba Flood and Oil Pipeline Talks
The Manitoba floods dominated the Commons session with Rene Jutras noting Provencher’s near submersion while ministers warned the eventual damage could reach millions. The Alberta Gas Pipeline bill stalled in committee amid a clash between Prime Minister St Laurent and Howard Green as Ralph Maybank faced sharp accusations and then walked out.
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Manitoba
Rene Jutras
Provencher
Manitoba house
La Justice iste
Garso Manitoba
Winters
Alberta Natural Gas Company
Alberta
Pacific coast
bi no
Frime
St. Laurent
Howard Green
P.C. Vanemarer-Quadra
Mrr
Green
Ralph Maybank
L. Winnipeg South Centre
Maybank
Vancouver
Bus Driver Charged With Murder In Saskatchewan Slaying
Thomas Grant a 45 year old bus driver was charged with murder in the shooting and cremation slaying of 35 year old painter Vince Hartel in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan as flood forecasts warn of more rain in Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan snow depths reach several inches across Regina Moose Jaw and Begina.
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Sask
Mounted
Thomas Grant
Wenzel Wilhelm
Vince Hartel
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Menitoba
Hed River
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
BEGINA
airgert weather office
Reza
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ari
Lutasden
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Parmesa
May
Hainak Island
Wesenth
Yuhn
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LONDON
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Liberal party
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DETROIT
United Automobile Workers
C10
ROME OIL
TORONTO
Home Of Co. Ltd
Toreto Stock Exchange
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