City abandons flood fight as army takes control
Winnipeg halts flood defence efforts as Deputy City Engineer A J Taunton says resources exhausted and relief needed. All dikes except one swept away. one death reported. Premier Campbell orders armed forces to lead flood relief. Evacuation fears rise with potential five foot flood increase and mass displacement of up to 300,000.
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WINNIPEG
A. J. Taunton
greater
Douglas L. Campbell
The
Winnipeg Tribune
Sanger
Riverview
Fort Rouge
Princess Kazuko Sets English Prep For Imperial Marriage
Central Press Canadien reports preparations for the marriage of Princess Kazuko of Japan to Prince Shogun with two dressers needed to adjust her elaborate seventeen fingered silk robe. The 23 year old daughter of Emperor Hirohito has been studying English in anticipation of a US tour and wedding duties.
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Central Press Canadien
Kazuxo
Yaka
Hrohno
Japan
eller
Morichiro
essors
Big Three to meet in London for master plan against communism
The British, American and French foreign ministers will gather in London to sketch a coordinated Western policy for the Cold War. They aim to move beyond past plans, address China and Russian aggression, and discuss Southeast Asia issues ahead of a NATO council session.
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Associated Press
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Britain
United states
France
London
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Ernest Berin
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Greece
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Iss
China
Husa
Acheson
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Russia
Germany
southeast Asia
Indo-China
Malaya
Burma
Philippines
Indonesia
Austria
North Atantic Council
Long Road Ahead Long Road Ahead
Parliament debates transport estimates and pending bills as it weighs Western oil pipelines and a Canadian coast guard. Prime Minister St Laurent outlines new legislation, including amendments to the Official Secrets Act and Indian Act access.
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UAWA
transport department
transport
St. Laurent
T.C.A
George Dow
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Howe
Canadian National Rail Wars
Transeport
Chevrier
he house
Canada
Gordon Higgins
St. John’s East
G. R. Pearkes, VC
Nanaimo
Higgins
Howard Green
Vancouver- Quadra
The Left Hand Corner The Left Hand Corner
The Left Hand Corner continues with bizarre notes on meat byproducts and dubious uses of dog baiting, toenails and pills from cef bones, and a new lab by Chicago Watson & Co testing ground beef bones and bacon rind in experiments. The piece hints at early flood reports in Manitoba and odd food science claims while promising more on the back page.
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Chicaco Watson & Co
Tornadic Winds Ravage Midwestern States Killing Seven
A May storm with tornadic winds swept the U.S. Midwest, killing seven and injuring scores across nine states. Red Cross evacuated families as Red River floods threatened Crookston and Grand Forks. Wind gusts near 160 mph, snow, hail, and dust accompanied extensive property damage and farm losses.
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ANSAS CITY
United States
Redwood Falls
Mann
Maple Lake
Hortor Kas
Dakotas
South Dakota
Crookston
Blinn
Grand Forks
Red Cross
Red river
St. Joseph, Mo
tho
Minnesota
north
U.S
mos
midwest
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Texas
Ilinois
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Duluth Mann
Superior
Lake Superior
Carloadings Rise vs Last Year in Early April
The Bureau of Statistics reports week ended April 29 with 75 148 carloads, up from the prior week and above the same week in 1948. Gains cited in coal, coke, gas, gasoline and pulp and paper products. Decreases seen in eta n anagram product and pulpacoc.
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bureau of statinics
i adunz
t.ecer
cot che
iamceyz
gasoine
BOOlpulp
pulpacoc
Big Drama Festival On Monday
Calgary hosts the Dominion Drama Festival starting Monday for a week long event featuring full length plays from Canada’s top amateur groups. Teams from London Quebec City Vancouver Toronto Calgary Brockville St Boniface and Regina perform in a slate led by judge Maxwell Wras with Michel Saint of the Old Vic guiding adjudication. The festival opens with London Little Theatre presenting Thunder Rock and continues through Sunday May 14 with awards including the Bessborough trophy and English French best presentations along with three individual trophies.
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CALGARY
Canada
Alberta
London
Quebec City
Vancouver
Toronto
Brockville
Ont
St Boniface
Man
Regina
Maxwell Wras
Michel Saintis
Old Vic theatre school
London Little Theatre
Noah
Everyman Theatre
ss Belmont Group Theatre
Calgexsy
Workshop 14
Lons Jouxet
Henry Osborne
Nelia Jeffenes
Jamison Seeks Divorce Over Racing Obsession
Lucille E Jamison files for divorce from Albert Richard Jamison in Seattle claiming he spends hours poring over horse racing sheets to compute winning futures and insists she remain silent during those sessions. The complaint notes her frustration and describes his obsessive behavior as the cause of the split.
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SEATTLE
ctP
Mrrs
Lucille E Jamison
Albert Richard Jamison
Jamison
Federal Flood Aid Routed to Winnipeg Area
The federal government announced emergency flood relief for Winnipeg with Brig. R. E. A. Morten placed in charge of relief efforts. Aid from east and west will arrive including five dukws from Camp Borden and London Ontario, additional sandbags, pumps from Chilliwack, and reserve forces ready for acute service. Justice Garson and Premier Campbell spoke by long distance as the plan moves to action.
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UAWA
Defence
Claxton
R. E. A. Morten
army
praie command
Winnipeg
defence department
Campbell
Manitoba
Minter Garson
Winnipes
Shilo
Rivers
Man
Camp Brcen
London
Regina
Chilliwak
p hhim
Fraser valey
British Columba
Rare Delicate Operation On Abdominally Joined Twins
In Edmonton Mas 6 CPs a tiny pair joined at the abdomen Brender Caro and Beversey Townsend are set for a rare operation May 14. Doctors hope to separate them while noting rapid growth and weeks of rehearsals by nurses and surgeons in the Tofield Alta hospital 42 miles southeast of Edmonton.
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Central Press
Brenda
Beverley Townsend
Tofield
Alta
Edmonton
Eardly S. Allin
Allin
GARRETT
Caradan Pres
Mas
CPs
Tao tiny cabes
ves
Brenda Caro
Beversey Lynn Townsend
hue municipal hospital
Nelson Nix
Montana governor denies arrest hoax in New Orleans
Helena May 6 7 Gov John W Bonner dismissed reports of his arrest in New Orleans as grossly exaggerated saying the case is a practical joke He made the remark in a call to the Associated Press from Bioxi Miss where he attends an Interstate Compact commission meeting Secretary W C Blanchette in Helena also stated the arrested man is not the governor confirming the denial
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HELENA
Mont
John W. Bonner
John Bonner
New Orleans
Bonner
Associated Press
Joseph Guillot
Montana
Bioxi
Miss
Interstate of Compact commission
W. C. Blanchette
Benner
Louisiana
Krestova Couple Fire Own Home in Protest
NELSON BC March 6 Flames lit the sky over Krestova as a Radical Son of Freedom couple burned their own home. Police arrested Fred Postnikoff and his wife and lodged them in jail on arson charges. The house was the 24th to burn since April 11, ending a four day lull in arson attacks. A previous threat to burn their home was linked to protest against the war work. The group with headquarters at Krestova is tied to Casalla prison in Vancouver for transfer.
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NELSON
Fred Postmixoff
fmsa.fe
Postnnikoffs
Gilpin
United Sates
Krestova
Casalla
Vancouver
Chrysler Plants May Not Open On Monday as Planned
Detroit reports that Chrysler plants may not open on Monday due to a new contract dispute impacting maintenance and operations. The piece notes uncertainties across multiple plant sites and potential delays in production, with unions and management awaiting terms for a 100 day strain resolution.
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Chrysler
DETROIT
United Asia
Fria
anitte company
arc
Narta-Dal Ag
Derr
ratis taufel
sons
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o. al
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arid ag
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mfa.doure So LAW
Rearming East Germany as Soviet direction asserted
Four young East Germans who deserted from the people's police testified that the Soviet zone is being re armed under Russian direction.
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BERLIN
Mayr
Communist “people's police
South Africa declares freedom to sell gold freely
CAPETOWN Mary 6 7 South Africa reserves the right to sell gold at the highest price in freer markets against IMF wishes. Finance Minister N C Havenga told Parliament the Nationalist government is dissatisfied with IMF board. The board rejected a plan to allow half of gold output to be sold in free markets above the fixed 555 per ounce price, a move the United States opposes.
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CAPETOWN
South Africa
international monetary fund
N. C. Havenga
United States
monetary fund
Premier Duplessis Defendant in Suit
Quebec reports Premier Duplessis to appear in superior court in Montreal next Wednesday as a defendant in a $118,000 damage suit brought by restaurant owner Frank Bocncarelli. The action, filed in June 1947, alleges the premier was involved in the loss of the liquor permit.
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QUEBEC
Premrier Duplessi
Monmirea
Frank Bocncarelli
Young woman found battered near Regina home
A unidentified young woman was found battered near the Brace home, nine miles southeast of Reza on Highaat 16, around 8 am. The incident occurred at a barn rear in Glepaven, with authorities treating it as a grim early morning discovery.
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SLAM REGINA
slam
Glepaven
Reza
Highaat
William Brace
LEGION
OTTAWA
Waniteda
Canadian Legion
Winnipeg
EORT LEWIS
Wash
Artie N. Heape
Fort Lewis
marhal
Tommy Jenkins
Heape
ste. Ursck
Louiseville
LONDON
Reuters
L. B. Pearson
Canada
external affairs monitor
Londer
Sanday
North Atlantic
Friedrich Von Psulus
Stalingrad
Tass
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