Woman Faces Murder Count in Medicine Hat Case
Adelia Koenig, 41, jailed on murder charges in the death of Peter Nemys, 47, found April 28. Preliminary hearing set for May 15 before Magistrate T. Gore-Hickman. Crown prosecutor W. D. Gow Jr. appointed. Koenig, mother of five, lived with Nemys as housekeeper at 217 18th St. The axe and nightdress are exhibits. blood on both matches Nemys.
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MEDICINE HAT
Peter Nemys
Adelia Koenig
T. Gore-Hickman
Fort Saskatchewan
W. D. Gow, Jr
Nemys
Alec Koenig
Nemy
Meryl
Edward
Day of Prayer Declared by Government in London
London May 7 a government statement announced that the King has designated Sunday June 6 as a national day of prayer and dedication to God in view of the tasks and duties which the nation is called to meet.
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LONDON
Ireland's flax industry revival under wartime neutrality
The Irish Department of Agriculture cites a sharp rise in flax income across Cork Monaghan Cavan and East Donegal from 1949 to last year driven by an agreement with Britain. The deal came amid Britain wartime needs and restricted information through tight censorship while preserving Eire's neutrality. A German minister visited Ireland during this period as officials implemented the pact to boost flax production at Britain’s expense.
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Eire
Cork
Monaghan
Cavan
Donegal
Britain
Ministry of Supply
Bri
tain
Etre
Missing Ship With 250 Aboard Is Written Off
Rangoon May 7. The loss of the ship Sir Harvey Adamson, which disappeared in the Andaman Sea off the Burma coast three weeks ago with 250 aboard, was written off as an unsolved sea mystery. The search was officially closed after no clues were found. The theory holds that wind pushed the Adamson into a minefield and she blew up on a mine.
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RANGOON
Sir Harvey Adamson
Andaman Sea
Burma
Adamson
Heatherton
Gabriola Island
Vancouver
Sea Island
Nanaimo
Budget Row Over Hidden Taxes and Tax Relief Proposals
Ottawa voices clash as Finance Minister Abbott defends a week old budget forecasting 29 percent cuts for most income tax payers. Opposition leaders criticize lack of relief for non earners and indirect taxes. PC and CCF motions of non confidence follow. Debates touch on basic exemption levels and proposed irrigation projects to boost western agriculture.
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OTTAWA
Abbott
Progressive Conservative
C.C.F
J. M. Macdonnell
Muskoka Ontario
M. J. Coldwell
C.C-F
Dominion
Coldwell
Low
E. B. McKay
Weyburn
Western Canada
Palliser triangle
Lethbridge Man Dies After Collision in City Intersection
Richard Gesinghaus a 62 year old second hand dealer of 406 2nd Ave S died in a local hospital hours after a crash at the 15th Bt and 3rd Ave S intersection. He was westbound on 3rd Ave when the eastbound Chevrolet turned left across the avenue colliding. The Chevrolet driver W P King of Lethbridge was uninjured. An inquest is expected. Gesinghaus formerly lived in Iron Springs later moved to Lethbridge and leaves a wife and several children including five daughters two sons. The family has long resided in the city land district. This is the first fatal traffic accident in the city since April 10, 1945.
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Richard Gesinghaus
2nd Ave. S
15th Bt
3rd Ave. S
W. P. King
Lethbridge
Gesinghans
IRON SPRINGS
Toronto
Alberta
Richard
Donald
Japan
city
Blueprint for a new naval fleet with guided missiles
The Navy outlines a radical future fleet designed for coastal bombardment and strikes on cities and bases. Plan includes armored guided missile ships, fast raiders, interceptor carriers, coastal defense carriers, high speed destroyers, and submarine roles shifted to cargo, attack, Arctic patrols, and atom-weapon launches. Senate action funds two experimental submarines while planning envisions minimal manned presence at battle stations.
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United States
navy
senate
W. John Kenney
Polar
Navy department
Martians Will Talk? Radio Seeker Hopes for Message
Washington May 7 A scientist with a sensitive radio system, Grote Reber, has listened for Martian transmissions but reports only cosmic noise. He speculates intelligent life may exist but signals may be too weak or distant. Engineer Redet built a listening station near Wheaton to pursue the quest.
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WASHINGTON
Mars
Grote Reber
Reber
Frigate Finds Contact in Gulf of Georgia Search
In the Gulf of Georgia near Gabriola Island the frigate H M C S Antigonish marked a contact from an anti-submarine search for the missing Trans-Canada Airlines flight with 15 aboard. Divers to follow after soundings, debris and oil slicks fuel hopes of solving the mystery.
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Frigate
Gulf Of Georgia
TCA
ANCOUVER
C.E
Trans-Canada Air Lines transport
H.M.C.S. Antigonish
gulf
Gabriola island
Red Ouster Ratified by Socialist Party in France
Paris May 7 The Socialist party ratified Premier Paul Ramadier's decision to oust Communists from his cabinet by a 2 529 to 2 125 vote after a 12 hour clash. Ramadier said he would feel like a grave digger of the republic if forced to resign. Leon Blum supported the move warning that removal would deny the parliamentary regime. The vote followed last Sunday's seizure of five Communist ministers amid a wage price freeze fight and a confidence vote won without Communist support. Renault workers strike and related stoppages spread in other industries.
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ROBERT GC. WILSON
PARIS
France
Socialist party
Paul Ramadier
Europe
Ramadier
council
Leon Blum
Renault automobile
Nine Miners Die in Barnsley Explosion in England
Nine coal miners were killed and 25 injured in a Barnsley mine blast. National Coal Board and the miners union cited an ignition or short circuit as the cause. The disaster marks Britain's first mine catastrophe since government ownership began last January. Barnsley, Yorkshire, about 40 miles east of Manchester, has a population around 78,000.
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BARNSLEY
Yorkshire
Enx
national coal board
miners’ union
Barnsalty
King Sidelined by Chill Aboard HMS Vanguard
May 7. The King suffers a slight chill that confines him to royal apartments on the HMS Vanguard during the royal family’s return from the South Africa tour, forcing the group to cut short the voyage. The announcement notes the monarch’s condition is not serious and he remains onboard under care.
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H.M.S. VANGUARD
Reuters
South Africa
Faith healer visits millionaire vintner's desert estate
Avak Hagopiat, a purported Armenian faith healer, arrived in Palm Springs to treat Vaughn Arakelian, a 37 year old epileptic son of Kirkor Arakelian, a California immigrant famed as Dream of the Desert. The elder Arakelian has spent about 250000 on efforts to cure Vaughn. Col. Sumbat Yremiararian vouched for the healer's cures seen in Iran.
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PALM SPRINGS
Calif
Avak Hagopiat
Kirkor
Arakelian
California
Desert
Vaughn Arakelan
ies
Avak
Avyak
Los Angeles
pasterday
Cairo
Umanad
Arakelianate
searce
London
Iran
Ihram
Atak
Sumbat Yremiararian
annu olsterr
UN considers Palestine deadlock amid push for fact finding
May 7 United Nations special General Assembly sessions face a test as a 55 member political and security committee led by Lester B Pearson seeks to form a Palestine fact finding committee. controversy over Armenian Arab representation risks delaying progress toward a September report.
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LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
Palestine
special general assembly
United Nations
U.N
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Arab higher committee
Jewish agency
sugesstions
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Pearson
general assembly
Toronto Man Held After Shootings At Home
Police remanded a man for a week after he appeared in court on charges tied to shootings at a Toronto residence. Corporal William Nichol of the Mounted police testified the suspect was dazed at arrest and claimed his mind was haywire, while officers recovered a revolver at the scene.
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JORONO
William Nichol
Kae aow
UN offers Arab committee hearing on Palestine
The United Nations Assembly on Palestine formally offered the Arab higher committee a hearing before the 55 member political committee with the same status as the Jewish Agency. The vote was 39 to 1 with 11 abstentions. Other items note Brazil bans the Communist Party, a Jerusalem shooting, a major Vancouver gambling remand, Durham miners returning to work, and a Yukon Alaska highway land swap proposal.
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LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
CP1
United Nationd
Assembly on
Palestine
Arab higher committee
Jewish Agency
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COMMUNIST PARTY
RIO DE JANEIRO
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Billy Helmuth
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alrest
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C.P
Weaterm Sports
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DURHAM
LONDON
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HAINES
WASHINGTON
Alisha Kerishere
congress
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