Winnipeg Flood Surges Threaten City as River Rises
Canadian Press reports a major flood battering Winnipeg and St Boniface as rain and river surge push water across dikes and sandbag barriers. Officials warn the Red River crest may rise further, threatening thousands of homes and delaying the city’s defenses. May 19 with forecasts of stormy conditions into May 24.
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OHN DAUPHINEE
INNIPEG
Canada
North Dakota
Manitoba
Red river
Winnipeg
St. Boniface
Canada To Join O E E C In Informal North American Talks
Prime Minister St Laurent told the Commons Canada would accept an informal working relationship with the Organization for European Economic Co operation. He noted a London statement that US aid to Europe may continue after Marshall aid ends in 1952 and said the move could foster North American western European economic cooperation. He added the North Atlantic Council deputies are pursuing longer term economic collaboration among the 12.
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UAWA
St. Laurent
commons
Canada
Organization for European Economic Co-operation
London
United Kingdom
United States
France
Europe
MARSHALL PLAN EXTENSION OBSE.C
St Laurent to Visit Flood Areas in Canada
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent announced he will visit flood damaged Winnipeg and wildfire sites Rimouski and Gabend after speaking at a Quebec Liberal convention. He plans to travel to Peterborough Ontario and then Winnipeg, accompanied by Justice Minister Garson, with flights planned.
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QUEBEC
St. Laurent
Winnipeg
Peterborough
Ont
Rimouski
Gabend
Douglas L. Campbell
Louis St. Laurent
Campbell
Garson
Mr. St. Laurent
Mrr. Garson
Barrow the Dutchman of Patersons Atlantic League
The Left Hand Corner profiles Barrow, famed as the Dutchman to fans and the Yankee empire to opponents. It notes his loyalty, scarcity of steps in a car ride, and his status as a manager and part owner of the Paterson club in New Jersey’s Atlantic League. The piece captures his legacy as a complete player and influencer in early baseball lore.
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alime
easie
Barrow
Cerner’s
Joan Peter Wasner
Honus
Yankee empire
Hans
Fis Dutchman
vata
Jim Kahn
Wagmer
Paterson
railroad yard
Pittsburgh
Wagner
Formosa Faces Critical 100 Days Says General Chiang
General Chiang Chin E Kuo, elder son of Chiang Kai shek, warned Formosa faces two critical 100 day periods. He said if Nationalists weather the next 100 days they should still be here next year. He cited possible drastic changes in internal and world affairs and warned a third world war could involve Western powers. Nationalists still hold Quemoy Island near Amoy.
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ASPEI
Formosa
Chiang Chin
Western
Hong Kong
Standard
Chiang
Russia
Young Chiang
Quemoy Island
Amoy
Four Nuns Feared Dead In Hull School Fire
Four Grey Nuns of the Cross Sisters are believed to have perished in a blaze gutting the central block of Hull Normal School for Girls in ATLL Quebec. Police recovered an unidentified female body and feared three other nuns may be buried in the ruins. Two nuns escaped, one with a broken spine, while 85 girl students and 58 nuns were in the building when the fire broke out.
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ATLL
Que
Hull
Nance Rouet
Three Rivers
Marie du Sacrement
Marie St. Pierre
Jean de la Croix
Laurence Levesque
Ste. Marguerie de la Charite
Marguerite 3 Lafontaine
Shawinigan Falls
iesp
Sre
Richard Audette
Mane Annette
Arcadius
Annette
Alberta May Lose Gas Reserve Hope Looms Large
A 1940s Alberta energy report notes US and Canadian data on gas reserves, with Wyoming and US coast sources claiming vast gas pockets. Analysts warn Alberta could face export pressure as new discoveries in the reef and South Butte area prompt tension over supply and market access amid declining domestic output.
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South Butte
Pac.f.c northwest
Alberta
Balanced collective forces term cited by L B Pearson
L B Pearson, former Canadian foreign minister, called balanced collective forces a key phrase in the Atlantic pact communique. He said it means Western nations will form an international force via joint defence, contributing units rather than pursuing only national needs, as Canada would advise, not direct, on military priorities.
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LONDON
i‘CP
L. B. Pearson
Canada
Atlantic pact
Pearson
Canada House
Britain ends points rationing as tea and staples stay
London May 19 Food Minister Maurice Webb announced the end of Britain s points rationing for many foods while staples like tea sugar bacon and meat remain rationed. Tea rations cut to zero until July and the scheme to be dropped saves taxpayers about £2900 a year.
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LONDON
Rewvers
Maurice Webb
Britain
Webb
ford
Weather forecast predicts rain ending today in Red River valley
The Dominion weather office says general rain with about half an inch total would end today in the flooded Red River valley. A brief spell of fair weather is expected on the prairies, with southeast winds of 15 mph shifting to southwest by noon. Drier winds follow as the disturbance moves from Saskatchewan.
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WINNIPEG
Dominion weather office
Red river valley
prairies
Saskatchewan
Attlee asks Pearson to Downing Street on Manitoba flood aid
May 19 London Prime Minister Attlee invited Canadian External Affairs Minister Pearson to Downing Street to discuss British help for Manitoba flood distress. Pearson said assistance offers will be passed to Ottawa. Canadian high commissioner L Dana Wireress accompanied Pearson amid many Britons writing about how to help. Attlee continued on Page Two.
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ONDON
Attlee
L. B Pearson
Downing Street
Manitoba
Britain
Pearson
Ottawa
L. Dana Wireress
hugh
United Kingdom
Army Abandons Plan to Blast CNR Line to Relieve Floods
Canadian army abandons a planned explosion on the CNR line near Letellier Manitoba to ease pressure on a swollen Red River flood. A 27 worker crew cut a 300 foot hole through the roadbed by morning, with water diverting eastward. The decision followed doubt a blast would avoid creating a soft spot and worsen river levels further, keeping Winnnipeg water levels in check while hundreds of homes remain at risk.
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C.N.R
Letellier
Man
Fort Garry
CNR
Red river
McGlinnvravy Boulevard
South Fort Carry
McGlivray , ke
rier
Manitoba
CNH
athout
eount
eas
Winnmipeg
Leteler
cus
Winnipeg
McGillivray
Canadian Federation of Mayors
George C. MacLean
St. Boniface
Hadamuc
conference of mayors
Canson
New York
Truman
Opposition Stifled as Gasoline Ration Critique Passes
London May 19 The government won a House of Commons vote on gasoline rationing by 187 to 141 defeating Conservative John Arbuthnot’s private motion. Since March 6 Labor with a slim majority has beaten opposition motions ten times, while Conservatives have only won once on adjournment. Arbuthnot urged more petrol for motorists and warned rationing could end if imports rose. The debate follows recent ration increases and calls for liberal allowances.
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LONDON
house of commons
Labor
atbate
John Arbuthnot
sterling
Winston Churchill
Arbuthnot
Britain
Wheat talks open Anglo-Canadian negotiations in London
Sir Stafford Cripps presides as Canada and Britain begin wheat talks to set 1950 51 quantities and prices. Canadian delegation includes C D Howe L B Pearson Norman Mobertson Max Meckenzie and George McIver. British side led by Maurice Webb Patrick Gordon Walker and other food ministry and treasury officials. Talks proceed into next week.
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Dominion
Canada
C. D. Howe
L. B. Pearson
Norman Mobertson
privy council
Max Meckenzie
George McIver
Canadian wheat board
Sir Stafford
Maurice Webb
Patrick Gordon-Walker
commonwealth relations
food ministry
treasury
Britain
Trygve Lie Ends Visit To Moscow
United Nations secretary general Trygve Lie ends a seven day Moscow visit and heads to Prague Paris London and Lake Success carrying back proposals from talks with Stalin Vishinsky and other officials He plans talks with Attlee and Truman and U S leaders though diplomats doubt major progress on cold war or atomic control.
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MOSCOW
Pi—Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
Stalin
Vishinsky
Prague
Paris
London
Lake Success
N Y
U.N
Andrei Gromyko
Attlee
ister
Truman
Red River Drops Fraction of an Inch at Winnipeg
News brief reports the Red River fell from 303 feet to 29.25 feet by 4:96 p.m. CDT, after peaking at 393 feet earlier, noting the drop in Winnipeg. Additional items cover a fire relief appeal in Cabano Quebec, Britain demanding Hungary’s attache expulsion, a Paris police wage protest traffic jam, a BC lumber strike warning, restricted Soviet missions in Germany, and BC flood conditions in Vancouver.
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RED RIVER
WINNIPEG
CABANO FIRE VICTLYS
CABANO
Que
Temiscowata
Caton Jean Philippe Cyr
G.B
LONDON
Reuters
Britain
Janos Nagy
Nagy
Hungary
Britsh Legation
Budapest
PRIS
PARIS
B.C
VANCOUVER
CPI
British Columbia
International Woodworkers of America
U.S.C
Vancouver Island
FRANKFURT
Germany
Potsdam
ROCKIES
Fraser Valley
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