Evacuation Speeded In Giant Fraser Flood Control
Fraser River floods threaten Matsqui and Mission as dykes fail and thousands are evacuated. Army, RCAF and civilians reinforce embankments while loaves are airlifted to flood areas. Province declares emergency as losses mount into millions. News ongoing from British Columbia.
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Fraser Valley
Pitt Meadows
Barnaton
Chilliwack
Lulu Island
Ladner dykes
Vancouver
New Westminster
R.CAF
RCAF
British Columbia
Arab Armies Concentrate On Tel Aviv
Three Arab armies moved to encircle Tel Aviv as they ringed Jerusalem through the day. Arab leaders hinted at rejecting a UN armistice while insisting on a Palestinian state split, with Iraqi claims of three miles from Tel Aviv disputed by Jewish reports. Arab forces pressed along the coast and near Latrun, with fighting and censorship shaping reports as Bernadotte arrived in Haifa and headed toward Tel Aviv.
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CAIRO
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
United Nations
U.N
Palestine
Abdel Gelil
Isdud
Rehovot
Kfar Yona
Nathanya
Haifa
Latrun
Hagana
Hulda
Trans-Jordan
Bartov
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Egypt
Left Hand Corner: Wallop for Gallup Poll Prophesy
The piece cites a Hamilton Spectator view on Britons under austerity and state controls. It highlights drastic penalties for job changes, refusals, coupon restraints, and restaurant pricing missteps, framing the era as restrictive and punitive in a bold, opinionated tone.
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Hamilton Spectator
United Kingdom
Ministry of Labor
Left Hand continued on back page feature
Continued on the back page presents a PWSPA per arerrit note as part of a recurring column. The fragment hints at an extended discussion or illustration related to the subject but lacks full context or concrete details.
Blank Ballot Opposition Tops Czech Parliament Vote
PRAGUE May 31 The ministry of the interior said 770701 Czechs cast blank ballots in Sundays parliamentary election to show opposition to the Communist led government. The National Front ticket the only entry received 6429145 votes, a Communist victory was expected.
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PRAGUE
ministry of the interior
National front
Fight Losing Battle Against B C Floods
Pitt Meadows workers quit sandbag duties after a long siege as dawn reveals the Fraser River flood threat. About 1,000 exhausted laborers guard a 25 mile front. dykes hold but remain dangerously inadequate amid continuous fortification and muskrat leaks.
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Pitt Meadows
Fraser Valley
Fraser river
Nomination Day in Ontario draws near record candidates
Toronto May 31 This is official nomination day in Ontario Indications are that the number of candidates contesting the 90 seats in the Ontario election June 7 will be almost 300 In 88 constituencies nominations close at 1 pm CDT In the other two Menora and Rainy River in northwestern Ontario the close comes an hour later A few late starters are expected.
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George Finlay
ANCOUVER
C.P
Fraser river
Matsqui
Vancouver
Fraser
Mission
Kimberley
Kootenays
TORONTO
Ontario
CDT
Menora
Rainy River
Record Vote Seen In B.C. By-Election
Kelowna BC May 31 38,000 voters choose successor to Hon Grote Stirling PC since 1924 ill health. Floods may keep rural voters from polls while 15,000 in Kelowna Penticton Vernon urban areas expected to vote. Three candidates W A Bennett E J Chambers G L Jones. Yale first BC by election this year. Vancouver Centre on June 8 awaits.
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KELOWNA
Yale
Grote Stirling
commons
Penticton
Vernon
PDT
CDT
British Columbia
Social Credit party
Labor- Progressive
W. A . Bennett
E. J. Chambers
Pen
Vanport Destroyed by Wall of Flood Water
Vanport Oregon was hit by a sudden flood surge as a wall of water burst the dyke guarding the city on the Columbia River riverbank. The disaster left Vanport a total loss with hundreds injured and many feared dead, while search teams probed submerged homes and cars at dawn.
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Vanport
Ore
ORTLAND
Columbia
Railways Clamp Ban On Sale Tickets To B C Points
Montreal May 31 A joint CTA from Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railways says flood conditions in British Columbia force suspension of ticket sales to areas west of Kansloops CP and west of Blue River and Red Pass on the CNR. Tickets already en route will be flown from Calgary to Vancouver by Trans Canada Air Lines and Canadian Pacific Air Lines.
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Fraser River
British Columbia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Herald
Artray
Railways
B.C
MONTREAL
C.P
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railways
Kansloops
C.P R
Blue River
Red Pass
C.N.R
Tho
Calgary
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Signals go into action in British Columbia
A bulletin reports Royal Canadian Corps of Signals personnel leaving Ottawa to set up emergency communications in Edmonton Calgary and Vancouver. Other items note a likely UN Palestine truce acceptance in Cairo and cabinet return of Hugh Dalton in London. Additional reports cover army engineers evacuations in Oregon Arab forces entering Palestine and Mauri Rose winning an Indy 500 race.
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SIGNAL CORPS
B.C
OTTAWA
C.P
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
U.N
CAIRO
Reutersi
U.N. security council
Palestine
Mahmoud Fahmy El Nokrashy Pasha
HUGH DALTON
LONDON
cachequer
bapesaul
Dalton
Dwely Lancaster
ARMY ENGINEERS
PORTLAND
Ore
United States army engineers
Washdyke
ARAB LEGION
Jerusalem
Tulkarm
MAURI ROSE
SPEEDWAY
INDIANAPOLIS
Main Rose
South Bend
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
E. J. Thempeen
Alberta
the
United Church of Carais
J. R. Geesen
Helden
ROBESON
WASHINGTON
Paul Rebesss
masunbet
American Communist party
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Gallup Poll
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Dominion Experimental Farm
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Reds
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Oregon
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