Three Lethbridge Railmen Die In Washout Wreck
Three railway workers from Lethbridge died when their freight train plunged into a flood washout two miles west of Lundbreck at midnight. Engineer W. M. Dommell, fireman Edward Lewis James, and head end trainman Gordon H. Cripps were trapped in the locomotive cab as heavy rails and cars piled in tangled wreckage. A passenger train narrowly avoided disaster forty minutes later, and recovery crews worked to clear the site on the Rock Creek Crow's Nest river junction in southern British Columbia and Alberta. Authorities planned an inquest and the railway line remained out of service for about 48 hours.
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ANDBRECK
Lethbridge
here
Lundbreck
W. M. Dommell
19th Street North
Edward Lewis James
Sixth Avenue South
Gordon Herbert Cripps
Sixth Street
Crow's Nest
British Columbia
Alberta
Blairmore
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Donald McPherson
Herald
Rock Creek
Kimberley Water Flood Devastates Cities In BC and US
The worst flood in 50 years continues as Kimberley water pours through the city. Homes are destroyed and tens of thousands are displaced across British Columbia and the northwestern United States. Fatalities are feared as dikes fail and power systems collapse.
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British Columbia
United States
Four Members One Family Sentenced in Ontario Theft Case
Four members of an Athens Ontario family were sentenced to a total of five months for theft. Mrs Henry Hoare received three months after pleading guilty to 14 shoplifting charges. Her husband got 10 days for stealing a truck jack. Sons Donald and Gerald Hoare drew 20 and 30 days respectively for theft of wire and cable.
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BROCKVILLE
Ont
Athens
here
Henry Hoare
Donald
Gerald
Flooded Carrot river valley stranded in Manitoba
Boats used as the only link in the flooded Carrot river valley 450 miles northwest of Winnipeg. An estimated 100000 acres are submerged with crops ruined and stock moved to high ground in The Pas. Damages reach 200000 to 250000 dollars as relief funds rise to 30574 and flood aid applications total 23.
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WINNIPEG
Carrot river
here
Pas
Saskatchewan
J. 8. McDiarmid
Manitoba
Greater
Legion Debates Term Comrade at Canadian Convention
In Saskatoon on May 27 the Canadian Legion considered dropping the term comrade but did not act. A committee reported it discussed replacing it with Legionnaire but took no final steps. Erle Burgess of St Thomas Ontario noted the group explored the change but stopped short of action.
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SASKATOON
comrades
Canadian Legion
Erle Burgess
St. Thomas
Ont
Wason and the Tea Party Lap-Dogcaper
In In the Golden Days RANDIS W. HIRST recalls Eugene Wason, famed Oxford eight captain, at a tea party with a grand lady. A lap dog vanishes during tea, Wason pockets the dog, and later quietly hides it along a garden path, prompting amused scandal.
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RANDIS W. HIRST
Eugene Wason
Oxford
Tongue Twister Challenge Spurs Reader Skills
A brief note from the Kitchener Waterloo Record notes a tongue twister test. It asks readers to read a paragraph aloud in 15 seconds to gauge dictation ability, citing a clipped sample about buying baking powder and making biscuits.
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Kitchener-Waterloo
The Left Hand
A partial fragment appears from a feature titled The Left Hand, with continuation notes indicating continuation on the back page. The readable text provides little context about the story, leaving the main subject and details unclear.
Arabs and Egyptians Engage Jews on Jerusalem Outskirts
Arab troops aided by Egyptian units and Trans-Jordan Arab Legionnaires attacked Jewish areas on Jerusalem’s southeast outskirts. The assault targeted Katamon Talpiyot Mekor Haim and Upper Baqaa sectors from the Ramat Rebel area between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Britain Proposes New Plan on Palestine at Lake Success
British officials reported a new and important proposal on Palestine. Sir Alexander Cadogan received instructions and a formal plan, with details not disclosed. The dispatch was sent to Lake Success after a cabinet meeting, and Britain may seek a one day adjournment for Cadogan to prepare a speech.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Palestine
Alexander Cadogan
London
Britain
Alexander
War in Holy Land deepens as Arab stance holds
Arab League secretary general Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha warned reporters that halting fighting now would only delay wider war. He urged victory by destroying Jewish strongholds near Jerusalem and tightening encirclement, amid reports of Arab shelling and plans to sever supply lines.
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eld
Holy Land
United Nations
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Israel
Jerusalem
old city
Azzam Pasha
Smuts Defeated In Own Riding In South Africa Vote
Prime Minister Smuts lost his Standerton seat as the United party led by nearly a three to one margin in the general elections. Nationalists under Dr Daniel Malan held 38 seats with Smuts trailing, Labor 6, Afrikaner 4 as 40 of 153 seats remained. Malan kept Piquetsburg seat by about 4,000 votes.
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JOHANNESBURG
Reuters
Smuts
United party
Natonalists
Standerton
Transvaal
W. C. Duplessis
Daniel Malan
Labor
empire
Dr. Malan
Piquetsburg
Cape province
J An Van Der Merwe
Isley Defends 1948-49 Budget in Commons
Ottawa May 27 CP The man steering Canada’s finances through wartime years Rt Hon J L Isley now justice minister defended the 1948 49 budget saying tax reductions were wisely chosen and beneficial Opposition MPs urged relief for low income groups and complained the sales tax removal lacked guarantees Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged speed in completing work before prorogation and noted about 25 measures remain to be considered External Affairs St Laurent said Israel recognition still under review Transport Chevrier tabled the National Harbours Board annual report showing a 14 per cent rise in cargo tonnage across Canadian harbors
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OTTAWA
Canada
commons
J. L. Isley
T. J. Bentley
CCF
Swift Current
MEDICINE HAT
W. D. Wylie
Mackenzie King
St Laurent
Israel
Chevrier
national harbors board
Trade Act Adopted In House With One Year Extension
Republicans push through a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act in the House by a 234 to 149 vote. The bill now goes to the Senate where Democrats plan another fight.
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WASHINGTON
house of representatives
congress
senate
Deadlock on Germany Is Now Broken
London reports a six power deadlock over western Germany's future has ended after negotiators agreed to an Ruhr mineral resources control board. France yielded on iron ore coal and coke allocations following US concessions, with Bevin mediating between US and French delegations to avert jeopardizing European recovery and the western alliance. The breakthrough could push the talks toward finalizing a provisional German government by week’s end.
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LONDON
Germany
Ruhr
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
BEVIN
Lewis W. Douglas
Rene Massigli
western European alliance
Air Force and Canada Ties Highlight CAP Dinner
At the civil air patrol third annual dinner for congress leaders from the United States and Canada emphasized shared aims. About 75 air force generals, numerous Canadian officials, CAP representatives from all states, and hundreds of congress members attended the May 27 event.
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CANADA
WASHINGTON
Air force
United States
civil air patrol
congress
CAP
Temporary Victory at Kimberley
Kimberley British Columbia May 27 temporary victory has been won over flood waters of Mark creek. The swollen river rips through main streets after causing over a million dollars in damage. Sullivan mine miners work day and night to divert branches back to the channel as City Clerk A D Corker says we’ve beaten it and only need more sandbags.
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KIMBERLEY
8.C
C.P
East Kootenay
Mark creek
Sullivan
A. D. Corker
Snowbound mountains worsen after warm rains hit region
Broad area reports violent incidents across southwestern Alberta Idaho and Oregon as heavy snow and flood warnings mount. Three Lethbridge railway workers are missing near Lund Breck after a train plunged into a snow swollen river in the early hours. In Idaho a former paratrooper’s body is found in a river and in Oregon a man dies when a truck is swept into the Columbia River by a cave in. Kimberley and nearby towns suffer the hardest hit as continued storms threaten relief efforts.
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Alberta
Idaho
Oregon
Lethbridge railway
Lundbreck
Columbia River
Hansard cost-saving proposal reaches Commons
In Ottawa on May 27 the house discussed a plan to cut 10000 dollars yearly by binding daily Hansard pages instead of reprinting after each session. The standing committee on debates proposed the change, meeting for the first time in 12 years.
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OTTAWA
Hansard
commons
standing committee on debates
Hansara
Probe Again Adjourned Over Chief Justice Illness
Edmonton May 27 The royal commission into Alberta child welfare conditions adjourned for 16 days as Chief Justice W R Howson, presiding, was hospitalized after a spell of ill health. He will resume hearings June 8. Howson’s illness follows a prior two month adjournment caused by his condition. The commission probes Whitton report allegations of malpractice in Alberta child welfare, a survey by Welfare Authority Charlotte Whitton. Chief Judge J W McDonald announced the adjournment noting the chairman will be in hospital at least a week. Welfare Superintendent Charles B Hill, testifying, denied claims Alberta threatened welfare officials who aided the Whitton survey.
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EDMONTON
C.P
W. R. Howson
Alberta
Howson
Whitton
the
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Charlotte Whittim
Ottawa
J. W. McDonald
Charles B. Hill
LO.D.E
Enforceable ceasefire urged by United Nations council
Multiple briefs report wartime headlines, including Russia demanding a binding UN ceasefire in Palestine, Arab Legion seizure of the Hurva synagogue in Jerusalem, lifting arms embargo under UN review, and a Western front of flood and crime stories. Also noted are crop acreage projections for 1948 and a Canadian Legion call to curb communism.
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RUSSIA
LAKE SUCCESS
C.P
United Nations security council
AGASSIZ AGASSIZ
B.C
Fraser river
ARAB LEGION
GREAT SYNAGOGUE
OLD CITY
JERUSALEM
ALP
U.N
WASHINGTON
Palestine
United Nations
Truman san Kuay
Ont
Canadian Bank of Commerce today
W. G. Moorhead
TRYGVE LIE
STAKE
N.Y
Tryfoe Lie
England
Lie
London
Bevin
Cmdr
R. G. A. Jackson
U.N. U.N
Britain
WINNIPEG
Canadian Legion
TORONTO
W. M
Jimmy) Weetaway
woltten
Ontario Air Serving
Severn river
Jost nerte
Oval
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Legion
C.P.R
Iisley
ILSLEY
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