Fire rips Imperial Oil warehouse in Oath Bay Ont
A May 30 fire at an Imperial Oil warehouse in Oath Bay Ontario caused about 500000 dollars in damage. Flames fed by gasoline and oils engulfed the 200 foot building as workers fled and trains tanks ignited. A north wind spared nearby storage tanks containing about 120000 gallons of gasoline.
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OATH - BAY
Ont
Imperial Oil Company
Lake Nipissing
Ontario
Harriet Street
Howard Caverly
Bill Morris
Finds Son's Body Missing Since Fall
Rennie Hubbie, 76, found the body of his son Randal on Conlon Lake in the Wabowden area as ice moved in. Randal had been missing since last fall after leaving his trapline by canoe before freeze up. His parents started searching after finding their sled dogs starving.
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Rennie Hubbie
Randal
Wabowden
here
Hubbie
Conlon Lake
Randal Hubble
Left Hand Corner Replica Marks Wimborne House Turnover
London based Ottawa Journal correspondent notes the Left Hand Corner replica eagle perched on iron railings in Arlington street near Piccadilly fronting the former Wimborne House courtyard. The noble west end mansion, over a century old, has become the headquarters of a major insurance firm after long ownership by the Guest family, later Lords Wimborne.
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Arlington street
Piccadilly
Wimborne House
Ottawa Journal
London
west end
Duke of Hamilton
Duke of Rutland
Guest
Lord
Wimborne
Neighbors Find They Are Living In Wrong Houses
In Hutchinson Kansas on May 30 Chester Guettche and W S Swan, longtime neighbors, learn they have swapped houses by mistake. Swan owned Guettche’s house and Guettche owned Swan’s home. They plan an even trade with Guettche transferring the mortgage, after years of paying taxes on the wrong properties.
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HUTCHINSON
Kas
Chester Guettche
W. S. Swan
Swan
Guettche
Lots of Light For Measles Patients
Vancouver reports at a summer medical school that measles patients recover faster with bright light. Dr Meyer Wiener of Coronado California advocates flooded rooms for children to read and play. He cites 45 years of practice and notes that fretfulness slows recovery.
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VANCOUVER
Meyer Wiener
Coronado
Calif
Sun Licks Up Last Traces Of Fierce Showers
Winnipeg May 30 brilliant sunshine ended two fierce showers that dumped nearly 4 half inch into the Red River Valley. The river fell to 25.5 feet at 7 am CDT, the lowest since May 6, though still well above flood stage. Evacuees return as about 2,000 come back to assist cleanup. control of rehabilitation shifts from army to civilians tomorrow. Main Street Bridge reopened, four subways still out, and suburbs mass cleanup underway as damage assessments proceed.
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WINNIPEG
Red River Valley
Winnnipeg
St. Boniface
Red river
New Brunswick Signs On To Trans-Canada Highway Pact
New Brunswick became the seventh province to sign the Dominion Provincial Trans-Canada highway agreement, joining six others and leaving three provinces yet to join. The plan envisions a 5,000-mile two-lane hard-surfaced route with an estimated cost near 300 million dollars, with the federal government to cover about 150 million and to reimburse half the cost of existing highways that meet standards.
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OTTAWA
New Brunswick
Winters
W. S. Anderson
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
ernment
King's Birthday Monday Is Federal Holiday
Ottawa reports the Secretary of State's department declared June 5 the King's official birthday observed as a federal holiday. Only a secretarial staff will work on that day. The armed forces will observe the holiday, while the House of Commons is expected to sit. Observance is proclaimed annually and not mandatory for provinces or municipalities to follow. Each municipality may set its own treatment of the day.
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OTTAWA
Secretary of State's department
House of Commons
Amend Code Drunk Drivers Debate in Commons Ottawa
Justice Minister Garson said no final agreement exists on amending the criminal code to curb drunken driving. He noted talks have been ongoing for months and declined to detail when changes would come while defending a study of a bill for minor amendments.
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OTTAWA
Garson
commons
John Diefenbaker
P.C
Lake Centre
Doctors reveal shocking X ray finding in Atlanta study
In Atlanta on May 2 a city health survey showed many women with spots on both lungs in identical positions. Doctors studied the X rays and, after bafflement, one expert recalled a 1946 encounter and called the spots falsies.
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ATLANTA
Puzler
House In Drive To Prorogue Ends Session By June Thirty
Ottawa May 30 The house of commons debated government plans to hold three sittings daily starting Thursday but now sits only afternoon and evening. George Drew and M J Coldwell protested as Coldwell's amendment to delay morning sittings to June 8 failed 104 to 30. The prorogation drive aims to end the session by June 30 after it opened Feb 17.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
George Drew
Progressive Conservative
M. J. Coldwell
C.CF
All Time Record Set at Calgary Stock Exchange
The Calgary Stock Exchange set an all time record Monday by handling 1 074 000 shares, first time Alberta passed the million share mark. Leduc Calmar led with over 300 000 shares, closing at 14½ cents. United, Model, Kroy, Superior, and Redwater Leaseholds also hit all time highs with various small gains.
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CALGARY
Calgary Stock Exchange
Alberta
Leduc Calmar
United
Kroy
Superior
Redwater
Eight school children escape lightning strike near Dauphin
In Dauphin Manitoba an electrical storm struck a lunch room wall wounding none of eight pupils. A lightning bolt caused power and telephone outages across the district 160 miles northwest of Winnipeg as more than an inch of rain fell. Power was restored but phones remained down late at night.
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DAUPHIN
Man
Winnipeg
Britain to Buy 100 to 120 Million Bushels of Canadian Wheat
Trade Minister Howe told the commons that Britain will purchase 100 to 120 million bushels of Canadian wheat in 1950-51 under international wheat agreement terms. Britain also agreed to buy 398,000 tons of Canadian flour in 1958-51 at competitive North American prices. The purchases follow the Anglo-Canadian four year wheat agreement ending July 31.
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UAWA
Howe
commons
Britain
United Kingdom
London
Canada
Winnipeg violinist offers flood relief benefit concert
Winnipeg born Donna Grescoe offers to perform a benefit concert for the Manitoba flood relief fund. She wired Mayor Coulter from New York to offer services and said her teacher Mishel Piastro, conductor of the symphonette concert orchestra, has volunteered to conduct the Winnipeg symphony orchestra.
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WINNIPEG
Donna Grescoe
Manitoba flood relief fund
Miss Grescoe
Gernet Coulter
New York
Mishel Piastro
symphonette
Winnipeg symphony orchestra
Sask. Man Faces Murder Charge
Thomas Grant 45 year old city bus driver was committed for trial on murder in the death of Wer zel Wilhelm Hartel 36 year old painter found burned and shot April 23 in a ditch six miles south of Moose Jaw Magistrate G R Trethewey ordered the committal after a three day preliminary hearing Grant had served as pallbearer at Hartel s funeral and was arrested a week later after a .22 caliber sawed off rifle traced to him
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MOOSE JAW
Sask
Thomas Grant
Werzel Wilhelm Hartel
G. R. Trethewey
Hartel
here
Grant
Hannam condemns farm surpluses shipped at give-away prices
H H Hannam, president of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers and Canadian Federation of Agriculture, criticizes democratic countries for moving farm surpluses into other areas at give-away prices. He condemns this as harming the world economy and notes disappointment with the FAO's progress. He spoke during the international farm conference in Saltsjobaden Sweden.
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Hannam
SALTSJOBADEN
Sweden
H. H. Hannam
menias
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
F.A.O
F.A.C
world govern
Food Poisoning Hits Bow Island Wedding Banquet
A wedding reception for Marion Roth and Merle Collins in Bow Island led to 7 hospitalizations and 25 treated for food poisoning, likely from canned peas. About 180 guests attended. most affected recovered to be released after a few days, with no one in serious condition.
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MEDICINE HAT
Bow Island
here
Pattison
Bew Island
Marion Roth
Merle Collins
Pakistan Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan visits Ottawa
Pakistan prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan arrived in Ottawa with the Begum for a formal welcome. A 19 gun salute greeted the visitors as they departed a silver Dakota. Prime Minister St Laurent met them at Government House and they proceed to the Governor General’s residence. He will address the senate and commons in the House of Commons chamber Wednesday.
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Liaquat Al Khan
Pakistan
Begum
Canada
St. Laurent
Ottawa
UAWA
Liaquat Ali Khan
PSL
Government House
Alexander
senate and commons
house of commons
No Veto Of Red China
U S Secretary Dean Acheson reportedly assured Trygve Lie that the United States will not veto Communist China’s entry to the United Nations. The meetings among Lie, President Truman, and Acheson yielded little concrete progress on easing Cold War tensions. Lie was given latitude to pursue a resolution to the U N deadlock without firm Russian concessions.
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ASHINGTON
Dean Acheson
Trygve Lie
United States
China
United Nations
Lie
U.N
Truman
Acheson
Flood danger eases in B C
British Columbia faces reduced flood risk this year with cooler weather and rain easing conditions. Officials caution that heat waves could still threaten the Fraser Valley and main river flows, despite Hope river readings at 21.65 feet, about three inches up in 24 hours and well below 1948 levels.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Fraser Valley
Water resources branch
Praser
Hope
Minor Blackfoot chief found dead in river
Calgary May 29 11CP Tediy Yellow Fly a minor chief of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe of Gicknen in the Bove river here. Cause of death believed drowning. police investigating. Chief Yellow Fly had returned from Los Angeles where he attended Western Airways foreign air trade day ceremonies.
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EN RIVER
CALGARY
Tediy
Yellow Fly
Gicknen
Bove
Los Angeles
Western Airways
WINNIPEG
CPI
Oveyseas Airways
Red River Valley
W. G. Coventry
SING
EDMONTON
ICPI
Alberta
Robert Andisen
Alberta legislative assembly
MONTREAL
Banque Provinciale
St Catherine
Derien
BOW ISLANDS
BOW ISLAND
Wm. Hyland
MEDICINE HAT
Alta
Ben Island
Holland
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Dorina Grescoe
PERS
Margaret Roth
Joseph Roth
John Roth
Lucille
Joseph Ramberth
Steve
Grassy Lake
Wm. Montgomery
Tabor
Irene Weiss
Walter Carlson
Mareb
Margaret Ignatius
John Ignatius
Charles Swanson
Jerome
Etzikom
Jacob Gatz
Clarence Gatz
L. C. Bracken
The
Canadian Press
Red
Associated Press
Russia
B.C
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