Tragedy on South Saskatchewan River Claims Local Swimmer
Leo Dietz, 23, of 318 Highth St., drowned Sunday night while attempting to swim across the South Saskatchewan river opposite the city powerhouse. His body was recovered at 9 a m today after night search by city firemen. Dietz, a local trucker, was near the halfway mark when fatigue caused failure. Bileen McArady, 15, 1027 South Railway St., who swam with him, reported hearing a gasp and Dietz calling out that he would not make it.
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Leo Dietz
Highth St
South Saskatchewan
Dietz
Bileen McArady
South Railway St
Gunman Robs Store Kills Young Veteran in Making Getaway
A Toronto bandit blasted his way from a cafeteria robbery killing Gerald E. Layng 24, a RCAF veteran, after a pursuit that yielded a second victim Leonard Leftley 19. A $2000 reward awaits leads, as police chase continues.
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Toronto
Groceteria
Loblaw's
Parliament Street
Gerald E
Alfred) Layng
Paper Box
RCAF
Layng
PhD
Leonard Leftly
Leftley
Burlesque Interest Widespread Says City Professor
Stuyvesant Van Veen an associate professor of art reports that after years of study interest in burlesque extends beyond nightlife crowds. He cites patrons among Senators officials and even Supreme Court justices observed in Washington. He plans a book detailing his burlesque study.
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City College
Stuyvesant van Veen
Washington
Supreme Court
Jan Veen
East German leader offers public jobs to former Nazis
Berlin reports Communist chief Walter Ulbricht says the Soviet zone will grant positions to Germans who once belonged to the Nazi movement if they show genuine readiness to rebuild a democratic Germany. He warns against Western occupation policies and stresses the need for national unity.
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Berlin
Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Nacht-Express
United States
Ulbricht
East German Economic Commission
Socialist, Unity (Communist) Party
Man kisses wife and gets arrested for disorderly conduct
Roy Miffleton, 31, kissed his wife Eleanor at Mayo Beach in Chesapeake Bay as friends watched. The act sparked dispute with hotel owner’s wife and a friend defended him. Both Miffleton and John Cain, 28, were arrested on disorderly conduct charges and posted bonds. Trial set before Magister Norman Hazard in Galesville, Md.
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Washington
Roy Miffleton
Miffleton
Eleanor
Mayo Beach
Chesapeake Bay
Bath House
Edward
Arlene
Mary Trabing
Mrs. Trabing
Cain
Norman
Hazard
Galesville
Former German asylum chief jailed for Nazi mercy killings
Dr Valentino Falthauser, ex director of a mental asylum in Augsburg, was sentenced to three years in prison for abetting and taking part in at least 300 Nazi mercy killings. The case highlights the scale of complicity among medical officials during the regime.
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Augsburg
Germany
Reuters
Valentino Falthauser
Invasion debate in Korea among South officials
Seoul reports that several U S backed South Korean leaders urge launching a self defense invasion to end the division and kill the border fighting. Moderates warn of unknown Soviet or Chinese reaction and the risks to the South while hard liners push for quick unification and removing Red control in the north.
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North
Korea
Seoul
North Korea
South
China
Russia
Red China
31 Year Engagement Ends in Fort Smith Marriage
Winnie Mae Parker and William A. Scoggins, after a 31 year engagement begun in Keota Oklahoma, married in Fort Smith. Parker, now homebound in a wheelchair, operated a local business as Scoggins resumed visits, and the couple finalized plans leading to their wedding last Friday.
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Scoggins
Miss" Parker
Scoggins Heath
Fort Smith
Mrs. Scoggins
Lethbridge Sees Record Beet Crop Ahead
Lethbridge predicted an all time sugar beet crop of 400000 tons in the irrigated district led by Philip Baker of the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Association. He said extraction could top 100000900 pounds, with minimal crop damage and rapid growth across 32000 acres tended by 1400 farmers, marking the strongest beet season since 1903.
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Lethbridge
Philip Baker
Alberta Sugar Beet Growers’ Association
Baker
Alberta
Catholics Urged to Vote Christian Candidates in West Germany
West German Catholics were urged in a pastoral letter read in churches to back Christian Democrat candidates in the August 14 parliamentary elections. The appeal, arguing church participation in education, drew a sharp rebuke from Socialist leader Kurt Schumacher who said the Vatican was trying to influence the vote.
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Mamburg
Germany
Kurt Schumacher
Vatican
Christian Democrats
Communist Party
Berlin Airlift Enters Phase of Retirement
The Berlin airlift begins its gradual retirement as British and American planes complete their last scheduled 8,000 ton day. A new schedule lowers daily intake to about 3,700 tons in August. Officials announced the lift would be discontinued due to favorable stockpiles in west Berlin, ending the effort once used to counter the Soviet blockade.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Amethyst Breaks Yangtze Blockade to Escape
Royal Navy reports the cruiser Amethyst slipped Chinese lines on a quiet night, evading shore batteries and gunboats to reach open water. Vice Admiral Madden described a 140 mile dash through currents and sandbanks past Woosung forts before dawn. The escape marks a bold naval milestone and drew jubilation in British waters.
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Yangtze River
A.C.G. Madden
Royal Navy
Far
Yangtze
Madden
Hongkong
Amethyst
Oerlikon
Woosung
Government vows army navy and air force against communists
Australia faces a coal strike now in its sixth week as Information Minister Arthur Calwell declares the government will deploy the army the navy and the air force to oper ate open pits and crush communism. He asserts communism is on the way out while unions debate unity and mass meetings.
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Sydney
Austalia
Arthur Calwell
Australia
Commonwealth
Calwell
Communist Party
Mining ‘Unions Council
Council
P. J. Carey
A. R. Monk
R. Hamilton
Miners Federation
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Brooklyn Tragedy: Ex-Wife, Lover, Policeman Die
A New York police officer shot and killed his estranged wife Blanche Lane and Arnold Myers as they lay nude in bed in Brooklyn. He then killed himself at the foot of the bed. Patrolman William R. Lane, 30, died alongside the two victims in the home of Mrs. Lane's parents.
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New York
William R. Lane
Blanche
Arnold Myers
Brooklyn
Lane
Manhattan
Myers
British scientist warns of hormonal chemical warfare dangers
Prof Marcus Oliphant told a meeting of the world movement for federal government that a new form of chemical warfare using hormones could spread death dealing gases and cause horrific distortions in plants animals and humans. He called its use criminal folly.
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Sydney
Australia
Reuters
Marcus Oliphant
World Movement For Federal Government
Oliphant
23 Week-End Deaths In Eastern Canada
A Canadian Press tally records 23 violent deaths over the long week end across Eastern Canada. Toronto's grocery store holdup left Alfred Layng, 25, shot in front of his wife and child as a bandit fled. the gunman remains at large. Across Ontario nine drownings and five other fatal incidents are noted, with Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick totals adding to the count.
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Toronto
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Alfred Layng
India Builds Mass Home Guard Force For War and Peace
India plans a home guard force modeled on Britain's territorial army to serve as second line defense and aid police in maintaining order. The program targets up to 1,000,000 recruits nationwide, with Bombay about 17,000 already active and other regions scaling up to 22,000 in United Provinces and 15,000 in the Central Provinces. Ex servicemen favored, age 18 to 30 for Bengal, and full training includes drill first aid and firearms.
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Bombay
Reuters
India
Britain
Territorial Army
Home Guard
Home Guards
Central Provinces
Hyderabad
West Bengal
Bengal
Bengal Home Guards Will Be Between the Age of 18 and 30. Exservicemen
United Provinces
St Laurent Eyes Tax Deal With Ontario After Vacation
Prime Minister St Laurent, returning to Ottawa after a three week break, signaled hope for a tax agreement between federal and Ontario governments. He suggested a general conference may be set for 1950 or 1951 and favored pre discussions with provinces on specific issues. He also noted plans to meet Premier Frost and left open talks with Quebec’s Duplessis.
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Ottawa CP
St. Laurent
Ottawa
Ontario
Dominion
Canada
Premier Duplessis
Quebec
Frost
Mr. St. Laurent
Duplessis
British Ship Seized by Chinese Gunboats
A Chinese report claims a British coastal vessel was seized by Chinese nationalist gunboats and taken to Amoy in Fukien province. British authorities could not confirm the report.
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Hong Kong
Reuters
Amoy
Fukien
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Fred Meyer
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A. C. Wade
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