Communist Police Quell Czech Revolt
A Slovak village Streeno in the Zilina district faced a clash described as a revolution by Svet Prace the Czechoslovak Communist party weekly. Catholic villagers aided by peasant women defended their priest against arrest while fighting police and a local Communist council. two wounded and several arrested as power was cut for weeks.
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Prague
Rrest
Svet Prace
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Strecno
Slovakia
Zilina
Vatican
Streeno
Gas City Warmest Medicine Hat Sets Alberta Heat Pace
Medicine Hat recorded 34 degrees at 2.36 p.m. making it the hottest Alberta city today. Most centers stayed 75 to 80 degrees, a typical mid spring reading for this time of year.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Pittsburgh Stumbles in 9-3 Loss to Chicago
In a National League tilt, Chicago bests Pittsburgh 9 to 5. Chambers and McCullough pitched for Pittsburgh with McCullough homering in the fifth and driving in a run amid a late rally.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Chambers
McCullough
Schmitz
Owen
Righ
Destructive Hail Hits Central Alberta Crops
Hail damaged fields across central and northern Alberta with losses from 50 to 100 percent in Camrose Wainwright Vegreville Viking and Vegreville regions. Ponoka suffered 50 to 100 percent damage and livestock losses included stunned hogs and killed pigeons. The area stretched from Pigeon Lake to Vermilion with grain and hay harmed across multiple districts.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Camrose
Wainwright
Here
Vegreville
Viking
Ponoka
Arthur Wilson
Pigeon Lake
Wetaskiwin
Millet
Vermilion
Page Hight
More Smokes Means More Prosperity on German Trains
In WRANKFURT Germany the railways are doubling smoky compartments as cigarets become plentiful. Once scarce and expensive their price drops from 100 reichsmarks to 2 1/2 deutscher marks about 74 cents, signaling economic easing and greater affordability for travelers.
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Wrankfurt
Germany
Commendation for Princess Pats in northern war maneuvers
The Princess Pats Canadian Light Infantry battalion drew high praise from officials and judges during the Wagle maneuvers in Canada’s north. Maj. George Flint led the parachute jump and Capt. Jim Hart commanded the jump company as PPCLI advanced from Fort St John along the Alaska highway toward Dawson Creek, where Edmonton troops under Capt. Bill Stutt ambushed them. The Pats won the staged battle at Dawson Creek as crowds gathered at dawn, with Maj. Gen. Pendale praising Capt. Stutt and his unit for their performance in the exercise.
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Ross Munro
Alaska Highway
Dawson Creek
Edmonton
Loran
Stutt
M. H. S. Pendale
Western Command
Ldr
Don Macdonald
Vancouver
City of Edmonton
Macdonald
Fort St. John
Museum Seeks Bigger Centre for War Exhibits in Ottawa
Ottawa's Canadian War Museum urged creation of a new war exhibits centre at least three times larger to display trophies and historical items from Canada’s two world wars. Officials cited space limits, dispersed collections, and recent losses from a fire at Camp Borden, stressing need to preserve irreplaceable material.
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Ottawa
Canadian War Museum
Royal Commission On Art and Science Development
Canada
Camp Borden
Navy
Army
Defence Department
Man Goes Berserk Slashes Four Chased Two in Winnipeg
A man described as a mental case slashed four people with jagged glass in a 15 minute rampage in Winnipeg. One victim was seriously hurt. He was captured by two unidentified men and handed to police. Authorities identified him as Péter Slusarchuk, a former mental home patient from rural Manitoba.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Winnipeg
Péter Slusarchuk
Manitoba
North-End
Woman kills five on Manitoba farm daylight tragedy
A middle aged woman on a farm near Makinak Manitoba killed her four children Leon age four Lucien eight Gordon and Kenneth twelve and then shot herself. The victims are Mrs Walz and the four children in a shockingly fatal farm incident.
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Makinak
Manitoba
Mary Walz
Leon
Lucien
Gordon
Kenneth
Woman stabbed and glass thrown in street attack on bus route
A male assailant attacked a passerby, slashing Mrs. Florence Smith and injuring others with glass and a rock. Police later overpowered him on Salter Street Bridge after追 chase. several victims treated, two critically described.
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Florence Smith
Peter Hughes
E. Pensak
Phillip Bender
Mike Kowalchuk
Helen Hryorchuk
Mrs. Smith
Salter Street Bridge
Churchill push for Western Germany in Council of Europe
STRASBOURG France Winston Churchill arrived to urge admitting Western Germany to the Council of Europe as foreign ministers of ten founding states begin the first session. Britain France Italy Netherlands Luxembourg Belgium Sweden Norway Denmark and Ireland are charter members with Greece and Turkey poised to join. Iceland expected to join in the fall after parliamentary ratification.
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Strasbourg
France
Winston Churchill
Germany
Council of Europe
Turkey
Greece
Iceland
Council
Hope
European Union
Churchill
Consultative Assembly
Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Begium
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Ireland
Ecuador Faces Mass Earthquake Fallout and Loot Threats
President Galo Plaza Lasso's government imposes military rule as Indians threaten looting in the quake zone. An airlift ferries supplies to 100,000 homeless, with death toll estimates from 2,000 to 4,000 and widespread destruction in Ambato and Pelileo. Emergency aid from the United States flows in while reconstruction plans are discussed.
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Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Pelileo
Ambato
Guayaquil
Science Opens War Against Hay Fever
New York AP reports advances in hay fever defense as rag weed pollen shoots into August and seasonally swamps cities. Chemicals like 2 4 D and urban spraying curb weed patches while health engineers apply protective measures. Local pollen counts vary, with high levels near ragweed patches, as officials seek accurate monitoring and community defense.
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New York
Public
C. J. Velz
Manhattan College
Smilestones Boxing Tryouts Spark Youthful Interest
The school planned a boxing team and many youths auditioned. A hopeful challenger asked if he had harmed anyone. the coach replied no but urged continued swinging, warning the draft might give him a cold.
Whitla Farmer Joseph Welfl Found Dead Near Farm
The body of 51 year old Joseph Welfl was found hanging by a noose near his Whitla district farm. RCMP believe death resulted from strangulation rather than hanging and an inquest will be held at Pattison's funeral home tonight at 7. He is survived by a wife and five children.
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Joseph Welfl
Whitla
C.P.R
Welfl
RCMP
E. G. F. Skinner
Pattison
Earthquake Ravaged Ecuador Moves to Repair Damaged Land
Guayaquil Ecuador reports the effort to repair quake wrecked areas including rich agricultural lands. President Gallo urges action over lamentations as rescue crews describe thousands dead and tens of thousands homeless. In Pelileo Ambato, homes lie ruined and many residents shelter in place.
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Ben Meyer Guayquil
Ecuador
Gallo “Plaza “Lasse
Mayor J. N. Fields Dies After Municipal Court Session
Grovetown Georgia mayor J. N. Fields, 55, collapsed and died after dismissing a municipal court session. A physician identified a heart ailment as the cause.
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Grovetown
J. N. Fields
Chicago gang warfare shifts from wild west to subtle crime
Virgil W. Peterson of the Chicago crime commission notes changes from Capone era violence to postwar crime. Murders fell from peak years to seven in 1946 and ten in 1948, with most 1920s killings mob related. Gambling revenue shrank, with seven courtside joints gone.
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Chicago
al Capone
Virgil W. Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The
United
Peterson
Soviet Delegate Defends View On Unemployment Debate
In Geneva the Soviet delegate Amasasp Aruteunian spoke 90 minutes in the UN ECOSOC addressing alleged Western joblessness. He criticized Corley Smith and Willard Thorp while claiming unemployment rose in Western Europe from 89 to 192 percent, blaming capitalist policies for the rise.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Amasasp Aruteunian
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Aruteunian
Corley Smith
Willard Thorp
United States
Arutiunian
Smith
Arutiuniah
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