Rail Workers Settlement at Churchill Crossroads of Nations
At Fort Churchill Hudson Bay the joint US and Canadian forces live and work in a rare Arctic experiment. Private enterprise thrives outside the camp while within the fort the community runs smoothly with limited private profit and rich social life. The joint service base balances discipline and human dignity amid snowbound isolation.
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Hudson Bay
Churchill River
Army
Air Force
U.S
Defence Research Board
Arctic
Vancouver
Palliser
Calgary
Century Theatre
Hamilton
South
Churchill
United States
Churchhhill
Notes On Dukes Trip Across Remote Northern Posts
A fragmentary diary like narrative recounts Duke’s travels through Yellowknife Churchill Port Radium and Whitehorse with ice and snow imagery. It mentions a 21 ton flying boat in rough seas touches on Copper mine coronation gulf and a hot drinking water scene for newsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronation Gulf
Yellowknife
Duke
Ingraham Hotel
Whitehorse
Churchill
Port Radium
Radium
Duke’s
Prince of Wales
Edmonton Weather: Sun to Clouds with Evening Thunderstorms
Southern regions stay sunny and warm Friday then turn cloudy with thunderstorms Friday evening. Northern areas stay cool and cloudy. Showers are possible today and Friday with a warmer trend developing late tomorrow.
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Edmonton
Police Respond to False Tip About Burglary Trap
City detectives rushed from headquarters after a tip claimed a burglar was trapped inside a building at 323 East Oglethorpe Avenue. They sped to the scene only to learn the address referred to the police headquarters itself.
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Savannah
East Oglethorpe Avenue
West Germany brands Otto John a traitor
Bonn Germany Reuters West Germanys government labeled former security chief Otto John a traitor after his defection to East Berlin calling his statements communist propaganda The case will be opened by the federal prosecutor as investigations continue Political fallout also reached the Bundestag with Social Democrats urging a special session to discuss Johns desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
Reuters
Otto John
East Berlin
John
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
Federal Republic
West Berlin
Social Democrats
Adenauer
of -the- Bundestag(tower House) To Discuss John’s Desertion. A Special Bundestag
McCarthy Faces Additional Taxes After 18 Month Probe
Washington Evening Star reports internal revenue agents found Senator Joseph McCarthy owes about 25000 in back taxes and interest for years 1946 to 1952. Agents say he improperly classified income as non taxable but acted without fraudulent intent. The IRS will present evidence to McCarthy for explanation.
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Washington
Washington Evening Star
Internal Revenue
Joseph McCarthy
Rep
Wis
Revenue Service
McCarthy
Wisconsin
SMILESTONES Boss and office boy exchange letters
In a light exchange, the boss questions where the staffer has been while the office boy explains he has been posting letters. The humor centers on the clerical task and the time taken to mail items.
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O.B
Attlee Leads Eight to Moscow on China Trip
An eight member British Labor group headed by former Premier Clement Attlee left Moscow on a Russian plane for the next leg of a tour toward Communist China. Marlene Stewart reached the Canadian women's golf open semi finals with a 7 5 win over Rae Milligan at Brightwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Attlee
Moscow
China
Marlene Stewart
Rae Milligan
Jasper
Brightwood
U.S
Eight-day-old German Strike Ends in Arbitration Award
West Germany ended an eight day public utilities strike in Hamburg after unions and city authorities accepted a arbitration settlement granting regular workers a 1.6 cent hourly pay rise, though strikers sought more. Violence flared briefly at Amberg as police protected non strikers amid confrontations with strikers.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Reuters
Amberg
Hamburg
West Germany
Nurnberg
Siemens Schuckert
Puitpold
Siemens-Schuckert
Schweinfurt
Bavaria
Schleswig Holstein
Studebaker Workers Vote On Pay Cut To Cut Costs
Thousands of Studebaker employees in South Bend prepare to vote on accepting about 14 percent pay cuts to lower company costs. Union officials and company argue the move keeps jobs and steady work, despite a nearly $9 million first-half loss and an idle plant for 11 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend, Ind
Studebaker Automotive
South Bend
Studebaker
CIO
United Auto Workers
Louis J. Horvath
Banff Climber Jack Nelson Found After Mount Rundle Tragedy
The body of 18 year old Winnipeg university student Jack Nelson was recovered near Mount Rundle after a three day rescue effort. His companion Barry Nixon, who navigated perilous rope descents, helped locate the body and arrangements were made to transport Nelson to Winnipeg for burial.
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Banff
Alta
Jack Nelson
Mount Rundle
Winnipeg University
Barry Nixon
Nelson
Calgary
Leslie Nelson
Winnipeg
Nixon
Terrible Touhy Returns to Prison
Roger Touhy surrendered to U S marshals after the U S Court of Appeals ordered his return to Stateville. He had been freed 49 hours after a federal judge had granted release citing alleged lies in the conviction. Assistant Illinois attorney general argued Touhy at large endangers the public.
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Chicago
Roger
the Terrible
Touhy
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Marshal’s Office
Stateville Penitentiary
U.S. Supreme Court
John P. Barnes
J. Earl Major
Elmer J. Schnackenberg
Appeals Court
Ben Schwartz
Illinois
Schwartz
Prime Minister Seeks Resumption Of Rail Talks
Ottawa reports show Prime Minister St Laurent after meeting with rail union officers urged resumption of negotiations to avert a general rail strike. Union leaders said the government will consider steps, and the main committee will report Friday on whether talks restart.
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St. Laurent
Ottawa
Mr. St. Laurent
Gregg
Donald Gordon
CNR
N. R. Crump
CPR
P. W. Hankinson
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
Frank H. Hall
Montreal
Hall
Labor
Laurent
Lee
Parliament Hill
Canadian woman elected to Pythian Sisters top council
Mrs. Nellie Douglas of Medicine Hat becomes the second Canadian in 50 years to hold the supreme senior chair of the Pythian Sisters international body. elected by acclamation in Des Moines for a two year term, she will be supreme chief in 1956.
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J. W
Nellie) Douglas
Medicine Hat
Pythian Sisters International
Douglas
Des Moines
Iowa
Pythian Sisters
Davis
Vancouver
Supreme Council of Pythian Sisters
United States
Canada
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Grand Lodge of
Alberta
Supreme Council
Pythian Sisters Conention
Knights of Pythias
Earl Bassett
The
Grand Lodge of Alberta
K. of P
Ald
J.weldon Douglas
Empress Farmer Stranded Eight Days After Wagon Fall
Nick Oriold, 69, of Empress, was badly hurt when he fell from a wagon on his farm. He lay semi conscious in a granary for 24 hours then crawled to a shack, surviving eight days with little water before his son found him. He remained in serious condition but had regained consciousness.
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Empress
Nick Oriold
Here
Ornold
Fabian of the Yard Not Granted Ontario Private Eye Licence
Britain's famed detective Fabian of the Yard will not operate as a licensed private investigator in Ontario. He arrives to assist in the Marion McDowell disappearance case but will act as a private citizen with no police powers. Ontario police say granting a licence would set a dangerous precedent. Jimmy Wilson, who dated Marion, says he cannot add new details beyond his prior statements.
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Fabian
Yard
Toron
the Yard
Britain
Ontario
E. V. McNeil
Toronto
Marion McDowell
OPP
W. J. Franks
Scotland Yard
Robert Fabian
Jimmy Wilson
Marion
Buffalo
N.Y
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Bob Hanley
By Bob Hanley
Pas
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Horace B. Watkins
Peterboro
Ont
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France
India
Walter McElroy
G. M. Little
RCAF
Prairies
West Coast
Jets
By Relman Morin
Terrible Touhy
Nellie Douglas
Empress Farmer
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