Lawmakers Back Plan to Swap Military Supplies With Canada
Defence Secretary Louis Johnson reported Canada seeks to charter U S warships aircraft small arms and other items in exchange for American equipment The proposal drew mixed reactions from Senators Connally Magnuson Bridges McMahon Johnson and others while not expected to affect the 1.45 billion foreign military supplies program next week in Congress
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Canada
Defence
Louis Johnson
Truman
Ottawa
Congress
Tom Connally
Dem
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Brien McMahon
Conn
United States
Edwin C. Johnson
House of Representatives
Senate
Intensive Search For Auto Court Slaying Suspect
Calgary police with a murder warrant hunted 33 year old Donald W. Henderson of Clive Alberta for the brutal killing of 24 year old waitress Yvonne Levesque in an east Calgary auto camp. He was last seen in the High River area with a described car.
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Calgary
Donald W. Henderson
Clive
Alta
Saskatchewan
R.C.M.P
Henderson
High River
Yvonne Levesque
Pincher Creek
Edmonton
Inglewood
Vansei
Dieppe Veterans Return to Scene Of Famous Battle
Thirty two Dieppe veterans depart Dorval airport Montreal to join the seventh annual commemoration at the French coast port. Officers and other ranks represent all units that took part in the raid, a forerunner of the D-day assault on Hitler’s Europe. The group gathers from across Canada for the ceremonies.
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Montreal
Dieppe
Dorval
Canada
Europe
Moo Moo Here Moo Moo Tailor Warns of New Hat
A London based tailor and cutter warns not to dismiss an American hat called the moo-moo as merely kooky. The semi telescopic Panama features blue red and yellow stripes and could drive rainstorm comfort. If fashion catches on, garment adjustments may follow.
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London
Panama
RC A F Defends Sale of Bombers To China Last Year
Ottawa reports that about 150 Mosquito bombers were surplus after postwar cuts and sold to Nationalist China for 5 million dollars. The R C A F says the planes were unsuitable for training in Canada due to maintenance needs and temperature effects, so they were handed to the Canadian Commercial Corporation for disposal before China bought them.
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Rc.a.f
China
Ross Munro
Southam
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Canada
R.C.A.F
North
R.C. A.F
Herbert Hoover Stricken With Illness Aboard Train
Former president Herbert Hoover became seriously ill on an eastbound train. The Southern Pacific said an ambulance was waiting at Ogden Utah as the City of San Francisco streamliner neared 8 40 a m PST and 9 40 a m MST.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
United States
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Utah
Bandits Loot Erbach Fürstenau Castle in Germany
Two masked assailants cut the telephone line at Kraehberg castle in Darnstadt and robbed the Count and Countess of Erbach-Fuerstenau of jewels and silver valued over $10,000. They stripped rings and ransacked cupboards before escaping.
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Darnstadt
Germany
Kraehberg Castle
Erbach-Fuerstenau
UK Likely to Seek Fresh Financial Aid
London reports indicate the United Kingdom will pursue new assistance beyond direct dollar credits when meeting in Washington next month with Canadian and U.S. financial officials. Sir Stafford Cripps, UK chancellor, hinted at a long-term solution under discussion after talks with Commonwealth ministers, but he declined to elaborate before seeking medical treatment in Switzerland.
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London
United Kingdom
Washington
Canada
United States
Europe
Stafford Cripps
Commonwealth
Standardized Fire Hose Couplings Urgent Matter
Winnipeg CP report on standardizing fire-hose couplings nationwide. Manitoba Fire Commissioner H E Puttee notes high costs possibly reaching millions. Proposals include government funding for new couplings or funding change-over crews to convert hoses across Canada.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Dominion Fire Prevention Association
Office of Civilian Defence
H.E. Puttee
Manitoba Fire Commission
Prairie
Puttee
Midwest
Manitoba Fire Commissioner
Dominion
Canada Benefits From U S Economic Aid Under Marshall Plan
Ottawa reports the Marshall Plan infused about 785.9 million dollars into Canada with purchases ranging from cheese to chemicals and soybeans to ships. By July 13 percent of ERP goods worldwide were bought in Canada and 38 percent came from non US sources, led by wheat sales to the United Kingdom.
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Trade Department
United States
Dominion
U.S
United Kingdom
U.K
Canada
F. RE
France
Netherlands
China
Fat man chases train as it leaves station
A large man dashed through a station as a train pulled out. The train caller joked about missing the woman, but the man explained he was chasing her out of the station, not missing her.
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Fatty
German Elections Near as Dismantling Critique Grows
Frankfurt dispatch reports a closing stage of Germany's first free election in 16 years with opposition to Allied dismantling of industries voiced by Social Democrats and Christian Democrats. Leaders urge end to dismantling while polls predict a coalition government between SPD and CDU-CSU with about 30 percent each.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bundestag
Kurt Schumacher
Social Democrat
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Christian Social Union
Bavaria
Mrs Morrow Tait defies order. sails toward Iceland
British aviatrix Mrs Richarda Morrow Tait, aged 26, on a world flight in a single engine plane, left Goose Bay Labrador bypassing Canadian orders to return to Bangor. She aimed for Reykjavik Iceland after a takeoff at 3 55 a m ADT steering northeast toward Greenland as an escort aircraft followed.
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Halifax
Richarda Morrow Tait
Aviatrix
Atlantic
Goose Bay
Labrador
Bluie West
Greenland
England
Reykjavik
Iceland
Hebrides
Scotland
Morrow-Tait
Michael Pontend
Cambridge
Corrigan
Department, of Transport
Dow
Bangor Mé
Goose
Bangor
Typhoon Aims at Okinawa Ahead of U S Base Hit
A typhoon moving toward Okinawa, the key U S base south of Japan, is forecast to strike tomorrow. The storm intensified in 24 hours with winds reaching 85 mph, following a recent damaging typhoon that hit the area last month.
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Tokyo
United States
Okinawa
Japan
Weather Bureau
Union
Child cyclist dies after struck by car in St Boniface
Bing Schultz aged 10 died in St Boniface hospital after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle near an intersection. He was pinned under the vehicle and three hours passed before admission. St Vital police investigated the weekday accident.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Bing Schultz
St. Boniface Hospital
St. Vital
Young Schultz
Posies Demand Stun Brassiere Builder's Dueling Roles
Detroit engineer turned designer Charles Langs reports 36 000 unfilled posies orders for his adhesive cup bra. He explains the rush causes pink and green variants and notes he aims to sell to a reputable firm so he can return to engineering.
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Detroit
Charles Langs
Langs
Forgers Target Britain With Counterfeit Gas Coupons
Scotland Yard detectives widened a nationwide search for a gang forging gasoline coupons. The country tightens fuel rationing as private motorists face severe shortages and officials warn of the fuel crisis.
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London
Reuters
Scotland Yard
Britain
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