St Laurent plans to intervene in railway talks
Ottawa prime minister to fly to Ottawa to personally intervene in ongoing railway union negotiations after talks resumed and reached a critical phase. Disputants to meet Wednesday morning with further meetings postponed awaiting tomorrow's outcome. Gregg and labour officials join discussions as unions seek 18 days paid sick leave, eight holidays, higher overtime and longer vacations.
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Gregg
Ottawa
St. Laurent
Parliament
Frank Hall
A. H. Brown
M. M. Maclean
Labor Department
Parliament Hill
Frank H. Hall
Hall
Regina
Nual Convention of the Trades On Labor Congress of Canada
Deag
Weather Outlook for Central Canada and Edmonton
A disturbance moves into central British Columbia bringing redeveloping showers. Winnipeg and Edmonton expect cooler air with afternoon temperatures Wednesday ranging from 65 to 75 degrees.
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Edmonton
B.C
Seven Persons School Destroyed by Lightning Fire
The two room Seven Persons School of about 30 years burned to the ground after a bolt tore a one and a half foot hole in the roof during an electrical storm just before 9 30 a m. Teacher Mrs Florence McDownell was not present. Local residents saved a piano and some belongings while debating plans for a new building.
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Florence McDownell
Ed Gouw
Riot at Kingston Prison Shatters Several Shops
Engineers survey the belt of damage after a two hour riot and fire setting spree by about 400 inmates at Kingston penitentiary. Officials estimate losses from a million to two million dollars as several shops and roofs are destroyed.
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Kingston Penitentiary
Canada
H. L. Jones
Kingston, Ont
Penal Institution
Lake Ontario
Walter Johnstone
Queen Launches Southern Cross as Security Looms
In Belfast a new liner, Southern Cross, was christened by the Queen amid driving rain and massive security. Police seized three men near Newry with arms and explosives as IRA tensions heighten and about 20,000 police cover the Queen’s brief Belfast stop.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Southern Cross
Newry
Northern
Southern Ireland
Queen’s Island
Irish Republican Army
Balmoral
Dublin
Republican Ireland
IRA
United Kingdom
Republic
Irish Republic
Smile Stones Passenger Quips About Flight Progress
A passenger asks the pilot about progress and is told they are lost yet making good time, reflecting a humorous exchange on an uncertain air journey. The line captures tension and lightness in a single moment aboard.
Mallard Falls for Cement Duck at Helderberg Lake Home
A wild mallard drake has fallen in love with a cement duck statue at Al and Mrs. Sklar’s Helderberg lake summer home in Albany. The bird reportedly snuggles beside the ornament each night.
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Albany
N.Y
Drake
Helderberg Lake
al Sklar
ByLaw Test Case Over Fourth Street Access
A bylaw designating two access points to Modern Motors on Fourth Street at Division Avenue is challenged in district court. The firm seeks to quash the bylaw and claims damage to business from sidewalk construction and traffic rerouting. Hearing set for next Wednesday August 25.
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Modern Motors
Fourth St
Division Ave
Division
Karl Kraemer
Hugh R. D. McMillan
J. G. Kidd
Kraemer
Wheat carry-over near record in Canada
Canada’s wheat carry-over on July 31 was near a record 587,487,000 bushels according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Total five-grain carry-over was 876,800,000 bushels, about five percent above the prior high, with oats rye barley and flaxseed also at or above recent levels.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Fort William-Port Arthur
Taxi Operators Seek Safe Zones To Handle Fares
Taxi cab operators propose reserved loading zones in downtown blocks to end double parking on Main Street and improve safety. The plan would remove one parking meter per block at crosswalk ends on Second and Third streets, with crews urged to use zones at bus stops hydrants and theatres for brief fare handling. Public safety committee to study. Works chair supports it for broader benefits.
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Council
Sixth Ave
South Railway St
Public Safety Committee
Public Works
Lorne Walker
Bruce Northam Invited to Royal Luncheon in Toronto
Bruce Northam, a high school junior from Medicine Hat and Alexandra Composite student, earned honors this year including a public speaking contest win and a Canadian Red Cross trip to the Swedish Atlantic Training Centre. He is invited by the Ontario government and Red Cross to a luncheon on August 23 at the Royal York Roof Garden, during Princess Alexandra's visit. The Swedish party arrives Halifax August 23 and travels to Toronto, Bruce to return August 31 ahead of fall semester.
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Bruce Northam
Bruce
United States
Canadian Red Cross
Ontario
Red Cross Society of Canada
Toronto
Princess Alexandra
Red Cross
Alexandra Composite
Rye and Wheat Yields Vary Across Bow Island District
Rye in the Bow Island district has been swathed with little threshing yet. Expected average rye yield is 10 to 12 bushels per acre while early wheat has been harvested but no complete fields yet. Mustard harvesting slowed by damp weather and hail on August 9 caused damage. grasshoppers and some sawfly damage noted.
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George W. Cornell
Peter
Bow Island
Burdett
Hussein Fatemi Indicted on Five Treason Counts
Iran's foreign minister during the Mosadegh regime was indicted on five treason counts today and will face trial in a military court next month. Guy Durocher of Sherbrooke defeated John Swann of Vancouver to win the junior men's closed singles title.
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Hussein Fatemi
Iran
Mossadegh
Guy Durocher
Sherbrooke
Que
John Swann
Vancouver
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L. A. Walker
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