To End F-M Quarantine
Regina reports Dr. Thomas Childs Canadian veterinary director general arrived from Ottawa to help Dr. N. D. Christie lift the foot and mouth disease quarantine around Regina. The minister J. G. Gardiner says the notice will be issued from Ottawa as he stays in Saskatchewan.
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Regina (Cp
Thomas Childs
Canada
Ottawa
N. D. Christie
Saskatchewan
Regina
Dr. Childs
J.G. Gardiner
Lemberg
Sask
Gardiner
Moosomin
Agriculture Department
Kaiser Race Sabotage Threatens California Boat Event
Industrialist Henry Kaiser reported an attempted life threatening sabotage during a Tahoe boat race. Two speedboats were damaged by a hacksaw blade and sabotaged components, with five gallons of gasoline poured into another craft. Police opened a fingerprint search amid suspect motives tied to Kaiser’s projects.
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Tahoe
Calif
Henry
J. Kaiser
Kaiser
Max Collins
Treasure hunt aboard Romany Maid searches Corsican coast
A party aboard the 45 ton yacht Romany Maid led by Captain Pears probes off Cap Bianco Corsica for rumored Nazi loot. Divers and gear prepare to explore 200 feet deep while a Paris paper cites a 1948 German search. authorities say any found treasure must go to the French government if within territorial waters.
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Antibes
France
Corsica
Nks
Nto
Navy
Pears
Ruth Band
New York City
Andersea
Cap Bianco
Paris
Weather Budgets Rain Delay for Vast British Columbia Fires
Firefighters faced calm coastal weather with only scattered drizzle as rain attempts failed. The Burns Lake blaze in the northern interior, the province’s largest in a decade, was slowed by cooler air and 10 days of fighting in bulldozed trenches. Clouds seeded with dry ice to trigger rain proved unsuitable per the weather bureau. No heavy rainfall in British Columbia for 26 days.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Vernon Lake
Vancouver ‘Island
B.C
Sampus Murderer Ordere Confined Sampus Murderer Ordere Confined
New York scientist Bayard Peakes who killed an 18 year old secretary on Columbia University campus was ordered confined as a lunatic after psychiatrists found him mentally deranged and unable to understand the murder charge. They cited paranoid schizophrenia and noted his motive was to attract public attention after a dispute with the American Physical Society over his life extension theories.
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New
York
Bayard Peakes
Zlife
Columbia’. University
Peakes
American Physical Society
Eileen’ Fahey
Physical Society
Publc
Suspected Polio Case Under Observation in City
The fourth polio case for Medicine Hat and district was diagnosed on Saturday with a fifth suspect under observation. Mrs. Gordon Ismonde of Seven Persons is a moderate case with no paralysis and is quarantined at general hospital. A second-in-command visited Seven Persons to placard the home for two weeks while the couple’s two children remain away on vacation. The city’s first case earlier this month had its quarantine lifted, and authorities expect a definite diagnosis today.
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Medicine Hat
Gordon
Audrey) Ismonde
General Hospital
James Henderson
M.O
Calgary
Death sentence for riot leader in Egypt mill riots
A military court in Kafr El Dawar sentenced Mustafa Khamis described as ringleader of the Misr cotton mill riots to death by hanging. The trial also questioned Dr. Hafez Afifi about a secret visit to Kafr El Dawar the day before the riots.
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Kafr
EL 'Dawar
Egypt
Reuters
Mustafa Khamis
Khamis
Kafr el Dawar
Canadian posted to Ridgway staff in Paris
Lt Col Robert Ramsay 36 of Toronto and Ottawa was named to Gen Matthew Ridgway's headquarters in Paris. He becomes the first Canadian at supreme headquarters allied powers in Europe in a logistics role as assistant quartermaster general. He leaves for Paris on September 19.
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Ottawa
Robert Ramsay
Toronto
Matthew Ridgway
Paris
Army
Canada
Supreme Headquarters
Europe
Ramsay
Army, Headquarters
Yugoslav Rowing Team Seeks Asylum in Canada
Eight Yugoslav rowers from the Helsinki eight and related crews, led by Slavko Jankovic, plan to stay in Europe then emigrate to Canada. They cite political pressure and economic hardship in Yugoslavia and want to work and live freely in Canada. They hope to join four others who fled to the West from Milan two years ago.
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Ruesselsheim
Germany
Yugoslavia
Marshal’ Tito
Slavko Jankovic
Wes
Canada
Helsinki
Bochum
Jankovic
Milan
Italy
Europe
Devastating Lynmouth Flood Claims Dozens in Devon Coast
Army engineers battled debris and rising skies after floods swept Lynmouth and the Devon coast. Nine bodies recovered with 30 missing, property damage estimated above £7 million. Evacuation of 2,500 villagers and holidaymakers continued as rescue teams searched wreckage and townsfolk recalled the catastrophe.
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Lynmouth
Eng
England
Devon
Lyn
Top Red Nations Begin Talks to Tighten Relations
Moscow hosts Chou En Lai and Chinese delegation for high level talks with the Kremlin to bolster military economic and political ties between the world’s two biggest communist powers. The discussions include top generals and economic ministers amid a strong ceremonial welcome.
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Moscow
Chou En-Lai
Kremlin
China
Peiping
Chen Yang
Choug
Su Yui
Lyu Ya-Low
Navy
Lo Shun Chu
Tsu Chuan
Chou
District Home Destroyed by Fire In Hour's Time
The wooden frame home of Rex Cairney four miles south of the city near No 1 highway and CHAT transmitter station burned to the ground in about an hour. No injuries reported. Neighbors and RCMP assisted as City Fire Department fought the blaze. the building was insured. Brother of Sgt James Cairney of the city police is named Alex Cairney.
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Rex Cairney
Alex Cairney
James Cairney
No. 1
Chat
RCMP
Elliott G. Macdonald Dies Suddenly at Home
Elliott G. Macdonald administrative officer for the PFRA in the Medicine Hat district died at his home in the Bow River region, aged nearly 62, from a heart seizure after a golf game. He served in World War I and was active in Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, Masons, and St Barnabas Anglican Church. Funeral arrangements by Pattison funeral home.
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Elliott G. Macdonald
PFRA
Medicine Hat
Macdonald
James G.gardiner
L B. Thomson
Bow River
Fourth St. S.W
Hat
Old
Hangman Play Ends in Tragedy for Young Boy
Nine year old Jackie Taylor died from strangulation while playing hangman in a backyard near Pitt Meadows British Columbia. Police said he tied twine to a tree branch and his neck, and slipped on a root causing a fatal strangulation.
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Pitt. Meadows
B.C
Jackie Taylor
Jackie
Vancouver
Government to pick Bow River control board this week
A government spokesman said the personnel of the new Bow River control board will be selected and announced this week to allow a quick start on flood prevention in the Calgary Bowness area. The royal commission urged Bearspaw dam and other measures to combat ice jams and floods with rapid cabinet action and further study after Bearspaw.
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Edmonton
Bow River Control Board
Calgary- Bowness
Royal ‘Commission
Bow
E C. Manning
Calgary
Control Board
Royal’ Commission
Manning
David Ure
Royal Commission
Bowness
Bearspan
Calgary-Bowness
Ghost River
Bearspaw
Bow River
National health plan urged by government employee group
At the annual convention a speaker urged continued effort for a national health insurance plan on a federal level. He noted about 30,000 federal employees are affiliated with unions pushing for recognition and collective bargaining under the national labor code while advocating a 40 hour work week and year-round five-day schedule. He condemned communists and linked their aims to Soviet Russia.
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Bengough
Onia National
Eispers
Eecdin Ffforts
Ork
Canada
Soviet Russia
Weather Outlook for Prairies Cloudiness and Warm Temps
A weak disturbance is expected to bring some cloudiness to northern Alberta on Tuesday but leave the rest of the prairies sunny and warm. Afternoon highs reach the upper 70s today with little change Tuesday, tonight lows near 50 and highs near 80.
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Alberta
Prairies
Smilestones Play Grounded in Tabloid Quip Trial
A fragmentary item cites a joking remark about a woman nicknamed Mary and a line about never being kissed. The piece hints at a cultural trope about propriety and swearing in social circles, reflecting light gossip tone from the era.
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Mary
Surface pull ends perilous cave rescue in Pyrenees
In France the rescue of four explorers from the Pierre-St. Martin cave ends with Dr. Andre Mairey brought to the surface after Loubens died from a 120 foot fall. The expedition led by Max Cosyns faced a damaged winch and long darkness as prayers and mementoes were laid at the abyss.
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Licqathery
France
Andre Mairey
Marcel
Loubens
Maurey
Mairey
Brave
Pierre - St. Martin
Pyrennes
Hugette
Patrick
Paris
Max Cosyns
Haroun-Tazieff
Psnet
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Ptometrist
Sampus
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ridgway
al Raie
Ellen Jenkins
Tom
Floyd
Hangman
Princess Anne
Orgtion
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