North Bay named as airmen training ground for Arctic guard
Ottawa reports place chosen for air force training to defend Canada’s northern spaces in wartime. The 25th Brigade Korea casualty list rises to 231 with four more wounded and 58 dead in action. Edmonton notes two youths tied to daylight home thefts. Saskatchewan starts one new oil well, total runs at 20. Spray Lake hydro project to finish in time for winter peak. Rita Hayworth’s divorce likely. no reconciliation with Aly Khan. Alberta old-age pension applications exceed 8,000.
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Ottawa
North Bay
Ont
Canada
Army
25Th Brigade
Plebiscite Considered on Hospital Changeover
The Medicine Hat council discussed a possible plebiscite to switch the hospital from city to municipal district administration. The province indicated residents must vote on sharing with surrounding municipalities, with action depending on a favorable outcome. Mrs. Lillian Gust was authorized to continue inquiries with Edmonton authorities.
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Medicine Hat
Als
Lillian Gust
Edmonton
Ald
Lorne A. Walker
Second Reading of Power Bylaws For City Plant
City council approves second reading of two power by laws to fund a 3 million dollar extension to the power plant in partnership with Calgary Power Co. The plan provides 30 000 kilowatts with 5 000 kw city owned and the rest by the company. Referendum on Sept 5 will decide. About 6 000 ratepayers vote. The city retains plant ownership. Calgary Power repays costs and interest. City share of 500 000 is financed by natural gas sales. no taxes levied.
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Calgary Power Co
Calgary Power
Polio Case Reported in Lethbridge Boy
A nine year old north Lethbridge boy with poliomyelitis and chicken pox is in isolation hospital with paralysis in both legs and the back. He was admitted Saturday, marking the second polio case in Lethbridge and district this month.
Ottawa Flyers Win Two All-Women Air Races
Claire McMillen of Santa Ana California and Marguerite Carson of Ottawa were named winners of the Powder Puff Derby and the all-women international race with handicapped times. McMillen claimed 2348 miles Santa Ana to Detroit as a flying instructor, while Carson and co-pilot Betty McCause won the Windsor event from Orlando Florida to Windsor Ontario.
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Detroit
Claire McMillen
Santa Ana
Calif
Marguerite Carson
Ottawa
Miss McMillen
Windsor
Ont
Orlando
Fla
Betty McCause
Miss Carson
Kaesong Talks Stall As War Rages In Korea
Communists and allied delegates clash over a cease fire dividing line at Kaesong as talks stall. The Red sought punishment for a reported UN attack on a Kaesong Pyongyang liaison jeep and condemned Chinese casualties in the zone. Negotiators met for over two hours with no clear progress and set another session for Wednesday.
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Munsan
Korea
Reuters
Tokyo
United Nations
Kaesong
Reds
Pyongyang
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Red China
Peiping
Air Force
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
Canadians Refuse Chinese Invitation For Party at Front
A group of Chinese infantrymen sent a letter to Canadian patrols near Kaesong asking for a cease fire and a party between battle lines. The Canadians rejected the invitation and returned the message to headquarters. The note aimed to undermine morale and urged a temporary halt to hostilities during ongoing peace talks.
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Bill Boss
West-Central Sector
Korea
Kaesong
Associated Press
United Nations
U.N
Newfoundland Agrees On Under 70 Pension Plan
Welfare Minister N L Pottle said Newfoundland and the federal government reached a pension pact providing 40 dollars monthly for the under 70 class. The two levels will share costs after plan approval at the House of Assembly and no start date was announced.
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ST. John’s
Trial of Canadians Seen as Test Case
Three Canadian soldiers face court martial at the Canadian field punishment camp for rape and murder after an incident on March 17 in Chungwoon Kyong Ki province resulting in Ee Chong sun's death. The panel includes Col W Clement Dick and Maj J A Crowe with Lt Col Hutchins defending. cases to be heard separately.
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Korea
Reuters
Glen Roland Blank
Winnipeg
Donald Michael Gibson
Ottawa
Alan Roy Montgomery Davis
Vancouver
Chungwoon
Kyong Ki Province
Ee Chong-sun
W. Clement Dick
Toronto
R. A. Keane
Fort William
Royal Canadian Regiment
D. R. Harrison
Newcastle
N.B
Princes Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry
A. B. Lacasse
Quebec City
Royal 22Nd Regiment
R. Ferris
Saint John
Canadian Ordnance Company
25Th Brigade
J. A. Crowe
Army Headquarters
Lawrence M. Hanway
Amherst
N.S
John A. Hutchins
Montreal
C. B. Ware
London
Ont
A. G. Chubb
New York
George Barrett
New York Times
Smilestones Court Transcript Reveals Husband's Behavior
In a Smilestones hearing a judge asks if the husband spoke to himself when alone and the witness replies she cannot recall ever being with him alone. The exchange underscores questions about personal conduct raised in the case.
Britain Offers Iran New Oil Deal After Talks Break Down
Tehran reports Britain presents a fresh plan to resolve the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. Stokes shifts from a 50 50 profit split to a broader compromise on British management at Abadan and oilfields and employment terms. Iran’s Mossadegh rejected supervision but would hire Britons individually. Harriman offered support without comment.
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Britain
Iran
Richard R. Stokes
London
Foreign Office
Attlee
Stokes
Privy Seal
Abadan
Mohammed Mossadegh
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Mossadegh
Abedan
Red Battalions Take Ridge in Korea Front Fight
South Korean troops and U S backed forces pressed assaults on ridges north of Yanggu, aided by heavy artillery. Reds counter attacked and retook two ridges after initial Korean gains, with reports of massing forces near Yangeu and near Kansong as the front remained largely quiet elsewhere.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Yanggu
Associated Press
George MacArthur
McArthur
Kansong
Yangeu
Kaesong
Newfoundland Industrial Drive Attracts European Investment
Newfoundland moves to diversify beyond fishing and mining with new manufacturing projects led by European capital. A $5,000,000 machinery plant near St Johns will employ 500. a three phase textile plant will open in 1951 with 850 workers. Swiss French and US funding join government support on a 10 year loan.
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Newfoundland
Joseph Smallwood
Alfred A. Valdmanis
Latvia
St. John’s
Avalon Peninsula
United States
Canada
Oper
Pressing urge to tax-exempt prescriptions in Canada
Calgary based Canadian Pharmaceutical Association plans to lobby Ottawa to grant income tax exemption for all prescription medicines. Current rules tax only certain items while prescriptions from dispensing physicians are exempt. The issue highlighted Western Canada disparity and growing reliance on outpatient drug access as drug stores outnumber physicians’ dispensing.
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Calgary
John Preston
Canadian Pharmaceutical Association
Ottawa
Abbott
Preston
Canada
Noel Farrow
Princess Elizabeth and Duke to occupy Empress of France suites
Crown couple to use three midship rooms on the Empress of France during autumn Canada voyage. Plans coordinated in London and Liverpool to complete refit in four days. Suites on A deck include turquoise green, emerald, and ruby red color schemes for bedrooms and dining area.
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Jocelyn Sara Southam
London Bureau
London
Princess Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
C.P.R
Liverpool
France
Duke
Prince Philip
Tenteen-year-old Jackson Sentenced for Rape in Palm Beach
In West Palm Beach Judge C. E. Chillingworth sentenced 15 year old Otis Neal Jackson for raping a 23 year old mother last Jan. 18. The judge called for commutation to life without parole, citing the defendant’s youth, after the jury delivered a guilty verdict without mercy recommendation. Jackson testified he had the woman's consent.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Criminal Court
C. E. Chillingworth
State Pardon Board
Otis Neal Jackson
Chillingworth
Jackson
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