Postage Stamps Fund Overseas Delegates to Chicago Meet
Australian Philip Hobson attended the International Association of Y's Men's Clubs convention in Chicago with 42 overseas delegates. Their trip was financed by the Bishops' Fund from sale of used postage stamps across 40 countries, raising over $40,000 this year.
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Heather Brehaut
Philip Hobson
Australia
Hobson
International Association of Y's Men's Clubs
Chicago
Bishops’ Fund
Y’s Men’s Clubs
West Berlin borders tightened as Allied troops move in
Allied commandants in West Berlin boosted troops and tanks to secure border after East German restrictions. Maj Gen Albert Watson sent tanks and armoured vehicles. British, French and U S forces followed with units and mortars. East German decree cuts border crossings to seven and bans Western officials to one point, prompting strong Allied protests and 100 metre border zone enforcement.
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Reuters-Ap Berlin
West Berlin
Berlin
United States
Albert Watson
North America
Canada
East Berlin
Greenjackets
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Brandenburg Gate
U.S
Friedrichstrasse
East
West
France Eyes Fixed Crossing of English Channel
France will negotiate with Britain on a fixed crossing across the English Channel. Officials outline two main proposals a 32 mile double rail tunnel and a 22 mile Dover to Calais bridge with private financing and broad international involvement.
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Paris
Reuters
France
Britain
English Channel
Terrenoire
Channel
Napoleon
Channel Tunnel
British Transport Commission
Compagnie Financiere de Suez
Technical Studies, Inc
New York
London
Dover
Cap Blanc
Calais
Jules Moch
MacBride Appointed RCAF Fighter Wing Commander
Group Captain Robert E. MacBride aged 42 from Woodstock New Brunswick took command of the RCAF fighter wing at Gros Tonquin France. He replaces Group Captain A B Searle 44 from Lashburn Saskatchewan who becomes director of high safety at air force headquarters.
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Ottawa
Robert E. MacBride
Woodstock
N.B
RCAF
Gros Tonquin
France
Air Force
A. B.,searle
Lashburn
Sask
Airs Force Headquarters
Wreck Kills Eleven Near Belgrade. Freight Train Collision
Eleven people were killed when a freight train struck a stationary passenger train 46 miles northwest of Belgrade. Fifty passengers were injured, seventeen seriously, as the passenger train bound for Belgrade halted near Novi Sad and the freight train collided from the opposite direction.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Reuters
Here
Novi Sad
Red Spy Fred Rose in Poland Seeks News From Home
Telegraph report from Warsaw describes former Canadian MP Fred Rose now living in Poland after five years in prison for treachery. He seeks Toronto subway and immigrant details, cannot practice law, works as a translator, living in a Warsaw three room apartment near the old market square with Canadian maple furniture and American books.
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Toronto
Fred Rose
Poland
Russia
Warsaw
Dorothy Howarth
Rose
Montreal
Cartier
Miss Howarth
Canada
Old Market Square
Calgary buses return to streets after 43 day strike
Calgary City buses rolled back onto the streets after a 43 day strike ended Friday. Officials anticipate downtown traffic snarls with new one way street patterns and bus route changes as private vehicles mix with public transit. Mayor Harry Hays seeks a quicker CTS recovery, possibly ending in 18 months, while still negotiating job losses and a union contract.
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Calgary
Harry Hays
Union
Civic
CLC
CTS
Army Plans Alternate Headquarters for Continuity
Defence Minister Harkness announced a plan to establish alternate Canadian Army headquarters to ensure command continuity in emergencies. Alternate sites for Ottawa and regional HQs will be set up with restricted operation of emergency HQs and civil defence warning centers starting Friday to test procedures ahead of nationwide survival exercises.
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Ottawa
Defence
Harkness
Firecracker Ban Favored At Canadian Fire Chiefs Meet
At the 53rd annual convention in Kitchener Ontario the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs approved a motion to urge the federal government to ban the import manufacture and sale of display fireworks used in public celebrations. Chief James Bayliss of Victoria led the legislation committee.
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Kitchener
Ont
Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs
James Bayliss
Victoria
Supersonic Planes Bring More Noise Discomfort
The RCAF launches an exhibit at the Central Canada Exhibition to urge Canadians to accept the noise from CF-104 Starfighters and CF-101G Voodoes as Canada adopts supersonic aircraft. It aims to reduce earshot with steeper approaches and sonic booms kept below 700 miles per hour near populated areas. An RCAF spokesman says the boom is preferable to a hydrogen bomb.
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RCAF
Central Canada
Air Force
Fires Rage as Carmanville Area Loses Homes and Stores
Forest fire coordination chiefs report ten homes a garage and a store destroyed near Carmanville after Tuesday night’s blaze. Evacuations, a wind shift, and a mile-wide firebreak shaped the authorities’ response as flames threatened Gander and the region.
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ST. John's
Mfld
Forest Fire
Carmanville
Lightning Ignites 23 New Forest Fires in BC
A violent lightning storm across northern British Columbia started 23 new fires, with Prince Rupert district hardest hit. Air support and water bombers were deployed as crews fight a Grayling area blaze near Narrow Lake, while warnings remain extreme province wide. The Prince George spot fire, 40 miles southeast of the city, burned near 4,000 feet. six more firefighters joined ten earlier, with air-dropped supplies. Chamber bodies urge a dedicated RCAF water bomber squadron for future fires. Eighty-two blazes reported district wide.
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Prince George
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
Nelson District
Prince George Forest
Narrow Lake
Chamber Commerce
RCAF
Associated Boards of Trade of
Central
Canadians Injured In Crash Near Fresno
Four Canadians were injured in a car collision on an overpass south of Fresno. The party led by Mrs. Joyce Verrall of Vancouver included Isabelle Manshereck and Mrs. George Critchley of Winnipeg and Mrs. C Christie. The other driver was Robert C. Bolton of Inglewood California.
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Fresno
Calif
Here
Joyce Verral
Vancouver
Mexico
Isabbelle Manshereck
George Critchley
C. Christie
Winnipeg
Verrall
Robert C. Bolton
Inglewood
Crooks Exposed as U S Probers Preview Racketeering Tools
Senate investigators opened a two week probe into organized gambling and racketeering revealing devices such as rose tinted readers for marked cards, mini radios, hidden mirrors, magnetic dice, and table magnets. Expert John Scarne demonstrated how bookmakers use such gear to corrupt games and detect marked cards.
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Washington
Senators
John Scarme
Karnov
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