Nehru Refusal Likely to Sour U S India Ties Over Japan Peace Pact
United States officials signal a tougher policy toward India after Prime Minister Nehru rejects a U S backed peace treaty with Japan. India denounces the draft nine days before the 50 nation peace conference in San Francisco and echoes Soviet objections aiding Moscow propaganda against the pact.
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Washington
India
Nehru
United States
Japan
San Francisco
Russia
Moscow
New Delhi
Americes
Burma
Yugoslavia
State Department
Nenru
Emerg
Far East
Southeast Asia
Formosa
China
Kurile Islands
Sakhalin
Ryukyu and
Bonin Islands
Highland competi tion trip for Pipe Major Hosie
Pipe Major Alex Hosie and family head to Seattle for the city’s Highland competition with his bagpipes and granddaughter Sharon set to perform the intricate sword dance. Hosie hopes to return with trophies and pride for Medicine Hat.
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Alex Hosie
Seattle
Wash
Sharon
Snow Forecast Threatens Southern Alberta Crops
A cold polar air mass brings snow to southern and western Alberta with frost risk for grain crops over the next two days. Temperatures fall about 20 degrees below normal. forecast area extends from Red Deer to the Rocky Mountain foothills. Rain and cool conditions hit central Saskatchewan as crops already run late face continued delays.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Red Deer
Rocky Mountain
Weather Office
Dafoe
Sask
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Regina
Yorkton
Lethbridge
Cowley
Medicine Hat
Vermillion
Lac la Biche
Police Hunt Numbers Gang Leader After Bank Robberies
Toronto police suspect the Numbers Gang leadership was shattered by a Saturday gun battle. They claim to have captured the gang’s elusive leader described as a cool haired strategist. Four men were arrested after officers ended the siege at a post office breach on midtown Toronto streets.
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Toronto
Ontario
Numbers
John Black
Charles and
Yonge
Black
Larry Edgar Shirley
Winnipeg
Theodore Valianette
Herbert Taylor
William Lovejoy
Numbers Gang
Page Wight
Telegraph firms seek 10 cent telegram rate rise
Ottawa CP Canada two tele graph firms Canadian National Telegraphs and Canadian Pacific Railway ask the Board of Transport Commissioners for a 10 cent boost on the basic LO word telegrams within Canada excluding Newfoundland. They seek Oct 1 effective increases citing higher labor and material costs. The last rise was a central 15 percent hike in July 1949.
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Ottawa
Canada
Newfoundland
Board of Transport Commissioners
Canadian Nationa Telegraphs
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canada Reports No Sudden Rise in Liquor Bootlegging
RCMP officials say there has been no notable increase in illegal liquor manufacture or cross border smuggling into Canada. Moonshine and home brew exist, but large scale stills are rare. Bootlegging mainly involves after hours resale of government liquor. moonshining remains low. In the US, bootlegging rises blamed on high prices and lingering demand.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
RCMP
Canadian
Mounties
Area Isolated to Stop Dysentery Spread in Hague
About 30 square miles around Hague in Saskatchewan were isolated to halt a dysentery outbreak with several new weekend cases. Dr. B T Dale, head of preventive services, flew in from Regina to oversee entry restrictions and food deliveries. He stressed no force would be used, and volunteers would staff patrols and supply convoys in the district and Rosthern rural municipality.
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Saskatoon
Hague
B. T. Dale
Department of Public Health
Regina
Mexico
Hague District
Honduras
Mexico City
Dale
Rosthern
Heavy fighting and suspended talks mark Korean front
An allied patrol clashed with Communist troops in a three hour skirmish in the old iron triangle area of North Korea as UN forces pushed toward Pyongyang and weather limited air attacks. Eighth Army notes heavy Red traffic since armistice talks were suspended last Thursday amid increasing resistance along the front.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Iron Triangle
North Korea
U.N
Red Assembly
Pyongyang
East Central Front
Red Korea
Eighth Army
Kaesong
Yanggu
Smilestones Definition of No Communist Chine Spy Peping Tom
A compact note cites a coined phrase linking a figure nicknamed Peping Tom to a claim about a no Communist China spy. No further details or corroborating context are provided in the fragment.
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Peping ‘Tom
Peiping opens door to resuming Korean armistice talks
Peiping radio and North Korea press signaled willingness to restart armistice negotiations with the UN after accusing Gen Ridgway of malicious charges over a Kaesong incident. They demanded a reinvestigation of the August air strike and warned against continued propaganda and escalation.
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Tokyo
Kaesong
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Mander
Niagara Falls stunts thwarted by police watch
Niagara Falls Ontario police and tourists watched as would be thrill seekers attempted falls stunts. Leslie Sander planned to shoot the Horseshoe Falls with a steel barrel but was stopped at the border. Bernard Mcfadden aimed a parachute jump into the Hudson River, not the falls. A soldier from Camp Borden fell 250 feet and was rescued after 12 hours, amid a 25 person human chain.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Niagara River
Niagara
Leslie Sander
Horseshoe Falls
United States
Bernard Mccfadden
Hudson River
Hank X
Camp Borden
Niagara Gorge
Shelton Henshaw
Hoe
Sander
New York
Atention
Anglo Iranian oil dispute eyed by Hariman and UK ministers
W Averell Harriman conferred with British ministers on the Anglo Iranian oil dispute amid reports the United States may manage the industry for both nations. An RCAF mercy plane delivered life saving drugs to three Arctic Eskimo communities before returning to Yellowknife. The Iranian government drafted a five year agricultural plan to absorb work lost from the oil collapse. A family quarrel caused the accidental death of Steve Yuskow in Vancouver. A 15 year old escaped Bowden and allegedly fled toward Calgary. Manuel Varves, trapped in shale, was rescued after workers kept him from suffocation.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Edmonton
RCAF
Yellowknife, N.W.T
Arctic
Tehran
Zia Farmand
Ban Antonio
Tex
Manuel Varves
Esterday
Parliament on Air Shapes Australian Public Life
Sydney reports that five years of parliament broadcasts by the Australian Broadcasting Commission draw broad approval from both voters and lawmakers. Surveys indicate 6 in 10 listeners tune in monthly, with 10 percent of radio sets on air during debates, and 40 percent for top commercial programs.
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Sydney
Australian Broadcasting Commission
ABC
Inshance
Labor
Joseph B. Chifley
Labor Party
Liberal and Country Party
Southeast Europe defensive bloc eyed amid Cold War talks
A proposed southeastern European alliance including Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey aims to counter Soviet influence in the Mediterranean with U S and Atlantic Pact support. Tito Harriman and U S diplomats discuss building a strong military coalition leveraging regional armies and Western aid.
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Bled
Yugoslavia
Europe
Ito
Averell
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Mediterranean
Russia
U.S
United States
Tito
Kremlin
Evacuation of British Personnel Ends in Abadan
Field manager Peter Cox reports the evacuation from the southern Iranian oil fields to Abadan refinery completed smoothly without hostility. Britain ordered personnel to leave during Iran's nationalization dispute with Anglo-Iranian Oil, and Iranians appeared distressed at the departure.
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Abadan
Iran
Peter Cox
Britain
Cox
Bergvone
Korea Court Case Discounts Evidence Taken Under Duress
A Canadian general court martial heard that Captain Hanway moved to strike testimony from an investigating officer who allegedly coerced a confession from Private Glen Roland Blank. Blank is charged in the death of Link Eke Chong Sung during a grenade incident near Chipyong. Co defendants include Donald Gibson and Alan Davis.
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Seoul
Korea
Ptr
Glen Roland Blank
Winnipeg
I. B. Hanway
Amherst
N.S
J. A. Hutchins
Regina
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No. 1 Highway
Rovtal
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E. G. I. Skinner
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John Bird
Southam
Halrfax
N. S
Peiping
Strong
Hereds
Siet
United Natio
Ridgw Ons
RS Yiof
Cong Factory
Page Bieht
Vancouver
Steve Yuskow
Calgary
Bowden
Caleary
Dures
A. T. Legge
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