U K Study Iran Offer On Compensation Claims
A UK government spokesman said Britain will reply by Sept 3 to Iran’s offer to discuss compensation for nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Talks included U S envoy Roy Henderson and George Middleton with Premier Mossadegh to break the deadlock.
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Tehran
Iran
Britain
United States
Roy Henderson
George Middleton
Mohammed Mossadegh
London
Henderson
Middleton
U.S
W. Alton Jones
Abadan
Abbas Parkideh
Parkideh
Jones
Cities Service Oil Co
Mossadegh
U S Bombers Rain Destruction on Red Supply Centres
U S bombers from Boxer Essex and Princeton plus Ocean carrier planes attacked supply hubs near Pyongyang and Chosen with 222 flights. B 26s hit Sohung and Chunghwa while B 29s bombed Sopo rail yards. civilian evacuation preceded strikes. U N losses cited 1 572 planes since the war began with 642 confirmed Communist losses.
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Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
North Korea
U.S. Navy
U.S. Eighth Army
U.N
Eighth Army
Navy
Boxer
Essex
Princeton
Chosen
Kojo
Chongijin
Ocean
Haeju Peninsula
Sohung
Sopo
Chinnampo
Chunghwa
U.N. Command
Tokyo
Schools To Open In Medicine Hat On Sept 2
Dr H C Dixon Alberta health officer said schools should open September 2 if polio outbreaks do not recur. No polio cases this week. board to consider opening tonight alongside high school wing tenders. Restrictions will keep children in groups. other gatherings barred. Several towns delay opening to Sept 15. Vermilion and Vernon polio cases noted with airlift for patient.
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H. C. Dixon
Medicine Hat
Dixon
Alberta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Dixon Asid
Edmonton
Cardston
Taber
Milk River
New Dayton
Stirling
Foremost
Raymond
Brocket
Fort Macleod
Vermillion
Japan Dissolves Lower House Set for October Election
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida dissolves the lower house and sets general elections for October 1 to strengthen his position. The move ends the current Diet session and also impacts the upper house, with Yoshida racing to outpace rivals including Ichiro Hatoyama.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
United States
Hirohito
Diet
House of Councillors
Yoshida
Liberal
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hatoyama
Japan
Truman’s Final Budget to Congress Sets Big State Plan
President Truman presents the 1954 federal budget to the 83rd Congress, a sprawling document prepared since May. The plan faces likely wholesale review after the election with many sections expected to be discarded. budget talks must be complete by January 17 ahead of a new president taking office January 20.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Budget Bureau
White House
Stevenson Sets Four Point Campaign Plan
Washington report outlines Adlai Stevenson’s opening plan stressing a four point approach: prosperity, self claimed to be better off. metooism, Democrats’ earlier policies rebranded as Republican shifts. foreign policy split in the GOP. and McCarthyism, with Stevenson framing his stance against compromising principles versus endorsing co candidates.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
National American Legion
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Legion
Asbury Park
N.J
Radical Party charges Solitary Confinement over Eva Peron death
Buenos Aires reports that the Radical Party claims political prisoners are held in solitary confinement for refusing to mourn Eva Peron. The opposition notes the detention amid Peronist leadership after Eva Peron’s death.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Radical Party
Juan D. Peron
Eva Peron
Appleton Wins Connaught Title in Golf Championship
Bruce Appleton shot 65 to win the Connaught Golf Club championship at Conaught, defeating Ray Goddard five and four. Appleton led after nine holes and held the lead from the sixth hole, with Goddard finishing strong in a four-under par layout.
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Bruce Appleton
Connaught
Appleton
Ray Goddard
Goddard
Bob Henderson
Bruce
Lethbridge
Ray
Calgary Delays School Opening Over Polio Epidemic
Calgary board of health moved to delay school reopening until Sept. 15 due to the polio epidemic. The board will reconvene Sept. 10 to reassess the situation and decide on further steps.
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Calgary
Calgary Board of Health
Confusion Corner Squaring On Hold Pending ByLaw Approval
Mayor Wilson Riley said Confusion Corner at Division Ave and Third St remains troubled as work stops until a new bylaw is passed. City council voted 5-3 to square the corner Aug. 13, a plan backed by Medicine Hat Safety Council to reduce pedestrian hazards. A bylaw for Sept. 2 is being prepared after talks among the mayor, City Engineer Jim Carswell and City Solicitor J. G. Kidd.
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Division Ave
Third St
Wilson Riley
Jim Carswell
J. G. Kidd
Medicine Hat
United States Aids Egypt Land Reclamation Project
Cairo reports John R. Nichols aid director said the United States will provide 150000 dollars to help finance Egypt's land reclamation project.
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Cairo
John R. Nichols
United States
Egypt
Canberra jet crosses Atlantic but crew busy to watch sun race
Sun rival Canberra bomber nearly beat daylight from Ireland to Newfoundland in a four hour 33 minute crossing, but the three man crew stayed focused on navigation and flight time. The return leg beat the sun by five minutes, with a total mission of seven hours eight minutes.
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Sun
Atlantic
London
Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
Newfoundland
Peter Hillwood
Irish
Aldergrove
Smilestones hint of marriage discussed with mother
A light exchange shows Smilestones told his mother about several marriage hints, but he remains noncommittal as she presses for news. The dialogue captures social expectations and family dynamics around engagements.
Increase Quotas Boost Wheat Elevators Across Regions
The Canadian Wheat Board raised wheat delivery quotas to eight bushels per seeded acre at 66 Manitoba points, up from five. Oats quotas rose from four to eight at most points, and barley limits increased from six to eight at many locations, with similar gains announced in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Army Indicates Fresh Incidents At Prison Camps
SEQUL Korea AP dispatch says US Eighth Army reports new Communist prisoner of war incidents or demonstrations in UN POW camps since Sunday. Four prisoners were killed and 64 injured in prior events. tomorrow’s announcement will update totals. Maj Gen Boatner warned incidents are possible while camps are guarded under Geneva humanitarian standards. He noted no large mutinies since Koje island uprisings and said camp personnel routinely monitor the compounds.
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Haydon L. Boatner
Pusan
Koje Island
Government Shows Little Concern Over Submarine Sightings
Canberra reports from Reuters detail New Guinea planter G K Whittaker alleging that sightings of submarines with Chinese crews near New Guinea and Australian islands are highly credible. Air Minister William McMahon rejects the claims as low reliability after thorough investigations while Whittaker accuses the government of lax defense.
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Canberra
Australia
Reuters
G. K. Whittaker
New Guinea
William McMahon
Whittaker
Zorin Replaces Malik as U.N. Delegate for Russia
United Nations officials say Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin will replace Jacob Malik as Moscow’s chief U.N. delegate. Malik, weakened by heart illness, plans leave for Moscow. Zorin is expected Sept 15. The swap follows a summer of Soviet diplomatic reshuffles amid Cold War tensions.
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United Nations
N.Y
Russia
Valerian “Z. Zorin
Czechoslovakia
Jacob A. Malik
U.N
International ‘Organization
Zorin
General ‘Assembly
Malik
Moscow
Andrei Y. Gromyko
Andrei Vishinsky
London
Washington
Peiping
Soviet Communist Party
China
Chou
En-lai
Germany
Gromyko
Europe
Prague
Jorinis
Sun Spots Reported From Mt Wilson Observatory
Sun spots in Pasadena California were reported from Mt Wilson observatory. The spots are described as one to ten times the earth's diameter and observers could not predict their effect on communications.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Alberta municipalities push for higher provincial grants
Mayor Riley of Medicine Hat leads the Union of Alberta Municipalities resolutions committee to press for increased provincial aid in education welfare and arterial highways. Calgary and Edmonton expansion cited as context with a proposed 80 60 and 25 percent aid split and a government commission to assess municipal needs.
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Alberta
Provincia Cabinet
Wilson’ Riley
Union of Alberta Municipalities
Don Mackay
Calgary
Riley
UAM
Edmonton
J.G. Kidd
Mackay
Medicine'Hat
Lethbridge
Theads
Ruralurban gender shifts show urban male rise in 1951 census
Canada wide figures from the Bureau of Statistics reveal rural areas remain male dominated while urban populations grow. Rural males reached 2,866,611 in 1951 up from 2,821,766 in 1941. rural females 2,514,565 up from 2,432,473. Urban males rose to 4,222,262 from 3,078,770 and urban females to 4,405,991 from 3,173,646.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Weather Summary for Western Canada Turns Cloudy Tomorrow
Western Saskatchewan and most of Alberta enjoy sunny warm conditions while northern Alberta and Saskatchewan face an extensive cloud shield moving southeast ahead of cooler air from the Yukon. By tomorrow the cool cloudy weather will spread over northern Alberta and Saskatchewan with daytime highs in the sixties. Southern regions stay warm with highs 70 to 80. Showery conditions arrive along the leading edge as cooler air moves southeast. Winds west at 15. Low tonight and high tomorrow range from 50 to 80.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Yukon
Alber
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