Pyongyang Air Attacks Mark Massive WW II Style Raid Surge
A scrambled report describes Pyongyang under heavy bombing with thousands of rounds, jets and prop planes pounding stockpiles and airfields. It notes major raid waves on July 11 with 500 plus bombers and 1 400 tons dropped in the city, as Sea Navy and Marines report losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ke Yang
Raic
United*Nations
Wee Nisee
Fedusk
Pyong
O Batters Defence
Erika
Navy
Marine
Pan- Allied Air
BC cabinet to rule on Burrard recount bid amid election fog
In Victoria the provincial cabinet is to meet to consider Grant MacNeil’s CCF petition for a Vancouver Burrard recount after a 246 vote loss to Bert Price. The outcome could shift a legislature split 19 Social Credit to 18 CCF, raising general election speculation. Premier Bennett refuses to set a date to meet the assembly.
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Victoria
C.C.F
Vancouver-Burrard
Grant MacNeil
Social Credit
Bert Price
Burrard
British Columbia
Harold Winch
Ninth Polio Case Reported in Medicine Hat District
The ninth polio case in Medicine Hat district is a 17 year old Saskatchewan girl Ida Stafford of Piapot. She is hospitalized at East General Hospital in Medicine Hat with mild paralysis. Health inspector James Henderson says the case is not local and school opening remains set for Tuesday September 2. The ban on school gatherings placed August 19 is expected to be lifted early next week.
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Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Ida Stafford
Piapot
Henderson
West urges free elections for all Germany
Britain and the United States insist on free German elections before a peace treaty. A three power London committee will draft a formal reply to Moscow. Russia proposes a four power conference on German reunion with an election probe on Germany. Western powers aim to settle election conditions first and then other issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Germany
Foreign Office
Moscow
Snow Predicted for Calgary as Cold Front Grips Region
Weather forecast warns of snow in Calgary today after a Yukon cold air front. Reports place snow near Whitecourt and Rocky Mountain House, both about 100 miles from Edmonton, while most areas see rain.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Yukon
Whitecourt
Rocky Mountain House
Finland Sends Last Carload of War Reparations to Soviet Union
Finland dispatched its final carload of war reparations to Soviet Russia today, the 343,700th since 1944. Under the armistice, Finland began remitting about 300 million dollars. ten vessels eight barges and two trawlers remain to be sent, delivery expected next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Reuters
Finland
Russia
Schools To Open On Schedule Despite Polio Watch
The city school board decided at a special meeting last night that schools will open on September 2 as scheduled unless health authorities advise otherwise. The vote followed a recommendation from Dr H C Dixon the local medical officer. The plan remains subject to change if polio outbreaks occur.
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H. C. Dixon
Mossadegh Rejects Anglo-American Oil Dispute Bid
London sources report Iran's Premier Mossadegh refused the latest Anglo American plan to resolve the oil crisis. U.S. Ambassador Gifford met with Foreign Secretary Eden as Britain and the United States discuss the situation and possible arbitration. Iran had nationalized oil last year and seeks to restart the industry without external aid.
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London
Mossadegh
United States
Walter Gifford
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
U.S
Iran
George Middleton
Roy
Hussein “Makki
Oil Nationalization Board
Hamburg
Mercy Plane Brings Soldier Back Home
Salem mass reports Sgt Charles R Buggy returned from a coast guard mercy flight after rescue plane collision left one child dead and another gravely ill. Buggy was flown from the Alexander Patch to reach emergency leave as police killed his other child and wife awaits spine surgery.
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Salem
Mass
Nebraska
Coast Guard
Charles R. Buggy
Alexander Patch
Buggy
Claxton Announces New Rear Admiral For Canada Navy
The Canadian navy elevates Commodore James C. Hibbard to acting rear admiral effective Sept. 1, joining three other senior officers promoted to acting commodore. Hibbard, DSC and bar, a Victoria and Ottawa native, commanded the Skeena and Iriquois in convoy work and D‑Day actions. He has prior decorations from France and Norway.
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Ottawa
Navy
James C. Hibbard
DSC
Bar
Victoria
Defence
Claxton
Hibbard
B. R. Spencer
Port Alberni
B.C
Esquimalt
W. H. C. Roger
Hamilton
Halifax
Naval Headquarters
Rowland Baker
Hemison
Que
Naval Volunteer Reserve
Skeena
Iriquois
Murmansk
Frances
Norway
Kellock named chairman of Rail Conciliation Board
OTTAWA CP Mr Justice Roy L Kellock chosen as chairman of the federal conciliation board in the railways dispute He previously acted as government arbitrator in the 1950 settlement The three man board includes David Lewis and Paul S Smith The unions seek wage increases and cost of living tie-in with the railways facing a stalled contract talks representing 125 000 workers
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Ottawa
Roy L. Kellockas
Supreme Court of Canadashas
Kellock
Labor Department
David Lewis
Toronto
National
C.C.F. Party
Paul S. Smith
Montreal
Lewis
Smith
Pension Scheme Lets Job Shifts Within Industry
In Toronto and Hamilton the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and local employers implement a pension plan for about 4,000 workers. Those with 20 years in the industry and 10 years in the union become eligible for 40 dollars a month at age 65. Fund financed by employers’ 3 percent payroll contributions. government approved. Payments began April 4, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Hamilton
English Channel Swim: Egyptians Seek Record Pace
In Dover England Reuters reports six Egyptian swimmers form a relay to cross the English Channel toward France aiming to beat 41 hours 11 minutes. Solo contender Said Al Arabi 36 follows Londoner Dr George Brewster 61 who makes his 16th attempt. The relay is led by Hassan Abd El Rehim 45 and Abdel Monem Abdu 28 who completed a solo crossing in August.
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Dover
England
Reuters
English
France
Said al Arabi
George Brewster
Hassan Abd-El-Rehim
Abdel Monem
Abdu
High School Technical Wing Contract Awarded
The Medicine Hat school board awarded Burns and Dutton Concrete Ltd. of Calgary a 314600 contract for the new high school technical wing, 10400 under the estimated cost. Four other bids were more than 60000 above the estimate. Construction to start immediately with completion by August 15, 1953, and local labor emphasis noted.
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Burns
Dutton Concrete , and Construction Company Ltd
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Tew
Lethbridge
Burns and Wutton
John Stevenson
Stevenson
And
Bies
D. H. Oland and Co
Bird Construction Co. Ltd
Oland Construction , Ltd
Poole’ Construction Company Ltd
Setens ‘Board
Dutton
Public Schools
Infant Undergoes Rare Operation at Boston Hospital
A three month old boy Thomas Bullock Jr. of Derby Vermont had part of a heart tumor removed in a rare operation at a Boston Children's Hospital two weeks ago. Doctors report no immediate after effects and say much tumor remains on the heart walls. Therapy continues and results may take over a year to assess.
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Boston
Children’s Hospital
Thomas Bullock Jr
Derby
Thomas
Ideal Conditions For Cutting Crops At Quick Pace
Winnipeg report notes rapid threshing progress across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 44 percent of wheat threshed in Manitoba by Thursday and 20 percent in Saskatchewan. Harvest speed expected to rise as hot dry weather ripens crops. Manitoba wheat cutting three quarters done. yields in Manitoba range 16 to 30 bushels per acre with Alberta examples in the mid 20s to 30s.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian ‘Pacific Railway Agriculture’ Department
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Alice
Medicine Hat
Hilda
Burdett
Vauxhall
Nobleford
Congress Raps Justice Officials Over Handling Case
A House judiciary sub-committee summoned four Justice Department lawyers to produce files on a 1944 Detroit war-fraud indictment that ended in 1951 without prosecution. Lawmakers accused officials of a whitewash aimed at a St. Louis grand jury probe and improper political influence.
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Washington
Congressional
Justice
Department
Judiciary
House of Representatives
Detroit
Justice Department
St. Louis
Kenneth B. Keating
Rep. N.Y
Grand Jury
Smilestones and Witty Banter on a Blonde Newcomer
A light comic exchange centers on a woman described as a decided blonde. The remark notes she has only recently made that decision, highlighting a playful social moment.
Ghost Town Camp Hosts Large War Exercise
Canada's largest training camp at Wainwright near Pattison holds Buffalo 3 manoeuvres with about 6000 troops in a vast 140000 acre area. Brig Pangman orders a last night withdrawal as 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade and Princess Patricia's Light Infantry face an enemy under Lt Col Jim Stone. Despite hunger and cold, morale remains high with observers from the United States and Britain watching.
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Wainwright
Canada
Corps of Signal
Vernon
B.C
B.C., and Personnel From ‘Esquimalt
B. C
Wainwright Military Camp
D. E. C. Pangman
25Th Canadian “Infantry
Pangman
Princess. Patricia’s
Canadian ‘Light
Jim Stone
Britain
No Prosecution For Bread Union
Ottawa reports Justice Minister Garson announcing the government will not prosecute members of a Winnipeg bakery workers union under the Combines Act. The case involved the Winnipeg Local No. 1 of the Canadian Bakery Workers Union ordering bread deliveries halted to a price-cutting retailer. The Manitoba attorney-general suggested provincial action if appropriate, while the feds weighed balance of convenience.
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Ottawa
Garson
Winnipeg
T. D. MacDonald
Canadian Bakery Workers’, Union
C.C.L
Lct
Manitoba
Justice Department
East German youth to train as pilots for future Red Luftwaffe
East German Communists reveal in Berlin sports pages that Russians may permit training of youth as pilots for a future air force. Arno Berthold signs a Society of Sports article outlining plans for boys and girls in shooting gliding flying parachuting and amateur radio operation. In Manila a Philippine army report says nearly 90 killed by Huk violence this year with a patrol ambush in north Luzon leaving three soldiers dead and five wounded.
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Berlin
Society of Sports
Arno Berthold
Manila
Army
Philippine News Service
Luzon
Mounties Deny Gazette Report On Red Spy Ring
RCMP Superintendent George McClellan denied a Montreal Gazette story alleging a Russian spy ring in Montreal. Dr Jiri Mare s former Czechoslovak consul general contradicted the claim saying the report is utterly false and said his wife may have distorted statements under mental strain.
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Ottawa
George McClellan
R.C.M.P
Montreal
Montreal Gazette
Jiri Mares
Canada
Mares
Gazette
Karl Gerhard
Juliette
RCMP
Otawa
McClellan
Yestert AY
Ting
Rocky Mountain House Weather Notes Hint Slight Warmup
A fragment notes unsettled conditions in the Peace River region with rain overnight and a return to slightly warmer weather by Saturday. Other regions are expected to see similar Sos in the forecast.
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Rocky
Mountain House Court
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Yulgahama
West To
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Soldier
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