Allied spokesman says no permanent truce breakdown in Korea talks
In Korea, Maj. James MacMaster says there is no sign of final breakdown in UN truce talks at Munsan despite new Communist protests. Nam Il accuses a UN flare over Kaesong as offensive. both sides blame each other and resist full-scale warfare. The UN investigates three new complaints while offering to resume talks when the Reds are ready.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
James MacMaster
Matthew B. Ridgway
Nam Il
C. Turner Joy
Kaesong
Tle de
Canadian Labor Leaders Push Price Controls Amid Rising Costs
Ottawa report cites the Canadian Congress of Labor representing about 350 000 workers urging price controls to curb the cost of living. Percy Hengough and A R Mosher demand government action to prevent a continued rise in prices and defend workers’ welfare against inflation.
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Ottawa
Canada
BSS
Percy Hengough
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
Sengoug
Congress
Mosher
Mosty
Universal Appeal Seen by Justice Douglas on Recognizing Communist China
The Resjin Brief reports Supreme Court Justice Wildm O. Douglas today urged United States recognition of Communist China as a strategy to sever China ties with the Soviet Union.
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Supreme Court
Wildm O. Douglas
Urad
China
Soviet
Russia
Asian States Propose Separate Asian Peace Parley
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that India Indonesia and Burma may call a separate Asian peace conference after the San Francisco talks. India boycotts the U S meeting while Burma also stays away. Indonesia may attend along with other Asian states.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
San Francisco
Japan
Indonesia
Burma
China
Asia
Advance Poll Opens for Power By laws Tomorrow
Voters may cast advance ballots at city hall on Monday and Tuesday from 10:00 to 16:30 for two bylaw measures. One authorizes a 500000 loan at 2 percent for 20 years and the other a 2500000 loan at up to 5 percent for 25 years, plus Calgary Power agreement. Two thirds majority needed. Eligible voters include property owners 21 and over. Polls also set for Wednesday at seven locations.
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City Hall
C. H. Park
D.R.O
Toronto Street
Earl Kitchener
Alexandra High
Elizabeth Street
Elm Street
Montreal Street
Scout Hall
Riverside
Calgary
Second Canadian Sentenced in Korea
A Canadian court martial sentenced Pte. Donald Michael Gibson of Ottawa to two years in prison for attempted rape. Gibson and two fellow privates from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry face separate trials over a March 17 incident that left a South Korean army officer and two civilians dead.
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Seoul
Reuters
Donald Michael Gibson
Ottawa
Gibson
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry Regiment
Glen Roland Blank
Alan Roy Montgomery Davis
Vancouver
Ee Chong Sung
Davis
Air search launched for missing Piper Cub flight
An RCAF Dakota from Rivers Manitoba and two RCAF Harvards from Winnipeg joined a search today for a small Piper Cub aircraft believed down on a 160 mile route from Saskatoon to Regina.
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Winnipeg
Rivers
Man
Saskatoon
US Navy Skyrocket Reaches Record Altitude 77,674 Feet
A Navy rocket powered Skyrocket set an unofficial altitude peak near 77,674 feet and a speed of 1,300 mph during a test from Edwards Air Force Base on August 15. Pilot Bill Bridgeman wore a new high altitude suit and fishbowl helmet. The aircraft dropped from a bomber at 35,000 feet and launched rockets to climb initially level, shaping data for extreme speed and ascent.
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EL Segundo
Calif
Edwards Air Force Base
Bill Bridgeman
Marvin Miles
Los Angeles Times
Bridgeman
U.S. Army
Albert W. Stevens
Orville A. Anderson
John Cunningham
Canada protests U S dairy import controls under trade pact
Canada charges the United States violated the Geneva trade agreement by new dairy import limits. Ottawa disclosed a 300 word note criticizing the action as urgent harm to bilateral trade and asking Washington to review the policy to preserve mutually beneficial commerce.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
External Affairs Department
State Department
Washington
US Department of Agriculture
U.S
Geneva
Torquay
Unusually Good Fall Needed for Alberta Crops
Alberta's crop official says an unusually good fall is needed to offset two weeks of heavy rains. The weather office expects rain to end today in Alberta and Saskatchewan, allowing sodden fields to dry. Frost poses major risk, with lodging crops and delayed development across southern, central, and northern Alberta. Saskatchewan wheat faces less frost danger.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Weather Bureau
Saskatchewan
J. J. Birdsall
Three Pakistani Engineers to Visit Medicine Hat on Alberta Tour
Three leading Pakistan engineers and members of a highway and bridge mission will tour Alberta from August 29 to September 7 under the Alberta government. They will arrive in Medicine Hat on September 4 from Calgary, discuss field work, then proceed to Lethbridge, with Lt-Col S H Khan and D M Kahnzada among the officials. Weather may affect the Elkwater picnic. a final decision will be made after a committee meeting and a telegram to Havre, while the regatta is certain to proceed Monday.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Lethbridge
Alberta
S. H. Kahn
Royal Pakistan Engineers
D. M. Kahnzada
Combined Works Department
North West Frontier Province
W. A. Waheed
Public Works Department of
Punjab
Elkwater
Harry Hutchings
Ins Chamber of Commerce
Havre
Mysterious Deaths Baffle Gendarmes Across France
Paris dispatch details 17 violent deaths tied to bread poisoning and arsenic murders. In Pont-Saint-Esprit four died and dozens sickened by ergot poisoned grain. Madame Besnard, 53, suspected of arsenic killings of husbands and relatives. Police trace grain to a new mill. a second death case concerns Leon Besnard and eleven other arsenic-affected bodies.
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Paris
France
Pont-Saint-Esprit
St. Anthony’s
Marie Besnard
Madame Besnard
Marta Smigly-Rydz
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Riviara
St. Anthony's
Leon Besnard
Loudon
August Antigy
Mohawks Lose Series in Edmonton Amid Rain
Rain cancels the Sceptre Medicine Hat ball series in Edmonton. Medicine Hat manager Brick Swegle leaves the city as Nixons lead the series and are declared Alberta champions.
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Edmonton
Brick Swegle
Medicine Hat
Nixons
Alberta
Smilestones Father Probes Watch and Names Alfred
A father and daughter dialog reveals a broken timepiece and a pun about the name Alfred. The exchange centers on determining the hour and plays on the father asking about Alfred.
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Alfred
Seek Court Action to End Copper Strike
A settlement at Kennecott Copper plants in Salt Lake City breaks the deadlock in the nation wide copper strike. President Truman orders Taft Hartley actions and a three man board of inquiry to report by next Tuesday. A court injunction to end the strike may be sought.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corporation
United States
Truman
Senate panel urges nationwide fight on organized crime
Senate investigators call cities to unite against graft and crime in a final report after a 15 month inquiry. They warn of captive communities and urge Congress to back a privately financed national crime coordinating council with federal help.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
United States
Senate
Congress
National Crime Co
Florida
Fuller Warren
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
New York
District of Columbia
U.S
British Jet Bomber Sets New Trans Atlantic Record
The British Canberra twin jet bomber completed a nonstop Atlantic hop from Ireland to Newfoundland in four hours and 19 minutes, beating the previous four hours and 37 minutes. The 2,072.79 mile flight ended at Gander Newfoundland at 12:45 am EDT with a crew of three.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Air Ministry
Ireland
Newfoundland
Gander
Mld
Dumb Blondes Find Mates As Fast as Smarter Girls
Chicago report on a six day American Psychological Association convention reveals studies of 1700 high school graduates showing aptitude tests predict career fit but not likelihood of early marriage. Findings note no pattern between marriage timing and test scores across hair colors and intelligence levels.
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Chicago
George K. Bennett
The
Psychological Corporation
New York
American Psychological Association
Missing for 29 Days Fishing Party Found As Search Resumed
Two American fishing friends missing since Aug 2 in northern Saskatchewan were found alive at Snowbird Lake 128 miles northeast of Stony Rapids. Dr. John Taschel and Miles Eikenburger signalled the rescue aircraft. fuel and some parts were needed and rations were dropped. A Canso plane would take them to The Pas tonight as the air search nears its end.
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Winnipeg
Katchewan
Sirand Sound
Air Force
John Taschel
Sheboygan
Wis
Miles Eikenburger
Plymouth
Snowbird Lake
Stony Rapids
Sask
United States Air Force
G. F. Parke
Lac la Ronge
Pas
R.C.A.F
Canada
RC. A.F. Dakota
Wisconsin
U.S
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Naib
Chinese Defense Ministry
United Nations
Canton
Auckland
W. Marshall
Yhe
New Zealand
Dairy Products Meeting Commission
Tft
Montreal
Imperial Tobeco Co. Ltd
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Que
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Bescombe
U.S. Agriculture Department
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Bennett
Harold Seashore
Alexander Wesman
Medicine Hat Golf Club
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