Canadian Trade Crisis in Sight
Ottawa braces for fallout from Britain's dollar crisis as Canada faces reduced access to British colonial markets and a squeeze on exports. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott heads to London for Commonwealth finance ministers talks while advisors monitor production and demand shifts affecting Canada outside the sterling area.
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Ottawa
Canada
Britain
Douglas Abbott
London
du Xalry
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Sterling
United Kingdom
Mob Beats Up Hit Run Driver on New York's East Side
An irate East Side mob seized driver Joseph Sullivan after a fatal hit and run injuring 11 year old Louis Neglio. Sullivan was beaten as police rescued him and took him to a station. A stray bullet mortally wounded Mrs Lorra ine Donnelly during the pursuit.
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NE York
New York
East Side
Icked
Otayeek Ay
Nalee
Joseph.Sulivan
Sullivan
Louis di, Neglio
Lower East Side
Two Men Held in Edmonton Slaying
Police hold two men as they investigate the bizarre killing of 59 year old William Wallace McKay in Edmonton. McKay was buried alive in a potato patch after a party at Michael Joseph Hayes's converted railway boxcar home, then killed with an axe during his struggle. Hayes on murder remand. Robbins a material witness. Hayes's wife in protective custody.
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Edmonton
William Wallace McKay
Michael Joseph Hayes
Buster) Robbins
Hayes
Pretty
Sis
McKay
Robbins
Rayes
Spectacular RCAF Air Show Draws Thousands at Medicine Hat
An estimated 7 000 to 8 000 people attended the RCAF air show at the Medicine Hat municipal airport, the largest display since World War II. The program featured Harvards stunt flying, a Norseman air rescue simulation, smoke screens from a Mitchell bomber, Dakota field spraying, and parachute drops by a Macleod led team. Local organizers included the Medicine Hat Air Cadet Squadron No 15 with Frt Lt Eric Smith directing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C.A.F
Medicine Hat
No. 34
S.I.T.S
Crack Air Force
North West Territories
W. C. Trusdell
Medicine Hat Air Cadet Squadron
No. 15
Jack Cuthbertson
Gerald Grant
Frt
Eric Smith
D.F.C
Western Command
R.C.A.F. Suffield
F.O
Bill Houser
Woodstock
Frank Greenaway
Victoria
Nudist Colony is Holiday Attraction
The Northwest regional nudist conference gathers on Tiger Mountain's eastern slope with members from Alberta and British Columbia. Pilots at Sky Ranch Airport near Issaquah anticipate busy traffic as passengers seek views of aerial peels over the grounds. Ab Davies, Sky Ranch manager, recalls nudists protesting last year’s plane formations. A civil aviation official supported free flight over the area.
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Seattle
Northwest
Tiger Mountain
Alberta
British Columbia
Sky Ranch
Issaquah
Ab Davies
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Court Hears Neglect Charge Over Hidden Birth Boy
Fourteen year old Gerald Sullivan enters a Roxbury court guarded by an officer after years in a locked room kept by his mother Anna Sullivan. A closed hearing decides neglect charges and custody. On March 14 he wandered the street in rags, unaware of the outside world, and refused to speak to his mother.
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Gerald Sullivan
Roxbury
Mass
Anna Sullivan
Gerald
Alberta Opens Special Oil and Gas Session
Alberta Legislature opens a special session with a throne speech announcing proposed measures to tighten control over oil and natural gas transport and to update conservation laws. Lt. Gov. Bowen reads a 250 word address highlighting ongoing resource development and provincial progress.
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Alberta
Edmonton
J. C. Bowen
Legislative Assembly
Canadians Die In Holiday Mishaps On Three Day Weekend
A Canadian Press tally shows 82 Canadians killed during the long Dominion Day weekend with 46 drownings and 21 highway deaths, many tied to a heat wave and crowded waterways. In the US, 397 accidental deaths reported as millions travel homeward for the Fourth of July holiday.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Texas
Michigan
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Maritimes
Alberta
British Columbia
London
Ross C
Bill) Shepherd
Albert Jannssens
Shepherd
Kenneth Cox
Speed
Guelph
Toronto
G. M. Lake
Louis Henri Page
Riviers-Au- Moulin
Que
Bernard Tremblay
Sherbrooke
Arthur Poirier
Henri Turcotte
United States
African Chief Weds White Girl Sparks Bechuanaland Crisis
In Bechuanaland the Bamangwato tribe debates Seretse Khama's marriage to Ruth Williams drawing British, South African, and tribal reactions. Tshekedi Khania opposes a white queen but Seretse rallies 6000 tribal representatives. UK faces pressure whileSA debates segregation and awaits Britain's final decision.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Bechuanaland
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Union of South Africa
Seretse Khama
London
Ruth Williams
Tshekedi Khania
Seretse
Douglas Buchanan
Capetown
Tshekedi
Oxford
Buchanan
Hishekedi
Seéretse
Britain
Dominion
Union
Love Sick Cowboy Ends Life in Ardmore
Basil Ford a 19 year old fancy rider in Ardmore Oklahoma wrote a farewell note to Jimmie Hill queen of the Ardmore Roundup Club then dressed in cowboy regalia and shot himself at his family home His parents found the note and his body with a rifle
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Ardmore
Okla
Basil Ford
Homsetead
Howard Johnson
Bill Ford
Basil
Jimmie
Jimmie Hill
St. George
Armed Forces Back Liberal Candidacy in Local Vote
In Ottawa the Canadian armed forces voted with the nation, backing Liberal Harry Weiner in the local race. Final service returns show 40 for Weiner, 13 for Wylie, 7 for Hughes, but did not alter overall local results where Liberals led with 13,977 of 22,714 cast.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Armed Forces
Harry Weiner
Armed Services
H. Q O. Duggan
Mr. Weiner
Social Credit
W. D. Wylie
Spence Hughes
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
C.C.F
Labor Progressive Party
Commons Liberals
Liberal
British Columbia
Kootenay East
J. A. Bryne
J. H. Mathews
Boy and bass explode after firecracker tossed
In Windham Maine a 12 year old boy catches a four pound bass. Bill Ledger of Portland reports tossing a firecracker into the water and hearing a muffled boom. The bass exploded and was recovered with the firecracker lodged in its mouth.
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Windham
Bill Ledger
Portland
Bill
US Halts Communist March Says Former Ambassador
Williamsburg Va AP Lt Gen Walter Beddell Smith former American ambassador to Russia and commander of the First Army argues that Soviet expansion in Europe has been checked by growing US military strength. He says enduring vigilance is essential despite temporary success and frustration in the cold war.
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Williamsburg
Europe
United States
Russia
Walter Beddell Smith
First Army
Smith
Reno Bartenders Strike Ends City Carnival Mood
AP reports a Reno general culinary workers and bartenders strike on the Fourth of July shut many eateries. Wage demands ranged from 1 to 4.5 dollars daily with union recognition sought for hotel service staff. As venues closed, mixology by substitutes continued, and a downtown emergency table was set up to feed crowds.
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Reng, Nev
Culinary Bartenders Union
Reno Employers’ Council
Employers Council
Abset
Powning Park
Old Virginia City
Comstock Lode
Reno
William O. Royalty
Major Cabinet Changes Expected As Senate Moves Cited
Ottawa reports anticipate Liberal cabinet reshuffles before parliament opens in September. Veterans may shift to senate or bench to make way for younger ministers, with names like Bertrand Fournier Jean and Mayhew discussed for new postings.
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Ottawa
Senate
Bertrand
Works
Fournier
Jean
Mayhew
Quebec
Duplessis
St. Laurent
Meeting to Decide Highway Question
Ottawa learns a dominion provincial conference on the trans Canada highway will be held in Ottawa in late July or early August. The meeting will discuss federal and provincial cost shares with the federal government offering 50 percent and provinces yet to decide their contributions. Route selection remains with the provinces.
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James Roe Southam
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Dominion
Atlantic
Pacific
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Mob
Norseman
Jack Elgiss
Macleod
L.A.C
Bob “Crebo
Moose Jaw
Ken Clarke
Larry Paulson
Flt
B. I. Beetin
Watson
Lask
F. O
Doug McBurney
Dakota
F O
Dave Adamson
Winnifred
N.W.T
Bowen
Vermilion
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Regina
Steir
Great Lakes
Inter-Provincial Pipe Line Co
Imperial Oil Ltd
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