PFRA Still Eyes Bow River Purchase Deal
PFRA claims the purchase proposal for Canada Land & Irrigation Co. remains active with Canada’s cabinet expected to consider the sale. Harry Weiner, Liberal candidate, and L. B. Thorson of Regina report the $2,250,000 price and the plan to fund most of the Bow River extension costs with $2,000,000 from PFRA budget, though additional funds are needed for irrigation work and laterals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.F.R.A
Canada Land & Irrigation Co. Ltd
Bow River
Harry Weiner
L. B. Thorson
Regina
Agriculture
James G. Gardiner
Vauxhall
Medicine Hat
Gardiner
Ottawa
Veiner
Brooks Rancher
Financial Experts Move to Safeguard Supply of Dollars
In London Prime Minister Attlee links Britain's dollar crisis to world stability. Commonwealth finance ministers meet to halt the dollar drain and set a long term plan. Delegates from seven countries and southern Rhodesia discuss increasing sterling area gold and dollars, with a week of talks and a Washington conference planned.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Commonwealth
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Pakistan
Ghulam Mohammed
Rhodesia
Sterliyig
Washington
Treasury
Canada
Burma
Iceland
Iraq
Republic of Ireland
Two Chuck Wagon Teams Tie in Calgary Derby
In Calgary the Johnny Phelan of Red Deer and Jack Lauder of Winfield tied for a near-record time of 1:11.4 in the rangeland derby second night. Dorchester’s wagon overturned during heat six and outrider Chick Coelen was injured but stable. Other results list several owners and drivers with times from 1:31 to 1:17.2.
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Calgary
Chick Coelen
Cochrane
Alta
Johnny Swain
Innisfail
Jack Higgins
O. Pearson
Morningside
R. S. Herberling
Rosebud
Willard
Nelson
Queenstown
Buckhorn Ranch
Pincher Creek
Stim Fent
Bill Greenwood
Elnora
Tom Lauder
Pete Peters
Delburne
Haley Walgenbach
Gadsby
Jack Gill
Oil Drilling To Be Exhibition Feature
Saskatoon exhibition visitors will see an oil drilling machine in operation July 25 to 30. City aldermen approved a 10 acre drilling lease inside the grounds despite opposition from Mayor J S Mills, noting Saskatoon may gain from oil in the area and that the drillers will not sell shares. The move aims to test local oil prospects without harm to the exhibition. Calgary cowboys at the stampede include Sonny Trueman who fractured a leg after a bareback bronc ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
J. S. Mills
Mills
Exhibition Grounds
Perilous hot shirts scar nerves of Chicago crowd
A crowd on a Chicago street last night witnessed a dangerous prank as four youths sprayed fluid on a man’s shirt and lit a match, slightly burning him before he could remove the wet garment. The assailants fled after friends seized the fluid can.
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Chicago
Arthur Bard
Imperial Veterans To Receive Benefits
Imperial veterans in Canada and the United States will soon learn the full benefits they are entitled to under new legislation. Sir Arton Wilson, permanent secretary of Britain's ministry of pensions, said the information would be released during a Ottawa press conference. About 9,000 veterans are in Canada with distribution by province: Ontario 3,000, British Columbia 1,400, Quebec 450, Alberta 400, Manitoba 500, Saskatchewan 300, Nova Scotia 100, Newfoundland 450, New Brunswick 70, P E I 10. The majority served in World War I.
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Reg Hardy Southam
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Sir Arton Wilson
Ministry of Pensions
Sir Arton
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
P.E.I
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Conservatives plan policy rollout next week in UK
The Conservative party will unveil its general election policy next week after internal splits. Winston Churchill will headline at Wolverhampton on July 23 with an expected 50 000 attendees, followed by Anthony Eden’s radio address on the party document. The move signals a formal policy stance rather than a reshaped leadership bid.
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London
Conservative
Winston Churchill
Wolverhampton
Anthony Eden
Opinions Differ On Plane Crash Near Los Angeles
Officials gave conflicting views on a Standard Airlines C 46 crash 30 miles north of Los Angeles killing 35 and injuring 14. CAB chief Peyton said a passenger fight did not cause the crash, while Standard’s captain Howell and airline president Weiss suggested the altercation may have contributed. Roy G White, the pilot, was killed. 19 bodies remained unidentified.
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Los Angeles
Here
Standard Airlines
Santa Susana Mountains
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
James N. Peyton
C.A.B
Peyton
L. R. Howell
Standard
Roy G. White
White
Stanley Weiss
Attlee Warns on London Dock Strike Threat to Economy
Prime Minister Attlee told the House of Commons the London wildcat dock strike endangers Britain's economy during a dollar crisis. Fourteen thousand idle dockers threaten 132 ships, with 8 under manning, after a long dispute tied to Canadian unions. Troops guard the docks as a national emergency persists.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
Avonmouth
Manitoba Sees Good Crops Amid Western Drought
Saskatchewan and Alberta face below average yields this summer due to a prolonged dry spell. Manitoba should enjoy good crops though some areas near Morden need rain. Hail damaged 30 0067 acres in central Saskatchewan and Alberta while east and north of a Coutts Stettler Lacombe line crops are generally poor.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Bureau
Coutts
Stettler
Lacombe
Calgary
Edmonton
Hanna
Portage la Prairie
Brandon
Shoal Lake
Morden
Lethbridge-Cardston
Peace River
Stetler
Red Deer
Not Dismantle German War Plant Demands
Pastor Martin Niemohar of Berlin urged world Protestants to stop dismantling German war plants as a crime against humanity. He spoke at the world council of churches in Chichester noting 12,000,900 Germans in West Germany and arguing plants can be used for peace rather than war.
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Chichester
Sussex
England
Martin Niemohar
Berlin
Niemeller
World Council of Churches
West Germany
Germany
Christopher Columbus Early Voyages at Sea
A historical note states that Christopher Columbus undertook his first sea voyages before turning 15, indicating early maritime activity in his youth. The claim highlights youthful beginnings prior to adult exploration.
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Christopher Columbus
Newfoundland's first legislature opens with new portfolios
In St John s Newfoundland the first provincial legislature opens. Lieutenant Governor Sir Albert J Walsh reads the Throne Speech outlining plans. Bills seek tax rental authority with Ottawa and creation of six new government portfolios including health welfare provincial affairs supply fisheries and cooperatives and economic development.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Kenney Named Head of Marshall Plan Mission to Britain
W. John Kenney, 45, sworn in as new chief of the Marshall plan mission to Britain. He declares Britain’s dollar plight is in no sense a hopeless one, as his appointment was announced.
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Washington
W. John Kennedy
Britain
Kenney
Supply Boats Set Final Arctic Runs in August
Edmonton dispatch reports the Northern Transportation Company will begin its last Arctic trips mid August to ensure winter provisions for North West Territories settlements. Final delivery dates to Waterways Waterways are Aug 4 for Fort Norman shipments, Aug 18 for points between Fort Smith and Fort Norman, and Sept 8 for Yellowknife with a Sept 15 deadline at Fort Smith.
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Edmonton
North West Territories
Frank W. Broderick
Northern Transportation Company
N.T.C
Fort Smith
Fort Norman
Mackenzie River
Alberta
Here
Alla
Athabasca River
Slave River
Great Slave Lake
Mackenzie
Broderick
Yellowknife
Britain protests Chinese port closures as illegal
Britain has sent a note to the Chinese Nationalist government over the closure of Communist-occupied ports in China. Foreign office officials say London maintains the closure is illegal and continues to press the issue.
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London
Reuters
Britain
China
Foreign Office
Buchanan Returns To Dieppe Aug. 19
One of 29 Canadian army veterans selected for a July flight to England to attend the Dieppe memorial service on August 19 is Lt Colonel G. B. Buchanan of Medicine Hat. He led his South Saskatchewan Regiment at Dieppe and later earned the Croix de Guerre with palm. Also traveling are Lt Ben Conn and Sgt C E Wiley of Weyburn, both former SSR members and Dieppe prisoners.
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England
Dieppe
G. B
Bruce) Buchanan
Medicine Hat
Buchanan
South Saskatchewan Regiment
Germany
Edmonton
S.S.R
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Sonny Trueman
John Day, Ore
Alex Carlson
Donald
Dunmore
Mr. Carson
Brizn
Jo Ann
Brian
Peter Inglis Southam
London Bureau
Midlands
Stamford
Airmail
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Rutland
Blackstone and Company Limited
Blackstone Company
Herrenvolk
Blackstone
R. A. Lister & Company Limited
Labor
R. A. Butler
Harold Macmillan
Oliver Stanley
Churchill
North America
U.K
Trafalgar Square
LA Havre
France
Oliva Dionne
Mauretania
Europe
Lourdes
Rome
Pope Pius
First Newfoundland Legislature
O. O. F. Lodge
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