Atlantic Pact Approved in Senate 32 to 13
Washington AP reports overwhelming Senate approval of the Worth Atlantic treaty clears way for President Truman to request foreign arms aid. The plan calls for over 1 billion dollars in weapons next year and seeks to prevent atom bomb transfers while linking the United States with European nations for collective defense against Russia. The 12 signers pledge mutual aid with no binding arms obligation from the treaty ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
United States
White House
Congress
Alben Barkley
Russia
Robert Taft
London Dockers End Strike In Solidarity With CSU
London dockers voted to end their strike in support of the Canadian Seamen's Union and return to work Monday. CSU president Harry Davis announced the stoppage would cease in Britain while ongoing global efforts continue.
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London
Canadian Seamen’s Union
Iwork
Harry Davis
C.S.U
Victoria Park
Great Britain
Canada
Beaverbrae
Argumont
Davis
C.S.A
Britain
Youths Jamboree Aids Canadian History Studies
About 3,000 Canadian Boy Scouts attend the first national jamboree at Connaught ranges near Ottawa. The Ontario contingent of 941 scouts presents an historical pageant after seeing the last spike driven on the Canadian Pacific Railway line and the settlement of Loyalists at New Brunswick.
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Connaught
South
Ont
Manitoba
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Connaught Ranges
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railway
John
N.B
Ford Auto Workers Take Strike Vote
Detroit reports that the United Auto Workers plan to poll Ford Motor Company production workers in Michigan to authorize a possible strike over wage demands including $100 monthly pensions. A prior union vote showed strong support, and a 10 day strike notice has been filed while the mediation board conducts the state poll, potentially taking three weeks.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
C.I.0
Ford Motor Company
Michigan
Labor Mediation Board
Ford
U.A.W
U.elw
Ontario miners eye Western coal market in 500000 ton target
Ontario Mines Minister Welland Gemmell told a western operators’ conference that Northern Ontario could absorb about 500000 tons of Western Canadian coal annually. Premier Frost pledged cooperation and operators backed Northern Ontario as the best market while noting quality and price must be solved by the firms.
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Toronto
Welland Gemmell
Ontario
Northern
Canada
Frost
United States
Ottawa
W. C. Whittaker
Western Canada
Bituminous Coal Operators’ Associations
W. A. Cooney
Domestic Coal Operators’ Association of
Lebel Hanged for Beer-Bottle Murder in Canada
Maurice Lebel, 28, a truck driver from St Guy Quebec, was hanged at Bordeaux jail after being convicted of the July 1 1948 beer bottle murder of bank manager Louis Philippe Breton and taxi driver Wilfrid Dumais near Riviere du Loup. The execution followed a delayed date, with officials keeping details secret.
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Montreal
Maurice Lebel
St. Guy
Que
Bordeaux
Trois Pistoles
Lebel
Romeo Plouffe
Louis Philippe Breton
Wilfrid Dumais
Crystal Glassware Craft Making Comeback in U K
In Stourbridge area Britain, the crystal glass trade, worth about 5 million dollars annually, renews focus on hand craft. Officials push education and deferments to lure youths while warning training can take up to six years before output rises.
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U.K
Stourbridge
England
Britain
Worcestershire-Staffordshire
Medicine Hat Stampede Opens with Government Backing
Agriculture Minister Dave A. Ure addressed about 6000 supporters at the Medicine Hat stampede opening urging irrigation in the semi arid district. He highlighted northern oil growth and outlined programs for Medicine Hat with Minister D B MacMillan and John L Robinson advocating local needs. Ure planned irrigation surveys with Dr Robinson and farmers, reviewing the Gros Ventre Ross Creek scheme near Dunmore Irvine and noting the completed main ditch and reservoir by P F R A with spring runoff filling the reservoir.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Dave A. Ure
Edmonton
Mr. Ure
Ure
D. B. MacMillan
Medicine
Gros Ventre-Ross Creek
Dunmore
Irvine
P.F.R.A
Cypress Hills
Stampede Opener Splits Boodle Between Canucks and Yanks
Thursday's opening of the Stampede drew 5 000 to 6 000 fans as tough horseflesh limited events. Del Harvey led with $100 in calf roping and several cowboys from the U S and Canada shared prize money in steer decorating, wild cow milking, and wild horse racing. George Richmond set the wild cow milking pace, with Canadians Bert Maggs Grant Haynes and Paul Halliwell among top money winners.
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Dominion Waddies
del Harvey
Benson
George Richmond
Rimrock
Arizona
Bert Maggs
Lethbridge
Grant Haynes
Tabor
Paul Halliwell
Thelma
80 M.p.h Chase Ends in Smashup Near Winnipeg
An 80 mile per hour chase by Winnipeg police ended when a small coupe with two men crashed into a 12 foot ditch seven miles northwest of the city. Police say they were fired upon during the pursuit. One man named Horace Frend, 36, of Winnipeg, is in hospital with serious injuries.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Winnipeg
Here
Horace Frend
Pair Killed in Head-on Collision in Crossfield Alberta
A head-on crash in Crossfield 30 miles north of Calgary killed Mrs. Dalton and Joseph J. Van Ryzewyk of Calgary as two trucks were hitching a trailer. Five others, including Capt. J. W. Chatwin and Lieut. R. E. Hyde of Edmonton, were injured and hospitalized. The car traveling south struck the parked trucks.
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Crossfield
Alta
Calgary
Dalton
Josephus J. van Ryzewyk
J. W. Chatwin
Edmonton
Lieut
R. E. Hyde
Cpl
H. W. Miller
Currie Barracks
James Boon
J. H. Hopper
Griffin the Great Lakes pioneer cargo ship
The Griffin, built nearly 300 years ago, was the first large cargo carrying vessel to sail on the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes
Griffin
Calf Roping and Steer Decorating Prize Winners Listed
First day events show calf roping purse of 200 dollars with winners Del Haverty Benson J Dalton Stover Sullins and others. Steer decorating honors go to Lawson Fore Sherman Sullins Gene Rambo and Rod McDonald with prizes ranging from 20 to 80 dollars.
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del Haverty
Benson
Ariz
J. Dalton
Brownfield
Tex
F. C. Stover
Tuloroso
N.M
Sherman Sullins
Sandiago
Calif
Lawson Fore
Los Angeles
Gene Rambo
Shandon
Rod McDonald
Stavely
Appeals court orders new trial in paternity question
A British appeals court ordered a new trial on whether a man can be the father of a child born 360 days after he last saw his wife. Lord Justice Bucknill urged limited new medical evidence and existing testimony. Justice Denning called 360 days fantastic. The case followed a divorce bid by Charles Jones after his wife’s alleged infidelity.
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London
Charles Jones
Justice Bucknill
Asquith
Justice Denning
Jones
Britain
R.A.F
Germany
George R. Blenco-White
Britons Seek to Improve Restaurant Bills of Fare
In London the House of Commons criticized English cooking as dull and urged higher standard meals to attract North American visitors. Herbert Morrison urged hotels to be hospitable with homey touches like napkins and ice water as Britons aired gripes about meals and service.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Canada
Farm Assistance Sought by Ontario Legislation Panel
Walkerton Ontario farmers urged the provincial select committee on conservation to back long term low interest loans and supervision to keep young people on farms. The Bruce county group urged investigation into soil nutrition and broader support to prevent absentee ownership and soil depletion.
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Walkerton
Ont
Ontario
Select Committee On Conservation
Brice County
Bruce County
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