Abolition of Hanging Debated in Commons
In Ottawa two lawyers opposed a private bill by Ross Thatcher seeking abolition of capital punishment for murder. Solicitor General Lapointe and Calgary Crown prosecutor A L Smith argued to retain hanging as a deterrent. The bill did not advance during the private-legislation session.
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Ottawa
Wapointe
A. L. Smith
P.C
Calgary West
Calgary
Ross Thatcher
C.C.F
Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw Hardware
Lapointe
Smith
Douks Arrested For Nude Parading In Slocan Valley
Thirty one Doukhobors were arrested at Perry Siding in the Slocan Valley after a nude demonstration on the main highway. Sixteen men and fifteen women, including a few teenage girls, paraded about 100 yards before police stopped them and took them to Nelson jail by special bus.
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Nelson
B.C
Sons of Freedom
Doukhobors
Perry Siding
Slocan Valley
Treachery and King Kong expose Dutch espionage traitor
A German spy Verloop reveals the full Abwehr network in Belgium and the Netherlands. He names Paul Leuven Dampremy and Lindeman as key agents. The narrator orders capture of King Kong, the famed Dutch resistance hero, believed to be betrayed Arnhem. Two officers prepare Castle Wittouck arrest with SHAEF support.
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Amsterdam
Verloop
H.Q
GHQ
Brussels
Paul Leuven
Dampremy
Belgium
Netherlands
Kiesewetter
Abwehr
Diebergen
Lindeman
Walthur
Eindhoven
Chris
Kong
King Kong
Erg
Christian Lindemans
Rotterdam
Europe
Resist Ance
Gestapo
Arnhem
Palace
Castle: Wittouck
Abwehreedaalay
Stunday
Castle’ Wittouck
Castle Wittotck
Holland
Shaef
Castle Wittouck
Allies fear German bid for centralized federal police force
West German officials seek a 25 000 member federal police answerable to Bonn. Allied officials worry Britain France and the United States over reaction to a centralized force that could become a new German army. A decision is expected within a month as allies weigh public opinion safeguards and Soviet propaganda.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bonn
Britain
France
United States
West
Troubled Sky and Prison Planks Featured in Evocation
Vague fragments describe a black sky over Eindhoven with distant artillery. The scene hints at Lindemans and Ver Loop in a prison setting, and notes a male figure sharing perfumed sheets with a girl friend, implying personal turmoil amid conflict.
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Eindhoven
Lindemans
East Germany Police Under Soviet Control Report
Fragmentary notes describe a state in which separate state groups in Russia mold a Nazi style police system in East Germany. The force is described as directly controlled by the communist interior ministry and aims to maintain the communist government rather than law.
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Russia
East Germany
Interior Ministry
RCA chief predicts world television within reach
Brig Gen David Sarnoff told reporters in New York yesterday that international television is not far off. He said the scientific principles for linking hemispheres by television are already known and RCA chairs affirmed progress toward global broadcasting.
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NEW York
David ‘Sarnoff
Radio“ Corporation of America
Abbott Discusses Flood Damage Aid in Manitoba
Finance Minister Abbott and Premier Campbell met to review two preliminary estimates of flood damage in southern Manitoba. Abbott arrived by plane and toured flooded areas before a press conference. A figure for initial federal aid was expected to be agreed upon after figures were submitted to the Carswell-Shaw joint commission.
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Winnipeg
Abbott
Campbell
Manitoba
Carswell-Shaw Joint Commission
Dominion
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Medicine Hat
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G. E. Marsh
Elizabeth
Arden
Dorris Rodwell
Boylan's Drug" ‘Store
TGC
Federal Police
Cope
Second Street
AIR Corps
Handkerchiers
Princess
Winston
Speciae
Dtri
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