P M Is Disturbed Drew Pledges Unity Coldwell Optimistic
Canadian Press report on the federal election campaign in which Prime Minister St Laurent appeals in Ottawa with Mackenzie King present. Progressive Conservative leader Drew campaigns in Quebec City vowing unified national policy and Ontario gains for the CCF led by Coldwell concentrating in Saskatchewan. King urges Liberal victory. Drew touts continental unity and provincial autonomy. Coldwell predicts Ontario gains and CCF strength.
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St. Laurent
W. L. Mackenzie King
Drew
Quebec City
Mr. St. Laurent
Mr. Drew
King
Canada
Quebec
Progressive Conservative
Ontario
Duplessis Absent From Quebec Rally Fiorenza Acclaimed
George Drew addressed a Quebec City crowd with Fiorenza receiving acclaim while Maurice Duplessis was absent in person. The rally highlighted Quebec politics with both Duplessis and Liberal machines competing for influence and money.
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Duplessis
Quebec
Fiorenza
Redcliff Votes to Plebiscite on Hat Hospital Plan
Redcliff taxpayers authorize a September plebiscite on a proposed Medicine Hat district hospital. A special meeting drew 80 to 90 residents with 46 in favor and eight against the plebiscite, as council seeks guidance on backing the ratepayers vote.
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Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Henry M. Sangster
Robert Carter
Board of Hospital Trustees
Sangster
Dominion Glass
Universitty
Married at Eight All Over by Nine
In Chattanooga Tennessee a divorce suit looms as one of the shortest romances on record. Lawyer G W Chamlee notes the couple met at 8 p.m. and married across the state line in Georgia at 8 30 before the husband walked out after a quarrel, ending the union by 9 p.m.
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Chattanooga
King Opens Colonial Month in London Parade
The King, amid flag decked streets, opened Colonial Month at Church House Westminster delivering a 20 minute address. Queen accompanied him as figures from Jamaica, the West Indies and Perak were presented by Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones to emphasize Britain’s colonial ties.
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London
Church House
Westminster
Britain
Arthur Creech Jones
Colonial Office
Arthur Wint
Jamaica
Leary Constantine
West Indies
His
Raja Idris
Raja Muda
Perak
Government hints arrest of Archbishop Beran in Prague
Government controlled papers in Prague indicate the next move in the regime’s war on the Roman Catholic church may target Archbishop Joseph Beran. The church hierarchy is labeled guilty of terrorist tactics illegal under state law.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Beran
Liberal Victory Expected by Ottawa Newsmen
Ottawa parliamentary press gallery predicts a Liberal return to power next Monday with 21 writers backing an overall Liberal majority. The unofficial poll of 27 political reporters shows Liberals at 137 seats, PCs 74, CCF 36, Social Credit 11, and others three out of 262 in the House of Commons.
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James Roe Southam
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
Progressive Conservatives
House of Commons
Liberals
CCF
Social Credit
Water Meters Come Under City Use Restrictions
City council adopts 5-3 vote tying meter holders to the same water restrictions as flat-rate households. Outdoor use privileges end and meters may be installed for violators. Commercials to be metered. debate centered on ending special allowances and confusions persist among aldermen.
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Dirk Scholten
Ald
Earl Smith
Public Works Committee
J. W. Douglas
S. F. Scott
D. S. Hawthorne
Scholten
Smith
Wilson Riley
H. C. Leinweber
B. C.armstrong
Hector Lang
Rescue Wheat Aids Farmers Against Deadly Sawfly
William Dixon of Ottawa told the Agriculture Institute of Canada convention that a prairie wheat named Rescue has solid stem traits that stop sawfly breeding inside the stem. He noted irrigation advances by Dominion agronomists to help 300000 acres in Alberta and cited new Yukon station work aiding vitamin-deprived northern Indians.
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Vancouver
William Dixon
Ottawa
Dixon
Agriculture Institute of Canada
Dominion Agriculturists
St. Mary’s
Lethbridge
Alberta
Mr. Dixon
Dominion
Whitehorse
Yukon
Britain protests air attack on freighter Anchises
Britain announced a protest to the Chinese nationalist government at Canton over an air attack on the British freighter Anchises near Communist held Shanghai.
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London
Britain
Canton
Shanghai
Waitkus Shot In Chicago Hotel Room Sparks Nightclub Drama
Eddie Waitkus star Phillies first baseman lies in critical condition after a .22 rifle bullet struck him in a Chicago hotel room. A 19 year old brunette Ruth Steinhagen identified as the suspected assailant. Separate Calgary case: Thomas Elliott found murdered in hotel basement with blunt force trauma and missing funds, police investigating motive and links. Elliott, native of Ontario, had lived in Winnipeg and Toronto before settling in Calgary.
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Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago
Ruth Steinhagen
Waitkus
Calgary
Thomas Elliott
Elliott
Canadian Detective Bureau
Ivan
G. Porter
Clyde Hart
Wingham
Ont
London
Winnipeg
90Th Infantry
Ruth
Four New Forest Fires Add To Dry Northland Blazes
Edmonton reports four fresh forest fires as drought worsens in northern Alberta. The most serious is at Swan River near Lesser Slave Lake, with others near Brazeau Lac La Biche and Isoegun Lake. Fire crews and bulldozers are being rushed to the scenes.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Swan River
Lesser Slave Lake
Brazeau
Lac la Biche
Isoegun Lake
Forestry Department
Port Arthur Court Shooting Ends Three Lives
In Port Arthur a husband killed his wife and Judge Bruce J. McKitrick in a courtroom when he opened fire during a non-support hearing. He then shot himself as police rushed in. Mrs Gray died on scene. the judge died in hospital. the husband William Gray later died of self-inflicted wounds. The incident marks Port Arthur’s first court shooting. The Grays had moved from eastern Ontario to Lakehead, with Judge McKitrick appointed in 1945.
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Port Arthur
William Gray
Bruce J. McKitrick
Gray
Judge McKitrick
Canada
McKitrick
Lakehead
Winnipeg
Grays
Ontario
Syrian cabinet approves oil pipeline with Anglo-Iranian Co
Syria approves an agreement with Anglo-Iranian Oil Co to build a Middle East pipeline through Syrian territory. Royalty payments are set at 50 000 pounds per year, about 200 000 dollars.
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Damascus
Reuters
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Middle East
Westminster Service to Highlight Dominion Day in London
A Dominion Day ceremony at Westminster Abbey will feature the presentation of two Canadian carved chairs and saltds to the abbey by the Canada Club in the king and queen's presence. Calgary-born Dr John Lowe of Christ Church Oxford will deliver the address as the royal couple attend with prayers, hymns, and a blessing.
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London
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Canada Club
Westminster
Alan Don
C. B. Cowley
Canada
L. D. Wilgress
United Kingdom
God
John Lowe
Christ Church, Oxford
Predicted Edmonton Area Faces Construction Labor Shortage
Prairie regional unemployment chief Fred J. White says the oil sector near Edmonton is not yet overrun by American workers as outfits shift to Canadian crews. He notes potential shortages in skilled construction labor before the season ends, plus urgent demand for nurses, sales clerks, and resort staff in Calgary and Edmonton.
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Edmonton
Fred J. White
Prairie
Jdnsurance
White
Canada
U.S
N.E.S
Prairies
Alberta
Calgary
Blairmore Hospital
Cannot Trust Reds Says Sulzberger Calls for Press Freedom
Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, says Russia cannot be trusted until it ends press censorship and allows free interaction for its citizens and others. He returns from Europe and warns that an agreement with the Soviet Union would mislead those willing to trust a regime that hides its actions.
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Arthur Hays Sulzberger
The
New York Times
Russia
Europe
Sulzberger
Soviet Union
New
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