Egypt dissolves parliament and calls new election
King Farouk dissolves the Wafd-dominated lower house and orders a general election for May 18 with the new chamber to convene May 31. The move leaves the senate intact while martial law may be lifted for the election period and pledges free elections amid British-Egyptian talks over Suez and Sudan.
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Cairo
Farouk
Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Wafd
Ahmed Mortada el Maraghy Bey
Egypt
Farid Zalouk
Hilaly
Ralph Stevenson
Suez Canal Zone
Britain
Sudan
Mustapha el Nahas Pasha
Canada plans 59 warships for Atlantic command
Vice-Admiral Mainguy said Canada aims to have about 50 warships in Atlantic Pact service in the North Atlantic by 1954 if war comes, with another similar number for protecting Canadian coasts. He outlined a three year defence program to build about 100 ships, split roughly 50 50 between anti sub and coastal duties.
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Toronto
E. R. Mainguy
Canada
North Atlantic
Russia
Germany
Toronto Board of Trade
Mainguy
Atlantic
L. D. McCormick
Magnificent
Manyberries Area Imposes Road Ban for Truck Traffic
A first road ban on truck traffic goes into effect in the Manyberries to Foremost district due to soft roads. Other district routes vary, with No 1 highway plowed but slow, No 21 blocked near Swift Current, and No 37 to Gull Lake expected open within the week. No 4 to Saskatoon and No 1 and No 3 in Medicine Hat district open.
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Manyberries-to-Foremost
Elkwater
Ilda
Schuler
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Gull Lake
Medicine At
Bassano-Gleichen
Warble fly control drive planned near Red Deer
Provincial agriculture officials plan a Warble fly campaign in the Clive Haynes area 20 miles northeast of Red Deer. A control organization established in 1948 has 33 members with 50 more joining. A planning meeting will be held soon to map this year’s campaign.
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Clive-Haynes
Here
Church Fire Damages Stony Plain United Church
Fire at the Stony Plain United Church caused about 3000 dollars in damage. The blaze likely started in the floor near the furnace and it was unclear if the church would be repaired or demolished for a new building.
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Stony Plain, Alta
Stony Plain
Livestock Shipments Prepared to BC Under Unsettled Rules
Edmonton reports livestock marketing and railway officials preparing additional shipments to British Columbia as unsettled import permits under embargo rules are awaited. CNR officials anticipate one or more train loads to depart tomorrow night after the first cattle re entered Vancouver stockyards yesterday.
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Edmonton
West Coast
British Columbia
L. P. Bramham
Western
C.N.R
B.C
Vancouver
Alberta and British Columbia to discuss livestock bans in talks
Alberta Agriculture Minister David Ure arrives in Victoria for talks with B C officials on lifting B C embargoes on southern Alberta cattle and prairie meats. Canada’s foot and mouth disease context and recent cattle shipments to Vancouver frame the discussions with federal ministers on certification and movement rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Alberta
West Coast
David Ure
B.C
Saskatchewan
Victoria
Vancouver
Ure
Gardiner
UN seeks secret talks with Reds on prisoner exchange
UN negotiators urge Communist participation in off the record talks to break the stalemate over prisoner exchanges in Korea. Officials cite confidential sessions to advance possible compromises on prisoner right to reject repatriation and finalize port maps under review.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U.N
U.N. Command
Prairie Farmers Seek Federal Aid in Winnipeg
Federal aid sought by Prairie Farmers' Union representatives in Winnipeg for farmers drying their own grain as part of ongoing grain harvest assistance.
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Saskatoon
Prairie Farmers’ Union
Winnipeg
Detective Eddie Tong Dies After 19 Day Battle
Toronto police sergeant Eddie Tong died at 12 05 a m after a 19 day fight for life. Suspects Steve Suchan and Leonard Jackson were wounded in gun battles with police in Montreal and charged with Tong and Det Sgt Roy Perry murder and attempted murder. Perry survived with a shattered arm. Tong’s death ends the case and burial with police honors is planned for Wednesday.
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Toronto
Eddie Tong
Steve Suchan
Leonard Jackson
Montreal
Tong
Roy Perry
Perry
Suchan
Jackson
Tony
McGuire ousted as CBRE official over false charges
J E McGuire national secretary treasurer of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employes is removed from office and expelled after a board found him guilty of circulating false information and disavowing authority. A R Mosher, president, defended the action amid a four year rift and noted McGuire may appeal at the Ottawa convention in September.
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Ottawa
J. E. McGuire
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employes and Other Transport Workers
CCL
McGuire
A. R. Mosher
Mr. Mosher
Mr. McGuire
The
Union
Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
CBRE
C. H. Millard
Toronto
United Steel Workers
Cio-Ccs
Vancouver
Millard
Congress
Pat Conroy
ICCL
Warn of Danger Getting Bogus Bills
Counterfeit ten dollar notes are moving westward. Medicine Hat post office offers samples for examination by businessmen to guard against bad money. Poor ink causes smudging. serial numbers are available for verification.
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S. N. Goldie
Weather Outlook Calls for Mild Temperatures Across Prairies
A milder airmass from Alberta will push into Saskatchewan with afternoon highs around 35 in Saskatchewan and 45 in western Alberta. Expect cloudy conditions and scattered snow flurries in western Alberta. Tomorrow repeats today with similar temperatures and more cloud than sun. Medicine Hat reports clouds with occasional snow flurries, sunny periods tomorrow, continuing mild. Winds light today and southwest 20 tomorrow. Tonight low 30, tomorrow high 45.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Canada Builds New Guided Missile
Dr. O M Solandt says Canada is developing an air to air guided missile at Valcartier as part of hush hush defence plans. He cites research on respirators, anti chemical gear, anti submarine and Arctic warfare, plus Ark radiation instruments and standardization of weapons. Harold A Senn elected institute president for 1952.
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Ottawa
O. M. Solandt
Canada
Defence Research Board
Professional Institute of Public Service
Solandt
Devel
RCAF
Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
Valcartier
Quebec City
Defence Research Chemical Laboratories
Naval
Halifax
Esquimalt B.C
Arctic
Churchill Military Laboratories
Hudson Bay
Chalk River
Harold A. Senn
Agriculture Department
Botany Division
Institute
Harold McLeod
Trade Department
Fire Near Trail Damages Atomic Plant Transformer
A fire in the transformer room of the hydrogen section at a Consolidated Mining and Smelting chemical plant near Warfield threatened Canada’s atomic energy program for 45 minutes. The transformer was a total loss but no injuries occurred. Firemen contained the blaze and a power surge lit Trail before dawn. Details remain undisclosed.
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Trail
B.C
Canada
Atomic Energy
Warfield
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Nelson
Tadanac
Vancouver
Smilestones Driver Crashes After Unsignalled Stop
In dense fog a nearsighted motorist follows a red tail light and collides with a stopped car. He questions the other driver who retorts that the car is in its own garage.
Rats Destroyed Near Sask Border In Alberta Campaign
Alberta crop officer reports 121 Norway rats killed on a farm near Acadia Valley twelve miles inside the Alberta Saskatchewan boundary as part of a campaign to stem the invasion. Earlier in the month 64 rats were killed at nearby Sibbald. The supervisor says the rat threat is under control at Acadia Valley.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Norway
Saskatchewan
W. A. Lobay
Acadia Valley
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Sibbald
Lobay
Two Tots Found Dead in Forest in Nicolet National Forest
Mary Ann Church age 3 was found alive at 10 am after surviving with two siblings who died in a storm while lost in Nicolet National Forest. Cathy Church and Steven Kennedy, both five, were found dead in an abandoned outhouse near a closed resort as hundreds searched since Saturday.
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Lakewood
Wis
Nicolet National Forest
Mary Ann Church
Mary Ann
Cathy
Steven Kennedy
Sixteen Die in French Plane Crash Near Gao
Sixteen persons including a baby died when a Lockheed Lodestar of the African Transport Co. crashed after refuelling at Gao, French West Africa, while taking off for Nice. Three were rescued. The flight originated in Abidjan and the crew numbered three. An official cited engine failure on takeoff.
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Marseilles
France
Gao
French West Africa
African Transport Co
Nice
Timbuktu
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Man Freezes Self With Last Nickel at Bus Depot
Police report Wilber C. Miller aged 45 entered a cubicle in the Santa Fe railways bus depot restroom using a last nickel slot, then shot himself.
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San Francisco
Wilber C. Miller
Santa Fe Railways
New Artificial Heart Demonstrated By Toronto Doctors
Ottawa reports three Toronto doctors at Sick Children's hospital built and demonstrated an artificial heart. W. T. Mustard A. L. Church and J. D. Keith led the project under National Research Council support to aid heart surgery and control circulation during repairs. Further NRC grants study heart failure with long term medical follow ups.
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Ottawa
National Research Council
Toronto
F. A. L. Mathewson
University of Manitoba
Death Toll Is 235 In Region Tornadoes and Floods
Survivors in six southern states mourn 235 dead and 1,100 wounded as tornadoes and floods devastate Arkans as well as Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky and Alabama. Arkansas reports 135 dead and 711 injured as Salvation Army and Red Cross aid the homeless.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Salvation Army
Red Cross
McMath
Truman
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Mississippi
West
Tennessee
Kentucky
North
Alabama
Hartselle
Truman and Wilson urge steel stalemate halt
President Truman and Charles E. Wilson warned a steel strike would harm mobilization and the economy. The wage stabilization board backed a 17 percent total rise by January 1 with benefits, while steelmakers expect price increases. The United Steel Workers threaten an April 8 nationwide strike unless firms agree. Talks to negotiate the recommendations begin this week. Senator Maybank warned Congress may drop economic controls if inflation bars are lifted.
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Key West
Truman
Defence
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
W.S.B
Washington
Ralph Maybank
Dem
S.C
Congress
Explorer Captain James Cook Named Nootka Sound Inlet
The frontiersman Captain James Cook named Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island’s west coast after discovering the inlet in 1774. The designation marked a notable milestone in Pacific exploration and mapping conducted during the era.
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Nootka Sound
Vancouver Island
James Cook
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Nickel
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