Red Tide Engulfs Kwangteh and Shanghai Naval Move
Shanghai reports Red troops captured Kwangteh in a Kiangsu Anhwei Chekiang border battle with claimed Communist victory and no Nationalists captured. Separately British US and French ships withdrew from the Shanghai waterfront after a reported plot to block sea passage was noted by a US Navy spokesman.
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Shanghai
Kgwangteh
Wuhu
Hangchow
Red
Peiping
Kiangsu-Anhwei
Chekiang
Here
United States
United States Navy
Communists claim Tatung taken west of Peiping
The Communist radio reported Tatung, 125 miles west of Peiping, had fallen. The last nationalist bastion north of the Yangtze, except Tsingtao on the coast, reportedly surrendered May 1. A U S naval spokesman said American, British and French ships left Shanghai to avoid Communist traps on the Whangpoo river as a plan to scuttle ships and block Yangtze access was uncovered.
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Tatung
Peiping
Yangtze
Tsingtao
United’ States
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Saskatchewan Farmers Face Severest Test in Years
Saskatchewan’s 125000 farmers confront drought risk, grasshoppers and dust storms. Hoppermass feared to threaten crops as April weather will determine whether spring wheat and coarse grains escape losses. Authorities have 800 carloads of poison bait ready and the crop outlook is cautious but not hopeless.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Agriculture Department
Lemsford
Alberts
Swift Current
I. C. Nollett
Mother Cat Cares for Three Baby Jack Rabbits
Blondie the cat in Goderich Ontario adapts to care for three young jack rabbits found by owner Waverley Nelson. After feeding her kittens she shares her den with the rabbits, showing unexpected feline nurturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goderich
Ont
Blondie
Waverley Nelson
Canada First To Ratify Atlantic Pact In Security Treaty
Canada deposited its instrument of ratification with the United States at 11 15 a m CDT becoming the first of the 12 NATO powers to ratify the pact. The Commons approved 185 0 and the Senate took no formal count as Prime Minister St Laurent signed before dissolution. The 12 member list includes Belgium Denmark France Iceland Italy Luxembourg the Netherlands Norway Portugal Britain and the United States.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Hume
Commons
Senate
St. Laurent
Belgium
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Britain
Eight Million Can Vote on June 27th
Ottawa reports about eight million Canadians will be on the voters list for the federal election set for June 27, up roughly one million from 1945. The tally includes Newfoundland immigrants and servicemen wives, with more than 1,000 candidates anticipated across 262 ridings. The Liberals plan full participation, with exceptions, while PCs, CCF, and Social Credit field sizable slates. New election rules grant employees three hours to vote and require candidates to be resident in Canada for one year. Campaigns accelerate toward June with cross-country tours by party leaders.
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Ottawa
Newfoundland
Liberals
Comox- Alberni
British Columbia
Jack Gibson
Libérals
Progressive Conservatives
Alberta
Canada
Central Control Utility Reform Discussed By City Council
The city council plans a round table meeting next Monday to decide on the central control of three civic utilities and a possible city manager. Utilities Supt. H C Davis has resigned to return to the power plant post, prompting talks of new directors for gas electric and water services.
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H. C. Davis
Bob Beitz
Frank Rothwell
J. G. Kidd
Fire on strike-bound freighter Tricape in Montreal harbour
Fire broke out aboard the ammunition-loaded freighter Tricape in Montreal harbour and was quickly brought under control by city firemen. A harbor policeman said only superficial inquiry had been made but there is suspicion the blaze was started deliberately. The ship, under strike by Canadian Seamen's Union, arrived last week with crew supervised loading.
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Montreal
China
Tricapé
Triton Steamship Company of
Princess Elizabeth Sings Minnie the Moocher with Danny Kaye
London AP Princess Elizabeth sang Minnie the Moocher at the Palladium joining Danny Kaye in several choruses. It was their third time seeing him since his British premiere last year. The couple watched 50 minutes then met Kaye backstage for 45 minutes. Women of Greece participated in athletics long before the Christian era.
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London
Elizabeth
Minnie the Moocher
Palladium Theatre
Danny Kaye
Kaye
Prince Philip
Pulitzer Prize Awards Honor Newsmen Authors
The Pulitzer prizes honored fiction James Gould Cozzens for Guard of Honor and Arthur Miller for Death of a Salesman. Malcolm Johnson of the New York Sun and C. P. Trussell of the New York Times were praised for reporting and coverage. Price P. Day of the Baltimore Sun won for international affairs reporting. John H. Crider and Herbert Elliston were cited for editorial writing. Nathaniel Fein of the New York Herald Tribune won for news photography Babe Ruth Bows Out.
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New York
James Gould Cozzens
Arthur Miller
Trustees
Columbia University
Malcolm Johnson
New ‘York Sun
New York Times Washington
C. P. Trussell
Lence
Washington
India
Price P. Day
Baltimore Sun
John H. Crider
Boston Herald
Herbert Elliston
Washington Post
Babe Ruth Bows
Nathaniel Fein
New York Herald Tribune
Canadian Budget Questionably Passed for Budget Taxes
Ottawa coverage notes Parliament adjourned before passing Abbott budget which underpinned tax cuts. Deductions at source stand by regulation but may be void if no budget passes by April 1950, forcing taxes to revert to prior rates. Opposition argues Abbott did not go far enough. new government could restore or revise proposals.
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Ottawa
Revenue Department
Abbott
Treasury
Finance Department
Liberal Party
Ford Workers Move to Strike Ford Motor Co
United Automobile Workers Local 600 orders a strike of 60,000 Ford workers and the international board authorizes a walkout at noon Thursday in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Automobile Workers Local 600
C.I.0
Ford Motor Company
Union
International Executive Board
Student Delivers Own Son During Quiet Morgantown Night
Richard Tabor, a first year WVU medical student, delivered his own baby at home after arranging a hospital room and doctor. He called for help, returned to find labor underway, and completed the delivery before his wife and newborn reached the hospital thirty minutes later. Both mother and baby are reported to be doing fine.
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Morgantown
W.va
Richard Tabor
West Virginia
Tabor
Aircraft Missing Over Mountains Near Vancouver
Eight aircraft including two Lancaster bombers searched the Similkameen valley 175 miles east of Vancouver for a Yellow Fleet Canuck presumed down with pilot Bill Grant and Sheila Cure missing from Cardston Alberta. RCaf Lancasters and four Canos joined by two Cub cruisers scoured dawn to dusk after the couple vanished while returning from Cardston, with searches extending toward Princeton 260 miles east.
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Vancouver
Similkameen Vally
Here
Bill Grant
Sheila Cure
Cardston
Alta
R.C.A.F
Vancouver Aero Club
Princeton
B.C
May Install Meters to Curb Water Waste
A water by law may require meter installation or a five dollar fine for a second offender as part of a water control plan discussed at a special city council forum. Water restrictions likely run May 16 to Aug 31 with alternate watering days and Sunday free. Residents urged improved pressure and a Crescent Heights solution, including a separate storage tank, to address leakage and demand.
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Parks Department
Ald
E. W. Smith
Ald. Smith
Crescent Heights
F. C. Sharpe
H. O. Davis
Riverside Area
Riverside
Mr. Davis
Medicine Hat
Thos
Graham
Passion Play in Oberammergau to Resume in 1950
The famous Oberammergau passion play will return in 1950 after a 16 year gap, the longest lapse in its history. The production plans to revive the event, drawing attention from theater and cultural circles worldwide.
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Oberammergau
Germany
X Ray and Radium Treatment Boost Cancer Cures in Women
Ann Arbor reports X rays and radium now save 40 to 50 percent of women treated for cancer of the cervix, exactly twice the five year cure rate of twelve years ago. Dr Isador Lampe of the University of Michigan notes the gain uses careful records and tabulating methods alongside surgery as a major cancer weapon.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Isador Lampe
University Hospital
University of Michigan
Linton Freed Not Acquitted in Secrets Act Case
In Montreal Freda Linton was liberated but not acquitted on charges of conspiracy to violate Canada's Official Secrets Act. Crown prosecutor Philippe Brais said no overt act linked her to a Soviet espionage ring and the charges were withdrawn for now. If future evidence emerges, charges may be revived.
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Montreal
Freda Linton
Canada
Philippe Brais
K.C
Miss Linton
Jack Muir Death Ruled Accidental by Coroner Jury
A Calgary coroner jury ruled Jack Muir’s death accidental with no blame assigned. The inquest cited an acute brain hemorrhage caused by a wood splinter lodged at the base of the brain after a confrontation at Capitol Hall. Witnesses described an argument and Muir leaving for home before illness set in.
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Jack Mark
G. G. Elder
Col. Belcher Hospital
Calgary
Florence ‘Trudeau
Capitol Hall
Muir
Clifford Currie
Peter Palmer
Wm. Doane
Irene Lauder
Jack Muir
L. Lewis
A. R. Bull
Bandit Steals Envelopes in Pittsburgh Bank Theft
Julius R. Hohman a credit manager left a downtown bank with a large envelope when a bandit confronted him and demanded the envelope. Hohman complied and later reported the theft noting the envelope contained a bank statement and many cancelled checks.
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Pittsburgh
Julius R. Hohman
Hohman
Cobber Edwin Heale of Stepney Dies at 90
Edwin Heale of Stepney East London died recently at the age of 90. He worked as a cobbler for many years.
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London
Edwin
Heale
Stepney
East London
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