Civic Delegation Heads to Calgary on Power Station Plan
A civic delegation including Mo yor Wilson Riley Ald J W Douglas and City Controller A T Legge left for Calgary to meet with Power Co officials about a proposed 30 000 horsepower generating station. They aim to reach a basis for electors approval. Medicine Hat Golf Club sprinkler system expands to full course with irrigation on all 18 holes. Extension work on Ross Creek irrigation between Dunmore and Irvine to begin soon with a 9937 contract awarded to Thomas A Grover of Glenwoodville by Agriculture Minister David Ure. Reservoir for the scheme partially filled last year using runoff from the Gros Ventre.
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Mo ‘Yor Wilson Riley
Ald
J. W. Douglas
A. T. Legge
Calgary
Calgary Power Co
Medicine Hat Golf Club
Ross Creek
Dunmore
Irvine
Medicine Hat
Thomas A. Grover
Glenwoodville
David Ure
Gros Ventre
Reparations payments announced from German asset sales
Allied headquarters in Tokyo said 100,000,000 yen in reparations from German external assets in Japan will be allocated. Other dispatches report political and military tensions in Iran, Philippines typhoon losses, a jet bomber crash in Houston, Alberta meat demand projections, Pavelić's exile move to Argentina, Western Germany atomic activity permits, Alberta forest fire recovery, and Covent Garden leadership resignation.
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Tokyo
Reuters
Japan
Reds Seek Russian Support in Korean Front Offensives
Tokyo AP dispatch reports United Nations forces halted gains on western and eastern Korean battlefronts as Communist troops lament missing Russian tanks and planes for spring offensives. Western attacks near Seoul gained gauge, while eastern push toward Inje advanced. Far Eastern air forces logged over 900 sorties with many strikes on supply routes.
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Tokyo
United Nations
John Randolph
Associated Press
U.N
Russia
Seoul
Inje
Randolph
Manchuria
Yalu River
Munsan
Uijongbu
Inchon
Masoga
City Gas Employees Out of Danger After Underground Blast
Two City Gas workers faced an underground gas leak blast, sustaining facial hand and arm burns but later reported out of danger. Dave W. Kerr and Harold Ronnes entered a seven foot chamber on Sixth Ave near Selah Hall to inspect a booster pump for Crescent Heights when a high pressure gas line leaked. They escaped the chamber and were driven to the fire hall where Bev Bray administered first aid before hospital treatment.
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Dave W. Kerr
Harold Ronnes
Kerr
Crescent Heights
Bev Bray
Sixth Ave
Selah Hall
Danes Put Trade Ahead Of Defence In National Plan
Denmark prioritizes maintaining living standards over defence spending. Foreign Minister Kraft notes trade declines since the Korea War threaten prosperity, with inflation fought by new ideas like compulsory savings for low incomes and regulation of the cost-of-living index facing Socialist opposition.
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Copenhagen Reuters
Denmark
Korea
Ole Bjorn Kraft
Europe
Marshall Raps MacArthur For Undermining Morale
Five applications and fifteen inquiries were recorded at the new mobile recruiting station in Medicine Hat for the Canadian Army brigade. In Alberta and British Columbia Western Command logged 151 enlistment inquiries with Calgary 44 and Edmonton 39. Twelve officers applied for commissions. seven were rejected medically, the rest in process as eight recruiting stations open in Alberta and six in British Columbia feed two processing depots.
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Medicine Hat
Csm.w. Bradley
Second
Third Street
S. Railway
Western Command
Alberta
British Columbia
Calgary
Edmonton
Defence
Claxton
Canada
Eisenhower
Manning
Prince of Wales Armouries
Edmonton Regiment
McGee Loses Fight, Dies in Mississippi Electric Chair
Willie McGee, a 37 year old Mississippi truck driver convicted of raping a white woman, died in the electric chair after a long, landmark battle through state and federal courts. Supporters sought stays from Governor Wright and high courts, all denied as political issues colored the final months of the case. Demonstrations occurred in Jackson and Washington as appeals were rejected.
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Laurel
Miss
Willie McGee
Fielding Wright
Fred Vinson
United States
Truman
State Supreme Court of
Mississippi
United States Supreme Court
Wright
Civil Rights Congress
Jackson
Washington
Gloucester Regiment Heroes Receive U S Presidential Citation
Lt Gen James Van Fleet of the U S Eighth Army presented a Presidential citation to British forces in Korea. The 1st Battalion Gloucester Regiment and the 170th Independent Mortar Battery endured a fierce Chinese Communist assault from April 22 to 25, with only 40 to 50 men returning. Van Fleet praised their indomitable courage and saved Allied positions on the western front.
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Korea
Reuters
James van Fleet
United States
Eighth Army
Gloucester Regiment
van Fleet
Gloucesters
Gloucester
Smilestones Secret to a Woman
A whimsical line hints at the value or risk of secrets in relationships. The quote suggests some truths are either kept hidden or shared freely, exploring trust and discretion in intimate bonds.
Truman Warns MacArthur Proposals Could Trigger World War
President Truman on his 67th birthday warned that Gen. MacArthur’s Korean war proposals might provoke a world war and atomic attacks on U.S. cities. Republican senators criticized his claim that a limited war in Korea is “designed to win” and questioned Marshall’s testimony and administration plans.
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Washington
Truman
MacArthur
United States
Nazi Germany
Korea
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Armed Services Committee
George Marshall
Gen
Harry P. Cain
Rep
Wash
Marshall
Education Purpose Is To Make Youths Stand On Own Feet
President Andrew Stewart of the University of Alberta spoke at the Alberta Federation of Home and School Associations convention about education helping youths stand on their own feet. He stressed literacy as essential and the need to read widely, retain ideas, and express them clearly. He cautioned that literacy reduces anti social traits and noted not all answers are known.
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Edmonton
Andrew Stewart
University of Alberta
Alberta Federation of Home and School Associations
Stewart
Stew
Canada braces for sabotage wave as war nears
Ottawa reports a white paper forecasting a sabotage wave in Canada on or before any general war. It outlines heightened readiness, mobilization steps, and plans to supply Europe with 400 heavy anti aircraft guns while expanding reserve forces and radar training for over 1,000 high school students this summer.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
Atlantic
Holland
Belgium
Italy
Luxembourg
United States
U.S
Ralph Campney
Defence
Claxton
Marshall urges heavy casualties to break Chinese forces
Secretary of Defense George Marshall told Senate leaders the UN aims to win the Korean war by inflicting terrible casualties on Chinese Communists to shatter morale and destroy trained armies. He defended U S policies against MacArthur's critique of a bloody stalemate and warned against statements that could hurt UN morale.
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Washington
George Marshall
United Nations
U.S
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pearson Says Hope Of Early Korean Settlement Unrealistic
Ottawa CP report: External Affairs Minister Pearson says it is quite unrealistic to expect an early settlement in Korea or an end to fighting. He notes UN could negotiate after breaking the Chinese attack, but warns against betraying trust or yielding to blackmail. Debate covers UN peace talks and the role of the military in Korea.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Korea
Commons
Canada
United Nations
H. W. Herridge
CCF
Kootenay West
China
Howard Green
Vancouver Quadra
Green
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