Woman Returns to Malaya Jungle War Duty
Isobel Robertson explains why she must return to her Malaya estate near Kuala Lumpur where bandit Long Pin has been killed and a war persists. She recalls sleepless nights, perimeters, guards, and the aim to support husband and rubber production against Communism.
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Malaya
London Express
David Craig
Aberdeen
Britain
Long Pin
Kuala Lumpur
Isobel Robertson
Kuala Kuba Bahru
Selander
Liberation Army
Robertsons
Mrs. Robertson
Steelworkers Hit Sawyer Over Bias at Convention
Philadelphia AP report says Philip Murray president of United Steelworkers of America charged Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer with an unthinkable degree of bias in running basic steel mills under Truman orders as the union wrapped up its four day biennial constitutional convention.
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Philadelphia
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers of America
C.S.O
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Truman
Murray
Sawyer
Commerce Secretary
Canada
United States
Canada shipyards at postwar peak under Chevrier forecast
Transport Minister Chevrier reported shipyards in Canada hold 234 million dollars in orders with 64 million for merchant ships and the rest for naval craft. He said employment stands at 17 515, urged cost reductions, and noted two 28 000 ton tankers for British Columbia trade as a potential path to deeper sea cargo ships.
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Ottawa
Canada
Chevrier
Canadian Maritime Commission
British Columbia
Howard Green
Progressive Conservative
Vancouver-Quadra
Weather Summary for Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Continued dry conditions across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba with clear skies. Temperatures rise to the low one seventies today and higher Sunday with Medicine Hat sunny and warmer. low tonight around 45 and high tomorrow about 75.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Seven charged in Petawawa thefts may yield key witness
S.Sgt J M Young of Fredericton former Royal Canadian Engineers at Petawawa is expected to be a principal crown witness at the forthcoming trials of six co defendants. The joint preliminary hearing ended early after an agreement with prosecutors and defence. Young may testify along with Amos Durant, while eight accused include Capt Donald W Baldock and others from Brockville.
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S.sgt. Young
Army
Young
Amos Durant
Donald W. Baldock
Winnipeg
Petawawa
Harry and
Morris Eisen
Pembroke
Jack Jacobson
Man Hospitalized After Suffield Area Car Crash
W. C. Mitchell of Ralston remained in Medicine Hat General Hospital today after a collision three miles west of Suffield at about 11:30 last night. Mitchell suffered concussion and shock. condition listed as good. Mary Foster and Ivor M. Pollack received minor injuries and were treated and discharged. Dave Foster uninjured. The 1936 Chevrolet driven by Pollack and a Plymouth driven by Foster collided with Mitchell’s vehicle. both drivers reported the other had only one light. Police and RCMP investigated. damage to Mitchell’s car about 350 dollars.
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W. C. Mitchell
Ralston
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Suffield
Mitchell
Mary Foster
Ivor M. Pollack
Dave Foster
Tilley
Mr. Pollack
Foster
Mary
Pollack
Mr. Foster
R.C.M.P
Brooks R.C.M.P
Reds destroy inland roads to slow invasion from sea
Dispatches report methodical destruction by Chinese Reds of roads inland from the South China coast. They aim to destroy all but trunk highways they control, creating a barrier to invasion forces arriving by sea.
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Hong Kong
South China
Vendetta Claims Thirteen Lives in Sardinia Village
Orgosolo in Sardinia endures two years of violence after 13 people die in a vendetta pattern begun with wall inscriptions naming the condemned. A mayor’s secretary was among early victims, with 18 cemetery crosses already filled and space for 23 more. Police link to a past arrest of a famed outlaw.
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Orgosolo
Italy
Reuters
Vendetta
Sardinia
Giovani Porru
Porru
Cagliari
Gionvanni Battisa Liandra
Tragedy Strikes Singing Children On Truck Trip
Tragedy struck near Warren Ontario as a homemade rack collapsed on a three ton truck carrying 83 pupils from St Charles. One girl, Jeannine Lafortune eight, died. seven injured seriously and over 20 treated for cuts and bruises. An inquest will be held in Sudbury.
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Jeannine Lafortune
Paul Emile Laflamme
Sudbury
Teddy Beauparlent
Guy Lefebvre
Gertrude Lafleur
Leon Brisson
Emil St. George
Michael Legros
Andrew Houle
Giles Lefebvre
Narcisse Dignard
St. Charles
Maurice Brisson
Gabriel Barbe
Want Plant Goldeye In Pashley Lake
Plans to stock the Pashley irrigation dam lake with Winnipeg goldeyes will be discussed Monday. Dr. R. W. McDonald of Edmonton and Art Swenson of Calgary will conduct a biological survey of the artificial lake. Local authorities plan to test goldeyes while fingerling applications are filed for this summer. Perch and pickerel fingerlings were released in Elkwater Lake earlier this week from the Calgary hatchery under W. C. Reesor's direction.
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Pashley
Winnipeg
Elkwater Lake
Calgary
W. C. Reesor
Fish-Game Group
Cleaning Up F M Progressing Well
Thirty five of the forty premises from which animals have been destroyed for foot and mouth disease have been cleaned and disinfected. Work on the others is progressing favorably and all buildings will be sprayed a second time before test animals are released. Fencing will enclose test calves and swine on premises after cleaning and disinfection. Authorities note no new cases since May 3 and report 1,742 head destroyed since February 25.
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Regina
Kenneth ‘Wells
Dr. Wells
Weyburn
Canada
U N calls Reds to re evaluate talks as armistice hopes fade
At Panmunjom the U N command says its final negotiatory effort has been made and urges North Korea to reconsider its conduct in the stalled talks. Vice Admiral Turner Joy denounces the Reds for insolent tactics and warns against prolonging the conflict while Gen Nam Il rejects the April 28 allied plan to release only prisoners willing to return to Communist areas.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
U.N
C. Turner Joy
Panmunjom
Nam Il
Eisenhower Heads Toward Big Victory In Oregon Primary
Early returns from 970 of 2,269 Oregon precincts show General Dwight D. Eisenhower leading the Republican race with 45,351 votes to 10,399 for Governor Earl Warren, and Kefauver atop the Democratic field with a decisive haul of 12 delegates. Eisenhower could win 10 delegates, while Kefauver's margin secures a strong Democratic count amid statewide results.
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Portland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oregon
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
Earl Warren
California
United Church Shrinks Alberta Presbyteries to Nine
Alberta Conference of the United Church approves cutting presbyteries from fourteen to nine. Amalgamations urged by Rev. Walter Littler due to rural depopulation and minister shortages. Reconfigurations include St Paul Wainwright Vermilion Camrose Stettler and Lethbridge Medicine Hat groups. Three Hills dissolves joining others.
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Lethbridge
United Church
Alberta
United Church of Canada
Walter Littler
Stettler
Presbytery ‘Bounds
St.Paul
Wainwright and Vermillion
Camrose
Medicine Hat
Presbytery
Three Hills
Canadian unit faces Korea losses as 109th casualty list issued
Ottawa reports six soldiers wounded in action and one accidental wound in Korea. All wounded in action belong to the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. War correspondent John Carson Foster of Ottawa suffered the accidental wound. Total Korean war casualties reach 790: 143 dead, 579 wounded, 61 injured, six missing, one captured.
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Ottawa
Army Today
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
John Carson Foster
Oil Fire Quenched After Foamite Shortage Delays
In Corpus Christi Texas an oil fire burned all night and was extinguished at dawn after 200 firemen fought with missing foamite. About 200000 pounds of the extinguishing chemical arrived from Houston to cap remaining flames in two smaller tanks. Police evacuated 300 nearby families as a housing unit near the blaze caught fire briefly.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Houston
Hopes Fade As Oil Industry Wage Strike Persists
Denver reports slow plant by plant settlements as 15 cent wage ceiling lingers. Refineries resume cautiously while a new Wye pipeline walkout affects Colorado. A labor poll of 30 locals in ten states questions acceptance of terms amid airline fuel shortages and route cuts.
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Denver
Colo
United States
Wye
Colorado
Il Corp
Texas
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Wyoming
World Airlines
Canada
Trans-World Airlines
Pan American ‘Airways
Hong Kong
Europe
Qantas
Ean
Wee
U S Reinforces Koje Island POW Guards
General Clark announced the 187th airborne infantry regiment was moved to Koje Island off southeast Korea to reinforce UN guards of Communist prisonersof war. The measure aims to prevent mass outbreaks and further bloodshed as requested by General Van Fleet.
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Koje Island
Korea
U.S
Francis T. Dodd
Tokyo
Clark
187Th Airborne Infantry
Kose Island
United Nations
U.N
Far East
Koje
Pris
Coun Clark
187Th
A. van Fleet
Beaea
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Board of Transport Commissioners
Prairie Provinces
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Hudson’s Bay Railway
Churchill
Man
Percy Wright
CCF
Melfort
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Want
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