Press Role In Government Sparks Call For Vigilance
The Press as the eyes and ears of the people should keep government in check, warned Fred Auger at the Canadian Society of New York event. He urged public action through voting, running for office, speaking out, and staying engaged to preserve real freedom beyond wartime rhetoric.
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NEW York
Winnipeg Tribune
Canadian Society ‘of
Eisenhower
Auger
Roosevelt
Churchill
North America
Zoo to Probe Girl's Death at Washington Lion Cage
Smithsonian officials ordered a formal inquiry into the death of 2-year-old Julia Ann Vogt who wandered toward a lion cage at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington. Her grandfather, Harry Jackson, 67, and sister Judy, 4, were with her during the incident originating from a family visit from Chilliwack, British Columbia. The child slipped through a 30-foot guardrail near the lions as she clutched a bag of peanuts. a lion seized her, and she died without a sound as the grandfather and bystanders attempted to intervene.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Washington Zoo
Jackson
Julia Ann
Judy
Chilliwack
B.C
Ben Vogt
Harry Jackson
Aes Hesnaldy
Victoria Day Holiday Notice from Medicine Hat News
The Medicine Hat News will not publish on Victoria Day Monday. Full news and sports coverage from the weekend will appear in Tuesday’s edition.
Bank Robbery Hits Winnipeg Bank in West End
Police hunt two masked gunmen who held up a west end Bank of Montreal branch around 12 45 pm seizing 2395 mostly five dollar bills. A teller 21 year old Joan Pinkos was ordered to open cages as a shot was fired at a teller’s cage and the pair fled by car later found a few blocks away.
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Winnipeg
Bank of Montreal
Joan Pinkos
Telier
Witness estimates 100000 Reds active in Canada
Canadian witness Milan Jakubec testifies to the un American affairs committee that about 100,000 Communists are in Canada. He links many to the Labor-Progressive party and allied groups, citing 23 Communist newspapers and alleged Soviet funding of $20 to $30 million annually. He says Soviet agents target displaced persons and refugee groups in Canada.
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Washington
un-American Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Canada
Milan Jakubec
Toronto
Mutual Co-operation League of Canada
Jakubec
Ontario
Labor - Progressive Party
Communist Party of Canada
Jakubee
Soviet Union
Ukrainska Knyha
Slovak Legion
Fog Halts Air Search for Civilian DC-3 Missing in Arctic
Fog and low clouds have halted a search for a Civilian DC-3 missing deep in the Arctic with four men aboard. The crew includes Robert Hamilton, 37, of Dorval. co-pilot J M Simard, 27, of Montreal.George Podolsky, Ottawa physicist. Kenneth Darke, Toronto. The plane vanished en route from Hall Lake to Strathcona Sound on Baffin Island. A joint civilian and US ice patrol effort failed to locate the craft.
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Winnipeg
Arctic Circle
RCAF
Robert Hamilton
Dorval
Que
J. M. Simard
Montreal
George Podolsky
Ottawa
Kenneth Darke
Toronto
Hall Lake
Melville Peninsula
Strathcona Sound
Baffin Island
Here
United States
Search Continues Off Vancouver Island After Submarine Sightings
Canadian and American air and sea units scoured waters off Vancouver Island following reports of a submarine sighting near Nootka cannery. RCMP and RN guns cruisers Skeena James Bay and Comox hunted the area as Lancaster aircraft patrolled and U S Navy ships aided in the block search.
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U.S. Navy
Aulis.c. Rupe
Ladner
Vancouver
RCN
Skeena
James Bay
Comox
Nootka Cannery
North Pacific
Vancouver Island
RCMP
Crib Accident Claims Medicine Hat Infant
A one year old girl, Bonnie Jean Cairney of 773 Second St SE Medicine Hat, died after the sliding side of her crib detached and struck her head. An autopsy found a head blow caused the death. no inquest will be held. Private funeral services are planned at Cook's Chapel with burial in Hillside cemetery. The child is survived by her parents, a sister Brenda, two brothers, and grandparents.
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Medicine Hat
Bonnie Jean Cairney
James Cairney Jr
Second St. SE
Medical Arts Clinic
E. J. F. Skinner
Cook’s Chapel
G. W. Spady
Hillside Cemetery
Brenda
Jimmy
David
James Cairney Sr
Lady Docker Trial Adjourned
Lady Docker, the blonde British peeress wife of Sir Bernard Docker, obtained an indefinite adjournment of her Naples trial on charges of drunkenness on Capri in 1956. A cable requesting the adjournment to prepare her case was read at the start, alongside the accusation she was found in a public place in an obvious state.
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Naples
Reuters
Docker
Rivier
Isle of Capri
Bernard Docker
Jan Obvious
Ennesé
De Gaulle Accepts Pflimlin Challenge to Clarify Proposals
Paris reports Gen. Charles de Gaulle agreed to explain his ideas for resolving France's crisis after Premier Pflimlin challenged him to reveal his plans. A press conference was set for Monday at 2 p.m. in Paris, as authorities tighten security and rightist plots surface amid Algeria unrest.
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de Gaulle
Paris
Charles de Caulle
Pierre Pflimlin
Cla Siy
France
Jacques Soustelle
Algeria
Spain
Algiers
Soustelle
Charles de Gaulle
Air Force
Pflimlin
Committee of Public Safety
Jacques Massu
National’ Assembly
Council of the Republic
Senate
Jules: Moch
Surete
Andre Challe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jacques
Martin
Casbah
Britannia Jet Joins Polar Flight Route From Europe to North America
Canadian Pacific Airlines launched the Bristol Britannia Arctic route from Amsterdam and London to Calgary, marking the first jet-powered service in polar air travel. The 5000 mile trip now takes about 14 hours, shaving five hours off the previous time. A press group of British and European journalists and travel agents witnessed the inaugural flight.
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London
Reuters
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Amsterdam
Calgary
CPA
Europe
North America
Far East
Arctic
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Opposition Urges Home Mortgage Rate Cut
In Ottawa MPs from Liberal and CCF factions urged lowering the six percent cap on government insured NHA mortgages. A proposal to share half the interest cost with the federal treasury was raised, while government resistance cited potential cuts in private lending. The discussion ran amid a CMHC report showing rising NHA mortgage shares last year as high rates pushed borrowers away.
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Ottawa
Commons
Liberal
CCF
Federal Treasury
Works
Green
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
CMHC
Alexis Caron
Hull
Que
Quebec
Two More Plays To Festival End Tonight
Halifax CP reports two sensitive dramas close the 1958 Dominion Drama Festival. Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie tops the lineup with the London Little Theatre company presenting it. All Summer Long from Coaldale Alberta ends the festival with a psychological family piece directed by Murray J. Robinson starring David Mannington and Russell Fairhurst.
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Halifax
Massey
London Little Theatre
Coaldale
Alta
The
Philip Hope- Wallace
le Guignol
Montreal
Hope - Wallace
Agatha Christie
London
Canada
Alberta
Murray J. Robinson
David Mannington
Russell Fairhurst
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Girl
Victoria
Rome
Lion
Witness
Lady Docker
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Oon Ben
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