Resignation of Medicine Hat hospital manager submitted
Cecil A. Lepage resigns as office manager of Medicine Hat General Hospital and enters private business. He previously served as secretary-manager after James S. Card and four years in civic service. Waterworks staff handle extra hours due to heavy spring flood silt in take well causing cleaning efforts. Spring growth in Alberta city surpasses others with lilacs blooming and trees in full leaf.
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Cecil A. Lepage
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Lepage
City Hall
James S. Card
Civic Service
Alberta
Nations move to curb rubber shipments to China
AP reports that British Malaya has halted rubber exports to Communist China after surpassing 120,000 tons sold since the Korean War began. Additional items note a proposed Atlantic Pact petroleum planning board, a capsize near Camp Del Mar with casualties, Prague's protest against Radio Free Europe, an oilfield death in Alberta, a Britain Royal Air Force morale push with new hats, and Canada’s 27th brigade enlistment totals.
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Singapore
Malaya
China
Washington
United States
Petroleum Planning Board
Free World
London
Britain
Royal Air Force
Iran’s Mossadegh Faces March of Contending Factions
Demonstrators clash in Tehran as Nationalist Premier Mossadegh is denounced by Communist backed railway unionists while Moslem leaders and underground Communists rally against foreign influence. Protest follows U.S. and British tensions over Iran’s oil nationalization drive.
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Tehran
Iran
F. Mohammed Mossadegh
Railway Union
Mossadegh
Parliament Square
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Britain
U.S
United States
Bagher Kazemi
Henry F. Grady
State Department
National Front
Increase Deductions With New Tax Rates
Ottawa reports that starting July 1 new income tax rates shift most tax collection to payroll deductions. The 20 percent defence surcharge is included and 300,000 notices go to employers. Deductions will reach over 97 percent, with some employees paying nearly all tax at source.
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Ottawa
Abbott
Houdini Act Panic as Stage Collapses in Italy
A concert in San Severo Italy ended abruptly when the bandstand floor gave way and the entire orchestra disappeared through the opening. No injuries are reported and emergency crews attended the scene.
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San Severo
Italy
Reuters
Safflower Breeding Program Aims for Prairie Oil Crop
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan will start a safflower breeding and production program to develop a spineless, high yielding early maturing variety. Safflower used for edible and industrial oil, including paints and varnishes, with potential as a grain crop comparable to barley in size and harvest method. Dr. B C Jenkins leads the project and notes easy handling and weed competitiveness.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Prairies
University of Saskatchewan
Department of Field Husbandry
B. C. Jenkins
Jenkins
Manitoba
Post Office Bill Aims At Review Boards And Higher Rates
Ottawa CP report says 1950 dispute over mail refusals led to a bill to overhaul the post office act. A three member board would review refusals and propose action. newspapers would face rates rising over 50 percent, adding about 2 million dollars in revenue. The bill was introduced with no debate. Separate tariff talks dominated the day in the Commons.
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Ottawa
Rinfret
Commons
Post Office Act
Boards of Review
Toronto
Torquay
George Drew
Commonwealth
Canada
Kansas Floodclaims Three Known Deaths in Hays
A severe flood hit Hays Kansas as water from a cloudburst and Big Creek rose 15 to 20 feet flooding 3,000 to 4,000 people. Three drowned and many remained missing while rescue teams in boats evacuated residents. A gas explosion occurred in a flooded home, with 7,000 gallons of gasoline contributing to the danger.
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Hays
Kas
Big Creek
Kansas
Calgary Contractor Appeals Tax to Privy Council
A Calgary construction firm Bennet t and White appeals a tax assessment on personal property to the Privy Council in London. The 1946 irrigation contract disputed exemption claims, with initial Calgary and Alberta rulings reversing lower judgments.
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Supreme Court of Canada
R. H. Barron
Calgary
Law Lords
Council For
A. G. Virtue
K.C
Lethbridge
J. G. le Quensne
Privy Council
Smiles and Letters Note Banking Prompt Called
A Scotsman tells a friend to write more and jokes that the bank is an easy source for filling a pen. The exchange highlights wit about writing and finances in a casual letter.
Bradley Sees No Plan to Push to Yalu Again
Gen. Omar Bradley testified before Senate committees that U N forces in Korea aim to inflict maximum casualties with minimal losses to help negotiate peace. He noted plans considered in February to contain a spring offensive and said United Nations would not drive Chinese and North Koreans from Korea. Bradley cited a December 1949 joint chiefs approval for modest aid to Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa, contrasting with Truman's January 1950 stance. He also described a conflict of views between the joint chiefs and the State Department over Formosa late 1949.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
United Nations
Military Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Korea
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
U.N
H. Alexander Smith
Rep
N.J
Gen. Bradley
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Truman
United States
Smith
Joint Chiefs
State Department
William J. Knowland
Calif
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Allies Scout New Enemy Buildup as Red Punch Fails
Allied forces advance in western Korea probe a Chinese buildup on the east central front and fight to stem a Red sweep in the east. Reports say South Koreans adjust lines toward the Sea of Japan as 2nd Division hammers four Chinese corps. Patrols scan for 130000 troops massing north of the 38th parallel while some observers say the offensive appears to peter out though danger remains.
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Tokyo
Korea
East Central
Parallel 38
Soksa
Sea of Japan
United States
William C. Barnard
Tom Bradshaw
U.N
United Nations
Nate Polowetzky
U.S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
British Comet Jet To Be Used by CPA
Vancouver CPA president Grant McConnachie says De Havilland Comet will be in CPA service within a year after final tests in England. He notes 23 orders total, with firms including BOAC and a Brazilian and a French company.
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CPA
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Grant McConnachie
England
McConnachie
de Havilland
Canadian Pacific
British Overseas Airways Corp
British European Airways
Revelstoke Bets on Resort Trade as Diesels Threaten Stop
Revelstoke BC eyes tourism to replace rail traffic as Canadian Pacific shifts to diesel locomotives. Mosquito outbreaks disrupt summer golf, prompting a citywide spray campaign. The town, with 3200 residents, recalls mining and rail history, including the Minto passenger train, while a retired conductor amusingly detours a "no smoking" coach.
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Revelstoke
B.C
Rockies
Continental Divide
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
Columbia River
Minto
Ontario
Arrow Lakes
Showers Aid Quebec Forest Fire Efforts
Fire crews in Quebec, 2,000 strong, fought multiple out of control blazes as scattered showers offered relief. In ChicoutimI Ferland fire damaged lumber stocks and 425 workers battled the blaze. another Lake St John fire consumed mill facilities and 250000 feet of logs. New Brunswick also reported several fires under control while Ontario saw eleven new uncontrolled blazes after a lightning storm.
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Quebec
New Brunswick
Canada
Chicoutimi
Ferland
Lake St. John
Forest Protection Service
Ontario
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Mary M&cAulay
Directorate of Inter-service Development
Oceanside
Camp del Mar
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Radio Free Europe
Europe
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Alta
Arthur Rieman
Here
RCMP
Goatawa
Alistair- Stewart
Winnipeg North
Army
Reds
Yalu
Diesels
Ray BE Rro
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