Medicine Hat's Ashburner elected Alberta Kin deputy governor
Rod Ashburner, Medicine Hat Tigers manager and former Kin club president, wins a deputy district governor post at Calgary convention. Edmonton's Robert Davies serves as Kin district governor for 1951-52. July 4 to 7 set for CPR exam dates. Winnipeg reports daily classes for 600 railroaders on unified rules starting August 26, led by P. W. Raines of Montreal.
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Rod Ashburner
Medicine Hat Tigers
Alberta
Calgary
Ife
Robert Davies
Edmonton
CPR
Winnipeg
P. W. Raines
Montreal
Allied tanks cross 38th parallel in bold Korean push
Allied tank infantry columns swept across Korea in a six front advance, driving red forces from Yangyang to Chunchon. Commanders warned of 60,000 Chinese nearby but reported unprecedented enemy surrender and rapid gains with high mobility. Prisoners increased as US and Allied units pressed across the border under heavy rain.
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OKYO
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Jim Becker
Becker
Red
8Th Army
Red Korea
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Yangyang
Inje
Hwachon
Chunchon
Uijongbu
United Nations
Hongchon-Jnje
Choyang River
Changgo
Defence pact with Japan to be finalized next month
Tokyo sources say final touches will be made to a U S Japan defence pact to keep American forces in Japan after a peace treaty ends. Indian sources urge consulting China on terms and seeking full Japanese sovereignty in a peace accord. Canadian funding planned for a northern Manitoba nickel line to aid Sherritt Gordon Mines. The King improves after influenza. Alberta backs compulsory military training. Montreal driver questioned in fatal auto bus crash near Repentigny. Burmese rebels mine the Irrawaddy river with improvised bombs.
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Tokyo
Reuters
United States
Japan
India
Foreign Ministry
Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Manitoba
Sherritt Gordon Mines, Ltd
Lynn Lake
Australian Sea Unions Protest Police Raids
Australian seamen and longshoremen unions organize protests in Sydney against police raids on union offices. They urge a federal unions conference to repeal the crimes act linked to prosecutions. Prime Minister Menzies to receive raid documents today as ships idle in Sydney and disruptions spread to Melbourne ports.
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Canberra
Reuters
Sydney
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Robert G. Menzies
New Zealand
Watersides Workers Union
Melbourne
Stevedoring Industry Board
Queen Mary Celebrates 84th Birthday at Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary marks her 84th birthday with a luncheon at Buckingham Palace attended by royal family. The King, ill with influenza, hopes to attend and toast his mother. Elizabeth deputizes for the King in presenting colors to the RAF as parade duties continue.
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London
Reuters
Mary
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary
Hyde Park
Elizabeth
RAF
Crack Grenadier Guards Regiment
Spotted Fever Case Treated Here in Medicine Hat
First spotted fever case in Medicine Hat in years received a new antibiotic, Chloromycetin, marking the first western Canada use and a first in Alberta. Mrs. Gladys Simpson, Selah dance hall proprietoress, spent 10 days hospitalized as doctors credit the drug with a shorter recovery. Spotted fever spreads by wood ticks common in the province.
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Medicine Hat
Canada
Alberta
Gladys Simpson
Selah Dance Hall
Rocky Mountain
H. C. Dixon
United States
Special wireless network eyed for civil defence warning
Health Minister Martin said Canada is considering a special civil defence wireless network to flash enemy approach warnings coast to coast. Two schemes are under examination alongside an existing armed forces network. Civil defence officers would monitor from key centres, with cooperation from two major telecoms. The plan aims to alert protection services for civilians during defence estimates debate in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Canada
Martin
Commons
C.C
Fall Session May Take Up Pensions
Ottawa weighs calling a fall session to finish outstanding work by June and defer universal pensions for those 70 plus and means tested pensions for 65 to 69 until autumn. Government caucus support and parliamentary pay implications shape the decision amid Frost’s Ontario politics.
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Ottawa
US Advances in Atomic Secrets Could Be Time Bound
Washington reports a new lead in nuclear weapon design after secret tests at Eniwetok. The announcement suggests discovery of a trigger for hydrogen bombs, while noting past Soviet espionage delayed U.S. progress. Officials imply enhanced secrecy but acknowledge global interest in hydrogen capabilities.
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Washington
United States
Eniwetok
Russia
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Defence Department
Arbitration Sought In Iran Oil Dispute
The Anglo Iranian Oil Company and the British government asked the International Court of Justice to appoint an arbitrator to settle their oil dispute with Iran. The company owns 53 percent of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company and invoked article 22 of the 1933 concession, seeking arbitration if no agreement on arbitrators is reached.
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The
Hague
International Court of Justice
Britain
Iran
World Court
Enlarged Japanese Merchant Marine Readies North American Service
Tokyo reports Japan's merchant fleet expanding to 762 vessels totaling 1,526,291 gross tons as 47 countries grant port access. Col. Harold T. Miller notes two new North American services and steps to remove subsidies and raise safety classifications for international shipping.
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North America
Tokyo
Japan
Harold T. Miller
Miller
Berth liner service plans expand to major global routes
The report outlines resumed berth term service to key ports including Okinawa and Bangkok with freight emphasis. Future routes may cover Indonesia and Southeast Africa as lists extend, while the Japanese ministry projects a shipbuilding and refitting budget of 198 million dollars, with 122 million already raised.
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Okinawa
South America
Africa
Bangkok
India
Pakistan
Indonesia
Japanese Transportation Ministry
America
Transportation Ministry
MacArthur criticised over Yalu troop movements in Senate probe
The senate inquiry into General MacArthur's dismissal heard Gen J Lawton Collins claim MacArthur violated policy by moving non Asian troops toward the Yalu border. Maj Gen Courtney Whitney countered that MacArthur was not restrained, while Senators Knowland and Sparkman weighed the implications for UN unity and regional risk. United Nations forces had pushed to the Yalu in October before the Chinese counterattack.
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New York
Courtney Whitney
MacArthur
Whitney
Yalu River
Collins
William F. Knowland
Rep
Calif
John J. Sparkman
Dem.-Ala
United Nations
North Korea
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
U.S
Manchurian
Yalu
US Trainmen Settle Bitter Wave Dispute
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and major US railroads resolve a two year wage dispute. Yardmen gain 33 cents per hour and road service 18 cents retroactive to Oct. 1, 1949. Cost estimated at $97 million yearly. 40 hour week for yardmen deferred to Jan 1, 1952.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
United States
W. P. Kennedy
White House
Joint Union Railway
Army
Union
Railroads
Alberta seeks record June crude oil output
Alberta oil producers petitioned the Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board to raise June output to a record 155 275 barrels daily, 11 952 more than May. Imperial Oil seeks 119 350 bpd with 54 100 bpd via interprovincial pipeline to Superior Wisconsin for eastern Canada markets. British American Oil requests 21 075 bpd.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board
Imperial Oil Ltd
Imperial
Superior
Wis
Canada
British American Oil Co
Canadian Troops End Five Weeks in Line
Canadian and British units in the West Central Korea sector ended a five week frontline stint north of the Han River. The Princess Patricias relaxed as they joined the UN pursuit after the Chinese spring offensive pause. Five weeks featured a four day advance that rolled the front about 12 miles with light opposition.
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Korea
C.P
Princess Patricias
United Nations
Reuters
Patricias
Keping
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Toornto
Bob Tolver
Regina
Princess Pats
Han River
Seoul
acArthur
Bill Boss
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