Traffic amber light rule warning and New York flight update
Police remind drivers to stop at amber signals and proceed only after a green light or when safe to stop. Charles Blair flies nonstop from Fairbanks to New York in a Pan American jet, crossing Lake Winnipeg enroute and expected to reach New York in about nine hours.
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Wolpe
New York
Charles Blair
Alaska
Winnipeg
Fairbanks
Lake Winnipeg
Airlines
Edmonton
Gimli
Man
Pan-American Airways
Seattle
Blair
Department of Transport
RCAF
Fort St. John
B.C
Alberta
Buffalo
N.Y
The
Airways Weather Office
Australia moves to execute four Japanese war criminals
Canberra reports confirmation of death sentences for four Japanese war criminals convicted on Manus Island and to be carried out immediately. Other items note a Chinese Nationalist delegate warning of near starvation in China, the King canceling a Northern Ireland trip, a hunter’s fatal tractor accident in Barnwell, and Canadian rail and naval training updates.
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Canberra
Australia
Manus Island
Robert G. Menzies
Manus
London
Reuters
Northern Ireland
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Buckingham Palace
Lethbridge
James Martin
Allan Martin
Barnwell
Martin Farm
Hypnotist Drug Store Owner Draws Crowds In Miami
Miami dealer Ralph Pearson uses hypnosis as a hobby and therapy in his drug store. He claims to cure smoking, nail biting, and coffee dependence while customers watch amusing trance acts. The display has disrupted regular business and even outshines the TV set in the shop.
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Miami
Fla
Ralph Pearson
Pearson
Mrs. Pearson
New Postal Rates Seen as Curtailing Freedom of Press
Ottawa debate erupts as government introduces a revised postal act proposing newspaper and periodical postage rises of nearly 100 percent. Opposition leaders cry that higher rates threaten news dissemination and democracy while Postmaster General Rinfret defends the move as a service fee to cover rising costs.
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Ottawa
Commons
George Drew
Joseph Noseworthy
CCF
York South
Rinfret
Legion Opposes Hutterite Colony in Tothill District
Canadian Legion branch No 1% of Medicine Hat area moves to register opposition to settlement of Hutterite Brethren in the Tothill district 830 miles southeast urging government action to make them liable for military service and bear costs of government while restricting colony expansion. Letters will go to immigration minister and other officials.
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Canadian Legion
Tothill
Medicine Hat
Frank Cooney
B.E.S.L
Legion
Canada
Immigration
F. W. Gershaw
J. L. Robinson
W. D. Wylie
M.P
Smilestones He Fire Escape Woman
A dramatic note describes a woman escaping a blaze by sliding down a drain pipe as the fire raged. The account frames her exit as a striking moment amid the inferno and danger.
Canadian promoter Fisher preaches Canadian unity on tour
John Fisher, prominent Canadian talksman and CBC radio host, tours Canada promoting national unity and future strength. He stresses peace as key, cites 28 US states visited, and urges a Canadian flag on the UN banner to symbolize national identity.
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Canada
Cecil Hotel
Medicine Hat
John Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
Fisher
CBC
Fistier
United States
Railways to Start Short Week Friday
Montreal notices outline how the 40 hour five day week will affect rail operations on June 1. Ticket offices inside stations stay open Saturdays. outside offices close. Freight yards run as usual with skeleton Saturday staff for billing. some carload services may be cut back.
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Montreal
Canadian Railways
J. A. Brass
Railway Association of Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Windsor
Canadian National Railway
Central
P. and D
LCL
Murdered Woman in Burning Montreal Apartment
Montreal police report a 23 year old woman was found dead in her east end apartment after a fire. Autopsy showed skull fractures likely from a small instrument, with no carbon monoxide indicating she died before the blaze. A coroner's court jury was sworn in as evidence was heard. Her husband, 25, a tramways employee, arrived later.
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Montreal
Reland Genest
Russell Senecal
Rosario Fontaine
Jean Marie Roussell
Montreal Tramways Company
German POW Seeks Manitoba Work After War Escape
Karl Keller 39 of Gottingen Germany, once leader of a 1943 Clear Lake Escape, asks Winnipeg papers for a job in Manitoba. He is a research worker skilled in laboratory animal breeding and seeks a medical research position.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Karl Keller
Gottingen Land
Germany
Clear Lake
Riding Mountain National Park
R.C.M.P
Keller
Wehrmacht
Hope Abandoned for British Miners at Easington
Easing ton colliery 20 miles south of Newcastle trapped 79 men 900 feet underground after an explosion. Sixty two miners died with total toll expected to reach eighty including one rescue worker. Lord Hund ley calls it the worst pit disaster in National Coal Board history.
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Easington
England
Lord Hundley
National Coal Board
Frost Reported at Most Alberta Points
Frost covered much of Alberta overnight causing garden concerns though the forecast predicts a gradual warming from now on. Whitecourt recorded 14 below, Grande Prairie 7 below, Calgary 26 below, with other towns ranging up to freezing or above as skies clear.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Prairies
Whitecourt
Grande Prairie
Alberta Peace River District
Calgary
Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Vermilion
Medicine Hat
Coronation
Banff
Freezing Point
Penhold
Lethbridge
Reds Pay in Casualties By BILL BOSS
Chinese forces assault in massed groups of 90 to 100 press eastern Ontario troops from a hillon the central front. Canadian units under Lt Col Bob Keane counterattack with artillery, flame throws, grenades, and tank support as Majors Medland Duncan Peterson push toward a crest while enduring heavy machine gun fire.
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Bill Boss
Korea
Ontario
Associated Press
Tokyo
Bob Keane
Fort William
Bill Wilcox
Chatham
Ont
Gum
Dick Medland
Toronto
Don Duncan
Hamilton
Jack Peterson
St. Thomas
Harry Boates
Glace Bay
N.S
Boates
Medland
Harold Wyant
Collingwood
Hugh Gillis
Antigonish
Weather Helps Red Troops Slow Allied Push in Korea
In central Korea heavy rains and waterlogged dugouts hindered UN spearheads as a Canadian battalion briefly seized a hill only to lose it to a red counterattack. Ridgway said reds were defeated but capable of renewed attack while weather limited air sorties.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Kumhwa
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General Hospital
Civic Committee
Unemployment Insurance Commission
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Gunter Bldg
Third St
Cliff Wright
Lesk
Venice
Karachi
Pakistan
China
Asian Regional Conference of Free Trade Unions
Canadian National Railways
Banning
CNR
Southampton
Halifax
Mackay, Alta
Canadian Research Defence Board
William J. Archer
James Bay
Senate
French Academy
Frost
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