Lawless Bands Strike Terror In Polish Villages
Polish villages along the San river face terror from bands described as Ukrainian nationalists and former Nazi officers. Attacks burn homes, abduct villagers, and kill both soldiers and civilians. Reports cite mass bandit activity near Terka and Wolkowyje with hundreds involved and 100 bandits killed recently.
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Rzeszow
Poland
San
S58
Soviet Russia
Terka
Wolkowyje
Sugar Beet Factory Planned for Taber Alberta
Philip T. Rogers of Vancouver and T. George Wood of Raymond announce a 2,500,000 sugar beet factory will be built at Taber Alberta by Canadian Sugar Factories Limited a subsidiary of the British Columbia Sugar Refining Company Limited Vancouver Contracts for factory engineering go to Stearns Rogers Manufacturing Company Denver and for building construction to Dominion Construction Company Vancouver.
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Lethbridge
Philip T. Rogers
Vancouver
T. George Wood
Raymond
Alta
Taber
Canadian Sugar Factories, Limited
British Columbia Sugar Refining Company, Limited
Stearns Rogers Manufacturing Company
Denver
Colo
Dominion Construction Company
Recruits Needed Ottawa Strength of RCMP to Rise
Justice Minister St Laurent announced in the commons that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force of 2464 will increase by 690 as new material arrives. Fewer than 200 of the new recruits have been engaged, and he said the entire force was available for any required work, counter espionage included.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
St. Laurent
Mons
Obsolete bombs found as US discloses new war designs
Washington reports that second great war bombs are obsolete for supersonic planes and that missiles of radically new design are under development. Conventional bombs are said to be inaccurate at speeds near the speed of sound.
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Washington
United States War Department
Ice hampers Labrador poll as ship Marvita stalls vote
In St Johns the Arctic ice slowed polling for Newfoundland's Labrador representative at the national convention. The steam ship Marvita could not move north to collect votes from 2,500 registered electors, delaying the polling process.
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ST. Johns
Mid
Labrador
Newfoundland
Marvita
Saskatoon Street Railway Posts Largest Passenger Rise
Saskatoon’s municipal railway moved more passengers in 1945 than in 1940, up 14 percent, a bigger gain than any other Canadian city. Superintendent G. D. Archibald reported the figures.
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Saskatoon
Canada
G. D. Archibald
Air Commodore Gordon Named Northwest Air Command Leader
Ottawa announces the appointment of Air Commodore R C Gordon CBEO ot tawa and Harris Sask as air officer commanding northwest air command. He succeeds Air Vice Marshal T A Lawrence CB of Creemore Ont who will retire from the R C A F.
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Ottawa
Gibson
R. C. Gordon, Cb.e
Harris
Sask
Northwest Air Command
T. A. Lawrence, C.B
Creemore
Ont
R.c.af
Police to aid Germany in black market probe
Scotland Yard officers will travel to Germany to assist in investigating alleged black market activities involving German and British nationals. The move marks a cross border effort by Britain's famed investigation department amid wartime tensions.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Criminal Investigation Department
Germany
Statistics Show More People Are Working
Canada’s civil ian labor force aged 14 and over reached 4,828,000 on June 1, up 290,000 since Nov. 17, 1945. Employed rose 336,000 to 4,702,000 while unemployed fell 46,000. Data from a third three month survey covers Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies and British Columbia with regional totals and breakdowns by agriculture and non agricultural sectors.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
Prairies
British Columbia
Navy
Bureau
Veterans to break land in Peace River district
Winter plowing will begin to prepare 70 000 acres for spring seeding by veterans in Peace River. W H Rodenbeck, Chicago chief engineer for the Yukon Corporation of Texas, says American firm has contracted to clear and break 250 000 acres of virgin soil in Alberta for veterans. They have taken over the Alberta government contract from Hartman Brothers of Seattle. He notes 60 modern tractors and land clearing machines may be en route from Chicago and Texas, with work starting as equipment arrives.
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Edmonton
Peace River District
W. H. Rodenbeck
Chicago
Yukon Corporation of Texas
Alberta
Hartman Brothers
Seattle
Wash
Roedenbeck
Texas
All Supplies Lost At Hudson Bay Company Outpost
The Hudson's Bay Company's Lake Harbor outpost at Lake Harbor on Baffin Land in the Northwest Territories was destroyed by fire. All supplies left there on the steamship Nascopie were lost. more supplies will be dispatched on the Nascopie's return trip from Churchill, Manitoba.
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Churchill
Man
Hudson's Bay Company
Lake Harbor
Northwest Territories
Baffin Land
Hudson Strait
Testing multi channel undersea cable between Britain and continent
A new undersea telephone cable is being tested between Ports mouth and Ryde to link Britain with the continent. The multi channel system can handle several conversations at once, indicating a significant advance in long distance telephony.
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London
Britain
Continent
Portsmouth
Ryde
Isle of Wight
Canadian Apples Export Pact With United States
Ottawa reports negotiations completed for export of 1,000,000 bushels of packed apples and 2,000 bushels, plus an option for 250,000 more bushels. Canada’s 1946 apple crop is about 16,000,000 bushels, split evenly east and west. Domestic use expected at 7,000,000 fresh, 2,500,000 to 2,000,000 for processing, with at least 3,000,000 likely to UK trade.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Death of H G Wells Ends Big Three English Authors Era
London reports the death of H G Wells at 79 after long illness. Secretary says Wells died peacefully at 4 pm. His fame rose with popular science and history works reaching best seller status. He is hailed with Shaw and Kipling as the Big Three of modern English literature.
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London
H. G. Wells
Mr. Wells
George Bernard Shaw
Rudyard Kipling
Britain bread rationing to end soon says minister aide
Date not given from Barking Essex England J P Malialieu parliamentary private secretary to the food minister said Britain's bread rationing would end pretty shortly He did not amplify his remark.
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Barking
Essex
England
J. P. Malialieu
Britain
Ottawa Extends Tax Exemption For Co-Ops
Acting Finance Minister Douglas Abbott announced extending the three year tax exemption for bona fide co operatives starting operations on or after Jan 1 1947 to include co operatives that acquire assets for existing businesses. The change, intended to guard against private use, targets co operatives formed in the past two to three years, including the Swift Current Co operative Horse Marketing Association which supports farmers and UNRRA.
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Ottawa
Douglas Abbott
J. L. Osley
Abbott
T. J. Bentley
C.C.F
Swift Current
Swift Current Co-operative Horse Marketing Association
Saskatchewan
UNRRA
Bentley
Slow Progress At The Paris Peace Parley
New York officials fear the United Nations General Assembly opening may be delayed due to lagging Paris peace talks. Sept 23 at Flushing Meadows remains uncertain as Big Five delegates may not return from Paris in time. Trygve Lie is expected to update reporters but has limited info on a possible wind up date. A deferral to November is possible if major ministers stay in Paris.
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New York
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Flushing Meadows
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Europe
Assembly
Lie
Opium Den Raid Shocks Toronto Chinatown
Toronto police raided a Gerrard Street lodging house in Chinatown arresting seven Chinese for illegal opium possession. Officers blasted through doors and seized opium valued at about 30 000 dollars on the black market and found opium paraphernalia as a blue haze filled the rooms.
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Toronto
Chinatown
Gerrard Street
Canada
Sax Rohmer
London
Elizabeth Street
Britain’s 1946 Q1 Customers Led by India and South Africa
Australia ranked third among Britain’s customers in the first quarter of 1946 with purchases around 35 million dollars. South Africa led with imports valued over 60 million dollars, followed by India at 50 million dollars.
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Canberra
Australia
Britain
South Africa
India
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Brig
O. M. Martin
York County
Dominion
Parliamentary Committee For Indian Affairs
Molotov
Byrnes
Vu. M. Molotov
U.S. Paris
James Byrnes
Wit
United States
Long Hiness
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Russia
Tom Connally
US. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Palestine
Holy Land
Camel Corps
Trans-Jordan
Ibn al Hussien
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