Pact Greatest May Vote In Newfoundland
Foreign Secretary Bevin said the Atlantic pact can be the greatest contributing factor to world peace. He described a future peace settlement within the next year and a pool of manpower, military aid, and economic assistance for the western alliance. Bevin spoke to the National Press Club and met with Acheson and Schuman on post signing details.
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ASHINGTON
Bevin
Britain
National Press Club
United States
Canada
Russia
state department
Acheson
Robert Schuman
France
WASHINGTON
L. B. Pearson
New York
United Nations general assembly
defence committee
Atlantic
Gederad vederdey
Churchill
Europe
Herbert Morrison
Kremlin
Stalin
The Left Hand Corner at Ault Ste Marie reminiscence
The article recalls Ault Ste Marie on the St. Marys River linking Lake Superior and Lake Huron. It describes a one street town along a portage trail in 1822, with Chippewa camps, a permanent village, and winter and spring fur trade activity. It notes whitefish abundance and historical taste for the fish among Indigenous and European traders.
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AULT STE. MARIE
St. Mary’s river
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Wallace Harighurst
Alexander Henry
This Policeman Was Too Smart
In Detroit on April 2 a traffic court case ended with Not Guilty for Orvel Dougherty 23 after Patrolman Goebel Baynes testified he stopped a no parking violator to check brakes and license. Judge J Watts ruled Dougherty not guilty saying he did not drive until ordered and thus broke the law by the officer's order.
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DETROIT
C.P
Orvel Dougherty
Goebel Baynes
Dougherty
J. Watts
privane
Schoepp Oilwell Near Edmonton Sets Canadian Record
Imperial Oil reports Schoepp No. 1 well, 16 miles west of Edmonton, may be through the pay zone, with an estimated 510 feet thick oil-bearing section, one of the continent’s thickest. Saltwater intrusion noted. test recovered oil and water, with plans to refine the oil-water contact. Projected value reaches millions, with Alberta government to receive an eighth, at oil price around three dollars.
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Imperial Schoepp
Edmonton
Golden Spike
Imperial Ou
Schoepp
Alberta
Provinces urge against nationwide freight-rate hike
Ottawa reports Manitoba and the Maritimes united in opposing a 20 percent general freight-rate increase before the board of transport commissioners. They argue no increase is proven yet and if relief is needed it should not be across the board. Manitoba suggests no rise for the west, or if general, higher in the east than the west.
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OTTAWA
Manitoba
Maritimes
board of transport commissioners
western Canada
east
lakehead
Wilson E. Mcwean
west
Radio Officers Strike Pan Am at La Guardia
Radio officers in New York walked out on April 2 striking Pan American World Airways. A union spokesman warned the stoppage would halt the carrier's worldwide operations. Picket lines formed at LaGuardia International Terminal after fruitless all night negotiations.
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NEW YORK
Pan Americn World Airways
La Guardia Feld International
Churchill urges friendship with Russians but doors remain closed
New York April 2 Winston Churchill said the western world would gladly extend friendship to the Russian people but fears bar the doors. He noted Moscow blocks borders and called Russia’s openness a key difference. He discussed NATO like ideas, Mediterranean and Pacific pacts, and praised the Marshall Plan while wary of overextension.
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NEW YORK
C.P
Winston Churchill
anti-Kremlin
America
Boston
Chinese Troops And Students Riot at Nanking
Chinese officials opened a personal inquiry into yesterday’s riots between Nationalist troops and student demonstrators in Nanking. Six soldiers were held for courts martial as Central University authorities confirmed acting president Li Tsung Jen and Premier Ho Ying Chin met with school representatives for details of the disturbances. The clashes occurred twice after government envoys departed for peaceful talks with the Communists.
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NANKING
China
Central University
Li Tsung-Jen
Ho Ying-Chin
heiping
Smallwood Lining Up Cabinet for Newfoundland
Newfoundland provisional premier Joseph Smallwood moved to assemble a nine member cabinet to govern until a provincial general election, likely in May. He named finance minister G A Winter justice I R Curtis and natural resources W J Keough, with six posts to be allocated to other ministers.
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ST. JOHN'S
C.P
Joseph Smallweod
Newfoundland
Smallwood
Liberal party
confederation
finance
justice
natural resources
G. A Winter
I. R Curtis
W. J. Keough
Winter
Beough j
Curtis
St. John’s
Sinnoth
C. H. Ballam
Corner Brook
national convention
H W. Quinton
H. L. Pottle
commission
J. Hefferton
Philip Forsey
St John’s
BRADLEY I
OTTAWA
F. Gordon Bradley
commons
senate
Mr Bradley
Norman Robertson
privy council
Mr. Robertson
Mr. Bradley
Duke Looks Forward to Home of His Own
London reports the Duke of Edinburgh often saying he longs for a real home. Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth expect to move into Clarence House, Regents Park, after 16 months of marriage, ending a long spell of boarding schools naval establishments and relatives during holidays.
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DUKE
LONDON
Duke of Edinburgh
Tve
Prince Philip
Princess Elizabeth
Clarence House
Regents Park
Jailed in Moscow by Anna Louise Strong
A first person account of being held by a Soviet commissar in Moscow. The author describes sleepless nights signing papers, fear of a trial, and an order of expulsion to Poland due to alleged spying. She recalls past trials and the uneasy night of confrontation with authorities.
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MOSCOW
Anna Louise Strong
Poland
Three Iron Curtain Countries Charged by Canada US UK
Canada joined the United Kingdom and the United States in formal protests to Hungary Romania and Bulgaria for violating peace treaty pledges on religious and other freedoms. Notes were delivered to Budapest Bucharest and Sofia stating that the three governments have denied fundamental rights and freedoms.
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UAWA
Canada today
United Kingdom
United States
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
U.S
external affairs department
Canada
manly
Budapest
Bucharest
Sofia
Cardinal Mindszenty
Tuliu Manht
National Peasant Party
First Violence In N Y Strikes
New York faced a twofold strike wave with pay disputes grounding most major breweries and about 90 percent of taxis, though beer flowed and some cabs remained. A Pan American World Airways radio-officer strike was settled, ending a dispute over pilot-operated radio-telephones on Stratocruisers. Four men were arrested for malicious mischief after a violent flare-up that damaged a striking driver’s car.
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NEW YORK
New Yorke
Pan American World Airways
Ine
London Gets Lit Tonight in Neon Sign Revival Show
London resumes electric night signs after a decade of darkness as the government lifting of the ban on illuminated displays takes effect. West End theatres prepare flood lighting, shops expect a boost, and electricians race to switch on signage amid material shortages and a revived postwar spirit.
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LONDON
West End
Electric Sign Company
Britain
Doctor Called for Marshal Petain in Paris
A heart specialist was summoned to treat Marshal Philippe Petain in Paris today as the regular army doctor requested expert care for the imprisoned Vichy leader. Petain, who is aged and held on the Isle of En, remains under confinement after his 1945 treason conviction and sentence.
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MARSHAL PETAIN
PARIS
Marshal Philippe Petain
marshal
France
Isle o'¥ en
Petain
Vichy
MacArthur Plan For Asia debated by Stassen at MIT convocation
Harold Stassen urged a Marshall plan like aid package of 4 billion dollars a year to bolster southern China and all of Asia to curb Communist advances. He argued inaction or aid withdrawal worsens China’s domination as he spoke at MIT during a mid-century convocation attended by Winston Churchill and about 14,000 attendees.
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Winston Churchill
Truman
Boston Garden
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BOSTON
Harold
Stassen
U.S
China
Asia
Pennsylvania University
dana
Winston Chureiui
CHURCHILL
United States
marine Ryman
honora
Tim
MIT
Two B C Men Injured In Plane Crash Near Cassidy Airport
News brief from Nanlmo shows Douglas Best 29 pilot and Dennis Moxey 78 injured when their light plane crashed into trees near Cassidy airport seven miles south of the city. Both men hospitalized.
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B.C
NANALMO
Cassidy airport
here
Douglas Best
Dennis Moxey
RUSSIA
WASHINGTON
Soviet Union
Moscow
G.B
LONIXON
Reuters
Britain
B.S.T
TORONTO
C.F.j
Pearl Felishchuk
Toronto General hospital
WINNIPEG POLICE DEPT
WINNIPEG
C.P
Edward Ominski
W. J. Davies
VANCOUVER
Western Canada
hero sed
Ebbie Bowering
Canadian Amateur Basketball Association
Manitoba
Alberts
British Columbia
LONDON
Stafford Crippa
United States
Sir Stafford, grancellor
Voice of America
United States state department
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Ismail Sharine Bey
Cairo
Farouk
Egypt
N.Y
MacArthur
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