Manhattan Estate Suit Seeks Heirs Wealth Claim
In a Jackson era tale, Davia Needs, a 45 year old former coal miner, vows to reclaim a Manhattan estate valued at about 900 million dollars. He leads 400 Welsh relatives in a suit against Trinity Church Corporation and tenants, claiming rightful inheritance from Robert Edwards, an early settler near the Hudson. The case parallels past failed efforts in 1925 and 1934, with Needs planning a New York visit to pursue litigation, while relatives in Port Talbot discuss funding and strategy.
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MICHAEL O'MARA
ABERAVON
Glamorganshire
Wales
Davia Needs
New York
Manhattan
Trinty Church Corporation
Robert Edwards
Hudson river
Needs
Boston
Edwards
Port Talbot
United States
T. J. Jones
hell
Two Winston Churchills and a Porcupine Breakthrough
New South Wales tale describes a porcupine placed in a four gallon tin under a sheet of iron then inside a 12 gallon copper with bricks as a lid. Hours later the animal escaped, noted by the Australian News Letter. A zoologist recalls an ant eater moving a heavy dresser in a kitchen after being shot, with the gas move unchanged. An Irish Scots sermon reference ends the fragment.
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NEW SOUTH WALES
South Australia
Dana Wilgress named Canadian minister in Switzerland
Ottawa reports the external affairs department confirms the establishment of a Canadian legation in Switzerland and appoints Dana Wilgress, former ambassador to Russia, as minister. He will keep ambassador rank and assume duties in Berne after the Geneva international trade organization conference, where he serves as Canada’s chief delegate.
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OTTAWA
C.P
external affairs department
Canadiea
Switzerland
Dana Wilgress
Russia
Wilgress
Ollans
Victor Nef
Canada
Geneva
Berne
Moscow
Sovies
Spirit of give and take in trade talks at Geneva parley
Dana Wilgress told the 24 nation International Trade Conference in Geneva that a world trade organization could be the keystone of international economic cooperation. He urged a spirit of give and take and readiness to sacrifice, noting sovereignty may yield in cooperation. Russia absent. 18 nations represented handle three fifths of world trade. Wilgress said Canada and Canada’s delegates seek full cooperation to secure peace and a better life through exchange of surplus products.
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Wilgress
Geneva
ROSS MUNRO
Dana Wilkress
Stlegates Wo
pro international trade
Russia
Canada
Britain
United States
Boy Finds Fortune in War Savings Stamps
In Ridgetown Ontario on April 1 a 12 year old boy named Tommy Geddis found 35,400 in war savings stamps believed stolen from a Blenheim mill owned by W. G. Thompson a former Ontario minister of lands and forests.
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RIDGETOWN
Guerrillas Trapped As Greek Offensive Expands In Pindus
Official estimates place 10 000 to 12 000 guerrillas in the Pindus area between Thessaly and Epirus, surrounded by government troops in a push that began on Wednesday. Reports say rocket aircraft damage guerrilla ranks while 2nd and 3rd Army Corps units seize Nevroupoulis and Agrafa as a British air mission chief arrives at Volos.
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ATHENS
Pindus
Thessaly
Epirus
Embros
Trikkala
Greece
Volos
gulf
Aegean Sea
Pindus Mountain
Nevroupolis
Kardista
Agrafa
Bad Pennies Back Again in Timmins Township Tale
Tisdale township councilmen rue that bad pennies return. Two months after spending 280 on the Gypsy Mitchell family and shipping them to Vancouver, and four months after paying the father and son Steve and Pete an unemployment relief of 100, the family returned to Timmins. Steve had said goodbye from the train steps, praising council aid, yet they arrived back eastbound and resettled.
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TIMMINS
Ont
Tisdale township
Gypsy Mitchell
Steve
Vancouver
Pete
Recall Polish Liaison Chief From U S Zone
The United States army asked Polish authorities for the immediate recall of the Polish liaison chief attached to U S army headquarters over alleged anti United States remarks. Lt Gen Huebner sent the request to Col Anthony Drexel Biddle in Berlin.
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FRANKFURT
United States army
United States
Clarence R. M. Huebner
European command
Allied control authority
Berlin
Anthony Drexel Biddle
Podwrotki
Germany
Submarine Telecast First Ever From Submerged Vessel
A submarine telecast was transmitted in four cities last night marking the first time a program was broadcast from underwater. The unusual event was observed in Washington andon, NC, Philadelphia, Schenectady, N.Y., and New York City.
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NEW YORK
Washe andon
Philadelphia
Schinectady
N.Y
New York City
Tornado toll rises as rescue crews search areas
Rescue crews surveyed the Panhandle devastation with 132 known dead and about 1,305 injured. Relief supplies flowed in by air, rail, and road as towns faced millions in losses. Woodward reported 83 dead and 1,000 plus injured. Higgin s Tex 34 dead. Glazier 13 dead. White Horse Okla 30 injured. Homes and businesses were looted guarded by state police. residents recalled the freight train like roar before the storm.
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WOODWARD
Okla
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Red Cross
Higgins
Tex
Glazier
White Horse
Oklo
Gray County
Alex Geismar
Woodward bank
White Deer
Glazier and
Kansas
Clyde Grim
Grim
Phone Strike Hopes Fade In Face-To-Face Talks
Washington April 11 union leaders demand an immediate in person meeting with AT T and the labor department with reporters present. If refused they will take their complete story to President Truman. The policy committee of the National Federation of Telephone Workers cites gloom over negotiations as AT T long distance offers meet a chilly reception.
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United States
Washington, D.C
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of “Telephone Workers
cvacilators
Washington
Bell
White House
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States labor department
Truman
Schwellenbach
National Federation of Telephone Workers
A.T
N.F.T.W
G B Can Save World From War Refusing Sides
London April 11 AP Henry A Wallace urged Britain to avoid choosing between the United States and Russia to avert global conflict. He warned the Truman doctrine risks perpetual spiritual warfare as the United Nations principles are tested. Wallace spoke at a New Statesman and Nation meeting and called for progressive nations to speak out before it is too late.
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LONDON
AP.J
Henry A. Wallace
Britain
United States
Russia
United Nations
New Statesman and Nation
Wallace
G.B
Churchill warns of designs of Soviets
Winston Churchill declared that Soviet Russia aims to dominate the Balkans under Communist rule and likely absorb Turkey. He challenged Truman's policy, warned of a gravest peril to world security, and tied U.S. Mediterranean duties to countering Soviet expansion. The piece cites his Fulton speech and urges Anglo American cooperation.
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NEW YORK
Winston Churchill
Balkan peninsula
Turkey
Life Magazine
New York Times
Truman
Jast anomh
Graz Urstein
Churchill
congress
Greece
United States
Europe
Asia
vncrted
Fulton, Mo
Fallow Announces New Cardston to Lethbridge Highway Plan
Hon. W. A. Fallow announced a government plan for a new all weather highway from Cardston to Lethbridge via Magrath and Spring Coulee toward Waterton Lakes National Park. The project aims to reduce distance by six miles and may include hard surface with partial completion hoped by freeze up.
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ARDSTON
W. A. Fallow
Lethbridge
Cardston
Magrath
Spring Coulee
Waterton Lakes National Park
Cardston Board of Trade
N. E. Tanmer
Kirkham Lee
Waterton Park
Fallon
Cardston- Waterton
board of trade
Wm. Cooper
Belly River
Tanner
Waterton
Ten Dollar Bonus to Old Age Pensioners
Ottawa informants expect a federal boost to provincial pensions with a $10 contribution replacing the present $5 payment, though enactment may wait until late May as central legislation takes precedence. The wartime $5 top-up is likely to continue, keeping total provincial pensions at $36.
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OTTAWA
Village sells jail at auction after 35 years without prisoners
Mansfield Ohio April 12. The village board of the 700 inhabitants decided there was no need for a jail and auctioned it off for 375 dollars. There has been no prisoner in 35 years and no night watchman for 25 years.
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MANSFIELD
Naval Base Is Damaged at Treasure Island
Fire hit Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay destroying five US Navy buildings and equipment worth about 500000. The three hour blaze injured 29 sailors and five civilian firefighters, with smoke seen up to 50 miles away. Navy board to investigate. sabotage not suspected.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
United States navy
bay area
navy
navy board of inquiry
Pacific coast
Black Market In Currency Based Scandal Hits Britain
London reports reveal a continental currency black market funded by British travellers who exhausted their legal overseas spending. Sir Hamilton Westrow Hulse paid 65 pounds after pleading guilty to obtaining 24 000 francs at Monte Carlo for a 50 pound cheque. Mrs Mathilde Collins was fined 200 pounds for 60 000 francs via a 100 pound cheque at Perlh. Edna Clayton fined 100 pounds for cashing a 50 pound cheque at Monte Carlo. All faced a 75 pound annual traveller limit. cheques routed to an intermediary in Paris then Cairo.
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LONDON
Hamilton Westrow Hulse
Monte Carlo
Mathilde Collins
Perlh
Edna Clayton
Britain
Paris
Sritons
Intrator
F. D. Barry
Collins
Cairo
Acute beef shortage feared across Canada for months
Edmonton April 11 CP. R A Dinning of Calgary president of PF Burns and Company warned of an acute beef shortage likely for the next three months due to winter losses and cattle moving to pasture. He expected conditions to improve by August. He spoke as Canada faces a tight beef supply across the country.
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EDMONTON
C.P
acrors Canada
R. a Dinning
Calgary
PF. Burns and Company
Canada
RICHARD MONTREAL
Clarence Campbell
National Hockey league
Maurice
Rocket
Richard
Montreal Canadiens
Toronto Maple Leafs
SANTA ROSA
Calii
Alaska
Detroit
California
Franck, Capshaw
Detroit automobile salon
Marian
Max
TORONTO
Moffat Company
Weston
wether
bricefly
ARMOURY
SASKATOON
Apri
Brooke Claxton
defence
WASHINGTON ST. JOHN'S
Mid
Washinden
tland
CARACAS
Venezuela
commitment assembly
Remulo Betancourt
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HINIMUM
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
labor department
Ginger
Trinity Church, Burial company
Tor
Trinity church
Queen Anne
Brooklyn
Winston Churchills
St. Thomas Times-Journals
Harry Law
Dundee
Saul
Gibeah
Law
AVRPA PR
SPIRIT OF
U.S
U.S. Zone
TWISTER TOLL
Myra Blanch
Australia
Broken Hill
famous
Flying Doctor Service
SOVIETS
Balkans
Fallow
Herald News Service
Naval
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