Bombshell lands in Edmonton during round-the-world bid
Milton Reynolds and crew touched down at Edmonton airport at 1:55 p.m. M.S.T. in the She Bombshell after a fuel-fueled war between Tokyo and Adak. Pilot William Odom remained at the controls for the final leg to New York as Reynolds aimed to beat Howard Hughes 91 hour record, with refueling and rapid service organized by James Bell and Edmonton officials.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Milton Reynold
Chicago
municipal airport
New York
Alberta
William Odom
Roslyn
N.Y
shell
Reynolds
Tokyo
S.T
Anchorage
Adak
Aleutian Islands
Howard Hughes
James Bell
Monarch Takes Turn For Worse
In Copenhagen on April 15 attending doctors reported King Christian's condition worsened slightly as his temperature rose from 100 to 101. Four physicians examined the 76 year old monarch in the afternoon.
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COPENHAGEN
Christian
Farmer Thomas Gaffney Burned To Death In Ont Fire
An 85 year old farmer Thomas Gaffney was killed when a two storey house burned in L'Amable Ontario early today. The fire destroyed the residence and Gaffney perished in the blaze. He lived about 65 miles north of Belleville.
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L'AMABLE
Thomas Gaffney
Belleville
Left Hand Corner on Racketeering Accusations against Local No. 929
A Washington subcommittee of Republicans and Democrats accuses Philadelphia Local No. 929 of harboring corrupt practices. It cites violence extortion and costly expenditures by Abraham Goldberg including a $100 daily allowance and $7,000 in union treasury checks. The report alleges banditry and shakedowns against farmers merchants and firms and questions Tobin's knowledge.
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International Teamsters’ Union
Washington
house
Philadelphia
house committee
Abraham Goldberg
Miami
union
witnse¢s
Goldberg
emery caie
Golidvere
Miami Beach
teamsters
oun
Tobin
Piteracen
Daniel J.Tobin
Prophetic Pond Floods Village in Buckinghamshire
In Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire a famed prophetic pond that allegedly dries up before world wars overflowed and flooded the village and nearby homes. The pond is said to have dried up before both the First and Second World Wars started and refilled after they ended, with recent rainfall causing the overflow.
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CHALFONT
St. Giles
England
Reuters
Buckingham~ shire
Price controls eyed as Trudeau hints at power to reimpose
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Abbott warned industrialists the government can reimpose price ceilings if the public interest requires it. He noted relief from controls in many areas and a possible 10 percent rise in housing rents, urging prices to fall as efficiency grows. External Affairs notes Soviet may appoint a new ambassador to Canada, last in Ottawa in 1945.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Abbott
C.C.F
M. J. Coldwell
Fauteux
St. Laurent
Canada
End search for nine seamen missing after Belpamela sunk
The coast guard recommended to search coordinating authorities that the search be abandoned for nine seamen missing since the Belpamela sank Friday about 800 miles east of Norfolk Virginia. Only three life rafts and one lifeboat were launched. survivors are reported aboard rafts while the lifeboat was smashed on launching, precluding further rescue.
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NEW YORK
coast guard
Norfolk
Russian amendments to four power treaty called unacceptable
Moscow reports that Secretary Marshall rejected Molotovs bid to amend the four power disarmament pact with plans for Ruhr regime denazification democratization land reform reparations cartel elimination. He questioned if the Soviet Union would join a quick treaty to keep Germany disarmed, noting France and Britain favored the US concept while hinting at referring the matter to potential negotiators.
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MOSCOW
Marshall
Molotov
United States
Germany
Ruhr
Soviet Union
France
United Kingdom
Sullivan finds new life on Gatineau Hills farm
April 15 Toronto dispatch says J A Pat Sullivan, former president of the Canadian Seamen's Union who resigned March 14 amid accusations of Communist influence, is living on a Gatineau Hills farm. He speaks of temporary retirement and a possible return to labor organization next autumn while denying he is in hiding. He travels difficult roads by jeep to reach his home, now described as a simple five room farmhouse with his family.
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TORONTO
labor organization
Sullivan
Ottawa
whic
Ute Trades and Labor Congress
the
Globe
Trades and Labor Congress
Maniwaki
Wiliam
Tve
Truman proposes sweeping changes in neutrality law
President Truman urged Congress to revise the Neutrality Act to allow embargoes on arms shipments to unfriendly countries. He called for discretionary controls over arms and other military materials and argued the present impartiality requirement conflicts with United Nations commitments.
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Truman
WASHINGTON
United States
congress
United Nations
Hitler planned to move into Vatican and seize Italy’s king
Frankfurt dispatch details Adolf Hitler’s 1943 plan after Mussolini’s resignation to enter the Vatican with a special group, seize the king, crown prince, and government, and then justify the action by claiming the Italians would betray their fight. The notes quote Hitler vowing immediate action and a posthumous apology.
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HITLER
VATICAN
ITALY
JAMES DEVLIN
FRANKFURT
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
fuehrer
Rome
Bado
Manitoba Flood Threats Increase Across Rivers Near Winnipeg
Reports say the Assiniboine river burst banks at two points between Headingley and Portage la Prairie while the Red River flooded a government cock, a golf course, and highway near Selkirk. Water backed up ice jams neared the Trans-Canada highway at Poplar Point, with land inundation but limited damage unless conditions worsen. Reeve Raoul Allard urged dynamiting a jam on local works.
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WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Headingley
Portage Is Prairie
Selkirk district
Poplar Point
Portage la Prairie
Raoul Allard
St. Francois Xavier
provincial works department
Death marches at Rabaul recounted by Adachi in court
Reuters reports Gen Hatazo Adachi, former commander of the Japanese 18th Army, testified in a war crimes trial in Rabaul about troop movements in New Guinea from August 1944 to January 1945. He claimed 12,000 survivors out of 120,000 and warned that another month could have wiped out the entire Japanese 7th Army in New Guinea.
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RABAUL
New Britain
Reuters
Hatazo Adachi
New Guinea
Balanced Budget And Surplus Dalton Plan In War's Path
Regina meeting voices demand for underground bomb shelters as city plans lag. In London, Chancellor Hugh Dalton unveils Britain's first balanced budget in ten years with a 50 percent duty rise on leaf tobacco and tax relief to millions, forecasting a near 248 million pound surplus for 1947 48 and urging restraint on tax cuts while reducing coal and power costs.
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REGINA
Reina Trades and Labor Council
Wiliam Herbert
ONDON
C.P
Britain
Hugh Dalton
house of commons
United States
Dalton
wold
Labor party
justice
United
Democrats Rap Wallace Attacks on Greece Turkey Policy
Senate Democrats slam Henry Wallace over abroad criticisms of the Greek Turkish aid plan. Charles Ross says Wallace acts as a private citizen. Tidings Lucas call Wallace a merchant of confusion. Truman era debate looms on $400 904 million Greece Turkey aid. Editorial notes from London press question Wallace expansion policy.
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WASHINGTON
congress
Henry A. Wallace
senate
Charles Ross
Wallace
Ross
MM. E. Tidings
Scott Lucas II
senate Democratic oes committee
England
U.S
Lucas
United States
Henry Wallace
America
Tydings
fomer
Britain
Russia
Hitler views on GI pay and Japanese lies revealed
Frankfurt dispatch reports secret wartime transcripts in which Hitler and ministers claimed American GIs joined the army for pay and adventure while viewing the Japanese as liars. Hitler doubted Allied unity and warned of American hysteria over war news amid discussions of U S occupation and Nazi attitudes toward English and American soldiers.
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RICHARD O'REGAN
FRANKFURT
Germany
Hitler
United States army
Hiver
United States
Rovers
Alfred Jedl
Europe
Jodi
Reynolds Leaves Edmonton For New York
News briefs report Milton Reynolds departing Edmonton after a long layover in Canada for a nonstop flight to New York. Other items note Marshall's Kremlin visit with Stalin, Baksi's seventh round KO of Woodcock, a looming Smifward strike settlement, a potential May reclamation meeting in Medicine Hat, and a telephone strike deadline in Washington. Also Eisler granted $70 bail in New York on federal charges.
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REYNOLDS
EDMONTON
NEW YORK
C.P
Milton Reynolds
Alberts
MARSHALL
STALIN
BAKS
KAYO
WOODCOCK
LONDON
Joe Baksi
United States tonight
Bruce Weedcock
Joe Leuis
Louis Kay
fm Bisé
SMIF
VICTORIA
Airike
Yarrows Shipyards Limited
T. ac. Mitchell
Mazive Workers, Machines and Deller— makers Industrial Union
C.C.L
RECLAMATION
MOOSE JAW
Sask
prairie
Western Canada Reclamation
Medicine Hat
Alta
Harold Pane
South Saskatchewan Kivee Development Association
WASHINGTON
U.S
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Hewel
foreign office
Mussolini
Brandon
valle
Rap Wallace
Richett
Walther Hewel
foreign ministry
war council
North Africa
Neurath
Baron Constantin Von Newarath
Tunis
Hiller
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