Further Clashes Feared in Baltic Air Incident
The United States and Soviet Union deepen tensions over a Baltic Sea air clash. American officials demand Russian assurances and insist the four engine Privateer stayed in international airspace before being shot at. Moscow resists, leaving future U S action uncertain as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASHINGTON
Europe
United States
Baltic Sea
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Alan G
Vishinsky
Kirk
State department
state and defence departments
White House
Baltic
Tailor-made cigarettes cited as greater fire hazard
William Dennican argues before the Ontario legislature that tailor-made cigarettes pose a higher fire risk than hand-rolled ones. He cites salpetre in the cores and reports of cigarettes burning in snowbanks at streetcar stops and causing bush and egress fires in the north. He notes hard-rolled cigarettes extinguish when topped and recalls recent Toronto fires started by lit cigarettes left on chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dennican
CCP
St. David
Ontario
Toronto
Ominous Silence In China as Reds Press on Hainan
Taipei April 19 The Chinese Nationalists claimed to have crushed Red invaders on Hainan island with 8000 troops seizing beachheads and killing about 5000 Reds while taking 1000 prisoners but the statement faded into silence amid reports the claims were overly optimistic Governor Chen Chi Tang arrived amid questions about the situation and whether the island remains contained
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TAIPEI
Formosa
Hainan
Luichow
Chen Chi-Tang
Chen
U S Information Service Shut Request By Czech Govt
Prague reports the Czechoslovak government asked the American embassy to stop the U S Information Service activities in the country. The note followed a Czech court conviction of two Czech U S Information Service employees for spying. Embassy official Ellis Briggs denied Kolarek and Czech staff espionage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PRAGUE
Czechoslovakia
United States Information Service
Prague radio
U.S
Czech foreign ministry
information service
Bratislava
state department
UTSIS
Joseph C. Kolarek
Kolarek
Ellis O. Briggs
Zinc Price Raised In New York Market
A leading Midwest producer raised zinc price by a half-cent to 11 cents a pound in New York area. East St. Louis and several customs smelters quickly matched the rise, marking the fourth increase since March 14 when it moved up a quarter-cent from 9¾ cents.
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NEW YORK
midwest
east St. Louis
Recovers His Boat Ticket to England Off Smooth Talker
In Winnipeg, an Englishman’s attempt to travel home hinged on a ticket Miller swindled from him. Miller, 25, was sentenced to a year for obtaining the $190 ticket by fraud after the Englishman met him in a beer parlor and was offered a $60 weekly job to stay in Canada. The man, who wished to remain unnamed, recounted how he handed over the ticket and Miller claimed he could delay sailing or secure a refund. The ticket was later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
England
Harry Miller
Miller
Canada
Attlee names Willey as food ministry secretary successor
Prime Minister Attlee announced Frederick T. Willey of Sunderland as parliamentary secretary to the ministry of food, replacing Stanley H. Evans who resigned under criticism from farmers. Willey, a Labour MP, will take over duties in London on April 19.
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G.B
LONDON
Attlee
Stanley H. Evans
Frederick T. Willey
Labor
house of commons
Sunderland
Evans
ministry of food
Vaccine BCG Will Whip TB Says Surgeon
Enver Colorado April 19 Dr Edward J OBrien of Detroit declares BCG will whip tuberculosis and vows to push a national crusade for wide spread use He leads a speech before the American Association for Thoracic Surgery of which he is president He says current methods won t solve TB in a thousand years and calls BCG the only answer Dissenting voices come from Dr Robert J Anderson and Dr Harry J Corper Both question effectiveness and justify limited mass vaccination to India or urban slums in NY and Chicago OBrien cites vaccination in other countries with 70 to 90 recovery and no harmful reports in 20 years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ENVER
Colo
Edward J. O'Brien
Detroit
O'Brien
BCG
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
U.S. public health service
Robert J. Anderson
the
public health service
Washington
Harry J. Corper
National Jewish hospital
Anderson
Corper
India
New York
Chicago
Enlarge Advance Voting Debate Sparks Calls for Reform
In Ottawa on April 19 a broad demand emerged for improved advance voting in general elections as the house approved creating a special committee to amend the Elections Act. MPs from several parties urged widening provisions to help voters like commercial travellers fishermen railway and suburban residents vote early. Noted speakers included Rev. E. G. Hansell Gordon Graydon John Diefenbaker M. J. Coldwell and CCF leader.
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OTTAWA
commons
house
E. G. Hansell
S.C
Macleod
Gordon Graydon
P.C
Peel
John Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
M. J. Coldwell
C.CF
Rampaging rivers drive hundreds from North Dakota homes
Hundreds of families are displaced as floods push rivers over banks in North Dakota and western Minnesota. The Red Cross estimates 3,000 homeless in North Dakota. Jamestown faces new threats as the James River rises, with about 588 and 500 families ousted by local river outbreaks. volunteer crews aid evacuations as water covers the Pipestem area.
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Associated ISMARCK
North Dakota
Minnesota
Red Cross
Jamestown
N.D
James river
Richard Steudt
Red Cross disaster committee
Two Men Arrested in Deaths of Toronto Girls
Two Toronto men, James Tackaberry and Frank Wells, were arrested on manslaughter charges after Lorraine Watson aged 13 and Barbara Jones aged 5 were fatally struck by a truck while walking to church. They also face failing to remain at the scene. Bail set at 5000 each. Rewards totaling 2700 offered. driver at large.
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TORONTO
Lorraine Watson
Barbara Jones
north Dufferin street
James S. Tackaberry
Ontario Lumber Company
Frank Wells
North York
north Bathurst street
North York township
William Mills
Truck Drivers’ Union
APL
Not Unlawful Be Drug Addict By MEL SUFFRIN
A Canadian Press report explains it is not illegal to be a drug addict in Canada but possessing narcotics without a license is an offense. Police struggle to curb addiction as dealers fetch up to $9,000 an ounce, with many addicts left free for months. The Josie study cites high mortality among addicts and outlines enforcement challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Canada
Gordon H. Josie
federal health department
New Soviet Purge Rumor Raises Western Speculation
New York April 19. Moscow has reported the deaths of 15 Russian generals and admirals in the last half year, prompting western speculation about a possible new purge though no Moscow indication confirms such a campaign. Civilian officials, including N V Egorov and Anatoli Kopr iv, also died.
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NEW YORK
Moscow
Soviet Union
N. V. Egorov
Council of Ministers
Tattooed Man Still Sought For Murder Attempt
Calgary police hunted Valentine Zorn 36 after a Monday night assault left August Grandguillot 34 with serious injuries and Isabella Blurs 39 unhurt. Grandguillot’s spleen was removed in surgery. motive cited as jealousy.
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CALGARY
Betty Boop
Valentine Zorn
August Grandguillot
Catknife
Sask
Isabella Blurs
Navigational Flights Deep Into Arctic Training
The RCAF launched long distance navigational flights from Whitehorse YT to practice polar operations. Two converted Lancaster bombers from Whitehorse air base fly 1,100 miles northwest of Edmonton with routes toward the polar rim. If weather allows one mission may reach the North Pole.
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WHITEHORSE
Y.T
RCAF
Arctic
strategic
polar
Edmonton
North Pole
Charge Film Bd In Brief
Canada’s commercial movie industry charged the National Film Board with seeking a government film monopoly. The 3000 word chief to the Massey Commission urged a review of Crown expansion into commercial work, warning of foreign capital influx and a rapidly growing sector worth millions. The industry represented by the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada called for limits on the board’s plans.
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NLTAWA
Canada
National Film Board
Massey commission of arts
Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laoratories of Canada
Grim Budget Duel Opens in Commons in Britain
London April 18 The government’s grim duel to push the new budget through the House of Commons began with Labour holding a four vote majority. Sir Stafford Cripps announced a budget that raises taxes by £1,800,000 a year while granting minor concessions to 22,250,000 wage earners. Debate starts today with Conservatives led by Richard Butler, aiming to attack the plan as inadequate. Churchill and his shadow cabinet planned the lines of opposition. Labor leaders face pressure over next general election on the horizon.
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LONDON
house of commons
commons
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Richard Butler
Winston Churchill
Sir Stafford
Labor
Fraser Valley Flood Threats Rise Amid Warm Weather
Fraser Valley faces rising flood threats as warm spring weather brings high mountain snowmelt. In the flood-safe regions residents cheer, while vulnerable areas fear a repeat of past disasters and urge protective measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FRASER VALLEY
VANCOUVER
British Columbia
CHURCHILL
Man
north cwantry
North River district
Hudson Bay
WENS
BOSTON
Kee Yous Ham
Ham
Seoul
EDMONTON
Alberta
David Ure
Ure
VICTORIA VICTORIA
B.C
SAN FRANCISCO
United States coast guard
Omar
Chantamqua
OTTAWA
justice department
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Lecimer Fairhall
St. James
Fairhall
Victor Barber
ert SR
Wak AMEE Seine
wien
Stegiane ES ee
heme
China
U.S. Information Service
Smooth Talker
Manitoba
N. Dakota
RIVERS
hir
MEL SUFFRIN
Canaés
Pooto
Herald
harlem
Tn Mile Coulee
Rebridge
W. A. Middleton
Lethbridge
bbc
Peter Anarov
Foreign Ministry
Anatoli Kopriov
Cinematography
Alexander Petukhov
Communist Party Central Committee Organization Bureau
Nikolai Luzin
Russia
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Communist party
appartus
Malenkov
Tattooed Man
LWSPA
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