North Pair Ready To Fly To Edmonton
Officials said Filot Spencer Addeman and passenger L. J. Blakesley, missing since April 5 after a Edmonton to Embarras flight, were found safe and would be flown to Edmonton later today. The men endured 20 days in northern Alberta with limited rations. their un damaged plane landed 40 miles southwest of course. A Royal Canadian Air Force and Associated Airways search had been suspended before a hopeful message arrived from Blakesley.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Associated Airways
Filot Spencer Addeman
L. J. Blakesley
Alberta
Embarras
Alta
Fort McMurray
Royal Canadian Air Force and company
Frank Addeman
Blakesley
Little Red River
Fort Vermilion
Addeman
Tom Fox
Blakes-ley
N.D
BnfTiwn CN
Nine Crewmen Lost In Blast And Fire Aboard Montemar
Nine crewmen were reported dead and twenty rescued from the Montemar after an explosion and fire on the 730 ton Chilean coaster bound from San Antonio with 425 tons of gasoline and 160 tons of fuel oil. The Union found the burning ship about 50 miles off Coquimbo, 200 miles north of Valparaiso.
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VALPARAISO
Chile
Monemar
San Antonio
Coquitmbo
Union
Pacific
Coquimbo
here
Youth seeks talk from girl as police trace message
Police in London Ontario locate a girl after a youth flashes a light and throws pebbles at a window. He asks for a talk with her. She is not home, so officers trace her to another address and relay her reply Phooey to him.
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LONDON
Ont
Phooey
Rewards for nesting birds protection in Highlands scheme
The Edinburgh Scotsman reports a scheme by the Association of Bird Watchers and Wardens with Royal Society for the Protection of Birds offering £10 rewards for each golden eagle chick able to fly. Additional protections extend to white tailed eagle osprey kite honey buzzard hobby and marsh and hen hammer. Compensation is paid to growers for poultry and game losses.
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Edinburgh Scotsman
Scottish Highlands
Royal Society
Association of
Bird Watchers
Navy to test Skystreak supersonic flight
Gene May, 42, of Los Angeles, will pilot the Douglas Skystreak as the U S Navy conducts tests toward breaking the speed of sound. The plane carries 500 pounds of instruments to study transsonic flow between 500 and 850 mph. May describes cautious resolve as he taxis at Muroc then climbs to 10 000 feet with safety gear and ejection options.
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U.S. navy
Gene May
Los Angeles
Calif
U.S. army
Ihe navy
May
Douglas
Muroc Lake
allf
Charlton Wins FA Cup Final In OT 1-0 Over Burnley
Chris Duffy scored in the 27th minute of overtime to give Charlton Athletic a 1-0 victory over Burnley at Wembley before 100,000 fans. The Scottish born midfielder’s 15 yard shot secured Charlton’s first ever cup win and was celebrated by the Duke of Gloucester who presented the cup and medals. Prime Minister Attlee attended as spectators.
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LONDON
Apell
Chris Duffy
Charlton Athletic
Burnley
Wembley Stadium
Duffy
Charlton
Derby County
Sam Bartram
Jimmy Strong
Aue
Duke of Gloucester
Don Welsh
Attlee
Premier King Is Back In Ottawa
Prime Minister Mackenzie King returned to Ottawa from a four week southern US vacation and said he was in great shape. He greeted by External Affairs Minister St Laurent and other officials as he discussed President Truman's June visit and criticized Henry Wallace for abroad commentary on foreign policy. He warned against foreigners discussing domestic affairs in Canada.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
United States
King
St. Laurent
Miz. King
Feporiens
Walnuts
Canada
Students End Strike Over School Fine in Alberta
Students at a Alberta high school walked out to protest a $1 fine for a school recreation room date. After a brief rebellion they returned and agreed to pay the fine following a brief adjustment with Principal Roy Gould.
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Alta
Roy Gould
datare
Death of John Crichton-Stuart Marquess of Bute Ends Era
London April 26 John Crichton-Stuart fourth Marquess of Bute died after a long illness at Mountstuart House Rothesay Scotland. He held vast estates totaling 120000 acres and net fortune reputed at 240000000 dollars. His heir is his son John 39 Earl of Dumfries Governor of Bute.
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LONDON
John Crichton-Stuart
Marquess of
Bute
Mountstuart House
Rothesay
Scotland
John
Earl of
Two St George's Day Miracles Reported in Cairo
Cairo papers claim two men paralyzed for a decade regained the ability to walk and two nine year old children blinded since birth recovered sight in St George's Day miracles at the Greek Orthodox church. Patriarch Christophoros of Alexandria announced the miracles to worshippers celebrating the saint's anniversary.
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CAIRO
Le Progress Egypton
St. George’s Day
St. George's church
Christophoros
Alexandria
All Africa
Bootleg Coal Ban Lifted By Local Union Board
GLACE BAY NS April 26-7 The district 26 executive board of the striking United Mine Workers lifted its ban on mining and transporting bootleg coal for domestic use. Pickets were withdrawn from the Sydney Glace Bay highway and a picket shack torn down after the ban was lifted. The ban on mining and transporting coal from illegal crop pits and abandoned workings was ordered weeks ago as such sale was deemed strike breaking.
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GLACE BAY
district 26 executive board
United Mine Workers
C.C.L
Sydney-Glace Bay
union
Derailment disrupts CP communications near Toronto
A derailment of several empty freight cars east of Leaside four miles from Toronto cut all Canadian Pacific communications to eastern Canada at 5:38 a.m. The accident halted CP wires to eastern Ontario papers and to Ottawa and Montreal bureaux for hours. Montreal and Ottawa links resumed by 3:55 a.m.
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TORONTO
Leaside
Canadian Pacific
Canada
C.S.T
Ontario
Ottawa
Montreal
Launch New Effort To Smother Flames
A new rescue attack began at the East Malartic No 4 shaft as 11 miners remained trapped by a three day old fire. The plan aims to seal the shaft with a wood ceiling to smother the blaze and prevent rock falls, though hope for rescue faded after a 3 45 am statement by manager D L MacLean.
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Malartic
C. Dubois
ALARTIC
Que
C.P
East Malartic
No. 4
ucla
D. Ll. MacLean
Trajan Lucaci
HOPE
Ontaro
Quebec
MacLean
C.ST
Malarthe
Man Confesses to Windsor Customs After Reading Proverb
Windsor Ontario April 26 thirty years after evading customs a man from nearby Essex read Proverbs 29 1 and wrote a confession to Windsor customs. He attached a five dollar bill to the letter and admitted the long ago theft.
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WINDSOR, Ont
Essex
Windsor
Clearing Way For Budget And Housing Debates In Commons
Ottawa reports the federal housing program comes under fire as the house adjourns for the weekend. Opposition cues a fresh round Monday to end the main control bill debate with about 16 of 57 orders still to pass. Howe cites Wartime Housing Ltd. as key to veteran housing and outlines 10,000 homes this year plus 7,000 to 8,000 more under Wartime Housing, while easing lumber exports to boost domestic construction. Labor ministers mention proposals to bring in European labor for beet production and other industries.
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OTTAWA
commons
Frime
Abbott
LEGION VIEW Reconstruction
Howe
Wartime Housing Ltd
Canadian Legion
hove
Mitchell
Canada
Palestine Session Opens as Five Powers Lead UN Efforts
United Nations opens a Palestine session in New York with 55 nations present. Five major powers name officers and regional chairmen for six committees. Argentina proposes an 111 member inquiry body. American Council for Judaism opposes designation of any Jewish group as official representative.
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NEW YORK
Holy Land
Palestine
United Nations assembly
Indis
Philippines
Egypt
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Mexico
Sweden
Argentina
American Council for Judaism
American council
Elmer Berger
United States
Japanese General Hisseland Executed After War Crimes Conviction
Lt Gen Hisseland who led the Japanese 6th Division at Nanking in 1937 was executed by firing squad after a Chinese military court convicted him of war crimes last month. The report notes his death occurred April 26 and confirms the conviction.
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NANKING
Hisseland
tape
Canada urged five point civilian defense plan
A government analyst urged Canada to prepare for atomic war with a five point program. Col. W. W. Goforth called for joint forces, municipal dispersion rules, professional society codes, industry dispersion, and a strengthened air raid precaution system within five years to reduce casualties and property loss.
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DOUGLAS HOW
OTTAWA
Canada
United Kingdom
W. W. Goforth
defence research
acrotdy
Engineering Institute of Canada
Canadian Medical Association
Jewish gunmen shoot officer in Jerusalem then flee
In Jerusalem on April 26 two Jewish gunmen in a passing taxi fired at British officer A. E. Conquest, hitting him twice in the stomach as he drove down Carmel avenue. Conquest died that night from his wounds. the two assailants escaped after the cab crashed into a traffic island.
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JERUSALEM
A. E. Conquest
Baife
Conquest
Carmel avenue
Halis
Amnesia Victim Claims Native Ties As She Seeks Identity
A 25 year old woman found with memory loss in Leytonstone Essex on April 1 believes she is Mrs Maria Theresa Leloux born in Calgary. She claims Canadian origin, may have served as a CWAC sergeant in Germany, and is being treated at Whipps Cross hospital. Canada House and Canadian military police cannot confirm her identity.
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LEYTONSTONE
Essex
Exg
Maria Theresa Leloux
Calgary
Whipps Cross
Papauriius
CWAC
Germany
Canada House
Teen boycott spreads over eight cent chocolate bar
In Chemainus and across Vancouver Island a teen age boycott against the eight cent chocolate bar gains momentum with hundreds joining pickets at candy stores. The Youth Action Committee and YMCA program secretary in Victoria plan further actions as Ladysmith and Nanaimo report strong participation and reduced sales.
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CHEMAINUS
B.C
Vancouver Island
Ladysmith
Nanaimo
Victoria
Youth Action Committee
YM. c.A
Greater Victoria Recreation Council
Tenor opae
Marshall Returns From Moscow greeted by President at Washington
Secretary George C Marshall returns from Moscow to Washington where President Truman and thousands welcomed him at National Airport. Truman expresses satisfaction with Marshall’s work and policy progress.
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