Malartic Mine To Be Flooded and Sealed Off
In Malartic Quebec on April 28, miners perished in a fire in the No 4 shaft of the East Malartic gold mine. With 11 entombed and one body recovered Traian Lucaci, a Romanian, is the sole victim confirmed. Management decided to flood and seal the mine to starve the fire of oxygen, a plan supported after consultation with rescue chief Percy Smith and Mine Manager D M Maclean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MALARTIC
C.P
Saint Martin church
Traian Lucaci
ucaci
Src
Percy Smith
D. M. Maclean
No. 4
Edward Futterer
Gatien
creale
John Renault
Renault
V. Nethery
Quebec
Roger Villeneuve
Maurice Chabot
Hockey bottle tossing sermon on Memorial Cup incident
Regina April 28. Rev J P Thacker at Chalmers United Church preached on the bottle throwing that halted game three of the Memorial Cup series between Moose Jaw Canucks and Toronto St Michaels. He warned of a decline in youth morals and danger to home, school, and state, urging restraint without license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REGINA
C.P
J. P. Thacker
Chalmers United church
Thacker
Moose Jaw Canucks
Toronto St. Michaels
Deportation Ordered for Count Alfred de Marigny
Ottawa reports Immigration Minister Glen says Count Alfred de Marigny will be deported to Mauritius as soon as passage can be arranged. He notes the man is not acceptable to Canada. De Marigny, linked to the Sir Harry Oakes case, has lived in Montreal for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Glen
Alfred de Marigny
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
de Marigny
belip
Bahamas
O P A Lifts Rent Ceilings in 28 Areas
Washington April 28 The office of price administration freed 28 areas and parts of 11 others from rent ceilings as Congress neared a clash over bills to extend controls beyond June 30 The agency also said a May 4 transfer of rent divisions to Frank R Creedon Hous ing Expeditor Office. Jarrow by election candidates named for the death of Education Minister Ellen Wilkinson polling set for May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
office of price administration
United States
congress
house-senate
O.P.A
office of housing
Frank R. Creedon
JARROW
Durhamshire
England
Ellen Wilkinson
Labor Party
Ernest Fernyhough
Staffordshire
William Scott
Jarrow Metal Industries
Wilfred Moody
Bridlington
Yorkshire
Marriages mark Cedar Rapids man with many brides
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes James F. Williams aged 65 of Cedar Rapids has married multiple women. He has wed twelve times, with seven wives including Mrs Louise Parker of Cleveland, and cites a history of four marriages to wife No. Seven. Williams works in building, with a long-term company role, and his marriages span from 1904 to 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Williams
Cedar Rapids
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Louise Parker
Cleveland
sammy hes
Wiliams
hasbard
Williams
ftial martiace
Tommy Manville
Mildred Sexton
London Has Dock Strike Paralyses London Dock Operations
Thousands of London dock workers walked out halting ship unloading and disrupting cargoes of food and fuel as sympathy strikes spread from Glasgow. The action involved major unions and left about eighty ships in port, many with perishable loads in refrigeration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Glasgow
Stevedores and Dockers Union
London Lightermen's Union
Transport and General Workers Union
Homes Repaired Gardens Dug in Sudbourne Plan
Sudbourne Suffolk April 28 Three hundred village residents who left their homes in July 1942 for a 10000 acre army battle school will return in May. Operation Plowshare repairs cottages gardens wells hedges and fills shell holes. Capt H L Birkett lands officer East Suffolk War Agricultural Executive Committee says land will be fertilized and crops grown next spring with cattle grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUDBOURNE
Suffolk
H. L. Birkett
East Suffolk war agricultural executive committee
Birkett
Northland bush pilots rescued after 20 days in snowbound bush
Spencer Addeman of Calgary and L J Blakesley of Bismarck were rescued in a harrowing 20 day ordeal after their Edmonton to Embarras flight disappeared April 5. They endured hunger, cold, and improvised signaling before being found by Indians near Little Red River and Fort Vermilion. Blakesley is in good condition while Addeman is weak and needing bolster.
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Spencer Addeman
Calgary
L. J. Blakesley
Bismark
N.D
EDMONTON
Alterta
here
Embarras
Fort McMurray
Fort Vermilion
Tommy Fox
Associated Airways
Addeman
Blakesley
Little Red River
Hudson's EBay Company
Peace River
Birch River
Fox
General MacMillan Has Narrow Escape
Montreal April 28 police hunted two Lanham and Moore Canada Limited clerks after a payroll clerk seized a $14,000 satchel at gunpoint as it was carried into the company office from a bank. The thief fled with the money while others warned he would shoot if pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
C.P
Lanham and Moore (Canada) Limited
M. G. Angus
H. G. Collins
A. F. Lane
Mr. Collins
Misses Grenade Tosser Minutes- No Peace Says Underground
In Jerusalem a grenade tragedy prompts a major security scare as Gen G MacMillan narrowly escapes an attack. Irgun Zionist militants reject any truce amid UN debates, warning no peace in Palestine or the Middle East. Other reports note propaganda efforts by Jewish Agency and a Tel Aviv post office loss tied to violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JERUSALEM
Reuters
G. MacMillan
Palestine
Street of Prophets
MacMillan
Holy Land
United Nations assembly
New York
Irgun Zyai Leumi
Irgun
Britain
Middle East
U.N
Jewish agency
general assembly
Alan Gordon Cunningham
Israel Ro
Independent
Manchester Guardian
Henry A. Wallace
Palestir
Henry Wallace
the
Guardian
England
America
Wallace
the Guard
Diamond City Boy Drowns After River Wreck
Stanley Burbank seventeen year old son of Mr and Mrs W Burbank of Diamond City and formerly of Claresholm drowned Sunday afternoon in the Oldman river just below the Livingstone farm. The body not recovered by Monday morning. He was thrown from a pony during a river crossing ride with eight boys. The river was swift and high, search parties organized, and the ponies returned to shore. Stanley born at Claresholm is survived by his father three brothers and two sisters. He was a high school student and popular with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DIAMOND CITY
Stanley Burbank
W. Burbank
Claresholm
Oldman
Livingstone farm
Stanley
LDS
Appeal Upheld in Parent Bribery Conviction Case
Montreal finds Madeleine Parent of United Textile Workers of America appealing her bribery and corruption conviction from last summer’s strike at Valleyfield plant of Montreal Cottons Limited upheld unanimously by the appeals court. A new trial was ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
Madeleine Parent
United Textile Workers of America
A.F.L
Valleyfield
Que
Montreal Cottons Limited
orcer
Convicted Killer Attends Maria Goretti Beatification
A 63 year old convicted murderer named Alexandre Serennell attended the beatification ceremony for 11 year old Maria Goretti at St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Officials say he was not recognized amid a crowd of about 25 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VATICAN CITY
Maria Goretti
Senle
vatican
Alexandre Serenell
St. Peter's basilica
Chocolate Bar Boycott Goes National Says Teens Lead
Vancouver and Victoria youths spark a five cent chocolate bar boycott with plan for nationwide action. National Federation of Labor Youth distributes pledge cards in schools while other regions report similar strikes and parental support awaits, amid store protests and substitute treats.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
Vancouver Island
Chemainet
Fredericton
Victoria
National Federation of Labor
Youth Action Committee
Saturdar
Parent-Teacher Federation
sala
Montreal
National Federation of Labor Youth
Uniof
British Columbia
FREDERICION
ceclinb
OTTAWA
RAF abandons air search for liner Sir Harvey Adamson
Rangoon April The RAF announced it was abandoning a search for the 1000 ton coastal vessel Sir Harvey Adamson missing since April 17 with 250 passengers aboard. Surface craft continue the search off the Burma coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RANGOON
RAF
Sir Harvey Adamson
Burma
UN Elects Sr. Oswaldo Aranho Palestine Session President
Sr. Oswaldo Aranho former Brazilian foreign minister was elected president of the special Palestine session of the United Nations assembly on the first ballot receiving 45 votes. Delegates from 55 countries discussed recognition of the Jewish agency as a non voting participant and Britain signaled readiness to accept UN decisions while pressing its own recommendations. The Arab League insisted Britain end its mandate and declare Palestine independent while the Jewish agency urged a US led move toward a Jewish national home in the Holy Land.
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NEW YORK
Oswaldo Aranho
Brazil
United Nations assembly
Prince Faisal’Al Saud
Sauda Arabia
Andeet_ A. Gromyko
Russia
Hernan Santa Crus
Chile
L. B. Pearson
Canada
Herman G. Eriksson
Sweden
U.N
Great Britain
League of Nations
Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
Arab League
Britain
Jewish agency
United States
Palestine session of UN completes organization
New York April 28 The Palestine session of the United Nations Assembly finished organizing but delayed action on declaring an independent Holy Land. Assembly President Oswaldo Aranha said a 14 member steering committee would meet tomorrow to begin the agenda and the assembly would hold a plenary session tomorrow.
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SYDNEY
Cape Breton Labor Council
Canadian Congress of Labor
Cape Breton
NEW YORK
Mass
PALESTINE
U.N
United Nations Assembly
Holy Land
Assembly
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
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Malartic Mine
Marigny
JIM KEARNEY
Canadian Press
General MacMillan
Peter Turner
Veterans’ Memorial Centre
Turner
Charien E Wison
General Efectric
Newburyport
Wilson
GEN
G. H. MacwILLA
SUUGAR
ACM.P
David Shara
T. Ward
J. A. Chutchman
RCMP
R.C.M.LP
Rockcliffe barracks
costa
Churchman
Rockcliffe
Melrose
Barry
AKRON
P.J
Akron Transportation Company
ATC
agam
AMIAGARA
NIAGARA FALLS
Horseshoe falls
Rainbow Bridge
Ningers river
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