Edmonton seeks all surfaced Alaska Highway link to Coutts
Edmonton officials plan Ottawa talks to push an all surfaced route from Dawson Creek to Coutts linking with Alaska Highway. Delegation led by Works Minister Fallon and Mayor Ainlay will appeal to the senate tourist committee while Alberta seeks federal support for a shorter Edmonton to Dawson Creek link and a broader transcontinental network. The move parallels news Northwest Airlines gains and Western Airlines Edmonton operations expansion.
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EDMONTON
C.P
James A. Christiansen
chamber of commerce of Alaska
deleton
Ottawa
Alberta
Dawson Creek
Coutts
Alta
United States
Alaska
Christiansen
Washington
Northwest Airlines
New York
Chicago
Anchorage
Tokyo
Shanghai
Manchuria
Korea
Manila
W. A. Fallon
Harry Ainlay
senate tourist committee
L. H. Phinney
northwest defence projects
ale
Grande Prairie
province
Sweet Grass
Great Falls
Denver
Mexico City
California
dmonton
aeronautics board
Western Airlines
Lethbridge
Trans-Continental
Vets Take Charge in Turbulent McMinn County
In Athens Tennessee a three man veterans committee took control after a six hour battle with deputies over ballot counting in the Democratic primary. Two veterans ran the jail amid bullet damage while other veterans patrolled the county. Sheriff Mansfield fled town.
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ATHENS
Tenn
Mc- Minn
WILL
Bob Walker
McMinn County
Fat Mansfield
Mansfield
Jim Buttram
G.I Ucket
Bupahet
Congress Adjourns Without Antitrust Exemption Bill
Washington on August 3 the Congress adjourned without considering a bill to exempt mutual news gathering agencies from antitrust laws. The measure is expected to be reintroduced after the new Congress opens in January.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
United States
Left Hand Corner man builds newspaper and radio empire
O H Thomson rose from failed Saskatchewan farming to own daily papers in Timmins Kirkland Lake Sarnia Woodstock Galt Welland and Jamaica plus radio outlets in North Bay Timmins Kirkland Lake and stakes in Jamaica Peterborough and Kingston He chairs Canadian Press and the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association In 1931 he could barely buy an overcoat but now his annual income runs to six figures with some estimates placing his net around 2 million others closer to 500 000
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O. H. THOMSON
Saskatchewan
the
Siftons
Southams
Timmins
Kirkland Lake
Sarnia
Woodstock
Galt
Welland
Jamaica
North Bay
Peterborough
Kingston
Canadian Press
Canadian Daily Newspapers Association
Thomson
Maclean's magazine
gome
British Troops Don't Like Japan
British and Commonwealth troops in Japan after six months of occupation question the value of their presence. UK India Australia and New Zealand soldiers fault the conditions calling their role Cinderella with limited leave and fewer amenities compared with American occupied zones. The British zone covers 20 000 square miles with 38 000 troops over 11 million Japanese in the area.
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LONDON
Reuters
Japan
London Daily Mail
Osaka
United Kingdom
India
Australia
New Zealand
Tokyo-Yokonama
Gen. Macarthur
United States army
Two Die in Port Washington Rail Crash
A head-on collision near Port Washington station killed conductor Joseph Hulfer, 62, and engineer Daniel Awatta, 32, with 10 passengers seriously injured. An electric switch engine rammed the westbound passenger train, prompting emergency amputations to free the engineer. This followed another New York area derailment the previous day with one death and 108 injuries.
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PORT WASHINGTON
N.Y
Long Island
Joseph Hulfer
Daniel Awatta
New York
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Bayonne
May Discontinue National Registration in Canada
Ottawa reports the national registration, started in 1941 to map manpower for conscription, is under serious government consideration for discontinuation. It costs about $325,000 annually to maintain, with this year’s estimates including the expense. A decision is expected before the next parliamentary session, likely prompting debate if kept.
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OTTAWA
No One Knows Why Did Soviet Leaders Leave
Paris August 3 Canadian Press report notes Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov departed Luxembourg Palace Senate chamber just before Prime Minister Mackenzie King began his plenary speech. Russians gave no explanation. Molotov may have had an appointment. Canadians and others shrugged, noting the departure but no evidence of diplomatic rebuke.
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ROSS MUNRO
PARIS
C.P. Gale
Molotov
senate
Luxembourg Palace
Mackenzie King
Canada
Georges Bidault
France
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
snoke
King
Molatov
Leisurely Slaying Alleged Murderer Afraid of Poisoning
Toronto August 3 Plor ence Washington three years old, the lone survivor of an axe and hammer attack that killed her mother Miss Georgina Washington and two siblings. Angus Young aged 31 is charged with murder, but further charges unlikely after the deaths of Joan and Donald. Chief Coroner Dr Lawson said no inquest will be held. Detroit sister Catherine Racine said Young feared poisoning by Miss Washington and once warned a visitor that a woman was trying to poison him. A final account shows a mid night scream drew the mother to her child’s cry and into danger.
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TORONTO
Plorence Washington
Angus Young
Georgina Washington
Joan
Donald
Lawson
Yang
McCaul Street
Miss Washington
Detroit
Young
Catherine Racine
Move Troops To Iraq Port In Basra Transport
British Indian troops shipped by sea to Basra in the Persian Gulf port near the Iranian frontier. A British foreign office spokesman said the move relieves stationed troops, with no intent to enter Persia unless a grave emergency. An Indian government communique cited protection and safeguarding interests in South Persia and Iran. The Iranian embassy in London said it was mystified.
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LONDON
Aux
Basra
Persian Gulf
British foreign office
Persia
Iran
beeing
India
Bombay
Indian office
Ol Company
Tran
Londott
Threatening President Truman Described as Major Secret Service Action
The Secret Service reported an alleged self proclaimed executioner is held for grand jury action on charges of threatening the President's wife. The arrest and confinement were described as the most significant activity in protecting the president during the fiscal year ending June 20.
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WASHINGTON
A. P
secret service
Truman
Canadian food supplies rise as quality improves in survey
The Canadian Press survey shows abundant essential food stocks and adequate most foods across the Dominion amid higher prices. It notes chief shortages in sugar and fats, with excellent crops and adequate meat and butter supplies, though bargaining for substitutes and regional price hikes persist.
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Europe
Asia
British food ministry
Dominion
British Columbia
Pacific coast
Edmonton
Can
Reds ads Secure Canada To Support NS. Secret Big Four Proposal
FRANKFURT Germany Aug 20 The United States army announced two of three Russian soldiers arrested in Berlin were forced to hand over classified US documents and inform on US policies. The trio faced charges of clandestine activity in the American sector and one was charged as an accessory. A reparations official defended open plant removals as aligned with Potsdam while noting variability across zones. In Paris Canada backed the Big Four proposal on control of chairmanship and debated the rotating chair plan amid tensions between large and small powers and possible future compromises. Canada signaled willingness to question Italy Russia reparations and Briga Tenda frontier terms, seeking full information from foreign ministers.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
United States army
Im Barlim
U.S. army
Sedov
Shulkin
Berlin
United States
Kuznetzov
Moscow
Russia
Allied control council
Potsdam
control council
ROSS MUNRO
FARIS
Uanie —knaing
camada
Canada
Lee
Claxton
China
France
Great Britain
Briain
Norway
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Atad
Jeapiaida
Nazil
Greece
India
New Zealand
Bolland
South Africa
Trieste
SY RELMAN MORIN
PARIS
slodely
Iraly
Briga- Tenda
Alps
Italy
ROY
Briga
Tenda
Defends Judges On Commissions In Commons Debate
OTTAWA August 3. Justice Minister St Laurent defended judges who served as royal commissioners urging criticism target the government not the bench. He replied to John Diefenbaker on bench appointments to commissions and noted judges often accept roles after voicing reluctance. The discussion occurred during bills to raise Dominion and provincial judge salaries as tax changes were adopted. Training pay and reserve army pay tax status sparked further remarks. REGINA August 3. W G MacEwan said he would not seek Liberal leadership at Saskatchewan provincial convention August 5-6 in Saskatoon.
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OTTAWA
St. Laurent
John Diefenbaker
P.C
Lake Centrer
Abbott
G. R. Pearkes
Nanaimat
REGINA
W. G. MacEwan
University of Saskatchewan
Liberal party
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Church union proposals sent to Canadian church synod
A converning circular with recommendations for steps toward cooperative unity between the Church of England in Canada and the United Church of Canada was sent to all members of the general synod of the Church of England, announced Friday in Toronto.
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TORONTO
Church of England in
Canada
United Church of Canada
general synod of the
Church of England
Diplomat Arrives in New York Amid Moscow Containment
Waldo Ruess a one year old U S foreign service employee arrives in New York after two years with the U S embassy staff in Moscow. He says he was confined to embassy grounds for two months five days amid certain indiscretions and declines to link his detention to the Seattle arrest of Soviet naval officer Nikola Redin. He hints at a stake in political issues around diplomatic immunity in Russia.
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Waldo Ruess
New York
U.S
Moscow
Nikola Redin
Seattle
Russia
Planes Bomb Red Capital Yenan in August Raid
Reports say seven Chinese government planes bombed Yenan, killing and wounding civilians. Communist sources call the raid a failed effort to disrupt peace talks. Chou En-Lai’s negotiators did not comment. Yenan allegedly landed a bomber due to fuel shortage. Six government fighters and the bomber attacked from Sian, 100 miles away, for about 20 minutes.
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NANKING
Yenan
Chineet
Chew En-Lai
Chou
Chou Jih-Jou
Sian
Yehan
Kolesar Convicted of Assault With Intent to Rob
Canadian military headquarters reported Stefan Kolesar of Edmonton, previously acquitted of murdering a Dutch airman, was convicted of assault with intent to rob in Amsterdam. He received a five year prison term, a sentence confirmed after a retrial on the armed robbery charge.
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LONDON
C.P. Caale
Stefan Kolesar
Edmonton
Amsterdam
Kolesar
Louis Stork
Netherlands air force
Kathleen 18 Back Victoria After Mediterranian Service
Princess Kathleen of the Canadian Pacific returns to Victoria after five years serving with the British Admiralty in the Mediterranean. The war-weary women accompanied the fleet and now journey home to British Columbia.
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VICTORIA
B.C
Canadian Pacific
Kathleen
British Admiralty
Mediterranean
Arabs place case before Pope at Vatican City
A five man Arab delegation appointed by the Arab Higher Committee spent a 35 minute audience with the Pope in Vatican City to present the Arab case on Palestine to Roman Catholic leaders. The group included three Moslems and two Christians.
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VATICAN CITY
Reuters
Palestine
EDMONTON
C.P
Neme
Edmonton swift
Jim Ceseford
Edmonton union
KING
ATTLEE
PARIS
Mackengil King
Miniter Attice
Britain
London
planns
Leon Blam
TRUMAN
WASHINGTON
Japan
United States
United State
bemver
Heneinis
Arctic
Asire
Egypt
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