Two Injured In Collision
London Aug 5 Reuters reports two people were injured in a collision as rumors spread that the Soviet government offered employment in its army to ex German officers living in the British zone of Germany. Under secretary Christopher Mayhew said in the House of Commons there is no concrete evidence.
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LONDON
Reuters
Germany
foreign office
Christopher Mayhew
house of commons Monay
Mayhew
Fatal truck crash west of Taber kills two workers
Two young men Jas Sherrington and John Friesen were killed instantly when a large gravel truck parked on the highway west of Taber was struck by another truck carrying Sherrington and Mytruk. A third man Roy Mytruk and H E Smautz were injured and hospitalised. An inquest opened in Taber with RCMP and Coroner Hammond investigating.
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AMES William Sherring
wgton
Lethbridge
John Friesen
beteen
Taber
Taber hospital
Roy Mytruk
Purple Springs
H. E. Smautz
Medicine Hat
M. Marshall
Carr
R.C.ALP
Hammond
Herald
Smatitz
W. A. Smith
Smautz
Smith
Everett Karkhoff
Sherrington
Mytruk
Friesen
Barnwell
Alvin
Florence
Lillian
Tabor
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute
Coalhurst
department of public works
Nick Mytruk
C.P.R
Egypt asks UN to order British troops out of Egypt
Egyptian Premier Nokrashy Pasha personally urged the United Nations Security Council to free Egypt from British imperial influence by ordering immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all British forces. He said Egypt seeks full sovereignty and that 1936 Anglo Egyptian treaty no longer governs relations, urging evacuation from the Nile valley and other Egyptian territory with immediate effect.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Egypt
United Nations Security Council
Nokrashy Pasha
Middle East
council
Mediterranean
Feyot
Great Britain
United Nations
Mackenzie King Expected to Resign Next Spring
Vancouver Liberal MP James G. Sinclair said the prime minister is expected to resign next spring. He told the Vancouver Young Liberals Association that the emphasis will shift to youth when King’s successor is chosen.
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VANCOUVER
Mackenzie King
James G. Sinclair
Vancouver North
Vancouver Young Liberals Association
Montgomery Seeks New Home Near Hindhead After War
London correspondent reports Field Marshal Montgomery has bought an old vast house near Hindhead for himself and his son, with plans to convert when labor and materials arrive. He will live near Major T Reynolds, headmaster of Amesbury School. Devil’s Punch Bowl nearby sits in Surrey, reachable from London. war damage noted.
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Lord Montgomery
Hindhead
London
Ottawa Journal
T. Reynolds
Amesbury School
Wath
Monty
Surrey
Governor General and Lady Alexander Tour Sydney Steel Plant
Canada's Governor General and Lady Alexander visited Sydney Nova Scotia for a two hour tour of the steel plant. They witnessed steel manufacture from raw material to finished product before departing Monday afternoon for Calcottra country in northern Cape Breton to vacation for three weeks.
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ALEXANDERS SER
SYDNEY
N.S
Canada
Lady Alexander
Calcottra
Cape Breton
Death of Lord Beaverbrook's son after yacht incident at sea
Stockhom Aug 5 Peter Aitken 35 younger son of Lord Beaverbrook died after leaping from a yacht to save the vessel from rocks. He swam to a small island, two miles from shore, and died of heart failure confirmed by Police Superintendent Knut Rydholm. He had a heart ailment. Aitken married Janet MacNeill in 1934, divorced in 1938, then married Patricia Maguire in 1943. He was a racing motorist and served with the British army during the war. His father is publisher of the London Daily Express and other Conservative papers.
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STOCKHOLM
Peter Aitken
Lord Beaverbrook
runmine
Knut Rydholm
Aitken
Janet MacNeill
Murry MacNeil
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Patricia Maguire
Melbourne
Australia
London Daily Express
Dutch Break Orders Escalate Java Cease-Fire Clash
In Batavia Java Aug 5 17 the Indonesian Republican army accused the Netherlands of the first major violation of cease-fire orders halting the pocket war on Java and Sumatra. Both sides signaled readiness to retaliate shot for shot, with three Dutch columns allegedly attacking past the deadline and Gambong 62 miles west of Jogjakarta captured. Dutch mediation talks aim to maintain control of rich frontline areas as fighting enters a resumed phase.
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BATAVIA
Java
Netherlands
Sumatra
United Nations
Radio Jogjakarta
Gambong
Jogjakarta
north central
Associated Press
Roaring Fire Destroys Silver Town Homes in Cobalt
A major blaze in Cobalt Ontario yesterday destroyed six buildings within an hour and left about 10 families homeless. The fire spread to near three acres of the town’s north side, with water shortages forcing brigades to draw from Bass Lake. No injuries reported among 50 plus displaced residents, as investigators probe the cause of the second great fire in the town’s mining history.
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COBALT
Ont
Halleybury
New Liskeard
Latchford
Bass lake
Cobalts
Boy Says He Saw T C A Plane In Sea
A Vancouver area search for the Trans-Canada Airlines plane missing since April 28 resumes after a five year old reports seeing a lit water craft off Portlok Point lighthouse. A separate sighting by two amateur draggers claimed to have found wreckage while Royal Canadian Navy divers probe the area with asdic sweeps.
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Boy
T.C.A
VANCOUVER
Gulf of Georgia
Trans-Canada Airlines
Prevost Island
Portlock Point
Attlee Proposes Broad Powers to Boost British Output
In London Aug 5 Prime Minister Attlee introduced surprise legislation to grant wide powers to expand agricultural and industrial production amid Britain's dollar crisis. The bill extends wartime powers from the 1945 act to promote productivity, direct exports, reduce imports, and mobilize national resources for the community. Deputy PM Morrison said it would implement the crisis program to be outlined tomorrow.
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LONDON
A.P
Attlee
house of commons
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Linder
British Press Association
Morrison
house of summons
Six Fatalities Reported Across Manitoba Weekend
Manitoba saw six weekend deaths with four drownings and one light aircraft crash. Victims include six year old David Evans at Winnipeg beach and 15 year olds Herbert Starr near Beaconia and Wilfred Kemball at Pine Falls. An airplane crash near Fisher Branch killed Norman Kemba and Boris Demechuk. both were believed killed instantly when belts released.
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WINNIPEEY
Manitoba
David Evans
Winnipeg
Tony Nesridge
Kearney
young Evans
Evans
George Gotch
Herbert Starr
Beaconia
Willam Simard
Brandon
Wilfred Kemball
Pine Falls
Man
Arthur
Norman Kemba
Robert Griffin
Portage la Prorie
Boris Demechuk
Pleasant Home
Griffin
Demchuk
Fisher Branch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Evangelist Gipsy Smith Succumbs in New York
British evangelist Gipsy Smith, 87, died of a heart attack aboard the RMS Queen Mary in New York Harbor at 1 pm Monday. His widow noted his health had declined and he had planned to preach during his U.S. visit. Born March 31, 1860 near Epping Forest, he earned the nickname Gipsy from early nomadic life and later joined the Salvation Army after early work with Booth’s movement.
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NEW YORK
Rodney
Gipsy) Smith
United States
Stipes
rad
Gipsy
Epping Forest
Lance
Chietan Mission
Wilcham Booth
gene fla
Salvation Army
Smut
Tumnsell
tule
secon
Gipsy Smith
Grim Canadian housing outlook worsens nationwide
The Canadian Press reports a grim housing picture with soaring costs and limited supply. Prices for new homes rise up to 50 percent from two years ago while rental shortages persist. Across provinces, buyers face high prices, few vacant houses, and rising rents. sales of lower priced homes remain brisk but resistance grows.
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Toronto
Canada
Dominion
Maritimes
Halifax
Saint John
Fredericton
Montreal
Ottawa
Ontario
Stratford
Galt
Chatham
Winnipeg
prairies
Mouse Jaw
Regina
Saskatoon
Peculiar Angles on Pact Against Greece
London reports the Yugoslav Bulgarian pact concluded over the weekend marks the first wartime alliance between a former enemy power and an ally and the first pact aimed not at Germany but at a former Allied country Greece, noted by a Foreign Office spokesman.
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LONDON
Reuters
Germany
Greece
foreign office
Roosevelt testimony on paid entertainment linked to Hughes plans
Washington August 5 Roosevelt testified before a Senate war investigations committee that he paid his share of expensive entertainment with John W Mescher contact man for Howard Hughes plane designer. He said his conduct did not violate a US Air Forces directive and warned of anti-FDR political pushback. He cited alleged efforts to attack his father and criticized Ferguson and Brewster for political timing. He described Hughes designed reconnaissance planes and a $22 million contract, plus an $18 million flying boat deal, and noted personal borrowing and financial strains tied to the controversy.
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WASHINGTON
Ph—y Eliott
Roosevelt
John W. Mescer
Howard Hughes
United States senate
United States air forces
Elvis
Ferguson
Brewster
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Homer Ferguson
Micks
Owen Brewster
Maire
Meyer
young
Roosevel
Elliott
Hughes
doal
Europe
lit Hughes
California
NEW YORK
a.P.J
Frederick L. Hackenburg
John W. Meyer
senate
Jewish Terror Attacks Hit Jerusalem and British Forces
Jewish terrorists blew up the government labor building in Jerusalem killing three British policemen. The attack followed British raids arresting Tel Aviv leaders amid two weeks of violence by Jewish underground groups. In Manchester a mob damaged Jewish shops as anti Semitic clashes spread to Liverpool and other cities.
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Reuters News Agency
ERUSALEM
Bariler
Tel Aviv
Ramal Gao
Nathanya
Pet Tiqva Tikvar
Palestine
minty
Revisionist
Irgun Zvas Leumi
Britain
Irgun Zyal Leumis
thhree
Acre
LONDON
Manchester
Birmingham
Liverpool
Premonition Will Upheld After Air Crash Death
PORT HURON Mich Aug 5 The so called premonition will jotted on an envelope before Mrs Chioe Newman died in an Eastern Airlines crash was upheld by Judge Claw R Black The will written for her $13000 estate cited her “mansion of disaster” and was witnessed by a waitress after she ran from a restaurant prior to takeoff The crash killed 18 passengers in West Virginia last January 11.
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PORT HURON
Mich
Chioe Newman
Claw R. Black
eastern airlines
West Virginia
Newman
Bevin opposes four power Ruhr control in Commons
Foreign Secretary Bevin spoke in the House of Commons against four power control of the Ruhr and reiterated Britain's support for public ownership of Ruhr mines and factories. He urged that four power control must extend to all German industry and warned about the Krupps and synthetic rivals while outlining aims to raise German steel to about 11 million tons and foster a dec ent standard of living alongside security. He questioned food and raw material shortages and noted Britain’s postwar funding limits after the US loan ends. He foresaw a long path to a stable German government compatible with Britain.
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LONDON
Bevin
house of commons
Ruhr
Antaim
France
industriaal
TG KRUPPS
synteates
Krupps
Harald Macmillan
Germany
United States
Britain
Alamein
Hitler
Netherlands farm workers coming to Toronto Aug 5
News briefs from across the globe report 850 Dutch migrant farm workers set to arrive in Ontario in September, with Ontario agriculture minister Kennedy confirming plans. Other items include a suspect claiming to have driven for Bugsy Siegel, Tunisia riot casualties, partial reports in a Canadian dispute, a Hughes publicist arrest warrant, and a false kidnapping alarm near Tel Aviv.
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TORONTO
C.P
Ontario
Netherlands
Kennedy
VWAURIKAS
J. C. Gardner
Bugsy Siegel
Beverly Hills
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agai
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pathes
tery
Ruhr Steel
FENISIA
Air Agence France-Presse
Sfax
Tunisia
EDMONTON
H. J. Wilson
Alberts
Arthur Beaunwt
Lethbidge
Lethbridge Herald
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