Senator G G McGeer Found Dead In Vancouver
Canadian Press reports Senator G G McGeer aged 59 and Vancouver mayor died suddenly at his home. Police found his body in his study after a night of rest, with death announced by Chief Walter Mulligan. Born 1888 in Winnipeg, he rose from iron moulder to Dalhousie law graduate and Liberal politician.
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Dalhousie University
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Hughes says army brass blocked wartime contracts
Senator Claude Pepper pushes to summon Generals H. H. Arnold and Carl Spaatz for testimony in the Hughes war contracts inquiry. Pepper aims to establish why Hughes, a misunderstood millionaire, lost a chance to build a 200-ton flying boat and three photorecon planes amid alleged hatred by army officers. Ferguson notes Arnold might be questioned about prewar pursuit monoplane support.
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Fla
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Homer Ferguson
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Mich
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Florida
John Meyer
Tobacco auctioneers and odd bids teased in old notes
A Woodstock Sentinel Review piece cites a North Carolina blurb explaining tobacco auctioneers use coded bids and signals. The Denver Post notes the job can net about $10,000 yearly, with emphasis on reading buyer quirks and secret signals. An Australian survey lists one possum hunter among 5,085,734 queried.
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Denver Post
Mountbatten to Be Duke of Edinburgh Before Royal Wedding
The Sunday Express reports Lieut Philip Mountbatten will be created Duke of Edinburgh prior to his marriage to Princess Elizabeth on November 20 with the Princess to be known as Duchess of Edinburgh. Buckingham Palace had no comment. Speculation about a title for the former Prince of Greece has circulated since the betrothal announcement.
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Eskimos threat in drifted caribou path aids by relief flight
Ottawa reports a migration route switch endangers a small Eskimo colony in the Northwest Territories. A flying relief expedition is organized and seven Eskimo families will receive baby bonuses under the Family Allowance Act as part of the aid.
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OTTAWA
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Northwest Territories
resources department
Odom Plans Second World Flight After Setting Record
Yonkers police hunted the last of two hawks that had terrorized elderly blind residents and attendants at a local institution. Over several days last week the birds flew through recreational yards attacking inmates, but were driven off without injuries.
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YONKERS
N.Y
Odom sets world circumnavigation record in 73 hours
Pilot Bill Odom, 27, flew solo in a converted A-26 bomber named the Reynolds Bombshell, finishing a 19,645 mile journey in 73 hours 5 minutes 11 seconds. He credited fatigue near northwestern Canada and a lack of fuel for near disaster moments but surpassed Wiley Post’s 1933 record and previous Odom flight. The Associated Press report notes automatic pilot failure and extreme weariness as factors in the dramatic crossing.
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Associated Press
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Douglas airport
Chicago
Odom
Canada
Reynolds
Wiley Post
Milton Rey+ Holds
New Flags Over India on Dawn of Free India
Milton Kelly reports on India and Pakistan gaining independence from Britain. Aug 15 marks Hindu majority India and Aug 14 Pakistan becoming dominion states with flags raised and public celebrations underway. The viceroy Mountbatten remains governor general of Hindu India. Auchinleck becomes supreme commander of Indian and Pakistan armed forces.
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Claude J. Auchinleck
Patrolmen Hit By Hail Of Quarters In Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia two patrolmen followed a street sweeper and were bombarded by a rain of quarters from a hidden package of coins. They recovered about 40 coins and continued their patrol, unsure who lost the bundle.
Four Jews slain as gunmen attack Tel Aviv cafe
Amid mounting violence in Palestine, a crowd at a Tel Aviv cafe was shot by 29 attackers described as Arabs in military uniforms, killing four and wounding 10. An ensuing gun battle also left a Jewish shop girl in Haifa wounded by stray fire. Police near Jerusalem reportedly thwarted a bank hold up and captured one suspect.
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Haifa
Tel Aviv
Demand Full Accounting On Britain's Dollar Use
Washington reports Britain must provide a full account of how its $2.75 billion loan is being spent before Washington will relax loan terms. Officials say spending will exhaust credit by October at current rates, complicating any policy changes without US congressional approval and possible changes to non discrimination and convertibility clauses.
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WASHINGTON
Britain
Hugh Dalton
Prime Munister Attlee
Labor Left Wingers Rally Over Crisis Nationalization
London reports Labour MPs approved Attlee cabinet's plan to defer nationalization of steel amid economic crisis. Left faction abstained many voting 81 to 77, with Bevan rumored to threaten resignation if plans falter. Churchill government aims to empower crisis measures while eyeing postwar balance.
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ONDON
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London
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Winston Churchill
Minister Dies Bridges Canada Fisheries Minister Dies in Ottawa
Hon iL F. Bridges cabinet minister of fisheries dies suddenly in Ottawa on Sunday morning at age 45. One of the youngest members of the Dominion cabinet, he had been marked for higher posts.
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iL F. G. BRIDGES
Canada
Ottawa
Daeminion
Engine Crew Die In Derailment Near Kingston
A CN Ottawa section derailed near Kingston station last night killing the engineer B. B. Embury and fireman Charles Henry White of Belleville. Brakeman Benjamin Shier was injured as 12 cars left the tracks and the locomotive lurched onto the platform with live steam hazard.
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Canadian National Raiways
International Limited
B. B. Embury
Charles Henry White
Belleville
Benjamin Shier
Coldwell questions Britain's postwar finance plan
Toronto August 1 P M J Coldwell national leader of the CCF party told a party meeting that a plan of Britain's financial position shocked Canadians noting Canada was demanding payment in United States dollars for part of exports to the United Kingdom. He said he has no recollection of any king to parliament approving this and that Canada remains committed to aiding the United Kingdom as a key customer.
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Six Slayers Picked Out in Aung San Killing Case
Officials said six men were identified from a lineup in Rangoon as the actual slayers of Burmese leader U Aung San and other Burma executive council members on July 19. The six, unnamed, were among those arrested with former Premier U Saw and Myeochit party members at U Saw’s house.
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Burma executive council
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Myeochit party
Death of Hon Bridges Shocks Nation
Burly H F G Bridges Canada s minister of fisheries and rising Liberal figure died at 45 from heart ailment in Ottawa. He rose from schoolteacher to New Brunswick speaker before wartime service and federal election into parliament in 1945. His loss narrows Liberal presence in the Commons as other parties hold 67 PC 28 Social Credit 13 and others 16 with one vacancy. His sudden death followed a recent hospital checkup after a tiring parliamentary session.
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Egypt Premier Warns UN of Bloodshed Over British Troop Exit
Nokrashy Pasha in a second appeal to the United Nations Security Council warned that failure to remove British troops from Egypt could trigger bloodshed and violence. The premier pressed for council action against the United Kingdom amid mounting tensions in the region.
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Howard Hughes
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Norman Milne
Calgary
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Ramadier
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