Baby princess born to Princess Elizabeth chairing royal joy
A baby girl born to Princess Elizabeth heiress presumptive to the throne, weighing six pounds, with both parents reported as well. She becomes third in line to the throne, sister to Prince Charles aged 21 months, and a name was not yet announced. Crowds cheered as guns fired across the empire and Clarence House hosted champagne toasts. Queen present. King in Scotland. Princess Margaret thrilled by the news. continued on page two.
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E. S. JOHNSON
ONDON
Elizabeth
commonwealth
Philip
Prince Charles
Queen Victoria
Mary
queen mother
Princess Royal
Clarence House
London
Princess Elizabeth
Tower of London
Honorable Artillery Company
Hyde Park
Halifax
Magnificent
Prince Philip
Royal Navy
Scotland
Princess Margaret
Charlie
Drumlanrig Castle
Dumfriesshire
North Koreans Press Naktong Line In Three Sectors
Reuters reports Taegu within reach of major clash as North Korean forces expand bridgeheads north of Waegwan and push from Kunwi. Red tanks, armored cars strike Waegwan area while Changnyong fighting continues. Masan bombed by a Russian-made Yak plane and U.S. 24th Division units fight to hold positions.
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TAEGU
Reuters
Waegwan
Kunwi
Waerwan
Taezu
Changnyong
Associated Press
Jack Macbeth
Naktong
U.S
Mondar
south republic
E.C.T
Clue Found In Shore For Missing U S Fliers
A United States army flying coveralls and an oxygen mask were found on Princess Royal Island near the February crash site of a B 36 bomber. Five of the 17 aboard remain missing. The island lies about 90 miles north of Prince Rupert, B C, and 400 miles northwest of Vancouver.
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PRINCE RUPERT
B.C
Princess Royal Island
United States army
Vancouver
Priest Pleads Guilty to Indecency Charges
Rev. John Cunningham a Calgary Catholic priest was remanded until tomorrow after pleading guilty in police court to three charges of gross indecency involving three young boys. The case stems from conduct alleged in the past and concerns multiple victims.
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CALGARY
John Cunningham
Deanna Durbin Quashes Weight Rumors During Vacation
In a small villa near Parr Durbin, vacationing with daughter Jessica Louise, denies overweight claims. She plans to wed Hollywood director Charles David after her divorce from Felix Jackson finalizes in October. The Australian bank figures note 1948-49 price rises in candy ice cream beer and brick.
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Newsweek
Parr
Jessica Louise
Deanna Durbin
Hollywood
Charles David
Felix Jackson
France
Holly
Quebec Ship Fire Leaves Vessel a Blackened Hulk
The 22 year old Quebec, a 7 000 gross ton cruise vessel, burned to the water line at Tadoussac after fire struck while upstream. 397 passengers and 150 crew were evacuated safely. three Shapiro family members are missing after the blaze forced their escape via a cabin window.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Leonard
Shapiro
Search Continues For Missing Boy On Mount Whitney
Lone Pine Calif Aug 15 A veteran mountaineer reported sighting what may be the body of missing tobacco heir Christopher Reynolds about 30 feet from the top of Mount Whitney. Harold Gates said binoculars showed a faded shirt in snow near the summit, as night halted the search.
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LONE PINE
Calif
Christopher Reynolds
Mount Whitney
Harold Gates
Reynolds
Steven Wasserman
Expelled Students Storm Singapore High School Assembly
Exiled Communist students stormed the assembly hall of Singapore's Chinese high school before its reopening ceremony. They kept the principal and teachers in the corridor while haranguing pupils. Sixty students were expelled and six teachers blacklisted after Communist literature was found. police detained two teachers, releasing one later.
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SINGAPORE
Reuters
Legend Called Back Big Jim Stone From Ottowa To Command
Ottawa story of Lt Col James Stone a famed veteran of the 1st Canadian Division who will command the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia's in Korea or elsewhere His long service with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and his leadership in Ortona are highlighted He is joined by other officers named to command 2nd battalions in Royal Canadian Regiment and Fusiliers Mont-Royal and the piece notes his reputation as a hard driving leader and hero of the Edmonton regiment.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Jim Stone
Big Jim
Ortona
James Stone
D.S.O
Bar
M.C
Rocky Mountain Rangers
the
Princess Patricia's
Korea
PEACE RIVER
Alberta
Edmonton Regiment
R. A. Bob Keane
Fort Willem
Royal Canadian Regiment
Jacques Dextraze
Montreal
Fusilers Mont-Royal
N.C.O
Spitsbergen
Edmontons
Vancouver
Seaforth Highlanders
Berlin
Yukon
Alaska
army
Chris Vokes
Little U N Council To Seek Peace Path For Korea
The U N Security Council members studied an Indian plan for a “little council” of six elected non permanent members to review all Korea peace proposals and report back. India Yugoslavia Norway Cuba Ecuador and Egypt would form the panel, with France Britain and the United States seeking more details while Russia offered no direct comments. The proposal emerged as delegates debated the Korean settlement process in Lake Success.
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Rau
little council
Korea
India
Yugoslavia
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Egypt
France
Britain
United States
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
US Faces Railway Walkout Aug. 15 News Record
Washington reports the United States government presses to avert a nationwide railroad strike as union leaders say they near the end of their rope. Leaders of 300,000 trainmen and conductors seek a 40 hour week and pay parity with locomotive crews, while railroads claim progress in talks with John R. Steelman. In Canada, railway chiefs announce no new union proposals.
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WASHINGTON
United States
John R. Steelman
Truman
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
R. ©. Hughes
the
order of railway conductors
Steelman
Kennedy
MONTREAL
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Cabinet Discusses Looming Rail Strike In Ottawa
Ottawa cabinet began discussions on the looming railway strike, convening at 2 p.m. EDT and still in session at 4:38 p.m. with no clear decisions announced. One of five greatest earthquakes reported by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey shook the globe, tentatively located in northern Burma near the China border, with seismographs worldwide registering the event. Bou til lier resigns as FUA secretary treasurer in Alberta, Grace Gray named acting secretary. An amphibian plane of RCAP is overdue near Port Harrison on Hudson Bay with unknown crew. Britain’s Attlee says Korea war does not bind defense of Formosa. Transport Minister Chevrier orders probe into La Lawrence cruise ship fire in Quebec. Winnipeg market reports a new hog price high at 35 per hundredweight, up from prior. Truman will nominate Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York as ambassador to Mexico.
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OTTAWA
WASHINGTON
US. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Burma
China
BOUTILLIER
F.U.A
EDMONTON
Farmers’ Union of Alberta today
R. J. Boutillier
Grace Gray
mde
E.CALP
WINNIPEG
R.C.ALP
Port Harrison
Hudson Bay
BRITAIN
FORMOSA
LONDON
Attlee
CHEVRIER
La Lawrence
Quebec
ODWYER
MEXICO
White House
Truman
Wiliam ODwyrer
New York City
O'Dwrer
New York
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Central Press
Yechon
DEANNA
Tadoussac Port
Young Leonard Shapiro
Manoir Richelieu
Murray Bay
Tadoussac
Whitney
Big Jim” Stone
Ottowa
Princess Pats
ern island
CSM
Stone
Little
U.N. Council
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