Doukhobor Turmoil Triggers BC Government Action
In Shoreacres and Olth Slocan BC, Doukhobor radicals of the Sons of Freedom chant and burn homes as police move to curb the sect. Five men and a woman arrested. Attorney General appoints W W Ferguson to act against terrorists to the full extent of the law. Anista Arishnikoff and others watch as a mob of about 100 condemns world war three with ritual prayers.
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OLTH SLOCAN
B&.C
British Columbia
Kootenay Valley
Vancouver
Nelson
Gordon
Wismer
W. W. Ferguson
E.C
radical Sons of Freedom
Orthodox Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ
Sons’of Freedom
Canada
Russia
Sons of Freedom
B.C
SHOREACRES
Anista Arishnikoff
Douk
Helen Domoks
Victoria faces end of streetcars as buses take over
The article notes Victoria plans to replace aging street cars with modern buses within a year. The E C Electric Railway Company will operate buses under a new franchise, with 4895 voting yes and 154 no. The city funds 350000 toward tearing up tracks, while a plebiscite marks BC’s first allowing Chinese and Hindu property owners to vote.
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ICTORIA
F. W. Luce
Toronto
Victoria
E.C. Electric Railway Company
E.C E.R
British Columbia
B.C
North Vancouver
Toll Now Three Cairo Outbreaks
Cairo reports show two injured in yesterday's anti-British, anti-American demonstrations have died, raising the toll to three. The protests drew about 5,000 people amid United Nations security council discussions on Egypt's demand that Britain quit the Nile valley.
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CAIRO
Egypt
America
United
Britain
Nile valley
Bank robbers tied to Kingston escape identified in Windsor
Royal Bank of Canada branch in Windsor robbed of 34 000. two convicts Ulysses Lauzon and Donald McDonald linked to the raid. Police say they may still be in Windsor, with a third escapee Nicholae Minille possibly separated. Identifications come after a citywide search and fingerprint clues from a stolen car.
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NDSOR
Ont
Renaud
Royal Bank of Canada
Ulysses Lauzon
Donald
Mickey) McDonald
Kingston penitentiary
Windsor
Lauzon
McDonald
Nicholae Minnle
Gttaws
Chateau
Que
Kitchener
Minille
A. A. Kinahan
Kinahan
I'se
Windsor corvict
Mine Disaster in Morrison North Brings Five Survivors
A Morrison North mine explosion in Plain England kills nineteen miners and injures many. Rescue squads bring five survivors to surface as 14 bodies are recovered. The Morrison mine has a history of underground fires and was recently reopened after fires.
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Associated Press
Ae PLAIN
England
Durham
Morrison North
Britain
national coal board
Woliam
Whitehaven
Cumberland county
Durham county
William
Morrison
Alberta auditor details prosperity certificates traceable to Social Credit era
Edmonton report shows $6 net paid out in the last year for redemption of prosperity certificates issued a decade ago by the Social Credit government. It notes treasury branches earned $923,762 last year, up $74,762, with increases in salaries and expenses and in publicity and travel bureau costs for the April to June 1947-48 quarter.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
C. K. Huckvale
Social Credit
treasury
Charles L. Gifford Former U S Representative Dies at 76
U S Representative Charles L. Gifford of Massachusetts died at his Cotuit home. A member of Congress since 1921, he was 76 and had ties to the cranberry and oyster industries. He previously served in the Massachusetts legislature from 1912 to 1919.
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U.S
COTUIT
Mass
Charles L. Gifford
Rep.Mass
Gifford
United States congress
Massachusetts
Move Churchill Wheat Over A Million Bushels Cleared For Britain
Churchill Man August reports show well over 1,000,000 bushels of wheat cleared from Churchill port for export to the United Kingdom in two weeks. Vessels headed east with cargoes while imports were light, the Essex Trader unloading 50 tons of supplies. The Blackmore voyage to aid northern posts supports Arctic service after the Nascopie wrecks.
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CHURCHILL
Man
United Kingdom
Hudson Strait
England
Savannah
China
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Empire Beatrice
habor
Fort Richelieu
Hudson's Bay Company
Blackmore
Montreal
Arctic
JULLANDOUR
India
Punjab
Queen City Heat Beats Nile Sands Says Farouk Aide
In Toronto Major Shafik Nehanna, aide to King Farouk, reports extreme heat levels this week. He says Toronto is hotter today than Berot, noting humidity as a key factor.
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TORONTO
Nile
Shafik Nehanna
Farouk
Toronito
Berot
Fires menace Nova Scotia towns as flames rage and rain fails
Halifax dispatch reports multiple forest fires across Nova Scotia including Sheet Harbor where a saw mill and five homes were destroyed and 100 people evacuated. Foresters warn there is no rain in sight and firefighting crews are stretched thin across the province.
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HALIFAX
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Sheet Harbor
here
Watt
J. Lewis and Sons
D. A. Dyer
Fress
Forestry department
Shelburne Harbor
Lower Sandy Point
Greek Government Falls Amid Dissension After Resignations
In Athens the coalition cabinet led by Demetrios Maximos collapsed after three former premiers Venizelos Papandreou and Kanellopoulos resigned over cabinet reshuffle. Foreign Minister Tsaldaris opposed changes creating a crisis tied to American aid and internal strife.
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ATHENS
Demetrios Maximos
Constantin Tsaldaris
Washington
Maximos
EAM
Sanharlos Venizelos
courte Papandreou
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Constantine Tsaldaris
Venizelos
Papandreou
Kanellopoulos
Liberal party
National Unioniat
naty
U.S. Hints Aid In British Dollar Crisis
Washington reports that U S and British treasury experts finished consultations without a clear diagnosis of Britain’s economy yet officials expect U S assistance to help the UK regain stability. The sole concrete outcome was Washington suspending Britain’s obligation to exchange dollars for sterling. Sir Wilfrid Eady returns to London to report on progress.
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WASHINGTON
IC.P
United States treasury
Britain
United States administration
Europe
United States
United Kingdom
Wilfrid Eady
treasury
London
Arrests Reported in Abduction and Hanging Case
Police said several people have been arrested in connection with the abduction and hanging of British Sergeants Clifford Martin and Merwyn Paice. The bodies were found near Nathanya after the July 12 kidnapping in front of a Nathanya coffee house. Irgun Zvai Leumi claimed the hangings as reprisal for July 29 executions at Acre prison. A booby trap wounded searchers and damaged one corpse.
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JERUSALEM
Clifford Marlin
Mer~wyn Paice
Martin
Paice
Nathanya
Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Acre
Three U S Soldiers To Be Freed In Korea Release
The Soviet Union announced that three American soldiers captured in the Soviet occupation zone in North Korea on August 12 would be released Sunday at the border crossing point. The men are Tommy F. Pugsley, Aaron D. Hopfe, and Gerald K. Feffen. An American intelligence officer said the trio would be interviewed in Seoul on Sunday morning.
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SEOUL
Korea
north Korea
Watson
Pyongyang
Tommy F. Pugsley
aern D. Hopfe
Gerald K. Fefen
Seau
Man Finds His Own Army Pants by Serial Number
Richmond veteran Fred W. Siva rummaged through surplus trousers offered for sale when his eyes caught a size 30 31 pad and a stenciled waistband. He recognized the serial number and exclaimed that the pants were his own worn in service.
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RICHMOND
Fred W. Siva
British seek French halt for 4400 Jewish refugees in ships
Paris reports London asks Paris to accept 440 Jewish refugees being moved to Hamburg. The three ships left Port de Bouc after a British ultimatum. If France agrees, refugees may be returned to France by train. otherwise they face removal from the British zone to France or forced disembarkation.
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PARIS
Reuters
France
Hamburg
GERMANY
Port De Bouc
foreign office
London
Port De Bour
Palestine
voluntariy
Spectacular Three Alarm Fire at Coast
A spectacular three alarm fire at the Hammond Furniture Co. Ltd. plant on Clark Drive Vancouver caused property loss estimated at $3,000. The blaze started in a sawdust bunker and spread to the boiler before control was established.
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VANCOUVER
Ham “mond Furniture Co. Ltd
Clark Drive
Two Held for Questioning in Ontario Robbery
In New York a man and a woman were picked up for questioning over the $400 Toronto Royal Bank branch robbery last Sunday. They were detained at a New York hotel as police pursue leads.
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NEW YORK
Toronto
MANITOBA
WINNIPEG
C.P
provincial health department
VANCOUVER
R.U.M.P
OTTAWA
com
treasury
BUENOS AIRES
Paraguay
QUITANDINHA
Brazil
Argentina
IC.P
BERLIN
Reuters
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Canadian Press
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Morra
Fintona Junction
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