Ousting Of Firebugs In Doukhobor Settlement
Grim guards sealed off Doukhobor Shoreacres near Nelson BC as arson by a fanatical group, blamed on the Sons of Freedom, spurs a heroes’ vigil. Orthodox leaders urge police to remove the radicals from the district and halt threats to homes and families.
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HORBACRES
B.C
British Columbia
Gordon Wismer
radical Sons of Freedom
West Kootenay
Kootenay
Nelson
Kootenays
Pete Postnik
Grand Forks
Shorefores
Fred
Pete
Postnikof
Orthodox Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ
West Kootenay Dankhobor
Robert Harvey
Shoreacres
Mrs Edison Dies at 62 in New York City
Mrs Mina Miller Edison widow of inventor Thomas A Edison died Sunday night in New York at age 62. She had lived in West Orange New Jersey since her 1896 marriage.
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NEW YORK
Mina Miller Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
West Orange
New Jersey
Iona Isle: Scotland’s Abbey Town and Mecca of Faith
The island of Iona hosts a historic abbey and cathedral ruins. It is the burial site for many Scottish kings and once housed an abbey built by Reginald Macdonald. Today about 250 residents live there with Gaelic spoken by many elders. Visitors climb the 330-foot Dun I while viewing Scotland and Ireland from the hill.
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Hebrides
Iona
Ireland
Westminster
Scotland
National Geographic Society
Norway
Reginald Macdonald
Threld
Tona
Dun f
Convict Escape Car Found Near Guelph in Ontario
A farmer’s tip led to the discovery of the getaway olive-green sedan used by convicts Donald Mickey McDonald Nicholas Minille and Ulysses Lauzon in a Kingston penitentiary break. The car was found on Eramosa road near Guelph after they reportedly abandoned it and stole a Cairns car later used in Windsor bank robbery. Police recovered McDonald’s fingerprints along with a shotgun and ammunition.
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GUELPH
Ont
nolice
here
Donald
Mickey) McDonald
Nicholas Minille
Ulysses Lauzon
Kingston penitentiary
Eramosa road
Et~in
Alton
Orangeville
Peru
R. C. Cairns
Cairns
Windsor
petaway
McDonald
Canada 1947 wheat crop seen between 240 and 360 million bushels
Winnipeg reporting on a wide range for Canada 1947 wheat yields with estimates from 240 to 360 million bushels as harvest progresses. Drought hail insects and uneven rainfall cloud the outlook, with prairie provinces contributing sizable but lower figures than last year’s 418 million bushels.
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WINNIPEG
C.P
Canada
Siamese Twin Girls Born in Wyoming General Hospital
In Rock Springs Wyoming on Sunday at Wyoming General Hospital Pi Rare Siamese twin girls were born to Mr and Mrs Harding Brown of Pinedale weighed a total of 12 pounds four ounces. The twins united at the front pelvis and delivered by Caesarean section. Both are normal in other ways and placed in incubators with their condition described as fine though survival chances are very small due to the extent of their shared bodies.
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ROCK SPRINGS
Wyo
Wyoming General hospital
Harding Brown
Pinedale
K. E. Krueger
British Columbia plans cross-border highway through Washington state
Public Works Minister L. C. Carson announced at a western Automobile Clubs conference that BC aims to route the southern trans-provincial highway through 15 miles of Washington state between Grand Forks and Trail. The route would ease the mountain summit passage currently closed much of the year.
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United States
C. Carson
British Columbia
western conference of Automobile Clubs
Washington state
Grand Forks
Trail
Seven Die When Boat Sinks At Maude Lake Picnic
At Maude Lake near Monteith Ontario a motorboat sank during a family picnic. Six children and one adult died, nine children survived after clinging to an inner tube. Victims include Alphonse Bouchard owner of the boat and several youths from Ramore Holtyre and Holtyre area. The tragedy occurred as parents watched in horror. In a separate report Washington announced United States per capita income rose to 1200 in 1946, up from 575 in 1940.
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MONTEITH
Ont
Maude Lake
Alphonse Bouchard
Holtyre
Marie Laforge
Ramore
ude Champagne
Rene McAndrew
Harold Delyes
Huguette LeDuc
Aime LeDuc
little lake
Ontario
Timmins
Bouchard
WASHINGTON
United
department of commerce
Alberta hit by worst hail damage in a decade
Alberta Wheat Fool estimates about 20 million dollars in crop losses this year the worst in 10 years. J Glen Elder of the hail insurance board notes only between 1 and 2 million in claims will be paid. Some 600 000 acres were struck nationwide with 25 percent of farmers insured only for labor seed and expenses. Major storms hit Wetaskiwin region 50 miles south of Edmonton and a 100 mile wide stretch from Vulcan to the Saskatchewan border.
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bureau of statistics
prairie
bareley
prairies
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
bureau
Manitoba
CALGARY
IC.P
Alberta Wheat Fool
J. Glen Elder
hail insurance board
Wheat Pool
Wetaski
win
Edmonton
Vulcan
Nobleford
Yugoslavs Kill Catholic Priest in Istrian Zone
An Italian dispatch from Trieste reports a mob in Zone B of Verezi Guglia Istria attacked Vatican prelate Msgr Giacomo Ukmar and killed Rev Miro Bulelsch who tried to defend him. Ukmar was left with a skull fracture and knife wounds. Bulelsch died at the scene. The assault occurred as Tito’s forces occupied the region. The Vatican had sent Msgr Akmar after tensions blocked Bishop Santin from confirmations.
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ROME
Trieste
Vereziz-Guilia
Vatican
Ansa
Giacomo Ukmar
Fiume
Miro Bulelsch
Msgr
Ukmar
Lanische
Istrian
Zone B
Marshal Tito
Akmat
Antonio Santin
Capodistria
Santin
Akmar
tur
Abandon Search For Geo Acheson
Honolulu authorities halted the search for George Atcheson Jr. adviser to General MacArthur and four other crash victims after a plane disaster at sea last Saturday. The Hawaiian Sea Frontier said further search is unlikely. Of the 13 aboard, three were rescued and five bodies recovered.
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HONOLULU
George Atcheson
Gey. MacArthur
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
the
Sea Frontier
Atcheson
Washington
Tokyo
Fire on Berlin Suburban Train Kills 24, Injures 45
A train fire near Berlin on Saturday, in the Russian occupation zone, killed 24 people and injured 45. Authorities blamed a locomotive motive spark igniting a can of gasoline carried by a passenger, as the overcrowded car burned between Berlin and Kremmen, about 25 miles northwest.
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BERLIN
Kremmen
Eminent Ottawa Lawyer Succumbs
OTTAWA August 23 William Louis Scott aged 44 a eminent Ottawa lawyer for 60 years and welfare backer died in hospital Friday night He retired last year after sixty years at the bar and was famed across Canada for welfare work Born 1862 he was the eldest son of Sir Richard Scott secretary of state for Canada in the Laurier government. MRS INGALLS PAYS SAN DIEGO Calif Aug 25 Mrs Elizabeth Ingalls 62 former Boston club woman convicted on a federal charge of slavery paid in full Saturday a 6000 bill for Dora Jones 40 years of maid service The 6000 restitution to the enslaved maid was set by Federal Judge Jacob Weinberger after a trial ended July 19.
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OTTAWA
William Louis Scott
Canada
Sir Richard Scott
Launer
INGALLS
SAN DIEGO
Calif
Elizabeth Ingalls
Boston club
Dora Jones
Jacob Weinberger
Fires Threaten Nova Scotia Towns as Flares Sweep Region
Flames racing through timber on the Jordan Bay peninsula near Shelburne forced evacuations and destroyed three homes and a church. A large force of volunteers held the blaze in check as winds shifted. Smoke blanketed Shelburne and surrounding areas with several fires burning across Nova Scotia including Sheet Harbor and River Bourgeois. In Quebec, miners and volunteers battled a forest fire near Val d Or in a 13 square mile area as fires continued to menace woodland regions over the weekend.
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HALIFAX
Jordan Bay
Shelburne
Rosewat hospital
Sheet Harbor
here
Halifax Pulp and Power Company
River Bourgeois
Cape Breton Island
Cape George
i h county
VAL D'OR ROUYN
Que
Irgun Calls World to Hit Britain Over Refugee Shipments
Irgun Zvai Leumi urged Jews worldwide to boycott Britain and withhold taxes in protest of 4400 Jewish refugees being sent to Germany. The group labeled Britain economically vulnerable and called for action rather than hunger strikes, as refugees journey toward Hamburg aboard three British transports after being blocked from Palestine.
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Associated Press
ERUSALEM
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Britain
Germany
Palestine
Ireun
Irgun
Alan Gordon Cunningham
Cunningham
Hamburg
Port De Bouc
France
Gardiner Geneva Visit Prompts Talks On Canadian Food Supply
Hon Gardiner Canada Agriculture Minister with Dr G F Wilson arrived in Geneva after a London layover. Strachey, Britain’s Food Minister, seeks assurance on Canada’s meat and bacon shipments amid dry weather. Talks expected in London after Gardiner’s Germany trip.
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GENEVA
Gardiner
Canada
G. F Wilson
Ottawa
London
Strachey
Briin
Dominion
Germany
7.25 Inch Alberta Rain Record At Craigmyle District
The Canadian Press reports a 24 hour downpour near Craigmyle in the Craigmyle district set an Alberta record with seven and a quarter inches. The storm flooded easements and low land gardens, delaying harvesting as sheets of rain battered roofs and residents noted cloudburst intensity. Extra rainfall across the province included 2.60 inches at Lethbridge and 2.51 at Cowley.
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Craigmyle
Drumbeller
Craigmyre
Crash- myle
Lethbridge
Cowley
Secret weapon project fuels New Mexico rumors
Denver paper reports a $10 million secret project under construction on a mesa near Albuquerque with claims of underground storage for atomic munitions and a fast air force capable of deploying them. Sandia base, linked to the Manhattan Project past, lies between Los Alamos and Trinity in a region dense with military research sites.
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ALBUQUERQUE
mesa
United States
Sandia
Mahéany mountains
Denver Post
faers
Rio Grande valley
Los Alamos
Trinity
southwet
White Sands proving ground
rockel
Alamogordy air base
Roswell air base
Post
war department
Sandia base
armed forces special Weapons project
Leslie R. Groves
European Drought Grips Continent With Widespread Crop Loss
Aug 25 London reports the worst drought in decades across Europe with fears of winter shortages. Germany sees potato losses up to 50 percent in some areas and general crop damage. France and Italy face reduced harvests and fodder limits. Britain receives rain but crops suffer. Austria, Scandinavia, and Ireland report varied impacts including water shortages and potential bread rationing.
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LONDON
Europe
rein
Associated Press
coraspontenta
GERMANY
FRANCE
ITALY
BRITAIN
AUSTRIA
Sweden
Norway
TRELAND
Armed Bandits Rob Toronto Bank
Long Branch Ont August 5 three armed bandits escaped with four thousand dollars in a hold up at the Canadian Bank of Commerce branch in this town ten miles west of Toronto. Two entered the bank after opening while a third waited at the getaway car. The manager fired once but no one was hit. Police linked a trio of Kingston penitentiary escapees to the area, with one report tying Donald Mickeys McDonald Ulysses Lauzon and Nick Minilie to the Windsor Royal Bank robbery last Friday.
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LONG BRANCH
Ont
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Toronto
bans
Taronto
Kingston penitentiary
Donald
Mickeys! McDonald
Ulysses Lauzon
Nick Minilie
Tourofite
McDonald
Lauzon
Royal Bank of Canada
branich
Windsor
France vetoes surprise Soviet amendment in UN security plan
France vetoed a Soviet amendment to supervise the Dutch Indonesian cease fire in the UN Security Council by a vote of 4 to 2 with China and Britain abstaining. Belgium joined France against the Soviet proposal, marking France’s first veto since June in the Spanish case.
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FRANCE
France Jate
United Nations Security Council
China
Britain
Belgium
NEW
GOV'T
ATHENS
Liberal party
Themistokles Sophoulis
premec
Constantine Tsaldari
Liberas
United States
Greece
GENEVA
C.P
food and agriculture organization
LONDON
Ecclesiasical court
British commonwealth
Hamburg
JERUSALEM
Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
DOUKHOBOR
NELSON
B.C
west Moulenay
REGINA
Aus
Toronto
Montreal
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Senfland
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Henry
Kingston
Wyoming
U.S. Road
Southern Trans-Canada
Trail-Grand Forks
Lord Louis
Louis Mountbatten
India
Pakistan
Quade-Azam
M. A. Jinnah
Lady Mountbatten
Geo. Acheson
Raging East
Quebec
Nikola Dimitrov Petkov
Boha
Hon
DENVER
Toronto Bank
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