Britain Backs Soviet Reparations Claim At 200000
Paris Aug 30 Britain endorsed Russia claim for two hundred thousand dollars in reparations from Italy. Canadian delegate Wilgress urged delay for sub committee report while Vyshinsky called it an effort to stall work and uphold a just Soviet claim. Molotov accused Britain and the US of meddling in Greece election, urging Greek self rule. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PARIS
C.P
Britain
Italy
Pana Wilgress
ndrei Vyshinsky
Russia
WILGRESS
Canada
Willard Thorp
United States
foreign ministers’ council
George II
Molotov
Greece
ILP Candidate Wins Maxton Seat in Glasgow By-Election
Glasgow August 30 The far left Independent Labour Party retains Bridgeton division seat after by election caused by James Maxton's death. James Carmichael polls 6351 votes against Labour's John Wheatley 5180. Conservative Victor Warren third. Wendy Wood Independent Socialist 2575. Guy Alfred 405. Maxton's son and sister backed Carmichael amid reduced majority.
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GLASGOW
Independent
Labor Party
Bridgeton
James Maxton
house of commons
TLP
James Carmichael
John Wheatley
Attlee
Victor Warren
Mr. Carmichael
Maxton
Guy Alfred
Wendy Wood
Jaxton
Lieut
R. C. Brooman-White
Digging Through Time Unearths Ancient Treasures and War Relics
Reports describe digging in Lot-et-Garonne and Aix en Provence where trenches and excavations revealed prehistoric cave paintings three thousand years old and glossed pottery from 12th and 13th century Roman church sites. War operations near Valenciennes exposed ruins and tombs as shells fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lot-et-Garanne
ranquis
Valenciennes
Aixeen-Provence
Gree
Prison Sentence for Woman in Nakamura Treasure Case
Carla Woi, described as a slender Murasian, was sentenced in Batavia to eight months for concealing 500000 dollars of the Nakamura treasure stolen from Dutch East Indies residents during the Japanese occupation. The treasure was intended for her Japanese paramour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATAVIA
Java
Carla Woi
Murasian
Dutch East Indies
Last Stretch In Commons Ends Night Session
Ottawa August 30 The second session of Canada's 20th Parliament nears prorogation after a long day in the Commons. MacKinnon announced an expanded foreign trade service with over 31 million dollars in appropriations. debate touched on export limits for farm machinery and milk subsidy policy, with Knowles noting a significant vote on reconstruction of policy.
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OTTAWA
Canada
commons
fisheries department
finance department
trade and commerce department
senate
MacKinnon
Joseph Burton
C.C.F
Humboldt
Angus MacInnis
Vancouver East
Abbott
Stanley Knowles
C.CF
Winniper North Centre
Knowles
Peace Hopes Rise Anew In China
PEIPING August 30 The government troops captured Chengten, capital of Jehor Province, without opposition as peace hopes rise over a five-man committee to tackle China’s strife at its source politics The anti Communist Social Welfare predicted the Communists would not defend Chihfeng north of Ghengteh To the west government troops advanced on Kalgan the Communist second capital in Chahsr province
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PEIPING
Chengten
Jehor
China
Social Welfare
Chihfeng
Ghengteh
Kalgan
Chahsr
Businessman Robert Persse Dies in Toronto Visit
Winnipeg Aug 30 Robert G Persse aged 66 died suddenly on a visit to Toronto He was president and managing director of Tees and Persse Limited manufacturers agents in Winnipeg The death occurred Thursday during the Toronto trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
Robert G. Persse
Toroto
Tees and Persse, Limited
Soviets Demand Troop Bases Data at UN Security Council
Russia pressed the United Nations Security Council to disclose the numbers and locations of Allied troops and the whereabouts of Allied air and sea bases outside occupied territories. Gromyko demanded details on troop stations and naval and air base garrisons as of August 1, linking the move to Greek tensions and Albania. The move sparked debate as member states weighed new Soviet policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLYDE BLACKBURN
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
C.P
Russia
United Nations security council
Britain
Ukraine
Greece
United Nations
security council
Portugal
Ireland
Trans-Jordan
U.N
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Sweden
Iceland
Afghanistan
general assembly
Andrei Gromyko
GROMYKO
Hat Bride Worried Over RAF Husband Missing at Sea
Mrs. James Crothers of Medicine Hat fears for her husband Corporal James Crothers, ex RAF, who disappeared after boarding a ship for Canada in Belfast on April 28. He had planned a Bristol visit, then Canada, and was to reunite with Edith Isaacs, his wife since May 4, 1943. Authorities and UK contacts have no word yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MEDICINE HAT
James Crothers
the
R.A.F
Belfast
Ireland
Canada
Crothers
United Kingdom
RAF
England
Corporal Crothers
R.AP
Edith Isaacs
Alice Isaacs
Third St. NW
Farmers Union delegates press for parity prices at Ottawa
A five member delegation representing 103,000 members of the United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section met government officials in Ottawa on August 30. They demanded parity prices for farm products, including the abolition of the Winnipeg grain exchange and a fact finding board to set parity. Alberta Farmers’ Union president Carl Stmpfie would call a board meeting to decide action. The delegation also sought removal of a 30 cent per bushel differential between export and domestic prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
F. F.Appleby
United Formers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Carl Stmpfie
Alberta Farmers’ Union
glen
Howe
MacKinnon
Walter Tucker
Rosthern
Stmpfie
Alberta
Appleby
W. C. Clark
price control administration
Ottawa approves 890 million for stabilization plan
Ottawa action preserves price stability funding as the Commodity Prices Stabilization Corporation receives 890 million dollars. The appropriation represents a 16 million dollar cut from last year. The measure was approved by the commons last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
The commons
Commodity Prices Stabilization Corporation
Staff Chiefs Hear Monty On Preparedness
Ottawa reports Montgom ery private talks with senior officers touched defence issues. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery spoke of war risk and the need for preparedness and discussed postwar security with chiefs of stat and Canadian officers during a ceremonial tour. He visited a veterans affairs rehabilitation centre and praised veterans’ reestablishment efforts.
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OTTAWA
Viscount Montgomery
stat
imperial general staff
veterans’ affairs department
Vice Regal Party Speeds Eastward in Canada Visit
Fort William and Port Arthur hosted Field Marshal Viscount Alexander of Tunis and Lady Alexander after a one day Canadian tour. Crowds greeted them at city hall while veterans were honored. He spoke to the Association of Canadian Clubs on war history from Greece to Rome, praising Canadian actions in Sicily and Ortona and noting lessons from Dieppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Army
Herald
eost
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa
Field Marshal Montgomery
Parliament
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Union station
Justice
St. Laurent
Defence
Abbott
Aix
Gibson
Stanley Lewis
FORT WILLIAM
Viscount Alexander
Tunis
Canada
Alexander
Lakehead
city hall
navy
air force
Port Arthur
Association of Canadian Clubs
Mediterranean
Greece
Italy
Sicily
Ortona
Rome
Ponte Corvo
Tessary
Dieppe
General Walkout On Great Lakes Being Called Off
Strike headquarters of the National Maritime Union announced the general walkout on the Great Lakes was being called off effective at once to allow the union to concentrate on individual shippers. In Kamloops British Columbia a man named Cecil Clifton escaped from jail in only shoes and a shirt after breaking two locks while awaiting a hearing on a break in charge.
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Great Lakes
DETROIT
Natonal Maritime Union
KAMLOOPS
B.C
Cecil Clifton
New West
minster
Parisians Sense Third World War Near In Paris Peace Talks
Paris observers and foreigners alike express gloom as the peace conference appears doomed with fear of a new world war looming. Molotov Byrnes clashes and Greek Ukraine indictments feed distrust while a Yugoslav air strike and a U.S. transport blast underscore tensions.
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PARIS
Europe
Luembourg Palace
Russia
Molotov
Byrnes
United States
Greece
Ukraine
Versailles
Georges Clemenceau
Germany
David Lloyd George
Britain
Fishermen Press Government Action Over Salmon Split
Ottawa reporters relay debate on Fisheries Department estimates amid a low salmon catch. Mr. Gibson urged swift government division of British Columbia salmon quotas among gear users, warning a 15 share would starve fishermen and expose the industry to wartime market pressures and fierce competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Fisheries Department
d. i. Gibson
Gibson
Sentenced To Death for Haifa Sabotage by Stern Gang
Aug 30 Jerusalem report: Jacob Menahem Alcalay, one of two Stern gang members accused of sabotaging Haifa railway yards last June, is sentenced to death by a military court. The sentence awaits confirmation by Maj-Gen. Sir Evelyn Parker. Meanwhile, 18 others in the group had their death sentences commuted to life. Four female defendants received life terms. Alcalay showed injury and read a Bible on a stretcher during the trial.
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JERUSALEM
Jacob Menahem Alcalay
Sterts
Haifa
Evelyn Parker
Palestine
Ife
Alalay
rea
Stuttgart spies arrest 15 ringleaders confess giving Russians data
Stuttgart arrest batch of 15 Germans in the Free Germany group facing espionage charges. Walter Kazmarek of Stuttgart named as a defendant declares support for Soviet policy. One admitted receiving 5000 marks from Russian officers and reporting troop movements near Frankfurt. Officials say the ring acted in American and British zones with possible French zone activity.
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free Germany
United States
Stuttgart
Walter Kazmarek
Matteret
sian
Germany
United States army
Kesthatek
Frankfurt
U.S
Landing Strips For Tourists Considered In Canada
Ottawa August 30 Trade Minister MacKinnon promised consideration of a suggestion to lay down landing strips for tourists wishing to fly into Canada. Reverend E G Hansell noted Alberta boards of trade proposed strips at venues such as Banff and Lake Louise for tourist access.
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OTTAWA
MacKinnon
Canada
E. G. Hansell
S.C. Macleod
Alberta
Russ Rebels Will Be Shot in Moscow Trial
Gen Gregorie Semenov leader of anti Bolshevik Russians in Manchuria was sentenced to hang. Five co defendants were ordered shot for bearing arms against Russia and spying for Japan. Two others got long prison terms. Names include Constantine Rodzaevski and Lev Vasilevsky. Bemenev admitted working with Japanese generals in a plot to seize Asiatic Russia.
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MOSCOW
Gregorie Semenov
Crissie
TROSE
Constantine V. Rodzaevski
Alexis P. Baksnaev
Lev P. Vasilevsky
Boris M. Shepunov
Ivan A. Mihailov
Nikolai Ukhtomsky
Lev P. Okhotin
Semenov
Manchuria
Shepanov
Azerbaijan
Mikhailov
Bemenev
Russia
Apa
German POW Recaptured After Airport Escape Fracas
German prisoner of war Lorenz Kazmierczak, one of three escapees from the Lethbridge camp last Friday night, was recaptured near Alder syde during the night. He was seized shortly after midnight while waiting for a train by RCMP Constable G R Cunningham and taken to Calgary for return to the camp. The search continues for fellow escapees Hugo Stolte and Franz Schroeder as authorities pursue the trio.
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Lorenz Kazmierczak
Lethbridge
momer
Aldersyde
G. R. Cunningham
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Kazmierczak
Calgary
Hugo Stolte
Franz Schroeder
Trans-Pacific air service eyed for September launch
Melbourne reports Prime Minister Chifley is expected to announce a trans-Pacific air service between Sydney and Vancouver in September. The venture will be operated by Australian National Airways for British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Limited.
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MELBOURNE
Australia
Chifley
Sydney
Vancouvvar
Australian Natinal Airways
Carmanlwealth Pacific Airlines, Limited
Alberta Farmers Union to meet over proposed farm delivery strike
Alberta Farmers Union directors with 26000 members plan a Monday meeting in Edmonton to decide action on a proposed delivery strike of farm produce, announced by Secretary R J Beatitlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.F.U
EDMONTON
Alberta Farmers Union
Alberta
R. J. Beatitlier
CHICAGO YARDS
CHICAGO
A.P
Union
McRAER
BAR ASSN
WINNIPEG
IC.P
J. ©. McRaer
Toronto
Amedalion
K. Wiltinas
Juntice G. O'Connor
YELLOWKNIFE
C.P
Giaugue Lake
N.W.T
Isadore Regnitr
Denniily
Alla
Patterson
Hauser
GREECE
ATHENS
ministry of public order
FORT DIX
N.S
AP.J
Geratn
Germany
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ILP
Monty
Vice-Regal Party
By BELMAN MORIN
Fool’s Paradise
STERN GANG
Dovot
Ruhama
nlestine
London
Hussein EL Khalidi
FRANKFURT, Ang
Russ
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