Tito Tightens His Grip On Yugoslavia
Premier Tito promotes Eduard Kardelj to foreign minister and Alexander Rankovic to vice premier while keeping interior control. Stanoje Simic leaves the foreign ministry for a minister-without-portfolio post. Durabelagoje Neskovic becomes vice premier and takes Kardelj’s old post.
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Associated Press
ONDON
Tito
Yugoslavia
Eduard Kardelj
Alexander Rankovic
SEEK SIMIC
Stanoje Simic
Kardelj
control commission
Rankovic
Rankovich
Communist Information Bureau
Moscow
Greece
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Simic
foreign office
Tanjug
Durabslagoje Neskovic
Serbia
federal control commission
Victims Named In Fatal Calgary Collision Near Grassfield
Calgary August 31 three men died in an early Monday crash near Grassfield 27 miles north of Calgary Identified as Reginald Freebody James George Stuart and James Douglas Stafford The mangled car struck a Calgary Edmonton highway oil truck driven by Robert Bowden Red Deer The truck overturned in a field The car owner James Blair Calgary said Freebody borrowed it
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CALGARY
Grassfield
here
Reginald Freebody
James George Stuar
James Douglas Stafford
Calgary-Edmonton
Crossfield
Robert Bowden
Red Deer
Alta
James Biair
Freebody
New Essex town Bastidon planned for 0 to 15 years
The Left Hand Corner reports that a new town Bastidon will be built in Essex to house up to 0 000 people. Seven local authorities back the plan under the New Town Act, spanning about 7000 acres for homes, communal facilities, and varied industries to serve all classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silkin
Essex
Bastidon
Britain
naan
Canada’s population up
Police search for 35 year old man suspected of assaulting a young girl on Scona road after she alighted from a bus. The 1 year old girl escaped to her home. police questioned the suspect who did not appear for a lineup and a warrant is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
Scona road
Extension of Compulsory Service Spurs Labor Leaders
London reports that extending compulsory military service may be pushed in the new session as demobilization slows. The Daily Herald notes conscripts liable for 19 months may be kept longer, with Parliament required to approve 1949 call ups. The aim is to support the Berlin airlift and Malaya actions amid uncertain international conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Daily Herald
Labor
Malaya
navy
army
air
German Police Guard Orphan From Russians
In Berlin a German policeman watches over Helena Korolenko a 14 year old Ukrainian descent girl in American sector hospital custody dispute between the United States and Russia. Russians claim custody and offer to fund needed surgery for her infantile paralysis. American authorities bar transfer without IRO consent.
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BERLIN
United States
Russia
Helena Korolenko
Io Catholic hospital
International Refugee Organization
Alberta Follows B C in Largest Immigration Rise
Ottawa reports Canada's immigration surge, with Ontario attracting the most newcomers and British Columbia as the fastest growing province. Alberta shows a 2.9 percent gain for 1947 48, trailing BC but leading among central provinces amid a total population rise toward 13 million by October.
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OTTAWA
O—Canada
A. BH. LeNeveu
Bureau of Statistics
mark
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
ALBERTA
On’ aro
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Snexatchewan
Prince Edward Island
U M W Committee Urges Wage Boost At N S Convention
In Truro Nova Scotia the United Mine Workers District 26 polices committee recommended a $2.56 a day raise, with the convention expected to accept. The current base rate for miners is $7.65 per day after a 1947 strike gain and subsequent bonuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRURO
N.S
C.P
United Ming Workers District
St Laurent Attends Canadian Bar Association Meeting
Montreal August 31 Louis St Laurent a well known barrister from Quebec City checked in Monday for the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association He registered as an other lawyer and paid his fee along with the others to join the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
Louis St. Laurent
Quebec City
Canadian Bar Association
Fifty Years Dutch Ruler Queen Wilhelmina Addresses Jubilee
Queen Wilhelmina marked her 68th birthday and 50 years on the throne with a broadcast from the Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. She spoke of Netherlands’ strength to realize wartime future dreams and announced abdication in favor of her daughter Princess Juliana due to failing health.
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AMSTERDAM
Wilhelmina
The
Netherlands
Olympic stadium
Julians
JULIANA
Jull
Berlin Blockade Talks Warm Up as Currency Pact Is Sought
Berlin military governors from Britain United States Russia and France meet amid hopes for a four power Berlin currency accord while London Moscow discussions continue. The talks follow Kremlin diplomacy and may lead to resuming the Allied central council operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bers
Germany
Berlin
Brian Robertson
Britain
Kremlin
Reuters
DPD
Allied central council
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Brian
London
foreign office
Moscow
Wassily Sokolovsky
Russia
Pierre Koenig
France
allied control authority
control council
Molotov
Stalin
Wallace Pushed on Tour Amid Crowds and Eggs
In Charlotte Monty Wallace faced slings and insults as 2,506 spectators booed and hurled eggs and tomatoes. Three arrests were made for disorderly conduct as Wallace vowed to continue his southern tour protesting segregation.
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CHARLOTTTE
N.C
Monty Wallace
Mecklenburg
Progressive party
Qne
Moscow
Henry
Wallace
Mecklenburg County
Winston- Salem
Burlington
Greensboro
High Point
south
America
Edmonton Delays School Opening Due to Poliomyelitis
Edmonton officials announced closures for all city schools because poliomyelitis risk remains. older students aged 14 and up may begin fall term September 7, with younger children delayed to about September 15 depending on disease conditions. Alberta-wide schools still slated to open Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
board of education
Alberta
Double wedding reunion after 41 years in Lamar
In Lamar Missouri 65 year old Andrew Allan and 62 year old Mrs. Jesse Opitz remarried each other after a 41 year separation. The Friday ceremony recalled a 1907 double wedding in which the other two spouses had died.
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LAMAR
Andrew Allan
Jesse Opitz
Death
Schuman Aims to Rebuild French Cabinet After Crisis
Paris Aug 31 Robert Schuman plans to ask the national assembly to reinstate him as premier and form a new cabinet. He seeks 311 votes from 620 deputies, likely drawing from the MEAP socialists and radicals while excluding communists and De Gaulle followers.
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PARIS
Robert Schuman
national assembly
France
Mouvement Republicain Populaire
Schuman
aunists
sina
Andre Marie b
Marie
MEAP
Paul Reynaud
Maine
Schuaian
Charles De Gaulle
Eddie Cantor Attacks Bevin in Boston Speech
Nantasket Mass August 31 entertainer Eddie Cantor labeled Britain's foreign secretary Ernest Bevin the worst ant-Semite since Hitler speaking to 600 members of the Combined Jewish Appeal of Greater Boston. He said Jews in Israel fight both Arabs and Bevin.
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NANTASEAET
Mass
Eddie Cantor
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Hitler
Greater Boston
Yerael
Cantor
England
Zhdanov Dies as Kremlin Leader Emerges in Moscow Radio
Moscow radio reports the death of Andrei Zhdanov a top Politburo member once seen as Stalin successor He was a leading figure in the Communist International Information Bureau and served as secretary of the Russian Communist Party Central Committee.
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ZHDANOVV
DESD
LONDON
Moscow radio
Andrei Alexandrovich Zidanov
Russia
communist party
Zhdanov
Stalin
communist international information bureau
Russian communist party
BENES
PRAGUE
Aarry S. Truman
Truman
Governor Dewey
New York
VICALORIA FAVE
VICTORIA
Aug
Gustave Wiegner
Kimball
Neb
John McComas
Dayton
Wiegner
Carl Ledoux
British Columbia
Zaial
Fort St. John
LOS ANGELES
General hospital
hos
Cape Hatteras
TORONTO
har Pitala
welfare society
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Hudson Bay
Churchill
Man
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North Anglia
whch
Central Press
CANADA
B.C
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Albert
U.M.W
nhew
Liberal party
Northwest Airlines
briff
Fountain City
Wis
Winona
Minn
International Soundphoto
George HKlemmas
Thomas Gonzales
National Research Council
Reynaud
Bevin
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