Rain Machine Promises Bumper Crops In Prairie Drought
Regina inventor Donald Johnston, 33, claims a "universcope" rain machine can banish drought across the prairie provinces by intensifying moon driven electro magnetic effects that trigger rain over a 100 mile radius. He spent 500 on the device, has no patent, and seeks only reimbursement of expenses to expand operation in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. Local farmers in Swift Current and Regina funded trials from 1938 to 1941, with 1942 bringing notable rainfall.
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REGINA
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Swift Current
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Man jailed and fined for driving without proper permit in Britain
A 29 year old man appeared at Old Bailey on charges of driving a vehicle while disqualified from holding a operator's permit and using a permit not his own. He faced a two prison term total of six and twelve months to run concurrently and an 800 dollar fine. His permit was suspended for life. His father, who lent his own permit, was fined 1200 dollars.
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Old Bailey
Bandits Escape After Shots Fired In Tel Aviv
In Tel Aviv police clashed with masked robbers who fired on a patrol. The bandits fled after the exchange. at least three injured including a policeman, a robber, and a bystander. Robbers abandoned a satchel with several thousand pounds from relief fund messengers. Palestinian and British casualties from violence in Palestine rose to five with a British soldier killed by a mine near Haifa and four other soldiers earlier in Jerusalem area.
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JERUSALEM
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haifa
Ten Year Term For Japanese General
Singapore reports former Japanese army chief of staff Li Gen Eiguma Ishida sentenced to ten years by the Singapore war crimes tribunal. In 1943 he oversaw the Burma Siam death railway project which killed about 15 000 Allied POWs and 160 000 regional laborers. Subordinates Nakamura and Ishui received death sentences. Nakamura mercy sought, no comment on Ishida’s fate. Reuters reporting from December 3.
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Reuters
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Ishida
Col
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Nakumura
Unity Zones Of G B U S Unity Zones Of G B U S
Foreign Secretary Bevin and State Secretary Byrnes announced an agreement to merge British and American occupation zones in Germany to achieve economic self sufficiency by 1950 with a cost of 1 billion dollars. The pact, effective Jan 1 1947, pools resources and imports to raise German living standards.
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NEW YORK
C.F
Kevin
United States
Germany
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Bevin
Austria
Britain
Brian Robertson
Lucius Clay
Robertson
Canada
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
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France
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Ruhr
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Thieves Take Shirts From City Laundry
Ont., Dec. 3. Thieves who entered the city laundry here early Monday morning didn't want money or valuables. They opened three parcels and took five shirts, leaving the rest of the laundry contents undisturbed.
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T. THOMAS
Auriol Elected President of French National Assembly
Vincent Auriol won the French national assembly presidency with 284 votes, defeating Marcel Cachin and Alexandre Varenne, aided by the conservative MR P led by Georges Bidault. The assembly plans an interim cabinet under Thorez as premier, with council of the republic to elect, and a mid January permanent government expected.
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Vincent Aurial
natonal assembly
Aurial
Marcel Cachin
Alexandre Varenne
Aurol
Popular Republican Movement
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Georges Bidault
M. Auriol
iton
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France
Gen. De Gaulle
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M. Thorez
Mouvement Republican Populsive
MLR.P
M. Bidault
Auriol
naonal assembly
house of commons
Vincent Auriol
Yvon Delbes
council of the republic
M.RP
M. ‘Thorez
Husert Schuman
elec_toral
Retroactive salary increases are out in Edmonton
Edmonton economist D W Northfield inspector of Income Tax said retroactive salary increases will be disallowed for income tax purchases with the wartime salaries control order canceled. He noted a bonus distinct from a salary increase would be permissible.
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EDMONTON
D .W. Northfield
Northfield
Hill property sale to S S Kresge Co Ltd in Lethbridge
The southwest corner Lot of Sixth Street and Fourth Avenue South in Lethbridge, a prime business site, changed hands to the S S Kresge Co Ltd for more than 150000 dollars. The Hill family previously owned the 200 by 125 foot corner with multiple shops and a rooming house.
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Hill
Sixth Street
Fourth Avenue
Léthbridge
SS. Kresge Co. Ltd
Herald
Edgar B. Hill
Crucial talks open London on India independence
In London Lord Wavell and Indian leaders Nehru Jinnah and Singh meet Attlee and cabinet experts to align factions for the December 9 opening of the constituent assembly in New Delhi. With Nehru promised return facilities, the British aim to complete talks before Saturday. A spokesman called the meetings crucial as fears of civil strife rise if differences remain unresolved.
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LONDON
India
Viscount ‘avell
Attlee
Lord Wavell
Karachi
Mr. Attlee
Downing Street
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress party
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Moslem League
Sardar Baldev Singh
constituent assembly
New Delhi
Nehru
Mr Attler
India office
Atomic Bomb Places Fourth in Weapons List
Paris December 3 The atomic bomb ranked fourth among the world s most potent weapons in a study cited by Prof Frederick J Currie He argued that science and journalism pose greater dangers than the atom though he did not elaborate Further remarks were not given by Currie across the report
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PARIS
Dev
Reutersi
Frederick J. Currie
Reward Offered for Indian Rope Trick Mastermind
Reuters reports from London that a £15,000 reward ($60,000) is offered by Maj Maske lyne and Ronald Bedford for proving the Indian rope trick. The prize requires a demonstrable, properly executed illusion witnessed by the National Association of Magicians Societies, with strict conditions on the act and its disclosure.
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RONALD BEDFORD
LONDON
Reuters
National Association of magical societies
May
Jasper Maskelyne
Maj. Maskelyne
Magicians
sal
magical society
Alexander Cannon
Flame thrower speeds frostbound roadwork at London city hall
Workmen repairing frost hard asphalt in front of London city hall used a flame thrower from last summer to soften the material. The heated tool quickly loosened the frost crust and allowed repairs to be completed within a few hours.
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LONDON
city hall
New Plan For Vets Houses From National Builders
Winnipeg reports the National House Builders Association of Canada proposed a production based plan to supply 60,000 veterans housing within 12 months. Homes would cost 6000 to 7000 dollars, include basements and furnaces, and be bought on easy terms. Builders nationwide would assess needs, with Ottawa allocating materials to manufacturers and distributors. D B Mansur of Central Mortgage calls Canada ahead in postwar housing efforts.
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Frank Lou
Ottawa
National House Builders association
D. B. Mansur
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Canada
United States
Pools Accept Taxation Offer
Calgary delegates at the Alberta Wheat Pool annual meeting endorsed continuing negotiations with Ottawa on a federal proposal affecting co op earnings taxation. The resolution rejects public disclosure, but authorizes the board to pursue talks with the federal government on tax terms for income from prior period margins under the 1845-48 basis proposals.
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Prairie Wheat Pools
Alberta Wheat Pool
Ottawet
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Alberta Wheat Paal
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Chinese to Take Over Dairen Port
Chinese military authorities report plans for Ta Lungming’s troops to seize Dairen port in Manchuria. Russian forces have occupied the area since the Japanese surrender, with Pulantien near the border as a staging point. In China, Communist units move toward Yangku Taiyuan in Shansi to ease pressure on We Nan.
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Haas
Ghina
Yangku Taiyuans
Shansi
Wenan
May Japs Inspired Indonesian Revolt
Tokyo reports an Dutch war crimes prosecutor indicates that during a frantic week while surrender news was kept secret the Japanese inspired the post war revolt in Indonesia. The claim ties Japanese actions to Indonesian upheaval amid the broader war’s end.
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TOKYO
Netherlands
diay
Indonesia
Coal Strike Deepens Across U S Mills and Jobs Idle
Pittsburgh reports 23,000 idle as 13 day United Mine Workers strike shuts down furnaces and reduces coke. Coal walkout cuts fuel for railroads, stops jobs in Youngstown Cleveland La Tin and Schenectady, GE lays off 1,200, Colorado to drastic layoffs, while three miners in Clarksburg vow enlistment after army review.
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PITTSBURGH
United States
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania employment service
Ernest E. Norris
Southern Railroad
Youngstown
Otto
National Tube company
Latain
Ohio
Republic Steel
Cleveland
Alabama
Schenectady
N.Y
General Electric Corporation
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation
Company
oflula
CLARKSBURG
WVa
J A. Dries
omner
U.S. army
Record Steer Sale Sets Price Peak At Louisville Market
Louisville stockyards officials report a record price for a lot of choice steers sold Monday. Twenty five head averaging 1777 pounds each brought 20 dollars per hundredweight, surpassing last October’s peak by a strong margin.
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J - Bourbon stock yards
Mundiay
Niemoller Arrives in New York From Berlin
News wires report Rev Martin Niemoller who spent eight years in Nazi camps arrived in New York by plane from Berlin with his wife. The dispatch notes his anti Hitler stance and personal endurance amid wartime travel.
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NEW YORK
YORK
Martin Niemoeiler
oppailan
Hitler
Berlin
LEX
WANG SAINT JONN
C.P
J. E. Michaud
Thomas H. Heffernan
EDMONT Dee
J. Boutilier
Mbetta farmers’ Union
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Donald Gordon
Pricey Board
IFEG
George Croft
Charles Clark
Winnipeg
Russell Saunderson
strom
tmevenger bey
south Winniwes
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