Resignation Demands Spur RCAF Ground Crew Strike
Sit down strikes at Odiham and Down Ampney in Hampshire and Gloucestershire spread as 1 500 RCAF ground crew press for Air Minister Colin Gibson to resign. Ottawa studies the protest while replacements are promised to allow repatriation of non volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sullivan
vun
Hampshire
England
C.P. Cable
R.C.A.F
Britain
Colin Gibson
Down Ampney
Gloucestershire
RCAF
RCLAF
London
Odiham
E.C.AF
Odham
N. W. Timmerman
Kingston
Ont
Del Gibson
Germany
Col. Gibson
Ottawa
Cant. Timmerman
United Kingdom
R.C. AF
Ampney
Brother of Late Senator Burns Passes at Coast
Michael Burns 84 brother of the late Senator Patrick Burns of Calgary died in hospital Vancouver on Tuesday night. He had lived in Vancouver 32 years and was administrator for the Dominic Burns estate. A son John is arriving to arrange funeral plans in Toronto. He leaves a brother William in Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Michael Burns
Patrick Burns
Calgary
Victoria Court
Ont
Dominic Burns
John
Toronto
Burns
Patrick
On- AIO
William
Ontario
Baldwin Auger parking system described as universal solution
The piece explains a novel Baldwin Auger system to park cars end to end and side by side in mass bays. Cars enter, park at an end, and are auto-actuated to drive-off positions by a single attendant per hundred vehicles, with gear and floor mechanisms moving cars through bays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PMOL AIS
Loyento
St. Thomas
Five Die In Coast Storm
PORTLAND Oregon February 7 Five people died as coast storm and earth slides disrupted Pacific Northwest traffic. Dozens were stranded as mud, rock, and collapsing cliffs halted trains and highways. Coast Guard crews hunted missing workers near Grays Harbor while several bodies washed ashore. The Henry Austin reported near the Columbia River bar seeking river entry amid gale conditions. In Manitoba isolated towns faced blizzard conditions with fires destroying five buildings at Altona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PORTLAND
Ore
Pacific Northwest
middle west
Columbia
Washington coast
here
Union Pacific Railroad
C. Knox
Union Pacific
Spokane
Chicago
Salt Lake City
prairie states
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Milwaukee Railroad
Washington State
California
Coast Guard
Grays Harbor
Wash
head
Coastguard
Henry Austin
Oregon
Columbra
WINNIPEG
Ontario
lakehead
Fort. William
Port Arthur
Manitoba
Altona
Man
Yukon Liner Yukon Wreck Survivors Foundering 32 Missing
KETCHIKAN Alaska Feb 7 Thirty two persons were unaccounted for as rescue vessels brought the last survivors from the wrecked liner Yukon to Seward. Coast guard reports said 463 had been carried to safety with 497 aboard according to Alaska Steamship and army lists. The Onondaga and other craft recovered most survivors after the ship broke in two near Johnstone Bay amid near zero temperature. Survivors were sheltered in Seward as the Alaska planned to take them to Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KETCHIKAN
Alaska
Seward
Yukon
AN Seward
coast guard
Alaska Steamship company
army
Johnstoneay
Onondaga
Anchorage
Seattle
Red Cross
Stanberry Woman Causes Family Confusion in Marriage
Miss Dana Miller of Stanberry caused a stir by marrying her step father's younger brother. The marriage makes her her mother's sister-in-law and makes her husband the son-in-law of both her brother and sister-in-law. Confusion spreads as the family navigates the tangled ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STANBERRY, Mo
Dana. Miller of
Stanberry
inlaw
Molotov Pledges and Support for UN
London feb 7 Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov pledged Soviet support for the United Nations as the guaranteed basis for peaceful economic development. He said the Soviet peace-loving policy is enduring and challenged capitalist Europe and America to an economic race. He praised Stalin's leadership and said Communists abroad were emerging as leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Vyacheslav Sdkolotov
Russia
United Nations
Moscow
Soviet Union
Europe
America
Communist party
Generalissimo
Stalin
Yamashita's Appeal Fails in Final MacArthur Review
Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita's clemency appeal is denied by General MacArthur who upholds the death sentence for the Japanese commander. Execution to be carried out secretly in Manila with witnesses barred. MacArthur denounces Yamashita for atrocities and treachery to civilization. Also reported is the death of farmer Clifford O Ferguson near Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MARLING SEENCER
TOKYO
Tomoyuki Yamashita
MacArthur
Manila
Yamashita
Wilhelm D. Styer
Styer
Western
Pacific
Philippines
BAZ
British Plan On Hess Flight Revealed In Interrogations
British government disclosed that Rudolph Hess flew to Scotland in 1941 with aims to topple Churchill and seek a peace that would give Nazis free rein in Europe. Interrogations show Hess urged Britain that Hitler would regret Britain’s collapse and warned of aggressive American plans, with Canada possibly joining the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
UERNBERG
Rudolph Hess
Scotland
Churchill
Europe
Hess
Britain
Hitler
Canada
United States
MUERNBERG
Rudolph
Joachim Von Ribbentrop
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Great Britain
Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Germany
Lisbon
Duke of Hamilton
Fight Over Value Of Box Factory
Regina reports Resources Minister N L Phelps defended the $50 154 government offer for the Prince Albert box factory expropriated from J E Mitchell. Mitchell contends the offer was rejected and will seek a King’s Bench ruling. Phelps says appraisers did not value under 100 000 and notes Mitchell bought the plant for 11 000 three months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REGINA
N. L. Phelps
Prince Albert
Navy
J. E. Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
king’s bench court
C. S. Davis
Mitchell
Resources
Phelps
Stormy Crisis Over Greece Ends in London
The Infant Security Council of the United Nations resolved the crisis over British troops in Greece after broad concessions by Russia and a conciliatory British gesture. UK Foreign Secretary Bevin accepted a UN drafted formula to drop the case with a Makin statement. the council adjourned to resume later. The session ended with applause as Bevin and Vishinsky exchanged smiles.
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Br ROSS MUNRO
ONDON
C.P. Cable
Security Council
United Nations
world peace organization
Greece
Russia
Britain
Andre] Vishinsky
council
Ernest Bevin
Norman Makin
Bevin
Makin
ward R
Stettinius
Andreis Vishinsky
Ernest Hevin
UNO general assembly
London
New York Rationing Fuel Amid Tugmen Strike Emergency
New York declares a state of emergency as 3500 tugmen strike, halting harbor work and prompting wartime style fuel shortages. Army and navy seize tugboats, brownouts and strict rationing begin. schools to close for at least five days to conserve fuel and heat hospital needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
United States
army
navy
office of defence transportation
William O'Dwyer
A.P.L
Britain Turns Big Guns On Biggest Peace Problem Food
British cabinet gears to combat wartime scale food shortage with a “battle for bread” plan led by Attlee, Ben Smith, and Tom Williams. The Food Cabinet will push home production, consider subsidies, and seek to restore the wheat subsidy as 140 million Europeans face subsistence calories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
STUART UNDERHILL
De Metphens
Attlee
Sir Ben Smith
Tom Williams
Ben
elds
Sir Ben
lfeline
food, agriculture, transport
Canada
Australia
Bevin
UNO
United States
ministry of transport
emergency economic committee for Europe
Bevin Says Lie To Ukraine Over Indonesia Issue
London dispatch reports Ukraine’s Dmitr Manuilsky telling the United Nations Security Council that British forces press Indonesian national movement and use of Japanese troops undermines UN authority. Bevin retorts with the word Lie and demands on-the-spot inquiry while Syria Lebanon seek British French troop withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
U.Pie
Ukraine
United Nations security council
Indonesia
Serritary Bevin
Britain
Dmitr ManulJsky
security council
M. Manuilsky
Ukraiian
United Nations
Syria
Lebanon
Levant
Greece
Russia
Yukon Unaccounted For Seventeen In Yukon Wreck
AP report notes Alaska Steamship Co released revised Yukon casualty counts: only 15 accounted, eight military, five civilians, two crew. Also brief items on Truman strike plan, Italy reestablishment talks, Canada food shipments, grain export halt bill, Quebec hangar fire, and Britain delaying aviation pact approval.
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YUKON
SEATTLE
Alaska Steamship Co
TRUA
ASHINGTON
A.P
Truman
stres
house of representatives
Senate
U.S
ITALY
WASHINGTON
A.S
United States
GARdINER
CANADA
OTTAWA
Britain
QUEBEC
Ancienne Lorette
Kokomo
Ont
London
Europe
United Kingdom
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Gibson
H. B. Godwin
B.C.A.F
Senator Burns
Age of Redwoods
URFT
lowspaper
MOLOTOV
MOOSE JAW
Sask
Clifford O. Ferguson
Mitchellton
Salvador
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