Plane Crash Feeds Unaffected By Miner Strike Toll Soars
A Colombian airliner crashed into El Tabiazo cliff killing Harold Coward of Calgary and 42 others, the worst aviation disaster at the time. An Italian trio and a U S Army plane crash added to a fatal weekend, with authorities recovering mangled remains from the ravine.
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South America
Harold Coward
Calgary
air ministry
Rome
United States army
Cleveland
Col
Earle L. Johnson
United States
civilian air control
Chinese National Aviation Corporation
Russia
Maxim Gorky
BOGOTA
Colombia
Alta
El Tabiazo
Coward
Tropical Ol Company
Avianca Airlines
El Tablazo
Jose Rubio
Eight Nazi Generals Sentenced To Death
A Yugoslav military court sentenced eight former Nazi generals to death for war crimes. Among them was Col. Gen. Alexander Von Lehr, the Austrian commander in the southeast, charged for the 1941 Belgrade bombing that killed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people.
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BELGRADE
Alexander Von Lehr
Von Lehr
London Umbrella Shortage and Fancy Metal Bathing Suits
A Manchester Guardian correspondent notes London shops face scarce MBRELLAS with demobilized officers blamed for the shortage. Some outlets offer long waits or a single stock item priced at 20 guineas. Bergdorf Goodman sells gold and silver metal bathing suits at ninety dollars, prompting a shopper to buy both.
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London
Manchester Guardian
Piccadilly
The New Yorker
Bergdorf Goodman
Attley Horse Sends Food Parcels to Britain
Melbourne reports racehorse Attley known as the food for Britain horse. Owner Mrs. Norman Sharpe sends 100 food parcels to Britain after each Attley win. total parcels reach 200 after two straight victories.
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MELBOURNE
Reuters
Attley
Britain
Norman Sharpe
Jews Accept Palestine Problem Move to UN
The Jewish agency executive announced acceptance of Britain's plan to submit the Palestine Problem to the United Nations and warned of a political struggle in a new form. In Palestine a one hour strike halted traffic to protest deportations of about 1 000 visa-less Jews from an immigrant ship to Cyprus.
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JERUSALEM
C.P
Jewish agency
Palestine
United Nations
Cyprus
Haifa
Ocean Rigor
Empire Heywood
Mediterranean
JAFFA
Ali Shanin
Shanin
Cairo
supreme
Holy Land
Peta Tikva
Avichael Tanouri
Hasamer Hatzair club
Tel Aviv
Maurice Cohen
Children Burn To Death At Vernon
Vernon police report two Coles children ages five and six died in a garage home fire Saturday night. A 40 year old boy left in charge while parents were away had gone to a hockey game, leaving the youngsters alone.
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VERNON
B.C
C.P
Phillip Coles
Phillip Cole
Douglas
Mr. Cole
Week End Deaths Seance in Beirut and Hollywood Obits
Beir ut region observes death notices for Dr Avour Taret 70 first president of the restored Lebanon Republic. Hollywood notes Michael J Cudahy 38 scion of Meat packing family. Cairo lists Princess Chivekiar former consort of King Fuad and descendant of Mohamed Ali founder of the dynasty.
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BEIRUT
Avour Taret
Lebanon Republic
HOLLYWOOD
Michael J. Cudahy
meat packing
CAIRO
Chivekiar
Fuad
Mohamed Ali
Congress urged to break up big U.S. unions in labor hearings
Rolla Campbell of Island Creek Coal Co. urged Congress to dismantle United Mine Workers and other industry unions into small groups. He argued industry wide bargaining should end and proposed banning closed shops and union welfare funds. Rep. Nixon reported miners and workers want protections from irresponsible leaders amid ongoing hearings on labor reform.
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WASHINGTON
United States
congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workersy
Rolla Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Island Creek Coal Co
house labor committee
Campbell
Richard Nixon
Rep
Calif
rank and file
Nixon
house of representatives labor committee
Scranton
fle
senate labor committee
organized labor
AFL
William Green
Fifty Maritime Coal Pits Idle as Miners Strike
In Glace Bay Nova Scotia 50 coal pits empty as 13 000 District 26 miners walk out for no contract no work. The three day walkout cuts Canada coal output by half while talks with Dominion Steel and Coal fail to resolve wage and production conditions. Maintenance continues with pumps kept running as the strike enters its third day.
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JOHN TRACY
GLACE BAY
N.S
C.F
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
District 26
United Mine Workers
C.C.L
Canada
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Cosco
Ottawa
Preeman Jenkins
Unified Defence For The Americas
Plans for a unified defence force from the Arctic to South America are in the hands of Canada and 21 American republics via the inter American defence board. The proposal follows the Canada United States postwar collaboration and mirrors broader standardization aims with Britain. A treaty is needed to activate the plan, with a Rio de Janeiro conference possible this year.
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WASHINGTON
Arctic
South America
Canada
inter-American defence board
congress
Truman
inter-American board
United States
Britain
house of representatives
senate
Rio de Janeiro
Marshall
Rio
Vanguard Docks in Capetown amid Royal Welcome
The battleship Vanguard with the royal family aboard arrived in Capetown to tumultuous acclaim as 1 200 white clad schoolgirls formed welcome letters on Signal Hill. Crowds cheered while Smuts and the Governor-General greeted the vessel at anchorage.
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Vanguard
CAPETOWN
C.P
Table
Signal Hill
South African Air Force
anchorage
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Gideon Vanzyl
Communists boycott royal tour demonstrations in South Africa
South African Communist leader TP Di Plessis says his party will boycott all demonstrations tied to the British royal family's tour in South Africa. He arrived in London as a union delegate to the empire Communist party conference opening February 26.
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ONDON
Reuters
south Africa
Di Plessis
empire Communist party
Troops Called In Keep Coal Moving as Weather Deepens Winter Crisis
Three thousand troops with 700 trucks assembled to speed coal from Yorkshire mines to power stations as Britain enters a harsher phase of electricity cuts. Rail and road crews, volunteers, and drivers rally to keep fuel moving amid forecasts of persistent Arctic weather and potential relaxation delays.
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MICHAEL O'MARA
LONDON
C.P
Britain
Arctic
Yorkshire
Attlee
LOXDON
Halfrie
Baltic
North Sea
Frisian Islands
Helgoland
Mediterranean
British Isles
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Phames
East Anglian
Berlin
Oslo
Paris
France
Brussels
Reuters
fuel ministry
Shinwell
Drastic Steps To Avert China Crisis
Chiang Kai-Shek's government in Nanking announces a far reaching plan to revamp China's business and government to survive a national emergency. Decrees order repatriation of foreign fortunes, withdraw government from industry, fix prices and wages, seal the exchange rate, curb gold trading, tighten taxes, and fight hoarding.
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NANKING
Pij
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shanghai
Chiang
United States
Byrd Flies Over South Pole and Drops UN Flag
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd yesterday flew over the South Pole and dropped the flag of the United Nations. He completed the flight in nearly 13 hours from Little America returning to base, with temperatures around 40 below zero and no heat in the plane.
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U.S
MT. OLYMPUS
ANTARCTIC
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
United Nations
Little America
Pole
Byrd
Feed Wheat Price Rise Shifts to $1 55 a Bushel
Trade Minister MacKinnon announced in the commons that the price of wheat sold for domestic consumption rises immediately from $1.35 to $1.55 a bushel plus carrying charges. Feed wheat remains at 25 cents a bushel, and the move does not affect flour bread or other wheat product prices.
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UAWA
MacKinnon
treasury
Canada
Port Willam
Port Arthur
Wheat Board
Five U S Soldiers Admit Involvement in Hachioji Clubbings
Five American soldiers accused of fatally clubbing five Japanese and injuring others in Hachioji near Tokyo on January 31 have signed statements admitting participation. Court martial for murder charges to be held in Tokyo. The men Willard J. Grooms George E B Craig Rosey W Harper Edward W Smith Carl J Havaida were detained ten days after the violence as Japanese police reported a jeep equipped gang attacked passersby with sticks and smashed furniture in town.
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TOKYO
United States Far East air forces
Nagoya
Fifth Air Force
Hachioji
U.S
Tachikawa
Willard J. Grooms
George EB. Craig
Rosey W. Harper
Edward W. Smith
Carl J. Havaida
Accidental death verdict in Coleman air crash case
In Blairmore the inquest into the Coleman plane crash that killed four occupants ended with an accidental death verdict and no blame assigned. Field inspections were recommended over weekly checks.
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COLEMAN
HNSI
Blairmore
farm NAME ARBITRATION BOARD
EDMONTON
Alberta Gazette
Frederick Antrobus
H. J. McKim Ross
William 8. Chappell
OTTAWA
C.P
Mitchell
the
commons today
Maritime
United Mine Workers of America District 28
ROBINSON
NEW YORK
A.P
Ray Robinson
New York State Athletic commission
Marty Servo
LA PORTE
Ind
Chisage
South Shore
South Bend
La Porte county
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Imperial Oil, Ltd
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Imperial Oil
Turner Valley
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HATRIVES
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N.B
Americas
TORONTO
Quebec
Ontario
U.N
Canadian Press
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