Bombay Turmoil as Troops Clash With Naval Strikers
British troops and Royal Indian Navy strikers fought near Bombay waterfront while mutineer ships maneuvered in the harbor. Civilian riots erupted in the city center with police firing on mobs. Vehicles were halted and set ablaze as looting and damage spread. Reports said strikers suffered heavy casualties and naval garrisons at Castle barracks were besieged. A truce was reported near 5 p m local time, but gunfire continued.
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Royal Indian Navy
Bombay
India
AMAL WA UN WEE
Poona
Karachi
Castle barracks
LONDON
C.P
Reuters
Egyptian Students Attack British Barracks In Cairo
Egyptian students and workers marched through Cairo in a one day strike demanding British troop evacuation from the Nile valley. Demonstrators attacked the Saint Anglican Cathedral and a British barracks. shops and factories closed and the city faced gunfire, casualties, and evacuations.
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Cairo
England
AN Saints
Egypt
Wile valley
Caio
Bash El Nil
eral
Nile valley
Abdin Palace square
Merthyr Tydfil to Honor Attlee with Freedom Award
The Ottawa Journal notes the first Labour prime minister will be granted the freedom of Merthyr Tydfil on April 18, praising the borough's coal-centre role and linking it to Labour history. It recalls Keir Hardie’s Palace Yard entrance and contrasts past attire with modern socialist image and progress.
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Labor
London
Ottawa Journal
Merthyr Tydfil
Clement Attlee
Merthyr Tyaffi
CaliSe
bubat
Keir Hardie
Labor Party
House of Commons
Palace Yard
Westminster
Regina
Peter Epp
Edmund
Rosthern
Lester Patrick Quits Rangers
New York February 21 Frank Boucher was elevated to manager of the New York Rangers after Lester Patrick resigned as manager. Patrick will remain vice president of Madison Square Garden, owners of the club. Tom Lockhart of the New York Rover was named business manager of the Rangers. Changes take effect immediately.
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NEW YORK
Lester Patrick
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
Frank Boucher
Tom Lockhart
New York Rover
Rangers
Marines Reduce Six Non Commissioned Officers to Private
Six non commissioned Marine officers have been reduced to the rank of private for taking part in a protest against the U S Marine Corps discharge policy. The action was announced by headquarters of Lt General Roy S Geiger commander of the Pacific fleet marine force. The report states the penalty was imposed yesterday at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.
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PEARL HARBOR
vPi
United States Marine Corps
Roy S Geiger
Profle
maine
Canadians Wed More Scot Gals Than All Others
Loneon February 21 Reuters reports the registry general for Scotland says Canadians married nearly as many Scots as all other dominion and Allied troops combined. It also notes 1943 population in Scotland was above reproduction for the first time in years, with birth rate the highest since 1932 and infant and maternal mortality at record lows.
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LONEON
Reuters
Scotland
28 Cardinals Receive Red Hats at Vatican Mass
The Pope conferred red hats on 28 new cardinals including James Cardinal McGuigan of Toronto in a major St Peter's ceremony witnessed by about 20,000. The new princes will receive their rings tomorrow in a secret consistory as part of weeklong rites and a world broadcast.
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VATICAN CITY
James Cardinal McGuigan
Toronto
St. Peter's
Vatican
St Peter's
papal
catheral
basilica
paypal court
Canada Faces Scarce Food Supplies Across Nation
Ottawa reports food supplies generally insufficient to maintain a balanced diet with many commodities extremely scarce. Prices sit at ceiling limits as consumers and merchants show reduced price vigilance. Butter remains scarce in several centres while some regions have adequate sugar and fats. The monthly survey notes scattered shortages across provinces, with Alberta and British Columbia showing mixed trends. Continued coverage promised on page three.
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OTTAWA
Canada
prices board
Dominion
Eges
Merdicine
Montreal
British Columbia
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Edmonton
Septuplet hoax reported by Paris police officer
Paris papers and readers chased a sensational claim that a Paris woman gave birth to septuplets. A British tip sparked the tale, later deemed a hoax as journalists questioned the report's accuracy. The incident stirred chatter along Rue Galande before confirmation.
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JOHN FE DYNAN
PARIS
Seine
Jimmy Rue Galande
Rue Galande
Former Ontario premier G Howard Ferguson dies at 76
Toronto February 21 Hon G Howard Ferguson once Ontario premier and later Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom died suddenly at his home early today. He was 76. Ferguson, who in 25 years of Ontario politics had never suffered retirement difficulties. (Continued on Page Three.)
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TORONTO
G. Howard Ferguson
Ontario
United Kingdom
Mr. Ferguson
Spy Inquiry Creates Delicate Situation
A Canadian press story reports a Russian claim that Canada’s stance harms Russo Canadian relations. The Moscow statement and the royal commission’s spy inquiry are described as shaping a delicate diplomatic moment. Officials note no cabinet decision yet and warn the claim may precede Canada’s official position.
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UAWA
Canada
Ottawa
Nicolai Zabotin
royal commission
Skiing Behind Runaway Pig Angers Saskatchewan Farmer
Romance Saskatchewan Feb 21 A farmer named John Brecker chased a runaway pig during a ski-joring incident. The pig dragged him, sending him to the snow then under a wagon. Brecker recovered and fatally wounded the pig, ending the misadventure.
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John Brecker
Holland
Jong
Amsterdam Trial Opens Against Landell in Poland case
Amsterdam, Feb 21. Trial opened for Capt Stanley Brice Landell and two other Toronto officers, charged by a Canadian military tribunal with seven counts including theft and illicit trafficking in liquor and paintings. The three defendants face separate trials. Col James Wilson presiding. Lt-Col Clarence Campbell prosecutes.
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C.P. Ceble
Stanley Brice Landell
Toronto
Poland
Landell
Phisn Tedman
Thomson
Enandell
Nouv
Boll
Iquor
Belgium
Col Tedman
leutenant
Richard G Parker
Duncan
W Wilson
Milden
Sask
A P_ Dodds
Letherbridge
Aila
L. Hogan
Halix
Cal E L Depender
Winnipeg
Colin Foster
Regina
P. Connoller
Royal Canadian Navy
Clarence Campbell
Edmonton
Kurt Meyer
Meyer
Alberta Liberals push cut in oil taxes and education cost
The Alberta Liberal executive endorsed a plan to have the province bear at least 50 percent of primary and secondary education costs. It also approved a request for a one cent per gallon reduction in crude oil taxes by both provincial and federal governments to offset higher costs. The motion cites rising liquor profits and compares Alberta to British Columbia and Ontario.
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ALBERTA
CALGARY
Alberta Liberal party
Haquor
British Columbia
Ontario
Interim Report On Spies Expected On Saturday
Canaan Press Star reports that the royal commission on espionage will deliver an interim report by Saturday and likely wrap up its investigation around March 7. The document is said to restate progress with little new detail beyond the prior statement from Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
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JACK BRAYLEY
Canaan Press Star
OVTAW AL
C.P
royal commission on espionage
comision Hirel
Miniter Macekenze
royal comMISSION 15
Hing
Moscow
Ottawa
Truman and King Talked Leakage Last September
President Truman disclosed today the next talked with Prime Minister Mackenzie King on Canada's projected investigation of leakage of confidential information last September when King was en route to London. King then spent a week in Washington before sailing from New York for a month’s voyage in the United Kingdom, returning to Washington in November for atomic energy talks with the president and prime minister. The president brushed aside questions about espionage talks with Attlee. Continued on Page Five.
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Russia
George Zaroubin
Truman
Evin
Styles Bridges
Canada
Nicola Rabotin
CLYDE BLACKBURN
INGTON
C.P.i
Trunan
nrxt
Mackenzie King
Landat
Washington
New York
United Kingdom
News Bulletin Highlights from War and Crisis Fires
Reuters reports 17 killed and 300 injured in riots across Camo. Attlee signals a statement on Indian naval strike violence in Bombay and Karachi. Edmonton Institute reestablishes milk quota with 15 percent rise, effective August 1. Capt Landell pleads innocent to charges in Amsterdam. Sg t Alvin Fenton testifies. Vice Admiral Wilkinson drowns after ferry accident near Norfolk. Famine threatens 4 million in China’s Hunan province amid ongoing Sino-Japanese conflict.
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CAMLO
Reuters
LONDON
Attlee
house of commons
Royal Indian naval
Bombay
Karachi
India
Ather
EDMONTON
Public Utilities Commission
Calgary
Lethbridge
LANDELL
AMSTERDAM
C.P. Cable
Stanley Bruce Landell
Toronto
Holland
Alvin PB
Fenton
Clareshalm
Norfolk
Elizabeth river
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CHUNGKING
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