Bombay quiet returns after week of mutiny and riots
Bombay reports a return to normal after mutiny by Royal Indian sailors and rioting. Strikes end at shore installations and most cotton mills, though air force personnel refuse to work. Police say barricades removed by local residents, with few minor incidents. Naval ships guard harbor as British forces prevent student demonstrations. Casualties reach 228 killed and 1,047 injured, with cremations on ghats. Nehru investigates causes as five courts of inquiry ordered.
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C.P
G& cotton
Royal Indian air force
Royal Navy
Glasgow
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress party
The Left Hand Corner and Cabinet Dreams in Newspapers
A mix of notes on food preservation advances and kitchen promises from The New York Sun, including plastic film bags to preserve freshness and an anhydrous process for room temperature storage. Rutgers pie reheated after two and a half months sparks caution. Mentions Brigadier Sherwood Lett and Windsor Star back page continuation.
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jerwice
Rutgers University
L. Clark
Windsor Star
Sherwood Lett
C.B.H
D.S.O
M.C
E.D
LL.D
Vancouver
Dieppe
Washington Excited Over Canada Russia Spying Row
In Washington the Canada Russia information leak saga dominates headlines as Sunday editions feature the lavish 95th Red Army anniversary Russian embassy party. Charge d affaires Nikolai Novikov and his wife host guests including Brig. Elliot Rodger amid missing Canadian diplomats. Ray Atherton notes greater U.S. excitement than in Canada and declines further comment.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
WASHINGTON
Canada
Russia
Dominion
Nikolai V. Novikov
Gromyko
Red Army
Times Herald
Elliot Rodger
Russian Press Attacks King Bevin in Spy Scandals
Moscow reports say Pravda and Investia accuse Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King of an anti Soviet campaign to aid British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. The Soviet review cites King’s past statements and questions why he remained silent, warning the new diplomacy will fail to undermine Soviet authority.
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MOSCOW
Reuters
Ernest Bevin
Pravda
Truman
Washington
King
Mackenzie King
security council
eign
Bevin
Soviet Union
Canberra expansion clears way for 1000 new homes
Canberra in Australia to resume development after 45 years since confederation. The federal cabinet approved an expansion plan to add up to 1000 new homes and boost office space to invigorate the capital’s growth hindered by wars and a downturn.
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CANBERRA
Australia
Prompt action saves town Durban store from blaze
Fire destroyed Mrs. Elizabeth Lang’s store and damaged the post office in Durban Manitoba. Benito’s fire department acted quickly to prevent spread and protect the business district. Estimated damage was about 3000 dollars.
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DURBAN
Man
Elizabeth Lang
Winnipeg
Benito
Landell Acquitted on Three Counts in Army Trial
Capt. Stanley Landell of Toronto was found guilty on four of seven charges by a Canadian army court martial in Amsterdam for stealing two automobiles and 25 paintings and illegally trafficking liquor in Holland. He was acquitted on three charges. withhold sentence pending higher authority review. The court heard defence arguments that his conduct reflected contemporary attitudes after the war and sought leniency to allow restitution and return home.
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WILLIAM BOSS
AMSTERDAM
C.P. Cable
Stanley Landell
Toronto
Netherlands
Lanedell
Holland
J. OC. Connalley
Halifax
Landell
Connolley
Two Women Die In Fire In Port Arthur
A fire in a two storey frame home in Port Arthur early today killed Mrs. Annie Drainville and Theresa Soper. W.S. Soper and Arthur Soper were hospitalized with severe burns. The blaze started in a clothes closet under the stairs and the house was destroyed. Two other girls escaped unharmed.
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PORT ARTHUR
C.P
Annie PDrainville
W. Soper
Theresa Soper
Theresa
Soper
Fear 100 Lose Lives as German Steamer Sinks in Elbe
London based Reuters reports about 100 feared dead after a German river steamship sank in the Elbe estuary opposite Brunsbüttel. The vessel carried 110 passengers. survivors were rescued by German and British ships. A witness saw a man signaling SOS from the wheelhouse roof before the capsizing.
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LONDON
Reuters
Elbe
Brunschuettel
Germany
Orumekuette
POW Murder Trial Opens
In Medicine Hat Alberta the supreme court began hearings for three German POWs Werner Schwalb Johannes Wiltinger and Adolf Kratz charged with murdering fellow prisoner August Plaszek at the local camp on July 22 1943 Defense counsel seeks separate trials arguing for distinct juries which could extend proceedings and delay a single six member jury if tried jointly. The case proceeds with formality and anticipated witness testimony.
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MEDICINE HAT
supreme court of Alberta
Canada
Werner Schwalb
L.-Cpl
Johannes Wiltinger
Adolf Kratz
August Plaszek
Royal Canadaia Mounted Police
therhbridge
L. S. Turcotte
Lethbridge
Cairo Students Postpone Day Of Mourning
Cairo, Feb 35 4 The day of mourning for Egyptians killed in disturbances on Feb 21 was postponed for one week after Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha warned that demonstrations would be prevented. He said peace and security must be maintained and measures would be taken to preserve order. The protest aimed to demand compensation for families of the dead and the withdrawal of British troops from Egyptian cities.
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CAIRO
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Egypt
Spy Probe Secrecy Marks Royal Inquiry
The Royal Commission into state disclosures to the Russian embassy remains officially silent. A letter from three assisting courpses reports one man and two women held, potential further interrogations under similar orders, and that a report may take weeks as evidence from oral and documentary sources is examined. no country is named in Canada’s release.
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GEORGE KITCHEN
OTTAWA
C.P
Royal Connis
Justice
St. Laurent
royal commissioners
Gerald Fauteux
K.C
Montreal
B. W. Willliams
E.C
Winnipeg
D. W. Mundell
justice department
Jushler Robert
Tuschereau
R. L. Ketlock
supreme court
Moscow
China Forces Are Merged Ceremony Signed to Unite Forces
The central government and Communist forces in China merged into one national army during a ceremony in Chungking. Under the accord, government troops will fall to 50 divisions and Communist units to ten divisions within 18 months, supervised by Sino American headquarters in Peiping. General Chang Chih Chung and General Chou En Lai signed, witnessed by US envoy General Marshall. The plan aims at economic rehabilitation and a stronger security force, despite reports that top generals opposed army reductions.
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SPENCER
MOOSA
Transportation Tie Up and Labor Strife Across Cities
A report on labor tensions in New York and other cities. Mayor O Dwyer rejects exclusive bargaining for civil service workers while deeming a TAWU wage request just cause. Detroit faces milk shortages as dairies reduce output amid five day strikes. Pittsburgh Duquesne Light workers seek higher pay. arbitration discussed. Houston APL workers enforce city plant pickets. volunteer help urged to clear blocked streets. Cleveland drivers vote to strike with demands on daily wage and share of route collections.
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New York State
O'Dwyer
TAW.U
New York
Detroit
United Dairy Workers
Michigan Milk, Producers’ Association
board of health
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
Houston
APL
AFL
Electrician
Painter, Flumber
Carpenters
Cleveland
Mad Pianist Delights Detroit Crowd After Nine-Year Gap
DETROIT, Feb. 25. A mind pianist, aided by guards, enthralled 390 citizens at a hospital ward recital. The 45-year-old inmate of Wayne County General Hospital played Chopin, Mozart, and Beethoven with a stoic face while aides turned pages. The program marked his first public concert in nine years despite persistent applause.
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DETROIT
Wayne County General hospital
pstsmatrie
Defence Of The Empire Defence Of The Empire
London reports outline a strengthened British Commonwealth defence policy to be discussed by prime ministers within two months as a prelude to the Paris peace conference. Britain and the dominions aim to field a more powerful international police force, with Canada developing military cooperation with the United States and positioning for a global air force role under UN security council plans.
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LONDON
Reuters
Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
dominions
Commonwealth
United Nations
British Commonwealth
United States
security council of the
Prisoner riot at Aldershot detainment camp ends after 24 hours
About 400 British soldier prisoners at the Aldershot detention camp rioted for 24 hours, wrecking the main building and hoisting a defiant fire before surrendering. Gen Sir John Cracker announced the mutiny ended, citing arrivals of escapees and local grievances over food and closure. Prisoners were moved to a nearby gymnasium and will be sent to other camps.
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ALDERSHOT
Hampshire
England
C.P
John Cracker
southern command
North Allerton
Myers Elected Alt Taber Taber Trustee in Division 6
Polling at Taber town hall Saturday elected a Subdivision 6 trustee to the Taber No. 6 School Division. Nominees were W. Ray Myers and C. H. Savage. returns show Myers 415, Savage 71, spoiled ballots 6. Subdivision 6 includes Taber and parts of LID 66, joining the division near end of 1945. Myers had long chaired Taber 5.D. trustee board.
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TABER
hall
Taber No. 6
W. Ray Myers
C. H. Savage
Myers
Savage
LID
W. R. Myers
Taber 5.D. trustee board
mercyer
Berg’s rep named in Lethbridge restaurant dispute
February 25 bulletin reports Carl Berg vice president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada named as employees’ representative on an arbitration board to handle a dispute between Lethbridge restaurant and hotel staff and their employers. He will travel to Lethbridge to select a chairman with the employers’ representative.
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u BERG
EDMONTON
C.P
Carl Berg
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Lethbridge
NEW GAME ACT
Alberta
Tanner
Alberta Fish and Game
Pincher Creek
NEW YORK
C.1
United Kingdom
Drew Pearson
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dominion
Britain
BLACK SEA
MOSCOW
Turkey
K. N. Charkviani
central committee
Communist Party of Georgia
KAI-SHEK
CHUNGKING
A.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
Matchuria
Russia
China
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