Brighter Mad Doctor Hangs Self In Jail Cell
Dr Leonardo Conti, Hitler's so called mad doctor, killed himself in a Nürnberg jail cell by garrotting with his shirt. The death was kept secret by U S authorities and his burial was done secretly last October. Conti had been a prosecution witness and faced charges linked to Nazi health policies and war crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DANIEL DE LUCE
NUERNBERG
Leonardo Conti
Hitler
United States army
L Conti
Gruppenfuehrer
Hermann Goerng
Wilhelm Frick
Heinrich Himmler
Heidi health
Frick
Robert M. W. Kempner
Lansdowne
Black cap precedes death sentence in British trials
Readers learn the black cap used by British high court judges signals a death sentence, tracing its history from Elizabethan times to Samuel and old ecclesiastical origins. The piece contrasts US misinterpretations and notes the cap as a ceremonial relic worn with full dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Lord Haw Haw
Joyce
Brandon Sun
high court
United States
Samuel
Crerar urges national armed forces preparedness in post war era
General Crerar told about 4000 veterans and citizens in Winnipeg that post war aims must include military preparedness, a national veterans group, and a social organization to preserve wartime friendships. He urged aligning with the Canadian Legion and cautioned against starting a rival youth-based body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
veterans’ association
CANADIAN LEGION
T am
Canadian Legion of the British Empire Services
League
Pioneer Cochrane Rancher Dies
Calgary telegram reports the death of Duncan Irving Kerfoot 60 a noted Cochrane pioneer and son of W D Kerfoot the first rancher in the Cochrane district He was reportedly the first white child born in the Calgary district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CALGARY
Cochrane
Duncan Irving Kerfoot
Mr. Kerfoot
W. D. Kerfoot
Monty's Visit to Dominion Postponed to September
Ottawa reports Field Marshal Montgomery will not visit Canada until September. The April trip is deferred by the prime minister's office with no reason given. The delay shifts planned engagements and extends wartime diplomacy with Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Canada
Field Marshal Montgomery
Gun Battle Near Montreal Hotel In Standoff
Three suspected hold up men engaged in a fierce shootout with provincial police last night in a hotel lobby and streets of L Epiphanie, east of Montreal. At least 50 shots were fired. one suspect was seriously wounded and all but one were captured near Ste Julienne. a fourth escapee was believed to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
Jie
L'Epiphanie
here
Royal hotel
James Haney
J. Brunet
Ste. Julienne
Decapitation Reported for Potter at Prison Farm
Vancouver report from January 14 cites an authoritative source stating Byron Potter, a 47 year old ex soldier and Alaska highway worker, was decapitated by a hangman's noose at Qakalla prison farm last Thursday. Potter had been hanged for the murder of Edna Ina Rogers in Dawson Creek, B C, last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Thomas J Hurley
Byron Bruce Potter
haneman
Qakalla
Potter
United States
Alaska
Edna Ina Rogers
Dawson Creek
B.C
Resentment grows among G I s at Edmonton base
Ed monton January reports GI personnel protest slow repatriation as war ends. A spokesman says 150 non commissioned men cite unnecessary delay and claim air traffic on the Alaska route could be handled by the RGA or civilians. Brig Gen Dale V Gaffney notes the base is ahead of quota and plans to reduce staff, while flights continue empty to repatriate personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
United States army air forces
United States
RGA
RCAF
Dale V. Gaffney
oficer
Alaskan
air transport command
Gaffney
Alaska
ballest
Lee
sien
Canada Seeks Seat On Atomic Energy Commission
Canadian delegates to the UNO general assembly say Canada expects a seat on the proposed atomic energy control commission after failing to win a seat on the security council. They note shared interest with the United States and United Kingdom due to wartime research and uranium resources in Canada, while debates on open versus secret ballots continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JAMES McCOOK
LONVON
United trans security council
Canada
atomic energy control commission
UNO
general assembly
security council
Dominion
United States
United Kingdom
assembly
New Zealand
Australia
Pacific
Burma
Malaya
India
Five Die In N S Blaze At Wentzel Home
Kentville Nova Scotia January 14 Five members of Cecil Wentzel family die in a fire that destroyed their frame house on the outskirts of town. Four children two boys and two girls under 40 and a 22 year old Jenny Lunn among the dead. The mother, her 12 year old son and boarder James Benjamin were hospitalized in serious condition. Firemen struggled in below zero wind and with a distant hydrant, using a bucket brigade. The father, a truck driver for a Kentville coal dealer, was away at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KENTVILLE
Cecil Wentzel
Jenny Lunn
James Benjamin
Blanchard Frazer Memorial hospital
Elizabeth to Dock Tonight As Churchill Accompanies Troops
The liner Queen Elizabeth with Winston Churchill and about 12,000 Canadian servicemen aboard is due to arrive in New York this evening. The ship left Southampton last Wednesday and is slated to reach the Hudson River pier between 3 pm and 8:30 pm. Churchill is bound for Florida, while the Canadians head home across the Dominion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Winston Churchill
Britain
Cunard
White Star Line
Southampton
Hudson river
Churchill
Florida
Dominion
Nazi General Is Given Life By Canadian Command
Major General Kurt Meyer had his death sentence for war crimes against Canadian prisoners commuted to life imprisonment. The confirming authority found his responsibility not warranting execution and ordered the sentence served in a Canadian prison. Meyer's petition for clemency was disallowed by General Vokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WILIZaAM BOSS
Cable
AD ZWIJSCHENHAHN
Germany
Kurt Meyer
Canada
Fuehrer
Meyer
Ghris Vokes
Vokes
Normandy
Strike votes push Western Canada meat packers toward crisis
Workers in Regina Saskatoon Edmonton Calgary vote to back strike action as Winnipeg talks focus on interpreting a 45 hour week and 47 cent hourly raise. Locals plan ballots January 16 to 18 while negotiations seek an amicable settlement with plant management and federal mediator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Western Electric Company
telegraph
National Federation of Telephone workers
General Motors
General Motors Corporation
fefer
Westen Electric
New Jersey
New York
Western Electric
telephone federation
WINNIPEG
C.P
Prince Albbert
Susk
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Regina
matonal
vndun
New Westminster
Saskatoon
Swat
Canadian
Canada Packers
Burns and company
Merals
Edmonton
Uney
Calgary
Justice
S. E. Richards
hmaes
Archdeacon Dewdney Dies in Victoria After Long Anglican Service
Archdeacon Arthur J. Dewdney, longtime Calgary Anglican leader, died at his Victoria home. Born in Broadstairs England he studied at Jésus College Oxford and was ordained in London. He moved to Canada in 1901 and became Calgary archdeacon in 1912 aiding pioneer parish foundations. He resigned due to ill health and became archdeacon emeritus. Survived by his widow in Victoria and a daughter in England.
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VICTORIA
Arthur J
Dewdney
Calgary
Broadstairs
England
Jésus College
Oxford
London
Canada
Decapitation report sparks court demand in British Columbia
Victoria reports a potential hangman error in the decapitation case of Byron Bruce Potter at Onkalla prison farm. Meanwhile James T Bailey is remanded for trial in Edmonton Supreme Court for manslaughter after a death tying his truck bumper to a car. A Dawson Creek Fort St John bid seeks Alaska highway access this summer and Western drama festival set for Feb 1 2 at the University of Alberta. General Crerar urges nations to maintain peace with military readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Bailey
Springbank
Alta
George Taylor
supreme court
Taylor
Bailey
ALASKA HIGHWAY
FORT ST. JOHN
C.P
Dawson Creek
Fort St John
EDMONTON
University of Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
B.C
Alberta
WINNIPEG
A. D. G. Crerar
Trewern
Canada
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YORK
ROY McGREGOR
Fort Rouge
Gen. Crerar
MONTY
Toronto
Bay street
Dwight D Eisenhower
US army
Ontario
U.S
Canadian armes
Europe
University of Toronto
city hall
A E Potts
MD 2
Robert H Saunders
City Hall square
G.I’S
Atom
LUSELY
N.S. Blaze
Elizabeth
P.A. Plant
Archdeacon Dewdney
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