39 Killed In Mid Air Collision Over Northolt
The crash near Northolt airport as rain and low clouds grounded visions left 39 dead in Britain the York transport and a Skymaster colliding in mid air. Sir Edward Gent among the fallen, two planes scattered wreckage over two miles, with no survivors. Inquiries by RAF and civil authorities expected to begin.
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ONDON
Northolt
RAF
York transport
Lord Pakenham
Amsterdam
York
Hollanders Vote on July 7 8 and 8
Twelve political parties contest Holland general election on July 7 plus four constitutional amendments. Main issue is a new structure granting power to Indonesia and Dutch Indies territories. Possible rise of Communism as campaign factor. other amendments cover anti totalitarian measures, Queen Wilhelmina’s annual state income, and creation of state secretaries to aid ministers.
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THE
HAGUE
Reuters
Holland
Indonesia
Netherlands Indies
Wilhelmina
Dangerous Drinking Patterns Raise Public Health Concerns
The article cites that 100 million Americans of drinking age consume alcohol, with about 3.75 million excessive drinkers and 75,000 to 2000 chronic alcoholics. It notes most drinkers are moderate, while a minority contribute to public health issues. the piece also references an unrelated local squabble about a dog blamed for neighborhood mischief.
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Science Magazine
Owen Sound
squire
trun
Reckless flier thumbed down by state trooper
Detroit July 5. State trooper Henry A. Delcoff chased a departing Pontiac airport flier who sped away in a second aircraft. The trooper shadowed the planes for 18 miles and signaled the flier to land after the pilot Richard J. Koester made a pair of dangerous dives over Upper Pettibone Lake near Milford Michigan.
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DETROIT
Henry A. Delcoff
Pontiac
Delooff
Richard J. Koester
Upper Pettibone Lake
Milford
Mich
Koester
US Soft Coal Strike Seen
Washington July 5 signs pointed to a soft coal strike in United States Steel mines. Vacation for about 400,000 soft coal miners ends tonight, but 40,000 captive steel company miners may not return without a contract. Union shop demands clash with steel mills over Taft Hartley. Government weighs seizure as possible remedy. Truman rejects immediate action.
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WASHINGTON
United States Steel companies
steel company
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
steel mills
national labor relations board
Lewis
NLRB
Truman
NEW YORK
Signage altered by fire at veterans club door
In Salt Lake City on July 5 firefighters fought a blaze at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Club. The door to the club, once labeled Members Only, was ruined and the firemen split the word removing a letter, leaving Exabers only on the sign.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Berlin Lifeline Strong as 400 Aircraft Fly In
Western Allies pushed a Berlin airlift with nearly 400 planes entering the city from western Germany. Brig. Gen. Joseph Smith said crews slept four to five hours nightly but kept planes at peak efficiency. Britain eyed Sunderland flying boats to boost tonnage. Russians made fresh protests over flying-rate violations as talks with Moscow loomed.
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BERLIN
United States
Germany
Joseph Smith
American air service
Britain
wee EEE
west
Clay
Sir Brian Robertson
Roger E. Nofret
Babelsberg
Alles
London
Moscow
Train Robber Jesse James Identified by Old Time Ally
Gy-AL Jennings, an Oklahoma train robber, identified Texan James Dalton as Jesse James in Oakland. Jennings proclaimed, This here is Jesse James, with tears in his eyes. Dalton claimed the Missouri grave falsehood and said James was killed by Bob Ford in 1882, insisting the killer was someone else.
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OAKLAND
Calif
AL Jennings
Oklahoma
Jesse James
Jennings
J. Prank Dalton
James
Dalton
Missouri
Jexe James
Texas
Jesse
ndt
S J. Joseph
Bob Pord
Pore
Pinkerton
Charlie Bigelow
Canada to join exploratory talks on Western European defense
Ottawa reports Canada accepts invitation to exploratory discussions in Washington on security arrangements with Western Europe. Talks will be diplomatic and at non governmental level, involving Western Union envoys and Canadian Ambassador Hume Wrong, to explore a broader defense concept against Communism. Continued on page two.
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OTTAWA
Washington
Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Hume
Canada
external affairs department
atxi
Union finances probed in British Columbia district
A four man committee appointed by International president J. E. Fadling to probe the finances of the British Columbia district of the International Woodworkers of America. The move follows five months of charges by T. W. A. Lowal of New Westminster claiming more than 9000 dollars was unaccounted for in the 1946 47 financial statements of the B C unit.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia
International Woodworkers of America
C.I.0
J. E. Fadling
T.W.A. Lowal
New Westminster
B.C
Classifieds Call Today to Inert Your Ad in the Herald
A noisy ad fragment urges readers to place ads in the Herald to reach tenants buyers and sellers. It promises finance build rent fix buy sell remodel loan and lease options and encourages calling now to insert a notice. The tone is urgent and promotional.
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Herald
Mister Canada portrait of Breithaupt and King friendship
Parliamentary writer Reginald Hardy recalls A. L. Breithaupt and William Lyon Mackenzie King as boys who shared Kitchener High School and University of Toronto rooms. The piece notes their long friendship, King's rise in public life, Breithaupt’s leather business, and visits to Laurier House. Continued on back page.
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REGINALD HARDY
A. L. Breithaupt
King
Mr. xine
Kitchener High School
University of Toronto
Breit~naupt
Kitchener
Breithaupt
Billy
Pacific typhoon nears Formosa forcing Manila Guam flights
A strong Pacific typhoon nears the southeast coast of Formosa prompting diversions of planes between Manila and Guam by as much as 400 miles. Winds near the storm center exceed 100 mph and over 590 mph in a 300 mile radius.
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MANILA
Formosa
Guam
Dreams Come True as Britain Launches Social Security
London reports that July 5 marks the start of national insurance national health and national assistance acts. Most ages from school leavers to 65 men and 60 women are covered with compulsory contributions. Benefits include 26 shillings weekly for unemployment sickness and retirement plus 16 shillings for adult dependents and five shillings weekly family allowances for additional children. Three groups define eligible contributors with varying rates. Employers and employees share first group payments with typical weekly ranges from three to six shillings, women paying about a shilling less than men.
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LONDON
Britain
national health and national assistance
Bernadette Plea and Radio War in Manila
Locusts and beetles swarm the Wolos of America station near Manila and disrupt broadcasts to Siberia as Russian efforts to jam the transmitter fail. State department technicians install a new short wave transmitter in a sealed building to protect against pests.
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MANILA
Woles of America
Siberia
State department
Arabs and Jews Reject U.N. Peace Plan in Palestine
The Palestine four week truce extension is under debate as Count Folke Bernadotte asks Jews and Arabs to prolong it. He proposes Jerusalem demilitarization and Haifa facilities as part of a peace framework. Both sides reportedly rejected the U.N. plan on good authority, with renewed fighting feared in Jerusalem and across the Holy Land. Bernadotte plans to fly to Tel Aviv to obtain replies, while the four week truce nears its end Friday.
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Associated Press
HODES
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
United Nations
Holy
Jerusalem
Haifa
CAIRO
A.P
Holy Land
Bernadotte
baphares
Long Holiday Toll Hits 69
A Canadian Press tally shows 69 deaths during the long weekend across roads waters and skies. Drownings claimed 11 lives as heat drew beachgoers. seven were killed in highway crashes and by two plane crashes. two men died from gunfire.
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Canada
British Columbia
Ontario wilds
Rains Scramble Kansas Harvest
Kansas City reports a disrupted wheat harvest as unseasonal rains hit ripening grain. Freight cars, combines, and labor were adequate earlier, but storage remains tight in major markets like Kansas City. Wheat in Nebraska and Colorado advanced, prompting supervisor W Stark to seek Canadian combines to ease the crush.
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KANSAS CITY
United States
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
W. ©. Stark
Great Bend
Mother and Two Sons Die in Plane Crash Near Six Mile Lake
Prince George July 5 A Prince George mother and her two young sons were killed when their charter microplane crashed into Six Mile Lake north of the city. The pilot Roy Archer of Central British Columbia Airways survived in hospital. The victims include Mrs. Sam McLean formerly of Viking Alta and her sons Samuel age four and Danny seven. The father Sam McLean a local lumberman. An inquiry by the civil aeronautics board was ordered. A dancer nearby helped pull the pilot from the water.
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PRINCE GEORGE
B.S
Six Mile Lake
here
Roy archer
Gentral British Columbia Airways
Sam McLean
Viking
Alta
Samuel
Danny
Price George
civil aerobutics board
pari- Mon
Five drown as rowboat capsizes near Brush Lake
Five people and an unidentified woman drowned when a loaded metal rowboat capsized on Brush Lake near Plenty Wood Sask. Coroner W. Craig Saxton identified the dead as Mrs. Harris Hallem Grenora N D Rod Parsley and Mrs Babe Hanson Ambrose N D and Alice Erickson Dagmar Mont.
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PLENTY WOOD
Bont
Cr.J
Extevan
Sask
Brush Lake
here
W. Craig Saxton
Harris Hallem
Grenora
N.D
Rod Parsley
Babe Hanson
Ambrose
Alice Erickson
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Mr. Breithaupt
Margaret street
MISTER CANADA
TORONTO
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Thornhill
Ont
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