Death Sentence for Draja Mihailovic Declared by Yugoslav Court
Yugoslav military court hunted down co defendants including former war minister Mihailovic and sentenced 10 to die by firing squad for collaboration with Germans. Others received prison terms up to 20 years as the judge detailed the June hearings and delays. Crowds cheered the verdict as Mihailovic remained outwardly calm, with trials dating to June 10 and appeals possible within 615 hours.
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Germany
Kosta Musicki
Queen Mary
Mladen Zureich
Paris
Konstantin Fotich
United States
Milharovic
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav
Rumors Duke of Windsor May Buy Lismore Castle
London reports from Ottawa imply the Duke of Windsor could purchase Lismore Castle in County Waterford. The waterford rumor notes Lismore’s salmon fishing reputation and links to Balmoral flights. Historical note recalls Lismore Castle built in 1185 and granted to Sir Walter Raleigh in 1518.
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Ottawa Journal
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Pickets Assault Officer Near Daily Province Building
Vancouver July 15. Lieutenant Donald B. McLaughlin says he was manhandled by pickets in full dress uniform outside the Daily Province building while entering his office. AFL union officials announce strengthened picket lines amid a strike, with more printers inside the building and plan to apologize if errors are found.
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Alex
Sandy Bevis
Victory Square
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International Typographical Union
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What Will Happen New Flag Design
Ottawa reports focus on how the Nag issue will be appeased to calm Quebec MPs amid government dissension. Speculation swirls over the flag report with no official confirmation. Some say King holds the answer while Quebec members hint at delaying the report until a later date.
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Mr King
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Byrnes Reports Progress From European Treaty Talks
State Secretary James F Byrnes said he would report to the nation tonight on the month long foreign ministers conference. He noted the United States accepted compromises on European treaty proposals to avert a clash no one wants. Byrnes flew from Paris to Washington as the last of the visiting ministers to depart France.
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James F. Byrnes
United States
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Paria
Washington
Truman Signs Briton Loan To Boost World Trade
President Truman signed a 3 754 000 600 loan with Britain to revive and expand international trade, saying it serves immediate and long term U S interests by restoring world trade and fostering mutually beneficial relations. He used 26 pens for the ceremony with Lord Inverchapel attending.
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Truman
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Lord Inverchapel
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Russia
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wxXport-import bank
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France
Ethiopi
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Dalton
Big New Pictou Dock Area Fire Destroys Sheds and Ships
A major blaze on Pictou NS waterfront destroyed a double wharf two freight sheds and two piers last night causing losses estimated between 1 and 2 million dollars. Canned lobsters worth about 75000 were burned and several men including two firefighters were treated for smoke injuries. The fire, likely started at a prewar pier, threatened ships at anchor but crews kept them safe.
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N.S
C.P
Picton
hosital
Ferguson
Canadian National Railways
Choice Steers Top $25 on Chicago Market Record
Chicago July 13 A no holds barred trade pushed strictly choice steers to a top of 25.00, 1.75 above Friday's peak. Good and choice hogs reached 19.00, beating the 18.50 high set July 1 and the 1919 peak in the long run.
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Indian man bruised head after hit and run in Palgary
PALGARY July 15 Steve Bruised Head, an Indian from the Peigan reserve at Brocker, was knocked down by an automobile on the Macleod trail near 46th Avenue Saturday night. He had a cut above the left eye and was taken to hospital but allowed to go home Sunday afternoon.
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Brocker
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Churchill Urges Strong France to Avert Europe Holocaust
In Metz on Bastille Day, Winston Churchill urged Europe to rise from its ashes and build a strong France to prevent a third and possibly fatal holocaust. He framed Europe’s revival around a robust France, stressing unity with Britain and Russia as key allies, and warned against renewed Franco British recrimination. He praised Allied sacrifice and called for lasting peace commitments.
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Winston Churchill
Europe
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Great Britain
United States
Commonwealth
Russia
Eros to Return to Piccadilly Circus
London resumes shrine to the gods of love as Eros is moved from a wartime hideout in Surrey back to his old pedestal at Piccadilly Circus for the first time in seven years. Crowds had missed the statue since VE Day, while posters of savings appeared in his absence to greet servicemen from Canada and other Allied nations.
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Eros
Surrey
Piccadilly
Fifth Column Spy Rings Reported in Canada
Ottawa July 15 The royal commission on espionage released its fourth and final report naming nine new suspects, bringing total names to 23. It details multiple covert networks linked to the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, including a military intelligence arm directed by Col Zaboun and a postwar expansion plan for the Zabotin network. The commission notes lingering Canadian betrayals and the existence of undercover systems operating in Canada, with broader Soviet spy activity suspected across Europe and North America.
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Russia
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R L. Kellock
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Goussaray
Two Big Mills Close Down
The Canadian Press reports a major steel strike that halts production at Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario and Dominion Steel at Sydney Nova Scotia while Steel Company of Canada in Hamilton continues limited output. About 10,000 workers are affected with wage and hour demands, and government seizure policies under review.
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Ont
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N.S
Steel Company of Canada
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United Steelworkers of America
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Algoma
Dosco
Ottawa
Hamilton
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national advisory committee
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Hamilton Spectator
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Spectator
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Georgic Arrives With Servicemen and 400 Dependents
HALIFAX July 13 The Georgic arrived today with army and air force personnel and 400 dependents of Canadian service men. Shortly after her arrival ten special trains departed from dockyards carrying the servicemen and dependents to homes in central and western Canada. It was her first visit since the early war years when she ferried Canadian troops overseas.
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Georgiac
Minor Injuries In C.N.R. Crash Near Drinn Alberta
Canadian National Railway passenger trains collided head on near Drinn Alberta about 160 miles east of Edmonton early today. Officials reported a number of passengers with minor injuries and said no one required hospital treatment. Both trains were moving slowly because of heavy snow.
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Amaron New Head War Correspondents Assn
BELLEVILLE Ont July 13 Douglas Amazon Quebec superintendent of The Canadian Press was elected president of The Canadian Press War Correspondents Association at a week end meeting. He succeeds Ross Munro, Foster Barclay Ottawa was elected secretary succeeding Alan Randal Toronto Ten of the 22 war correspondents who served C P were present at the meeting, second since the association was organized shortly before the European invasion.
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Ont
New Battles In Manchuria
In Nanking and Peiping reports describe fresh fighting in Manchuria with Communist raids near Tientsin and Tsingtao. Seven American Marines are reported captured by a band near Chinwangtao, while Chiang Kai-Shek travels to Kuling for summer meetings as truces falter. Unrest widens as air raids and barricades appear in Kalgan amid looming hostilities.
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Hsinanchuang
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Chiang
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Manchuria
Coharar province
Herald July Crop Report Cheering With Good Outlook
Herald reports a strong crop outlook with winter wheat turning color and ready for binder cutting in about ten weeks. Spring wheat shows heavy stands east of Lethbridge, with some oats and barley in head. Rainfall varies across regions, with generally favorable conditions, though weather in the next four weeks will shape yields. sawfly damage contained in many areas, sugar beets making a comeback, and grass cattle moving to market.
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Lethbridge
Saskatchewan
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Aldersyde
Nanton
Parkland
Moscow radio lore hits NYT Moscow correspondent
July 15 report from the Moscow radio fund accuses Brooks Atkinson former Moscow correspondent of making seditious remarks about life in the Soviet Union. It claims Soviet art workers are outraged by his assertion that theatre and music in the USSR are at a low level. The broadcast labels Atkinson a gangster of the press and notes a Pravda attack last Thursday.
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Moscow radio fund
Brooks Atkinson
Moscow
New York Times
Ife
Soviet Union
Atkinson
U.SS.R
Communist party
Pravda
Espionage figure era age 17 with Soviet police
Ottawa dispatch reportsFred Rove Labor Progressive member of the Montreal Cartier delegation worked for the Russian secret police at age 17 and reportedly informed his masters during a four year parliamentary session. Sam Carr, former Labor Progressive organizer, was also said to have Moscow schooling.
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Canada
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Arthur Smith
P.C
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