Nehru resigns as All India States Conference leader
Reuters reports Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru resigning from the chairmanship amid policy differences. The move comes as the Hindu Congress leader, pivotal in India's independence struggle, steps away from interim government leadership in New Delhi. Guerrilla action continues in Greece with reports of large withdrawals toward Mount Grammos after a government counteroffensive near Ioannina and along the borders with Yugoslavia and Albania.
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Reuters
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
India
New Delhi radio
Nehru
Congress
Associated Press
Greece
Albania
Mount Grammos range
Mount Gamila
Toannina
Mount Grammos
Ioannina
Enirus
Florina
Konitsa
Markos Visi+ades
Eleftheria Estada
Grammos
Negradhes
Governors give Marshall faith and confidence vote
In Salt Lake City the United States governors express faith in Secretary Marshall with a vote of confidence but with no specific approval of his plan to rebuild Europe. The conference reaffirms bipartisan international policy and its primacy over partisan considerations.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Marshall
United States
Europe
America
Turning Back Into Dollars Princess Rides Side Saddle
The piece reviews weight loss methods for the overweight, citing Dr. Arthur H. Steinhaus who argues exercise is essential and dangerous for those who need to lose weight. It cites energy costs for common foods and activities and notes the Journal of Physical Education findings, with a continuation referenced on page 15.
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sone sackeying
Steinhaus
International Congress of Physical Education
Journal of Physical Education
Washington monument
Calgary Rancher Fined In Canadian Currency Export Case
Calgary rancher H McFarlane was fined 1000 dollars and six months jail by Magistrate W W B Melnnes after pleading guilty to unlawfully exporting 10000 Canadian dollars to the United States. He allegedly carried 230 dollars to the U S on a temporary permit and did not declare the additional 10000 in large bills. The money was said to be sold in San Francisco for 9000 US funds used as a house down payment. A suspended sentence was given on a second charge of dealing in foreign currency while resident in Canada at San Francisco.
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VANCOUVER
H. ©. McFarlane
Calgary
W. W. B. Melnnes
United States
McFarlane
U.S
San Francisco
Canada
Bevin Speaks On Marshall Plan
British Foreign Secretary Bevin urged Europe to supplement American aid with its own productive effort to rebuild the continent's economy. He also pressed Britain's coal industry to boost output to reduce dollar dependence and advocated patience in resolving international disputes.
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Eng
Bevin
Britain
Europe
Marshall
Transport and General Workers Union
France
Rusia
America
Indonesian crisis deepens as Tamsil meets Jogjakarta leaders
Acting Foreign Minister Tamsil flew to Jogjakarta to press Premier Sjarifoeddin on policy interpretations of a Dutch radio speech. A parliamentary committee rejected the Dutch policing plan, and a Netherlands informant said military action was highly likely before nightfall. A new gravest crisis formed after Sjarifoeddin refused to order a cease-fire, violating a prior pledge.
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Tamsil
Jogjakarta
Netherlands
Indonesia
Amir Sjarifoeddin
earler
Sjarifoeddin
Jogiskarta
republic
Rail unions threaten vote over paid vacation dispute
In Montreal on July 17 0 the negotiating committee of the railway unions said steps have begun toward a stake vote in a dispute over paid vacations. The committee cited the railways refusal to accept a conciliation board's unanimous findings proposing a sliding scale of vacations with pay. No immediate comment was available from the railways.
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MONTREAL
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railways
F. H. Hall
West Canada Miners Seek Wage Increases in Canada
Cal ghary July 17 Western Canada miners plan wage and welfare fund rises to match recent US grants. Robert Livett president of District 18 UMWA said decisions on approaching operators before the next contract expires March 21 will rest with district officers and board members. District convention planned for December or January ahead of negotiations with operators. Livett just returned from USSWA board meeting in Washington.
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Western Canada
United States
Robert Livett
District 18
United Mine Workers of America
Livell
Livett
USSW.A
Washington
Sinking off Kolaba claims nearly seven hundred lives
Reuters reports a steamship sank in a noon rainstorm off Kolaba near Bombay. About 700 passengers were aboard and only 12 were saved, a disaster described as the greatest ocean calamity in recent memory.
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Kolaba
Bombay
Forty Die as Troop Train Is Attacked Near Saigon
Saigon area report says forty people were killed and several injured when a troop train was attacked by an armed gang at Binh Hoa, about 30 miles from Saigon, two days earlier. French troops engaged the attackers in a one-hour gun battle before the gang dispersed.
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Indo-China
Reuters
Binh Roa
Plane crash in Syrian desert kills six crew near Basra
Overseas Airways reported a crash landing in the Syrian desert near Basra that killed all six crew members and injured 12 passengers. The aircraft circled Basra and Shaiban airports in bad visibility before the accident during landing preparations. No passengers died, and the injured were sent to an Indian general hospital near Basra. Indian labor minister Jag Jirwan Ram was among the passengers.
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U.E
Overseas Airways
Basra
Iraq
Shaiban
Jag Jirwan Ram
Pass Babies Saved From Blazing Express Train
In Blisworth Northamptonshire on July 17 a fire broke out in two crowded coaches of a London Midland and Scottish express from London to Liverpool. Men forced windows with boots to rescue passengers and pass babies to safety through the shattered panes. Few injuries were reported.
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Eny
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London, Midland and Scottish
London
Liverpool
Epic Of Bloody Dunkerque Now Revealed By Admiralty
The admiralty released a seven year old dispatch detailing Dunkerque evacuation from May 26 to June 4, 1940. It notes 276 British ships with 05 sunk and 42 damaged, 700 small boats aiding 330,000 troops saved, and French losses of 19 ships sunk and two damaged. Air and sea attacks disrupted the operation, yet many were evacuated amid heavy bombardment.
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Prorogation Delayed by Housing Snarl in Commons
OTTAWA July 17 The stalled prorogation looms as housing and veterans affairs dominate a frenzied session. The opposition presses a want of confidence motion while Liberals rally around Prime Minister Mackenzie King in a 64 to 4 defeat of a CCF veterans pension amendment. Continued on Page Two.
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Wants Better Management Of Canada's Forests
PETAWAWA Ont July St-7- The pulp and paper industry faces scrutiny over forest management as F L Mitchell of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association warns improved practices are needed to sustain economic use and conservation. Maj Gen Howard Kennedy previews a focus on funding forest production in Ontario. Juan H Merill of Nipigon named chair of the forest fire prevention committee.
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F. L. Mitchell
Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
Mitchell
woodlands
Pulp and Paper Association of Canada
Howard Kennedy
Ontario royal commission on forestry
Ontario
D. B. Harrison
Dominion forest service
Ottawa
United Nations food and agriculture organization
Washington
FAO. cervice
Juan H Merill
Nipigon
Pope Promises Aid to Working Men in Rome
Pope told an American Labor delegation that the Roman Catholic Church would defend the working man from systems denying rights and subjugating him to a bureaucratic clique. He received 14 members of the delegation to the 30th international labor conference that ended in Geneva Friday.
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Five Missing Five Injured In Halifax Ship Collision
In dense fog off Halifax harbor the destroyer Micmac and freighter Yarmouth County collided. Six were dead, five missing, 16 injured, with 41 Micmac crew and eight dockyard civilians aboard. Rescue and investigation continue as radar and fog factors are reviewed.
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Yaremouth County
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J. C. Littler
Victoria
Ontario
Quebec
Littler
Navy List of 27 Casualties After Naval Collision
Halifax July 17 Canadian navy issues a casualty list after the destroyer Micmac collided with the freighter Yarmouth County. The list shows five killed sixteen injured and six missing including one civilian. It names casualties with ratings official numbers and next of kin. The dead include Appleyard Richard Miller Lorne Acton Joseph Stephen and others. Injured include Liddle Jack Fraser Exrol Edgar Mandy Lawrence Baker Leblanc Bicberlee Sharrad Rosy Geoghegan Reid Faulkner Daschuk Sharp Graham Silliphant. Missing Goodlad Thomas Gagne Gerald Maurgon Carter Martell Kendricks.
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Yarmouth County
Appleyard
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John Appleyard
Hamilton
Miller
Lorne
Elizabeth
aepeant Edgar
Hali- AX
Mandy
Lawrence
Baker
John
Hallax
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Lee
Kingston
Ont
Reid
Corunna
Que
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Samuel
Helen Graham
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Regina
Silliphant
Donald
Saint John
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Goodlad
Thomas
Pickering
Gagne
Gerald
Mont~real
Maurgon
Westmount
Carter
Robert
Brookfield
N.S
Forty two children drown near Loano in Ligurian coast
A summer vacation boat carrying 42 children struck an underwater fortification near Loano southwest of Savona. The vessel overturned and sank. Coast guardsmen and lifeguards saved forty other children. Two of four teachers drowned and a third remains missing.
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GENOA
Loano
Saxona
Ligurian
flaharmen
Zale and Graziano earnings announced in Chicago bout
Earnings announced for the boxing match in Chicago where Tony Zale received 140682.16 and Rocky Graziano got 79341.23 after Graziano defeated Zale in the bout at the Chicago Stadium last night. The report lists the prize money for both fighters and notes the outcome.
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GRAZIANO
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Rocky Graziano
IOANNINA
Greece
Reuters
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Spain
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Ruhr
United States
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SCARBORO GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB
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Porky) Oliver
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