27 Killed In Illinois Mine Blast
In West Frankfort Illinois a massive mine explosion killed twenty seven miners and left one injured dead on the scene. Rescue teams recovered twenty six bodies and brought them to the surface. The blast trapped workers deep underground and hampered by carbon monoxide gas delayed recovery. Authorities noted the blast struck the Old Ben Coal Company's No 8 mine about a mile from the shaft entrance with many victims buried under coal and debris.
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WEST FRANKFORT
Ill
Jaly
Iioois
Old Ben Coal Company
central junior high school
Harold L. Walker
Illinois
mines and minerals
Walker
Centralia 3 Coal Company
Balkan Watchdog Plan Faces Balkan Refusals
Lake Success July 25. Indications Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania will refuse to cooperate with a proposed UN watchdog commission in the Balkans if Russia abstains or vetoes. Delegates warned Russia could use this to dodge the plan while the security council risks new hearings over Balkans issues.
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Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
United Nations
Balkans
Rusia
Soviet Union
Balkan
security council
United States
Russia
American commission
Russa
The Left Hand Corner Britain Scots Output Figures
The White Paper details Scotland’s share of British output in heavy industries. Steam-raising plants 50 percent, private-built locomotives 44 percent, builders casting 40 percent, new ships 38 percent, coal mining machinery 24 percent, railway wagons 16 percent, steel ingots 12.2 percent, coal 12.8 percent. Also notes jute and whisky as top Scotland outputs.
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Britain
dutal
Gihec
Scotland
Viscount Alexander’s perilous Yukon travel ends with safe return
Whitehorse Yukon July 25 Viscount Alexander governor general of Canada endured a hectic trip after a sternwheel voyage on the Klondike. The party was stranded on a sand bar near Fort Selkirk until an RCAF plane rescued them. A damaged flight path due to smoke and squalls forced detours via Snag and Aishik before landing near Whitehorse. The group continues by air to Norman Wells Port Radium Yellowknife and Fort Smith, aiming to reach Edmonton July 30.
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WHITEHORSE
V.T
Viscount Alexander
Canada
Dawson Cry
here
Klondike
Yukon River
the
Fort Selkirk
RCAF
H. F. G. Letson
David Lloyd-Thomas
B.C. AF
Dawson
Snag, ¥.T
Aishik
Dawson City
Norman Wells
N.W.T
Port Radium
Yellowknife
Fort Smith
Edmonton
River tragedy as husband drowns wife in Passaic scene
In Kearny New Jersey a 23 year old Newark waitress was killed after a nocturnal struggle in the Passaic River. Her husband Levis Elipos, 24, a truck driver, confessed to beating her and attempting to drown her four times before she died. He said he lured her to the river bank and planned suicide after the crime.
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KEARNY
Passaic
Newark
Lews Elipos
Jean
Elipos
iver bank
Police raid mosque in New Delhi arrests 54 Bhaksars
A Delhi police raid on a large mosque last night detained 54 Bhaksars who had taken refuge inside after clashes. Police stated the attackers, armed with spades, offered no resistance apart from four officers. officers entered after removing their shoes as a sign of respect.
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NEW DELHI
Delhi
Mount Rainier Search Party Discovers Plane Crash Site
Mount Rainier National Park Washington July 25 14 A search party base camp on Mount Rainier reports it has found the crash scene of a long missing Marine transport plane on Tahoma Glacier near 9500 feet. Evidence includes a Marine personal record and a piece of uniform from the San Diego to Seattle flight that vanished December 10 with 32 men aboard.
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LONGMIRE
Mt. Rainier National Park
Wash
Mount Rainier
Tahoma Glacier
San Diego
Seattle
British destroyer tracks refugee ship near Palestine waters
The Hagannah said a refugee ship named Return to Zion with 400 refugees was approaching Palestine waters while British destroyers were on her trail. They warned of possible martial law plans for Jews in the Holy Land as violence surged for the ninth day. A terrorist attack list numbered 60 with a mined army truck wounding two soldiers near Jerusalem, and a Tommy gun raid at Goldsmith club observed. One British soldier died from injuries two days earlier, bringing eight days of violence to 10 killed and 73 injured.
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JERUSALEM
Haganah
Zion
Palestine waters
Holy Land
Haifa
Nathanie
Goldsmith officers' club
King George Avenue
Jewish agency
China to attend preliminary peace talks in Washington
The Chinese foreign office announced that China will participate in a preliminary conference on a Japanese peace in Washington. The State Department suggested Washington or San Francisco for the talks, but Russia expects China to push for the formal peace conference to be held at Shanghai.
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NANKING
China
Washington
state department
San Francisco
Russia
Shanghai
Greeks Repel Guerrilla Attack On Grevena
Greek government forces using rocket planes and artillery repelled a guerrilla assault on Grevena, a 1200 to 1500 strong force attacked at 3 a.m. near the border area. Reinforcements moved toward Grevena as officials said the guerrillas were decimated and would be crushed or repelled.
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ATHENS
war ministry
Grevena
Findus
Mount Grammos
Larissa
Second corps
Lamia
Insane killer dies in England after murder conviction
Thomas John Ley, once New South Wales minister of justice, died at Broadmoor asylum after being reprieved for insanity following a murder conviction in London. He was found to have paranoid delusions and believed the victim Mudie conspired with Ley’s lover. Ley’s wife and sons flew from Australia to attend the trial. Mrs Mudie considers a legal claim on Ley’s estate for the victim’s relatives.
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LONDON
Thomas John Ley
New South Wales
Australia
Broadmoor criminal lunatic asylum
Ley
John McBaine Mudie
Britain
Broadmoor
Mudie
Maggie Evelyn Brook
Alberta Government Disappointed By Privy Council Ruling
Acting Premier W A Fallow announced Alberta’s government was disappointed and amazed by a Privy Council decision declaring part of Alberta’s Bill of Rights ultra vires. He stated the ruling implies the province is responsible for social security measures and that the people are the highest authority. He added that the government would study the ruling text before any further announcements.
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EDMONTON
W A. Fallow
Alberta
privy council
Heat Deteriorates Western Crops
Heat plus scattered rainfall worsens drought across the prairie belt. Saskatchewan reports crop failures in Rouleau region and the Regina plains, with 10 to 70 percent damage in affected zones. Alberta and Manitoba show mixed results, while Ottawa foresees a potential bumper crop but notes deterioration in western drought areas.
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Swift Current
Maple Creek
Shaunavon
Saskatchewan
Canada
ong
Rouleau
Regina plains
Canadian Pacific Railway
agriculture department
ALBERTA
Isolation Of Central Java Is Completed
The Dutch claim the first phase of operations to isolate central Java from the rice regions has ended. Indonesian forces reportedly penetrated Dutch lines at Semarang as Java battles continue. Dutch and Indonesian communiques outline further mop up goals and contested zones amid escalating guerrilla resistance.
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Associated Pressh ATAVIA
Java
west
Jogjakarta
Associated Press
Harris Jackson
Semerang
Rye at Burdett shows early harvest progress in prairie provinces
Weather favored rapid grain growth across the prairies with rye cutting starting in Alberta. First shipment of 173 bushels of new crop Volunteer rye loaded at Burdett averaging 7 to 8 bushels per acre. Saskatchewan and southern Alberta report needs for more rams. drought and hail affect yields. Peace River district wheat 25 to 30 inches tall, 74 percent headed.
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WINNIPEG
Man
praiie
Alberta
Burdett
Saskatch
Canadian Pacific airway
Peace River
Freedom of Press Essential to Peace Says Canadian Official
Lake Success July 25 Paul Martin Canadian minister of national health and welfare declares freedom of information and the press essential to international peace and UN goals. He backs a UN sub commission report and a projected world conference on freedom of information early next year. He warns censorship and visa denials threaten democracy and world understanding.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Paul Martin
Canada
Martin
United Nations
delagues
freedom of
informa
Murder hearing opens on Aug in Vancouver
The preliminary murder hearing for Elmer Johnson, 25, will proceed August 6 in Vancouver. Johnson is charged with the June 22 murder of Mrs Norma Burton, 27, a housewife in Stanley Park, according to city prosecutor Oscar Orr.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
Elmer Johnson
Oscar Orr
hursday
Johnson
Norma Burton
Stanley Park
Aged banker L Satterlee dies by self-inflicted gunshot in New York duplex
L Satterlee, 83, noted banking expert and financial attorney, brother-in-law of the late J P Morgan Jr, is reported to have died by his own hand in his 17 room New York City duplex bathroom.
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L. SATTERLEE
J. P. Morgan, Jr
New York city
Canada faces strained manpower as labour surplus falls
Ottawa reports a 22 000 below 1946 minimum manpower surplus and 63 000 beneath last year, with 112 000 unplaced applicants on July 10. Vacancies total 91 000, notably in Montreal Toronto and Winnipeg. prairie shortages persist and mining and construction face staffing pressure amid housing programs.
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OTTAWA
labor department
Canada
National Employment Service
prairies
Manitoba
Halifax
Saint John
Montreal
Hamilton
Toronto
Windsor
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Seskatoonm
Winnipeg
Fort Willam
New Westminster
Vancouver
Victoria
Guard posted at Sunninghill Park over royal honeymoon rumor
London July 25 A speed guard has been posted around the picturesque Sunninghill Park Berkshire estate rumored as the honeymoon residence of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut Philip Mountbatten to keep 30 or 40 squatters' families from occupying buildings on the grounds.
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LONDON
Sunninghill Park
Berkshire
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Ex-Congressman May Gets Prison Term
Ex-Congressman Andrew May was sentenced to eight months to two years in prison for accepting bribes totaling 55 634.07 while wartime chairman of the House military affairs committee. The verdict follows wartime corruption probes in Washington.
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MAY
WASHINGTON
Andrew
House of Representatives
KELLEHER
VANCOUVER
P.J—Mirs
Grace Wheeler Kelleher
Santa Monica
Calif
Jean Milne
BLUAFKEST
Zoltan ‘Tidy
Hungary
JEWISH AGENCY
U.N
G.E
ACTION LAKE SUCCESS
Jewish agency for Palestine
Trygve Lie
United Nations
France
BOSTON
Robert J. Watt
Saturnia
United States
Geneva
International Labor Organization
Greater VaNcouver
PRINCE RUBERT
Jay
Paddy Meehan
Prince Rupert
Central Hotel
William Eccles
will appece
Meehan
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