29 Killed In Gaspe Air Crash
The chartered Rimouski Airlines Dakota crashed near Cape Ami during foggy approach to Gaspe airport killing 29. Most victims were Consolidated Paper lumberjacks. two couples and a Montreal lawyer’s family among the dead. The pilot and copilot were Emerson Mulls and Ross Miles.
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Rimouski Airlines
Cape Ami
Canada
Leon Biondeau
Montreal
cape
Consolidated Paper Corp. Ltd
Anticosti Island
Gaspe
Emmett P. Maloney
Berth McCallum
Bandy Beach
Que
Emerson Mulls
Rimouski
Ross Miles
Les Boules
Maloney
Odette Ouellet
Wilfrid Ouellet
Liberal nominee named for Drumheller race in Alberta
William Guterson Jr was nominated as the Liberal candidate for the Drumheller constituency for the August 17 provincial elections at a meeting held Friday in Drumheller Alberta.
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DRUMHELLER
Alta
William Guterson, Jr
The Left Hand Corner on Royal Entertaining
London report notes King and Queen easing back to prewar routine and limiting formal visits. Princess Elizabeth tells a guest Mother understands and avoids feast wardrobe concerns as Windsor preparations reveal cautious, private hosting.
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LYHOUGH
Queen Mary
London
Ottawa Journal
Windsor Castle
Elizabeth
Two Fatal Accidents In Medicine Hat Area
Two men died in separate incidents near Medicine Hat. Walter Harding, 68, fell into a well on his Redcliff area farm and died from shock and exposure after his daughter called for help. Lawrence E. Heth, 16, riding near Maple Creek, was struck by lightning and killed along with an animal. his companion escaped unharmed. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Pattison Funeral Home.
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Redcliff
Walter Harding
Lawrence E. Heth
Martha Rabusis
Lawrence Heth
Maple Creek
Sask
Ross Haig
Dave Mackenzie
Pattison Funeral Home
Harding
Dorothy
Pattison Funeral
L. T. H. Pearson
Hillside
Plane Crash Kills Passenger Near Coutts Border
A two seat plane owned by Roy Anderson of Sunburst Montana crashed near Coutts Montana, injuring Anderson and killing passenger L Brucha of Shelby. Rescue workers aided by RCMP and nurse B Botewarn. Anderson hospitalised. Brucha died at the scene. the crash occurred near the border with Fort Harrison veterans hospital later advised.
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COUITS
HNS
Roy Anderson
Sunburst
Montana
Sweet- Tass
secident
R.C.M.P
B. Botewarn
Coutts
Newfoundland Expects Canada to Accept Confederation
St John’s Newfoundland observers warn Ottawa must tread carefully as Confederation votes tilt toward Canada. About 177,295 favor confederation versus 71,374 for responsible government. turnout near 48 percent. The Responsible Government League protests confederation talks conducted outside elected governments.
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CONFEDERATION ST
Wallace picks Glen Taylor for second on Progressive ticket
In Philadelphia Wallace launched a new crusade for a give and take peace with Russia as the Progressive Party adopts a platform calling joint responsibility for peace. Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho was chosen as No 2 on the ticket amid scattered opposition to fully endorsing Russia.
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Aim —Wallace Progressive Party
PHILADELPHIA
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive party
Wallace
United States
TAYLOR
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Hugh WDelecy
Seattle
Wash
Liberal Platform In Alberta Voting
The Alberta Liberal party released its platform for the August 17 provincial general elections. It promises raising old age pensions to 40 dollars monthly and removing the tax on grazing for farm use. It also proposes sharing a portion of oil royalties with surface owners and creating a nonpartisan civil service commission to reform provincial hiring.
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Alberta Liberal party
Alberta
civil service commission
Progressive Conservative Convention Set for Ottawa
The National Progressive Conservative convention is planned for September 30 to October 2 in the Coliseum at Lansdowne Park Ottawa. Delegates will choose a successor to Prime Minister Mackenzie King as John Bracken retires. The 1300 delegates will attend. Ottawa was chosen over Montreal and Winnipeg.
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C.P
Progressive Conservative
Lansdowne Park
Liberal party
Mackenzie Kinz
John Bracken
Bernard Shaw at 92 Still Writing and Advising
At ST. LAWRENCE Hertfordshire on July 26 Bernard Shaw turned 92 but avoided birthday celebrations. The venerable writer maintains a strict routine of reading and writing, credits health to a vegetarian, teetotal lifestyle, and plans a Zurich premiere for Buoyant Millions while noting world leadership failures risk ongoing trouble. He has a new postscript to Fabian Essays and a second comedy in progress.
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Hertfordshire
England
George Bernard Shaw
Britain
Shaw
Alice Laden
ABC BS
GBS
Zurich
Fabian
Prussia
Truman to confront Congress in lively 6th session
President Truman planes a detailed policy push as the 6th Congress reconvenes amid expected feuding. He will outline cost of living remedies and long‑standing priorities such as housing education social security health care anti lynching and other civil rights measures plus a national UN HQ loan. He seeks authority to impose price controls and rationing on key goods.
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6th congress
Truman
congress
United States
New York
United Nations
Walk-Out Against Advice Shocks Canadian Seamen's Union
Sarnia July report says members struck June against warnings from Labor Minister Mitchell. He told James Brabazon that CSU acted within legal rights but officers were urged not to strike. The dispute involves Canada Steamship Lines Sarnia Steamships Colonial Steamships and Northwest Steamships. Companies allege Communist leadership and have partnered with Canadian Lake Seamen's Union. Mitchell suggests internal investigations if leadership ties are proven. Ottawa meeting planned August 5-6 to address Great Lakes jurisdictional dispute, labeled a national emergency by the Trades and Labor Congress.
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Ont
Canadian Seamen's Union
T.S
federal
labor department
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James Brabazon
United Automobile Workers
C.I.U
CS.U
I gam
CSU
C.S.U
iCanada Steamship Lines
Sarnia Steamships
Colonial Steamships
Northwest Steamships
Canadian Lake Seamen's Union
OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Great Lakes
Trades and Labor Congress
Canadian Editor Dies In Virginia
Newport News Virginia July 26 J A Osborne Sr 87 editor emeritus of the Virginia Gazette died of a heart ailment at a local hospital He was born Tyrone Ontario and had long ties to Canadian and American newspapers He published the Virginia Gazette since 1928 and earlier helped found Cannadas Manicoupan in Winnipeg He also served as publisher of the Suffolk Herald and was mayor of Fort Frances Ontario.
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sJ. A. Osborne
Virginia Gazette
Wiliamsburg
Tyrone
Ont
Bowmanville
Osborne
Oxbrmme
Canada
Manicopan
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Tribune
Fort Frances
Virginia
Suffolk Herald
Allied ban on rail movement across German zones tightens Berlin blockade
United States and Britain halted train traffic to and from the Soviet zone in Berlin citing technical difficulties. The move, described as the strongest Western effort yet to break the blockade, followed Frankurt talks among Gens Sir Brian Robertson and Lucius D Clay. Berlin police chief Paul Markgraf, installed by the Russians, was dismissed by decree, a development with wide implications for the four power city.
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Associated Press
BERLIN
United States
Britain
Germany
Brian Robertson
Lucius D. Clay
Frankfurt
Berin
Paul Markgraf
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Markgraf
Quebec election campaign nears end as voters set to pick 92 seats
Montreal July 26 urgency marked the Quebec race with 48 hours left before July 28 voting. Leaders spent the weekend restating planks and appealing to wavering constituencies while Wednesday marks start of voter decision. The Union Nationale and Liberal clash over a Canada Ottawa taxation agreement amid a lively campaign.
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Quebec
Union Nationale
Liberals
Ottawa
Duplessis
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Calgary Traffic Fatality Believed Fourth This Year
Calgary reports the fourth traffic death of the year as Ernest Rimaldo Steen, 28, dies after a truck crash into the north end of the subway pier on First Street West. Three others are seriously injured during weekend city crashes.
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First Street
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United Nations
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Lewis W. Douglas
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Liptel
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Jerusaiem
Yarack
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