River Disaster Involving Ferry and Oil Barges
In Bruthersville Missouri a mid channel crash between a ferry boat and two oil barges left many missing. Eleven were rescued and one confirmed dead. Reports place the missing between seven and thirty, with guard divers to search the river bottom. Names include Jerry Vickers five and his brother Larry six, plus S. Green and Aaron House among others involved.
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BRUTHERSVILLE
Missouri
Ed Hendricks
vic KEri
Jerry Vickers
Claude Vickers, Jr
Caruthersville
Larry
L. Green
Aaron House
Ridgely
Tenn
Manitoba Premier Garson Arrives in Ottawa on Tax Pact
Premier Garson and Manitoba ministers arrived to discuss a federal tax agreement. He expressed no expected difficulties, said they understood Assey’s budget terms, and expected to finalize arrangements within three days. Accompanying officials included Ivan Schultz Exrick Willis Ralph Pearson and George e.
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GARSON
OTTAWA
Manitoba
Assey
Ivan Schultz
Exrick Willis
Ralph Pearson
George e
Plan for Next Atom Test Delayed by Sea Depth Blast
AP reports Adm. Blandy outlining preparations for Test Charlie a deep water burst planned next spring as damage assessments from Saturday's harbor blast show 16 dead or damaged vessels. Sunk are Arkansas Saratoga and oiler. damaged include Pennsylvania Nagato Salt Lake City Pensacola Fallon Hughes Dentuda and four others. Live animals found on outer ships indicate lingering radioactivity.
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BIKINIS
W. H. P. Blandy
Suraday
gfas
Blandy
Dentuda
Arkansas
Saratoga
Pennsylvania
Nagato
Salt Lake City
Pensacola
Fallon
Hughes
Pensions debate over 60 age with 1941 work data
Ottawa Journal reports parliament's agitation to lower pension age to 60 for all Canadians and raise its monthly to 50 dollars. Claxton cites a 1.33 billion annual cost, using 1941 census figures showing high employment among men 60 and older and suggesting many would not need old age support.
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Ottawa Journal
house of commons
Claxton
Left Rand Continues On Page Four
Fragmentary OCR text shows repeated phrase Left Rand and a snippet of a garbled page header. Likely continuation note for page four. No clear event, names, or facts available.
King to visit Dieppe and Germany during peace talks
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced plans to visit Dieppe on Sunday August 18 for a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the August 19 1943 raid by the 2nd Canadian division. He will lay a cornerstone for a monument, visit the hillside cemetery, and later tour Caen battlefields before heading to Germany to assess conditions.
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PARIS
C.P. Cable
Mackenzie King
Dieppe
France
King
Canecines
cedhetery
Hiely
Caeti
Germany
Geremany
Nations at Peace Conference List of Delegates
Paris July 27 delegates from Britain United States Russia and others attend the general European peace conference. Names listed include Attlee Byrnes Molotov Biard Fontoura Spaak Nash Law Theron Van Boetzlaer Kardelj Tsalderis and Kissov with India pending.
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PARIS
Attice
United States
Byrnes
Russia
Molotova
Georges Bi- Ault Nagora bave
Herbert V. Evatt
Brazil
Joao Neves De Fontoura
Canna Price
Mackenzie King
China
zechoslovakia
Jan Masaryk
New Zealand
Walter Nash
Norway
Halvard Law South
Constantine Tsalderis
Ukraine
M. nite
M. Kissolov
India
Whales Invade Victoria Beach in Shallow Waters
About a dozen whales, each 30 to 50 feet long, moved into Ek Bay near Victoria, swimming in line in shallow water. One 50-foot whale became tangled in fish traps at Sooke, B.C., causing damage before breaking free and heading back to sea. A guardian whale led the group, unusual for shallow water zones.
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VICTORIA
Ek Bay
Sooke
B.C
Peace Parley Opens With 71 Nations In Luxembourg
A 71 nation peace conference convenes in Luxembourg with delegates from Allied powers to draft treaties for Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland. The Big Four foreign ministers prepared the groundwork as the exterior palace and grand stairway are shown for the opening and signing ceremony.
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Luxembourg
Paris
Italy
Hungary
Romana
Bulgaria
Finland
Rail workers seek 20 cent wage rise across Canada
Ottawa July 29 The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees AFL announced service of notice to the Railway Association of Canada demanding a 20 cent an hour pay increase for about 25 000 railway workers. George Clifford secretary of the brotherhoods central committee said the wartime board had granted only two to five cents and called that award grossly inadequate. Representatives from Atlantic to Pacific met and resolved to pursue a satisfactory wage rate without delay.
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OTTAWA
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
AFL
Railway Association of Canada
brotherhood
association
National War Labor Board
George Clifford
Atlantic
Pacific
Clifford
Auto Workers In Detroit Seek Talks On Lagging Production
Detriot July 29 The United Automobile Workers the nation’s largest union in the motor industry says production is lagging and plans no new wage drives this year Walter P Reuther invites top executives to confer on the problems. An industry source says no wage push is planned in 1946 to avoid reopening existing contracts.
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DETROIT
United Automobile Workers
United States
Walter P. Reuther
big C.I.0
Reuther
U.A.W
U.S.W
Monty to Leave England Aug 18 for Canada Visit
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery chief of the imperial general staff will depart Liverpool August 18 aboard the Mauretania for a visit in Canada at the invitation of the Canadian government, it was learned last night.
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LIVERPOOL
Reuters
Viscount Montgomery
imperial general staff
Mauretania
Canada
Moslems Withdraw Acceptance Of Plan
Moslem League policy council withdrew acceptance of the British cabinet mission proposals for Indian independence and urged direct action toward a separate Moslem state Pakistan. It blamed Britain and Congress for a breach of faith and called Moslems to renounce titles from Britain. Jinnah hailed the move as historic and aimed at Pakistan despite opposition backed by force.
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OMBAY
C.P
Britain
Congress party
League
Mahomed A. Jinnah
Jinnah
council
Batain
Pakistan
India
union of India
Firoz Khan Noon
London
San Francisco
Weary Men, Battle Fire Near Shediac and Richibucto
Hundreds of volunteers fought two major forest fires on New Brunswick's Northumberland Strait shore. Fire spread near Shediac and Richibucto forced evacuations or fears of displacement as crews from Moncton and county wards battled the blazes with air and ground support. A separate Ottawa area crash killed two RCAF airmen at Cyrville.
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MONCTON
New Brunswick
Northumberland Strait
Westmorland
Kent county
Shedia
Richibucto
Shediac
forest service
New Brunswick forest service
OTTAWA
Uplands
Ovide St
Biblical Prophecy Handful of Wheat Yields Huge Relief
A charity wheat demonstration begun by Rev Clifton J. Robinson in 1840 grew from a single cubic inch of wheat to 2,608 acres planted by 266 farmers in Michigan and Ohio. This week 100,000 bushels are expected, to aid world famine relief via the American Friends Service Committee.
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CLEVELAND
Adrian, Mich,fairgrounds
Ciifton J. Robinson
Cleveland Bible Colfe
Tecumseh, Mich
Perry Hayden
Mr. Robinson
Henry Ford
Hayden
Mr. Ford
Michissa
Ohio
American Friends service committee
Canuck Leader Plays Big Role at Paris Peace Conference
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King arrives in Paris for the 21 power peace conference as Canada seeks enduring peace in Europe. He is greeted by Maj-Gen Georges Vanier and Leon Blum, signaling broad support and a strong Canadian voice in committee discussions and secret talks.
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ROSS MUNRO
PARIS
C.P. Cable
Canada
Luxembourg palace
Europe
Maister Mackenzie King
Smuts
South Africa
King ix
dominions
Georges Bidault
France
Crillon
King
Brooke Claxton
north
Georges P. Vanier
Get Vanier
Mr King
Leon Blum
Mr Ming
League of Nations
Foresee New Wage Demands Meet H C of L
Cleveland July report notes observers expect new wage demands as costs rise. The Steel magazine says the CIO program for fighting inflation could prompt a wave of strikes if price increases threaten last spring gains.
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H.C. of
CLEVELAND
United States
Steel
CLO
Evatt Rejects Big Four Domination At Peace Conference
ARIS July 29. Dr. Herbert Evatt Australia’s delegate to the 21 power peace conference hammers the table and rejects Big Four control of the talks. He argues the 17 invited governments have equal right to shape final peace, opposes two thirds majority rules, and favors open participation. Bidault urges delegates to abolish war’s plague as the conference opens in Luxembourg Palace amid dissension over draft treaties.
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ARIS
C.P
Herbert Evatt
Australia
Evatt
Dr. Evatt
Luxembourg
George Bidault
France
Italy
Hungary
Bulia
Romanian
Finland
BIDAULT
M. Bidault
United States
Ruaia
Rinaese
arma
Romania
Bulgaria
Britain
Rusia
Russias
Byrnes
Missing Nazi leader Martin Bormann sighted in Munich
United States intelligence reports Bormann, Hitler's deputy party leader and long missing since Berlin's fall, was seen in Munich a week ago amid a house to house search. An army source confirms a chauffeur identified a man in a Munich street as Bormann, who is listed in absentia among 22 Nagi defendants at the international military tribunal. The chauffeur, Lyakov Glas, says the man resembled Bormann and was driven in a main street auto.
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MARTIN BOSM4INNERG
United States
Martin Boremann
Hitler
Berlin
Munich
Bormann
international military tribunal
Lyakob Glas
Hormann
Gist
Hermann
Bitler
fuehrer
Will Revise US Congress
Clyde Blackburn reports Congress will revise procedures to streamline committees. It cuts Senate committees from 33 to 15 and reduces House committees from 48 to 19, creates single committees for armed forces, places budget control in joint committee, and raises salaries from 10 000 to 12 500 with 2 500 for expenses.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
WASHINGTON
C. P
Thedts
Second hottest day of the season reported
The meteorological bureau recorded Monday as the year's second hottest day with a high of 35 degrees around 1 pm and a 93 degree reading at 3:30. The day's peak reached 36 degrees on Sunday, July 7, as officials note the sequence of readings across the region.
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locust meteorological bureau
EDMONTON
C.P
department of education
HOUSE
LONDON
C.P. Cable
olain
Neel Baker
commons
Beltain
United States
Germany
France
MANITOBA
WINNIPEG
W. BR. Chabb
Macieba government Liquor Centrol Commision
twe belles daily
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R—C.P—Mirs
cei
steve DORR
shaarplen
Benty Martel
Aberte
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