Rail strikes ripple through Britain as Molotov shifts China policy
A British informant reports Vyacheslav Molotov overseeing Soviet policy toward China, signaling a potential shift to aid the Chinese regime. The move follows Moscow’s March 4 swap of foreign ministers. London tables discuss implications for East Asia amid Western scrutiny of Soviet diplomacy.
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Associated Press
Vyacheslav
M. Molotov
Rossian
Russia
China
Orient
Paris
Molotov
Kremlin
Mao e-Tung
Marshal
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Andrei T., Vishinsky
pro
LONDON
Reuters
J. B. Figgins
National Union of Railroadmen
arrow
Britain
hias
England
Scotland
Carlisle
Canadian Pacific Steamships Company
Empress of Canada
Canada
Canadian Seamen's Union
Labor Party Conference Plots Nationalization Debate
At LACKPOOE England Labor officials meet for a five day conference to smooth party tensions and chart climate for next generation. They focus on state ownership and possible swift action amid railway and shipping strikes. Delegates expel two MPs after disruptions during proceedings.
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LACKPOOE
England
Labor party
U.C
west-codat
politi
elecs
Doubt Cast On Aussie Control Laws
Canberra reports that Australian state premiers were urged by Prime Minister Chifley to curb chaos in gasoline supply after a high court ruling deemed wartime defense regulations partly invalid. The decision questioned rationing for butter tea and gasoline, prompting stations to sell without coupons and officials to consider unofficial schemes with service stations to maintain exports to Britain.
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CANBERRA
Reuters
Cuffey
Australis
high court
Britain
D-Day Five Years Later Quiet Soldiers Recall Normandy
HAL BOYLE recalls D Day five years on at Omaha Beach as veterans settle into home life and quiet American towns. Pete Calif Marvin Garmess George Phillips and Miles Lewis reflect on loss and the hope of loved ones safe at home. The soldiers rest among 9513 others in a U S military cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach as pilgrimages begin and memories endure.
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HAL BOYLE MAHA BEACH
Normandy
Adolf Hitler
Pete
Anthony R. Calif
Marvin G. Garmess
George W. Phillips
Miles 5. Lewis
gether
Omaha
United States military cemetery
Omeha Beach
Australia contributions to international aid detailed by prime minister
Prime Minister Chifley outlined Australia’s aid spending totaling over £109 million for international friendship. Britain received £35 million, WNRRA 2 percent, European postwar reliefs and Eastern schemes shared funds, with annual contributions to the International Refugee Organization and UNICEF. The government aims to boost rehabilitation and living standards in south-west Pacific regions, including £500,000 in medical supplies and clothing.
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USTRALIA
Ghifley
Britain
WNRRA
Psr
Australia
International Refugee Organization
United Nations International
Chifley
Purge Reported in USSR by The New York Times
New York dispatch cites a political purge in Russia with evidence of at least 300,000 expulsions from the Communist Party and falling Komsomol membership. Disappearances include N A Vornesensky A A Kuznetzov P S Pophory Yuri A Zhdanov and J T Golyakov as a Zhdanov faction may have influenced outcomes.
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Paris
C. I. Sulzberger
Communist party
Komsomol
Communist Youth League
The Times
N. A. Vornesensky
polite puro
A. A. Kuznetzov
P.S. Pophory
supreme ‘Soviet
Yuri A. Zhdanov
JT.T. Golyakov
Soviet
supreme court
Sulzberger
Zhdanov
Andrei Zhdanov
Stalin
generalissim
Times
Georgi M. Malenkov
Stock Prices Crack To Two Year Low
New York June stock prices fell to a two year low amid a fresh selling drive. Key issues dropped to around 63.0 a share as over a million shares changed hands. Wall Street sources linked the selling to the depressed price level and cautious outlook for further declines. Steel production schedules for the week eased buying interest, and overall business news remained weak with no clear sign the recession would end soon.
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NEW YORK
Wall Street
Golden Spike crude wellhead price set at 2.93 a barrel
Imperial Oil announces wellhead price for 33 gravity crude from Golden Spike area about 17 miles west of Edmonton at 2.93 a barrel delivered with no Imperial pipelines. Royalite reports two new wells in Redwater and Viking sand activity at Castor Bailey No 1. Imperial Leduc and Redwater wells show varying daily outputs, while a large Buenos Aires textile fire kills two and injures five, threatening 710 million pesos.
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CALGARY
Edmonton
Imperial Oil Ltd
S. R. tevens
western
Imperial
Turner Valley
Alta
Leduc
Royalite Oil Company
Redwater
Royalite
Castor-Bailey No. 1
A. G. Bailey Company Limited
Leduc field
Imperial-Leduc No. 206
Imperial-Redwater No. 19
Labour and Liberal priorities color campaign in Canada
In the federal election run up, Prime Minister St Laurent tours Quebec and Ontario stressing labor rights to organize and act, while Drew slams Liberal concerns over nationalized assets. Leaders from four parties, including Coldwell and Low, campaign across the west as the race tightens.
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St. Laurent
Quebec
Drew
west
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.P
Solyn Low
Social Credit
Ontario
Hamilton
LABOR
Liberal party
Canadians Celebrate King’s Birthday Quietly Across Dominion
By The Canadian Press Canadians marked the king’s birthday with a low key approach. Government offices and banks closed generally though most businesses stayed open. Governor General Alexander sent greetings, Ottawa civil servants traveled to Gatineau and Ottawa Valley for leisure while Winnipeg held Decoration Day parades and memorial services.
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Alexander
Canada
Dominion
ien
Ottawa
Gatineau hills
Ottawe
Winnipeg
Greek plane crash reports 18 killed amid sabotage suspicions
Athens reports 18 dead after a TAK Dakota passenger plane crashed north of the city while overdue on flight from Kavalle. Fire from the crash injures several. sabotage suspected as authorities investigate. Also notes a fire and dynamite accident in Quebec and a Sicilian volcanic eruption.
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TAK
TAE
Kavalle
wld
ST. FERDINAND
Que
Megantic
PALERMO
Sicily
Strembell
WASHINGTON
senate
Atlanta
Secutity
Pact
Tom Connally
Dera. Tex
amnemreing
OTTAWA
Pinard
tetay
J.T. Richard
Riichard
withes
James Dell
North West Airlines
Kameron ‘an
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Toronto
Canadian Dental association
H. J. Merksley
Fisk
University of Toronto
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Teo
Brisbane
William Cheyne Gall
Omaha Beach
USSR
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