Three Die in Bus and Auto Collision Near Kokanee Creek
Three people were killed and a fourth injured when a car carrying six Alberta residents collided with a Nelson bound bus on a bridge near Kokanee Creek, 12 miles east of Nelson, B C. The car occupants' identities were not yet known. The bus driver was Louis Shutty of Kaslo B C.
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NELSON
B.C
C.P
Kokanee Creek
here
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Alta
Kootenay Lake ferry
Harrop
Louis Shutty
Kaslo, B.C
37 Bodies Identified In Crash As 12 Die In Bombing
Halifax reports 12 dead and 37 of 50 bodies identified after a crash linked to a wartime bomber. The salvage ship Found ation Josephine, crewed by Capt John Cowley, tows the crippled American Liberty ship Edward E Spafford to England for repairs after rescuing her in mid Atlantic following loss of rudder. The Spafford was bound for Gothenburg with coal. The Josephine refuelled at Falmouth and headed home after delivering the ship.
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U.S
HALIFAX
mid-Atlantic
United Kingdo port
Josephine
Falmouth
Eng
John Cowley
Edward E. Spafford
England
Pleasure Cruise Explodes Killing Four In Montreal Yacht
Four people die and three survive after the privately owned yacht Alexis XII exploded in the Ottawa street basin Montreal. Victims include two young girls Claudette and Carol Nihon and Mrs D Demon. Owner Alexis Nihon and his wife injured. Cause unknown.
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MONTREAL
Alexis XII
Ottawa street
Alexis Nihon
Dorval
Claudette
Carol Nihon
Nihon
D. Demon
Miss Lavoie
New York
Seigneurs Street
Lachine Canal
Oil shale project in Stockholm area eyed for war needs
Dr Gustav Esloff reports on a 25,000,009 project at Tornberg where 59 foot holes are heated to vaporize shale. Three months of current then two months of vapor pipes follow, with heat retained long term. Swedes harvest warmer soils and larger crops in future.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustav Esloff
Tornberg
cam & Bs
13 Victims May Find Common Grave Amid Mystery
New York dispatch reports 13 missing victims from a Friday the 13th air disaster near Leesburg Virginia. With 27 identified, officials fear most unidentified may be buried together. The crash killed 50 aboard Capital Airlines Flight 50.
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NEW YORK
Leesburg
William Frazer
Capital Airlines
Blue Ridge Mountains
Keys Gap
W.Va
here
Springfield
Hawk’s Mountain
Fort Knox
Father’s Day Flood Aid Chief Says He Closed Them
In Ottumwa Iowa on Father’s Day a flood crisis kept stores shut and flood director Herschel Loveless away from home for over a day. His wife and two children visited him at city flood headquarters as volunteers and officials battled the rising waters.
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OTTUMWA
Herschel Loveless
Loveless
uniow
Daughter of Late Archdeacon Dies in Calgary
Agnes Tims 56 daughter of late Archdeacon T W Tims died Sunday at her Calgary home. She was a member of the executive of the Southern Alberta Women Pioneers and Oldtimers Association.
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CALGARY
Winnifred Agnes Tims
T. W. Tims
France Invites Russia To Talks On Recovery Plan
Paris reports France has asked Russia to discuss the Marshall Plan as a first step to scrutinize the proposed multibillion dollar European recovery program. British Foreign Secretary Bevin visits Paris Tuesday for two days of talks, while Dutch Belgium Luxembourg diplomats in The Hague align with the American aid plan.
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PARIS
France
Marshall
United States
Russia
Bevin
Great Britain
Europe
Hague
Holland
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Harvard University
Ernest Bevin
London
thearaball
LEVIN
en Prance
Rosa
Britain
Rita
elation
ucter
Dean
rency
Greece
Cunning Maniac Hunted By Police
Police armed with shotguns pursue 24 year old Polish ex soldier Stanklaw Zborowski after he escaped Norwich prison on May 30 and shot his way through ambushes. He is blamed for robberies and housebreakings while hiding in woods and near a former army camp with suspected help from Polish friends.
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THETFORD
Norfolk
England
Stanklaw Zborowski
Norwich
no man's land
ting
Miners End Four Day Strike at Grimethorpe
Miners of Grimethorpe near Barnsley Yorkshire agreed to resume work today after a four day strike that halted production due to a winding accident last Monday. The stoppage cost Britain about 14 000 tons of coal.
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BARNSLEY
Yorkshire
Eng
Reuters
Britain
Grimethorpe jcelery
here
Wallace warns on oil clash with Russia in Saudi crisis
Former Vice President Henry Wallace told reporters at a Sunday press conference the United States and Britain should fight to protect access to Saudi oil and make it available to all nations including Russia. He labeled Russian expansion in Europe a threat to peace and urged a firm border to stop further Soviet growth. He later hedged his stance, saying no one can confirm clear Russian expansion in Europe.
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WASHINGTON
Henry Wallace
hia welf
United States
fener cmead Kingson
Remia
necesary
Rexsiam
Levitt Ramis
United Kingdom
Russia
Wallace
Europe
U.K
Truman
Turkey
gould
Red army
Three Jews to be executed in Acre jail incident
Three of five Jewish extremists convicted over the Acre jail break on May 4 were sentenced today to hanging. The remaining two received 15 years' imprisonment. The incident freed 253 prisoners and left 16 dead. The group Irgun threatened further retaliation.
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ERUSALEM
Acre
weun Zyaj Leumi
U.N. commission
Irgun
Britain
AEABS
JERUSALEM
United Nations commission
Palestine
Mufti
Egypt
Holy Land
U.N
Great Britain
Haj Amin
el Husseini
Hitler
Mussolini
Moshe Shertok
David Horowitz
A.S. Bean
Ontario Flood Fears Rise as Lakes Hit Record Levels
Ontario communities along Lake Ontario and Lake Erie faced renewed flood danger as weekend rains pushed water levels near records. Burlington Bay saw four to five feet above normal, flooding basements of about 1,000 homes. St Lawrence River docks inundated and property damaged around Port Pelee, Leamington, Kingsville, and surroundings.
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TORONTO
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Burlington Bay
Hamilton
St. Lawrence River
Kingsville
Leamington
Port Pelee National Park
Gardiner to Estimate Feed Grain for East Canada
Peterborough Ontario June 16 Hon J G Gardiner federal agriculture minister promised farmers an estimate in four weeks on feed grain available for eastern livestock next winter. He urged farmers not to dump livestock on the market noting Ontario crop prospects are poor while Western Canada shows potential for a good crop.
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PETERBOROUGH
J. G. Gardiner
smnu
Ontario
Canada
Michener of Alberta Dies in Ottawa at 80
Ottawa June 16. Hon Edward Michener Progressive Conservative senator for Alberta died at his Ottawa home after a week of illness. A former Alberta opposition leader, he served as Red Deer mayor three times and represented Red Deer in the legislature from 1909 to 1918. He leaves a widow two sons and four daughters. Other survivors include two brothers. He was summoned to the Senate in 1918 and helped oil development in southern Alberta.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Edward Michener
Alberta
Tintern
Lincoln
St. Catharines
Victoria University
Toronto
Wesley College
Winnipeg
D. R. Michener
Ontario
RED DEER
Alts
Calgary
senate
cakfe street
United Church of Canada
Charles EB. Michener
Joseph S. Michener
Windsor
Angus Macdonald
Montreal
Powell
Charles Brown
Morristown
Wayne Lasher
California
Norman Michener
Ivan Michener
Camden
Ont
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Michener
J. 5. Stewart
south
Blood Indian Reserve
1947 crop report shows good rains across regions
The Herald's second crop report for 1947 notes widespread favorable conditions with good rains in the southeast. Wheat stands three to 12 inches high, coarse grains growing well, and alfalfa prospects fair. Beet crops recover from frost with area about 30 000 acres, while hay and machinery demand rises and stock reserves improve.
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Herald
Bevin Pushes for Tighter Secrecy in Diplomacy
London reports quote Foreign Secretary Bevin seeking stricter press coverage of the forthcoming Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in November. Bevin criticized tendentious reporting of negotiations and told the Foreign Press Association that Russia would not sign a peace treaty with Austria until the Communist party gains stronger government influence.
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LONDON
Bevin
council of foreign ministers
Foreign Press Association
logy
Leopold Figl
Austria
Communist party
Windsor major promoted to lead Royal Canadian E M Engineers
Major C. M. R. Elmsley of Windsor Ontario has been promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed to command the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Prairie Command HQ in Winnipeg. He returns from overseas service to oversee training. Five riot deaths and curfew follow clashes in Cawnpore, India, as police fire on crowds during a banned gathering.
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OTTAWA
Amy
C. M. R. Elmsley
Windsor
Ont
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Prairie Command
Winnipeg
army headquarters
CAWNPORE
India
Threaten Paralysis of American Shipping Across Coasts
June 16 report from New York shows seamen obeying a no work policy after contracts expired, threatening pause on American flag ships coast to coast. Hundreds of vessels affected in New York Philadelphia Baltimore Boston Portland Seattle and Gulf states with workers quitting or remaining aboard. Union leaders deny a general strike while warning of possible lockouts and further action if contracts are not settled.
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NEW YORK
C.SO
United States
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
New York harbor
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Portland
Houston
Tex
Seattle
Puget Sound
N.M. US
American Communications Association
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Marine Cooks and Stewards
Curran
Seafarers’ International Union
Hoover Emerges as Key Economic Counselor for Republicans
Former President Herbert Hoover rises as a leading economic adviser to congressional Republicans shaping future U.S. foreign policy. He testifies before committees on Europe’s chaos and America’s economic impact, boosting his influence with war contacts and dinners while swaying decisions such as tariff commission appointments.
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WASHINGTON
Herbert Hoover
congressional Republicans
United States
Repubil dent
Hoover
Europe
congress
Train crash in Oriska wings two killed at dawn derailment
AP report notes two unidentified men killed and at least one other injured when 22 cars of a Nertheim Pacific freight train derailed near Oriska North Dakota. Police investigate the incident as rail officials inspect the wreckage and assess casualties.
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om ORISKA
Nertheim, Pacific
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