Curfew Clamped as British Troops Hunt Kidnappers in Tel Aviv
A large force of troops and police scour Jewish settlements near the Lebanese frontier while a strict curfew is imposed on Tel Aviv to aid the search for five or six kidnapped British officers. Palm of the border near Tel Aviv tightens security as roads are blocked and lines cut. British engineers build a Bailey bridge across the Jordan replacing a damaged one, as violence across Palestine claims many lives and injures scores. In Jerusalem crowds mourn a ninth victim from Monday night’s fighting amid a wave of dramatic strikes and bombings at Haifa rail station.
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JERUSALEM
Tel Aviv
upper Galilee
Palestine
Jordan
Syria
Daughters of Jacobs
Voice of Israel
Bernard Paget
Middle East
ail Haifa
Mines and rail wrecks claim lives in Japan shock
A Tokyo dispatch reports 185 Japanese dead missing or injured from two mine explosions and a rail accident. A 2000 pound dynamite blast at a Nagano mine terminal killed seven and injured 93, while a Tagawa coal mine pit blast left 44 missing. A repatriation train crash at Odawara killed seven and injured 34.
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TOKYO
Nagano
Kyodo
Tagawa
Nagasaki
Kyushu
Nagoya
Odawara
Silk Hose For War Brides Still Mystery
Reports in the British press that each Canadian war bride who sailed yesterday from Liverpool received a pair of silk stockings remain unconfirmed. Canadian army officers saw no gifts and question how the story started. The reports claimed 520 brides aboard received a fully fashioned stocking present from Canada.
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LIVERPOOL
Eng
Canada
Left Hand Corner A Policeman Helps Sir Charles Marston
JR Charles Marston a Stratford on Avon resident, died recently. once an engineer and motorcycle maker he spent 21 years pursuing biblical archaeology. he funded digs in Palestine and claimed Jericho and the Jordan crossing were caused by earthquakes rather than biblical trumpet events. he also deciphered key to Sfar writings and described evidence in his writings. continued on page four.
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JR CHARLES MARSTON
Stratford-on-Avon
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Palestine
Jericho
Sir Charles
Joshua
Jordan
Windsor Seeks 200 Troops After Windsor Tornado
Mayor Arthur Rheaume announced a Dominion government appeal for 200 troops to patrol tornado devastated areas and curb looting. The death toll rose to 15 with Milo Beeman among the deceased. Relatives and residents mobilized relief with Red Cross workers on duty, shelters housing men and women, and a $7,000 relief fund plus a $2,500 city grant. Normal life slowly returned as power was restored, aiding reopens and communications. Governor General and Lady Alexander sent condolences to Windsor.
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Rheaume
Dominion Government
Rose Clarke
Ida Upham
Dorothy Fox
Milo
Beeman
Waldo
Riverside
Albert county
N B
New Brunswick
Nelson Jones
Jones
Hving
Red Cross
Royal Canadian Navy
Y.W.C.A
Paul Martin
Essex East
house of commons
Don Brown
Essex West
Ottawa
Martin
ETURN
Arthur Reaume
Viscount Alexander
Alexandr
Windsor
Ontario Farmers Face Ruined Crops After Tornado Flood
Chatham Ont June 19 Ontario farmers in the Windsor Detroit belt face widespread destruction from a tornado that swept Monday leaving flooded lands and ruined corn, tomatoes, and tobacco. Essex Kent and surrounding counties report extensive crop losses with 90 percent of Ontario’s commercial corn from this area. Onion fields near Erieau submerged ~10 feet. pumping plans underway to replant where possible. Windsor residents recount homes and vehicles torn from foundations and fatalities in the aftermath.
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CHATHAM
Onit
Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake St. Clair
Windsor
Detroit
Essex
Kent
Essex county
Thames river
MacGregors creek
Erieau
Ont
Fred Marsh
Marsh
Henry Scuiere
Wallace
Henry
Ulysses
Klied
Nagging of Public by Conductors of Street Cars
Vancouver June 19. The Vancouver New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council protested the nagging of the public by street car conductors and conductorettes at a meeting. A speaker criticized the conduct and a resolution was adopted urging the British Columbia government to pass a law prohibiting overcrowding on public vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
New Westminster
Von Papen Angrily Defends Austrian Pressure Role
June 19 in Muernberg Franz von Papen, after four days on the witness stand, angrily told the international military tribunal he helped exert pressure on the Austrian government before the 1938 anschluss. The questioning aimed to show the veteran diplomat acted as Hitler's super spy in bringing Austria into the Reich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MUERNBERG
Franz Von Tapen
international miliary tribunal
Hitler
Austria
Government Study of Lake Shipping Seizure Plan
Ottawa reports the government delaying action to seize lake shipping amid the Canadian Seamen's Union strike. Labor Minister Mitchell and aides weigh appointing a government controller to run all lake vessels, with a plan to impose an eight hour day and revive pre strike terms under an order in council. Ship owners reject the settlement and demand negotiations with responsible reps. they threaten government operation if interference continues.
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OTTAWA
Mitchell
nigar
C.S.U
CSU
C.S.O
national war labor board
Attempt Erase Leprosy Stigma Washington June 19
Scientists and patients in the United States public health service work to erase the stigma of leprosy. Leprosy is mildly contagious, far less infectious than tuberculosis, with only a small percentage progressing to deformities. About one third reach an arrested state, some remain chronically affected without signs, and 20 percent at Carville die from the disease. Global victims are estimated at 5 to 10 million, mainly in India, Korea, Burma, Thailand, Ethiopia, Liberia, and the Belgian Congo.
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WASHINGTON
United States
public health service
Carville
repers
India
Korea
Burma
Thailand
Ethiopia
Liberia
Belgian Congo
Two Women Held After Stabbing Death in Winnipeg
Police hold two women in connection with the murder of 69 year old Claude Frederck Salisbury, a CN railway yard worker, stabbed to death in his Winnipeg home early today.
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WINNIPEG
Claude Frederck Salisbury
Salisbury
Raiways
St Laurent argues parliament can act without provincial consent
Ottawa June 19 Justice Minister St Laurent told the Commons that parliament can handle issues within its power without provincial consent or supervision. He opposed the Progressive Conservative claim that parliament is only a creature of provinces and should be consulted on revising representation and increasing House seats from 245 to 255. He cited authorities noting Confederation did not grant autonomous states and that sovereignty was not transferred back to provinces to define Canada.
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OTTAWA
St. Laurent
the
commons
Mr. St. Laurent
Confederation
Canada
Bullock Named To Old Age Pension Board
Edmonton report says P. Bullock, newly named superintendent of the Mothers Allowance Board, is appointed a member of the Old Age Pension board. He replaces T. R. Blaine, who has retired from the board.
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EDMONTON
P. Bullock
Mothers’ Allowance Board
Old Age Pension board
T. R. Blaine
whoas
board
British minister denies knowledge of Mufti's France escape
London June 19 Philip Noel-Baker minister of state told the House of Commons that the British government had no knowledge of the escape from France of Haj Amin el Husseini the Mufti of Jerusalem. He stated the government was unaware of any escape plan or involvement.
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LONDON
Philip Noeel-Baker
house of commons
France
Gruesome Moonlight Surgery by leopardmen terrorizes Nigeria
London reports a Lagos colonial study on the Anyotos leopardmen who mutilate victims under moonlight in Calabar province. Officials say over 200 murders index their grisly acts with missing hearts lungs and severed limbs. Suspects awaiting trial number 38 with 12 convicted and four under preliminary investigation.
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LONDON
Reuters
Lagos
Nigeria
George Hall
Calabar
Anyotos
plete
Bellevue Child Drowns in Local Cesspool
The body of three year old Evelyn Capron, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ferdinand Capron, was found in a cesspool near their Bellevue home Tuesday afternoon after the opening of the pool for pumping. Her uncle Frank recovered the body with a rake. Seven years earlier Dan McKay, a road foreman, drowned in a well on the same child.
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BELLEVUE
HNS
Evelyn Capron
Ferdinand Capron
Frank
Dan McKay
Pessimism Deepens Over Italian Reparations Talks
Paris dispatch reports the Big Four foreign ministers deadlocked on Italian reparations and moving to tough bases of the Salian peace treaty. Deputy ministers to finalize reports on Bulgarian and Finnish treaties while Italy Romania pacts already submitted. Britain and U.S. note uneasy progress as Molotov’s offer raises 21 power conference questions. Great Britain to reimburse Italy for troop costs deducted from a £30,000,000 debt.
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PARIS
United States
Russia
Sosian
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Byrnes
ITALY
LONDON
Great Britain
Schwalb Witness in Witlinger Trial At Medicine Hat
German prisoner Schwalb, sentenced to hang for the 1933 murder of Pte. August Pinsek at the Medicine Hat POW camp, is ordered to testify as a witness in L.-Cpl. Wittinger’s murder trial. Chief Justice Howson issued the order, with Schwalb to be moved from the prison to the court this week.
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Werner Schwalb
Lethbridge
Johannes Wittinger
Medicine Hat
Herald
W. R. Howser
Schwalb
fecal
Wittinger
U. S. Turcotte
Pte
August Pinsek
Killine
Howson
Medicine Hart
Rumors Denied About Polish Troops in Iraq and Syran Camps
The British army's Middle East headquarters denied rumors that thousands of Polish troops arrived in Iraq and that Britain had reestablished control of Syran military camps evacuated earlier. The denial clarifies the situation amid circulating rumors on Monday.
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CATRO
Middle East
Iraq
Britain
Syran
Foresters Open Meet in Quebec Under Wicom Chair
The 47th annual high court of the Canadian Order of Foresters opened yesterday in Quebec City with Wicom Deuver of Montreal presiding. An official welcome was extended from the territory.
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QUEBEC
high court
Canadian Order of Foresters
WicOM
Deuver
K.C
Montreal
End of British Columbia loggers strike reaches agreement
The 37 day strike by 35 000 loggers and mill workers ends after Chief Justice Gordon Sloan's recommendation for 15 cents an hour raise a 44 hour week and voluntary irre vocable check off Harold Pritchett International Woodworkers of America calls concessions the greatest won in Canada The union plans return to work June 20 and abandon the no strike clause prompting praise from Labor Minister Mitchell who notes the relief of production for BC crops and thanks Sloan for his role
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ANCOUVER
mil
Gordon Sloan
Harold Pritchett
International Woodworkers of America
C.C.S
Canada
Sloan
interior
am olier-in-council
WELCOME NEWS
R. Vi Stuart
strke
ABOR
OTTAWA
Mitchell
British Columbia
Troops on the Move Homeward Bound To Halifax Roëner
By The Canadian Press homeward bound troops reach Halifax with 14 army personnel 227 RCAF and 13 navy members. The movement reflects a postwar redeployment pattern as units return home.
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Halifax
navy
Eden Will Spend Week in Ottawa Washington
British figures returning from Bermuda Empire Parliamentary Association meet head to Ottawa for a week long visit hosted by Canadian association members. June travel plans include Ottawa as first destination.
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EDEN
OTTAWA
WASHINGTON
Anthony Eden
Empire Parliamentary Association
Bermuda
Canada
BROCKET
CALGARY
Anthony McMillan
Brockett, Alta
Alberta
G.B
LONDON
IC.P
Batavia
London Daily Mail
MACKENZIE
REGINA
Philip E. Mackenzie
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan court of appeal
BLOOM
IA.P
Sol Bloom
house of representatives
United States
Russia
Europe
GERMANY
FRANKFURT
A.P
J. W. Durant
United States Women's Army Corps
Hesse
Rhein-Main
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Windsor Star
TDeirroit
Free Press
the News
VON PAPEN
Dominion
St. Laurent’s Claim
Leopard
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