Schwalb To Hang Alone In Canada Gallows
Sgt Werner Schwalb one of three former Nazi infantrymen tried by Alberta supreme court for the 1943 killing of Pte August Plaszek in Medicine Hat is to be hanged alone at Lethbridge jail. Co-defendant Pte Agolf Kratz, whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, will go to Prince Albert for imprisonment. Johannes Wittinger was found not guilty and returned to a POW camp. Schwalb’s execution is set for after midnight. he is the first POW hanged in Canada and the ninth man hanged in that jail since 1911. Kratz reacted with unhappiness at the commutation.
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Werner Schwalb
supreme court of Alberta
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
August Plaszek
Pte
Agolf Kratz
Prince Albert
Sask
Johannes Wittinger
Plaszek
Schwalb
Jal
Herbert Holt
Neys
Ont
A. R. Bull
R.CALP
Canada
Bratz
W. R. Howson
Kratz
Holt
Browder Bows Out of England for New York Flight
Former U.S. Communist party leader Earl Browder left London by air for New York after two days in British custody. He departed Heathrow aboard a Constellation, bound for LaGuardia, following arrival from Paris with guards still on duty due to immigration status and crowding on available flights.
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LONDON
Farl Browder
Communist party
United States
New York
air today
American Overseas Airlines
Browder
Heathrow
Constellation
La Guardia field
Paris
England
Supreme Court backs farm airspace rights in chicken case
The Supreme Court upheld a $2,600 award to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee Causey poultry growers near an Army post in North Carolina. The ruling says landowners own air space needed for use and enjoyment and flying planes can be trespass. The decision may set precedent for protecting farmers as air traffic increases.
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United States supreme court
Thomas Lee Causey
army aspot
North Carolina
Causler’s
United States court of claims
wil
Canada
I Letter Mix Up Sends Butter Prices Soaring
Richmond Virginia June 23 The letter I can markedly shift butter prices. An official said a Virginia paper swapped I for C in a report on price control lifting. Three hours later butter jumped from 55 cents to 1.59 a pound in the community.
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Richmond
John J. Howard
Richmond area rice Control Board
Virennia
New Old Age Pension Plan Debated in Commons
Health Minister Claxton indicated that a new old age pension plan could be discussed with provinces at a September meeting. The federal brief proposes $30 monthly for those over 79 and one third cost sharing for others 60 to 69, funded by a social security tax. Blackmore urged higher pensions and criticized the tax system as unfair to seniors.
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OTTAWA
Claxton
house
BLACKMORE
John Blackmore
S.C
Close Alaskan Air HQ July 15
Edmonton news wires report the Alaska division headquarters of the United States Army Air Forces will close on July 15 and Col. William Jones of El Centro California is named liaison officer for the Alaskan section. He will head about 50 Army personnel plus civilians and coordinate with the Northwest Air Command of the RCAF. A B 29 unit will experiment with Loran in northwest Canada under his direction. The Edmonton route will be kept open for Alaska base servicing with a small maintenance crew assisting RCAF personnel. Col. Jones is a veteran of the European campaign and holds the DFC, Air Medal and Croix de Guerre.
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EDMONTON
United States Army Air Forces headquarters
William Jones
El Centro
Calif
continental division
USAAF
Dale V. Gaffney
Gaffney
Col. Jones
army
U.S. Air Forces
Northwest Air Command
RCAF
northwest Canada
Canadian northwest
polar
continental
Air Transport Command
Alaska
U.S
Europe
Germany
Recommendation Soon On Flag Question
Ottawa report that the parliamentary lag committee will present the Senate and Commons with a definite recommendation on a distinctive national flag within four weeks and it is possible the question may be settled before the end of the present session. It was reliably learned last night.
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OTTAWA
senate and
commons
Bodies Of Crash Victims Robbed In War Time Britain
Montreal Herald reports that the bodies of 24 Canadian airmen killed in a crash near St Donat Quebec were looted of leave money and savings by deserters in a mountain hideout. The missing Liberator was found near Dorval after 23 months. burial services planned at the scene with a cairn.
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MONTREAL
Montreal Herald
E.C.A.F
St. Donat
Que
Ottawa
R.C.AF
Newfoundland
Gander
Rockcliffe
Dorval
air force
Gibson
Sadan
Lair
Harry Cobb
RCAF
Sqdn
Ldr
Cobb
Rumor of Nazi prisoner orders in Canada aired in trial
In Medicine Hat Alberta on June 25 a rumor of a senior German officer ordering all traitors to be killed was discussed at Sgt Major Brumo Perzenowski’s court trial. The case concerns the 1944 hanging of Karl Lehmann at the Medicine Hat internment camp. Other accused include Walter Wolf Willi Mueller and Heinrich Busch. Evidence included photos from Sept 12 1944 and details of Lehmann’s body and rope. The court continues.
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MEDICINE HAT
Alte
Canada
Brumo Perzenowski
Karl Lehmann
Medicine
D.Cpl
J. M. Campbell
R.C.ALP
Bim
D.Sei. Sianicn
Lehmann
Sarah
China could become self sufficient in food under modernized farming
Shanghai June 25 Chinese officials report progress in modernizing agriculture as Henan province farmers begin using tractors under supervision of Chinese and foreign experts. The move signals potential self sufficiency in food supplies for the first time in modern history.
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SHANGHAI
Reuters
China
Henan
Four-Engine Plane Crashes Near Runway in Mexico City
A four engined plane of the Mexican Aviation Company crashed a mile from the runway end. None of the 42 passengers or four crew members suffered more than minor injuries. The aircraft, bound for Los Angeles, failed to gain altitude and the cause remained undetermined immediately.
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MEXICO CITY
Mexican Aviation Company
Los Angeles
Registration Cards Face House Decision in Canada
Ottawa June 25. The future of national registration cards for Canadians aged 16 and over is to be decided soon as labor department estimates reach the House. Cards issued after the 1940 registration under wartime call up spark debate over their permanence. Proponents value identification use while opponents view it as regimentation. If continued, lawmakers may push for more permanent card forms.
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OTTAWA
labor department
None for Russia threatens U S U N R R A funding study
President Truman disclosed Moscow blocks American press access to relief activities in Russia. House members debate funding use and press access with a deficiency bill set late this week. United States total contribution rises to 2.7 billion dollars.
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WASHINGTON
United Nations
Truman
Moscow
Russia
house of representatives
United States
U.NLURR.A
Clarence Brown
Ohio
U.N
USN
Twister devastates Fort Frances and International Falls
A powerful twister ripped through Fort Frances Ontario and International Falls Minnesota causing initial damage estimated at 500000 dollars with up to twelve hospitalizations including ten children. No deaths reported though widespread destruction closed power and communication lines and damaged mills, boats, and homes amid a four minute rampage.
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ORT FRANCES
Ont
C.P
Ontario
International Falls
Minn
U.S
C.S.T
Bumper Crop Prospects Across Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg reports heaviest rains of season bringing relief to drought areas. Manitoba sees modest showers boosting southern crops while Portage plains near Winnipeg get up to an inch. Saskatchewan and Alberta enjoy good rains with Alberta experts calling prospects bright for a bumper crop. Medicine Hat records 1.69 inches. officials optimistic for large yields across western Canada depending on luck and continued moisture.
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WINNIPEG
Canada
prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Portage plains
Brandon
Elbow
Swiss Current
Estevan
Humboldt
Melfort
inister
O. S. Longman
Medicine Hat
Alta
Graimmen
Two Coalitionists Win Point Grey Seat in BC By election
Vancouver June 25 Two Coalition candidates A R Mac Dougall and Leigh F Stevenson won the Vancouver Point Grey by election in a three member seat in British Columbia. They defeated CCF Democrat and Liberal-Industrialist rivals as by election fills vacancies created by the deaths of Attorney General R L Marland and Conservative leader J A Paton. Complete returns show Stevenson 14067 MacDougall 13929 Isherwood 5422 Steeves 3693 Smyth 414 McAllister 309.
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VANCOUVER
A. R. MacDougall
Leigh F. Stevenson
British Columbia
C.CF
Vancouver-Point Grey
R. L. Marland
J. A. Paton
John Hart
C.C.F
D. G. Ste
Canadian general election turnout in 1945 76 percent vote
Ottawa June 25 1945 official report by chief electoral officer Jules Caston guay shows 76 percent of those eligible voted in Canada 20th general election held June 11 1945 There were 5 303 193 ballots cast and 59 063 rejected from a total of 6 952 445 voters on the list Saskatchewan led provinces with 85 Nova Scotia 72 Yukon lowest among regions with a 4 turnout
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OTTAWA
Canada
Jules Castonguay
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
Yukon
Poland backs Soviet plan to outlaw atomic weapons
Poland endorsed the Soviet draft convention aiming at the immediate outlawry of production keeping and use of weapons based on atomic energy and urged destruction of all such weapons worldwide. France and Australia supported US control plans, while the UN Atomic Energy Commission debated two committee approaches. Dr Lange faced a setback in the Security Council over a resolution to sever diplomatic ties with Franco Spain.
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NEW YORK
Poland
Oscar Lange
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
U.S
Alexandre Parodi
France
commission
United States
Lange
United Nations
Australia
international
atomic development authority
Pornard Al ‘Baruchia
Herbert V. Evatt
PEAYDA
Afoscow
Pravda
Oscar Large
odar
Alexandre Paredi
Franco Spain
Spain
security council
Dr.Lange
Gren
Calgary Beer Waiters Strike Sparks Downtown Picketing
Calgary beer waiters walk out amid breakdown in negotiations between Beverase Dispensers Local 265 and the Hotelmen's Association. Pickets patrolled downtown hotels as some beer parlors remained open, marking a one day strike after a prior May 24 action.
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CALGARY
C.P
Beverase Dispensers Local 265
AFL
IA.P
Spokane
Cascades
George Lyden
Tensed
POUGHKEEPSIE
M.Y
Merchants Nations] Bank and Trust Company
WINNIPEG
John EF. Waller
Winniner
Manitoba court of king's bench
EDMONTON
Alberta
department of education
TEXAS
DALLAS
A.P.J
Baker hotel
W. C. Reed
Grand Prairie
Reed
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Dortai
R. F. Fisher
Armstrong
B.C
J. A. Baraboroff
PO. J. Lamont
W. J. Howlett
Galahad
R. F. Ware
H. Elliott
Slocan City
Lac
A. J. Radcliffe
Rivers
Man
Twister
Fort Frances
Dan Mainville
nore
Rainy River
T International
Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company
J. O O. Mathieu lumber yard
Ontario lands and forests department
Mathieu Company
Windsor
TORONTO
lakes
Dominion meteorological office
Bimidii
Besnora. Ont
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