World flight hailed as a significant Cold War milestone
Diplomats deem the nonstop round-the-world B 50 bomber flight a dramatic signal in postwar power politics. The United States could have blocked it but did not, underscoring strained East West relations and the push toward a broad Atlantic security pact. Gen Lemay notes the mission demonstrates range of U S air power and potential reach into Russia.
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WASHINGTON
United States department
Russia
west
Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Soviet Union
Curtis E Lemay
strategic air command
The Scottish Country Dance Revival Begins in Scotland
Mrs. Stewart of Fasna Icloich in the West Highlands spurs a nation wide revival of old Scottish dances. She partners with Diack and Miss Jean Milligan to form the Beltane Society, producing a book of dances and classes that spread across Scotland, energizing communities and teachers.
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Stewart
Fasna Icloich
West Highlands
Scotland
Brandon Sun
Diack
Gissgow
Jean Milligan
Beltane Society
Glasgow
Athenaeum
Lora James
Stewart Murray
treassurer
Milligan
Strips And Tars Unfaithful Wife
A German farmer who stripped and tarred his wife and set her on the barn roof for villagers to see received a suspended sentence of three months. The couple left the court arm in arm.
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HAMBURG
London murder probe swamps crowd at basement link to acid baths
Scotland Yard investigators faced a crush of sightseers as they dug in a basement in South Kensington amid claims five missing persons may have been murdered and dissolved in acid. Debonair plastics maker John Haigh faced a murder charge over widow Olive Durand Beacon while other victims include Dr Archibald Henderson and his wife, retired couple Donald and Amy McSwan and their son John, with forged powers of attorney alleged in connections to the disappearances. Police report flesh, bones and identifiable fragments found near Haigh’s factory and in other locations as probes widen.
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ONDON
Reuters
Scotland Yard
London
Britain
South Kensington
debonair
John Haigh
Olive Durand-Beacon
Kensington
Haigh
Durand- Beacoh
London Daily Express
Archibald Henderson
Brighton
Donald McSwan
Amy McSwan
John
Daily Telegraph
Daily Express
McSwans
Henderson
the
Daily Herald
Save Six Men Marooned by Toronto Fire
A three alarm blaze in downtown Toronto at the Thomas Wilkins Smallwares Company building trapped five men and a boy on the third floor. Firefighters rescued six men from upper storey ledges after turpentine and explosives fueled flames injuring the brick four storey warehouse. The fire caused about 150000 dollars in damage and threatened nearby banana and fruit warehouses in the market area.
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TORONTO
Thomas Wilkins Smallwares Company
market street
Winnipeg Bus Fatality Ends City’s Traffic Tragedy Streak
Joseph James Byrne, 52, died after slipping beneath a moving autobus in Winnipeg last night. The accident ends the city’s 142 day record without a traffic fatality, marking another deadly event on local roads.
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WINNIPEG
Joseph James Byrne
Fire destroys Muskegon area home. ten dead
A mother identified as Mrs. Maude Clover, eight of her children, and a roomer died when an oil stove exploded in their flimsy frame home near Lakewood, a resort community twelve miles north of Muskegon. The morning blaze swept through the residence as Mrs. Clover prepared breakfast.
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MUSKEGON
Mich
March J
here
Maude Clover
Lakewood
End of Testimony in Bulgarian Treason Trial
In Sofia on March 3, testimony closed in the treason trial of 15 Protestant ministers as prosecutors and defense rested. Prosecutor Dimiter Georgi canceled 42 of 63 scheduled witnesses, arguing the evidence was abundant and clear. The case featured public confessions and depositions from three months of detention under Communist security police, with witnesses alleging that American church missions funded Bulgarian Protestants for espionage.
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SOFIA
Bulgaria
Dimiter Georgi
Want to Abolish Mixed Drinking
CALGARY March 3 A resolution urging abolition of mixed drinking throughout Alberta will be submitted to the Associated Temperance Forces of Alberta in Calgary today Delegates also will discuss plans for a campaign to oppose a local option vote on liquor licenses in Enchant Alberta the vote set for March 23 It was revealed the association recently protested to the CBC over the recording Beer We Want More Beer which was aired by mistake.
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CALGARY
Alberta
Associated Temperance Forces of Alberta
Enchant
Auta
C.B.C
BERLIN
Frankfurt
DENMARK
NLA
PACTCOPENHAGEN
Pariamene
Washington
BISHOF
NEW YORK
John H. Meliah
prem
EDMONTON
U.P
Alberta Industries and Labour
Atmnister Robinson
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Deampbelter
W. K. Whiteford
Teraste
British-American Oil Co., Ltd
Alberts
C.P
Europe
CHARLOTTETOWN
Prince Edward Island
OTTAWA
Ghevrier pall
Canada
Government urged to sell lottery ducats in Canada
Ottawa March 3. The government was urged to solve tax problems by entering the lottery business. Maurice Guigues suggested lowering income taxes and raising revenue via post office lotteries. He proposed post offices could sell national lottery tickets, with liquor and luxury taxes as other options. The debate touched on overseas markets as C C F members urged barter with the UK to sell surpluses. Transport hearings may wait until after April.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Maurice Guigues
Sherbrooke
C. E. Stephenson
P.C
Durham
Percy Wright
C.C.F
Melfort
Wright
French Commies Pledge Support To Red Troops
Paris marches draw 18000 communists as Thorez and Duclos vow to greet Soviet troops as liberators. They say France will never fight the Soviet Union and urge breaking treaties. In Paris and New York, officials report arrests and interrogations of suspected spies amid antiwar rhetoric.
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PARIS
Maurice Thorez
Jacques Duclos
France
Soviet Union
Thorez
Jules Moch
NEW YORK
United States
Wall Street
America
William Z. Foster
Eugene Dennis
House Members Pay Nickel to Read Drew Letter
OTTAWA March 3 Members of the Commons still must pay a nickel to read George Drews charges over the Hong Kong expedition. Two more attempts to table his 1942 letter on the free reading list failed as Prime Minister St Laurent accused him of breaching secrecy in releasing wartime UK messages. Drew defended the 10000 word document, insisting no confidence was breached, amid minor uproars as the government refused consent to accept a non government paper.
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OTTAWA
Commons
George Drew
Hong Kong
Jeader
royal commission
Mr. St. Laurent
Dutch artist offers to sell ear for twenty four thousand
Banta Monica March 3 Miss Cock van Gent a 24 year old Dutch artist offered to sell her left ear for 24000 dollars. Mrs Marjorie Plant agreed to sponsor her career in exchange Miss van Gent will paint murals in Mrs Plant's hotel. Immigration says she must stay busy or return home.
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BANTA MONICA
Calif
Cock van Gent
Miss van Gent
Marjorie Plant
Regina Girl Dies After Accidental Shooting
Regina reports Betty Klassoff, 20, died in hospital after a pistol discharged in a bedroom during a party. John Havers, 24, who held the weapon, was detained as a material witness and released on bail. An inquest was ordered.
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REGINA
C.P
Betty Klassoff
John Havers
Havers
Sboff
Miss Klassoff
Miss Klasso
Baths Not Wanted Here In Dassel Village Vote
Village elders of Dassel rejected a proposal for a public bath house after debate noting one resident aged 89 without a bath endured fine health, implying negative impact of baths.
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DUESSELDORF
Dassel
Eight Die In N S Blaze As Fire Rips Double Tenement
Early morning fire in a south end Halifax double tenement killed eight people, seven inside the home and one later in hospital. Victims included Mrs Mary Keating and her children Essie 16 Margaret 15 Kenneth 9. Firefighters battled flames from a stove explosion as others escaped in night attire. The Keating family faced a shared second story room, while Hartlin 72 and Clattenburg Shaffelberg 32 were found deceased in the rear room. Surviving relatives included James Earles and John Keating 18. Authorities reported confusion over the name Clattenburg Shaffelberg. The blaze prompted swift fire brigade response and questions about origin.
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Wes
C.P
southend
Halifax
Dean Hartlin
Mary Keating
Essie
Margaret
Kenneth Keating
Peter Pembroke
John Johnson
Albert Shaffelburg
Lunenburg
N.S
James W. Earles
John J. Keating
Keating
Albert
Datcy) Clattenberg
Wee
Albert Shaffelberg
Clattenburg
Leon
freman
Hartling
Explosion at Istanbul arms factory kills twenty workers
Twenty workers died and 54 were injured when an explosion wrecked an arms factory at Sutluce near Istanbul. Rescue teams searched the debris of the plant on the Golden Horn, which was said to be producing shells for Egypt at the time of the blast.
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ISTANBUL
Reuters
Sutluce
Golden Horn
Egypt
Plane Hits Mountains Nine Dead in Colorado Crash
Del Rio Texas report states a C 47 crash landed in the Colorado Mountains south of the border in Mexico killing all nine aboard. The aircraft, en route from Hamilton Field California to Kelly Field Texas, had been missing for days and was last reported over Wink Texas after an earlier landing in El Paso. An extensive land and air search had been conducted.
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DEL RIO
Tex
A. E. Steinmetz
Colorado Mountains
Mexico
Hamilton Field
Calif
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Wink
El Paso
King Comes Through in Norfolk Football Mishap
In Bircham Norfolk on March 3-4 a 12 year old schoolboy George Ward kicked a goal in a school soccer game. The ball sailed over a wall into the road where a passing sedan burst it. The next day the sedan owner sent a new ball to the school to make up for the loss titled the King.
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BIRCHAM
Norfolk
England
George Ward
Traffic Rerouted After Washout Blocks Vancouver Line
Canadian National Railways traffic into Vancouver was rerouted today after a washout hit the main line at Boothroyd in the Fraser Canyon about 147 miles east. The disruption affected trains traveling west toward Vancouver and prompted alternative routing plans for eastbound services. A railway spokesperson reported no injuries and ongoing repairs were underway.
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VANCOUVER
Canadian National Railways
Boothroyd
Fraser Canyon
here
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