Britain asks Russia to explain Iran troop withdrawal
London reports Britain dispatched a note to Moscow and informed Washington as Bevin’s government presses Russia over withdrawal from northwestern Iran. The Foreign Office says the move precedes a cabinet meeting while US Britain discuss the crisis and the issue may head to the United Nations security council on March 21.
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LONDON
Britain
Russia
Iran
Frank Roberts
Moscow
state department
Washington
foreign office
Bevin
Roberts
United States
Sunday Times
Hussia
United Nations security council
newsaper
Paris Suffered Historic Snowstorm with 15 Inches Gone
Paris England faced record snowfall ending Sunday after three days of falling snow. 15 inches on ground, roads impassable and rail lines blocked. Supplies from outside cut off, canned milk distributed, frozen meat and flour used to fill shortages. In southern England a March blizzard piled snowdrifts up to 12 feet, isolating Kent villages and closing many main roads amid bread shortages.
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PARIS
ENGLAND
LONDON
Kent
Rail Lines Into Highwood Coal Areas Considered
Calgary March 4. Alberta legislature debated rail access to coal fields southwest of Calgary. Highwood Western Railway Co seeks route from Okotoks to BC border, with 30 miles to be built in a year. Calgary and Southwestern Railway charter amend may extend to Burns and Ford mines.
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CALGARY
Alberta
B.C
Highwood Western Railway Company
Okotoks
the
Highwood Coal Mines Ltd
Ford
Calgary and Southwestern Railway
De Winton
Doubles and a Churchill likeness in Westminster
The piece notes that several well known figures have lookalikes, including Victor Yates, a new Labour MP for Ladywood. It recounts Churchill-esque resemblance sightings in St. Stephen's lobby and a quip by Churchill about recognizing Yates from a reflection. Also a comic insert about coffee joins the back page teaser.
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ULLE
M.P.s
Westminster
Victor Yates
Ladywood
Birmingham
St. Stephen’s
Churchill
London
Ottawa Journal
Yates
Winston
27 Die As American Flight Crashes Near San Diego
SAN DIEGO CALIF March 4 bodies of 27 victims were recovered from a crash near Thing Mountain 45 miles east of the city. The American Airlines plane from Dallas to Los Angeles vanished in fog and snow. Rescue teams faced difficult terrain as they recovered 23 adults and two infants while the search continued for two more passengers.
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SAN DIEGO
Cali
United States
American Airlines
Dallas
Tex
New York
Los Angeles
Bill Reid
Manila
Court martial for POW abuse collab with Japanese
Two non commissioned officers, one Canadian and one British, face separate all British and all Canadian courts martial in Winnipeg for collusion with Japan and ill treatment of POWs after Hong Kong. Harvey faces manslaughter and 29 other charges at Oeyama camp between 1943 and 1945. Tugby faces 19 charges of collaboration and related offences at Fie corp and surrounding period. Trials by major generals, open to public, March 1946.
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OFTAWA
C.P
Winnipeg
Hong Kong
SCM
Marcus Charles Tugby
John Hugh Harvey
Britain
Royal Army Medical Corps
Tugby
Harvey
Oeyama
Japan
Fie corp
John Priesen
Winnipeg Grenadiers snp
Red Cross
Allied
beajor W. M. W. Shaw
judge advocate general
Ottawa
Italy
England
Europe
F. W. Christie
M.D. 10
W. T
Churchill Heads to Fulton in Foreign Policy Stop
Winston Churchill arrived in Washington with Randolph Churchill and family aboard a special car. He planned to travel to Fulton Missouri for a foreign policy address Tuesday and would not be interviewed. The party then rode to the British embassy before Churchill’s train to Truman’s special car. The Chinese University will award him an honorary Doctor of Laws on March 18.
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WASHINGTON
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Randolph
Churchill
daugh
Sarah Oliver
state department
Truman
NEW YORK
Columbian University
Hat Trial Nears End Jury To Decide Fate Of Werner Schwalb
MEDICINE HAT March 5 All evidence in Canada s first murder trial involving German prisoners of war was before the Supreme Court of Alberta and the six man jury to decide the case against Sgt Werner Schwalb 30 on trial for the murder of Pte August Plaszek 42 at the local POW camp on July 22 1943 The prosecution closed its case with its 28th witness Testimony linked Schwalb to the murder and noted other POWs face separate trials The court adjourned to Tuesday for defence addresses and for the judge s charge to the jury The overall proceedings involve 15 POWs called to testify and a mix of Canadian army personnel RCMP and defence and prosecution counsel The story outlines the sequence of expected events with trial proceedings set to resume and jury deliberations to follow.
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MEDICINE HAT
Canada
Supreme Court of Alberta
W. R. Howson
Werner Schwalb
August Plaszek
Plaszek
Schwalb
Ontario
Schwab
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mert whg
L. S. Turcotte
Lethbridge
H. J. Wilson
K.C
Edmonton
Alberta
Turcotte
East Africa
Pte
Christian Schulz
west recreation hall
France and Britain Agree to Syria Troop Withdrawal by April 30
The French foreign office said France and Britain will pull all troops from Syria by April 30. Withdrawal starts March 11. A French British military commission is studying Lebanon evacuation plans.
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France
Britain
Syria
ARIS
A.P
Lebanon
Four Are Identified With Ottawa Leaks
Greenwich voters reject UN location with 234 to 1 referendum. Opposition leader Wilkie S. Bushby cites clear anti UN sentiment. About 40 percent turnout. 5,505 against and 2,019 in favor. In Ottawa, four civil servants and one British employee charged under the Official Secrets Act for supplying Soviet information on atomic bombs radar and troops, arraigned after royal commission report.
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GREENWICH
Cenn
world capital
United Nations Organization
Wilkie S. Bushby
New York City
U.N.O
George Kitchen
UAWA
C.P
United States
Europe
royal commission
Mackenzie King
R.C.M.P
IMS
Sackh LOUSE
Gordon Lunan
Canadian Information Service
Edward Mazerall
National Research Council
irs
Emma Walkin
external affairs department
Kathleen Mary Willsher
Marth IL
Raise Grain Prices In U S Breadth Of Farm Policy Change
Washington reports ceiling prices on grains were raised to align livestock feeding with tighter grain supplies and promote marketing. Effective Monday March 4, wheat and corn gain three cents per bushel, barley four cents, oats two cents, grain sorghums nine cents, with rye ceilings rising four cents on June 1. Chicago opens futures trading as ceilings increase to Wheat 1.83 3/4, corn 1.21 1/4, barley 1.26 1/2, oats 83 cents, rye at 1.44 5/8.
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WASHINGTON
department of agriculture
CHICAGO
Riots in Egypt Kill 14 as British Posts Targeted
Alexandria reports fourteen dead and about 300 wounded as riots erupt after a day of mourning for last month's Cairo demonstrations. British soldiers killed and wounded, with attacks on a British military post at Zaghlawl Square. Egyptian police and troops clash with demonstrators, while Syrians and Lebanese show sympathy. Premier Sidky Pasha appeals for calm and safety measures to curb disturbances.
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ALEXANDRIA
Egypt
Reuters
Cairo
Zaghlawl Square
Farlher
Syria
Lebanon
Damascus
Beyrouth
Sudan
Ismail Sidky Pasha
SCOTLAND YARD
LONDON
C.P. Cadle
A. ‘Nunn May
Scotland
Yard
King's College
The
Press Association
London University
EDMONTON
Alberta
legislative assembly
INDIANAPOLIS
Indiana
Joseph L. Woolridge
Ramei
Phylis Coleman
Willington
Ind
B.C. MUEDER
KAMLOOPS
B.C
C.P
BAKER LAKE
N.W.T
C.B
Muskoy
ion
ameal AEE
Lethbridge Soldier Honored With Czech Merit Medal
Ottawa announces Captain Izat Harcus Gullion of the Royal Canadian Artillery receives the Czechoslovak Medal for Merit first class. Gullion, a Niagara Falls Ontario resident, formerly of Lethbridge, Alta, rose from second lieutenant in 1940 to captain in 1944 and is tied to Western Grocers and Swift Current. His wife Edna Guilion lives in Niagara Falls.
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OTTAWA
National Defence Headquarters
Izat Harcus Gullion
Royal Canadian Artillery
Niagara Falls
Ont
Gullion
Scotland
Lethbridge
Alta
Edna Guilion
mit
Capt. Guilion
Western Grocers
Swift Current
Lusk
39th Battery
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Highwood
Samuel Marchbanks
Peterborough Examiner
BARON MANNERHELTHELSINKI
Baron Gustaf Maannerhelm
Finland
Calcutta
India
Abdul Rashid
Indian National army
P.O.W
C. Langman
Churchills
Greenwich, Conn
USN.O
Emma Wotkin
Maj. Sokolov
Sokolov
U.S
I. H. Gullion
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