Murder trial at Macleod for Peter Abramowicz
Sit tings of the Supreme Court opened with Mr Justice Tweedie presiding on the Peter Abramowicz murder case. Crown witnesses included RCMP sergeants and witnesses describing photographs and blood evidence from the East Coleman cottage. The defense, led by John A McDonald, sought to challenge the exhibits and testimonies as the case extended into Tuesday with further Crown witnesses expected.
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Peter Abramowicz
Macleod
Sella
Jos Zehoreyko
Gordon Maynes
George
Dons Blaschux
Wana Wanat
Mary Buelech
Joseph Kapaika
Sam Lee
Carl Suplat
Stephen Petrosky
John Stanzewsky
J Braley
Seret T ED Mudiman
Campbell
Campnell
Sergi, Mudiman
RCMP Flarmore
Sergi Mudiman
Mr. McDonald
Seret Muaiman
Blanchard
Inspector Fryett
RCMP
Lethbnage
Sergei Cawsey
Conchies Serve as Parachute Medics for Britain
In London on March 7 a group of fifty conscientious objectors has formed a special corps within the airborne forces. These men refuse military service on religious grounds yet serve as unarmed parachutists attached to an RAMC unit. Their mission is to drop into enemy territory with paratroopers, provide medical aid, tend the wounded, and attempt evacuations, a role described as one of the war’s most dangerous and difficult tasks.
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LONDON
Britain
Batam
RAMC
Bombs Trap Nazi Train In Italian Tunnel
Allied Headquarters in Italy reported that an American medium bomber intercepted an enemy train as it neared the exit of a tunnel at Montenero. Debris toppled onto the train causing it to halt, with the mission led by flight leader Donald Stein from Kansas City. The raid aimed at disabling the tunnel, with damage expected to render the track unusable.
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ALLIED
ITALY
Montenero
Donald Stein
Kansas City
Stein
Yugoslav Minister to Canada Resigns
Ottawa March 7 Dr Isidor Cankar the Yugoslav minister to Canada says his second resignation has been accepted after two earlier offers. He cites profound disagreement with his government's policy and states he cannot serve his country and remain loyal to his government while fulfilling his duties.
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OTTAWA
Isidor Cankar
Canada
28000 U S Planes Sent to Allies Under Lend Lease
Washington reports almost 28000 U S built planes valued at 2.3 billion dollars have been sent to Allied air forces since the lend lease act. By Jan 1, three quarters of the fleet, about 21000 planes, went to Britain and others, with total American air equipment to other nations at 3.2 billion including engines and spare parts.
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WASHINGTON
foreign economic administration
Britain
United States
FEA
Leon Crowley
United Nations
Crowley
Australan
New Zealand
RAF
India
East Indies
Pacific
Far East
Russia
Australian Mystery Of 1934 Solved
Identity of the Pyjama Girl long viewed as Australia’s great crime mystery is announced as Mrs Linda Agostini formerly Landa Pratt of Littlehampton England. Her former husband a 40 year old Italian resident in Australia was arrested for murder. The body found in a culvert near Albury on the NSW Victoria border was linked to the couple after years of police investigation.
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MELBOURNE
Linda Agostini
Landa Pratt
Littlehampton
Sussex
England
Australia
Albury
New South Wales
Victoria
Agostin
U S Soldier Kills Three In Shooting
Riverside Calif March 74 Camp Anza military authorities and Riverside police said 2nd Lieut Beaufort G Swancutt 31 of La Crosse Wis killed three persons and wounded five others in a late Sunday shooting fray at Camp Anza The slain included Dorothy Douglas 18 and Mass Lourdine Livermore 18 both of Long Beach Calif and Riverside Officer A B Simpson who died while attempting to halt Swancutt Swancutt was shot three times by another officer and is in Camp Anza hospital in serious condition He would be charged with murder and tried by a military court
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RIVERSIDE
Calif
Camp Anza
leut
Beaufort G. Swancutt
La Crosse
Wis
Earle R Sarles
Dorothy Douglas
Mass Lourdine Livermore
Long Beach
A B. Simpson
Suancutti
Sarles
Nestor Brule
Swancutt
Chief Brule
senous
Serles
RCAF to Open Operational Training Unit in Canada
Air Minister Power stated in the commons that a transport operational training unit will be opened by the RCAF in Canada next month. He answered an inquiry about facilities for training aircrew in moving troops by air.
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OTTAWA
Power
commons
RCAF
Canada
Prices Board to Control Silk Nylon and Cork Prices Board
Ottawa March 7 Control of silk nylon cork kapok hemp sisal and products from these materials is being transferred to the Prices Board Munitions Minister Howe announced. The transfer continues the policy begun in 1943 with jurisdiction divided among Cork C H Browne Toronto. Kapok A C Guthrie Montreal. silk and nylon G Dyson Montreal. hard fibres J H F Turner Montreal.
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OTTAWA
Prices Board
Howe
Monnay
Cork
C H. Browne
Toronto
A C Guthrie
Montreal
G Dyson
rayon
J H F Turner
Canada’s Huge Garment Industry in 1943 Figures
Ottawa report notes 1943 production levels for Canada’s garment sector with figures for children's garments at 27,039,276 pieces, men’s civilian overalls at 3,025,971 pairs, socks and stockings at 18,000,000 pairs, hats at 1,115,388, and flannelette at 24,263,606 yards. Almost all children’s clothing delivered for sale by Jan 1 with no inventory buildup.
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OTTAWA
Canada
A M Nicholson
CCF
MacKenzie
commons
Rome Bombing Death Toll Tops 400, Allied Raid Deepens
A Rome dispatch reported by the Gazette De Lausanne on Monday says the Allied bombing of Rome on Friday killed more than 400 people. The attack is described as the greatest on the capital since last summer, marking a severe escalation.
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BERNE
Maren
Rome
Gazette De
War and wit from the Pacific and Britain mixed in dispatches
Salvation Army officers in New Guinea distribute chewing gum to troops and natives with a warning against swallowing betel nut. The piece includes jokes about postwar manners, a Swiss US bomber exchange, and a mishap from an Army lorry in Edinburgh with a recruit reporting he ran over a fellow.
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New Guinea
Salvation Army
George Woodland
Finschhafen
Noel Ottaway
Melbourne Herald
Wilson Woodside
Canadian news
Britain
Toronto
Edinburgh
Lord Roseberry
Lord Cranbourne
Lord Cranberry
How to Relieve Pile Torture Quickly and Easily
An old advertisement promotes Hem-Roid tablets to relieve itching and soreness from piles. It urges immediate treatment, claims rapid relief, and offers a money back guarantee if results are not satisfactory. It emphasizes internal use and low cost.
British X craft heroism tied to Tirpitz raid shines anew
News of Victoria Cross recipients Lts Basil Place and Donald Cameron highlights the raid on the German battleship Tirpitz in Alten Fjord Norway. Three submarines, about 40 feet long with three-man crews, navigated a 50 mile channel past defenses to within 200 yards before torpedoing the ship, depth charges forced the crews to scuttle, while two submarines escaped and were captured as POWs.
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Newsweek Magazine
Briish Admiralty
nudget
Alten Fjord
Norway
Basil C. G. Place
Donald Cameron
Tirpitz
Admiralty
Wartime Moratorium Act Aimed at Farmland Foreclosures in Legislature
Edmonton March 7 the Alberta legislature introduced a Wartime Moratorium Act to shield farmers in the armed forces from foreclosure actions and sales agreements. A second Maynard bill amends the Judicature Act to permit stays when foreclosure delays arise from grain marketing constraints due to elevator shortages.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Lucien Maynard
Maynard
Alberta Forest Reserve Act Introduced by Lands Minister
Hon. N. E Tanner introduces the Alberta Forest Reserve Act to tighten control over travel in reserves and reduce fire hazards under changed circumstances.
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N. E Tanner
Two headed baby born and dead in Van Nuys
A service man's wife, Dr Gerald T. Sprague stated, delivered a two headed baby weighing 73 pounds that was dead on Monday. Both heads were reported as perfectly formed.
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VAN NUYS
Gerald T. Sprague
Sprague
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