Tragedy By Phone Ends in triple Manhattan deaths
In New York, a man named Emory Holt shot his wife Norma and David Whittaker then killed himself while his wife’s mother heard the dying pleas by telephone. The incident occurred in London Terrace, Manhattan, after Holt warned of an act of violence. Whittaker was an executive and Norma Holt a secretary to Uni versal Camera Corp president Otto Githens. The medical examiner ruled it a double murder and self-inflicted death.
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Emory Holt
Hollywood
Norma
David Whittaker
frm
Elsie Thomas
Whitittaker
London Terrace
Manhattan
Thomas
Holywood
Holt
Pohcd
Holst
Whittaker
Universal Camera Corporation
Halt
Otto Githens
vehief
merchant marine
Britain sees record low death rate and infant mortality
Registrar General figures show Britain’s death rate at 10.1 per thousand and infant mortality at 34 per thousand the lowest on record. Live births in England and Wales exceed 177000 last year, far below pre war 1938 levels of 621000, with stillbirths also at a historical low.
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Britain
England
Wales
Left Hand Wnimed on Back Page Archive
Fragmentary readable text indicates a back page archive note with unclear wording and no clear event or named entities. The item appears to be a terse archival label rather than a full story.
McIntyre Bull Wins Provincial Hereford Championship
In Kamloops British Columbia on March 10 the MeIntyre Ranching Company of Lethbridge won the grand championship in the Hereford section of the annual provincial bull sale with Triumph MAC 48th a 22 month old bull. Kamoot Domina 23A from Ouma BC owned by E Ellis on earned reserve honors.
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KAMLOOPS
B.C
MeIntyre Ranching Company
Lethbridge
Triumph MAC
Ouma
E. Ellison
Missing Girl Found In Peg
A fragmented report notes a missing girl found in a peg while reporting on a Sydney air crash. Twenty-one people are feared dead after a Lockheed Lodestar crashed at Coolangatta near the NSW Queensland border en route to Brisbane. The crash killed all 18 passengers and three crew, with the craft bursting into flames in a swamp as witnesses arrived. Firefighters battled the blaze through water and foam.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Reuters
Coolangatta
New South Wales
Queensland
Brisbane
Mary Walsh Missing from Toronto Home for 10 Days
Mary Elizabeth Walsh a 15 year old Toronto girl disappeared March 1 while visiting a friend. She later surrendered at a police station in Winnipeg and said she left home on her own accord after hitchhiking 1800 miles from Ontario to Saskatchewan. Police seek two men who allegedly gave rides. Her parents received anonymous calls. Manitoba officials restrict interviews pending attorney general approval.
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WNNIPEG
Mary Elizabeth Walsh
Toronto
Ontario
Wadena
Sask
Manitoba
Peter Cafferty
E. Laldiaw
Gurls
Mary
Donald Walsh
Walsh
J. O. McLenaghen
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North American bill clears path for Newfoundland union
The British House of Commons passed the North American bill confirming union terms with Newfoundland and Canada. Final approval required by Newfoundland passage later. Sir Alan Herbert pressed for responsible government and a Newfoundland parliament vote. The bill aims for confederation by March 31 and Newfoundland’s status as a Canadian province. An appeal to the Privy Council judicial committee challenges the confederation procedure.
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house of commons
Canada
Newfoundland
commons
Alan Herbert
Oxford University
house of lords
Alan
Sir Alan
Hartley Shawcross
Hartley
judicial committee of the privy council
Britain Accepts Plan for World Maritime Organization
Britain has formally accepted the plan to establish a world maritime organization, announced by the United Nations. Canada is the only other country to accept the convention of the intergovernmental maritime consultative organization. The body will aim to promote cooperation among governments in solving technical problems of international shipping.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Britain
world maritime organization
United Nations
Canada
intergovernmental maritime consultative organization
Cabinet headed by Ben-Gurion approved by Israel parliament
Tel Aviv March 10 reports Israel's parliament approved a cabinet headed by Premier David Ben-Gurion in a 73 to 45 vote. The decision marks the formation of the new government amid ongoing political maneuvering and regional tensions.
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TEL AVIV
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Alberta considers auto insurance plans from Saskatchewan
The Alberta legislature yesterday debated auto insurance modeled on Saskatchewan's plan. The CCF moved to introduce a motion to study changes to the insurance recommendation but it was defeated. The committee had urged suspending compulsory insurance for a safety program to lower rates. First readings were given to bills increasing sessional allowances and enabling the agriculture services board to combat livestock diseases.
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Saskatchewan
CCF
house
agriculture services board
Hooke
Mr. Hooke
H B Macdonald
Ind
Calgary
H. G. Hammell
S.C. Didybury
Picture Butte Broker Leslie R. Clark Found Dead
Leslie R. Clark a 58 year old Picture Butte real estate and insurance broker was found dead with his throat and wrists slashed by a large butcher knife at Picture Butte Thursday morning. RCMP in Lethbridge were investigating with Coroner M A Russell ruling death by own action and no inquest. Widow survives in Toronto. Clark had lived in Picture Butte for a year after moving from Toronto. Funeral plans not yet announced.
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PICTURE BUTTE
Leslie R. Clark
Picture Butte real estate
RCMP
Lethbridge
Clark
M. A Russell
Carmangay
Toronto
Minto township
Wellington
Ontario
McLaren Murder Appeal Dismissed by Alberta Court
Calgary March 10 The Alberta Appeal Court dismissed the appeal of Stanley Donald McLaren against his murder conviction and death sentence after 17 days of deliberation. McLaren, a 23 year old Calgary Toronto plasterer, killed Lum Yum Wing, a Calgary Chinese grocer, on Sept 24 1945. Chief Justice Horace Harvey called the verdict reasonable and upheld the hanging sentence set for March 30 at Lethbridge jail.
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CALGARY
Stanley Donald McLaren
Alberta
McLaren
Toronto
Lum Yum Wing
Edward J McCormack
Ottawa
Horace Harvey
Lethbridge
W. R. Howson
supreme court
Face Conspiracy Charge Against Coplon and Gubitchev
A federal grand jury indicted Judith Coplon a Justice Department analyst and Valentin A Gubitchev a Soviet UN engineer on espionage charges. One count alleges Coplon delivered national defense information and documents to Gubitchev. Indictment carries potential penalties up to 45 years in prison and $30 000 in fines. State Secretary Dean Acheson rejected a second request to release Gubitchev while considering further steps.
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NEW YORK
Judith Coplon
department of justice
Valentin
Gubitchev
United Nations
Miss Coplon
Gubitchey
United States
Fnday
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thomas J Donegan
Dean Acheson
pareed
Central Press
U.S. justice department
Washington
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations secretariat
justice department
Fire Control Brings Halt to $2 Million Edmonton Blaze
A six story Northern Hardware Building in Edmonton faced a major fire that broke out early yesterday. Fire Chief James Macgregor said the blaze is under control but may gut the upper floors today. Losses are estimated at just over $2,000,000 with damage mainly to merchandise and stock. One firefighter suffered a minor eye injury. no other injuries reported. Nearly 30 tenants occupy the building at 104th Street and 102nd Avenue.
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EDMONTON
James Macgregor
104th Street
102nd Avenue
Northern Hardware
Macgregor
Gault's (Alberta) Limited
Smuts Gains In Africa Elections
Early returns from the 171 provincial council vote show sweeping gains for United Party leader Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts. In Transvaal Cape Province Natal and Orange Free State his party led with 63 seats while the Nationalists held 20, nine unopposed, in a test of Malan's racial policy amid white voter turnout.
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JOHANNESBURG
United Party
Jan Christian Smuts
Transvaal
Cape Province
Natal
Orange Free State
Smuts
Daniel Malan
Malan
Labor splits threaten unity urged by Mosher in Canada
Vancouver March 10 Labor splits threaten unity of Canada’s workers as A R Mosher president of the Canadian Congress of Labor spoke at a district convention of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. He warned that divisions risk reducing organized labor to a tabble rather than a force for good and urged delegates to set aside prejudices to act as one body. The LUMMSW has been ordered to withdraw from organizing in Port Colborne and Timmins Ont the order was ignored.
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Canada
A R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CCL
ecCL
LUMMSW
Port Colborne
Timmins
Ont
Mosher
C.CL
C.CH
Train Robbery Suspects Confess After Martinsburg Heist
Police report two suspects Lyman Ramsdell and George Llewelyn Ashton confessed after being trapped in a Washington pawnshop. Ramsdell, 23, and Ashton, 21, both of Youngstown Ohio, were captured hours after hijacking Baltimore and Ohio’s Ambassador train near Martinsburg, terrorizing passengers and escaping with over $1,000. Ramsdell was wounded by a pistol shot when he drew a revolver.
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Associated Press
ASHINGTON
Martinsburg
W. Va
Washington
John £. Winters
Lyman Ramsdell
George Llewelyn Ashton
Youngstown
Ohio
Winters
Elwood Lomax
Ramsdel
Ramsdell
Baltimore and Ohio
W Va
Jesse James
Virginia
EXPECT GOVT WILL RETAIN ST PANCRAS
London dispatch reports both Labour and Conservative camps expect the government to hold the Leméon Constituency of St Pancras North in today’s by election for the House of Commons seat. Three candidates vie for the seat left by Labour's Mark House death: Labour Kenneth Robinson, Conservative Nell Shields, and Communist John Mahon. The final by election date in the UK remains unannounced.
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LONDON
Reeters
Leméon
St Pameras
house of commons
George House
Kenneth Robinson
Nell Shields
John Mahon
Commonist
anUK
Sowerby
Yorkshire
C C F Motion Is Defeated in Commons Vote
Ottawa March 1 The government won a confidence vote 174 to 39 in the Commons yesterday but the defeat signals a new non confidence motion. The motion by M J Coldwell C C E leader targeted national health insurance and farm market controls. Social Credit and some independents opposed the government while the Social Credit party aligned with the government.
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M. J. Coldwell
C.C.E
social Credit
Progressive Conservative party
Quebec
Frederic Dorion
Charlevoix-Saguenay
P. Gagnon
Chicoutimi
na cos
Solon Low
D.C
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