Massaryk funeral as Benes weeps in Pantheon
Jan Masaryk received the last rites of state today as President Eduard Benes wept at his bier in the national museum Pantheon. Communist Premier Klement Gottwald delivered the main funeral oration, attacking western critics and implying foreign powers caused Masaryk's death. Benes, aged and frail, broke into tears during the service and later greeted Masaryk family and dignitaries amid a vast public turnout.
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RAGUE
Jan Masaryk
Eduard Benes
national museum
Klement Gottwald
Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Thomas G. Alasarik
Benes
Gottwald
Frantisek Janda
Thomas Masaryk
Alice Garrigue Masaryk
Herbert Masaryk
Herbert
R. M Macdonnell
Tax treatment of medicinal whisky debated by IRS official
In San Jose on March 13 an IRS official said a cautious yes to deducting medicinal whisky on income tax returns is possible but complex. The decision hinges on whether the whisky is prescribed by a doctor and where medical treatment ends and recreation begins, given dosage and context.
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SAN JOSE
Calif
Communist Plot Bared in Rangoon Mystery
Burmese press reported a Communist plot to assassinate Premier Thakin Nu and overthrow the government. Secret papers seized during a police roundup of Red Flag members described a country wide uprising and believed leader Thakin See returning to Rangoon to assume leadership.
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RANGOON
Thakin Nu
Communist party
Rea
Thakin See
Vote Aid to GB Cotton Industry
London reports the House of Commons gave the bill a second reading without a vote to subsidize modernization and re equipment of the cotton spinning industry. Government spokesmen say the drive aims to boost exports to Canada and finance essential foods. The measure authorizes grants to cotton mills to modernize per approved plans, to reduce bottlenecks and increase output.
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LONDON
house of commons
Canada
Barold Wilson
board of trade
Wilson
Left Hand Corner and Lethbridge Board of Trade Echoes
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls the Lethbridge Board of Trade years during the First Great War from 1914, highlighting unemployment, high prices, and scarce workers. Mgr Marnoch, now in Dorset, remembered for urging action from Edmonton to Ottawa to push the Lethbridge Northern project. The irrigation effort, 100000 acres, now yields returns rivaling the 35.5 million spent, validating the long effort and the college try.
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Herald
Lethbridge Board of Trade
Canada
Mgr
Marnoch
Dorset
Eng
wil
Lethbridge Northern
eveybody
Edmonton
Ottawa
Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge North
emn
Punch
G. R. Marnoch
Manning Says Saskatchewan Juggled Its Budget Figures
Edmonton march 12 CP premier Manning told the Alberta Legislature that provincial treasurer C M Fines shuffled figures in the Saskatchewan budget. He accused Liberal governments of extravagance and called treasury branches piggy banks for Social Credit supporters. The house approved 1 878 300 expenditures for 1943-49 and two bills to form crown life and fire insurance firms. Manning claimed per capita expenditures favored Alberta in 1946-49, and cited Bank of Canada figures condemning Alberta Liberal waste.
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EDMONTON
Manning
Alberta
C. M. Fines
Saskatchewan
alee
treasury
MULA‘s
House
Social Credit
Elmer Foper
CCF
executive council
attorney-general’s department
hande Ife
fire l insurance
Manitona
paige
sn. Weatemn
Pines
Premer Manning
Britain May Again Be Mistress of Sea Power
Britain’s naval experts foresee a major plan to restore sea dominance in the atomic age. Despite political protests and secrecy, officials report no current fleet figures since 1933. Churchill denounces weakness while the Admiralty hints at gas turbine trials and potential fleet-wide turbine adoption.
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royal navy
Britain
The Navy
alert Navy League
Batteships
home fleet
Mediterranean
Pacific
stoops
Pacific fleet
Fast Indies squadron
West Indies
South Atlantic
LONDON
Reuters
gome
Admiralty
Princess Helena Victoria Dies in London at 77
Princess Helena Victoria, cousin of the King and Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, died in her London home at 77. She led a quiet life, supported British workers through social welfare efforts, and remained connected to theatre, opera, ballet, and charity work. Previously seen as a modernist, she also enjoyed fox trot dancing cruises with sister Princess Louise.
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PRINCESS HELENA LONDON
Helena Victoria
Queen Victoria
London
Buckingham Palace
Princess Christian
London West End
Princess Mare Louise
Legislation Extends Wartime Controls in Commons
Ottawa March 13 CP Legislation extending some wartime controls moved forward in the House while debate lagged on a western farmers measure. The resolution to continue Prices Board orders and price controls was adopted and first read. The bill would raise wheat prices, fund a wheat board employee pension, and authorize control of oats and barley marketing. Opposition claimed these provisions were risky. some supported the bill though not fully. Justice minister Ilsley noted many wartime orders were being revoked, with a few still in effect or partially.
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OTFAWA
commons
Canagan Wheat Board
Isley
Ilsley
Maeve
Saskatchewan
Howe
Diefenbaker
Dhiefenbaker
Walter Tucker
L.Rosthern
Barbara Ann Scott greeted by Toronto crowds in city tour
In Toronto on March 13 thousands line downtown streets to greet Barbara Ann Scott as she rides in a parade through Bay Street. Mayor Hiram McCallum and Dorothy greet her at city hall while Crowned as Ottawa’s sports star she thanks Toronto for the welcome. The Lou Marsh trophy festivities follow at Lions Club dinner tonight with her mother Mrs Glyde Scott and trainer Sheldon Galoraitt in attendance.
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TORONTO
C.P
Barbara Ann Scott
Bay Street
Canada
rskater
Hiram McCallum
deek
Barbara Ann
Ottawa
Dorothy
Lou E. Marsh
Hiram E. McCallum
Charles Ring
Toronto Lions Club
Toront island
fmancis
city hall
McCallum
Len Marsh
Lions Club
JMrg
Glyde Scott
Sheldon Galoraitt
Peiping Strikes by Chinese Newspapers Demand Higher Wages
Chinese workers on all 20 Peiping newspapers went on strike for higher wages. The English Chronicle newspaper was not involved in the industrial action taken on March 13.
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PEIPING
Chronicle
Northwest Airlines plane vanishes over Alaska with 30 aboard
An unofficial RCA F gate says a Northwest Airlines four engine plane carrying 24 passengers and six crew vanished after last contact near Mt Sanford in Alaska. The craft was en route from the Orient to Edmonton and had left Anchorage at 10:05 pm PST. A search plane was sent to Mt Sanford to check a reported fire while officials identified the crew and noted no contact since 11:03 pm PST.
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DMONTON
C.P
Royal Canadian Air Force
Northwest Airlines
Alaska
Edmonton
Shanghai
oil company
Texas
California
New York
R.C.A.F
ANCHORAGE
Aleghka
cisis aeronautics administration
Mit Sanford
Guikana CA.A
great circle
Orient
Airlines
Alberta
Guikana
Mt Sanford
Wrangell range
Hibesaa Pass
St Pauls Minn
James Van Cleef
Inneapolis
Robert Fury
St Paul
J. J. Stickel
Minneapolis
Wayne Worsley
Donald Rector
St. Louis Park
Minc
Robert J. Hazlett
Seattle
Wash
Northway
Yukon Territory
pam
Fairbanks
Fairbanks C.A.A
northwest Airines
Foe One
Missing Money Mis ided as Man Claims Theft at City Eatery
In Minneapolis in March 1918 S D Stockin asked police for help after claiming his hat was stolen while he was dining. He alleged the thief wore a coat and claimed the hat fit him, noting he had $150 in bills hidden inside the band.
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ADINNEAPOLIS
S. D. Stockin
France Is Blamed for Annexation Actions
Tass reported that Frame annexed illegal actions causing many inhabitants of the city to lose shelter. The March 13 dispatch from Moscow stated the incident prompted housing disruption and international concern.
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MOSCOW
Frame
Tass
Miners Back Wage Rise in Canada Strike Action
A labor department probe in Nanaimo British Columbia recommends 1309 Vancouver Island coal miners receive a 12 a day wage increase to end the strike at Canadian Collieries Limited pits since January 43. If adopted the rate would rise to about 15 a day matching Alberta fields.
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NANAIMO
B.C
labor department
Vancouver Island
Oumsmuth
Alberta
Edest Great Sisson Dies Editor and WWI Public Info Leader
Edest Great Sisson 72 former magazine editor newspaperman and committee co chair on Public information during the First World War died yesterday in New York. Sisson became managing editor of Collier's Weekly in 1911 and served as editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine from 1914 to 1917.
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NEW YORK
Edest
Sisson
committee ‘on
Public information
yesterder- Sisson
Colliers Weekly
Cosmopailian i
Manitoba Bridge boss dies in Little Britain
Hugh Buxton Lyall 78 longtime vice president and general manager of Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works, and one of its organizers in 1965, died at his Little Britain home after a long career with the company.
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MANITOBA
WINNIPEG
C.P
Hugh Buxton Lyall
Matitoba Bridge
Irom
Little Britain
Man
ANTHONY EDEN
LONDON
Reuters
Britain
MONTREAL
Coletu Ronge
Sue
Rete Collard
Hueuette
Pierre
Cynilen
CLINTON ANDERSON
WASHINGTON
Agriculture
Clinton Anderton ihe
Truman
HAMILTON
BAMILION
Margaret Danton
England
Brighitt Sandy
Tish Hospital
COAST GUARD MYAML
Fla
coast sward today
Coast guard
Rabbit Ker
Everglades City
Gulf of Mexico
FINLAND
HELSINKE
A.P
Moscow
Mauno Pexkala
Prkkala
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Bern des Coiities
Czechsslovak
Benes Benes
Bier
BLAMES WEST
wes pre HUH
Benedix
Belgium
NetherWeds
Leseembourg
Brussels
front agaimst
George Rendel
Ferma Van Lamgerhere
Paul Hemri
Count Jean Marie Francois de Bautecl
Maynard
arthur Wrar
Ing
Banff-Cochrane
ITO PROWSE
Prowse
Bank of Canada
Mitchell
St.Laurent
Gaedoslovakia
Jean
John Diefenbaker
P.C.Lake Centre
Wheat Board
North
France
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