U S Author Journalist Charged By Russians As Spy
The article recounts Anna Louise Strong describing her arrest in Moscow, detention for five days, and expulsion to Poland on spy charges. She details travel chaos to Paris, the U S border return, and grand jury questioning. Strong frames the episode as part of a broader Cold War spy hysteria affecting journalists and global press freedom.
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Poland
China
Paris
Azores
Gander
La Guardia
FBI
grand jury
New England
Progressive party
Wallace
Soviet Union
Greece
Manchuria
grant
Security Police
America
Shehed
pif
Moscow Daily News
Lethbridge Herald
Mise Strong
Lubianka
Rescue Mission Aids U S Airmen on Ellesmere Island
A joint Canadian United States rescue ends after evacuating airmen from a downed C-82 near Ellesmere Island in the Arctic. The U S crew’s emergency landing triggered a wide search, with B-17s spotting the crash site and supplies dropped before a Dakota airlift retrieved the fliers and prepared a Goose Bay transport to Labrador.
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Arctic circle
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Thule
Greenland
Goose Bay
Labrador
magnetic pole
Martin Costello
Winnipeg
Costello
R.C. AP
Northwest Air Command
Edmonton
Arctic
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U.S
Frobisher Bay
Resolute Gay
Port Elgin Becomes Town In Ontario Reorganization
Port Elgin known as the Town of the Maples and Bruce County village on Lake Huron is incorporated as a town effective December 31 after village council petitioned in August. The community has grown from a 19th century village to a 2,486 population center with steady expansion.
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Rotation magazine
PORT ELGIN
Owen Sound
Sun-Times
Bruce County
Lake Huron
Ontario
Ontario Municipal Board
Two Quakes Rock Manila
Manila was rocked by two earthquakes 15 minutes apart with no immediate damage reported. A mild tremor occurred at 2 22 pm followed exactly 15 minutes later by a sharp twisting tremor, with the time given as 1 22 am EST.
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MANILA
Navy Fliers Die In Crash
Four Navy aviators are reported killed in a crash. The incident follows other military losses and is noted amid ongoing training and operations. Prime details confirm the fatality count and unit association.
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Navy
Tornado Toll 28 Killed Across Eight States
Storms and tornadoes hit eight states killing 28 people and injuring about 200. Damage was heavy with estimates of 300 homes wrecked or damaged. The Red Cross allocated 100000 for storm regions as the sequence began Thursday night in Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Associated Press
ITTLE ROCK
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varg
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Washington
Red Cross
Calgary Fire Losses Reach 1948 High
Calgary reports fire losses in 1948 totaling 849200 dollars, ranking second only to the 1913 record of over a million. The 1947 losses stood at 496600, with 855 alarms and 216 incidents noted in the annual fire department report.
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CALGARY
Sandwich shop ad raises price to new income bracket
A Philadelphia shop owner displays a window sign promoting a "Bombshell sandwich" described as a complete delicatessen store between three slices of white or rye priced at 1.25 dollars. The item appears in a March 28, 1944 Philadelphia page.
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PHILADELPHIA
Philaelphia res*surent
Three Planes Involved in a Mid-Air Collision
Four navy airmen died when three planes collided over Halifax harbor. Names listed include Lt. Cmdr. R. A. Monks of Dartmouth, Lieut. George H. Hutton of Dartmouth, Lieut. C. S. Pulfer of Balmoral, and Air Mechanic J. R. Cambrai of Cape de la Made taine. A Sea Fury fighter collided with two training Harvards, all three crashing into the sea near Georges and McNabbes Islands as investigators search for wreckage.
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R. A. Monks
Dartmouth
N.S
George H. Hutton
C. 5. Pulfer
Balmoral
Man
J. R. Cambrai
Cape de la Made
Georges
McNabbes Island
naval headquarters
navy
Lieut
Pulfer
Cambrai
Hutton
Government Chooses Sir Albert Walsh as Lieutenant Governor
The government plans to appoint Sir Albert Walsh as lieutenant governor of Newfoundland. Prime Minister St Laurant said Walsh has agreed to serve until an elected legislature sits in the new province. The appointment takes effect on union day, April 1. Walsh, 46, is a Newfoundland native knighted in 1999 and chaired the Newfoundland delegation in talks with Canada on confederation terms. He was named commissioner after Newfoundland voted to join Confederation.
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UAWA
Sir Albert Walsh
Newfoundland
St. Laurent
Sir Albert
Canada
Naval Incidents Puzzle Naval Heads Probe Launched
Ottawa reports widespread disturbances aboard three ships Magificent Crescent and Athabaskan involve over 1300 crew. A general inquiry will be opened in May while counter intelligence probes seek subversive influence from Communists or other groups as naval leaders warn of a soft navy and tighten screening measures.
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OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Navy
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Magnificent
Crescent
Athabaskan
H. T. W. Grant
naval staff
Vancouver
Navy mutinies rise from working conditions on three ships
Defence Minister Claxton said disturbances aboard the Athabaskan Crescent and Magnificent stem from working conditions rather than subversive activity. About 50 junior ratings were involved in the Cres cent incident and 32 aboard the Magnificent faced possible minor discipline. Naval officials probe for possible subversive links while reviewing handling of crews and potential questions for officers.
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Crescent
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Caribbean
GUANTANAMO BAY
Royal Canadian Navy
G. R. Miles
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Attlee Sees Path Of Enduring Prosperity For Newfoundland
Attlee says Newfoundland will enter a new era after deciding to join Canada. He praises Newfoundland’s wartime contribution and notes Britain will maintain strong ties within the Commonwealth as Newfoundland becomes part of Canada and forges a prosperous future.
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Attlee
Newfoundland
Britain
British commonwealth of nations
monwealth
Canada
family of nations
United Kingdom
Eleven Survivors Rescued From Sinking Pacific Plane
Pearl Harbor March 28 Eleven airmen were saved from a sinking flying boat in mid Pacific by a navy landing ship. Brief radio reports said the men were rescued with no further details. The survivors were taken to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. The Catalina went down with a dead engine 645 miles southwest of Johnston Island.
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PEARL HARBOR
Pacific
Kyajalen
Marshall
Johnston Island
A Hard Decision For Man to Make
In Long Beach California Frederick H McMenamin aged 79 died after a fall in his eighth floor apartment. He injured his hip while moving and lay in agony near his luggage where police say he kept a revolver. Neighbors did not hear him until a friend found his body Saturday night with a single gunshot wound in his head.
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LONG BEACH
Calif
Frederick H. McMenamin
Marguerite Pack
McMenamin
Miners Return to Work After Two-Week USOW Walkout
Nearly 500000 miners east of the Mississippi resume work after John L. Lewis orders a two week stoppage starting March 14. By day’s end most mines report normal operations and Isabella King Brownsville in Fayette County begins full production. Economic losses from idle time reach about 55 million dollars.
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United Mine Workers
Mississippi
John. L. Lewis
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TOE am
G.S
Lewis
King
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Fayette
EDLENEES
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James Boyd
apepointment
United States Bureau of Mines
senate
Boyd
UMW
Ilinois
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United States
Newfoundland cabinet swearing set for April 1 in Ottawa
Prime Minister St Laurent announced in the Commons that a Newfoundland representative will be sworn in to the federal cabinet on April 1. Speculation centers on F Gordon Bradley as the island's first cabinet member, with coverage noting Liberal ties and recent events.
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OTTAWA
r St. Laurent
Newfoundland
F. Gordon Bradley
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