Blockade talks eyed as four power meet looms
Reported private talks in Washington among United States Britain and France aim to set a date for lifting the Berlin blockade and convening a four power foreign ministers conference on Germany. Paris says a conference seems likely this spring with date to be decided in New York talks.
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New York
United ‘States
Britain
France
Russia
Phil
Jessup
U.S
Washington
Dean Acheson
Alexander Cadogan
Jean Chanvellat
council of foreign ministers
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Philip
United States
Jakob Malik
Sa- Viel
London Daily Herald
Labor party
Malik
London
Germany
PARIS
Robert Schuman
Cock Tavern marks four hundred years in Leet Street
The Cock Tavern in Leet Street London celebrated its 400th anniversary as a famed inn and chophouse. The St Thomas Times-Journal notes it moved to its present site 50 years ago, preserving treasures from the original house including James’s mantelpiece and the old cock sign. Diners like Dickens reportedly visited the corner table by the fireplace for long lunches.
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Cock Tavern
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James
Grinling Gibbons
Charles II
Rene ‘Cutforth
BBS
John
London May Day Scenes Show Reds and Anti Reds Clash
Reports from London describe fighting in Trafalgar Square as Red flags clashed with police bans on parades. Eight men and a girl were arrested amid scattered heckling at political meetings led by Harry Pollitt. Prime Minister Attlee spoke of four freedoms including speech and conscience during a Norwich address.
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easam
Moscow
Red Square
Stalin
Socialist International Congress
Paris
LONDON
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Cranbourn street
Harry Pollitt
Attlee
Norwich
Labor party of Britain
Man Dies In Alleged Russian Roulette Incident
Cleveland police report Gus Poppek aged 59 died after reportedly pulling the trigger of a revolver in a duel style test and firing a bullet into his head. His wife told Willowick police the man claimed to imitate Russian roulette and said this is how the Russians do it. He reportedly died at the scene.
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Gus Poppek
Willowick
Poppek
Premier Johnson outlines BC highway plan and aluminum plant hopes
Fernie B C Premier Byron Johnson told a capacity crowd that within two to three years the Alberta border to Vancouver highway would be hard surfaced using funds from the postwar three per cent sales tax now collected by the province. He noted the tax supports pensions health and welfare and that revenues from the amusement tax fund hospitals. He appealed to support the Aluminum Company plant in BC, citing at least three hundred million dollars in power development and resulting employment. The premier pledged government effort to develop natural resources and improve services for citizens.
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HNS
Byron Johnson
British Columbia
Alberta
Vancouver
Johnson
Lawrence Herehmer
Kenneth Stewart
dobasoh
Dominion
Edmonton Mayor Injured After 15 Foot Fall
Harry Ainley 64 year old mayor of Edmonton is in hospital in Westminster after a 15 foot tumble from a house root. He suffered fractured nose and chest injuries along with facial injuries and bark trauma.
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WESTMINSTER
Harry Ainley
Edmonton
MPs Scatter To Prepare For Election
Ottawa May 2 The dissolution of parliament after a turbulent session triggers a central election campaign. Prime ministers Louis St Laurent and George Drew bid for leadership as King makes his farewell. the session ends with Atlantic pact unanimity and an unsettled timetable for a new parliament likely before October.
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Commons
Louis St. Laurent
George
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Jengarry
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St. Laurent
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Progressive Conservatives
C.C.F
Social Credit party
Trans-Canada Airlines adds Edmonton Vancouver link
Trans-Canada Airlines inaugurated a new transcontinental route linking Edmonton and Saskatoon with Vancouver and the east. The Edmonton to Vancouver leg cuts travel to three hours, bringing the Edmonton hub into the three-flight-per-way national network alongside Calgary to Winnipeg and the southern corridor.
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Canada
Trans-Canada Airlines
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Saskatoon
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T.C.A
Calgary
Winnipeg
Pacific coast
C N R officials to discuss Macdonald Hotel wing in Edmonton
Canadian National Railways executives will meet Edmonton city officials to discuss adding a new wing to the Macdonald hotel. Attending are Robert Somerville, general manager of hotels, and architect John Root.
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EDMONTON
Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Robert Somerville
John Root
Chicago
Nine Dead In Wake Of U.S. Tornadoes
Tornadoes raked the Southern and Southwestern United States injuring about 100 and causing about 2 million dollars in damage. Oklahoma bore the worst blow with sixteen tornadoes across the state, five deaths, and roughly 75 injuries, many near Norman home to the University of Oklahoma. Four Texas deaths were noted, and scattered damage occurred in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Norman campus area saw many injuries among students and National Guard trainees.
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Oklahoma
United States
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Kansas
University of
Homer
Lawton Aves
Agaham
Marlow
Shawhee Lake
Hollywood
Meeker
Antlers
McLoud
Sterling
Utica
Dale
Bennington
Spencerville
Wayne
Collision in fog halts harbor activity near New York
In dense fog outside New York harbor, the 10,000 ton tanker Marine Leader and the 7,000 ton Jalaketa, an Indian registered freighter, collided last night. Neither vessel appeared to be in danger as harbor traffic resumed.
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NEW YORK
New York harbor
Marine Leader
United Nations Mixed on Key North Africa Issues
U N delegates begin the fifth week of the spring session amid efforts to sidestep stormy topics such as Franco Spain Thadntsla and Italy’s colonies. Evatt proposed adjourning the session May 14 while nations split over Italy’s Libya Eritrea and Somaliland role. Britain and the U S seek a middle ground on Cyrenaica Eritrea trusteeship joining a joint trusteeship approach favoured by Russia and Asian states. Indonesia conflict discussion arises as a Dutch police action debates risk peace talks at UN.
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NEW YORK
United Nations
Italy
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
United Nations assembly
Evatt
Libya
Eritrea
Somaliland
North Africa
Britain
United States
Cyrenaica
Ethiopis
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Batavia
Bpains Sotand
assembly
Tragic bomb suicide ends couple after separation
Denver report states 22 year old man killed himself and his estranged wife with a bomb. Coroner identifies the dead as Russell Martin and his wife Gladys, 17. They had been separated a week before the fatal incident.
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DENVER
Russell Martin
Gladys
Five Killed In Crossing Collision At Tompkins Sask
Five people died in a Sunday auto mobile freigth train crash at a private crossing near Tompkins Sask as a car carrying residents from Tompkins and Porcupine Plains failed to stop. Survivors include Helen Fetts who was hospitalized in Gall Dake with a fighting chance.
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TOMPKINS
Sask
Howerd Kainroski
Gull Lake
Frank McBee
Thelma Hughes
Jean
Killen Kewley
yetrs
Porcupine Plains
Helen Fetts
Forcupine Plains
ins Gall Dake hospital
Canadian Pacific Railway
C. Carlson
E. ‘Toole
Medicine ‘Hat
Jevel crossing
dance &t
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Hughes
New Life Planned For Eskimo Boy Kamayook
Edmonton May 2 A new Ufo is planned by doctors at Charley Camsell Indian hospital for Kamayook a 16 year old Eskimo boy from Eskimo Bay. Flown here by the RCAF last February he is recovering from gangrene in the feet after operations to remove infection. He will be fitted with artificial feet and may work in northern welfare stations six months from now officials plan to establish care for Eskimos in the far north and Kamayook may help in the effort The other five Eskimos are recovering two are ready to return home
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Soctors
Charley ‘Camsell
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Plang
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ikimos
Kamayooke
dne’ af
Chaos grips Shanghai market as silver value crashes
Reports from Hanghat say a Communist offensive looms in south China with rail suspensions between Hangchow and Nanchang. The Shanghai garrison bans silver dollar trading at the official rate 4,000,000 yuan per dollar, triggering a currency crash as foreign money plummets. Over 10,000 southbound passengers are marooned at Hangchow station while rail links to Nanchang falter.
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Associated Press
HANGHAT
Shanghai
China
ast
Nanking-Shanghai-Hangchow
Chinese central
Hangchow
Nanchang
Central news
Nan— chang
United States
Body Missing GirkIs Found Away from Home in Canal
Coroner says no marks on the body found Sunday near Welland. missing girl vanished Thursday while cycling home with a friend Grace Hadlow. Wristwatch stopped after last sighting. Arthur Vershon and another man helped retrieve the body from the canal aboard a boat. Police feared foul play in the disappearance.
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Grace
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Arthur
Vershon
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Hadlow
Rain Aids Winnipeg Firefighters In Manitoba Fires
Rain eased fighting of forest and grass fires across Manitoba as weekend showers brought control to several major blazes. Provincial Forester James Sami ers reported last night that all active fires were under control with rain helping firefighters.
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Manitoba
James G. Samiers
w.balfuinch
Sres
Campaign open at Compton as prime minister to speak May 16
Reports say the prime minister will launch his general election campaign with a speech in his boyhood community. Separately a strong quake in southern California caused tremors but no damage. Other items note a $14,000 gold theft reward in Vancouver and a New York racket case involving adoptions, plus police probing a death in St Stephen.
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