Crash Victims Identified From Jungle Plane Crash in Canada
Five days after a mountain plane crash in rugged terrain near Mount Hoxomten rescue teams identify two survivors, Pilot Bill Grant of Vancouver and student nurse Sheila Cure, in good condition. RCaf and US Coast Guard crews report the pair were sheltered at a camp with supplies, as terrain and cliffs prevent near landings for further evacuations.
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ANCOUVER
Bill “Grant
Vancouver
Sheila Cure
R.C.A.F
United States
Raymer
coast guard
Lieut
A. H. Baymer
Port Angeles
Wash
U.S. coast guard
Hoxomten
B.C.A.F. para
Grant
Miss Cure
Reds Strike at Northern Approaches to Port of Tsingtao
Chinese Communist troops push toward Shanghai and strike at the northern approaches to the port of Tsingtao where US West Pacific fleet ships are based. Pingpo evacuated as Nationalists retreat from critical rail and highway nodes. Communist forces thrust deeper into southern China along a 300 mile front from Shanghai toward Nanchang, with Nanchang reportedly besieged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsingtao
WANGHAI
Shanghai
United States west Pacific fleet
PINGPO
Tiachong
Kunshan
fim
Kaushing
south China
Nanchang
Hankow- Canton
Yangtze
Cardston Parents Relieved After Plane Crash Rescue
Cardston couple says they never lost hope for Sheila Cure and her companion Bi Grant after their light plane was forced down near Princeton British Columbia. A pocket mirror helped attract attention to their location and rescuers. The Cures plan to fly to Vancouver once Sheila is recovered.
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CARDSTON
HNS
Sheila
A. B. Cure
Sheila Cure
Princeton
B.C
Miss Cure
Bi Grant
Mrs. Cure
Vancouver
Rescue Plan Sets Course From Landing to Vancouver
A couple will be moved 15 miles to a logging camp 10 miles through treacherous country, then by helicopter 40 miles to Princeton where a B C AF plane awaits to fly them to Vancouver. A 10 man ground search headed by U.S. forestry official A P McKeen Smith advances from Base 4.
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Princeton
B.C. AF
Vancouver
U.S. forestry
A. P. McKeen-Smith
camp
American donor funds rebuilding of All Hallows by the Tower
Charles Sumner Bird of Walpole Massachusetts offers 50 tons of American steel to rebuild All Hallows by the Tower after its destruction in a blitz. The project aims to memorialize Allied comrades who died for freedom with aid from American and British authorities and New England donors.
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All Hallows
Tower
London
Charles Sumner Bird
Walpole
Boston
Mass
Tower of London
P. B. Clayton
British Board of Trade
Sumner Bird
Texas
Bevin to Visit Germany as Four-Power Talks Move Forward
Britain plans to lift the Berlin blockade with Allied airlift support as Foreign Secretary Bevin flies to Germany for weekend observation and talks with General Robertson. Paris hosts the May 23 four power talks to draft a German peace treaty, aiming to avoid old quarrels and present an open agenda to include Britain France the United States and the Soviet Union. Moscow reports no outward sign of tension as discussions shift to new strategy and principles since December 1947 talks.
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LONDON
Bevin
Germany
Berlin
Robertson
Britain
Paris
foreign office
France
United States
ussia
Russia
MOSCOW
Reuters
New Blazes Break Out In North Asia
Damaging forest fires in northern Alberta, blamed on settlers, keep raging as 100 firefighters struggle to control 54 fires this spring. Five new blazes appear in various districts, with crews using bull dozers and volunteers aiding near Valleyview, Calling Lake, and Kinusa. Schools and railway properties are threatened but some fires are brought under control.
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DMONTON
Alberta
Grands Prairie
north west
Valleyview
Calling Lake
Athabasca
Northville
Granada
Jasper highway
ON.R
Peers
Alta
Breton
Kinusa
Lesser Slave Lake district
Imperial and Swanson lumber companies
Imperial Lumber Company
cyews
Cat of Maquis Gets Life Term After Commute
Paris reports Nathilde Carre known as The Cat had her sentence for betraying 48 Maquis comrades commuted to life hard labor by authorities yesterday.
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PARIS
Reuters
Nathilde Carre
The Cat
G B Dockers Asked Not Back Strike
British dockers were urged by AFL president William Green not to back the Canadian Seamen's Union walkout. Arthur Bird of the TGWU said dockers were told to keep loading and unloading Canadian ships. CUSU chief Harry Davies accused Bird of repeating shipowners propaganda amid mounting union tensions and talks of work return in Newport.
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LONDON
William Green
A.F.L
Arthur Bird
Transport and General Workers’ Union
meres
morine
Bird
Seafarers' International Union
John J. Campbell
Halifax
General Longshoremen’s Association
Arthur Sulivan
Inter
national Longshoremen's Union
AFL
C.S.U
Newport
Monmouthshire
Montreal
C.S.U. today
Harry Davies
SFLit
Canada push for Israel admission to United Nations
Canada told the United Nations that Israel should be admitted now to UN membership. R. G. Riddell cited assurances on protecting Jerusalem holy places and willingness to fulfill charter obligations as debate neared a test vote. Arab bloc delegates pressed to delay, while Latin American nations eyed abstention. Canada co sponsors the immediate approval bid.
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LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
Canada today
United Nations
Israel
world organization
R. G. Riddell
Canada
general assembly
Jerusalem
Riddell
Palestine
Lausanne
Switzerland
Aubrey Eban
Mayor Promotes Peace Talk Amid Ford Strike
Dearborn Mayor Orville L Hubbard proposed a meeting between Ford and United Automobile Workers officials at his office for a supreme civic effort to end the 65 000 worker walkout. No reply came from Ford or the union as Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plants idle since Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DETROIT
Ford
Dearborn
Orville L. Hubbard
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
U.A.W
great Rouge
Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Ease Control Over Japan's Foreign and Economic Policies
The United States asks the Far Eastern Commission’s ten members to loosen oversight of Japan’s foreign and economic policies. A formal US resolution would permit Japan to raise loans and pursue trade and commercial agreements. Britain and France reportedly oppose the move. debate to be brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
United States
Far Eastern Commission
Japan
commission
Britain
France
Open safety pin removal from infant in Vineland NJ
Philadelphia reports a 10 month old infant in Vineland New Jersey had a safety pin lodged in the windpipe. Surgeons guided the pin into the stomach to safely remove it using a fluoroscope and bronchoscope instruments.
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PHILADELPHIA
Vineland, NJ
West Germany rejects Red pleas to halt state formation
Bonn reports Western Germany rejects Soviet backed demands to halt the new state. Delegates clear most of a west German constitution and plan an interim government until July. Rail strike threats loom as workers refuse to accept eastern ruble backed payments, risking Berlin transit.
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BONN
Germany
New York
Russia
United States
Benin
Berlin
B C Agriculture Minister Resigns in Nelson Crest
In Creston British Columbia 68 year old Hon Frank Putnam resigned as minister of agriculture after two years in the legislature and four terms representing the Nelson Creston riding. He proposed Walter Hendricks as coalition candidate for the June 15 provincial election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CRESTON
B.C
British Columbia
Frank Putnam
Nelson-Creston
Putnam
Nelson
Walter Hendricks
Neton-Creston
Hendricks
Violence Aftermath Grapples Asbestos Quebec Strike
May 7 Asbestos Quebec police patrol the town after Thursday clashes that brought in riot act orders, arrests range from 116 to 181 with many jailed in Montreal and Sherbrooke. Union leaders accuse police brutality while company officials call the strike a threat to social order in the asbestos mining center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Sherbrooke
en‘tire
Asbestos
Catholic Confederation of Labor
Lamond 10 Dies Hour After Taber Hospital Admission
William Lamond Jr. of Vauxhall, age 10, died Friday evening one hour after admission to Taber Municipal Hospital. He had been ill for some time. Burial will be in Vauxhall. funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VAUXHALL
William
Willie
Lamond
William Lamond
Taber Municipal Hospital
Pass Lumber: Mill Closed over Wage Dispute near Blairmore
About 30 Sartoris Lumber mill workers and truck drivers quit Friday near Blairmore over pay. They seek a 10 cent an hour raise for the return to a nine hour day while Sartoris offers five cents. a meeting is set for Saturday to discuss the dispute. The strike halts mill operations though logging continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BLAIRMORE
C.NP. Bureau
Satteris lumber mills
Chas. SartoriS
utign waH
Herald
Sartoris
G.N.P. Bureau
Sartoris Lumber
C. Sartoris
mang
Ten Chinese Executed Publicly in Shanghai
Ten Chinese were publicly executed by firing squads in Shanghai for armed robbery or pro-Communist activity, raising the three day total to twenty executions. Also reported: other brief items include fire-fighting effort in Meadow Lake and nomination of George Drew in Ottawa.
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SHANGHAI
Reuters
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Francine Gahm
A. F. Mercier
Le Soleil
L’Evenement-Journal
Canadian Daily Newspapers Association
Toronto
HM. L. “Garner
the
Peterborough Examiner
North Asia
NEW BLAZES
G.B. Dockers
U.Nanada
Tells Assembly
B.C. Agriculture
Que
TABER HOSPITAL
Pass
MEADOW LAKE
Sask
C.P
Royal Canadian Mounted Potica
resources department
Saskatchewan
atro
Alberts
DREW
CARLETON
OTTAWA
U.P
George Drew
LUBBOCK
lex
SIOUX LOOKOUT
Ont
Squaw Island
Pelicali Lake
Peter. Sersen
Sioux
Lookout
Frederick D. Beastey
Statesboro
WINDSOR
C.C
Windete piant
Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd
L. FP. Comiend
Ste. Aime
O.P
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