Lahore Riots Intensify Amid Urban Outcry and Curfew
On May 20 Lahore remained tense as communal violence persisted for the sixth day with 12 deaths and 90 arrests. Women and children fled the city while troops patrolled its deserted streets and water was doused on embers. Colleges and industries suffered as staff absences grew.
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NEW _DELHE
Reuters
Lahore
Punjab
India
Mohammed Hamidullah Khan
Bhopal
chamber of princes
Maharajah of
Patiala
Congress party
NEW DELHI
Hideout Of Gang Sought In Ontario Bank Heist
GRAND VALLEY Ontario May 20 A five man gang nicknamed The Numbers Gang is under a wide scale manhunt after an attempted bank robbery. They stole Mayor Saunders car tied up a couple, tried to drill vaults, fired on two men and eight girls. Police link them to a recent Royal Bank of Canada robbery in downtown Toronto with $250000 stolen.
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GRAND VALLEY
Ont
Numbers
Toronto
Saunders
Royal Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
Montreal
John Santini
WINNIPEG
Bank of Toronto
Westminster Avenue
Chicago's New Mayor Kennelly and Morris Car Talk
The piece notes Chicago’s new mayor Kennelly and mentions Morris car’s 60 miles per gallon claim. It cites Hector McNeil and Lord Bacon on timeous language as well as overseas orders worth 48 million dollars for Morris. The text ends with a teaser about a continuation on the back page.
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Truman
Chicago
U.K
Morris
Britain
Miles Thomas
Nuffield group
mat ¢ffectie
Ceiling Price Of Nails Is Higher
Ottawa May 20 a government move to raise ceiling nails production to 6500 tons monthly. price hike announced last night effective today increases by 50 cents per keg to manufacturers and about 70 cents per keg at retail. Bond notice cites higher costs of ker, raw materials, and steel for nail production.
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OTTAWA
prices board
Spy Probe Defended in Ottawa Debate on Human Rights
Justice Minister Ilsley defended the governments handling of the Russian directed espionage probe in Canada. He warned critics that disclosing atomic secrets could endanger national defense and stressed the urgency of safeguarding human rights amid debates on potential War Measures Act repeal. Colleagues spoke on oppression in Saskatchewan and gender pay inequalities as debates continued.
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OTTAWA
Ilsley
commons
Canada
Russia
Mr. Isley
John Diefenbaker
P.C
Lake Centre
Walter Tucker
L. Rosthern
Gladys Strum
C.CF
QwAppelle
Stanley Knowles
C.C.F
Winnipeg North Centre
Norman Jaques
S.C
Wetaskwin
Angus MacInnis
C.F
Vancouver East
Tucker
CCP
Saskatchewan
Strum
Named Skipper H.M.C.S. Ontario
CAPT. J. C. Hibbard, 39 year veteran of the Battle of the Atlantic and former skipper of the river class destroyer Skeena, is named commanding officer of HMCS Ontario. He will take command June 23 after serving as deputy chief of naval personnel in Ottawa. Ontario, undergoing a full refit, will be recommissioned in Esquimalt this summer as the largest ship on Pacific Command duty.
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J. C. HIBBARD
OTTAWA
James C. Hibbard
HM.C.S. Ontario
Deval headquarters
toay
eea
Ontario
Esquimalt
B.C. lato
Pacific Command
Doomed Pioneer Plans in Canada Halted by Doctor Orders
G B Doomed To Defeat in atomic war theme halted by medical advice. Leonard Cheshire V C plans to found autonomous global settlements in British Columbia. He spoke of dispersal and migration as essential. Cheshire, famed bomber pilot, had witnessed atomic tests in New Mexico and Nagasaki. He had aimed to train youth for overseas life and create self sorting communities.
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LONDON
Leonard Cheshire
Cw1
British Columbia
Canada
Britain
ite
vade tn | pacem
etop
Hampshire
Cheshire
New Mexico
Nagasaki
Bikini
Hopes Fade Again For Lost Airliner
Vancouver May 20 The phantom voice clue that briefly revived hope of solving the 20 day mystery of the Trans Canada airliner with 15 aboard faded as Dominion telegraph officials discount any link to messages heard on telephone lines between Lillooet and Ashcroft. Superintendent D G Bishop said the messages now look of no value, and there are signs of no tampering along the Ashcroft to Lillooet line.
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VANCOUVER
Dominion
Lillooet
Ashcroft
Supt
D. G. Bishop
Dominion telegraph servce
Ashcrot
Lilloodt
Welsh Coal for Canada Shipment From Britain
The freighter Uskside left Monday loaded with 4.0K tons of Welsh coal for Montreal. Britain faces limited supplies of hard coal and a short age in soft coal. Two more shipments of anthracite and Welsh coal are expected to follow.
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SWANSEA
Wales
Nias
Britain
Montreal
anthractic
WoOnTh
Nine U.S. Fliers Die In Windsor Plane Crash
A military twin engine transport carrying five crew from Wright Field to Selfridge Field crashed in a muddy field south of Windsor Ontario during a rainstorm. Rescue teams recovered two parachutes and debris eight feet deep. Victims identified by Wright Field records were Lieuts Reilly Berke Cunningham Zempter Kennedy. Investigation announced at Wright Field.
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WINDSOR
Ont
here
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Selfridge Field
Mich
Detroit
William C. Reilly
Milwaukee
Raymond L. Berke
San Diego
Cailf
Milton D. Cunningham
Centralia
Pearl H. Zempter
Sciotoville
John H. Kennedy
Lewisburg
Tenn
United States
Army Air Force research and development
US Air Force
E.C.T
St. Mary's Academy
Clarence Langlois
Large Ottawa loan total under federal housing act
Loans totalling $165,000,000 have been issued under federal housing legislation since 1935. Reconstruction Minister Howe told E. B. McKay of Weyburn in the commons Monday.
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OTTAWA
Howe
E. B. McKay
CCF
Weyburn
Rising Costs Threaten New Low Cost Housing Plan
The Canadian Press reports mounting labor and material costs and overhead charges threaten Housing Enterprises Limited low cost housing. Thousands of units near completion, but many projects canceled or stalled. rents may rise beyond reach for lower income groups. Several large cancellations noted in Ottawa Hamilton Edmonton Montreal Toronto. Parliament reassures continued loan aid to complete housing via Wartime Housing and other channels. On the plus side, 3,276 units near completion nationwide with dozens more under construction. Vancouver Victoria Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton see progress including ready houses and first tenants expected by June.
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Housing Enterprises Limited
Ottawa
Hamilton
Edmonton
Montreal
Toronto
Howe
Canada
Vancouver
Victoria
New Westminster
B.C
Saskatoon
Calgary
Mrs Koenig Remanded for Trial in Axe Slaying Case
MEDICINE HAT Alta May 20 Mrs Adelein Koenig 41 was remanded to stand trial at the next criminal court sittings in Medicine Hat for the axe slaying of Peter Nemin 47 a former railway sectionman at Dunmore Alberta At the end of the preliminary hearing Nemyn was found dead in his bed on April 28 by Alex Koenig who with his mother two brothers and a sister lived with the victim A blood stained axe and other items including a blood stained nightgown were produced as exhibits When asked if she had anything to say before being committed Mrs Koenig replied No thanks her face expressionless throughout the hearing
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MEDICINE HAT
Alta
Adelein Koenig
Peter Nemin
Dunmore
Nemys
Alex Koenig
irl
United States mission to forge aid for Turkey defences
The vanguard of a U S military mission departed on Monday from Washington to Istanbul to brief for President Truman on the Greek Turkish aid plan. A 20 man group will carry blueprints for the $100 million outlay aimed at bolstering Turkey’s defences amid a broader $400 million aid program.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Jane Tor
Istanbul
Truman
Turkey
Record Winter Wheat Crop Moves by Boxcars in U S History
Railroads report improved boxcar supply but warn a tough haul as the year’s winter wheat crop, potentially the largest ever, begins moving from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska toward mid July. Elevators expand. Rock Island Line bets 37000 carloads June to August. USDA figures May 1 outlook rises with strong demand and high prices urging swift sowing and movement.
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CHICAGO
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
BIG Jon
Association of American Railroads
Santa Fe
sear
Rock Island
United States agricultural department
Demand Ends Civil War as 6000 Students Clash With Police
In Nanking on May 22, about 6000 striking students demonstrated before the People's Political Council. Police and plainclothes officers clashed with mourners, injuring scores while a AP correspondent Martin Chen was beaten and mistaken for a student spy. Edges of the protest involved calls to end the civil war and increase living allowances, with authorities vowing peace by political means.
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NANKING
Associated Presa corres
score
People’s Political Council
Martin Chen
Associated Press
Chen
secret service
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
council
te mitilatey
ee peoetien
bee
Chiang Khai-Sher
Communist party
sti
Grain sowing is completed in German zones under reform
Schwerin Schlen-surg May 20 Reuters reports spring sowing of wheat in north Germany finished with high yields across main agricultural centers. Planting in the Soviet zone also completed as Mecklenberg reflects reforms splitting Junker estates into small farms. Russian claims 25 percent improvement over last year due to land reform, with big farms now run by multiple families and small holdings owned by new farmers.
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SCHWERIN ScHLENSURG
Geremany
Reuters
Germany
Mecklenburg
Junkers
LONDON
Box Cars Arrive as Vancouver Grain Shipments Increase
Vancouver reports adequate box cars arriving for grain export. D G Kane, Western representative of the Canadian Wheat Board, said shipments are loaded with dispatch and the grain situation in Vancouver harbor is perfectly satisfactory.
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Kane
Canadian Wheat Board
eax box bane fe
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