Jews Buy 100 Refugee Ships in Palestine Migration
British naval intelligence says Jewish underground groups bought at least 100 ships to move Jewish refugees from Europe to Palestine. Ships lie at southern European ports, many unsea worthy. Malta talks will discuss halting illegal immigration with naval officers, while Palestine police aid Rome probe into the Rome embassy bombing.
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Palestine
Malta
Algernon Willis
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Rome
Irgundvai Leumi
Marseille
Genoa
Trieste
Piraeus
Reuters
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Pinkus Widman
Schaak
Carmine Bottino
Jacob Onetz
ligun Zvai Leumi
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LONDON
Jerusalem
Gordon Warns Of Food De Control In Canada
Ottawa dispatch reports Chairman Donald Gordon of the Prices Board warned that immediate de control of all food prices would trigger a rapid rise in most basic foods and likely a serious later collapse. He urged a planned orderly postwar adjustment to avoid domestic market disorder and subsidy removal would continue to be gradual. Subsidies once peaked at 130 million dollars in 1945 and now run about 99 million annually.
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Donald Gordon
the
Prices Board
Gordon
German population to shrink by half over sixty years says economist
A German population analysis by Prof Heinz Sauermann warns Europe faces grave political and economic effects as death rates outpace births. He cites rural areas with death rates twice the birth rate and urban centers many times higher, predicting a 50 percent population drop by 60 years. A stray talking dog anecdote appears on page four.
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Europe
Heinz Sauermann
Germany
Sauermann
Prof. Sauermann
Hint at Cocktail Bars For B C
Vancouver dispatch notes British Columbia lawmakers consider temperate drinking rules. If enacted, hard liquor could be sold by the glass in certain bars under supervision to curb open saloons and drunkenness. Licenses would go to reputable hotels. restaurants would not sell liquor according to the official.
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VANCOUVER
Vancouver Sun
Victoria
British Columbia
Gordon S. Wismer
Worthingtons Order Army Moves to Improve Soldier Comfort
Western Army command announced reforms to barrack life to ease private soldiers' conditions. Changes include single beds with pillows and mattresses, bedside lamps, lockers, and storage. abolition of blanket folding before parades and earlier lights out. improved dormitory seating, recreation rooms, libraries, and games. Major General F P Worthington emphasized closer inspection of quarters and personal amenities for all ranks.
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junior
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Spain Accuses Leftists of Coordinated Bombs and Arrests
A semiofficial Madrid report claims the entire central committee of the Spanish Communist party led by Agustin Zorca Sanchez is held incommunicado at police headquarters. About 20 people were arrested in raids over two weeks, including four women, amid 14 bomb blasts at Madrid food stores blamed on leftists during a quoted “month of agitation” tied to UN discussions. Radio gear and 5,000 Mundo Obrero copies were seized. some equipment linked to Toulouse, France. Aurora Sanchez Tudela and Teodoro Carrascal are named among arrestees.
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Spanish Communist party
Agustin Zorca Sanchez
United Nation
Communist committee
Enrique Eymay
Mundo Obrero
Toulouse
France
Aurora Sanchez Tudela
Teodoro Carrascal
Fernando Bernal
United Nations
Colorado Storm Moves South After Heavy Winter Lashing
The Colorado storm, sweeping from the Rockies into New Mexico, dropped severe snow on Denver and the state, causing transportation disruption and eight deaths. Beets harvest slowed. cattle shrinkage expected on open range. Southern California warmth brought minor crop damage to corn tomatoes and beans.
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Laramie
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U S Election Box Score From The Associated Press
Potential voters over 21 total about 82 000 000 with women outnumbering men by 2 172 148. Estimated eligible voters 53 669 636. Probable vote about 35 49339. Senate seats at stake in 34 states with Virginia and Maine notable as described. Governors elected in 35 states. Minor parties field 146 candidates among 2065 races for senate house and governor.
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Maine
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
NEW YORK
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congress
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Thomas Dewer
Repubicans
Engineers free 15 skunks from Red Deer site
In Red Deer Alberta on November 5 engineers quickly removed 15 skunks that occupied a six inch air line over the weekend. They discharged about 400 pounds of gas pressure to drive the animals away without harming workers or causing disruption.
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Alta
Squatters Use Montreal Home Defying Local Law
In Montreal, 22 people across three veteran families moved into a two storey nine room house in Saint Laurent Junction after court appearances were delayed. Henri Gagnon and Rosaire Beauchamps joined their wives and children, while Maxime Cyr faced a forcible retention charge as police could not evict them without a court order.
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Henri Gaenon
Maxime Cyr
Srowdon Junction
engerly
Aime Leblanc
ton
Rosaire Beauchamps
Gagnon
spader
jhee
Indian riots toll and prison deaths stir Commons debate
In a Commons session on Monday, under-secretary Arthur Henderson cited 2018 prison deaths and 12.92 injuries during India communal riots from July through October, signaling a severe security crisis and the government’s concern over conditions in India.
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LONDON
Arthur Henderson
India
house of commons
Millionth passenger celebrated by Trans-Canada Airlines
In Toronto on November 5 1CP Mr I D Mex of Vancouver became the airlines millionth passenger since TCA began in 1937. Mrs Nelles received an engraved wrist watch and orchid bouquet at a ceremony at Malton Airport. Mr Nelles continued west after a brief stop at Kenyon Field.
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I. dD. Mex
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Airlines
T.C.A
Nelles
Malton
Groom Shot By Bride's Brother in St Catharines
In St Catharines Ontario on November 4 a wedding was halted when Viola Sutherland’s fiancé Willan Good was shot by her brother John. Willan’s condition was reported satisfactory after pellets wounded his left arm. John Sutherland faced a police court intent to maim charge and was remanded until next Tuesday.
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Viola Sutherlana
puhice
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Communal clashes flare in India during Bakr Id observance
Scattered clashes marked Bakr Id celebrations with cattle sacrifice at mosques. Two killed and three wounded on the Hooghly bank near Calcutta as knife and rock attacks erupted in Bombay. British Indian troops escorted Muslims through 40 temples in Hindu areas. curfew extended into early hours. Observances disrupted by unseasonable rain.
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Bombay
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Voters confront polls as Trieste issue looms in Europe
In New York voters faced a national election amid a war world. Republicans seek Senate gains and a possible House majority, while Democrats defend slim margins. Overseas, Trieste and eastern Europe dominate discussions at the Big Four talks, with Molotov pressing Yugoslavia over the Adriatic port and Byrnes coordinating postwar plans with Britain.
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Reprieve Granted For Man and Wife
In Toronto the Ontario Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of George Pope Wich and his wife from a Sept 12 murder conviction of Louis Nato, but granted a reprieve, delaying their originally scheduled Nov 12 execution. A defense bid to introduce new evidence and contradict statements by Nato’s deathbed witnesses was denied.
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Ontario Supreme Court
George ‘Pope Wich
Weiland
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Louis Nata
South Thorold
Robert S Robertson
A. T. Whitehead
Nato
Popawieh
Popo
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Niawara Falls
South Thorald
Why It’s Easy to Get Rich in Canada
A feature in the December 1 American Magazine extols Canada as a land of opportunities. Hawthorne Daniel, a 50 year old natural history expert and writer, notes more opportunities now than ever, highlighting vast agricultural, industrial, pulp and paper, and mining sectors. The war's effects boosted exports as Canada, with a sparse population, became the world’s second largest exporter.
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NEW YORK
North Caneada
Hawthorne Daniel
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Dr J McLean Dies in Ottawa After Long Illness
Dr Simon James McLean longtime railway economics expert and former professor died after a long illness in Ottawa. A Brooklyn native and author of tariff history and transportation studies he served as assistant chief commissioner of the Board of Railway Commissioners from 1913 to 1928 and later advised Canada’s Board of Transport Commissioners. He taught at Toronto Arkansas Stanford and held presidency of the Canadian Political Science Association in 1991 92. Survived by two daughters and a son J Larne McLean of Vancouver.
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Navy
Simon James McLean
the
Board of Railway Commissioners
Dy. McLean
board of transport comiisioners for Canada
University of Toronto
Brooklyn
McLean
Canada
University of Torono
University of Arkansas
department of railway and canals
Leland Stanford University
California
British Government Focuses on Coal Shortage Crisis
London reports the government plans to cut coal supplies to luxury manufacturers and launch a drive for higher production. Prime Minister Attlee and his cabinet met to urge labor unions to back the industrial push. A Trades Union Congress spokesman signaled support for a 40 hour work week. The Board of Trade may curtail heat and power for movie houses and other venues amid fuel fears.
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Trades Union Congress
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