Squirt Gun Navy Attack Is Averted
Newark clashes over a decommissioned battleship as Mayor Murphy blocks entry to Port Newark. The New Mexico neared the harbor while a tiny defense fleet patrolled the bay. Tug escorts and protests from New Mexico residents filled headlines as the ship faced scrapping.
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NEWARK
N.J
United States
New Mexico
tomorow
Vincent J. Murphy
Pacific Fifth Fleet
Ydpsett, Inc
New York
Newark naval base
Fear and Rebel Attacks Moonlight Tel Aviv Terror Wave
Two British policemen were shot to death in Tel Aviv and another in Jerusalem as gunmen from a speeding car attacked officers. The violence, blamed on Jewish underground reprisal, raised deaths to nine and wounded to about 30 since the week began.
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Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
ERUSALEM
Jerusalem-Jaffa
wlhngs
Reich
Haifa
Stern gang
Jewish Agency
Lake Success
Winnifred Man Killed by CPR Train Collision
Jesse L. Presker, 58, longtime Winnifred farmer, was killed when his farm truck was struck by a CPR passenger train between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat while crossing Whitla Seven Persons. Five pigs died. Presker was alone, driving to Medicine Hat with livestock. An inquest will be held by Coroner Dr. McEwen. RCMP investigations underway. He is survived by widow Eva and six children Irma Edith Charles Adeline Alice Evelyn. Funeral plans not announced.
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Jesse L. Presker
Winnifred
C.P.R
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Whitla
Presker
Roné Knight
W.H. Baldwin
H. C. Johnson
F. McEwen
R.C.M.P
Eva
Irma
Edith
Charles
Adeline
Alice
Evelyn
Pattigan funeral home
Remove Revolver Bullet From Neck
A revolver bullet was removed from the base of 18 year old Enide Neault's neck in Toronto. Hospital authorities described her condition as fair with chances of recovery. The Mattawa girl was wounded at her parents tourist resort home in Northern Ontario when a souvenir German pistol in a friend's hands accidentally discharged. She was rushed to Toronto by air yesterday.
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TORONTO
Enide Neault
Mattawa
Ontario
Blairmore woman dies after northern Macleod crash
Mrs Litvak of Blairmore died in Macleod hospital from extensive head injuries after a car collision north of Macleod near the Willow Creek bridge about five miles north. The inquest into the fatality is pending with a date yet to be set.
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MACLEOD
HNS
Litvak
Blairmore
Macleod hospital
Willow Creek bridge
Rancher William H. McIntyre Dies in Lethbridge
William H. McIntyre aged 60 a prominent South Alberta rancher and Salt Lake City businessman died at St Michael's hospital Lethbridge Friday about 3 30 p m from a cardiac disorder while visiting his Grath area ranch with daughter Miss Phaebe. Son of William M McIntyre founder of McIntyre Ranching Co established 56 000 acres. He arrived in Lethbridge from Salt Lake City on Thursday.
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St. Michael's hospital
Lethbridge
William H. McIntyre
South Alberta
Salt Lake City
Magrath
Phaebe
William M. McIntyre
McIntyre Ranching Co
McIntyre
Fire on Communists in Marseille Amid Unrest
In Marseille the Communist party headquarters was shot at during a meeting with no reported casualties. Workers halted street traffic as a general strike vote loomed while a truce allowed food cargoes to move for the funeral events. Suburban guards moved to control streets as nerves rose over potential gang warfare on the waterfront between Ner vis factions and communist elements.
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MARSEILLE
Communist party
Central Labor Council
St. Antoine
centrol
Marseilles
cerneval
London Star Regrets Resignation Over Budget Leak
The London Star editorial regrets the personal indiscretion by Hugh Dalton who resigned as chancellor of the exchequer after admitting giving a Star reporter advance information of the budget. Dalton’s resignation triggered a cabinet reshuffle with Sir Stafford Cripps moving to the exchequer, amid speculation on political repercussions for Attlee’s government.
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Dalton
the
London Star
LONDON
Hugh Dalton
the etchequer
Star
house of commons
ONDON
C.P
3tatawaford Cripps
Britain
exchequer
bluff
Labor party
Winston Churchill
BTN
Atllies ndvace
Sir Stafford
Churchill
wihi iy
Churchll
Callan
Downing Street
Aivee
Londoan Star
Stafford Cripps
Left Hand Corner recalls Kruger half sovereign tale
London cor respondent notes a Kruger half sovereign sold for four pounds amid rising gold coin values. The 1892 Kruger issue bears a Loer trek wagon design with two shafts, its rarity inflating prices as few circulated.
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Dom Paul
Transsant Mountains
itnik
London
Ottawa Journal
Kruger
Germany
Fyeton
Explosion at British missile plant kills and injures many
An explosion at a British missile research facility near Aylesbury Bucks today left several believed dead and dozens injured. Fire officials said debris blocked buildings as workers rushed to two area hospitals. A German rocket expert team aided recent work, while a witness claimed four killed and ten injured.
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AYLESBURY
Bucks
England
Firitain
Australia
J. Schmidt
Kiel
Prowse to speak in Lethbridge tonight at Elks Hall
Alberta Liberal leader J. Marper Prowse arrives in Lethbridge for his first local address since provincial election. The 8 pm talk at the Elks Hall invites the public to hear his views on a potential early provincial election. Prowse, born in Taher, Alta, is a prominent native son.
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J. Marper Prowse
Alberta
Lethbridge
Elks’ Halls
Prowse
Taher
Alta
Plane Crash Kills Five Near Spokane
Five men died when a B 29 Superfortress crashed on Mount Spokane during a heavy snowstorm near Spokane Washington. Two other men in the tail section survived with injuries as the plane burned after impact. Witnesses described the aircraft breaking apart on impact and plunging through trees before skidding across rugged terrain.
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SPOKANE
Wash
Mount Spokane
sheafts
John Linder
guitl
Linder
Social Security Debate Reaches Public Meeting
Health Minister Fat Martin warned a public gathering about advancing social security and warned the people of Caniaa that progress should be cautious while discussing social reform and welfare policy.
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BRANDON
Caniaa hawereen
socalim
Fat Martin lath cugnt
Explosion Damages Rhode Island Recreation Center Injuring 39
A blast and fire at a Providence area recreation center bowling building injured 39, two critically, with many fleeing through windows as flames spread rapidly. Dr Nikolaos Kourtaras of Cranston aided victims after rushing into the blaze. total damage estimated over 500000 dollars to a combined supermarket steak house and stores.
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PROVIDESCE
vPh
Palicr
hac
ttd
thorugh
Senator Foster of NB Dead After Long Career
NB Saint John, Nov. 14. Hon. W. E. Foster PC Liberal premier of New Brunswick 1917-23, senator since 1928 and Senate speaker 1936-40, died in hospital aged 74 after a heart ailment. Born in St Martin, he led Liberal province, later became cabinet secretary of state and, in business, led Foster and Rising Ltd. and other firms. He married Joan Mary Vasor in 1900. survived by daughters.
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Walter Foster
New Brunswick
Senate
St John, S.B
SATNT JOHN
N.B
Canada
W. E
Foster
Ottawa
Walter Edward Foster
St. Marthis
old Bank of New Brunswick
Foster and Rising Ltd
Diversified Standard Securities Ltd
Montreal
policics
Saint John
piarty
Canalin
St. Lawrence-Great Lakes
Mackengle King
ton
fouriers
Joan Mary Vasor
Foster lett
Price
Rescue Time Running Out
WINNIPEG November 14. An RCAF pilot races to reach the top of the world where eight Canadians and a severely wounded missionary await evacuation before the Arctic night. Coral Barbor has not sent word from Southampton Island as the Snowbird Dikots nears Moffet Inlet 600 miles farther north. Canon John Turner and Mrs Turner with two children and four Canadian paratroopers aid the missionary since October 4. If weather allows, Race will land at Moffet, transfer all aboard, then head south to Winnipeg. otherwise he will divert to Rosalve Bay and later Molffec.
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WINNIPEG
C.P.J
R.C.A.F
Coral Barbor
Southampton island
PO Hoo
Moffet Inlet
Arctic circle
Moffet
John H. Turner
Church of England
Canon Turner
Willoughby
Canon Tuvener
Race
patesengers
Rosalve Bay
Molffec
Burma Bill Granted Independence by Commons
The House of Commons passed third reading on a Burma independence bill, with Air Secretary Arthur Henderson saying the move would strengthen the Commonwealth. Other items include recruitment of 30,000 European coal miners, deaths in Palestine violence, Newark seeking restraining order over the warship New Messco, rocket experts fatally shot in England, Jerusalem explosions, a call for a special Labor Department, and Ceylon becoming a self governing partner in the British Commonwealth.
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COMMONS
BURMA
LONDON
house of commons
Air
Artur Henderson
commonwealth
EUROPE
Reuters
National Union of Mineworkers
PALESTINE
JERUSALEM
NEWARK
Lipsett, Inc
New Messco
queen of the fifth fleet
Fort
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EDMONTON
Canadian Congress of Labor Union
Oberta
lhor
CEYLON
Indian Ocean
Cevlom
British Commonwealth of Nations
Britain
cally
United Kingdom
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