Dodgers Edge Yankees In 9-8 Subway Thriller
Brooklyn beats New York 9-8 in a three hour game marked by five Yankee pitchers and three Dodger hurlers. Key moments include Robinson and Reiser contributing early hits as Brooklyn seizes the lead in the first innings and holds off late Yankee rallies in the 1947 Subway Series opener.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
New York Yankees
Yankee
Dodger
YANKEES
Stirnweiss
Walker
Henrich
Reese
Stanky
Robinson
Jorgensen
Lindell
DODGERS
Newsom
McQuinn
Reiser
Lollar
Rizzuto
Sturnweiss
collar
Reser
Auto theft claim misleads as parts taken from car
Alfred Frates reported the New Bedford case that his auto was not stolen but stripped. Missing items include front and rear bumpers headlights rear light front seat windshield wiper eight spark plugs distributor head radiator cap parking lights a clock a spare tire and one wheel. Thieves stripped the car while in a parking lot.
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NEW BEDFORD
Mass
Alfred Frates
Double murder suicide shocks Lloydminster community
Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated a triple tragedy at a Lloydminster farm after Rosie Towpich, 10, reported the shooting. Brown, 64, widower, and William Towpich, the couple’s visitor, died by gunfire. Towpich shot himself. Police found all three bodies in the kitchen.
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Brown’s
Towpich
Brown
Rosie
Most Reluctantly Jewish Agency Accepts Partition Plan
The Jewish Agency announced it would accept partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states most reluctantly. It warned enforcement measures would be needed and that Palestine Jews would defend themselves as a nation once independent. The agency rejected a federalized state as unacceptable and said it would cooperate with UN enforcement.
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United Nations special committee on Palestine
Palestine
U.N
evcen
Brooklyn Teens Spark Waterfront Rescue Scene
Three Brooklyn youths cooling off in the East River drew citywide concern as sightseers and responders swarmed in. A seaplane, fire boat, police launch, rescue truck, radio patrol cars, and sanitation crews converged after locals mistook their swimming for danger.
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NYBODY
Brooklyn
Manhattan
New York Sun
East River
fny
Left Hand Continued on Page Nine
Fragmentary OCR notes show the phrase The Left Hand with continuation markers on page nine, leaving the surrounding context unreadable and unclear about the full article content.
British Comment On Wheat Price
The Manchester Guardian notes Britain will pay $24 a bushel for Canadian wheat in 1948-49, a rise from $1.55, seen as a fair compromise between dollar shortages and Canadian farmers’ justice. The Guardian says the settlement secures a market for a large crop and may lift Chicago price levels. London papers report a bread subsidy impact.
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MANCHESTER
Reuters
Britain
Manchester Guardian
Liberal
Guardian
Chicago
London morning
the
Daily Express
Grain Exchange Chief Carves at $2 Wheat Price
Stanley L. Jones president of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange criticized the $2-a-bushel price for wheat under the Canadian UK agreement announced in Ottawa and London. He urged higher returns for farmers and argued Britain should share the burden, not western farmers alone, while noting world prices versus contract terms and government interpretations.
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WINNIPEG
C.P
Stanley L. Jones
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
United Kingdom
Ottawa
London
Jones
Gardiner
Dauphin
Man
Britain
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
British Commonwealth of Nations
310000 In Mails For Beet Men In Alberta
Cheerful envelopes containing cheques totaling 310000 for 1341 irrigation farmers in southern Alberta were mailed at Raymond on Thursday. The payments cover an 80c per ton follow up on 1946 beets, bringing the total paid last year to 11 90 a ton. A final payment is set for November.
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RAYMOND
HNS
Alberta
Hart to retire as British Columbia premier and Liberal leader
Premier John Hart announced his retirement as head of British Columbia's coalition government and leader of the B C Liberal party. He plans to retire after a convention is called, stay on briefly, then take a holiday and return to Victoria to lead the financial firm Gillespie Hart and Company. He cited strain from six years in office and urged a quick succession.
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John Hart
British Columbia
coast province
B.C
Liberal party
VANCOUVER
Get
Hart
B.G
Dominion
Victoria
Gillespie, Hart and Company
Take Off On Mercy Hop Take Off On Mercy Hop
A Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota aircraft departed Rivers Manitoba to fly to Moffat Inlet to aid missionary Carey J H Turner awaiting assistance. A four year old Chinook Eskimo girl from Southampton Island also travels back to Winnipeg for care after burns.
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WINNIPEG
Rivers
Manfield
Carey
J. KH. Turner
Moffat Inlet
Arctic Circle
Southampton Island
Winnipeg Children's hospital
Bob Race
Ken Moore
J. H. Riva
Tony Moribita
Ross Willoughby
army
Guy D'Artois
H. ©. Cook
W. W. Jubb
northern air force
George Spence Named to Joint Commission
George Spence of Regina, director of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration since 1937, is named a Canadian member of the International Joint Commission. The commission settles boundary disputes between Canada and the United States. Spence previously served in the Saskatchewan legislature and in the house of commons.
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GEORGE SPENCE
OTTAWA
Regina
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
International Joint Commission
Mackenzie King
Canada
United States
Spence
PUF-RLA
Saskatchewan
house of commons
Special Session Demanded To Roll Back Prices In Canada
The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada called a special parliament session in Hamilton to restore prices to 1946 levels and impose a 100 percent excess profits tax with probes of cartels and profiteers. It urged wage hikes and a price increases board to curb future rises while delaying unity moves with other labor bodies until a clear policy emerges.
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HAMILTON
C.P
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Congress
prices board
TLC
Canadian Congress of Labor
Anderson
Winnipeg
Margaret Burgoyne
Victoria
Bracken Says He Will Withdraw From Portage Neepawa Bid
John Bracken national leader of the Progressive Conservative party said he would withdraw as a candidate for the new Portage Neepawa riding. He told the Progressive Conservative Association inaugural meeting in Carberry he would prefer to run in Western Canada and win a seat from the Liberal party. Bracken currently serves as MP for Neepawa and Miller represents Portage la Prairie, with the new Neepawa Portage district forcing either Bracken or Miller to seek another seat.
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CARBERRY
Man
IC.P.i
John Bracken
Progressive Conservative party
Canada
Portage- Neepawa
Progressive Conservatives
Liberal party
Progressive Conservative Association
Bracken
Neepawa
Miller
Portage la Franie
Neepawa-Portage
Miler
Population growth fear cited as world food risk
The Population Reference Bureau warns Europe’s rising population could create a permanent world food shortage. It cites 11 million more Europeans during WWI and projected 22 million in ten years, with Europe lacking cropland to feed its people while American land is more productive.
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WASHINGTON
Population Reference Bureau
Europe
United States
Russia
Guy Irving Burch
America
agriculture department
Wider cabinet reshuffle may extend Bevin power
Prime Minister Attlee reportedly plans to expand Foreign Secretary Bevin’s remit to Commonwealth relations and the Burma and colonial offices. A broad reshuffle would place Bevin among four senior ministers reporting to Attlee, with other ministers gaining expanded duties across defence and home departments.
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LONDON
Det
Bevin
colonial
Burma
foreign office
Attlee
Defence Minster Alexander
defence
Stafford Cripps
board of trade
Britain
Herbert Morrison
coline
meister
house of
Walkout Likely As Western Packers Join Strike Action
Extension of the national meat packing strike seems likely as workers at four Western Canada independents prepare to join. U P W A members seek wage boosts averaging 17 cents to 92 cents hourly. Sympathies strike votes planned in 17 more plants. total independent plants employ about 2,500 people. Meanwhile Vancouver faces reduced meat supply and Winnipeg talks of maintaining hospital deliveries if plants walk out. A separate report notes Alberta Premier Manning denying any imminent seizure of packing plants. A 14-year-old sleep illness death in Edmonton is reported.
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Western Canada
United Packinghome Workers of America
C.C
Alberta Meat Company
Gainer’s
Fletcher's
Vancouver
Gainer's
Edmonton
U.P WA
Swish Canadian
Canada Packers and Burns and Company
Intercolonial Packers
Saskatoon
tekken
Winnipeg
Montreal
ALTA
Preimier Manning
Alberta
Alberta Farmers’ Union
A PU
Prince Edward Selong
Gerhart
Campaign Hopping In Tientsin Locusts Aid Dr Fu
Dr Fu Chiar-Kilang campaigns for the Nations Assembly in Tientsin, Oct 2 4. He bought about 300 pounds of locusts and tied vote for me tags to their legs before releasing them to scatter his message to voters.
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TIENTSIN
China
Fu Chiar-Kilang
Nations Assembly
cam
Court frees officer in fatal attack case in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem a court martial freed 26 year old officer Caph Roy Alexander Fartan after ruling no case to answer in the death of 11 year old Jewish youth Alexander Rusowitz. The session followed a prior incident where a Greek grocery store was damaged without casualties as police guarded the court.
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JERUSALEM
Caph Roy
Alexander Fartan
Alexander Rusowitz
Fartan
Palestine
Rubowitz
Palestine underground
Rubowice
Stern gang
Farman
Redemption
Dardanelles
Paducah
Medina Yehudi
Duke of Windsor Arrives in England for Private Visit
The Duke of Windsor landed at Dover Kent on Wednesday for a ten day private visit in England. The duchess remained in Paris. He indicated he would meet members of the royal family during the stay.
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DUKE OF WINDSOR
ENGLAND
DOVER
Kent
Paris
Mercy plane lands at Churchill in Arctic mission
The RCAF Dakota carrying a compact army item landed at Churchill to care for Canon J. H. Turner at Moffat Inlet on the Arctic Circle. Additional dispatches report Ottawa plans to suspend rail rate increases, a Russian bomber incident in Austria, and France facing cuts to coal and wheat imports unless dollar needs are met.
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MERCY
CHURCHILL CHURCHILL
Man
RCAF
Dakota
Canon J. H. Turner
Moffat Inlet
Arctic Circle
OTTAWA
C.P
Board of Transport Commissioners
RUSS PLAD
AUSTRIA
Mondey
Matzen
lower Austria
FRANCE
WASHINGTON
Georges Bidault
United States
the
White Mouse
Mir.Truman
LONDON
Norman Robertson
hin
Robertson
Canada
ben kdown
EDMONTON
Arctic Ocean
Laos
HAIFA
JERUSALEM
Palestine
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New York
Raschi
Drews
Chandler
Page
Berra
Halton
Branca
Casey
Edwards
Lloydminster
Jewish Agency
Price
B.C. Liberals
A. G. L. McNaughton
United States defence board
Joint Commission
PARLIAMENT
T.L.C
Carl Berg
prairie
TUC
SANTA MONICA
Calif
high chweel park
alin
hester Lukasiewich
Vincent Lukasiewich
Sundance
ANa
BREHH
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