Free Danube Approved At Paris Parley
At Paris the peace conference approved a British American proposal for free navigation on the Danube and set terms for an international regime. The session also debated Greek Bulgarian issues and US Yugoslav Greece defense assurances amid Soviet criticisms.
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PARIS
United States
Danube river
Rowai
Rainier
Balkans
Danube
Romania
V. M. Molotov
Russia
United Nations
Greece
Jefferson Caffery
France
Bulgaria
Constantin Tsaldaris
Tsaldaris
Boris
Bogdan Philov
AEGEAN
Stephan Wierblowski
Aegean Sea
north Aegean panhandle
Wierblowski
Yugoslavia
Coal output hopes rise for Spitsbergen mines in 1948
On Spitsbergen Island, Norway’s only domestic coal source, OAL MINES anticipate a 600 production increase next year. War damage to plants and facilities was extensive, with costs over 33 million kroner. Rehabilitation plans are underway as workers and supplies head Arcticward. Hilmar Reksten predicts output may reach 800,000 tons if labor and icebreaker access remain available.
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Spitsbergen
Norway
Arctic
Hilmar Reksten
Great Norwegian Spitsbergen Coal Company
Winnipeg air gunner wins Victoria Cross posthumously
O Andrew Charles Andy Mynarski 21 of Winnipeg receives the Victoria Cross after dying while trying to save fellow crewman during a Lancaster crash at Cambrai France in June 1944. He leaped from the burning aircraft with parachute and clothing aflame to reach the trapped rear gunner George Brophy.
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OTTAWA
Air force headquarters
Andrew Charles
Andy) Mynarski
Winnipeg
B.C
Tames per Cambrai
France
Mynarski
V.C
R.C.A.P
Andy Mynarski
Posthumous V C Award For Pilot A Mynarski
Text of citation for Pilot Officer A Mynarski of Winnipeg who died saving a rear gunner in a Lancaster crash near Cambrai on June 12, 1944. He crawled through flames to free the trapped gunner, safeguarded him with a salute, and perished from burn injuries while the other crew member survived.
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Mynarski
George Brophy
Port Arthur
FU. Brophy
PO. Mynarski
FO. Brophy
Arthur de Breyne
St. Lambert
Que
Arthur R. Body
Ocean Falls
John W. Friday
Port Al
OVTAWA
PO. A
Winnipeg
air force headquarters
Cambrai
France
dure
PO. Mynarsk
PALPO
PO. Myharski
OMcer Mynarski
Smuts Urges Britain Lead United States of Europe
In The Hague on October 11 Prime Minister Smuts of South Africa urged Britain to take the lead in forming a united states of Europe. He warned smaller powers could become satellites and urged regularizing groupings to align with national and economic interests.
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THE HAGUE
Meuters
Smuts
South Africa
Britain
united states of Europe
miele
Europe
France
Germany
Churchill
free states
Smuta Ba
Chiang Kai-Shek Troops Seize Kalgan City
Chinese government forces captured Kalgan, the Communist regional capital, as the war escalates. A Communist spokesman, Wang Ping-Nan, cautioned on confirmation and offered no definite plan, saying they must wait and see.
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NANKING
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kalgan
ministry of national defence
soas
Chahar province
Peiping
China
Wang Ping-Nan
Canadian teachers score over salary targets debated in Saskatoon
Ettel Coppinger, Saskatoon CT Federation president, told the Saskatoon public school superintendent that Canadian teachers are "pikers" for asking a 1500 minimum salary. The CT F convention backs 1500 for properly certificated teachers while US groups push 4000 to 5000 yearly, with top admins up to 10000.
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SASKATOON
Ettel Coppinger
Canadian Teachers Federation
C.T.F
United States
Charlie McCarthy Breaks Into Sermon
In Oklahoma City on October 11 a radio character named Charlie McCarthy interrupted Rev. Caradine KR. Hooton's Sunday sermon at the First Methodist Church via a loudspeaker. The minister attributed the incident to a Boy Scout radio class accidentally turning on a crystal set during his talk, creating unexpected competition.
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OKLAHOMA CITY
Charlie McCarthy
Caradine KR. Hooton
First Methodist church
Charlie
Archbishop Stepinac Convicted in Croatia Axis Trial
Zagreb court convicts Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac of aiding the Axis and sponsoring terrorist units. He receives 16 years hard labor and loses property plus five years civil rights. Others, including Emir Lisak, face death or long sentences amid audience cheers. Rome calls the trial sad and protests forced conversions.
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ZAGREB
Yugoslavia
Alojelje Ste- Pinac
people’s court of
Croatia
AXIS
Sterinac
Ante Pavelic
Ustashi
Emir Lisak
Pave Gunin
Lisak
Ustasin
Stepinac
Tito
Ivan Schalk
Rome
Pope Pius
Vatican
pecinte
Pavelic
Soil conservation urged to keep Canada in world market
L B Thompson of the Dominion Experimental Station at Swift Current warns that continued and increased soil conservation is essential for Canada to remain competitive in the world food market. He spoke Thursday at the station.
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SWIFT CURRENT
Cet
C.P
Canada
L. B. Thomson
Dominion Experimental Station
al anit
Dobson Leads Red Sox Over Cardinals 6-3 in World Series
Joe Dobson pitched despite doubt and held St Louis to three runs as Boston won 6-3 to trim the series deficit to 3-2. Don Gutteridge and Leon Culberson provided late support with timely hits in the 1948 World Series at Braves Park.
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R. H. FE
St. Louis
Boston
Pollet
Brazie
Beazley
Garagiola
Dobson
Partee
ENWAY PARK
Joe Dobson
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Red Sox
Don Gutteridge
Leon Culberson
Rail freight rate hike eyed despite Crow's Nest pact
The Railway Association of Canada seeks a 30 percent freight rise affecting grain and flour shipments west of the Crow's Nest Pass, challenging the 1897 agreement though wheat and flour remain subsidized on the Fort William route. Alberta BC officials oppose the move amid calls to end the mountain-rate disparity and shift to truck and ship options.
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TAWA
Railway Association of Canada
Crow's Nest Pass
federal board of transport commissioners
C.N.P
Canadian Pacific Railway
supreme court
Fort William
R.A.C
Canada
widoches
Agriculture
L. Campbell
Manitoba
L. F. Mcintosh
Saskatchewan
ALBERTA
C. Manning
board of transport commission
British Columbia
Wiliam PF. McClintock
transportation committee
William Rundle
Vancouver Board of Trade
transportation bureau
Leslie HM. Byres
Re elect Cockshutt As Chamber Head
Winnipeg October 1 increased interest in Canadian Chamber of Commerce affairs was urged after Gordon Cockshutt of Brantford Ont was re elected to a second term as president He stressed chambers can aid private enterprise nationwide H Greville Smith was elected executive chairman with R A Bryce and Irving P Rexford as vice chairmen Other officers and national councillors were named from provinces including British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
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WINNIPEG
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Gordon Cockshutt
Brantford
Ont
chamber
Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade
H. Greville Smith
Montreal
R. A. Bryce
Toronto
Irving P Rexford
H .D. Burns
James Mutr
British Columbia
T. C. Clarke
Vancouver
Alberta
H_ B
Macdonald
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
A. A Murphy
Saskatoon
Manitoba
E. RB. Frost
Ontario
J. L. Carson
Quebec
Edgar Genest
New Brunswick
F. C
Mortimer
Saint John
Nova Scotus
A. A Dunphy
Kentville
Prince Edward Island
Col
K. Rogers
Charlottetown
British Columbiaa
Maj
Cuthbert Molmes
Victoria
C. D. Jacox
John Gordon
Regina
R. Longworth
Brandon
c. Bruce Hill
St. Catharines
G. H. Garr
Sherbrooke
N. A. Hesler
Sackville
Nova Scotia
A. Murray Mackay
Halifax
Prince Edward Teland
A. KR. Bren- Ran
Summerside
Five Years For Gerson Convicted of Spying Conspiracy
Ottawa report states S. Gerson a 41 year old former tunitions department official was convicted by Ontario Supreme Court of conspiring to communicate state secrets to Russia and sentenced by Justice G F McFarland to five years in penitentiary. Jury deliberated about three hours after a 30 minute charge. Defence plans appeal. The judge cautioned no influence from wartime Red Army exploits or Canada Soviet spy inquiry methods.
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OTTAWA
S. Gerson
tunitions department
Ontario Supreme Court
Rumia
G. F. McFarland
Gerson
Justice McFarland
Red army
Canada
royal commission
Record cold snaps grip central plains and Midwest
The first subzero air of autumn moved across the plains states and upper Mississippi Valley. Forecaster H L Jacobsen said Alamosa Colorado logged four degrees below zero with scattered readings extending from eastern Colorado and Nebraska northward to Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
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CHICAGO
plain states
Mississippi valley
Alamosa
Cals
H. L. Jacobsen
Chicago weather bureau
Celrado
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Private Plane Crashes Near Salmo River in British Columbia
Leonard Poole of Vancouver survived a forced landing of his Aerance Cub near the Salmo River south fork after engine failure and poor visibility. A wing was torn off and the engine damaged in the crash before he could reach the wooded riverside.
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SALMO
B.C
Leonard Poole
Vancouver
here
Peake
Fernie
Three Men Held for Publishing Bomb Photos in Baltimore
Federal agents arrested George Wallace Comer Miles Daubenheyer and Barnes Rike in Baltimore on October 9 for photographing a classified military bomb and attempting to distribute the images. The men, former Army Air Forces and Navy personnel, allegedly planned to sell the photos to a newspaper or distribute them through publication.
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BALTIBORE
Pred Halford
PBI
George Wallace Comer
Belatr
army air forces
Miles Frederick Daubenheyer
Behdin Me
nites Navy
aept Ips
Barnes Rike
Chate oogs
Tern
FBI
Baltimore
Tinan
justice department
Washington
Pacific
Chamber Urges Tax Reform and Infrastructure Plans
Delegates at the 17th congress urged curbs on income tax and reform of wartime taxes. They backed court review of assessments, Alaska highway maintenance, irrigation, highway construction, daylight saving time, and a national accident week in May. The convention nears its end with executive and secretarial sessions.
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attasis
Unanee
Gevellopmen
Alaska
Canada
Edmonton crop survey notes delays from wet grain in central Alberta
The Edmonton Journal reports a crop survey showing threshing slowed by wet stocks and damp swaths across central Alberta. Heavy rains slowed progress, with some districts only half threshing complete and grain damaged lowering grades.
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EDMONTON
Edmonton Journal
Alberta
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