Airliner Crash Kills 28 of 29 Aboard in London Suburb
A twin engine Dakota of British European Airways crashed in Mill Hill after takeoff for Glasgow. 28 dead of 29 aboard, one adult survivor. Fire and fuel tank explosions followed impact. plane burned atop a house and cages of debris. Next of kin not notified yet.
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London
British European airways
Glasgow
Edgware general hospital
Mill Hill
Highwood Ash
B.EA
Liberal winners and independents surge in Quebec by elections
Ottawa report notes Independ ent Liberals claim victories in Montreal St Mary and Rimouski seats, while Liberal hold Welland. Overall results show Liberals 185, Progressive Conservatives 43, CCF 13, Social Credit 10, Independents 5, Independent Liberals 5, vacancies 1 in the House standing.
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OTTAWA
Liberals
Quebec
Liberal
Ontario
Welland
Montreal St. Mary
Rimouski
Liberal party
INDEPENDENT
LIB
Montreal St Mary
Hector Dupuis
Joseph Herve Rousseau
Dupuis
W H McMillan
Thorold
Progressive Conservative
C.CF
New Brunswick
Progressive Conservatives
Nova Scotia
HOUSE
C.C.F
Social Credit
Prince Edward Island
Queens
Presidents who know me reveal lobbying power in Washington
In his book Presidents Who Have Known Me President Truman argues lobby groups shape policy by votes. He cites Washington lobbyists as highly effective and notes Labor’s lobby as the most effective in the capital. He recalls Henry Ashurst’s swift shift after a strong fight, quipping he felt the heat. Allan’s column continues on the back page.
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Truman
Washington
George
Arizona
Henry Ashurst
Congress
Ashurst
Henry
Allan
Pesce ALLAN
Aliens Warned No Canadian Entry Is Visas Not O.K.
CUAWA Oct 17 CP The immigration department warned aliens in the United States that they will be refused entry into Canada if their visas are not revalidated under the new U S security law. Revalidation must date from Oct 12 or later. Aliens traveling toward the United States must show evidence of U S admission or be barred from Canada.
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CUAWA
immigration department
United States
Canada
department
U.S
Western Mind Reels on Poverty and Refugee Plight
Special contributor I Norman Smith reports from Karachi on stark poverty and mass displacement as moslem refugees flee India to Pakistan after partition. He notes Pakistan's rising population from 0 to 1.2 million in the city and 8 million homogenously homeless across the country, with 6 million Hindus moving to India.
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I. NORMAN SMITH
The Herald
KARACHI
Pakistan
Italy
Cairo
Iraq
India
tan
Truman's Major Foreign Policy Speech Awaited in San Francisco
President Truman prepared a nonpartisan backdrop for his major foreign policy address in San Francisco. He aims to press for Soviet Russia to talk peace in realistic terms while focusing on Korea reconstruction, ongoing UN work, and continued defence spending. The speech follows Wake Island talks with MacArthur and will be broadcast globally.
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Truman
Russia
AN FRANCISCO
Gen. MacArthur
Soviet Russia
Honolulu
San Francisco
opera house
United Nations
UN general assembly
New York
MacArthur
Wake Island
Voice of America
United States
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
No Trace Missing Aircraft Over Alberta Wilderness
Edmonton October 17. A Cessna carrying five men vanished Saturday on a 250 mile flight over northern Alberta. After two days of intensive aerial search 13 RCAF planes found no trace while relatives offered a substantial reward. Three friends planned private search flights as investigators ruled out two clues and pursued two more amid autumn smoke and fires. Two missing men hailed from Vancouver and the other three from Edmonton on a hunting trip.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
R.C.A.F
RCAF
sdes
Grande Prairie
Alta
air force
Vancouver
Accuses Dewey As Bitter Campaign Breaks Out In N.Y.
Albany dispatch reports New Yorks bitter election campaign erupts with Democratic charges that Governor Dewey was backed for a third term after a pay off to Lieutenant Governor Hanley. Lynch accuses Dewey of nefarious crime. Hanley denies illegal dealings. Dewey says he never discussed Hanleys finances.
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ALBANY
New York
Thomas E .Dewey
Joe R. Hanley
New York state
Hanley
United States senate
Walter A. Lynch
Dewey
senate
Lynch
Harley
Baby Found Abandoned In Transcona Still Unidentified
Police reported an abandoned four day old baby found Saturday night on the rear steps of a Transcona home remains unidentified. The infant was wrapped in blankets with feeding formula attached and is under care of local authorities.
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TRANSCONA
Man
Pheasant season ends in Brooks area October 24
Edmonton reports an order in council will close the eastern irrigation district pheasant season on Tuesday October 24. Mines Minister Tanner said cabinet approval was given and other Alberta regions will keep their seasons open until November. Hunters cited small, scarce birds and requests from the Fish and Game Association.
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EDMONTON
eastern
Irrigation District
gnd
Mines
Tanner
Alberta
Fish and ame Association
Abitibi Increases Newsprint Price On Nov 1
Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited announced a $16 per ton rise in standard newsprint effective November 1. The move follows Powell River Co. who boosted its price to 109 per ton, citing higher production costs. Abitibi’s Canadian price becomes 106 per ton and 110 in U.S. funds, up from post 1948 levels.
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RONTO
Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited
Abitibi
Powell River Co., Ltd
Powell River
Strait of Georgia
Vancouver
New York
U.S
Bank of Canada raises bank rate to two percent
Ottawa October 17 The Bank of Canada announces an increase in the bank rate to two per cent from one and a half per cent effective today. Officials gave no further comment beyond confirming the move and noting the rate had stood at two per cent since February 8 1944 before the post war period.
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OTTAWA
Bank of Canada
Beer Prices In Alberta Raised On Oct 18
A. J. Mason head of the Alberta Liquor Control Board announced beer price increases effective October 18. Draught beer remains 10 cents but glass size drops from a larger measure to 12 ounces. Bottled beer sold on licensed premises rises to 26 cents per pint from 25. A 12 pint case from liquor control stores goes to 2.25 dollars with the same bottle refund. The rise covers federal malt tax increases, while owners of licensed premises have not had price hikes since 1942.
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EDMONTON
A. J Mason
Alberta Nquor control board
lquor control board
Mason
Soviet Army Outguns US Troops In Germany Analysis
In Frankfurt on October 17 the US Army analysis of detailed Soviet reports states Russia has greater fire power per man, with the Soviet Union possessing the best tank and self propelled gun. It notes the Soviets pay a price in staging power, balance and mobility while US divisions gain in endurance, speed and communications. The piece also mentions a US infantry division firepower increase.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
Russia
U.S
Columns Slash Toward Pyongyang In Korean War Drive
American and South Korean columns breached near Pyongyang as Inchon momentum continues. RO K and U.S. divisions race toward the capital with Allied artillery range expected within 24 hours. British Australian troops push 31 miles to Sariwon amid rapid advance and weary, eager RO K units press forward from Suan to Sangwon.
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Associated Press
KYO
Pyongyang
Inchon
United Nations
U.S
Republic of Korea
ROK
AFP
Don Whitehead
Tokyo
Sariwon
Hal Boyle
Suan
Sangwon
Fly U S Bombers From Korea to Indo China Soon
Reuters reports French sources say U S light bombers could be flown from Korea to Indo China within about 10 days to bolster French forces on the northern border against Viet Minh, acting as a stopgap until U S military aid arrives. A typhoon halted civilian evacuations from Langson and disrupted border highway and airlift operations to Hanoi.
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SAIGON
Indo-China
Reuters
United States
Korea
Washington
Indo- China
Langson
Hanoi
Tonkin
Record US hunters flood Ontario deer season start
An army of 3,600 United States hunters began stalking deer in Ontario north of North Fort Frances. Customs officials said it was a record influx, about 600 more than last year. Saturday another record was set when 310 hunting permits were issued to US sportsmen.
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ONT
NORTH
FORT FRANCES
United States
Ontario
here
UN Agency would appoint supreme civilian for Korea
The United States proposed that the United Nations name a supreme civilian to direct Korea’s economic rebuilding, to be called the agent-general. He would head a new Korean rehabilitation agency independent of other UN commissions and report to the General Assembly. The plan, with MacArthur speculated as a possible appointee, aims at economic reconstruction, not political future.
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Korea
U.N
U.N. general assembly
general assembly
Trygve Lie
U.N commission
Lie
economic and social council
Battle for Pyongyang opens outer defences
Off dawn today British and South Korean van guards entered the mist shrouded outer defences of Pyongyang, capital of the Communist north. Front line dispatches report the initial stage of the battle as international tensions mount.
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PYONGYANG
TOKYO
H. L. MENCKEN
BALTIMORE
G.B
LONDON
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Bevin
United Nations
B.C
WINNIPEG
Arthur Plunkett
Port Mann
New Westminster
Winnipeg Free Press
Plunkett
EDMONTON
health department
Medicine Hat
M. H. J. Dalphond
snowsterme
JUSTICE KELLOCK
OTTAWA
RB. L. Kellock
spreme court of Canada
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