Wreck and Recovery Follow Western Canada Train Disaster
Twenty-eight bodies recovered by noon from the ash-strewn wreckage after a Canadian National Railways camp er special crashed into an eastbound express near Dugald Manitoba. Police and railway officials report the death toll may rise as the search continues and a coroner's inquiry is opened.
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Canada
J. R.C.M.P
Donald F. Ledlie
Dugald
Canadian National Railways
coro+her
Transcona
here
Ledlie
Ottawa
board of transport commissioners
Ultimatum at Krestova Doukhobor enclave poisons peace
Twelve independent Doukhobor families on Krestova hill top receive a three day ultimatum to join the Sons of Freedom or be expelled. The marchers chant Russian hymns and cite mass arrests over the holiday weekend tied to arson cases. Deputy Police Commissioner Shirras prepares his report for Victoria after delaying departure.
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NELSON
B.C
Krestava
Sons of Freedom
here
Donkhobor
SRESTOVA
Krestova
Sons
Mike Torsoff
Krestovasi
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
John Shirras
Doukhebor
Victoria
Daring Theft Arrests Montreal Man in Horse Team Heist
Grant Kempffer of Montreal was arrested after allegedly stealing a team of horses and a coach used to transport tourists to Mount Royal Mountain. Police nabbed him a block away near a red light after the coach was reported missing from Island In downtown Montreal.
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MONTREAL
Grant Kempffer
Mount Royal Mountain
Island
Automatic signaling reform for safe railways in London
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes automatic signaling can only work if current passes through train wheels to detect presence and record signals. London experiments test stainless steel strips on less used tracks to ensure safe automatic signaling, addressing rust and blocked current.
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St. Thomas
United Kingdom
London
Test Called Off After Theft Disrupts Sanitation Exam
In New York on September 34, about 350 job hopefuls for Sanitation Department truck driver posts gathered for physical exams when the test was canceled. An examiner said 13 dumbbells weighing 740 pounds used to test strength were stolen, forcing the withdrawal of the session.
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NEW YORK
sanitation department
civil service
Revolt Ends in Ecuador Ends Mancheno Rule in Quito
Nine day regime of Col. Carlos Mancheno collapsed as counter revolt leader Mariano Suarez Veintimilla took temporary power. Mancheno resigned and sought asylum or vanished. Fronts ceased fire, Suarez Veintimilla pledged to yield authority to congress, Velasco Ibarra exile plans circulated. Quito demonstrations denounced the outdated constitution while strikes continued elsewhere in Canada with Swift Canadian workers’ wage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QUITO
Ecuador
Carlos Mancheno
Mariano Suarez Veintimilla
Mancheno
Riobamba
Suarez Veintimilla
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Argentina
Guayaquil
Tuscan
Dangers of veto warned at Toronto luncheon
Lester B. Pearson, under-secretary for external affairs, told directors at the Canadian National Exhibition luncheon Tuesday that use of the world power veto irresponsibly is the greatest menace to world peace and could threaten the dissolution of the United Nations.
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TORONTO
United Nations
Lester B. Pearson
Gales Kill In New England Striking Eastern Cities
Boston dispatch reports scattered thunderstorms and gale winds in eastern New England tearing through towns. At least three men die amid damaged buildings and utilities. Earlier a tornado in Burcelts town Pennsylvania leaves two dead and about twenty injured with heavy property loss.
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BOSTON
New England
Burceltstown
Pennsylvania
Death Keeps Anonymity At Transcona Morgue
In Transcona Manitoba the morgue of a CN Rail train collision claims at least 35 lives. Relatives rummage through rings brooches and lockets hoping for identifications. by nightfall only two identifications are certain two more tentatively linked to a Simpson family member and other victims remain unnamed.
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JACK AVESON
TRANSCONA
Man
Manitoba
Dugald
Canadian National Railways
G. B. Lewis
Albert Simpson
Lovett Warns European Crisis May Require Action This Year
United States Under-Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett told reporters that Europe’s economic crisis is accelerating and some form of American action will likely be needed before year’s end. He suggested temporary steps such as extending World Bank aid or permanent measures akin to the Marshall plan. Lovett indicated a special congressional session could be necessary and that the United States may need a hard look at the situation before 1947 ends.
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United States
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Bevin
Marshall
Europe
CUSTOMS UNION
fis
Adriatic
Vladivos
Commonwealth
congress
WASHINGTON
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
world bank
Bent Teaspoon Murder Case Delayed In Montreal
Judge Fadouard Archambault postponed the preliminary hearing of Marcel Vaillancourt to Oct. 7 as the restaur ant owner faces murder charges in the shooting of Norman Milne, a Calgary-born test pilot. Vaillancourt was hospitalized after the gun duel, saying self defense after a dispute over damages for a bent teaspoon.
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MONTREAL
Fadouard Archambault
Marcel Vaillancourt
Norman Stewart
Milne
Calgary
Vaillancourt
British Labor Government Faces Production Challenge
Viscount Jowitt Britain’s lord chancellor warned on Tuesday that the Labor government risks failure unless it boosts production. He urged lifting restrictions and moving to action, speaking at Barnscliffe, home of the UK high commissioner to Canada, during a Ottawa briefing.
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London Daily Mail
Simon
Sir John Simon
Britain
OTTAWA
Viscount Jowitt
Barnscliffe
United Kingdom
Canada
District 19 UMWA signals coal contract termination
Calgary dispatch reports United Mine Workers District 19 served notice that the current coal contract will end November 1. A possible strike in western Canadian coal fields looms as miners work only under a contract. District 18 plans a convention October 14 to set demands on operators.
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Alberta
United Mine Workers of America
fotice
T. A. McCloy
Calgary
Diustiich No 18
board of industrial relations
C.P
District 19
District 18
Alberta miners union ends contract as notice expires
A notice of termination under Alberta law ends the unionized mines contract next March. Operators were given two months from September 1 to respond while negotiations for a new agreement with Saskatoon collieries are reported underway. The current deal covers Baskatchewan and British Columbia mines, with a 40 hour week and paid annus helidsys, plus a three cent per ton welfare royalty and basic wages of $8.84 to $8.95 per day.
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Baskatchewan
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ships Lie Idle in British Waters for Lack of Men and Materials
Glasgow dispatch notes scores of Royal Navy ships idle in Gareloch and the Firth of Forth awaiting completion or refit. Shortages of sailors and materials slow work as naval tonnage is held back for postwar reconversion. Lloyds List cites about 500 ships laid up with 400 potentially restorable, including carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and minesweepers.
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JOHN DAUPHINEE
GLASGOW
Royal Navy
Gareloch
Clyde
Greenock
Firth of Forth
admiralty
Lloyd’s List
cruier HM.S. Defence
Belfast
HLM
Canada
Fourteen Gestapo to Hang for Fliers Deaths in Hamburg
In Hamburg on September 3, a British military court sentenced fourteen of eighteen Gestapo men to death by hanging for their roles in killing 50 Allied air force officers, including six Canadians, during the recapture after the March 1944 escape from Stalag Luft I. Two received life terms and two got ten years. The mass execution date was not set.
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HAMBURG
Germany
Gestapo
Stalag Luft
Silesia
Henry Birkland
Calgary
Gordon A. Kidder
St. Catharines
Ont
George W. Wiley
Windsor
Patrick W Langford
Field
George E. McGill
Toronto
James C. Wenham
Winnipeg
Hite Guard
Sagan
General Strike In Peru Ends
Lima and nearby cities returned to normalcy after President Bustamante suspended the constitutional bill of rights ending a general strike by the Peruvian Federation of Labor. The walkout followed pay demands and reinstatement of discharged workers amid charges of political motives by rightist papers.
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LIMA
Peru
Jose Luis Bustamente Rivera
Peruvian Federation of Labor
First polio death reported in Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw reports its first polio death Wilfrid North as Saskatchewan records 10 new poliomyelitis cases bringing the total to 152. Public health authorities note ongoing outbreaks across the province in September.
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MOOSE JAW
Sask
Saskatchewan
Wilfrid
Regine
BELLE GLADE
Pia
WINNIPEG
C.P
Ogilvie Flour Millis elevator
buperial Oi Company
Canadian National Railways
Dugald
Man
BANK
TORONTO
Royal Bank
Queensway
Rosemead Avenues
Etobicoke
SUAREZ
ECUADOR
QUITO
Eeuador
council of state
Mariano Suares Veintimilla
Carka
Matcheno
LONDON
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British Commonwealth Customs Union
District
SOUTHPORT
england
Trades Union Congress
Commonwealth trade
Hawaii
U. Ss
house of representatives
U.S. senate
Test
Swift Canadian
John Leneglet
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Gales
Bent Teaspoon
Labor
G.B
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