US Pleads for UN Harmony in Assembly Opening
In New York the United States plans a realistic push for harmony at the United Nations as General Assembly opens. Secretary Marshall will lead the U S delegation and deliver a major address amid deteriorating international relations and calls to limit the Big Five veto.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
Cantuan Press
NEW YORK
United States
United Nations
general assembly
Flushing
Marshall
U.N
Russia
security council
Balkan
Greece
Canada
Three Hurt In Two-Truck Crash Near Car Stairs
At 12 30 a m Thursday a two truck crash on Car Stairs left three injured. Leonard Windsor Black Diamond remains unconscious with a fractured skull and possible brain injuries. Edwin Robson 19 Toronto has a fractured jaw dislocated hip and lacerations and is resting comfortably. Glen Champion 35 Black Diamond has possible head injuries a dislocated knee and lacerations and is improving.
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CALGARY
Leonard Windsor
Black Diamond
Edwin Robson
Toronto
Glen Champion
Tramps' Parson Tracks Ex Army Hobos Across England
The article reports rising numbers of casual wards and lodging houses in the South Midlands. Ex service men, many khaki churchgoers, wander aimlessly as a growing hobo movement concerns Rev. F Jennings, a Northampton Congregational minister known as the Tramps' Parson. He walked 400 miles on a road trip to study the trend after demobilization. He warns rationing and identity cards may not curb the problem if left unaddressed.
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South Midlands
England
F. Jennings
Colwin Road
Northampton
Jennings
Just Sleepy Man Surprises Car Passengers in Chicago
In Chicago on September 13 Jacob Heimansan aged 74 dozed aboard a street car. Passengers misread his sleep as a coma and urged the motorman to aid a dying man. Fire crews arrived and Captain William McDonald offered an inhalator. Heimanson replied he was just sleepy.
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CHICAGO
Jacob Heimansan
William McDonald
Heiman San
Helmanson
Reina Del Pacifico Death Toll Reaches Seventeen
The Reina Del Pacifico engine room blast left 17 dead with three missing and 22 in serious condition in Belfast hospitals. The 17,702 ton liner, refitted after troop service, was on a trial voyage in the Irish Sea when the explosion occurred. An investigation has been ordered by the transport ministry as plasma shipments and dramatic hospital accounts followed the disaster.
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BELFAST
Irish Sea
transport ministry
Canada Poised To Win Seat On Security Council
Washington dispatch says Canada is ready to take a two year term on the United Nations Security Council with majority support from voting nations. External Affairs Minister St Laurent announced candidacy in Ottawa as diplomats here foresee Canada receiving votes in New York next week. L Dana Wisgress is seen as a likely permanent delegate and L B Pearson may chair a Palestine ad hoc committee if formed.
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WASHINGTON
C.P
Canada
United Nations security council
U.N
general assembly
New York
Ottawa
St. Laurent
une
L. Dana Wisgress
Switzerland
Russia
H. V. Evatt
L. B. Pearson
Palestine
commission
Record Tourist Influx Pushes Canada Past 225 Million
Canadian Press reports tourists will surpass last year’s 40 million visitations with spending likely above 225 million dollars. Higher prices, longer stays, and revived facilities including the Toronto fair boosted travel receipts this year. The warm September outlook suggests continued arrivals and strong business for Canadian tourism.
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Canada
Toronto
Canadian Travel Bureau
Ask Guerrillas To Surrender
The Greek parliament passed an amnesty bill offering pardon to guerrillas who surrender within a month. Premier Themistokles Sophoulis backed the move to end rebellion, after a heated debate. Proclamations will be dropped by military aircraft over guerrilla areas urging surrender.
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ATHENS
A.P
Themistokles Sophoulis
pon
Crop Forecasting Experiments At Dominion Farm
Crop forecasting experiments at the Dominion Experimental Farm in Swift Current Saskatchewan aim to judge soil moisture at feeding time to improve wheat harvest prospects. Led by Dr. J L Doughty, the program seeks to cut seed waste and predict yields by long term moisture storage strategies and careful land management amid sparse three month rainfall.
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SWIFT CURRENT
Sask
Dominion Experimental Farm
J. L. Daughty
Doughty
Arab Labor Federation leader Sami Taha assassinated in Haifa
Sami Effendi Taha 33 secretary general of the Arab Labor Federation was killed last night at his Haifa home by sub machine gun fire. He opposed Na Amin El Hussein and supported Musa El Alam and Jamal El Husseini, urging hardline stance on Jewish immigration if Palestine gains independence.
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JERUSALEM
Sami Effendi Taha
Arab Labor Federation
Na' Amin El Hussein
mutti
Haifa
Taha
Kings Way
inder
Musa El Alam
London
muff
Jamal El Husseini
Palestine Arab
Tahahari
Hussein
Al Wahda
Alami
mufti
Palestine
Big Three Plants Close Worry Ends for Mexican Worker
WORRY ENDS BALTIMORE. Hortencis Medicina of Mexico City will receive his pay after a long detour. Mrs Idj Biederbovk found his envelope containing 10 pesos and three contayne in a box of bubble gum and is sending the money back to the Mexican company.
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BALTIMORE
Hortencis Medicina
Mexico City
Idj Biederbovk
United States
Strike Threatens to Cripple Overseas Meat Shipments
Canadian press reports a prolonged nationwide meat strike crippling 75 percent of domestic supply and threatening overseas shipments. Burns and Burns and Company and Swift Canada workers walkouts spread across 21 plants, with 11,820 unionized staff affected. As shortages loom, government conciliation efforts fail and meatless days emerge amid heightened panic buying.
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Canada
Burns and Company
Prince Albert
Sask
Swift
Canada, Packers Limited
Burns
Winniper
United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.0
Dominion
Ontario labor department
Montreal
Quebec
west
Saskatchewan
adrawal
Slayings of George Vigus and Iris Scott Stun Toronto
Detectives yesterday pressed the hunt for the Slayer of George Vigus and Iris Scott as investigators sought the scene of the killings and a possible motive. Police said the couple were killed and jammed into a luggage compartment of a small car, then left in a High Park tovers' lane.
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TORONTO
George Vigus
Iris Scott
tovers’ lane
west end
lisister
Vigus
Amalgamation Unites Air Freight Across Commonwealth
An integration of aviation interests creating a Britain Australia and South Africa based network was announced. The plan places air freighters on par with tramp steamships and aims to lower air freight charges substantially.
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LONDON
Reuters
aviation ierests
Britain
Australia
South Africa
Canadian UN delegate named for general assembly
Ma J M E Clarkson an army officer in general staff at army headquarters is appointed to Canada's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly and will depart for New York soon. Government reports show Venezuela regaining control of rebel pockets in the east and west with La Fria retaken. Joseph Pancer, 43, proprietor of a downtown cigar store in Toronto, was robbed of 2100 dollars by two youths outside his home. A Vancouver windstorm caused widespread outages with a two hour blackout in key districts. Newfoundland talks with Canada on Confederation entry to be concluded by Sept 29. Alberta backs a voluntary prepaid medical plan announced at CMA session in Edmonton.
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U.N
OTTAWA
J. M. E. Clarkson
army headquarters
general assembly of the
United Nations
New York
CARACAS
Venezuela
defence ministry
La Fria
TORONTO
Joseph Pancer
VANCOUVER
Snaughnessy
west end
east end
Shaughnessy
NEWFOUNDLAND
C.P
Canada
islind
Confederation
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EDMONTON
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