Waning Tourist Season Seen Best On Record In Canada
A Canadian Press survey of preliminary estimates shows 1948 tourist traffic into Canada tops 1837 figures, with Ottawa projecting over $260 million in tourist spending by year end. Despite fires, cold and floods, British Columbia seeks about $40 million of the trade, while Alberta areas like Banff and Jasper report brisk business amid floods in spring.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
Ontario
british Columbia
Ottawa
ister of industry
Pacific northwest
Profit Sharing Woollen Mill Owner at 98 in Batley
The 98 year old Batley mill owner, famed for profit sharing with workers, recently urged British industrialists to adopt the policy as sound business and a remedy to communism. He has distributed about 10,690,900 dollars to employees over 50 years, believing workers reinvested it well. He argues workers “work with me” not “for me,” and that profit sharing improves efficiency.
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Batley
Yorkshire
St. Thomas Times Journal
London
shen ie
sears
Toesner
World Leaders Shocked At Bernadotte Assassination
Reports from Prime Minister and UN officials express shock and dismay over the Friday assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte. President Truman, in Crestline, says he is shocked and saddened by the death. The killing raises anxiety about Palestine and world stability as leaders react worldwide.
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Count Folke Bernadotte
Truman
United Nations
U.N
Palestine
Crestline
Ohile
Count Bernadette
Bernadotte
CANADA
Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
Widow of Gold Rush Veteran Faces Trial
Whitehorse Yukon dispatch reports Annie Hajten facing trial after a preliminary hearing. She and her 19 year old son Eddie described fearing for their lives when Hajten shot 80 year old Jonas Hayden in their cabin at Liver City after his alleged abuse and restraint. Hayden, once Kalamazoo miner, had protected the Yukon during the years before the 1898 gold rush.
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WHITEHORSE
Aubrey Simmons
Annie Haye
Eddie
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Jonas Hayden
Liver City
Whitehose
Yukon
Smmons
Hajten
John Hayden
Pormierly
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hayden
irritory
Makes Formal Surrender in Hyderabad Military Move
Maj Gen Edroos surrendered to Maj Gen Chaudhri at 4 30 pm on the Solapur Hyderabad road. Chaudhri named military governor of Hyderabad state with military administration. All ministers placed under house arrest. A 10 hour curfew began in Hyderabad city and Secunderabad at 7 pm. Surrender of private arms ordered. Razakars noted. continued on page...
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Reuters
EGUNDER ABAD
Hyderabad
El Edroos
J. N. Chaudhri
1st armored division
Chaudhri
Hyderabad state
nizam
Syed Kasim Razah
razakar
Hyderabad city
Seccunderabad
Nizht
Solapur
razakars
Three Year Old Tractor Driver Thrills Joliet Area
In Joliet a truck farmer recounts that his three year old son steered a tractor pulling a trailer of green onions. The boy claimed migratory farm workers taught him to operate the machine. He demonstrated starting stopping and shifting gears and now drives regularly.
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JOLIET, T
George Bonds
Joliet
Grenade Attack on Burmese Former Foreign Minister in Rangoon
An unknown assailant threw a grenade at the car of U Tin Tut, former Burmese foreign minister, in Rangoon. The device exploded injuring him in the legs and leaving him unconscious hours later. Two orderlies were injured while the driver and bodyguard were unharmed. Observers suspect a political motive tied to insurgent clashes.
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RANGOON
Reuters
U Tin Tut
Aung Sang
Burma
West Envoys Meet Molotov Again in Moscow
Britain, the United States and France dispatched a third delegation to the Kremlin to confer with Foreign Minister Molotov. The Moscow four power talks on east west differences over Germany have continued for 51 days.
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MOSCOW
Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Germany
Victoria Civic Memorial Arena Faces Cost Chaos
Victoria’s Civic Memorial Arena project has spiraled from a 215000 war memorial plan in 1944 to around 759000 committed, with four council committees and six contractors in charge. Mayor Percy E. George denies graft claims as controversy grows and a special inquiry may be called.
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VICTORIA
Memorial arena
Percy E. George
Goering's Own Story Told in The Herald Serial
Hermann Goering, once the top Nazi after Hitler, recounts his role and the Battle of Britain in prison. He spoke to Werner Bross and the Herald will publish twelve installments starting Monday.
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ARSHAL Hermann Goering
Britain
Hitler
Werner Bross
Herald
Jerusalem imposes curfew after Bernadotte killing
All 90,000 Jews in Jerusalem placed under house arrest as Israeli army imposes curfew after the assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte. Roadblocks halt travel, with trucks urging residents to stay home. arrests reported as authorities seek members of the Stern gang. In Paris, UN Secretary General Lie moves the Palestine question to full UN membership meeting next week.
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Jerusalem
Associated Press
ERUSALEM
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
ant
Holy City
Paris
Trygve Lie
Palestine
Hope Not Yet Abandoned For Missing Navy Plane
Victoria report notes a newborn baby in hospital doing nicely after blood draining to save life. Baby born Thursday to Staff Sgt. C. E. McKerracher and wife faced jaundice and RH positive blood factor. mother RH negative. Red Cross blood from Vancouver used to replace blood.
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VICTORIA
E. MckKerracher
Full Cowboy Outfit Ready For French Boy
A full Canadian cowboy suit is prepared for six year old William Gray son of the mayor of a commune near Pourville France. The Weyburn Saskatchewan Legion supplied the hat gloves and boots for the gift from Weyburn and Premier Douglas will present it at a plaque unveiling on October 24 at Pourville to honor the South Saskatchewan Regiments unit’s Dieppe raid action.
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REGINA
Pratville
France
Dieppe
Saskatchewan
Weyburn
S.S.R
William Gray
Commune
Pourville
William
London
Graham Spry
Canada
Hope not abandoned safety of five aboard missing C-45 Beechcraft
The Pas reports a United States navy plane missing since Sunday on a 450 mile flight from Churchill to The Pas. Rescue teams now number over 39 in a Canadian American effort the largest aerial search in Dominion history. The aircraft carried ra tions and jungle kits but not clear supplies. locals and trappers north of The Pas assist with sightings as a Norse man aircraft scans the area.
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PAS
Hope
United States navy
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Air force
Manitoba
Dominion
R.C.A.F
Sqdn
Ldr
Jack Howe
Observant bus driver helps solve mystery in Brandon
In Brandon on September 18 an observant bus driver, Ken Staufice, helped police trace a suspect in the abduction of five week old Penelope Palidwar from a carriage and a Brandon grocery store. The suspect, Betty Lou Struth, faces court next Thursday on a theft and abduction charge after a bundle of baby clothing worn by the child was found behind a bus depot washroom. The baby’s mother Evelyn Palidwar said she was inside the store for only minutes. The story also notes a separate Elgin Field, Florida incident where thirty three army infantrymen were injured by bombing in a troop concentration.
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BRANDON
Near
Peirice
Ken Staufice
Killarney
Killarney, Man. In the maxm[rag stone ard who had returned in the glemoon
Stauffers
Penelope Susan Palidwar
Betty Lou
Jack
Struth
iplea
Thurxay
Mra Struth
Evelyn Paldwar
Calgary
hig wie
Englard anile
RCAP
ELGIN FIELD
Fla
air force
High Schools Fall Down is Charge
Vancouver report shows three quarters of Canadians believe high schools fail to fit youth for useful careers. Dominion survey by the Canadian research committee on practical education, British Columbia branch, presented by research director A. G. McColl. He says schools are failing in their most important function.
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VANCOUVER
Rept
Canadian research committee on
British Columbia
A. G. McColl
Jet Engineer Whittle Heads to Seattle for Talk
Sir Frank Whittle, famed jet engine designer, arrived in Montreal from London en route to Seattle to present his views on jet engine development at an aviation planning conference. He endorsed turbo jet transport with propeller forerunners and urged airlines to start turbine installations while citing improved air traffic control. He will depart Montreal for Vancouver later today via Trans-Canada Air Lines.
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MONTREAL
Britain
Sir Frank Whittle
London
mnd
Seattle
Frank
transports
Vancouver
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Mystery of Babe And the Bottle
A naked baby sat on a curb sucking an empty bottle at a busy Chicago intersection. Police took the infant to the station where Helen Hussey reported her 11 month old son Thomas missing. She had left the child in the bathtub for soap and returned to find him gone. The source could not explain the bottle’s origin.
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CHICAGO
Helen Hussey
Thomas
Mommie
Ten Killed In 0 C Crash At Manston
At Manston Kent England on September 18 1940 a Mosquito bomber of the RAF crashed during a Battle of Britain memorial program. Ten people died and others were burned beyond recognition as the aircraft struck cars and a 32 seater coach. The pilot and navigator were among the dead. Ambulances took the injured to Ramsgate General Hospital.
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MANSTON
Kent
England
R.A
Ramsgate
Hunters Find Murray Plane In Northland
Grande Prairie Alta Sep 18 Hunters report locating the plane carrying Dr H M Murray of Washington DC that crashed in the Grande Prairie district. Dr Murray survived the wreck though the craft was upside down. Hunters H M Jardine and Aubrey Gardiner of West Branch Mich found Murray about 20 miles from the crash site and aided him after exposure and hunger.
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GRANDE PRAIRIE
Alta
Murray
Washington D.C
Edmont
H. M. Jardine
Aubrey Gardiner
West Branch
Mich
Fatherland Front claims responsibility for slayings
Reports from Jerusalem detail a new group calling itself The Fatherland Front claiming credit for the Berna dette Serrot killings. Jewish leaders and rival groups deny involvement. Other items note a 500-person death toll from a landslide in Assam, arrests in Tel Aviv over terrorism, a fatal clash with De Gaulle supporters in Grenoble, Western Union defence ministers set for Paris, rising Alberta polio cases, a bomber crash near Kansas City, and an archival note.
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FATHERLAND FRONT
JERUSALEM
A.P
Bernadette-Serrot
Lssson
Stern zang
grown
Leumi
GUAMATI
Assam
India
Rentera
TEL AVIV
Israel
Foike Bernadotte
DE GAULLE
Charles De Gaulle
WESTERN UNION
PARIS
LONDON
Reuters
Defenece
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
Alr Forte
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HHlHiye
Nizam of Hyderabad
Bonds
George, Jr
Civic Memorial Arena
Goering
Pakistan
Central Press
Bengal
Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Nazimuddin
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Babe And
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0.C
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