Europeans abducted as Saigon unrest flares a d
In Saigon Indo China Sept 26 41 Europeans were kidnapped by annamites and 10 may have been killed during the uprising. A large fire devastated a marketplace while British troops rescued 32 of the French captives and reported further missing persons. Civilians faced power and water outages as the city endured days of fighting and meat shortages persisted.
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VERN HAUGHLAND
SAIGON
Indo-China
annamites
sonce
Trotous
agai
U-Boat Wolf Pack in Scotland Captured and Prepared for Exhibition
Scots in a Wigtownshire hamlet overlook Loch Ryan as a British guardship and ratings monitor a historic U‑boat wolf pack gathered for display. Seventy-five submarines of varying sizes, still crewed by their German crews, stand at attention under their officers. Some may go on show while others head to the scrap heap. An officer home from Norway notes German pens near Bergen were more cleverly designed than anything along the French coast.
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Wigtownshire
Loch Ryan
London
Ottawa Journal
beauty
Hitler
sparles versunken
Germany
Malaya
Charles Hill
Greenock
Norway
Bergen
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British Field Marshal A Chatterer Accused by Soviet Paper
Moscow dispatch reports the Soviet government newspaper Tzvestia branding Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson a chatterer and saying he was playing a dangerous game by trying to incite Americans against the Soviet Union. Wilson is the British representative on the joint staff mission in Washington and had quoted fear of Soviet influence in Europe. he later denied mentioning Russia.
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MOSCOW
Tzvestia today
Henry Maitland Wilson
Soviet Union
Trouble in Germany Policy Differ
Washington reports growing Allied policy disagreements and German economic peril. Diplomats fear a split of Germany into Russian influenced east and Anglo American western zones, with possible US food aid requests this winter amid brinkmanship and supply shortages.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
Germany
Russia
Europe
United States
Berlin
Macarthur
Patton Reports to Ike on Nazi Eradication Efforts
In Frankfurt on Main Gen. Patton was summoned by Gen. Eisenhower for a personal briefing on Nazi removal from Bavarian public offices. Lt Gen Waller B. Smith said Eisenhower wanted an immediate report on Nazis still in 2nd Army territory and Patton to account for his Bavarian stewardship next week. Patton denied leniency toward Nazis and said victory requires all Nazis to be removed from responsible positions and punished where appropriate.
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FRANKFURT ON MAIN
Eisenhower
Patton
Bavaria
Waller B. Smith
Baviria
BAD TOLZ
Germany
Reuters
George Patton
United States
2rd army
Alberta Man Is Liberated From Hong Kong Captivity
Ottawa dispatch reports Defence headquarters released its 13th official list naming 30 Canadian troops taken prisoner in Hong Kong who are now liberated. The total officially announced as freed reaches 14 968. Included is Alberta corporal Theodore Hauser and family relations noted.
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OTTAWA
Defence headquarters
Hong Kong
Alberta
HAUSER
Theodore
Cpl
eee Freda Hauser
Hilda
Big Five talks ease tension on German peace issue
Amity Reigns Big Five Meet reports a warmer atmosphere as ministers discuss German peace with less focus on Russian participation in the Mediterranean and Allied Balkans. The United States may recognize Hungary, while Britain retains doubt. A December Washington meeting on an Allied Japan control commission is planned with support from Australia and China, amid cautious policy on Japan.
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FLORA LEWIS
LONDON
Big Five council of foreign ministers
Mediterranean
Balkan
United States
foreign office
Washington
Alled control commission
Japan
Australia
Molotov
Ile De France Sails For Canada With Troops
In Southampton the Ile De France 45000 ton troopship departs for Halifax carrying 6358 army personnel and 1100 airmen. The voyage marks continued Canadian troop movements home as the Nieuw Amsterdam sails earlier with over 6000 more soldiers, including Saskatoon’s Saskatoon Light Infantry and batteries from Edmonton and Vancouver.
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SOUTHAMPTON
England
C.P. Cable
RCAF
Tre De France
Canada
Halifax
Ile De France
Nieuw Amsterdam
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Victoria
Canadian Red Cross
OTTAWA
Nieuw Amsterdan
United Kingdom
defence
Saskatoon Light Infantry
M.G
Saskatoon
18th Field Battery
R.C.A. Winnipes
33rd Field Company
2.C.E
Edmonton
Nazi Labor Policy Bans Nazi Members from Jobs in Europe
In Wiesbaden Germany on the 26th, a military government law inquired for U S forces headquarters in the European Theatre prohibits German firms from employing members of the Nazi party or affiliated groups except as ordinary laborers.
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WIESRADEN
Germany
United States
European
Nazi party
Toronto Bank Robbery in Leaside Yields Nearly 15000
Four masked gunmen robbed a Royal Bank of Canada branch in Leaside, escaping with nearly 15000 after firing two warning shots into the wall behind the teller’s cage. The teller, Miss M. E. Rainey, held the payroll funds.
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ORONTO
C.P
Royal Bank of Canada
Leaside
M. E. Rainey
Government Warns On Wheat Price Guarantee For Five Years
Ottawa reports Victor Quelch says government cannot guarantee farmers $1 a bushel for wheat over the next five years, citing potential loss of power. He urges maximum price as compensation for the lows of the 1940s and notes export policy fixes. Trade Minister MacKinnon cites failed 18‑month talks on an interim wheat accord. Independent J L Gibson explains seat change and Liberal cross, while Liberal caucus holds two hour meeting with Prime Minister Mackenzie King signaling focus on current topics.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Victor Quelch
S.C
Acadia
Quelch
J. A. Ross
P.C
Souris
MacKinnoff
British Columbia
Comox-Albern
the
commons today
Liberal party
LIBERAL
parlament
Mackenzie King
New Zealander Wins Bar to V C Only Two Others
AUCKLAND New Zealand Capt Charles Hazlett Upham of the NZEF was awarded a bar to the Victoria Cross for outstanding gallantry in the western desert during the July 1942 El Alamein assault. Upham, wounded at El Alamein and captured, was later released at Germany’s capitulation. He is the first double V C recipient in the Second World War.
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AUCKLAND
N.Z
C.P. Cable
Charles Hazlett Upham
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Fred Jones
Upham
Crete
Eluweisat ridge
PC's Ask For 90 per Parity
In Ottawa the Progressive Conservative call for floor prices on basic farm products at not less than 90 percent of parity sparked in the commons. Lt-Col J A Ross moved the amendment after Bracken’s non confidence measure failed, urging immediate action on a stable price structure for Canadian agriculture pending a broader basis for all farm prices.
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FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
John Bracken
Cal. Ross
commons
Social Credit party
Bracken
Social Credit
Ross
Col. Ross
ASK
Calgary Slayer Describes Bankrobber After Chinatown Killing
Calgary police possess a detailed description of the man who battered Lum Yuen Ing, 65, to death in his shop Monday night. Witnesses gave age 25-30, about 5'10", medium complexion, brown straight hair, thin forehead, sturdy build, about 17 pounds, wearing a brown wool coat, brown dotted suit, pointed shoes. The killer spoke good English with a slight accent. a baker nearby was forced to open the till and hand over $23. Police suspect central European origin based on accent and features.
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CALGARY
Lum Yuen Ing
Stewart
World Heading With Eyes Open For Another War
The Daily Herald of the British Labor party says the world is heading for another war as foreign ministers’ council meetings in London are dominated by power politics and suspicions. It faults the Atlantic and San Francisco charters for having been forgotten.
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LONDON
C.P
The
Daily Herald
British Labor party
The Herald
council of foreign ministers
Lonteon
Atlantic
San Francisco
Sit Out Strike On 85th Floor At Empire State Building
New York September 29. Two men occupy the 85th floor of the Empire State Building during Manhattan’s elevator operators strike. Radio engineers Thomas J. Buzalski and Andrew Hammer Schmidt sit with supplies including canned goods coffee and eggs enough for several days. Buzalski has remained in his NBC television studio since the strike started.
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NEW YORK
Empire State building
Manhattan
Thomas J. Buzalski
Andrew Hammerschmidt
Buzalski
N.BG
Oil Workers Strike Authorized Nationwide Walkout
Oil Workers International Union declared a nationwide strike authorized, potentially involving about 250,000 workers, with 35,000 already on strike in seven states. The action followed a labor management government conference and aims to halt oil refining and production nationwide.
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CHICAGO
Oil Workers International Union
air lncanw
United States
Harvey O'Connor
international wnion
O'Conner
Iabor
New York City
New York
AFL
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Pacific Northwest
Rationing May Shut 18 Mines in Drumheller Valley
Edmonton dispatch reports a potential shutdown of 18 mines affecting over 2,000 workers due to meat rationing. Miners threaten a strike, meetings planned to decide action. Edmonton packing plants and local butchers continue normal operations.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Drumheller Valley
U.MLW.A
Calbury
OTTAWA
J. H. Thomson
Pricta Board
Alberta
KR. Earl Ansley
Ansley
TIGERS
CHICAGO
St. Louis Cardinals
Cubs
Detroit
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland
ARGENTINA
MUENOS
AIRES
Miners threaten Thursday strike over meat rationing
Ottawa is reviewing Alberta miners demand for higher meat rations with a decision expected by September 27. If unfavorable, miners in the Crow's Nest Pass and Calgary area may down tools on Thursday. Packing plant workers and longshoremen join sympathy actions, potentially disrupting exports and overseas commitments.
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Lethbridge
miners’ union
Duanz
Pass
Crow's Nest Pass
U.M.W. of A
Calgary
The Herald
John Stokaluk
Ottawa
Herald
BLAIRMORE
Alberta
UMW
M.W. of A
Boyd
Crow's Nest
C.F
Burns
Union Packing Co
Packinghouse, Butchers and Allied Food Workers’ Union of Canada
Labor Temple
MONTREAL
C.P
Europe
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V. M. Molotov
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Pouliot
Comox-Alberni
Gibson
A. W. Neill
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