Canada plane crash kills seventy nine near Quebec
Seventy nine die as a Maritime Central Airways DC-4 crashes into a swamp near Issoudun Quebec during a flight from London to Toronto. Victims include many Ontario veterans returning home and former British servicemen. Investigators consider lightning as a possible cause while debris and bodies are scattered over two acres.
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Quebec
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Maritime Central Airways
Toronto
London
Ontario Veterans’ Association
Moose Jaw girl killed in highway crash near Medicine Hat
Carol Ann Farmer 18 of Moose Jaw died after a car she drove left the old No 1 highway east of Medicine Hat at about 5 AM. The car skidded 15 feet outside the city, bounced 12 feet, cleared a barbed wire fence, and rested on its wheels on F and M Ranch property. Two other occupants Gordon Johnson 21 and Oliver Samson 27 remained in hospital. Johnson works at Dominion Glass Redcliff. Samson with a local plumbing firm. Farmer’s body sent to Moose Jaw for services. parents in Medicine Hat.
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Carol Ann Farmer
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Gordon Johnson
Oliver ‘Samson
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Dominion Glass Company
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Queen St
Phoning City
Cook
Trains Collide Near Eindhoven Killing Six
Two express trains the Eindhoven Rotterdam line and a Amsterdam bound train collided near Eindhoven. Six people were killed and about 50 injured according to first reports. Doctors and ambulances rushed to the scene.
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Eindhoven, Holland
Reuters
Eindhoven
Weather winds shift as Alberta clears. Saskatchewan stays damp
Central Alberta saw heavy thundershowers Sunday with over an inch of rain. conditions move east with drier air returning to Alberta today and tomorrow. Saskatchewan remains unsettled with showers today and a turn to sun and warmer weather by Tuesday.
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Saskatchewan
Calgary
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Swift Current
Saskatoon
Poland Party Ends Nationwide Pep Meetings Amid Economic Strife
In Warsaw the Polish Communist party halted a countrywide series of pep meetings as economic troubles rise. Authorities report a large portion of the 1.4 million members have withdrawn from political work, while production lags despite a formal drive. A leadership letter warned workers no wage hikes this year and that strikes would hinder improvement.
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Poland
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Woman Missed Fatal Flight Near Quebec Crash
In Toronto a phone call relays that Mrs. Hilda Ashton was initially listed among 79 dead aboard a Maritime Central Airways crash near Quebec. She had planned to fly, but after a family reunion in Sittingbourne and a visit to Germany, telegrams urged her home for her husband’s hospital admission. She later stayed in Sittingbourne and boarded a Winnipeg bound plane, arriving July 26.
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Quebec
Ashton
Sittingbourne
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Montreal
Smiletones Education Mystery in Knowledge Transmission
The article ponders a hidden process where information moves from professor notes to a student’s notebook via fountain pen, seemingly bypassing both minds. It casts doubt on traditional learning pathways and invites reflection on how learning actually occurs.
Crash in B C Set Record as Canada’s Worst
The Sunday report notes a Maritime Central Airways passenger crash near Quebec City as Canada’s worst ever aviation disaster. It lists prior major accidents including Trans-Canada Air Lines in 1956 with 62 deaths and multiple RCAF, CPA, and commercial crashes dating from 1946 to 1956 across Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Alaska and the Yukon.
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Quebec City
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Sault
Au Cochon
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Anchorage
Alaska
Vancouver
Queen” ‘Charlotte Airlines
Nanaimo
U.S
Smith
Moose
Calgary
Sister Aircraft Completes Trip After Brush With Crash
The Maritime Central Airways DC-4 sister flight, carrying 70 MCA employees, completed a three week British Isles holiday and landed at Malton airport 45 minutes after its due time following a prior crash near Quebec City.
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Toronto
Maritime Central Airways
Quebec City
United Kingdom
Anaconda’ ‘Brass
Imperial Veterans
Canadian ‘Legion
Ontario Command
Malton
MCA
British Isles
Rebels Lose Nizwa as Oman Uprising Crumbles
British led forces capture Nizwa after four weeks of siege as Imam Ghaleb ben Ali and ally Taleb flee toward Izki. Rebel pockets remain in Firq and Firg with about 400 men reportedly, though estimates vary.
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Sam Pope Brewer
New York Times
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J. A.’R. Robertson
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Firg
Saudi Arabia
Fort Downs
Clear Mystery Toronto Deaths
Police said blood tests showed asphyxiation killed three family members found in their Vaughan Road home. Arnold Kirke 63 Am elia 60 and David 24 were discovered by officers who climbed a ladder to a bedroom window after neighbors alerted authorities. A gas type water heater in the basement left burning produced carbon monoxide fumes that filled the shut dwelling, as the flame used up oxygen Tuesday night.
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Amelia
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Pilot Ramsay blamed for 1954 Brampton crash
Montreal report recalls Norman Ramsay a Trans-Canada Air Lines pilot censured for poor airmanship after a December 1954 belly landing near Toronto Malton airport. Fellow pilots and MPs defended him, citing fatigue from long duty hours before the Tampa to Toronto run.
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Norman Ramsay
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Canada
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Toronto
Malton
Maritime Central Neek Ke See
Ramsay Ves
Eight Die as Royal Dutch Navy Plane Crashes Near Meruake
A Royal Dutch Navy flying boat crashed near Meruake in Dutch New Guinea killing eight of the 10 aboard. The aircraft was en route to drop supplies to an advance team of scientists preparing a site for an expedition to unmapped areas of Dutch New Guinea next year.
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Dutch New Guinea
Reuters
Meruake
New Guinea
Dutch ,New Guinea
Daily Sketch contests for prize man headline
The Daily Sketch announces a new prize in its London contest a handsome 49 year old former army major Chris Powell. The prize winner may request legal acts and activities but not illegal ones. Powell is described as six feet two and fit enough for diverse tasks.
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London
Daily Sketch
Sketch
Chris Powell
Powell
Rescue Abandons Trapped Alpini on Eiger North Wall
Gruesome rescue of alpinists on the Eiger north wall ends as operation is abandoned. Only one climber Claudio Corti of Lecco survives, arriving by stretcher at Interlaken hospital after blizzards halted further efforts.
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Eiger Mountain
Claudio “Corti
Lecco
Italy
Eiger
Interlake
World jubilee jamboree ends with vast bartering at Sutton Park
Scouts from 84 countries traded badges knives and uniforms as 35 000 campers prepare to depart Sutton Park Warwickshire after two weeks of events. Canadian leader Eli Boyaner praised the conduct and spirit of his contingent while 200 tons of gear are shipped home from the camp.
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Tauschen
Eric Shill
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Richmond
Que
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Regina
Maurice’ Tetreault
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Lancashire
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London
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Birmingham
Canada
Eli‘Boyaner
Saint John
N.B
Russian Youth Festival Ends With Arms Plea
Moscow's 15 day world youth festival closed with a Lenin Stadium ceremony urging 34 000 delegates to oppose nuclear weapons. Bruno Bernini appealed for abolition of atomic and hydrogen bombs as crowds of Russians and guests gathered for the event.
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World Federation of Democratic Youth
U.S. State Department
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Red
Landslides Threaten 10000 in Central Japan Storms
In central Japan a violent thunderstorm triggered about 30 landslides as 10000 rescue workers face danger in Gunma region. Thousands evacuate to higher ground while Assikaga City police radio reports Wan trase River in full flood and a 12 foot tidal wave washed away three bridges.
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Reuters
Japan
Gunma
Assikaga
Wantrase
An SQ
Canadian educationists mocked as “screwballs with silly ideas”
In Geneva, Grant Davey of the University of Alberta branded Canadian educationists as screwballs with silly ideas at the closing of the 26th annual Couching Conference. He faulted education administrators for stifling teachers, while noting teachers are generally better today than in his own school days.
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Grant Davey
University of Alberta
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Hugh Keenleyside
Holland To Name Holyoake as Prime Minister Successor
In New Zealand Parliament a National Party caucus announced Prime Minister Holland will nominate Keith Jack Holyoake, deputy PM, as his successor. Holland plans to retire after naming a capable leader while health is not the main factor. He said doctors advised him to prepare for leadership transition.
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Keith Jack Holyoake
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Warwick Brothers Make Progress in Negotiations
The three hockey playing Warwick brothers Grant Bill and Dick spoke at a press conference this afternoon saying a decision would come within a week. They discussed plans to set up a business and join the Cant clubs with Medicine Hat Regina and an expert expected to be announced soon.
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