Gangster Bullets Wound Four in Sunset Strip Shooting
Four Hollywood figures were struck by gangster fire on the Sunset Strip leaving one bodyguard severely wounded. Mickey Cohen, a central figure in a police vice inquiry, and three associates survived with serious injuries as investigators probe claims of police corruption and hush money.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cowen
Sunset Strip
Harry Cooper
Cohen
California
Dee David
Edward Naddie Herbert
Herbert
Stzaling
Cooper
Harry
Hooky) Rothman
Haberdashery
Grand Jury
Wigherups
Police
Brenda Alien
Hollywood
Vice Squad
Bold Bank Bandits Captured by Police After Holdup
Police captured Victor Nesmarais 23 at Kirkland Lake after a daylight bank robbery in Larder Lake Ontario. Leo Marshall 27 was arrested earlier. he said his partner drowned in the lake during a failed seaplane getaway. Loot estimated between 2000 and 12000 dollars.
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Larder Lake
Ont
Victor Nesmarais
Kirkland Lake
Leo Marshall
Ralph Paul
Noranda
Desmarais
Mirkland
Paul
Marshall
Ontario
Imperial Bank of Canada
Van @Or
Quebec
Hey
Kirkland’ Lake
Lardér Lake
Giant Parade Set to Open City’s Largest Celebration
Readied for Thursday at 10 am the city’s record parade draws 150 entries. Grand marshal Emerson Porter leads from Rotary Park amid a new mixed-class approach and a motorcade escort by Flying Tigers. Officials expect top prizes, judging to finish by 9 45, with dispersal at Hill Road junction.
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Gordon Simmons
Rotary Park
Emerson Porter
North Railway St
Second St
Fifth Ave
Third St
South Railway St
Dispersal Point
Hill Road Junction
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Flying Tigers Motorcycle Club
Lorne’ Thompson
Herman Linder
David Ure
Hector Lang
J. L. Robinson
Wiliam Wylie
M.P
Mack Higdon
Dirk Scholten
Canada Uranium Hunters Use Govt Book as Guide
Ottawa reports 7000 copies of the Prospector's Guide for Uranium and Thorium Minerals in Canada have been distributed since last year. The 41 page pamphlet, free on request, aids private prospectors with locations and minerals, notably pitchblende. It explains handling a geiger counter, licensing, and federal notice only after a find becomes productive.
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Canada
Govt
Ottawa
Department of Mines and Resources
United States
Dominion
Dutch chemists unveil Gallaten to curb fat rancidity
A Dutch chemical industry reports the invention of gallaten, a chemical that prevents fats from going rancid. The new additive aims to extend shelf life of oils and food fats.
Medicine Hat Stampede Preparations Build for Opening
Stampede directors and dozens of workers power 24 hour shifts to ready the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede show opening tomorrow. Weather hangs in balance as cowboys and livestock arrive, with announcer Warren Cooper and arena director Herman Linder coordinating events before noon.
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Stampede
Medicine Hat
Old Sol
Gas City
Warren Cooper
Nanton
Herman Linder
Cardston
Barney Simpson
Joan of Wild Horse
Barney
R.N.W.M.P
Joanie
Mack Higdon
Australia Faces Prolonged Coal Strike Across States
Australian miners remain in a long strike now into its 24th day as New South Wales workers abstain while West Australia and parts of Queensland return to some shifts. The union leadership, dominated by self described Communists, pledges to keep pressure until wage and hour demands are met and jailed leaders are freed. At Kurrikurri near Cessnock, 1,200 miners vote to continue the strike.
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Sydney
Australia
Miners’ Federation
West Australia
Queensland
Perth
Brisbane
New South Wales
Ginnedish
Curlewis
Kurrikurri
Cessnock
Blind man buys camera to aim by sound in Savannah
A Savannah blind man purchased a camera from George Gillins, a local photo shop owner, after asking for equipment he could aim by sound. Gillins said he was too surprised to inquire about the intended use of the pictures.
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Savannah
George Gillins
Gillins
First Mainline Oil Burner Starts Today
The first oil burning steam locomotive in a CPR conversion program leaves Winnipeg pulling the Dominion No. 3 Westbound. The 2800-class engine, converted from coal at Weston Shops and burning Alberta oil, will spark a 16 unit program to power mainline passenger trains to Calgary and beyond.
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Winnipeg
Here
Calgary
Weston Shops
Alberta
E. G. Bowie
Motive Power and Car Department
Bowie
Manitoba
David” Beatt
Portage la Prairie
William Douglas
George Lykas
A. S. Bridges
Lecky Wiggins
C.P.R. Western Lines
Moose Jaw
Calzary
Vancouver
Calgary-Edmonton
British Columbia
Edmonton
C.P.R
Quebec City
India implements large scale food grain rationing plan
The report notes that currently 100,025,000 people are under a controlled distribution system for food grains in India. It highlights the scope of the rationing program and its reach across the population.
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India
Three Man Yukon Territorial Council Elected July 25
A three member elective council will govern the Yukon Territories with Dawson Whitehorse and Mayo electoral districts. Ernest J Crop is already re-elected by acclamation in Dawson. Candidates focus on a Whitehorse school and an all weather highway between Dawson and Whitehorse.
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Dawson
Y.T
Legislative Council
Northern Territory
Yukon
Department of Mines and Resources
Yukon Territories
Whitehorse
Mayo
Ernest J. Crop
Canada
J. i. Gibbson
Russia accuses big powers of forcing Italy into NATO
London dispatch reports Russia charging Britain, the United States and France with pressuring Italy to violate its peace treaty by joining the North Atlantic Pact. Italian officials call the claim surd and deny plans to expand armaments beyond treaty limits.
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London
Russia
Italy
Britain
Foreign Office
Chamber of Deputies
Christian Democrats
Paris
Washington
United States
France
Truman Promises U S Leadership to Maintain Peace
President Truman declared the United States must lead democracies to preserve peace. He cited broken Russian promises and noted increased tensions behind the Iron Curtain after the United Nations charter and Japan's collapse. Speaking at Shrine dinner after Soldier Field remarks, he warned neutrality would threaten global destruction.
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Chicago
Truman
United States
Japan
Soldier Field
Shriners of North America
United Nations
Portugal to debate ratification of Atlantic pact
Portugal’s national assembly to convene an extraordinary session Monday to consider ratifying the Atlantic pact. Lisbon decided to join the pact last March.
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Lisbon
Reuters
Portugal
National Assembly
Falls 70 Feet Injures Workman in Edmonton
Harry Van Horn survived a 70 foot fall from a construction hoist in Edmonton. He faces hospital discharge as doctors report only minor cuts and bruises with a good recovery outlook.
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Edmonton
Harry van Horn
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Burt’s Studios
W. Manson
Prairie Region
Big 3
U.S
Medicine Hat Stampede Co
Moose Hall
Selah
Medicine Hat Tigers
City
New Club Cafe
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