Arnhem Trap and Spy Confession in World War II Tale
A long excerpt from COL Orest e Pinto describes Allied counter espionage and the Arnhem air landings. He recounts Dutch informer Cornelis Verloop's exposure as a spy and the planned paratroop drops by Montgomery to seize the North German plain. The piece traces betrayals and the costly outcome of the Arnhem operation.
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Amsterdam
Arnhem
Grave
Nijmegen
Maas Canal
Waal
Britain
Montgomery
Arkness
Tay’an
iSupreme
Allied ’ Expeditionary Force
Trai
Lin
Eindhoven
Cornelis -Verloop
Alberta Chambers of Commerce Discuss Resolutions
RED DEER CP The Alberta Associated Chambers of Commerce annual meeting opened with executive delegates selecting 25 resolutions for presentation at the general convention today. Proposals cover rural electrification financing by municipalities, forest conservation to prevent floods and erosion, tax reform for small business, land and mineral rights, pension means tests, homeless aid, and infrastructure plans including a north south highway and a Yellowhead route gas line.
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Red Deer
Alberta
Chambers. of Commerce
Toda
Tocar Vince
Seely
Edmonton
Hus
Spo
Daysland
Sunderland
Crown
The
Leslieville
eThe Vegreville Chamber
Manitoba
Vegreville | Board
United Kingdom
Ethbridge
Chamb
Transportation
Jasper Chamber
Yellowhead
Quebec time bombing case sees new arrest and stay
Probable new arrest connected to a 1949 airliner bombing. Antoine Guay faces murder charges with the Crown alleging he aided in assembling the time bomb that killed his wife and 23 others. Genéreux Ruest, watchmaker, was arrested as an accessory before the fact. The solicitor general said Justice Albero Sevigny granted a stay of execution for J Albert Guay until January 12.
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Auebec
Antoine Rivard
Quebec
Albero Sevigny
J. Albert Guay
Guay
Genéreux
Noel ‘Dorian
Ruest
Smilestones Heroine Sour Note Sparks Balcony Mockery
A fragmentary theater scene captures a hostile response from a balcony audience member who complains about a melodrama while another voice defends paying for the show. The snippet hints at audience tension and mixed reception in a theater setting.
Britain faces choice between weapons and welfare
The Economist warns Britain may be forced to choose between funding defence and welfare as social service costs rise. It notes defence and social service expenditures now consume about 12.8 and 17.5 percent of national income respectively, with welfare taking a growing share of every pound earned.
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Britain’s
Britain
Bious
Winnipeg Lines Finally Restored After Flood
Winnipeg CPR trains resumed service east of the river as floodwaters receded. Crews report no activity on land with Moris flood lake area 41 miles south of Winnipeg nearly emptied. Boniface district dries, cleanups begin amid staked municipal estimates.
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Winnipeg
Tegular
Emerson
CPR
Railway. Employes
Moris
Winni Boniface
Eden Sues Wife for Divorce on Desertion Grounds
Anthony Eden files for divorce from Beatrice Beckett Eden on grounds of desertion. The action, disclosed in the divorce docket, lists Eden as the petitioner and Beatrice Eden as the defendant and notes the couple wed in 1923. Their elder son Simon Eden died in Burma in 1945. the younger son is a college student.
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Eden
Beatrice
Helen Beckett
Gervase Beckett
Simon
Tion
Burma
New York
John ‘Loder
Holllywood
Hedy ; Lamarr
Scientists Report Atomic Shuffle Linked to Cancer
Researchers Dr. Christopher Carruthers and Dr. Valentina Suntzeff of Washington University School of Medicine report a yellowish fatlike chemical found in both normal and cancerous cells. The atomic arrangement shifts in cancer across mouse and human studies, suggesting a link to cancer formation. They are testing whether X-ray treatment reverses the change and aim to forecast future directions.
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Citerial
Reitsons
Christopher Carruthers
Valentina’ Suntzeff
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
Carruthers
Suntzeff
New Window Device Lets Shoppers Order From Displays
A New York invention uses a sound recording tape in a window device called tell it to. Shoppers deposit a quarter and name the item, then provide address. The next morning orders are transcribed and delivered to buyers.
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New York
Plane crash near Miami leaves Puerto Rican workers dead
The twin engine airliner en route from San Juan to Wilmington with 62 Puerto Rican migrant workers aboard went down 275 miles east of Miami Monday night. Eight were confirmed dead with 20 others missing as Coast Guard continued the search aided by three coast guard planes and an Air Force craft. The pilot and co pilot and a steward were among those rescued. Investigators said the engine failure from a CAA approved repair station caused the tragedy.
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Miami
Fla
Pla
Charleston
Atlantic
Aurora
Coast Guard
San Juan
Wilmington
N.C
Fernando
Abor
Washington
Gordon
Matthews
Vassistant
Civil ‘Aeronautics | Administration
Westair
Aviation Corporaton
Seattle
Wash
Westair Company
CAA
Prairie crop report notes sowing progress and mixed conditions
Ottawa reports show Saskatchewan and Manitoba farmers facing mixed conditions with seeding near completion and early wheat crops doing well. Sugar beets planting has begun and hay conditions vary, with some southern belts needing rain while cultivation and thinning of beets start in earnest.
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Ottawa (Cp
Saskatistics
Manitoba
The
Bureau
Mtn
Vulcan
Cole
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