Berserk veteran kills 12 in Camden New Jersey rampage
A 22 year old war veteran opened fire on a Camden street in a 45 minute spree killing 12 people and wounding five. The victims included two boys five women and five men as police call it the citys worst mass murder. The shooter Unruh dressed in a light suit began at a rooming house then moved to a drug store and a barber shop before continuing.
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Camden
N.J
United States
Marshall Thompson
New Jersey
Delaware River
Philadelphia
C.C.T
Unruh
Morris Cohen
Cohen
Tle
Charles
Shirley May Falls Short In English Channel Swim
Shirley May France, a 17 year old from Somerset Massachusetts, abandoned her attempt after 10 hours in icy waters. She was within about six miles of Dover when coach Harry Boudakian pulled her from the Channel. Her father J Walter France cried with her as helpers restrained her.
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English Channel
Shirley May
France
Somerset
Mass
England
Cap Gris Nez
Dover
Harry Boudakian
Boudakian
J. Walter France
British and Canadian Officials Open Conference in New York
Bevin and Sir Stafford Cripps head to New York for a British American Canadian financial conference at the state department. Canadian Finance Minister Abbott and L. B. Pearson join others as they seek a workable long term Britain relief plan amid cautious optimism and questions about Marshall Plan funding.
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Bevin
Stafford Cripps
New York
Mauretania
State Department
Britain
Abbott
Canada
L. B. Pearson
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States Treasury
Europe
Washington Post
Morgenthau
Paul Hoffman
United States
Hoffman
Glass walls mark Bonn parliament opening in permanent design
West Germanys new parliament will meet in glass walled buildings with bleachers outside for spectators. An entire wall of the upper house and two walls of the lower house are transparent from floor to ceiling. The glass walls are described as permanent features though the outside seating is temporary.
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Bonn
Germany
ASP
West Germany
Bundesrat
Funeral services for John Francis Percival in Edmonton
Funeral services are held in Edmonton for John Francis Percival 56 longtime deputy provincial treasurer who died Saturday during an operation. He served 16 years in Alberta's treasury.
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Edmonton (Cp
John Francis Percival
Alberta
Labor Day Weekend Fatalities Across Canada and U S
Canadian press tally shows 21 deaths in Ontario and 40 total violent deaths in Canada during Labor Day weekend with four missing. In the United States more than 400 people died in accidents during the three day holiday, including 379 auto fatalities and 45 drownings, surpassing the 1987 high.
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Ontario
Canada
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Chicago
United States
CBC Radio Licence Proposal Sparks Call for Impartial Regulator
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters urged a separate, fully impartial regulatory body for all broadcasting, private and CBC alike, in a royal commission brief. It pressed revisions to the Canadian Broadcasting Act, equal rights for CBC in the commercial field, and immediate private entry into television with a dedicated regulator.
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Ottawa
CBC
Canadian Association of Broadcasting
Royal Commission On Arts and Science
Canada
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
CBC board urges doubling radio licence fee for CBC expansion
The CBC board of governors told the royal commission that the annual 2.50 licence for radio sets should be increased to fund expansion and improvements. It urged keeping current powers over radio while noting costs rising faster than revenues. The 15,000 word brief argues broadcasting serves the public interest and calls for a national, publicly owned radio system with adequate resources and powers.
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CBC
Ottawa
CBC Board of Governors
Royal Commission On Arts and Science
Canada
Royal Commission
Oil find north of Taf hits oil in drillstem test near Oyen
Oyen Wheat King No 1 wildcat, about six miles southwest of Oyen Alta and 85 miles north of Medicine Hat, shows 500 feet of 24 gravity crude oil in a test at 3335 feet after a prior 3195 foot test yielded 250 feet of oil. Sponsored by Owen Wheat King syndicate. Imperial Oil reports Redwater producers up to 40 with Redwater No 28 open flow 1572 bpd and Redwater No 30 potential 1192 bpd on short tests.
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Calgary
Oyen Wheat King No
Oyen
Alta
Medicine Hat
Owen Wheat King Syndicate
Imperial Oil Ltd
Imperial Redwater No
Commission Weighs Private Radio Expropriation Issue in Canada
Ottawa hearings on arts and science commission briefs outline the balance between CBC and private stations. Peter Wright cites 13 basic issues including the place of private broadcasting, calls for more Canadian programs, a second French network, broader local talent use, and potential FM expansion.
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Pttawa
Peter Wright
Royal Commission On Arts and Science
Canada
CBU
CBC
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Wright
BBC
Britain
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Montreal
Toronto
United States
Biggest land plane on trial flight in Bristol
The Brabazon, world's largest civil land plane, flew 27 minutes in Bristol on its first test. Pilot Bill Pegs said takeoff occurred within 500 yards at 85 mph, cruising around 140 knots. BOAC officials called the flight satisfactory as the 130 ton, eight engine craft circuited and landed, with plans to prototype Brabazon II for London to New York service. The project began in 1945 with a $48 million cost, aiming for a 1951 target.
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Bristol
Eng
London
New York
Bill Pegs
Bristol Airplane
Con
British Overseas Airways Corporation
BOAC
Wet Fish Bait Makes Pike Rise
Fishermen on the Guash River used a 230 volt electric shock to a pike hideout to force fish to surface. The stunned pike were netted, unhurt, and returned to a pool for pike fishing, reviving trout fishing in the area.
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Guash, Eng
Reuters
Guash
Rubber Plant Fire in Batavia Damages Dutch Indies Facility
A Saturday night blaze at a rubber plant in south Borneo destroyed about 5,000,000 guilders worth of property, nearly 2,000,000 dollars. Aneta reported sabotage is suspected.
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Batavia
Java
Reuters
Netherlands Indies
South
Borneo
Aneta
Death and protest shadow Thompson trophy air races
In Cleveland the Thompson trophy air race saw a fatal crash when Bill Odom plunged into a Berea home during the second lap killing Mrs. Jeanne Laird and her infant son. Aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran's F51 Mustang powered by Odom died as crowds protested low flying over homes.
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Cleveland
Bill Odom
Odom
Jeanne Laird
Craig
Jacqueline Cochran
Cook Cleland
Cleland
Berea Progressive Citizens League
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