The Diamond Heist Mastermind Faces a Warning
Willem Verhaert, famed Amsterdam diamond grinder, plans a flawless escape with the Vijzel Diamond. As police close in and a London hideout is revealed, a vigilant constable halts the ruse by exposing a forbidden Havana cigar near a gasoline dump.
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Nieuwe Kade
Amsterdam
Lomton
Willem Verhaert
Verhaert
Vijzel
South Africa
Podgy Verhaert
Emile Verlon
London
Havana
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Fake Doctor Impersonator Pois ons Bank Staff In Tokyo Loot Plot
Tokyo police report a robber posing as a public health doctor lured bank staff to take poison the incident left 12 dead and four critically ill. 300000 yen was found on a desk at Teikoku Bank with the fake doctor missing awaiting safe check results. A woman crawled to the street to summon help.
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Tokyo
Teikoku Bank
Salada Tea Sales Rise Reflects 1947 Growth
Salada Tea reports a substantial 1947 sales increase lifting total volume to near double the 1935 to 1939 average. The firm credits strict quality control and persistent newspaper advertising as key to its fifty sixth year of tea packaging and ongoing ad program.
Alberta to spend 600000 on new toll exchange near Edmonton
The Alberta government plans an outlay of about $600,000 for a new toll exchange under construction just west of Edmonton’s city telephone building. The project aims to expand the telephone system and improve long distance service.
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Edmonton
Alberta Government
Trochu Elks Build Memorial Arena in Alberta
In April 1947 Trochu Alberta Elks planned a Memorial Arena to honor district war dead. They raised about 10000 in two days toward a 200 by 85 foot ice surface, 100 by 240 building, with capacity over a thousand and room for six hundred more. Volunteers and leaders like Walter Andersen John Hanna and John Frere drove the project, completed five months after start with many tasks unfinished awaiting steam heating and insulation.
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Trochu
Alberta
Elks
Walter Andersen
of the Elks
John Hanna
John Frere
C. M. Kane
J. P. Ferguson
Trechu
Blood Bank Planned by East Kootenay Hospitals
Six East Kootenay hospitals in Cranbrook Kimberley Creston Invermere Fernie and Michel-Natal signed agreements to establish a district blood bank. Whole blood will be stored at St Eugene Hospital with special refrigeration, while plasma is kept at the six district hospitals.
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Cranbrook
B.C
East Kootenay
Kimberley
Creston
Invermere
Fernie
Michel-Netal
St. Eugene Hospital
Early Manitoba pioneers recall homesteading life
Western Briefs recounts 18 district pioneers over 70 meeting in Forrest Manitoba sharing memories of early homesteading and firewood treks. Kaslo BC touts Rainbow slogan after a board contest. Edmonton police arrest a porcupine at the Journal building. Winkler Man plans for a starch factory with new officers and committees.
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Forrest
Manitoba
Kaslo, B.C
Kaslo
Kootenay Lake
Kaslo Board of Trade
Edmonton
North Saskatchewan
Edmonton Journal
Winkler
Man
Board of Trade
P. T. Friesen
J. M. Viene
Ene Loeppky
E. A. Teske
M. J. Hamm
N. Rudinke
F. J. Rietze
W. Ternewetsky
Job Prospects for 1948 Bright Says Labor Minister
Ottawa reports that 1948 job prospects are bright with production pressure high and winter unemployment easing. National Employment Service registrations are down 10 percent from last year as skilled trades and materials show better supply, hinting at possible industrial expansion and increased construction and mining activity.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
National Employment Service
Manitoba Health Report Four Week Polio and Disease Counts
Manitoba Health Report covers November 29 to December 27 1947 listing cases of communicable diseases. Notable totals include chicken pox 229 measles 112 influenza 12 scarlet fever 15 tuberculosis 98 typhoid 2 whooping cough 85 and poliomyelitis 4 in the period with 599 poliomyelitis cases and 8 deaths in all of 1947.
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Department of Health and Public Welfare
Manitoba
No viable headline from fragmented OCR text
Fragmentary line discusses employment levels after 1947 and seasonal labor in agriculture and transportation. No clear events, names, places, or dates are readable to construct a factual card.
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