Outlawed Leader Released Again From Prison
Selfast reports that David Figming 27 former adjutant general of the outlawed Irish Republican Army was released from prison by the Northern Ireland government for the second time in a year. He was rearrested after returning from Eire 26 days ago while on hunger strike and limited milk and brandy intake. Medical advisories led Home Affairs Minister Edmund Warnock to place him under relative care and an ambulance will transport him to his Eire home today.
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Fatally Injured in Auto Collision Near Neche North Dakota
A four month old child, Yvelyn Brown of West Kildonan Manitoba, died after a crash near Neche. Her grandparents, Harry Brown and wife, were returning the child to Canada when two autos collided. The infant died at Altona hospital three hours after the accident. The grandparents were en route from Montreal.
Margarine Bill Hinted By MP Sinclair In Canada
The Edmonton Journal notes Liberal MP James Sinclair of North Vancouver plans a private member’s bill in the next session to legalize margarine manufacture and sale. It cautions that government control over private bills is possible and that the farm lobby remains influential.
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Those Troubsomen Doukhobors in Manitoba and BC
The late Sir Clifford Sifton favored Eastern European peasants for Canadian settlement. James Mayor and Leo Tolstoi proposed moving about 7,000 Russian Doukhobors to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Some radicals later moved to British Columbia to take up fruit farming in the Kootenay.
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Tragic Hunting Accident Claims Two In Balmoral District
A rifle accident in the Balmoral district left two men dead. Clarke, 73, of Balmoral, died after a fall at a hospital. Wolphus Liberty, 3, of Buchan, May, was injured in the stomach by a foreign object. The incident involved a rifle that toppled from a tree and discharged.
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Trial of Burma premier opens in Rangoon
Reuters reports the trial reopens with claims the ex premier conceived planned and directed assassinations of seven Burmese ministers. The crown presents Turn Bya alleging four co defendants were actual killers while the 46 year old ex premier is described as chief conspirator.
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Safecrackers Escape With Gold and Iridium Heist
In Toronto on October CP, two masked men stole gold and iridium valued at $25,000 from the Sheal fer Pen Co of Canada Ltd. They blasted two safes in the pen nib department, triggering a fire doused by sprinklers. A night watchman described two attackers tying him and hearing more voices, with two more suspects possibly present.
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Three year old dies in Ontario trailer crash
In Huntville Ontario a Winnipeg family’s vehicle veered off the road two miles north of town, plunging down an embankment and crushing a trailer. The 3 year old Lorraine Terry Stacky died, while five other Winnipeg residents were hospitalized with serious head injuries. Parents Mr and Mrs Harry Stacky were en route to Toronto. Amherst News reports a separate Quebec drug travel case concludes after 28 witnesses and a claim of $283 for medicines.
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Judge Dawson backs collective punishment for Doukhobor arson
Vancouver news herald reports Judge KE P Dawson endorses treating Doukhobor arson as group crime. He sentenced three offenders to seven years each, rejecting personal acts defense. If group responsibility can be proven, the entire group should be convicted and punished accordingly. Conspiracy confessions do not shield conspirators individually or collectively.
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Red Cross to Air Ship Penicillin to Indian Refugee Camps
Toronto reports the Canadian Red Cross will send an immediate air shipment of penicillin to refugee camps in India and Pakistan in view of harsh conditions. The move follows conditions described in the dominions and aims to provide rapid medical relief to affected populations.
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Fire at Swank Hotel Causes No Major Damage
New Orleans guests at the Roosevelt, New Orleans' largest hotel, evacuated as a fire was discovered in ventilator shifts from the kitchen. Fifteen fire-fighting pieces responded for about 90 minutes. manager Seymour Weiss said damage was negligible. In the Blue room, guests continued their revelry despite the alarm.
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Open Delivery Quota On Wheat At All Points
The Canadian Wheat Board authorized an open delivery quota allowing producers to deliver unlimited grain at any elevator and point with space until July 31, 1848, end of the current year. Deliveries may be made regardless of permit book point.
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Asphyxiated When Water Boiled Over Gas Jets
A Montreal mother Anette Richard aged 32 and two children Pauline nine months Maurice years were asphyxiated after their kettle boiled over on a kitchen stove extinguishing the flame and filling the house with gas. A third child is in hospital in serious condition. The bodies were found by Mrs. Henri Jodoin who noticed the odor and found the victims in different parts of the house.
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No Flowers Request At Funeral For Rose Society Leader
Court ney Page, secretary of the National Rose Society of England and longtime Rose Magazine editor, died at 80 after urging “No flowers” at his funeral. He valued gardens over floral displays and disliked wasteful grave adornments. A separate note from the Vancouver Sun reports thousands of Hindus and Moslems in refugee camps along the India Pakistan frontier rallying with the slogan Bring back the British.
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Fragments from distant clashes and travel talks
In Lahore and Almristar reports note unrest and mixed reactions. A Guelph Mercury explainer outlines Connecticut insurance rates for motorism based on safety records, with higher charges for offenders. Reuters reports travel agencies seeking relaxation of Britain’s travel ban.
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Duck Hunters See Meteor Across Northern Skies
In Hauphin Manitoba October a ball of fire about the size of a ten stove pipe crossed the northern skies, witnessed by local duck hunters in stubble fields. No injuries reported and observers described a bright lasting tail before it vanished.
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Giant object sighting near Manieha town described as rapidly expanding
Report from Winnipeg juvenile observers and Bates of Dauphin noting a huge glowing object traveling at high speed over the landscape. The craft grew to the size of a small football before suddenly exploding behind them, creating flying fragments. They initially considered a meteor but dismissed it as inconclusive and unclear on distance or timing.
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