Toll in Canadian train wreck reaches twenty seven
The death toll from the Labour Day crash near Dugald Manitoba rose to 27 as crews searched the charred wreckage. Police and undertakers expect the final toll to exceed 35 with some victims too badly burned to identify. Coroners jury impaneled. RCMP say dispatcher Donald Ledlie, 55, of Dugald, is held as a material witness.
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Dugald Station
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dugald
Man
Aaming
Canadian Board of Transport Commissioners
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Donald F. Ledlie
Canadian -National Railways
Canadian National Railways
Suárez III Dictator of Ecuador Ousted in Quito
Veinti milla as interim leader of Ecuador after Col. Mancheno’s 10 day dictatorship ends in a counter-revolution. He plans a special Congress session and says he may resign if warranted while President Velasco Ibarra flies home to Ecuador. crowds greet the transfer at the presidential palace as a civilian board had guided Mancheno’s surrender.
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Quito
Ecuador
Mariano Suarez
Veintimilla
Carlos Mancheno
Congress
Jose Maria Velasco Tbarra
Buenos Aires
Fromm
Mancheno
Clear Warm Days Coming
Forecast calls for rising temperatures in the Syracuse area up to 81 degrees in the next 24 hours. Fair conditions prevail nationwide with light coastal rains along Worth and South Carolina. Expect late summer warmth with warm days and cool nights in the coming days.
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Syracuse
Worth
South Carolina
Youthful Jurist Resigns Bench
Judge Charles C. Cabot, one of the youngest on the Superior Court, resigned at age 48. He sent his resignation by letter to Gov. Robert F. Bradford in Boston.
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Boston
INS
Charles C. Cabot
Robert F. Bradford
Visit by congressional panel to Gen Lucius D. Clay in Germany
Editorial notes General Clay, U S military governor of Germany, is to be visited by a congressional fact finding delegation. The piece argues that raising productive industry in the occupied Reich is essential. Other page features include comics, horoscopes, and various sections such as editorial, letters, and sports.
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Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
Occupied
Reich
Marquis Childs
Storm of 116 MPH Winds Ravages New England
A violent electrical storm swept southeastern New England causing at least three deaths and widespread destruction. Wrecked facilities, toppled trees, and damaged utilities left cities without power as rainfall totals reached two inches in Boston and heavy gusts near hurricane force disrupted transportation and services.
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Boston
New England
Henry Manchester
Easton
Mark Sears
Thomaston
Conn
Alfred Smith
Readville
Miss America Pageant Begins Prelims in Atlantic City
Atlantic City outlines the 1947 Miss America preliminaries as 54 contestants from 39 states, 14 cities and Canada enter indoor judging after a two mile boardwalk parade watched by about 200000 fans. The winner earns 5000 dollars and screen radio or modelling contracts.
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Atlantic City
Boardwalk
Canada
Marilyn Buford
Los Angeles
Vets Use Leave Bonds For Babies Homes Cars
Former GIs in Syracuse crowd banks as terminal leave bonds fund wide uses from babies to trips. An Onondaga Savings Bank official estimates about 600000 dollars disbursed Monday to veterans. The VA expects about 50000 local World War II veterans to cash bonds with an average just over 200 dollars per veteran.
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Virginia
Charles
Syracuse
William Morton
Onondaga County Savings Bank
South Yorkshire Coal Strike Expands Amid Walkouts
In Britain the South Yorkshire mine strike widens as new walkouts idle more than 35 pits. About 40,000 miners in sympathy with Grimethorpe colliery join the stoppage, raising fears that the remaining 140 pits could be shut by tomorrow.
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London
MNS
South Yorkshire
Grimethorpe
Bevin Urges U S to Free Fort Knox Gold
In Southport England Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the Trades Union Congress that redistributing Fort Knox gold could restore world economic balance. He warned that without settling payments deficits the world would remain in chaos and suggested America would be upset by the proposal.
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Southport
England
Ernest Bevin
United States
Fort Knox
Trades Union Congress
America
Dewey in Lead as Hanley Reports Favorable GOP Scene
Lt. Gov. Joe R. Hanley, back from a 14 day Midwest trip, said Gov. Dewey led the field for the 1948 Republican presidential nomination. He noted many interviewees favored Senator Robert A. Taft for president but doubted his electability.
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Albany
Joe R. Hanley
Midwest
Dewey
Repubiican
Hanley
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Aid Seen Needed Before '48
Washington report shows Undersecretary Lovett warning Europe’s rapid economic decline requires U.S. action before year’s end. He hints a special congressional session could be needed and mentions possible temporary World Bank aid or permanent measures like extending the Marshall Plan.
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Washington
Lovett
Europe
Marshall
Levet
Congress
United States
World Bank
Boastful traveler spars with conductor over ticket
A train passenger bragged about his business wins for an hour. When the conductor asked his destination, the man insisted the ticket proved it and claimed the conductor should read. The conductor noted the ticket was for a gold watch.
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Tye
Wall Street Journal
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R. I
Hartford
Portland
the Veterans Administration
Britain
Bevin
Sis
Raymond B. Piper
Wadsworth St
Bourke Harold
Furman St
Arthur Schultz
Marcellus St
New York City
Louis Ferano
Edgeware Rd
William G. Brent
Fermanay
Carl Schultz
Sophie Pele
Wolf St
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