TWO MEN IMPRISONED FOR THEFT WHILE DRUNK
TWO MEN were sent to prison at Middleton today for driving a lorry without the owner's consent. The Court heard how they were "in a gay, devil-may-care mood" after six pints of beer. They had missed the last bus home, and took the lorry.
EVICTED URMSTON TENANT LOSES BATTLE TO STAY
MR HERBERT CHEAKLY, a window cleaner evicted from an Urmston U.D.C. (Urban District Council) Council home went back into the house at night with his wife and six children, and barred himself in. "We are prepared for any Council officials" he said. "They will have to break in if they want to get me out!". When Mr Cheakly went to pay his rent at Urmston District Housing Council, on Thursday, he was told "We can't take it - you are a trespasser. On Friday he moved out, and was thought to be spending the night in a nearby barn.
FREE TRADE HALL WILL HAVE MORE SEATS
WHEN THE FREE TRADE HALL is reconstructed, it will have more seats than before it was blitzed in 1940. Work is not expected to begin for some years yet, but Town Hall Committee approved in principle a plan by the City Architect with 2840 seats, 540 more than before.
SOVIET LATVIA IS BETTER THAN MANCHESTER
MISS ALIDA KRIEVS, a young Latvian girl, made a bitter attack on Manchester Labour exchange officials and hospitals in a Soviet youth paper.
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She said that during her recent stay in Manchester, she had had to do menial work in a hospital for 12 -13 hours a day. She said she found conditions in Latvia far better, and was now preparing to enter the university.
TUDOR AIRLINER REJECTED BY GOVERNMENT
AFTER A LONG DECISION PROCESS, the Cabinet has finally rejected the Tudor airliner in favour of Canadairs. They have authorised B.O.A.C. to buy Canadair planes from Canada. The Tudor, manufactured at Avro's plants at Woodford and Chadderton, was dogged by large numbers of modifications throughout its development, and its final performance was disappointing. The decision is the final blow for the Tudor, based on the highly successful Lancaster bomber, though Avro have further planes in the planning stage. Management and unions at the Chadderton and Woodford factories are "frustrated and baffled" at the decision.
BRIGHTER WEATHER AFTER A RAINY WEEK
SUNSHINE TODAY brought long queues of travellers extending round the back of Lower Mosley Street Bus Station. Popular destinations were Scarborough, Bridlington and Blackpool. Early trains to Blackpool and the west coast had empty seats, but Isle of Man and North Wales bookings were heavy. Hundreds were travelling to Ireland. Rainy weather dominated the earlier part of the week, including the Test Match at Old Trafford. Meteorologists say Manchester is getting the worst of the rainy spell because wind carries mosture which condenses as it travels west over the Pennines.
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