New Egyptian Premier Wins Broad Backing and Martial Law
Cairo reports that Maher Pasha won support from four parties including the Wafd as the Chamber of Deputies declared martial law for two months. He also secured cooperation from Saad, Liberal, and Nationalist groups while Wafd deputies demand British Suez evacuation and Sudan union. Rioting reportedly left about 50 dead, with 12 bodies found at Barclay's Bank, possibly including British nationals.
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Cairo
A.A.P
Egypt
al Maher Pasha
Wafd
Chamber of Deputies
Maher Pasha
Saad
Maher
Suez
Sudan
Barclay’s Bank
Unanimous Confidence Vote for Egyptian Government
Cairo reports show the new Egyptian government winning a unanimous confidence vote in both Senate and Chamber. Prime Minister Aly Maher Pasha pledged no pact with Britain, seeking a united front with Wafd on national goals including British troop evacuation from the Suez Canal zone. Parliament adjourned for security concerns as Cairo faced curfews, with police reporting 62 wounded after clashes.
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Chamber of Deputies
Aly Maher Pasha
Britain
Wafd
Maher Pasha
Pasament
Abdel Meguid
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Cairo
Jan
AAP
Reuters
Rome
Nile Valley
US defense denies token force to Suez Canal Zone
Washington reports dismiss a syndicated columnist claim that U S troops were ready to land in the Suez Zone. A senior State Department official says American opinion opposes token forces and no armed forces would be sent without a clear Western alliance and political solution.
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Washington
Jan
State Department
United States
Suez Canal Zone
Suez
Winston Churchill
United States Congress
Egypt
Middle East
Britain
France
Turkey
Columist
Robert S&s Allen
United States Defence Department
Canal Zone
US urges new Egyptian government toward Suez dispute
An American source said Washington maintains its policy toward Egypt and the Nahas Pasha government and toward the new government after Nahas Pasha’s dismissal by King Farouk. The stance concerns the Suez question and Britain.
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Ashingtown
United States
Suez
Britain
Ncw
Mustafa Nahas Pasha
King Farowk
Pew
Minister to Ask For 20000 For Bush Fire Relief
Sydney January NSW services minister F J Finnan will ask Premier J McGirr to allocate 20000 immediately for bush fire relief and seek Commonwealth contribution on a pound for pound basis. The funds would aid hundreds rendered homeless and farming losses across the South Coast Riverina and southwest areas as fires continue to threaten the Bago pine forest.
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Sydney
Jan
Nsw
F. J Finnanj
J. McGirr
McGorr
R. G. Menzies
Riverina
Ares
H. J. Bate
Freemeers
Bate
Bush Fire and Food Relief Committee
Beale
M.L.A
South Coast
N.5.w
Victoria
Queensland
Social Service
F. J
Red Cross
Bago Pine Forest
Case for Rise in Sugar Price in Queensland
Case for a rise in sugar price supported by Queensland State Cabinet. Premier Mr. Gair indicated Cabinet did not agree with the industry’s preferred future price method. A deputation urged an interim increase with a tribunal for future prices, but Cabinet warned a tribunal could be too cumbersome and promised further talks with Mr. Gair.
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Brisbane
Queensland
V. C. Guir
Gar
Gair
Passengers Injured as Capitol DC4 Plunges in Flight
A Capitol Airlines DC4 with 73 aboard dived 2200 feet shortly after takeoff toward Cleveland. Five passengers injured as crew regained level flight. pilot Mason reported no clear cause. Uninjured travelers transferred to another plane. passenger Arthur Gerard described waking to a sudden sharp drop.
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Cleveland
Capitol Airlines
William Mann
Mason
Arthur Gerard
Gerard
Rank and File Revolt in Australian Railways Union
Melbourne January 29 A rank and file revolt erupted within the Australian Railways Union as members protested Mr J J Brown's bid to curtail their right to elect officials The ARU divisions Wangara sub trench and Wonthaggi State mine sub branch pledged strong opposition to changes that would abolish ballots for state secretary and other executive posts.
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Melbourne
Australian Railways Union
Railways Alp
F. Scully
M.L.A
J. J. Brown
Scully
Wangara
Stete
Wonthaggi
ARU
Textiles Dumping Sparks Australian Trade Delegation
Thousands of Australian textile workers protest British imports as dumped goods. A combined deputation of union officers and manufacturers will urge Senator N O Sullivan to curb imports and seek a higher tariff on woven rayon and fully fashioned hosiery to protect local industry.
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Melbourne
Thee Textile Workers'Jnbon
A. Left
Mr. Loft
Sydney
Loft
Australia to add 24 million kilowatts of power capacity
Canberra reports Senator Spooner announcing major expansion in electrical power generation. New projects include 24 million kilowatts capacity costing about £192 million, to be built over five years, plus an additional 13 million kilowatts planned. Snowy Mountains project expected to supply first 60,000 kilowatts by 1954. Details outline boosts to Brisbane Bulimba and Tennyson stations and improvements across Townsville, Rockhampton, Howrah, and other Western towns.
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Australia
Ns.w
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Spooner
Commonwealth
Spoomer
Snowy Mountains
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Brisbane
Brisban
Jour uMita
Tennyson
Woman's Will Upheld in Portland Bequest Case
In Portland Oregon a woman’s will was upheld revealing a bequest of 500000 to Mia Awee and another beneficiary. The ruling confirms the deceased’s testament as valid and executable under Oregon law.
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Portland
Oregon
Mia Aweeche
Warning to Soviet and China Over Southeast Asia Threats
Paris report notes United States Britain and France warned the Soviet Union and Communist China that any new aggression in Southeast Asia would trigger immediate UN action. Western delegates referenced Vyshinsky's recent speeches accusing the West of planning attacks from Burma and Indo China, signaling concerns over potential regional aggression.
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Paris
A.A.P
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
South-East Asia
United Nations
John Sherman Cooper
Selwyn Lloyd
Andrei Vyshinsky
British and French Views On Communist Threat In Asia
In a UN discussion Cooper asserts peace loving states must oppose further Communist aggression in Asia and urges urgent UN consideration. Lloyd and Lieghd express caution, fearing ominous implications if Soviet China actions are true, while Lacoste denies Soviet charges and calls for immediate UN action if outside intervention aids Vietnamese forces.
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Cooper
Asia
South- East Asia
Unitedations
Selwyn Liegd
Britain
M. Vyshinsky
Indo-China
United Nations
Two Queenslanders Honoured for Malaya Service
Jan 29 report: Minister for Air W McMahon announces two Royal Australian Air Force awards to Queenslanders for anti bandit operations in Malaya. Squadron-Leader Leonard Huon Williamson Amberley D.F.C. led 46 sorties. Lt Burgess-Lloyd David Ian Gay Street Ipswich awarded for 50 plus strikes and leadership in bombardment efforts. Both noted for courage and leadership.
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Canberra
W. McMahon
Dakota
Req
Malaya
Williamson
RAAF
Burgess-Lloyd Mild
Middle East
Dairy production declines in Australia in early financial year
The acting Commonwealth Statistician reported a sharp drop in Australia’s dairy outputs for milk butter and cheese in the first five months of the current financial year. Milk rose slightly in Victoria Tasmania South Australia and Western Australia but fell in New South Wales and Queensland.
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Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth Statistician
Carver
Victora
Tasmania
South Australia
Western Australia
N.S.W
Queensland
Fiji hurricane blast devastates nation and crops
Suva reports a broad hurricane strike along northern eastern and south eastern coasts. At least 12 dead and hundreds injured as villages and settlements are wrecked. Food shortages rise with gardens wiped out and banana crops for New Zealand market destroyed. Suva lacks power, telephones down, industries idle, and communications limited.
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Suva
Fiji
New Zealand
Rew
Disastrous Fires In Victoria Reach Across Border
The Victorian Forestry Commission protests to New South Wales over careless handling of Riverina fires that spread to north east Victoria. Two lives lost thousands of acres burned hundreds of cattle killed. Officials say wind fanned the blaze crossing the Murray River from Riverina starting as a small grass fire.
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Melbourne
Victorian Porestry Commission
New South Wales
Riverna
Victoria
Riverina
Murray River
Grensland
Bomb threat targeting Laurence Short offices and home
An anonymous caller warned CIB detectives on January 9 that a bomb was placed in the office of Laurence Short, national secretary of the Federated Iron Workers' Association. A search found no bomb, and Short described the calls as a nerve war stunt. detectives have watched his home and office since.
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Bydney
Laurence Short
Federated Ironworkers’ Association
CIB
Mr. Short
Record enrolment at Brisbane schools begins in January
Brisbane reports a recon enrolment of about 10 000 children aged four and a half to five years starting in state schools on the first day of the year. Head teachers forecast about 70 infants would join this year in many schools. Some kindergarten headmistresses refused admitted children not yet five by June due to staffing strain.
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Brisbane
Mutual Security Funds Aid To Britain
The United States allocated 166 million dollars in Mutual Security Act funds to Britain for the current fiscal year ending 1952. Director W Averell Harriman noted Britain faced a serious dollar revenue drain and imports restriction, urging continued support to avoid halving its defense program, as Britain currently produces more military equipment than all European NATO nations combined.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Jaume
W. Averell Herriman
Harriman
United Kingdom
NATO
South African Gold May Be Used
Capetown Jan 748 A A P The Finance Minister Nicalass Havenga told the House of Assembly that South Africa is considering drawing on its gold reserves to aid the sterling area. He said the Union seeks to avoid burdens on the economy by forcing importers to buy from the sterling area and may use gold to support the United Kingdom if this avoids higher costs.
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Capetown
Nicalass Havenga
South Africa
House of Assembly
London
United Kingdom
Canada Gives US Key Atomic Info For Hydrogen Bomb
Canada was believed to have supplied the United States with information crucial to the proposed hydrogen bomb project. Ottawa reports an exchange of secret atomic data between the two nations, with Chalk River’s heavy water reactor seen as a likely model. Canada reportedly traded foundational knowledge for details it sought for its own civilian atomic program.
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New York
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Washington
Chalk River
Ottawa Dispatch
Guided Missile Ships For Boston And Canberra
The US Navy awards a multi million dollar contract to convert the two 13 600 ton cruisers Boston and Canberra into guided missile ships Rear Admiral Homer N Wallin said a shipboard test program proved the feasibility of launching guided missiles from ships Both cruisers are veterans of Pacific battles in World War II
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Washington
US. Navy
Boston
Canberra
Navy Bureau of Ships
Homer N. Wallin
Navy
Pacific
Scattered Storm Rains Across Peninsula and Coasts
Brisbane reports scattered light to moderate rain across the Peninsula Carpentaria and interior areas with coastal showers. A southeasterly flow should prevent widespread thunderstorm development while more scattered showers are forecast for the eastern interior and coast.
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Brisbane
Carpentaria
Burmese Attack Chinese Invaders Near Burma Front
Burmese troops engaged Chinese Nationalist forces in the border area today as a government communique reported incursions into Burmese territory. The report gave no precise casualty figures and described the action as ongoing.
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Rangoon
AAP Pester
West Indies Fall Short in Final Test at Sydney
Australia defeated West Indies by 202 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground to seal a 4-1 series win. West Indies were all out for 213 in their second innings after lunch, with Stollmeyer on 102 and Worrell 18 not out, but Lindwall and Miller stemmed the onslaught as the innings collapsed.
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Sydney
Australia
West Indies
Sydney Cricket Ground
Jeff Stollmeyer
Stollmeyer
Frank Worrell
Tecate
Benaud
Lindwall
Stollmeyer I.b.w
Miller
Harvey
Weekes
Aman
Jeg
Soto
Johnston
Langley
Lindwall Triggers Controversy With Aggressive Bumpers
Lindwall took four wickets for six runs in five overs and claimed five for 7 in the innings, bowling bumpers at Weekes and others. Hassett defended the waters as Weekes and Stollmeyer forged a 64 minute stand, with West Indies 200 before lunch and Australia 116 in the first innings.
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Lindwall
Weekes
Harvey
Langley
Australia
Hassett
Stollmeyer
Miller
Block of Flats Destroyed in Minneapolis Fire
A fire in Minneapolis destroyed a block of flats with 17 people accounted for. The blaze collapsed floors and caused extensive damage amid chaotic scenes.
UBC Researchers Claim Deer Diet Could Boost Meat Yields
University of British Columbia scientists Dr. Ben McTaggart Cowan and ae-Wood report a diet named UBCi using alfalfa hay mash and corn byproducts to fatten deer on alder land. In five months birth-to-market weight rose from seven to eight pounds to about 80 pounds, drawing interest from meat producers and a sponsor by the National Research Council of Canada.
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Vancouver
University of British Columbia
British Columbia
National Research Council of Canada
Floods Cause Death and Displacement Across Ohio River States
Floods along the swollen Ohio River forced evacuation of hundreds of families across three states and left multiple fatalities. Officials warned the waters could rise further downstream toward Cincinnati and Louisville as Wheeling Island in West Virginia endured renewed severe flooding.
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Ohio
Mariette
Oni
Cincinnal
Louisville
Kentucky
Wheeling Island
West Virginia
Wheeling Downer Race Track
Higher Groun
Highway Department
Dov
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