Seymour Creek Heading Back To Normal Course
In North and West Vancouver floods, cold weather tamed turbulent streams. Capilano River fell ten feet while Seymour Creek leveled toward its normal path after an all night effort by 400 army and volunteer workers using sandbags. Snow and dropping temps slowed runoff. no injuries or deaths reported despite home damage in North Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Vancouver harbor
Capilano
Seymour Creek
Oklahoma Hotel Razed in Sapulpa Fire Disaster
An early-morning blaze at a four-storey Sapulpa hotel caused about 1 million dollars in damage and spread to adjacent structures. No confirmed deaths, but officials feared some guests might be trapped on upper floors. Fifty three guests were registered. quarter block of buildings burned. Sapulpa, population about 18,000, lies 18 miles west of Tulsa.
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SAPULPA
Okla
Bull Collyer
Tulsa
House Approves Maritimes Coal Mine Loan Bill
Ottawa reports the commons passed a bill authorizing government loans totaling 10 million dollars to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick coal mines. The measure aims to fund modernization and mechanization projects to speed development amid widespread calls for relief from lack of equipment.
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House
Maritimes
OTTAWA
commons
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
The Left Hand Corner The War on Moths
A Time Magazine item describes Hawkins Island beacon on Lake Superior near Marathon Ontario. Harry OConnor, 59, a retired painter, tended the two mile offshore lamp alone. He earned 125 dollars monthly with four months paid vacation and kept the oil pan filled. No telephone, only a small boat for supply runs from the mainland.
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Great Lakes
Hawkins Island
Marathon
Royal Commission Won't Interfere On Grain Freight
OTTAWA December 2 The royal commission on transportation said it would not launch an inquiry into western Canada's Crow s Nest Pass grain freight rates. It did not rule out hearing evidence on aspects of the special rates amid controversy with the Canadian Pacific Railway. The CP R asked removal of Crow s Nest rates fixed by statute, claiming losses of 13 to 16 million dollars yearly. Chairman W F P A Turgeon ruled the commission would not undertake the inquiry.
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OTTAWA
royal commission on transportation today
western Canada
prairie provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway
CP.R
western grain interests
commission
railway
W. F P. A. Turgeon
commis
Senate OKs Trans-Canada Highway and Related Bills
Ottawa report notes the Senate transportation committee approved bills on the Trans-Canada highway the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and Commonwealth Telecommunications. The PGE bill authorizes up to 1 240 000 in federal aid to extend a BC rail line 82 miles from Quesnel to Prince George. The telecom bill nationalizes external facilities under a Commonwealth accord creating a crown corporation Canadian Overseas Telecommunications.
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OTTAWA
senate transportation committee
Trans-Canada highway
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Commonwealth Telecommunications
senate
P.GE
British Columbia
Quesnel
Prince George
telecommunications tte
Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation
Snow Buries Western Alberta As Second BC Storm Hits
Edmonton reports four inches of snow at Jasper and Rocky Mountain House and one inch at Red Deer with heavier fall over Calgary district. Officials expect the snowfall to end around noon, bringing total accumulations near four inches.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
British Columbia
Lominion meteorological office
Jasper
Rocky Mountain House
Red Deer
Calgary
Christmas trees shipped to Alaska puzzle Seattle longshoremen
In Seattle a steamship Denali carried 130 bales of fir Christmas trees from Orin Farr of Rexford Montana to Sidney Urie of Woodrow near Seward Alaska. Longshoremen feared a mistake as they unloaded the cargo and recalled Alaskans typically use spruce and native evergreens for Christmas trees.
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SEATTLE
Newcastle
Eskiznos
Alaska
Orin Farr
Rexford
Mont
Sidney Urie
Woodrow
Seward
Denali
Emil Hanson
sale
Looters and Floods Cost Man 15000 Dollars
Ted Wright of North Vancouver, 39, faced $15000 in losses after Seymour Creek floodwaters swept furniture from windows and nearly toppled his house. Looters seized a case of whiskey and family mementos as volunteers built sandbags to save his home. Wright had no insurance beyond furniture and planned a party the night of the flood.
Armed Vigilantes Considered to Fight West Kootenay Terrorists
Nelson British Columbia December 2. Board of trade proposes armed vigilante squads to counter Douk hobor terrorists amid recent railway bombings. Demand federal and provincial action was wired to Ottawa and Victoria after a special meeting. Officials warned of undesirable local action if authorities fail to act and noted trains will have enhanced protection and patrols.
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NELSON
B.C
West Kootenays
Nelson board of trade
Ottawa
Victoria
Canadian Pacific Railway
UN to boost poorer nations with technical aid program
Lake Success New York December 2 The United Nations plans to expand technical know how to underdeveloped lands with a global aid program. Nations unite to discuss a conference in March to shape voluntary contributions and determine aid use Canada is expected to provide the largest share in experts and equipment as part of the scheme seeking to fund about 35 million dollars in the first year.
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LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
United Nations
world organization
UNA assembly
toting
Canada
Miners of District 18 Seek Pay Boosts
Robert Livett, president of District 18 UMWA, says about 9000 miners in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Alberta will request wage increases when coal contracts expire in February. Wages now average 10 to 11 dollars daily. The union's wage-scale convention also debated welfare and retirement fund deployment, not yet in operation.
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OnLeaks
Robert Livett
District 18
United Mine Workers of America
C.C.L
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Alberta
Livett
Billion Dollar Arms to Move to Europe Soon
The United States plans to ship arms worth about one billion dollars to Western Europe within weeks after Atlantic pact members unanimously approved a broad defence strategy. Britain, the US, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg will lead detailed regional planning with American tasks focusing on strategic bombing, naval operations to keep sea lanes open, and land actions after initial resistance.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Europe
Louis Johnson
Paris
Truman
Acheson Johnson
U.S
Atlantic alliance
France
congress
defence committee
North Atlantic
ning
North Atlantic treaty organization
Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Atlantic
Twenty Die As Royal Airlines DC-3 Crashes Near Sao Paulo
A Royal Airlines DC-3 crashed in heavy rain near Ribera Claro field in Sao Paulo state, killing 20 of 22 aboard. Only a woman and her five year old daughter survived. The plane was en route from Sao Paulo to Jacare sinho. Officials are investigating the cause.
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American Airines
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
Real
Royal) Airlines
Sao Paulo
Riberro Claro field
Rio De Janero
Jacresinho
Ribera Claro
air Uner
cMc.al
id. Airlines of Scials
Missing hunter found near Grande Prairie Alberta
The RC AF reported Henry Eckert, 70, missing since Monday night south of Grande Prairie, was located by a ground search party yesterday. The RCMP and trappers, joined by a Dakota helicopter, continue efforts today for a missing forest ranger named Debney in the same area.
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GRANDE PRAIRIE
Alta
RC.A.F
Henry Eckert
here
R.C.AF. Dakota
R.C.M.P
Debney
Howe High on 750 Howe is High On 750 UAWA
Trade Minister Howe told the Commons 1950 will bring prosperity for Canada despite opposition attacks on trade policies. He defended forecasts of economic growth while critics from Progressive Conservatives C.C. and Social Credit pressed concerns over UK and US trade and imports. A separate bill granting 10,000 federal loans for Maritime coal mine streamlining passed third reading.
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UAWA
Howe
Canada
the
commons
C.C
Social Credit
United Kingdom
United States
U.K
Maritimes
senate
wis
Bank Robbery At St Hugue de Bagot Bank
Provincial police report La Banque Canadienne Nationale at St Hugue de Bagot near St Hyacinthe was held up and robbed of an undetermined sum. It is the same bank from which $3,600 was stolen two weeks ago. A second item notes Burrard Inlet rough for emergency ferry service to West Vancouver with wind and waves cancelling service.
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QUEBEC
MONTREAL
La Banque Canadienne National
St. Hugue de Bagot
St Hyacinthe
BURRARD INLET
VANCOUVER
NORTH AMERICA
LONDON
Reuters
house of commons
United Kingdom
house of lords
C.C.F
ASKALTA
SDMONTON
Alberta
child welfare commission
A. H. Miller
W. Bullock
A. A. Aldridce
C. F. Willis
PAKISTAN
OTTAWA
David M. Johnson
Ireland
Canada
external affairs department
FORESTRY DEPT
GRANDE PRAIRIE
Alta
Frank Gipnty
forestry department
here
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HOWE HIGH
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