Scott Building Fire Ravages Main Street Block
A blaze in Pincher Creek destroyed the Scott Building and several businesses, injuring one person and overwhelming three firefighters. Snow and sub zero temps hampered efforts as 20 residents were left homeless and nearby poles and buildings caught fire. Fire chiefs led operations with Macleod and Pincher Creek brigades arriving within an hour to battle the flames.
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INCHER CREEK
Pincher Creek
Pindiker Creek
Macleod
Mah Seejew
St Vincent’s hospital
F. J McLean
Macleod fire department
J Malne
Macleod brigade
Ralph Townsend
Red Delegation At Formosa Debate
A Canadian Central Press report attributes to a Soviet bloc delegation the description of President Truman's Formosa order as a flagrant violation of the U.N. charter. The remark cited the Seventh fleet to deter a Communist invasion of Formosa, noting also measures to curb Nationalist actions from Formosa toward Communist China.
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Truman
Formosa
U.N
U.S
Vishinsky
China
Central Press
United Nations
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Red
Chigo Huan-Hua
Pu Shan
Britain
K. Younger
Andrei Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Attlee visit clinched by word agree
Prime Minister Attlee's trip to meet President Truman was arranged in 15 minutes by the single word agree. The State Department said the exchange set up a Washington conference in the next days. At 4:30 p.m. London time Julius C Holmes wired Attlee's request for prompt concurrence. At 4:45 p.m. Acheson sent the urgent one word reply with the president's concurrence.
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Attlee
Truman
state department
Julius C Holmes
London
house of commons
Acheson
Ottawa
William Slum
imperial general staff
Edwin Plowden
Robert Hall
Roger Makins
foreign office economic department
Roberts Scott
foreign office
Philip Jordan
The Left Hand Corner A Sequoia Doomed to Death Money
A fragmented clipping outlines a tale involving a bank death money and constables. readable fragments hint at a crime or pursuit centered on a Sequoia or symbol, with authorities referenced.
Giant sequoia doomed in Sequoia Park history
The 18 foot diameter and 24 foot tall ancient giant, a landmark in the lodge area of Sequoia National Park, was executed in early November after a probation board of tree experts concluded it posed a public menace. E T Scoyen, superintendent of the National Park Service at Three Rivers, Calif, cites the historic decision.
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Bequoia National Park
E T. Scoyen
National Park Service
Three Rivers
Calif
Special force strength reached 10,357 in Canada
Defense Minister Claxton announced Friday that Canada’s special brigade now totals 10,357 officers and men. Veterans make up 43 percent of the force, with 435 officers and 9,922 other ranks. It includes 656 officers and pee ranks posted from the active force.
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OTTAWA
Canada
special brigade
Defence
Claxton
Rescue Efforts Pushed For 2 Trapped Miners
Coleman, Dec 2. Efforts of mine rescue crews to reach two entombed workers at the Mc Gillivray mine have been unrewarded at an early hour Saturday. Joseph Sikora and George Raipos, trapped by a cave in, are believed unlikely to be alive as hours pass. Rescuers work under difficult conditions, probing in Room 75 No.5 level, 7500 feet from the bottom, aiming to reach the men by Saturday night or Sunday.
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Herald
McGillivray Creek Coal and Coke company
Coleman
Joseph J
Joe" Sikora
George Raipos
William“Bob” White
U. W. of A
The Herald today
McGillivray
Robert Wilson
Fred Slugg
Parley Opens Monday Heads Of 11 Govts Gather In Ottawa
Ottawa reports a general federal provincial conference will open Monday in the commons chamber of the Parliament Buildings. Heads of 11 governments, cabinet ministers, officials, and advisers will attend with Prime Minister St Laurent as chairman. The session will discuss renewing taxation agreements and extending social security services.
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OTTAWA
commons
Canada
Sr. Laurent
St. Laurent
Attlee to Visit Ottawa After Washington Talks
Prime Minister Attlee will travel from Washington to Ottawa after talks with President Truman. Timing hinges on the Washington meetings, with London departure set for 9:30 pm local time. Ottawa officials welcomed the invitation and Attlee hopes to accept at the conclusion of the talks.
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Reuters
Attlee
Ottawa J
Truman
Washington
St. Laurent
London
Ottawa
3000 Calgarians Flee Or Marooned By Bow River Flood
Calgary reports the Bow river flood left about 3,000 people stranded or forced from homes. Twenty-three blocks flooded, thousands of dollars in damage, and 485 dwellings plus several blocks affected. Rescue boats and police aided evacuations amid the ice jam and freezing conditions.
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Bow River
CALGARY
Bow
Centre St
4th St. N.E
Cecil
Reg Clements
city police
Ross Kinnear
Military Bastion Sinkiang Province Converts for War
A Srinagar dispatch says Sinkiang, China's far northwestern province, is being transformed into a Red China military bastion and a source of strategic minerals for the Soviet war economy. Chinese and Sinkiang troops are moving forces, building airfields, roads, and railways after the October rush into eastern Tibet. Moscow technicians are tapping uranium, platinum, petroleum, coal, and iron to feed war industry.
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SRINAGAR
Kashmir
Sinkiang
China
Tibet
Moscow
Attlee and Pleven Discuss Crisis on Eve of Flight
Britain’s Attlee and France’s Pleven met at Downing Street to discuss the Korea crisis and European defence on the eve of Attlee’s planned flight to Washington to confer with President Truman. Pleven may also fly. both leaders aim to review East West relations and German rearmament.
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Britain
France
Attlee
Truman
Korea
Rene Fleren
Downing Street
Washington
E.S.T
New York
U.S
Pleven
Sir William Sam
imperial general staff
foreign office
Red Tide Near Pyongyang as Chinese Forces Advance
Chinese forces surged southward toward Pyongyang with a mass of 12,608 troops reported within 13 miles of the city, as UN forces had previously captured the capital. The report notes Pyongyang as a former Red Korea seat and comments on its liberation from Communism.
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Pyongyang
United States
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Songchon
Korea
10th Corps
7th Division
Changjin
Hagaru
Hakalwoo
MacArthur
United Nations
TOKYO
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