Greece Reports Bloody Fighting in Peloponnesus
Greek newspapers cite bloody outbreaks in the Peloponnesus and interior as Communists allegedly trigger unrest to divert attention from border clashes. The fighting left many gendarmes and guerrillas dead or captured, with reports of executions and sentences in nearby towns. Ambassador Dendramis announced Greece filed border-violation charges with Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania and requested a UN on the spot investigation while Tsaldaris traveled to New York to present Greece’s case.
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Mt. Parnon
Kozane
Yannina
Veassili Dendramis
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
U.N. commission
Dendramis
Trygve Lie
United Nations security council
Constantin Tsaldaris
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Athens
New York
Paris
Ottawa not announcing pools tax settlement
Ottawa reports no plan to disclose details of the long standing wheat pools tax settlement. A finance department official says terms may remain private unless the taxpayers choose to publicize them. Wheat pool officials in Western Canada said settlement had been reached but terms must be released by the department.
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OTTAWA
finance department
Canada
Unorthodox UK plan to aid vagrants with centers and tests
The United Kingdom considers new vagrancy measures after the war. Reception centres would offer food and shelter while psychiatrists provide vocational guidance and aptitude tests. If needed, a nationwide network and reconditioning hostels may follow to curb postwar vagrancy. A separate note mentions a golden eagle sent by train as a zoo parcel from London to the North.
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United Kingdom
Britain
Vancouver
MORTHOVON
Manchester Guardian
Enston Staton
Scotland
London Zoo
Gum Chewer in Court Baffles Spectators in Lews Case
Washington December 4. A gum chewing policeman bored spectators by swinging a rubber hose in a courtroom. He awaited to testify in a different case and used the hose as evidence in his own proceeding. He claimed it was to explain a prior blow to the head.
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WASHINGTON
John L. Lews
Oakland in Strike Grip Threatens City Utilities
Oakland faces a general strike as AFL Clerks Union backs walkout. Mayor Beach urges action after a mass meeting threat to shut gas electricity telephone and water services. The city declares a state of emergency as transit halts and demonstrations flare across the Bay Area.
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Herbert L. Beach
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Alameda County
A.F.L
San Francisco
Oakland Bay bridge
East Bay
Retail Clerks
Inquiry Into Conduct U S Troops in Germany
Washington reports cited a Republican inquiry into alleged immorality and other excesses by U S troops in occupied Germany. The Meader committee report accused some troops of misconduct and venereal disease, while War Secretary Patterson called the report distorted. President Truman said no congressional inquiry was needed.
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United States
Germany
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Truman
senate war investigating committee
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Amerecan occastion
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Owen Brewiter
Maine
Joseph Ball
Minn
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Wil
liam Rowland
Calit
Patterson
Harley Kilgore
Dem
W. Va
ceres
negro trooms
Perseverance wins new North American wheat crown
Mrs. Ghas Kelsey of Erickson Saskatchewan wins the North American wheat queen award after years of effort and farming. She began wheat growing after illness, hand harvested and cleaned grain, achieving a 668 pounds per bushel exhibit in Chicago. Mr. Kelsey built the valley's first hand operated threshing machine.
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Ghas. Kelsey
Erickson
Kelsey
Chicago
Veterans Recall Big Inch Pipelines In News Again
Canadian press report recalls the Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines built in World War II now pressed back into service to offset soft coal shortages. The two lines from Texas to Linden New Jersey supply gas, with gas flow targets of 60 million cubic feet daily, rising to 150 million.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
WASHINGTON
United States
daily news
War Emergency Pipe Lines, Incorporated
defence plants corporation
Longview
Texas
Phoenixville
Philadelphia
Linden
New York
Cit
Beaumont
Little Rock
Ark
Krug
Interior department
95 000 Acres Sugar Beets Allocation Reaffirmed
Ottawa report recommends setting Canadian sugar beet acreage for 1947 at the processing capacity of 95 000 acres. High labor needs reduced production last year, with 1946 acreage 11 percent above 1945 but 2t percent below the target. In Winnipeg Salvation Army campaign notes a cheque arriving for General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army who died in 1912, prompting hopes no underset is needed.
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OTTAWA
GENERAL BOOTH
WINNIPEG
Salvation Army
Delay of Axis Satellite Peace Treaties Delayed
New York December 4 diplomatic informants say axis satellite peace treaties likely postponed until early 1947 due to printing delays in final texts. Big Four aim to finish Italy Bulgaria Hungary Romania and Finland pacts soon, then outline German settlement. Western powers strengthen position with Germany by uniting zones, while Bevin concedes frontier changes. Russia seeks broader reparations. U.N. debate on refugee camp staffing rights cites Soviet proposal.
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NEW YORK
council of foreign ministers
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Finland
Germany
Europe
Britain
United States
Russia
France
Ruhr
Bevin
Greece
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
United Nations
ongin os
M. J. Caldwell
Coldwell
International Refugee Organization
Communists in France fail to elect premier Thorez
Paris December 4 The Communist party candidate Maurice Thorez fell 41 votes short of an absolute majority in the National Assembly for the premiership. The abstention by the Moderate Republican Popular Movement and the Radical Socialists led to his defeat as the assembly adjourned to reconvene. Thorez won 239 votes amid support from Socialist deputies while Communist leader Jacques Duclos pledged to continue Thorez’s candidacy. The MRP suggested its own candidate if Thorez failed again, with Bidault or Robert Schuman named as options.
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Communist party
Maurice ' horez
national assembly
M. Thorez
Mouvement Republican Populaire
assembly
M. Thorex
Jacques Duclos
MRP
George Bidault
Thorez
Bidawht
Robert Schuman
National Congress
Marcel Cuchi
Mystery probes missing Alberta grain exhibit winner
Alberta agriculture officials pressed a search for grain exhibits tied to the Chicago International Snow event but by late today had found no trace of the missing entries. The wheat and oats samples, once displayed by fields champion Frank Miller and Amy Kelsey of Erickson BC, vanished after crossing Portal ND on route to Chicago. Miller voiced disappointment but praised Amy Kelsey as the new world wheat queen. The probe continues until definite facts emerge.
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Del
Alberta
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A M Wilson
international horder
Portal ND
Chicago
Portal Witham
Muller
Exlmortiaty
wheal
Amy Kelsey
Erickson
Miller
hhis
ventere
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Coal strike fines handed to Lewis and UMW leaders
Washington dispatch reports Judge Alan Goldsborough levied 3.5 million dollars in fines against the United Mine Workers and 10 thousand dollars against John L. Lewis for contempt of court amid the coal strike. Defence counsel served notice of appeal as the injunction replaces the old restraining order. Government counsel urged a 3.5 million penalty on the union for contempt and noted the union treasury at 13.5 million dollars.
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Alan Goldsborough
ASHINGTON
A.P
John L. Lewae
T. Alain Goldsborough
Golds
Goldsborough
ilegally
WASHINGTON
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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Sonnett
Sennett
aail
Welly K. Hopkins
Thomas Kennedy
U.M.W
Barilera
wall Ip.m. C.S.T
Queen Elizabeth Sails Through Gale Hurting 22 Passengers
The Queen Elizabeth, sailing from New York, rode a fresh westerly gale with 40 foot seas, injuring 22 passengers and leaving four with broken bones. Most seriously hurt were taken to Southampton hospitals. A baby named Elizabeth Dawn was born aboard, christened by Commodore Bisset, as the storm continued.
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SOUTHAMPTON
England
New York
James Bisset
Southampton hopitals
dean Foley
Commoine Bisset
Elizabeth Dawn
Ottawa Couple to Be Hanged in Weiland County Jail
The Ontario secretary’s department announced that Mr and Mrs Gaeanpe Popowich will be hanged tomorrow at Weiland county jail for the murder of Louis Nata of Thorold Ontario. Clemency requests were denied by the governor in council. The couple had earlier been scheduled for December 12 but the appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal failed and the hangings were ordered after Nate died in hospital from injuries suffered June 16.
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OTTAWA
Dev
state secretary's department
Gaeanpe Popowich
Weiland county
Louis Nata
Thorold
Ontario Court of Appeal
Nate diety
Chinese Must Sign Agreement On Air Rights Pact
Ottawa reports the Chinese embassy commenting on negotiations for a new air services treaty with the United States. The draft pact would allow China and the US to fly routes over Canada linking Alaska and the Aleutians, with Canada and other signatories granting air rights and landings for non-traffic purposes.
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OTTAWA
Canada
United States
Nanking
Canad
China
Alaska
United Nations
Death sentence commuted in Winnipeg case
Abraham Goodman, 63, condemned for the hatchet slaying of Rachel Herman, has had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Goodman was scheduled to hang at Headingley, with Dec. 7 reported as the potential execution date.
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Abraham Goodman
svar oh Wes Rachel Herman
Goodman
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