Alberta reads 13 more oil land parcels for sale
CALGARY Dec 5 The Alberta government has put up for public bid 13 additional quarter section crown oil parcels joining 18 parcels in Stettler West Edmonton and Westleck announced earlier Bids on all 31 parcels will be accepted until close of business Dec 15 These new lands lie in the Woodbend Excelsior and Stettler areas covering 2074 acres
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CALGARY
Alberta
Stettler
West Edmonton
Westleck
Woodbend
Excelsior
Photo Finish In Australia
In Melbourne, leaders of Australia s Liberal-Country coalition enter the final campaigning week hoping for a repeat of New Zealand s last Wednesday when Labor fell after 14 years. A photo finish is forecast as 4 750 000 voters decide 121 seats and a 70 member Senate expansion.
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MELBOURNE
Reuters
Australia
Liberal-Country party
New Zealand
Labor
Country party
BE. J. Holloway
house of representatives
Chifley
Labor party
Robert G. Menzies
New South Wales
Liberal
Independent Labor
Independent
Saskatchewan CCF expands by taking over Fidelity Co.
Regina reports the Saskatchewan CCF government, in business since 1945, has taken control and management of the Saskatchewan Guarantee and Fidelity Co. of Regina. W. H. A. Hill, former manager, said control passed to the government last Thursday. Provincial Treasurer C. M. Fines confirmed the deal, reached at a directors' meeting on November 30.
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REGINA
Saskatchewan
C.C.F
Saskatchewan Guarantee and Fidelity Co
W.H. A. Hill
C. M. Fines
The Official History of Australia in World War II
The Commonwealth plans a six million word official history of Australia in the war of 1939 to 1945. Gavin Lane leads 13 writers toward completion by 1953 with one volume due in 1954, following Gavin Long as editor and supervisor.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Gavin Lane
Co. E W. Bean
Dr. Bean himslf
denne
Congress backs new union formed in U S and suspend UE
The Canadian Congress of Labor suspends District five of the United Electrical Workers for non payment of dues and backs the new International Union of Electrical Workers formed after the UE was expelled from the CIO. The move standardizes affiliation with Canadian locals of the new union effective Dec. 1.
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OlAWA
United Electrical Workers Union today
Congress of Labor
congress
International Union of Electrical Workers
United States
U.E
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ontario Federation of Labor
C.C.L
U.E. News
C. S. Jackson
George Harris
Ross Russell
M. Chambers
J. F. Douglas
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
International Union of
electrical workers
C.CL
Isolation ends as Bailey bridges reconnect West Vancouver
West Vancouver residents resumed normal commuting as two Bailey bridges reconnected West and North Vancouver across the Capilano river. The temporary spans, linked by a man made island, provided one way traffic after a Friday flood disrupted transit for days. Winds reached 38 mph but rain held off from Oregon’s coast as unsettled weather eased.
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VANCOUVER
West Vancouver
Capilano river
Oregon
Crime Comics Banned Bill Passed by Legislature
A new bill sanctioned by the provincial assembly prescribes up to two years in prison for selling or publishing crime comics or obscene material. It removes ignorance as a defense for publishers and retailers, requiring proof of knowledge for certain offenses and exposure to the public. Continued on page two.
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UAWA
the
commons
E. D. Fulton
P.C
Kamloops
Garson
Governor Stabbed In Sarawak Anti-cession Rising
Malay youths stabbed the British Governor of Sarawak, Duncan Stewart, during a reception at Sibu. Stewart’s condition was listed as serious and he was flown to Singapore for treatment after a blood transfusion. Two 16 year old rebels were arrested, tied to the anti-cession movement seeking the return of the white rajahs.
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SINGAPORE
API
Sarzuak
Duncan Stewart
Sibu
Kuching
Barneo
Stewart
aiher wharf
Sarawak
Britain
Stew
Charles Vimer Brooke
Brooke
Sir Charles
hi return
Second uranium mine disaster reported in German zone
Reuters copy from Telegraf says 340 miners died in an November 2 flood at Anneberg Saxony after a cavity filled with water connected to a subterranean lake. Rescue teams saved 280, but 340 drowned. Berlin authorities dispute the Telegraf figures and there are higher death claims from Johanngeorgenstadt.
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ERLIN
Reuters
Telegraf
Anneberg
Saxony
Johanngeorgenstadt
Berlin
Anneberz
Probers To Scan Charge Probers To Scan Charge
Congressional investigators receive orders from Senator Brien McMahon to probe charges that Harry Hopkins helped Russia speed uranium and bomb powder shipments by air during World War II. The inquiry will focus on military security aspects, sparked by radio allegations from G Racey Jordan.
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Fulton Lewis, Jr
Jordan
Great Falls
Mont
Russia
Denver
Cole
chemical company
Evacuation of Chengtu Under Way
Hong Kong dispatch reports evacuation of the Nationalist capital Chengtu begun as government officials gather at the airport for air transport to Formosa while Communist forces under Gen. Liu Po-Cheng advance toward the city after capturing Chungking.
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HONG KONG
Chengtu
Chungking
Sing Tao Man Po
Formosa
Courtesy Stranger Steals Car In South Philadelphia
Walter Bowe of Philadelphia struggled with a 1938 model auto in a south Philadelphia intersection. A courteous stranger offered help, rode along while Bowe pushed, then took the starter job and drove off with the car, leaving Bowe pushing.
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PHILADELPHIA
Walter Bowe
Bowe
Open New Region To Dutch Settlers Rainy River Area
FORT FRANCES Ontario December 5 A verdant remote farming area west of here will open to Dutch settlers next year A G Gunn supervisor of Immigration for Rainy River district predicts more than 2000 Hollanders will be admitted to a 1 000 000 acre strip near the Canada United States border Immigrants were admitted in small groups since World War II and worked a year on western farms Now they can buy land at about 15 per acre In 1950 another 10000 Hollanders are to be admitted to Canada with some joining relatives on farms.
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FORT FRANCES
Canada
Netherlands
Weasel Wensley Dies Leader of Scotland Yards Five
Frederick Wensley, last of Scotland Yard s original Big Five and once hailed as the greatest detective, died at 84. A patrolman turned CID chief, he rose to chief constable in 1924 and led Britain s crime detection in the early 20th century. Known as The Weasel, he earned a reputation for relentless case work and deep East End knowledge.
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CID
Richard Muir
Wensley
tme
London
underworld
Weasel
Spitalfields
Jack the Ripper
Doukhobor Fire After Sons of Freedom Meeting
In Nelson British Columbia a small shack home of John Lebedoff was burned amid a crackdown on the Sons of Freedom Doukhobors. Police and rail officials spoke at a meeting prior to the blaze while guards patrolled rail lines after dynamite attacks. Lebedoff, leader of the group, urged followers to leave Canada for Russia or Turkey, a plan that prompted a strong government response. The fire was under investigation as authorities continued to probe the pattern of violence in the region.
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ELSON
B.C
Canada
British Columbia
John Lebedet
Sons of Freedom
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
Insp
R. &. Nelson
Nelson
F. Bouzan
Winnipeg
Lebedoff
Russia
Turkey
provincial
R.C
Five Die as Long Beach Plane Crashes at Airport
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed and burned at Long Beach municipal airport killing all five aboard. Eyewitnesses said the engines coughed after takeoff before the plane pancaked on the field and ignited. The plane was owned by 33-year-old Bob Sanders, believed to be at the controls. Reported aboard were Hal Evans John Putnam and CJ Boyden. The ninth victim remained unidentified. all were believed residents of the Long Beach Los Angeles area.
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LONG BEACH
Calif
Bob Sanders
Sanders
Hal Evans
John Putnam
CJ Boyden
Eleven Weekend Deaths in East Canada Report
The Canadian Press notes 24 weekend fatalities across eastern Canada with seven in Ontario, two in Quebec, and one each in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Four deaths were traffic related and three were drownings. Included were two burn deaths, one accidental shooting victim, and a falling tree fatality.
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TORONTO
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New York Faces Water Shortage Across Three Years
New Yorkers must curb water use for three years as upstate reservoirs shrink to 37 percent capacity. In Roosevelt New Jersey a town of 900 lost wells, factories closed, 225 jobs vanished, and 110 pupils faced school shutdowns as 200 families hoarded soft drinks. Army units moved water by trailer tanks while drillers searched deeper for relief. The city must cut daily water consumption by 200 million gallons to reach one billion gallons.
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NEW YORK
Gotham
United States
little Roosevelt
Heightstown
Monmouth
Stephen J. Carney
Missing US transport plane on Hong Kong run
An American civil air transport C 47 with five people and four tons of gasoline disappeared on the Hong Kong to Kunming route. The crew included a woman, a child, and three others. Elsewhere notices report Colonial Airlines cutting most staff in Syracuse, Alberta farmers weighing sit-down strike, and a plan to redistribute Doukhobors across Canada. The Supreme Court allows part of a Six Nations Indians debt case to proceed, and Alberta school holidays for Christmas to Jan 3 are announced.
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HONG KONG
United States
Hong Kong-Kunming run
C.A.T
COLONIAL AIRLINES
SYRACUSE
N.Y
Colonial
CALGARY
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
OTTAWA
supreme court of Canada
exchequer court of Canada
supreme court
YALE
LDMONTON
Alberta
W. MH. Swift
WALLACE
Edward J. McCormick
William Lee Wallace
Yvonne Levesque
Calsary
Justice (. J. Ford
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Ils
CCL
U.S
WEST VAN
RAILWAYS
Central Press Canadan. C.P.R
Penticton
CRIME COMICS
RUSSIAN
Luneburg
Leipzig
Hopkins
Associated Press
PROBERS
Rainy River Area
Sons Freedom Group
East
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