Fight Over Decontrol In Parliament
Ottawa reports heated debate as opposition condemns decontrol measures and government economic controls after the throne speech opening the fourth session of Parliament. Prime Minister King withdraws and plans to reintroduce the motion Monday amid calls to adjourn for Christmas. The throne speech outlines austerity, tariff concessions from Geneva, and extending emergency powers for rent controls to expire Dec. 31, with later bills on wheat payments and veteran housing.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
John Bracken
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.P
Solon Law
Social Credit
Canada
Geneva
Italian Assembly Abolishes Nobility Titles
The constituent assembly in Rome voted to abolish titles of nobility in Italy and barred the return of the two former kings and their heirs. Those who held titles before the October 1922 Fascist march may still use them as part of their names. The body is drafting a new constitution and approved measures transferring Savoy properties to the state.
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ROME
Italy
Left Hand Corner on Taxes and Smoking in Budget Talk
The Ottawa Journal notes a 10 percent tax on dogples and a penny a pint beer rise, with no tax on horse racing receipts. Dalton defends tobacco limits but keeps fragrant foods untouched, while Beaverbrook is praised for forceful, hammering rhetoric in a London Free Press excerpt.
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Ottawa Journal
Dalton
BEAVERBROOK
Ford
London Free Press
Tora eaverbrook
Deadlock Deepens in Berlin Western-German Unity Talks
Foreign ministers in London see a split among the four occupying powers over German economic unity. Marshall demands precise conditions for unification and an end to zone boundaries, while Molotov accuses Britain and the United States of violating Potsdam. Bevin urges moving beyond generalities to achieve progress.
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Germany
Russia
foreign ministers’ council
France
Britain
United States
Marshall
Molotov
Margnall
U.S. Commerce
Harriman
RICHT
Truman
commerce
stle
Bevin
Soviet Union
generalitts
entape
George C. Marshall
U.S
Lewis Douglas
Court of St
Beaverbrae to be leased for displaced persons voyage
From its refitting berth in Sorel Quebec the Beaverbrae, an 11 knot liner, is slated to leave this weekend for Saint John after completion of cods repairs. The ship, formerly the Hessian and used by Germany as a U boat repair mother ship, was captured in 1945 and handed to Canada as part of postwar settlement.
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SOREL
Que
Beaverbrae
Saint John
js B. vinwre
Canada
Irsb
Widow Of Slain Man On Stand Inquest Detail
In Toronto the widow of George Vigus testified at a coroner s inquest into the strangling of Vigus and Iris Scott whose bodies were found Sept 12 in the trunk of a locked car. She described a six hour wait on the verandah and said she suspected nothing about her husband s companionship with Scott while noting her son could have slipped out unseen.
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York Downs
lovers lane
George Vigus
Iris Scott
Vigus
High Park
Toronto
William Kuzik
North York township
Kuzik
Rex
crown
Henry Bull
Tris Scott
George
War Disaster Near Halifax Revealed by Judge
Judge W F Catrall disclosed a wartime tragedy near Halifax involving the destroyer Micmas and freighter Yarmouth County. The inquiry was told a United States ship trainer was damaged in harbor tests, with losses of crew aboard the warship and secret details kept from the public.
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HALIPAX
Hallie tax
Finnny
Micmas
Yarmouth County
W. F. Catrall
United Sites tre
biruck
rene
Gibaster
Halifax
Princess Elizabeth Hopes to Visit Australia Soon
Princess Elizabeth writes to Prime Minister Charlton in a published letter saying she hopes it will not be long before she visits Australia. The message appeared in Canberra on December 6 according to Reuters.
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CANBERRA
Dee
Reuters
Elizabeth
Charley
Austraia
Rome in turmoil as three day ultimatum issued to government
Communist led workers in Rome demand three day response from the government over employment and police action that killed a worker in Primevale. The Provincial Committee of Congress of Management and Internal Commissions claims police fired on women and children and threatens general strike if unmet.
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ROME
Congress of Management
Primevale
Iplutomat
L'Unita
poe
public works department
Melenee
sincve
Milan
France approves tough anti strike law amid labor crisis
After a 21 hour session the French upper house passed Premier Robert Schuman’s strict anti strike bill 217 to 82 sending it to President Vincent Auriol for signature. The measure increases sabotage penalties and lets the state act to end strikes, as police prepare to use force to end blockades amid a drive to curb communist led strikes affecting coal, steel, ore and automotive output.
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PARIS
Robert Schuman
national assembly
Vincent Auriol
No Formal Protest Made on Canadian Gold Bonus Plan
Ottawa reports the state department has not lodged a formal protest over Canada’s plan to boost gold mining aid. A meeting today between Canadian mining interests and government ministers Howe and Gren will consider proposals for more support than the November 17 plan. The plan would add a $7 an ounce bonus for production beyond the 12 months ending June 30 to offset higher costs fixed at $35 per ounce.
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OTTAWA
state department
Washington
Canad
Howe
Gren
Abbott
Woman Dies After No Hospital Bed In Calgary Hotel
Dorothy Olson, 35, of Miller, died in a Calgary hotel after her physician could not secure a bed at General or Holy Cross hospital. She had traveled from Edmonton for treatment, became unconscious en route, and died a few hours later from pneumonia and complications. Services will be held in Edmonton Monday. Butter prices rose another cent a pound in Calgary stores.
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CALGARY
Dorothy Olon
Miller
General
Holy Cross hospital
Olson
Girne eral hospital
Hote juin
CONDE
Edmoneton
Alfred
Edmonton
Violence Shatters Border Arc as Hagana Clashes Rise
Violence flared in the Jaffa Tel Aviv border region with three Jews killed and Hagana accusing Palestine police of armored fire on Jewish homes. A Hagana communique said one of its members died, corpses included a child and wounded a woman as clashes spread through Jerusalem streets and stonings erupted on Jaffa Road.
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Des
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Harane
Palestine police
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Hatikeah
Yacob
Palestine
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Holy Land
Engana
Jacob Shiff
Hatikvah
Eisht
f ang
Hagarna
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abery oy
hurendut
Richard Graves
municipal commission
Baghdad
Prince Zaid
Slain Women Reported in Hamilton and Montreal Murders
Police said the body of Julia Kabas, 54, was found behind Dun Drun Castle in Hamilton with signs of rape and strangulation after an 11 p.m. departure from a neighbor visit. In Montreal, two women, Deivie Sparking, 28, and Mire Jeanne Parsoms May, were killed in separate “family argument” slayings with details including pregnancy claims and a bedside death following gunfire and assault.
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HAMILTON
Dee
C.P
Dusdrun Castle
Julia Kabas
Kabas
Mary Kumuk
STRUGLE
MONTREAL
Deivie Martha Sparking
Mire Jeanne Parssoms May
Plan Extends Farm Labor Program Amid Harvest Needs
A government committee approved extending the farm labor program until November 21 and scheduled closed sessions to discuss further provisions. The move comes as provinces report a need for additional labor to handle the 1448 harvests and ensure continued agricultural work.
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Rehm
Visteh
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Névicen
Death toll in Middle East reaches 195 in clashes
Jerusalem reports 195 dead across the region as gunfire and explosions erupt in No Man's Land between Arab Jaffa and Jewish Leb. casualties mount and financial losses rise.
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JERUSALEM
No Man's Land
Jaffa
MARSHALL
council of foreign ministers
Foren
Winister Mulatey
Marstall
wranguys
BLCHAREST
Mures
Transglane
ADEN
coftrolt
MONTREAL
international fuper Sales company, Inc
telegraph
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tower mainland
Cranbrook
MOLDER
NEW YORK
Anthony Merenda
perton
air corps
Bretklyn senny
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