Whittaker Chambers resigns Time editor post
Whittaker Chambers resigns as a Time Magazine senior editor as he begins revealing more about Communist espionage. The move follows his public testimony amid the federal grand jury probe into Alger Hiss and associated cases.
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National Bureau of Standards
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Churchill Endorses North Atlantic Pact to End Cold War
Winston Churchill in a House of Commons speech hailed the projected North Atlantic pact as a huge step to end the cold war with Russia and assure Western Europe military support from Canada and the United States. He urged settlement with Russia before atomic bombs and called for Israel relations with Britain and the United Nations sanction. Churchill praised Eisenhower, supported Labour's base rights to the United States, and urged a Franco-German reconciliation to avoid a third world war.
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Canadian Ambassador Hume Wrong to Represent Dominion
Washington dispatch reports talks on a proposed military alliance among the United States and western European nations will resume with Robert Lovett meeting Britain Canada France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Canada will be represented by Hume Wrong who helped launch the earlier talks and Dominion memos outline its version of the pact.
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France
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Washington
Dominion
Toothpick builders create large models from tiny sticks
Barry Pariser of the New York Bronx is a 15 member of the National Pickbuilders Club who started before age ten with a 200-stick tower. He has crafted churches ferris wheels and Eiffel Tower models and now plans a 31 000 toothpick bridge followed by an Empire State Building model. His father a furrier hopes for dentistry but Barry aims to act and study languages if needed.
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St. Thomas Times Journal
Barry Pariser
New York Bronx
Eiffeld Tower
Empire State building
Barry
National Pickbuilders Club
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Sales Booming In Canadian Retail Stores
Ottawa dispatch reports retail sales in Canada thrice prewar levels with October 1948 up almost 15 percent from October 1947. Department stores lead, followed by variety stores and women’s apparel shops. radios and electricals rise across regions. Retail sales index for ten months of 1948 shows strong growth versus 1947.
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British Columbia
Blaze at Hillcrest Causes Large Damage to Shop
A gasoline tank explosion at the Atlanaic strip mine near Hillcrest triggered a fire that damaged a diesel tractor and other minor equipment late Wednesday night. Owned by Mannix Construction Co, the newly built machine shop suffered the loss with unofficial damage around 50,000 dollars. no injuries reported.
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Thorsby Alberta Burned Block Aids Loss Figures
Thorsby Alberta residents and shorekeepers surveyed the remains of a block destroyed by a blaze that caused an estimated 60 000 to 70 000 dollars in damage. The Hoffman general store and adjoining warehouse occupied the main site with other businesses and offices in adjacent buildings. Norman Hoffman a 43 year old war veteran owned the stock filled store, while the Alberta Seed Growers Association used the neighboring building. Firefighters faced 20 below zero temperatures and limited equipment as volunteers formed a bucket brigade aided by chemical tank sets to control the fire in this small town of about 450 people with no regular fire department.
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Nine Die in Blast at Kansas Power Plant
Nine men were killed and 16 injured in a series of blasts at the Kansas Power and Light main plant in Topeka. Rescue crews continued efforts as debris was cleared. The city, home to 90,000, faced outages and emergency operations with fires and widespread closures. Officials sought the cause, noting reports of a gas odor.
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Deshazer to Return to Japan as Methodist Missionary
Jacob Deshazer aged 33 who joined the Doolittle raid on Tokyo in 1942 and endured 34 months in solitary confinement in a Japanese prison camp says he will return to Japan as a Methodist missionary. He stated yesterday he wants to help the people there.
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Move By Chiang Kai Shek Expands Martial Law Across China
Chiang Kai Shek extends martial law to most of nationalist China except far western provinces and Formosa. Crisis deepens as civil war intensifies with communist advances near Shanghai Nanking and Peiping. Military jurisdiction broadens to remote areas amid strategic river defenses.
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Jews Ready To Negotiate On Lifting Negev Siege
A United Nations official said Israel agreed to negotiate a staged withdrawal from the Negev to allow 1,200 Egyptian troops trapped at Faluja to leave. The Israeli reply canceled a scheduled Security Council meeting on Palestine and the assembly planned to act on the British Palestine resolution after human rights items.
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WAR PROVED CRUSADE IN EUROPE AND DEMOCRACIES
The study notes the crusade in Europe showing democracies not decadent and outlines U S forces growth from 47 infantry divisions to extensive armored, airborne, and air strength. It details amphibious operations, terrain challenges in Sicily Italy and the Apennines, and the Rhine and Dutch barriers overcome to prevent trench stalemate.
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Meat Prices Stay High Despite Canadian Cattle Imports
Washington reports that Canadian beef cattle imports have not eased U S meat shortages and high prices. The Agriculture Department notes 240159 head entered Aug 16 to Nov 24 as Brannan urges price controls or increased livestock production to reduce costs. Projections link a big 1948 corn crop to fatter cattle and hogs, while some argue there is no shortage, only rising demand.
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Dominion
Charles F. Brannan
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American Meaty Institute
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armed services
Hon Philippe Roy Dies in Ottawa at 80
Hon Philippe Roy 80 longtime Canadian official in Paris and Ottawa died in Citawa Ottawa He served as senate member for Albertan region after 1908 and later as commissioner general in Paris and Canada first minister there He held roles with League of Nations and publishing firms in Edmonton and Montreal memorializes a French Canadian statesman who shaped diplomacy and northern governance.
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Edmonton
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Russia blames Britain and United States for war
Russia charged Britain and the United States with primary blame for the Second World War in a United Nations debate on human rights. Andrei i shinsky named Western leaders as chiefly responsible. Canada’s external affairs minister Pearson announced Canada will vote for the draft declaration on human rights, while stressing provincial rights remain unaffected.
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