Attlee cites hope UN forces hold in Korea
Prime Minister Attlee told the House of Commons he has good hopes that UN forces will maintain themselves in Korea after talks with President Truman in Washington and Canadian leaders in Ottawa. He outlined agreed actions for UN representatives and said aggression must be halted. He stressed the defense of the West as the first task of the Atlantic community and noted differences over recognition of the Chinese Communist government remain unresolved. Evacuation of Anglo American forces from Hungnam began, with reports of 100,000 Chinese troops converging, while most North Korea was abandoned to Communist forces as UN troops withdrew to the 38th parallel and awaited the Chinese advance.
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Chosin reservoir
Red Deer Editor Heads Civic Polls
F P Galbraith editor of the Red Deer Advocate led the civic council election tally in Red Deer Alberta. He was elected with 939 votes while his nearest challenger Charlie Anderson trailed by 44 votes and captured 895. Former Reeve Robert H Edgar won with 673 votes.
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Alto
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Installation of Dr Arthur Moore as Victoria University president
Dr Arthur Bruce Barbour Moore was installed as president of Victoria University in Toronto, with greetings from his brother Dr Dale Hendry Moore, president of Cedar Crest College. The talk reflected on religion and education knowing no firm boundary. A London Free Press note by Arthur Ford is cited. The River Connecticut serves as a partial boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire in its upper stretches, described as wandering and often broken into segments.
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Victoria University
Toronto
Dale Hendry Moore
Cedar Crest College
Allentown
London Free Press
Arthur R. Ford
Moore
Connecticut
Vermont
New Hampshire
Peace Proposal By 12 Nations is Laid Before U.N.
Edmonton leaders receive a pay raise as city council approves a $10,000 annual salary for the mayor and two commissioners, boosting each annual pay by 2,600. The action was announced on December 12 in Edmonton.
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U.N
EDMONTON
Britain and U S back Asian plan for Korean cease fire
Britain and the United States rallied behind a joint Asian and Middle East proposal to form groups to seek a cease-fire in Korea and to settle Far East issues. U S delegate Warren R Austin said he would back the cease-fire plan with security guarantees for U N forces and Korean people. British minister Kenneth Younger also supported the cease-fire. Debate paused as Russia and other delegations consult. Rau warned Peiping wants peace but cautioned over broader talks on Asia.
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LAKE SUCCESS
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Britain
United States
U.S
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
general assembly
Far East
Warren R. Austin
U.N
Korea
Kenneth Younger
Jacob A. Malik
Roberto Urdaneta Arbelaez
Rau
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Peiping
Riley Is Gas City Winner in Medicine Hat mayor race
In Medicine Hat Alberta, CPR conductor Wilson Riley was elected mayor for a two year term, winning 2518 votes to 1729 for W E McCombs and 1576 for Harry Leinweber. Riley also headed a slate of aldermen in a three cornered election.
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Medicine Hat C.P.R
Wilson Riley
Riley
Hector Lang
Lang
W. E. McCombs
Harry Leinweber
McCombs
Leinweber
Ald. Leinweber
Houde Re elected Montreal Mayor For Seventh Term
Montreal held mayoral elections as Ca millien Houde won a seventh term leading the city with 60 025 ballots to opponent Barto Fournier 30 070 amid heavy snowfall. Voting turnout reached 31.8 percent of 283 684 eligible voters, higher than earlier expectations. Fournier, a Montreal lawyer and MP, faced a large margin loss with a $200 deposit at risk.
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Camillien Houde
Canada
Houde
house of commons
Papineau
Barto Fournier
Mr. Fournier
Maisonneuve-Rosemount
Fraser dies after illness ends prime ministership
Wellington New Zealand December 12 Peter Fraser the son of a Scottish cobbler who rose to be New Zealand's prime minister died at 2 47 p m Tuesday after a brief rally the Labour government defeated in 1949 election Fraser aged 66 had bronchitis and several heart attacks He briefly left his hospital bed for the first time since October making him the third former Commonwealth prime minister to die this year following Canada s W L Mackenzie King and Field Marshal Jan Christiaan van Rijswijk
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N.Z
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
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Labor
Commonwealth
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Canada
Jan Christiaan
Dusk To Dawn Curfew Clamped On Singapore
Riot violence in Singapore lifts curfew after two days of clashes over a Dutch girl. At least 14 dead and 140 plus injured as soldiers fire on mobs in the eastern district. The British colony’s court allows the mother to take the girl to the Netherlands. Authorities report multiple nationalities among the dead and injured as mob action continues around the supreme court.
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Maria Bertha Hertogh
Netherlands
Record U.S. factory investment in early 1951
Government agencies report plans to invest 4.8 billion dollars in new factories machinery and other equipment in the first quarter of 1951, a record for that season. The figure underscores robust expansion efforts across the United States, with widespread business activity anticipated.
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WASHINGTON
Dec
United States
Atlantic Meet In Session
North Atlantic pact military leaders met twice behind closed doors at Lancaster House to form a command staff for the Exon defence force. Gen Charles Foulkes of Canada attended, with a joint session planned with pact council deputies to decide how German troops join the force and how the NATO command will link to regional brigades.
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Charles Foulkes
Dominion
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Lancaster house
North Atlantic treaty organization
Europe
Brussels alliance
LEDUC
Alta
Leduc Utilities Ltd
Ind ita
W. J. Gray
crown
ashvece
West
pact council of depation
Mrnopels
COAST VANCOUVER
F. W. Heakes
civil defence
Canada
WHOPPING DEFENCE PROGRAM Cabinet Will Soon Examine
Ottawa reports cabinet to study next year’s defence program which may exceed 1 billion dollars as ministers await semi annual military situation briefings from the chiefs of staff. The Chinese Korean crisis and Attlee St Laurent talks cloud the outlook though Attlee’s visit reassures some observers. Defence spending is expected to rise amid ongoing global tension.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Attlee
Claxton and Pearson to attend Brussels meetings
Defence Minister Claxton and External Affairs Minister Pearson will be in Brussels for two concurrent meetings beginning about December 18 to discuss rearming Germany. The talks will involve defence and foreign ministers of the 12 North Atlantic pact countries.
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Pearson
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Paris
Red Chinese Buy Book On A Bomb
The New York Herald Tribune says Communist China's United Nations delegation bought 838 dollars worth of books on atomic energy and military subjects from a Manhattan store last week. Also included was a volume on etiquette according to a tell circulated report in the book trade.
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China
United Nations
United States
Manhattan
New York Herald Tribune
Refugees flood toward UN lines in Korea mass flight
Reports from December describe a vast civilian exodus from Chinese occupied areas toward the South. Observers estimate hundreds of thousands fleeing along roads near Chaeryong to Haeju and toward Seoul, with 80 percent of northern civilians said to be flowing southward as villages are evacuated and Chinese forces use civilians as shields. The mass movement disrupts routes and military traffic while civilians bear packs and children trek toward safety.
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KOREA
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Seoul
Chaeryong
Haeju
Flighth army
Truman to address nation on world crisis and war steps
Washington reports President Truman plans a radio address Friday or Saturday night on the world crisis and home front measures. He will consult with senators and representatives about a national emergency step likely to move the U S toward a war footing.
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