Reds 50 Miles Wait is Dismissed From Nanking Legality 01 Union Move
Chiang Kai Shek faces a grim sky as Communist forces threaten the Yangtze frontier. Reports say 50,000 of the Lith Army Group have been wiped out southwest of Suhsiten, with the 12th trapped and short on supplies. The Sixth Army attempts a breakout toward Pengpu as the situation worsens near Peiping.
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Reds
Nanking
Associated Press
ANKING
Chiang Kai - Shek
Hwei river
Yanetze river
Suhsitn
12th
Communist
Sixth
Pengpu
Pangpu
Subsien
China
Spencer Moose
Peiping
Changping
Nakou
Contested legality of Newfoundland union dismissed
JOHN'S MFID Dec 1 Mr Justice Brian Dunfield dismissed a writ by six former Newfoundland legislators challenging Newfoundland joining Canada. The suit argued the convension and referendum acts were illegal. Plaintiffs may appeal to the full Supreme Court bench, no date set. The judge called the claim preposterous and lacking specific damages.
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JOHN’S
Mfid
Brian Dunfield
Sir Gordon Macdonald
commission
Newfoundland
supreme court
Justice Dunfield
Confederation
OTTAWA
Sir. Laurent
Brooke Claxton
Canada
A. J Walsh
Quebec
orginal Fathers of Confederation
parliament of
Five Burned In Hotel Blaze
Chicago fire on a seven-storey Victora hotel fifth floor left five dead and 187 injured or fled as flames confined to one floor were put out within an hour. Deceased were William James Reane Eugene Oyler Allan McCullough Richard Wictine and Richard Alden. Three victims were trapped in rooms.
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CHICAGO
Victora
Willliam James Reane
Eugene Oyler
Allan McCullough
Richard Wictine
Richard I Alden
Seedless watermelons may reach American tables in future
Dr Hitoshi Kihara of Kyoto Imperial University explains seedless watermelons bred by applying colchicene to create a four chromosome plant then crossing back to normal melons to yield a three chromosome fruit with few seeds. Not yet market ready. some melons taste good while a few are still sour. USDA says no knowledge of seedless varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitoshi Kihara
Kyoto Imperial University
Japan
Kittara
Europe
Science Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Costa Rica Is Invaded by Forces from Nicaragua
Costa Rica reports an invasion led by former President Rafael A. Calderon Guardia, with Nicaraguan and Costa Rican carriers, estimated 200 to 300 men, confined to a border region near Nicaragua. Martial law declared, civilians mobilized to form a defense in place of the army. Costa Rica protests to Nicaragua and seeks Rio Pact aid. UN informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN JOSE
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
Rafael A. Calderon Guardia
Nicar Jagua
Havana
Rio De Janeiro
Washington
counoll
organization of American states
U.N. COUNCIL
PARIS
Des
United Nations security doutell
council
Alberto Canas
Body recovered in Alberta store fire tragedy
In Athabasca Alberta on December 13 RCMP investigators recovered a body believed to be Mrs Max Cowan who perished when a gas furnace exploded and destroyed a $70,000 general store. Max Cowan, husband of the victim, and Peter Manchur a store customer, remain in hospital with burns and shock.
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ATHABASKA
Alta
P RCMP
Max Cowan
Edmonton
Peter Manchur
UN Adjourns On Bitter Note
In Paris the United Nations General Assembly ends with a blunt Russian rebuke to Britain and the United States. Andrei Vishinsky accuses the West of wrecking cooperation while John Foster Dulles delivers a measured response as the session closes. The assembly will reconvene later.
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Associated Press
RIS
Russia
United Nations general assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Britain
United States
Paris assembly
VISHINSKY
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Trail Police Chief Fired After Unsatisfactory Service
Trail British Columbia December 13 Chief Constable John Laurie was dismissed from the Trail police force by unanimous vote of the city police commission. Laurie refused to resign after being given two hours to do so. He helped marshal defenses for Smelter City against the Columbia River flood last June as a key action. The commission, after consulting with city council, did not state formal charges though reports cited concerns over the upcoming civic election.
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TRAIL
John Laurie
Chet Laurie
Laurie
Columbia
police commission
aigic
CALGARY
C.P
Margaret McNeill
British Columbia
New Westminster
B.C
Vancouver
WASHINGTON
house of representatives
un American activities committee
Karl E. Mundt
Rep. S.D
SAULT STE. MARIE
Ont
Pee
L.P
Richard Rivers
Ojibway
J. A. Yamini
May Rivers
Blind River
laadé
One Killed in Auto Accident Near Eckville Alberta
A woman, 71, Mrs James Rogers, was killed two miles east of Eckville in an Alberta auto crash. Her daughter Ada Rogers was in serious condition at Eckville hospital. Mrs Rogers’s husband, son Harry, and Louise Hatfield of Vermilion escaped with minor injuries.
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ECKVILLE
Alta
Der
James Rogers
Rocky Mountain House
Ada Rogers
Eckville hospital
Rogers
Harry
Louise Hatfield
Vermilion Alta
Eisenhower reviews Zhukov insights in Europe Crusade
Condensed serialization of Dwight D Eisenhower s Crusade to Europe discusses Zhukov s wartime methods and tactics. It highlights Russian mine field practices, division strengths, morale maintenance, and strategic lessons for American forces as depicted in the book preview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D Eisenhower
Europe
Woubieday & Company
Doubleday & Company
Zhukov
min
Five Western Canada Baking Firms Named in Bread Price Fixing Case
The combines investigation commission named five western Canadian baking companies and two trade associations as members of a alleged bread price fixing cartel in Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. The report by H Carl Goldenberg cites acts in restraint of trade and says the firms marketed three quarters of bread in the three provinces and used uniform price increases and the threat of cut supply to maintain prices. Hearings occurred in Edmonton Calgary Vancouver Regina Saskatoon and Winnipeg. The report notes an over all plan to control bread prices across the region.
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UAWA
combines investigation commission
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
H. Carl Goldenberg
Montreal
Goldenberg
McGavin Bakeries Ltd
McGavin Ltd
Canadian Bakeries Ltd
Weston Bread and Cake
Canada
Alberta Master Bakers’ Association Inc
Master Bakers’ Association
Vancouver
combines investigation net
Edmonton
Calgary
Regina
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
combine
US Position In Japan Weakened Says MacArthur
The New York Times reports Gen Douglas MacArthur views U S influence in Japan as weakened materially by Communist advances in Asia. Dispatch from Washington cites MacArthur forwarding an assessment of how northern Kuriles Kamchatka Sakhalin and southern China Communist gains erode U S standing.
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NEW YORK
New York Times
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Japan
Asia
The Times
Washimigten
Hanson W Baldwin
MacArthur
Kuriles
Kamchatka
Sakhalin
China
Willamette Flood Threatens Oregon Farms and Cities
Oregon faces a Willamette River freshet from days of rain and melting snow with four dead and 300 fleeing lowlands. Flooding swamps highways, traps 200 neighbors, and disrupts transportation across Albany Corvallis Salem and Oregon City. Red Cross reports 506 evacuated in Glenwood and temporary camps on university grounds and Lane county fairgrounds.
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EUGENE
Ore
Dee
Oregon
Willamette Valley
middle valley
Willamette freshet
Albany
Corvallis
Salem
Oregon City
Willamette
Harrisburg
Jefferson
Santiam river
Red Cross
Glenwood
University of Oregon
Lane county fairgrounds
Senator McDonald Dies in Toronto at 72
Toronto obituary notes Senator John Anthony McDonald a 38 year veteran of the senate and a Progressive Conservative deterrent for New Brunswick died of heart ailment at his home aged 72. Born Shediac NB, educated at local schools, he had lived in Toronto nearly 25 years and will be buried after services at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Joan Bracken praised him as a loyal party worker and friend.
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TORONTO
senate
John Anthony McDonald
New Brunswick
Meighen
Shediac
McDonald
Shediac high school
St Joseph College
Memiamcook
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
BRACKEN
OTTAWA
Joan Bracken
national
Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative party
Calgary woman in serious condition after collision near Cochrane
Hospital authorities in Calgary describe Mrs Mary Webb of Cochrane as very serious after a collision between the automobile she rode in and a truck ten miles north of Cochrane Saturday. The Sunday report notes the pelvis may be fractured and the incident occurred 10 miles north of Cochrane.
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CALGARY
Mary Webb
Cochrane
Alta
Webb
Fear Open Battle Between Unions in B C Camps
Courtenay to Campbell River report rising fears of open warfare between rival unions. Police presence kept orders, as IWA members clash with WIC, with LWA workers at Iron River Logging Co camp sleeping with guns by their beds after a month long strike.
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COURTENAY
Campbell River
B.C
International Woodworkers of America
0.I.0
Woodworkers’ Industrial Union of Canada
LWA
Iron River
Big Vote In Byelection In Nova Scotia
Voters in Digby Annapolis Kings began polling to elect a federal member as 37 319 eligible voters face a 5 am to 6 pm ballot. Candidates include Liberal J McKenge Progressive Conservative George C Nowlan and CCF Lloyd Shaw. The riding has long leaned Liberal with former MP Isley having held it 22 years. Current Commons tally shows Liberals 122 PC 65 CCF 32 Social Credit 13 others eight and five vacant.
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ANKRAPOLIS ROYAL
Der
Nova Scotia
Digby-Annapolis- Kings
C.C.F
commons
Tinley
Somae
Nova Scote highways munister
George C. Nowlan
Wolfville
C.CP
Lloyd Shaw
Halifax
Mr. Isley
CCEL
house of commons
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
CCF
Social Credit
Calgary business leader dies suddenly at home
David Burgess, 60, vice-president and managing director of Beil and Morris Ltd, a plumbing and hardware supplier, died suddenly at his Calgary home last night. A native of Blairgowrie, Scotland, he had lived in Calgary since 190%.
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CALGARY
David Burgess
Beil and Morris Ltd
Blairgowrie
Scotland
US Army Private, Family Die in Destruction of Home
Pte Christopher William Baughman of the Corps of Engineers died with his wife Betty and their two young sons in a home fire at an northern outpost town. The tragedy also affected the Desca area community as investigators work to determine the cause.
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CHURCHILL CHURCHILL
Aanerisan
Desaare
Christopher William Baughman
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Betty
Christopher William
Robert Richard
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EISENHOWER
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Red Army
Marshal Zhukov
Western Canada
Senator McDonald
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Swift Current
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