Colonial Air Lines faces license-cancellation hearing
The air transport board rejected Colonial Air Lines bid to challenge its jurisdiction and reserved judgment on cancelling Colonial's Montreal to New York license. Board counsel accused Colonial of delaying tactics. the hearing ends with evidence under advisement as TC Arest to win operating rights.
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Qirtaws
air transport board today
Colonial Air Lines
Colonial
Montreal
New York
Trans-Canada Air Lines
John R. Baldwin
air transport board
OTTAWA
Canada
Colonial Air Lines of
Trans-Canada Airlines
Lee Kelley
Ernest Cuneo
old board
John Baldwin
Kelley
T.C.A
New York- Montreal route. The C.A.B
WASHINGTON
SYRACUSE
N.Y
The Left Hand Corner on Horses in Farming Life
The Windsor Star recalls how farmers prized their driving horses before automobiles. Horses were show pieces kept meticulously groomed, curry-combed, brushed, and fed oats to keep them spirited, reflecting deep affection for animals despite some farms lacking any horses.
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Ontario
Windsor Star
Rescinded Alberta order allows midnight opening
The Alberta government revoked its December order permitting theatres and dance halls to stay open past midnight on New Year Eve. The decision followed checks showing the 1939 procedure was not followed, while Calgary police maintained the ban on dancing past midnight. Edmonton police expected compliance with the provincial rule.
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DMONTON
Alberta
Lucien Maynard
Maynard
Calgary
Edmonton
Bevin and Patende Lead to Taxi Driver Body
Two 18 year old farm hands Kenneth Bevin and Gervin Patende led police to the battered body of taxi driver Lucien Brunette after being captured in a barn while suspected in an $800 bank robbery at Ormstown. They guided authorities to Donnelly's Bridge, 16 miles from Huntingdon, where Brunette was found in a brook following a large police manhunt.
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HUNTINGDON
Quc
Lucien Brunette
Kenneth Bevin
Gervin Patenande
Donnelly
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Ormstown
Quebec-New York
Montreal
Pioneer Glengarry matriarch Isabelle MacLennan dies at 104
Mrs. Isabelle MacLennan, a member of a pioneer Glengarry county family, died at her Toronto home on Sunday aged 104. She had lived in Midland for many years before moving to Toronto 27 years ago.
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TORONTO
Glengarry county
Isabelle MacLennan
Midland
Hit By Locomotive In Coleman Train Strike
A CPR freight train struck Mrs Joe Curan 22 of Coleman while she walked along the tracks near Crow's Nest Pass Tuesday morning. She suffered a broken back and possible skull fracture, and was treated at Cresk Nest Sass hospital as witnesses noted the engineer blew the whistle from about 100 yards away.
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COLEMAN
CNP Bureau
Crow's Nest Pass
C.P.R
Joe Curan
Cresk Nest Sass hospital
here
Caroline Kuban
Bellevue
CPR
Ex-Bulgarian Vice-Premier Denies Treason Charges
In Sofia on December 13 Traigo Kostov, former Bulgarian vice-premier, repeated his innocence in a treason trial. Avan Stephanov burst into tears and denounced Kostov as a traitor. Prosecution accuses Kostov of espionage for Britain and Tito as the trial totals eleven accused.
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SOFIA
Traigho Kostov
Avan Stephanov
Kostov
Britain
Marshal Tito
Tito
Rostov
Vladimir Bilchey
Soviet Union
Stephenav rose
Luben Dukmedjiev
Ald. F. S. Scott Heads Polls In Gas City
In Medicine Hat on December 13 two retiring aldermen Simon F. Scott and James Weldon Douglas, plus W. E. Ed McCoombs and R. C. Rube Gardner, were elected to two-year terms. Scott led with 2 221 votes, Gardner 2 216, Douglas 2 131, McCombs 2 084. Hawthorne and Gust were defeated with 2 069 each. Theisson had 799. A recount is likely for the tight fourth to sixth places.
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MEDICINE HAT
Simon F. Scott
James Weldon Douglas
W. E
Ed” McCoombs
C.P.R
R. C
Rube” Gardner
Ald. Scott
Ald
Gardner
Ald. Douglas
CPR
McCombs
D. S. Hawthorne
Lillian Gust
E. M. Theisson
W. A. Keith
Big Gale Closes Great Lakes Navigation Season
A severe autumn gale hit the upper Great Lakes as the navigation season officially ended. Winds reached 65 mph at the lakehead with storm warnings in major ports and cold, cloudy conditions forecast. The Mohawk Navigation Company sent two freighters, the Shaughnessy and the Saskatoon, outbound with grain for Sault Ste. Marie, believed to be the last down bound vessels on Lake Superior. The Secord and the Sandland were due at the lakehead.
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Great Lakes
lakehead
leteker
SaSiSwat Bhai Wassene
Mohawk Navigation Company
Shaughnessy
Saskatoon
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Secord
Sandland
23 Survive Crash into Potomac River
A DC-3 carrying 23 people crashed in the Potomac River near National airport in fog and rain. 19 survivors were taken to Bolling air force base hospital. four found dead include pilot and co pilot and two Arlington and Brooklyn residents.
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ARACHI
Pakistan
were
Pakistan army
DESERT
Pak Air Company
Sher Khan
Iftikhar
WASHINGTON
National
Potomac River
Bolling air force base
Myre
William Chertow
Brooklyn
N.Y
Neville Lassiter
Arlington
W. J. Davis
Lloyd L. Porter
Alexander
Navy
air force
mlane
Memphis
National airport
Potomac
Chifley Resigns as Australian Prime Minister
Canberra reports Joseph Chifley handed in Labour government resignation to governor general W. J. Mechell ending eight years of Labour rule. Robert Menzies expected to form new Liberal government with Arthur Fadden leading Country party. Coalition holds 75 seats to Labour 46. Changes forecast include closer ties with Britain the United States and Canada.
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CANBERRA
Reuters
Australia
Joseph B. Chifley
Labor
W. J. Mechell
Robert G. Menzies
Menzies
Arthur Fadden
Country party
Liberal party
potts
Liberal-Country
house of representatives
Labor party
coalition
Liberals
Melbourne Herald
Britain
United States
Canada
Tabby Grin at New York Cat Show
Jungle Baby, an alley cat, waited in the judges circle when a long-tailed squirrel named Charlie scampered onto the table and rubbed noses with Baby. Tabby then flashed a wide-eyed grin at the photographer, puzzled by the intrusion.
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Central Press
New York
Jungle Baby
Charlie
Tabby
Catch In Cheese Contracts
Confidential talks recount negotiated Anglo Canadian food deals with the United Kingdom agreeing to spend 25 million dollars on next year’s cheese imports. Canada’s share is expected to be about 11.5 million for cheddar with 15 thousand in 1948, while the remainder may go to the United States. Canada seeks extra funds for Canadian bacon shipments and may secure them.
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CTTAWA
United Kingdom
North America
U.S
Canada
Truck Dives In Lake Near Blairmore Fatal Coal Truck Crash
DWARD Bodgner, 23, of Macleod, died in the cab when his coal truck skidded on highway No. 3 ten miles west of Blairmore and plunged into Crow's Nest Lake. He worked for Walter Kubica of Coleman, hauling ore from Tent Mountain to the Hillcrest Mohawk mine at Bellevue. An inquest was called by Coroner F. S. Radford and will be held at Blairmore tonight. Bodgner’s remains are at a Blairmore funeral home. He is survived by his Vancouver-based parents, a brother, and a married sister.
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DWARD Bodgner
Macleod
Blairmore
Crow’s Nest lake
R.C.M.P
The
Herald
COLEMAN
Walter Kubica
Hillcrest-Mohawk
Bellevue
Bodgner
ron
Tent Mountain
RCMP
Bodguer
F. S. Radford
Chengtu Abandoned as Reds Advance in China
Hong Kong reports Chengtu, once China's brief capital, abandoned to Communist forces. Nationalist dispatches say Gen. Paul Chung-hsi of central China is in Hanoi seeking passage for 30,000 troops through French Indochina to Hainan Island. The trapped troops remain near the border.
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HONG KONG
Chengtu
China
Pail Chung-Hsi
Hanoi
Fire destroys Dominion Motors plant in Sydney
A blaze swept through the Dominion Motors assembly plant in Sydney destroying two hundred new autos, including station wagons and trucks, along with machinery. The cause remained undetermined as firefighters battled the flames.
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SYDNEY
aAustralia
Reuters
Dominion Motors, Limited
London wildcat strike swells as power workers idle
About 1,600 workers joined a spreading wildcat strike in London, with 2,600 of the city’s 10,000 electrical workers idle by late afternoon, threatening wartime blackout conditions amid a broader labor unrest.
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LONDON
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