Peace Talks and Court Rulings Dominate Headlines
Reports from Nanking discuss peace talk rumors amid civil war tensions and Chiang Kai-Shek’s denunciations as Communists gain ground. Canada’s Supreme Court upholds the ban on butter substitute imports while allowing manufacture and sale of margarine within the country.
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LANG Supreme Court
Nanking
Associated Press
ANKING
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Suchow
Chiang
Blairmore Mine Worker Killed
Blairmore area reports the death of Frank Zhoya a 34 year old West Canadian Collieries No 5 miner who was killed at 4 30 pm while switching coal cars at the mine tipple An inquest is set for Tuesday Coroner D Mac Pherson presiding Zhoya born in Hosmer BC in 1914 and lived in Hillcrest Blairmore at death Survived by wife Zinta two children Francis and Donna four sisters one brother Funeral plans not yet arranged
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BLAIRMORE
CNP
Frank Zhoya
tipple
D. MacPherson
Hosmer
B.c
Hillcrest
Zinta
Francis
Donna
Alec Lazaranko
Frank Cocelolone
John Lesko
Woodbridge
Erwin Spievak
Coleman
Joseph
London riverfront scheme to transform central Thames area
ORK launches a 30 acre redevelopment plan for central London along the Thames. Demolition of bomb damaged warehousing will cost about £2,000,000 with completion in three years aimed for the Festival of Britain 1951. A national theatre concert hall seating 3,000 and ornamental river gardens are planned, the hall costing £1,250,000 as part of a future cultural centre.
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ORK
Thames
London
National Theatre
Melbourne University
Costly Blaze Hits Windsor Department Store
An Adelman's department store in downtown Windsor suffered extensive losses estimated up to 750000 as the three alarm fire burned through its Christmas stock and caused smoke damage to the nearby C. H. Smith department store. Firefighters used nine pieces of equipment and battled the blaze from about 7 p.m. until control at 9:30 a.m. The furnace room is suspected as the origin. the two story building, once a theatre, has housed retail shops for over three decades.
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WINDSOR
Ont
Adelman
C. H. Smith
Ontario
Loggers Head Home For Christmas Holidays In BC
Ten thousand British Columbia loggers end months in the woods to take Christmas holidays in Vancouver. Most travel by boat with about 2000 by air from northern camps. Veterans note gentler times as workers return to family life while camps close for a month of equipment overhaul.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Tories Win N.S. Riding From Grits
Digby Annapolis Kings in Nova Scotia elected George Nowlan PC to the House of Commons for the first time since 1933. Complete returns show Liberals defeated by 3 vote margin with PC 16, Liberals 122, CCF 32, Social Credit 13, others eight, vacancies four. Three by elections planned December 20. George Drew to seek Carleton seat in Ontario.
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GEORGE C. NOWLAN
Digby-Annapolis-Kings
house of commons
George Nowlan
Ilsley
NNAPOLIS ROYAL
Digby - Annapolis - Kings
George Nowland
J. D. McKenzie
King George II Becomes 53 In Quiet Birthday Observance
In London on December 14 the king marked his 53rd birthday while improving from leg troubles. The royal party included Queen Mary and several royals, with a subdued tone expected for the day. Doctors advise six months of rest as messages pour in and December also marks his accession anniversary and Elizabeth II's christening day preparations.
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Mother Mary
Duke
Duchess of Gloucester
Duchess of Kent
Elizabeth
Margaret
Buckingham Palace
Medicine Hat selects Lang in wartime mayoral race
In a cold election turnout of 44 percent, Medicine Hat re elected wartime mayor Hector Lang with 2,691 votes to 1,347 for rival W M Rae. Lang led from the first polls, winning the mayoralty and securing two year term. Four aldermen also returned, led by Wilson Riley with 3,025 votes, followed by D A Scholten 2,767 and Earl W Smith 2,641.
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Herald
EDICINE HAT
Decaveid
Medicine Hat
Hector Lang
W. M. Rae
Lang
Rae
Ald
Wilson Riley
D. A. Scholten
Ald. Scholten
Earl W. Smith
Seven Nations Discuss Pact Against Aggression in Washington
In Washington on December 14 seven ambassadors from Canada Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg pursue a North Atlantic Security Alliance as a response to Russian aggression. They aim for a strong military alliance while debating details ahead of a foreign ministers conference and a looming congressional decision on U S involvement. The effort marks a turn from isolationism toward collective defense to safeguard freedom against communism.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Can
ada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Congress
Bug Killer Boosts Kansas Beef Yield
DDT and BHC insecticides applied to Kansas cattle this summer added 60 million extra pounds of beef. Two five cent applications per head increased cattle giving an average of 50 pounds more meat and bone per animal.
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NEW YORK
Kansas
Peiping Is Isolated by Chinese Reds
Peiping lies isolated as Nationalist air fields close and rail links are cut by guerrilla activity. Generals Chow Jin Jou and Fu Tso Yi clash over withdrawal, signaling a potential end to Nationalist control while Hu asserts a real battle against Lin Piao. Gunfire was audible overnight.
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Peiping
Chow Jin Jou
Fu Tso- Yi
Lin Piao
Lin
Mary Louise Drury Dies After Long Service at Sick Children Hospital
In Toronto mourners recall Mary Louise Minnie Drury longtime head of the orthopaedic department at the Hospital for Sick Children. She died Sunday in hospital after retiring three years ago due to ill health.
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TORONTO
Mary Louise
Minnie) Drury
Hospital
William Wallace Reclaims 228 Bottles of Liquor For Christmas
Vancouver man William Wallace regains 15 cases of liquor after a county court quashed his January police court conviction for keeping liquor for sale. The restored cargo arrives in time for Christmas festivities.
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VANCOUVER
William Wallace
Wage Increases Vetoed by Canadian Manufacturers
The Canadian Manufacturers' Association told the prices commission that industry cannot afford wage boosts and that higher wages would be paid by consumers as higher prices. They argued profits are not large enough to support wage increases without harming expansion and production. The brief notes profits are reasonable and stresses retained earnings fund plant expansion, inventories, and R&D. Since World War II, about 1.9 billion has been spent on new plants.
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OTTAWA
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
association
Canadian Pacific Declares 2 Percent Dividend for 1948
At a meeting of the board in Montreal on December 14 the final dividend of two per cent in preference stock for the year 1948 was declared payable February 1, 1949. The stockholders of record at 2 p.m. December 14 are named.
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C.PR
Canadian Pacfic Company
Dee
Elizabeth’s Baby To Be Prince Charles
Princess Elizabeth’s son will be known as Prince Charley of Edinburgh and named Charles Philip Arthur George. The christening is planned at Buckingham Palace with Archbishop Fisher presiding and sponsors including the King, Queen Mary, Princess Margaret, the King of Norway, and other royals.
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LONDON
Reuters
Elizabeth
Prince Charley of
Edinburgh
Charles Philip Arthur George
tomorow
Buckingham Palace
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Queen Mary
Margaret
Norway
Prince George
Greece
Marchioness
Milford Haven
Brabourne
David Bowes-Lyon
Duke of Edinburgh
Charles
prince
England
Charles I
Charles 4s
Haakon of
utely
Prince Charlie
Denmark
Supreme Court ruling on Dairy Industry Act powers
Ottawa reports the Supreme Court of Canada answers section 5 (a) of the Dairy Industry Act. The court upholds import prohibition as intra vires, but finds prohibition of manufacture, offer, sale, or possession for sale ultra vires. Chief Justice and Kerwin J. dissent. butter substitutes also deemed ultra vires.
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supreme court
privy council
Thibandeau Rinfret
Patrick Kerwin
Messrs
Ivan Rand
Robert Taschereau
RL Kellock
Estey
Charles E Locke
K. H. Locke
senate
OTTAWA
margate
supreme court of Canada
supreme court act
Dairy Industry Act
R.S.C
Locker
Dairy Industry
Kerwin J
First Margarine On Sale In Toronto This Friday
Margarine will go on sale in Toronto this Friday after the Supreme Court decision allowing its manufacture and sale in Canada. A Lever Brothers official said production will start within hours and cartons will be ready in two days. nationwide distribution will follow within weeks.
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TORONTO
C.P
supreme court
Canada
Newfoundland
the
Dominon
Canada crops value hits record high in 41 years
The 1948 value of Canada’s principal field crops is estimated at 1.595 billion dollars, the highest in 41 years, surpassing last year’s 1.435 billion. The Bureau of Statistics released the figure as part of year-end estimates.
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OTTAWA
U.D
Canada
Bureau of Statistica
LODY
YUKON
FAIRBANKS
Alaska
Clyde McLaughlin
Beaver
WASHINGTON
Aberdeen
LOGAN
BANK OF COMMERCE
TORONTO
H. Logan
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Allan E. Arscott
Stanley M. Wedd
Northway
Tanana River
weather bureau
MARSHALL DOLLARS
A.P
Economic Co-operation Administration
Howard Bract
E.C.A
Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
E.CAe
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Philip
Arthur
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confederation
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