Five To Die On Gallows Wednesday At Alberta Jail
Five condemned prisoners including a Canadian army veteran and four German POWs were to be executed in Medicine Hat after all appeals failed. The hangings, set to begin early Wednesday, would create a new Canadian record for most executions in a single day.
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Lethbridge
Ottawa
Donald Sherman Staley
Bracebridge
Ont
Donnie Goss
Caleary park
Spt
Bruno Perzenowski
Wall Mueller
Heinrich Busch
Walter Wolf
Karl Lehmann
Medicine Hat
W. R. Howson
Supreme Court of Alberta
mee
lato
gal lows
Canada
Halifax
Montreal
Malvern Vicar Appeals BBC Quiet Christmas News
Rev H J Freiensener of Malvern urged the BBC to omit Christmas day news broadcasts. He argued for focusing on peace offered by God and noted that British newspapers do not publish on Christmas. The call targets Russia Greece riots and global unrest in the current broadcast cycle.
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MALVERN
England
H. J. Freiensener
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Russia
Greece
Electronic counting device wow at General Electro Co
A Halifax Herald inspired snippet notes a General Electro Company display showing a device counting 10,000,000 times a second and another that multiplies a ten digit number in a tenth of a second. The homespun tone contrasts with humorous and odd human interest items from city life including a schoolteacher’s parade view tied to a parking meter and a lost town name for a telegram to Australia.
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General Electro Company
Prom
Halifax Herald
United States
Australia
telegraph office
The Left Rand Continued on Page Ten
A fragment from the Left Rand column repeats its continuation note for Page Ten. The legible portion mentions no clear events, dates, or individuals beyond the page reference.
Alberta undecided on gas tax action
Edmonton reports Premier E C Manning says Alberta will consider options after Ottawa cancels the three cent gas tax on April 1. Province may take over only part, or reduce prices if agricultural gas not taxed, while subsidy on crude oil influences the decision. Provincial revenues and other provinces’ actions noted.
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EDMONTON
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Manning
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Abbott
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Drew
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Angus Macdonald
Ottawa
Dominion
Mani
Witnesses Are Dangerous Sect-Quebec War-Era Ban Debated
Premier Duplessis says Jehovah’s Witnesses remain dangerous, citing wartime bans and a controversial liquor license cancellation without notice. He asserts Roncarel leads the sect’s witnesses and accuses the group of seditious propaganda while criticizing political figures who backed the federal order.
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QUEBEC
Duplessis
coungl
Air
C. G. Power
Montreal
Quebec commission
Frank Roncarel
Roncarelli
witnesses of Jehovah
Warrior at Victoria sails 8000 mile voyage ends
The 18 000 ton aircraft carrier Warrior arrived in Victoria after an 8000 mile voyage from Halifax via the Panama coast. Commanded by Captain Frank Houghton of Victoria, half the crew are West Coast personnel and will be allowed 28 days leave as soon as possible. The ship tours the Pacific for winterization before possible return to the east coast next spring.
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VICTORIA
Canada
Halifax
Panama
Pacific
Frank Houghton
RCN
west ceast
Will He Retire Or Not Prime Minister King At 72 Tuesday
Ottawa dispatch outlines William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s long serving prime minister, born December 17, 1874, in Berlin Ontario. The veteran Liberal leader, facing possible retirement as mid century elections loom, weighs whether to lead again amid by election losses and party pressures.
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OTTAWA
Wiliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Canada
Kitchener
Ont
Berlin
John King
Isabel Grate
William Lyon Mackenzie
house of commons
Egg of two shells astonishes Fort Erie resident
Handsome egg enters Christmas cake of Charles Tait. The giant artifact measured eight and a half inches long and five and three quarters inches in diameter, weighing half a pound. It consisted of two distinct shells with a complete egg floating in the white of the outer shell which was yolkless.
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FORT ERIE
Ont
Charles Tait
Blum forms all Socialist cabinet in Paris pull
Paris dispatch reports Leon Blum formed an all Socialist cabinet with himself as premier and foreign affairs head. Andre Le Troquer became defence minister, Edouard Depreux interior minister, Pierre Olivier Lapie under secretary for foreign affairs. He must win a confidence vote. Communist leaders failed to reach agreement with Blum as leftist parties opposed a Communist defence minister.
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PARIS
Leon Blum
premter
Andre Le Troquer
interior
Edouard Depreux
Pierre Olivier Lapié
Lorraine
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Blum
national assembly
mange
Socialist party
mDEroveL
Blu
Sun of Peace Is Rising Bevin Says After Talks
British Foreign Secretary Bevin said the big four foreign ministers conference cleared away much of the debris of misunderstanding and conflict and laid foundations for durable peace. He noted 18 months of effort completing five treaties and many other difficulties, predicting the sun of peace would rise in 1947. Molotov in Moscow expressed similar satisfaction with the conference results and optimism for the German treaty session.
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NEW YORK
Bevin
Britain
Elizabeth
Molotov
Russolinino
Elizabet
Moscow
Germany
Candy shortage spurs charity drive in Hastings England
Reuters reports in Hastings plain chocolates sold out as a "save Euro one now" fundraiser gathers hundreds of bags donated from personal rations to aid German children for Christmas. In Stuttgart Germany, Dr Reinhold Maier is elected minister president of Württemberg with a 71 to 17 vote after previously serving by American appointment.
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HASTINGS
Sussex
England
Reuters
STUTTGART
Germany
Wuorttemberg Haden
Reinhold Maier
Nehru vows independence as India to sever ties
London reporting cites Pandit Nehru telling a Bombay reception that in days India will declare itself free from British rule. He said the constituent Assembly will declare India sovereign and not submit to Parliament, signaling a potential clash with Britain and the Moslem League which boycotted the assembly. The India Office would not comment on possible outcomes if Moslem participation remains blocked.
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WILLIAM L. PHILLIPS
LONDON
India
Tully
Bombay
dis arches
Pandit Jawaaral Nehru
Congress party
Times of India
Nehru
Benares
constituent Assembly
the
Times
Congress
house of lords
New Delhi
Britain
India office
Indian assembly
Fierce Battle Ends in China near Chungyang
Chinese Communist forces captured Chungyang in central Shansi after a 15 month siege. The final assault lasted two weeks as defenders ran out of food and ammunition. North of Yenan, government troops claimed victory at Pulanden Kwantung peninsula with about 6000 Communist fighters routed. An unconfirmed report from Nanking described unprecedented fighting near Dairen with unmarked planes involved.
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PEIPING
Chungyang
Shansi
Yenan
Manchuria
Pulanden
Kwantung peninsula
Nanking
Hsin Min Pao
Dairen
Manchurian
cartakren
Cobourg Judge Convicted of Drunken and Careless Driving
Judge J M German of Cobourg found guilty by a jury on drunken driving and careless driving charges. He received 20 days in jail for drunken driving and a fine for careless driving. The case stems from a collision injuring Mrs Jeanne Taylor, who remains in hospital. An appeal notice was filed by defense counsel Arthur W S Greer, with bail set at 1000 cash or recognizance and 1000 sureties.
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COBOURG
C.P.i
J. C. M. German
German
Jeanne ‘Taylor
Co~bourg
TORONTO
Arthur W. S. Greer
J . M. German
Terrorist Threats Ring London With Prank Calls
London police received 14 telephoned warnings since Friday night claiming blasts at locations including Paddington station Stockwell subway Shepards restaurant fears spread through central districts. Calls to BBC Artillery Office and post office prompted alerts but no explosions occurred.
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LONDON
Britain
Paddington
Stockwell
Daily Mirror
Shepherd’s
Wea
Scotland Yard
Royal Artillery records office
Kent
BBC
Artillery office
general post office
agaial
British Officers Threatened In Palestine By Underground Broadcast
In Jerusalem on December 16, a Transmitter from the Irgun vai Seaman illegal Jewish underground warned British army officers in Palestine of punishment by 18 strokes of the cane and an eight year jail term. The broadcast cited the sentence imposed on 16 year old Abraham Kimchin for a bank hold-up case decided by a military court on December 11.
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JERUSALEM
Reuters
Palestine
Irgun vai
illegal
Jewiah
Abraham Kimchin
Kimchin
Jai Tast
TORONTO GUN FIGHT ENDS IN DEATH OF ONE
In a Toronto garage standoff 30 policemen trapped three men who had fled with 72 200 in cash and bonds. Kenneth Peterson died from a heart wound after being told to stop. Confederates Hubert Chappell and Jerry Gouldby were captured, with bail set at 20 000 for Gouldby and denied for Chappell.
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TORONTO
Der
Hubert
Chappell
Jerry Gouldby
Harpham Brothers
Jarvily street
gleee NAIL Chappell
Goulby
Gouldby
Péterson
UN Assembly Ends Session Seeks World Armies Reduction
The United Nations assembly ended its eight week session turning to the 11 member Security Council the task of drafting a broad world armaments reduction program and the prohibition of atomic weapons. Delegates from 54 nations left New York with a pledge to support immediate steps to reduce armed forces and curb mass destruction weapons. The assembly also endorsed a plan to streamline procedures, urged restraint by the Big Five on veto use, and proposed recalling ambassadors from Spain under Franco.
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NEW YORK
United Nations assembly
security council
nexr
United States
Manhattan
alto
Paul Martin
Martin
assembly ap
assembly
l-nation
SPAIN
Madrid
Snow and Ice After Fog Hit Britain this Month
Snow and ice follow fog as Britain endures severe weather. Suffolk and southeast Kent report deep snowfall with heavy falls across the Midlands and Scotland. London records a 6 degree drop and a new coldest day of the winter as an icy air current from Siberia fuels outages warnings from the central electricity board about possible power cuts.
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LONDON
Britain
Suffolk
Kent
midlands
Scotland
Sberla
central electricity board
Audacious thieves steal RCMP car in Cape Breton
In Glace Bay Nova Scotia on December 1 a group of aggressive car thieves struck again, stealing a Royal Canadian Mounted Police vehicle. The bold act follows a string of similar high end thefts across Cape Breton as authorities scramble to curb the growing audacity of these criminals.
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GLACE BAY
Cape Breton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadians Are Cheered By UN Progress From Delegation
Canadian delegates to the United Nations General Assembly reported real progress and substantial contribution from Canada after eight weeks in New York. Leader Paul Martin and peers Bracken and Coldwell noted cooperation and disarmament strides, with Martin stressing organized work toward world peace and well being as Canada helped frame key assembly achievements. Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond, 73, former head of Downing College Cambridge, died last night after retiring from the Royal Navy in 1931.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
NEW YORK
Canada
United Nations general assembly
Flushing Meadow Park
Lake Success
U.N
Paul Martin
Ottawa
John Bracken
ope
M. J. Coldwell
CCF
L. Dena Wilgress
saior
Russia
Bracken
Coldwell
Martin
Wiregress
Canunda
U.N.RRA
Mackenzie King
Mr Hracken
Celdwell
CAMBRIDGE
England
Herbert Richmond
Downing College
Cambridge University
Royal Navy
Canadian refugee rep urged for resident member role
London reports a request by Sir Herbert Emerson director of the inter government committee on refugees for a Canadian resident member to represent the committee arguing Canada is among the more important countries. Also noted are several regional Canadian notices including a youth killed by a buzz saw and a Calgary pool president re elected amid other local items.
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LONDON
P. Cabies
Herbert Emerson
inter-governmental committee on refugees
Canada
BUZZ
EDMONTON
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lee Melvin Huff
Cold Lake district
PLUMER
CALGARY
Ben S. Plumer
Bassane
Alberta Wheat Food
E. H. Keith
Sexsmith
City pratice
Wiltaal Rogerson
Roger van
Rogerson
B.C
C.P
Roland M. Neto
Columbia river
east ‘Trail
Nerlen
Bennett and White Construction company
Dev B Nerth
VICTORIA
Twe chihirth
Leele Jemen Ohms
Margaret Lesitee
siven moatha
Alexandria
riles seut
Quennel
Borman Oba
shend
ares
ebliarva
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Emory C. Burke
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CHINA
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Hollywood
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