Indian Youth Killed in Highway Crash Near Blood Reserve
Andrew Manyfingers a 17 year old Blood Nation member died when his car sideswiped a truck and a parked car on the Macleod highway five miles north of Ardston. Two other passengers were detained by the RCMP for investigation. driver Tom Soup and white man Frank Goodine escaped with injuries.
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ARDSTON
Andrew Manyfingers
Albert Manyfingers
Blood Indian reservation
here
Macleod highway
R.C.M.P
Tom “Tony” Soup
Frank Goodine
Cardston
Floyd Fox
James Black Plume
Goodine
Fox
Black Plume
Soup
Macleod
No. 2
Ed. Davis
Blood Reserve
Loss of Contracts signals start of farmer low mood
TORONTO December 19 V 5S Milburn secretary of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture says the loss of British food contracts marks the beginning of a low mood. He notes the 1956 egg contract is gone and purchases of wheat and bacon fall, predicting cheaper urban food but fewer farm purchases and declining farm prices. Milburn represents about 400000 organized Ontario farmers and says poultry prices already reflect the change.
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TORONTO
Milburn
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Ontario
Population shifts show wide state gains since 1940
The Left Hand Corner notes California’s population rose nearly 54 percent since 1940 while the national increase reached 124 percent. Growth varied by region with many Middle Western and Southern states lagging, New England mostly below average, and states like Ohio Indiana and Michigan up 15 to 20 percent. Some states such as Mississippi Oklahoma Nebraska North Dakota Montana reported fewer residents than in 1940. The piece cites Everett H. Clark in the New York Times and mentions continued discussion on page 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALIFORNIA
Middle Western
New England
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Nebraska
North Dakota
Montana
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Mine Rescue Goes On Refuses To Pledge Her Love
Carmen Seda, 26, was shot by Israel Justiniano, 21, in a Bronx furnished room after she refused his demand to pledge love. Detectives report Justiniano claimed he gave 20 minutes to decide and that she begged to go before he fired at midnight.
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YORK
Carmen Seda
Israel Justiniano
Carmen
Tey
Justiniano
Bronx
Ben Carter missing as mine folds trap miner in Greenhill
Blairmore December 19 Special crews of miners at West Canadian Collieries Greenhill mine north of Blairmore continue moving tons of coal and rock to reach Ben Carter 66 still missing after a cave in Friday night. Mike Kwiatkowski 25 was recovered Saturday. Rescue teams face 54 hours of digging with no sign of Carter while second cave in occurs beside the first. R.C.M.P. and coroner consider an inquest for Kwiatkowski once body is viewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BLAIRMORE
Greenhill
here
Ben Carter
Mike Kwiatkowski
Carter
Kwiatkowski
R.C.M.P
F P. Radford
Victoria Sees Eight Inch Snowfall In Subzero BC
British Columbia endures icy conditions with Prince George at 40 below and Cranbrook 10 below. The upper Fraser valley faced a weekend blizzard while Comox on Vancouver Island measured 11 inches of snow. Victoria reported eight inches in 12 hours, shipping slowed but harboring. Vancouver saw 23 above and light snow in suburbs as roads froze. Polar Bear Club members swim in English Bay with Pantages aiming at a New Year splash with 50 members expected.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
British Columbia
Prince George
northcentral
Dominion
Kootenays
Cranbrook
Fraser valley
here
Rats Bite Eight Year Old in Hamilton Home
Leo Godin appealed to police after his eight year old daughter Paul ette was bitten and scratched by rats in their McNab Street home. He said more than 50 rats occupy the house and have chewed door corners when entrances are plugged. Police urged him to report to the landlord as a housing shortage cited by the family.
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HAMILTON
Leo Godin
Paulette
Godin
McNab Street
Eskimo guest to spend Christmas at Ennacai Lake station
Arctic dispatch reports Ogoto the Eskimo brought a green spruce tree to the Canadian Amy Signals station at Ennacai Lake near Churchill. He stripped the bark and branches, then learned the joke about getting another tree. Corporal Joe MacIsaac vowed Christmas cheer when all halls are decked. Enacal Lake station, newest and isolated, was built last summer and linked by tractor train.
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OTTAWA
Ogoto
Ennacai Lake
Churchill, an
Joe MaclIsaac
Glace Bay
army
srmng
Northwest Territories
Enacal Lakes
enaln
Churchill
Mayo
Yukon Territory
Santa Crash Moments Town Welcome in Grand Marais
Grand Marais Minnesota witnessed a Christmas spectacle as Santa arrived by light plane to cheers from 500 onlookers. The aircraft ground leaned and struck the town theatre entrance as Santa and pilot Willard Walters escaped harm. Walters valued the reindeer substitute at about 800 dollars.
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GRAND MARAIS
Minn
Lake Superior north shore
Santa Claus
Old St. Nick
Main Street
Santa
Harold Nelson
Willard Walters
Saganaca Lake
Walters
Von Manstein Receives 18 Year Prison Term
German Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein was sentenced by a British military court to 18 years in prison for atrocities against Poles and Russians during the war. He was found guilty on nine charges and acquitted on eight others. the sentence starts today and awaits higher authority confirmation.
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HAMBURG
Germany
Erich Von Manstein
Manstein
Hitler
G.B
Britain
Winston Churchill
Walter Von Brauchitsch
Gerd Von Rundstedt
Adolf Strauss
Weekend air crashes claim thirty lives worldwide
The Canadian Press reports scattered crashes over a weekend that marked the Wright brothers 46th anniversary killed 30 people. Notable losses included a Mexican plane in the mountains 17 bodies found Saturday a Belgian transport crash in Paris eight aboard a US Air Force bomber in California and two California students in a light plane. A Trans World Airliner damaged a Chicago fence after brake failure. Civil Aeronautics Board head Joseph J O Connell noted US carriers logged 6 000 000 000 passenger miles with 91 fatalities that year. Foster G White a United Aircraft Export Corp assistant to VP James S Lee was killed in the Paris crash. he was Montreal native.
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Wright Brothers
Paris
United States air force
California
Chicago municipal
Washington
Joseph J. O'Connell
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
O'Connell
MONTREAL
HARTFORD
Conn
Foster G. White
James S Lee
United Aircraft Export Corporation
United Aircraft
White
Brussels
the Exports Corporation
Standardization pact disclosed by Canada Britain and U S
Canada United States and Britain formally disclosed a long running effort to standardize arms equipment and training since 1947. The announcement said there are no immediate changes and confirmed joint efforts among all three to remove future obstacles and promote economy in combined resources.
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UAWA
Canada
United States
Britain
U.S
U.K
Ottawa
London
Washington
pact
military production and supply board
North Atlantic
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Russia Said Building Huge Battleships
London report from Jane's Fighting Ships says the Soviet navy is constructing three 35 000-ton battleships armed to launch radio controlled aerial torpedoes and a fleet of 1000 submarines with long range. It notes two battleships may already be in commission and projects 750 subs in service by end of 1951.
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LONDON
Russia
Italy
Sevastopol and Oktyabrskaya Revolutsia
Jane's
G.B
U.S
Britain
CALGARY
Projectionists Union
A.F.L
arbitration board
LEDTO
EDMONTON
Leduc
Canada Still Best Canada is still the best after world tour
Two Winnipeg women Violet Houck and Essie Pattison, aged 27 and 28, traveled from May 1947 with $300 each visiting 11 countries and returning to Canada. They served in the RCAF, enjoyed many stops including Egypt Italy and New Zealand, and say they will not return to teaching or telephone work, declaring Canada still the best.
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NEW YORK
Canada
Violet K Houck
Spence Street
Winnipeg
Essie E. Pattison
Edmonton Street
whlle
RCAF
evel
Winnipg
San Francisco
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
Egypt
Italy
France
The Nether
lands
Switzerland
Belgium
Ergeland
Atomic scientist predicts power of A-bomb
Dr Harold Urey, a famed U S atomic scientist, says one A-bomb could obliterate New York or Washington if ten hundred times stronger than the original. work on such a weapon is under way, revealed by Senator Johnson of Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Urey
New York
Washington
Jenhnson
Colorado
Woman in New Aussie Cabinet
Canberra reports the anti socialist coalition forming Australia's government with a cabinet including Dame Enid Lyons the first woman in the Commonwealth's history to hold a cabinet post. She becomes vice president of the executive council while Premier Robert Menzies leads a 20 member Liberal and Country party coalition with Arthur Fadden as deputy prime minister and treasurer. Final seat tallies place Liberals about 53 to 54, Labor 47, with the Country party securing one third of cabinet posts.
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CANBERRA
Australia
Australias
Commonwealth
Robert Gordon Menzies
Dane Enid Lyons
Willian J. McBeal
Dame Enid
Joszphi A. Lyons
house of representatives
Menzies
Liberal party
Country party
Labor party
Arthur Wiliam Fadden
Fadden
Liberals
Labor
Murder Charge Faces Mayor After Registrar Death
In Sydney Nova Scotia Mayor Dan Jack MacLean is charged with murder over the death of Joseph MacKinnon a 63 year old city registrar of voters who died after being found severely injured in an alley. Police report signs of a scuffle in a car linked to MacLean and a hand wound prompted hospital treatment. The charge was laid after Crown counsel consulted Halifax authorities.
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YDNEY
N.S
Dan Jack MacLean
Joseph MacKinnon
Vernon Read
R. J. MacDonald
MacLean
Sydney
MacKinnon
south-end
henside
Donald Finlayson
attorney general's department
Halifax
Toronto Family Evicted By Five Men in East End
Police investigate report by the Baker family of eight that five men, claiming landlord authority, forcibly removed them from their one room in East Toronto. Believed to be tied to welfare-recognized eviction practices, the Bakers were leaving town when their car broke down last August. The landlord’s identity remains undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORONTO
Halifax
Charles Baker
Baker
Pioneer hardware man dies suddenly in city
Fred Hick a longtime hardware dealer and plumber in the city died late Monday after a period of heart trouble. He was about 70 years old and is survived by his wife and family.
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PIONEER HARDWARE
Fred Hick
Hick
EMMETT
Mich
Clarence Bethway
Irene
LONDON
Britain
English Electric Company
R.AF
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
J. R. Baldwin
Air Transport Board
Adrian Fisher
U.S. state department
Emory T. Nunneley, Jr
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
H. O. Moran
Herald's News Service
Everett H. Clark
New York Times
Thelves
Victoria
Cold Grips
B.C
Vancouver Island
Comox district
VICTORIA SNOW-BOUND
Sunshine City
mercury
English Bay
Pater Pantages
Polar Bear Club
Pacific Ocean
Pantages
Arctic
VON MANSTEIN
The
Canadian Press
Central Press Canadian
DAMASCUS
Syria
Sami Hennawal
Hosni Zayim
Mennawal
Hasem Bey Attas I
MEXICO CITY
Jerkcan Oil Monopoly
Pemex
Jalapa
CMA
Compania Mexicana de Arbolon
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