Howe Optimistic On Marshall Plan To Cut Dollar Restrictions
Ottawa reports Reconstruction Minister Howe says if the United States Congress approves President Truman’s four year plan, Canada will cooperate to implement it. He cites expansion in fertilizers and timber, plus potential surpluses for Europe, contingent on markets, weather, and three-year livestock growth.
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Howe
United States
Truman
Europe
Canada
congress
United Kingdom
The Roc and the Fossil Eggs at Caltech Theatre
In Science Illustrated style a theatrical flap recounts a 1000 pound extinct bird the Roc and its giant eggs now fossilized at the University of California. Narration blends myth with science noting nine to nineteen eggs and the bird’s enormous dimensions versus ancient reports.
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Madagnoscar
Sinbad the Sailor
University of California
Friendship Train Food 15 Welcomed in Paris Arrival
Paris welcomed the United States friendship train food shipment today as a 36-nar freight train drawn by an American made locomotive from Le Havre rolled in. French and American officials greeted the delegation. The train is the first of ten slated arrivals.
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PARIS
United States
Le Havre
Miners Will Appeal One Year Limit Move Finds Support
Elevator operators in Los Angeles city hall were ordered to call floors by numbers only after reports of operators using nicknames for floors. A building superintendent cited misnaming like war department for the floor with divorce courts, foot alley for police HQ, morgue for probate courts, and ball and chain for the city attorney’s criminal division, drawing pushback on decorum.
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LOS ANGELES
war department
Sharp Attacks Forecast Rough Fight Over Marshall Plan
Washington dispatch reports sharp attacks from both Republicans and Democrats as Congress prepares to reconvene January 6 to debate the four year 17 billion dollar Marshall plan. Taft backed one year pledges reviewed annually, while some Democrats worry about surplus food to export. The stopgap relief approved last night funds France Italy and Austria and signals potential compromise on aid for 16 Western European nations amid last minute budget disputes over grain reserves.
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ASHINGTON
A.P
United States Congress
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Robert Taft
Ohio
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Truman
France
Italy
Austra
Congress
Parliament Ends A Quiet December Session In Ottawa
Ottawa notes a subdued end to the December session as Parliament adjourned until January 26 with little enacted on key issues. Some bills moved, trade and dollar policy unresolved, and a major agricultural debate highlighted King's income raises and a new gold mining aid bill. Bracken criticizes Canada’s wheat contract costs to farmers.
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OTTAWA
C.P
commons
Gardiner
Britain
Mackenzie King
AID GOLD IING
Abbott
BRACKEN
Canada
John Bracken
sali
Termination of Contract Declared Valid by Alberta Court
The Alberta Court of Appeal ruled the United Mine Workers of America District 18 notice terminating contracts with western Canadian coal operators valid effective December 3. The decision overturns a prior ruling that the notice was invalid, and signals negotiations for a new contract with 8000 miners may begin soon. The miners will stay on the job pending the outcome of the case.
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Tree
C.P
Alberta Supreme Court
United Mine Workers of Amerca
C.C.L
U.M.W.A
Jasfier
J. Shepherd
Milk price hike takes effect January first in Alberta
Edmontons Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Hat raise milk by three cents per quart from 14 to 17 cents in most cities with Red Deer Camrose and Ponoka adjusting to 16 15 15 cents. Producers gain about 2 13 cents per quart while distributors receive a partial share. Superior and whipping creams rise to 22 and 29 cents per pint or quart respectively with chocolate milk and buttermilk also up.
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C.P
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
G. M. Blackstock
Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Red Deer
Camrose
Ponoka
Eight Children Die In House Fire At DeKalb
In DeKalb Texas eight children aged from eight months to 13 years perished when a fire swept their three room home last night while the parents were away visiting relatives. The tragedy left a sobbing community seeking answers as investigators checked the charred remains and neighbors recalled a quiet family.
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DEKALB, Tex
Dec. W
Argentina farmers criticize wheat price policy
In Buenos Aires on December 20, farm organizations renewed criticism of the government agrarian policy. They said the government is taking 95 percent of the profit on wheat sold abroad, challenging current pricing and revenue allocation.
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BUENOS AIRES
VPI
Aid To Canada Economy Seen If Truman Plan Accepted
Ottawa observers believe Truman’s aid proposal, if approved by Congress, could mirror the Hyde Park effect and bolster Canada’s dollar reserves, easing wartime tensions and expanding U S purchases in Canada and Latin America. Reconstruction Minister Hanford sees bans and quotas lifting within months, speeding Canadian production to meet American demand. Western Europe greeted Truman’s plan as a pivotal recovery step despite East-West divides. British officials welcomed the move and Germany’s newspapers saw potential recovery through Western inclusion.
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Truman
trope
congress
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Canada
Hyde Park
Europe
Haneford
LONDON
Germany
Food Strikes Sweep Italy Across Industries
Rome reports mass actions by Italian food workers affecting roughly 360000 employees in bakeries milk distributors and ice plants with exemptions noted for certain sectors. Talks aimed at resolving labor disputes continued as government faced leftist pressure and a confidence vote proceeded in the constituent assembly. Five wounded in Naples in clashes over a Christmas dole as demonstrators and police clashed amid union disruptions.
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ROME
Alcide de Gasperi
irl
Amintore Fanfari
constituent assembly
Communist party
de Gasperi
Enna
Sicily
Travani
Sicaly
NAPLES
Dog Aids Prowler Hunt Turns On Owner Husband Shot
In Norfolk Virginia on December 20 a family dog alerted to a prowler prompting Mrs Hutton to investigate with a loaded shore gun. She fell on the stairs and discharged the weapon striking her husband in the right leg, fracturing the shin.
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NORFOLK
Hutton
A Santa Note On Overtime Ticket Delivers 50 Cent Gift
In Portland Maine a motorist handed a traffic supervisor an overtime parking ticket with a note claiming Santa Claus would be introduced and a Christmas present provided. The supervisor received a 50 cent receipt as the “present.”
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PORTLAND
Roland P. Fisherty
In Spector Flanerty
Santa Claus
Gants Claus
Flaherty
New Peril For Three Ships In North Pacific Storm
A North Pacific storm placed at least three American ships in danger near the Aleutians. The 7176 ton James F. Harrell suffered flooded holds and stove-in hatches. the 10 172 ton Army tanker El Caney ran with a damaged rudder. and the 120 ton DSP 346 barge reported smashed portholes and flooded galley. Six ships have felt two storms this week with one safe in an Aleutian harbor. two others believed out of the path of this storm.
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HONOLULU
James F. Harrell
El Caney
Aleutian
Harrell
coast guard
Adak
Aleutians
Troquais
Amchitka
Midway
Simon Benson
Et Caney
Honelwiy
ated
Coal digger sets world record in Wales mine
London dispatch reports that 21 year old William Slogger Williams of Wales allegedly dug 188 long tons of coal by hand in five shifts of twelve hours each week. Officials estimate Williams earned about seven pounds per shift, totaling around twenty four dollars for the week.
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LONDON
William
Fire Raiders Blamed for Hills Blaze in Millers Colony
Fire-brig blamed for destruction of a cookhouse dining hall and store at the Millers colony in B C Verigin. Elders back the claim and authorities say the blaze was arson. Other colony buildings escaped damage as residents fought the flames late last night.
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NANAIMO
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Milliers
B.C
Michael (Archangel) Verigin
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hows
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Jimmy Rogers
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Saigon
HAVANA
audiencia court
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Johnn Lester Mes
Cristobal More
HOWE OSTAWA
Dev
C.P.J
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