By-Elections Highlight New Party Leader and Cabinet Minister
In Ottawa Carleton Marquette Laval-Two Mountains vote today for federal by elections with George Drew Ontario premier and Stuart Garson Manitoba premier seeking seats. C C F and Social Credit field opponents while Liberals hold 122 of 245 seats with 4 vacancies and 119 opposition.
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OTTAWA
Dee
C.P
premie
house of commons
George Drew
Ontario
Progressive Conservative party
Stuart Garson
Manitoba
Drew
Carleton
Garson
Marquette
Quebec
Laval
Two Mountains
Montreal
C.C.F
Social Credit
Eugene Forsey
C.CF
J. Nelson McCracken
Liberal party
G. Russell Boucher
Mr. Drew
Earle Keating
Mines
Glen
Laval-Two Mountains
Leopold Demkrs
J. Honore Desy
wood merchant
Liquori Lacombe
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
Dutch seize capital Jogjakarta as Indonesian resistance wanes
Dutch forces advance through Java with minimal casualties as airborne troops take the republican capital Jogjakarta. Netherlands army reports six killed and eight wounded in Java and Sumatra. High republican leaders including Soekarno and Hatta are captured, signaling a major advance with key officials in custody.
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Associated Press
ATAVIA
Java
Indonesia
Jogjakarta
Netherlands army
Sumatra
Netherlands
Dr. Soekarno
Mohammed Hatta
Agus Salmin
Sutan Sjahrir
Soderiman
Indonesian President Soekarno in Dutch custody after capital falls
Dr. Soekarno, leader of Indonesia, is held by Dutch forces following the seizure of the capital on Sunday. Dutch authorities describe their action as a police operation against Indonesian terrorists.
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SOEKARNO
Republic of Indonesia
Netherlands says intervention is useless in Indonesia
The Netherlands informed the United Nations Security Council that intervention is useless in Indonesia after launching an air land and sea attack against Java and Sumatra. The emergency session recessed awaiting Russian and Ukrainian delegates. United States and Australian delegates voiced grave concern over the fighting in the republic.
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PARIS
Netherlands
United Nations security council
Indonesia
council
republic of Indonesia
United States
Netherland
Java
Sumatra
Philip C. Jessup
Indonesia labels Dutch offensive dastardly attack
The Indonesian government brands the Dutch land sea and air offensive as dastardly before Jogjakarta’s fall. Netherlands authorities describe their assault similarly to the Pearl Harbor attack, with continued coverage noted on Sage Two.
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Java
Sumatra
Jogjakarta
Pearl Harbor
Netherlands
police
INDONESIA
Snails From War-Time Import Captivate London Gourmets
Left Hand Corner reports edible snails have reached London to delight gourmets. Soho restaurateur Alex Gaudin advises eating them October to April and details prep: rinse 12 hours roll in water or white wine four hours, then return snails to shells with butter garlic shallots sauce and serve piping hot with a glass of dry burgundy. Churchill’s pills noted in Hopkins memoirs provoke curiosity.
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London
Alex Gaudin
Soho restaurateur
Apri
Gaudin
Stolpe Village to Be Returned to Russians in Berlin
A rural policeman guards Stolpe as France prepares to hand the village back to Russia. A French spokesman said the transfer could be formalized January 3, with villagers fearful of reprisals and seeking refuge behind doors. The move follows the airport situation at Tegel and anti-Communist voting in recent Berlin elections.
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BERLIN
Stolpe
France
Russia
west Berlin
Tegel
Solidarity Train To Aid Flood Victims
A solidarity train organized by Diarios Associados will depart Rio de Janeiro carrying food medicine and clothing for flood victims in northeast Brazil. Authorities report up to 600 deaths from three weeks of rain as regions begin to recover.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Diarios Associados
Rio
Brazil
Father of Six Killed by Falling Tree Near Natal
Natal Michel reports John Bohar a 43 year old father of six was killed when a tree fell on him while working in the Elk Valley near Natal. He leaves a wife six children and parents with siblings in the Elk Valley and on the coast. An inquest is expected.
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NATAL
Michel
John Bohar
Elk Valley
Martin Bohar
New Westminster
Vancouver
Michel mints
L. F. Cheston
EDMONTON
Elmer Orville Major
Carrott River
Sask
Rocky Mountain Houses
R.O.M.P
Major
Army Arsenal Destroyed by Fire at Valcartier
Fire raged for 24 hours at Valcartier Quebec, gutting a shell manufacturing plant as part of a multi million dollar Canadian arsenal. Officials pegged losses near 1 million dollars with 400 workers employed and no casualties reported. Firefighting teams battled extreme heat as magazines remained intact and two gasoline tanks posed ongoing danger.
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Valcartier
Que
C.P
Canadian arsenal
Quebec City
army
Truck Plunge Kills 41 Near Buenos Aires
A truck carrying 47 picnickers rolled down a hill and struck a fast electric train near Buenos Aires, killing 41 passengers and injuring several others. A witness said the brakes failed before the crash on the outskirts of the city.
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BUENOS AIRES
South Africa Plans to Use Canada Dollar Experience
Ottawa reports South Africa aims to mirror Canadas dollar stabilization as ambassador Charles te Water notes similar deficits and talks with Finance Minister Abbott and Bank of Canada Governor Graham Towers. A 1£134,000,000 deficit in non sterling areas and a modified austerity program are cited as context.
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OTTAWA
South Africa
Canada
Charles te Water
Union
te Water
Abbott
Graham Towers
Bank of Canada
NepYereee
Supreme Court wont halt Tojo tribunal death rulings
The U S supreme court rejected requests to review the 11 nation international military tribunal that condemned former Premier Tojo and six other Japanese war lords to death. In a 6 to 1 vote the court said it had no authority over the tribunal and left the executions to proceed.
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WASHINGTON
United States supreme court
international military tribunal
Tojo
supreme court
international tribunal
Fiery Utah Bus Crash Kills 13 on Snowy Highway
A wreck on a snow bordered Utah highway killed 13 people and injured 44 as two Burlington buses collided 85 miles west of Salt Lake City. Among the dead were four servicemen and several identified victims hail from Salt Lake City Akron Colorado Elko and Toledo.
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DELLE
Utah
Burlington
Daniel W. Eggers
Salt Lake City
Sherry Ann Cook
Gold Hill
Catherine Hendricks
Akron
Colo
Inez Magiotios
Elko
Nev
Albert Marschke Teledo
Veterans’ Hospital
Sir Aubrey Smith Dies at 85 in Beverly Hills
Sir Aubrey Smith, noted Briton in Arms and in person, died at age 85 in Beverly Hills after a long film career including a recent turn in Little Women. Born July 21 1863 in London, he starred on stage and screen since 1892 and earlier earned fame as a cricket captain for Cambridge University and English test teams.
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BEVERLY HILLS
Calif
VUPI
Sir Aubrey Smith
Aubrey
Sir Aubrey
Hollywood
Britain
London
Cambridge University
Australia
South Africa
Snow Buries New York City and Ontario Forecast Heavy Ontario Snow
The Canadian Press reports week end storms draped much of Canada in snow with more expected in the Great Lakes region by mid week. New York City logged 19.5 inches as Ontario towns saw lighter totals, while British Columbia faced a two foot fall isolating Vancouver and severing lines to Seattle.
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New York City
Ontario
Canada
Great Lakes
Rockies
Calgary
Pacific coast
NEW YORK
United states
Torento
British Columbia
New York metropolitan area
VANCOUVER
British
Fraser Valley
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Seattle
Missing Non-Negotiable Bank Notes Weigh $60,000 in Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police probe a fire at the Canadian Bank Note Company's Wellington Street plant in Ottawa. Non negotiable notes with face value 360 000 remain unsigned and unissued after the blaze, suggesting arson to cover up a bank note robbery.
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OTTAWA
Dee
Canadian Bank Note Company
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wellington Street
Bank of Canada
bank note company
New Cabinet For China Forms Under Sun Fe in Nanjing
Premier Sun Fe forms a Chinese cabinet pledging to fight on for an honorable peace and not surrender, with a possible compromise stance toward the Communists. Wu Te-Chen named vice premier, former premier Chang Chun reportedly offered a cabinet post as heavy fighting rages near Tientsin severing rail and telegraph links to Tangku.
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NANHING
Sun Fe
Sun
Chiang Kai-Shek
Suh
China
Poland
Czychoslovakia
Wu Te-Chen
Kuomintang (government) party
Chang Chun
Wake & cabinet
NANKING
Tientsin
Netherlands Troops Sweep Java In Oil Centre Take
Netherlands forces press through central Java clamping a nutcracker operation on the fledgling Indonesian Republic and seize Troppe the republics oil center, as fighting for Sumatra looms. Bodies believed buried after a blast search underway.
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NETHERLANDS
JAVA
BATAVIA
Troppe
Sumatra
Soltk
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