Miners Tough Out Cave-In as Blairmore Traps Man
Blairmore miners labored despite threats of further cave-ins to reach 65-year-old Ben Carter trapped a mile deep in a Greenhill Colliery tunnel. Rescue crews, after creating a new entry from above, expect three to four more days of arduous work and have moved about 400 tons of rock and coal. Carter’s fellow miner Michael Kwiatkowski was found dead last Saturday.
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LAIRMORE
Blairmore
Ben Carter
Greenhill
Carter
Michael Kwiatkowski
Mountain Park
Alta
Newfoundland
Chinook Reefers Mercury Swing From Deep Freeze to Warmth
A dramatic temperature swing in Lethbridge as a western chinook rose the mercury from 27 below to 19 above in 12 hours. The drop began Monday afternoon with a low of 27 below, then a sharp climb started after midnight, reaching zero by early Tuesday and peaking with a rise of 11 degrees in one hour between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. The chinook velocity reached 54 mph by Tuesday morning, driving the sudden warmth.
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Lethbridge
Herald
Dominion meteorological observation station
Kenyon Field
More Unemployed In Saskatchewan
Regina reports unemployment rising as of December 8 with 7,477 unemployed and 896 vacancies remain at national offices. The Dec 1 total was 6,683, and conditions in major cities and towns are markedly worse than a year ago.
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REGINA
Saskatchewan
economic advisory and planning board
Attempt To Form Club Of Atheists At Toronto Fails
TORONTO Dec 20 An effort to form an undergraduate club of atheists at the University of Toronto failed. Two anonymous engineering students started the plan but received no student support among 14 000. The organizers claimed aims to test free expression protest against over-organization and unite non believers. One sponsor said the club would not be worth the trouble after invitations went unheeded.
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TORONTO
University of Toronto
acea
Varsity
Manitoba man charged with manslaughter in traffic death
Winnipeg police say George William Pailon of St. Vital, 35, is charged with manslaughter after an inquiry into a December 10 traffic death. Bail set at 5009 dollars was renewed. The victim, Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, 42, died in hospital a few hours after being struck by a light truck. the driver initially fled the scene.
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WINNIPEG
George William Pailon
St. Vital
Man
Margaret Kennedy
The Left Hand Corner Masefield Bartender National Peril
The Left Hand Corner notes Masefield as a bartender amid a sea of looming danger in a National Peril commentary about hot biscuits and honey.
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Masefield
John Masefield profile in John O London weekly review
A sidelight on poet John Masefield appears in John O London’s weekly issue within a review of Gene Fowler’s life of John Barrymore. The piece notes Barrymore’s frequent visits to Luke O’Connor’s bar at the Columbia Hotel in Greenwich Village, a journalist and artist hub, where Barrymore dreamed of both worlds and where the bartender, though not skilled, was a remarkable figure praised by writers like O. Henry and Stephen Crane.
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John Masefield
England
John O'London
Gene
withal
Storms Delay Near Record Mail Cargo
More than 11 600 bags of mail will arrive in Halifax from England about December 24 aboard the Canadian Pacific Empress of Canada. The liner, 20 000 tons, was delayed 16 hours leaving Liverpool. A special mail train will carry the shipment to all parts of Canada.
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SAINT JOHN
Halifax
England
Canadian Pacific
Empress of Canada
C.P.R
Liverpool
Canada
Jamaica general election with 730000 eligible voters
In Kingston the December 19 general election opens with about 730000 eligible voters. Polls close at 5 p.m. in a contest featuring 116 candidates for 32 seats in the house of representatives.
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JAMAICA
KINGSTON
British Caribbean
house of representatives
Mining Promoters Make Safe Landing
Two flying mining promoters Helly and George Thompson landed safely in Flin Flon after an overdue trip that forced landings three times over a 165 mile route to mining claims. Their inspection was hindered by poor visibility and icing. Their company develops mining claims. airlines and private planes joined the search.
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FLIN FLON
Man
Helly
George Thompson
here
Prowse Calls Fact-Finding Panel for Trans-Canada Route
J Harper Prowse Alberta Liberal leader urged formation of a fact finding commission to compare proposed highway routes. He said provincial governments should select the panel, federal funds cover costs, and results would guide selecting the best interprovincial link with a 300 million dollar estimated outlay.
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EDMONTON
J. Harper Prowse
Alberta
CFRN
Prowse
Sask College To Share in Estate Late Rex Beach
In White Plains, N Y, Rex Beach's will leaves more than 100000 dollars to two colleges and several friends and relatives. Notre Dame College Wilcox Sask receives one ninth of the estate. Beach, 72, killed himself at Sebring Fla on December 7 after a two year cancer battle.
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WHITE PLAINS
N.Y
Rex Beach
Notre Dame College
Wilcox, Sask
Beach
Sebring
Fla
New Artificial Eye Promises Natural Look and Motion
In Toronto a new artificial eye created at a hospital for sick children moves like a real eye and looks natural. It uses a two part mechanism with a plastic base embedded in muscle and a colored shell. Specialists say the base and mesh allow independent or joint movement, aiding patients while fundraising for a new building.
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TORONTO
Canada
Gifts Load for Stalin Marks 70th Birthday Parade
Long trains toward Moscow deliver gifts from Russia and satellite states as Stalin nears age 70. Estimates place the value at millions with crates ranging from shoes to locomotives. Delegations pledge loyalty amid a festive Communist display.
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Russia
Stalin
ONDON
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
London
Soviet monitor
Kremlin
USSR
East Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Rouse Ire Ottawa taxi attack on two women
Angry mob in Joliette abducted Toronto’s Clie Lundell and Sarnia’s Winifred Parsons after Bible study. Six men forced them into a taxi, drove 45 miles to Montreal, stopping at police stations en route to seek help. They were released in Montreal.
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Central Press
Clie Lundell
Toronto
Winifred Parsons
Sarnia
Joliette
Cue
Montreal
Jehovah's Witness
Canada Eyes Wheat Deferment to Expand British Purchases
Canada seeks to defer up to 15 million bushels of wheat to 1950-51 at 1949-50 prices to free dollars for Britain to buy cheese, bacon, salmon, and lumber from Canada. Planned deals include salmon and lumber shipments to the Pacific coast, with Britain supporting the approach if price terms are workable.
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UAWA
Canada
United Kingdom
O.K
U.K
North America
Pacific coast
northern
Britain
Accuses Govt of Welshing On Highway Promises
Regina Dec 20 Hon J T Douglas Saskatchewan highways minister accused the federal government of welshing on promises at a trans Canada highway conference He said the Dominion will not pay 50 percent of the total cost for the cross Canada road and noted no aid for right of way purchases Yet he expressed confidence that work on the road would begin in 1939 and criticized the Dominion for backing away from the original offer made by Winters in the House of Commons Nov 28.
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REGINA
J. T. Douglas
Saskatchewan
Douglas
Dominions
Winters
house of commons
Two Jehovahs Witnesses Threatened by Joliette Mob
In Joliette, 500 residents protested against two Jehovahs Witnesses, Winifred Parsons and Olive Lundell, who were escorted to Montreal and placed in protective custody after a hostile night. Police said residents tired of door to door preaching and could seek provincial aid if needed. Newsmen from Toronto Daily Star accompanied the pair back to Montreal.
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Jollette
Montreal
Toronto Daily Star
Joliette
Valmore LaPierre
Denfield Rejects Overseas Command After Loyalty Charge
Admiral Louis E. Denfield has declined a top post as commander in chief of U S naval forces in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. He cites Navy Secretary Matthews's loyalty accusations and fears restraints on North Atlantic pact strategy, hinting at potential resignation after being dropped from chief of naval operations by President Truman last October.
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WASHINGTON
Louis E. Denfield
United States
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Navy
Francis Matthews
Denfizld
Matthews
Truman
No Major Item Of Disagreement Between Canada and U S
Ottawa reported that there is no major item of disagreement between Canadian and American officials amid ongoing talks about difficulties in the air agreement signed over six months ago. The discussions resumed Monday after a weekend pause.
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OTTAWA
G—A_ high
Santa Claus’s Pacific Christmas Observations Reported
Pan American World Airways surveys holiday customs across the Pacific noting early Christmas in Fiji and long celebrations in the Philippines. Brass bands and lanterns mark the season as carolers sing in English and Tagalog, with Epiphany on January 6. Beach crowds and stocking traditions follow in New Zealand and Australia as the world turns eastward.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Santa Claus
Pacific Ocean
Pan American World Airways
Pacific
Santa Clara
Pan-Am
Fiji
New Zealand
Australia
Sydney
Sydney Mayor to be arraigned on murder charge
Sydney mayor Dan Jack MacLean will be arraigned in police court at 11:39 am tomorrow on a murder charge in the case of 63 year old Joseph MacKinnod, registrar of voters for Sydney. The report also notes other brief items from across Canada and beyond.
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SYDNEY
N.S
Dan Jack MacLean
MacLean
Joseph MacMKinnod
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Niagara Falls
border city
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Club of Atheists
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DEFER
Central Press Canadian
Gail Elsbury
Cressy
Picton
Ont
Ruth Cowan
Jehovah. Witnesses
Maidstone
Sask
Laurentian
Denfield
Santa
VANCOUVER
McLEAN
U.N
SECLION
Roxs McLean
National Film Board
tms
United Nations educational, Science and cultural organization
hefe
film board
CLARK GABLE
SAN LUIS OBISPO
Calif
Sylvia Stanley Alderley
Los Angeles
soarce
Gardiner
CANBERRA
Reuters
new
Australia cabinet
Robert G. Menzies
PRAIRIE FARM
Dec
Bureau of Statistics
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