Derailment on Montreal train barely avoids disaster
A Toronto to Montreal pool train derailed on the Dorion bridge near Montreal, injuring a few of about 400 passengers. A cracked bearing on the lead baggage car is blamed. cars stayed within bridge width and noone fell into the river. Montreal passenger Al Jackson, a sleeping car porter, was scalded.
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Dorion bridge
St. Lawrence river
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Al Jackson
Donald Gordon, Jr
young Gordon
Tito Ex Deputy Jailed In Yugoslavia Embezzlement
Premier Tito’s former deputy minister of finance Obrem Blagojevic was sentenced to eight years for embezzling state funds and attempting to flee to Albania. In Belgrade he was arrested in 1949 while trying to cross into Albania. Railways seek immediate five percent general freight-rate increase and a deferred unspecified amount to offset wage costs including a seven-cent-an-hour rise for non-operational staff. The move marks the third postwar freight-rate round by 22 Railway Association of Canada members amid a long provincial dispute and planned coal and coke rate increases.
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Yugoslavia
Obrem Blagojevic
Albania
TAWA
Justice Kellock
board of transport commissioners
Railway Association of Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Newfoundland
Dr Wood denies resignation over highway dispute
Edmonton December twenty first CP Dr J B Wood Alberta legislature member for Grouard denied resigning his seat in protest against a short cut highway to Peace River district Government officials said he had withdrawn a letter of resignation but he insisted he had not quit He favors routing the Whitecourt cut off highway through Triangle and McLennan rather than the Whitecourt Valleyview route He also denied dissatisfaction with government policy in school matters He resigned as chairman of the High Prairie school division board citing business pressure and belief that such positions should not be held indefinitely premises burned after being moved to church property and an arson inquiry is not yet complete
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J. B. Wood
Social Credit
Alberta
Grouard
Peace Hiver
legislative assembly
Wood
Whitecourt
Triangle
McLennan
Whitecourt Valleyview
The Left Hand Corner N B s Most Brilliant Man
A new legal experiment hints at novel methods for evaluating intelligence and creativity in legal minds. The piece profiles a figure celebrated as unusually sharp, exploring how unconventional approaches could reshape jurisprudence and courtroom reasoning.
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N.B
New Legal Aid Scheme Expands Access to Justice in Britain
A new legal aid experiment begins in Britain allowing those earning up to 1500 dollars yearly to apply for Civil Aid certificates. This enables applicants to choose their own lawyer from a panel, with fees covered partly by Britain’s Law Society and partly by the applicant. The scheme is currently limited.
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Britain
Law Society
Ten Nearby Towns Help Save Ryley Alberta Fire
A fire in Ryley Alberta destroyed a butcher shop garage hardware store and a grocery after an explosion in a garage. About ten neighboring towns rushed brigades at mayor John Kordich’s plea. One man Bill Radick suffered severe burns while escaping. seven residents became homeless as 2000 locals watched. Fire lasted four hours amid frigid 15 degree weather. CN rail cars and town reservoir aided water supply.
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Alta
Alberta
John Kordich
Bill Radick
Tofield
John Cherninchan
Harry Krosowski
Chernincians
Krosowskis
Edmonton
Kordich
Canadian National Railways
Normal service restored after transformer breakdown
Calgary power officials announced full service returned at 9:45 a.m. after repairs to a 23,000 horsepower transformer at the Cascade plant near Banff. They urged residents to conserve power daily from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to keep essential services supplied.
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Calgary Power Ltd
Cascade
Banff
Korea pledges end to mass executions by UN order
United Nations officials reported that the Republic of Korea promised to halt mass executions and switch to individual sentences for most crimes. The government said executions would be limited to the most heinous cases, with reductions to prison terms for all others. The justice minister called reports of mass executions on December 15 at Execution Hill a vicious slander.
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Republic of Korea
U.N. commission for the unification and rehabilitation of Korea
U.N
Seoul
Claxton and Acheson Return From Brussels Parley
Defence Minister Claxton arrived in Ottawa from Brussels after Atlantic pact talks that named Gen Eisenhower as supreme commander of the integrated force for Western Europe. He said cabinet will decide Canada’s role and report to Parliament, with possible dispatch of part or all of the 10,000 man Fort Lewis unit. Acheson also returned to Washington amid Republican challenges to European rearmament policy.
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Brussels
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Canada
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Hungnam Beachhead Repels heavy Chinese assault
Barrages roll back the Communist attack on Hungnam as Allied ships planes and artillery pound the perimeter. Chinese and Korean Reds lie dead in the snow as UN forces hold their last northeast Korea position near Hungnam on the Sea of Japan amid reports of heavy UN losses earlier in the broader Korean retreat.
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Republic of Korea
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10th Corps
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Tom Lambert
Stan Swinton
Far East
Hoover urges Atlantic Pacific frontiers over Europe Asia
Herbert Hoover called on the United States to make the Atlantic and Pacific oceans its frontiers and to arm air and naval forces to the teeth to deter Communists. He warned against feeding Europe with men and money without Europe organizing its own defenses, saying otherwise America risks inviting another Korea. He argued western Europe must field massive combat divisions before further aid.
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NEW YORK
Herbert Hoover
United States
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Asia
U.S
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Korea
Big Task Assumed By Wilson
Wilson took office today as director of defence mobilization and named Gen. Lucius Clay and Sidney Weinberg as assistants. Clay, former Berlin commander, leaves Continental Can chair. Weinberg, Goldman Sachs senior partner, was wartime War Production Board vice chair. Both will serve without pay and focus on gathering facts as he takes swift oath.
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Charley —. Wilson
defence mobilization
Lucius Clay
Sidney Weinberg
Wilson
General Electric
White House
Truaman
Clay
Weinberg
Berlin
Continental Can company
Goldman, Sachs and Company
New York
war production board
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Three Year Peace On Railways Reached By U S Leaders
The White House announced a three year peace pact between major railroads and four operating rail unions. Yardmen receive 23 cents hourly immediate raise, plus two cents Jan 1 and quarterly cost of living adjustments starting April 1. Service workers gain five cents immediate and five cents Jan 1, with the same CPI based adjustments. Retroactive to Oct 1 for both groups. John R. Steelman announced the settlement after months of negotiations since government seizure last August.
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WASHINGTON
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Nine Councillors To Be Named For County of Vulcan
Hon C E Gerhart Edmonton said The Herald that County of Vulcan and County of Grande Prairie will be formally erected Jan 1 under the Alberta County Act. Vulcan will have nine councillors and Grande Prairie eleven.
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C. E. Gerhart
Edmonton
Herald
Vulcan
Grande Franie
Alberta
Vulcan County
Grande Prairie
Public welfare workers strike for Christmas bonuses in Chile
Santiago Chile December 21 public welfare workers joined electric and telephone staff on strike demanding Christmas bonuses. Government labeled the protests illegal citing exhausted funds and ongoing labor unrest.
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SANTIAGO
Chile
electrie
Magistrate commits Mrs Sullivan for manslaughter
Ottawa dispatch reports Magistrate Glenn Strike commits Mrs Marion Sullivan of Toronto to trial on a manslaughter charge in the death of her husband Francis J. Sullivan at the Chateau Laurier hotel on November 18. The murder charge was not pursued at this stage.
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