Parliament Dissolved Calls Jap Elections
Tokyo December 23 Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida dissolved the parliament and called a general election. The move followed a no confidence vote arranged with the opposition to permit new elections next year after Yoshida’s minority election victory and the Ashida cabinet’s resignation amid a major corruption scandal. Political observers expect the Democratic Liberals to win enough seats to form Japan’s most stable postwar government.
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TOKYO
Reuters
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Ashida
Japan
Christmas Project Brings Doll Cheer to Eskimo Girl
Seven year old Eskimo patient Little Ear from Frobisher Bay in a Quebec hospital receives a doll and clothes from St George's School pupils. The eight and nine year olds organized the gift drive amid her tuberculosis illness, with Suzanne Laurie delivering parcels. The nurse notes the doll brings joy as Little Ear dresses and redresses it while awaiting a possibly brief Christmas.
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QUEBEC
toasiehaired
Little Ear
St.George’s school
Little Ears
Tuttle Ear
Frobisher Bay
Api
Goose Bay
Labrador
Halifax
Quebec Veteran’s hospital
Little Bar
St George’s
Suzanne Laurie
Pare Sayard
aura MacKinnon
J. M. Coulard
Eternal God Whose Searching Eye hymn by Dr Poteat debut
The left hand corner notes the hymn Eternal God Whose Searching Eye by Dr. Poteat, first appearing in Motive, magazine of the Methodist Student Movement. The piece, composed by cal hyran for the present day, was sung at the World Council of Churches assembly in Amsterdam in August. Poteat, a former president of Colgate Rochester Divinity School, has served as a missionary in China and written numerous hymns and anthems.
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cal hyran
Edwin McNeill Patent
Colgate-Rochester Duality
Rochester
Motive
Methodist
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Netherlands
World Council
finess
Raleigh, NC
China
Action Urged Unless the Dutch Cease Attacks on Indonesia
PARIS, Dec. 23. Australia demanded the expulsion of the Netherlands from the United Nations unless it halts attacks on the Indonesian Republic. Col. W. B. Hodgson said the Dutch assault is the first clear cut violation of the UN charter by a member. The Soviet Union pressed for immediate Dutch withdrawal and for a council committee to enforce it. China backed the US resolution calling for an immediate halt and Dutch withdrawal to positions held before the police action. Colombia and Syria supported the American proposal.
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PARIS
Australia
Holand
United Nations
Col
W. B. Hodgson
U.N. security council
U.N
council
security council
Sovet“Union
Netherlands
Jakob A. Mak
Russia
France
Malik
CHINA
U.S
C. L Hsia
Pimp C. Jessup
United States
Indonesia
Colombia
Syria
Hodgson
Aus. L
Communists Driven Off at Tangku War Front
Nationalist warships at Tangku near Tientsin repulsed repeated Red attacks today killing about 1,500 Communists. AP correspondent Spencer Moosa quoted Chinese and Peiping sources saying Reds suffered heavy losses, while defenders in Peiping reported strong local support and Reds unwilling to assault the capital directly.
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Associated Press
ANKING
Tangku
Tientsin
Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Moosa
Pulso Yi
North China
Peace Hopes Are Shattered By Snoring Alarm
Verona New Jersey December 23 1947 police were alerted by a worried operator to an extenvision telephone in a private home that allegedly emitted unearthly sounds. The householder admitted he was snoring and the phone was off the hook, ending the scare.
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VERONA
Air and Ground Forces Clash in Negev Battle
Fighting broke out today between Jewish and Egyptian forces along the Negev front. Both air and ground units were engaged, threatening a fragile armistice as clashes spread from Nimim near Mount Sinai to the Falju pocket. An Egyptian bombing raid struck a Jewish community southeast of Tel Aviv, though the name was withheld. The fight underscores the continuing volatile frontier and trapped Egyptian troops at Falju.
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Associated Press
EL AVIV
Negev front
Negev
Palestine
United Nations
Faluja
Israel
nited Nations
Nimim
Mount Sinai
Rafah
Tel Aviv
desert
Falija
Banzai Cry Of Defiance At Tokyo Executions
Tokyo reported that Hideki Tojo and six war leaders faced execution with defiance in Sugamo prison. Four condemned men shouted Banzai as they prepared for the gallows. Tojo declined sake, left a world message, and reportedly spoke a farewell poem. A priest noted their jaunty demeanor and shared details of the final rites.
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TOKYO
Hideki Tojo
Sugamo
Shunso Hanayan
Tojo
SAcE
CHINA
KOREA
Seisuro Itagaki
Plane Hits Auto During Landing In Indianapolis
An F-51 Mustang piloted by Lieut Victor Kelly clipped a tree top and grazed a car on a runway at Stout Field yesterday. The plane crashed after striking a fence and catching fire. the pilot escaped with minor injuries and was treated for shock. Three women and seven children in the car were injured.
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INDIANAPOLIS
Stoutfield
Victor Kelly
Kelly
First Snow Falls In England
First snow of the season touched Cumberland on December 23 as weather experts noted a reduced chance of a white Christmas elsewhere due to an anti cyclone. The report also mentions a midsummer snow event in Johannesburg and a Miami heat wave setting a warm December record, reflecting unusual weather patterns.
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LONDON
Reuters
Cumberland
air ministry
Scandinavia
British Isles
JOHANNESBURG
MIAMI
Fla
Controversial Anglican Wedding Draws Few Onlookers
Henry Prats Fisher eldest son of the Archbishop of Canterbury wed Felicity Lytton in London at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer. The ceremony outside the church was performed by Father A D Zalustia without nuptial mass and drew only a handful of observers. The Archbishop was absent, and other Fisher family members attended.
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guar
Madrid crash in mountains kills 27 aboard plane
Madrid authorities report a Madrid Barcelon a plane crash in the Tarragona mountains killing 27 on board. The aircraft left Barcelona airport with 24 passengers and crew of three, crashing about three hours after takeoff. Wreckage found near coastal Vielta? Officials provided few details.
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MADRID
Tarragona toay
Apenish
ATHENS
Palestine
Pelopontysus
Arthur G Ray
Texas
United States
Unt
Ray
Kalamal
fiels
Israel
U S approves Ontario diversion plan for Welland Canal
The United States State Department has approved Ontario Hydro plans to divert water from the Welland Canal to relieve Ontario power shortages. The scheme, provisional and seasonal, would feed the Decew plant near St Catharines during winter when ship traffic is low. Approval hinges on Senate action and could terminate if rejected.
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Welland Canal
Deccw
St Catharines
Great Lakes
United States
Robert Saunder
Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission
state department
senate
Canada
hydro
Cabin Boy Fights Sharks In Cuban Sea Battle
Russell Latona, 13, of Sacramento, recalls leaping overboard from the Crete Maersk to try to save Bent Jeppsen, 14, a Danish cabin boy. Sharks killed Jeppsen. Latona, bitten, survived by grabbing a life belt he pitched to himself. He reached shore near Taco, Cuba, after being cast off on December 14. A plantation owner tended him before he was brought to a naval hospital at Guantanamo Bay.
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GUANTAXAMO BAY
Cuba
Russell Anthony Latona
Sacramento
Bent Jeppsen
Crete Maersk
Jeppsen
Russell
naval hospital
Bent
Cape Mais
Taco
Glen To Joint Commission Glen To Joint Commission
Prime Minister St Laurent announces Parliament will open January 26 with quick approval for Newfoundland's admission to confederation. Also listed are by election date, commissions and appointments including Roy Graham and Fabio Manet to tax boards, and other judiciary posts.
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UAWA
St. laurent
Newfondland
confederation
Nicolet- Yamaska
A. Glen
International Joint Commission
Roy Graham
house of commons
king’s bench
Graham
income tax appeal board
Fabio Manet, KC
Montreal
W Stanley Fisher
Ottawa
Alexandre Boudreault
Laval University
Ste Anne de la Pora
38 Below In Montana
It was 38 degrees below zero at West Yellowstone in southwestern Montana with other cold readings across the state. Butte reached minus 25 and Drummond minus 24 while Missouri dropped to minus 13 and Helena minus 16. Only two stations, Great Falls and Kalispell, reported readings above zero.
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HELENA
Mont
Dee
gere
West Yellowstone
Montana
Butte
Drummond -24
Missouri -13
weather bureau
siaions
Great Falls
severt
Kalispell
Shirt sparks police questioning in Canton robbery case
Police chief Stan Switer questioned Henry B. Koane of Canton after noting a shirt worn by a man tied to a Canton robbery. Koane claimed the shirt came from a basement on Flirt Street and pleaded guilty as the exchange grew tense and the chief pressed for details.
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MASILLON
Dec
Stanley W. Switter
wesked
Henry &. Koane
Canton
Flirt street
Kane
Roane
Warning To All Mothers Warning To All Mothers
Winnipeg report shows severe winter risk to infants with seven deaths from asphyxia caused by bedclothes or misfed foods in the last ten days. Coroner I. Q. Fryer calls the deaths alarming and unusually high, noting 1947 likely about 30 such deaths nationwide and urging careful after feeding monitoring and avoidance of soft pillows to prevent suffocation.
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WINNIPEG
I. QO. Fryer
Fryer
St. Boniface
Man
Fort Garry
Australian Wharf Workers Halt Indonesia Exports
Sydney reports Australian wharf workers halted export of goods to Indonesia in sympathy with Indonesia's republic. The Waterside Workers' Federation decided to embargo cargo bound for the islands reviving a previous action in the dispute with the Netherlands.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Indonesia
islands
repubbc
Netherlands
Federaton
Alberta cabinet salaries eyed for raise in tremulous report
Calgary report claims Alberta government weighing higher cabinet ministers pay and an increased sessional indemnity for private members. Indemnity now 2508 dollars. cabinet raise amount not disclosed. Other items note floating wood near Morden after a plane crash risk and a Halifax oil slick sighting.
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ALBERTA
CALGARY
C.P
Calgary Herald
Alberts
HALIFAX
C.P Lhe R.U.A.b
Minas Basin
Morden
Mancton
Greenwood
REGINA
J. W. Corman
Canada
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Winters
K.U.M
WINNIPEG
B.C
Manitoba court of appeal
mewrial
Verne Ragnar Josephson
ALTA
EDMONTON
Dev
PORT ARTHUR
Richardson
Port Arthur city
Lethbridge
Robert Watts
Lakehead
Watts
cty
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