Power Left To Britain
UAW A Dec 23 The amending power for provincial matters likely stays with the U K parliament unless all provinces consent at the Jan 10 conference. Prime Minister St Laurent noted Canada has the federal amending power, and provincial changes require unanimous agreement. The conference may shift views if a majority opinion persuades a government change.
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UAWA
U.K
St. Laurent
United Kingdom
Dominion
Canada
Senator John E. Sinclair Dies at 70 in Charlottetown
Senator John Ewen Sinclair of Summerfield Prince Edward Island died in hospital after a short illness. A Liberal, he was appointed to the senate June 7, 1930 after 22 years in politics. He was 69 turning 70 the day after the anniversary. He was a farmer and son of the late Peter Sinclair and Margaret McMurdo.
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SINCLAIR
The Left Hand Corner Seismograph Finds Fish Flow Near Garrison
A seismograph crew drilled near Garrison, North Dakota, and sparked a piscatorial gusher disgorging hundreds of fish from several species as water pours from a hole about 12 miles east of town. Officials suspect an underground stream linking to Crooked Lake fish refuge seven miles away, while no oil has been struck yet.
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North Dakota
Garrison
Crooked lake
Calgary fire kills elderly man and grandson
An early morning blaze in a Calgary frame house killed William A. Laraway aged 72 and his two year old grandson Carter Cull. Neighbor Bunny Evans rescued Deidre Cull, four, who stood on the porch crying as the home burned. Darrel Cull died at hospital after firefighters recovered the child and evacuated the family. Violet Cull, the mother and Laraway’s daughter, was away at the time. The fire started while the trio slept, and after almost two hours of artificial respiration, rescuers could not revive the victims.
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CALGARY
C.P
William A. Laraway
Carter Cull
Deidre Cull
Bunny Evans
Laraway
Evans
Deidre
Darrel
Violet Cull
Pope Pius Appeals for Catholic Unity Against Militant Atheism
Vatican City dispatch reports Pope Pius XII urging all believers to unite under Rome in a front against militant atheism in his annual Christmas message on the eve of the 1950 Holy Year. He calls for a decisive religious renewal and a return of separated believers to the Catholic fold.
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VATICAN CITY
Pius
Jesus Christ
ethelshtiramci
church of
gal Son
Fear Another Rise In Hospital Insurance Premiums
Vancouver dispatch reports British Columbia officials weigh a potential rise in hospital insurance premiums up to 42 a year for families, from a present 33, amid a 1 million dollar deficit and a month long efficiency review. Health Minister Pearson opposes higher premiums while Finance Minister Anscomb pushes plan independence. A resignation of hospital commissioner J M Hershey is noted as surveys proceed.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Victoria
J. M. Hershey
George S. Pearson
Herbert Anscomb
Bidault Risks New Elections Over Tax Plan in France
Paris Dec. bidault pressed for confidence vote as coalition factions split over tax hikes to cover a 2.2095 trillion to 2.257 trillion franc budget. If defeated the cabinet must resign. a second loss could force a new national election. Opposition holds 311 votes needed to topple him.
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PARIS
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Maurice Petsch
popular Republican Movement party
national assembly
Custody Fight Sparks Courtroom Brawl in Montreal
In Montreal a custody fight over a six year old boy led to a courtroom melee after Mr Justice Loranger ruled the child’s adoption by Mrs. Don ald Moffatt of Plattsburg New York valid. The mother Mrs Amedee Poirier pleaded the signatures were forged but police separated the combatants as the boy was returned to the adoptive parents. Poirier collapsed and a doctor was summoned.
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Louis Loranger
Donald Moffatt
Plattsburg
N.Y
Amedee Poirier
Another Cabbie Found Battered
In Welland Ontario cab driver Arthur Gough aged 28 from St Catharines was found dead today in a ditch beside his abandoned taxi in Crowland township. His body showed severe head injuries and was located by a trucker en route to work. This marks the district's third slaying in a week.
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WELLAND, Ont
Arthur Gough
St. Catharines
Crowland township
Gough
Doctor Woodward Dies in Washington at 82
Dr. William Creighton Woodward aged 82 died yesterday in Washington. He served 24 years as District of Columbia health officer and later as legislative director for the American Medical Association.
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WASHINGTON
Willam Creighton Woodward
District of Columbia
American Medical Association
Mercury and Snow Outlook Across Canada This Season
Mercury climbs to spring levels and records fall as a white Christmas is forecast for the prairie and northern Ontario and Quebec. In southern Ontario cities like Toronto and Hamilton snow remains unlikely unless a southeastward Montana storm moves north, keeping many centers without snow.
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Ontario
Quebec
Canada
Toronto
London
Windsor
Hamilton
Montana
Pansy Blooms and Sap Run as Warm Christmas Forecasted
New York and northeast states see unseasonably warm December weather with temperatures in the 60s and 50s. A pansy blooms in Quincy, sap runs in maple trees, and bushes leaf in Portland. No white Christmas for New York. forecasters anticipate colder weather ahead.
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NEW YORK
mercury
Atlantic
Quincy
Mass
Portland
Lawrence
Sydney Mayor Dan MacLean Resigns Amid Murder Charge
Sydney Nova Scotia city council accepts Mayor Dan Jack MacLean's resignation after he faces a murder charge in the death of Joseph MacKinnon, the city registrar of voters. MacKinnon was found dead in a south-end alley Sunday. A preliminary hearing for MacLean begins next Thursday following a coroner's inquest scheduled to hear evidence.
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SYDNEY
Dan Jack MacLean
Cape Breton
MacLean
Joseph MacKinnon
MacKinnon
Victoria to adopt city manager form in New Year
City of Victoria will become Canada’s 36th municipality with a city manager after Dec 8 votes 6744 to 1691 in a 62600 population area. By law, applications for the job close Jan 22, with council ratifying the voter decision.
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VICTORIA
British Columbia
Canada
B.C
Quebec
New Brunswick
Ontario
Alberta
Lethbridge
United States
Cincinnati
Wedding Day Bliss For New York's Mayor O'Dwyer
New York Mayor William O'Dwyer and Elizabeth Sloan Simpson wed in Stuart Florida with 3500 locals gathered. Matron of honor Myrtle Bernecker and best man David Martin stood behind the couple as they left the church. The couple wore formal attire amid a celebratory crowd.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Elizabeth Sloan Simpson
Stuart
Florida
Myrtle Bernecker
David Martin
New York Athletic club
Briton Ii Shot In Prague At Bratislava Institute Director
In Bratislava last night an unknown assailant shot Donald M. Brander, director of the British Institute, at his home. Surgeons operated, two thigh wounds and one in the hand were treated, bullets removed, and Brander was resting comfortably. British embassy officials in Prague cited robbery as the motive with no other involvement suspected.
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Reuters
Bratislava
Donald M. Brander
Brander
Stander
British council
Mrs Marie Rooney Civic Leader Dies at 79 in New York
Mrs Marie Collins Rooney, 79, civic leader, lecturer and writer, died yesterday in New York. She was the widow of John Jerome Rooney, a poet and former presiding judge of the New York State Court of Claims. Mrs Rooney was an expert on Indian folklore.
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NEW YORK
Marie Collins Rooney
John Jerome Rooney
Savannah B-50 crashes in marsh killing 11 airmen
A United States B-50 bomber from Chatham Air Force Base crashed into a salt marsh seven miles northwest of Savannah during a routine training flight to El Paso. All 11 crew members aboard were killed as wreckage lay buried in mud. Sheriff Herris led the rescue with bodies partly recognizable, while residents reported seeing the glowing plane and its fiery descent.
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AVANNAH
Chatham air force base
here
Savannah
Frederic E. Glantzberg
Chatham field
El Paso
Tex
air force
Japan
Savannah national wildlife refuge
Bill Herris
Harés
Wallace Goethe
Tilman
8.C
Slavs Press Hungary to Collect War Debts
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia seeks 70 million dollars in overdue World War II debts from Hungary. Information Minister Vladimir Dedijer said Marshal Tito’s government invoked the peace treaty clause and demanded a representative from Hungary meet with Yugoslav negotiators. Hungary halted payments last year after the Cominform denunciation.
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BELGRADE
Tuga
slavia
Hungary
Vladimir Dedijer
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Tito
Diphtheria Epidemic Claims Three Lives at Reservation
Three natives die and ten more are bedridden amid a diphtheria outbreak on the Halfway River Indian reservation in northeast British Columbia. The reservation, 425 miles northwest of Edmonton, originally housed about 50 Indigenous people. The story notes a separate timber order by the United Kingdom for British Columbia and ongoing Pacific Northwest lumber transactions.
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Halfway River
British Columbia
U.K
VANCOUVER
United Kingdom
Pacific Northwest
United Kingdom timber control
Ottawa
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