Labor wins civic seat in recount for E Vaselenak alderman race
In a district court recount of the municipal election votes, E Vaselenak the Civic Labor Organization candidate defeated T R Haig the Civic Government Association nominee by 1224 to 1218 securing a two year council term. The recount adjusted several totals but kept Vaselenak the winner. Final figures show many CGA candidates losing seats while Labor picks up three of four, including Virtue Castles Turner and Vaselenak. The new aldermen will be sworn January 3 and mayoral selection will follow among aldermen.
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S. Vaselenat
Wethbridge
Civic Labor Organization
Mr. Vaselenak
T. R. Haig
Civic Government Association
E. B. Feir
Mr. Haig
T. L. Ferguson
C.G.A
Vaselenak
Haig
A. G. Virtue, KC
CLO
Virtue
Reginald Turner
Ald
Edward Castles
C.S.O
A. W. Shackleford
Turcotte
J. A. Jardine
Shackleford
Mr. Virture
Ald. Castles
Mr Turner
Mr. Waselenak
R. J. Kitson
Flesche Armstrong
J E. McCorkle
CGA
Harry Lowe
CIL.O
Feir
Kitson
T E Brown
C.G A
Castles
Fred Smeed
Twelve Corpses Found In Wrecked Western Airlines Plane
The Western Airlines plane missing since Christmas Eve was found smashed on a Laguna Mountains peak east of San Diego. All nine passengers and three crew members perished. Coroner aides were summoned as authorities planned recovery from rugged terrain while police noted the craft appeared to have caught fire during a stormy incident en route from the Imperial Valley to San Diego with a stop in Los Angeles.
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SAN DIEGO
Western Airlines
Laguna Mountains
here
Imperial Valley
116th birthday celebrated by South Africa pioneer Pringle
The Left Hand Corner reports that Eter Chandler Pringle, son of a Scottish teacher who joined the 1829 settlers to South Africa, recently celebrated his 116th birthday at Germiston. He still walks daily and credits longevity to the open air, honey and meals, a clean life, and avoiding trouble. Known as Oom Pret, he is related to South African poet Thomas Pringle. The piece links scattered notes from Charlottetown Patriot and New York Times style items, including humorous exchanges about a horse kick and a skating joke, reflecting a column blend of notes and excerpts.
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ETER CHANDLER PRINGLE
South Africa
prand
Germiston
Rand
hs trends
Thomas Pringle
Scottish border
Prussia No Longer Separate State
Berlin dispatch reports a rare harmony as Big Four draft a report for Moscow on Prussia’s status. Prussia no longer exists as a state, partitioned among four occupiers and nine postwar German states with borders redrawn from Lithuania to France. Russian notice to allow four power inspection teams into Soviet zone signals nearing demobilization of German forces.
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DANIEL DE LUCE
BERLIN
Moscow
Prussia
Reich
Henry Parkman
Germany
Lithuania
France
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
arma menia
Winter's Icy Grip Clutches Canada
A wide spread and virulent winter grips Canada with sub zero temperatures and heavy snow across the prairies Ontario Quebec and the Maritimes. Reports show 40 below readings in parts of New Brunswick while Edmonton Regina and Brandon register deep freezes and travel remains disrupted by drifting snow and icy roads.
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Canaday
prairie west
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime provinces
New Brunswick
Prince George
Vancouver
Port Arthur
Edmonton
Regina
Manitoba
Brandon
Manus
Winnipeg
Rockles
Alberta
Calary
prairies
Great Lakes
Saskatchewan
weather bureau
Toronto
William
Sudbury
Stratford
Buffalo
Montreal
France Must Use Planes and Guns in Indo China Fight
France backs a tougher policy to save its colonial empire as Viet-Namese and French clashes erupt in Hanoi and Saigon. Annamite and other civilians die in Christmas night attacks near Saigon. Saigon placed under siege with curfew, patrols, and restricted leave as Paris dispatches Gen. Leclerc and Foreign Legion reinforcements while exploring a broader constitutional shift toward more freedom within the colony.
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PARIS
Indo-China
France
fourth republic
Sean Bhim
Hanoi
Tonkin
Annam
Cochin-China
Agence France-Presse
Saigon
Prince-Soir
Viet-Nam
Blum
Marius Moutet
Philippe Leclerc
Foreign Legionnaires
Bearded Sprott Aims To Be World’s Best 50-Year-Old Playboy
Beard Sprott, 50, retired Pasadena businessman, sails aboard the 104-foot Breezin Thru from Vancouver to San Francisco then Panama and Cape Horn. He says he planned to quit work at 50 and enjoy life, hoping to be the world’s best 50-year-old playboy, defined as a man who takes it easy.
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SEATTLE
Beard Sprott
Pasatena
Calif
Vancouver
San Francisco
Panama
Cape Horn
Sprott
Eisenhower MacArthur Possibility for 1948 Presidency
Canadian Press reports that Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Gen Douglas MacArthur, renowned WW2 leaders, are seen as potential contenders for the 1948 presidency. The piece notes Republican interest and the likelihood of a fractured primary, with Dewey Stassen Vandenberg Taft Bricker named as possible options and Truman’s precarious standing affecting Democratic prospects.
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WASHINGTON
United States
H.story
Dwight D (Ike) Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
tne
Republican party
Reward Posted For Missing Nine-Year-Old Girl Marion Rusnak
St Catharines Ontario police announce a 1000 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the disappearance of Marion Rusnak nine from her home in St Catharines on Monday Circulars with her photo and clothing description prepared for provincewide circulation as civilian searches continue police note wrapping paper from a Christmas parcel found nearby and a tall dark man seen by a neighbor are among the leading theories a blood stained paper fragment found near Hamilton is considered a possible clue with footprints toward a nearby waterway and a pathologist says analysis could take about a week to determine if the stains are human
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ST. CATHARINES
Ont
Foolie
William Shennan
Marion Rusnak
iil
St Catharines
HAMILTON
Howard Nickling
Burlington Beach
W J Deadman Hamilton
Move To Limit Presidential Term
Washington December 28 Leaders of the new Republican majorities in Congress plan rapid action on proposals to cap future U.S. presidents at six or eight years. Senator Hugh Buller says a resolution will be ready soon after the next session begins. House Republicans back the step as well. Even if approved, the measure would require ratification by three fourths of the states, a lengthy process. The note recalls Franklin D Roosevelt’s four terms starting in 1940.
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WASHINGTON
congress
United
Hugh Buller
Rep -Nab
House
Franklin D Roosevelt
French Council President elected on first ballot
Champetier De Ribes was elected president of the Council of the Republic, the French upper house, on the first ballot with 124 votes to 119 for Georges Martane, one for Jules Gastier, and nine blank ballots, amid political tension. Stowaway refugees to Mexico and a crew member on a Uruguayan freighter were granted permanent refuge.
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PARIS
Dre
August Champelier De Ribes
Georges Bidaults
Mouvement Republican Panulaire
council of the republic
Champetier De Ribes
Georges Martane
Jules Gastier
VANCOUVER
Franco Spain
Mexico
Bordeaux
France
12 Die In New Plane Crash
Trans World Airways announced 12 killed when the Constellation Star of Cairo crashed near Shannon airport early today en route from Paris to New York. Eleven others were hospitalized with injuries. two in serious condition. Survivors were rescued from Merican Island and treated at Limerick hospitals. The crash near the Fergus river caused scattered wreckage over bog and water. Captain Herbert Tansey survived but was too severely injured to be questioned. The mother of four month old Charles Delaby died. the baby was injured but expected to live.
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RINEANNA Eire
Trans World Airways
Constellation Star of Cairo
river Isle
Shandon
Paris
New York
Salabert
Francis Joseph
Zelaznhagora Marié
Burmerter
Herbert
Washington McBride
Watter
ight
Alexandria
Osterburg
Robert. A
Edith Delaby Waterbury
Newark
Limerick
TWA
Herbert Tansey
Falls Church
Merican island
Shannon
flatbottom
Fergus river
Sidney P. Harrington
Holyoke
Mass
Pan-American Airways
Kay Ferguson
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Ferguson
Harington
Miss Ferguson
Charles Delaby
New Jersey
Escaped Convicts Are Recaptured in Winnipeg
Five days after slipping from Heading Man jail two convicts Lloyd Isbister and Donald McInnis were recaptured in Winnipeg. Both men had been at large since Sunday night and were found hiding in a basement and a downtown cafe. Police described them as heavily bearded penniless and exhausted. They had been serving terms for forgery and uttering.
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WINNIPEG
Lloyd Isbister
Donald McInnis
cife
Cty
fiu
Italian Port In Grip Of Strike
Rome reports a second day of a general strike in a southeastern port city of 200000 amid food shortages and violent clashes. One university student died and 25 wounded, including six police, as authorities faced demands for relief from hunger and rising prices. Interior ministry says police to use firearms defensively against armed demonstrators. Leftist parties back the workers while centrist and right papers blame mob rule.
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ROME
interior ministry
Italy
New Post For Robinson Seen In Alberta Labor Changes
CALGARY December 28 A new setup for the workmen's compensation board is reportedly planned with Carl C Cook current chairman saying changes are coming. He may open a Calgary office and depart from the temporary appointment he took last year after Dr Victor Wright resigned. Dr J L Robinson MLA Medicine Hat is favored as overert chairman amid potential leadership shifts.
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CALGARY
workmen's compensation board
Carl C. Cook
Calepak
Cook
Alberta Federation of Labor
Lethbridge
Victor Wright
J. L. Robinson
Mediecine Hat
Public health nurses retire in Alberta
Three pioneer Alberta public health nurses Mina Wmy Corner Olive Watherston and Blanche Eneron retire as announced by Dr M E now deputy minister of health Edmonton Dec 76. News briefs also note local strikes and legal appeals among other items in the district.
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ROSE APPEAL
MONTREAL
Quebec
accinies
Fred Rose
supreme court of Canada
Joseph Cohen
K.C
EDMONTON
C.P
digcwssiom
Alberts Farmers’ Union
ve IL
Ben Plumer
Calgary
Wheat Pool
J. 1 MacLenn
Furgle Springs
United Grain Growers
CHICAGO
Franck P. Shepard
lavarance
fire comminatoner
hay
rovernment
Alberta
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E. Vaselenak
Aecount
cite council
Charlottetown
James Brown
Brown
Alfred
New York Times
Marian Rusnak
St Catharines, Ont
Cecile
Margaret
Canada
Pam finn
By REMBERT JAMES
PLAYBOY
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Lytt
U.S
ay C R. BLACKBURN
Gen
Florida army
fke
Thomas Dewey
Harold Stasgen
Minnesota
Arthur Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Robert Taft
Ohio
John Bricker
White House
Truman
Felix Duquette Si
Leo
Donald Hastings
Blenheim
Hastings
T.W.A. Constellation
Eire Bog
Clere Sunone
Picard
Maurice Simon
Flushne
Puga
Clementine Jeanne
Philadelphia
Alexander H. Larchmont
Robinson
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