Rescue Efforts Continue For B-29 Crash North Of Nome
Heavy ground fog winds and sub zero temperatures hinder rescue teams ninety five miles north of Nome Alaska as air force crews battle to evacuate four survivors of a B 29 crash. A C 47 tow plane and its glider were involved in a crash landing during Sunday operations. Conditions delay recovery as Norseman plane dog team sled mission planned to reach wreckage and bring survivors to Nome before darkness.
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Earthquake Strikes Philippines Hurt Mauban Town
Telegraphs from eastern Luzon report an earthquake adding to typhoon damage across the Philippines. The quake and storm seas leveled about half of Mauban in Quezon province, population 15,000, with mayor Benito Almiranez citing £100,000 in property losses and no deaths.
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Kina
Luzon
Mauban
Querson
Benito Almiranez
Left Hand Corner shows staged glove theft laughter
A London Evening News item describes a commuter who returns a pair of gloves stolen from a seat by tossing them onto the platform during a station stop. A bystander remarks on the act with a wry line as the scene unfolds. The passage also notes Australian women's cricket tickets growing in popularity and inter club matches starting in Sydney with interstate play planned in Victoria.
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Australian News
Australia
Sydney metropolitan
Victoria
Left Rand continues on back page
The continuation of the discussion labeled The Left Rand appears on the newspaper’s back page. Details are sparse in the fragment. Further context from the continuation is needed to clarify the topic and participants.
Truman to Sign Anti Inflation Bill Amid Political Clash
President Truman said he would sign the Republican anti inflation bill though calling it pitifully inadequate to meet the grave economic peril. Republicans defended voluntary measures as the backbone of the approach while inflation remained a defining issue for the 1948 election year. The bill revives wartime powers to limit whisky, ends price controls on exports and rail transport, and leaves out price wage and rationing powers sought by Truman.
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White Horse
Ration Free Buying In Moscow Causes Chaos
Reuters reports from The Daily Telegraph that after a week of ration-free shopping in Moscow the food situation is chaotic. Shops showed initial abundance but after December 19 queues grew enormous and scarcity returning with poor quality goods.
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Moscow
LONDON
Reuters
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Italy's King Dies In Exile
Victor Emmanuel III, 77, dies in exile at his Alexandria villa after a long reign marked by subservience to Mussolini. Elena, 74, stays at his bedside as double pneumonia claims him before Christmas. Humbert, who reigned briefly, plans to depart for Alexandria.
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Alexandria
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Benito Mussolini
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Lisbon
Humbert
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Petroa Badoglio
Konitsa Relief Clears Guerrilla Siege in Greece
Greek government troops break through guerrilla lines to relieve Konitsa after days under siege. About 44 600 refugees fled to the town as government forces, aided by rocket Spitfires from Josamina, press a new offensive against Gen Markos Viles. Government says rebels field 23 battalions and faces severe losses while a new decree bans the Communist party and enforces harsh penalties.
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Konitsa
independent Communist
Markos Vilades
Konits
Josamina
Churchill Suffering Cold in Marrakech Hotel
Winston Churchill, 73, bedridden by a bad cold in Marrakech French Morocco. Doctors ordered rest after a motor trip in the mountains where he painted landscapes. He arrived Dec 11 to work on memoirs in a place he called the world’s best winter climate.
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French Morocco
Winston Churchill
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West Montrose tragedy ends in double tragedy
Four Letson family members are slain by Walter Letson who then killed himself after taking Eleanor Springer hostage in West Montrose Ontario. Police say drinking contributed to the killings as the suspect shot Hugh Letson 45, his wife Mary 40, brothers Wilson 42 and Percy 38, and cousin Walter 55. the lone survivor girl escaped and provided the report. The tragedy was discovered by 87-year-old Elisha Pollock.
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Ontario
West Montrose
Kitchener
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Mary Letson
Wilson Letson
Hugh
Percy Letson
Wilson
Walter
Pat) Letson
Ferey
Walter Letson
sstter
Elisha Pollock
Letson Brothers
Veteran students press higher grants across Canada
At the University of Toronto the third annual conference of student veterans urged the federal government to raise grants to veteran students. Delegates from many parts of the country backed a resolution requesting a per cent increase in grants aligned with the living cost index.
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TORONTO
Canada
University of Toronto
Indian plane crash near Bombay kills 23
An Indian transport plane crashed shortly after departing Karachi for Bombay resulting in 23 deaths. The craft carried 19 passengers and four crew. 22 bodies were recovered. An American Jesuit priest was among the victims as officials investigate the cause.
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Der
Ontario weekend tragedy claims 22 lives in Canada
A deadly week end across eastern Canada raises the toll to 22 fatalities with shootings, a fatal gas engine explosion, house fires, and a fatal crossing collision. Notable victims include Walter Letson and five relatives in West Montrose, and several others across Ontario Quebec and Halifax.
New Contract With Lassiter to Cover Workmen Cheques
Edmonton reports a new contract between the government and Lassiters Ltd aims to cover cheques issued to workers this fall on the Wanham land clearing project. About 40 workers were left with worthless cheques from the earlier deal, totaling around 12000 dollars.
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Dee
Lassiters Ltd
Jerusalem Clash Kills Arabs and British Guards
In Jerusalem at Damascus Gate mobs opened fire after Jews threw grenades and sprayed a crowd with machine gun fire. Two Arabs, two British constables, and one Jew were killed. a taxi was burned and further violence reported across Palestine amid rising casualties and a Jewish agency rift over Soviet relations.
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Damascus
Hablus
Tel Litwin
Tel Aviv
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notar
Church of the Nativity
Palestine
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catho
Jewish agency
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Moshe Sneh
Sneh
Black Sea
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Five Hundred Feared Drowned in River Steamer Fire
A Shanghai report says a fire aboard the Chimese river liner Vanshaing on a Saturday caused panic among about 700 passengers. More than 70 bodies were recovered and the blaze spread to three other steamers and several nearby junks before being extinguished.
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Death Toll Climbs as Storm Paralyzes Northeast
New York reports at least 70 deaths in the storm belt from Maine to Washington as transit crews return to work. Embargoes on freight into New York commence noon as emergency supplies are rushed. City spends 3.09 million for snow removal on top of 1.287 million budgeted. Five to six foot drifts and 26.8 inch Friday snow record at the metropolitan area. Markets chief notes good food deliveries but warns against price gouging.
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NEW YORK
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ant
Eugene G Schultz
Coal Operators and Union Meet in Edmonton Conference
A conference of coal operators and miners union representatives will convene in Edmonton on January, called by Mines Minister N. E. Tanner. The item appears in a Canadian news brief among several international dispatches.
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C.P
N. E. Tanner
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