Floods Follow Snow Across British Columbia
The Canadian Press reports balmy rain and warm winds caused floods power outages and landslides across British Columbia. Driving rains collapsed an embankment at Qualicum Beach sending earth onto an unoccupied cottage, while Vancouver’s 56 foot Christmas tree fell. Interior snow thaw failures and cave ins worsened by heavy rains. several towns blacked out and hospital services temporarily candle aided. More rain forecast with potential snow in the interior.
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ANCOUVER
British Columbia
Qualicum Beach
Vancouver Island
Pacific
Vancouver
Victory Square
Summerland
Fraser Valley
Chilliwack
Agassiz
Hope
Salt Lake Boise pipeline completes first link in service
The Salt Lake City Boise pipeline, a 12 million dollar line extending to Pasco, Washington, is finished to Twin Falls Idaho and in full service. Officials said tests show it operational and about 50 000 barrels of oil products started through the line yesterday. The line will carry gasoline heating oils and diesel fuels. The pipeline is a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of California.
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SALT LAKE CITY
Boise
Salt Lake
Pasco
Wash
Twin Falls
Idaho
Cc. E. Finney, Jr
Standard Oil Company of California
Coffee soap from spent beans gains use in cleaning
The Left Hand Corner notes a new process turning one third of world soy coffee production unsuited for beverages into soap. Roasted grounds yield oils treated with alkali to make soap while caffeine is extracted for medical use. The product removes dirt grease ink and paint and reportedly causes no allergies. Mrs Madera Grenicaf of New York City eats three meals and drinks three cups of coffee daily.
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Buffalo Courier-Express
Madera Grenicaf
New York City
Cigarettes price up one cent in Canada
Imperial Tobacco Company announces a one cent rise per 20 cigarette pack effective immediately. Retailers plan to manage on hand stocks. dealers may pass the increase to customers. New prices: Ontario 36 cents. Quebec 39. British Columbia 37. Alberta 36. Saskatchewan 37. Manitoba 36. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick 40. The move follows cost increases since 1947 in tobacco leaf, packaging, materials, and labor.
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C.P
Imperial Tobacco Company
W.C. Macdonald, Inc
Macdonald
Imperial
Earle Spafford
Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
X-1 rocket plane claims near 2000 mph speed
The Los Angeles Times aviation editor Marvin Miles reports the X-1 reached 1,989 miles per hour in the stratosphere over Edwards Air Force Base. Quoting reliable informants, the claim is Mach three, with official notes previously pegging speeds around 1,700 mph at 80,000 feet.
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LOS ANGELES
The
Los Angeles Times
Marvin Miles
Edwards air force base
Muroc dry lake
Miles
United States air force
Preliminary Hearing Delayed for Jack MacLean
Sydney Nova Scotia December 29 Former Mayor Dan Jack MacLean faces a murder charge in the death of Joseph MacKinnon registrar of voters. The preliminary hearing was postponed to January 6 to allow further police investigation. A coroner's jury urged continued investigation as medical reports cite a ruptured liver from a crushing blow.
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SYDNEY
N.S
Dan Jack MacLean
Joseph MacKinnon
MacLean
Donald Finlayson
MacKinnon
Mindszenty to Russia and Budapest prison move
Rome dispatch reports Cardinal Mindszenty removed from a Budapest prison under heavy guard and likely taken to Russia. The cardinal, sentenced to life in February, faced charges of plotting against Hungary's communist government and black market activities.
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ROME
Ari
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Russia
Cardinal Mindszenty
No Hangovers At This Party In Vancouver
Nearly 2,002 people will attend a private New Year's Eve party in Vancouver with no hangovers the next morning. Novelties will be handed out and a feast of turkey and ham will be served alongside coffee and tea as the strongest drinks. All guests belong to Alcoholics Anonymous.
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VANCOUVER
Alcoholics Anonymous
Chinook Thaws Five Day Cold Snap Across Southern Alberta
A fast moving Chinook broke the five day cold spell in Lethbridge Pincher Creek and Raymond. Temperatures surged from 7 below to as high as 38 above in hours melting heavy snow and creating slush on Pass highways. Winds ease later with a fall to 15 below expected this evening.
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Lethbridge-Crow's Nest Pass
Alberta
Lethbridge
Pincher Creek
Pass
Pincher
Raymond
mercury
Trains Sideswipe Wreck Hurts 25 Passengers
London reports a Southesk siding collision injuring 25 passengers as two trains collided closely. The Times notes a separate item about Rita Hayworth’s baby, titled Grand-daughter for the Aga Khan, in its late edition.
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Southesk
LONDON
The
Times today
Rita Hayworth
Aga Khan
Snowbound Collision Fatal for Train Passengers
An eastbound Canadian Pacific baggage train sideswiped a westbound passenger train at Southesk Alto 80 miles west of Medicine Hat injuring 25 and killing one. Heavy snow and 20 below zero stalled rescue efforts as a special train hurried injured to Calgary and Bassano for care.
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EDICINE HAT
Canadian Pacific Railway
Southesk
Alto
here
Calgary
Bassano
Toronto
C.S.T
N. L. Mason
Taber Boy Victim Of Gun Blast
Virgil Beleutz five year old son of Mr and Mrs Emil Beleutz farmers east of Taber was killed by a shotgun blast when the gun accidentally discharged as he and brothers played with it Coroner Dr A Hammon ruled the death accidental no inquest Parents away at time police say the boy had six brothers the gun was knocked to the floor during a scuffle and fired The family sugar beet farmer and the body rests at Humphries Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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TABER
HNS
Virgil Beleutz
Emil Beleutz
here
A. Hammon
R.C.MP
Virgil
Beleutz
Humphries Funeral Home
Candy Bars Price Cut to Five Cents in New Year
Montreal Dec 29 The Walter M Lowney Co Ltd announced a reduction of candy bar prices from seven to five cents effective January 1 with slight reductions in size for three bars. Other bars remain at 11% to 1% ounces. Sugar prices rose four cents per 10 pound bag, passing to retailers. A spokesman said reductions depend on overall industry moves and other firms have not committed.
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MONTREAL
C.P
Walter M. Lowney Co. Ltd
A Lowney
Breaks Conscription Silence Following Published View
The Philippine war crimes commission completed trials in Manila, sentencing 79 Japanese to death and 31 to life imprisonment. Eight to shorter terms, 13 acquitted, and 186 repatriated for lack of evidence. Seventy-six sentenced remain alive awaiting review of their cases.
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MANILA
A.P
Philippine war crimes commission
The
box store
Japan
Canada to offer inducements to British immigrants next year
Ottawa reports Canada may offer incentives to attract United Kingdom immigrants in 1950 as postwar flows fall. Officials anticipate steps after the new citizenship and immigration department is established, with immigration figures dropping from a 1949 peak of over 125,000.
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OTTAWA
Canada
United Kingdom
British Isles
department of citizenship and immigration
Premier links Ralston ouster to King in 1944 crisis
Halifax dispatch reports Premier Angus L. Macdonald says the move to remove Col. J. L. Ralston from Canada's wartime cabinet in 1944 originated with Prime Minister Mackenzie King, not the defence minister. Macdonald releases limited behind the scenes details on the conscription and reinforcement tension that shaped wartime politics.
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HALIFAX
C.P
Canada
J. L. Ralston
W. L. Mackenze
MACDONALD
Thails
Angus l L. Macdonald
Col. Ralston
New National Policy on Pensions Needed in U S
Washington December 29 AP Cyrus S Ching United States top labor peacemaker calls for a new national policy on tensions to avert bitter strikes. He notes a real study is needed before proposing specifics as head of the federal mediation service.
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WASHINGTON
Cyrus 5S
Ching
United States
federal mediation service
Easterners Not as Friendly As Westerners
Ray Grant a 29 year old farm worker after a 2500 mile hitch hike from Alberta to Toronto left Burk's Falls on December 29 recounting Eastern courtesy as cold. He traveled 60 miles from North Bay to Burk's Falls seeking food and shelter after learning his father had died a Toronto. He decried Eastern attitudes comparing them unfavorably with the West.
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BURK
Grant
North Bay
Burk's Falls
Toronto
Mysterious Russian ships spotted near Caribbean
Washington reports three more vessels described as fishing ships but without gear and with powerful radios. The Trepang Peramutr and Dhaka travel from the Baltic toward Vindivoatok via St Thomas and the Panama Canal en route to Honolulu, adding to the fifteen similar ships seen crossing the Caribbean as large peacetime maneuvers loom.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
Caribbean
United States
Trepang
Peramutr
Dhaka
Baltic
Vindivoatok
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Panama Canal
Honolulu
Calgary Collision Kills One Passenger at Southesk
One man identified as Reid Hefferen of Regina died aboard a CPR special train after a southbound collision near Southesk Alta. The No 8 engine ripped through two day coaches, overturning them and injuring more than 30, six critically. Others were taken to Calgary for treatment.
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CALGARY
Canadian Pacific Railway
Southesk
Alta
C.P.R
Reid
Hefferen
Regina
Vancouver
Bassano
Wrecking Crews Move Injured After Calgary Crash
Hospital arrived about three hours after the crash and began moving the injured into undamaged coaches on the line. They were joined an hour later by an auxiliary wrecking train from Medicine Hat with Drs. Pat MacCharles and F. W. Gershaw, Nurse Mrs. Ross McKay, CPR Division Superintendent Joe Malone and Assistant Superintendent Alex Forbes. Garage service trucks from Brooks and Bassano headed through drifted country roads toward the little town on the bald prairie 95 miles southeast of Calgary. Following the trucks were 25 passengers.
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hospital
Medicine Hat
Pat MacCharles
F. W. Gershaw
Ross McKay
C.P.R
Joe Malone
Alex Forbes
Brooks And
Bassano
bald prairie
Calgary
Oil showing reported at Leduc No 2 well
Calgary December 29 General Petroleums Ltd and Superior Oils Ltd announce an oil showing at their General Petroleums Leduc No 2 well. The update confirms a productive strike near Leduc with potential for further appraisal and development.
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CALGARY
General Petroleums Ltd
Superior Oils Ltd
General Petroleums
Leduc No
India to recognize Chinese Communist government
London dispatch reports India will recognize the Peiping regime tomorrow making it the first British Commonwealth nation to establish diplomatic ties with the Chinese Communists. The move follows cabinet approval and discussions with Commonwealth members. Bevin reportedly set the January date for Britain’s full recognition.
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LONDON
Reuters
India
Peiping
commonwealth
Bevin
Hungary Seizes Foreign Owned Firms for Spying
In Budapest on December 29, the Hungarian government seized numerous foreign owned firms accusing them of aiding espionage and sabotage. Among those nationalized was Standard Electric Works, subsidiary of American ITT. An American and a British official, plus a Hungarian manager, were jailed on espionage charges. The move also expanded state control to Hungarian enterprises with more than ten workers and to printing plants with more than five.
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BUDAPEST
Hungary
Standard Electric Works
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Parents Score at Tuxmis Parliament in Manitoba
Winnipeg Dec 29 The 28th Taxis and older boys Parliament of Manitoba and northwestern Ontario entered its second session. Rev Wilbur Howard United Church Manitoba conference urged parents to accompany children to church, criticizing those who always take them to the circus but neglect church attendance.
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WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Ontario
Wilbur Howard
Christian Education
United Church, Manitoba conference
Train wreck in Alberta leaves cars smashed and locomotive on its side
Reports from Southesk Alberta say one locomotive was badly smashed and on its side after the wreck. A derailed passenger car twisted and charred. another stood tilted with torn sides. Tracks torn up and wreckage scattered as crowds assess damage.
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CALGARY
Southesk
Alta
Sire
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John L. Lewis
Jack MacLean
Central Press Canadian
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Mindszenty
Taber Boy
Lowney Company
Ralston
King
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U.S
Red China O.K
government of India
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G.B. BAY
Economic Co-operation Administration
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Sid Parsons
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