Speed preparations for session opener in Ottawa
Ottawa January 3 The new year will see cabinet ministers speed preparations for the session opening on January 25. nearly 100 topics are listed for discussion in the fifth, and possibly last, session of the 20th parliament. Topics range from rent controls to a national library. If party leaders reach agreement, debate on the throne speech reply may be interrupted to allow passage of legislation before March 31. Newfoundlands entry into confederation is also on the agenda.
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OTTAWA
St. Laurent
George Drew
attenton
NEWFOUNDLAND
confederace
Centenarian Francesco La Sala Celebrates 100th Birthday
The Left Hand Corner reports Francesco La Sala, a tall and neatly dressed centenarian, marked his 100th birthday at the Hotel Gramatan in Seonsino NY. Surrounded by seven sons, a daughter, 29 grandchildren and three of his 26 great grandchildren, he continues a lively routine with exercises, daily home-made wine, and late-night card games with sons. His motto remains Do everything.
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Francesco La Sala
Gramatan
Seonsino
Mr. La Sala
La Sala dageed
Snow slide claims Capilano worker in Vancouver area
North Vancouver report details a three day snowbound search ending with the recovery of Harold Reid a Greater Vancouver Waterworks employee swept from a 30 foot cliff by a rock slide while patrolling the Capilano watershed. Companion Dave Augelin 23 narrowly escaped the same fate and Austin reached a Palisade Lake cabin to alert authorities.
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NORTH VANCOUVER
B.C
Greater Vancouver
tmi~ployee
Harold Reid
Capilano
Dave Augelin
Reid
Austin
water board
Palisade Lake
Vancouver
Yale Students Die In Transport Plane Crash At Seattle
A DC-3 charter flown by Seattle Air Charter carrying Yale University students crashed and exploded seconds after takeoff from Boeing Field killing 14 of 20 aboard while 15 survived. Crew members were among the dead. The plane struck a hangar revetment at 10 pm PST, bursting into flames as fire crews battled the wreckage.
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Associated Press
BATTLE
Yale University
Boeing Field
Yale
Washington
Oregon
Seattle Air Charter
New Haven
Conn
Boeing Airplane Company
Lynn Brown
Holiday Fatalities Number Tops 20 In Canada
A Canadian Press tally lists 20 violent deaths during the New Year holiday week end across Canada. Ontario shows 10 fatalities with four deaths from burns and four pedestrians killed. Quebec records five and New Brunswick one. Notable incidents include three Vancouver residents killed when a car struck a streetcar and a snowslide death at Capilano, B C. An unidentified drowning victim appeared in Saint John River reports. Police investigate the deaths at Aldershot Ont and a party-related death in Windsor Ont.
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Vancouver
Al Howard
William Countiey
British Columbia
Harold Reid
Greater
Saint John
N.B
Robert Joseph
Aldershot
Ont
Hamilton
William Oneschuk
Windsor
Ontario
Quebec
Chicoutimi
Que
Michel Gauthier
Alfred Stanhope
Granby
Taxi Driver Faces Wet New Year's in Winnipeg
Taxi driver George Green observed a wet New Year when his vehicle struck a fire hydrant just after midnight Saturday. Torrents of water flooded basements of many businesses and homes, with floodwaters reaching eight blocks from the hydrant.
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WINNIPEG
George BE
Green
Britain may be drawn into Arab Jewish conflict warns US
The Chicago Sun Times reports Sir Oliver Franks told the United States growing danger Britain could fight alongside Arab nations against Jews. Brits fear involvement under article 7 of the 1846 Anglo Egyptian treaty if war erupts. Egyptian troops hold Gaza road. Faluga garrison may fall, prompting British intervention fears. Daily Mirror in London cites possible policy shifts after Jewish incursions into Egypt and calls for united action to protect the Suez Canal Zone.
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Chicago Sun-Times sai
Oliver Franks
Washington
United States
Britain
London
Frederick Kuh
Robert Lovett
shail
Gaza
Paluja
Faluja
DAILY MIRROR
London Daily Mirror
Palestine
Egypt
Oliver Franke
The Mirror
Suez Canal Zone
America
Mindszenty Arrest Featured At Marian Congress
Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungarian prelate accused of betraying his country, attended the Marian Congress in Ottawa last summer. A National Film Board photo shows him leaving a service, with Mindszenty among the hierarchy present.
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Yaltano Ludovicus Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Ottawa
National ‘Film Board
Cardinal Mindszenty
Talks Brushed Open at Dinner by Chang in Shanghai
At a dinner hosted by Gen Chang Chih for educators and officials in Shanghai the peace talks were raised with several hundred attendees. The Shanghai Petition urged the Communist leadership in Yenan to cease fire and begin discussions, with other provincial governments asked to join. Some Nationalists in North China were suspected of seeking a separate peace with the besieging forces at Peiping and Tientsin. Chang avoided political talk, urging guests to enjoy the meal, while Shao L Tze and Prof Nit Sung-Yuan spoke in favor of peace. Nationalist military spokesmen and central news officials attended.
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Associated Press
ANKING
dan
China
Chang Chih
Chung
SHANGHAI
enly council
Yenan
Chang
Shao LTze
Moscow
Teng Wen- Yi
central
Speed King Passes Sir Malcolm Campbell Dies at 63
Sir Malcolm Campbell, famed Speed King who first drove faster than 300 mph, died at 63 in Surrey after eye surgery in June. He set the 301.129 mph Bonneville auto record in 1935 and held several records in boats and cars, shaping safer design through high speed research. He served in WWII as a designer of fast armored vehicles and raced under the title Bluebird. He was born March 11, 1885, in Chislehurst, England, and had two marriages ending in divorce.
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Jay
Malcolm Campbell
Malcolm
Bonneville salt flats
Utah
Joby Conn
Lake Conistan
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Royal Flying Corps
Lang
Sir Malcolm
Chislehurst
Ment
Wiliam Campbell
Andrew Campbell
Lloyds of London
marine insurance corporation
New Year World News: War Fears, Weather Darken Start
The globe ushers in 1949 amid war fears and political tension. Gales, rain and snow hit Britain and France while Ottawa notes New Year ceremonies and a bus strike in London. In the United States, New Year celebrations continue as flood fears ease in the northeast. Two Royal Canadian Navy promotions and confirmations are announced in Ottawa with Frank L. Houghton named acting rear admiral and John J. Knowlton promoted to engineer rear admiral.
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Associated Press
Holy Land
Greece
Far East
Germany
Britain
France
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London
United States
Royal Canadian Navy
Defence
Claxton
Frank L. Houghton
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John J. Knowlton
cief
naval technical services
Commodore Knowlton
Saint down
Five Escaped Youths Recaptured Near Vancouver
Five of eight youths who escaped Saturday from Oakeaile prison in Burnaby were recaptured Sunday by Burnaby police. The detainees include Norman Thompson Donald Baker Normany Malbeaus and Albert Hamacher all 16 and Abel Barnaby Capello 22. The five remaining escapees are Douging Scott William Lightbrown Lloyd Gibson 19 and one unnamed 15-year-old. Polite reports say the quintet were found several miles from the prison.
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Oakaile
Burnaby
Norman Thompson
Donald Baker
Normany Malbeaus
Albert Hamacher
Abel Barnaby Capello
Sti
Douging Scott
Willam Lightbrown
Lloyd Gibson
Three Baronies In King's List At New Year Honors
London January 2 Sir John Boyd Orr former head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization was among three men created barons. Also honored were Winston Dugan and J J Adams. The list included 45 knighthoods and hundreds of orders with Newfoundland figures and Australian notables also recognized. Don Bradman among sports figures knighted amid a list dominated by civil servants and coal industry staff.
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LONDON
John Boyd Orr
United Nations food and agriculture organization
Bir
Winston Dugan
Victoria
Australia
J. J. Adams
West Cumberland Industrial Development Company
Alberta
Joseph Walsh
K.C
commission
Newfouland
Newfoundland
talend
Canada
Will Lawther
National Union of Mine Workers
arthur Deakin
Transport and General Workers Union
William Gilliatt
Elizabeth
Marion Kirk
Buthlay
Elzabeth
Margaret
Royal Victorian Order
Princess Margaret
Don Bradman
privy council
Edith Summerskill
Jerusalem Hit by Sudden Incident in Two Raids
Two raids hit Jerusalem late last night with unidentified attackers dropping hazardous devices. Five people were wounded in the first attack on a Jewish quarter. a second raid followed three hours later. Egyptian planes reportedly conducted long range reconnaissance and naval forces engaged near Tel Aviv. The Egyptian communique said planes raided Palestine Arab camps and all aircraft returned to bases.
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Associated Prem
ERUSALEM
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Cairo
fecce
Tel Aviv
seac
Egyptieat
Palestine Arabe
Negev desert
Israel
Aviv
Israel navy
air force
velief
Gales Buffeting British Coast and Cold Front Reach Europe
Weather reports from London indicate gales and a cold front impacting western Europe, causing shipping disruption and reported fatalities across the continent. Widespread isolation around English lighthouse areas as storms move eastward with severe cold affecting Denmark, Czechoslovakia, and Slovakia. Margarine goes on sale in Calgary next week as market news notes shipments and consumer plans. Jail escape at Oakalla prison Farm prompts suspension of several guards and an investigation underway. Saskatchewan sees hundreds stranded due to wind and snow, with bitter cold across the region. Chicago livestock prices tumble with the top hog price around 21.00 per hundred, otherwise sharp declines across the market. Eskimos die after eating tainted meat stored in the west.
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spetan
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west Territories
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ates
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