Fresh Bloodshed in Sharon Valley as Israel and Iraq Fight
A two hour clash in the Sharon Valley left Israeli and Iraqi troops with casualties amid a Jewish punitive operation against Arab raiders accused of killings and kidnappings near Tira. Bevin discussions focus on cease-fire terms and British caution on involvement.
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Associated Press
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Sharon Valley
Tira
manles
Tel Aviv
United Nations
Egypt
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Cairro
Faluja
William E. Riley
United States
Haifa
LONDON
Reuters
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Palestine
Suez Canal zone
Britain
Washington
United Nations security council
Trans-Jordan
Britain NEW
Edmonton Rises Against Lurid Comics Fight Begins
Edmonton opens a campaign to remove crime type comic books from newsstands. The move followed a meeting of the Edmonton Home and School Council which named a committee to study actions and strategies.
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EDMONTON
Nurse dismissals to come before association in Hamilton case
Ethel Cryderman president of the Canadian Nurses Association says the discharge of two Canadian nurses from a Hamilton Bermuda hospital has been brought to the association. The issue will be discussed at the upcoming executive meeting.
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TORONTO
Ethel Cryderman
Canadian Nurses’ Association
Hamilton
Bermuda
Heaviest Storm Toll Hits Arkansas Louisiana And Kansas
Winter today brought the season’s worst blizzard and tornadoes across a broad area. Arkansas Louisiana and Kansas bore the heaviest losses with dozens dead and hundreds injured as storms paralyzed travel and damaged property. Temperatures plunged to 23 below zero in Butte Montana as drifts and high winds swept the plains, while California orange groves faced freeze threats and railroads faced heavy losses.
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Associated Press
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Nebraska
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Texas Panhandle
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Colorado
Minnesota
Iowa
Warm Air Surge Raises Edmonton Temperatures
A surge of warm air from the north has boosted Edmonton temperatures. Forecasts show a night around 0 degrees, about 10 degrees above normal for this time of year and roughly 2% degrees above yesterday’s high of eight.
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EDMONTON
Herring and Cod Saving a Muskrat Ingenious North
The St Thomas Times Journal notes herrings and cod as the sea’s most plentiful fish. It describes herring shoals in the North Sea near the British Isles, their dusk movement, and surface swimming creating a spectacular sight off Aberdeenshire in summer and Yarmouth in autumn. Aberdeen women and girls cut millions for kippers with remarkable knife dexterity. The Yarmouth season is reported as extraordinarily successful.
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St. Thomas Times+ Journal
North Sea
British Isles
Aberdeenshire
Yarmouth
Aberdeen
Truman Has Whip Hand on Rebel Southern Democrats
President Truman, ahead of the State of the Union, appears to hold leverage over dissident southern Democrats as the new Congress opens. The House moved to curb coalition power by altering rules so a majority can decide action after two days of inaction in the rules committee, reshaping how legislation advances.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
house
Winnipeg Nurse Held After Death Pact
A 22 year old student nurse Fleur Jacques is under police guard after the death of 27 year old William Stawnychko alias Peters in Winnipeg General Hospital. Police say notes indicate a joint suicide pact and morphine injections were used. Detectives examine whether each took an individual dose or one was responsible for both.
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WINNIPEG
Fleur Jacques
William Stawnychko
Peters
Winnipeg General hospital
Miss Jacques
David Nicholson
AOC North West Command Retiring Name Change Planned
Air Vice Marshal K M Guthrie to retire as Air Officer Commanding North West Air Command. He will be succeeded by Air Vice Marshal H L Campbell who has studied at the Imperial Defence College in the U K. Guthrie commanded the command from Edmonton since 1947 and is a veteran of Two World Wars with service dating to 1917 in the Royal Flying Corps.
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AVM Guthrie
K. M. Guthrie
C.B.E
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H. L. Campbell
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United Kingdom
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Guthrie
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Lakehead
Pacific coast
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Cnt
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Pilot and cleric die as air craft explodes near Island Lake
In Manitoba a twin engined Anson exploded and burned during approach to Island Lake while carrying stores and fuel. Pilot Victor Yasinski, 34, and Brother Albette Petit, 32, both died. Explosion possibly from gas seepage. wreckage scattered in bushland 185 miles east of Lake Winnipeg. Yasinski associated with Eco Exploration Co. and known to operate from Kenora and Lac Du Bonnet. Petit served at Lac Du Bonnet parish. both families mourned.
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Franciscan Fathers
Lac Pu Bonnet
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Victor Yasinski
Eco Exploration Co
Lttd
Lac Du Bonnet
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verhill Lake
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Ont
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Yasinski
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Uni
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R.C.A
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i Granby
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Sherbrooke
Badmonton
Lac Du Monnet
Food poisoning toll rises in Glasgow party deaths
Six people died and 18 others were hospitalized after a Glasgow party last night. Authorities described 12 hospital cases as seriously ill. The incident is under investigation by local health officials and police.
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GLASGOW
Reuters
hosiptal
P O W Count Is Demanded By Western Powers
Western powers demand an exact count of German prisoners of war held by Russia after Moscow acknowledged early in 1947 that about half of the 890532 POWs were in custody. State Department notes Russia must discharge all POWs by end of 1944 per prior agreement.
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WASHINGTON
Russia
State department
Moscow
Famous Hotel Vancouver Goes To Wreckers
The old Hotel Vancouver in Vancouver British Columbia will be torn down after 52 years hosting world figures and ex servicemen. Wrecking will last eight months with a 2 million dollar cost. The site may host a new department store by Eaton Co. Guests over the years included the Duke of Windsor Queen Marie of Romania Prince Chichibu and Warren G Harding. Enrico Caruso and Jack Dempsey are noted as having performed and trained in its rooms.
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Canada
British Empire
Canadian Pacific Railway
T. Eaton Co
B.C
Duke of Windsor
Queen Marie of
Romania
Japan
Prince Chichibu
United States
Warren G. Harding
Enrico Curtiso
Jack Dempsey
Defeat of South African government seen possible
Johannesburg political circles foresee a possible collapse of the government due to a split between the Nationalist and Afrikander parties over constitutional reforms. Finance Minister Havenga may resign and ally with Marshal Smuts’s United party to defeat the government in the January parliament session.
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JOHANNESBURG
Reuters
Nationalist-Afrikander party
Cape of Good Hope
N.C. Ha’ vengar
Afhkander party
wall Tésign
Marshal Smuts
United party
Havenga
Fail To Meet Commitment In Bacon Pact With U K
Ottawa reports Canada failed to fulfill its 1948 bacon supply pledge to Britain under the 1348 agreement. A $12 million EC A loan to buy Canadian bacon was cancelled in Washington. Canada undershot its yearly target by over 20 million pounds though an initial 195 million pounds is expected to ship soon, with plans to meet 1949 commitments of bacon, cheese, and wheat under Anglo-Canadian food contracts.
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OTTAWA
Canada
United Kingdom
Britain
Washington
Werle Britein
Cancade
Wittehire
Two Brothers Die in Ontario Crossing Crash
Hamilton headlines report two brothers George McBride 24 and Andrew McBride 19 killed when their car collided with a passing train while en route to work. Alfred Turgeon 28 injured. All from Hamilton.
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Andrew McBride
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Hyde Park
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Norfolk
Reuters
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tedey
London transport executive
Miss Allen
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Seoul
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Eamenton Flyers
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