USSR Refuses Mediation in Chinese Civil War
The Soviet government announced it would not mediate peace talks between Nationalist China and the Chinese Communist forces, citing non interference in internal affairs. Britain and the United States were also said to have declined mediation, with Nanking preparing for possible dispersal of the government as Beijing nears capture.
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Associated Press
OSCOW
Russia
China
Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
U.S
Tasshews agency
Nanking
United States
Britain
France
Washington
London
Ernest Bevin
Cheng Tien-Msi
Siitain
Foreign office
Chiang Kai-Shek
Beijing
Returned Yugoslavs Form Society In Exile To Reconcile
An American correspondent notes several thousand former Yugoslavians lured home from Canada and other democracies since the war. A subset joined government roles, while others express disillusionment saying I was crazy. They reportedly formed The Society of the Returned Canadians, meeting weekly in a room with a solemn self-gavel ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
U.S
communist party
Society of the Returned Canadians
Boas Celebrate Second Birthday At London Zoo
Eleven boa constrictors marked their second birthday with a party at London Zoo. Hatched there, they were part of a larger brood of 33, now relocated to other zoos. Officials described the event as a wriggling success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boas
Zoo
LONDON
boa constrictors
Assure Gas For Alberta Milner Plea
In Calgary on January 18 the Alberta royal commission heard that Alberta gas should be linked financially and physically if exports occur. H. R. Milner, president of Edmonton and Calgary gas firms, urged a provincial pipeline system with interconnections and uniform rates to support communities and enable export while protecting provincial gas consumers. He argued existing pipeline investers should control the system to safeguard industry and ensure price advantages for Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CALGARY
Alberta
Dinning royal commission
H. R. Milner
Edmonton
commission
Sasketchewan
Winnipeg
Milner
Blizzard Relief Sought for Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Meteorological officials said relief was in sight for blizzard hit areas of southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. A Saskatoon man Ollie A. Martinson was killed when his car collided with another near Delisle en route to his wife's funeral. Nearby Moose Jaw groups searched for missing friends found safe after hours in the snow. Constable Ernie Ruttan and others connected with Regina and Melfort were involved in the relief and search efforts. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JINNIFEG
C.P
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Ollie A. Martinson
Delisle
Deligie
Martinson
Moose Jaw
Ed Hampson
Metfort
Tom Greig
T. P. McGillon
R.C.LP
Ernie Ruttan
R.C.MSP
Regina
Thomas Greig
Melfort
Bob Townsend
Tisdale
Canadian Army Cold Weather Training Across Canada
Canada starts winter training at five commands including Churchill Manitoba stations and five named bases as troops prepare Arctic doctrine. Ottawa reports CPR seeks 55 percent mail charge boost and potential freight-rate gains. government goodwill unclear. External Affairs shakeup may move Norman Robertson back from London to lead policy with Arnold Heeney as undersecretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Canada
Churchill
Man
Wainwright
Alto
Shilo
Petawawa
Ont
Valcartier
Que
C.P
Canadian Pacific Railway
board of transport commissioners
C. E. Jefferson
C.P.E
Jefferson
Clarence Chepard
Manitoba
CPR
C.P.R
Shepard
C.PR
government department
Norman Robertson
London
Arnold Heeney
privy council
external affairs
Robertson
Heeney
Banking Family Heir Shot To Death
Grenville Baker, 27, heir to a New York banking family, was found shot to death on a plantation roadside near Horseshoe Plantation, Florida. A coroner's jury attributed the death to a party unknown. State Attorney Hopkins said the investigation would continue with no arrests. A woman companion said Baker wrecked his jeep and fired a shot to summon help, then another shot was fired when found. He was married to Alicia Grajales and was son of George F. Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Baker
Baker
Horseshoe
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Largest heroin seizure disclosed in Canadian police court
In Vancouver on January 18, 37-year-old Joseph R. Denizet of Montreal was committed for trial in a higher court after RCMP testified about 13,000 grains of heroin worth about 200000 on the underworld market seized from his hotel room on December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Canada
Joseph R. Denizet
Montreal
tral
R.C.M.P
Denizet
Bowman Pioneer City Clerk Dies in Victoria
Charles Broughton Bowman longtime Lethbridge pioneer and city clerk dies in Victoria after two recent seizures. Born Windsor Nova Scotia in 1867 or 1868, he moved to Lethbridge in 1889 and retired to Victoria in 1935. Survived by widow a son Ronald F. P. Bowman and daughter Mrs. R N Lawrence. Funeral set for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICTORIA
C.P
Charles Broughton Bowman
Pioneer insurance and real estate
Lethbridge
Windsor
N.S
Alberta
Ronald F. P. Bowman
C.P R
Brandon
R. N. Lawrence
Winnipeg
Nova Scotia
Redwater Wells On Production At Early Rates
Calgary January 18 Anglo-Home Redwater No 1 well began production yesterday at 67 barrels per hour about 1600 barrels daily. Redwater No 2 finished an eight hour test at 1160 barrels per day, located a quarter mile west of No 1. Both wells have been acidized and expected to run on permanent production without further acidizing. No 3 Redwater venture is coring at 3277 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CALGARY
Anglo-Home
Hunt Continues For Kidnapper in Vancouver Case
Police in Southern Alberta and Mounties keep high alert for a suspected kidnapper named MacMillan linked to the abduction of Ernest Conduit, an elderly Vancouver engraver. Sightings placed the suspect moving east through Crow's Nest Pass toward Alberta. A Lundbrook roadblock yielded no results as authorities maintain vigilance at key points.
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MacMillan
Ernest Conduit
Vancouver
Thousands Seek Enlistment in Canadian Mounties in 1946 Push
Ottawa reports that since 1946 began, about 15 000 have attempted to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Nearly 14 000 were rejected by the personnel selection officer. The force has added 1 094 men and now numbers 3 003 with 2 941 uniformed members and the remainder civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Canada
frontliine
R.C. M.P
prairie
Maritime
Imarine division
Bri
Bevin Declines Palestine Talk to Preserve Peace Talks
Foreign Secretary Bevin refuses to discuss Palestine in Parliament to avoid jeopardizing the Jewish Egyptian peace talks at Rhodes. He urges postponement to maintain a broader truce and stability in the Middle East as critics demand full debate led by Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ONDON
Kevin today
Palestine
Rhodes
Britain
Middle East
Bevin
house of commons
house
Winston Churchill
churchinl
Russians Inventors Claim Yet Another First
Tass reported another first for Soviet engineers noting machines that cut and load coal simultaneously were designed two decades ago. The agency said such equipment is only now entering United States coal mines and grouped it with the telephone radio airplane and other advances as strictly Russian ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Tass
United States
Lost plane with twenty aboard missing over Atlantic
A sea and air search started from Bermuda, Nassau, and Tampa for a British South American Airways plane en route London Kingston that vanished with twenty people aboard. US Navy units joined the hunt north of Cuba as relatives awaited word and officials withheld passenger names.
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HAMILTON
Bermuda
British South American Airways
Kingston
Jamaica
Kindley Field
Nassau
Tampa
Fla
Atlantic
Caribbean
West Indies
Great Antilles
United States navy
Cuba
London
B.S.A.A
McPhee
Balifax
Joan Watkins
Duboisson
Boothroyd
Dentham
Green
Hodge
Stevens
J W Newby Killed At Level Crossing Near Lethbridge
John W. Newby 59 a noted Lethbridge auctioneer and live stock dealer was killed when his car was struck by a CPR gas electric train at a level crossing near the Burns abattoir on the main north south road at 4 15 pm. The car was completely wrecked and Mr Newby was alone in the vehicle. RCMP and the coroner attended the scene as investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Newby
Lethbridge
C.P.R
Burns abattoir
Mr. Newby
Cardston
Glenwood
Newby
Security Council observes third anniversary at 41st meeting
Lake Success, N Y Jan 18 The United Nations Security Council marked its third anniversary at its 401st meeting as it continued to discuss Indonesia the topic first raised Jan 21 1946. The Palestine question dominates debate with 70 meetings since Apr 2 1947. Other issues include Czechoslovakia Berlin Trieste and new membership bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
United Nations security counci
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada
Indonesia
United Nations
UN council
Palestine
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Trieste
Franco Spain
Hyderabad
Baby sitter costs cited in New Jersey jury pay debate
Republican Assemblyman William B. Widnall introduces a bill to raise jury fees from 3 to 6 dollars daily, arguing that many women with young children pay more for babysitters than they receive as jurors. The remark highlights judiciary strain in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Widnall
Widnall
Canada expects 1949 50 wheat price not less than 4 a bushel
Ottawa reports Agriculture Minister Gardiner says Anglo-Canadian talks not finished but price for 1949 50 wheat likely not less than 4 a bushel with Canada to ship about 140 million bushels in the final year of the four year contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Gardiner
Canada
Prime emer ar tenes
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
U.K
Dominion
Body of jet pilot found after Canada crash near Vancouver
Flying Officer Joan Allan Bartle, 25, was identified by a search crew after her jet crash on a snowbound mountainside 15 miles north of Vancouver. Her body lay buried under twenty feet of snow near wreckage from Western Canada's first jet.
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VANCOUVER
U.V
Joan Allan Bartle
Canada
NANKING
Reuters
Sun Fo
ISRAEL
RBAF
TEL AVIV
U.F
BERLIN
U.S
OTTAWA
United States
United Kingdom
DEAN ACHESON
MARSHALL
WASHINGTON
senate
Gemeral Gaeege C. Marshall
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USSR
Edinburgh Scotsman
International Clan Donald Society
Alberta -Milner
Sask
P.C
C.B. Bowman
Pioneer City
Lethbridge Realtor
d.d
c. B. BOWMAN
BOWMAN
Redwater
Herald
Hunt
B.C
MOUNT ROBSON PEAK
British Columbia
MacKinnon
Mount Robson Park
Trans-Canada Highway System Association
J. W. Newby
Security Council
TRENTON
New Jersey
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