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Lethbridge Herald

Location

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Date

Jan 22, 1949

Page

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Peace Delegation Named For Talks With Communists

ANKING Jan 22 A P China s tottering government tonight announced the appointment of five delegates to negotiate peace with the Communists Leading the delegation is Shao Li-Tze a veteran advocate of peace between the nationalists and the Reds Also named are Chang Chih Chung Huang Shao Hsiung Peng Chao Hsien and Chung Tien Hsing The five are ready to begin talks with Communist delegates at a suitable place to be agreed upon The move followed Acting President Li Tsung Jen assuming Chiang Kai Shek s powers after his retirement yesterday

ANKING A.P China tottering Shao Li-Tze Reda Li Tsung-Jen Chiang Kai-Shek Reuters Mao Tee Tone auwee Li Shao tere Chang Chih-Chung Huang Shao-Hsiung Peng Chao-Hsien Chung Tien- Hsing Chang General Marshall Japan Chinese Communist party

Great Falls B-29 Crash Kills Four Crew Near Field

Four of twelve crew members died when two B 29s crashed after takeoff from Great Falls air base. Three bodies were found in wreckage, a fourth died later in hospital. Eight injured include one in critical condition. The aircraft were en route to Spokane from Salina Smoky Hill Base, with rescuers locating the scene after a long search.

GREAT FALLS Mont 15th Air Force Spokane Smoky Hill Salina Eas

Woollen Mill Closes In Ontario As Strike Goes On

Paris Ontario January 22 The Penman Company Woollen Mill shut down as a five day strike by United Textile Workers AFL continues. About half of 625 workers have been out since Monday demanding higher wages union security and a dues checkoff. Ten people face charges from picket line scuffles and property damage. Bail is posted for those arrested. The Paris Board of Trade supported Mayor William England's call for 25 provincial police to keep order. In Brantford about 2,000 sympathizers planned a march on Paris with date yet to be set.

PARIS Ont Penman Company United Textile Workers of America AFL Penman bai Ttade William England Brantford sammie

Mr Justice Lynskey’s Irish Roots and Catholic Faith

A London correspondent clarifies Justice Lynskey’s background born in Liverpool educated there of Irish descent his surname Lynskey from Gaelic Q Loinseigh and Lynch common forms His father a prominent Irish Nationalist solicitor and city alderman He is a K C known for commercial cases and taught by Sir David Maxwell Fyfe The piece notes a thrifty habit and references a continued feature on page 10.

Liverpool rocks County Galway

Two Missing Men Reach Flin Flon After Four Days

Fish buyer Dave Rosen and pilot Bill Carss survived four days on Reindeer river after their Norsman plane was forced down by a frozen fuel line north of Flin Flon. They endured sub zero temperatures as low as fifty degrees below, stayed warm by moving and building a fire, and reached Island Falls 75 miles north. No search planes were sighted during their ordeal despite three aircraft deployed by the RCAF.

FLIN FLON Man Dave Rosen Bill Carss Reindeer river Norsman Island Falls here R.C.A.F

Building boom in Canada to continue says Ontario architect

L. E. Shore president of the Ontario Association of Architects forecast a continued building boom in Canada. He spoke at a Toronto convention noting higher costs and ongoing material shortages. He predicted labor and material costs would rise slightly in 1949 as construction stays high due to population growth and immigration.

TORONTO L. E. Shore Ontario Association of Architects

Reynolds goes broke in Shannon airport shock

Milton Reynolds, Chicago millionaire, arrived at Shannon Airport broke and penniless. He sold cigarette lighters and fountain pens to waiters and porters to pay table fees and incidentals before taking off again Friday after a Europe trip to sell six factories to a Swedish syndicate.

MILTON REYNOLDS SHANNON SHANNON Eire Chicago Shannon airport Reynolds Europe

Armistice talks near decisive break in conference

United Nations mediator Ralph Bunche pressed Egyptian and Israeli leaders to settle the boundary dispute in a long Negro. The session, begun January 13 in Rhodes, faced a potential final decision or breakdown with both sides near exhausting arguments. Jews seek Beersheba and access to the Negev’s inland highway. Israel has held talks with Trans-Jordan and Lebanon. Bunche noted march toward a conclusion if agreement remains elusive. British pilots from the front were shot down. two survived and boarded the CampeDoglio for Cyprus with Israeli officers escort.

RHODES United Nations Ralph C. Bunche Bunche Beersheba Negev U.N Israel Trans-Jordan Lebanon Faluja Campedoglio Haifa Cyprus

Fifty homeless after Moose Jaw downtown fire

Fifty people were left homeless when a downtown Moose Jaw block was damaged by a fire believed to start from a short circuit. All residents in the main floor apartments and businesses evacuated without incident.

MOOSE JAW Sask

Two Survivors Of Alaska Plane Crash Reported

Anchorage Alaska January 22 plane crash into a hillside on the Kenai Peninsula killed four aboard and left two survivors Peter Palmera 35 and Captain Land of Anchorage rescued with serious conditions while others including Co Pilot Robert Stevens and stewardess Lucia Nims were among the dead or missing a rescue squadron surgeon described Land and Palmera as the only survivors.

ANCHORAGE Alaska Peter Palmera D. Land of Donald EB. Brown Land and Palmero Robert Stevens Seattle cina Nims Everson Ind Stanley Billman Alaska Airlines Kenai peninsula Palacio Land gil

Threat of permanent suspension for union leaders in Canada

Ottawa reports a threat of indefinite or permanent suspension against the Reddish International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers by the Canadian Congress of Labor for defiance of the federation. CCL leaders Mosher and Conroy plan to urge the executive council to suspend the smelters union, potentially eliminating it from Canada and absorbing members into non Communist unions.

OTTAWA Reddish International inem Canadian Congress of Labor C.GF. id Ontario C.C.L G.C.L A. R. Mosher Pat Con‘roy congress’ executive council C.C.S Canada Timming Fort Colborne congress national council congress executive smelters union congress Mesher-Conroy Mosher-Conroy group

Northern Ireland Parliament Dissolved

Northern Ireland voters will cast ballots in the February 10 general election to decide on separation from Eire after Parliament was dissolved on a Friday. Nominations are set for January 31, with a brief campaign expected to revive old rivalries and jealousies.

NORTHERN IRELAND BELFAST Eire campain

Century of Communism Declared by Pravda Editor in Moscow

Pravda chief in Stalin's presence proclaimed this the century of Communism while Pospelov, addressing Soviet leaders at Lenin’s death anniversary, argued Russia seeks international cooperation and attacked Anglo American war-mongers. He cited China’s communist victories and Lenin's line on global majority's role, noting 24 million Communist party members worldwide and predicting Lenin's triumph.

EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW Pravda Stalin P. N. Pospelov Lenin Russia Pospelov Truman Washington CHINA India Communist party

Two Applications For F M Made to CBC

Montreal January 22 two applications for frequency modulation radio station licences were heard by the CBC board of governors at the end of its two day public sessions. An earlier day heard nine applications for amplitude modulation standard broadcasting stations. No decisions were announced. FM operation promises interference free reception for specially built receivers.

MONTREAL CBS board of governors Eigh

Evacuation of Men Begins in Hudson Bay Rescue Effort

An RCAF Norseman has lifted four of eleven men from a Dakota grounded on a large Hudson Bay ice floe near Churchill Manitoba. The evacuated include Harold Dunn, ailing radio operator, with the rescue plan coordinated as a 4000 mile Arctic Bay return. A Saskatchewan Government Airways Beaver, piloted by Fred MacLellan, and W Forter of Prince Albert, join the scene, capable of seven passengers, as the rescue proceeds toward Churchill.

R.C.A.F. Norseman Hudson Bay Sask Govt Northland Graham Trotter HURCHILL Man C.P RCAF Norseman Hudison Bay Harold Dunn transport department Arctic Bay Dunn Churchill Saskatchewan Government Airway Fred MacLellan Prince Albert, Sask hin W. Forter Prince Albert

Plane aims to save Eskimo village amid Arctic plague

Trenton Ontario January 72 A mercy flight left for Winnipeg at 829 am on the first leg toward the Arctic to aid an Eskimo village decimated by a mysterious disease. The plane will reach Winnipeg 329 pm before continuation to Edmonton for a Royal Canadian Air Force crew to complete the flight. The mission, carried by a Dakota with medical supplies and a para rescue team, faced an initial setback when technical problems forced an early return. The plague has already killed residents of Cresswell Bay on Somerset Island, 1006 miles north of Churchill Manitoba, within the Arctic Circle.

TRENTON Arctic Ottawa R.C.AP Central Command Cresswell Bay Somerset Island Churchill

Mail Train Attacked by Rebels Near Singapore

Communist rebels hurled grenades at a mail train between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in south Johore. The pilot train was forced back to Kusla causing a two hour delay. troops searched the area with no results as the Ister mail train resumed its journey.

SINGAPORE Singapore-Kusla Lumpur Johore Kusla

Peace for Peiping ends siege with 11 point accord

News from Peiping reports localised peace announced at Gen Fu Tse- i's North China HQ. Cease-fire takes effect at 1 am, following an 11 point agreement with besieging Communists, ending a four day siege of the northern capital.

PEIPING Fu Tse-¥i North China

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