Russia uses boycott pressure to block UN majority decisions
Canadian Press reports from Lake Success on November 7 that the Soviet bloc introduces boycott pressure to oppose majority votes in the General Assembly, while still resisting expulsion. The six state Soviet group has boycotted the Balkan border watch commission and the little assembly draft, perplexing delegates.
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Soviet Union
U.N
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
general assembly
Health Bulletin Recommends Cold as Romance Shield
Ottawa health and welfare bulletin advises couples to act as if cold when one has it to avoid spreading influenza. Emphasizes avoid crowds, wear heavy outerwear outdoors, remove over wraps indoors, and stay home when ill. Warns draughts sap vitality, especially for infants and the sickly. Continued on Page 10.
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health and welfare department
Ottawa
Burma May See Leftist State Under Nu Vision
In Rangoon Prime Minister Thakin Nu outlines a leftist Burma to be born Jan. 6, 1948, aiming for state sponsored enterprise and a classless society. He urges moderation from Burmese communists, condemns foreign capitalists, and warns the path to socialism will be long and laborious. He honors Aung San as freedom architect and notes ongoing nationalization goals amid non Soviet alignment.
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RANGOON
Reuters
Burma
Thakin Nu
Aung San
socialist union of Burma
Moscow
econee
Cardinal McGuigan Sails Sunday for Canada Health Update
Cardinal McGuigan archbishop of Toronto plans to leave Sunday to return to Canada. He told the Associated Press he is in good health after an influenza attack described as a bad cold. He asked that Canadians be assured of his condition.
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CARDINAL McGUIGAN
ROME
James Cardinal McGuigan
Toronto
Canada
Associated Press
Greater Sharing Of Revenues Urged
Edmonton chamber and Alberta Association of Municipalities urge broader revenue sharing between municipalities and the two senior governments as fix for municipal provincial tax inequalities. The commission heard Edmonton Chamber brief at Red Deer and heard the Alberta Association of Municipalities submission endorsing it.
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EDMONTON
judge commission on taxation
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Red Deer
Edmonton Chamber
Alberta Association of Municipalities
U.S. Considers Expanded Truth Campaign Amid Soviet Propaganda
U.S. officials weigh intensifying the truth campaign abroad and seek a possible 1.5 million dollar increase for Voice of America and other foreign information programs. Molotov and Soviet leaders assert U.S. bases and policy aim to provoke a Western alliance against Soviet aims, with Molotov denouncing U.S. pressure on Greenland and rallying internal Soviet support.
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ASHINGTON
A.P
Russia
United States
state department
congress
Voice of America
Molotov
Greenland
Visninsky
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
O. B. Lassiter Land Story
Ottawa reports Prime Minister St Laurent promised to study a civil service federation salary request amid rising living costs. A quick decision was expected to boost civil servant pay to align with other Canadians' standards.
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OTTAWA
St. Laurent
civil service federation of Canada
Government Fails to Co operate in Vets Land Clearing
In Edmonton a Nov 7 meeting blamed provincial government for not providing promised cooperation, contributing to the suspension of a 106000acre veterans land clearing project in northern Alberta. Lassiter of Chin, Dar Williams chaired, with reps from Lassiter’s Ltd, veterans, firms owed money, and MLAs Ward and Casey in attendance.
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EDMONTON
Sper et al
Alberta
B. Lassiter
Chin
Lassiters Idmited
Lassiter
Dudley Ward
Calgary
naty
M.L.A
Ivan Casey
Social Credit M.L.A
Okotoks
Te Williams
Imperialist Worth Making Soviets Praise and Warn
Soviet Marshal Nikolai Bulganin crowns a Moscow parade marking the 20th anniversary of the Russian Revolution with praise for the Soviet Armed Forces. He condemns capitalist imperialism and warns of plans for a new imperialist war while asserting Soviet peace aims and national reconstruction after World War II.
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LONDON
U.S
Red Square
Moscow
Hitler
Germany
Stalin
Japan
Bulganin
peple
Soviet Union
Murderer sought for Toronto rape and strangulation case
Police pursue a man 35 to 40 with fair hair and a sand colored windbreaker after 18 year old Arlene Anderson, partially crippled and hard of hearing, was found strangled in a vacant Toronto lot nine blocks from her home. An autopsy suggested rape after death. a $2000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest.
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TORONTO
Arlene Anderson
Robert Tomalin
Arlene
Marchmount Avenue
Smirle Lawson
W. L. Robinson
Lawson
Arch McCathie
Manning comments on Lassiter scheme amid funds limit
Edmonton dispatch reports Premier Manning denying any authorization for new funds beyond the original. Lassiter’s project cost about 628 000, including 100 000 cash, 500 000 in Treasury credit, and 28 000 in outstanding cheques. About 11.01 acres cleared at roughly 21 per acre, with 350 000 in equipment and survey/road work claimed as government debt. Lassiter faults Odynsky and weather, says project hindered, and laments life impact.
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EDMONTON
Manning
Lassiter
government Treasury
A. K. Olive
Treasury branches
William Odynsky
Odynsky
Blotted Out By Fog Five Die In Crash
London suffers dense pea soup fog as five killed in three rail crashes within hours. Traffic halted, rail and air services disrupted, undergrounds busiest, hundreds stranded, hockey fans housed at Wembley, workers unable to reach jobs. Fog-bound conditions persist around London and 200 mile belt.
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Britain
Lendon
London
Wembley arena
Fleet Street
air ministry
Midlands
Stop Gap Program Urged by Truman in Europe Aid Plan
President Truman pressed Congress to grant stop gap aid for Europe with priority over inflation controls, urging swift action when the session reconvenes. A House foreign aid panel proposed using export import and Commodity Credit Corps to bridge winter needs for France and Italy if broader machinery isn’t ready. Estimates place the US share of Marshall Plan costs around 20 billion dollars, with a total Western Europe need of about 22.4 billion.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
Marshall
Europe
Truman
house of representatives
France
Italy
congressional
United States
world bank
Canada
King's Visit to Britain Includes Princess Elizabeth Wedding
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King arrives in Southampton aboard the Queen Elizabeth for a three week tour of Britain and northwest Europe. He will attend Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten's November 20 wedding and later visit Paris Brussels The Hague and London. He expects to return to Canada via New York November 26.
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SOUTHAMPTON
Eng
C.P.J
Mackenzie King
Canada
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
Europe
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Paris
Brussels
Hague
Netherlands
London
Lieut. Mountbatten
Princess Elizabeth
Lord Elibank
house of lords
Ottawa
United Kingdom
New York
Leave Saturday On Final Laps Of Round World Hop
Anchorage Alaskas Truman and Cliff Evans announced they would depart Saturday to complete their round the world flight in Uny 100 horsepower planes. If weather fails they will switch to the Alaska highway route toward Bermonton instead of the planned leg to Annette Island and then Los Angeles. They began from Teterboro New Jersey last August.
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ANCHORAGE
Alaska
Truman
Cliff Evans
United States
Bermonton
Annette Island
Alarka
Los Angeles
Teterboro
Nails production rises after steel strike relief
Ottawa reports that construction laborers face better prospects as wire nail production rebounds from a low during the steel strike. Last September output fell to 1,640 tons, but by this September production reached 6,879 tons, signaling a strong recovery and more nails available for builders.
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OTTAWA
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Special Stamp Planned for Royal Wedding
Ottawa reports the Post Office Department will issue a commemorative stamp for Princess Elizabeth’s wedding. Deputy Postmaster General Walter Turnbull said design details are pending and the stamp cannot be issued on November 20. Expected features include a likeness of the princess in royal purple. Face value not announced.
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OTTAWA
Post Office
Elizabeth
Walter J.Turnbull
Postemaster
Doukhobor Hearing Ends in British Columbia Climax
A provincial commission led by Judge H. J. Sullivan closes its first hearing in the Doukhobor inter sect strife in the West Kootenays. The probe examines charges between the Sons of Freedom and the Orthodox Union, including arson, bombings, and the 1924 Peter Verigin murder. Michael Verigin testifies amid disputed funds and rival narratives, with further hearings set for Grand Forks and a tour to Castlegar Nelson Nanaimo and Vancouver.
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SOUTH SLOCAN
B.C
Columbia
Kootenay
H. J. Sullivan
New Westminster
radical Sons of Freedom
Orthodox Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ
Peter
Lordly
Michael
Grand Forks
visi Castlegar
Nelson
Nanaima
Vancouver
Verdict in inquest over Mrs Tasker's death in Winnipeg
A Winnipeg jury ruled last night that Mrs Elsie Tasker 42 year old divorcee was stabbed to death at her Young Street home on October 4 or 5 by unknown persons after hearing 16 witnesses. The coroners jury returned its verdict following the inquest conducted by three coroners.
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WINNIPEG
Elsie Tasker
Rape and murder probe in west-end case shocks Toronto
Police hunt a released convict suspected in the rape and strangulation of 13 year old Ariene Andemen whose body was found in a west-end lot. Detectives intensified the search five years after the attacker previously served time for a similar assault.
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TORONTO
Ariene Andemen
British Columbia
ATHENS
Paul I
Greece
PEL CHARLOTTETOWN
Premity
Walter Jones
Prince Edward Island
SRINAGAR
India
Heuters
Baramula
Kashmir
OTTAWA
C.P
Defence Medical Association
WASHINGTON
Richard Ressell
Dem
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