Greek Town Attacked by Guerrillas Near Yugoslav Border
Greek government prepared evidence for submission to the United Nations over foreign interference in guerrilla activity. War Minister Dragoumis met leaders after escalating fighting in Macedonia. The Skra assault, described as the most savage attack, involved up to 800 attackers from Yugoslav soil. Villages burned. 33 inhabitants killed. Government held emergency meetings as troops retook the area. War officials and top ministers planned to travel to Salonika.
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ATHENS
Reuters
United Nations
United Nations security council
Philip Dragoumis
Macedonia
Mount Skra
Preming Constantin Tsaldaris
Skra
Yugoslavia
Salonika
Tsaldaris
Greece
Verdar river valley
Goumenitsa
Defer Action On Church Admission
The Canadian Council of Churches postponed until next year a motion to grant membership to the African Methodists Episcopal Church and the Association of New Jerusalem Churches. The African Methodist Church network spans eight Canadian churches with about 800 members under a U.S. bishop, conflicting with the council’s constitution and core beliefs. The New Jerusalem body has two churches and about 174 members, facing the same constitutional issue.
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QUEBEC
Canadian Council of Churches
Methodists Episcopal
Association of New Jerusalem Church
African Methodists Episcopal Church
Canada
United States
Association of New Jerusalem Churches
African Methodists
council
Tewson Named New General Secretary of TUC
The Left Hand Corner notes H Vincent Tewson aged 48, married with two sons, living at Barnes, selected unopposed by twenty six unions to succeed Lord Citrine as General Secretary of the TUC. A WWI veteran who rose to Staff Captain and won the MC, he is described as sagacious, tactful, and a capable negotiator. The Bradford man’s reference to swans appears in a different column.
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Liverpool
TUC
Lord Citrine
H. Vincent Tewson
Barnes
London
Ottawa Journal
Tewson
BRADFORD
China Taig Hopes Fade As Assembly Opens in Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek convened the national assembly in Nanking as Communist delegates boycott. Communist spokesmen warned negotiations would end if the assembly met while Chou En-lai warned of civil warfare rising in north China. Madame Chiang was present. the body aims to draft a new constitution. The sole hopeful note was Chou’s claim that a peaceful solution remains possible.
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NANKING
Chiang Kai-Shek
national assembly
China
teader
Choug Lai
Communists
the
Democratic League
wears lssuap
Madame Chiang
Kuomintang
Wang
Chou
Chiang
Yegan
jas
Sayinat
Giant's House For Sale In Sussex Haunting Legend
Rye, Sussex, Nov 16. The haunted Brede Place known as Giant's House, once labeled by Sir Edwin Lutyens as England's most interesting inhabited house, is offered for sale at £27,000. Tradition says the 14th century manor is haunted by giant Sir Goddard Oxenbridge whose body was said to be cut up by children. the nearby Groaning Bridge is linked to midnight groans. The estate has been in one family since 1600. selling instructions are by Mrs Clare Sheridan, the owner.
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RYE
Sussex
England
C.P. Cable
Brede Place
Sir Edwin Lut yens
Sir Goddard Oxenbridge
Clare Sheridan
prt
Cause Of Dutch Crash Unknown
Officials of KLM said they could not explain the London Amsterdam crash last night that killed 23 or possibly 26 people and burned within seven minutes. The plane struck while landing at Schiphol. many aboard were Dutch and British passengers and crew, including novelist Herman de Man and finance official Dr. J Ridder.
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AMSTERDAM
K.L.M
London
Schiphal
Herman de Man
J. Ridder
ministry of finance
Canada Sees Brighter Food Supply In October Report
Canada’s October food survey shows overall improvement in supplies despite a butter dip last month. Cereals flour and beans rise. canned milk priority areas expand. fats and oils still tight. meat reasonable except southern Alberta. salmon stocks low in B C. sugar beet processing boosts supply. citrus and cranberries plentiful. regional soft drink shortages noted.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Prices Board
Ontario
prairies
Caho Bay
Alberta
Manitoba
British Columbia
Winnipeg
B.C
Bevin Policy Debate Roils Labour Front in Commons
In London November 15, a rift widens the Labour Party as rebels push to recast Britain’s foreign policy to avoid a default ally stance with the United States or Soviet Union. Bevin faces a likely parliamentary showdown with Prime Minister Attlee’s government backing him and Churchill Conservatives aligned.
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ED CREAGH
LONDON
Labor party
will capge
house of commons
Douglas Clifton Brown
Bo Labor
Soviet Union
United States
Winston Churchill
Ernest Bevin
BEVIN CHASERS
Britain
Russia
Tom Driberg
Labor
Neuse
W. M. Warhey
Attlee
U.S
Amer
Minis
Hector = McNell
ces
Gabor
apm
Mr. Bevin
New York
One Man Strike In New Brunswick
William Pringle, a mail driver in New Brunswick, began a one man strike demanding higher wages, believed to be the province’s first postal strike. About 4,000 residents in the Stanley and Cross Creek area were affected as mail service slowed. Allan Best, head of the Brantley Board of Trade, cited poor road conditions on the Stanley to Cross Creek route as another motive, describing it as worse than before the railroad construction.
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FREDERICTON
Pan
William Pringle
New Brunswick
lpst
Stanley
Cross Creek
T. Allan Best
Fiantey Board of Trade
Pringte
Grass Creek station
Blantey
Bevin Proposes Big Five Talk to Limit UN Veto Use
British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin proposed a Big Five meeting to craft a formula restricting veto use in the United Nations Security Council while preserving it. In Washington Bevin's plan follows Senator Connally’s stance against eliminating the veto. The proposal drew cautious support from the other Big Five despite continued opposition to charter amendments. Connally warned against self interested veto use and urged restraint to maintain UN unity.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
Ernest Bevin
United Nations security council
Bevin
United States
China
France
Russia
Tom Connally
Denn
Texas
general assembly
Andrei Gromyko
Connally
senate foreign affairs committee
Peru
Yugoslavia
Andrei Vishinsky
Australia
Cuba
Netherlands
Vishinsky
security council
Louis St. Laurent
United Kingdom
United States Withdraws from Albania Over Recognition Dispute
Washington ends its political mission and cuts diplomatic ties with Albania after Enver Hoxha regime refuses to recognize past treaties. The US notes Albania has not received official recognition from Britain or the United States and cites Soviet attempts to gain UN admission being rejected.
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Enver Hoxha
United States
Washington
Britain
United Nations
Jewish Terrorists Warn Palestine Post and Rail Threats
In Jerusalem on November 13 Jewish militants warned the Palestine Post of mined government and civic sites including the residence of Lt Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, the high commissioner, the broadcasting service building, and the district commissioner's offices. A warning also claimed St George's Cathedral was mined. A gunman wounded a British officer near Jatt as attackers fled. Rail warnings were posted, urging avoidance of Palestine railways and noting potential blasts to trains. Three police were slightly injured when an armored patrol car was damaged by an explosion near Benyamina. The liner Ascat docked in Liverpool with heightened security for Jewish terrorism concerns.
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JERUSALEM
Palestine
Palestine Post
Alan G. Cunningham
St. George's
Lytha
Jatt
Palestine railways
Ligun avai Leumi
mings
LIVERPOOL
Ascata
Middle East
offichs
Botanist weighs rhubarb fate as field crop verdict near
Ottawa customs clash over rhubarb duty with brokers arguing it should be treated as field crop. Dominion botanist says rhubarb is not a fruit and notes no true vegetable exists botanically. He suggests classifying rhubarb as a field crop to resolve the dispute. In Peterborough a hunter scarred by a mistaken identity incident vows to quit hunting after a near fatal head wound.
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OTTAWA
United toms court
Burffalo
bate san Se
Folma
Dominion
U.S
Toronto
backport
canning eg company
Fresty
Drayton
Buffalo
Federal Aid To Province for Alberta Watershed Plan
Robson Binck of Montreal announced a Dominion provincial agreement to reconstr uct and maintain Alberta watersheds. A five year program grants 4.5 million dollars from the federal government with equal provincial funding for ongoing maintenance of at least 250 thousand dollars yearly. The 10 000 square mile watershed is described as a precious Canadian asset vital to prairie prosperity and future irrigation.
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DOMINION - PROVINCIAL
Alberta
Robson Binck
Montreal
Canadian Forestry Association
Lethebridge Lions club
Lethbridge Board of ‘Trade
N. EK
Panner
lands and mines
Dominion
east slope
Rocky Mountains
Blick
Canada
prairie provinces
Black
Edmonton
Tanner
Lewis Orders Coal Strike Beginning Wednesday
John L. Lewis rejected a White House appeal and ordered a coal mine shutdown to start next Wednesday midnight. He said the United Mine Workers contract will be considered terminated on November 20, prompting government officials to seek a truce. President Truman said the contract could not be reopened without mutual agreement as Attorney General Tom Clark noted. The industry received notice that the contract would end within five days, with ongoing talks and a possible return to private ownership.
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WASHINGTON
John L. Lewis
White House
Travan
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMEW
bows
xayardment
Truman
GS.T. Jtmt
Interior
Krug
Howe Considers Airways Appeal
Ottawa pv 15-10. Reconstruction Minister Tlawe weighs Capilana Airways Capilano Airways of Teall BC appeal to the air transport board. The agency refused to approve a Vancouver to Lethbridge service. Capilano is among three applicants seeking to launch service. A community appeal to overturn the board’s decision is possible. decision may be announced later by Mr Hine.
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OTTAWA
PI— Reconstruction
Tlawe
Capilana Airways
Teall BC
ent air transport
Hine
Wines
Western Airlines pilot reports possible wreckage sighting
Western Airlines pilot Max Kall said he was positive he saw wreckage of a missing plane near Lebec on the ridge route about 50 miles north of Burbank. The craft carried 11 aboard including three Canadian women Miss Mary La Branch and Mrs Bridges Weiknight and Mrs Florence Her former Winnipeg woman. Ground crews and medical teams were poised for rescue if any survivors are found.
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BURBANK
Calif
JPA Western Airlines
Lebec
here
Mary La Branch
Edmonton
Bridges WeiKnicht
Banff
Alta
Florence
Long Beach
Max Kall
air finer
Lockheed air
Lost Western Air plane found near Los Angeles
News wires report Western Air Lines found the last DUS plane three airline miles northwest of Los Angeles after a late Friday afternoon call from Los Margeles. There was no sign of life at the wreckage. Local authorities confirmed the discovery as of late Friday.
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WESTERN Air
Western Air Lanes
Los Margeles
Los Angeles
LETIBRIDGE MANTERS IMPLEMENT DEALERS
EDMONTON
Jeck Morrison
Lethbridge
Alberta Retail Implement Dealers Association
OTTAWA
Prices Board
lotly
United States
WINNIPEG
sb Army
Leth iNiwack
B.C
BARTLE
SALONIKA
Skra
Archangelos
3rd Army
HAMBURG
Germany
C.P. Cabte
Wuppertal
Thesday
Karl Betmrick Schaefer
Wehrmacht oberlieutentat
Schaefer
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Woodstock Sentine
Halifax
N.S
Poland
K. Budula
Third Carpathian Infantry Division
Taig
HAROLD K. MILES
Giant’s
Labor Rebel Movement
Great Britain
U.N
Quits
Albania
PETERBOROUGH
Albert Nighgill
Mr. Nicholls
President Black
New Dominion
SCANDINAVIA
Alsberta
Switzerland
Mr. Black
Howe
Airways
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