Calgary voters elect CGA to six seats on council
The Calgary civic election results show all four rejected by laws and the Civic Government Association winning six of twelve alderman seats for next year. City Commissioner W A Newhall, re-elected, proposed appointing two city commissioners to handle utilities and finance, arguing for steadier executive leadership.
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ALGARY
Calgary
Civic Government Association
C.G.A
VY. A. Newshall
G.G.A
R. Alderman
United Labor
Paul Brecken
Fred Parker
D. F. McIntosh
Labor
George Brown
C. Cc. Connolly
Noel Hutchinson
Public
John D. Petrie
W. F. Reid
Nettle Mowers
Fred Kenny
Thomas Sutcliffe
General hospital
W. A. Newhall
Edmonton
Pilgrims Feared Drowned In Ganges River Capsize
About 500 pilgrims were feared drowned when a river steamer capsized on the Ganges near the junction with the Gandak while returning from the Sonepur fair, the year’s big Hindu festival. Survivors said the vessel listed as passengers rushed one side. More than 190 cattle and some horses also perished in the disaster.
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PATNA
India
Reuters
Ganges
Sonepur
Gandak
Cat Jump Disrupts Trans World Air Flight Engine
In Los Angeles a grey cat crawled into a TWA Constellation engine during a Chicago to Los Angeles flight and took a nap. Mechanics found the animal unharmed after the 1,600 mile journey. The incident caused a brief delay while the cover was opened and the cat was removed.
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LOS ANGELES
TWA
Constellation
Chicago
Britain’s Stand Regarded as Conflict With Dunkerque Pact
An authoritative source says France may invoke the British French friendship treaty to contest Britain’s Ruhr policy. Paris officials accuse Britain and the United States of acting without France’s consultation and claim the move violates the Dunkerque pact of friendship. France has long advocated international Ruhr control.
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pik
France
Ruhr
United States
house of commons
McNeil
house
London
Germany
Paris
Washington
Salmon Caught by Officers in Olympia Street Intersection
In Olympia Washington yesterday police and bystanders watched as Officers Bob Johnson and Al Handspiker, using bare hands, nabbed a two foot salmon in the middle of Main Street at the city’s busiest intersection. The fish spread its fins and slipped over a High Falls.
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OLYMPIA
Wash
Bob Johnson
Al Handspiker
Unhealthy Reactions to Environments Reported in Schools
Dr. A R B Schrage of the Alberta Mental Hygiene Guidance Clinic cites a provincial survey of 80 rural schools showing 10 to 20 percent of school age children exhibit unhealthy reactions to their environments. He presented these figures at a Home and School Association meeting in Edmonton on November 18.
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EDMONTON
A. RB. Schrage
Alberta Mental Hygiene Guidance Clinic
Schrage
Home and School Association
Camel plague: South Australia orders destruction of wild camels
In South Australia wild camels threaten fodder stores for stock. Though camels were imported for transport, they multiplied to large numbers. The government plans to destroy them after offering them for free drew no buyers. A river Murray fruit-growers syndicate hopes to use the carcasses as fertilizer.
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South Australia
River Murray
Canada Has Two Courses
Canada faces choices to raise exports or cut imports from the United States as Prime Minister Abbott addresses New England council governors. He praises exchange conservation progress but cautions the dollar shortage remains and calls for a closer trade balance and freer flow of Canadian goods into the U.S. market.
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BOSTON
Pinance
Abbott
Canada
United States
New England council
U.S
customs administration
China Reds Said Fleeing At Suchow
NANKEING Nov 18 A P The government claimed complete victory in the Suchow battle today Gen Chang Liu-Shih official military spokesman told the weekly press conference The battle for Suchow can be considered as concluded What the Communist do now is subject to conjecture Chang pictured the Reds forces in flight He said government troops and planes were mopping up an area extending 30 miles around Suchow The spokesman asserted 120 000 casualties were inflicted on the Reds as against 40 000 suffered by Nationalists NANKING SAFE Other government sources said the government won at least the opening phase of the Suchow battle against 300 000 veteran troops This
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NANKEING
Suchow
Chang Liu-Shih
NANKING
Australia to end newsprint rationing by Jan 1
Prime Minister Chifley announced in Canberra that the Australian newsprint pool will be disbanded and rationing will end January 1. Newsprint will remain subject to import licensing due to dollar shortages.
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CANBERRA
Reuters
Australia
Chifley
Caribou Migration Delayed In Manitoba Observation Begins
Barren land caribou start moving from summer pastures to winter feeding grounds in Manitoba two weeks later than last year. Naturalists track their stream to gain insights into their numbers by watching the migratory pattern and distribution at this season.
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PAS
Man
Manitoba
Halifax Poised for Peacetime Shipping Surge
Halifax faces a potential peacetime shipping boom as eastern U S ports strike. Queen Elizabeth is due Nov 24 with Queen Mary possibly calling next week, while Halifax Longshoremen pledge to handle all arriving ships. Local workers anticipate wage earnings from a busy season and port dues. Saint John officials say diverted ships won’t be loaded or unloaded there.
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HALIFAX
United States
Halifax Longshoremen’s Association
A.F.L
Southampton
J. J. Campbell
association
SAINT JOHN
Saint John stevedores
John Galbrath
Atlantic coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
LL.A
Alberta minister pushes federal aid for Trans Canada highway
Calgary November 18 Alberta Public Works Minister D B MacMillan told the Calgary Albertan that Alberta wants federal assistance for a Trans Canada highway. He said a brief for Ottawa is being prepared for the December 7 conference and that four possible sections are under consideration Medicine Hat to Lethbridge and Calgary to Medicine Hat are nearly complete while Edmonton to Jasper is another prospective link.
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CALGARY
Albertan
Alberta
D. B. MacMillan
MacMillan
Ottawa
Medicine Ha
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Gleichen
Edmonton
Jasper
Mainguy Says Royal Canadian Navy To Expand
Boston dispatch reports Rear Admiral ER Mainguy, flag officer of the Canadian Atlantic Fleet, arriving in Boston after saying the Royal Canadian Navy will be expanded due to the international situation. He noted no shipbuilding program has begun in Canada yet but the expansion plan will take effect.
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BOSTON
Royal Canadian Navy
ER. Mainguy
Canadian Atlantic Fleet
Mainguy
Canada
St John Ambulance Extends Appeal to November 30
The St John Ambulance appeal to raise $600,000 to support first aid home nursing and blood grouping work will be extended to November 30. The announcement was made by the organization in Toronto on November 18.
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TORONTO
St. John Ambulance
lWsting
Bernadotte Plan Urged At U N On Palestine
Paris dispatch reports Britain formally urged the United Nations to adopt Count Bernadotte’s plan for Palestine. The proposal calls for a three nation conciliation commission to divide the land and oversee functions of Bunche and the UN truce commission, plus a boundaries commission to draw frontiers. The plan assigns the Negev to Arabs and western Galilee to Jews, with Jerusalem under UN control. Israel opposes ceding the Negev.
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Britain
United Nations
Bernadotte
Palestine
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations truce commission
Count Bernadotte
Hector McNeil
general assembly
U.N
McNeil
Hector David Castro
Salvador
Faris El Khouri
Syria
Negev
Galilee
Jerusalem
Israel
assembly
Labour Wins In Principle On Iron and Steel Nationalization
London report says the House of Commons approved in principle the Labor government's bill to nationalize most of Britain's iron and steel industry by a 363 to 211 vote after a three day debate. The measure now goes to committee, with a third reading and possible Lords consideration ahead.
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LONDON
house of commons
Britain
commons
house of lords
Jords
Labor
Anthony Eden
Eden
Herbert Morrison
Winston Churchill
Morrison
Crusade in Europe and Churchill on Italian invasion
During the Tunisian campaign final weeks, staffs planned the Sicily operation per Casablanca. Reasons included opening Mediterranean sea routes and manageable occupation. Plans shifted with better LST availability and amphibious vehicles improving assault prospects. Montgomery favored southeastern landings. page continues.
Twenty One Die as Walls Collapse at Egyptian Festival
Cairo reports twenty one people died and four injured when two high walls collapsed on revelers celebrating a Moslem festival in Maghagna, Upper Egypt. The crowd was crushed under heavy debris.
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CAIRO
Reuters
Maghagna
upper
Egypt
New Storm on B C Coast
A third gale in three weeks pounds northern Vancouver Island with warnings from the Queen Charlotte Islands to the Straits of Georgia. Port Hardy reported 78 mile per hour winds as the storm heads west. temperatures fall with snow mixed rain. Islanders brace for peak winds and colder weather tomorrow, traces of damage not yet reported. Meanwhile rescue ships ferry survivors from recent wrecks as communications recover and another Seattle ship is towed to Astoria.
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VICTORIA
Vancouver Island
Queen Charlotte Islands
Straits of Georgia
British Columbia
Port Hardy
annested
Totay
mainand
Vancouver
Fort Alberni
Alberny
Port Alberni
Alberni
City Police Arrest in Spotlire Service Station Burglary
Police chief George Harvey said Robert Hoffman of the city was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the Spotlire Service Station burglary. Hoffman will appear before the police magistrate in due course. Cash and bonds were involved.
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George Harvey
Robert Hoffman
Hoffman
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rC.P
David Ben-Gurion
Israeli state council
Negev
Palestine
United Nations
DUNKERQUE
PARIS
Morocco
France
OSLO
Norway
Alfred B. Nobel
Nobel Institute
MONTREAL
MONTREAL, Navy
Montreal Internatismal Longshoremen's Association
United States
GIL
C.P
W. F. Bowman
W. Thidaudeau
J. Arthur Hanrahan
W. B. Thidaudeau
Windsor
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Royal Canadian Navy
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DULLES
COHEN
AUSTIN
Benjamin Cohen
United Nations General Assembly
Warrim Austin
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