Suchow Win Eases East Suchow Win Eases East
Tension eased in central China as news of a complete victory in the battle of Suchow gave fresh hope to Nanking. Government spokesmen claimed the battle for Suchow was concluded and Chiang Kai-shek earned renewed respect. Communist plans to counter with another push toward Nanking remained likely, depending on casualties and supplies. Weather, favorable for air strikes, probably increased Communist losses. The U.S. evacuated civilians from China with ships sailing weekly from Shanghai and Guam transport Bayfield heading toward Tsingtao.
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NANKING
A.P
China
Suchow
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chang Liu-Shih
United States navy
San Francisco
Shanghai
Pearl Harbor
Bayfield
Guam
Tsingtao
Egyptian and Iranian throne divorces shock palace circles
The young rulers Farouk of Egypt and Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran announce the dissolution of their unions with their queens Farida and Fawzia. Both communiques cite health and illness as reasons for separation while stressing no impact on friendly ties between the two nations. Farouk, 28, wed Farida in 1938. Fawzia, 27, became Empress of Iran in 1941. Princess Chahinaz, their daughter, remains with Iran’s Shah.
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FAROUK
FARIDA
Egypt
Shah
Iran
Fawzia
Associated Press
Fawaia
Shah Bea Pahlevi
Sasi Naz Sulfikar
Parouk
Tehran
Mohammed Pasha Said
Chahinaz
Baby Born In Abdomen Defies Womb Birth Records
Milwaukee physician Dr Harold Shutter revealed the birth of Nancy Lee Zielinski who formed in the abdomen and was delivered by abdominal operation on Oct 27. X rays had failed to show the condition. about 250 such live births have been reported and about 90 percent die within days, yet Nancy Lee weighs eight pounds three ounces and is described as healthy.
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MILWAUKEE
Wis
Harold Shutter
Caroline Zielinski
Shutter
Balmoral Castle Story and 1848 Royal Arrival
London correspondent recalls Balmoral’s origins as a royal residence. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first tenanted in 1847, with a move from Aberdeen on September 8, 1848. The estate grew from an old farmhouse, later rebuilt in 1855, and its isolation was protected when the railway was halted eight miles away at Ballater.
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Balmoral
London
Ottawa Journal
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
prince
Aberdeen
Deeside
Farquharsons
prince consort
Ballater
Christmas Food Ration Boost For Britons Says Strachey
London reports that Food Minister John Strachey announced a Christmas bonus of half a pound of brown sugar four tea ounces and two ounces of candy or chocolate added to normal rations. He noted no extra fresh meat allocation but doubled processed meat for sausages and pies. Poultry stood at 18 500 tons vs 16 500 last year with scarce home fruit and imports from Europe. A fake sized purchase of 330 000 to 340 000 canned fish cases from the Soviet Union promised a salmon and crab taste.
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LONDON
Reuters
John Strachey
Strachey
Switzerland
South Africa
Europe
Soviet Union
Belgian cabinet resigns after Struye etc
Belgian Premier Paul Spaak's Socialist Catholic coalition cabinet resigned today after Justice Minister Paul Struye quit following a debate on clemency for former pro German collaborators who had their death sentences commuted. The split over subsidies to non state schools persists and Spaak may be replaced by Gaston Eyskens if a new government forms.
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BRUSSELS
Paul Spaak
Paul Struye
Struye
Struge
Spark
Gaston Eyskens
Sidney Allsop Crowned World Wheat Champion in Toronto
Sidney Allsop of Red Deer Alberta, 34 year old bachelor, learned he had won the world wheat championship 12 hours after the Royal Winter Fair crown was awarded in Toronto. He credited his reward wheat grown on his parents’ farm. The veteran has two prior International Exposition titles from Chicago, but this marked his first trip to eastern Canada.
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Sidney Joan Allsop
Red Deer
Alta
Toronto
Chicago
Canada
Three Way Pact Standardizes Parts Across Nations
Canada Britain and the United States signed an agreement to ease peacetime production problems and boost military cooperation. Canadian trade minister C D Howe said aligning screw threads could lead to broader standardization of military gear, ensuring nuts and bolts from any country fit devices across the trio.
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WASHINGTON
C.P
Canada
Britain
United States
C. D. Howe
Intemperance Attacked by Nova Scotia Leader
Ottawa reports Dr. Wat Son Kirkconnell chancellor of Acadia University declares temperance the greatest social pollution in Canada. His report to the Baptist Federation of Canada warns the annual liquor bill of 500 million dollars has caused immense tolls in lost lives broken homes crime insanity and disease.
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OTTAWA
Wat Son Kirkconnell
Nova Scotia University of Acadia
council of the Baptist Federation of Canada
Canada
Coldwell Calls Britons Hard Workers In CBC Talk
R M J Coldwell stated in Ottawa that Britain's workers are working harder than ever, countering opponents’ claims. He spoke after a trip to Britain and Europe, delivering remarks for a CBC broadcast titled the nations business.
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OTTAWA
R—M. J. Coldwell
Britain
C.C.P
Europe
CBC
Red Bullets Fly Before UN Meeting in Beirut
Communist demonstrators outside the UNESCO meeting venue in Beirut fired on police but caused no injuries. Security arrested 10 of the rioters from a group of 30 to 40 as UNESCO proceedings continued.
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BEYROUTH
Lebanon
A.P
United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization
U.N.E.3.C.O
Julian Huxley
U.NES.C.O
hiort
UNESCO
George V. Allen
United States
Russia
PARIS
Ralph Bunche
Palestine
Israel
U.N
Negev
security council
truce mission
Sex Murder Is Expiated or Hanged in Winnipeg
Michael Angelo Vescio died on the gallows at 101 a.m. for the sex murder of one of two 13 year old Winnipeg boys. The 23 year old, Port Arthur native, walked to the scaffold with a half smile, watched by 48 witnesses, and the trapdoor released him fifteen minutes later. The case spanned a long Canadian manhunt and a series of assaults in the same district beginning January 4, 1946, when Roy Ewan McGregor was found dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
Michael Angelo Vescio
Port Arthur
Vesclo
Roy Ewan McGregor
UN Assembly Rejects One Third Armament Cut Proposal
The United Nations General Assembly rejected a Soviet plan for a one third cut in armed forces among the Big Five within a year. It adopted a western backed resolution for gradual disarmament. Russia's immediate ban on atom bombs was also voted down. Dulles called the Soviet plan almost irresponsible while urging study of steps toward limits.
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Associated Press
ARIS
United Nations assembly today
Russia
Soviet Union
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
United States
DULLES
John Foster Dulles
Britain
France
China
assembly
Rupert Schuman
Britain to Get 72 Million for Canadian Wheat Purchase
Washington dispatch reports the Economic Cooperation Administration granting Britain 72 million dollars for Canadian wheat. The total approved for Britain in the past 18 hours reaches over 3.25 billion, alongside 13.5 million in U.S. cotton and over 10 million in tractors and farm machinery. The ECA notes more than 650 thousand dollars approved this week for European Recovery shipments.
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WASHINGTON
C.P
Economic Co-operation Administration
Britain
United States
E.f.a
French cabinet seeks confidence vote over coal strike crisis
Paris reports Premier Henri Queuille won cabinet approval to ask the national assembly for a confidence vote after defending the government’s handling of the Communist linked strikes that halted coal production. The move comes as merchant marine officers threaten a 24 hour strike and dock workers plan a general action, with thousands of troops deployed to Dunkirk amid port disruption.
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PARIS
Henri Queuille
national assembly
Queuille
France
Quewle
Jules Moch
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Mach
Communist party
marie
merchant marine
Dunkerque
Oil Well Worker Burned To Death Near Hanna
CALGARY November 12. Lyman Wybert 27 of Hanna was burned to death when a flash fire swept the Hanna Petroleums No. 3 well derrick. He fell from near the top as drill stem was drawn. Firemen aided by Hanna volunteers fought the blaze. Coroner to hold inquest. Survived by his widow.
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CALGARY
Hanna Petroleums
Hanna
Lyman Wybert
Hanna volunteer fire brigade
Constante
Joseph Winkler
Paul Baxandale
Hanns
Wybert
Patton Drives Fast Across Malta In Allied Invasion
Dwight D Eisenhower recounts the Malta phase of the invasion with Patton pushing to the island center and circling the western perimeter. The airborne plan faced scattering wind and sea losses though overall progress remained strong. The account notes the unprecedented amphibious scale and immediatePalermo entry within twelve days.
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Patton
Palermo
Wintry Storm Disrupts Midwest and West Travel
A western and midwest storm with snow wind and cold rain disrupted travel and bus schedules across Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. The storm center moved from eastern Colorado toward Kansas, while the eastern half of the country stayed milder. Three missing Garden City children were found safe after a car was abandoned in the snow.
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KANSAS CITY
Kas
midwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Colorado
Idaho
Garden City
India Drowning Toll Revised Downward
Patna India officials revised the toll from a heavy laden ship capsize near the jetty noting not more than 100 drowned. Earlier reports ranged to 500 dead with 300 to 400 aboard at the time of the accident. In Quebec, Dr Louis Eugene Parrot former Liberal member of the Quebec legislature died at Rivière-du-Loup aged 18.
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PATNA
India
QUEBEC
Louis Eugene Parrot
Riviere du Loup
Temiscouata county
Camrose Farmer Wins World Rye Championship
R W Wennerstrom of Camrose Alberta was crowned world rye king at the Royal Winter Fair with an 18 pound Prolific rye exhibit. It marked Alberta’s third world championship exhibit and western Canada's fourth. Ottawa brief notes the Canadian Federation of Agriculture will present two briefs to the royal commission on prices next month addressing the farming price situation.
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PORONTO
R. W. Wennerstrom
Camrose
Alta
farmer
Alberta
Canada
OTTAWA
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
royal commission on
Butternut blaze kills mother and three children
A young Wisconsin mother Mrs De Loyd Beebe, 22, and her children Janice five Chester four and Jean 15 months died in a house fire while the husband was unable to enter. The tragedy occurred early today in Butternut Wisconsin as rescue efforts failed.
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BUTTERNUT
Wis
De Loyd Beebe
Janice
Chester
Jean
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Egyptian Palace
U.S
COLDWELL
GENERAL PATTON
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Malta
Parrot
CAMROSE MAN RYE
ZACHARAIK
EDMONTON
Alberta supreme court
Mike Zacharaik
agaitet
Mairy Mill
Willan Fachoiek
Spedden
SALK
REGINA
Regina Leader-Post
telephone and power commission
Saskatchewan
DUBLIN
government information office
Eire
U.P
Alberty Educational Council
H. E B. Spencer
Edgerton
OLTAWA
freight rate board
British Columbia
MB Archibald
Board of Trade
GREAT LAKES
O.P
weather bureau
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