Rescue Starts For Surviving U S Fliers In Swiss Alps
Rescue teams reached the wrecked U S Army G 53 transport high in the Swiss Alps on a treacherous glacier. Brig Gen Ralph Tate said the most seriously ill or injured would be brought down first as a party of Alpine climbers began lowering seven men, three women, and an 11 year old girl from the 8000 foot glacial bowl. The crash occurred Tuesday on a Munich to Pisa mission near Strahlegg Peak, northeast of the Jungfrau. Weather and terrain impeded the effort but the survivors were reported alive and being evacuated.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
Switzerland
United States army
U.S. Air Force
ERNEST G. FISCHER MEIRINGEN
Tate
Munich
Pisa
Strahlegg Peak
Interlaken
Jungfrau
Swiss Alps
Government approves oil burner regulations in Alberta
Edmonton provincial fire regulations approved by order in council require all oil burners and installations offered for sale after December 1 to be approved by the provincial fire commissioner. The rules cover approval, sale, installation, and maintenance of oil burning equipment and the use of flammable liquids as fuel.
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EDMONTON
A. J. Hooke
Probe disease of fat cattle livers in Vancouver
Scientists with the British Columbia Research Council study a mysterious liver disease in beef cattle linked to forced feeding. The ailment affects livers discarded by packing plants but not the live animals or other carcass parts. Research is subsidized by local meat plants and a food firm in cooperation with the University of British Columbia.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia Research Council
British Columbia
Research Council
University of British Columbia
Walkerton Mayor Irwin Lob singer dubbed busiest leader in Dominion
Citizens of Walkerton highlight Mayor Irwin Lob singer's seven fold roles. He runs a main garage and auto shop, owns a 1300 acre bush lot reforesting at 5000 trees yearly, operates a sign business, chairs town ice arena, serves as fire department secretary, leads South Bruce Fish and Game Protective Association, and develops riverside property into a park.
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Walkerton
Bruce
South Bruce Fish and Game Protective Association
Spinsters' View On Eisenhower Voted Exciting Man
A Boston group of 25 students at Kathleen Dell School named General Dwight D. Eisenhower the most exciting man of 1946 in a playful vote conducted last week. Frank Sinatra was a competitor in the survey.
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BOSTON
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States army
Kathleen Dell
Frank Sinatra
Murder Suspect Don Russell Captured in Vancouver
An 18 year old North Vancouver resident, Donald Russell, was captured in a Vancouver hotel after a nine day manhunt for the murder of Robert Tepporien. He offered no resistance, was found pale and quiet, and later charged with murder by North Vancouver Provincial Police.
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VANCOUVER
Donald Russell
North Vancouver
Robert F. Tepporien
Russell
North Arm
handyman
Set
Dave Richardson
James Mundie
West End
Richardson
E. Deegan
MacKintosh
Promise Weather Woes Across Ontario and Coast
Ontario endures a second day of chill overcast skies with strong winds and snow flurries. About 80 ships shelter along Great Lakes shores as 60 mph winds lashed the lakes. winter arrives while Canadians expect clearer skies by night. In California, the fiercest winds since 1926 ease but leave damaged towns and two deaths from a High Sierra slide. Halifax forecasters warn of 40 to 50 mph westerly gales with rain and snow and potential reservoir risks easing in several Maritime centers.
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TORONTO
Ontario
Great Lakes
SAN FRANCISCO
California
HALIFAX
Dominica
New Zealand Starts Air Mail to Canada Link
Auckland reports the first British air mail service between New Zealand and Canada. A New Zealand air force plane left for Suva to join an Australian National Airways flight to Vancouver. The fortnightly service aims to Vancouver in six days, with a 2s 6d rate.
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AUCKLAND
Cabiei
New Zealand
Canada
Suva
Australian National Airways
Vancouver
Pan American service
wate
United States
Atom Future Grim Warning Canada
Ottawa reports a Canadian atom future shadowed by potential civilian deaths in a new war. Dr. O M Solandt warned that atomic bombs could devastate cities, killing thousands, with many more needing aid as homes collapse. The Atomic Energy Control Board, led by Gen A G L McNaughton, governs research and intends to take Chalk River and Eldorado Mining under its wing.
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OTTAWA
Canada
atomic energy control board
A. G. L. McNaughton
Dominion
O. M. Solandt
Toronto
defence research
Defence Medical Association of Canada
s&s
Hiroshima
Solandt
II Canadian army
Chalk River
Cmt
Eldorado Mining and Refining company
North West Territory
Western Air liner crash victim recovered on White Mountain slope
Burbank Calif Nov 23 The body of the second of 41 victims of the Western Air crash on Nov 13 was brought down the snowy slope of White Mountain late yesterday. The body burned beyond identification is believed to be a man. An unidentified woman's body had been removed earlier. Three Canadian women were aboard the plane.
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BURBANK
Calif
White Mountain
32 Arrests In Newspaper Strike
Camden Nw reports morning Camden Post editions circulated in reduced numbers as strikebound Courier-Post remained shut. 32 pickets were arrested in minor scuffles while South Jersey unionists and American Newspaper Guild members rallied for higher pay scales including $100 weekly minimum for reporters and classified ads staff and higher rates for rewrite and copy desk workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAMDEN. Nw
Camden Post
Courier-Post
south Jersey
American Newspaper Guild
CI.O
Camden Courier
business department
Canada US move to curb cross border child adoptions
Canadian and United States welfare authorities plan steps to limit Canadian children placed in American foster homes. Nova Lea of the Canadian Welfare Council says many trans border adoptions violate U S practices and strain international relations. She notes U S naturalization rules require adoption to occur in the United States before a child turns 16 and two years of legal custody before filing for naturalization.
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KAY REX
OTTAWA
United States
Nova Lea
Canadian Welfare Council
Miss Lea
U.S
Léa
Truman Returns To Farm Strike Fight In Washington
President Truman heads back from Florida to resume control of his clashes with John L. Lewis as US government moves to ease soft coal shortages. Civilian dimout orders tighten electricity use, while court battles over Lewis’s contract threaten potential jail for contempt. Canada monitors strike impact on coal supply and heating.
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NORMAN WALKER
WASHINGTON
United States
Truman
Florida
Anish
Joh kL Lewis
Texan
states
District of Columbia
department of justice
United Mine Workers
Lewin
Lewis
T. Alan
Galdsborough
Mr. Truman
onlef
John R. Steeleman
Edmonton hospital board reports ten month deficit
The city owned Royal Alexandra hospital in Edmonton shows an operating deficit of 102000 dollars for the first ten months of this year. The Edmonton Hospital board notes the deficit is up by 12100 dollars from the same period last year as the year advances toward completion.
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EDMONTON
Royal Alexandra hospital
Edmonton Hospital board
Dutch Tug Moves 545-Foot Admiralty Dry Dock Alone
Bermuda to Montevideo voyage tests a small Dutch tug of 3000 horsepower carrying the 545 foot long Admiralty dry dock, with two British tugs assisting at Bermuda reefs. The transport will take about 70 to 80 days, using binoculars for sighting and walkie talkies for constant communications.
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HAMILTON
Bermuda
Mahomet
Admiralty
Montevided
Uruguay
Tecas
Thames
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Kalkman
Centenarians Die in Toronto Area
Toronto and came to rest Friday as two centenarians died at home. George M. Lee, 100, ex registrar of the Ontario supreme court and former legal news reporter, served the Globe Mail and Empire and Toronto World. Christine Macdonald, 103, among early Scotch settlers in Ashfield township on Lake Huron.
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TORONTO
George M. Lee
Ontario supreme court
Toronto Globe, Mail and Empire
Toronto World
Christine Macdonald
Ashfield township
Lake Huron
French Will Vote Sunday In First Step To Parliament
Paris scene as 84,000 electoral college members vote to convene Dec 8 for 200 of 315 council of the republic seats. Communist lead risk to Maurice Thorez premiership though council power is limited. centrists hope to block. Uruguay and Belgium sections note broad ballots and first postwar women voting in Brussels.
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ROBERT C. WILSON
PARIS
pariament
France
council of the republic
national assembly
emblic
council
Franres
Maurice Thorez
Mouvement Republican Populaire
P. chiefs
URUGUAY
MONTEVIDEO
congress
BRUSSELS
Belait
bourgomasters
Winnipeg Mayor Re-Elected in Landmark Vote
Winnipeg district voters re elected Mayor Garnet Coulter for a third term with a record tally of 51 958 votes against A M Israel 12 738. George Sharpe won ward one as CRC candidate and several school and ward trustees were chosen on first counts. Voters approved daylight saving referenda while a $5 million recreation program passed by the margin of 46 310 to 20 187, but a $1.5 million memorial park by law failed. Canada will not make civilian award recommendations in the King’s New Year list.
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WINNIPEG
Maryor Garnet Coulter
Sugle
Coulter
Canadian Federation of Mayors
Coutler
Civic Election Committee
Tor
A. M Israel
CCFP
George Sharpe
CRC
aldeyman
Campbell
CEC
Peter Taraska
Winnipeg ff
othe
memorial park and exhibition
ae feat
West Coast Maritime Strike Ends After 54 Days
San Francisco on November 23. Omar P. Hoskins announced the AFL Masters Mates and Pilots voted 1123 to 980 to accept working conditions with Pacific American Shippers Association, ending the 54 day strike. Earlier accords with ILWU and MEBA reduced tension. pact includes 15 percent wage rise, union security, and hiring preferences. Overnight, overtime rises to 1.60 and night shift to 1.50. The strike began October 1 with CLO engineers and longshoremen.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Omar FP. Hoskins
A.F.L. Masters
west coast
Hoskins
F. May
Pacific American Shippers association
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
C.I.U
Marine Engineers Beneficial association
C.S0
Mates and Pilots Union
C LO
Escaped legless prisoner flees from pistol range
In San Diego on November 23 an armed prisoner, awaiting a 30 day sentence for intoxication, escaped from a police pistol range. Described as a two year old with a platform and roller skate wheels, he fled the scene alarming officers.
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BAN DIEGO
Cal
Rain At Waterton Park Brings Heavy Snow Drift
Waterton Lakes National Park saw a brisk normal November rainstorm turn to heavy drifting snow. From Friday November 15 through Thursday, 63 inches fell, isolating the park and slowing travel. Residents shifted to snowshoes as deep snow persisted and food stocks held but traffic remained blocked until access resumed.
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WATERTON LAKESTIONAL PARK
HNSI
Watertons
Martial law and curfew imposed in Iranian district
Ahmad Qayam announced that martial law and a curfew were imposed across the Islamic district 180 miles northwest of Tehran after government troops entered the city. Truman orders Taylor to Vatican to resume peace mission in about 10 days. War veteran Fahers in Ontario critically injured after being run over by Bow cars during yard switching. Veterans and POWs cross Halifax as Snipe transport ships 1,540 Allied veterans return to Europe while 2,000 German POWs depart Canada on Samaria.
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TRUERAN
Ahmad Qayam
Tehran
TRUMAN
TAYLOR
VATICAN
ASHINGTON
Myron C. Taylor
TWALIFAX
nea Snipe
Europe
Canads
Samaria
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CALGARY
Alberta C.O.P
Alberta Farmers Union
Harry Alnay
CCF
labor congress
P.N.R Morrison
AF.U. DRECTOR
Henry Young
Millet
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Young
A.PLU
Mr. Young
Charles I
Mackenzie ‘ing
King John
D. F. McIntosh
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Walter Mentz
Frimonton
McIntosh
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Municipal Association
C.C.F
C.CF
Soviet Union
Clifford Tze
civilian production administration
John D. Small
matl
navy
Eric Brunning
Maritimes
Dommon Coal Company
New Brunswick
Montreal
Toronito
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Egypt
Jan, Kalkman
Britain
South America
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