Murray re elected CI0 president vows to curb communists
Philip Murray was re elected as president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations at the Portland convention. He warned remaining Communists to cease propaganda and appealed to all CIO unions to discipline violators. Murray begins his ninth year leading the CIO amid a firm stance against Communist infiltration.
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PORTLANE
Ore
C.1
stern Philip Murray
C.I
Murray
C.I.0
C.1.0
Avranches
Hitler
Caen
US Dock Men Take Ballot on Ending Strike
United States dock workers across both coasts begin balloting on a negotiated agreement with employers to resume normal shipping. If accepted, about 92,000 workers return to jobs and thousands more in rail and related sectors restart operations.
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NEW YORK
United States
AFL
east coast
Pacific coast
Brooklyn
International Longshoremen’s Association
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
California University Size Brings Mixed Views for Instructors
Life magazine tours the University of California noting its vast size and opportunities while critics warn undergraduates may lose individual attention. California’s budget tops 44 million dollars as administrators plan enrollment of 50 000 by 1956 and 60 000 by 1960. A Edinburgh Scotsman item notes ladies smoking pipes becoming a shop trend amid shortages.
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Life
University of California
California
St. Thomas Times-Journal
U.S
RCAF Planes Join Search for Injured Pilot
EDMONTON, Nov 27. Two Royal Canadian Air Force planes joined ground parties in a search for injured civilian pilot George Rault, 37, of Bonnyville, Alberta, after his light Tiger Moth crashed about 200 air miles northeast of Edmonton. Rault broke an arm and leg when the craft went down in dense bush 45 miles northwest of Cold Lake. His passenger, George Oumet, 29, also of Bonnyville, staggered into Cold Lake after walking over 38 hours seeking help.
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EDMONTON
Royal Canadian Air Force
George Rault
Bonnyville
Alta
Cold Lake
Rault
George Oumet
Snow blankets Vancouver area historic winter snow
Snow covered the lower mainland surrounding Vancouver with two inches in higher areas and heavy slush in downtown streets. A suburban trunk road traffic tie up left 25 cars jammed together amid minor accidents and running water. In New Westminster the police commission ruled taxi drivers convicted of supplying liquor to minors will be barred from operating cars for life.
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VANCOUVER
LFE
NEW WESTMINSTER
B.C
Cowboys Bring Dominion Title West By 12-7 Score
Calgary Stampeders edged the Ottawa Rough Riders 12-7 to win the Dominion football final at Varsity Stadium Toronto. A crowd of 20,000 watched a see-saw battle with a fourth quarter turnover set up the winning Calgary touchdown and Pete Thodas crossing for the major while Fred Wilmot added the convert.
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Cowboys
Ottawa Rough Riders
Ottawa
Bob Faffrath
Pete Karpak
Calgary
Woody Strode
Tim Mitchener
Mitchener
Pete Thodas
Fred Wilmot
Alexander
Tremblay
Stamps
Spaith
Strode
Gyles
Hood
yaresticks
Greek Premier Sophoulis Near Death in Athens
Greek Premier Themastokles Sophoulis, 69, is reported sinking fast after two heart attacks in as many days and a relapse overnight. Doctors gave up hope as he received last rites. An attendant said Sophoulis urged a final greeting to the army and instructed War Minister Rentis to deploy troops to the Peloponnesus amid worsening guerrilla activity.
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ATHENS
Themastokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Constantin Rentis
Rentis
Peloponnesus
James Dissociates Self From League
EDMONTON Nov 27. James former Social Credit member of the Alberta legislature for Edmonton dissociated himself from the Alberta Social Credit League over the expulsion of three members of the rebel Edmonton Douglas Social Credit Council. He backed the Douglasites criticizing Premier Manning. The league expelled A V Bourcier Lac Ste Anne council president J P Gillese and council member Kenneth Burton. James had failed to gain renomination before the Aug 17 provincial election and supported a report that caused a cabinet disagreement. The education minister R E Ansley was asked to resign and deputy minister L D Byrne was dismissed.
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DMONTON
Social Credit
Alberta
Manning
A. ¥. Bourcier
Lac Ste. Anne
Alberta Social Credit League
Edmonton Social Credit Council
Douglasites
Social Credit League
Bourcier
league
J. P. Gillese
Kenneth Burton
Manening
Social Credit movement
Russia
Botteler
R. E. Ansley
Leduc
actionn
EDMONTON
EB. James
Douglas Social Credit Council
James
A. V. Bourcier
L. D. Byrne
Cardston Indian gets up to twenty years for wife killing
Henry Darras, alias Horace Quesnelle, a Blood Indian from a Cardston reserve, was sentenced to no more than 20 years in a state penitentiary after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of his 34 year old wife. Prosecutors said Darras beat his wife for her supposed misdeeds after finding her in another man’s cabin. He admitted beating her after finding her in another man’s cabin and not realizing she was fatally injured until morning. He also gave his true name as Darras, with Quesnelle used as the name of his adopted parents in Canada.
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YAKIMA
Wash
Henry Darras
Horace Quesnelle
Cardston
Alta
state penitentiary
Darras
Quesnelle
Qwen Clarke
sid Darras
Queésnelle
Canad
Crusade in Europe Eisenhower reports on Normandy victory
Excerpt from Eisenhower memoirs recounts Allied push through Avranches, Mortain defense, and looming German counterattack. Bradley and Montgomery weigh risks as air supplies back up plans for a southern enveloping movement. Contingent strategy centers on preserving momentum and preventing a German breakthrough. Page 12 continuation hinted.
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Bradley
Mortain
Montgomery
Brailey
MacArthur Backpedals On Witness to Tojo Hangings
Tokyo dispatch says Gen MacArthur’s HQ will allow reporters to witness the executions of Hideo Tojo and six others with a later bulletin release after the hangings at Sugamo prison. Col Echols notes a typed release will follow and timing remains uncertain. The calendar hints the seven may be hanged midweek, with prior plans to publish at 10 am abandoned.
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TOKYO
Macarthur
Echols
Veterans Training Outlined By Gregg
Calgary November 27 About 100000 war veterans will complete vocational training under veterans affairs by 1950. Hon F Gregg federal minister at Legion Memorial Hall said total cost 76000000. He noted 58000 vets will finish university training at about 4000 per student with total costs 164000000. He said 30000 are under the war veterans allowance scheme. He urged optimism about older veterans. Gregg will visit prosthetic services workshop Col Belcher Hospital and attend a Liberal Association luncheon today.
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CALGARY
department of veterans’ affairs
F. Gregg
veterans’ affairs
Legion Memorial Hall
Mr. Gregg
Gregg
Col. Belcher Hospital
Calgary Liberal Association
Boys Find $6500 In Trash Dump
Two boys Timone Martin seven and George Sentoeder eleven found a rusty jar containing $6500 in savings bonds at a Atlanta trash dump by a creek. They asked their mother before bringing the jar inside. Detectives plan to return the bonds once the rightful owners are located.
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ATLANTA
Vote For B C Cocktail Bars In British Columbia Convention
British Columbia Young Liberals in Harrison Hot Springs voted unanimously to support opening cocktail bars across BC following a pattern similar to Ontario. The vote was taken at their convention, marking a clear stance on the issue.
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HARRISON HOT SPRINGS
B.C
British Columbia
Ontario
Fight Rages Near Nanking as Communists Press Southward
AP reports heavy fighting around Nanking and Suchow as Communist forces push southward. Encirclement of 10,000 Reds at Changpaling and large government losses cited amid shifting tactics and reports of new US equipped divisions at Ingtao.
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Suchow
Reds
Nanking
sush
goverment
Ingtao
anchorage
Bruce Marshall to Tour Western Canada for Six Weeks
CTTAWA Nov. 27. A Bruce Marshall agricultural specialist in the trade commissioner service leaves for a six week Western Canada tour to study conditions and developments in the industry before a posting to northwest Europe. He will also visit the maritimes before sailing abroad early next year. A native of Edmonton and graduate of the University of Toronto and Oxford, he formerly served with the RCAF in Canada and with the military government in Germany.
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CTTAWA
D. A. Bruce Marshall
trade commissioner service
Western Canada
Europe
wil
maritimes
Edmonton
University of Toronto
Oxford
RCAF
Canada
Germmany
Federal election possible in Canada next year
Prince Albert Sask November 27 Federal Agricultural Minister Gardiner hinted at a general election in Canada next year while addressing the Prince Albert Liberal Association federal constituency reorganiz ation convention. He urged delegates that a strong organization is necessary in view of the possible 1949 election.
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PRINCE ALBERT, Sask
IC.P.i
Gardiner
Canada
Prince Albert
Compromise Hope Fading in Berlin Deadlock
Paris reports fading hope for a compromise over the Berlin deadlock as Argentine UN Security Council president Juan Brams Juplia plans final talks with Soviet Andrei Vishinsky US official Philip Jessup British Sir Alexander Cadogan and French Alexander Parodi. A rough draft currency accord based on questions to be answered by rival blocs is to be presented. An expert commission idea is under consideration to include neutral, Russian, and Western participants. The US backs using the Soviet mark in Berlin and reaffirms Moscow directive as baseline, while Berlin politics grow tenser and urgency rises.
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PARIS
Berlin
Juan Brams Juplia
United Nations Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Britain
Sir Alexander Cadogan
France
Alexander Parodi
EramugHa
security “council
Bramuglis
Bramagia
nege trals
Russia
Willard L. Thorp
Moscow
UN Assembly condemns Albania Yugoslavia Bulgaria
The United Nations Assembly condemned Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria for aiding Greek Communist guerrillas. The 58 nations approved a resolution by Frater Britain China and the United States by a 47 to six vote with six abstentions. Only the six Soviet bloc powers voted against it.
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PARIS
A.P
United Natons Assembly
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Frater
Britain
China
United States
TORONTO
Hugh Macintosh
Delaney
DAWSON CREEK
B.C
C.P
James Watson
STEVEDORES
SOUTHAMPTON
England
Reuters
Adolphus Hodgson
Fort Nelson
Caroule
Yeaterady
Cagoule
REGINA
ESTEVAN ESTEVAN
Sask
IC.P
United Mine Workers’ of America
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Henson
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Palfrath
Cittawa
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EISENHOWER
NORMANDY
Dwight D. Eisenhower
luudieday & Company
Doubleday & Company
HIDEK
Associated Press
Naas
Changpaling
Fu Tso-¥t
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Hopei
Tientsin
Peiping
Shanghai
Tsingtao
Chiachsien
Thorp
security council
Berin
Iast
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