Rumble Of Guns Near Chungking Amid City Chaos
In HMUNGKING near Chungking battle sounds echo as Communists close in. Fire and gunfire heard along the Yanette river with guards on streets and limited traffic. Some 600 trucks wait to cross the river toward Chengtu, new capital as Nationalist forces pull back. Planes await to evacuate leaders while Chiang Kai Shek stays to fortify.
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Associated Press
HMUNGKING
Chungking
Yanette
CHENGTU
Neighang
Nationalist China
St. Paul
Yantze
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
China
Li Tsung-Jen
Hong Kong
CAPITOL
Shooting Accidents Claim Three In Week
Manitoba toll rises to three as RCMP discover 29 year old Nicholas Thomas dead in Killarney with a small calibre rifle near a fence. Earlier a 15 year old, Bill Perkolabu, died while hunting in East Kildonan and 30 year old Marus Sigurgeirson shot himself cleaning a rifle.
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WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Killarney
R.C.M.P
here
Nicholas Thomas
Thomas
Bill Perkolabu
East Kildonan
Marus Sigurgeirson
Bissett
Man
Churchill Portrait to Hang at Liberal and Constitutional Clubs
London correspondent notes a new and amusing distinction for Mr Winston Churchill as portraits of him are set to hang at both the Constitutional Club and the National Liberal Club. The feature joins likenesses of Lord Sisbury Lord Randolph Churchill Arthur James Balifour and Joseph Chamberlain on the left band corner as described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
London
Ottawa Journal
Constitutional Club
National Liberal Club
National Liberal
Win$ten
Bartme
ald
Lord Sisbury
Lord Randolph Churchill
Arthur James Balifour
Joeph Chamberlain
Canadian Photos Reveal UK TV Mast Breaks Height Record
The British Broadcasting Corporation built the tallest television mast in Britain to serve over 6 million people. It rises 750 feet, weighs more than 90 tons, and pivots on a tiny two inch ball bearing. Output is projected to reach 550,000 by 1950.
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Central Press
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
England
London
Newspaper Delivered by Airplane in Ontario Belt
The Kitchener Water loo Record begins airplane delivery to 12 Grey and Bruce Counties communities. A daily plane drops bundles on Palmerston Harris ton Clifford Mildmay Formosa Walkerton Hanover Neustadt Ayton Mount Forest Arthur and Fergus. Carriers pick up for subscribers. Round trip about 140 miles taking 1 hour 34 minutes. Only other North American service is in Waco Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KITCHENER
Ont
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Grey
Bruce Counties
Palmerston
Harriston
Clifford
Mildmay
Formosa
Walkerton
Hanover
Neustadt
Ayton
Mount Forest
Arthur
Fergus
North America
Waco
Texas
A Little Hasty
A jealous husband found a man’s billfold in his car in Little Rock Arkansas. He traced the ID to an address, rang the bell, and assaulted the man warning him sternly. The owner later moved from that address and the husband received a suspended 30 day jail term after a fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LITTLE ROCK
Ark
Neomycin hailed as first human use in cures
Doctors at Pennsylvania Hospital report neomycin given to two male patients with urinary tract infections. Both near death, they achieved complete cures after six days. Developed by Dr Selman Waksman, neomycin may aid tuberculosis treatment when combined with streptomycin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield G. Duncan
division of medicine
Pennsylvania hospital
Selman Waksman
Rutgers University
Duncan
Duncen
Mapping Defence Arc Across Europe
In Paris three top western generals map a 3000 mile defence arc across Europe from the Norwegian Arctic to the Aegean. Britain United States and France chiefs of staff, with Canada’s defence minister and officers, plan a unified defence for the North Atlantic pact nations. Gen Thomas Handy named head of the US arms aid program in Europe. Defence Secretary Louis Johnson says US forces in Germany ready for any emergency.
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PARIS
Europe
Norwegian
Aegean
Britain
United States
France
Brooke Claxton
Canada
Germany
Thomas T. Handy
Heidelberg
Defence
Louis Johnson
London
Irish Lads Ask Santa for Band Gifts via Canada
Ottawa dispatch reports two nine year olds from Ballylough Annsborough County Down write to Canadian Army Headquarters in Canada asking Santa to send musical instruments to form their own band. They request bag pipes drums and sticks and hope for a post delivered surprise near Mourne Mountains.
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OTTAWA
Santa Claus
Canada
Sean McKay
Jimmy Cochrane
Ballylough
Annsborough
County Down
Mourne
Sean
Canadian Army
Belfast
Santa
Ballylough Hall
mummy
Jonesy
Jimmy
Airliner Crashes In Texas And France Today
An American Airlines jet crashed near Dallas Love Field and a Tunis Paris flight crashed outside Lyons. Initial reports say at least 28 of 46 aboard American and 22 of unknown aboard Tunis Paris died, with French agency noting several deaths. Casualties yet to be confirmed.
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Texas
France
American airlines
Dallas
Lyons
CASUAS
Tex
Love Field
Air France Plane Crashes Near Lyons Report Conflicts
An Air France flight with five crew and 37 passengers crashed on approach to Lyons France. Early reports vary on fatalities with at least six dead confirmed by an local airport official, while Paris Orly officials say all aboard perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LYONS
France
Air France
Orly
Paris
Reuters
British courier among presumed dead in DC-6 crash near Mexico City
A DC-6 airliner en route from New York and Washington to Mexico City struck a hangar then a chemical plant after attempting to land. Seventeen survived, 14 hospitalized and three crew members unharmed, with many bodies badly burned. Lt-Col A F S Fane, a British foreign office courier, is among the presumed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
New York
Washington
A. F. S. Fane
foreign office
Guatemala
Uranium Mine Fire Reported Fatal in Soviet Zone
Berlin dispatchs claim a uranium mine fire in the Soviet zone killed about 2,000 miners last Thursday. The Tel egraf cites negligence as a cause in what it calls one of historys worst mine disasters. Rias broadcasts say hundreds burned or suffocated, while American intelligence has heard no such reports.
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BERLIN
Telegraf
Rias
Slayings Bring Oshawa Family Tragedy Probe
In Oshawa Ontario an elderly couple, Nicholas and Alice Katernyk, are found beaten to death in their Park Avenue home. Neighbors entering after they had not been seen since Saturday discovered the scene. Police report the couple, both elderly, lived in a modest three room cottage and were said to be well respected in the Ukrainian community. The investigation continues as officers determine motive and whether valuables were taken.
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OSHAWA
Ont
Park avenue
Nichols Katernyk
Canora, Sask
Owen Friend
Mike Shady
Shady
Katernyk
Saskatchewan
Katernyks
Nicholas Katernyk
Alice
New 50 M.P.H. Gale Blowing In From Pacific
A 50 mile an hour gale from mid Pacific threatens flood-weary British Columbia as temperatures fall and snow may cap the mountains. The storm shifts toward the Queen Charlotte Islands and is not expected to reach southern areas, but rain softened roads and potential washouts remain. Train derailment near Penticton causes no injuries as rails shift. Service resumes on CN and CPR lines with detours to end in 48 hours. North Vancouver plans to seek provincial funds to dyke Seymour Creek amid ongoing storm relief efforts.
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VANCOUVER
mid-Pacific
British Columbia
Gulf of Alaska
Queen Charlotte islands
Queen Charlottes
Canadian Pacific
Penticton
here
Canadien National
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
North Vancouver
Seymour Creek
M. E. Sowden
Highway Approved
Ottawa voters in parliament upheld a speaker ruling blocking a CCF move to raise federal highway cost share from 50 to 75 percent. The vote showed party lines with Liberals and PC members backing the ruling while CCF and Social Credit opposed. A second reading later approved the principle of federal contributions to the trans Canada highway with calls to increase the share beyond 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings-Peterborough
OTTAWA
commons
Sonic barrier claim challenged by new craft design
A test craft reportedly reaches 800 mph proving sonic barrier not present. It features a swordfish-like nose, sharply swept back fins, and combined jet rocket propulsion. The 45 foot long 25 foot wide vessel weighs about 7.5 tons when loaded.
N Z Labour Keeps All Four Maori Seats In NZ Vote
Auckland November 28 The Labor government retained all four Maori seats in the house by substantial margins in the first round of New Zealand general elections. Maoris vote a day ahead of Europeans and have supported Labor since 1943. Result shows little change from prior years ahead of tomorrow's nationwide vote. Prime Minister Peter Fraser and Opposition Leader Holland voiced optimism as the campaign nears its end with a major clash over socialism versus private enterprise.
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AUCKLAND
Labor
New Zealand
house of representatives
National party
Labor party
Peter Fraser
C. Holland
Crusty
Fraser
Get Out Of Rent Field
The federal government seeks to stay out of rent control but won’t withdraw before April 1952 unless the Supreme Court rules it lacks authority. Finance Minister Abbott and Justice Minister Garrison outlined the position during a 21 hour Commons debate on an order in council to test wartime rent controls. Opposition leaders urged delaying increases and maintaining existing controls to allow provinces to decide. The case hinges on whether an emergency remains and whether wartime provisions are valid.
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UAWA
supreme court
Finance
Abbott
Garson
Progressive Conservatives
C.C.F
Social Credit
WITHHOLD
George Drew
Progressive Conservative
M. J. Coldwell
Coldwell
Saskatchewan
John Diefenbaker
P.C. Lake Centre
Diefenbaker
Jjuris
Final approval for federal highway bill in Ottawa
Ottawa reports the Commons gave final approval to a bill authorizing 50 percent federal funding up to 150 million dollars for a trans Canada highway. The measure passes third reading and goes to the Senate. Seattle quake jolts residents. no damage reported. Poliomyelitis case in Claresholm Alberta. total for year 124. Ontario motorists must fit mud guards to prevent splashing. First CPR trains from the west coast due in Calgary in two days. Albertans given a three day Christmas holiday with Dec 26 and 27 observed. Canadians win top honors in field peas at the Chicago show. J Decker and H W Tailey noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
commons
senate
SEATTLE
Bremerton
CLARESHOLM
EDMONTON
Alta
Alberta
ONTARIO
TORONTO
highways department
CALGARY
CPR
west coast
C.N.R
Kamloops
CPLR
C.P.R
SDMONTON
J. Decker
Pemberton
W.C
H.W. Tailey
Fairview
Alla
bert sarople
bromesrac
W. H. McCauley
WH. McDonald
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PHILADELPHIA
Pennsylvania hospital today
science
North Pole
Johnnie
B.C
Pacific
B.C. STORM
The commons today
Hazen Argue
CCF
Assiniboia
US. navy
Eugene F. Mas
Navy
N.Z
N.Z. MAORI
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