Communists Seize Chungking As Chiang Reaches Chengtu
Chinese Reds capture Chungking with 20,000 troops crossing the Yangtze. Chiang Kai-shek arrives at Chengtu, the new Nationalist capital, after urging Li Tsung-jen to return from Formosa. Refugees report panic, gunfire, and looting as Red forces advance on the city.
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Chungking
Chiang
Chengtu
ONG KONG
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
Li Tsung- Jen
China
Yangtze
Shanghai
Chusan islands
Hangchow
Manchuria
Nanking
Canton
Tibet
Burma
Indo-China
Yangtze river
Happiness for tiny cripple has new feet
Four year old Evelyn Stypula of Harpsburg Pennsylvania, born without feet and with a deformed arm and hand, received prosthetic legs funded by the Allegheny County Society for Crippled Children after a Mercy Hospital operation. She stood and walked for the first time, gaining confidence at a cousin's birthday party.
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HARPSBURG
Sylvia Stypula
Evelyn
Virginia
Mercy hospital
Allegheny County Society for Crippled Children
Tommy
Two Missing As Fire Razes Quebec Hotel
A morning blaze gutted Manoir Acton hotel in Acton Vale Quebec driving 25 guests and staff onto the street in night clothes. Two men, J Arthur Roy and Claud Montcalm, are missing and feared dead as flames consumed the three story brick hotel. Loss is about 60000 dollars.
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ACTON VALE
Que
C.P
Manoir Acton
Dardanelle Loignon
J. Arthur Roy
Montreal
Claud Montcalm
Loignon
St. Hyacinthe
Left Hand Corner and a Sign of War's Aftermath
A fragmented clipping notes a vast fish landing near Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, with 33 million herrings landed in one haul. Of these, 14 million were salted for export, 3.6 million turned into fish manure, and the rest supplied home trade. The piece also hints at a Kansas City train gag or prank and mentions a reader note about a man boarding a train and disrobing.
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Great Yarmouth
Lowestoft
London Daily Mail
Gale veering to north off British Columbia coast
A developing storm threatens British Columbia with winds up to 50 miles per hour, potentially affecting the coast and Gulf of Alaska and likely weakening if it reaches populated areas. Vancouver's water supply controversy over chlorination or boiling worsens after weekend floods that left 19 dead and millions in damage.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
British Columbia
gulf of Alaska
B.C
North Shore
Penticton
Churchill turns 75 as Britain eyes next election
Winston Churchill, who helped win the war and later lost his post, marks 75 with plans for a quiet celebration in London. He is expected to attend the House of Commons session this afternoon and host a birthday dinner tonight at his London home overlooking Hyde Park. The Labour government’s five-year term ends within eight months, with a February or March election likely.
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LONDON
Winston Churchill
house of commons
Hyde Park
Manchester
Prince Charles
Churchill
Britain
New Zealand's National Party Ends Labor Rule After 14 Years
New Zealand electors chose free enterprise over socialism, ousting the Labor party and granting National 46 seats to 34. Langstone as Independent Labor held one seat. one vacant seat. Prime Minister Fraser seeks other role as Holland, a 56 year old Christchurch businessman, is likely to become premier.
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ELLINGTON
N. Z
New Zealand
Labor party
National party
house of representatives
Labor
National
Conservative
Frank Langstone
Langstone
Canada
Sidney George Holland
Holland
Christchurch
Peter Fraser
Fraser
We will oblige if session runs to Christmas says prime minister
Prime Minister St Laurent told CCF member Stanley Knowles in the Commons that if he wants the session to continue until Christmas "we will oblige him." The remark came during debate on a bill providing federal aid for a trans Canada highway project.
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OTTAWA
C.P
St. Laurent
C.C.F
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg North Centre
Employment Peak in Canada Hits Record Labor Force
Canada reports alltime high employment while unemployment rises. Government economists note labor force growth outpaces job creation, with August figures showing 5,253,000 in the labor force and 5,155,000 employed, up modestly from last year. Unemployment measures and insurance payouts also climb as the two-year trend continues.
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OTTAWA
Canada
tme
Millions More For Housing In Ottawa Bill
Ottawa news reports the commons approved a bill adding 275 million to federal housing funds. It expands loan programs for down payment relief, home improvements, and low cost housing joint ventures with provinces. Interest remains four percent. retroactive provisions apply to Sept. 21.
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OTTAWA
commons
Winters
senate
Churchill clambers on chair at Savoy hotel cabaret
Winston Churchill, age 75 birthday celebrant that day, climbed on a chair at midnight in London to flash a V sign and deliver a brief, buoyant speech to about 500 hotel staff. The impromptu moment at the Savoy underscored his enduring vitality and steadfast Conservative backing ahead of the next general election.
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ONDON
Winston Churchill
Churchill
London
Savoy hotel
Winnie
Britain
Jewelry Worth $20 000 Stolen in Granby Break-in
Granby Quebec November 30 A jewelry store owner estimates losses at twenty thousand dollars after a 4 am break in. Five men fled in a taxi as Armand Guertin tried to stop them. Police across Montreal area conduct wide search for suspects. Loot includes watches diamond rings and other gem studded pieces.
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GRANBY
Que
C.P
van Brouillette
jewery
Armand Guertin
Guertin
Montreal
Brouillette
New Secret A-Bomb Test At Eninwetok To Be Scene
The United States to conduct a secret atomic test at Eninwetok atoll in the mid Pacific. The joint atomic energy commission and defense department say timing is withheld to foil foreign observers while noting Soviet bombs are less advanced. Observers from Britain or Canada may not be invited.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
United States
Russia
atomic energy commission
defence department
mid- Pacific proving ground
Eniwetok atoll
Eniwetok
Britain
Canada
lne
Ottawa moves to test federal rent controls at Supreme Court
Ottawa announces a step to test the validity of wartime rent regulations by seeking a ruling from Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret. Deputy minister F P Varcoe will ask if the regulations are within parliamentary jurisdiction and when a hearing may occur, with possible extension if no decision before March 31.
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OTTAWA
F. P. Varcoe
Thibaudeau Rinfret
Garstn
commons
aid
supreme court
Death toll in crash 33 in Texas and France
An American Airlines plane crashed near Dallas Love Field killing 28. Eighteen survived, fourteen hospitalized, four discharged. In France a Air France DC-4 bound Paris to Tunis crashed in fog, killing two crew and one passenger with seven severely injured. plane fell and burst into flames.
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Tex
American Airlines
Texas
Dallas
Love Field
YONS
France
Air France
Paris
Tunis
Lyons air field
Louis Gilles Val
N H A Houses At Owners’ Risk
Ottawa November 30 Recon struction Minister Winters warned Canadians who use national housing act loans that neither the government owned Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation nor private lenders will guarantee proper construction. Borrowers must arrange with builders or vendors and cannot assume their interests are protected by the CMHC or the lending institution during a bill consideration.
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OTTAWA
Winters
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
national housing act
Family Allowance Benefits In Alberta Reach $1,664,852
Edmonton reports record family allowance payouts in November totaling 1,664,852 dollars to 128,815 Alberta families caring for 276,658 children. Regional Director H. C. L. Gillman notes higher totals from new residents as nearly 600 families moved to Alberta this month, 200 more than left.
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EDMONTON
Churchill cheered as Attlee hails him in Commons
News in London reports Winston Churchill aged 75 was cheered in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Attlee offered congratulations. Attlee spoke warmly, noting 75 marks a life stage but wishing Churchill many more years of health and activity.
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CHURCHILL
HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON
Winston Churchill
Attlee
C.A.B
T.U.A
WASHINGTON
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trans-Canada Air Lines
United States
CP.R
NELSON
B.C
CALGARY
Canada
Calgary Stampeders
LEWIS
NEW YORK
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
HAMILTON
RUPERTS LAND
WINNIPEG
D. KR
Roxy
Rupert's Land
Manitoba
Douglas L. Campbell
hevoc
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
E. S. Huestis
EAST AFRICA
Britain
secret service
Commonwealth
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QUEBEC
Hamilton Spectator
Kansas City Star
Niewspapr
TRERAVE
B.C. Gale Veering
B.C. GALES
The
Canadian Press
P.M
weeS
THE BULLDOG
NIAGARA FALLS
Ottawa River
Des Joachims
Pembroke
Ont
Ontario
U.S
N.H.A
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