No Help On Rail Link
The Canadian Press reports the federal government has rejected aid to build a rail link from British Columbia to Alaska. Premier Johnson of B C tours Washington, while Senators push to open negotiations for a survey of the 1,400 mile route from Prince George to Alaska. A U S company offers to fund part of the project with estimates of 200 million for the B C leg and 375 million for the Alaska stretch. The P G E currently runs 347 miles.
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UAWA
British Columbia
Alaska
JOHNSON
OTTAWA
Washington
Warren Magnuson
Seattle
Mayhew
B.C
Vancouver
Canada
Yukon
Magnuson
congress
Truman
Prince, George
house of representatives
senate
U.S
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
P.G.E
Murray Urges U.S. Support for Steel Strike
Philip Murray, president of the United Steelworkers and CIO, urged the American people on a nationwide ABC radio broadcast to back the strike and stated the strike would continue until a mutually satisfactory agreement is reached between the union and the steel industry. He affirmed the union's cause as just and righteous.
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PITTSBURGH
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
C.1.O
Murray
ABC
Left Hand Corner: St Laurent public figure openness questioned
A Maclean's column notes Louis St Laurent remains remote despite a year in office. The Prime Minister is seen alone at lunch near East Block, while a secretary’s home contact fails and a caller misidentifies voices. The piece hints Ottawa’s surprise at pensioned accessibility.
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Louis St. Laurent
Wellington Street
Rieau Trad
Maclean's Magazine
Dalai Lama
Ottawa
Guy Sylvestre
So-and- So
Case Of Missing Cashier Definitely Solved
Vancouver coroner's jury heard that Joyce Monasterski, 25, the missing downtown cashier, has been identified by teeth in a nude West Vancouver body found by fishermen. Dr. Harold Dyer said the mouth evidence is conclusive. cause of death remains undetermined with no violence or drowning marks.
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VANCOUVER
Joyce Monasterski
West Vancouver
Archibald D. Walsh
Harold Dyer
Prairie drought cuts wheat yield in western Canada
71,000 farmers in Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba face Prairie Farm Assistance payments after 1949 yielded the worst crop since the 1930s. R F McGregor notes payments under the act provide 500 dollars for zero crop or up to 500 per acre in dire cases, with 150 to 300 per acre in marginal yields. 45,000 Saskatchewan and 25,000 Alberta farmers likely eligible, Manitoba fared better.
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REGINA
prairies
R. F. McGregor
McGregor
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Alberta energy and new tanker promise Canada’s future
John R. White of Imperial Oil compared oil output from Alberta to five Niagara Falls flows, predicting a 100,000 barrel daily yield by year’s end. He announced Canada’s largest oil tanker, 620 feet long and 115000 barrels capacity, to be built for western crude to eastern refiners with a 13 knot speed and five day lake voyage.
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TITAWA
Alberta
John R. White
Imperial Oil, Ltd
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Engineering Institute of Canada
Niagara Falls
Niagaras
Mr. White
Canada
Lake Superior
Sarnia
Ont
Imperial
White
Museums preferred by tourists say travel group
London reports Canadians and Americans favor museums and historic sites over nightlife in Europe. The British Travel Association notes most visitors seek British and European life experiences, with perfumes and Swiss watches as top purchases. End-of-year forecasts expect US visitors from 1991 to exceed 135000 and Canadian visitors over 35000, aided by a weaker pound.
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LONDON
Europe
British Travel Association
Paris
the
Travel Association
France
Italy
Switzerland
Netherlands
United States
Canada
Britain
Nehru Says India Will Not Remain Neutral in Global Crises
In Washington on October 13 Prime Minister Nehru told Congress India cannot be neutral in the event of global aggression. He linked peaceful resistance to action and urged understanding of India’s stance while noting differing circumstances and means to counter evil.
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WASHINGTON
Nehri
India
United States congress
Mohandas Gandhi
Nehru
congress
Tulane surgeons propose test to predict post op blood clots
A Tulane University team of surgeons reports a laboratory test that could predict which patients are likely to develop blood clots after surgery. The test may guide preventive use of a naturally occurring blood chemical, potentially averting fatal clotting.
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NEW ORLEANS
Tulane University
No Fall Vote In Britain
Prime Minister Attlee rejected calls for a general election this fall stating the Labor government will ride out the economic crisis. An official note said early election speculation harms trade and industry as Britain’s devaluation and rising prices sparked pressure from both sides. The five year term lasts until next July, but Attlee could dissolve Parliament by royal petition. he will not do so this year.
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ONDON
Attlee
Labor
Britain
United States
Conservative
Steel Strike Echoes Into Canadian Industry
Ottawa reports progress of the U S steel strike into a second week with Ontario production cutbacks in piping and tubing and temporary layoffs. Enamelling steel shortages slow bath and appliance production while government quarters expect a brief impact as Canada relies on roughly 1 million tons of U S steel annually amid imports and domestic output of about 3 million tons.
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OTTAWA
Canada
United States
Ontario
Princess Edith Von Seensen Coburg Gotha Escapes Frontier
Princess Edith Von Seensen Coburg Gotha tells how she crawled across the mined Hungarian frontier dressed as a peasant to reach Austria. She credits Lieut Edgar Von Bartha for helping her survive and says the escape followed unrest under Budapest’s government.
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VIENNA
Reuters
Austria
Edith Von Seensen
Graz
Edgar Von Bartha
Budapest
Peoples Democratic
Twelve Die as B-50 Bomber Crashes in Cambridgeshire
Isleham residents witnessed a USAF B-50 bombers dive and explode in a wheat field during a 180 mile practice flight to Heligoland. All 12 crew members perished as flaming wreckage and shattered homes spread through the village. Firefighters from Newmarket Cambridge Mildenhall and Oxfordham battled blazes around the crater and wheat stacks while RAF rescue teams recovered the bodies within two hours.
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ISLEHAM
Cambridgeshire
England
A.P
north Sea
Heligoland
Newmarket
London
Cambridge
Mildenhall
Oxfordham
Royal Air Force
simochine
U.S. air force
RAF
Troops Leave Big City in Canton's Turmoil
Reports from Canton say nationalist forces abandoned the city amid a rush to northern defenses as red forces pushed toward Canton. Gunfire ringed Kongtsuen while 80,000 government troops faced encirclement and the Nationalist government fled toward Chungking.
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Associated Press
ONG KONG
Canton
south China
Kongtsuen
Chungking
Li Tsung-Jen
Kweilin
neghboring Kilangsi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kwangtung
Hainan Island
Formosa
Open Negotiations On Irrigation Deal
Ottawa October 13. The government will open negotiations with the Canady Land and Irrigation Company at Vauxhall based on the company's offer. The firm proposed to turn over its Alberta irrigation assets for 2250000 dollars and negotiations to complete the deal will proceed at once.
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R. K. CARNEGIE
Herald
Ottawa
Canady Land and Irrigation Company
Vauxhall
Agriculture Minster
Canton Nation alist garrison flees Canton
Nationalist forces collapse in Canton as resistance ends and transport out of the city is halted. Across Canada and the United States reports detail separate incidents from Alberta to New York including fires fatalities and a major fur price drop.
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CANTON
DERWENT
Alta
Alberta
Tony Palichuk
Saskatchewan
ABBOTSFORD
B.C
Roy L. Thomas
Essendale Mental Hospital
VANCOUVER
U.P
Reed
EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta came
Manitoba
REDS
NEW YORK
United States
Harold R. Medina
Communist party
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Shanghai
Hong Kong
China
DOMINION
PRINCESS
Daring Crawl
Von Bartha
Midhi
Kitty Beauchamp
Big City
Old Capital
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