Britain Unveils Crisis Economy Plan to Save Billions
Prime Minister Attlee announced a government plan to save Britain about £300 million ($930 million) yearly to ease the current crisis after the pound devaluation. The program targets defence cuts, disinflation, and reduced imports, with further defence spend forecasts pending. Prices for some foods are expected to rise, and savings are expected across socialized health, education, building, and administrative costs.
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ONDON
C.P
Britain
house of commons
Attlee
house
United States
Britain Lashed By Gale
Extreme weekend storms battered Britain with 60 mile per hour gales and heavy seas. Flooding breached sea defences, overturned boats, damaged coastal walls at Sandgate and Deal, while mass rescues occurred along four miles of shore. Europe and Australia also faced floods, wrecks, and tens of thousands in damage.
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ONCON
Britain
orm
Sandgate
Kent
Deal
Hastings
Sussex
Dartmouth
Devon
EUROPE
Ketty
Ijmuiden
Netherlands
Weser
Elbe
Le Croisac
France
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE
Reuters
Victoria
South Australia
Queenslaid
Election Day In 8 Constituencies
Election day in eight federal constituencies across Canada with polls open 8 am to 6 pm local time. By-elections follow June 27 general election vacancies from six government appointments and two deaths. Eight ridings include Montreal Laurier Mercier Jacques Cartier Kamouraska Gatineau Restigouche Madawaska Toronto Greenwood New Westminster. Emile Naud, Independent Liberal in Montreal Laurier, dropped from the race.
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OTTAWA
Montreal
Salvage of Tirpitz Progress at Tromso Fjord
A crew of 30 technicians has begun cutting into the 43,000 ton Tirpitz near Tromso as a Norwegian Navy crane aids operations. By year end about 2,000 tons of scrap iron and armor will be burned loose and sent to Norwegian smelters, with motors and machines inside largely intact.
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Tromso
Einar Hovding
Norwegian smelter and Iron works
Nehru Arrives in Ottawa For Three Day Visit
Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrived at Rockcliffe airport Ottawa for a three day stay. He was greeted by Prime Minister St Laurent and former PM Mackenzie King, inspected by a guard of 100 airmen, and a 10 gun salute. He left for Rideau Hall and will address a joint session of Parliament. He accused Pakistan of aggression in Kashmir and spoke on India seeking wheat machinery and aid from North America. Toronto stopover noted en route to Ottawa.
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NEHRU
India
Ottawa
Canada
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Rockecliffe
St. Laurent
W. L. Mackenzie King
Pindit Nehru
Toronto
R.C.AF
Field Regiment
Royal’ Canadian Artillery
Kashmir
North America
Commonwealth
Jawaharlal Nehru
Malton
here
Niagara Falls
Ont
Fort Erie
Death of Alberta official Ferguson in Calgary
Walter Brander Ferguson aged 62 deputy minister of telephones in the Alberta government died after a brief illness in Calgary He was born in Glasgow and earlier worked for Bell Telephone in Montreal and in Manitoba He came to Edmonton in 1920 and became deputy minister and general manager of Alberta Government Telephones in 1948 He is survived by his widow a daughter in Calgary and two sons in Edmonton Funeral services will be held in Edmonton on Tuesday.
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CALGARY
Walter Brander Ferguson
Alberta
Glasgow
Edmonton
Bride Found Slain in Princeton Cottage
In Princeton British Columbia taxi owner George Mathewson returned home to find his bride Mona Gander Mathewson shot and raped in their cottage bed. The 24 year old former nurse from Wainwright Alberta lay nude with a stab wound, two .22 caliber bullets in her head. Police say time of slaying was shortly before midnight Saturday with no arrests yet. a fingerprint expert was at the home.
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PRINCETON
B.C
C.P
George Mathewson
Bisse Mathsoess
moses
Wainwright
Alta
George
Princeton hospital
Mathewson
Vancouver
Copper Mountain
Mona Gander
Pontoon Plane Escape From Ice Rare Northland Feat
Cliff Labey and Marshall Pallay two forestry workers were stranded on Musquaha Lake 100 miles north of Prince Albert when their pontoon plane froze into the ice. After food was dropped from a government aircraft they chopped the craft free on Sunday, hoisted it onto the glare ice and escaped by taking off, a feat believed to be only the second or third of its kind in northern aviation.
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PRINCE ALBERT
Sask
northland
Cliff Labey
forestry department
Marshall Pallay
Musquaha Lake
here
Collision near Middleton kills woman and injures child
In Winnipeg area on Saturday night Mrs. Wilam Mauchko was instantly killed when her car collided with a truck trailer at Middleton, 11 miles north. Her daughter Anne, 10, is in serious condition in hospital. Mr. Mauchko sustained no serious injuries and the driver of the car remained unidentified.
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WINNIPEG
Wilam Mauchko
Middlechurch
here
Anne
Mauchko
Thickening gloom grips US strikes as peace talks stall
Washington reports no progress in coal and steel labor disputes amid rising unemployment and rail curtailments. Government stance shows hope for concessions but no prompt White House intervention. Separate settlements ended the Missouri Pacific 45 day layoff and Hawaiian stevedore walkouts.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Truman
White House
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Indian PM urges Commonwealth reform for peace
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Nehru of India telling the Canadian Parliament that revising Commonwealth structure to include Indian countries is a significant step toward global peace and cooperation. He noted lingering imperialism fades as Asia grows, with a packed chamber hearing a 3,000 word speech.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Nehru
India
Asia
Canada Cheers Nehru in Commons Greeting
In Ottawa the House of Commons packed applauded as Prime Minister St Laurent invited Pandit Nehru to carry home Canada’s warmest good wishes. He praised Nehru as a distinguished leader of a major portion of mankind and said Canada was honored to host him.
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OTTAWA
commons
St. Laurent
Nehru
India
Pandit Nehru
Canada
Southeast Asia woes linked to more than ideological strife
The article argues against viewing current Southeast Asia troubles as solely ideological conflict. It cautions that regional discontents stem from broader factors beyond cold war clashes, warning that oversimplified framing risks dangerous errors. Continued on page two.
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southeast Asia
Great Opportunity Seen in Canada
In London on October 24 Prime Minister Attlee said Britain faces great opportunities to boost exports of capital goods and light engineering products to Canada. He cited a £280 million austerity program as only part of the fix, arguing production must rise to seize devaluation gains and maintain domestic supplies, with export salesmanship and early delivery essential.
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LONDON
Attlee
house of commons
Canada
Britain
Reuters
Meat Workers Strike in Buenos Aires Sparks 24 Hour Action
A 24 hour strike by about 100000 meat workers began just after midnight in Buenos Aires in protest against lay offs in the industry.
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BUENOS AIRES
Coast Guard says two youths swept overboard in Alaska storm
Cmdr. E C Hawley said after a Ketchikan hearing that Donald Johnson and David Carley, two young Americans missing from the mail boat Discov erer, were killed when swept overboard in a storm ten days earlier near Juneau Alaska.
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JUNEAU
Alaska
E. C. Hawley
United States coast guard
Ketchikan
Donald Johnson
David Carley
Paroled After Brain Operation
Pittsburgh dispatch reports career burglar Millard F Wright was paroled after a delicate brain operation to curb criminal tendencies. Released Oct 15 to test if surgery can cure criminal behavior, Wright had endured 244 years in prison and has been described as a model prisoner.
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PITTSBURGH
Millard F. Wright
Wright
Princess Elizabeth Unveils Tablet in Plymouth Church Call
Princess Elizabeth unveiled a tablet at St Andrews in Plymouth marking the start of rebuilding the blitzed church. The 22 year old heir to the throne urged citizens to faith, noting the tower as a symbol of survival and calling for reconstruction to show resilience against terror.
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PLYMOUTH
England
Elizabeth
London
Central Control urged for nationwide transport policy
Central Control urged for a national transportation policy with central oversight of all transport in Canada. Canadian National Railways asked for a simplified financial structure to show operating results clearly and for moving uneconomic losses from railway accounts to public funds.
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CTTAWA
Canadian National Railways
royal commission on transportation
Dominion
RCAF and National Guard test Metropolis defence
New York report says a tactical bombing force attempted a sneak attack on the city. Intercepted by defending fighters including eight Vampire jets, most attackers were shot down over the metro area. Radar units tracked them from the Atlantic as overcast and squalls aided their escape.
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NEW YORK
New York City
United States Air National Guard
Metropolis
National Guard
R.C.A.F
R.C.AF
Atlantic Ocean
Connecticut
New Jersey
Hearings Scheduled on BC Telephone Rate Rise
The board of transport commissioners announced hearings in Vancouver on January 11 on an application by the British Columbia Telephone Company for higher rates. Sittings will follow in Edmonton on water transportation in the Mackenzie River area.
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OTTAWA
board of transport commissioners
Vancouver
British Columbia Telephone Company
Edmonton
Mackenzie River
Executed by Hold-Up Men In Oakland Drug Store
Two hold-up victims in an Oakland drug store were found executed kneeling before a loot-filled safe. Proprieter Robert Savage, 40, and his clerk Miss Marjorie Wilson were identified. Police say the bandits, who appeared to know the men, escaped after closing time. About $612 was taken from the cash register.
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ONKLAND
Calif
Oakland
Robert Savage
Marjorie. Wilson
Two Brothers Die in Head-On Crash Near Columbia
In Columbia South Carolina on October 24 two brothers Henry Walker Jr age 25 and Carl Walker 24 were killed when their cars collided head on on a highway. Police identified the victims and noted both directions were traveling.
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COLUMBIA
S.C
Henry Walker, Jr
Carl Walker
Henry
Carl
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