French Planes Strike Indo-China Frontiers Tensions Rise
French aircraft bomb Viet Minh positions along the northern Indo China frontier near Langson and Caobang as Viet Minh forces threaten the Laokay citadel. American Flying Tigers veterans may fly supplies for the French, with talks abertura for co-pilots. Reports from Formosa claim 30,000 Red Chinese troops may assist the Viet Minh via Langson.
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FRONTIER
Laokay
Flying Tigers
China
Tigers
United States
Willard
Clair Chennault
iis
Langson
Caobang
TAIPEI
Formosa
Indo-China
Liu Po-Cheng
Indo- China
Bulk Jolson Estate Goes To Charity
New York reports most of Al Jolson's estimated 4 million dollar estate will go to charitable educational and religious groups under his will filed for probate. The widow receives life income from a 1 million dollar trust. He creates 500 thousand dollar trusts for two adopted children and a 100 thousand dollar trust for a former wife. Eighteen charities share equally in the residue after beneficiaries' deaths.
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NEW YORK
Al Jolson
Earle Jolson
Encino
Calif
Asa
Alicia
Jolson
Ethel Delmar
Amityville
Plaque to Honor Baldwin Couple at Aix-les-Bains Spa
The spa town of Aix-les-Bains in Haute Savoie plans to unveil a plaque commemorating the memory of the late Earl and Countess Baldwin of Bewdley this week. The Baldwins were popular visitors, spending summers for years at the Savoy resort and often seen together at the thermal establishment.
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Aix-les-Bains
Haute Savoie
France
Baldwin of
Italian-born atom expert last seen in Helsinki
A missing Italian-born British atomic researcher who had worked in Canada with a British team was last spotted in Helsinki and may have headed for Russia. The photo was released from National Research Council files in Ottawa via CP Photo.
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Canada
Helsinki
Russia
National Research Council
Ottawa
Dominion To Follow Pattern In Canada U S Pact
The Canada United States economic pact adopts six common principles and a shared blueprint for defence planning. Canada may mirror U S controls on nonessential production as scarce metals tighten. If voluntary rationing fails, compulsory measures to curb materials like steel nickel and aluminum may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
United States
Canada
Howe
U.S. state department
Dominion
Confer on Atom Expert at Harwell in Pontecorvo search
Britain calls in United States and French secret service men for conferences at Harwell to discuss the disappearance of Professor Bruno Pontecorvo. The talks focus on extent of possibly secret information he may have carried, tracing movements, and how to locate him amid suspicions he may be in Russia.
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ARWELL
England
Britain
United States
secret service
Bruno Pontecorvo
HARWELL
London
Pontecorvo
Finland
Briain
RUSSIA
Trans-Canada Airlines carried record 80,000 in September
Vancouver report says TCA carried a record 80,000 passengers in September. AC McKim of Montreal, TCA traffic vice-president, attended an IATA conference in San Francisco and will host the first TC A regional traffic managers conference in Vancouver. He notes a 15 percent rise in passenger miles for the first three quarters of 1950 and a US Canada travel upswing as the dollar strengthens and currency restrictions ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Trans-Canada Airlines
TCA
A C McKim
Montreal
International Air Transport Association
San Francisco
TC.A
McKim
Canada
U.S
Blueprint for Western Europe Defense Heads Toward Reality
The NATO military committee recommends an integrated defense force for the North Atlantic area with a supreme commander, possibly Eisenhower, and a European force HQ to begin by January. No exact force size or commander named. Truman says no expected trouble in Europe this winter.
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WASHINGTON
Western
Europe
Canada
Claxton
North Atlantic treaty area
United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Truman
Charleston
W. Va
Columbia University
Columbia
Willis Calls PC Withdrawal From Manitoba Coalition
Erick F. Willis urged Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party to quit the 10 year Coalition with Liberal-Progressives. He resigned as provincial leader, announced a run on an anti coalitions platform, and pressed the party to unite for a return to Conservative administration after 35 years.
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BHANDUON
Man
Erick F. Willis
Progressive Conservative party
Manitoba
Mr. Willis
Douglas L. Campbell
Campbell
Liberal-Progressive party
Willis
Progressive Conservatives
Liberals
Progressive Conservative
Howe returns from Washington with trade insurance policy
Ottawa weary but triumphant, Clarence Decatur Howe returns from Washington bearing what he calls the fattest insurance policy Canada has ever seen. The Canada United States agreement on economic co operation clears obstacles to full trade, a goal Howe long pursued as Canada’s trade minister. He smiles inwardly though outwardly remains crusty, after two days of talks and witnessing the signing in the capital.
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WASHINGTON
Clarence Decatur Howe
Ottawa
Canada
Howe
state department
United States
Border Battle Flares Across Korean Front
North Korean and Chinese forces reportedly attacked allied troops in northwestern Korea near the Manchurian frontier. Prisoner reports claim two Chinese led divisions crossed the Yalu from Manchuria into North Korea, with units identified as the 118th and 119th of the 40th corps. Col. F. E. Gillette and AP correspondent Tom Lambert provided corroboration from Kunuri, 48 miles north of Pyongyang.
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CEOUL
Korea
Manchurian
Manchuria
f F. E. Gillette
United States
Kunuri
Pyongyang
Tom Lambert
Yalu
North Korea
Lambert
Jae Heung Yu
George Prudham A Likely New Cabinet Minister
The Edmonton Bulletin reports a near term cabinet appointment for George Prudham MP from Edmonton West. He currently serves as parliamentary assistant to Resources Minister Winters and may become minister of mines and technical surveys. It notes Senator James Mackinnon may retire and Len MacKinnon remains Alberta’s sole cabinet representative, with a shuffle anticipated early next year.
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EDMONTON
Edmonton Bulletin
George Prudham
Edmonton West
Prudham
Winters
James J. McCann
national revenue
James A Mackinnon
Pradham
Alberta
Len MacKinnon
Canadians in India visit mud hut village and school
Special contributor I Norman Smith travels to Fatehpur in Lucknow district with Blair Fraser to meet Miss Rawson, an Indian Village Service instructor in the rural village. They tour the mud huts, school, and village life as they learn about efforts to improve conditions rather than spreading converts.
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INDIA
I. NORMAN SMITH
The Herald
LUCKNOW
Fatehpur
Blair Fraser
Miss Rawson
Indian Village Service
lttle
Collapse of Sweden's 92 year old monarch at cabinet meeting
Doctors report the aged Swedish king, 92, collapsed at a cabinet meeting and is now having trouble breathing. The incident prompts concern over his health and potential impact on official duties.
Swedish Monarch Collapses at Cabinet Meeting
King Gustav of Sweden, 92, collapsed at a Drottningholm cabinet meeting. Doctors said he was extremely tired with pronounced breathing difficulty, a worsening cough, rapid irregular pulse, and reduced circulation. Courtiers were gravely worried as the king’s condition deteriorated after several days of cough.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Reuters
Gustav
Drottningholm palace
Call On Ottawa To Act Urges Government Action
The Canadian Congress of Labour representing 360 000 members urged Ottawa to curb unwarranted price hikes and profiteering. In a letter to Trade Minister Howe the body criticized proposals to hoard goods to profit on later price increases and warned of rising price pressure across sectors.
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UAWA
Canadian Congress of Labor
Howe
Lay Nt Jn
Transport Plane Presumed To Have Crashed
In heavy pre dawn fog New Orleans air force reports a two twin engine navigation training plane with four men aboard is presumed to have crashed into Lake Pontchartrain on the northern edge of the city. The craft departed at 2 am CST for Craig air force base in Selma Alabama. A search plane sighted wreckage about one mile northeast of the New Orleans airport at 10 30 am CST. A navy boat with a diver was dispatched as fog hampered wreckage search.
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NEW ORLEANS
air force
Lake Pontchartrain
Craig air force base
Selma
Ala
Dollar a Day Hospital Plan Expands Across Alberta
Health Minister Dr. W. W. Cross announced at the Associated Hospitals of Alberta convention that the dollar a day hospital plan will be offered to all Alberta residents regardless of ratepayer status. He aims to extend coverage to the entire population within 12 months and then establish cross hospital reciprocity for emergencies and inter-hospital transfers.
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ALGARY
Alberta
W. W. Cross
Cross
Associated Hospitals of Alberta
Fire sweep in British Columbia claims two dead
In Victoria two are dead and six missing after a forest fire in the Peace River district. The bodies of Joe Askisockey, 73, and 15-year-old Bill Jodney, both from Indiana, were found in the Rove Prairie area by an E.COLP search party that left Fort St. John last Saturday.
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VICTORIA
B.C
Peace River district
E.C
MLP
Joe Askisockey
Bill Jodney
Indiana
Rove Prairie
E.COLP
Fort St. John
FRONTIER SEOUL
Manchuria
spiny peninsula
Sea of Japan
PORT ALBERNI
PORT ALBERNS B.C
Leran K. Jorden
cartier
civic finance
WARNER
EDMONTON
K. J. Hawkins
Leduc
SASKATOON
Walter A. Tecker
Saskatchewan
Tucker
Ottawa
Bettain
CLAXTON
EISENHOWER
WASHINGTON
Brooke Claxton
Dwight Eisenhower
North Atlantic
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Canadian Press
Bulk Jolson
G.B
LCA
Calgary
Jesse Porter
A. A. Gray
Porter
Western Europe
P.C.’s
FAT INSURANCE
Associated Press
KING GUSTAV
C.C.L
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