Israel Rejects Talks with Arab Neighbors
Israel withdraws from indirect peace talks with Jordan Syria Lebanon and Egypt ending participation in the UN Palestine conciliation commission process. Israel asserts willingness to negotiate directly while Arabs have refused to meet at the same table, review of territorial claims ongoing.
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Israel
United Nations Palestine conciliation committee
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
United Nations
United States
France
Turkey
Paris
Lausanne
Switzerland
New York
Winnipeg civic election slates name new aldermen and trustees
Winnipeg will elect two new aldermen and three new school trustees for 1950 after the final election slates were completed. New aldermen include Slaw Rebchuk of the Civic Election Committee in ward three and Mrs Maude McCreery in ward one. Trustees named include Mrs Howard Murphy ward two Len Stevens ward three and Mrs E R Tennent ward one.
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WINNIPEG
civic
Slaw Rebchuk
Civic Election Committee
Maude McCreery
Howard Murphy
C.E.C
Len Stevens
C.C.F
E. R
James Black
W. B.Anderson
Adam Beck
C.EC
P. M. Petursson
Smutty picture ring tied to Lois Andrews mother
Mrs Geraldine Gourney mother of actress Lois Andrews pleaded innocent at arraignment with Theodore Caron. They face charges of possessing photographic literature and pictures and lewd vagrancy. Seven others arrested as investigators seize lewd books. group suspected of operating a country wide distribution network in Lynwood California.
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LYNWOOD
Calif
Lois Andrews
Geraldine Gourney
Theodore Caron
Prankish Gophers Challenge ATandT Cable Efforts
The Left Hand Corner reports AT and T struggles with gophers gnawing at transcontinental toll cables buried under Western plains. To stop the rodent appetite the company switched to copper and steel sheathing after plowing the lines years ago. Gophers typically burrow only eighteen inches deep, yet the buried cables lie at thirty inches.
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gopher
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Long Lines Department
Western plains
Investigation into Winnipeg voters list errors prompts inquiry
Winnipeg voters were disfranchised by omissions from the voters list in Wednesday's civic elections. A special civic finance committee meeting was set for next Friday to probe the "worst election situation" Alderman Jack Blumberg, with 30 years in service, called it. He criticized the mechanics of list preparation and noted the public could not view the list until nomination day.
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WINNIPEG
civic
civic finance committee
Ald
Jack Blumberg
Ald. Blumberg
GM strike stalemate halts Oshawa production
In Oshawa Ontario 5200 GM workers remain on strike over speedup claims. The tie up affects 28000 residents as auto output falls above 360 units daily, totaling over 1000 since the strike began. A Labour Minister Daley may mediate to revive talks urged by the United Automobile Workers. The stoppage echoes at St Catharines where McKinnon Industries Ltd schedules reduced work after four GM employees were fired for refusing to work or dissuading others. The union demands reinstatement and the company offered arbitration.
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OSHAWA
General Motors
Daley
Ontario
United Automobile Workers (C.I.0
Toronto
General
St. Catharines
Flagstad Debuts to Cheering Sellout in Los Angeles
Kirsten Flagstad opened postwar operatic career in Los Angeles with a fully sold Shrine Auditorium audience. The Norwegian soprano sang selections from Tristan und Isolde to a packed house, delivering a triumphant return to the stage.
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LOS ANGELES
Kirsten Flagstad
Shrine auditorium
Air France crash in Azores kills 48 on flight to New York
Rescue teams identified burned bodies from the Air France Constellation crash on Sao Miguel peak, 48 dead including Le Canada editor Guy Jasmin, his mother, boxer Marcel Cerdan, violinist Ginette Neveu, painter Bernard Boutet de Monvel. No survivors. The plane had been en route Paris to New York and a French technical team investigates the cause.
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PONTA DELGADA
Sao Miguel
Azores
Air France
Paris
New York
Guy Jasmin
Montreal
Le Canada
Rachel Jasmin
Marcel Cerdan
Ginette Nevue
Bernard Boutet de Monvel
Neveu
France
Sao Miguel Island
Algarvia
Cerdan
Jake Lamotta
Couple Dragged Behind Truck Near Estevan
In Estevan Saskatchewan on October 29 Mrs. Lloyd Honan of Benson and her husband were dragged by a truck when a trailing cable wrapped around their legs. The couple, walked behind the vehicle, were pulled under the wheels and released after the truck was jacked up and the dust wheels removed. The driver David McClean of Estevan said the cable on the hoist may have been tampered with. Estevan lies 128 miles southeast of Regina.
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ESTEVAN
Sask
Lloyd Honan
Benson
here
David McClean
Regina
Calgary Lawyer Faces Preliminary Hearing On Drug Charge
Calgary lawyer John C. Poffenroth was arraigned in police court before Magistrate I. F. Fitch on a drug possession charge. After one witness testimony by Constable I. J. Lowen, the hearing extended into the afternoon and was adjourned to Monday.
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CALGARY
John C. Poffenroth
I. F. Fitch
I. J. Lowen
Attlee’s £282 million economy plan draws sharp press backlash
London reports the 60 year old prime minister faced the harshest public reaction in 14 years as Attlee’s austerity program, unveiled in the House of Commons, won a 353 to 272 Conservative defeat. Cartoons and critics labeled the plan terrifying and nerve-shattering, portraying Attlee as a cowering mouse.
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LONDON
Attiee
Britain
Labor party
itlee
house of commons
Attlee
A. J. Cummings
Liberal News Chronicle
Five of Nine Awards To Canadian Firms Receives Honors
Canadian life insurance companies won five of nine annual Life Insurance Advertisers Association awards. The prize recipients for large policies include Great West Life of Winnipeg, London Life of London Ontario, and Mutual Life of Canada of Waterloo Ontario. Excelsior Life of Toronto and Northern Life of Canada of London Ontario also earned awards.
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CHICAGO
Canadian life insurance cmpanies
Life Insurace Advertisers Association
Great West Life Assurance Company of Canada
Winnipeg
London Life Insurance Company
London
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada
Waterloo
Tories Gather in Ottawa for PC Party Planning
Ottawa reports the Progressive Conservative executive meets Monday and Tuesday to organize the party after the June general election. George Drew will address the in camera sessions as party builds its structure amid a seat loss from 69 to 41 in Parliament. J. M. Macdonnell, winner in Toronto Greenwood by-elec tion, will preside over the executive meeting.
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OTTAWA
Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative Association of Canada
Progressive Conservative
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
Toronto Greenwood
Toronto
Greenwood
J. M. Macdonnell
Progressive Conservatve Association
lest commons
Macdonnell
Ontario
Party Sound-Muskoka
George Drew
Drew
Traces Missing Son Round Globe Then Falls Dead
Mrs. R Levi of Aden tracked her Royal Navy son through Mediterranean ports Britain the United States and Australia during wartime search. After learning his ship was torpedoed she finally found him in an Observatory asylum near Cape Town where she died after muttering shalom peace.
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CAPETOWN
South Africa
R. Levi
Aden
Royal Navy
Britain
United States
Australia
Observatory
Cape Town
shalom
Leeds 23,802 Voters Face Hottest By Election Battle
Voters in Leeds riding eastern Ontario will go to polls Monday to settle a tight by election between Progressive Conservative Hugh Reynolds and Liberal Ernest Miller. Reynolds, a Brockville coal merchant, is cousin to late W. B. Reynolds, former PC holder since 1937. Miller, 45, a farmer and drover, sought Liberal gains amid attacks on the charitable gifts act benefiting foundations like the Atkinson Foundation tied to the Toronto Star. CCF not contesting. Premier Frost campaigned for Reynolds.
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BROCKVILLE
Ont
Ontario
Leeds
Hugh A. Reynolds
Ernest I. Miller
Mr. Reynolds
Atkinson Foundation
Toronto Daily Star
the Star Weekly
Reynolds
the
Star
Frost
Miller
Auctions Bikes For Kids Only, No Bid Over $1
DETROIT Oct 29 About 100 Detroit youngsters rode new bicycles at the police department annual sale as auctioneer Alex Anderson set a kid friendly rule. Bids stayed at a quarter and each child could win a bike before adults bid higher. Brinning boys won a bike after two brothers bid a dollar, and a girl with 8.5 cents was told to pay the man and take her bicycle.
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DETROIT
Alex Anderson
police department
Anderson
Brinning
Trial in I Married An Engel case continues
Chicago October 29 The first week of the criminal court production of I Married An Engel ended abruptly Friday after four widows testified Sig round Engel was their husband. The trial of Engel on a charge of running a confidence game was recessed until Monday as Prosecutor James A. Brown said his last witnesses had not arrived.
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CHICAGO
criminal court
An Engel
Siground
Sam) Engel
Engel
rameo
James A. Brown
Government to seek subsidy for Quesnel to Prince George rail
Ottawa says Parliament will be asked to authorize a subsidy up to 1 240 000 for completing the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from Quesnel to Prince George British Columbia. The measure covers 32 7 miles at 15 000 per mile with no aid for the Squamish to Vancouver southern link.
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UAWA
Pacific Great Eastern
Quesnel
Prince George
B.C
Chevrier
commons
British Columbia
Squamish
Vancouver
lnk
Johnson
P.G.E
United States
Alaska
U.S
Truman
Canada
Ottawa
Canada- Alaska Railway Company
Howe Sound
275 Pound Pig Gus Adopts Parlor Life At Farm
ARLINGTON Iowa Oct 29 A 275 pound pig named Gus frequents the Bachtell home parlor near Arlington. Abandoned at birth Gus was bottle fed and grew to indoors life, often curling up on the scatter rug by the radio. He is house trained and well mannered.
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ARLINGTON
Gus
Pete Bachtell
Bachtell
Bachtells
Oshawa names woman city relief administrator
Oshawa Ontario council last night appointed Ion Bannon as city relief administrator. Alderman Evelyn Bateman, chair of the welfare board, explained the move stating the welfare board sees that a irate man would not strike a woman as readily as a man.
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OSHAWA, Ont
Marion Bannon
welfare board
Evelyn Bateman
Bonanza or bust at Fish Wheel Alaska gold discovery
In Fish Wheel on the Yukon near Fairbanks prospectors push for official assay results after Clifton Carrol reported pea sized gold nuggets in the wheel muck. Geology professor Richard Ragie confirmed three nuggets are gold while one is brass.
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FAIRBANES
Alaska
Yukon river
Arctic Circle
here
Clifton Carrol
University of Alaska
Richard Ragie
Ragie
Alberta MP Opposes Gas Export Bill Debate in Commons
Alberta MP Douglas Harkness opposed a bill to incorporate the Alberta Natural Gas Co and five other firms seeking pipelines from Alberta. The debate highlighted calls for a regional coast guard and improved life-saving services as MPs from Atlantic and Pacific coasts pressed for tighter fish product inspection and a faster coast-wide response.
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OTTAWA
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
marine and fisheries
Mayhew
fsh
transport department
Transport
Chevrier
great lakes
Alberta Natural Gas Co
Ralph Maybank
Martin
Alberta
Douglas Harkness
Calgary East
Harkness
Battle Over Canadian Pacific Freight Rates Moves to Supreme Court
Seven western provinces petition the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge the Canadian Pacific Railway latest effort to raise freight rates. The case follows a Board of Transport Commissioners decision that allowed an eight percent interim increase, with full rate studies and a royal commission report pending. Hearing dates remain undecided, with potential progress in December or early next year as prairie interests fight to retain reduced grain tolls known as Crow's Nest Pass rates.
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UAWA
supreme court of Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
high court
board of transport commissioners
C.P.R
supreme court
royal commission on transportation
Canadian Pacific
DONNYBROOK
OTTAWA
brook
western
royal
mission
C.N.P
lakes
Crow’s Nest Pass
C.P R
Rockies
Chinese Reds arrest U S consul general and staff
The U S state department reports from Mukden that Chinese Communist authorities have arrested Angus Ward United States consul general and four staff members in connection with an alleged assault on a former Chinese employee. Message dated Oct 24 indicates the arrest occurred about a week earlier.
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WASHINGTON
state department
Mukden
Angus Ward
United States
SPOKANE
A.P
Earl Martin
Deer Park
Wash
Dolores
Donna
Marlene
CHATHAM
Ont
C.P
St. Clair river
Algonac
Walpole Island
island Indian reserve
Eldredge Mandee
Tony James
Orville Taylor
Ohio
LAVALTRIE
Que
Montreal
Jollette
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ew Spa
G.M
Qont
Central Press
Chevrolet
IMPASSE
GMSTRIKE
G.B
Globe
Rugby
Washington state
KETTLE VALLEY
Cogaiballa Pass
Spencer Bridge
HIGGINS
EDMONTON
Alfred Higgins
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