Berlin Crises Move to United Nations Amid USSR Accusations
Paris reports Britain United States and France accuse Russia of threatening world peace by pressuring for control over Berlin air traffic and a Russian currency. Western powers break off direct talks, draft 14 point note to Moscow, submit crisis to UN secretary general Trygve Lie. Britain cites Article 39 of the UN Charter as possible force. London papers show little enthusiasm for UN referral.
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A.P
Britain
United States
France
Russia
Berlin
United Nations security council
Bevin
Marshall
Robert Schuman
London
Washington
security council
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Stalin
Vassily Sokolovsky
Kremlin
Alies
accor
Germany
U.N
Woolford Is Destroyed In Spectacular Elevator Fire
A massive fire at the Wheat Pool elevator in Woolford 10 miles southeast of Cardston destroyed the structure and annex, housing 24 000 bushels of grain. Loss estimated at 200 000 with insurance. Bins held 380 000 bushels wheat and 4 000 bushels rye. Fire started in lower machinery area while agent Mervin Poulsen was away. Cardston residents watched flames. a wall collapsed and burning grain shot into the air. No wind helped contain spread. other elevators escaped damage. Woolford lacks water. Cardston fire dept did not respond. Debris smouldered into Sunday night. rebuild planned for 1949. Elevator valued at 50 000.
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CARDSTON
HNS
Woolford
here
annnex
Mervin Poulsen
Cardston fire department
Wheat Pool
Left Hand Corner review on Labour leaders dynamics
R Francis Williams, former Downing Street official, writes a candid Labour party analysis. He highlights four men Attlee Bevin Cripps Morrison shaping government, with Attlee as boss and a hidden revolution driving policy beyond cabinet responsibility. Williams calls Attlee formidable in British political history.
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R. FRANCIS WILLIAMS
10 Downing Street
PRO
Labor party
London
Ortewa
Attlee
Bevin
Ctpps
Morrison
Williams
prime minster
DIEFENBAKER SETS OUT FARM PROGRAM FOR FARMERS
Saskatchewan speech by John Diefenbaker, MP for Lake Centre, argues farmers deserve price parity with other groups and asserts agriculture is not a problem. He warns insufficient prices threaten purchasing power and urges government support to maintain a minimum price level.
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DIEFENBAKER
SASKATOON
John Dilfenbaker
Lake Centre
University of Saskatchewan
Dilfenbaker
the nations
Sweden pays tribute to Count Folke Bernadotte
Sweden held last rites for Count Folke Bernadotte in Gustav Vasa church with 90 year old King Gustav, foreign diplomats, and UN representatives present. After services, 40 Boy Scouts carried the coffin on an open wagon to the cemetery as crowds watched in silence.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Gustav Vasa
Gustav
United Nations
Russia May Use Double Veto To Bar Berlin Move
A United Nations observer says Russia could employ a double veto to block Berlin delegation admission to the security council. The plan would trigger two veto cites, first on agenda and then on procedural challenge, with Bevin accusing the USSR of insincerity and evasion as the Berlin issue intensifies at the UN.
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U.N
Russia
Berlin
Security Council
PARIS
A.P
United Nations
council
Kuasta
Bevin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Britain
Vishinsky
Roots Berlin Crisis Reach Back Failure Treaty Talks
The Berlin crisis peaked as Western powers sought a decentralized German administration while Russia pressed for a strong centralized state. The London conference of December 15 failed, signaling a move toward a two state Germany with competing Soviet and Western aims.
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Berlin
United Nations
London
Russia
Germany
Provinces Attack Rate Award in Railway Fare Case
Seven provincial governments ask Ottawa to overturn or resend the 21 per cent railway freight rate award. They argue the board of transport commissioners misapplied principles, overstated costs, ignored possible savings, and created regional inequities with a flat nationwide increase. They urge targeted reviews or cabinet directed revisions to reduce the proposed $70,000,000 yearly rise.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ontario
Quebec
board of transport commissioners
tteels
Construction Man Killed in Cecil Bridge Work
A six member coroner s jury in Medicine Hat will probe the death of 65 year old John MacLeod of Winnipeg a construction engineer killed Saturday when a crane toppled while he and Ernest Parisian also of Winnipeg operated it at Cecil Alberta about 60 miles northwest of Medicine Hat Parisian suffered fractures and shock and was taken to hospital MacLeod s body was brought to Medicine Hat for funeral home arrangements The Dominion Construction Company of Winnipeg employed the men who were building a railway bridge between Suffield and Lomond for Cecil s project the bridge has been under construction for several years
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John, MacLeod
Winnipeg
Cecil
Alberta
here
Macread
Ernest Parisian
Pattison
Medicine Hat General hospital
Moning
Leo Lewis
Dominion Construction Company of
Ceci
Rondane
Macleod Youth Killed in Highway Car Crash
John Reverier Jack McLean a 13 year old resident of Macleod died when a 1927 Ford overturned west of the city while returning home with a companion. Norman Dean age 16 drove the car, RCMP reported the accident occurred near the west coulee hill on the MacLeod Highway at about 4 20 pm. Coroner E D Fryett ruled the death purely accidental.
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MACLEOD
John Reverier
Jack” McLean
ang
Heverley Melzan
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lethbtidse
Norman Dean
Melvin Dean
west coulee hill
Lethbridge Maclens Highway
E. D. Fryett
Inquest Opens Over Gas Workers Deaths Near Lethbridge
An inquest into the deaths of Romeo Gingras and William Blair, two Canadian Western Natural Gas Company employees, will open Monday evening at Cristensen Brothers funeral parlors. Coroner D Fryett will preside as jurors view the bodies and hear identification evidence before release for burial. The tragedy occurred when a one ton valve gate blew open under gas pressure near Dupen's Bottom, sending debris and gas along a ditch and injuring two other workers. The incident halted digging as investigators assess the blast and its cause.
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Herald
Dupci’s
Lethbridge
Canadian Western Natural Gas Co., Ltd
William Blair
Ronico Gingras
Robert Colbern
Albino Bertiotli
Centre Piciice
Romeo Gingras
Canadian Western Natural Gas Company, Ltd
Dupen’s Bottom
Christensen Brothers
D. Fryett
Oldman
Dupen
Alletio Bertlett
American Rooms
Robert Calburn
Hardieville Hotel
Bertlett
St. Micheael's hospital
Colburn
Bigelow-Fowler clik
Steve Trebaul
Wall Street Dives As Berlin Crisis Weighs Markets
Stocks slide on the New York Exchange as worries over the Berlin crisis mount. Rail shares lead the decline with drops as steep as 43 7/8 under prior close. In other headlines a fatal train accident in Kamloops claims mother and child, while Alberta reports new polio cases and ongoing talks over freight mountain differential proceed in Edmonton. Communist forces threaten Manchurian corridors and Czech minister opposes Bevin on regional co operation.
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Berlin
New York Stock Exchange
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B.A
Delores Edith Graves
Catherine
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Coaldale
Alta
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France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
French national defence milnistry
United Staties
Manning
Alberts
Board of Transport Commissioners
British Columbia
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China
Mancharian
Chinkstern
Mukden
BEVIN FARIS
GPj
Vladimir Clementis
Crecho
Movak
United Nations central assembly
Ernest Bevin
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