Duke Dunks Ladies in Neptune Crossing Ceremony
The Duke of Edinburgh presides over a crossing-the-line ritual aboard the Gothic as Duke Neptune and his court daub and dunk royal women in flour paste and paint near the equator during the royal Commonwealth tour. Queen Elizabeth watches as Neptune is played by Inspector Frank Kelley in a splashy conclusion.
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S. Gothic
Reuters
Duke of Edinburgh
Neptune
Equator
Fiji Islands
Alice Egerton
Pamela Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten
Elizabeth
South Africa
Frank Kelley
Duke
Sheffield
Aphrodite
Vivian Dunn
Royal Marine
Successful Operation On Woman Aged 102
Mrs. Mary Jane Start, 102, underwent surgery in London with a hopeful prognosis to walk again. A resident of Trees home for aged women, she fractured her thigh after a fall while reaching for her walking stick and endured four days of confinement before the operation.
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London
Mary Jane Start
Gouzenko Weighs Secret Ottawa Meeting With U S Panel
Igor Gouzenko said he would consider a possible secret meeting in Canada with the U S Senate internal security sub committee and would announce his decision in a day or so. Speculation increased after RCMP officers met with Justice Minister Garson. Garson offered no comment on any agreement.
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Ottawa
Igor Gouzenko
Canada
U.S. Senate
Internal Security
Gouzenko
Toronto Telegram
U.S
RCMP
Justice
Garson
Western powers seek talks with Soviet Union at Bermuda
Churchill Eisenhower and Laniel signaled willingness to talk with the Soviet Union on major issues. A draft note to Moscow supports Berlin conference while rejecting the European Defence Community as aggression. Discussions include Far East policy and potential German unification.
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Tucker’s Town
Bermuda
Churchill
Eisenhower
Lauiel
Soviet Union
Russia
U.S
Kremlin
Stalin
Malenkov
Moscow
Berlin
Dulles
Eden
Bidault
Laniel
Red China
Indo-China
Commons Rejects Move to Replace CNR Auditors
In Ottawa the Commons defeated 97 to 32 a CCF bid to replace George A. Touche and Company as CNR auditors with Watson Sellar as auditor general. A. M. Nicholson credited the Touche firm, noting no critical comments since its reappointment except 1935. Social Credit backed the move, while Liberals and Progressive Conservatives opposed it.
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Ottawa
Commons
CCF
Watson Sellar
Chartered
Canadian National Railways
A. M. Nicholson
CCF Mackenzie
George A. Touche
Polio Epidemic Report Says Alberta Cases Slowing
Health department officials in Ottawa say the polio outbreak in Alberta appears to be dying out, with no request for aid from the Alberta government. They note 1,243 cases and 87 deaths in Alberta through November 21 versus 2,331 cases and 70 deaths in Manitoba, citing virus differences as a factor. A member of parliament urged national emergency measures and aid from armed services.
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Ottawa
Cp)—Health Department
Alberta
E.G. McCullough
CCF
Moose Mountain
Commons
Armed Services
Alta
Speciman
Manitoba
London
U.S
Canada
MacArthur orders war crimes evidence gathering in Korea
In testimony Friday an army colonel said General Douglas MacArthur ordered compiling documentary proof of wartime atrocities in Korea after the Communist invasion began in 1950. The report notes related dispatches from Vancouver and Edmonton.
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Washington (Ap
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Frigid Edmonton Night With Snow Moving Into Prairie
Coldest night of winter in central and northern Alberta with temps near zero. A new disturbance brings snow that will spread across Alberta tonight and into Saskatchewan by Sunday.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Commons Approves Bill Federal Pipeline Control
Ottawa reports Parliament moved to grant federal control over interprovincial and international gas and oil pipelines. Howe announced plans to meet with Trans-Canada and Western Pipe Lines to push an all Canadian gas east, with construction expected to start next summer and take about two years.
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George A. Touche and Company
The
Commons
Board of Transport Commissioners
Northwest Territories
U. S
Toronto
Alberta
Howe
Canada
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines, Ltd
Ontario
Quebec
Western Pipe Lines
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Consumers
Ottawa
Consumers’ Gas Company of
United States
Tne
Trans- Canada
Railway Committee
Chevrier
Chartered
Canadian National Railways
CCF
Watson Sellar
No Break In New York Newspaper Strike Stalemate
New York City enters its second week of a newspaper strike as negotiators and federal mediators resume talks over a deadlocked wage dispute between publishers and photo-engravers. Union leaders report no progress while the walkout disrupts print editions and signals potential economic impact during the holiday season.
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New York
New York City
International Photo-Engravers Union
AFL
Thomas Murphy
CIO
Newspaper Guild Local 3
Newspaper
Trade Journal
Guild
Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Collis
Newspaper Guild
Free Press
Collis
Herald Tribune
Long Island Star-Journal
Subsidies urged to shield Canada shipbuilding industry
The Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labour urged subsidies and measures to protect shipbuilding and ship repairing. The annual submission to the cabinet urged Canadian built and registered vessels-only coastal shipping, an adequate merchant marine, yard subsidies against world competition, and federal labor protection for shipyards as vital to the economy.
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Ottawa
Catholic Confederation of Labor
Canada
Cabinet
Congress
Humble Hum Bug Merged Insect Misstep
A playful folklore tale tells how students combine parts of a grasshopper beetle butterfly and centipede to make an impossible insect. They claim field discovery and wonder if it hummed, prompting the professor to declare it a humbug.
Get Off the Air Mexico Interfering Station Claims 1570 Issue
Ontario CFOR Orillia seeks to boost daytime power to 5000 watts on 1570 to counter interference from XERF Villa Acuna Mexico. CFOR owner G E Smith reads a letter from Inter American Advertising Agency alleging 1570 is a Mexico channel under Havana treaty. Board keeps decision pending. Also Camrose Alberta seeks 250 watts. CHED Edmonton opposes.
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Ottawa
Ontario
CBC Board of Governors
G. E. Smith
CFOR
Orillia
Ont
XERF
Villa Acuna
Mexico
Havana
Canada
Smith
Transport Department
At Least 21 Dead in Spain Airliner Crash
A Bristol built British plane operated by Spanish Commercial Aviation crashed into a rain shrouded peak near Soma Sierra north of Madrid. Thirty three aboard with twelve survivors reported including Paul J. Douglas possibly among the injured. Fate of two British passengers unclear.
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Here
Soma Sierra
United States
Paul J. Douglas
Paris
Douglas
Charles Barret
Barcelona
Victor Northing
Bristol
Bilbao
Soma Sierra Pass
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Bulletins
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Washington
White House
Joseph Mearthy
Wisconsin
W. F. Barfoot
Federal Pipeline Control
Howe Planning
Jacques Mornard
Mexico City
Mornard
Leon Trotsky
Red Army
Trotsky
Ramon Hernandez
Trosky
Mornard Today
N.Y
H. J. Yerxa
Camrose
Camrose Broadcasting Co. Ltd
CHED
Red Deer
Spain
BS Iy
Yainana Ysanraa Sy OY
Medicine Hat
Great Falls
Arena Gardens
Famous Players Theatres
Monarch
Roxy
G.M.C
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