Medicine Hat advance polls set heavy turnout for Monday vote
Reports show 56 advance ballots cast in Medicine Hat gallery hall with 10 30 p.m. closing. observer notes expected rise in today tally. Candidates include eight polling sites, eight alderman seats, two bylaws and one plebiscite on bus franchise and hospital plan.
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Medicine Hat
H. O. Parkes
Mon Yy Ilion
John L. Robinson
Industries and Labor
Alberta
Edmonton
Lillian Gust
Ethel Thiessen
J. W. Douglas
D. S. Hawthorne
S. F. Scott
R. C. Gardner
W. E. McCombs
B.C. Armstrong
Gust
Elizabeth Williams
Elsie Pushie
Keith
Elm
Elizabeth
Montreal
Toronto
Earl Kitchener Public Schools
Alexandra Chs
Riverside Scout Hall
Airport Hutments
Danish Vessel Glides to Armouth for Medical Aid
The 10 ton Danish fishing vessel Gudrun was en route to Armouth Nova Scotia to land an epileptic crew member for hospital treatment. The ship reported heading southwest toward the port to secure urgent medical care for a crew member in need.
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Armouth
N.S
Gudrun
Ikowa Scotia
MacMillan Unable to Attend Trans-Canadian Highway Conference
Alberta public works minister D. B. MacMillan told Reconstruction Minister Winters he cannot attend the December 15-16 trans-Canadian highway conference in Ottawa. The date, not objections to the highway, is the issue, though other provinces have favorably responded and a date change seems unlikely.
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Ottawa
D. B. MacMillan
Alberta
Winters
Alberta liquor store closes on municipal election day
The Alberta Government Liquor Store will close all day Monday for municipal election day. It will remain open Wednesday for the rest of December.
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Alberta
Voter Hours Set For City Election Advance Poll Dates
Voting runs 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. City Hall hosts an advance poll on Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on each day.
Halifax Harbor Sits In War's Wake Amid Shipping Slump
Ten years after Canada’s 1st division sailed from Halifax for World War II, the port sits idle as wartime fleets fade. Pier 21 officers gaze over a misty harbor while unused piers and sunk supply ships mark calmer times.
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Halifax
Bedford Basin
Canada
Atlantic
Australia
Bermuda
Repulse
Resolution
Emerald
Furious
United Nations Fourth Assembly Shows East West Strife
The U.N. fourth assembly opened Sept. 20 with hopes for a peace forum but ended after 12 weeks amid sharp East West recriminations. Russia and Western powers clashed over atomic policy while smaller states pressed for Soviet policy changes and regional decolonization moves. Yugoslavia won a Security Council seat and the body acted on Mussolini era holdings as Western powers claimed gains in peace and atomic control.
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New York
United Nations
U.N
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Russia
Sweden
Burma
India
Iceland
Pakistan
Canada
World Organization
Yugoslavia
Security Council
Mussolini
Stalin
Labor Government Beaten By Liberal Coalitionists
Sydney reports the eight year Labor rule ends as Robert G. Menzies leads the Liberal Country coalition to victory in Australia’s general election. Early counts show the coalition ahead in key seats, with Labor around 50 seats. Menzies vows strong leadership while critics accuse misrepresentation.
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Sydney
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Menzies
Labor Party
J. B. Chifley
Country Party
Liberals
House of Representatives
Labor
New Zealand
R. G. Menzies
Liberal Party
Chifley
Eric Harrison
Australian Trades and Labor Council
C. Anderson
Sooyong
Victoria
Canada to Emphasize Air Power in Atlantic Pact Role
Defence Minister Brooke Claxton said Canada should focus on air power for North Atlantic defence, noting Canada spends 42.6 percent of defence funds on air forces versus 30 to 34 percent by France UK and US. He outlined limited sea roles and highlighted a new twin-jet all weather fighter for North American conditions.
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London
Brooke Claxton
Canada
North Atlantic
Paris
Claxton
France
United Kingdom
Dominion
Prince Charles Recovers From Acute Tonsillitis
Buckingham Palace said Prince Charles, age one, is recovering from acute tonsillitis with a normal temperature and no complications. Three doctors have treated him over several days as Princess Elizabeth’s wife remains in Malta with Prince Philip, and the illness began earlier this week after a sore throat and fever.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Charles
Palace
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Malta
Plutonium Output Planned At UK Atomic Plant
Britain seeks large scale plutonium production at Windscale works in Cumbria near Whitehaven. The facility, known as the Winescale works, covers miles of lakeside area with a 450 foot chimney and a sea pipeline to discharge radioactive waste. Over 4,000 scientists work on the project launched in 1946, aiming to fuel industrial use and potential defence needs.
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London
Reuters
Britain
England
Europe
Christopher Hinton
Atomic Energy
Whitehaven
Cumberland
Sallafield
Russia
Irish Sea
Winescale Works
Plutonia
West Cumberland
Atlantic
English Channel
English Lake-District National Park
Atomic Research Centre
Harwell
Berkshire Downs
Smilestones Employer Seeks Help for Young Applicant
A terse exchange depicts an employer asking a young man about work while the applicant shows interest in obtaining a job. The dialogue hints at labor market themes and youth employment.
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Smilestones
Russians Accused of Heavy Water and Uranium Shipments
A House committee reports proof that 1000 grams of heavy water reached Russia in 1943 and probes 1000 pounds of uranium compounds from 1943. Lt Gen Groves urges full inquiry into leaks. The panel eyeing questioning of a Canadian firm head. investigators traveled to Canada to firm up leads.
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Washington
House of Representatives Committee On un-American Activities
Leslie Groves
House
Louis J. Russell
Russell
State Department
Courtney Owens
Canada
Sweeping Changes In Constitution In Ottawa Session
Canada moved toward amending its constitution to allow federal and provincial self change in most jurisdictions and abolished appeals to Britain’s Privy Council. The session, led by Prime Minister St Laurent with a large Liberal majority, faced opposition over a flour milling price fixing report kept hidden for 19 months.
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