False Hopes Claim Vienna
In Vienna the sign reads With Garry Davis for World Citizenship overlooking the Wienerwald. The piece paints a vivid postwar capital wracked by occupation and rumor, showing Viennese striving to grasp old days of wine and waltzes amid four occupying powers and shifting loyalties.
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Vienna
Wienerwald
Vienna Woods
Song
Danube
Strauss
Garry Davis
Europe
Russia
Germany
Suspension of Colonial Air Line License in Jeopardy
Ottawa report says the Canadian air transport board will decide next week whether to suspend Colonial Air Line's license to fly the New York Montreal route. A ruling follows discussions in Ottawa between U S and Canadian officials on air agreement difficulties after a two day hearing concluded yesterday.
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Ottawa
Canadian Air Transport Board
Colonial Airlines
New York- Montreal
United States
Authority of
Canadian Airways
Russia vetoes Canadian plan in UN security council
Russia blocked a Canadian resolution on Indonesia in the United Nations security council, raising its veto total to 43. The Dutch-Indonesian U S of Indonesia plan drew support and opposition, with Ukraine and Russia voting against the second part. The council also defeated a Ukrainian move to dissolve the American-Belgian-Australian commission overseeing Indonesian issues.
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Jake Success
N.Y
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Indonesia
Netherlands
United States
Ukraine
U.N. Commission
U.S
Argentina
Batavia
U.N
Netherlands New Guinea
Bulgarian ex‐vice premier Guilty of Treason and Death Sentence
Traicho Kostov, once Bulgaria’s vice premiere, was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by hanging. Fellow defendants, including Ivan Stefanov and Bikola Pavlov, received life terms for plotting with Western powers to make Bulgaria a Tito-aligned puppet. Several others got 8 to 16 year sentences. no appeals were allowed.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Ivan Stefanov
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Bikola Pavlov
Oscok
Tsonyo Tsonchev
National Bank
Vasil Ivanovski
Bulgarian Communist Party
Ilya Bayakgaliev
Cattle Rustlers Reported in Southeastern Alberta
A rustling ring is believed active in southeastern Alberta with about 75 head of steers and calves stolen from district farms in 10 days. Ranchers Eugene Burton Hargrave Mitchell and Joe Bedard report losses from froth tal lied herds to allow accurate tallying. Some cattle are said to be shipped across the line while others are butchered locally.
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Alberta
Eugene Burton
Hargrave Mitchell
Joe Bedard
Mrr. Burton
Mitchell
Bedard
Britain and Canada face terms in 1950 food contract talks
Sir Andrew Jones states Britain will not bow to pressure over food imports from Canada as negotiations on bacon eggs cheese and wheat contracts proceed. Canada plans large wheat sowings and Western farmers oppose reduced acreage while Britain attends to Marshall plan funded aid and future purchases.
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Ottawa
Andrew Jones
United Kingdom
Dominion-Provincial Agricultural Conference
Canada
Gardiner
U.K
Britain
London
W. C. Parker
Winnipeg
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Morris Iarbnett
Saskatchewan
United States
Commonwealth
Sir Andrew
Howe
London power strike settles with return-to-work call
The press association reports London's crippling wildcat strike at four major nationalized power stations is settled. Strikers and the British Electricity Authority reportedly reached a general agreement and mass meeting recommendations call for an immediate return to work.
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London
The
Press Association
British Electricity. Authority
Europe
Barking
Hartley Named Saskatoon Railway Superintendent
A. E. Hartley, assistant superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Edmonton since 1944, is to become superintendent at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, effective immediately. He replaces W. L. Wilson who has been granted leave of absence. Hartley’s replacement as assistant superintendent will be J. L. Hall of Portage division, Winnipeg. Hall’s post goes to A. F. Fryers, promoted from trainman and conductor on Portage division.
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Winnipeg
A. E. Hartley
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Sask
J. I. MacKay
Prairie
Mr. Hartley
J. L. Hall
Portage Division
A. F. Fryers
Portage
W. L. Wilson
Farmers Would Not Delay Grain Sales At Conference
Western grain men opposed delaying wheat sales under British contract and diverting funds to Canadian bacon. Livestock groups favored a bacon contract while egg exports were deemed off the table and cheese contracts looked likely with Britain slated to buy up to 100 million pounds from North America. Gardiner showed keen interest as talks hinted at price adjustments in final contracts.
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Ottawa
Dominion-Provincial Agricultural Conference
Canada
Britain
Gardiner
J. B. Munro
B. C
North America
W. J. Parker
Manitoba
Once Famous Oil Magnate Charged With Bankruptcy
LONDON. Francis William Rieckett once billed as Britain’s Law rence of Oil faces bankruptcy court scrutiny. He claimed vast riches in 1935 amid a Haile Selassie oil pact, then saw the deal canceled. Rieckett, a world wanderer with ties to Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Middle East, asserts he is not broke and will pay creditors.
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London
Francis William Rieckett
Britain
Lawrence
Oil
Rickett
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Egypt
China
Mexico
Middle East
Fraternity bill encloses note from Smulestones to Pudge
A short exchange from a school letter shows Smulestones telling Pudge all is well, noting sleep and study, and enclosing a fraternity bill. Pudge replies with a warning from his father to avoid purchasing additional fraternities. The playful family exchange hints at college life and finances.
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Pop
Packing Plant Blast Devastates Sioux City Facility
An explosion leveled the Swift and Company packing plant main office in Sioux City Iowa killing an estimated 30 to 35 people. Public safety officials report at least 25 dead with up to 200 injured as firefighters worked gas-mask missions in debris. a gas leak is suspected as the blast cause.
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Sioux City
Swift and Company Packing
Bridg
Charles Grahl
Iowa “National Guard
Des Moines
Walter W. Lindgren
Lindgren
Science Solves Santa's Problems
Wilmington firm E I Du Pont De Nemours makes nylon monofilament for Santa beards. The nylon melts but does not burn, giving flame resistant beards to wig makers with all the real beard features except growth.
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Wilmington
Del
Santa Claus
E. I. du Pont de Memours
Ottawa Conference to Draft Trans Canada Highway Plans
The Dominion conference of technical experts meets in Ottawa to draft plans for a $300 million hard surfaced Trans Canada highway. Delegates from all provinces will discuss route options, with the federal government contributing up to 150 million toward the project and the Dominion paying half the costs.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Winters
Optimistic Liberals Ready 400 Candidates for 1950 Vote
London Reuters reports the Liberal party plans 400 candidates in the 1950 general election amid 625 seats. Once governing Britain, Liberals now hold 12 MPs and seek to reemerge as official opposition by appealing to voters wary of socialism and conservatism.
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London
Reuters
Liberal Party
Liberals
Britain
House of Commons
Labor
Front
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