Eisenhower Named To Lead European International Army
In Brussels the 12 Atlantic pact nations announced Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will organize an international army in early 1951 to keep peace in Europe. They agreed on German participation under a centralized command with Ike as supreme commander. President Truman said additional American forces will join the integrated force.
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Brussels
Belgium
Atlantic Alliance
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Truman
Eisenhower
Canada
Hisenhower
New government drafts offices opened on Third Street project
Reports describe a new government office in Gust Block on Third Street handling drafting details for a driver development project under W. In Gray. About 10 young draftsmen died at the stall while plans for extending Canada Land and Irrigation works in the Vauxhall region proceed. A Medicine Hat PRA branch expansion decision is set for Ottawa next month, with post office clients to use a time-saving lobby drop to speed mail handling after Christmas.
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P.F.R.A
Third St
Gray
Canada Land & Irrigation
Vauxhall
Medicine Hat
PRA
Ottawa
Dredging Bow River Study by Alberta Government
Alberta cabinet and water resources branch to consider Calgary city council request for government aid in Bow River dredging. Calgary reports amputation of two feet for Mike Winters after surviving a week in Seebe area cold. his condition listed as good. Wheat coal field pay rise 80 cents a day proposed for Alberta miners to be voted Friday.
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Edmonton
Alberta Cabinet
Provincial Water Resources Branch
Calgary
Bow River
Mike Winters
Seebe
Alta
Alberta
Kellock Awards Rail Men Their Extra 3 Cents an Hour
Allied forces push at Hungnam as Chinese and Korean communists attack the beachhead. U S air force abandons Yonpo airfield amid renewed fighting while engineers destroy supplies. Navy and Marine aviation strike 22 red concentrations within 60 miles of Hungnam, killing or wounding hundreds.
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Kellock
Tokyo
Hungnam
Korea
Yonpo
U.S
10Th Corps
William’ Quinn
Hamhung
Navy
Marine
Five day forty hour week to start next June
Ottawa reports Mr. Justice R Li Kellock, a government arbitrator, awarded a further three cents an hour to most rail workers. The five day forty hour week with pay at the current 48 hours will begin June 1. About 122000 employees receive a total seven cent increase. previously four cents began Sept 1. The decision excludes 2700 employees in railways hotels and water transport from equal treatment.
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Ottawa
R. Li. Kellock
Railways
Justice Kellock
Supreme Court
Canadian Brotherhood of Railways Employees
C.C.L
Unions Hail Kellock Report On Rail Wage Settlement
A Kellock arbitration decision grants railway workers a seven cent hourly raise and a two year contract for most staff, while hotel and water transport workers receive no extra wage gain. Railways plan freight-rate increases to cover costs and call for government price controls.
Canadians Move To Tent City On Korean Coastline
The 2nd battalion PPCLI arrives at a small Korean island near Pusan after disembarking from Seattle. They set up 18 to a tent with two schoolhouses used as regimental HQ and kitchens. Lt. Col. J. M. Stone plans talks with US Army commander Lt. Gen. Walton Walker to decide if the unit stays for training or moves north. Residents fear temporary quarters as cold winds sweep the shore and mail from home arrives with coffee and apple pie.
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Pusan
Korea
Canada
PPCLI
Little Island
Seattle
Patricias
J. M.stone
Salmon Arm
B.C
Walton’ Walker
Northwest
Shaw Pays Humble Tribute To Village In Last Work
George Bernard Shaw near his death wrote a pictorial rhyming guide to the village he loved. The slender illustrated booklet relies on 59 self photographs and sneers at pretensions while praising the abbey and Shaw’s home turf.
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Shaw
London
George Bernard Shaw
Henry VIII
Catherine ‘Parr
Catherin
Barry
Ireland
Smilestones Driver Upsets Lamppost in License Dispute
A motorist who toppled a lamppost in Smilestones argued she would not be given a license due to her driving. An officer described the incident and the language used by the driver during the exchange.
Spending More Money But Shoppers Seek Value
Canadians spend more on Christmas gifts this year with sales volume ahead of 1949 by two to five per cent. Shoppers show value consciousness in many cities while some buyers splurge on expensive fur coats and French evening bags.
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Sarnia
Ont
Quebec City
Toronto
New Brunswick
Halifax
Winipeg
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Aparel
Dreary Christmas for Bethlehem Arabs
Refugees crowd into wind swept tents and hillside caves around Bethlehem as Palestine conflict scars a city famed for Christ’s birth. Unemployment runs at about ninety percent of the normal 120,000, with many residents displaced from lands now in Israeli hands. Amid dwindling pilgrim traffic, a sense of futility persists while Bethlehem’s acting mayor appeals to UN aid and the world’s conscience this holy season.
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Bethlemem
Christ
Bethlehem
Palestine
Britain
Butrus Abu ‘Khalil
United Nations
Toy Makers Busy as Canada Faces Doll Export Drop
Ottawa notes a doll export decline tied to dollar shortages. About 3 million dolls produced by 400 firms, yet exports fall from 166,264 in Jan–Sept 1949 to 53,606 in the same period 1950. Imports rise from Britain and Germany. total toy imports reach 244,048 in 1950. Britain receives 28,614 of those exports while German toy imports drop from 225,248 to 90,909 year over year. Canada’s toy trade reshaped by currency limits and postwar demand.
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Ottawa
Santa ‘Claus
P. L. Jones
Trade and Commerce Department
Canada
Biebi
United States
Germany
Britain
Oakville rejects Sunday shopping and licensed lounges
Electors in Oakville Ontario, about 25 miles west of Toronto, voted against commercial Sunday sports and municipal voting. They rejected the question 1,271 to 785 and also voted down licensed dining lounges by a large margin and cocktail lounges by 1,458 to 621.
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Oakville
Ont
Toronto
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