Jealous textile worker captures hostage at North Carolina mill
Graham Timberlake, 31, held Jessie Davis, 30, at a mill after pulling a pistol and threatening to kill a soldier. He released her briefly, then kept Dr. George Corbin hostage before officers committed him to Dix Hill State Hospital in Raleigh. Davis and Timberlake were inside the mill from 11:45 a.m. until papers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Timberlake
Jessie Davis
Timberlake
Raleigh
Miss Davis
North Carolina
Dix Hill State Hospital
George Corbin
Jessie
Petronia
Tumberlake
Unemployment Office Opens Monday For Benefit Payments
Due to high workload the local branch of the Unemployment Insurance Commission and National Selective Service will open Monday morning Dec 27 for regular benefit payments. Boxing Day holiday is observed otherwise. A skeleton staff will handle the reduced operation to retain the payment schedule and serve claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unemployment, Insurance Commission and National Selective Service
Smilestones Echoes of Youth In Haunting Song Lines
A fragment from a page captures a remark on girls valuing simple pleasures like men and a critic noting a song’s ghostly resonance. The brief snippets suggest reflections on music, identity, and memory.
Carol May Fool Santa Again Victoria
Carol Ann Lavigne an eight year old with fatal leukemia has a hopeful Christmas on Dec 25 after radio therapy improves her condition. Parents Gerry and Mrs Lavigne thank supporters from Montreal to Boston for gifts cards and letters and say prayers and sympathy helped Carol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Carol Ann Lavigne
Santa Claus
Carol
Gerry Lavigne
Montreal
Boston
Colonist
Mayor slams Premier Manning over interest-free loans plan
Mayor Veiner criticized Premier Manning for a casual reply to Medicine Hat’s proposal to eliminate interest on municipal loans. He urged Ottawa to fund provincial services instead, arguing Alberta should offer interest-free loans for schools hospitals and public works to smaller municipalities. He claimed provincial surplus profits from oil should not burden towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Medicine Hat
Harry Veiner
Veiner
Alberta
Weiner
Guga Bird Off Fishermen Menu Sparks Hebrides Uproar
In Stornoway Scotland Hebrides fishermen protest a parliamentary ban that ended 500 years of guga festival on a craggy islet. The law makes killing the gugabetter illegal with a 5000 pound fine. They warn voters that the guga controversy may dominate the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stornoway
Scotland
Hebrides
Cabinet to discuss proposal to end Quebec tax dispute
Ottawa cabinet opens session to review a plan that would let Quebec deduct provincial income tax from federal returns and place a ceiling on provincial direct taxation. Aims to end double taxation with possible follow up talks between premiers and the prime minister before Christmas. Also to consider extending the egg price support program into 1955 amid a year of surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Quebec
St. Laurent
Duplessis
Montreal
Geyser Fire at Imperial Oil Well in Leduc Alberta
A 200 foot flame engulfed Imperial Oil’s Leduc 552 well after an explosion Tuesday night. Four workers escaped injuries as fire raged, threatening 1,000 barrels of crude and 1,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. Fire may be snuffed by dynamite or a relief well flooding.
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Leduc
Alta
Alberta
Edmonton
Imperial Oil
W. J. Moroney
Woin
Imperial Leduc
Alfred Lamoreux
Redwater
Dave Stinsman
Lamoreux
Ma-Me-O Beach
Oil Company
Legal
Golden wedding reception for Dowling couple today
Neighbors and friends gathered this afternoon at Sam Goldie’s home to fete Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dowling on their golden wedding anniversary. Tonight the couple will be at home to friends at their own residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Dowling
Eighth St. S.E
Sam Goldie
Mrs. Dowling
Alberta cools as northwest winds cut mild spell
Fresh northwest winds bring cooler air from the Pacific over Alberta and Saskatchewan. A few points approach near record highs today but the peak mild spell ends. Temperatures remain about 15 degrees above normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Vancouver Mayor Uses Woodpile to Create Jobs
Vancouver Mayor Fred Hume proposes a national plan to tackle unemployment by moving a basement woodpile back and forth to create work. He says the method has logged a record 167 moves in a year and asserts it demonstrates practical employment relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Fred Hume
Hume
Ford Strike Talks May Resume Says Union Secretary
UAW official Emil Mazey told Oakville Ford workers talks to end the strike may restart in a few days. He noted no hand tipping but said negotiations were being pursued, with four meetings planned between Oakville Etobicoke Brantford Windsor and Toronto areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Oakville
Toronto
Hamilton
Mazey
Brantford
Windsor
Rhys M. Sale
Ford of Canada
UAW
Etobicoke
Vern Janeway
Hurricanes lash North Sea threaten ships and dikes
Storms lash the North Sea and English Channel with gusts up to 112 mph. Two ships with 39 men feared lost as Dutch and German dikes brace against flooding. urgent air searches and evacuation efforts mount along Zeeland and Texel islands.
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North Sea
London
English Channel
Netherlands
West Germany
Texelislan
Zeeland
Deveert
Terschelling
Air Ministry
Britain
Glencoe
Glasgow
England
Cimbiia
Woman Hit by Meteorite Claims It Was Meant For Her
Hulitt Hodges of Sylacauga Alabama says a meteorite struck her on a December day while she rested at home. Attorneys note it fell on her property and the suit filed by her landlady seeks ownership of the fragment with Smithsonian and Alabama Museum interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylacauga
Ala
Hulitt Hodges
Outer Space
Birdie Guy
Huel M. Love
North American bird count set for Dec 25 to Jan 2
The 55th annual bird count organized by the National Audubon Society will involve about seven thousand observers across the continent. Participants will record more than nine million birds in areas within a 15 mile diameter circle for over seven hours in a day. Reports appear in Audubon field notes with last year’s totals showing 469 species and 9.48 million birds. In British Columbia sites include Vancouver Crescent Beach Hope Vernon Comox Race Rocks Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Audubon Society
North America
Audubon
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Vancouver
Crescent Beach
Hope
Fraser Canyon
Vernon
Vancouver Island
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Minds “Anty
Hungary
Budapest
Exztergom
Carol May
Santa
Beveridge’s
Your Gift Centre
Leonard Wasowski
Wasowski
Reds
New York
Lou Mackie
Orillia
Ont
Swift Rapids
Hunter
McLean
Pernis
Rotterdam
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Petra
Finalda
Hull
Harwich
Great Yarmouth
Southend
Thames
By James Spotswood
THE
Mox
Race Rocks
BY Joe Boschee
Tigers
Pats
P.m
City of
City of Medicine
A.D
W. A. Keith
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