Yuill Winner Of JC Contest In Medicine Hat
Willard C. Yuill at 129 Tenth St. N.E. won first prize for best decorated home in the Junior Chamber of Commerce- Medicine Hat News Christmas contest. Idward Ashburner at 110 Eighth St. N.E. took second. W. T. Fleming Ready-to-Wear store won best nativity window display and its manager Doug Fleming will recieve the engraved cup. The street of Crescent Heights was named best display street. Judge Ross Gibson was excluded as a previous winner.
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Willard C. Yuill
Tenth St. N.E
Chamber of Commerce- Medicine Hat News
Idward Ashburner
Eighth St. N.E
W. T. Fleming
Osheatemran
Banth St
Crescent Heights
Dad Eter
Ley
Ross Gribson
Belfast St. Voth
Santa
Gibson
Yuill
Pope Pius Pleads For Union In Christmas Message
Vatican City AP Pope Pius urged global Christian unity to oppose militant atheism in his annual Christmas address delivered in Italian from the consistorial ball. The broadcast reached 23 languages as he called for unity within the church and social justice across capitalism and communism.
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Vatican City
Pius
College of Cardinals
Vatican
Jesus Christ
European Diary notes quirky European travel scenes and people
WAMBURG’s airport dining room features a fine Avro-Canadian Jetliner drawing. Berlin residents discuss makeshift brandy from spiritus, sugar, and essence costing far less than store bottles. A steam bath sausage stalls line Berlin streets. In Munich Knut Risan and crew fly a Scandi Dakota between Oslo, Frankfurt, and Vienna, tracing postwar air routes and personal ties.
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Wamburg
Christiansson Embree Hunt Begins Once Again
Two Regina youths Ron Christiansson aged 20 and Reg Embree 24 broke out of the city jail on November 3 after being held at the CPR depot. They reportedly spent November 4 in the gravel pit and allegedly stole a milk delivery truck, passing a police blockade on Dunmore Hill early November 5.
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Regina
California
Ron Christiansson
Reg Embree
C.P.R
W. A. Woolfrey
Dunmore Hill
Chennault Claims Air Line Ownership in Hong Kong Case
In Hong Kong the Supreme Court refused to allow Claire Chennault to intervene in a bid to seize Central Air Transport Corp property. CATC workers defected to the Reds seek an injunction to halt removal of planes and gear. Chennault earlier announced purchase of the line and CNAC, with Pan American unsure of CNAC ties.
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Hong Kong
Supreme Court
Claire L. Chennault
Central Air Transport Corp
CATC
Reds
Chem
Chennault
Civil Air Transport Corp
China National Aviation Corp
Pan American Airways
CNAC
Two Die In Gas Filled Calgary Home Fire
In Calgary early today two people died from gas asphyxiation in a six room home that later exploded into flames. Grandfather W A Larawey and his grandson Darrall Cull, age 2, perished. Darrall’s sister Deidre was rescued by firefighters after nearly two hours of artificial respiration. Mrs Violet Cull, the mother, was away from home.
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Calgary
W. A. Larawey
Darrall Cull
Darrall
Deidre
Laraway
Violet Cull
Unorthodox Sask College Receives 100000 Legacy
Rex Beach endowed Notre Dame College of Saskatchewan with a bequest of more than 100000 for a new building. The ramshackle campus 28 miles south of Regina houses 200 to 250 students who pay 30 dollars monthly if possible. Founded in 1926 by Rev. Athol Murray, the non-sectarian Catholic college emphasizes hockey and football with notable athletic pride.
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Wilcox, Sask
Notre Dame College of Saskatchewan
Rex Beach
Beach
Notre Dame
Regina
North America
Athol Murray
Murray
United States
Canada
Victoria Adopts City Manager Plan In Canadian First
Victoria which has 62,000 residents will become Canada's 36th city to use a city manager system after voters approved by 6 744 to 1 691 in the December civic election. The council moved quickly to adopt two bylaw changes and invite applications by January 22. The city will be the first in British Columbia to use this form. Quebec leads in Canada with 30 cities using managers.
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British Columbia
Canada
B.C
Quebec
New Brunswick
Alberta
Lethbridge
United States
Cincinnati
Calgary Police Offer Free Safe Ride On Christmas Eve
Calgary police traffic squad will provide a driver for motorists who have consumed too much liquor. An officer will drive the motorist home or move the car to the police lot at no charge. Last Christmas Eve had 47 accidents with 15 injuries and about $5,000 damage.
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Calgary
Dick and Mrs. Rush Age Question Sparks Mischief
A mother asks her son Dick to check Mrs. Rush’s age. Dick returns to report her reply that it’s none of their business how old she is.
U.S. B-50 Bomber Crashes Near Savannah Killing 11
A B-50 bomber from Chatham Air Base crashed in a Savannah River marsh seven miles northwest of Savannah. All 11 airmen aboard were killed. The plane took off at 9 12 pm on a routine training flight to El Paso Texas. Rescue teams report the wreckage buried in spongy marsh mud. The bomber is described as a more powerful B-29 variant.
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Savannah
Chatham Air Force Base
Here
Frederic E. Glanizberg
Chatham Field
el Paso
Tex
Air Force
Japan
Two Saskatchewan jailbreakers arrested in El Paso
Ron Christiansson and Reg Em bree, described as jailbreakers and car thieves from Medicine Hat, were arrested in El Paso Texas today by police chief A R Bell. They were found in possession of a stolen California vehicle and will be dealt with by California authorities before transfer to Canadian police.
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Ron Christiansson
Reg Embree
Medicine Hat
el Paso
Texas
A. R. Bell
Saskatchewan
California
Hey
Fancy Variety Market Drive Hits Canada and U.S. Trail
A Canadian drive to capture the rich fancy variety market follows a crossborder tale of two Alberta youths using false names in a theft spree from Regina to Medicine Hat. Oakland and Alameda police chase the brothers Christianson and Embree, who fled after attempting to sell stolen property amid a wide criminal arc.
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Canada
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Talented General McNaughton Gets New Role at 62
Gen A G L McNaughton will leave as Canada's permanent U.N. delegate to join the international joint commission on January 1. He will be Canadian chairman of the U S Canada defence board and spokesman on the U N atomic energy commission. The commission handles border issues including Windsor water pollution.
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A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada
St. Laurent
McNaughton
United Nations
International Joint Commission
Charles Stewart
Don. J. E. Perrault
Gen. McNaughton
U.s.-Canada Defence Board
U.N. Atomic Energy Commission
Joint Commission
Windsor
Ont
J. A. Glen
Mines and Resources
George Spence
McNuaughton
Fational Research Council
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Canada Sees Sterling Talks As Benign Opposition
Ottawa notes at the forthcoming Commonwealth conference in Ceylon will fix primary focus on sterling nations seeking to save dollars. Canada aims to prevent excessive dollar savings at its expense while Britain pushes the economic angle, aided by Sir Henry Wilson-Smith, treasury official and advisor.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ceylon
Sir Henry Wilson-Smith
The
Treasury
Battered cab driver found dead near Crowland township
Police found Arthur Gough 28 of St Catharines with head injuries in a ditch beside his abandoned taxi on a rural Crowland road. A tracker discovered the body while en route to work. The case marks the district's third fatality in recent days.
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Welland, Ont
Arthur Gough
St. Catharines
Crowlall
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