Canada’s 1951 military outlook faces global risk and buildups
Ottawa previews a year of potential total mobilization if war looms, with a mix of conscription and voluntary recruitment. It foresees a 1951 Army plan sending 10 000 special force troops to Europe and home airborne training to counter Arctic raids, while an expanding Air Force eyes several jet squadrons and overseas postings depending on Canadair output and engine availability.
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Canada
Russia
Army
Europe
North Atlantic Alliance
Air Force
United Kingdom
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RCAF
Canadair
Montreal
Weather Man Puts Thermometer Down
The Canadian Press reports widespread extreme cold across Canada with Winnipeg at 27 below, Ontario and Quebec near record lows, and the Maritimes also very cold. British Columbia stayed mostly above freezing though fog lingered, while Ottawa hit 21 below and other overnight lows included North Bay 25 below and Port Arthur 23 below.
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Chinese Wounded in Calgary Knife Attack
Louie Chum a Chinese pensioner lies seriously injured in hospital after a Christmas Day knife attack. A bloodstained paring knife was found beside him. roomers in the same house reported the discovery. Chum had been in ill health for a long time.
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Calgary
Louie Chum
Cai
US Christmas Holiday Toll Reaches 664 Lives
Chicago AP reports the three day Christmas holiday's toll reached 664 from violent accidents including 515 highway deaths. Ice and snow caused numerous fatalities while 149 more died from other causes such as tires drownings and falls. The period covered 78 hours ending at midnight.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Ridgway Takes Command as Korea Front Gears for Offensive
North Korea front lines intensify as Lt Gen Matthew Ridgway assumes command of all Korean U S forces after General Walker’s death. Chinese and Korean Reds mass troops along a 120 mile front from the 38th parallel toward Pusan as UN troops regroup in South Korea.
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Eighth Army
Korea
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Stan Swinton
10Th Corps
Hungnem
Southeast Korea
Pusan
Pohang
Red
Chu Teh
United Nations
United States
Formosa
Red Ching
Plane crash pilot dies while guiding DC-3 to safety
Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 crashes on Mount Okanagan. Captain Quinton Moore and co-pilot Leo Doucette die guiding the plane through a snowbound clearing. A stewardess Lana Franco survives. Fifteen passengers reach Christmas destinations after a miracle escape. Survivors trek four miles through deep snow to reach aid.
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B.C
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Mount Okanagan
Quinton Moore
Vancouver
Leo Doucette
Lana Franco
Sundown
Moore
Here
Doucette
RCAF
Tton
Fire Kills Two Children In Christmas Eve House Fire
In Rocky Mountain House Alberta two children Mavis and Brenda McGrath died from asphyxiation in a Christmas Eve blaze. Five week old Darlene McGrath was hospitalized in serious condition. Mr and Mrs Clayton McGrath were visiting neighbors and returned to find the home engulfed in smoke. Clayton rescued the children. Brenda died within hours and Mavis after four days.
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Darlene McGrath
Clayton McGrath
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PPCLI Christmas Camp In Korea Brightens War Feelings
In Pusan Korea Santa Claus visits Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at their Christmas tree session and turkey dinner. Gifts from Canadian and Swedish auxiliaries arrive as Lt Col J R Stone urges thank you notes and Reflects on spending Christmas far from home amid UN forces in Korea.
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Col. Stone
Pte
Rey Lapointe
Ottawa
Gulli Gunnarson
Gothenburg
Sweden
Starr Swedish Red Cross
U.N
Hwhrold Hayes
George Voth
Edmonton
John Paille
Winnipeg
Dick Robinson
Reronto
Cpl
Kerry Dunphy
Carleton Place
Ont
Ill-Fated Plane Made Three Runs
Iris McClelland of Penticton, a survivor of the Okanagan crash, said the DC3 left Vancouver twice and returned both times before the ill fated flight to Calgary. Passengers were asked about refunds on the second return. She heard talk of icing on the wings before the crash.
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B.C
Okanaga
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Vancouver
Calgary
Iris McClelland
CPA
Smilestones: Believers in luck seek harder work’s reward
People who trust luck feel that the more they labor, the more they must strive to attract fortune. The piece explores how optimism and effort intersect in shaping everyday attitudes toward luck.
Quiet Christmas traffic in Calgary with few accidents
Calgary police reported the quietest Christmas in years with two injuries, no dangerous or drunken driving arrests, and only one accident causing more than $75 in damage. In North Battleford, fire damaged the First Baptist church just before services, with four hours of effort in a 25 mph wind and about $10 000 in losses. Alberta coal output dropped by 100 584 tons in November versus a year earlier. Vatican notes World Catholics to pray more for peace amid the six month extension proposal.
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Calgary
North Battleford
Sask
First Baptist
Edmonton
Alberta
Moscow to Award Stalin Peace Prizes
The Moscow radio named a 12 member committee to award the first Stalin Peace Prizes of 100 000 rubles each to five to ten people who strengthen world peace. Chairman is Prof. Dimitri Skobeltsky. vice chairs include Prof. Kuo Mo-Jo and Louis Aragon.
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Moscow Radio Today
Stalin
Dimitri Skobeltsky
Moscow State University
Ussr Academy of Sciences
Kuo Mo-Jo
all-China Associations of Workers of Literature and Art
Louis Aragon
U S Air Force Plans Emergency Mobilization To Fourfold Strength
The U S Air Force aims to quadruple its wartime strength by late 1953 undersecretary McCone said. The program doubles air force groups men and bases within two years, with production lines reviving and 25 bases re opened since June. The plan targets 100 groups in two years and nearly 200 by end of 1953 as part of a 5 000 000 man force.
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Wasthington
John A. McCone
Air Force
McCone
Yars
Stone of Destiny Stolen From Abbey By Suspected Scots
England and Scotland halted on a border search as Scotland Yard hunted for the Stone of Scone stolen from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day. Police suspect extreme Scottish nationalists amid reports the relic was taken after a Christmas Eve service, severing a fragment from the coronation throne.
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England
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Scotland Yard
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Scone
Scoon
Northern Ireland
Kenneth I
Two Die in Edmonton Holiday Road Tragedy
Edmonton reports two deaths and eight injuries from traffic accidents over the holiday weekend as icy streets caused 50 minor collisions. The deceased are Mike Czernys, a 25 year old Edmonton cabinet maker, and Frank Nourse, a Stettler district farmer. Czernys died while helping pull a stuck car from a ditch on the Calgary Edmonton highway near Nisku. Nourse died in a head on crash four miles south of Stettler. three of his children were injured in the crash.
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Edmonton
Mike Czernys
Frank Nourse
Stettler
Czernys
Calgary-Edmonton
Nisku
Here
Nourse
Hotel burglar steals visitor's Christmas cash cheques bonds
Edmonton report says Stanley Petifer of Aklavik NT lost 13050 dollars in cash 81000 in hotel room on Christmas Eve. The remaining losses included 11900 in cheques and 150 in bonds.
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Edmonton
Stanley Petifer
Aklavik
Fire destroys Central garage in Gimli
A blaze gutted the Central garage in Gimli early yesterday destroying fifteen trucks tractors and cars. Damage was estimated at $90 000.
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Man
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