Canada Christmas in Korea Brightened by Clear Skies
Canadian and British troops in Korea spent a rough Christmas day with overcast skies and mud yet shared meals and gifts. Brig. J. R. Rockingham visited 20 units and urged continued effort. Santa and post parcels arrived, including a gift of parka hoods and gloves for Korean children.
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Canada
Korea
Royal 22Nd Regiment
Princess Patricias
Royal Canadian Regiment
J. R. Rockingham
Santa
R.C.R
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
A. Howse
St. Thomas, Ont
Maj
Jack Peterson
Reds claim large prisoner totals in Korea report
The Communists say 726 Americans are captured with 571 dead and 155 escaped or released none returned to UN lines. The UN calls the disclosure shocking while noting 726 were not in last week’s prisoner list. The Reds also cite 332 other missing Americans and request source details.
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U.N
North Korea
R. E. Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Reds
International Red Cross
Private Citizens Offer Funds to Free U.S. Airmen
Private citizens in scattered areas promise to raise 360000 florins per airman to pay fines and avoid three months in jail after Hungary convicted four U.S. airmen for border violations. Robert Vogeler coordinates efforts. airmen vanished over Hungary on a supply flight from Germany to Belgrade in November. Representation of Vogeler by AT&T linked to prior detention and coerced confession repudiation.
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Washington
Hungary
U.S
Robert Vogeler
New York
State Department
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vogeler
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Budapest
Red
New York City Population Projections For 1960 and 1970
The New York City planning department reports an expected population of 8,280,000 in 1960 and 8,570,000 by 1970, based on the 1950 census figure of 7,890,000 residents.
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New York
New York City
City Department of Planning
Egypt King Farouk Moves Toward West Ties Amid Unrests
Cairo reports indicate King Farouk seeks a Western aligned path in the Cold War as protests erupt over the appointment of pro Western Hafez Afifi Pasha. Police disperse student crowds in Alexandria and Cairo with tear gas and alerts while Wafd leaders weigh the palace move.
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Cairo
Farouk
Russia
Alexandria
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Britain
Afifi
Egypt
Sudan
Suez Canal Zone
Middle East
One Sharp Action On Christmas Day
Snow and wind slowed fighting across the Korean front on Christmas Day. A single sharp action occurred as a Chinese battalion attacked positions on the eastern front while UN forces held. Chinese patrols on the western front tried crossing the Sachon river but were repelled by allied forces as cease fire talks stall.
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Seoul
Korea
Panmuniom
United Nations
Sachon
Panmunjom
Glasgow mayor seeks confrontation after traitor paint stunt
Sir Victor Warren mayor of Glasgow, faced a paint smear calling him traitor on his home. He challenged the unknown to meet him at the cenotaph at noon, but the crowd watched as no one appeared. He blamed agitators for Scottish independence for the vandalism and criticized the home rule movement.
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Glasgow
Scotland
A.P
Victor Warren
George Square
Sir Victor
Canada
United States
London
Quisling
Near-Record Toll For US Christmas
Violent accidents during the Christmas period produced 47 deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight local time. Traffic crashes caused over 500 fatalities, fires 100, and miscellaneous violent incidents 139. The four-day toll exceeds 761 from the 1936 holiday and 724 in 1950. Miners’ deaths from a West Frankfort coal mine blast are not included.
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Chicago
United States
West Frankfort
Ill
Road Report Warns of Slippery Highways and Heavy Spots
Road Report No 1 East is slippery in spots and in fair condition. No 1 West is fair to Calgary but slippery in places. No 3 West is slippery around Grassy Lake yet traffic moves freely. Monalta is very heavy between Elkwater and Thelma, otherwise good to Elkwater. Side roads are packing down. For any out of city trips carry chains and a shovel due to changeable weather. Extreme caution on all roads.
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Calgary
Grassy Lake
Monalta
Elkwater
Thelma
Union shop boss shot to death during Bemis Bay strike
In Jackson Tennessee the business agent of a CIO union on strike at Bemis Bay Company was shot in the face with a .38 pistol. Sheriff Emory O Bruce said Cecil Cooke fired the weapon after Lowell Simmons distributed urged return to work circulars. Cooke was charged with murder.
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Jackson
Tenn
CIO
Bemis Bay Company
Emory
Bruce
Lowell Simmons
Cecil Cooke
Cooke
King Broadcasts In Weak Voice Amid Christmas Address
The King delivered a five minute Christmas Day broadcast recorded Friday. He spoke from Sandringham about recovery from his lung operation and thanked God for blessings despite a hard era. He praised the British people and urged tolerance within the Commonwealth.
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London
Commonwealth Empire
Sandringham Palace
Duke of Windsor
Cold air from northwest Canada grips western prairies
A cold air outbreak from northwestern Canada spans the prairie provinces with light snow in many areas. The pattern strengthens today through Thursday with temperatures driven well below zero across the district, including Medicine Hat where cloudy skies, occasional snow, and light winds prevail and temperatures dip to 15 below at night and 10 below at the high tomorrow.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Medicine Hat
Apology Exchange Over Wallet Mixup
Smilestones records a brief exchange where one person apologizes for wrongly accusing another of stealing a wallet. The other acknowledges the misunderstanding and both admit they were mistaken.
Bow River floods soak Calgary basements on Christmas Day
Bow river water seeped into basements in Sunny Side Hillhurst and along the south bank. Ice on the river remained largely unchanged with a possible channel underneath. residents pumped water 24 hours a day and some homes lacked furnaces due to flooding. Police reported no incidents overnight as freezing conditions persisted. In Arkansas, Dr J I Morris was knocked down by an automobile driven by Dr F S Dozier with minor injuries treated.
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Calgary
Bow River
Sunnyside
Hillhorse
Hillhurst
Third
Fifth Streets
Marianna, Ark
J. I. Morris
F. S. Dozier
H. D. Bogart
Morris
W. C. Hays Jr
Helgoland to Begin Return After War Ruins Rebuilt
Helgoland residents numbering about 2,500 natives plan a staged return to their 130 acre island in the North Sea by 1952 after seven years on the mainland. They faced massive postwar ruin from German fortifications and bomb damage and reconstruction is priced at about 47 million marks.
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William D. Wylie
Ottawa
Wylie
Edmonton
Social Credit
RPM
Bonn
Germany
Helgoland
North Sea
Hitler
Gibraltar
Hallmar
Europe
Britain
One Death In Alberta Boxing Day Tragedies Highlight Holiday
The Canadian Press reports on a patchwork Boxing Day across Canada with many workers off and others working. Fatal incidents include a Shawinigan Falls shooting, a Kenora fire killing two mothers and three children, traffic deaths in British Columbia, a Nova Scotia drownings, and a fatal scalding in N S. Police credit Toronto with a low crime day due to anti drunk driving efforts. Gov Gen Viscount Alexander and Lady Alexander spent Christmas morning with family.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
Shawinigan Falls
Que
Kenora
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Montreal Forum
Viscount Alexander
Lady Alexander
Ottawa
Two Mothers and Three Children Die in Xmas Morning Fire
A Christmas morning fire trapped two mothers and three children in a two storey log and frame house in KPNORA Ontario. Victims are Mrs. Louis Pero and her children Jackie and Linda, and Mrs. Delia Haller and her daughter Catharine. Caesar Caron and his grandsons Peter and George escaped. neighbors and police described a swift, deadly blaze with an overheated stove cited as a possible cause.
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Kpnora
Ont
Ontario
Louis Pero
Fort William
Jackie
Linda
Delia Haller
Catharine
Caesar Caron
Peter
George Caron
George
Steve Konoby
D. J. Mason
John Pike
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