Restful Day for Churchill in Ottawa Ahead of Talks
Prime Minister Churchill rests in Ottawa preparing for talks with Louis St Laurent and cabinet. He to wreath war dead, brief Commonwealth officials, lunch with high commissioners, and brief Truman discussants. Notes arrival from Washington and possible Malaya appointment.
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Churchill
St. Laurent
Canada
Parliament
Parliamentary
Commonwealth
Middle
Far East
Truman
Washington
Rideau Hall
Viscount Alexander
New York
Lord Ismay
Lord Cherwell
Roderick McGricor
Gerald Templer
Imperial General Staff
Britain
Malaya
Templer
Strike Boon for Some as Toronto Transit Strikes On
Toronto residents without cars cope with a streetcar and bus strike by hitching rides from neighbors, enduring longer walks or delays. Some drivers and riders share tales of improvising transport, while others face missed appointments, sales, and entertainment options during the disruption.
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Toronto
Yonge Street
Bloor Street
Queen
Bay
Blind Date Turns Out to Be Fiancee
Derek Turnbull, a 27 year old English student, arrived with his 24 year old fiancee Gladys Robson from Wardley England for Penn State Delta Chi fraternity dance. Fraternity members contributed nearly $1000 to bring her to STATE COLLEGE for the event.
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State College
Delta Chi Fraternity
Derek Turnbull
Penn State College
Gladys Robson
Wardley
England
Miss Robson
Three Children Die In Frame House Fire
Three children aged 5 2 and 1 2 were killed in a frame house fire in Wanstead Ontario. The Knudson family escaped through back windows with a 6 year old sister Dorothy Jaqueline who was severely burned and hospitalized. Parents S M Knudson suffered severe shock. A visitor Bride Kirk also present.
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Wanstead
Ont
Sarnia
Leland George Knudson
David Frederick
Stuart Williams
S. M. Knudson
Dorothy Jaqueline
Bride Kirk
Dorothy
Sarnia, Ont
Costliest Week for UN Air Forces Since War Began
U N air forces suffered their heaviest week of losses in the Korean conflict as Communist jets downed 12 MiG-15s and damaged 14 others while U S Fifth Air Force claimed 12 MiG-15s shot down and 14 damaged. Ground forces raided Communist positions with light to moderate clashes. Overall, 16 U N aircraft were lost, outpacing the prior weekly average of about 10. Far East Air Forces tallied 201 destroyed and 336 destroyed or damaged for Red aircraft since the war began. Naval planes and ships faced snow squalls but pressed attacks on both Korean coasts.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
United States Fifth Air Force
U.S. Eighth Army
Far East Air Forces
U S Rejects Russ Protests Over Europe Aid Bill
Washington says it rejected a second Russian protest claiming U S funds earmarked for stemming Communism in Europe are used for anti-Soviet activity. The note was delivered to the U S embassy in Moscow three days earlier and repeats calls to repeal the mutual security act governing aid and rearmament programs. Lincoln White from the State Department stated the United States stood by its prior response.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Moscow
Lincoln White
State Department
Pacific Paper board Co Main Plant Destroyed by Fire
A massive blaze in Longview Washington destroyed the main plant of the Pacific Paper board Co causing about 3 million dollars in damage. All 36 swing shift workers were accounted for and the origin of the fire remained undetermined.
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Longview
Wash
Pacific Paperboard Co
Mintes
Inflammable sweaters sweep U.S. wide alert
Reported cases traceable to itinerant peddlers show sweaters exploding in flames after buyers incur risk. Police chiefs in New Jersey and New York warn wearers, while California and Providence authorities identify makers and source cloth from New York.
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New York
Los Angeles
United States
Earl Hoyer
Middletown
N.J
Albany
N.Y
G. Coffey
Coast
California
John G. Degenkolb
Providence
R.I
UK Soldier Killed in Tel El Kebir Attack
One British soldier was killed and three wounded when Egyptian terrorists struck railroad freight yards at Tel El Kebir. An explosion injured a British locomotive engineer. Troops rushed to the scene and Coldstream Guards joined a four man patrol. Earlier raids targeted two Egyptian villages south of the Sweet Water canal along the Ismailia Abu Suweir road.
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Ismailia
Suez
Reuters
Tel el Kebir
Middle East
Britain
Coldstream Guards
Here
Sweet Water Canal
Abu Suweir
Cold Prairie Morning Sets Record Lows
Very cold air blankets the prairies with all regions below zero. Prince Albert records 41 below as a Gulf of Alaska storm approaches, moderating Alberta temps Sunday to near 20 above at Lethbridge and 5 above near Edmonton, then returning to cold with northerly winds. Medicine Hat sees cloudy skies and intermittent snow ending this afternoon, milder Sunday, low around 10 below tonight, high near 10 above tomorrow.
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Prairies
Prince Albert
Gulf of Alaska
British Columbia
Medicine Hat
Carlsen Declines Hollywood Offer for Flying Enterprise Saga
Falmouth England Kurt Carlsen 37 declines film and story rights offering between 30900 and 40000 pounds for his Flying Enterprise voyage. He seeks only to return home to Woodbridge New Jersey with his wife and daughters and to captain another ship. Insurance on the ship totals 800000. cargo insurance separate. Georgi Malenkov touted as Stalin successor by government press.
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Falmouth
England
Kurt Carlsen
Hollywood
Flying Enterprise
Carlsen
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Woodbridge
N.J
Hans Isbrandtsen
Isbrandtsen Lines
Carlen
Isbrandtsen
Two Medicine Hat Lads Embark on World Tour
Nelson Mathieson and Terry Swanson, both from Medicine Hat, began a two year world journey after sailing Friday from Saint John aboard the Empress of Canada. Each carries about 600 and will start in Britain, then travel via the Netherlands France Spain Italy South Africa and India before Australia New Zealand and Canada. Swanson is son of a retired CPR locomotive engineer. Mathieson worked at a Medicine Hat railway.
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N.B
Medicine Hat
Nelson
Lefty
France
Spain
Italy
South Africa
India
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Canada
Swanson
C.P.R
Mathieson
Greek Orthodox Church Faces Wide-Span Seizure Plan
Arch bishop Syridon warned he would close all churches under his authority if the government seizes church estates under a new constitution. The measure targets estates over 100 acres to be distributed to landless cultivators, with church and monastery lands mostly implicated.
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Athens
Greece
Syridon
Orthodox Church In
Search area narrowed after debris sighted near stricken freighter
Debris and cargo were spotted southeast of the Pennsylvania’s last position prompting a shift in search plans. Aircraft and surface ships reduce search from 10,800 to 600 square miles as six planes and six ships sweep the area at daybreak. Moderate seas and warmer weather aid the effort to locate the crew.
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Seattle
Pennsylvania
Stonetown
Coast Guard
Vancouver Island
Road Report Notes Winter Weather Impacts
Road conditions vary with wind and snow. No. 1 east heavy but passable with poor visibility. No. 1 west heavy near Tilley with single track. No. 3 west good though edge ice. Monalta blade out and opened. Hilda Schuler heavy in spots.
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Tilley
Monalta
Hilda Schuler
Smilestones Exchange Sparks Birthday Cash Banter
A brief exchange features reminders of a $25 debt and playful promises. One speaker jokes about sending the money on the recipient’s birthday with congratulations, while the other replies to simply send the $25 and receive a self-congratulatory note.
Soggy money found in Jackson gardens spreads $930
Residents along South Congress street found scattered currency after a cab driver claimed a fare tossed $4,000 from a taxi window. Police recovered $150 from a drainage ditch and $100 bills from a resident's alley as others joined the soggy money hunt.
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Jackson
Miss
South
Congress Street
Valentines
Junior Clark
Clark
UN approves western led standing army plan at UNGA
The United Nations General Assembly backed a standing international army framework to deter future aggression by 51 votes to five with three abstentions, despite strong Soviet bloc opposition. Argentina Indonesia and India abstained as the plan, echoing Dean Acheson’s unity for peace concept, seeks veto free action in threats to peace.
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Paris
Reuters
United Nations General Assembly
Argentina
Indonesia
India
Dean Acheson
United States
la Ee
UN General Assembly
Security Council
Russia
Soviet Trade Mission in Tokyo Aims to Woo Japan
Tokyo sources say Russia plans to keep a trade mission in Tokyo to woo Japan away from the West. The mission would operate with limited diplomacy, focusing on economics, amid a reshaped Soviet presence in Japan as the Allied peace treaty nears ratification.
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Tokyo
Russia
Addied Council
Allied Council
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