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JANUARY

-U.s. senators interview Igor sauzenioa in Montreal. 18-Senator W. H. Dennis. 60. Halifax newspaper publisher, dies. 20-Ontario highways minister Doucett orders probe into Fort William highways division. 24-Undersecretary 01' Hume Wrong. . dies. 25-Mr. Justice R. L. Kellock of supreme Court appointed chair- man of rail conciliation board. 28-Lt.-Gen. Charles Fculkes be- comes Canadian Army's fifth gen- al. "30-Fourteen killed in bus-trans- L port crash at Yamamiche, Que.

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FEBRUARY

1-New 3320.000 transport build-

ing of Canadian Navy, Halifax, collapses.

4-Prime Minister St. Laurent leaves for world tour.

ll-S en a t e approves increase from 30,000 to 310,000 for members of commons and Senate.

12-Montreal police claim break- up of international baby market.

13-Six-month Norvands mine strike settled. Miss Agnes Mac- phail, 83, first woman MP. dies.

1'1-One dead, 87 hurt, when CPR passenger trains collide near Mont- real.

10-Land subsidence damages Canadian Industries Ltd. Windsor plant.

24-Quebec legislative assembly gpprovel provincial income tax.

25-Broulan Reef, Porcupine dis- trict, miners end seven-month strike.

27-Peter Balcombe sentenced to be hanged for murder of Marie Anne Carrier of Biersville. Que- MARCH B-Prime Minister St. Laurent visits Canadian brigade in Korea.

I7-Prime Minister St. Laurent returns horn world tour.

22-Four federal by-elections re- ium two Liberals, two Progres- sive Conservatives.

27-Harry S. Southam, 78, re- tired publisher of Ottawa Citizen,

CS. 30-Toronto. su b w a y ” system opens. 31-senator Walter Jones. 75, former P.E.l. premier. dies. APRIL 6--Federal budget cuts excise tax on small commodities.

8-TCA airliner and BCAF trainer collide over Moose Jaw, 37 dead.

l3-Premier Angus Macdonald of Nova Scotia, 64, dies.

15-Vancouver tug Gielan sinks off Alaska: it drowned.

1&-Detroit Red Wings win Stan- ley Cup four games to three over Montreal Canadians.

23-Raymond Arthur Davies, 46. of Montreal, sentenced to two years for passport fraud.

3mDr. Alfred Valdmanis, 47, ar- ested on charges of defrauding

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10-Three firms. ll mdividuals. dnrged in Ontario highway probe.

11-St. Catdiarines 'l.'eePees win Memorial Cup, beating Edmonton Oil four games to none, one Ied. Pentlcton V's win Allan Cup in seventh game against Sudbury Wolves.

26-Lionel Conacher, MP, 54, Canada's greatest athlete of half- oentury, dies.

20-ECAF Korean airlift ends.

81-Federal Emergency Powers

lot upires. JUNE l-Ernpes-or Haile Selassie of visits Ottawa.

0-Instructor and four sea cadets drown when whales upset! of: Toronto. i 3-Fire destroys five Winnipeg . buildlnli: damage 33,000,000. 13-Collilteo from Hamilton Bur- Fit Stable wins Queen's Plate.

ID-Prime Minister Gum.-hill. Foreign Secretary Eden, visit Ot- tawa.

80-Solar eclipse not visible to observer groups at. Mattice, Ont.

JULY

1-Federal cabinet changes; Harrie succeeds Abbott in finance, Campney sl coeds Claxton in de- fence; Marler as transport minis- ter succeeds Chevrier. now head of It. Lawrence Seaway -Authority.

I-Lightning storm causes S300.-

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11-Senator W. A. Buchanan, 70. Odltor and publisher, dies.

13-Twelve Negro children drown in boat accident on Lake of Two Mountains near Montreal. Two companies, four men. ordered for n-ial in Ontario highways probe.

15-Qulntuplct Marie Dio nn e leaves Quebec convent for health reasons.

17-B..C. Progressive Conserva- tive Association executive votes non- nfidence in National Leader Drew.i Pat Flctche , Saskatoon, wins Canadian open golf title.

I24-Pat Costello, Detroit, wins males and Buffalo Westsldss take team title at Canadian Henley re- gatta.

2&-Tram-C a n a d s Pipelines given conditional permit to build line from Alberta to East.

23-Gansdaito serve on commis- alggi supervising Indochina armis-

30-Field Marshal Earl Alexan- !!er' openglritisn Empire Gem,ee. it moves 3-Duda of Edinburgh on north- ern tour seas first elumiaunsiprv duced at Kitimst, B.C. 4-University of British Colum- bis osrsmcn win eight! st .B.l:. Games; Doug H J . V ilfavyweigiit weight-lifting chain- on.

5--Wilbert Coffin, II, convicted at Perce, Que., of murder of one of three American hunters. , 6--Quintuplet Emilie Dionne. 20, at Sta, Agatha des Monte,

7.mRog r Bannister wins I. ll.

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prison near Montreal. - 1'1-Duke of Edinburgh sails on royal yacht tom Goose Bay, wind- ing up tour of Canadian North. 18-Hallway unions at Ottawa agree to arbitrate dispute. Govern- ment tells U.S. Canada will build canal on Canadian side when traf- flc warrants.

10-Canada to withdraw "sub- stantial proportion” of forces from Korea. 21-1-larvie Ward, San Francisco, wins Canadian amateur golf title.

22-Duchess of Kent and Prin- cess Alexandra arrive at Quebec.

25-Trades and Labor Congress agrees to sign no-raiding pact with CCL

27-Duchess of Kent opens Cana- dian National Exhibition, Toronto. Senator Elie Beauregard, 70, for- mer Senate speaker, dies. 31-Hurricane Carol does 31,000,- 000 damage at Quebec City.

SEPTEMBER l-(. S. McLean, '18, chairman of board of Canada Packers, dies. 8-Toronto Maple Leafs win International Baseball League pen- nant, ousted in playoffs. D-Marilyn Bell, 18, Toronto, swims across Lake Ontario from Youngstown, N.Y., to Toronto. ll-Hurricane Edna causes one death, heavy damage, in Mari- times. l5-Dr. George Dorey of Toronto appointed United Church Modera- tor; general council releases book- let on differences between Protest- ant and Roman Catholic faiths. l7-Mayor Camillien Houde of Montreal announces retirement due to ill-health. Dr. Alfred Valdmanis pleads guilty to defrauding New- foundland government of s200,000, sentenced to four years. 18-Prime Minister St. Laurent in Quebec speech criticizes auton- omy policy of Premier Duplessis. 35 - Peterborough Trailermen win senior lacrosse title beating Victoria Shamrocks four games to one. 26-Premier Duplessis pledges defence of Quebec's rights under BNA 2'1--HMCS Labrador, first war- ship to navigate Northwest Passage reaches Esquimalt; left Halifax July 33. 30-Harry Hicks sworn premier of Nova Scotia.

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4-Colombo plan conference at Ottawa attended by if nations.

5-Federal-provincial tax dead- lock broken when St. Laurent and Duplessis meet at Montreal.

8-Montreal vice probe report orders dismissal of police director Albert Lanllois.

10-Ford Motors' 5,700 workers at Windsor. Ont., strike for. new contract.

15-Eighty-two dead, one miss- ing. damage 524,000,000 as hurri- cane Hazel floods Humber valley and Holland marsh in Ontario.

25-Jean Drapeau elected Mont- real mayor.

2'I-Mrs. Mary Bell, 48, Belle- ville, Ont., acquitted of murder in poison death of husband.

NOVEMBER. 1-Dominion Bank and Bank of Toronto to amalgamate. , 8-Six federal by-elections re- turn four Liberals, one Progres- sive Conservative, one OCF 10 - Visc ount Montgomery arrives at Ottawa. ll-William Breckon of Burling- ton, 0nt.. wins wonld wheat crown at Royal owinter Fair. 12-Field Marshal Montgomery opens Royal Winter Fair. Queen Mother Elizabeth arrives at Ot- tawa from United States. 14-French P r e mier Mendes- France and wife arrive at Quebec. '15-Graham Towers, 57, resigns as governor of Bank of Canada. 17-Queen Mother Elizabeth leaves Ottawa for New York. 18-James E. Coyne. 44, becomes governor of Bank of Canada. Chief Justice E. A. McPherson of Mani- toba, '15, dies. val-Laurier statue unveiled in Quebec City. HMCS Labrador re- turns to Halifax after circling North America. 22-Government arbitrator Chief Justice Sloan of British Columbia awards non-operating railway em- ployees some fringe benefits, rec- ommends subsidizing railways in so? respects.

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In deposits found near Bancroft, Ont.; A. H. McDonald. 35, elected leader of Saskatchewan Liberal party.

27-Edmonton Eskimos beat Montreal Alouettcs 26-25 in Grey Cup. University of Toronto wins intercollegiate rugby title over Uni versity of Western Ontario.

DECEMBER.

1-Stewart Bates succeeds Don- ald Manaur as head of Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. 5-Strike threat called off in Winnipeg transportation. B-George Drew. Opposition lea- der, leaves hospital after treatment, for meningitis.

10-Canso Causeway, 4,200 feet long, wmpleted between Nova Sco- tia mainland and Cape Breton. 11-TCA airliner makes forced landing near Malton airport, 10 passengers and seven crew escape before explosion. Sqdn. Ldr. A.R. Mackenzie. at Ottawa press con- hrsnce tells of :...p.' onment in Red Chins

ll-Prisoners riot at Hesdingley, fall. Ilanitobs. . I0-Toronto city council votes for, probe d mayoral entertainment expenses.

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2...51x;een persons trampled go Marciano wins decision over Ez-i death in Japanese New Year Cele-Jzard C.h3r1e5- U-5- Senale h931'i"-15

bration. 8-Commonwealth finance min- isters conference opens an Sydney, Australia. 10-British Comet a i rli n e r crashes in Mediterranean: 35 dead. 12-Queen Elizabeth opensiNew Zealand Parliament. Alpine ava- lanches cause 200 deaths in Aus- tria. 21-First atomic - powered sub- marine launched at Groton. Conn. FEBRUARY 1-European storms claim more than 40 lives, including 30iin Brit- ain. 3-Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh arrive at Sydney, Australia. Stampede of Hindu pil- grims at Ganges causes 350 deaths. 10-Mario Scelba becomes pre- mier of Italy. 15-Queen opens Australian Par- liament. ' 18-Big Four foreign ministers at Berlin agree on later meeting with Red China at Geneva. 20--Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya lose 119 dead in four-day outbreak. 21-Prime Minister St. Laurent arrives at New Delhi from Pakis- tan. MARCH l-U. S. explodes first H-bomb in Pacific. Five members of US. House of Representatives at Wash- ington wounded when Puerto Ri- cans fire shots from gallery. 4-Twenty killed U. S. Air Force C-47 crash in French Alps. 7-Russia beats Canada (Tor- onto East Yorks) 7-2 in world hockey championship final. l3-British airliner crash at Singapore kills 33; seven saved. 1'1-Prime Minister St. Laurent returns to Ottawa. 27-Dublirrowned R oy al Tan wins Grand National Steeplechase. 28--British troopship E m p i r e Windrush burns at Algiers; four killed, 1,500 saved. APRIL 2wLongshoremen at New York end costly 29-day strike. 5-Pierre S. du Pont, 84, tired chemical magnate, dies. 8-Thirty-seven killed in air collision between TCA plane and RCAF trainer over Moose Jaw. Sask. British airliner vanishes in Mediterranean with 21 aboard. 13-Australia g r a n t s political

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China agree on terms for Indochina

political settlement. i 28-Churvg)2 Sis

29-Guatemala revolution ends' with C01. Alfredo Monzon new head of state.

30-Rio Grande floods leave death toll of 62 in Texas.

JULY .3-Food rationing in Britain

ends after 1454; years. ll-Thousands homeless, 34 dead in Austrian Danube floods. 13-Grantland Rice, 73, dean of U.S. sports writers, dies at New York.

20-Lord Beaverbrook, 75, re- linquishes direct control of Daily Express and associated newspa- pets. Otto John, West Germany intelligence chief, goes behind Iron Curtain.

21-France and Vietminh sign Indochina armistice.

23-British airliner shot down near Hainan island, 10 killed.

26-Red Chinese gunboat and planes fire on US. planes picking up survivors of British airliner off Hainan; two attackers shot down.

27-Britain and Egypt reach agreement over Suez canal zone.

AUGUST

9-Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey sign 20-year mutual defence pact.

15-Clement Attlee and British Laborites entertained by Chinese government at Peiping.

l7-Floods drown 2.000 Moslem pilgrims at Iran shrine; President Eisenhower says US. Navy will protect Formosa.

19-U.S. Congress approves mod- ified bill outlawing Communist party. Alcide de Gasperi, 73, for- mer ltalian-premier, dies.

20-Mobs demanding union of Cyprus with Greece attack British embassies in Greecei 78 injured by police.

2-ipPresident Getulio Vargas of Brazil commits suicide.

30-French National Assembly I rejects Euiopean Defence Com- munity plan. .

31-Hurricane Carol hits north-

asylum to Vladimir Petrov, Rus- Nislern US. at least 37 dead.

sian embassy secretary. 20-Australian police at Darwin,

rescue Mrs. Petrov from Sovi::1ihm.,a

guards on Europe-bound plane. 29-Russian Vembassy staff de- parts from Australia; Australian staff leaves Moscow. T 30-Greek earthquake kills 24 near Athens. MAY 3-Queen Elizabeth unveils Val- etta memorial to 2,300 Common- wealth airmen killed in Malta de- fence. 8-Roger Bannister runs 3259.4 mile at Oxford. 7-Viet Minh troops capture Indochina fortress of Dien Bian Phu. 13-President Eisenhower signs St. Lawrence seaway bill. 15-Queen Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh, return to London after Commonwealth tour. 17-U.S. Supreme Court rules segregation in schools unconstitu- tional.

18-Costello coalition wins Re- public of Ireland election. 22-American evangelist Billy

Graham winds up three-month re- vival campaign in Britain. 26-Fire on U.S. aircraft carrier Bennington off Rhode Island, oi dead. 29-Australian Prime Minister M e nz i e s' coalition government wins third three-year term. ' 80-Pope Pius X proclaimed saint at Vatican City. 3i-Bill Vukovich, Fresno, Cal., wins Indianapolis auto race classic for third time. JUNE 1-U.S. atomic energy commis- sion votes against reinstating Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. 3-Never Say Die first U. 5. horse to win English Derby since 1881. 4-Fifty-six persons injured in riot in Japanese Parliament. 14--Sir Winston Churchill inves- ted as Knight of Garter. 17-Pierre Mendes-France suc- ceeds Laniel as French premier.

SEPTEMBER i piano attacked nff Si- nne naval officer lost, Hillel icscued.

5-Dutch KLM airliner crashes in River Shannon, 28 dead.

7-Kurt Meyer released from British war crimes prison in Ger- many.

B-Southeast Asia defence treaty signed at Manila.

9-Earthquake in Algeria takes more than 1,600 lives.

17-Heavyweight c h a m p i o n Rocky Marciano knocks out Ezzard Charles in eighth round at New York.

23-J a p a n e s e fisherman dies from radiation of March H-bomb test.

28-Nearly 1,3300 lost when ferry capsizes in Japanese typhoon.

28-British Labor party ousts Aeurin Bevan from executive.

29-Britain p 1 e d g e s to keep troops, airmen, in Europe. ocroai-:1: l-New York Giants win world; series four straight over Cleveland. 3-Nine- power conference at. London agrees on West Germani rearmament. ' 5-Italy and Yugoslavia agree. on zones in Trieste. 9-Louisville wins little world series four games to one over Syr- acuse. 12-Prime Minister Daniel Malan South Africa, retires at B0. ! l5-Hurricane Hazel and floods, take 82 lives, one missing, in On- tario; property damage s24,000,000. '18-British cabinet changes in clude Harold. Macmillan succeed- ing Earl Alexander as defence min- ister.

19-Haiti landslide takes 26f lives. Britain and Egypt six treaty to end Suez canal zone occu- pation in 20 months.

23-Fifteen nations at Paris sign treaties for West German rearma ment within NATO.

26-Queen Mother Elizabeth sr rives at New York. Italian Ian" slides take 217 lives near Salerno

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2'1-Admiral Earl ltluiiilblllitill 54, becomes first sea lord.

28-Nobel lit c r a t u r e prize awarded American writer Ernest Hemingway. ,

30-British dock workera' strike ends alter 26-day tieup.

31-Queen M 0 t h e r Elizabethi given honorary degree at Colum-

ia University, New York. US. Navy transport plane, 42 aboard, lost in Atlantic. ,

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2-U.S. elections: House of Rep- resentatives, Democrats 232, Re- publicans 204; Senate, Democrats. 48, Republicans, 47, Independent 1

3-English-speaking Union din her at New York presents Queen Mother with s433,000 for George VI Memorial Fund for Common- wealth students. '

7-U. S. Air Force plane at- tacked by Russian-built fighters over Japan, one dead, 10 injured.

13-National party governmentj returned in New Zealand elections.1

Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Na- guib deposed as Egyptian presi- dent

17-Russia at UN agrees to join, committee arranging international conference on atomic energy. T

18-British Commons by 264-4 ap , proves West German rearmaments Queen Mother Elizabeth sails 101 home from New York.

22-Andrei Vishinsky, sia's chief UN delegate, New York, . .

23-Peiping radio reports l3 Americans captured in Korea sen- tenccd to long terms as alleged spies. , 28-Enrico Fermi, 53, famed- atomic scientist, dies. Fire at isw tanbul, Turkey, d e s t r o y s i,800' shops. 30-Sir Winston Churchill marks 80th birthday at Westminster H.111 celebration in London. Johannes Strijdom succeeds Malan as South Africa's prime minister. T DECEMBER ! 2-Pope, Pius, weak from in ternal disturbances, gravely ill fol lowing heart attack. U. S. Senate censures Joseph McCarthy for fail-, ing to co-operate with sub-commit-i tee investigating his finances and for acting contrary to senatorial ethics. U.S. and Nationalist China sign mutual defence pact. 5-Sqdn. Ldr. A. R. MacKenzie,

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Neitz, last German held for war famed U.S. lawyer, dies at New crimes against Canadians. released York.

from militarg prison in Germarw. ll-U.S. aircraft carrier restal, 59,650 tons, christened.

12-River Shannon floods cause New York. 26 dead.

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