DBCEMBER 31.; 1252

THE GUARDLAN.

Canada .

By The canadian Press

JANUARY

2: 32,000,000 fire at R.CA.F. ro- pair depot, Trenton, Ont. .

4: Toronto street-car and bus workers start wages strike.

7: Fire at Sept lies. Que, causes 31,000,000 damage:

8: -Fire in business block at Pembroke. Ont, 8500.000 damage.

9: American freighter Pennsyl- vania abandoned northwest of Vancouver island by 46 crew of whom no trace found.

10: Ottawa cases restrictions on consumer credit.

14: Gas explosion at Stellarton, N. 8., mine takes 19 lives; Prime Minister Churchill addresses state dinner at Ottawa.

19: Peter Firstbrook and Mar- lene Smith win Canadian figure skating titles at Oshawa. Ont.

22: Toronto street-car ends after 19-day tie-up.

24: Vincent Massey named first Canadian-born Governor-General.

FEBRUAE Y

0: Canada proclaims Queen El- izabeth II as new monarch.

11: Canadals population listed as 14,000,429 from 1951 census.

1'3: Canada to equip and man jet squadrons for Nato; Sir Allen Ayiesworth, 97, Canada's last titled senator, dies at Toronto.

16: Viscount Alexander. retiring governor-general, ieaves Ottawa to become British Defence Minister.

19: Brig. M. P. Bogert to sue- ceed Brig. J. M. Rockingham as commander ,0! 25th Brigade in Korea. s

25: Outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Saskatchewan.

26: Rural, -village schoolteachers end month-long strike in Nova Scotia. I .

28: Vincent Massey sworn in as

governor - general, opens Parlia- ment. - 20: First 200 of diseased cattle

shot by R.C.M. P. near Regina. MARCH

3: Canada bans immigrants from European foot-and-mouth areas.

0: Canadian dollar at premium in New York. out time in 14 years: detectives Edmund Tong and Roy Perry wounded in Toron-

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'1: Steve Suchan, suspect in To- ronto shooting. wounded and cap- tured by Montreal police; Mani- toba wins Canadian curling cham- pionship. ,

10: willie Bruentjen, German immigrant, cleared of suspicioii as cattle disease can er.

11: Leonard ackson. second suspect in Toronto shooting, wounded and captured in Mont-

real.

13: British Columbia. permits sale of colored margarine.

15: robber, captured at Toronto.

19: Main federal estimates reach largest peacetime total. 84,335,800,- 00

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33: Edmund Tong dies of wounds at Toronto.

24: Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees expels secre- tary-treasurer James McGuire.

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Edwin Boyd, escaped bank MOT

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1 Federal budgetary surplus for 1951-52 fiscal year s248.000.000

APRIL

21- Figures show Canada leading commonwealth oil producer 1951; Canadian Parliament en- dorses Nato co-operation by 172 to 21

6: Ice-choked flood partially destroys Saskatchewan river bridge near Swift Current.

8: Canadian budget cuts income tax 6 per cent but adds 20 per cent defence surtax.

9: Federal Government puts 25- cent floor price on beef.

ll: Tillsonburg Livlngstons beat Winnipeg in senior basketball final.

15: Detroit beats Montreal four straight in Stanley Cup hockey

n . 16: Railways ordered to reduce freight rates on east-west goods.

21: Queen Juliana of Nether- lands visits Ottawa.

23: 95,000,000 Vancouver water- front tire. p

2'1: Heat wave at Winnipeg with temperature 92.

28: New foot-and-mouth out- break discovered near Regina.

MAY

2: Dr. J. G. Endicott at Toronto alter trip to Communist China repeats charges of UN germ war- iare; Guelph Blltmores beat Re- gina Pats four straight in Memor- ial Cup; Fort Frances Canadians win Allan Cup four games to one over Btratlord.

3: Ottawa Little Theatre wins Dominion Drama Festival at Saint John; third foot-and-mouth out- break near Weyburn, Basic.

4: Riots and fires cause 5100000 danliage at Bordeaux Jail, Mont- rea. :

6: More than 600 attend Toron- to testimonial dinner to Gen. H. D. G. Crerar.

15: Brig. J. M. Rocklngham re- turns to Vancouver from Korea.

18: 31,500,000 loss when Royal Muskoka Hotel burns near Bala. Ont. . . 21: McKee Aviation Trophy to P. C. Garratt of Toronto de Hav- illand plant; 5125.000 in gold bars stolen from East Malartic mine.

24: 93rd Queen's Plate won by Epigram, Toronto Three V's stable.

20: Liberals lose three seats to Progresiva Conservatives in six federal by-elections.

30: W. C. Thomson resigns as Ontario Liberal party leader.

JUNE

2; Ford Motor Company office- workera end two-week strike at Windsor, Out.

4: Rev. J. A. Mclnnis, or-illia, 0nt., elected Presbyterian Moder-

5: Liner Scythia. collides with collier Wabana near Gaspe, one of collier crew lost

'1: Sadao Iguchi. Japan's first post-war ambassador to Canada, arrives at Vancouver.

11: CCF wins Saskatchewan el-

plocial Credit 19. CC? 19. others

is: Fire at st. Urbain, Quebec, ifoalves 350 homeless. damage 3590,.

18: Canadian Government an nounces own plans for st. Law- rence Seaway.

16: Fred Thibeault and six chil- dren die in fire near North Bay. Ont., eighth victim died later.

19: Staff Sgt. J. M. Young sent-

in enced to two years as Petawawa

atripty camp theft-conspiracy trials s a .

24: Canada's three-year target 33; armed forces boosted to 120.-

JULY

6: 8200.000 damage in Ontario Reformatory riot at Guelph: L. A. Taschereau, former Quebec Liberal Premier. dies at .85.

10: Gas-pit explosion at. Glace Bay, N. S.

.11: Probe juvenile drug traffic at Vancouver.

Jaslper Park Lodge burned at Alberta mountain resort.

16: Quebec election returns Du- plessls Government by 69-24.

19: Johnny Palmer of Baden, N.

0.. posts record 203 to win Canad- '

ian open golf title at Winnipeg. .22: Seven killed in bomber-jet fighter collision near Bagotvllle

Que.

25: Watchmaker Genereux Ruest hanged at Montreal for Quebec airliner time-bombing in 1949.

26: Joe Angyal of New York wins Canadian single sculls title at Port Dalhousiie Henley.

28: British Columbia lumbermen end six-week strike.

AUGUST

1: Social Credit Government takes office in BC. under Pre- mier W. A. C. Bennett: one pris- oner killed in Bordeaux Jail riot, Montreal.

2: Chinese Communists at world Red Cross meeting, Toronto,spurn probe of germ warfare charges.

Ci: Ca.nada.' beats Mexico five

straight in i..i.v.s Cup zone tennis semi-final.

5: Social Credit wins fifth straight Alberta election with 52 of ill seats: George Mcculiagh. Toronto newspaper publisher, dies at 4'1.

9: Marlene Stewart retains Can- adian women's closed golf cham- pionship.

11: U. 8. beats Canada 4-1 in North American Davis Cup zone tennis final. 1

16: Major Desmond-Burke, Tor- onto. wins Governor-General! gold medal at Dominion i-lilo shoot; Edean Anderson. Helena. Mont... wins Canadian women's open golf title at Edmonton. ,

19: Foot-and-mouth outbreak in Canada officially declared ended.

23: B.C. wins lnten-provincial wiliingdon Cup golf at Vancou- ver.

29: Ontario and Federal Gov- ernments sign five-year tax agree- ment.

30: Larry Bouchey of California wins Canrulian amateur golf title.

31: Henry Bourassa, 84, French- Canadian nationalist and Journal- ist, dies at Montreal.

S EPTEMBER

6: CBC opens first Canadian television at Montreal.

'1: Canadian Pacino liner Prin- cess Kathleen sinks of! Alaska: all passengers and crew rescued.

8: CBC opens Toronto televis- ion stations; Edwin Boyd, Steve Suchan, Leonard and William Jackson escape from Toronto jail. 10: Rev. A. A. Scott, Carleton Place, Ont., elected moderator of United Church of Canada at Hamilton.

11: Transport Minister Chevrier announces s7.300,000 harbor ex- pansion for Montreal.

16: Boyd gang recaptured in barn near Toronto.

19:,start centenary celebrations of Laval University at Quebec;

Harry Chappell succeeds A. R Mosher as president of Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employ-

oction by big majority. 12: BC. provincial election gives

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We wish oi: this season of the year to ei('l;end:i'o everyone'l'he compliments of the

Season" and Best Wishes for the New Year.

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opporiunily of thanking one and all for their

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COUNICIILLORS G. R. Koofo P. R. MoCormoe Arthur Gormioy Illnor Moobonold

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CHARLOTTETOWN ees; Masher becomes honorary NOVEMBER down in Army Works Services. C 3. height eolluioa soar Grav- p"'u""' 8: Maurice Richard of Canad- 15: U'5- ”"'m'3”" 1”” W 9&l11"9-039

22: Progressive Conservatives de- feat Liberal Government in New Brunswick election by 38 to 10.

24: Five die in 83.000900 Port Arthur grain elevator fire; gold bullion worth 5215.000 stolen from Melton Airport, Toronto.

26: Brig. J. E. C. Pangman of Toronto appointed to succeed Brig Geoi'l'rey Walsh as commander of 27th Brigade in Germany.

29: Steve Suohan and Leonard Jackson sentenced at Toronto to be hanged Dec. 16 for murder of Detective Edmund Tong.

OCTOBER.

.0: Liberals win federal by-elec- tions in Outremont-St. Jean and Richelieu-Vercheres, Que.

'1: Brig. A. B. Connelly 44, for- mer head ol Canadian military mission at Tokyo, retired from army presumably for delay in no- tifying Ottawa of movement of Canadians to help guard Kojc prison camp.

13: Peterborough Timbermer. beat Vancouver four straight in senior lacrosse nnal.

14: External Affairs Minister Pearson elected president of UN Assembly. 1

15: Fisheries Minister Mayhew, '12. appointed Canadian Ambassa- dor to Japan: James Sinclair be- comes Fisheries Minister: Ralph Campney is Solicitor-General.

23: Canadians in action at Lit- 'tle Gibraltar Hill, Korea, suffer 66 casualties including 14 dead, 13 missing.

28: Ten-week strike ends Canadian Vickers. Montreal.

29: International Joint Com- mission approves joint Canada-U. S. application for permission to

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lens sets N.1-1,1... scoring record of 325 goals. ' ll: Edmonton Eskimos beat Winnipeg Bombers in third game for western rugby title.

14: Official estimate of Canada's wheat crop is record 698,000,000 bushels.

15: Ronald Leonhardt, 19. Drum- heller. Alta., wins world wheat crown at Toronto Winter Fair.

20: Governor-General Vincent Massey opens seventh session of 21st Parliament.

22: Toronto Argos beat Hamil- ton in three-game struggle for Big Four rugby title.

24: Eight dead, two survive, in R.C.A.F. bomber crash near Co- mox, B.C.; Social Credit wins two B.C. provincial by-elections but legislature standing unchanged.

26: Toronto Argos beat Sarnia Imperials 34-15 in eastern rugby final.

27: Kellock Conciliation Board recommends 16-cent hourly wage increase in railway wages dispute

29: Archbishop Paul-Emile Leger of Montreal becomes Cardinal; Toronto Argos beat Edmonton Es- kimos 21-11 in Grey Cup final.

DECEMBER

1: Mayor Charlotte Wliitton wins Ottawa mayoralty election.

2; Trade Minister Howe predicts commercial use of atomic energy in Canada within five years.

ll; Riot Act read at Louiseville Que, in clashes between striking textile workers and police.

12: Board of Transport Com- missioners recommends national plan of ireiglit. rates equalization.

15: Currie report tabled in

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develop St. Lawrence horsepower parliament charges general break-

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part of Goose Bay, Nfld, airport: Steve suction and Leonard Jack- son hanged at Toronto Jail.

19: Canadian railways, non-op- erating unions. agree on 16-cents hourly boost.

21: Dr. W. Kaye Lamb, Domin- ion archivist. appointed national librarian.

23: Five of train crew killed in

27: Canadian freighter Maple-U cove towod safely to .Vancouvei'- after losing rudder in stormy Pal-

ciflc crossing; Deputy Finance Minister W. C. Clark, 63. dies in Chicago.

29: Production Minister Hvwo says U. N. defence coritr-och in Canada roughly equal to Canadian orders in U. S.

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From the time the clock strikes twelve . . . until 1953 departs 365 days hence . . . we hope good fortune, good health and happiness will at-

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