End Of Long Deep Sea Strike Seen
The Canadian Press reports a first break in the month long strike by merchant ship officers as Federal Commerce and Navigation Company signs with three unions. The agreement, covering Halifax and Saint John crews, follows a McNiven conciliator report and sets up a three man arbitration board for remaining disputes. Ships to sail include Federal Ranger in Halifax and Federal Pioneer and Federal Ambassador in Saint John. Eleven to eighteen vessels remain idle across Halifax Saint John Vancouver.
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ALIFAX
Federal Commerce and Navigation Company
ACCEPT
Halifax
Saint John
N.B
D. A. McNiven
Saskatchewan Supreme Court
board of arbitration
Federal Ranger
Federal Pioneer
Federal
Vancouver
COAST REACTION
C.P
British Columbia
New Westminster
Russians End Participation In Berlin Kommandatura
Soviet delegate Yelizarov announced that Russians would no longer participate in the six key committees of the Berlin four power command. The move followed British trains entering Berlin in defiance of Soviet inspection demands. American deputy commander Babcock and British deputy Benson responded with sharp rebuke as French and British officials defend Berlin’s wartime assets.
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Kommandatura
Berlin
ERLIN
C.P
Col. Yelizarov
alante
William Babcock
Jean Le Bidult
Yelizarov
Brig. E. R. Benson
Babcock
Benson
Taegliche Rundeschan
Frankfurt
Barbers Union Sets 75 Cent Haircut Across Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara California on April 2 the barbers union voted unanimously to restore a 75 cent haircut. The union scale had been 1.25 dollars but Tom Dunnigan opened a new shop charging 75 cents after a higher price caused a crowding incident, prompting other shops to follow.
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SANTASARBARA
Calif
A.P
Santas Barbara
Tom Dunnigan
Viscount Bennett Recalled In Montreal Gazet Reminiscences
In reminiscences of veteran Ottawa correspondent Mears, Montreal Gazette stories recount Bennett as a lonely prime minister who sought diversion in long telephone calls with deputy ministers. An anecdote notes a junior staffer once hung up when Bennett spoke, though one moment a deputy aide did not drop the line.
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Viscount Bennett
Alberta
R.B
Montreal
Mears
Ottawa
Canada
Bennett
King Says Way To Preserve Freedom Found
In Williamsburg at William and Mary College Mackenzie King warned that freedom faced an appalling menace from efforts to undermine free government. He urged a speedy way to ensure nations still free are not suborned defeated or destroyed one by one. The event honored Truman Viscount Alexander and Governor William Tuck.
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WILLIAMSBURG
C.P
Mackenzie King
William and Mary College
colonial Williamsburg
Truman
Viscount Alexander
Canada
William Tuck
Virginia
Harvard
United States
Rockefeller Foundation
Jamestown
U S Soldiers Riot at Sea
In Bremerhaven Germany April 2 a riot on an army transport returning 40 soldiers as mental patients forced the ship to backtrack to port. The inmates became violently unruly causing furniture damage while guards and other troops on board helped quell the disturbance. The transport departed again today with tighter guard.
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BREMERHAVEN
Germany
United States
$37 Cheques to Old Age Pensioners
Edmonton April 2 The Alberta legislature approved a $2 monthly increase in old age pensioners cheques. The 35 to 37 change takes effect this month, adding about 30000 to the welfare budget monthly. Fifteen thousand pensioners receive 37, of which the federal government pays 2250 and the province 14.50. previous provincial contribution was 12.50.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
W. W. Cross
War Dead Searched By US Navy Divers
Fifteen United States army divers will begin a search next month of Pacific island lagoons and reefs for bodies of American war dead. They will recover airmen and crew from sunken landing craft, but no effort will be made to recover bodies from large vessels.
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HONOLULU
United States army
Pacific island
Workers' Militia To Be Retained In Czechoslovakia
Prague reports the workers' militia, active during the February crisis, will be kept as a permanent internal security reserve. A security police official says reaction is defeated but will persist through stratagem, subversion, and sabotage. About 5,200 armed Prague factory workers joined police during Gottwald's negotiations with President Benes to form the new government.
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PRAGUE
Reuters
Rude Pravo
today
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Canadian Dairy Cattle Sail to Hong Kong from Vancouver
107 head of British Columbia cattle including 102 dairy cows and five bulls departed Vancouver aboard the S S American Mail for Hong Kong. Three cowhands from the Fraser Valley guided the herd in deck stalls. This marked the first post war cattle shipment from Vancouver to Hong Kong, a former pre war market for B C livestock.
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B.C
HONG KONG
VANCOUVER
C.P
S.S. American Mail
Fraser Valley
Foreign Aid Bill Approved By Congress
Congress sent a 6.698 billion foreign aid bill to the White House for Truman’s signature. The package includes 5.3 billion for Europe, 275 million for Greece and Turkey, 463 million for China, and 60 million for the United Nations Fund for Children. The House passed it 317 to 75, and the Senate approved the final form after a late-night compromise. For defence, Forrestal urged universal military training and conscription for ages 19 to 26, as Eisenhower warned that democracy cannot survive amid dictatorship and urged stronger armed forces. Ottawa reports the Canadian Congress of Labor considers an investigation into a dispute between Glace Bay Gazette and the Glace Bay Typographical Union at the Cape Breton Labor Council’s request.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
White House
Truman
Europe
China
Senate
house of representatives
senate-house
house
Greece
Turkey
United Nations Fund for Children
Defence
Forrestal
senate armed services committee
Dwight D. Eisenhowever
Eisenhower
United States
America
OTTAWA
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
C.C.L
Glace Bay Gazette
Glace Bay Typographical Union
Cape Breton Labor Council
Mosher
No Soft Budget Budget Talk as Cripps Returns to London
Sir Stafford Cripps came back to London from a Cotswold farm to deliver Britain's hard budget. In a garage office near Far Oakridge he prepared the budget speech, shaping the nation’s tax policy after superseding Hugh Dalton. His card index mind and austere stance drew attention to a likely restraint on taxes, with speculation on tobacco duties and a potential capital levy.
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LONDON
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Hugh Dalton
Far Oakridge
Gloucester
Hampshire
Sir Stafford
Eric Plowden
treasury
Leftist propaganda game in Italy's election scene
Rome reports the Communist dominated Popular Front has captured the emotional vocabulary of the campaign using loaded terms like democracy and peace to frame voters. The Vatican and Catholic groups counter with a stark choice between atheistic communism and Christian civilization.
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Popular Front
front
Popular Democratic Front for Liberty, Peace
U.S.S.R
COUNTER PLAN
Vatican
Stalin
Ontario Surplus Hits 25 Million In Latest Year
Ontario reports a record 25,039,000 surplus for the year ended March 31 and a net debt cut of 25,003,183 as part of a broad investment and development budget. Premier Drew’s Progressive Conservative government notes a five year debt reduction totaling 27,357,450 while forecasting a 262,979 surplus for the coming year with no new taxes.
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TORONTO
Frost
Ontario
Drew
U.N. to Hold Special Session on Palestine Plan
The United Nations General Assembly will reconvene April 16 to reconsider the Palestine issue as Britain nears end of its Holy Land mandate. The 9 to 0 Security Council vote endorsed an immediate hearing on U.S. trusteeship plans, with IsraelArab truce talks urged and delegates invited for informal discussions.
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Ceradian
United Nations general assembly
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
U.N
security council
Trygve Lie
Ukraine
Russia
United States
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada
Warren R. Austin
Jewish agency for Palestine
Arab higher committee
council
Alfonso Lopez
Colombia
United Nations
United Nations assembly
Faris El Khoury
Syria
Violence erupts in Italy as labor leader shot dead
In Palermo Sicily Calogero Cangialesi 36 secretary of the Labor Federation at Camporeale was killed by machine gun fire during Italy's election campaign. Two companions wounded as assailants fled. A country wide strike was ordered next Thursday in protest over another Sicilian labor leader's disappearance.
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ROME
Italy
Palermo
Sicily
Calogero Cangialesi
Labor Federation
Campertale
Palmiro Togliatti
Matera
Communist party
Bari
Giuseppe Togni
Christian Democrat
De Gasperi
Alcide De Gasperi
Christian Democrat party
hays
niy
Yale Vote Set for May 31 in Yale B C
Ottawa April 2 The federal by election date for Yale British Columbia was fixed for May 31 by Prime Minister King's office to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Hon Grote Stirling Progressive Conservative due to ill health. Other vacancies include Vancouver Centre and Ontario with no dates announced. Vancouver Centre vacant by Veterans Minister Mackenzie resignation to enter the senate. Ontario seat left empty by death of W E H Sinclair Liberal last fall.
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OTTAWA
Yale
B.c
King
Grote Stirling
Progressive Conservative
Vancouver Centre
Ontario
Mackenzie
senate
W. E. H. Sinclair
Canadians Get Highest Price For Their Wheat
EDMONTON April 2 Agriculture Minister Gardiner told a Wetaskiwin Alberta meeting that under current wheat contracts Canadian farmers would receive more per bushel than any other country. He said butter could be laid down at 40 cents a pound but Canada would not import it, as New Zealand and Australia could produce more cheaply. At Camrose he added that for the first time in 25 years there is more money in Canadians’ pockets than they can spend.
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EDMONTON
Gardiner
Wetaskiwin
Alta
New Zealand
Australia
Camrose
Huge cache of arms found near Rome in raids
Motorized troops uncovered caches of arms estimated to arm a battalion near Rome. About 30 to 40 people identified as Communist extremists were arrested.
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ROME
EDMONTON
Alberta
Ivan Casey
CALGARY
E. M. Bell
North Hill
N.S
HALIFAX
C.P
Angus L. Macdonald
Nova Scotia
SENATE
WASHINGTON
Congress
Truman
United States
ALEXANDER
OTTAWA
London
Earl of Lucan
ALASKA
FORT ST. JOHN
B.C
ATHENS
Komotini
Eleni Hetepoules
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Rhein-Main
PwePA
U.S
Eduardo Prettner Cuippico
Wallace
A.HLE.P.A
Washington, D.C
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
Harry S. Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Henry Wallace
Alcibiades
Chris G. Garrison
Kansas City
Thomas Kapremalias
President Truman
A.H. E.P.A
William H. Hellis
A.HL E.P.A
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