New Empire Defence Force Proposed by Dominion Leaders
Canadian Press reports a proposed new imperial defence system supported by all dominions as top topic for upcoming empire prime ministers meeting in London. Attlee calls talks personal with wide agenda and little chance of joint decisions, while food security, postwar treaties, immigration, trade, and Polish troops futures are also discussed.
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JOHN DAUPHINEE
LONDON
C.P. Cable
commonwealth
Peter
Fraser
New Zealand
Smuts
South Africa
Mackenzie King
Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Chifley
Australia
Attlee
Pacific
BISCUSS
Paris
King
Ruhr
Rthineland
Canberra
Australan
United Kingdom
Yorkshire Post
Glasgow Herald
Record Lobster Feats in New Brunswick Waters
The Saint John Telegraph-Journal notes a seventeen pound lobster with three foot length caught near Shediac and contrasts it with a twenty one pound lobster from the same region. Portland, Maine observers comment on the coastal lobster fishing scene and the unusual sizes of crustaceans.
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Portland
Saint John
Shediac
New Brunswick
Maine
Nova Scotia to resume rural electrification expansion
Nova Scotia's rural electrification program, halted by six years of war, will resume and extend electric power to about 9,000 farms over five years. The plan was outlined by executives including David Selenick, who write memos to staff members.
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Halfax Herald
Nova Scotia
David
Selenick
memders at
Parodi Named Permanent French Delegate to UN Security Council
Paris reports Alexandre Parodi, France's ambassador to Italy, designated as permanent delegate to the United Nations Security Council. He will assume the council seat soon, replacing Henri Bonner who has been acting delegate.
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PARIS
Alexandre Parodi
United Nations Security Council
M. Parodi
Ialy
council
Henri Bonner
United States
Price ceilings raised on Canadian farm machinery
Ottawa reports price ceilings for Canadian made farm machinery rise by 12 to 14 percent effective tomorrow, aiming to match US import prices free of taxes. Categories include planting and fertilizing gear, plows, haying, harvesting, wagons, dairy equipment, water systems, and more. Regina commentary warns the hike will worsen western farmer conditions as Sunday price boosts begin.
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OTTAWA
pboard
United States
REGINA
I. C. Nollet
Govt Sign Obliterated From Army Goods Trial
In Edmonton April 13 the Crown argued in Alberta supreme court that stores selling surplus army goods without removing the government sign and without WAC stamping cannot be prosecuted. Alex Kuwicka of Home faces charges of possessing stolen government goods without lawful authority. Evidence includes 18 summer shirts and nine pairs of boots valued at over 409, with defense claiming items were acquired in service, bought from soldiers, or scavenged from a dump.
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EDMONTON
WAC
War Assets Corporation
Guy Patterson
Alberta supreme court
Alex Kuwicka
Home
Kuwicka
C. A. Edwards
Ruwicka
Pilots Vote To Strike Against TWA On April 21
Washington April 13 Air Line Pilots Association president David L Behncke said pilots voted 812 to 1 to strike against Transcontinental and Western Air TWA on April 21 after a pay dispute over four engine plane crews, including Lockheed Constellations and Douglas Skymasters used on U S routes and overseas. The strike would ground all company planes.
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WASHINGTON
David L. Behncke
Airline Pilots association
aame
Transcontinental and
Western Air
TWA
T.W.aA
United States
Two Die in Riots in Bombay and Nagpur
Two people were killed today at Mahjoi United Provinces as Hindus celebrating Ram clashed with Muslims over music near mosques. Fifteen injured as houses and shops burned. Three people died in Nagpur yesterday.
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FOMBAY
Reuters
Mahjoi
United Provinces
Ram
Nagpur
Plan Heavy Expenditures Monthly to Help Feed Areas Till Mid-1947
U S plans monthly expenditures near 60.3 million dollars to feed occupied Germany and Japan through mid 1947. Budget estimates for 12 months starting July 1 earmark about 700 million dollars in war department funds. Regular shipments into German zones continue at over 50 thousand tons monthly, with 182 thousand tons sent to Britain and France. End of June projects total 350 thousand tons for Germany since late last year. India denies reports of improving food outlook. officials warn reduced supplies would be disastrous. a Singapore food conference opens Monday to study US feeding efforts.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Germany
Japan
war department
INDIA
Jawal Prasad
New Delhi
Truman
Clinton Anderson
United States agriculture
Sir Jawal
Times of India
Bombay
Singapore
Concentration of Power by Sask CCF Govt
Regina April 13 6 The most serious fact facing Saskatchewan is the gradual concentration of power by the Socialist (CCP) government. Opposition Leader W J Patterson told a Lumsden Liberal Association meeting that a government gaining power sacrifices individual freedom. He faulted spending on non agricultural ventures and warned cooperative rhetoric masked a political trick.
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REGINA
Saskatchewan
CCP
W. J. Patterson
th Lumsden Liberal Association
Patterson
Ottawa spy case yields Woikin two years six months
Airs. Woikin a 25 year old cipher clerk from Blaine Lake is sentenced in Kingston Ontario to two years and six months in Kingston Penitentiary for violating the Official Secrets Act. Justice A. G. McDougall rejects a lenient view and cites breach of trust in disclosing top secret and secret messages to Soviet Embassy staff.
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OTTAWA
Cri
Canada
Airs
mma Woikin
Kingston
Ont
Woikin
Blaine Lake Sesk
external affairs department
A. G. McDougall
Hingston Penitentiary
Parliament Plans Long Easter Recess
Ottawa April 13 Prime Minister Mackenzie Hong plans to extend the Easter recess to April 23 with consent of the Progressive Conservative and CCF leaders.
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OTTAWA
Apri
Mackenzie Hong
CCF
Ross Munro Tops Winners Governor-General's Awards
Montreal April 13 The Governor General's Awards for fiction poetry and non fiction have named Hugh MacLennan Gwethalyn Graham Earle Birney and Ross Munro as winners. MacLennan for Two Solitudes Graham for Earth and High Heaven Birney for Now Is Time and Munro for Gauntlet Overlord.
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Ross Munro
MONTREAL
Governor-General
Hugh MacLennan
Gwethalyn Graham
Earle Birney
Europe
FE. M. Richardson
Bon Portage Island
N.S
Canadian Authors’ Association
Toronto
Earle Emer
Evelyn M. Richardson
Poland Asks Action By UN
Poland asks United Nations action against Franco regime in Spain citing threat to world peace. Security Council to weigh Poland's request as France closes its border and Russia seeks prosecution of Franco as a war criminal. Madrid rejects Poland charges and invites UN commission to inspect for German atomic research. Spain asserts no foreign interference in internal affairs.
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WASHINGTON
Francisco Franco
Spain
Axis
Poland
United Nations
United Nations’ security council
France
Russia
Franco
Germany
Italy
Beidhy
MADRID
United Nations commission
moore
CHARLES A. GAUAICE
NEW YORK
GFS
United Nations security council
Toronto Abattoir Not Mixed Up In Black Marketing
A.L. Laing of Canada Packers disputes reports that Toronto's municipal abattoir is involved in black market activity. Mayor Saunders notes Laing gave only second hand information.Ontario Agriculture Minister Kennedy and the Prices Board cite enforcement actions with fines up to 600 or 21 Toronto dollars and 11 wholesale convictions.
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TORONTO
A. Laing
Canada Packers
Maror Saunders
Kennedy
Ontario
the
prices board
New German Underground Discovered in Occupied Zone
Paris April 12 Reuters reports a new German underground organization has been found in the French occupation zone. About 339 members were arrested between the 15th and 26th, per L Agenxe Francaise De Presse. The group aimed to identify brave former members of the Hitler Youth, regroup and arm them, harass occupation troops by sabotage, and explore rifts among the Allies.
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PARIS
Reuters
Bader Baden
L'Agence Francaise De Presse
Hunger strike called off for Jewish refugees at La Spezia
Jewish refugees detained at La Spezia have ended their hunger strike after intervention by Prof. Harold Laski, chairman of the British Labour party. Laski, who arrived in the port, promised to raise the issue with Foreign Secretary Bevin upon his return to Britain.
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LA SPEZIA
Maly
Nude headless torso found in Wil lamette River at Wisdom Island
A nude torso of a young girl, wrapped in old clothes and burlap, was recovered from the Willamette River near Wisdom Island moorage last night. Coroner estimated the body had been in the water 24 to 36 hours. officials said the girl appeared to be in her teens or early twenties, with arms and legs missing.
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Willamete river
Wisdom Island
Ofteiais
Loan To Britain Approved By Commons Amid Debate
Ottawa April 13 The 245 seat house of commons approved by division the 31 250 000 loan to Britain with only five members calling for a recorded vote. Debating MPs included Hazen Argue J H Matthews E W Herrice and Rev E G Hansell who urged support while noting wartime taxes. King reported a group of Canadian officers heading to the Far East with evidence against Japanese war criminals. Victoria Day Easter Monday restored as statutory holidays after repeal of June 7 1943 order in council. Continued on Page Two.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Britain
P. E. Gagron
Chicoutimi
J. IL Hamel
St. Maurice
Raymond rose
King
Far East
Canada
Martin
Victoria day
Hazen Argue
C.CF
Wood Mountain
J. H. Matthews
Kootenay East
E. W. Herricce
People’s C.CP
Kootenay West
E G. Hansel
Macleod
Coalition Is Called Oust Shidehara
In Tokyo April 13 virtually final unofficial returns from Japan's general election show a conservative bloc likely to control the lower house which meets March 10 to debate a new constitution. Ichiro Hatoyama presses for a coalition to oust Premier Shidehara while Shidehara vows to stay until the constitution is adopted. The Uberais lead with 141 seats, conservatives hold 48 over the progressives, independents and social democrats add to a potential majority. one Fukui seat may be vacant after a special election.
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RUSSELL
TOKYO
Japan
house of representatives
Shidehara
Ichiro Hatoyama
liberal party
enly
Uberais
progressives
Fukui
Mrs Roosevelt presents estate as U S monument
EYDE PARK NY April 13 Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt formally presented the Roosevelt Hudson River estate and surrounding green acres as a national monument. She said her husband’s spirit remains in the house the library and the quiet garden and noted memorials suggesting the family reclaim the lifetime claim to the estate.
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EYDE PARK
Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hudson River
green acres
Mrs. Roosevelt
ati
Missing Plane Sought in Spirit River Area
News briefs report Canadian and American pilots searching for two civilian planes missing since departing Edmonton for Grande Prairie. Search efforts focus Spirit River after observers sighted an aircraft in that region Monday night. Also notes a sugar refinery strike in New York and a Toronto assault case.
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SPIRIT RIVER AREA
EDMONTON
Edmontson
Grande Prairie
here
Spirit River
Northwestern Air Command
U.S
NEW YORK
American Federation of Labor
C.SO
east coast
United States
TORONTO
C.P.i
Carlaw Avenue
Caroline Wyatt
MEDICINE HAT
iCPJ
C. James
Suffieial Experimental Station
Pte
James
Calgary
OTTAWA
C.P
Gien
Alberta
Cochrane
Alta
Coppeck
Arthur Crawford
Mackenzie King
commons
DETROIT
Joseph
Jessie
Petra
Trinidad
Angelo Rabalcaba
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Ore
Daniel Kladov
Soviet purchasing commission
Redin
U.S.S. Yellowstone
NEW EMPIRE
U.N
T.W.A
Sask
CCF Govt
PARLIAMENT
G.B
Argue
Ioan
Matthews
Herrceene
Hansell
Oust
Hatoyama
SHIDEHARA Hatoyama
Hitlr
Agussolini
Wataru Narahashi
CoaLirion
U.S. Monument
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