Price Boost Criticized in Commons Debate
Ottawa reports a heated Commons session over a 12 percent rise in retail farm implement prices. Opposition leaders pressed for broader price and wage liberalization while Finance Minister Isley defended the move as necessary and tied to wage levels, insisting controls remain rigid elsewhere.
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OTTWA
Finance Minnister Asley
John Bracken
house
chamber
Prices Board
Progressive Conservative
CCF
Social Credit
George Cruickshank
Fraser Valley
Labor
Mitchell
Agriculture
Gardiner
Isley
Tisley
commons
Mr. Tisley
Massey-Harris
Toronto
Mrr
Asley
The Left Hand Corner Russians Buy N Y Real Estate
A narrative about Allan Trouts remarkable bird dog and a hunter named Jim who fences in a crawfish field. The dog is trained to flush birds individually into crawfish holes as Jim demonstrates with a visitor in a rural setting.
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HETHER
Allan Trout
dim
Jim
Pay Ceiling For Cattle In Canada Packers Agreement
Two major Canadian meat-packers Canada Packers Ltd and Swift Company of Canada pledged to stop paying above ceiling levels for live cattle to keep finished product prices in line with ceilings. President J S McLean said losses of at least $10 per head have been incurred to support customers, with directives issued for sane buying across Canada. The move follows a 25 to 75 cent drop in prices for good beef steers in Winnipeg and Calgary, as ceilings cap top prices at about 12 to 12.5 cents per pound for 69 percent dressing steers.
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TORONTO
Canada
Packers, Ltd
Swift Company of Canada
Robert Saunders
civic abattoir
Canada Packers
J. S. McLean
McLean
Winnipeg
Calgary
Senate panel challenges Bermuda air pact validity
Washington reports the senate commerce committee, by a 14 to 1 vote on Monday, questioned the validity of the Bermuda air agreements between Great Britain and the United States.
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WASHINGTON
senate commerce committee
Great Briain
United States
Women Riot In Jail Break In Portage La Prairie
Portage la Prairie Manitoba April 16 peace returned after a day long riot by 45 inmates at the Manitoba Provincial Jail for Women leaving the three story building windowless and badly damaged. Tear gas failed to subdue the rioters as guards surrounded the jail and sixteen ringleaders were placed in solitary confinement pending investigation. The disturbance sparked by demands for better food and working conditions saw widespread damage including broken glass and a shattered conservatory. Flowers were saved as a ringleader ordered a cease fire and Sheriff Calder, in charge of the men's section, coordinated the response.
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PORTAGE LA PRATRIE
Man
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Calder
PORTAGE
WINNIPEG
J. C. McLenaghen
Parliament extends Easter recess for western MPs
Ottawa reports the commons approved Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s motion to extend the Easter recess to April 29. The move follows representations from members across parties for a longer break so western MPs can visit home constituencies during the holiday. Also: Howe says Saskatchewan’s bid to take over CHAB Moose Jaw license is refused with no reason given. Postwar forces taxed like civilians. wartime exemptions end as service pay six months after return is taxed.
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OTTAWA
The
commons today
Mackenzie King
King
Howe
Saskatchewan gov
Baseball Scores From Chicago to Philadelphia Excerpt
National and American League results show Chicago beating Cincinnati six to three and New York triumphed in a 7 to 3 game. Other leagues list Brooklyn over Boston, Pittsburgh over St Louis, and Detroit edging St Louis in the ledger. Home runs credited to Ott Lombardi Zaurtaugh Northey and DiMaggio among others.
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Cincinnati
Passeau
Prim
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Heuser
Erickson
Mueller
Philadelphia
New York
Judd
Mulcahy
Lopatka
Hemsley
Woiselie
Adams
Wrinkle
Lombardi
Brooklyn
Boston
Gregg
Casey
Anderson
Mass
Pittsburgh
Louis
Ostermueller
Heintzleman
ara Beazley
Dickson
Ott and
N.Y
Zaurtaugh
Northey
Phil
Williams
Heath
Washington
Greenberg
Detroit
DiMaggio
50 000 On Strike In Palestine
In Jerusalem a general strike by 50 000 civil service workers halted almost all government functions except water, police, and health. Demonstrations occurred at the Jewish Agency headquarters where 15 Jewish leaders threaten hunger strike over the detention of Jewish refugees in La Spezia. Rail and postal workers had already walked out for higher pay. Haifa harbor stevedores refused to unload essential food parcels. Fifteen hunger striking Jewish leaders in Jerusalem mourn a 4 day fast connected to 1 203 Jewish immigrants detained in Italy.
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JERUSALEM
Palestine
Jewish agency
La Spezia
Italy
Ab Haifa
Calgary adopts daylight saving plan in 7 to 5 vote
CALGARY April 16 Daylight saving time will be in effect in Calgary from May 15 to October 5 after a 7 to 5 city council vote on Monday.
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CALGARY
C.P
Higher Prices For Men's Work Clothing in Ottawa
The prices board announced increases in selling prices of men's and boys' work clothing to offset higher fabric costs from the cotton subsidy cut. Retail prices in lower brackets often stay the same, and increases are limited to no more than 25 cents where they rise.
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OTTAWA
prices board
U N Council Delays Iran Case Amid Proposals
New York April 16 The United Nations security council postponed action on Russia's proposal to drop the Russian Iranian case and adjourned until tomorrow as France Russia and Poland pressed for immediate consideration of Poland's charges against Franco Spain The council planned a 2 pm CST meeting while Lie urged a report to the general assembly to remove the matter from the docket.
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NEW YORK
C.P
United Nations security council
Russia
Poland
Spain
Br. Quo Tai-Chi
C.S.T
France
Frince
Trygrye Lie
general assembly
Lie
Tran
Trecoumeil
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Britain
Edward R. Siettinius, Jr
council
Alexander Cadogan
Gromyko
Quo
Hafez Affi Pasha
Lte
committee of experts
Fear Russia Plans To Invade Spain
London dispatch reports Madrid radio fearing a Soviet invasion of Spain as Franco seeks replies from five friendly powers invited to investigate charges that Spain threatens world peace. Oscar Lange discusses Spain harboring German scientists while the UN Security Council considers the Spanish question amid a Russia Iran dispute.
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Madrid
Russia
Spain
Generalisimo
Francisco Franco
Oscar Lange
United Nations security council
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Britain
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Netherlands
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Madrid radis
France
Paris
Communists Enter Changchun in Manchuria Civil War
Soviet withdrawal pressures amid Changchun fighting as Communist troops reportedly seize the Manchurian capital after hours of attacks. Estimates place Communist forces at 30,000 to 40,000 against 4,000 Nationalist troops, with reports of airfield captures and tense surveillance from Mukden.
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HUNGKING
A.P
Changchun
Chou En-Lai
Manchuria
Chinese Central
Manchurian
Associated Press
Mukden
No. 8 Mine Strike Is Unsettled
A Calgary morning meeting failed to resolve the No 8 strike at Lethbridge Collieries Ltd as miners refuse eight hour shifts while underground work is limited. About 550 workers affected across No 8 and Canmore sites dispute union rights and dual role assignments amid pending talks.
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Lethberge Collieries, Ltd
Calgary
Robert Livett
District 18
U_MLW
Lethbridge Collieries Ltd
coal company
Canmore
Mike Patrosxi
United Mine Workers
Mr. Petroski
Lethbridge
Drumheller
Fdlmoenton
Coalspur
Unitect Mine Workers of Alberta
Edmonton
Quiet Returns After Butte Riot Strife
In Butte Montana on April 16 1931 crowds loosened after three days of rioting at the copper capital. Police and volunteers aided by striking miners and members of the International Union of Mine Mil and Smelter Workers worked to calm tensions. Women and children were moved for protection and three juvenile suspects were taken into custody for alleged looting as police received threat calls.
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BUTTE
Mont
Cro
visi
International Union of Mine, Mil and Smelter Workers
Truman Signs Petrillo Curb
President Truman signed legislation making 16 a federal offense to coerce radio broadcasters. The act targets practices by the American Federation of Labor Musicians Union led by James Petrillo, with penalties up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine. It bars paying for services not performed and paying unions for broadcasts or transcripts, and applies to interference with broadcasts of cultural or educational programs from foreign origins.
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WASHINGTON
iPr
Truman
Amercan Federaton of Labor Musicians Union
James Co. Petrillo
U S Railways Seek 25 Percent Freight Rate Increase
Washington April 16 7 railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 25 percent rise in freight rates with some exceptions to take effect May 15. They cited rising costs and lower traffic and revenues as evidence that current postwar rates fail to ensure adequate freight transportation.
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WASHINGTON
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woman Feeds Bread to Ducks Arrested in London
A London woman feeding bread to ducks on a lake was arrested under Britain’s new food waste law but received a warning after pleading that feeding bread to animals is not wasteful. Separately, a UN relief report says about 4 million people in China could perish from famine without swift food relief.
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LONDON
Britain
WASHINGTON
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China
Canada Sets Peacetime Pay And Service Plans
Ottawa outlines peacetime pay parity with civilians and service terms across army navy. Basic rate for ratings and privates at 85 dollars monthly, with education paths for officers and general active force education for others. Navy recruiting opens at 19 divisions, reserve term five years, and plans for integration with allied air and naval forces.
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OTTAWA
NAVY
naval air
naval permanent force
Cornwall
Ont
Defence
Abbots
Royal Military College
Hingston
Abbott
United States
ELCAF staff college
Tarento
RAF
United States army air force
Western shippers urged to withhold cattle price unsettled
Western livestock shippers were urged to hold cattle off the market until price clarity emerges. G M Ferrie, president of the Canadian Livestock Shippers Association, said packers would not pay beyond the new scale of 12 cents 2 pound for steers, 11 cents for heifers, and nine cents for cows, forcing farmers in the union stockyards to take losses.
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G. M. Ferrie
Canadian Livestock Shippers’ Association
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