125000 Members International Brotherhoods Plan Strike
Montreal Aug 2 125000 union members plan a strike Aug 22 affecting non operating workers in Canadian railways including hotel clerks telegraphers and shop staff The action targets a five day 40 hour week and a wage rise with the date set for 6 am regional time The unions say the vote was nearly unanimous and copies were sent to Prime Minister St Laurent and labor deputy Arthur MacNamara
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Frank Hall
brotherhoods’ negotiating committee
Canada
rail
International brotherhoods
Canadian Brotherhood of R Railway Employees
C.C.L
Brotherhood
Hall
St. Laurent
Arthur MacNamara
Marines Arrive at Korean Port With New Firepower
U S Marines land at a South Korean port bringing powerful gear as combat rages near Chinju and Kumchon. American forces regain heights northeast of Chinju while pulling back from Kumchon as North Koreans push on multiple fronts.
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U.S
S. KOREAN PORT
OKYO
Chinju
Kumchon
Pusan
U.S.eighth army
Korea
Left Hand Corner: BLE Boss Johnson Retires to Vacation
The gray-haired, hard hitting BLE czar retires after 25 years as union chief. J P Shields succeeds him, with Johnson stepping into a well earned vacation. He rose from candy butcher to grand chief engineer in 1925, pushing benefits and wage gains for members.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
the
union
J. P. Shields
Johnson
Cleveland News
railroad union
BLE
Alberta May Export Gas To Pacific Coast
Alberta gas circles buzz over unconfirmed report that Premier Manning said Canada will export natural gas to the Pacific coast. The Alberta government may speed up approving permits for four proposed cross provincial pipelines to the Pacific northwest.
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Pacific Coast
Alberta
Seattle
E. C. Manning
Canada
Manning
Pacific Coast Gas Association
Seattle dispatch
Alberta Gas Conservation Board
Seature
Pacific northwest
Columbia River
Uest
Texas
Railroads surprised at unions strike action
Montreal August 2 A joint statement by Canada's two largest railways Canadian Pacific and Canadian National expresses surprise and disappointment at the announced strike by 17 railway brotherhoods. The railways say meetings to settle labor differences are planned and they had indicated willingness to accept conciliation board recommendations while noting the financial burden of negotiations. Continued on page two.
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of Express
C.C.L
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Ontario Northland
Toronto, Hamilton and
Buffalo Railways
MONTREAL
Canada
Canadian ‘Pacific
Canadian National
JTailways
minister of labor
U S Weighs Arms Aid Shift for Formosa Defense
The United States weighs reversing its arms embargo on Chinese Nationalists on Formosa to bolster the island's defenses. MacArthur met with Chiang Kai-Shek in Taipei and said US Chinese forces should coordinate against a common foe. Chiang announced agreement on Formosa's defense base and offered 33,000 troops for Korea which MacArthur declined.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Formosa
state
defence departments
White House
Douglas MacArthur
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taipei
Formosan
defence department
Chiang
MacArthur
China
United Nations
Korea
William Arcand Arrested In U S for Canada murder case
William Arcand 25 allegedly killed John Ollis Cooper last October in Lethbridge. Police say Arcand fled to the United States and was arrested in Eureka California. Arcand faces murder charges and will be returned to Lethbridge for trial after an international manhunt spanned Canada and the U S.
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John Ollis Cooper
Coulee
William Arcand
John
Ollis Cooper
Eureka
alif
Arcand
Canada
United States
Cooper
river bottom
Herald
Lethbridge
George Harvey
Libby Edna Naessens
Square Dance Callers Should Be Hog Callers
Upland California on August 2 residents protest square dance callers with letters urging the callers to be hog callers. Acting City Manager Elwin Alder orders the microphones toned down to quiet complaints from sleepless citizens.
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UPLAND
Calif
Elwin Alder
Alder
British Admiral To Command RCN Ships Near Korea
A British admiral will command the Canadian, French, Netherlands and New Zealand warships in Far Eastern waters. The fleet will operate under United States command. The admiral’s name was not disclosed.
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RCN
Korea
TOKYO
Reuters
New Zealand
Far Eastern
United States
Stolen gold bricks valued at $96,000 near Timmins
Hooded bandits tunneled into Contaurum Gold Mines Ltd, east of Timmins, entered the vault with an acetylene torch and dynamite, escaping in a 1934 Buick after binding watchman Bill Edwards. The theft, described as Canada’s largest, followed the earlier Delnite robbery.
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TIMMINS
Cat
Contaurum Gold Mines Ltd
Bill Edwards
Canada
Delnite
Edwards
Hope To Crown Baudouin
A Belgian ministerial committee finalized a bill to make Crown Prince Baudouin king next year, with Justice Minister Count Henri Carton De Wiart heading the panel. Leopold III would be succeeded by Baudouin, and the bill should reach the lower house by Friday. Belgians returned to work after a week of near revolutionary strikes that prompted Leopold toward abdication.
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BRUSSELS
Belgium
Baudouin
Henri Carton De Wiart
select committee of ministers
Leopold III
Prince Baudouin
house of representatives
Leopold
Russia’s Malik Fails To Oust China At UN Session
In New York on August 4 Associated Press reports Russian delegate Jakob Malik lost 8 to 3 in an effort to unseat the Chinese Nationalist presence at the United Nations. Malik remained and attacked the United States, signaling Russia’s return to the body for his August term, with another meeting planned to push the agenda.
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Associated Press
N.Y
security council
China
Jakob A. Malik
United States
Korea
Indo-China
Philippines
Russia
Malik
Bomb explosions mark unrest in pro Leopold Flanders
News dispatches report bomb blasts amid unrest in Dutch speaking Flanders after Socialist victory which led King Leopold to promise to abdicate. Other items include W H Kidd named national secretary of the Progressive Conservatives in Ottawa and labor action warnings over railway strikes. US troops recapture hill positions near Chinju in Korea as battles rage. Alberta premier Mann mentions no export timing for natural gas. Three stolen gold bars recovered near Timmins. Formosa airfields show mass bomber activity possibly targeting Chinese Communist forces.
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labor department
U.S
TOKYO
iCP
United States
Chinju
taday
Pusan
Kumchon
MANNING
VICTORIA
B.C
CPI
E. C. Mannieg
Alberta
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
TIMMINS
Ont
Centaurum Mines Ltd
here
FORMOSA
TALPEL
China
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Yongdok
EUMCHON
KISEN
PYONGYANG
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Yellow Sea
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