Doukhobor raids court labour strike fear in British Columbia
Reports from Nelson British Columbia describe Doukhobor communities facing arson and raids as firebugs strike homes schools and farms. Police plan a possible crackdown while workers flee to defend property and mills reduce production due to violence.
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ANCOUVER
B.C
West Kootenay
Nelson
nichf
Victoria
Russia
Sons of Freedom
Peter
Verigin
Ottawa
Canadian transfer accounts to vanish after ruling
The Canadian Press reports that Hugh Dalton announced drastic action to salvage part of a 3.75 billion pound US loan. Sterling convertibility will be suspended. Canadian transferable accounts will disappear as Canada faces a growing dollar shortage and a large US trade gap.
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ASHINGTON
AUS
Britain
Canada
United States
London
Hugh Dalton
Washington
Sir Wilrid Eady
Sir Wilfrid
Dalton
Dominion
Ottawa
Datton
the
commons
United Kingdom
American In Uniform Accused of Assault in Vienna
The Austrian paper Oesterreichische Zeitung reports an attack by a man in American uniform on a Roman Catholic priest in Vienna and mentions civilian injuries from fast American jeeps. It notes General Crerar and Canadian officers leaving Tokyo for Nanking and Hong Kong to end their mission.
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VIENNA
Oesterreichische Zeitung
Britain
U.S
Canada
The Pillory's History and Notable Punishments
A fragment discusses the pillory as a historic punishment used in England and other countries. It notes its application to minor offenders and political or religious targets, with examples involving Daniel Defoe and Titus Oates. The piece hints at rising costs and mentions a Windsor Star annotation.
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Manchester Guardian
England
Star Chamber
Daniel Defoe
Titus Oates
Riots Wipe Amritsar and Lahore in India Pakistan clash
Maj Gen F T W Ees says underground leaders push extermination in eastern Punjab with thousands dead since August 11. Lahore and Amritsar scenes of massacre and population exchange leave cities ruined, many buildings destroyed and streets impassable.
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LAHORE
Pakistan
FT. W. Ees
Eias tern
Punjab
Amritsar
India
Amyitsar
Cabinet changes planned in Britain next month
Reuters reports that Prime Minister Attlee may allow ministerial resignations for health reasons and that notable cabinet shifts are expected in the first week of September. Officials later denied any intent by Attlee to resign the premiership as Parliament prepares to reconvene October 21.
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LONDON
Reuters
Wilson Broadbent
Daily Mail
Attlee
Broadbent
Swift Packinghouse Workers Vote to Strike in Six Plants
About 3000 members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America win union approval for a strike at six Swift Canadian Co. Ltd. plants to seek a 15 cent hourly raise to 92 1/2 cents. Vote 2322 to 37 in favor. talks may continue without strike this week.
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TORONTO
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Swift Canadian Co. Ltd
John L. Lenglet
U.P W.A‘s
St. Boniface
Man
Edmonton
Moose Jaw
Sask
New Mestmunatt B.C
Moncton
Swift
Norman E. Landon
Lenglet
UP.W.A
Canada Packers, and Burny and Co. Ltd
Swift Canadian
U.P.W.A
Adam Borsk
Winnipeg
Sam Hughes
Fred Dowling
Canada and Britain affirm steady sterling links despite controls
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Abbott stating that Britain’s move to restrict sterling convertibility does not alter Canada UK financial arrangements. Canada will continue to receive U.S. dollars or gold through the Canadian loan and sterling payments, with trade unaffected and measures deemed temporary.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Abbott
Britain
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Foreen Exchange Control Board
U S Army Men Held by Russians in Northern Korea
In northern Korea three United States Army enlisted men have been held by Soviet troops since August 12. American protests have been rebuffed and officials report the Russians have ignored two demands for their release.
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SEOUL
Korea
United States army
Twenty-Eight Yachts Overdue From Plymouth La Rochelle Regatta
Twenty-eight yachts overdue on the Plymouth to La Rochelle voyage feared becalmed or lost after leaving Plymouth Saturday for the Royal Ocean Racing Club event. One boat completed a 59 hour crossing. Vendee Brittany authorities issued lookouts. ex-Marshal Petain watched from prison.
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PARIS
Reuters
La Rochelle
France
Plymouth
England
Plymouth - La Rochelle
Royal Ocean Racing club
Vendee
Brittany
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Ile Dyeu
Action in Indonesia prompts possible Dutch overhaul
A Hague source says Dutch forces may resume large scale action in Indonesia if the UN Security Council does not order a halt. A campaign toward Jakarta is discussed, with potential political fallout including a split in the Catholic-Labor coalition and possible emergency cabinet formation. The Catholic party backs action. Labor opposes it.
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HAGUE
Indonesia
security council
Jogjakarta
Netherlands
Catholi
Labor
Manitoba expects a big sugar beet crop this year
Manitoba producers anticipate a crop worth about 1.0 million dollars with 700 sugar beet growers benefiting. Prices per ton are not set but trends since 1940 suggest a potential rise as Alberta and Ontario expand cultivation. The industry remains modest nationwide. Calgary records first polio case of the year with a 36-year-old army member placed in an iron lung.
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Manitoba
bee
Fort Garry
Canada
Alberta
CALGARY
British ultimatum to 4400 refugees aboard Exodus ships
Britain orders 4400 Jewish refugees aboard three ships off southern France to disembark by tomorrow noon or be taken to the British zone of Germany. The Exodus 1947 crowd, intercepted off the Holy Land coast, faces forced entry into a DP camp if they refuse to land in Palestine.
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LONDON
Britain
France
Ger
mans
foreign office
Germany
retueces
Palestine
Holy Land
Fort de Bouc
Palrotte
InitrRa
Hamburg
Bers gen-Belsen
Heat kills forty four feeder steers at Evans farm
Forty four head of feeder steers dropped dead from the heat on the Robert Evans farm. The cattle, valued around 240 dollars each, were part of a 350 head shipment from Nebraska grass lands for fattening before consignment to the Chicago stockyards.
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CHICAGO
Robert Evans
Nebraska
No appointment yet to succeed Beaumont in Lethbridge
Deputy Attorney General Wilson said no magistrate replacement had been appointed to succeed Arthur Beaumont who resigned in Lethbridge. He noted the matter would require careful consideration and may take time.
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BEAUMONT
EDMONTON
Arthur Beaumont
Lethbridge
Wilson
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Buick
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
JERUSALEM
A.P
Nathanya
C.P.1
Scott and National Fruit companies, limited
PAKISTAN
Reuters
Quetta
Baluchistan
ALBERTA
C.P
Rocky Mountain House
Calgary
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William Dunning
Teronte
Ernest Reid
Belleville
Tibet
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Calif
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Dora Jones
Clarke
Windsor Star
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