Prime Minister to hold talks with rail leaders Friday
Prime Minister St Laurent called in major rail wage dispute figures for personal conferences with himself and ministers tomorrow. He will meet union and railway chiefs separately in Ottawa with Transport Minister Chevrier and Labor Minister Gregg. Officials note possible air fleet controls if rail strike worsens, with a wartime style requisition power if needed.
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Union
UAWA
St. Laurent
Chevrier
Gregg
Mosher
Randolph Churchill Wounded in Korea Action
Randolph Churchill son of the former prime minister and American correspondent Frank Emery were wounded by mortar fire near the Naktong while accompanying an American patrol. Churchill suffered a single leg wound and Emery was hit three times. They received treatment at a battalion aid station and Churchill notified his father of his condition.
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RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
TOKYO
Frank Emery
Korea
Churchill
London Daily Telegraph
Emery
International News Service
Naktong
army
Record surplus swells provincial coffers in three months
The province reports a record overall cash surplus of 14.16 million dollars for operations in the quarter ended June 30, up from 5.23 million a year earlier. Cash and investments rise to 58.13 million, with investments up sharply to 40.47 million. Revenue totals 38.22 million while expenditures and debt retirement total 23.66 million and 0.40 million respectively, with oil rents and royalties boosting income.
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DMONTON
C. K. Huckvale
Build Up In East Germany
Allied officials report training camps for Russia's elite East German army expanded from 11 to 50 in under six months. The 50,000 strong force is seen as a cadre for a larger German army under Russia, with potential growth to 150,000. Equipment such as tanks and jet planes flow to the Red army in East Germany, while no new Soviet troops are reported this year. The East German army and police total about 250,000, divided into 50,000 Bereitschaften and 150,000 Volkspolizei.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
Russia
Hitler
Wehrmacht
Reichswehr
Red army
east Germany
Volkspolizei (people's
Korean Division Poses New Threat To Port Of Pusan
Tokyo reports a heavily armed Korean division moved east toward American positions on the south coast, threatening the allied port of Pusan about 50 miles away. US and South Korean forces counterattacked at both ends of the front as the Reds were pushed back west of Masan and northwest of Taegu.
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Pusan
TOKYO
Taegu
Reuters
Masan
Rail Strike Grips Canada Amid Wider Economic Struggles
Canada faces a national railway and telegraph strike causing widespread layoffs and shortages. Thousands lose work as mail and communications falter, while industries race to absorb surging business. Saskatoon electric signs dim, streetcars cut back, coal-powered power tight as Western wheat and Ontario fruit markets fear disruption.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Western wheat
Ontario
More For Defence N Z Plan Hikes Defence Budget
Wellington Aug 24 Prime Minister Sidney Holland unveiled a defence-expenditure rise of 10 million pounds in New Zealand's 1958-51 budget while education social security and health spending also grow No new taxes were announced with total revenue estimated at 167.7 million pounds Defence spending this year reaches 16.5 million pounds driven by military training and equipment for artillery formations and naval vessels linked to the Korean campaign Social services outlay remains the largest at 77 million pounds and tax levies stay at a record 68 pounds per person despite cuts like the abolition of the 33 14 per cent supertax on unearned income and removal of sales tax on household goods and farmers supplies
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WELLINGTON
N.Z
Sidney Holland
New Zealand
Holland
Special Plane Flies To Italy To Bring Drew Home
Florence Italy August 24 Reuters George Drew Canadian opposition leader says an RCAF plane is flying from Britain to Italy to bring him to Ottawa for the emergency parliament session on the rail strike. A plane from London was due to land near Pisa or Florence with Drew boarding and returning to Canada.
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Italy
Reuters
George Drew
RCAF
Britain
Ottawa
Drew
London
mary
Venice
Milan
Pisa
Canada
Rome
Problem Placed Squarely Up To Truman
Union orders for a country wide rail road strike push the wage hour dispute to President Truman as a U S nationwide walkout looms. The Canada strike enters its third day, threatening North American rail service. The two big unions order 300000 members to strike, challenging government seizure options amid Korea fighting and rearmament. The deadline set for 6 am, with White House peace talks in deadlock and a press conference awaited.
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Associated Press
ASHINGTON
United States
Truman
Canada
North America
U.S
Brotherhood Railroad
White House
Guerrillas Active In China Provinces Ruled By Commies
A Chinese Nationalist spokesman in Formosa said guerrillas operate in all Communist provinces. He claimed Nationalist guerrilla numbers exceed prior estimates of one million and are especially active in the south and southwest, regions recently seized by the Communists.
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China
Commies
TAIPEI
Formosa
Prepare Defence Budget in Canada Aug 24
Ottawa reports a bill to raise the defence budget for the current fiscal year to about 570 million dollars as Canada expands preparedness. The defence department plans supplementary estimates near 150 million, with approved estimates for the year ending March 31, 1951 totaling 425 million. The arms aid to Western European allies would be handled separately once clarified.
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OTTAWA
Canada
defence department
Seamen's Strike Deadline Set for Friday Noon
Vancouver Aug 74 The Seafarers' International Union announced over 100 members from deck steward and engine rooms of Union Steamships seven-ship fleet will walk out at Friday noon unless a contract is reached. The strike would halt the coast service as CNB and CPR fleets are tied up by a national rail strike. Only barges and a few small vessels would operate.
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VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Seafarers’ International Union
A.F.L
Union Steamships Company
B.C
C.N.B
CPR
Gulf Lines
Marine Express Lines
Chinese Reds warn UN of plan to liberate Formosa
Peiping radio said the Chinese Communists demand the UN order withdrawal of all American forces from Formosa and announced an intention to liberate the island from the Nationalists. Foreign Minister Chen En-Lai sent the message to the UN Security Council and Secretary General Lie, heard by the Associated Press in Tokyo.
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FORMOSA
TOKYO
United Nations
Peiping
Associated Press
Chen En-Lai
security council
Trigve Lie
TRUMAN
WASHINGTON
United States
SASKATOON
W. A. Friedel
OTTAWA
St. Laurent
ATIKOKAS
MONTREAL
Frank Hall
Joint committee of international
Ontario
Atikokan
G.B
KOREA
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England
Reuters
Royal Marine
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