Development Comes From Conference On Rail Strike
A high level union informant says railways and their unions will resume negotiations soon possibly tonight after a conference between Prime Minister St Laurent and union chiefs. The PM offered Parliament Hill quarters for talks and indicated no set deadline for a settlement ahead of next week’s emergency session.
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UAWA
St. Laurent
Parliament Hill
Frank H. Hall
international union group
A. R. Mosher
indi
BC Seamen Strike Paralyzes British Columbia Coast
About 250 dock, engine-room, and steward workers walked off seven union steamship vessels in Vancouver at the strike deadline. With the fleets of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National already tied up by a rail strike, the walkout nearly halted all coastal shipping and left 15,000 residents in 100 northern settlements isolated as negotiations collapsed.
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VANCOUVER
umbia
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National steamships
Union Steamships
The Left Hand Corner A New Word Is Born
A quirky notice references a new word creation tied to a wary trout and a hand taken bean item. The fragment hints at a playful linguistic moment or puzzle in a local column.
Chief Reindeer as witness to paleface perfidy
Ottawa Journal piece portrays Chief Reindeer as a witness to alleged misdeeds by white settlers. It notes his role in exposing supposed betrayals while recounting his life in and out of the reservation. The piece references his working in New York as an elevator operator and his braids and feathered coiffeur as features of his image.
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Ottawa Journal
Reindeer
Joe
New York
Invaders Make Fifth Try Open Road Into City
Alberta polio toll rises to 48 with four new cases reported Thursday. Victims include a 3 year old girl in Edmonton, a 40 year old man from New Norway, a 37 year old man from Bashaw, and a 10 year old girl from Camrose.
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Invaders
EDMONTON
Alberta
New Norway
Bashaw
Camrose
Tank Led Smash Forces South Koreans Back
A major battle over a new road to Taegu broke out in central Korea with 6,000 Red troops and tanks pushing against South Korean defenses. South Koreans counterattacked and regained ground near Taegu while Reds shoved back a South Korean regiment at Yongdok and Kigye near Pohang.
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TOKYO
Taegu
central Korea
Sea of Japan
Yongdok
Kigye
Sobuk
Tundok
Masan
Mails To Get Top Priority In Transport Plan
Ottawa reports that once government uses its power to mobilize civilian air transport during the rail strike, the air transport board will enforce a priority system. Mail service for the post office would be first, with emergency medical moves and public interest shipments next, and passenger displacements as a last resort.
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OTTAWA
air transport board
post office department
transport department
Arcand Identified as Cooper Attacker in Court
Mrs Florence Jorgensen of Picture Butte identified Willam Arcand as the man who attacked John Ollis Cooper at the river bottom home about 30 hours before Cooper died. The identification occurred at Arcand's preliminary hearing in police court on Friday morning, with her presence noted. See complete morning session coverage on Page 3.
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Florence Jorgensen
Picture Butte
Willam Arcand
John Ollis Cooper
Cooper
river bottom
Jorgensen
Arcand
Relief Train To Reach Strike-Isolated Atikokan Soon
Atikokan Ontario faces hunger in a mining town cut off by railway strike. A mercy train carrying supplies for about 3,000 residents will depart Lakehead after loading Friday, delivering food and essentials by Saturday. Town relies on CN rails with no road or air links. meat and milk scarce.
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ATIKOKAN
Ont
G. R. Graham
Port Arthur
Canadian National Railways
Lakehead
F. A. Cox
Atikekan
C.N.R
Winnipeg
Minnesota
Ontario
Saskatoon Sides With Blackout From Rail Strike
Saskatoon endures a war style blackout as rail strikes spark power rationing by the Saskatchewan Power Commission. Pedestrians stumble in pitch black streets while neon and street lights fade. buses run on reduced schedules. the Bessborough Hotel, with its own plant, remains a rare bright spot as crews cope with limited fuel and staff strikes.
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SASKATOON
Saskatchewan Power Commission
Second Avenue
Saskatchewan
Bessborough
Liberte Returns to New York After Eleven-Year Hiatus
The French luxury liner Liberte arrived in New York on a Wednesday, first visit in 11 years, drawing a record welcome from official greeter Grover Whalen. The 49,850-ton ship, formerly the German Europa, is now a French liner and ranks as the third largest passenger ship behind the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.
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NEW YORK
Liberte
Grover Whalen
Europa
north Atlantic
Britain
Royalite buys oil rights in Redwater land sale
Royalite Oil Company Ltd of Calgary purchased oil rights on four quarter sections in the Redwater oilfield for more than 5 million dollars. The Alberta government lease sale included thirteen parcels in the Redwater and Leduc fields totaling about 1700 acres.
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EDMONTON
Royalite Oil Company Ltd
Calgary
Redwater
Alberta
Leduc
President of Chile Dies At 82 After Heart Attack
Arturo Allesandri Palma, 82, twice president of Chile and president of the senate, died of a heart attack Thursday in Santiago. A veteran of Chilean politics for five decades, he remained active until his death and caused national mourning.
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SANTIAGO
Chile
Arturo Allesandri Palma
senate
Allesandri
Railway Seizure Ordered By President Truman
President Truman ordered the seizure of United States railroads at 5 p.m. EDT Sunday to avert a country wide strike called for Monday by two railroad unions. Army Secretary Frank Pace was directed to operate the roads in the name of the government, with workers urged to stay on duty. The unions stated they would work under government seizure.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
United States
Army
Frank Pace
G B Troops Set Sail For Korean War
Britain's first contingent for Korea sails from Kowloon aboard the Unicorn and Ceylon. Midddlesex Regiment and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders march away with bands, while Malcolm Macdonald urges them to conquer Communists and defend South Korea.
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HONG KONG
Reuters
Britain
Korea
Middlesex Regiment
Unicorn
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Ceylon
Kowloon
Southeast Asia
Malcolm Macdonald
South Korea
North Korea
Sugar price hike boosts wholesale cost by 70 cwt
The Herald reports a 70 cent per hundredweight rise in wholesale sugar prices effective with Friday business opening. T. George Wood of Raymond, GM of Canadian Sugar Factories, said the increase follows two prior 25 cent boosts in two months, driven by worldwide higher raw sugar prices, raising Lethbridge wholesale to 11.40 per cwt.
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The
Herald
T. George Wood
Raymond
Lethbridge
Uranium Rush in East Germany Alarms Britain
British authorities report Russia has intensified uranium mining in East Germany to a frantic pace. An army of 300,000 Germans, mobilized by Russians and their German communist allies, works 24 hours daily to extract ore for atomic weapons. The move strains West German economy and bypasses peaceful production.
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BERLIN
Russia
East
Germany
East Germany
Strike Won’t End Till Five Day Week Demands Stand
Montreal August 25 Canadian rail unions chairman Frank Hall declared the nationwide rail strike will not end until a five day 40 hour week is guaranteed. Hall blamed high finance newspapers and capital interests. Trades and Labor Congress head Percy Bengough said the government is not pleased with Donald Gordon’s final offer. Both leaders planned a Ottawa meeting with Prime Minister St Laurent. Police were urged to bar Communists from picket lines if they join the strike.
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C.P
St. Laurent
Ottawa
Frank Hall
A. R. Mosher
W. A. Mather
Donald Gordon
CPR
C.N.R
MONTREAL
Canada
Hall
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Worers Union
AFL
Percy Bengough
Trades and Labor Congress of
Can
ada
Dominion
Bengough
St Laurent
U S offers support probe of Red China charges
U S delegation asks U Thant to investigate Chou En Lai accusations of American aggression in Formosa. Warren R. Austin sent a letter denying Peiping's claims, signaling readiness to aid an on scene inquiry into the clash over Formosa.
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U.S
RED CHINA
LAKE SUCCESS
United States
China
Formosa
Trygve Lie
Warren R. Austin
Chou En-Lai
Peiping
ALTA
EDMONTON
Alberta
CHRYSLER
DETROIT
automobile
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers
C.SO
WASHINGTON
Canada
commerce department
VANCOUVER ISLAND
ANCOUVER
Queen Charlotte Airlines
Georgia Gulf
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Fatrida Bay
Victoria
SASKATOON
AMills
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