Demand For Labor Hits High Point
The Canadian Press reports that Canada faces a severe labor shortage as industrial expansion outpaces supply. Aug. 14 unplaced applicants reached 93,000 with 95,000 vacancies, signaling a peak in September as agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and transport run at full capacity. Regional gaps persist, with Ontario and Quebec most affected while Maritimes and Pacific show surplus. Job demand spans miners in Alberta, building materials firms, and pulps mills, despite strong labor-management relations aiding stable employment.
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labor department
national employment service
department
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Pacific
prairies
ALBERTA Goal
Alerta
Pulp and paper
Birth of a 13-pup Scottish collie crowd at home
Mrs. R. C. McMillan of 228 King Edward Street St James Winnipeg recounts a Sunday birth that brought 13 pups from her Scottish collie with one pup dying Monday morning. She notes the confusion of counting and the joyous chaos of a large litter while a single sad loss marks the week. The tale is part of a broader page including parliamentary commentary.
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Winnipeg Free Press
R. C. McMillan
King Edward Street
St. James
Last Chance Program Draws Good Reactions
London reports wide favorable response to the Federation of British Industries plan for European recovery under Marshall aid. The proposal seeks to boost coal output from 195 million to 220 million tons, relax controls, and foster European economic collaboration while Britain cuts its foreign trade deficit.
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LONDON
Federation of British Industries
Attlee
Yorkshire
national coal board
endorce
Britain
federation
Neal Opens New Airport Runway At Yellowknife
W M Neal of Montreal chairman and president of Canadian Pacific Railway officiated at the Yellowknife airport runway opening. He called the event emblematic of rapid development in the Canadian North and of global significance. Neal arrived by plane for ceremonies and after visiting mines returned to Edmonton to continue his Western Canada inspection tour. The mile long runway, laid by the department of transport, replaces a temporary strip used by Canadian Pacific Airlines.
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YELLOWKNIFLE
N.W.T
W. M. Neal
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Yellowknife
Canada
Neal
Edmonton
department of transport
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Strike Talks Scheduled Between Swift Packers and Union
Toronto Aug 23 Talks to settle a three day old strike by 4000 Swift Canadian Company packinghouse workers resumed in a hotel room after a two hour session with no near agreement on major issues. The union seeks 15 to 20 cent hourly wage increases and aims for a master contract covering all plants. Ralph Helstein of the UPWA joined the talks as other firms considered new contracts while a Melville Sask strike settlement was made a condition for progress.
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TORONTO
C.P
Swift Canadian Company
United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.0
mator
Fred Dowling
Swift Canadian
Moncton
N.B
St. Boniface
Man
Edmonton
Moose Jaw
Sask
New Westminster
Canada Packers and Burns and Company
U.P.W.A. ra precentaties
Police Dogs Hunt Canadian Bank Murder Suspect
Walter Pavlukoff, 35, an ex convict sought for the slaying of Sydney Petrie, bank manager, remains at large in a Surrey BC bush district. Bloodhounds police in civilian clothes search the Fras t River area near Hope, with a helicopter used in BC police history. A coroner ruled Petrie’s death murder by unknown male and the Bankers Association posted a $5,000 reward.
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Canadien Press
Vic
Surrey
Walter Pavlukoff
state of
Washington
Frast river
here
Hope
Pavlukoff
Hope-Princeton
British Columbia
Vancouver
Surrey hunt
Partnkoff
Provinciak
R.C
Pat Ritchie
Paviakoff
Sydney S. Petrie
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Canadian Bankers Association
Robert E. Snowden
P Petrie
Snowden
Mr. Petrie
Miners Strike Spreads Across Yorkshire Coalfields
In a rapid spread from Grimethorpe to three pits, the Yorkshire strike grows as 14 to 27,582 idle miners are reported. The Daily Graphic urges government to cut extra rations, citing double meat portions and weekly bread allotments.
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LONDON
C-PI
Yorkshire
Daily
Graphic today
Daily Herald
Herald
Graphic
Literal
News Chronicle
Grimethorpe
national coal board
Edmonton Restaurant Closed Over Health Violations
Edmonton health officer Dr G M Little announced the closure of a city restaurant for failing to meet cleanliness standards. He noted other owners generally comply but face labor and material shortages delaying required improvements.
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EDMONTON RES
EDMONTON
city health department
G. M Little
health department
Scientists unveil tame atomic bomb prototype at Los Alamos
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a controlled version of the atomic bomb intended to power research and provide steady energy from nuclear fission. The design centers on a new chain reaction pile using high energy neutrons produced by plutonium fission, with Louis Slotin and Philip Morrison linked to the development. Slotin died in 1946 after a prior lab accident while protecting colleagues.
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LOS ALAMOS
N.M
Louis Slotin
Winnipeg
atomic energy commission
Slatin
Philip Morrison
Cornell University
New Mexico
Slotan
atomc
John Hersey
Hiroshima
slot
Hersey
Slotin
Rejection of Arbitration Plan at Calgary Nitrogen Plant
Workers at the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company nitrogen plant near Calgary rejected the arbitration board wage award in a two day vote. Union officers said an election meeting would be held Tuesday to decide whether a strike vote would be taken.
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CALGARY
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company Ltd
Three Robbers Hold Up Winnipeg Hotel Cash Heist
In downtown Winnipeg three men robbed Kingston, proprietor of the Winnipeg Hotel, of 45400 after he left a Royal Bank branch. Kingston wrestled one bandit from the car, another struck him, and the trio fled in a stolen vehicle as police sought the suspects.
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Sosnowski
pam
Chicago
WINNIPEG
C.PJ
M. Kingston
Royal Bank of Canada
Kingston
Carlton Street
Portage Avenue
Canadian National Railways
Mr. Kingston
Portage
atea
Bank of Toronto
Meat for Britain signed with Guatemala Amerian Co
London August 29 Reuters reports the food ministry has concluded an agreement with the Guatemala American Company to supply marcass meat to Britain. The announcement came Wednesday.
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LONDON
Reuters
food ministry
Guatemala Amerian Company
Britain
Wednesda
Eyebrow Raising Sparks Debate on Viscount Alexander Speech
Ottawa reports of Viscount Alexander in New York claiming moral support for Greece uplifted eyebrows. Government circles caution the remark as not representing Canada’s Russia policy, while Legion audience and press dispatches trigger debate over Canada’s foreign stance and the governor general’s openness on policy.
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OTTAWA
New York
Viscount Alexander
American Legion
America
Greece
Associated Press
Russia
Legion
Trail To Ban Doukhobors in Trail Shore Acres Clash Deepens
Canadian Press report from Elson British Columbia details a crisis in the Doukhobor sect dispute as Trail orders curb the Sons of Freedom and plans mass actions in Shore Acres near Nelson. Police mobilize to prevent violence amid broader movement warnings and a manifesto blaming all Doukhobors for turmoil. A separate typhoon threat hits Bataan and Formosa as winds rise to 100 mph.
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ELSON
B.C
Trail
Sons of Freedom
Sons
Shore Acres
here
West Kootenay
Nelson
John Laurie
power commission
BC centre
Laurie
ertr
Robert Harshaw
Canada
Russa
Friendship Pays Aiding Austrian Restaurant Owner
In Kansas City on August 2, Pred Haynes, a railroad man, helped defend two young women from Austria and assisted with financial problems tied to an Austrian restaurant he supported for more than 30 years.
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KANSAS CITY
Kas
Haynes
Austria
French to Slash Imports From Dollar Countries
Paris officials announce a two thirds cut in imports from dollar countries for the second half of 1947. An interministerial commission suspends indefinite imports of gasoline cotton lumber paper pulp machine parts and non ferrous metals starting next Monday while continuing fats wheat and colonial imports. The move aims to curb a 260 million dollar deficit in the 450 million dollar second half program.
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PARIS
Canada
inter- ministerial economic commission
Britons Told Their Travel Manners Bad
Bolton Lancashire August 29 Reuters Britons abroad after Get 1 were told their foreign travel manners are bad anyway Canon W J Davidson vicar of Bolton levelled these charges against British travellers Singing and howling British youngsters behave like rowdies abroad In Switzerland travellers make nasty remarks about the Daptives in the presence of the Swiss who understand English Thirty thousand dollars laundry damage for Toronto August 29 Thousands of sheets and shirts were destroyed in a pre dawn fire gutted the United Superior Laundry Co Ltd plant in west Toronto Damage to the building estimated at 30000
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BOLTON
Lancashire
Eng
Reuters
W J. Davidson
Switzerland
FORONTO
United Superior Laundry Co., Ltd
Toronto
Ottawa Sets Basic Herds for Income Tax Purposes
Ottawa reports that the revenue department will accept basic herds for income tax. Farmers may establish a herd of 100 head and will not be taxed on sales reducing the herd below that level. Sales above the 100 head mark will be taxable income. A directive will be issued in September requiring proof of the basic herd.
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OTTAWA
revenue department
Pensions Delayed Amid Agreement Signatures
Alberta officials said pension increases authorized recently are delayed as some provinces have not signed the Dominion agreement. Other items report U S dollar safeguards, murder charges in Montreal, Eisenhower on global war, halting firebug terror in Kootenay, escaped convict body misidentified, Soviet ratifications, and Manitoba polio rise with 397 cases.
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EDMONTON
Auk
iCPJ
Alberta
willage department
Dominion
CANADA
OTTAWA
C.J
Dean Acheson
United States
MONTREAL
Armand Chartrand
Cecile Carriere
NEW YORK
Dwight D. Eivenhower
United States army
American Legionnaires
TORONTO
IC.P
Ontario
George Gurnet
Port Aaron
Mich
Nicholas Minille
Portsmouth
RUSSIA
LONDON
C.P.J
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Moscow radio tonight
MANITOBA
WINNIPEG
C.P
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royal merchant navy school
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Ban Doukhobors
BATAAN
TOKYO
uPi
Formosa
Bataan Islands
Philippines
United Suates weather wing
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