Bowles to Run Stabilization Plan in New Wage Policy
President Truman announced a new higher wage price policy and named Chester Bowles to run it as stabilization administrator. Wage increases must be approved, with possible price adjustments, while production must rise. Bowles will exempt non dangerous increases and OPA will review actions if earnings fail to improve. The plan aims to curb inflation, boost production, and address ongoing strikes.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
United States
Chester Bowles
White House
national wage stabilization board
Bowles
Canada to Withdraw 25000 Occupation Troops in April
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that Canada will begin withdrawing its 25,000 occupation troops from Germany in April. Air force reductions were also noted with 10,000 men to leave by June 30, while the navy did not participate. All troops are expected to be back in Canada by September or October, depending on shipping. King recalled his April 4 1944 Commons statement on phased reductions as safety and security allowed. Continued on Page Three.
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UAWA
Mackenzie King
Germany
Gibson
McKine
Canada
King
navions
counbel commission
Mackenge Kine
house of commons
tme
Britain Will Build Huge Electric Network Postwar
London reports a £450 million expansion by the British power industry to meet postwar needs of business and households. About £150 million goes to generation plants and roughly £300 million to distribution. Over 200,000 homes, including rural homes, will join the new system. At least half of the added 2 to 10 billion kilowatt hours annually will be for domestic use.
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GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON
The Left Hand Corner. Kingston Whig Standard on superstitions
A Kingston newspaper notes recent superstition stories. It cites a Marine Bank error at Ulmois and the 1923 tomb of Kung Ti Ankh Amen curse. Alfred Lucas died in Cairo at eighty, a nonbeliever who opened the tomb with Carter in 1923. The piece argues superstition fades with education but remains widespread.
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Kingston Whig Standard
Marine Bank of
Springfield
Ulmois
Cairo
Alfred Lucas
Lucas
Kung Ti-Ankh-Amen
Egypt
Howard Carter
Earl of
Carnarvon
Mr. Lucas
Vancouver Woman Reports Stranger Bathing In Tenant’s Room
A Vancouver woman told police a stranger has been sleeping in a bathtub in her East Cordova Street home for several nights. He refuses to leave and has not offered to pay any rent, the report says, raising concern about entry by others in the rooming house.
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ANCOUVER
Cordova Street
Coast Area Shaken by Pacific Coast Earthquake
A slight tremor rumbled from southern British Columbia to northern Oregon, rattling walls in Vancouver and Victoria with minor damage in Washington. The Lions Gate Bridge swayed briefly as the quake lasting one to four seconds was recorded by the University of Washington.
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VANCOUVER
O.P
Pacific
British Columbia
Oregon
Victoria
U.S
Washington state
Olympia
Seattle
E. Goodstreet
the
Universty of Washington
GREAT BRIDGE
Lions Gate
OTTAWA
Pacific coast
Memento From Blitzed Chamber For Sask House
Regina reports a candle-holder recovered from Westminster debris after the May 10 1941 air raid will hang over the speaker’s chair in Saskatchewan’s legislature if a motion passes. Mrs George H Williams widow of former agriculture minister says her husband received the memento to carry to Saskatchewan. Premier Douglas urged the vote to place it in the legislature as a tribute to the Mother of Parliaments.
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REGINA
Westminster
Saskatchewan
Tom Johnson
George H. Williams
Saskatchewan agriculture
Douglas
Victoria Cross Award Confirmed for May Foote at Dieppe
Ottawa February 16 official confirmation of the Victoria Cross award to John Meir Foote of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry for bravery at Dieppe. The honor had been announced earlier by a special edition of the Canada Gazette.
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OTTAWA
John Meir Foote
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
Dieppe
Canada Gazette
Lebanon Puts Immediate Troop Pullout Demand to Britain and France
Lebanon and Syria demand immediate and simultaneous evacuation of British and French troops from Levant soil. In UN Security Council debate, Lebanon accuses Britain and France of grave sovereignty violation and calls for withdrawal at earliest possible moment with security guarantees.
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LONDON
C.P
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Britain
France
Syria
Lebanon
McVishinsky
United States
Levant
Edward R Stettimmus, Jr
receive
Hamid Bey Frangie
security council
general assembly
tl-nation peace agency
UNO
Frangie
Faris Bry El Khoury
council
George Bidault
minde
pendence
Alexander Cadogan
NEW YORK
Army Score Is Lowered In Canada
Ottawa reports a further 10 point cut in the Canadian army priority scoring system lowering the discharge threshold to 60 points in Canada and 45 for industrial discharge. Long term service leave holders with 45 points may be discharged. The policy has no overseas application. Overseas remaining troops total about 20,000 in the U K and 20,000 in occupation tasks in New York bound activities. The Queen Elizabeth arrives in New York Feb 20.
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OTTAWA
Canada
New York
United Kingdom
No Longer Hunger in Holland Surfaces in Recovery
Prime Minister Schermerhorn notes improvement in Holland as rationing ensures fair food access and drought fears loom over wheat. He recalls a year of starvation under Nazi brutality and predicts better conditions with this year's crops despite ongoing hardship.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
HAGUE
Schermerhorn
Holland
Dr. Schermerhorn
Gale Left Eastern Canada in Wake of High Winds
A man is believed dead, several injured, and a family of six stranded in a waterlogged home after a windstorm swept eastern Canada. Roofs were ripped off, trees uprooted, and power and communications were cut as the gale moved through Wednesday night and Thursday. In the United States, western New York crews battled wreckage from yesterday’s storm, with bitter cold and a 30 mph wind slowing relief efforts.
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Canada
Hydro power
U.S
United States
colt
New York
Begin Trek Into Barrens At 43 Below
The Canadian army research expedition into the Northwest Territories started from Churchill, Manitoba, amid bitter weather with 43 below zero and a five mph wind. Led by Lt-Col P D Baird, the 3,100 mile trek uses Canadian snowmobiles and a weasel, with 11 vehicles and 24 personnel including British and American observers. The plan covers Baker Lake 400 miles north as the first leg, with supplies hauled on sleds.
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RE. L. WILLIAMS
CHURCHILL, Man
C.P
Canada
Northwest Territories
Urquhart
Hudson's Bay
North America
R. O . Morton
Winnipeg
P D Baird
Montreal
Baker Lake
here
United States
RCAF
Lizzie Sails With 10 000 Canadians
Southampton reports the liner Queen Elizabeth sailing for New York with about ten thousand Canadian troops and airmen from all districts aboard. The voyage marks its likely last as a troopship before refit for civilian service, with plans for luxury passenger work by autumn. Sir Arthur Harris and Paul Martin were among the notable passengers, and Churchill was teased as a possible future meeting.
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SOUTHAMPTON
England
New York
Canadian Army
wen
RCAF
London
Atlantic
Ibig
Arthur Harms
R.A. bomber command
Arthur
Rhodesia
Lady Harris
Jackie
United States
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Miami
Florida
Paul Martin
Canada
United Nations Organization general assembly
Montreal hangings kill murderer of Mount Royal boy
Roland Chasse, 43, was hanged early today for the ski trail murder and sexual assault of nine year old John Benson on Mount Royal. He walked to the gallows calmly and confessed to the crime after arrest eight weeks post death. The confession was key to the case presented before the court last fall.
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MONTREAL
Roland Chasse
John Berson
Mount Royal
Chasse
Benson
court of king’s bench
Truman names Bedell Smith ambassador to Russia
President Truman announced Averell Harriman’s resignation as ambassador to Russia and nominated Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith to succeed him. The plan allows Smith to take the post without affecting his military status, with formal submission later. Smith previously served as chief of staff for Gen Eisenhower in Europe.
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BEDELL SMITH
WASHINGTON
Truman
Averell Harriman
Russia
Walter Bedell Smith
Charles G Ross
Smith
statts
Eisenhower
Europe
army
Gen Marshall
China
Egyptian govt resigns in protest over riots in Cairo
Cairo February 1947 three cabinet ministers resigned from the coalition cabinet protesting government measures to quell student riots and violence. The scenario follows earlier resignations by members of the Wafd opposition as political realignment looms. Britain’s ambassador left London for consultations on the situation.
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Lannon
CAIRO
sho
Makrant Passe
El Said Selim
Mauretania Sails Ship Back German Prisoners
Halifax reports the liner Mauretania converted into a prisoner sea return vessel sailed with German POWs aboard. Six troop trains brought prisoners to the ship at night as police oversaw embarkation behind barbed wire. Destination unknown, prisoners appeared hopeful for the long voyage home.
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HALIFAX
Mauretania
Atlantic
seawell
Mauretamaro
Western Canada
United Kingdom
homies
Stop The Press News Probes Espionage By Government Employees
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King named a royal commission of two justices to probe espionage and the handling of confidential information. The inquiry covers closures of secrets to unauthorized persons, including staff from a foreign mission in Ottawa. One employee was attached to External Affairs after service with RCMP intelligence and the Wartime Information Board. Another man, a Canadian government employee, was in London and on his way to Canada.
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OTTAWA
Mackenzie King
Hwan
external affairs department
R.C.AF
Wartime Information Board
London
Canada
Rumors Denied as Wray Remains in Banff-Cochrane Caucus
Edmonton Feb 15 Premier Manning publicly denied reports that Arthur Wray Social Credit MLA for Banff Cochranes constituency had been suspended from his party caucus. Wray said he has no plan to cross the floor. protests continue over snow-clearing delays in Cochrane. President Truman dismisses 1948 term talk. Ottawa housing and veterans employment policy criticized in Alberta Legislature.
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MLL
EDMONTON
Arthur Wray
Wray
Cochrane
IMAN
WASHINGTON
Truman
OTTAWA
C.P
Michael Ponich
S.C. Vegreville
Alberta
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