Inflation fears and price controls ripple through Canada
Ottawa reports rising commodity costs and talks of reimposing price ceilings on beef pork and butter as Traders watch Bank of Canada steps and anticipated U S wage and price power limits. Cattle prices surge with a Chicago beef steer record and union demands loom over 1948 wages while officials keep plans secret.
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Left Hand Corner Seethes At Burlington House Chess Set
The London correspondent of the Ottawa Journal reports a man once immune to temptation now tempted by an extraordinary ivory lacquered chess set at Burlington House. He dismisses the urge, citing currency limits, and jokes he would winter abroad if finances allowed. Also notes: Agnes Deters wills $2000 to animals and $10 to her husband, Thomas William leaves $472,600 to a nephew on conditions.
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Pen Pal Note Sent With Prisoner Made Plates
Deputy Sheriff Steve Warwick received his 194% Nebraska license plates No 21 3333 yesterday along with a note from a prisoner at the state penitentiary who Warick helped arrest last spring for breaking and entering. The inmate had crafted the plates for his guard.
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Nebraska state penitentiary
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Plan Boycott Arms Cargo On Canuck Vessel
Singapore harbor workers including Chinese Indian and Malay crews voted to refuse unloading the Oceanside a 7158 ton ship owned by Andros Shipping Company over claims it carried arms for the Nanking government The Ocean side was at the docks awaiting cargo clearance before sailing to China Local agents denied any arms on board and a former Montreal Gazette editor called the charges nonsense
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Singapore Federation of ‘Trade Unions
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Nanking
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Patterson, Simons and Company
Andros Shipping Company
Montreal
Mont ‘real
Peter McRitchie
Montreal Gazette
McRitchie
Sinneapore
Sympathetic Saleslady in Detroit Murder Case
A grateful widow, Mrs Henry Mach, buys a black funeral dress at an east side store. Reece Lawson, 47, an ex convict, is jailed for the slaying of her patrolman husband. Mrs Dixie Lawson, 44, the sympathetic saleslady, sits with him at the arraignment as two witnesses attend.
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Dixie E. Lawson
Bombs Kill 12 In Jerusalem
Bombs exploded in Jerusalem as Jews disguising themselves as Palestine police opened fire and set off a second blast near Jaffa Gate. At least eight Arabs were killed and many injured while clashes continued in the Old City and surrounding areas. Other violence in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem raised the Christmas observance toll, with several soldiers and civilians hurt and a rising unofficial death count in the region.
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Three Airliner Crashes Kill Many In Europe And U S
Twenty four people died in Savannah when a Coastal Airlines twin engine plane crashed in a marsh on the Savannah River. The Puerto Rican passengers were en route home, with all the injured reported in serious condition. Across the Atlantic, an Air France DC-4 burned on approach to Le Bourget, killing 15 of 16 aboard. A British European Airways Viking struck a tree near Northolt, wounding several and leaving the pilot dead.
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Passing Out Of Picture 7 Ft Canadians Eating Up Cheese
Canada slides from world cheese trade as domestic consumption climbs. Exports to Britain fall to 55.75 million pounds in the current year, the lowest in 65 years, while Canada’s dairy herd and butter use rise. The 1942 peak was 142.58 million pounds, with rationing and bonuses reviving output briefly.
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Seymour Hicks Praises Idiots In Stage Anniversary Quote
London dispatch reports actor Seymour Hicks marking his Sich anniversary at 61 on stage and delivering atongue in cheek reflection on human types. He urges kindness to natural and shy people, mercy to snobs, and thanks to idiots for they keep others from finding us out.
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Seymour Hicks
West Oregon Floods Drown Three on Rogue River Ferry
Three people drowned in a small cable ferry on the Rogue River near Sishe as floods surged across western Oregon. Dozens of families were homeless, 1,400 people evacuated in the Willamette Valley, and key highways severed. Rescue efforts mobilized by Coast Guard and Army engineers amid widespread isolation and power outages.
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Forced to Burn Money in Plane Crash Rescue
In Vancouver a stalled plane crash near Purcell Point left pilot W. B. Silvester and a passenger clinging to pontoons as gale winds sank their craft. They burned money to keep warm while waves battered the fuselage until rescue arrived hours later. The flyer, last name Silvester, recalled the flames and refused to reveal the amount burned.
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Sylvester
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Boost Corporation Taxes to offset loss battle
President Truman urged Congress to grant every individual taxpayer a $40 cut while raising corporation taxes by 3.2 billion dollars to fund it Laboring amid a looming tax battle Truman framed a cost of living credit to aid small taxpayers and signaled a broad program for world peace and economic reform including higher minimum wage social security expansion and universal training while tying European recovery aid to broader equal necessities in a bid to secure Western unity.
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ASHINGTON
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Help Parents Visit Children Club Formed in London
London woman Mrs Marcha Fitchard organizes a social club to aid parents visiting children in Canada and the United States. She notes weekly events to raise funds for travel expenses and assist members with crossing borders.
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Two Blasts Hit Montreal Gas Works Shaking City
Early morning blasts at the Moncrest Locomotive Works in east Montreal injured six men, four seriously burned, with heavy damage to the gas-making shop and surrounding buildings. Fire crews and ambulances attended. exact cause not immediately known, and damage assessment ongoing.
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Alberta Legislature to Open February Nineteenth
Edmonton reports the fifth session of Alberta’s current assembly will commence on February 19, Premier Mannomez announced after a cabinet meeting. The opening date had been tentatively set for February 12.
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