Price Rise In Spotlight Over Canada
Toronto reports show pork prices up seven cents a pound under Anglo-Canadian contracts and retailers adding up to twenty cents more. Lamb prices also rise, beef expected to follow, as vegetable prices climb. Ottawa probes possible unduly high price hikes in wholesale and retail sectors while groups push for price controls or austerity.
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TORONTO
the
Globe, and Mail
Ottawa
combines investigation commission
Retail Merchants' Association of Canada
United Electrical Workers
GLO
Prime Minster
Mackenzie King
Ontaro Cheese Producers Association
M. J. Coldwell
C.CF
Yale
B.C
Ontaro
Canadian Congress of Labor
congress
Ontario
Windsor
Kitchener
Grant
Vancouver
Calgary
Regina
New Mining Town Proposed at Eastme ton England
The 2 350 acre site in Durham County England is chosen by minister Lewis Silkin for Britain’s first mining town for miners families. Population around 30 000, residents from congested pithead settlements. Peterloo named as recreation and shopping hub to foster district cohesion and efficiency. Blast note references Gynamite incident in Australian News Letter.
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Eastmeton
Durham County
England
Lewis Silkin
Britain
Soviet Satellites Move to Recognize Vafiades Regime
Western warnings mount as Soviet satellites prepare to recognize Greece's Markos Junta led by Vafiades. Britain delays troop evacuation in Greece while coordinating with the United States on possible actions if recognition occurs. Analysts warn recognition would challenge UN principles and shift regional power, with Turkey wary of losing western alignment.
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LONDON
Europe
Marke
Vafiades
a_manjec inter
Mallenad viise
Athens
Britain
United States
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
offical
foreign office
guernilas
Maddie
Russia
Mediterranean
Turkey
Sadak
United Nations
WASHINGTON
state department
Bulgara
Markos Junta
United Nations assembly
ment
Is Stalin Dead
Prime Minister Stalin was reported dead by two Bert newspapers but the Russian embassy in London denied the rumors. Der Bund called the Moscow reports the office of the day and noted possible backers of the rumor. Swiss authorities and Dr Elis Berven query the patient case while Brazilian envoy Mario Pimente Brandae attributed he saw Stalin in Moscow recently in good health after a vacation in southern Russia.
Pigeons Propose Pardon for Ont Minister Shooting Request
PORT CREDIT Ont Jan 8 Rev B G Buley sought permission to shoot pigeons roosting in a store eaves. Councillors debated grain bait as a lure with food and drink to attract birds, while others urged the minister shoot them outright. The request was sent to the police committee as councillors noted their limited powers.
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PORT CREDIT
Ont
B. G. Buley
ons
jnhead
connectlior Harvey Corey
Counend
Mrr
Burey
police committee
Nine Die in Algerian Flight Crash Near Algiers
Nine people including children burned to death when a plane crashed into hills west of Algiers. The aircraft bound for Biskra and Philippeville carrying Canadian reinforcements for 1942 44 operations, crashed an hour after takeoff after engine trouble.
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PARIS
Reuters
Algiers
Agence France-Press
Biskra
Philippeville
Rescue Near For Stricken Soviet Ship
In severe 50-foot seas off northeast Japan the Russian ship Dring with 734 passengers improves slightly and may be towed to safety. Three rescue ships stand by while a second Russian vessel and several American controlled Japanese vessels respond. A rescue aircraft plans to remain over the Dvina through the night as efforts continue amid continued danger of sinking.
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TOKYO
Jan
Japan
lend assuarance
United States Air Force
Earler
Henry Deutschendorf
Agreement Is Signed Between Alberta and Lassiter’s Limited
Premier Manning announced a new agreement between Alberta government and Lassiter’s Limited to clear 100 000 acres in northwestern Alaska for veterans settlement. Clearing will resume promptly under O B Lassiter’s company. Lassiter to be paid cash at 25 per acre as work advances. settlers to repay one third of their proceeds over seven years. Government recoups a $590 020 claim via deductions from the 25 per acre payments.
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EDMONTON
Manning
Alberta
Lassister
Alaska
O. B. Lassiter
Chin
Lassist@r’s Limited
Lassiter
Wanham
Eamonton
Alberta Supreme court
Canada borrows from U S for credit aid loan
Canada signs a loan agreement with the export import bank for 300.8 million dollars at 2 percent, repayable in three, four and five years. Funds may be drawn through 1938 to buy US raw materials and machinery and to sustain the economy. The finance minister said Britain and Europe may receive continued aid and a broader trade agreement with the United States is under discussion. He planned a trip to New York and Montreal.
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WASHINGTON, Jan
Abbott
Canada
United States
New York
Mont‘real
AID
United Kingdom
Marshall urges prompt Europe aid program in Senate hearing
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes outlined the Marshall plan before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urging a four year, multi billion dollar European recovery program. He argued for a single administrator answerable to the president and warned that an inadequate, delayed program would waste resources and threaten world peace. The figure for the first 15 months was set at 3.63 billion dollars, with total costs possibly between 15 and 37 billion, though exact totals depend on future decisions.
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A.P
Marshall
United States congress
ASSErLEU
SENATE
senate foreign relations committee
Republican congress
Europe
jBe
Truman
congress
col Janse
Germany
Judge orders adjournment of Doukhobor hearings in B C
In Nelson British Columbia on January 3, Doukhobor disturbances in the Kootenay Valley prompted calls for emergency measures. Judge Sullivan urged emergency legislation and government force to stop arson and property destruction, with hearings adjourned until order is restored and residents confined to community lands if needed.
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NELSON
B.C
Keotenay Valley
Fudge H. J. Sullivan
New Westminster
xpecis
Sullivan
yesterayne
crown
Richard Tauber Dies in London at 55
Renowned German speaking tenor Richard Tauber died today in a London nursing home at age 55. Born in Lenz Austria in 1892 he rose to fame at Dresden and Berlin operas before expanding into operettas and films. he became a British subject in 1940 and his wife Diana Napier was by his side.
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LONDON
Richard Tauber
Londos
Tauber
Mozart
Munich
Salzburg
Lenz
Austria
Dresden
Berlin Opera House
Franz Lehar
Diana Napier
England
Martin Goes To Gallows in North Ontario Tale
PORT ARTHUR Jan 2 A tale of mutter in cold December shows of northwestern Canada reaches final chapter in district jail last night when Charles Marin 35 was hanged for slaying a two year old prospector. A terse jail note two hours and 15 minutes before the noose, following Ontario Supreme Court verdict. Bodies of Grant and partner discovered after extensive police investigation led to Mari n near Port Arthur. Police say the motive was theft with small change found in the pecked chest and Grant once of Toronto known to carry sums of money.
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PORT ARTHUR
Catare
Charles Marin
ST. _Sartig
Supreme Court of Ontario
Joseph Grant
Cook's Laks
Schreiber
Groots
Martins
Grant
ronto
New Oil Field Found Near Windsor in Ontario
A historic note from Toronto dated January announces a new oil field discovery in Tobury township about ten miles east of Windsor. The report indicates the find followed the testing of a well on Monday night, suggesting potential production nearby.
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TORONTO
Tobury township
Windsor
Five more killed as Holy Land fighting intensifies in Jerusalem
Summary of multiple brief items: in Palestine and Jerusalem violence rises with reports of British armored cars stolen and a British constable killed in Hebron. Separately, Canada and the United States airline firms seek contracts with Alberta to transport British immigrants. no contracts signed. Newcastle, NB fire destroys seven businesses and damages several buildings. Hamburg dock workers vote to call off a strike but warn further action if grievances not met. Princess to leave for Switzerland to join Michael. marriage anticipated in Bucharest. Raymond farmer Alma Thwiick, 55, dies suddenly while operating a tractor in the Welling district.
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HOLY LAND
JERUSALEM
Palestine
Jaffa
Arazs Dexan
Ureeid
Hebron
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
IC.P
United States
Alberta gourimmest
Atlantic
NEWCASSLE
N.B
NEWCASTLE
tL.P
brock
Castle street
Settigid
HAMBURG
iRenters
te Bamburg
SWITZERLAND
MICHAEL COPENHAGEN
Jas
Pnoocem Ane
Henrien- Farms
Lantanat
Michael
Romania
Ante
Bucharest
WELLING
RAYMOND
Alma Thwiitck
Raymond-Welling
Welles
Utah
Minch
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