Rail Strike Looms In US
Three United States railroad brotherhoods representing 125000 operating workers set February 1 as a strike date. The Brotherhood of Trainmen seeks contract improvements for trainmen in the United States and Canada. President Truman likely to appoint an emergency venue to seek settlement.
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CLEVELAND
C. P
United States
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Canada
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
niter States
Canad
Whitney
brotherhood
international association of general
TRUMAN
three brotherhoods
Frank Douglass
national (railway) mediation board
Chicago
Robertson
Bosherkelds of
Srthorbeds
Locomaive Engineers
London Tube extension opens amid praise and crowd rush
London reporters hail the new Tube Tailway extension north east of the city, linking Wanstead and Sppits Way with two sections and 700 trains daily. Officials say a two minute four minute interval will ease rush hours for thousands commuting to work. The system features fluorescent devices and modern station planning, and avoided abrupt government cutbacks as completion nears.
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London
Ottawa Journal
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Wanstead
Sppits way
quez
London Times
Montreal robbery hits receipts at two AM stop
Albert Patry, a traveling salesman for Trem, reported a gunman fired at his truck during a stop at a red light. Receipts totaling 1,344 dollars were damaged as the assailant escaped before the light changed. No injuries reported.
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MONTREAL
Albert Patry
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Mine Strike Nearer End in Western Coal Fields
Alberta and British Columbia coal mine walkout tightens as governments aim to form a conciliation board with nominations due by Tuesday. About 16 000 miners remain on strike, with only the Samis mine operating in Edmonton area and gas rationing feared if settlement lags.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
wuien
British Columbia
Vancouver
union welfare fund
Butter Price Set Under New Price Ceiling
Ottawa Jan 17 The Prices Board announced maximum retail butter prices ranging from 70 to 74 cents a pound under the new ceiling orders effective Monday Top grade creamery butter will retail at 74 cents a pound in the east 71 in Manitoba and Alberta 74 in British Columbia 73 in Ontario and Quebec and 7 cents in Saskatchewan based on a wholesale of 67 cents a pound at Montreal Trade mark ups remain the same as under prior control Officials said whey and dairy butter ceilings will be about the same as creamery butter A cross country survey last Thursday showed prices from 68 to 76 cents in major centres with Halifax at 73 to 78 cents Saint John 73 to 74 cents and 72 at Vancouver Edmonton and Toronto 7 to 32 at Winnipeg 8 72 at Montreal and 71 at Regina and Ottawa The ceilings may not change current prices but consumer saving is expected when supplies tighten Margins of profit fixed as before under control.
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OTTAWA
C.P.J
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Montreal
boutier
Helifax
Saint John
Vancouver
Edmonton
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Prices board
Gandhi Enters Fifth Day of Fast for Peace in India
Weaker by the hour Gandhi continues his hunger strike with Indian capital at prayer amid fears for his life. Associates urge unity among Hindus Sikhs and Muslims as a Kashmir settlement is sought. Nehru denies talks of a peace conference while mass demonstrations press for harmony. Arab League asks seven states to urge India to withdraw the Pakistan complaint at the UN and offers mediation if withdrawn.
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NEW DELRT
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
arch
Gandhi
Kashmir
Pakistan
Bub
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
CAIRO
Arab League
United Nations security counci
A league
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Trans-Jordan
Immigrants Arrive In Halifas From War-Torn Europe
The flow of displaced persons through Halifax today continued with the arrival of 859 immigrants aboard a United States ship. The newcomers, mostly Polish Jews Latvians Estonians and Lithuanians, travel toward new lives in Canada and the United States.
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HALIFAS
Atlantic
Canada
United States
McKinnon Is New Head of Stockmen Association
Delegates at the Western Stock Growers Association elected C. H. McKinnon of Dabemtad Alberta as president and named officers for the 1543 board. The convention discussed amendments to Alberta labor law, including union registration and a provincial labor tribunal to arbitrate disputes, in response to recent strikes and industry concerns.
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Mmusi seisa
recorda
asse~ciaUan
George G. Ross
Aden
F. E. M Robinson
Fincher Creek
beef council
Winnipeg
Alberta
Canada
Ontario Court Refuses To Quash Alberta Warrants
Ontario court dismisses two motions to quash five Alberta warrants against Jack K. Cooke publisher of New Liberty and writer Harold Dingman for conspiracy to publish a defamatory libel tied to Dingman’s December article Babits for Export in New Liberty. Justice F H Barlow’s ruling followed a special hearing at Osgoode Hall with counsel Joseph Sedgwick KC.
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TORONTO
CP.1
F. H. Barlow
Alberta
Jack K. Cooke
New Liberty magazine
Harold Dingman
Osgood Hall
Joseph Sedgwick
K.C
Lad me
Dingman
New Liberty
Export of Coal Signals Britain's Recovery Pace
London January 11 Reuters reports a British coal shipment this month marks progress toward industrial recovery. The first regular sale under the Sweden tow pact is poised to depart, with coal exports previously halted since February 1947 resuming as production climbs and stocks grow. The year’s target is 16 million tons, with 6 million under Marshall Aid and 7 million for bunkers abroad.
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R. B. MACLURE
LONDON
Reuters
Britain
Sweden
Amalgamation clears path for Alberta farm unions
After seven years of talks the United Farmers of Alberta approves merging with the Alberta Farmers Union and the move gains momentum as the AFU and UFA seek a single farmers’ voice. A plebiscite of AFU members will decide on the merger with a joint convention possible if 60 percent vote yes.
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amalfg Samated
Speas
AXAU
Violence in Holy Land escalates with Hebron fatal toll
Jerusalem dispatch reports 45 Jews killed in overnight fighting with Arabs in the Judean hills between Bethlehem and Hebron. Jewish and British sources cite ambush losses, with 35 Jews and four Arabs found dead seven miles north of Hebron.
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JERUSALEM
Judean
Bethlehem
Hebro
Felice
Surif
Bethlshem
Reuters
Hebron
itack
Hegaza
Palestine
United Nations
Butchers' Profits Are Defended CALGARY
Calgary January 17 A A C McKay secretary of the Retail Merchants Association issued a statement noting that recent price increases have reduced rather than increased butchers profits He responds to Edmonton charges by S W Sheppard manager of the Alberta Livestock Cooperative that butchers take too large a slice saying the average gross return to an efficient meat dealer barely covers operating costs and higher prices shrink retailer profits.
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CALGARY
T—Aa. C. McKay
Retail Merchants’ Association
Edmonton
S. W. Sheppard
Alberta Livestock Co-operative
Netherlands Indies ceasefire talks and troop demarcation plan
Detained items show burial costs at 21.99 for Menty Feed cost and 314,935 for a bronze casket while sewers and other items total 1,483 and 3,500 respectively. A.P. reports the signing of a plan to end the Indonesian conflict with a demilitarized zone between Java and Sumatra and a neutral military advisory committee to monitor troop withdrawals.
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DETROIT
hig family
Ferd
Surplus in Canadian Treasury Rises in Half Year
Ottawa reports the Canadian treasury surplus reached 646,239,921 for the first six months of the current fiscal year, up from the prior year and ahead of last month. April to December revenues total 2,059,382,578 with expenditures at 1,435,671,857, versus 2,081,868,666 and 1,297,958,854 a year earlier. The surge climbs toward about twice the 1946-47 annual surplus of 352 million, prompting talks of tax cuts in the upcoming budget.
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OTTAWA
campheller
the
treasury
Dcc
rita
Farm Machinery Goes To Montana From Calgary
The first shipment of Calgary manufactured farm machinery will depart from Robinson Equipment Co Ltd on Tuesday destined for Montana. The carload includes diggers manure streamers irrigation ditchers power take offs grain loaders and fence post drillers. Additional shipments will follow to towns in other northwestern states as export permits open access to the US.
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CALGARY
tee
United States
Robinson Equipment Co. Ltd
Montana
Cushing mill
Canada
GB Consulate Threatened as Canton Riot Echoes
In Shanghai on January 1 IT P A reports a crowd estimated up to 10 000 milling Chinese menaced the British consulate following the burning of the British consulate in Canton earlier. The mob roamed club swung but caused no major damage. Buildings plastered with slogans condemning Britain America and the Chinese government. The disturbance began as a demonstration by about 3 000 Chinese squatters from Kowloon protesting evictions for health reasons by British authorities.
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SHANGHAI
Jan
ITPA
Canton
Britain
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Poles Visit Stalin Confirm Soviet Leader Health
A Polish delegation led by Minister Stalin arrived in Moscow on January 17, marking the first group of visiting foreigners to confer with the Soviet leader. The visitors confirmed Stalin remains active and continues to fulfill official duties amid persistent health rumors.
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MOSCOW
Jan
Stalin
Rail Crisis Hopes for Presidential Fact Finding
News bulletins report varied tensions from Jan 17 including a plea by David B. Robertson for a presidential fact finding board to resolve the rail dispute with a Feb 1 strike looming. Other items note Chinese Communist claims, a ballot case judgment reserve in Edmonton, and Ottawa fines for income tax evasion.
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CLEVELAND
David B. Robertson
the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
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United States
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