Peacetime draft proposal stirs Britain’s unions
In London on July 16 1944 Arthur Deakin of the Transport and General Workers Union urged a peacetime draft of non-productive workers to fill industrial labor gaps hindering economic recovery. The speech challenged long standing union opposition to labor conscription and piecework pay, seen by many as a trial balloon to gauge union strength while the government weighs public reaction amid a slowing economy.
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LONDON
Britain
Arthur Deakin
Transport and General Workers’ Union
Deakan
Herbert Morrison
Brigadier Plow Hinders Public Access to Ferguson Point
Vancouver’s Ferguson Point, famed for its view of Stanley Park, remains closed to the public by a high board fence around Brigadier C. Plow’s residence. The Parks Board seeks restoration of the site, but Plow resists, stating no suitable alternative exists in Vancouver. He declines dinner with the Park Board but invites officials to meet at his office. The national defence department has become involved in the impasse.
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Vancouver
Stanley Park
C. Plow
Ferguson Font
Parks Board
Ferguson Point
P. Luce
Toronto
Shaughnessy Heights
Plow
Park Board
department of national defence
Red insignia on guerrillas in northwestern Greece
Greek reporter notes guerrillas in the Ioannina area wore Soviet symbols. Soldiers who fought Tuesday described attackers with red stars on caps and hammer and sickle armbands. Some guerrillas wore black trousers and red blouses. insurgents were said to include Moslem Chamouran irregulars.
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ATHENS
Greece
Vassos Tsimberados
Emros
Ioannina
Ted
Acquittal Upheld In Dick Murder Case
Toronto July 16 The crown failed in its appeal against Mrs Evelyn Dicks acquittal on a murder charge in her husbands death at Hamilton in 1946 The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled police statements to Mrs Dick were inadmissible at her second trial marking another stage in the bizarre Hamilton slaying case Her father Donald MacLean pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact and was sentenced to five years The same jury had previously acquitted William Bohoauk on the murder charge
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TORONTO
The
crown
Evelyn Dick
Mareh
J. ©. McRuer
John
Hamilton
Ontario court of appeal
Donald MacLean
MacLean
A. M. Lebel
aszizement
William Bohoauk
Hindus and Sikhs Move Assets to Hindustan
Hindu and Sikh businessmen and landlords fear discrimination in a Muslim Pakistan and plan to transfer assets to Hindustan. In Lahore the impetus is strongest as officials expect the city to become a border town and lose its historic Punjab capital status.
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LAHORE
Reuters
Pakistan
Hindustan
Punjab
Polio Cases Remain Light Across Canada
Canadian Press reports polio remains largely under control with 76 cases nationwide. British Columbia shows a rise, totaling 48 cases this year including three mild pediatric cases yesterday. Winnipeg and Brandon each add one case, while Vancouver and surrounding areas house the majority of BC infections. Authorities caution the next two weeks are the riskiest period as cycles suggest no peak year in 1847.
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British Columbia
west coast
Canada
Winninpeg
Brandon
Man
Lougheed
Winnipeg
5S. Stewart
Vancouver
New Westminster
Cloverdale
lower mainland
Howe’s Political Future Questioned in Commons
In Ottawa July 16 Reconstruction Minister Howe faced questions about rumors his department would close. He declined to reveal future plans, citing government policy to be announced in due time. Speculation tied Howe to remaining in government and possibly becoming minister of mines and resources after J. A. Glen’s illness.
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OTTAWA
Howe
cears
Howard Green
P.C. Vacouver South
pst
Trans-Canada
mines and resources
Defeat Want Prorogation Confidence Debate in Commons
In TVAWA July 16 report the Canadian Commons voted 84 to 54 to back the government on a C C F motion deemed want of confidence. Liberals opposed. Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit supported. Debate centered on veterans pension increases and war veterans allowances under the War Veterans’ Allowance Act and Pension Act amid calls for a free vote.
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TVAWA
commons
C.C.F
Mackenzie King
Progressive Conservative
Social Credit
Jewish labor leader demands entry for Holocaust survivors to Holy Land
Zalman Rubashov testifies before the Palestine committee urging rapid transfer of Jewish survivors from Nazi terror to Palestine. Histadrut pledges full cooperation with the Jewish Agency for reception and absorption. British police report a Jewish temporary constable killed by gunfire near Tel Aviv and impose curfew relief for Nathanya district amid search for kidnapped sergeants tied to Irgun.
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JERUSALEM
Zalman Rubashov
United Matianemperial committee on
Palestine
Holy Land
Jewish Labor Federation
Histadrut
Rubashov
Jewish agency
Tel Aviv
Nathanya
Palestine diamond centre
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Forgetful husband chased by irate wife in hotel lobby
London Ontario July reports a wandering husband, sweating and puffing, returns to a hotel lobby to find his wife waiting. He had driven about 14 miles before realizing she was missing, prompting an awkward confrontation as the couple regrouped.
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LONDON
Ont
GM Plans Week Off as Steel Shortage Forces Shut Down
General Motors will halt passenger car production for a week starting Monday due to "disturbed" steel market. The move affects about 180,000 workers across Michigan plants and other sites as feeder-plant shortages hit output of Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac.
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DETROIT
General Motors Corporation
United States
C EB. Watson
Michigan
General motors
Buick
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Hitch In Contract With Argentina
London reports an 1,800,000 pound hitch in a British bulk contract for 500,000 tons of Argentine wheat. The price dispute arises from different price definitions free on board and free alongside ship. The temporary Argentine invoicing and retroactive price adjustments add to the cost, with ships bearing interim costs until Britain and Argentina settle the responsibility. Brigadier William N. Bostock, Canadian Military Attache to China since 1945, retires to civilian life from Army Headquarters in Ottawa.
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LONDON
Reuters
British food ministry
Argentina
United States
Canada
Britain
Great Lakes
seaboard
fouc
OTTAWA
William N. Bostock
C.B
China
Army Headquarters
Inflation fears eased by business leaders testimony
Washington reports show Tyre United States business readers discount fears of a new inflationary spree. George M. Humphrey testifies the new coal wage contract should stabilize the economy and retard inflation, while Earl Bunting notes prices high but wages rising slower in the last four months. Robert E. Wood doubts trouble ahead and urges curtailing aid to Europe as Western Europe nears economic exhaustion.
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WASHINGTON
United States
congress
joint congressional committee on the economic reports
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
Robert E. Wood
Sears Rorbuck and Co
Wood
Europe
Ottawa Commons Move Toward Prorogation Ends Redistribu tion Debate
Ottawa reports prorogation nears as Parliament approves the redistribution bill after 13 hours of debate. The plan adds 10 seats, raising MPs from 245 to 255 with new ridings in Quebec, BC, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Manitoba while eliminating one in Saskatchewan. Three GCF and PC amendments fail. final passage leads to formal prorogation.
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OTTAWA
CP.j
commons
hogh
house
Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Coldwell
C.C.F
Gordon Graydon
P.C
Peel
Humboldt
Lake Centre
Eighty Firefighters Battle Canadian Forest Blazes
About eighty men in Cranbrook and Canal Flats are on fire duty after a hot dry spell. Crews split between two major outbreaks near Pedley Creek and Buhi Creek, each about forty firefighters. Lightning storms circling the Kootenay Valley caused spot fires, with one found north of Cranbrook at Moyie. Sash and Door Company timber stands near Lamb Creek were damaged by a plane strike. two forestry workers were dispatched to locate the blaze.
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CRANBROOK
Canal Flats
Pedley Creek
upper Kootenay
Forestry branch
Buhi Creek
glsee
Kootenay Valley
Moyie
H. A. McKowan
Not Optimistic About Piping Of Alberta Gas
Vancouver reports a U S company weighing Alberta natural gas to supply northwest cities. T M Moran vice president of the British Columbia Electric Company notes long study and serious challenges before any pipeline could reach the region.
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Alberta
VANCOUVER
Calgary
United States
northwest
T. M. Moran
British Columbia Electric Company
Mr. Moran
Judge dismisses case over alleged abusive language
Mealymouthed Bridlington July 18. In county court Judge Kingsley Griffiths refused to repeat alleged abusive language from a plaintiff. The judge declared he was not a child and warned that actions brought in the court must not be smeary mouthed.
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BRIDLINGTON
Yorkshire
Kingsley Griffiths
sid
Prices Board to End Controls This Fall Ottawa
Prices Board winds down its operations and plans to remove price ceilings on most goods except rents and sugar by fall. Meat and bakery ceilings are expected to vanish by late October with fats oils and cotton possibly remaining controlled. Cabinet and Board officials will set final dates this week, aiming for disbandment by November.
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OTTAWA
Prices Board
cabinet and Prices Board
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec City
Canada to recover over 450 million from war assets
Reconstruction Minister Howe stated in the commons that Canada's surplus war material recovery will be well over 450 million dollars, with the total to be finalized in a future year. The remark was reported from Ottawa on July 16.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Howe
Canada
Greek Army Hammers 2500 Leftists On Mount Gamila Slopes
Greek planes attacked 2300 leftist guerrillas trapped on Mount Gamila near Ioannina as three government brigades closed in for a final battle. Greek authorities warned of possible new invasions and disclosed arms concentrations in Albania and Yugoslavia. The siege centered near Yeropiatanis and Vasilikon, about four miles from the Albanian frontier, with 5000 troops involved total.
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Associated Press
Mount Gamila
Ionnina
Janina
Albania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Yeropiatanis
Vasilikon
George Stratos
vilage
Negradhes
Epirus
Tanmina
Stratos
Veroplatanos
Rosita
Ioannina
Gamila
Strates
Napoleon Zervas
U S Policy On Germany Sets Direction For Europe
Berlin report says the United States issued a revised policy toward Germany calling for a stable productive Germany with a higher living standard as essential to European recovery and peace. The directive to General Clay signals German participation in the Marshall plan and marks the most important U S statement on Germany since last fall.
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BERLIN
United States
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Byres
Stuttgart
Fifteen Micmac crew injured in Halifax collision
Fifteen crew members of the 2008 ton destroyer Micmac were injured after a collision with the freighter Yarmouth County near Halifax harbor in fog. The navy also questioned if any sailors are missing as an investigation continues.
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HALIFAX
C.P
Yarmouth County
John Dickey
H. I. Macintosh
C.C.F
C.F
A. A. McDonald
B.C
SALK
VANCOUVER
lower mainland
Regina
MOSCOW
MONTREAL
Hilaire Beauregard
Quebec
C. H. Heflmeier
Shanghai
Marinos
Jackie Paterson
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