Matchless King honoured as Canada’s premier for 19 years
The London Evening Standard praised Prime Minister Mackenzie King as a peak statesman whose experience lends authority on international affairs. The piece accompanied King’s planned Downing Street speech and farewell activities before his return to Canada aboard the Queen Mary, noting Canada’s wartime record and rising global influence.
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King
Walpole Room
Number 10
Downing Street
Canada
Southampton
house of commons
Wing
Britain
commonwealth
Yugoslav Mobilization Rumors Sweep Europe
London reports cite Daily Mail and Giornal Della Serra on Belgrade announcing general mobilization in Yugoslavia amid tensions in Venezia Giulia and fears of a Tito led coup. US ships Power and Smail visit Trieste as Britain and the US protest Yugoslav delays, while London says no Trieste area reports support mobilization claims.
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LONDON
C.P
Rome
Daily Mail
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Venezia Giulia
TITO
Giornal Della Serra
Marshal Tito
United Nations information service
Trieste
United States
Power
Smail
Daily Mails
Stati
Aioscow
Stalin
Britain
America
canitel
foreign office
Italy
Fire destroys home as ammo explodes in basement
In Kansas City, a fire at Leslie F. E. White Jr.’s house was nearly out when firemen arrived. Neighbor Eugene Holman sprayed the scene with a carbon hose as ammunition, totaling 1,100 rounds, exploded in the basement, with Holman standing nearby despite the danger.
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KANSAS CITY
Leslie FE. White, Jr
Eugene Holman
White
Holman
Left Hand Corner Hroughooct Ottawa Politician Pouliot
In Ottawa the French Canadian lawyer Jean Francois Pouliot is famed for rousing speeches and sharp wit. Newsweek calls him the Peck s bad boy of the House and the Tartar from Temiscouaia while praising his quiet, courteous outside persona. Inside, his verbal tirades alarm both foes and friends, with Liberal whip s opting to leave him be in Temiscouata. Re elected to Parliament six times since 1924, he hails from a family of legislators and has authored tomes on Quebec civil and church law, with filibusters that helped secure a new Rivière-du-Loup railway station. Continued on Page Four.
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Canada
Jean- Francois Pouliot
Ottawa
Newsweek
Peck
House of Commons
Tartar
Temiscouaia
Liberal party
Temiscouata
Que
Pouchot
Riviere-du-Loup
Quebec
Rivieré
Break Up Secret Slav Army Drills in Britain Zone
British authorities disclosed that a semi secret royal Yugoslav army in the British occupation zone was breaking up after drilling and arming itself. The force is to be disbanded, its soldiers stripped of uniforms and its generals and officers separated from the ranks.
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WUPPERTAL
Germanys
Reuters
Deaths Yesterday From The Canadian Press
Toronto Alexander James Anderson, 82, longtime Conservative MP for Toronto High Park. Los Angeles Wil a Holt Wakefield Farster, 76, admired entertainer in New York era. Montreal F G Donaldson, 75, president of the Montreal Trust Company.
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Toronto
Alexander James Anderson
Toronto High Park
Los Angeles
Wila Holt Wakefield Faprster
New York
Montreal
F. G. Donaldson
Montreal Trust Company
Strike settlement talks in BC lumber workers case
Vancouver June 4 IC P final decision on J Co Sloan recommendations for settling a 35000 worker strike will be discussed by the district council of the International Woodworkers Union here Wednesday. A 5 pm June 5 deadline extension was granted after J Pritchett requested more time. Employers accept the arbiters recommendations hoping for a 1946 master agreement costing about 11.5 million dollars. Sloan proposed 13 cents an hour, 44 hour week, voluntary revocation check off. union seeks 25 cents, 40 hour week and union security. The union criticizes Sloan for publicizing recommendations during talks. reacting, Sloan noted he acted as arbitrator during factual hearings.
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VANCOUVER
IC. P
Gordon Sloan
British Columbia
International Woodworkers Union
LWA
Joid Pritchett
Sloan
Harvey Murphy
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelterworkers
CIO-C.CL
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Trail
Kimberley
INTERNATIONAL BANK WASHINGTON
Eugene Meier
Washington Post
International Bank
BELFAST
C.P
Cromlin Road
David Fleming
huonger
Irish Republican Army
Fleming
HERFORD
Reutersi
OTTAWA
C.P.i
Mitchell
STETTINIUS
NEW YORK
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States
United Nations
Herschel V. Johnson
commons
Pontiac
Quebec
Portage La Prairie
Manitehs
Divine Right Of Courts Is Dead Says Douglas
MOOSE JAW June 1 The Saskatchewan premier T C Douglas declares the divine right of courts is dead as the constitution should change if it no longer serves needs. He criticizes federal farm security law brought to the supreme court and asserts the act should apply to all, including veterans land, central housing, and mortgage acts.
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MOOSE JAW
supreme court
C.CF
Saskatchewan
T. C. Douglas
jast
Douglas
Joan beard
veterans land administration
central housing and mortgage act
Strike Talks Resume As Inland Shipping Strike Continues
Talks reopen in Ottawa with Canadian Seamen's Union president J A Sullivan to meet Labor Minister Mitchell and labor department officials. Disputes over an eight hour day persist while vessels move unevenly on the Great Lakes amid clashes at Windsor and Detroit.
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Ottawa
Canadian Seamen's Union
MITCHELL
Canadian Seamen’s Union
J. A
Sullivan
labor department
MuchiH
Labor
pariament
Charles R. Donovan
Dominion Marine Association
Montreal
Great Lakes
Toronto
Winnipeg
Great Lakes Lumber and Shipping Company
J. A. Macdonell
Lake Erie
Detroit
Windsor
E. Gow
Canada Steamship Lines
coalship Coalhaven
Noromic
CAS.L
Welland canal
Noronie
C.S.U
American National Maritime Union
C.I.U
United States
Stereos Out With Typos Strike Ties Canadian Papers
Stereotypers across Hamilton Spectator Ottawa Citizen and Edmonton Journal fail to report in sympathy with striking printers. Edmonton Bulletin and Journal workers join the walkout while Edmonton presses publish a combined edition. Some papers resume work using photo engavings. Winnipeg Tribune and Free Press cited as prior use.
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Hamilton Spectator
Ottawa Citizen
Spectator
Citizen
Edmonton Journal
Southam
Edmonton Bulletin
Charles E. Campbell
Edmonton
Bulletin-end-Journal
Hamilton
Eementor
Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg Free Press
International Typographical Union
Southam company
Tribune
Bidault May Be French President
Paris June 4 The Socialist defeat in Sunday's election was the natural but unjust result of the party taking the most exposed ministries in the last government. Mir Blum blamed the Socialists though praising their courage and loyalty in Le Populaire. Major party standings put MRP 162, Communists 149, Socialists 127 with October voting adjustments. The MRP remained silent on Bidault's presidency while observers in London noted Britain and the United States welcomed the French result.
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PARIS
Leon Blum
Mir
Blum
Le Populaire
constituent assembly
Mouvement Republican Populaire
France
M.R.P
Georges Bidault
LONDON
C.P. Cabie
Republican Populaire party
Washington
Britain
United States
Delegates Attend Ukrainian-Canadian Congress in Toronto
Delegates from across Canada arrived in Toronto to attend the second Ukrainian-Canadian Congress opening today, signaling a national gathering of Ukrainian communities. The event gathers representatives to discuss cultural, political, and community concerns across provinces.
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TORONTO
Canada
Italy Votes Shift Toward Republic in Two Day Election
Italy swung toward a republican government as returns from about a quarter of ballots showed the republic leading the monarchy by roughly two to one. Christian Democrats led the assembly vote while Republicans and Communists trailed. results from northern industrial centers favored the republic, with full tallies awaited. In London, Bevin urged Russia to cooperate for peace, warning that lasting European peace requires Moscow’s participation and warning against equating democracy with Soviet methods.
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ROME
Christian Democrats
Alcide de Gasperi
interior ministry
Ansa
Millan
Florence
Reggio Emula
Livorno
Leghorn
Italy
ONDON
C.P
Bevin
Russia
house of commons
Europe
United States
Byrnes
Germany
Japan
Paris
U.S
United
Infla tion era menu from Tientsin shocks Vancouver reader
Fourth Engineer George Davie reports a menu from the Imperial Here in Tientsin showing prices in Chinese currency. Items include two fried eggs for 150, tenderloin steak for 800, grilled chicken for 750, mixed salad for 20, coffee for 130, and an American cigar package for 15000, illustrating currency distortions and shortages.
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VANCOUVER
George Davie
Aspen Park
China
Tientsin
Is Russia Ready To Fight Us AP CORRESPONDENT SAYS NO IS ANSWER
AP correspondent after five years in Russia says Russians do not want war and cites WWII losses and postwar recovery as reasons. He notes mutual misperceptions between the Anglo-Saxon world and USSR, with Russians fearing Western hostility and Westerners seeking friendship. Tomorrow piece previews Stalin and successors.
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EDDY GILMORE
NEW YORK
United States
Russia
Moscow
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
Britain
Germany
British empire
asI
Briain
USSR
Canada
Mackenzie King
Seven Meet Sudden Death In Ontario
Toronto reports seven people died suddenly in Ontario. Four drowned. one killed in a railway yard accident. one died when his car skidded over an embankment. another body found at Waterloo after a motorcar collision the driver fled the scene.
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TORONTO
Ontario
Waterloo
Edmonton Stores To Close for King's Birthday Holiday
Edmonton stores and businesses except those specially exempted will close Monday June 11 observing the King's birthday as a statutory holiday. Public transit will run on reduced schedules and government offices will close.
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Edmonton
C.P
Armored With Dish Strainers Causes Theatre Incident
In New York a theatre scuffle left Waker Urt Hein injured after Patrolman Paup Rosenschein confronted him for refusing to leave the children’s section. The assailant carried improvised armor made of dish strainers, an ice pick, and a knife, and was hospitalized for observation.
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NEW Yorke
Paup Rosenschein
Hein
Brazistrate
Joseph A. Gleboert
Rosenschein
Fisin
Rosenscheim
ice vick
Enife
Fein
observatia
Ottawa debate on atomic energy forecast and crown companies
Reconstruction Minister Howe outlined Canada's atomic energy future in Ottawa, predicting faster development and five years for practical applications. He proposed creating an atomic energy centre board in Caraca, with a budget of about 33.5 million yearly. Debate covered uranium pricing, potential Canadian deposits, and the Crown Companies bill to extend wartime entities into peacetime, drawing cross-party criticism.
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OTTAWA
Canada
atomic energy
commons
Howe
atomic energy centre board
Caraca
Rowe
hea
Northwest Territories
C.C.P
Scion Low
Social Credit
Mr. Howe
M. Low
International Bank Elects Washington Editor President
Eugene Meier of the Washington Post was elected president of the 38 power International Bank. The decision was announced June 4 widening diplomatic finance ties and signaling press influence in global banking leadership.
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