King Becomes Canada’s Longest Serving Prime Minister
Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King, aged 72, has surpassed Sir John A. Macdonald as Canada’s longest-serving prime minister. He could surpass the British empire record for prime ministerial service on April 20, 1948, if he remains in office, with a potential 7,619 days tally. King, from Berlin Ont, has steered postwar reconstruction and treaty talks, while preserving constitutional monarchy and maintaining a diary of day-to-day leadership.
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Britain
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King
Wilfrid Laurier
William Pitt
Canada
Broder Announces $100,000 Freeze Plant
Broder announces the construction of a large quick freeze plant costing over $100,000 with a capacity to process five tons of vegetables per hour. The project is being completed here by the Broder Can- company.
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Bannerman to Modernize Canada Trade Fairs
Glen Bannerman has been named director of exhibitions for the department of trade and commerce. The Financial Post notes his plump, affable style and long career in sales, with a mandate to modernize Canada’s trade fair publicity after decades of a dull old exhibition mood.
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Manchester
Rio
Sydney
Canada
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Financial Post
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New Quick Freeze Plant to Run Day and Night at Lethbridge
Robert Broder of the canning company announced the new two story unit will be ready within a week and will quick freeze peas beans and corn in 18 minutes. The plant will operate around the clock employing 25 to 36 men and ship by refrigerated cars to wholesalers across the Dominion. Construction began last November in a 125 by 25 foot building. About 7 500 acres of vegetables are under contract for Lethbridge and Taber crops including peas corn beans carrots and beets. The dehydration plant is not expected to operate this year.
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Taber
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Labor Front Nears Crisis in Canada Unions Meet in Toronto
Canada's labor scene faces a weekend crunch as United Steelworkers and United Electrical Workers plan talks in Toronto over wage and hour demands. A looming strike deadline could shake industry as sea, lumber, and textile sectors feel pressure. rubber and electricals seek 40 hour weeks and higher pay. Newspaper strikes involve Winnipeg papers and others not tied to wage issues.
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United Electrical Workers
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British Columbia
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Nova Scotia
Ontario
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International Typographical Union
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Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg Free Press
Ottawa Citizen
Hamilton Spectator
Edmonton Journal
Edmonton Bulletin
Vancouver Province
King Honored At London Banquet
London banquet honors W L Mackenzie King on entering his 20th year as Canadian prime minister. Attendees include Attlee and Dominion leaders Smuts Nash and Beasley. King plans to depart for Canada aboard the Queen Mary after private talks with Attlee and Addison.
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Attlee
Biblical Tithing Demonstrated in Michigan Millers Claim
Perry Hayden Quaker miller of Tecumseh Michigan says his sixty year project sowing a single cubic inch of wheat will yield this year over 113 million cubic inches with a market value exceeding $100,000. He pledges a tenth of each year's crop to the church as a demonstration of biblical tithing.
U S Hard Coal Miners Settle Week Old Strike
United Mine Workers announce settlement of a week old strike by 75 000 anthracite miners on a 1 4 cent an hour wage increase and a health and welfare fund costing operators 50 000 000 to 69 000 000 annually. Miners to return to work Monday. Agreement parallels contract with government for 400 000 bituminous miners.
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UALW
Washington
Fatally Injures Own Hired Man in Barnyard Shooting
Brantford Ontario district farmer Domikoes Badozsi 52 discharged a shotgun at a shadowy figure in the dark and fatally wounded his hired man Joe Vargo 43 of Guelph. Police say Vargo was mistaken for a thief after a prior theft of 500 pounds of smoked meat from a barn. Badozsi held on nominal vagrancy charge pending post mortem.
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Mount Pleasant
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Fire destroys Hamilton Central Collegiate Institute
A spectacular blaze in Hamilton on Friday night devastated Central Collegiate Institute. Damage was estimated at 590,900 dollars, marking the most destructive fire in the city's history with authorities investigating the cause.
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Central Collegiate Institute
Street Railwaymen Reject Proposals in BC War of Wages
VANCOUVER June 3 The advisory committee of the Street Railwaymen Union has rejected the BC Electric Railway Company's eight point wage and hour proposals effecting 2800 workers in Vancouver New Westminster and Victoria. Unionists seek a 40 hour week with the same pay plus a three cent hourly increase. Results of the vote are not expected until early next week.
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Victoria
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Hope To End Lake Strike Ends Hope
Great Lakes shipping operators and Canadian Seamen's Union leaders met in Toronto and Port Colborne as a two week old seamen strike over an eight hour day continued. Union leaders asserted a final offer and warned of continued picket lines if not accepted. Troops stood by in Ontario while authorities prepared for any unrest and the CSU noted a long planned strategy dating back to 1944 to cripple inland shipping.
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Camp Borden
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department of national defence
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Tast
Renew Efforts To Reach Agreement On Maritime Strike
Washington June 8 unions and ship operators renewed talks to avert a threatened maritime strike next week as the June 15 walkout looms. The National Maritime Union presses for a reduction of the traditional 59 hour week for seamen on voyages even as other unions join the dispute and the Navy gears to operate vital merchant shipping if needed.
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Joe Carrari
National Maritime Union
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C.S.0
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iehef
No Herald on Monday King’s Birthday Holiday
The Herald will not publish on Monday June 10 to observe the King’s birthday and statutory holiday. Important news will be bulletined.
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Cupid Goes Crazy Louisa June Wedding in Lawrence County
Delbert Sprouse and Matile Lyons Large, both of isolated Gladys, were married by County Judge J. Wellman in the Lawrence County courthouse this morning. About 100 people witnessed the brief ceremony as the couple, appearing unexpectedly, hurried to finish the event before an anticipated late-afternoon ceremony. The bride wore a black hat and striped dress. the groom wore blue denim and a sacret.
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London Victory Parade Draws Bedraggled Cheer From Londoners
Londoners packed the nine mile Victory Parade route in drizzle to honor Canadian and Allied forces. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth watched as bands, armored vehicles, and jet fighters rolled by with soldiers from Britain, the Dominions, and colonies bearing flags from Burma to Malaya. Prime ministers Attlee and Churchill rode in open carriages alongside visiting leaders, while Montgomery in battle dress rode with other war leaders.
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Indian Brigadier Becomes Ontario Magistrate in York Court
Brigadier O. Mo Martin, a full blooded Indian who rose to commandant of the Hamilton Niagara military area, serves as magistrate of York court. He yesterday argued Indians should have the right to vote, saying their contribution to Canada has been substantial and unashamed.
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Hamilton-Niagara
Victory Parade Sideshow and London Crowd Scenes
In Kensington Gardens Commonwealth troops watched the Victory Parade preparations as German POWs suffered capture. Street vendors sold periscopes and horns while the underground queue snaked four miles to King's Cross. Crowds packed Piccadilly Circus Hyde Park Corner and Charing Cross. First aid crews treated dozens, mostly women, as the procession moved on.
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Moslem Acceptance Unity Plan hailed as hurdle clears
New Delhi June 3 The Moslem League backs British Federated India plan clearing a major unity hurdle as an interim government may be chosen by June 15. Gandhi supports the proposal and princes reportedly cooperate while Jinnah signals Pakistan demands remain a potential constraint.
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60th Death In La Salle Blaze
In Chicago on June 3 the La Salle hotel fire death toll rose to 60 as a coroner's jury investigation was discontinued until Friday. Mrs. Ann Palackis, 24, of Waukegan Illinois, died in hospital.
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Ann Palackis
Waukegan, TIL
Gravediggers Strike Shadows Fairview Cemetery
Picket lines formed at Fairview cemetery gates as 21 gravediggers walk out for a 12 cent hourly wage raise. Four bodies were placed in mausoleums, and workers warn there will be no more burials until the dispute ends.
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C.P
Fairview cemetery
Montreal Cottons seeks injunction over Valleyfield strike
Blair Gordon president of Montreal Cottons Limited said the company has applied for an injunction to restrain picketing at the Valleyfield mill. The strike affects the Valleyfield operation and four Montreal plants as Dominion Textiles, the parent company, is involved.
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F — G Blair Gordon
Montreal Cottons Limited
Valleyfield. Que
Noel Baker to succeed Laski as Labour chairman
At the Bournemouth Labour Party conference Harold J. Laski will open the event in what is described as one of his last acts as party chairman. The executive committee chair is honorary and rotates by seniority. after the conference, Philip Noel-Baker will become chairman.
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Hams
England
Reuters
Harold J. Laskk
British Labor party
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Laskl
Labor party
Laski
Philip Noel-Baker
Uneasy Armistice Begins In China
In Manchuria government armies halted today under an uneasy armistice while Mukden's commander expected to complete oil battleground occupation after the 1 day truce. Yenan communists, facing the end of the truce at noon June 22, discussed problems General Chiang Kai-shek said must be settled.
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Chiang Hai-Shek
STAFF OF ARMY NEWSPAPER CHANGES REPORTED
Daily Pacifican editors say censorship accusation sparked a full staff replacement. Miners at Western Gem and Jewel Collieries expected to return Monday after a drivers walkout halted work. Steelworkers join printers picket line as Hamilton strike nears day ten. Labour minister says no request to seek a strike solution between I T U and Winnipeg Tribune. Army jewels valued up to 13500000 recovered in Chicago after Kronberg castle heist. Police pursue fire bug theory in two Hamilton blazes. Two year old found after seven hours in Muskeg muskeg.
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Winnipeg Tribune
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