Avert Strike Averted for 250,000 Telephone Workers
In New York on March 1 a threatened walkout by about 250,000 United States telephone workers over a wage dispute was averted thirty minutes before the strike deadline. Edgar L. Warren announced an agreement between the Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers, NE T W affiliate, and American Telephone and Telegraph. Continued on Page Three.
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NEW YORK
United States
Edgar L. Warren
federation conciliation service
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers
NE T.W
American Telephone and Telegraph company
Nonsense on Luxuries and Nylons As Currency
Critics rail at high winter resort spending while a New York broker laments the $10,000 investable burden. The scene touches on cash culture, lines for craps, shopping lines, and nylons as a modern money symbol in a breezy New York post style column.
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Samuel Grafton
New York Post
Sympathy For Soviet Union Motive Behind Canadian Spy Ring
Ottawa reports say most who fed secrets to Soviet agents in Canada acted from political sympathy rather than profit. Some payments were small, and the nine men held may face Official Secrets Act charges after the commission's second interim report next week. Wives protest detentions as inquiries squarely target a full “cell” within the ring while details on other possible arrests remain unclear. The royal commission plans further revelations and arraignments to follow.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Soviet Union
royal commission ‘inquiry
Russia
commission
royal commissioners
Spy Probe Secretary Threatened in Ottawa Letter
A letter warning Mrs. Fernando Joubarne, secretary to Crown Attorney Raoul Mercier, arrived in Ottawa amid the spy inquiry. The note, signed “Three Star,” urged silence and warned against future papers about her and Gouzenko, then burned by the recipient and turned over to the RCMP.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Fernando Jonharne
Raoul Mercier
Canada
Joubarne
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
U S Claims Attempt To Steal Atomic Bomb Data
The House committee investigating un American activities says foreign agents are trying to steal United States atomic bomb secrets. Chairman John Wood said investigators have found attempts to obtain information not authorized by the U S government. He noted possible foreign and domestic involvement but stressed the priority is subversive efforts affecting atomic energy development.
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WASHINGTON
house of representatives
United States
John § .Wood
Dem
Wood
Canada
Mr. Wood
Russia
Moscow
Lord Jowitt Urges Close Dominion Cooperation
Lord Jowitt in the red chamber cites Prime Minister Mackenzie King on foreign policy and dominion relations. He warns against creating a bloc while aiming to strengthen ties, and urges inclusive measures rather than formalism. The Earl of Perth calls for automatic high commissioners at policy meetings, while Viscount Templewood notes the dominion posts have become key ambassadors rather than trade roles.
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red chamber
Mackenzie King
dominions
King
commonwealth
Mackenzie Kng
Lord Jowitt
Earl of Perth
Viscount Templewood
Samuel Hoare
PENNATE
foreign affairs
dominion
Riots Flare In Old Delhi During Victory Week
An official report says no one was killed in extensive riots in Old Delhi with six injured. Earlier reports claimed five killed after police fired on demonstrators. Curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. and Gurkha troops were deployed to restore order.
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NEW DELHI
old Delhi
New Pelhi
jnst
old city
Chaplin and Young Wife Welcome Son in Santa Monica
Grey haired Charlie Chaplin aged 38, famed film comedian, becomes father again as his wife O Neill aged 20 gives birth to a son weighing seven and a half pounds in Santa Monica.
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SANTA MONICA
Calif
Mar. t
Charlie Chaplin
funnyman
O'Neill
Canada loan to Britain mirrors U S terms in 1946 deal
Canada agrees to lend Britain 1.25 billion dollars with 2 percent interest from 1951, repayable over 50 years. The accord includes canceling Britain’s 425 million share of air training costs and settling all wartime claims. Britain will repay Canada 150 million and cancel remaining Canadian claims. both sides pledge favorable terms in future trade.
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Britain
Canada
British Commonwealth Air
United Kingdom
Mr. King
Pinknece
Miley
Savannah
Bretton Woods
Ottawa
London
British House Cheers News of New Loan
The British House of Commons greeted Canada's 1.25 billion loan to Britain with cheers. Prime Minister Attlee said the house's feelings would be conveyed to Canada as Liberals and Conservatives praised the Dominion. Eden called the arrangement satisfactory and beneficial to both nations.
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JAMES McCOOK
LONDON
C.P. Cable
House of Commons
news of Canada
Britain
Attlee
Dominion
C. E. Davies
Liberal
Canada
w. J. Brown
Rugby
United Kingdom
dominions
Washington
United States
congress
EDEN
Anthony Eden
U S Reacts to Iran Note Amid Foreign Policy Standoff
Washington dispatch notes blunt U S stance on Russia Iran and Spain as four main issues loom in policy debate. State department weighs Russian reaction to Iran troop withdrawal deadline and possible Peron victory in Argentina while prepping to reveal a note to Moscow on Manchuria and Japanese industry. The Missouri will sail March 21 from New York with the body of Turkish ambassador Ertegun, escorting a destroyer into Black Sea approaches.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Iran
Franto
Axis
state department
Red army
Juan Peron
Argentina
Moscow
Franco
Missouri
New
Yor
Mehmet Munir Ertegun
Washington diplomatic corps
Black Sea
Chinese Hit French Ship Off Hai Phong Harbor
Saigon Indo China March 1 Chinese artillerymen fired on a French naval and troop force off Hai Phong harbor killing at least 10 soldiers and damaging the light cruiser Triomphant. Triomphant Emile Bertin and escort craft stood off the port with 29 000 troops ready to take over.
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SAIGON
Indo-China
Haiphong harbor
Triomphant
Emilee Bertin
Haiphong
Hanoi
Chungking
Cottages Buried by Mud Slide in British Columbia
Ladner B C March 7 Spring mud rolling off a cliff side at Chewassen Beach seven miles from here buried two summer cottages and swamped four others. Damage estimated at 14000 dollars. I think the recent earthquake unsettled the soil and caused shifting mud says EK R McCann of Vancouver.
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LADNER
B.C
Chewassen Beach
EK. R. McCann
Vancouver
Wheat Board Is Attacked in Manitoba Legislature
Winnipeg March 7 The Wheat Board faced sharp attacks in the Manitoba legislature as Premier Sherrill and others argued federal encroachment on provincial grain handling rights and profits. They cited court rulings denying farmers a legal remedy against the Wheat Board and questioned the timing of participation certificate distributions amid wartime measures.
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WINNIPEG
Canadian Gas Board
Manitoba
John
MicDowelind
Sherville
Chicago
Canadian Wheat Board
house of commons
Mantoba
Arthur Gatwey
Hosser
Mattaba court of appeal
supreme court of Canada
Oat
Oat~win
Wheat Board
supreme court
Kratz Denies Guilt in Alberta Camp Murder Trial
Pte Adal Kratz a 24 year old German POW charged with murdering fellow prisoner August Plaszek 42 at the Medicine Hat internment camp on July 22 1943 pleaded not guilty as his trial opened before Chief Justice W R Bowson and a six man Alberta Supreme Court jury. He is the second of three prisoners to face trial. Sst Werner Schwalb 30 was sentenced to hang June 26 and L Cpl Johannes Wittlinger 30 will be tried after Kratz.
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MEDICINE. HAT
Alfa
Mar
Adal Kratz
August Plaszek
Medicine Hat
W. R. Bowson
Alberta Supreme Court
Kratz
Werner Schwalb
Lethbridge
L. Cpl
Johannes Wittinger
Allied Officials Dead in Crash Shocks London
Reuters report cites an Allied plane crash between Rome and Turin killing about 50 British and American officials. Separate items note 12 German Communists arrested in Berlin by U.S. authorities for intimidating civil officials amid a merger push. Cairo says a Wafd-friendly delegation will join British talks. and the Marques of Exeter fined for tax fence violations in British Columbia.
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LONDON
Reutersi
Rome
Turin
U.S
BERLIN
A.P
United States
Scheeenskerr
MARQUESS
B.C. RANCH
C.P. CaMe
Marques of Exeter
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University of New Brunswick
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LK. fhugh
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Ars
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