Reduction Hours of Work Is Urged In A. F. L. Brief
Edmonton March 12 An Alberta Federation of Labor brief to the provincial agricultural committee urges a general reduction of industrial hours across Alberta and all provinces as a remedy for unemployment. The measure would save about 7 000 jobs by lowering weekly hours, while arguing production could rise 16 per cent since 1948 with improved methods. The brief challenges pledges to cut output per worker and calls for revisions to the industrial conciliation and arbitration act to sustain collective bargaining.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
tthe agricultural committee
Alberta Federation of Labor
South Albertan’s bold interrogation trick on Nazi officers
A Canadian intelligence officer from South Alberta shocked captured Nazi officers by reading out their civilian identities and family details, learned from paybooks, to demonstrate how much the Canadians knew. The tactic unsettled the prisoners and reportedly influenced the interrogation scene aboard.
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gier
Germany
South
South Albertan
leutenant
Tired Little Girl It Was Sandra's Fourth Birthday and Probably Her Last
Detroit report from March 17 recounts Sandra Dildine of St. Clair Shores in a final birthday scene. A malignant tumor plagues the child as family members remember happier times and watching her struggle in a pink dress and wheel chair.
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Sandra
DETROIT
Sandra Dildine
St. Clair Shores
Sandy
Second Stork Derby bequest shocks Toronto ex mayor leaves ten thousand
Toronto probate reveals the late Thomas Foster former mayor left ten thousand for a second Stork Derby to reward the mother bearing the most children in ten years. Foster, famed for thrift, also endowed many charities and tenants with rent relief while amassing 1158 555 in fortune. The will includes 37 relatives receiving about 175000 with no relative above five thousand. Foster died December 10 at 93. he served as mayor 1925–27 and earlier as MP for York.
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Toronto
Thomas Foster
Charles Vance Millar
Foster
Honest Tom
byterian
Central Technical school
Uxbridge
York
Five Homes Razed by Fire in Coleman
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed five residences at the entrance to East Coleman with no fire department nearby. Occupants escaped, contents lost, estimated damage ten thousand dollars, and all homes insured. Burned properties belonged to Mrs Olga Kropovich John Starke John Jasinsky J Beanowski and Mrs A Blazenko.
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COLEMAN
HNS
East Coleman
lmits
Olga Kropovich
John Starke
John Ja
Retain Ranks In RCAF For Civvy Street Reverts
Ottawa notes permanent ranks for most ranks after war while Ex-Pit Lt John Jones and Ex- Sgt William Smith keep their air force rank in civilian life. Ex-LAC George Williams becomes Mr George Williams per a recent RCAF order.
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air force
Pit
John Jones
Civvy Street
Willam Smith
George Williams
R.C.AF
Alberta health insurance bill tabled in Edmonton
Alberta Health Minister W. W. Cross introduced a bill to set up health insurance districts may cover hospitalization medical care and nursing if federal social service grants approved at the April Dominion provincial conference. Federal funding would cover about 60 percent of costs with per capita hospital service estimates around 4.60 and medical services at 5.60. Albertans now spend about 12 million annually on hospital and medical care. district implementation could save about 7 million annually.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
W. W. Cross
Gross
Dominion
health department
Cross
Preparations Go Ahead for Opening of Parliament on Thursday
Ottawa March 12 preparations for the opening of parliament on Thursday continued as the government housing and reconversion programs likely to be debated at length in the second session of the 20th parliament. The Progressive Conservatives led by John Bracken criticized slow housing progress and unemployment. They plan to press Defence Minister Abbott for why Canada withdraws its Germany occupation force ahead of other nations. The Social Credit party under Solon Low plans to join in criticism, focusing on the Britain loan terms of 1.25 billion dollars amid global food shortages.
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DARCY O'DONNELL
Sta
OTTAWS
C.P
Progressive Conservative party
John Bracken
Dominion
Bracken
Canada
British Columbia
Howe
Defence
Abbott
Germany
M. d. Coldwell
OCF
Social Credit party
Solan Low
Britain
May Drop Test Bomb In Bikini Atomic Mission
Col Pat W Tibbets of Orlando Florida is pictured in his Roswell Field New Mexico office as preparations begin for a large atomic bomb test planned for Bikini Atoll this summer He is technical director for Task Group 1 5 and credited with dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima It is believed his crew will be chosen to drop the weapon on the guinea pig fleet units
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Pat W. Tibbets
Orlando
Fla
Roswell Field
N.M
Bikini
Col. Tibbets
Task Group 1
Hiroshima
whcth
Fulton Speech Is Attacked
The Moscow press denounces Churchill's Fulton speech calling for a strong Anglo American alliance. Izvestia claims his aim centers on America, not Britain, and predicts Soviet England conflict with trans Atlantic support. Kremlin radio cites Greece elections rushed under foreign patronage to stifle free will. FULTON continues on page three.
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LONDON
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Goebbels
Izvestia
Churchill
America
England
Moscow radio
Soviet Union
United States
Herbert Hoover
Japan
Manchuria
Greece
iertial
Prevde tra
Hqui
Court martial fines and dismissals of Toronto officers
Toronto officers Capt. D. W. Thompson and Capt. Stanley Landell receive prison terms for thefts of cars Persian rugs and oil paintings and liquor trafficking. Lt. Col. Philip Tedman is dismissed from service after being found guilty of stealing a car. Findings and sentences confirmed. cases reviewed overseas and not yet promulgated.
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COL
TEDMAN
LONDON
C.P. Cable
D. W. Thompson
Stanley Landell
Philip Tedman
Toronto
Thompson
Capt. Landell
Landell
eld
Amsterdam
Canadian army amenities control committee
Holland
Bernadette Nolin Faces Court After Cafe Damages
In Edmonton on March 12 Bernadette Nolin dubbed one-woman wave of destruction faced the police court after a downtown cafe was damaged Friday. Two waitresses were banished from court as Bernadette claimed the other started the fight. Damages totaling about $64 covered dishes, an electric clock, and windows. Bernadette received a three month sentence on a second intoxication conviction and awaits further action for wilful damage. Father John Nolin was fined $30 for intoxication with damages against him withdrawn. police noted he did not cause the damage but attempted to restrain others.
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EDMONTON
Bernadette Nolin
Alex Hiddell
Bernadette
prissoners’ dock
Allen
John Nolin
istrate Miller
Nolin
obhers
Pete Tyler
Income Tax Reductions Forecast By Canadian Minister
Renfrew Ontario March 12 Revenue Minister Mc Cann forecast a budget cut with lower income corporation and excess profits taxes. He said reductions could reach about 50 percent depending on the Dominion provincial conference and public demand for social services. Tax rates rise with expanded services.
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RENFREW
Ont
C.C
McCann
Il De France Sails With 7000 Vets
The We de France sailed from Southampton on Monday carrying 7,000 Canadian servicemen. The voyage heads to Halifax and expected to reach a Nova Scotia port next week.
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Il De France
SOUTHAMPTON
C.P. Cable
We de France
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Churchill Award Admired by Moviegoers Crowd
Winston Churchill received the highest film accolade in Washington on March 12 as state officials and admirers gathered at the State Department during a routine call. Secretary Byrnes praised Churchill and compared him to Van Johnson, highlighting his popularity with movie audiences.
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WASHINGTON, N
Winston Churchill
bobby sox
Byrnes
Hunt
Van Johnson
Churchill
state department
Prison court martial begins second day at Fort Osborne
Royal Army Corps corporal John Hush Harvey faces 34 year old charges including murder in the death of Private John Friesen of the Winnipeg Grenadiers at a Japanese POW camp in 1943. The trial lists 52 witnesses with 38 prosecution and 14 defense. Witnesses describe Friesen's condition and Harvey striking him at the camp hospital.
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E. L. WILLIAMS
WINNIPEG
Cpl
John Hush Harvey
Royal Army Corps
Fort Osborne Barracks
London
Pte
John AC. Friesen
Winniper Grenadiers
Oeyama
Japan
Red Cross
J. W. N. Haugh
Glasgow
Friesen
James T. F. Murray
Set
Harvey
Roy Purse
Grenadiers
Purse
Review of Acquittal Passes Manitoba Legislature
Attorney General J L McLenaghen said in the Manitoba legislature he would review the recent court case in which Philip Harder was acquitted of leaving the scene of an accident. The case was described as the most shocking, cold blooded miscarriage of justice.
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WINNIPEG
J. L. McLenaghen
Manitoba
Philip Harder
G. S. Thorvaldson
CLN
Wave of strikes predicted across Canada sparks warning
Calgary March 12. Harvey Murphy Vancouver regional director of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers warned a national wave of strikes could erupt if wage controls and labor laws are not changed. He cited US pattern as a guide for Canadian labor action.
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CANADA
CALGARY
G.P
Harvey Murphy
Vancouver
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ci.C
United States
ESPIOGNAGE
OTTAWA
C.P
Gordon Lunan
Russia
Edward Mazerall
Emma Wotkin
WINNIPEG
Job Hugh Harvey
Fort Osborne
Harvey
Pic
Joan Friesen
Winnipeg Grenadiers
B.C
VICTORIA
John Hart
British Columbia
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