Fear Of War Laid At Door Of Politicians
Stalin in an Associated Press interview says nations and armies want peace and warns that fear of war stems from political groups spreading propaganda. He praises the United Nations as a tool for peace and security and urges counter propaganda to expose war inciters. The report notes Iran protests to the UN over Russian troops on its territory. continued on page three.
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LONDON
Stalin
Associated Progs
Moscow radio
Moscow
U.N.O
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
United Nations
United Nations Organization
NEW YORK
Iran
COMMUNIST PARTY
Gouzenkoo
Canada
Ife
British Law Officers to Take All In Salaries
Two top British government lawyers will accept all in salaries of 40000 pounds for the Attorney General and 238000 pounds for the Solicitor General, replacing the previous 18000 and 16000 pound salaries plus fees. The move aims to save taxpayer money and reflects their request.
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Hartley Shanccross
Frank Soskige
Detained Queen’s University Professor Protests Espionage Detention
A letter from Prof. Israel Halperin of Queen’s University Kingston, protesting five weeks of isolated imprisonment without charges or access to counsel, was made public by Progressive Conservative leader John Bracken. Halperin, 36, says no evidence supports accusations and calls Justice minister actions a dangerous precedent.
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UAWA
C.P
Israel Halperin
Queen's University
John Bracken
DENTES
Halperin
Prof. Halperin
Bracken
department of justice
justice
hostille-lhe
Kingston
Ont
Atlantic
Admits Striking Fellow Prisoners At Court Martial
The Royal Army Medical Corps corporal testifies in a Japanese POW camp court martial. He admits striking two Canadians and one British soldier but denies other charges, citing aim to ensure Red Cross parcel delivery. Three charges remain, including collaboration and misappropriation while the court moves to day two.
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WINNIPEG
Royal Army Medical Corps
John Hugh Harvey
yvey
Red Cross
F.C.W
John Tandy
Brandon
Man
Oscar Jonasson
Port Arthur
Harvey
Jonasson
siidom
Allied
Govt Policy On Irrigation Is Gershaw's Plea
Ottawa March 22. Senator F W Gershaw urges a government irrigation policy for the prairie dust bowl in a throne speech. He argues 2,000,000 acres of irrigation would lift grazing value and reduce land needs per cow, with repayment via higher production and new taxes.
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OTTAWA
prairie
senate
F. W. Gershaw
Alberta
praires
Canterbury fund aids Canadian tragedy victim's family
Canterbury England March 22 Citizens have subscribed 213 pounds to a fund for William Miller of Wapella Saskatchewan whose wife Lilian was found strangled after a dance in Canterbury. Miller, a former Canadian army man in England, flew to the UK after hearing the news and returned home with their young son.
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CANTERBURY
England
Reuters
William Miller
Wapella
Sask
Lilian
Miller
Canada
Spy Probe Is Criticized in Commons for Loyalty to Canada
In Ottawa the Commons heard calls for a Canadian spirit and loyalty to institutions as Liberal M P C G Power criticized the government for the order in council authorizing the spy inquiry into the Soviet sponsored ring. Other speakers included Diefenbaker Nicholson and Fair. The House gave first reading to a citizenship bill while RCMP official denied third degree interrogations. The report notes loyalties to other lands and to sections of the country as a keynote concern.
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OTTAWA
conunons
C. G. Power
Quebec South
air
order-in-council
Canada
Power
John Diefenbaker
P.C
Lake Centre
A. R. Nicholson
C.F. Mackenzie
Robert Fair
S.C
Battle River
St. Laurent
house
S.T. Wood
Royal Canadian’ Mounted Police
senate
F. W. Gershaw
L. Alberta
greas
commons
royal commission on espionage
La Guardia Seen As UNRRA Head By Blackb urn
Fiorella La Guardia former New York mayor and radio commentator is the unanimous choice to head UNRRA, taking over from illHealth Herbert Lehman. The salary is 15000 dollars yearly and a nine country committee will draft resolutions. Meanwhile U S groups press for cereal fats and oil rationing and humane care for political refugees without government consent.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
ATLANTIC CIFY
C.P
Fiorella H. La Guardia
New York
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Little Flower
U.N.R.R.A
central committee
Herbert H. Lehman
UN.R.R.A
La Guardia
permanent committee on defence
William Clayton
United States
Canada
Australia
China
France
Poland
Russia
United Kingdom
Yugoslavia
National Grange
the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
community service committee
C.S.C
General Federation of Woren
Alberta House Proposes Prorogue by Wednesday
Edmonton March 22. Amid forecasts the Alberta legislature may prorogue by next Wednesday the house passed 24 bills through committee for third reading and gave third reading to four others. A key bill slated for ratification covers transfer of Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company projects southeast of Lethbridge to the lands department.
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EDMONTON
C. P
Alberta
house
Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company
Lethbridge
provincial lands department
Soviet recruitment agents linked to Canadian case in Ottawa reports
Ottawa dispatch notes RCMP declined to arrest Sam Carr of Toronto and cites no orders from the royal commission on three cover names Sam Frank and Gini. Gouzenko testifies in Montreal at Rose case linking Labor-Progressive figures to a Soviet organization of spies in Canada.
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OTTAWA
C.P
R.C.M.P
Sam Carr
Toronto
Montreal
Canada
royal commission
Sam
Frank
Gini
R.CILP
Labor-Progressive party
Igor Gouzenko
Varied Comment On Health Bill
London March 22 Reuters reports the sweeping new health service bill will provide free medical, hospital and dental treatment from 1948 and dominates 1948 morning newspaper space. Editorials range from cautious praise to skepticism with The Times calling it imperfect, Telegraph noting weight of argument for the new order, Herald lauding its principles, and News Chronicle welcoming it as bold.
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LONDON
Reuters
The
Times
independent
Daily Telegraph
Labor Daily Herald
Liberal News Chronicle
Daily Express
Daily Mail
Charles Hill
British Medical association
Manchester Guardian
Canada faces unemployment fear and wage policy debate
Parliament notes greatest Canadian fear is unemployment with 263,000 unemployed. MacInnis urges government action to create jobs, raise living standards, and allow wage increases without strikes. He supports higher income tax exemptions and a minimum income. praises wartime loans to Britain while opposing cartel resumption.
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Angus MacInnis
C.C.F
Vancouver East
commons
MacInnis
Canada
BRITAIN
United Kingdom
John Bracken
de-central
MacIntis
Burgomaster testifies at RCAF war crimes trial
Aurich Germany March MW witness Joseph Linsenbolz, current burgomaster of Oberweiler, Bavaria, says Wilhelm Junge ordered the July 1944 killing of an unnamed Canadian airman. He recalls pamphlets urging violence against Allied pilots and implicates Johann Schumacher in the death after the airman was escorted along a road to be killed.
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ROSS MUNRO
AURIOCH
Germany
C.P. Cabrey
Joseph Linsenbolz
Oberweiler
Bavaria
Wilhelm Junge
Linsenbols
Liisenbols
Johann &chumacher
Linsenbolz
filer
Duke of Windsor seeks Paris Petiot trial attendance
The Duke of Windsor living in Paris wrote to the court president wishing to attend the Dr. Marcel Petiot murder trial. Petiot is accused of killing 27 people between 1941 and 1944. The duke planned to attend Wednesday’s hearing but canceled. he is expected to appear later in the week.
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PARIS
Reuters
Duke of Windsor
Marcel Petiot
New Trial For Wittinger In Alberta Case
German POW Johannes Wittinger, 20, received a new trial after juror age disqualification halted the July 22 1943 murder trial of August Plaszek at Medicine Hat. Chief Justice Howson ruled jurors must be 25 to 60 years old and ordered a new trial in Medicine Hat with a judge and six qualified jurors.
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MEDICENE HAT
C.P
L-Copl
Johannes Wittinger
Twarsday
W. K. Howson
Alberta supreme court
August Plaszek
Medicine War
L. & Turcette
Wittinger
Lethbridge
supreme court
Medicine
George Fisher
J. P. Haverty
P. B. Bruins
Gordon Bisset
R. Lowson
Plaszek
Seek Release F. W. Poland In Ottawa
Ottawa March 22. Ic P The Ottawa Evening Citizen says Haberg Corpus proceedings seek the release of Frederick W. Poland held incommunicado at Rockcliffe Barracks since Feb 15 when Canada’s espionage roundup began. Poland, ex HCA F officer, was an intelligence officer and later edited Canada’s Digest. The petition, filed by his wife, seeks counsel access and declares the minister of justice order illegal. The case marks a test of the 1939 Official Secrets Act with Poland’s name first named among detainees.
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OTTAWA
IC.P
Gltizen
Haberg
Frederick W. Poland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rockcliffe Barracks
Poland
Canada
H.C.A.F
RCAP
wartime information board
external affairs department
J. C. McAuer
Ontario Supreme court
department of justice
minister of justice
Photographer in Custody After Courtroom Photo Incident
In Montreal on March 22 a photographer was ordered taken into custody when he used a small camera to photograph Igor Gourenko the Russian embassy cipher clerk who testified at the preliminary hearing of Fred Rose Labour MP. The act happened in the courtroom where Judge Rene Theberge had prohibited photographs. The photographer’s name was not immediately known.
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MONTREAL
C.P
Igor Gourenko
clark
Fred Rose
Rene Theberge
Two Toronto brokers arrested in Ontario Securities case
Ontario reports that two members of Morgan Dempsey and Company were arrested with a third to be taken into custody as part of the Ontario Securities Commission inquiry. K L Morgan and Ed Dempaty are in custody, W A Wempscy to be arrested. Also notes a separate urgent manhunt in Chatham for a kidnapping and assault on Mary Jean Wood.
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TORONTO
C.P.J
Ontario Securities Commission
Morgan, Dempsey and Company
commission
K. L. Morgan
Ed. Dempaty
W. A. Wempscy
CHATHAM
C.P
Mary Jean Wood
RUDOLPH HESS
NUERNBERG
Reuters
Miller
Hermann Goering
Alfred Seide
Hess
international tribunal
tuehrer
HAMILTON
John Dick
Ontario
LONDON
Stalin
United Nations
iutense
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