Wheat Pact Signed by Thirty Nations to Stabilize Prices
Thirty countries including Canada signed a four year wheat agreement designed to stabilize world prices. Another 12 countries will sign by April 15, bringing total exporters and importers to 42 if ratified by a majority by July. Canada would export about 203 million bushels annually, with the United States second at 168 million.
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Canada
United States
Australia
France
Uruguay
Charles F. Wilson
Newfoundland Hails Budget as Union Move Nears
Newfoundland's reaction to Canada's budget praised by observers as favorable. The budget aligns tax exemptions with Canada, potentially easing tax for many fishermen and store clerks in the north. Officials note the move supports Newfoundland’s march toward joining Canada as the 10th province on March 31.
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Nfld
Canada
Dominion
Abbott
Newfoundland
Left Hand Corner Furniture for Princess Elizabeth
London reports Ottawa Journal that a Glasgow royal bedroom suite will be handed to Princess Elizabeth for removal soon. The fund raised covered furniture and fittings, now redirected to a dressing room suite chosen with her input. White sycamore from Balmoral trees used, reflecting careful royal design.
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Elizabeth
London
Ottawa Journal
Glasgow
Balmoral
Alberta farmers seek marketing board via first readings
In Edmonton on March 24 the Alberta Legislature tackled two bills for government appointed marketing of coarse grains. Minister David Ure outlined that one bill complements 1948 federal legislation, with Saskatchewan having already enacted similar measures. Manitoba and Alberta had delayed action.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
David Ure
federal house
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alperta
Ure
Lewis Orders U S Miners Back to Work
Pittsburgh March 24 John L Lewis ordered 463000 idle coal miners to return to work Monday after a memorial period ends March 28. The move targets eastern mines idle since March 14 in a stoppage aimed at honoring dead workers and protesting Dr James Boyd's appointment to head the U S Bureau of Mines.
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PITTSBURGH
John EL. Lewis
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Mississippi
Lewis
James Boyd
United States bureau of mines
United
Headway on Ottawa wartime controls gains pace
Ottawa reports progress on extending wartime controls to curb rents food prices timber steel and building priorities as the bills near expiry. Parliament passed a foreign exchange control bill 148 to 578 and prepared to extend life of the Canadian Commercial Corporation while considering bulk buying and mining aid measures.
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OTTAWA
commons
United States
Canadian commercial corporation
United Kingdom
Contributory Social Security Plan Aims From Trades Congress
The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada submits a national program to the federal cabinet including all embracing contributory social security, price controls resumption, lower taxes and broader legislation. It asks for a national rental housing program with federal aid, extension of the national labor code, a 40 hour week in applicable industries, a sound immigration policy with a government labor board, and a national bill of rights to protect citizens freedoms.
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UAWA
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Canada
labor congress
labor department
department of labor
immigration commission
CL Labor suspends union director and weighs action
The Canadian Congress of Labor suspended Clarence Jackson of Toronto, United Electrical Workers, from its executive council and considers further action against the leftist International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers for defying a CLA order in Ontario. The dispute centers on Communism within major Canadian labor groups and a pending decision on expulsions, with wider intra-union battles rising as Toronto leaders defend their positions amid charges of “war-mongering” and “union-splitting.”
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UAWA
C.P
Canadian Congress of Labor
C.C.L.s executive council
United Electrical Workers Union
Clarence §. Jackson
Toronto
C.C.L
International Union of
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Ontario
Jackson
executive council
Federation
UW.E.W
Congress
TLC
Congress of Labor
C.CL
National Beet Parley in Lethbridge
Chairman Phillip Baker of the Canadian Sugar Beet Producers Association announced that the next annual meeting will be held in Lethbridge with no fixed date. Beet growers from Alberta Manitoba Ontario and Quebec will attend. Baker, elected to a seventh consecutive term, recently returned from conventions at Chatham Ontario.
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Alberta
Canadian Sugar Factories, Ltd
Phillip Baker
Canadian
Sugar Beet Producers’ Association
Lethbridge
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Baker
associattions
Chatham
Ont
UN approves plan to end Indonesia conflict at Lake Success
United Nations Security Council approved a Canadian proposal to end the four year dispute between the Netherlands and the Indonesian republic. By a vote of eleven to none with three abstentions, the council instructed its Indonesia commission to push for recognition of the Republican government and terms for a round-table conference at the Hague.
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LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
C.P
United Nations Security Council
Netherlands
Indonesia
Hague
Smelter Union Suspended Indefinitely in Canada
Ottawa March 24. Robert Cartin, head of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers, announced the union is indefinitely suspended from the Canadian Congress of Labour. Cartin gave no details, saying the executive council had ordered the action amid a dispute over loyalties and organizational fields in Timmins and Port Colborne.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Robert Cartin
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Canadian Congress of Lahort
Carlin
C.C.S
national council
Smelters
ite
Timmins
Ont
Port Colborne
C.0.L
Smelters Union
St Laurent promises full consideration of social security shift
Ottawa March 2 Prime Minister St Laurent told the Trades and Labor Congress that social security measures shifting responsibility from provinces to the federal government must be gradual and seek broad approval. He urged amendments to the British North America Act only with overwhelming Canadian support, and cautioned against premature national health legislation until hospital capacity and doctor availability improve.
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OTTAWA
provinc ea
St. Lauren
Trades and Labor Congress
St. Laurent
T.L.C
congress
United Kingdom
Wrecked Missing Plane Found on Lake Shore
Henderson New York March 24. The wreckage of a light plane missing since March 16 on a Buffalo Montreal flight was found on the east shore of Lake Ontario seven miles south of Henderson. Two men aboard were Marty G Barenbrugge 45 Elmira New York and Stuart N Johnson 41 Mansfield Pennsylvania. Parts including a wheel axle washed ashore and the plane serial number matched the missing four passenger Stinson. Air force rescue units had searched since the disappearance.
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C.P
Buffalo
Montreal
Lake Ontario
Marty G. Barenbrugge
Elmira
Stuart N. Johnson
Mansfield
Sher Brayton E. Peck
Peck
Stinson
Air force
United Nations curtain rises for general assembly
U N curtain goes up April 6 in Lake Success New York for the United Nations general assembly. East versus West is the expected dramatic conflict with Andrei Gromyko as a leading figure and Ernest Bevin and Dean Acheson possibly among the cast.
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LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
United Nations
general assembly
Ernest Bevin
United Kingdom
Dean Acheson
United States
Communist clash in Buenos Aires disrupts Slav congress
On March 24 in Buenos Aires delegates to the pre Communist Argentine Slav congress clashed with police over plans for a two day meeting. Police arrested 100 persons for disorderly conduct as reserves were called to restore order.
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BUENOS AIRES
New Defence Pacts Considered for United States
Diplomatic authorities say two alliance concepts, one with Iran Turkey and Greece to shield the Middle East and an Asian Pacific system to counter Communist gains in China, are likely to receive serious study after the Atlantic pact debate ends. Proposals for an eastern Mediterranean pact have progressed, with Greek and Turkish foreign ministers discussing the idea.
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Associated Press
ASHINGTON
United States
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Iran
Turkey
Greece
Middle East
China
Weshimeton
Warns Of Further Cals In Canada Trade Policy
Montreal business leader Henry Birks, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, warned the Board of Trade in Vancouver that Canada may face tougher restrictions on the freer exchange of goods. He noted Britain’s protective controls threaten Canadian trade, as loans and Marshall Plan dollars once filled a $400 million gap. Birks warned Britain may balance trade without debt, and said the ominous shadow falls on the Dominion even as a new Canada UK businessmen committee offers some hope.
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Canada
Henry Birks
Montreal
Candidian
Chameber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Birks
Britain
United Kingdom
Dominion
Perreault Convicted of Murder in Montreal Killing
Donald Perreault, last of a trio linked to the murder of a police officer, was found guilty by a king's bench court jury. Justice Wiltuid Lagure adjourned briefly before delivering the mandatory death sentence. He is set for execution on a future date in July at the provincial penitentiary.
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MONTREAL
Donald Perreault
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Wiltuid Lagure
B.C
VICTORIA
British Columbia
OTTAWA
St. Laurent
Trades and Labor Congress
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Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Alberta Board of Industrial Relations
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CALGARY
Maniey Donald McLaren
Toronto
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