Chrysler ends 99 day strike with new three year contract
The 99 day Chrysler strike ending, second longest in auto history, cost 1.4279 billion in wages and sales. About 89,000 Chrysler workers in 25 plants will return by Monday with 40,000 in supplier plants. The pact adds a 16 cent per hour package in pensions and hospital benefits, with new monthly pensions for long service workers and extended medical coverage. The three year contract awaits local union approval with votes Saturday. full production expected by mid next week. President Walter Reuther calls it a victory over Chrysler.
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ETROIT
Chrysler
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
C2O
United States
ase ile
E.A.W
DeSoto
Dodge
Plymouth
BAW
Walter Reuther
Chrysler Corporation
Herman I. Weckler
Explosion at Italian chemical plant kills fourteen
Fourteen people die and forty are injured in a blast at a chemical factory near Catania while workers attempt to remove explosives from a stock of aerial bombs. The explosion created a 25 foot crater, shattered windows, and disrupted telephone lines as fire engines and ambulances rushed to the scene.
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Cee
MALTA
Catania
Mediterranean
Sicilan
chemical works
Auto Strike Calendar Highlights U.S. Auto Industry
Detroit report lists major strikes in 1930 to 1948 across General Motors Chrysler Ford and others. Strikes range from 10 to 149 thousand workers with durations from 10 to 149 days, noting peak actions at GM in 1945 and Chrysler in 1948.
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DETROIT
Mar
United States
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Erses Manufacturing Co
Ford Motor Co
Chrisler Corp
Chrvisler Corp
Left Hand Corner Buckingham Palace Spring Cleaning
The Left Hand Corner reports a planned royal spring cleaning at Buckingham Palace during the King and Queen’s absence. The palace, described as vast with many rooms, will be covered with dust sheets and stored under great presses. Over 60,000 covers exist for furniture and gilt door handles plus electric fittings.
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Buckingham Palace
Miata
Mortgages financing more homes in Canada 1949 report
The Dominon Mortgage and Investments Association said life insurance trust and loan companies funded a larger share of Canada's housing program in 1949 than 1948. They assisted construction of 40,000 units, totaling over 1.04 billion in mortgages, with about 80 percent of 330 million in 1949 loans for residential property. The report criticizes government encroachment into housing and warns rising construction costs.
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TORONTO
Dominon Mortgage and Investments Association
life insurance
trust and
Canada
association
Alberta boards approve borrowing for new schools
Edmonton May 3 Authorization granted by the board of public utility commissioners for six Alberta school boards to borrow 499000 dollars for erection of new schools in northern areas. Authority announced here.
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EDMONTON
board of public utility commissioners
Alberta
Crashers Disrupt Vancouver Resident’s Home Nerves
Vancouver May 4 CP report reveals Arthur P. MacDowell faced 20 vehicle collisions with his house over years as cars trucks and motorcycles failed to turn. A car crashed 20 feet into the basement and a gravel truck struck a new wall. Traffic department installed a flashing red light at the turn to improve safety.
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VANCOUVER
Arthur P. MacDowell
MacDowell
Labor For Aussie Bill Outlaw Reds
Sydney May 4 Reuters the Australian federal parliamentary Labor party today needed to endorse the principles of the coalition government's bill to outlaw Communism miners voted against the Communist led union strike for one day at 65 mines production loss estimated at 29600 tons Teday's daily output in New South Wales Joseph Chifley labor leader said the Labor party would approve sections but seek alterations to liberty clauses
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SYDNEY
Australia
Reuters
Labor party
New South Wales
Burwood North
Teday
Canberra
Joseph Chifley
Lator party
U.S. Debates Jetliner Test With British Comet or Avro
U S government officials weigh using a foreign built jet powered airliner for scheduled operation tests on US routes. The Avro jet and De Havilland Comet are under consideration for flight tests though neither is certified in the United States. The Avro C-102 carries 40 to 60 passengers and has clocked Toronto to New York under one hour in tests.
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WASHINGTON
United States
enana murary croups
Britain
Canada
civil aeronautics administration
Briish
Italy
Africa
Edinburgh
Bremen
England
Comr
Toronto
New York
Vo Ree Canada, Ltd
MacArthur Rebukes Russian Demand Over Japan Bases
Tokyo May 4 Gen MacArthur denounced a Russian demand for explanation of reconstruction of former Japanese military areas in Japan and Okinawa as inadmissible. He said Okinawa is not under international control and that US measures there are for his discretion. He warned Derevyanko that details of Japanese bases concern only their commanders and will be decided by a future peace treaty.
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TOKYO
MacArthur
United States
Japan
Kuzma Derevyanko
Okinawa
Oknawa
Derevyanke tha
Coal slump probe leaders meet to ease Alberta shutdowns
Western miners and employers met in Calgary on May 4 to discuss remedies for seasonal coal downturns in Alberta. About 1000 Drumheller district miners have been laid off for over two months due to weak demand. A jet statement reported a representative meeting and plans for further talks.
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CALGARY
It’s Cheaper In Half-Dozen Lots
In Omaha on March 4 a local firm owner says hospital costs drop when grouping services in half dozen. A doctors group rates unit charged ward rates for private rooms used by several children, amid mixed figures and patient mix.
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OMAHA
Neb
Mar
Tate
Battle Rages Along 30 Mile Manlito Flood Front
The Red River advanced across a 30 mile stretch in southern Manitoba while Winnipeg area flood levels climbed to 24.4 feet, threatening Morris and nearby towns. Rail lines faced shutdowns, ballast and sandbags held tracks, and officials warned of a crest over the next 48 hours, potentially exceeding the 1848 high.
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WINIPEG
Red River
Manitoba
Ste. Agathe
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
Emerton
St. Jean Baptiste
Swaines
Morris
Snow and Rain For Flood Area
Winnipeg weather office forecasts snow and rain for the flood zone over the next 24 hours with intermittent showers this afternoon turning to continuous by night. Water levels rise as a dike at Holly Avenue and Crescent Drive in Fort Garry breaches, inundating four homes. Continued on Page Two.
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WINNIPEG
Holly Avenue
Crescent Drive
Fort Garry
Canada March cost of living hits record high
Ottawa reports Canada's cost of living rose to 164.0 in March, the highest on record. Beef, eggs, coffee and coal pushed the index upward while butter, clothing, and rents showed mixed changes. Sub-indices for focus, fuel, home furnishings, autos, and drugs also rose. clothing declined slightly.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Quebec
hgher prces
Red Debate Continues In House Ottawa May Debate on Communism in Canada
In Ottawa the Commons held a second day of inconclusive debate on banning Communism under the Criminal Code. Justice Garson rejected a proposal by George Drew to outlaw Communism and similar activities, warning it would drive Communists underground and curb civil liberties. PC leaders pressed for a strengthened law while others urged intelligent fight and faith in God as guiding principles.
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OTTAWA
commons
Canada
Justice
Garson
Mrr
J. M. Macdonnell
Toronto Greenwood
Pierre Gautmer
L - Portneuf
R Ole
Skunk Tax Debated by Paris Town Council
Councilor Barney Clarkson leads discussion as Paris officials consider a proposed 60 cent per head tax on skunks to fund public needs. The plan aims to curb nuisance and raise revenue, with debate focusing on enforcement and potential impact.
Unemployment Insurance Act Changes Reported
Ottawa May 14. Parliament announced changes in time unemployment insurance act to be implemented July 3. The labor department said the amendments, previously discussed, were contained in the unemployment instance act passed by Parliament.
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OTTAWA
labor department
parliauien
Swiss War Warning Calls Stocks for Home and Industry
The Swiss government urged housewives and industrialists to stock up on supplies on Wednesday. The appeal echoed a similar mobilization four months before World War II's outbreak, with authorities citing potential wartime disruption.
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BERN
Switzerland
H. A. Craig, Former Alberta Agriculture Deputy Dies
Edmonton May 4 1950 H A Craig 68 longtime deputy minister of agriculture for Alberta for 28 years died today after retirement from government service in 1938 He farmed near Emontson on Cocking Lake trail and belonged to the Edmonton Rotary Club He was vice chairman of Alberta College board and in 1944 chaired the educational section of the national war finance committee continuing postwar work.
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H. A. CRAIG
EDMONTON
Horace Aldrdce Craig
Alberta
semvicer
Craig
Beer SRE
Cocking Lake trail
Emonston
Eamonton Rotary Club
Alberta College
Cross
national war finance committee
Carleton
Alberta department of agriculture
CRUG
Leftists in G B push for snap vote amid stalemate
London May 4 Reuters sections of the government’s left wing urge Prime Minister Clement Attlee to call an election within months to break the tight majority. Aneurin Bevan backs the move though few other cabinet members do. Liberal leader Mrs Doreen Gorsky suggests electoral reform or PR as a possible path and a Liberal Conservative understanding. Scottish cities see Labour gains in local contests, narrowing Socialist control as next week’s nationwide local elections loom.
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LONDON
Reuters
Clement Atlee
Aneurin Bevan
Britain
Doreen Gorsky
Liberal party
mti
Glasgow
Edincurch
Aberdeen
Dundee
Dumbarton
Dunfermline
Hilwinning
Tar imports climb Ottawa May 4 1949 report
Canada imports of British cars rose from 583 in 1846 to 3731 in 1949, with the Commons noting imports from other countries increased as well. The report cites a jump from seven passenger cars in 1947 to a higher figure last year, highlighting shifting trade patterns with Britain and the United States.
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OTTAWA
Canada
commons
Briain
United States
Trial of engineer in Southesk wreck Calgary
John Fletcher Townsend engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway will appear at criminal assays Monday on a charge of wantonly endangering railway safety. Townsend was the CPR engineer aboard the train that collided with a passenger train at Southeskitz killing three and injuring 58. The report notes a fatal wreck near Calgary on Dec 29.
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SOUTHESK
CALGARY
John Fletcher Townstend
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Townsend
CPR
Southeskitz
here
EDMONTON
Brent
Beseriey Townsend
Royal Alexandra hospital
VANCOUVER
partical rehabilitation
EDMONTOCS
KCLF
Al arrcvaf
City of
Ontario
WINDSOR
Cl — Ae
WINNIPEG
Walter S. Stoner
Martha Perreault
MANITOBA
TORONTO
Lorne McDonald
Frost
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