Quit Work On Urges Immediate New Houses End Palestine Rule
Housing Enterprises of Canada abandoned Toronto and Hamilton projects due to rising labor and material costs. General manager Doug las H. Storms said lump sum tenders were too high and costs would push rents beyond reason. One Toronto project would house about 2000 families. Welfare department will handle evictions. Palestine issue dominates U.N. scene with calls for an 11 member inquiry commission.
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TORONTO
Hamilton
Housing Enterprises of Canada
Douglas H. Storms
Storms
The
housing corporation
life insurance
Als
Harold Fibleigh
welfare department
VRICSLOG WIQUELY
Wasser
Bevin
Palestine
Gromyko
assembly
Lake Success
Holy Land
Shipwrights race to recoup wartime losses in global tonnage
The Ottawa Journal notes 1946 ship launches totaled 1 297 421 tons with Britain producing 1 133 245 tons. America produced 301 294 tons, Sweden 146 975, Canada 71 983, and others including Spain and Denmark. The piece discusses coal dependence, U boat impact, and wartime production trends as ships resume postwar output.
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Britain
London
Ottawa Journal
America
Sweden
Canada
Haly
Spain
Denmark
munners-up
Russia
Soviets
iron curtain
Brith yards
TEdinburgh
Heavy unrest erupts in Lahore violence claims many lives
Police opened fire on a rioting crowd in Lahore Punjab as clashes between Hindus and Muslims spread. Nine killed and 20 injured in the capital, with shootings from rooftops and shop fires reported. over 500 arrests in Hyderabad and a curfew imposed in Amritsar with lifting planned.
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NEW DELHI
Reuters
Lahore
Punjab
India
Hyderabad
Amritsar
Picture Butte steers fetch record price at big Alberta sale
In Picture Butte Alberta on Wednesday R L Macmillan sold long-fed steers to Canada Packers at 16 25 cents per pound. The sale drew large crowds of buyers with packers bidding fiercely. A 1590 pound steer at 1655 a pound would profit about 34.
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STEERS
South Alberta
Picture Butte
R. L. Macmillan
Canada
South
Alberta
Macmillan
Guerrillas Slain in Northern Greece Offensive Report
Greek press reports indicate guerrilla forces suffered 248 casualties in a large-scale northern Greece operation under war conditions. A general staff spokesman contradicted the claim, saying no major operations were in progress as of yesterday.
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GUERRUALAS
ATHENS
Greece
Effects Of Boycott Gains Noted In Western Cities
Western housewives report tangible results from their price cutting campaign with meat markets advertising reductions and warnings of broader effects. Regina and Winnipeg actions include planned parades and house to house campaigns while unions and consumer groups pledge support and mass store picketing in Vancouver for butter and shortening boycotts.
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WINNIPEG
Regina
west
Manitoba Housewives’ Association
Edna Hahn
Toronto
Housewives’ Consumers Organizations
Ontario
Ottawa
HOUSEWIVES
VANCOUVER
Vancouver Labor Council
British Columbia Housewives’ Consumers Association
International Woodworkers of America
CIO-CCOL
Symington to resign as Trans Canada Airlines head
OTTAWA May 14 H J Symington CMG BC announced to the house of commons committee on railways, and shipping that he will resign as president of Trans-Canada Air Lines, a role he has held since 1949. Mr Howe praised his leadership and noted he served without salary, building the airline through its hardest period. He is a Montreal based industry leader and first president of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
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OTILAWA
Syminecan
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Howe
Symington
operators’ association
International Civil, Ay Organization
Montreal
house of commons
Trans-Canada Air Lines
House of Commons committee on railways
Strike Called Off At Bralorne Mine In British Columbia
A spontaneous strike by over 200 miners at the Bralorne mine ended late Tuesday after workers quit in protest of a union officer’s dismissal. Cynl C. Manning, the mine superintendent, said the night shift returned to work and blamed the strike on acting without proper regulations.
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BRIDGE RIVER
Bralorne
Cynl C. Manning
Radar Aids for Canada Ports Improve Harbor Approach
Ottawa report on radar use at ocean port entrances as NRC and Department of Transport collaborate. Halifax area trials at Campersdown signal station show 25 mile visibility in fog storm and night. Experiments include vessel identification and continuous harbor chart overlay with radar, with pilot-vessel tests planned to track ship movements toward rendezvous.
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OTTAWA
Canada
National Research Council
Gamperdown
Jooking
Halifax harbor
Halifax
Manning views on Manitoba tax proposal and revenues
Premier Manning said no substantial money would reach Manitoba if the Dominion government relinquished amusement admissions and race track betting. He noted a provincial government would still need to re impose taxes to gain any extra revenue and declined further comment.
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EDMONTON
Al- Iberta
Dominion
Ed. Manning
Wintines
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Manning
Who Will Succeed Stalin According to Moscow Rumors
Canadian Press staff writer reports London dispatches noting speculation over Stalin’s successor. Names in consideration include Bulganin, Molotov, Malenkov, Zhdanov, Beria, and others in the Soviet leadership, with Bulganin favored after recent rapid rise.
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BR. ROSS MUNRO
LONDON
Stalin
Rusia
Moscow
A Aneldreves
Laurents Beta
NA Bukanin
Georges Malenkov
Viacheslav Molotov
Andrei Zhdanov
Trouble Spreads To Both G.B., U.S. Zones
Trans- Canada Air Lines president resigns announced to a House committee. In Germany, British and American correspondents are blocked from reporting the Ruhr food crisis as food shipments move toward ports and zones. Bevin faces a gloomy outlook on grain to Germany with no quick relief before harvests.
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Bevin
ERFGRD
Germany
Reuters
Ruhr
Berlin
Duesseldorf
AMBURG
Luneburg
Hugh B. Hester
United States
Heeter
LONDON
Great Britain
foreign office
Brittain
United Kingdom
house of commons
Lucius D. Clay
Britain
house of commons of foreign affairs
Lord Pakenham
Budget Talk In Commons Budget Debate Continues
Ottawa May 14 The commons budget debate enters its second week with speakers from all parties. Western wheat growers gain a tax concession for deliveries from May 15 to June 30 with cash settlement options through 1949. Debate covers taxation for cooperatives, northland development, and old age pensions amid war-era references.
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OTTAWA
commons
Dominion
T. J. Bentley
GAGE
Swift Current
Rene Jutras
Lt. Provencher
H. G. Archibald
C.C.F
MacKinnon
U.S
Abbott
Nova Scotia
Bentley
Jutras
board of arbitration
Archibald
northland
British Columbia
Johnson
Joseph Bradette
L. Cochrane
Ontario
Quebec
Bradette
treasury
Canada
Churchill urges Britain and France to lead German recovery
Winston Churchill urged Britain and France to take the lead in restoring the German economy to prevent renewed menace after victory. He spoke at a United Europe meeting at Royal Albert Hall denying anti Soviet Russia motives and stressed France and Britain must act amid Germanys prostrate condition.
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LONDON
Winston Churchill
Britain
France
Germany
Churchill
United States of Europe
Soviet Russia
Royal Albert hall
Europe
Soviet
Russia
Dominion Coal Mine Resumes Output Amid Strike
In Glace Bay Nova Scotia on May 14 1977 the first coal from strikebound Dominion Coal Company pits No 2 and 1B will be loaded for maintenance purposes. About 600 tons will be extracted under an agreement with the United Mine Workers C C L to keep boilers supplied.
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GLACE BAY
N.S
Dominion Coal Company
United Mine Workers
C.C.L
Railway Test Case Proceeds In Regina
Regina May 14 Saskatchewan wage and ballotry legislation case before the king’s bench proceeds with evidence on its probable effect on CN and CPR railways. Justice H V Bigelow admitted the evidence despite Saskatchewan counsel’s argument that the impact was irrelevant. Railway counsel from Winnipeg said the case should not proceed without establishing the effect on railways.
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REGINA
Counse
Saskatchewan
king's bench cour
Canadian National
aoa
Canadian Pacific railways
H. V. Bigelow
C. Leslie
H. A. V. Green
Winnipeg
prvy council
Explosions Reported Across Palestine Areas
News from Palestine reports explosions in northern and southern zones with initial word of at least two injured. Fernie Alderman Samuel Fowler died in Fernie British Columbia after a mine car accident last Wednesday. Alberta nominating conventions planned for June 11 and a Winnipeg UN talk set for June. A Zionist memorandum to the UN calls for an undivided Palestine with a Jewish state and Arab civil rights.
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PALESTINE
JERUSALEM
FERNIE ALDERMAN
FERNIE
B.C
Samuel Fowler
Fowler
LDMONTON
Progressive Conservative party
Alberta
John E. Sydie
Mberta
Wetaskinin
Tians
abo whder
Bow River
ad Macteed
John Bracken
J. G. Dittenbaker
Lake Centre
sask
ARIGVE LIE
WINNIPEG
c.P.i
Tryzve Let
United Nations
carty
United Nations society
Canada
UNDLRGROUND
Palestine press
Ivan Zvai Lewmd
Jordan river
England
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