99 Day Coal Strike Ends in Maritime Mines
GLACE BAY N S May 26 Leaders of 13009 Maritime mine workers ended a 59 day coal strike and planned a final meeting with operators to discuss the back to work movement. Miners will return as pits reopen with a June 7 pay date and wage increases from 5 84 to 6 35 per day. If production meets targets by Dec 1, 40 cents more daily until Jan 31 contract expiry.
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GLACE BAY
N.S
C.P
Freeman Jenkins
United Mine Workers
C.C.L
Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick
TORONTO
Globe and Mail
Ottawa
Maritime coal
Reconstruction
Howe
Important Witness Is Found Drowned In East River
New York on May 26 the six month probe of Republican campaign worker Joseph Scottoriggio's slaying advanced after a body recovered from the East River was identified as an important witness. District Attorney Frank Hogan said fingerprints matched and he urged Congress to reopen its inquiry.
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NEW YORK
Joseph Scottoriggio
East River
Frank Hogan
congress
China protests to France over alleged air intrusion
China filed a protest with France alleging two French warplanes violated Chinese territory by flying over Kuangsi province from Indo China on May 19. The aircraft reportedly killed one Chinese soldier and three boatmen with machine gun fire.
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CHINA
FRANCE
NANKING
Kuangsi province
Indo-China
Noted Canadian writer Charles Mair once lived in Lethbridge
The Left Hand Corner recalls Charles Mair a distinguished 9 Canadian port who served with the Dominion Immigration Department at Lethbridge Coutts and Fort Steele. He was uncle to the first wife of Charles A Magrath and author of Tecumseh His debut civil service year 1868 in Ottawa saw part destruction of Dreamland and Other Poems.
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Lethbridge
Charles Mair
Dominion Immigration Department
Inter
Coutts
Fort Steele
British Columbia
Charles A. Magrath
Letheridge
Tecumseh
Hilda Ridley
Ottawa Journal
Ottawa
Sancsier
Death Claims British Earl in Leeds
LEEDS England May 26 The Earl of Harewood brother in law of the king and among England s wealthiest men died at Harewood House after a brief illness of cardiac complications and asthma He was 64 He married the Princess Royal in 1922 and his last public appearance May 10 accompanied Queen Mary to Portsmouth The Earl born Sept 5 1882 inherited the title in 1928 and held posts in the Grenadier Guards and Yorkshire Hussars He served in Canada and Rome earlier in life and enjoyed moose hunting Court mourning will not be observed for him the King issuing no commands for court mourning with family mourning noted for their households
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LEEDS
England
Earl of Harewood
Princess Royal
Harewood House
King George
Windsor
Earl
Queen Mary
Portsmouth
South Africa
Harry
Viscount Lascelles
Eaton
Sandhurst
Grenadier Guards
Yorkshire Hussars
CANADA
Rome
Earl Grey
Earl of Harelwood
Oliver Cromwell
Charles II
British West Indies
LONDON
Reuters
Lord Chamberlain
Promise of Nationalization by Hugh Dalton in May 1850
Margate England May 26 Hugh Dalton chancellor of the exchequer promised Labour would nationalize iron steel and gas industries before five years pass and then propose a five year plan for socialization. He spoke at the opening of the annual party conference noting possible road candidates but not final conclusions this week.
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MARGATE
Kent
England
Hugh Dalton
Labor party
Sve
Dalton
Violent Drowned Bride Mystery By The Canadian Press
Seventeen people in Canada died violently over the holiday weekend, with four from heavy traffic. Drownings accounted for five deaths, shootings two, plus falls, poison, scalding, and a tractor trailer crush. Manitoba led with five deaths. Ontario and British Columbia four. Nova Scotia and Quebec two each. Names include Meteghan boat capsizing victims Saulnier and Melenon, McGill student Gavin MacFarlane found with a bullet, and others from Montreal to Ottawa. (Continued on Page Two).
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Canada
MANITOBA
Ontaro
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Meteghan
N.S
Alberta
Saulnier
Saulnierville
James Melanson
Comeauville
McGill University
Gavin S. MacFarlane
Ottawa
Mount Royal
Montreal
Lorenzo Demers
Mont Laurier
Que
Hamilton
Fernand Raymond
Hamilton bay
Walter Clare
Toronto
west end
Roger Ladouceur
Stanley Sojak
Chatham
Winnipeg
William W. MacCharles
Budget Debate Still Dragging On In Commons
OTTAWA May 26 The two weeks old budget debate continued in the House of Commons touching on employment tax farms debt financing and old age pensions. Whips indicated enough speakers remain to push the discussion into mid next week. External Affairs Minister St Laurent announced a U S pact for mutual patent exchange on RDK and similar wartime explosives and that Newfoundland would open talks here June 25 on joining confederation.
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OTTAWA
commons
St. Laurent
United States
Newfoundland
Fatal fist fight in Vancouver park claims teen life
In Vancouver a 17 year old, tentatively identified as David Sherlock, died after a fatal fist fight in a park last night. A second teen was placed in juvenile detention on related charges.
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VANCOUVER
David Sherlock
Mystery drowning case ties Toronto professor to bride’s death
Dr George Lucas of the University of Toronto was summoned to the Severn River drowning of Christina Kettlewell a bride of eight days found near Orillia. Inspector T R Wright and others analyze a 3000 word statement by Ronald Barrie best man. Fire in the cottage followed a blow to the head on the night of the incident.
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TORONTO
George Lucas
University of Toronto
Christina Kettlewell
Severn River
Orillia
T. R. Wright
Ontario provincial police
Ronald Barrie
Jack Kettlewell
Barrie
Kettlewell
Joslyn Rogers
Dr. Lucas
Christine Macon Kettlewell
Mimico
Ont
Severn Falls
Europe Needs Food To Prevent Violence Says Food Council Official
Europe needs cereals and coordinated relief to avert renewed shortages as the Food Council reviews the world situation. Anderson notes U S crop prospects but uneven corn supply, while Fitzgerald warns that shortages abroad this year could be as critical as last year. Canada and the U S may ship up to 5 million tons July to September. Argentina may supply 2 million tons. Sugar prospects remain stable with possible slight gains. Cuba faces a smaller crop, while the Philippines and Europe may increase production.
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Anderson
Fitzgerald
United States
council
Canada
Argentina
Cuba
Philppine Islands
Europe
No settlement seen in Lakehead carpenters strike
Port Arthur March 26 nearly 500 Lakehead carpenters entered a second week of striking with about 40 construction jobs picketed. An anticipated government agency intervention did not materialize and the strike was reported solid as ever.
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PORT ARTHUR
Mar
Lakehead
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners AFL
Partition Of India Prepared At Historic Cabinet Session
London May 26 The partition of India was prepared in a historic special cabinet session led by Prime Minister Attlee Observers say the surgical plan devised by Viceroy Mountbatten with Indian leaders was approved The formula envisions at least two and possibly five Indias Hindu India Moslem India and possibly a confederation of princely states with dominion status plus division of Hindu Muslim areas into minority-protected communities A final appeal for unity is planned in New Delhi on June 2 as leaders decide whether India will remain united or split into Pakistan Hindustan and related outcomes
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LONDON
India
Attice
Viscount Mountbatten
Mostem
onls
New Delhi
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Moviem League
ensem ict
Pakistan
Bindustan
Communism Rebuffed By Labor Party Reassembles Policy
In Margate England May 26 The Labour Party opened its annual policy conference rebuffing Communism and softening criticism of Foreign Secretary Bevin s pro US stance. The gathering rejected a motion to join the British Soviet Society and cut 19 resolutions while adopting composite motions on Greece Palestine and the Truman doctrine. Air Minister Noel-Baker called for a new intercontinental economic system and urged equal relations among Western European American and other nations as the UN emerges as a central peacekeeping body.
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MARGATE
Eng
A.P
Britain
Labor party
Bevin
United States
Attlee
Greece
Turkey
Palestine
Holy Land
newts
house of lords
EECH
Philip Noel Baker
Noel Baker
assembly of the United Nations
United Nations
world peace organization
Middle East
Sahara
Kalahari
De Gasperi Asked to Form New Italian Government
Alcide De Gasperi said he has been asked to form a new government, his fourth since the war’s end, after meeting with President De Nicola. He will confer with other parties and his own leaders before deciding whether to accept the post again.
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ROME
Alcide De Gasperi
Italy
Exarico De Nicola
Christian Democratic party
Evicted Couple Attacked In Paulsboro Incident
In Paulsboro New Jersey a couple Farnum Askins 34 and Betty Askins were evicted and sleeping in a car when an armed Black man about six feet tall and strongly built attacked Betty with a belt injuring the expectant mother. The assailant shattered a public safety item through a car window. Police described the attacker as a Black male about six feet tall and heavily built.
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PAULSBORO
Farnum
Betty Askins
Truman asks Congress for authority to aid western hemisphere defense
President Truman asked Congress for power to arm equip and train armed forces of western hemisphere nations and possibly Canada to standardize military methods. The plan would allow military missions training service personnel and transferring surplus arms while ensuring payment, with no immediate changes to U S Canada relations. The proposal follows recent aid measures and aims to bolster regional defense amid world developments and Communist threats.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
Canada
United States
U.S.-Canada
warete
Turkey
house of representatives foreign affairs committee
house
senate
western hemisphere
inet
Canadians Cut US Dollar Allowance To $10 Quietly
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Abbott announced a shift in foreign exchange rules lowering the US currency a Canadian may hold or travel with to $10 without a permit. The aim is to funnel dollars earned from tourism through the foreign exchange board to bolster the economy while preserving travel access.
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OTTAWA
Abbotts
United States
Canada
foreign exchange control board
Hitech
U.S
Abbott
Dominion
Vancouver’s Hottest May 24 Sets City Records
Vancouver on Victoria Day saw a record May 24 heat and crowds as more than 20,000 cars crossed the Pattullo Bridge. Steamship traffic was heavy and border crossings rose 25 percent from last year while city parks hosted record bathers and picnickers, according to officials and witnesses.
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VANCOUVER
Victoria
British Columbia
Pattullo bridge
Six survivors sighted in jungle crash area
News briefs report six survivors from a Flying Fortress crash in Nicaragua seen near Alambamba and five others exiting the jungle while four remain missing Morrison Field noted in Palm Beach Florida.
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WEST PALM BEACH
Fla
FE erse army
afa Bt Flying Fortress
Mamicamba
Nicaragua
Alambamba
Morrison Field
LABOR PARTY
Kent
Eng
United States
RUSSIA
LONDON
Moscow radio
supreme soviet
USSR
TORONTO
P.J
Christina Kellicwttl
Severn Falls
Ontario
Maskeua
criminal investigation branch
VANCOUVER BANK
ARMED PAIK
VANCOUVER
the
Associated Press
eday
Medill School of Journalism
Nertratstsra University
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Michigan
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Quech
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