Five-Point Proposal Aims to End Seamen Strike
Ottawa May 29 The Canadian Seamen's Union publishes a five point settlement plan to end the Great Lakes strike. It calls for dropping charges, returning seamen to work, honoring existing agreements, negotiating in good faith on all matters, and implementing an eight hour day with overtime pay. The union says back to work orders have been issued for some transport ships while the strike potentially broadens to deep sea vessels. Government officials anticipate union replies with no further talks scheduled.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canadian Seamen’s Union
Great Lakes
C.S.U
J. A
Pat) Sullivan
CS.U
transport department
Sullivan
labor and transport department
cnips
Arthur MacNamara
Montreal
Halifax
Saint John
AIr
MacNamara
Department of Transport
Maritimes
Canada Steamship Lines
City of Windsor
Toronto
Kingston
Wahcondah
Abitibi Navigation Company
Owen Sound
Fort Wiliam
CSU
St. Laurent
John Buckley
Toronto District Labor Council
department of justice
courts of justice
Alberta Crop Report Sees Quick Recovery After Rains
Edmonton May 25. Overnight rains boost crops and dry pastures, according to the Alberta provincial department of agriculture crop report. It notes a second report of the season with a sizable rise in forage crops and a 15 percent reduction in summer fallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
C.P
department of agriculture
Kidnapping Shocks Chicago Policy Boss Known as Big Ed
Time Magazine profiles the influential Chicago political boss Ed Jones who heads a $25 million-a-year syndicate employing about 3,000 Black workers and delivering protection money to officials. He is kidnapped amid ransom talks led by his brother George Jones from Mexico, triggering a city crackdown on corrupt peddlers while his empire, including mansions and hotels, looms large over the Negro Belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Time Magazine
Big Ed
Capone
George Jones
Mexico
North Shore
Bronzeville
Ed Jones
Riviera
Newspaper fragment hints at page continuation
Snippet shows continuation note from page four with unclear headline and partial lines. No identifiable names or events are readable. The fragment implies continuation of a prior story, but specifics remain unreadable.
Admits In Court She Had Six Husbands
Ruth Phelps testified in Detroit that she had six husbands and was fined 500 dollars with three years probation by Judge Arthur F. Lederle. She said she married three men and three tax husbands and used the mails to defraud by soliciting money from the mother of Lieut George Williams of Kennedy Texas, posing as an expectant mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DETROIT
Ruth Phelps
Arthur F. Lederle
George Wiliams
Kennedy
Tex
Nine Drown In US Floods Nine Drown In US Floods
In a wild flood across Pennsylvania and New York the Susquehanna rose to 31 feet five inches at Williamsport and flooded Elmira. At least nine people drowned and four were missing as millions of damage and homelessness spread, with Athens evacuations and extensive river breakage prompting urgent disaster readiness.
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PITTSBURGH
Pennsylvania
New York
Susquehanna
Willamsport
Williamsport
Elmira
N.Y
Uiitias
A!oads
Athens
Maryland
Byrnes Denies Anti Russian Bloc In US Britain Pact
Washington May 29 State Secretary Byrnes denied that the United States and Britain formed an anti Russian bloc as charged by Foreign Commissar Molotov. He said Stalin may have agreed to support a 25 year Big Four treaty to keep Germany disarmed and urged the foreign ministers to iron out disputes in Paris on June 15. Molotov challenged Byrnes on a prior assertion and Byrnes reviewed minutes from London Moscow and Paris conferences in a calm briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Byrnes
United States
Britain
Russia
Molotov
Stalin
Germany
Paris
Mr. Byrnes
Allied council of foreign ministers
London
Moscow
Canada’s North Easy To Invade
Ottawa reports defence officials stressed civilian over military aims in the Muskox Arctic expedition as the 3500 mile trek from Churchill Manitoba to Edmonton Alberta confirmed that large scale invading forces could move through the snow covered tundra. A military analyst urged caution noting publicity and outside speculation risk misreading aims while Russian observers also sought access to study the program.
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OTTAWA
Churchil
Man
Arctic Circle
Edmonton
Alia
United States
Canada
Hlynka Defends Civil Liberties Over Fifth Column Fears
A Vegreville Social Credit MP Anthony Hivnka spoke at a Aylmer Rotary meeting on espionage probes. He urged the public to fear government criticism as too harsh while warning Canada risks dictatorship from abroad if fifth column activities go unchecked.
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AYLMER
Dominion
Anthony Hisnka
Social Credit
commons
Vegreville
Alta
service club
Rotary
Hivaka
Canada
CCF Government Cracking From Within Says Liberal Caller
Saskatoon report notes G E M Culliton former provincial secretary claims the CCF government is disintegrating from within. He cites differences of opinion between Hon J L Phel natural resources minister and Henry Lewis deputy during a Liberal organization meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C.F
NORTH BATTLEYORD
Sask
G—E. M. Culliton
Liberal
J. L. Phel
Henry Lewis
Cushton
Liberal organization
Wrapping Paper Shortage Hits Vancouver Stores
Vancouver grocers and merchants report a wrapping paper shortage blamed on the British Columbia forest industry strike involving 35 000 loggers. One grocer asks customers to bring their own bags and residents may soon carry liquor purchases without disguise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Eauer
sopcorn
British Columbia
Dachau Chief Goes to Gallows
LANDSBERG Germany May 29 Martin Gottfried Weiss commandant of Dachau concentration camp was hanged this morning in Landsberg prison. Fourteen of his associates at Dachau preceded him yesterday. Weiss held hope for a reprieve until immediately before his death. Another thirteen were to be hanged today completing the largest smal execution ever conducted by the United States army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LANDSBERG
Germany
Martin Gottfried Weiss
Dachau
Weiss
United States army
Calgary Legion accepts conscripted men amid ban clash
Calgary leader Aaron Henderson said the Dominion ban on conscripts does not stop some branches from admitting veterans conscripted as members. Alberta delegates largely opposed the motion, arguing the fault lay with government. Edmonton NRA personnel reportedly barred from Central branch unless three months served. no change to eligibility per secretary John Dugan.
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CALGARY
Aaron W. Henderson
Calgary No. 1
Canadian Legion
Dominion
Quebec
Fienderson
Alberta
NRASA
EDMONTON
NR.M_A
the
John A. Dugan
W. J. Williams
M.L.A
Calgary nitrate plant not to be taken over
Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the Commons that the Calgary nitrate plant, a war plant producing nitrate for fertilizer, would not be taken over for wartime use. He noted the plant serves limited fertilizer needs in Western Canada and said no seizure was planned.
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OTTAWA
federal agriculture department
Calgary
Gardiner
Percy Wright
C.C.F
Melford
Canada
Million for highways planned by BC public works
Victoria May 29 The British Columbia public works department plans to spend almost 1 000 000 this year for surfacing highways in the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICTORIA
British Columbia public works department
Pioneer A G T man dies in Edmonton at 68
May 29 Edmonton reports the death of Sullivan L Clark age 68 a pioneer Alberta Government Telephones employee and former supervisor of construction who retired three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.G.T. PIONEER
EDMONTON
Sullivan L. Clark
Alberta Government Telephones
AFL Unionists Reach Agreement Defy Picket Lines at Powell River
Vancouver dispatch reports AFL unionists at Powell River B C pulp and paper mill will ignore International Woodworkers of America picket lines. ILW A and I B F M W claim logs are hot. John Sherman counters. A court hearing in Victoria resumes as talks seek a 23-cent wage rise and 40-hour week with union security.
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VANCOUVER
AFL
Fowell River
B.C
C.SO
International Woodworkers of America
LW.A
John Sherman
Tacoma
Wash
international
International Brotherhood of Fulp
APL
Powell River
Sherman
LW aA
British Columbia
PACIS
Ui company
mill pond
AF.L. union
Gordon Sloan
Victoria
Harald Pritchett
DLA
lase nicht
Critchett
Pearson
BK. TY. Mitchell
Stuart Research Enterprises
Mitchell
ZuUESIS
New Veterans’ branch
the
Canadian Legion
Canada
No Immediate Compliance With Order Produce Food Containers
Ottawa reports Labour Minister Mitchell Jodar said employers and unions replied to a government appeal urging lumber workers in food container production to return to work immediately. Replies did not indicate compliance. Harold Pritchell demanded 25 cents more per hour and a 40 hour week for resumption.
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OTTAWA
Labbor
Mitchell Jodar
Mitchell
Harold Pritchell
International Woodworkers of America
J. H. Ruddock
interior British Columbia Lumber and Box Manufacturers association
R. V. Stuart
Stuart Research Service Limited
Pacific coast
Mc Mitchell
Tissey
Legion gun souvenir fits not in lawn in Brazil
The Brazil Indiana American Legion aimed to obtain a souvenir weapon from the war department. The delivered anti aircraft gun measures 22 feet long and weighs 5000 pounds, more than the Legion lawn can hold. Post officials asked the city park board to mount it in a park.
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BRAZIL
Ind
American Legion
war department
Legion
city park board
Import Men For Beet Jobs In Canada Plan
Ottawa reports Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the commons that the government will soon announce a plan to import men for sugar beet production in Canada. He said a plan has been decided on but needs final approval and that the workers would be of the highest type to replace prisoners of war returning to Britain, with details on origins to follow.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Gardiner
commons
Canada
Britain
Alberta strike threat prompts review by Ottawa
Labor Minister Mitchell said in the commons he would look into the impending strike planned for May 31 among Alberta beverage dispensers, signaling federal attention to the dispute and potential labor tensions in the province.
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OTTAWA
Labor
Mitchell
commons
Alberta
Symington Talks Of T.C.A. Changes
H J Symington president of Trans-Canada Air Lines outlined future jet possibilities and route tweaks before a Canadian parliamentary committee. He forecast 24 DC-3s eventually and suggested one cross-country daily flight would run Calgary to Edmonton to Vancouver, with preliminary timing set around July 1. He also discussed a Saskatoon stop if the field opens this year and left Calgary and Lethbridge plans elastic and equally main lines.
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OLITAWA
Trans- Canada Air Lines
H. J. Symington
railway committee of the commons
T.C.A
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Winniper
Saskatoon
Symington
Lethbridge
Meat prices advance in Edmonton market survey
May 29 survey shows meat shops that sold below ceiling chart prices raised prices to card levels. Red grade choice beef gains two cents per pound and sides of choice beef at packing plants rise two cents this week.
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EDMONTON
Normandy To Baltic Monty refutes critics on Caen actions
Canadian Press notes Montgom ery’s Normandy to Baltic argues Caen front operations were deliberate, costly but strategic. The book defends Britain and Canada against claims of failure, counters Ralph Ingersoll’s Top Secret, and cites weather delays and plannedbreakout from the Caen bridgehead leading to a decisive breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTY
CAEN
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Normandy
Field Marshal
Viscount Monttemeri
Baltic
21st army group
Ralph Ingersoll
Csi
Ingersoll
Europe
Lord Montgomery
Dwight Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
United States army
Al- Hed
Seine
Lawyers clash over diplomatic immunity in Rose espionage trial
In Montreal, May 29, the crown and defence argued at noon over whether Gouzenko's testimony and embassy documents are inadmissible due to diplomatic immunity. Justice Lazure reserved ruling, weighing whether foreign documents remain inviolable and if immunity protects the evidence in the Fred Rose conspiracy case.
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MONTREAL
C.P
Fred Rose
Igor Gourenks
Justice Lazure
Montreal- Cartier
Court of Kins
am nour
ana
Joseph Cohen
K.c
Afr
Cohen
Gouzenko
ci pher
Ottawa
Canada
Rose
Russia
Justice Lazare
Mir. Cohen
Saskatchewan Premier Douglas defies mortgage firms in by election pledge
Saskatchewan Premier T. C. Douglas voiced defiance at a CCF nominating convention in Central Butte. He said the government would not let mortgage companies or the judiciary thwart the democratic mandate over the Farm Security Act, as delegates nominated James Gibson in Morse for a late next month by election. He warned mortgage lenders fear a larger crop failure and seek land.
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CENTRAL BUTTE
Sask
T. C. Douglas
C.C.F
privy council
Saskatchewan
James Gibson
Caron
Morse
Douglas
Dominion
Dupen Re elected A H A Vice President At 25th Convention
A. E. Dupen of Lethbridge was re elected second vice president of the Alberta Hotel association at the closing session of the 25th annual convention. Charles Guterson Crumweller was named third vice president. Earl Frank Webster of Calgary was elected president and thirteen zone directors were chosen. Delegates discussed sanitation hotels and beverage rooms and closed the two day meeting with a dance.
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EDMONTON
A. E. Dupen
Lethbridge
Alberta Hotel association
Charles Guterson
Crumweller
Earhter Frank Webster
Calgary
Harold Scott
Robert Achiev
A. G. Swhnarton
Macleod
Joseph Bell
Claresholm
Robert Pickering
Medicine Hat
Ban
Mystery ship to sail St. John’s
The Strathelia, a mystery steamship found abandoned by the Canadian navy during wartime and towed here in damaged state, has taken on two crew preparatory to sailing for Aberdeen, Scotland. No details have been disclosed about the circumstances of the abandonment.
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ST. JOHN'S. Mic
Reuters
Aberdeen
Scotland
Spectacular blaze destroys Montreal storage plant
A spectacular fire in Montreal's east end destroyed a storage plant owned by the Canadian Liquid Air Company. The blaze erupted early today and caused extensive damage to the facility. No further details on casualties or firefighting actions were available.
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MONTREAL
Matonmeuye
Canadian Liquid Air Company
Sees Underwear Interviewer Flees in Toronto
A Toronto hotel interview led to an awkward moment when a guest, referred to as a reporter named Davis, requested an interview with a Metropolitan Opera tenor. The door opened to a woman, causing a disturbance as the tenor fled, wrapping in his underwear.
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TORONTO
Donald Game
Metropolitan
Davis
Dame
ame
Redistribution Plan Outlined in Canada House
In Ottawa May 29 discussions in the commons covered wide agricultural topics after Justice Minister St Laurent outlined a redistribution plan increasing representation to 255 seats from 245. Present divisions listed for each province with the total and note of continued debate next Tuesday. Gardiner disclosed tests of tuberculine and proposed cabinet legislation on freight aid for grain, continued grants to fairs, and reestablishment of pre-war boards amid food contract expirations with the United Kingdom.
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OTTAWA
Justice
St. Laurent cutHnad
St. Laurent
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontarito
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
GARDINER
Canada
United Kingdom
Critical turn in China's war as Chiang takes over
Gen Chou En Lai, China’s No 2, says Chiang Kai Shek personally has assumed direction of the Manchurian campaign. He notes a “critical turn” as Kirin falls to government forces, while Chiang remains absent in Mukden, complicating peace talks with the Kuomintang.
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NANKING
Chou En-Lai
China
Marshell
U.S
third
democratic League
Kuomintang
Chiang
Mukden
Siam Complaint to United Nations Over Mekong Incursion
In New York on March 23, Siam accused French colonial troops from Indo China of crossing the Mekong River on May 18 23 and 26 and forcibly seizing Siamese territory they still hold as of the report.
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NEW YORK
Siam
United Nations
Indo-China
Mekong River
Secretaries Krug and Lewis end coal strike with new contract
Interior Secretary Krug announced a settlement ending the coal strike after signing a contract with John L. Lewis at the White House. Lewis indicated miners would return to work immediately, with terms to be made public soon. Production was said to rise starting Monday.
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WASHINGTON
Marc
Krug
Air
John L. Lewis
neuer
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Mer. Lewis
Mr. Krug
interior department
C.D.T
Mar
Truman
Senate
Associated Press
Fighteen
house of representatives
CLEVELAND
A. P. Wahumney
Jefs
New York
C.T.O
APL
Mr. Whitney
Madison Square Garden
Alvanney Johnston
Storkerdkead of
Sve
Ford of Canada Halts Production in Windsor Plant
Ford of Canada halted production at its Windsor plant due to material shortages. About 4,000 of 10,009 production workers were laid off pending material receipt. The remaining 5,099 will shift to manufacturing service parts and handling reconversion jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINDSOR
C.P.j
Ford Motor Company of Canada. Ltd
Legal to Draft Foreign Labor Merger Murk on War Effort
May 7 Foreign labor official Frits Sauckel testified before the International Military Tribunal that it was legal to draft 5 000 000 foreigners to work for Germany. He claimed laws validating forced labor existed and that millions came voluntarily while SS and police recruitment acted as protective measures. He said punishments for village noncompliance were local and beyond his knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MERNSERG
Frits Sauckel
Hitler
Germany
Sauckel
international military tribunal
Isbor
No Extension Of Anthracite Contract Sparks Walkout
May 29 United Mine Workers notified United States anthracite operators they would not extend the current contract ending midnight tomorrow and would call a work stoppage of 76,000 hard coal miners. Also in brief, Walter Johnson in critical condition after two strokes, Senate strike control bill sent to Truman with veto anticipated, Brian Nelson led Dick Burton in an international golf challenge, and a Chicago coroner's jury urged Donald R Murray be held for murder.
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NEW YORK
United Mine Workers
United States
SENATE
TRUMAN
WASHINGTON
IA.P
house of representatives
NELSON
NEWTON
Mass
A.P
Brian Nelson
Dick Burton
Charlies River Country Club
Burton
MURRAY
CHICAGO
John R. Fletcher
Vancouver
D.C
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Hlynka
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BLYZE
Ford of Canada
Walter Johnson
Johnson
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