Parley Talk Farm Program '48 Called at Dominion Meet
Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced a Dominion provincial conference on December 7 and 3 to discuss Canada’s farm problems and next year’s program. Delegates will include provincial and Dominion officials, farm organizations, and farm press representatives. He noted subsidies and price ceilings on feed grains must end, foreseeing higher consumer prices but eventual stabilization, and said Britain food contracts are close to met for cheese and bacon but beef and dairy quotas will likely be below targets due to strikes and other factors.
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MONTREAL
C.P
Gardiner
Dominion
Canada
Halifax
Britain
Cardinal McGuigan Condition Worsens in Rome
In Rome on November 4 Reuters reports Cardinal James McGuigan, archbishop of Toronto, is deteriorating as influenza afflicts him. He had an audience with Pope Pius on October 24 and now stays at a Canadian nuns’ convent, receiving no visitors.
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ROME
Reuters
James Cardinal McGuigan
Toronto
Cardinal McGuigan
Pius
C C F Launches Quebec Membership Drive
Montreal November 4 TheCo operative Commonwealth Federation today began a membership drive in Quebec after Eric McKay Weyburn MP predicted nationwide victory. McKay and Ontario CCF president R Brewer spoke at a Quebec organizers meeting outlining plans to double Quebec members from about 1,000 during a two week campaign.
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MONTREAL
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Quebec
Eric McKay
Weybird, Sask
Canada
McKay
R. ¥. Brewer
C.c.F
Ontario
Immunization urged to curb whooping cough deaths
Dr R J Wilson of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories Toronto cites Canadian data showing whooping cough kills more under twos than diphtheria scarlet fever and measles combined. He says vaccination should begin at six months as two thirds of deaths occur before age one and over three quarters before age two. Birds listed as near extinction include the whooping crane and several plovers.
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R. J. Wilson
Connaught Medical Research Laboratories
Toronto
Canada
Sault Ste. Marie
Wilson
Remember the Guy Guy Fawkes fires in Britain tradition
Britons planned to mark the fifth of November with fireworks and effigies of public figures burned at bonfires. Children marched in a festival mixing May Day and Halloween flair while adults donated pennies for fireworks. Guy Fawkes remained the famous target as crowd choices shifted to current leaders like Emanuel Shinwell or Winston Churchill amid wartime sentiment.
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LONDON
Britain
Hallowe’en
Advité
Fawkes
James I
Scotland
Guy Fawkes
Guy
England
Oliver Cromwell
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Napoleon
Nana Sahib
Kruger
Kaiser
Trotsky
Hitler
Emanuel Shinwell
Winston Churchill
conservative
King approves Westminster Abbey film after Princess Elizabeth wedding
Reuters reports the King approved filming in Westminster Abbey immediately after the wedding ceremony of Princess Elizabeth to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten on November 20. Filming will cover the procession from the choir stalls to the great west door for newsreels and TV programs, with no filming inside the wedding service and no live television from within the abbey.
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Princess Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
London
Countess of Cavan
Elizabeth Mary Lambart
Mary Cambridge
Margaret Elphinstone
3rd Marquess of
Reuters
Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth
Lieut
Philp Mountbatten
Charges Manufactured Against Priests Move to U S
Mikolajczyk predicts soon an attack on the Roman Catholic church as he plans to travel to the United States to visit friends. A Polish Peasant Party leader says charges against priests are often manufactured and that the church enjoys strong popular support despite political constraints. He discusses escape from Warsaw and his flight through the Russian zone of Germany.
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islaw
Poland
Berlin
R.A
Mikolajczyk
Warsaw
Union card saves broadcast as Ottawa AMU clears choral show
A Canadian arm of the American Music Union intervened to ensure a Notre Dame Convent choral broadcast could proceed. Sister St Francis of Kingston held a union card and provided the required accompaniment, allowing the Ottawa broadcast to air despite union clearance concerns during National Education Week.
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OTTAWA
czan
James C
Little Caesar) Petrillo
American Musicians Union
A.F.L
Notre Dame Convent
St. Francis of Notre Dame Convent
Kingston
Ont
A.M U
Slater St. Francis
AMU
New York
Donald Lynn
Sister St. Francis
Move Annul Jobless Bill Given Defeat
London and Scotland vote seen as barometer of Attlee Labor trends with Conservatives gaining seats in 69 cities. In Commons, a bid to annul the unemployment placement law failed 252 to 144 as Labor backers abstained. The measure requires 18 to 50 year old unemployed register with state exchanges and punishes violations. A stray cat episode in Buffalo leads to a fire call after kindness to animals.
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LONDON
A.P
Scotland
Attlee
Glasgow
England
Wales
Gullingham
Kent
Labor
house of commons
labor ministry
Britain
Rhys Davies
Davies
Nazia
Germany
Italy
George Isaacs
Transit Strike Impacts Vancouver Suburbs and Cities
Vancouver Victoria and New Westminster examine two weeks of transit strike effects. Downtown shops report red ink while suburban stores see booming business. The strike reduces city foot traffic and triggers layoffs in main districts, while cycle shops and garages see surge in repair work. Housewives suffer most as transit limits shopping and commuting. Hotels and theatres face slump. carpooling and employer rides rise. Old Jalopies roam streets as residents improvise transport amid the walkout.
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VANCOUVER
Victoria
New Westminster
British Columbia Electric Company
Steve Jack
B.C
John G Winant death shocks nation former envoy to Great Britain
John G. Winant 58 former ambassador to the Court of St James died by suicide in Concord New Hampshire. He shot himself in a bedroom after a day he was not in good health and was working on memoirs. His secretary said a Belgian pistol was used and the other gun found in the room. His wife and family were notified as doctors treated him. He had resigned last year from the U N council post to become a private citizen.
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CONCORD
NRL
John G. Winant
Court of St. James
J. Bernard Teulon
Winant
Teulon
James W. Jameson
Oxford
Ieland
Cerlon de Velando
Lima
Peru
Irene Mason
New Hampshire
Truman
United States
United Nations economic and social council
Roosevelt
Democratic
social security board
Charles M. Dale
A Day's Work From Arctic Rescue Mission
Army dispatch from Winnipeg, Nov 4, details Capt Guy D'Artois leading para troopers helping wounded missionary Canon John K Turner at Moffet Inlet 400 miles north of the Arctic circle. He describes daily routines, sign language exchanges with Eskimos, dangerous ice crossings, radio operations, and hopes for a later rescue near Mianu Beach.
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WINNIPEG
army
Guy D'Artois
Moffet Inlet
Arctic circle
Turner
Canon John K. Turner
Doc Willoughby
Canon Turner
J. E. Cook
Sgt. W. W. Judd
R.C.AF. Dakota
C.2
Prairie Command
R.C.A.F. Dakota
Canon John H. Turner
Pearson Warns of Dangers No Matter What Plan Adopted
Canada warned at the United Nations sub committee that any Palestine settlement plan risks overreaching action, delays after Britain withdrawal, and a legal vacuum. L B Pearson outlined difficulties in the three proposals from the United States, Russia and Guatemala and warned the UN must balance practicability and bold political steps. Continued on page two.
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LAKE SUCCESS
C.P
Canada
Palestine
Britain
Valentine
United Nations
L. B. Pearson
Pearson
United States
Russia
Guatemala
general assembly
United Nations iself
ree
Rik Weal queston
U.N
Deacon Sentenced to Hang Next January in Winnipeg
Lawrence Deacon, 35, of Winnipeg, was found guilty of the 1946 murder of Johann Johnson and sentenced to be hanged on January 21. It is his third trial and second sentence to be hanged. Also reported are a jump in the cost of living in September, a mission evacuation plan from Moffet Inlet, resignation of Ald W. W. Oliver to visit Ireland, Kashmir invasion near Srinagar, and Alberta’s plan to attract European industries.
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DEACON
WINNIPEG
C.P
Lawrence Deacon
Johann Johnson
MEDICINE WALDERMAN
D.C
MEDICINE HAT
Alta
Ald
W. W. Oliver
SUH bay
Ireland
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
Europe
C. EE. Gerhart
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U.S
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Musicians’ Union
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