Steel Strike Settlements Increase Pressure on Coal Industry
Republic Steel reaches a compromise welfare plan with striking workers, joining Bethlehem and Jones and Laughlin in tentative terms. The pact envisions pensions and enhanced insurance, signaling a broader move toward ending strikes as mediators expect coal talks to follow steel settlements. About 450,000 steelworkers remain on strike nationwide.
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Associated Press
ASHINGTON
Republic Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Republic
J. and L
United States
Bethlehem
Jones and Laughlin
Philip Murray
CLO
Bethlehem Steel
Cyrus Ching
southern coal
Ben-Gurion declares austerity program a success
Premier David Ben-Gurion told the Knesset that Israel's austerity program is a success. He reviewed for the legislature, reopening after a six week recess, laws to lower living costs save foreign currency and stimulate production.
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TEL AVIV
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Knesset
Drought Ravages Eastern Cape Livestock Losses Espaced
A London correspondence from East Africa reports the worst drought in 109 years. In the Eastern Cape area livestock losses may reach 33 percent as 7,590 cattle have been moved by rail to South West Africa and Northern Transvaal over six days, leaving farmers defending the countryside as a barren brown landscape.
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East Africa
Southern Cross
London
Ottawa Journal
Cape
South West Africa
Transvaal
New York Senate Race Tests Truman Fair Deal Policy
The 1950 New York senatorial contest between John Foster Dulles and Herbert Lehman tops a nationwide ballot. Voters also head to polls for mayoral races in New York and Buffalo and governorship battles in New Jersey Virginia and California, with 5.5 million NY voters expected at the polls.
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Truman
New York
United States
John Foster Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
senate
U.S. congress
CST
Buffalo
New York City
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Newbold Morris
Vito Marcantonio
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
Elmer H. Wene
Virginia
John S. Battle
Walter Johnson
House of Representatives
California
No Dirty Shirts At This Parley
Nearly 5,000 laundrymen from the United States Canada and seven foreign countries opened the 62nd annual convention of the American Institute of Laundering in Kansas City. They brought 3800 machines weighing 8,000,000 pounds and valued at 500000, enabling a city size wash for public display. Arthur B. Christopher of Vancouver, former institute president, received the president's award of recognition as Coral Gables, Florida, a part president attended.
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KANSAS CITY
United States
Canada
American Institute of Laundering
Municipal Auditorium
Arthur B. Christopher
Vancouver
Institute
M. L Nehrr
Coral Gables
Detroit Police Await Arrival Of Calgary Officer
Detroit police await Detective Sergeant Bruce McConnell of Calgary to resume the murder probe of William L Wallace and Mrs Wilhelma Wallace. The Calgary police flew in with two arrest warrants tied to the slaying of Yvonne Levesque in August. Wallace, 42, and his wife, 32, face immigration warrants as U S and Canadian authorities coordinate.
Soviet Foreign Minister Urges U S Friendship
Washington November 8 AP Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky of Russia urged closer ties with the United States saying the two nations should be better friends. The embassy party drew over 1000 dignitaries as Vishinsky, fresh from the United Nations and a Paris foreign ministers meeting, spoke of awakening friendship that will confound freedom’s enemies. He spoke informally with reporters off the record. Also missing was Yugoslav ambassador Sava N Kosanovic, not invited amid Moscow tensions.
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WASHINGTON
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Viashinsky
Vishinsky
United Nations general assembly
New York
Acheson
Paris
state department
Sava N. Kosanovic
Moscow
Linder Appeal In Rodeo Cruelty Case Set Soon
Vancouver Nov. 8 A hearing date for the appeal of Herman Linder Cardston Alta rodeo promoter will be set in county court on Dec. 5. Linder appeals a conviction for ill treating a horse at a suburban stampede last June with a $100 fine. Judge C J Lennox adjourned the hearing until next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
Herman Linder
Cardston
Alta
Linder
C. J. Lennox
War Methods Revived in Britain to Meet Labor Shortages
Under pressure from labor shortages Britain reactivates wartime manpower controls. A 17 member committee led by Labor Minister Isaacs will advise on manpower policy, hours, employer union balance, and transferring idle workers. The panel expands the government’s power to extend employment control for one year, aiming to move workers between jobs without direct compulsion. Unemployed and underutilized industries in the north, notably cotton and textiles, steel, mining and clothing, stand to gain as the economy shifts to dollar production.
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LONDON
Britain
George Isaacs
Isaacs
England
Crash Survivors Flown To Hospital In Quebec
Three survivors, of a Norseman seaplane crash near Grand Portage in northern Quebec, were flown to Rouyn hospital after four freezing days. The dead include Pilot Frank Hawkridge and Val Clements. survivors Gaston Lavallee, Elzeas Potvin, and William J. Wiltsey were rescued by paratrooper and RCAF air search planes.
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Central Press
Quebec
Ottawa
Frank Hockridge
Noranda
Bachelor lake
Amos
Que
ROUYN
che
Gushland
transport department
Frank Hawkridge
prospector
Val Clements
Toronto
Matachewan
Ont
Gaston Lavallee
Elzeas Potvin
William J. Wiltsey
Grand Portage
RCAF
earth
Belt Airways, Ltd
Bachelor Take
Bob Birkett
Police Chief Has Good Idea Where Henderson Is
EDMONTON Nov 8 The Edmonton Journal quotes Chief Constable S J Patterson of Calgary saying police knew from the start William Wallace and his wife stayed near Yvonne Levesque at the auto camp the night she was murdered Wallace was arrested in Detroit and charged Patterson said Calgary police have a good idea where Donald Henderson, wanted on a murder charge, is hiding He expects Henderson to surrender and said he may be in a district consistent with the auto camp area and Wallace couple’s known hangouts
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EDMONTON
Edmonton Journal
S. J. Patterson
Calgary
William Wallace
Yvonne Levesque
Wallace
Detroit
Patterson
Donald Henderson
Chief Patterson
The Journal
Henderson
Miss Levesque
OTTAWA
St. Laurent
Manning
Alberta
MANITOBA
Garson
REGINA
Saskatchewan agriculture department
Agriculture department
S.C
caucus
Social Credit
Alberta court of appeals
appeals court
supreme court
Hubbard Asetts
Winnipeg
The
Free Press
S. J Patterson
Lost Master Sold For Five Dollars Identified as Titian Pupil
A painting sold for 5 dollars fifty years ago has been identified as the work of a Titian pupil. Betts Tothe of Brantford Ontario relayed the piece to art restorer George Chapslier in New York, who confirmed its Titian lineage. The 16th century canvas gained recognition after persistent effort by the owner and friends who preserved it through time.
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TORONTO
Titian
Betts Tothe
To- Tonio and Branatford
Ont
Tothe
nally
George Chapslier
New York
Miss Tothe
Hediey Pentland
Brantford
Miss Pentland
Maine
Flour Combine Report Ignites Price-Fix Debate in Commons
Canada’s 11 major flour and milling firms faced allegations of agreed price fixing from 1936 to 1947 as Justice Minister Garson tabled a 60,000 word report. Prime Minister St Laurent and Garson defended the decision not to prosecute and contested earlier tabling. Opposition leaders including Diefenbaker Coldwell Low and MacInnis urged action, citing breaches of the combines investigation act and war-era practices.
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D’Arcy O'Donnell
UAWA
C.P
commons
Justice
Garson
F. A. McGregor
Canada
Howe
St. Laurent
prices board
Diefenbaker
Coldwell
Low
MacInnis
Gordon Graydon
P.C
Peel
Change in Election Ballots Question Sparks Report
Ottawa reports may prompt changes to election ballots after Chief Justice J T Brown investigated carbon numerals on Regina City ballots from the June 27 federal vote. The inquiry followed J O Proves challenge over 460 ballot disallowances. A recount had disqualified carbon numbered ballots, altering the Regina City result.
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J. T. Brown
Saskatchewan
king’s bench court
Regina
Brown
J. O. Prove
C.C.F
B. D. Hogarth
Prote
E. A. McCusker
Special Open Season on Cock Pheasants in E I D
In the Eastern Irrigation District a special open season on cock pheasants runs from November 14 to 19. The aim is to reduce the number of old cock birds to improve next year’s flocks. Daily shooting 6 am to half an hour after sunset, with a bag limit of five per day and 15 for the season.
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DMONTON
E. S. Henstis
Jr. Huestis
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Hope
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Kottenay
British Columbia
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McGregor
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Solon Low
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