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Lethbridge Herald

Location

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Date

Oct 04, 1947

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Chambers To Hang Dec 8 For Tot Death

In CATHARINES ONT Ontario jurors find Sydney George Chambers guilty of murdering nine year old Mariat Rustak last Dec 23. He faces the death penalty with a sentence set for December 3. A taxi driver testified the girl was seen with a man not Chambers the night she disappeared. The body was never found despite police searches.

SYDNEY GEORGE CHAMBERS Marian Rusnak St. Catharines Chambers Justice Mackay Toronto

Yugoslav Community Shrinking Amid Emigration Trends

The Left Hand Corner notes a decline in New Zealand's Yugoslav born residents, with about 3,000 in the country and many leaving by ship or planning to return. After World War I arrivals, they worked hard in breaking poor land in the North Auckland peninsula but remained in ethnic groups, prompting immigration committees to favor Northern Europe over the Balkans. Some had lived in NZ nearly 40 years, and letters from Yugoslavia claim wages and living conditions are improving there as more seek Canada.

Yugoslavia New Zealand Auckland commissions on immigration Europe Balkan Canada Zea

Ottawa's Hands Tied as Western Firms Walkout Expands

The 12,000 United Packinghouse Workers of America members strike against Swift Canadian Canada Packers and Burny and Company enters its fourth week across 24 plants in eight provinces. Provinces fail to agree on concerted action. Quebec appeals for lawful restraint. Prince Edward Island runs Canada Packers plant under government control. Brandon and Winnipeg independents vote 100 percent to join the walkout. Meat shortages loom as stocks run low. a federal conciliator is expected to be appointed soon to pave a settlement.

United Packinghouse Workers of America C,LO Swift Canadian Canada Packers and Burny and Company Quebec Duplessis Barrette Dupléssis Prince Edward Island Canada Packers Charlottetown Western Canada independent packing plants George Wright Saskatchewan United Farmers of Canada U.F.C WINNIPEG George Stapleton Independent Packinghouse Workers of America Brandon Toronto Manitoba CALGARY Fred Dowling C.I.0

Uneasy Quiet At Jail Farm Near Sudbury

Sudbury Ontario reports an uneasy quiet at Burwash Industrial Farm with 723 prisoners under reinforced guard. An escapee, Theodore Dockstader, was recaptured as a three man commission works on a report for the Department of Reform Institutions amid potential disturbances. In Rochester New York a sulphur dioxide leak from a refrigeration system sickened one woman and affected about 29 apartments with six firemen injured.

SUDBURY Ont C.P.J Burwash Theodore Dockstader here special commission department of reform institutions FAMES ROCHESTER N.Y

Danish Premier Kristrensen Seeks Early Elections

The Danish premier Knud Kristensen, leading a minority government, gained King Frederik II's permission to call new elections amid a no‑confidence crisis over South Schleswig policy. The lower chamber dissolved, setting a trustee period until results are announced and a formal resignation follows.

COPENHAGEN Knud Kristensen Frederik II pet anicts Kkatetsen South Schleswig Kristensen Social Demorats Communists Radical Left Wilhelm Bubbl Frederik Liberal party

Ontario Beet Harvest to Start Next Week

Ontario sugar beet harvest for 16 000 acres will begin next week. Growers planted 5 000 acres less than last year. Recent rains increased the estimated yield to about nine tons per acre.

ONTARIO CHATHAM Ont

Wage increase sought for 700000 miners in nationalized mines

London report says the executive committee of the National Union of Mine Workers proposed a weekly wage rise of £1 for over 700,000 workers in nationalized mines. Most underground workers earn about £5 ($20) weekly and surface workers £4. Five day week with 72 hour shifts.

LONDON National Union of Mine Workers

Labor Court Mooted in British Columbia Reform Plan

Vancouver October 4 Premier John Hart may order creation of a special labor court to fix defects in the administration of the new labor code. The proposed court would have streamlined rules and exclusive jurisdiction over disputes under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act known as Bull 39, aiming to prevent delays in ordinary courts.

VANCOUVER British Columbia John Hart

Indian acquitted in manslaughter case at Ocean Falls

Stanley Cecil Shaw, an Indian, was acquitted at the assize court in Prince Albert on a manslaughter charge connected to the death of Steve Rachinsky of Mundare. The incident involved Shaw shoving Rachinsky into Ocean Falls harbor. Justice J Q Wilson called Shaw very lucky upon his release.

PRINCE ALBERT B.C Stanley Cecil Shaw assize court Steve Rachinsky Mundare Alta. Shaw Rachinsky Ocean Falls J. QO. Wilson Shaw

Churchill Calls Conservatives to be Ready for Election

Winston Churchill urged the Conservative Party to prepare for a general election anytime this year or next, accusing the Labour government of ruin and warning Burma and Indian masses of looming danger. He condemned wasteful overseas spending and sought counter claims on postwar debts while defending imperial trade preferences amid calls for Palestine withdrawal and German occupation cuts.

CONSERVATIVE PARTY BRIGHTON Sussex England Winston Churchill Burma followeng Britain petit Attlee Churchill house of commons Harold MacMillan Palestine Germany

Canadian Spy Trials Stir Red Intrigue in Britain

At a Conservative conference in Brighton Sussex England a resolution cited Canadian spy trials as evidence of Communist intrigue and urged plans to combat anti democratic threats in the UK and dominions. Anthony Gorman said the world learned of a 24 year Communist network in Canada and drew parallels to Canada being a country with a similar outlook. Igor Gousenko testified to Soviet efforts and a fifth column aiming to sow unrest in Ottawa.

BRIGHTON Sussex England cone sentiryO hen United Kingdom dominions Henry Hornyold-Strickland Anthony Gorman Nottingham Caraida Canada Igor Gousenko Ottawa fifth column

Alberta Liberals Plan Fall Drive in Calgary

J Harper Prowse MLA announced the Alberta Liberal Association has completed plans for an intensive organization drive after a summer of behind the scenes work. Radio publicity and a province wide series of public meetings are planned to boost the new party of youth and vision.

CALGARY Alberta Liberal Association bux J. Harper Prowse Secial Credit Prowse Atberta Liberal party wnt

German Nobel Prize Winner Max Planck Dies at 88

Berlin reports the death of Max Planck, 88, the German physicist and Nobel laureate of 1918. Planck helped found quantum theory and influenced the development of atomic science alongside peers including Albert Einstein, earning high honors in science societies on both sides of the Atlantic.

Max Planck BERLIN Max Planck Albert Finstein butut Atlantic

Peace at UN fuels clashes as press freedom debate rages

United Nations sessions in Lake Success stage a sharp US Russia clash over free press vs totalitarian control. Mrs Roosevelt leads the American fight against the Soviet bid to mobilize world media against fascism. Spank condemns Yugoslavia’s refusal to cooperate with UN probes, while Greece tensions and Indian communal violence spark genocide concerns in committee discussions.

LAKE SUCCESS United Natons general assembly ard Paul Hellel Spank Belgium general assembly United States Roosevelt U.N. committee U.N YUGOSLAVIA Spank Taigston security council Ehreste Ukraine Dmitri Manuilsky Greece INDIA United Nations Pakistan Abdusattar Piranda Piranda

Take Off For Moffat Inlet

The RCAF Dakota transports four Canadian paratroopers to drop on Moffat Inlet 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle to aid Canon John Turner. Turner, wounded last month by a self-inflicted rifle shot, is at a lonely mission post with his family and Eskimo helpers during a 2,900 pound supply drop expected around 12:48 a.m. local time from Coral Harbor airstrip.

CHURCHILL Man RCAF Dakota Moffat Inlet Arctic Circle Engikta tolay Coral Harbor air strip Canon John H. Turner lonely mission post Canon Turner mission post here EDMONTON MAS.T Jona H. Turner BURWASH SUDBURY Ont Qet Ontario United States Albania Bulgaria Yugoslavia guerri H.Q VIENNA Oet interior ministry Communist party Frohtileiten Pex CRIPPS CARDIFF tes stafford Cripps Winston Churchill Sadr BRUSSELS Reuters Virton Belgium Virten MUKDEN PEIPING sid panice aiticken clivilatts

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