Avro jet liner to debut in Canada at Malton airport
North America's first jet powered commercial transport designed and built in Canada, Avro jet liner, will be unveiled at Malton airport Toronto. The four engine jet, 50 passengers, cruising around 430 mph at 30 000 feet, aims for 200 to 500 mile range and commercial delivery by year end 1951. Dignitaries from Canada and the United States, including Trade Minister Howe and U S ambassador Lawrence Steinhardt, will observe tests after earlier crash and gear failure delays.
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RONTO
C.P
North America
Wilbur Wright
New York
A. V. Roe Canada
Canada
United States
Toronto
Malton
Howe
W. A. Curtis
R.C.AF
Lawrence Steinhardt
U.S
Ottawa
Ont
No Vote for G.B. in 1949
London reports the Daily Herald doubts a general election this year while noting possible unforeseen shifts could trigger one. Ernest Jay, Daily Herald correspondent, says the Labour government’s term runs to next July but a snap election remains possible if circumstances change.
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LONDON
Herald
Ernest Jay
Labor party
Jay
Labor
Left Hand Corner mocks Labour tax plans in Britain opinion piece
The Left Hand Corner mocks the Labour government's health scheme with a verse about days of the week and taxes. The BRITAIN'S SHIPYARD item notes UK shipbuilding and repair work surpassing 2 billion dollars since May 1545, driven by new builds and reconversions, exceeding prewar tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BRITAIN
QUTTUT
St. Thomas
Gunfire and Death Disrupt U.S. Strike Calm
Pittsburgh dispatch reports gunfire and fatalities amid twin strikes by 900,000 United States steel and coal workers. Violent clashes in Tennessee and a Virginia miner killed in a rock fall. Pickets wreck gear at a Pennsylvania pit as unions push for contracts. 16 payless days, 900,000 idle. Some mills operate. broader clash expected as CSO steelworkers face looming contract expirations.
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PITTSBURGH
A.P
United States
Tennessee
Virginia
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
C.S
Matt Bunch
United Mine Workers’ international
Pikeville
Tenn
Grundy
Johnnie Compton
Lewis
U.S
AFL
Illinois
Refuses to Swear Allegiance for Citizenship
Victoria, Oct. 4. Canadian citizenship papers withheld awaiting Ottawa ruling on oath of allegiance. Linn A. Gale, American-born cost accountant, refused to swear on the Bible, citing no religion. He gave a declaration of allegiance. Judge H. H. Shandley accepted the declaration but delayed the certificate pending legality check. Gale noted the Canada Evidence Act allows affirmations, while the Citizenship Act has no such provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICTORIA
B.C
Ottawa
Linn A. Gale
H. H. Shandley
Shandley
Noronic Captain Faces Inquiry Over Ship Fire Losses
Captain William Taylor of Sarnia Ontario testified at the federal inquiry into the Noronic fire that killed at least 130. He could not produce his captain’s certificate, lost in the blaze, and described eight years in command. Survivors testified to late partying aboard the ship and disorganized safety measures.
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TORONTO
William Taylor
Sarnia
Noronic
S. J. Orth
Detroit
Three Killed in Prague Shooting
Three men were killed and several injured in shootings across Prague last Saturday night. Eyewitness accounts describe Tommy gun fire from a car with uniformed occupants near Pankrac prison and in the Red Suburb district. Unconfirmed reports cite further shootings. Czech authorities mention two executions after a failed appeal in Brno tied to a terrorist gang.
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PRAGUE
Reuters
big Pankbac
Ziskovonce
Red
supreme court
Brno
Kill Him Shouted at Guay During Court Hearing
Quebec crowd jeered J Albert Guay outside the courthouse as he entered a preliminary hearing on a murder charge tied to the plane crash that killed his wife and 22 others. Some shouted rat and women attempted to kick him while men shook fists.
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QUEBEC
C.P
J. Albert Guay
Guay
Czechoslovakia breaks with Yugoslavia over envoy recall
Czechoslovakia scrapped its friendship pact with Yugoslavia and demanded the immediate recall of Yugoslav Ambassador Marijan Stilinovic. Prague radio said the ambassador’s presence was undesirable and accused staff of including spies. Other Communist states had denounced treaties but not broken ties.
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PRAGUE
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Marijan Stilinovic
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Tito
cominform
Communist international information bureau
Budapest
Laszlo Raki
Moscow
Calgary opens southern Alberta liquor control office
Edmonton Oct. 4 Premier Manning announced a Calgary administrative office for the Alberta Liquor Control Board to ease Edmonton workload. Charles MacNutt will head the Southern Alberta division and supervise southern operations from the new Calgary site. The death of J F Percival leaves a vacancy, not filled now.
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EDMONTON
Manning
Alberta Liquor Control Board
Calgary
Charles MacNutt
Southern
Alberta
MacNutt
J. F. Percival
No Fatalities Reported By Early Hurricane Warnings
The Oct 4 Associated Press report details a hurricane striking the Texas coast from Galveston to Houston with 80 to 100 mph winds. It mentions widespread damage anticipated inland, mass evacuations, and 5,000 people seeking shelter in Houston venues, with no fatalities reported so far.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Texas
Galveston
Freeport
Matagorda
New Orleans
city auditorium
Sam Houston Coliseum
Texas city
Angelton
Alvin
Air Travel Booms on Pound Devaluation and Winter Fares
London reports indicate devaluation of the pound and cheap winter fares trigger a major air travel surge. Trans-Canada Air Lines notes 60-day winter excursion rates and about a one third drop in return fares. Eastbound Canada flights are fully booked while westbound seats to the Dominion are fairly well booked. United States allies plan extra planes to handle demand.
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LONDON
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Britain
T.C.A
Canada
Guay Bought $10,000 Policy On Wife Before Crash
A Quebec airline office worker testified that J Albert Guay purchased a ten thousand dollar life policy on his wife three days before the Sept plane crash that killed 23 people. The witness said Guay chose ten thousand as sufficient and paid forty dollars for the policy with airline tickets. The explosion occurred about 49 miles east of Quebec, the wreckage in rugged woods.
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QUEBEC
J. Albert Guay
Lucile Levesque
Canadian Pacific Air-ines
Guay
crown
Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean in Yugoslav guerrilla tale
Canadian press review of Eastern Approaches by Brig. Fitzroy Maclean notes his account of supply runs through Nazi lines to Tito’s partisans. The book blends frontline adventure with later assessment of Tito’s forces and Allied support, omitting the philosophy of Lawrence.
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MICHAEL O'MARA
ONCON
Lawrence of Arabia
Brig
Fitzroy Maclean
Lawrence
Maclean
Jonathan Cape
London
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
BIG JOE Maclean
Three Die From Pneumonia At Nickel Plant Port Colborne
Central Press Canadian reports three men died from bronchial pneumonia believed to stem from poisonous gas exposure at International Nickel Co. mill No. 3 in Port Colborne Ontario. Inspectors probe the seepage as union officials warn of a plant shutdown if workers’ lives are at risk.
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Central Press
MHL No. 3
International Nickel Co
Port Colborne
Ont
iives
Mill No. 3
arrow
Fumes Said To Kill In Nickel Plant Tragedy
In Port Colborne Ontario a third man dies from a bronchial ailment blamed on fumes from the International Nickel Company nickel oxidizing process. Frank Getin died in hospital of pneumonia described as a secondary condition from irritation. Two prior workers, John Toth and Frank Gulleau, died already. H G Rickaby says inspectors suspect a fault in a long running process. Seven other teaching department workers were taken to hospital with lung ailments, five discharged.
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PORT COLBORNE
Ont
International Nickel Company
Frank Getin
W. W. Moffat
Getin
John Toth
Frank Gulleau
H. G. Rickaby
Ontario
Nickel company
Churchill Whale Industry Grows in Man Provinces
Churchill Man Oct. 4 Thirty five tons of blubber weekly pass through a new whale processing plant turning a traditional occupation into a thriving industry.
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CHURCHILL WHALE INDUSTRY
CHURCHILL
Man
Old Age Pension Sought at Dominion Conference
Health Minister Martin told the Commons that a federal power to introduce a national old age pension scheme lacks constitutional basis. He supported provincial cooperation toward social security, noting current patchwork measures and gaps in sickness benefits. A concurrent 30-year labor dispute dominated a three hour Commons session, ending with a 105 to 38 vote against a CCF demand for a royal commission into pension losses from the 1918 1919 Canadian Pacific strikes.
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UAWA
Martin
commons
Angus MacInnis
C.C.F
Vancouver East
MacInnis
Danish Bacon En Route To British Ports In Record Shipment
The largest weekly Danish bacon shipment since the war, over 4000 tons, is sailing to British ports. The bulk can cover about half the raised weekly ration of four ounces per person amid peak hog slaughter.
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LONDON
Cost-of-living index delayed. August figures due tomorrow
Ottawa reports the August cost-of-living index will be issued tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time after an unavoidable delay. In Washington, the Senate Agriculture Committee orders an investigation into Britain's use of Marshall Plan funds for Canadian wheat purchases. Poland and Hungary recognize the Chinese Communist government. A typhoon threatens the China coast after striking northern Luzon. casualties are reported. Alberta grain production slumps by a large total. Dimitri Leschenko is deported from Canada. At Quebec hearings, evidence links Guay to the Sept bomb plot parcel delivery. a witness admits buying dynamite at Guay's request.
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OTTAWA
C.P
pan. C.S
Bureaw of Statistics
WASHINGTON
A.P
ANne stnate
ALBERTA
EDMONTON
C.P.J
Alberta department of agriculture
GUAY
QUEBEC
J. Albert Guay
Querite
Arthur Pitre
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England
cecca
G.B
house of lords
London Daily Telegraphic
Murray
unuion
C.SO
Noroniec
Orth
Liquor Control Board
wwe
Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean
The
Canadian Press
WARSAW
Canton
CHINA
MANILA
Luzon
Philippines
LESCHENKO
Dimittri Leschenko
ailel
Halifax
Germany
Dominion
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