Shinwell Out Five Ministers Resign in Attlee Shakeup
London Oct 7 Prime Minister Attlee completed a major government reshuffle by removing Emanuel Shinwell from the cabinet to a non cabinet post and accepting five ministerial resignations. New appointments include Arthur Henderson as air secretary and Hugh Gaitskell as Shinwell's replacement as full minister. The cabinet shrank from 16 to 18 members as Cripps gained overriding control of five departments and several junior ministers were named. Shinwell had been a focal point of Labour left opposition to Attlee during coal industry crises.
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C.P
Attlee
Emanuel Shinwell
Britain
Sir Stafford Cripps
war
Frederick Bellenger
John Wilmot
Joseph Westwood
Scotland
John Burns Hynd
Lord Inman
Viscount Addison
privy
Philip Noel-Baker
Arthur Henderson
air
Noel-Baker
Arthur Woodburn
Hugh Gaitskell
Shinwell
Supply
G. R. Strauss
pensions
George Buchanan
John Wheatley
K.C
advocate
G. R. Thomson
justice clerk
Lord Moncrieff
overseas trade
Arthur George Bottomley
ministry of agriculture
George Alfred Brown
colonial office
David Reese Williams
Commonwealth relations
Patrick Gordon-Walker
Alfred Robens
home office
Kenneth Gilmour Younger
Charles Rider Hobson
ministry of supply
Maj
John Freeman
John Henry Jones
Evelyn Mansfield King
James Callaghan
war office
Michael Stewart
Lord Addison
house of lords
the Star
Arthur Horner
Mineworkers’ Union
Let Contract South Road Let Contract South Road
Alberta Works Minister Fallow announced award of another highway gravelling contract and near-completion of a major hard-surfacing project. The Calgary Banff route near Cochrane and the Cochrane hill is nearing finish, with work from Calgary to Banff described as among the province’s largest road constructions. The new contract covers Calgary to Cardston, valued at 140000 dollars, awarded to Standard Gravelling and Surfacing Company of Calgary.
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EDMONTON
forday
Alberta Works
Fallow
Calgary-Banff
Cochrane
Cochrane hill
Calgary
Banff
Cochrane Valley
Lethbridge
Cardston
Balkans blamed on United States and Britain in Vishinsky charge
Vishinsky of Russia charged that the United States destroyed Greece independence, attacking the two big western powers and blaming them for the Balkans turmoil. In Calgary the body of Robert Easton, 82, was recovered from the Bow river on Monday.
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CALGARY
Robert Easton
Bow river
Noted veterans keep place in Who's Who fifty years on
The London correspondent reports senior figures still listed in Who's Who fifty years after first appearing. Kyffin Taylor at 94, com monwealth barrister, and Commander C. L. Fry, once at Charterhouse, mark long careers. Writers Faden Phillpotts Hichens and Gal venne along with actor Cyl Maude remain named in the edition.
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Bernard Shaw
London
Ottawa Journal
wsow
Praiis Kyffin Taylor
England
Shaw
C. L. Fry
Charterhouse School
Faden Phillpotts
Robert Hichens
Richard je Gal- Venne
Cyl Maude
Baltimore Suny
Baltimore
Trouble On Cape Breton Nationwide Packing Strike Spreads
Canada wide packinghouse walkout shows signs of spreading as Quebec City workers return from a three week sympathy strike. Cape Breton Island’s Canada Packers warehouse in Sydney faces closure by 15 UPWA members. Walkouts set for Manitoba Vancouver and Saskatchewan independent plants. UPWA seeks 17 cent hourly raise to 92 cents. The three major employers together employ 12,000 workers. A Quebec faction formed an independent union after accepting a 5 cent raise amid disputes with UPWA headquarters.
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United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.0
Cape Breton Island
Canada Packers
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
U.P.W.A
Sydney
Saskatoon
Manitoba
Vancouver
Swift Canadian
Burns
Bie
U.P W.A
Quebec
Segrade Incorporated Slaughterhouse
UP.WA
UP.W.A
Toronto
Wrong Basket in New Westminster Stolen Cash
Restaurant owner Donald Evans reported a theft in New Westminster BC where $1000 disappeared from a waste basket he used to hide the money. Police said the theft occurred after he placed his eyes on a single, risky hiding spot.
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NEW WESTMINSTER
B.C
C.P
Donald Evans
Evans
Winnipeg Case Of The Tidy Murderer
Winnipeg police seek a calm, methodical killer who cleaned up after stabbing 42-year-old Elsie Tasker in her downtown home. Investigators flag an acquaintance motive with evidence of familiarity with the house, car keys found, and neatness after the crime. No arrests yet, other suspects uncertain, probe extending due to many men in Tasker’s life.
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WINNIPEG
Elsie Frances Tasker
Charles Maclver
Marshall Recalls Visit to Montreal With Gen Pershing
In Montreal on October 7 25 years after a similar ceremony for General Pershing at McGill University State Secretary Marshall accepted an honorary Doctor of Laws from McGills new chancellor Chief Justice O S Tyndale. He reflected on not foreseeing a second war and the difficulty of peace terms.
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Marshall
United States
McGill University
McGill
O. 5
Tyndale
Pershing
Isley Replies To Vishinsky On Balkan Problem
LAKE SUCCESS NY Oct Justice Minister Isley leading Canada’s UN delegation urged acceptance of the US plan for a special UN watching commission on the Greek Balkan border. He warned of a peace danger on Greece’s northern borders and urged Balkan nations to back the US form with the French amendment.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Isley
United Nations
Canada
United States
Greece
Tisley
assembly
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Tinley
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Balkan
Gieece
Remembrance Day Declared For November 9 In UK
London officials announce that Sunday November 9 will be observed throughout the United Kingdom as Remembrance Day for the dead of World War I and World War II. The decree was issued by the Home Office and reflects a national pause to honor veterans.
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LONDON
Reuters
United Kingdom
home office
British Columbia braces as marine engineers threaten walkout
In Vancouver 140 BC marine engineers plan to walk off 36 coastal vessels at noon Thursday jeopardizing coast shipping. About 125 United Packinghouse Workers join 500 employees from Swift Canadian, Canada Packers and Burns plants on a three week strike for higher wages. World of shortages looms as women officials move to curb fresh meat supplies and housewives rush to stock up. Government labor panels scramble to avert transport paralysis amid broader walkouts across steel, furniture and bowermaking industries.
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sill
Vancouver
Man Accused Of Robbery In Toronto Household Escape
T J Agnew reported to police that a man hired to care for his invalid wife and two year old daughter cleaned the house after a brief stay. On returning home the worker had vanished with 330 in cash, other money, three watches, a suitcase, most of the wife’s clothes, and the baby’s piggy bank.
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TORONTOs
T—O
T. J. Agnew
palice
Britain accelerates Palestine withdrawal timing talks
Britain has sped up consultations to set a withdrawal date from Palestine. London officials and Palestine military and administrative leaders are weighing an urgent date. the end of the current U.N. assembly session may see an official withdrawal date. Britain plans no further policy statement beyond the withdrawal date and will not take a stand on partition. The Palestine committee resumes policy statements as the U.N. realm shifts to a Russian Anglo ideological clash following a new Communist manifesto.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Get
C.P
Britain
Palestine
London
United Nations assembly
Holy Land
palestine committee
United Nations
Russia
Andre
Vishinsky
Poland
Japanese Vice-admiral Tadashige sentenced in Borneo attack
Dutch military court at Pontianak in Borneo today sentenced Japanese Vice-admiral Daigo Tadashige to death for authorizing the mass casualty event in west Borneo in 1944. Witnesses testified that orders led to victims being harmed in groups by Japanese soldiers with multiple sword strokes per head.
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Pontninuk
Borneo
Daigo Tadashige
dew
west
Tadashiges
Wounded Missionary Seen, Paratroopers Search for Help
Arctic coast rescue unfolds as Maj George Flint leads a 1700 mile mercy flight to Moffat Inlet to aid Canon Joanne Turner in critical condition after a gunshot wound. Paratroopers Cook and Woldsbury trudge through rough terrain to secure live radio gear and establish contact as aircraft await conditions to move Turner to a medical center.
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COAL HARBOR
NWT
Arctic
Joanne Turner
lonely Moffat Inlet
cemernne
George Flint
Rivers
Man
Moffat Inlet
Baffin td
Circe
Serecauw F C
Cook
WoW dudd
Ross Wilcushire
Gant Guy LYAtiits
eran
Canon Turner
Imend
Exkinas Aving
Motlat
Talet reai
Cor
RCAYW Dakota
iteless
BUTKINE
Corn Harboon
Big Four To Meet Nov 25 for German Peace Treaty
London plans call for a Nov 25 session of the Big Four foreign ministers to draft a German peace treaty with the United States and France already signaling acceptance. Russia agreed to attend the Nov 25 talks and to a Nov 6 deputies meeting in London for procedural arrangements. The conference at Lancaster House will follow a Moscow meeting where Austria and Germany treaties stalled.
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ONDON
A.P
foreign office
Russia
London
United States
France
Britain
Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
Austria
Japan
AH o
Lancaster House
Foreign Ministers
United Nations Assembly
New York
Elzabeth
Sieut
Philip Mountbatten
Odlum to Turkish post as Canadian envoy to Ankara
Maj Gen Victor Odlum becomes first Canadian ambassador to Turkey and will open a Canadian embassy in Ankara replacing Britain. Saturnia carried him along with about 500 passengers for Naples Genoa Alexandria and Piraeus. In Ottawa Canada acknowledges global responsibilities while pursuing quiet diplomacy. A separate Kelowna search continues for 11 year old Mic Husch missing since Sunday during a deer hunting trip east of Kelowna.
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NEW YORK
Victor Odlum
Turkey
Canada
Ochim
Naples
Genoa
Alexandria
Piraeus
Ankara
Britain
KELOWNA
B.C
Mic Husch
Rutland
Quebec Packing Plant Ends Strike In City
News bulletins report workers at Int Cooperame Federation in Quebec City ending a strike that began September 20 after two dozen provincial police stood by. Earlier, pickets at Segrade Incorporated returned to work.
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Int Cooperame Federee
Quebec City
Segrade Incorporated
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HALIFAX
API RCAF
serveh
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U.S.A
Fart Warne
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OTTAWA
United Kingdom
state department
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Lator and
CAO
RUSSIA
LAKE SECCESS
United Nations assembly
assembly
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