Bevin reveals deadlock over five power peace talks
Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons that Attlee Truman and Stalin failed to resolve the dispute on which of the Allies would participate in peace treaties for the Balkans Italy and Finland. Attlee offered to discuss atomic power with the United States. Details continued on page three.
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ONDON
Bevin
house of commons
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
United States
Balkans
Italy
Finland
Miners to End Strike and Return to Work
Ottawa reports a planned meat coupon revision with possible higher individual rations. Some cooked meats may move to lower categories and more items could be available per coupon, while uncooked cuts will be adjusted to align with purchases. The balance aims to stabilize retail markets within annual meat consumption targets.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Asley
Premier Shidehara forms cabinet amid postwar aims
Tokyo dispatch reports new premier Kijuro Shidehara outlines an eight point program promoting freedom and famine relief while promising democratic reforms. Allied forces guard vast Japanese treasure claims with Tokyo regarding wartime assets. Admiral Toyoda removed before swearing in. Matsumasa Yonai named navy minister. Broadcast to follow as Shidehara hints at eventual meeting with General MacArthur.
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TOKYO
United States
imperial army and navy
Japan
TOYODA
Smyemu Toyoda
Matsumasa Yonai
Hideki Tojo
Prince Higashi- Kum
Sidehara
Kijuro Shidehara
Domel
Shidehara
Gen. MacArthur
Big Welcome For Seaforths In Vancouver
Vancouver greeted the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders with the greatest welcome, as about 80,000 citizens lined streets to cheer the 30 officers and 549 men arriving by two special trains. The battalion paraded to Seaforth armories amid martial music and waving flags, while automobiles and streetcars clogged the routes.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Seaforth armories
Churchill’s return to literary authorship eyed by publishers
London correspondent reports that Mr Churchill may abandon politics to write a World War II memoir. An American firm reportedly offers £250,000, far above his previous wartime royalities, as he is believed to have gathered material during his premiership.
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Churchill
London
Ottawa Journal
L.G
Tide Predictor Arrives From London to Russia
A London firm has built Russia's first modern tide predictor noted for its delicacy and rarity. It will depart England for the Soviet Union within a month to aid coastal and harbor studies.
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British Information
London
Russia
England
Soviet Union
Hong Kong Special Moving Eastward
The first Hong Kong Special carrying more than 300 Canadian ex prisoners of war moved eastward today on Canadian Pacific Railway lines toward destinations in Canada as far east as Quebec City. The train departed Vancouver after a tumultuous welcome for Hong Kong repatriates.
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VANCOUVER
Hong Kong
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Quebec City
Empire Conference for King during London visit
Prime Minister Mackenzie King remained in his London hotel suite as informal talks with British leaders and Dominion officials shaped a possible Commonwealth conference. He planned about two weeks in London before visiting Canadian troops on the continent, with further meetings expected with Attlee Addison Evatt Nash and Hofmeyr to discuss foreign policy finance and trade.
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LONDON
Mackenzie King
Europe
King
Lord Addison
Empire ceptal
New Zealand
Fraser
Walter Nash
H. V. Evatt
J. H. Hofmeyr
South Africa
Southampton
Atlantic
New York
China autopsy panel probes Li Shao Shih shooting
In Chungking a physician panel and witnesses were summoned for an autopsy to identify the gun type used in the assassination of Li Shao Shih, Communist Party secretary-general in Chungking. Two American doctors were invited. Li was killed in a back-fire fusillade as his car passed a university district. The incident occurs amid reports of ongoing unification talks and a fugitive chauffeur is being sought.
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CLYDE FARNSWORTH
CHUNGKING
A.P
Li Shao Shih
Chinese Communist party
Shapingpa University
China
Wis
Greek cabinet resigns amid election dispute in Greece
Athens Oct 9 The cabinet of Admiral Voulzaris resigned today amid political tension over impending national elections. The Liberals, one of Greece's major parties, refused to participate in the elections, cited as the reason for the resignation.
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ATHENS
A.P
Voulzaris
Greece
Liberals
Ottawa Debates Budget Adjournment and Labor Strikes
Finance Minister Ilsley proposed adjourning the budget debate from Friday to the following Tuesday and would confer with party leaders during his Victory Loan tour. Labor Minister Mitchell offered to fly to Windsor to help settle the Ford strike, while Bracken warned of a widening gulf between government and opposition. Reconstruction Minister Howe corrected a prior statement about material priorities, confirming government support for Wartime Housing Limited to hasten veteran housing without hampering private builders.
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OTTAWA
Ilsley
commons
John Bracken
Howe
Wartime Housing
Troops On The Move Arrive In San Francisco And Victoria
Arrived at San Francisco General Sturgis with eight armed forces personnel. Sailed into San Francisco aboard S S Gosper with fifty five service members. Due at Victoria U S Transport Admiral Hughes with about two thousand Canadian and British repatriates. Due at Victoria S S Gospel today with fifty five Canadian servicemen repatriated from the Far East.
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San Francisco
Sturgis
armed forces
S.S
Victoria
U.S
Admiral Hughes
Far East
Progress in Talks With John L. Lewis Ends Coal Strike
The U S government expressed hope of resolving the 19 day old soft coal stoppage affecting about 177000 workers from more than 675 mines in six states. A settlement would alter the strike lines across the country and impact production as talks with John L. Lewis progressed.
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NEW YORK
United States
Miners Idle as District 18 Talks Continue
John Stokaluk, vice-president of District 18 UMWA, says the district board conference is ongoing but the strike situation remains unchanged. About 9,000 miners remain idle in protest over meat rations as discussions continue.
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Herald
CALGARY
John Stokaluk
District 18
United Mine Workers of America
Lethbridge Herald
Stokaluk
Country kept about 425000 from work amid coal crisis
The government focused on the coal field emergency as 425000 men and women stayed out of jobs, down from last week’s 550000 peak. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach labeled progress hopeful as the issue drew top attention. Continued on Page Three.
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PROGRESS
Labor
L. B. Schwellenbach
Victory Loan Campaign opens with Calgary meeting
Fred E. Osborne announces Alberta has a 40 million dollar objective for the Ninth Victory loan campaign to cover general sales and payroll through October 1946. Large buyers are urged to subscribe at least 11 million dollars.
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Alberta
Calgary
Fred E. Osborne
National War Finance Committee
Osborne
Dominion
Campaign In Final Stages In Manitoba Election
Winnipeg broadcast and campaign notes show outsiders aiding the province's final run to the October 15 vote. Manitoba leaders, other ministers, and candidates from CCF CP coalition push policy contrasts and tax claims amid rival debates on a Dominion wide labor code and resource use.
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WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Fines
Selkirk
Man
O. W. Vauieau
J. A. Sturdy
T. C. Douglas
J. T. Douglas
Regina
C.C.F
Stanley H. Knowles
0.C.P
house of commons
Winnipeg North Centre
Garson
Dominion
Swan River
Bowsman
J. O. Holenachen
Farmer
Canada
Saviour of Ceylon en route home from prison camp
Wing Cmdr. Len Birchall of St. Catharines Ont known as the Saviour of Ceylon is on a train to Chicago for arrival today after release from a Japanese prison camp. Canadian embassy officials confirmed the journey and timing.
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WASHINGTON
Len Birchall
St. Catharines
Ont
Ceylon
Chicago
30 Canadians Meet Death in Peace Time Weekend
A Canadian holiday weekend saw over 30 fatalities from crossroad, train and other accidents. Ontario led with 16 deaths, followed by Quebec seven, Saskatchewan three, and one each in British Columbia Manitoba and New Brunswick. Regina reported three instant deaths when a car collided with a train. other victims included a park truck crash, a gasoline explosion in McBride, and a missing child case in Port Arthur. In Whitewood a head on collision killed Walter Kerr and James Thompson, with six other occupants injured.
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Ottawa
Regina
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
C. EB. Gooding
Agnes
Peter Larsen
Albert W. Oswald
Winnipeg
Rose Soucy
Prince George
B.C
McBride
Richard
Robi. Kroker
Port Arthur
Ont
WHITEWOOD
Walter Kerr
Vancouver
James Thompson
No. 1
bay
ere
Former Vichy Premier Laval Convicted of Treason
Pierre Laval, 62, former Vichy premier, was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death after a jury trial. He remained in a dungeon beneath the Palace of Justice as the court heard charges of intelligence with the enemy and attacks on France’s security. Andre Mornet, prosecutor for Petain and Mata Hari connections, urged the death sentence.
Food Crisis as British Docks Strike Spreads
London reports a nationwide food crisis as an unauthorized dockers strike ties up 275 ships and spreads from Liverpool to four smaller ports. About 2,000 workers joined the Boston docks walkout at major ports, with totals rising to 32,000 as more quit in Preston South Shields Middlesbrough and Garston. Perishable foods face potential loss while stores warn of shortages as 250 ships wait to unload. Government appeals clash with workers demands for higher wages and better conditions.
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LONDON
great
London docks
Zarlier
Preston
South Shields
Middlesbrough
Garston
Liverpool
ministry of Jabar
Tentative $5 billion British credit reported
Washington officials disclosed a tentative Anglo American trade and finance agreement for a five billion dollar credit to Britain. Britain would draw as needed and receive a five year grace period before repayment. The report cites an authoritative American source amid ongoing policy decisions.
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BRITAIN
WASHINGTON
Reuters
BUENOS AIRES
J.P
Hortensio Quijano
Juan Peron
SHIDEHARA
TOKYO
Kijuro Shidehara
VICTORIA
C.P
Esquimalt
Orient
Admiral Hughes
Three Mile Creek
Shawnigan Lake
WINNIPEG
L. D. Morosnick
Frederick McCallum
K.C.A.F
Justice Adamson
McCallum
Eileen McCallum
CALGARY
R. J. Dinning
Burns and Company
Adam Borsk
United W Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.Q
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Crowded Commons
Ernest Bevin
Future of
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Seaforths
BRWSpa PE
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PARLIAMENTAR
Windsor
Mitchell
Arthur Smith
P.C
Calgary West
Toronto
Clarence Gillis
Cape Breton South
The
Canadian Press
John L. Lewis
Vichy
Wepa
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