CPR RATES CASE Seeks fair rail pricing in strong world trade
The Canadian Pacific Railway argues before the royal commission that rail transportation costs should be borne by traffic, noting Canada has grown faster than the United States since the turn of the century. It cites lower CPR freight rates, grain rate reductions since 1898, and CPR earnings ratios from 1885 to 1948 to support its stance while opposing Maritime freight rate extensions.
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UAWA
Canadian Pacific Railway
royal commission on transportation
Canada
United States
U.S
C.P.R
Regina
Fort William
Whately
Montana
Duluth
Alberta Hospitals Get $481000 Allocation
The federal health department will provide over $481,000 to cover construction costs for three Alberta hospitals. The Aberhart Memorial sanatorium in Edmonton, Peace River Municipal hospital, and Glendon Municipal hospital will add 331 beds once completed.
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OTTAWA
federal health department
Alberta
Prince Moschen Hassan Dies in Italian Villa
Prince Moschen Hassan 41, cousin of the King of Egypt, died of a heart attack yesterday at Villa d Este in Montorfano near Milan. He suffered a seizure before death, Reuters reports.
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MILAN
Reuters
Moschen Hassan
Egypt
Villa d’Este
Montorfano
From office boy to head of Lever Brothers empire
The Left Hand Corner profiles Sir Geoffrey Heyworth who rose in 29 years to head Lever Brothers and Unilever Limited, leading a vast empire with more than 500 companies in 43 countries. Last year the group earned over £600 million in soaps, margarine, toiletries and related products. Heyworth spent a decade in Canada or with Canadian forces overseas and married a Canadian before returning to Britain. His career is likened to a Horatio Alger story. His widowed mother ran a boarding house in Dollar, Scotland.
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Sir Geoffrey Heyworth
Canada
Britain
Lever Brothers and Unilever Limited
Heyworth
Horatio Al«er
Dollar
Scotland
Geof
Thanksgiving Day in Canada Yields 37 Fatalities Across Provinces
Canada celebrated Thanksgiving with strong weather contrasts and holiday crowds. A Quebec airplane crash killed five, Wellman Lake boating accident killed three, totaling 37 fatalities from Friday night to Tuesday morning. Ontario led with 12 deaths, followed by Quebec eight, BC five, Alberta four, Manitoba three, Maritimes three, and Saskatchewan two.
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Canada
Regina
Winnipeg
Montreal
Ottawa
Maritimes
Dominion
Toronto
Maple Leaf Gardens
Quebec
Laurelitians
Wellman Lake
Man
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Plans To Cut Government Spending In Britain
London reports say top cabinet economists discussed cutting government spending to counter Britain's dollar crisis. Attlee, Cripps, Wilson, Morrison, Addison, and Dalton attended a two hour meeting with no statement issued. Plans target imports and administration costs with aims for a minimum five percent cut. Early general election speculation rose amid the talks.
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LONDON
Britain
Attlee
Stafford Cripps
Harold Wilson
board of trade
Herbert Morrison
Viscount Addison
privy seal
Hugh Dalton
duchy of Lancaster
United States
Moch Asked to Form French Government as Premier Candidate
President Vincent Auriol asked Jules Moch, Socialist leader and former interior minister, to form a new French government after Henri Queuille resigned. Moch must secure 311 votes in the National Assembly to become premier and pass a coalition program amid wage dispute pressures.
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PARIS
Jules Moch
Vincent Auriol
Moch
Henri Queuille
Queuille
Auriol
French national assembly
Socialist party
Mougement Republicain Populaire
Canada Now One Great World Powers
New York October 11 Canada is described as a republic in an editorial in the World Telegram deeming the Dominion one of the world’s great powers The piece notes Lester B Pearson Canada’s external affairs minister as chairman of the United Nations Political Committee underscoring Canada’s rising influence in world affairs
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NEW YORK
Canada
new World-Telegram
Lester B. Pearson
United Nations
Canadian National Railway appoints Gordon as chair
Don ald Gordon 47 year old deputy governor of the Bank of Canada is named chair man and president of the Canadian National Railways effective January 1 succeeding R C Vaughan. Gordon who ran Canada price control system during the war takes over a 2 5 billion corporate empire including rail, hotels, steamships and telegraphs.
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UAWA
Donald Gordon
Bank of Canada
Canadian National Railways
VAUGHAN
Chevrier
Canada
R. C. Vaughan
Mr. Vaughan
house of commons
CNR
R. O C. Vaughan
Three Montreal Doctors Killed In Plane Crash
Montreal doctors perish in a plane crash as details emerge from Winnipeg where Edmond Prefontaine, former Liberal Manitoba MLA, is discussed. A spokesman says Prefontaine planned retirement but political moves keep him active. The piece notes his Carillon seat since 1935 and a coalition break on policy.
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Montreal
WINNIPEG
Edmond Prefontaine
Manitoba
Canada Cuts Tariff Deals With 32 Nations
Canada agrees to a broad tariff reduction pact affecting 61 commodities and extending concessions on 77 items to ten smaller nations. The move, part of Geneva General Agreement talks dating to 1959, was announced by external affairs and signed at the United Nations in Lake Success. Leaders from Britain United States France Netherlands Australia and others joined in the accord with Canada signaling formal approval.
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TAWA
C.P
Canada
external affairs department
Dominion
United Nations
Lake Success
Bodies Pilot Hunting Guide Taken From Wreck
Five evacuees including pilot Russell Holmes and hunting guide Conrad Delorme were killed when a World Wide Aviation Norseman crashed near Lake Toro in Quebec after a lightning storm. Three Montreal doctors were also among the stranded group. The wreck left five trapped in the cabin. an inquiry was planned.
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T. MICHEL DES SAINTS
Quc
Montreal
World Wide Aviation Company
Lake Toro
Rene Dandurand
Emile Leghand
Azarie Cousineau
Russell Holmes
Toronto
Conrad Delorme
St. Michel des Saints
Dandurand
St. Johns
Jules Longpre
Lake Tore
Slavia says Albanian troops shot border patrolman
Belgrade reports Albanian soldiers fired on and killed a marshal Tito border patrolman four days ago. The foreign ministry sent a note accusing the act of ambush and stating the shooter fired from concealment.
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BELGRADE
Yuro- Slavia
Marshal Tito
ministry of foreign affairs
Albania
Midwest Region Suffers Damage From 100 mph Wind
A destructive storm sweeping central United States killed 16 people and caused heavy property and crop damage as it moved toward Hudson Bay. Gusts topped 100 mph in parts of the storm belt. Minnesota and Iowa crops were flattened and a 60-foot chimney collapsed, injuring several. Two Wisconsinites died. Chequamegon Bay area damage reached $500,000. Winnipeg reported 3 inches of rain and 70 mph gusts as the system moved northward.
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Associated Press
United States
Hudson Bay area
midwest
central states
Atlantic
Minneapolis
Fair
Minnesota
Iowa
Maquoketa
Wisconsin
coast guard
Chequamegon Bay
Lake Superior
WINNIPEG
Regina
Win
Huge Montana Wheat Farm Sold
Omaha Nebraska October 11. An Omaha lawyer for the United States Wheat Corporation says it purchased for 2 million dollars the assets of the Campbell Farming Corporation of Hardin Montana, operators of a 65 000 acre wheat ranch described as the world’s largest privately owned wheat farm.
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OMAHA
Neb
United States Wheat Corporation of Nebraska
Gordon Diesing
Campbell Farming Corporation
Hardin
Mont
New Chief Nelson Castenguay Named Canada Chief Electoral Officer
The commons unanimously approves 35 year old Nelson Castenguay former naval officer as Canada chief electoral officer succeeding his ill father Jules Castercuay who led election machinery for 22 years Nelson had served as executive assistant to his father for several years.
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Nelson Castenguay
Jules Castercuay
The
commons
naval
Canada
Nelson
Metropolis Exercise To Forge US Canadian Air Reserve Ties
Ottawa reports a combined raid style exercise dubbed Operation Metropolis with US Air National Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force reserve units. About 240 RCASL reservists will fly from Montreal to Mitchell Field on Long Island for interceptor and bomber drills using Vampire fighters and B 25s to test joint readiness and boost morale. Brig Gen Clyde Mitchell will command operations with Nos 401 and 438 squadrons and Montreal radar unit handling ground duties.
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OTTAWA
New York city
Metropolis
R.C.AP
U.S. Air National Guard
R.C.ASL
Montreal
Mitchell air force base
Long Island
R.C.AF
Anyother
Clyde H.tchell
New York Air National Guard
No. 1 radar and communications unit
Newfoundland Premier to set up commission on cost of living
Premier Joseph Smallwood announced in St John’s that the Liberal government will establish a royal commission to study the high cost of living in Newfoundland. The disclosure came during today’s provincial legislature session.
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HULL
ST. JOHN'S
Nid
C.P
Joseph Smallwood
Newfoundland
CALGARY
Billy Jefferson
John Jefferson
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Oids
OTTAWA
Mitchell
Canadian railways
ML Maclean
H. R. Petticrore
Fredericton
EDMONTON
South Edmonton
R.C.M.P
Robert Rush
Edward Harder
Neil Graydon
BRITAIN
LONDON
A.P
Paris
JULES MOCH
FRANCE
Trenier Henri Queuille
Queuille
U.S
WASHINGTON
United States agriculture department
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Canadian Army
Herald Emgraving
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Sir Richard McCreery
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McCreery
Viscount Alexander
Rhine
R.C.A.C. Association
Europe
ork
North America
New England
Marquess of Lorne
Prefontaine
CALGARY - BANFF-BIG BEND
ALTA
DMONTON
U.P
Calgary-Banff-Big Bend
James A. MacKinnon
Leon Mayrand
external affairs
Netherlands
Australia
Haiti
Lebanon
Dana Wilerese
Canadian Press
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