DOUGLASITES REOPEN FEUD WITH MANNING
The Douglas Social Credit council in Edmonton declares Manning’s government a cabinet dominated party that preserves the Social Credit name while dropping policies. They claim the administration abandoned provincial Social Credit plans and repudiated Major C. H. Douglas’s theories, resuming the feud after a quiet campaign.
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EDMONTON
Douglas Social Credit council
Manning
Social Credit
Social Credit Challenge
Order Probe Of Calgary Phone Rate Structure
Calgary council ordered a full investigation of the city’s telephone rate structure after citizens in outlying areas alleged discrimination. Walter Boote said Ogden residents pay 8 dollars monthly for service otherwise 3 dollars in central Calgary, with 50 cents for each extra quarter mile. Alberta government rates apply, and officials rejected lowering Calgary rates to Edmonton’s city owned level.
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CALGARY
Walter Boote
Ogden
Alberta
Edmonton
Memorable Nova Scotia Premier's Tale Ends With a Speech
Angus Macdonald, who rose to Nova Scotia premier in 1933, is recounted by Hector Charlesworth. The anecdote follows a reluctant candidate who accepted the platform with a famous line Vox populi vox Del and after winning the election, spoke briefly to a cheering crowd. Page 21 continues the tale.
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ANGUS MACDONALD
Nova Scotia
Hector Charlesworth
Buis
Three Manitobans Die In Crossing Crash At Whitemouth
Three people were killed and two injured when a Canadian Pacific Railway east bound freight train struck an automobile at a level crossing near Whitemouth Manitoba. Victims were Rev J Brunet Mrs Percy Main and Gabriel Brunet all of Winnipeg. The car occupants were believed to have failed to see the train due to a heavy mist. The injured were Pierre Brunet and Eileen Herbert, both from St Boniface.
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WHITEMOUTH
Man
Candain Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
J. Brunet
St. Elizabeth
Percy Main
Gabriel Brunet
Main
Mr. Brunet
St. Boniface
Pierre Brunet
Eileen Herbert
St Boniface hospital
Eisenhower Installed as Columbia University President
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower was installed as Columbia University's 13th president in an academic ceremony. He received the university charters and keys and pledged leadership for staff and students in education and knowledge advancement. He urged unity against threats to freedom in his installation address.
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NEW YORK
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Canadian Premier King Restful Night in London Illness Delays Conference
Prime Minister Mackenzie King, 73, ill with a blood circulation condition and recent influenza, spent a restful night in London and was described as cheerful and comfortable. Acting PM Louis St Laurent will attend the Commonwealth conference as King’s replacement. a London University honorary degree ceremony is planned for Oct 25 depending on his recovery.
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LONDON
Mackenzie King
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
St. Laurent
Ottawa
London University
Commonwealth
Uttle
Lorg Morga
HOWE
TAWA
IC.P
C. D. Howe
St Laurént
Chevier
Paris
United Nations
Canadian Labor Congress Declares Against Soviet Aggression
The Canadian Congress of Labour adopted a strong foreign policy resolution denouncing Soviet aggression and urging Western defense cooperation. It condemns the Berlin blockade as a tool of Russian expansion and calls for UN action and Atlantic defense participation.
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TORONTO
Canadian Congress of Labor
United Electrical Workers
Jackson
Russia
Pat Conroy
Ottawa
C.C.S
Berlin
Allance
Canada
United Nations
congress
Britain accuses Soviet fifth column of world disruption
ARIS Oct 13 Britain charged that Russia’s fifth column sabotages world reconstruction through Communist parties in every country. Sir Hartley Shawcross, addressing the UN committee, said Russia’s armament proposal won’t work and urged Moscow to open doors to belief in peaceful democratic order. He warned Russia could threaten global peace by hidden forces and asked if the Soviet Union would halt the fifth column to restore trust.
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ARIS
C.T
Britain
Russia
Hartley Shawcross
United Nations
Sir Hartley
Andrei Vithinsky
Europe
Hartley
Soviet Union
Hitler
Court Case In Shanghai Involving Mrs Han Yung Sung
In Shanghai in October Mrs Yung Sung brought Mrs Ben Yung Sung to court accusing assault and battery. Investigators found four Mrs Han Yung Sungs living with Han Yung Sung who faced bigamy charges as police uncovered the family.
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SHANGHAI
Yung-Sung
Ben Yung-Surng
Han Yung
Dewey Campaign Swing Amid Southerners Tomatoes Fly
Governor Thomas Dewey rolled into Oklahoma City for a speech as three weeks remain until the presidential election. President Truman worked to rally daily endorsements while Henry Wallace planned a return to the South amid hostile reception. In southern Illinois Dewey faced two flying tomatoes from a crowd of supporters in Mt. Vernon as his security detail recovered the fruit and the Dewey special train paused at Beaucop.
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WASHINGTON
Thomas Dewey
Oklahoma city
United States
Truman
Henry Wallace
Progressive party
Dewey
Wallace
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Beaucop
Kennedy Succeeds Drew As Premier
In Toronto on October 13 a Progressive Conservative caucus announces Hon. T. L. Kennedy will become Ontario premier succeeding retiring Premier Drew who will become national PC leader. Drew confirms resignation plan and says Kennedy will be urged to form government after a leadership convention is set at the earliest date.
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TORONTO
Hon
T. L. Kennedy
Ontario
Drew
Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative
Col. Kennedy
Peel
Progressive Conservative Association
Berlin World’s No 1 Headache
Wes Gallagher traces Berlin’s postwar troubles from 1944 to 1948. He cites excessive goodwill by the United States and Britain and Soviet reluctance to honor agreements as key causes of the crisis. He notes conferences in London and the role of the European advisory commission in shaping occupation and access through rail and air corridors.
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WES GALLAGHER
BERLIN
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
London
European advisory commission
Hritai
Russia
Germany
Helmstedt
Western powers ask to drop Berlin dispute from UN Security Council
Russia requests resumption of Moscow Aug 30 plan for Berlin settlement under four power control and Russian mark. Six neutral powers review Russia's reply delivered by Argentina's Eramagna as Britain France and the U S consider the Berlin issue amid the blockade. Britain asserts firmness and satisfaction with the approach.
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PARIS
C.P
Russia
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Canada
Britain
France
United
Argentina
Juan Adio Eramagna
Council
Phooey to Kindness In Missing Ham Incident
In Moultrie on Oct 13 H A Mcauley owner of a food store reports a ham theft. A customer asked for ham and paid for delivery, but the driver double parked, chatted en route, and the ham disappeared while en route to a customer’s home. A ticket was left for double parking.
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MOULTRIE
Phooey
H. A Mcauley
McAuley
Strikes Across France Hit Ports Railways and Coal
Paris reports 24 hour dock walkouts threatening Le Havre and Calais as coal strikes enter a 21st day. The CGT backed by Communist groups aims to widen disruption amid calls for higher wages and lower prices. Rail centers show mixed returns with ongoing stoppages in several hubs.
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PARIS
France
Communist international information bureau
communist party
Benoit Frathen
Confederation General du Travail
cominform
C.G T
Le Havre
Calais
Privy Council Upholds Part of Saskatchewan Act
The Privy Council rules Section 55 of Saskatchewan Trade Labor Act within provincial powers and remits to Saskatchewan Court of Appeal for rehearing. It upholds constitutional questions while dismissing other grounds and orders costs to the appellant board. The case concerns reinstatement orders for discharged workers at John East Iron Works, Saskatoon.
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LONDON
privy council
Saskatchewan court of appeals
Saskatchewan Labor Relations} board
Saskatchewan Labor Relations Board
SaskatcheWEN Aptis Lurie
Join East Iron Works, Limited
Saskatoon
John East Iron Works
Lord Simonds
court of appeal for
Saskatchewan
appellant board
bosra
biss
court of appeal
tem
vtta vires
appellant
court of appeal of
Saskatchewan appeal court
labor board
law courts
C.C.F
Seafire Crash Kills Pilot Near Cadillac Michigan
A United Kingdom ERC.N. Seafire crashed today near Cadillac Michigan killing the pilot Lieut. Joseph Thomas Murphy of Owen Sound and Dartmouth. The aircraft was part of seven in the navy’s 18th Cartier Air Group en route from Rivers Manitoba to Dartmouth.
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R.C.N
MICHIGAN
OTTAWA
C.P
Cadillac
naval service headquarters
Joseph Thomas Murphy
Owen Sound
Int
Dartmouth
N.S
navy
18th Cartier Air Group
Rivers
Man
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United Nations General Assembly
Dana Wilgress
Switzerland
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Andrei Vishinsky
MANNING SOCIAL
John Strachey
Oxford Street
Charge Govt
DOUGLASITES
BEAVERTON
Ont
Canadian National Railways
Everett G. Sellers
Cookstown
William Totten
Mimico
C. J. Dougherty
Armstrong, ont
EISENHOWER
NEW POST
King
Reds
C.C.L
T.L.C
MRS
HAN YUNG-SUNGS
U.S
Kennedy
P.C
House
HON. T. L. KENNEDY
BLAMES
Act
HURCHELL
C.B
Canadian Wheat Board
Manitoba
C.E
Adolf Hitler
U.P.J
high court
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