Co operation of Striking Unions Urged By Lewis
John L. Lewis urged AFL President William Green to create a fund where ten AFL unions would each contribute 250000 weekly to aid Philip Murray in the steel strike. He pledged to match weekly from United Mine Workers treasury, as 400000 miners have been on strike since Sept. 19. Lewis called for unity against a perceived combination of steel and financial interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
W. Va
A.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers (Ind
A.F.L
William Green
C.I.O
Philip Murray
Lewis
Green
SAM Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
Murray
PAN
John K. Lewis
United States
Truman
White House
Probers End Peg Sessions End Peg Sessions
Royal commission on arts and letters moves from Winnipeg to Saskatoon for two days then Edmonton as part of Western Canada tour after three busy days of submissions from over 30 groups. Recommendations call for a national arts board, expanded national museum and gallery, university scholarships, CBC funding, and support for talent shows. Dominion Legion urges federal aid for education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
C.P
royal commission on arts, letters and sciences
Saskatoon
organuwalions
Vincent Massey
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Canada
national arts board
national museum
national art gallery
national film board
CBC
aive
Dominion command
the
Canadian Legion
Canada Aims to Hold Share in UK Bacon Market
Ottawa outlines Canada’s goal to retain a portion of the United Kingdom bacon market. Britain’s dollar shortage and higher domestic prices curb shipments, with the 1949 Anglo Canadian contract set at 160 million pounds but only about 30 million shipped so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Canada
United Kingdom
commons
Gardiner
Britain
Wiltshire
U.K
Penguin Eggs Harvest Planned From Inaccessible Island
A consignment of 20 000 penguin eggs is being collected from Inaccessible Island in the South Atlantic, midway between South Africa and South America. A woman scientist says harvesting eggs may proceed without harming penguin populations. rookeries exist on Tristan da Cunha Nightingale and Gough as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inaccessible
South Africa
South America
Britain
Inaccessible Island
South Atlantic
Tristan da Cunha
Nightingale
Gough
Pencula
Tempite
Brandon Sun
Dominion Province Conference to Seek Amending Procedure
Prime Minister St Laurent announced at Montreal that a Dominion provincial conference will be called at the end of the current session to agree on a new procedure for amending the Canadian constitution. If a satisfactory agreement is reached, the UK Parliament would be asked to amend the British North America Act to grant federal authorities the same power to amend the constitution as the provinces now have.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MONTREAL
C.P
St. Laurent
Dominion provincal
Canada
United Kingdom
Young
Liberal Federation of Canada
patc
Commons Back Government Business On All Mondays
Ottawa Oct 14 The commons Thursday adopted a motion giving government business precedence over private members business on all Mondays from now until the end of the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
The commons
Plotters Must Die In Treason Verdict Budapest
Hungarys court of appeal upheld the death sentences for Laszlo Rajk former foreign minister and two co-conspirators for treason to make the country a satellite of Yugoslavia. Three others received prison terms including life and nine years for conspiring to overthrow the Moscow backed regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BUDAPEST
Hungary
court of appeal today
Laszlo Rajk
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Raji
Alberta's Vast Resources Promising for Growth Says Imperial Oil VP
John RK. White of Imperial Oil outlines Alberta and Western Canada as a reservoir of coal oil natural gas salt tar sands timber and water power with vast potential for secondary industries. He notes external imports can cover gaps while praising nationwide growth opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORBES RHODE
Lee Alberta
John RK. White
Imperial Oil, Ltd
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Athabaska
White
west
Canada
Moch Approved as France Premier by Narrow Margin
Paris Oct 14 The national assembly approved Socialist Jules Moch as France premier by two votes 311 in favor 223 against The 620 seat body was reduced to 619 after a deputy quit making 310 the new minimum Moch 56 now can form a new government succeeding Henri Queuille whose Radical Socialist cabinet faced turmoil over an absentee vote
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PARIS
national assembly
Jules Moch
France
Moch
assembly
Henri Queuille
Queuille
Eleven top U.S. Reds convicted by federal jury
A U.S. federal jury in New York convicts 11 top Communist leaders of conspiring to overthrow the government by force. Five lawyers are also convicted of criminal contempt, receiving sentences from 20 days to six months. The defendants face further sentencing Friday with possible prison terms up to 10 years and fines.
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NEW YORK
WTA
United States
Harold R. Medina
Eugene Dennix
Communist national board
Medina
William Z. Poster
Harry Sacher
Richard F. Glaustein
San Francisco
Laus F. McCabe
Philadelphia
George H. Crockett, Jr
Detroit
Abraham J. Isserman
Sacher
Glaustein
Crockett
McCabe
Isserman
Dennis
Canada Land and Irrigation sale approved for 2 250 000
The Dominion government approved the purchase of the Canada Land and Irrigation Company assets for 2 250 000, to acquire about 110000 acres for resettlement under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Program. It targets expanding Lake McGregor reservoir and irrigation to 75000 acres of dry land across Sundial district and beyond. The move aims to relocate farmers from drought affected areas in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.P
Dominion
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Vauxhall
house of commons
Lake McGregor
Sundial
Lomond and
Retlaw
Bow River
Sufffield
Redcliff
Alberta
St. Mary
Saskatchewan
Canada
United Kingdom
Gardiner
government of
Canadas Land and Irrigation Company
Medicine Hat
Huge Dam At Libby On Cards
Ottawa reports a potential cross border project to build what may be North America’s largest international waterways dam on the Kootenay river at the Montana British Columbia line. The International Joint Commission says the structure would flood protection and flood control benefits, with height estimated in the hundreds of feet. The five member commission and technicians move west for surveys as reviews of boundary-water projects continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
North America
Canada
United States
British Columbia
Montana
International
Kootenay river
British Commute
Kootenay
Columbia river
Grand Coulee
prairies
Niagara
Washington
commission
Detroit
St. Mary’s
St. Clair
Quadruplets Thrive as Family Seeks Bigger Home
Sault Ste. Marie Ont Oct 14 The quadruplet daughters of Mr and Mrs Oswald C Hargreaves continue to thrive in hospital incubators while their father ponders housing. The birth of the quadruplets makes a five room wartime house too small. Mrs Hargreaves, 26, had daughter Sandra six and Kenneth four from a former marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAULT STE. MARIE
Ont
Oswald C. Hargreaves
Hargreaves
Sandra
Kenneth
One Killed in Vancouver Car Plunge on Grouse Mountain
A car driven by Clarence McIntosh plunged off Grouse Mountain highway early today. McIntosh’s daughter Shirley McIntosh, 25, was killed. six others injured.
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VANCOUVER
C.A
Clarence McIntosh
Grouse Mountain
Shirley McIntosh
GALE
PRINCE RUPERT
B.C
C.P.J
Shawat
lans Lake
SUES C.S.L
CLEVELAND
ROBINSON
CALGARY
C.P
J. L. Robinson
Alberta
industries and labor
ALMERTA
EDMONTON
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Aucuet
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U.M.W
Lundbreck
Cross Bros
Bobs Creek
Canada Packers, Ltd
Toronto
Hull
Fred Forster
Pincher Creek
W. 5. Moore
Alan Hamilton
home ranch
Ira Smith
Bobs Creek ranch
cowboy
Cowboy Williams
Norman Porter
Cowboy Nelson
A. M. Densmore
Landbreck
Dick Williams
Percy Dennis
Goble
Herald
DOMINION PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE
SPEED FURLIC BUSINESS
U.S
wrk op Trek orer
American history
h.ated
US. supreme court
Communist party
Thelma Dial
Nefro
Dominion Govt
HON. GARDINER
Libby
A. O. Stanley
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