Prisoner Hobby Craft Skill Displayed In Carving Sculpturing
Prisoners at the Lethbridge prisoner of war camp display notable craft, producing ship and aircraft models, jewelry boxes, furniture, paintings and statues. Some items, including radios and an electro static machine, were confiscated as prohibited. Wares are sold to Canadian guards for canteen credits. earnings total several hundred dollars recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GEORGE A. YACKULIC
Lethbridge
Germany
Officials Here Probe Dispute In Lethbridge
Striking bartenders hotelmen and Board of Industrial Relations officers seek mediation as a wage dispute with Beverage Dispensers Union escalates. K A Pugh and F G Cope arrived to arrange talks while 50 plus staff failed to show for business at 2 p m Tuesday. An arbitration committee may be appointed to settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Board of Industrial Relations
K. A. Pugh
Edmontor
F. G. Cope
Calgary
E. Dupen
Beverage Dispensers Union
Pugh
Cope
Extremists Out of Hand in Java Fatalities Reported
Regina reports an extraordinary event as extremist actions in Java escalate with fifteen Eurasian fatalities. The text also includes a fragmented political discourse from a luncheon in Regina about wartime taxation and inflation controls, with criticism of premature relaxation and calls for prudent postwar policy.
Marines Rush Coal Mine Camps Near Hakata
Marines rush coal mine camps near Hakata to quell fighting between Chinese shoremen, former POWs and slaves, and Japanese police and civilians as tensions flare in coastal Japan.
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HAKATA
Japan
Swordfish Season Brings Big Catches Offshore Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia swordfish runs have been strong as July and August cruise by. Up to 200 daily landings, with some days reaching 500, in Cape Breton and Yarmouth areas. Prices tops around 33 cents, with spreadbills and yards weighing hundreds of pounds. A Breton boat trio logged sixteen hundred and thirty swordfish in a single week, though many crews faced smaller catches and lower prices in other seasons. Reasons for abundance remain unclear as fishermen stay guarded.
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Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Yarmouth county
adjant
Nothhuman
Await Reply to Demands Seek Independence From Dutch
Batavia Java Oct 17 Extremists of the nationalist youth movement caused widespread disorder in Java. Fifteen Eurasians were killed or wounded at Depok by fanatical followers. British Indian Ghurkas and about 800 civil unrest elements fought in Denok where seven residents were beheaded by swords. Indonesian council seeks a reply from the Netherlands to its demands for self government within the Dutch Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RALPH MORTON
BATAVIA
Java
Depok
Denok
Indonesian national council
Netherlands East Indies
Mohammed Hatton
Amsterdam
H. E. Logemann
Netherlands East Indies governor general resigns
The Netherlands government has accepted the resignation of A W L Tjarda Van Starken borgh Stachouwer as governor general of the Netherlands East Indies, Aneta reported from The Hague on October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE HAGUE
Netherlands
A.W.L. Tjarda Van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
Netherlands East Indies
Aneta
Released Prisoners Get Extra Rations in Canada
Edmonton reports that released Canadian prisoners of war who endured severe hardships will be granted extra rations upon application to the local ration board. Applications should go to the branch with special coupon issuance for all rationed foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDMONTON
the
Prices Board
Premier King Busy in London Informal UK Visit
Prime Minister Mackenzie King kept to his hotel suite in London during an informal stopover that observers say could influence upcoming international conferences. He was busy with correspondence as part of the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Mackenzie King
United Kingdom
Soviets Begin Withdrawal From Manchuria
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Shih-chet said Moscow informed Beijing that Soviet troops have started leaving Manchuria and expect to be out by November's end. He added that Chinese forces in northern Indo China would depart soon as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHUNGKING
Wang Shih- Cieh
Moscow
Manchuria
Wang
Indo-China
Lewis Calls Off Strike In Soft Coal Industry
Washington reports John L. Lewis ended the soft coal strikes effective Monday. A United Mine Workers spokesman cited it as in the public interest, with future efforts to address union recognition to resume later. About 216,000 miners were idle at the time, amid nationwide conciliation attempts led by Secretary Schwellenbach that failed after an eight day conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
John L. Lewis
United States
United Mine Workers
Schwellenbach
C.I
Castle County
Del
pew
Troops on the Move to Fort Vancouver and San Francisco
Homeward bound: Joseph T. Dyckman arrives in San Francisco with 24 Canadian POWs from the Far East. Due at Vancouver HMCS For Midable with 1,300 repatriates. Due at San Francisco General Howrw with 26 service personnel returning from Asia.
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San Francisco
Joseph T. Dyckman
Far East
Vancouver
Formidable
Genral Howrw
Asia
Irma Grese Is Defiant
Equipment valued at 5000 dollars was stolen from the H M S Implacable during an open house aboard the carrier Sunday, Royal Navy officers revealed. After checking stores and cabins the missing articles list grew beyond initial reports, including food such as canned tomatoes meats and cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
H.M.S. Implacable
Royal Navy
implacable
Canada
Tokyo
Coalition government in Manitoba wins 38 seats
Manitoba's Coalition government under Premier Stuart S. Garson swept back to power in the provincial general election, securing 38 of 55 seats. The tally, with anti coalition forces at seven, shows gains for the CCF to five and a Labor Progressive member, amid re counts and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
Stuart S. Garson
A. W. Harrison
Killarney
Liberal-Progressive
C.C.F
Harrison
G. M. Anderson
Glen McMillan
C.CF
St. Boniface
Ald
E. A. Hansford
CC.F
Labor-Progressive
Berry Richards
Pas
L. St. George Stubbs
Hansford
Admits whipping and beating prisoners in concentration camp
Oswiecim camp guard Irma Grese testified under cross examination that she lashed prisoners with a whip and clubbed them with a walking stick despite orders. She denied sending women to a sand pit for guards to shoot and rejected claims of dog attacks, insisting she never led the sand pit work party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN
LUENEBURG
Irma Grese
Oswiecim
S.S
Col
T. M. Backhouse
Col. Backhouse
Jap War Criminal Yamashita Arrives in Manila For Trial
Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita, once a commander in the Philippines and linked to the Bataan death march, arrives at the Philippines high commissioner residence in Manila where he is arraigned as a war criminal. Trial scheduled for October 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philppines
Bataan
high commissioner of
the Philippines
Manila
No agreement reached at conference end
Vancouver officials report theft of Oerlikon pompom and Bofors shells from HMS Implacable during a royal visit. Thousands toured the 31,000 ton carrier as souvenir hunters grabbed live ammunition and deck watches, prompting police warnings and appeals to return any remaining shells.
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VANCOUVER
HMS
Royal Navy
British Reinforcements Reach Palestine on Volendam
Additional British troop reinforcements arrived today aboard the 15000 ton Dutch liner Volendam and were immediately deployed to camps throughout troubled Palestine.
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HAIPA
Volendam
Palestine
Parliamentary News Briefs from Ottawa October 17
Multiple Ottawa items report tax deduction cuts for payrolls, extension requests for Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act, a royal commission on co operatives to be tabled, veterans re establishment credits totaling 1 306 888 for September, redis Tribution of Commons seats proposed based on 1941 census, with detailed province by province counts and calls for proportional representation corrections.
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OTTAWA
Gardiner
Peace River
British Columbia
William Irvine
C.C.F
prairie provinces
house of commons
Canada
Dominion
St. Laurent
royal commission on co-operatives
Mackenzie
Frederic
Mr. Dorion
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Alberta
Yukon
Quebec
Talks in Winnipeg October 22 aim to avert packing strike
Toronto reports a one hour conciliation session with Labor Minister Mitchell failing to yield an agreement on the Ford strike. A second conference may be held as Mitchell returns to Ottawa. The dispute began September 12 with 10,000 Ford workers walking out in Windsor. Negotiations shift to Burns and Co plants across Western Canada with ballots pending in St Boniface and St Boniface Manitoba and swift Canadian plant actions.
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TORONTO
Mitchell
Ford
Ottawa
Windsor
Western Canada
Burns and company
Winnipeg
Justice S. E. Richards
United Packinghouse Workers of America
CIO
Regina
Prince Albert
Edmonton
Vancouver
Swift Canadian
St. Boniface
Man
Canada Packers
Amnesty By Emperor Grants Wide Japanese Pardon
Tokyo report says Emperor Hirohito issued a rescript granting amnesty to nearly one million Japanese to unite the country amid occupation changes. The decree pardoned about 820000, reduced sentences for 37900, and restored civil rights to 600000 as Japan approaches a pivotal electoral period.
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TOKYO
Hirohito
Japan
Domel
Gen MacArthur
Three Die in Que Fire at Ste Marguerite Chalet Cochand
Ste. Marguerite Que Oct 17 Three people die and three others are severely burned when a fire gutts the staff house of Chalet Cochand at Ste. Harguerite about 55 miles north of Montreal Early today police report the blaze as the deadliest local blaze in years
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STE. MARGUERITE
Que
Ste. Harguerite
Montreal
Labor party urged in Newark for United States formation
Mark Starr education director of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union urged the formation of a United States labor party patterned on Britain's at a Newark meeting celebrating Britain's July election victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. LABOR PARTY
NEWARK
United States labor party
Britain
Mark Starr
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
AF.L
Labor party
Greek Regent Acts to End Long Cabinet Crisis
Athens October 17 Arch bishop Damaskinos the regent took over the government as provisional premier to end a prolonged cabinet crisis. After induction all cabinet members from the former Premier Petros Voulgaris’s government were sworn in except Voulgaris and undersecretary Lamerinopoulos. Voulgaris had resigned last week. Damaskinos assumed power after five attempts to form a cabinet had failed.
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ATHENS
Damaskinos
Greece
Damaskinas
Petros Voulgaris
Voulgaris
Lamerinopoulos
BC election heated by Cameron report on education
Premier Jon Hart announced full implementation of the Cameron commission on education costs, prompting renewed CCF criticism ahead of the October 25 provincial election. The report urged tax reforms, reduced rural personal property tax for schools, fewer school boards, and higher teaching staff, but the CCF claims the government hides its contents and has sabotaged salaries and education.
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Jon Hart
British Columbia
C.CF
Hart
Port Alberni
M. A. Cameron
University of B.C
coner
Tom Alsbury
CCF
Vancouver- Point Grey
D.C
Cameron
Alsbury
eee
Courtenay
power commission
Revisions in Nazi Indictment and Global News Highlights
Revisions to the 43 page Nazi indictment are submitted by four powers with updated death figures for eastern front atrocities. De Gaulle signals readiness to relinquish emergency powers and press for a new republic in elections. High gravity green oil found near Cut Bank near the Alberta border. Peron visit to a Buenos Aires military hospital granted to workers delegation amid crowd chants. A Kimberley minor fined $300 for entering a beer parlor. Toronto bank robbery nets at least $2,000. three recent heists noted. Wage dispute talks continue in Lethbridge with Beverage Dispensers Union strike delegates.
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BERLIN
international war crimes tribunal
DE GAULLE
PARIS
BORDER CUT BANK
Mont
The Herald
Carter Brindley wildcat
Cut Bank
Alberta
COL. PERON
BUENOS AIRES
A.P
Eduardo Avalos
Col
Juan D. Peron
Gen. Avalos
Peron
KIMBERLEY
C.P
Martin Hanson
ONTARIO
TORONTO
Canadian Bank of Commerce
King
K. A. Pugh
Edmonton
Industrial Relations Board
Beverage Dispensers Union
Lethbridge
F. G. Cope
Calgary
Army and Navy club
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France
Mainister Asley
pset
Lewis
U.S
C.S.T
CANADIAN PRESS PARTY
Ind Ind
Ind. C
CE. Ind
C.C.F. Lab
Ind
HAIFA
P.F.B.A
By MARLIN SPENCES
YCKOHAMA
Shigeru Sawada
Omori
JERSEY CITY
CCF Critical
B.C
Educ
C.C.F. CRITICAL
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