Railways Ordered to Suspend 30 Percent Competitive Tariff Increase
Ottawa reports the board of transport commissioners ordered a halt to the planned 30 percent increase in competitive rail tariffs. The suspension lasts until further order, while the main rate increase case resumes, with a reconvened hearing set for November 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
C.P
board of transport commissioners
Murdock MacPherson
Saskatchewan
A. J. Cross
effeet
Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Cross
Britain Plea for Co operation Rejected by Russia
LAKE SUCCESS Oct 1747 Russia rejected British pleas for friendly co operation on an interim committee in the United Nations peace keeping plan. Foreign Minister Gromyko charged the US with disrespecting the UN charter and warned the proposal threatens the charter. Sir Hartley Shawcross urged a year of testing with modifications to meet Slav objections. Egypt and Syria filed petitions to have the assembly refer Palestine issues to the world court. Programs continue on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LAKE SUCCESS
Russia
United States
general assembly
United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Hartley Shawcross
Britain
Gromyko
Hartley pre
security council
Andrei Vishinsky
Egypt
Syria
assembly
world court
Palestine
Palestina
Juror's Duty Delays Trial in Pancake Bay Murder Case
Ontario Supreme Court paused on day three as juror Gordon McGregor of Blind River suffered a heart seizure at his hotel. 19 year old Secear Simons faces murder charges for the deaths of Mrs Cathanne Rupert and her two year old son during the April Pancake Bay shooting. Simons had been an employee of Mrs Rupert's husband who ran a lodge at Pancake Bay.
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SAULT STE. MARTE
A. M. LeBel
Secear Simons
Cathanne Rupert
Ontario supreme court
Justice LeBel
Gordon W. McGregor
Blind River
Simons
Flames Raze Coast Hotel in Prince Rupert
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the $80,000 Central hotel in Prince Rupert. An elderly Indian woman believed missing may be a victim. Guests escaped down fire escapes as flames damaged nearby buildings and a former Army administration building. Police hunt the missing woman as witnesses described screams despite intense heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PRINCE RUPERT
B C
C.P
United States army administration
War Assets
British Columbia
Theodore Haghlad
Lethbridge, Alta
Fahrenheit and the origins of temperature scales
A fragment from a Cornwall story explains early ideas about fixed low and high temperature points, noting Gabriel Fahenhett and the concept of zero and 100 degrees on scales. It mentions Fahrenheit and Celsius as later refinements and hints at a colonial remark about a firm in England.
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Gerald Wendt
Gabriel Fahenhett
Germany
Lelow
Arctic
conan
ihs
Plowing Matches Draw Crowds to Kingston Event
Kingston Ont October seriousness of plowing match draws 35 000 visitors and 2 500 participants as farmers use horses and tractors with various plows at Hemlock Park. The Ontario Plowmen Association bans games of chance while offering contests with free trips to Britain and prizes presented by Freeder Drew of Ontario.
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KINGSTON
Ont
Gray
Hemlock Park
poe
Ute
ark
Ontae Plawmens Association
Avera
match
Tursa
perts
Britain
tonantit
Frealer
Ontaro
France Reaches Agreement to End Seamen Strike
Paris reports the government and union leaders reached a deal likely to end a two day seamen strike that paralyzed ports with about 40000 workers leaving their posts. Aimed at securing 15 percent pay raises, the agreement comes as a transport workers walkout disrupts buses and the subway.
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PARIS
esterday
Paul Ramadie
pattal
Brazil to Break Diplomatic Ties with Soviet Union
A Brazilian government source says Brazil will sever diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union within hours. The move follows Brazil demanding an explanation for attacks on President Eurico Gaspar Dutra and the Brazilian government by alleged Soviet actions reported in a Soviet newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
Russia
Furleo Gaspar Dutra
Trgestia
Beaverbrook Buys Home in Fredericton N B
Lord Beaverbrook has purchased a home in Fredericton New Brunswick and will divide his time between the capital and the Bahamas with periodic trips to England. He is a native of New Brunswick and plans to spend part of each year there.
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TORONTO
C.P
Globe and Mail
Fredericton
Lord Beaverbrook
New Brunswick
Bahamas
England
Lewis Absent From AFL Officers Election
In San Francisco the American Federation of Labor elected officers for the coming year with John L. Lewis absent after his threat not to serve again. Daniel W. Tracy was elected to the executive council, while William Green and George Meany were reelected to top posts. Cincinnati was chosen for next year’s convention.
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SAN FRANCISCO
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
counei
Luawis
Lewis
couner
Daniel W. Tracy
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Cincinnati
William Green
George Mearshe
Yark
Dims Hope Of A Settlement In Swift Canadian Strike
A deadlock between the packinghouse workers union and the Swift Canadian Company stalls settlement talks with the major chains Canada Packers Burns and the Swift Canadian Company. Swift Canadian hopes arbitration will yield a deal as union resistance continues despite readiness to discuss the Ontario labor department formula. Fred Dowling Canadian director of the unions replies with a pointed letter while public relations officer Wilfred J. Henderson signals potential agreement soon.
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packers’ union
Swift Canadian
used Packinghouse Workers of America iC.C
Canada Packers Ltd
Burns and Company
Canada Packers
Burns
Ontario labor department
uhiof
Wilfred J. Henderson
Fred Dowling
U.P.W.A
J. H. Tapley
Dowling
Tapley
Ontario
Swift Company
itny
Canada
Montreal
Alberta Premier Says Strike Settlement Urgent
Premier Manning warned Alberta cannot wait for a settlement of the nationwide packing house workers strike and threatened direct action if none is reached. Negotiations with Swift Canadian over union security and wage differences continue as the union presses for a 17 cent hourly raise and arbitration under a formula used elsewhere.
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EDMONTON
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Manning
Cowboys Claim World Record in Transcontinental Horse Ride
Halipan reports Sleepy and Swede Nilsson completed a 42100 mile trek from Vancouver to Halifax ending at city hall. They rode three horses, traded meals, and crossed Canada by horse and post cards, saying travel took seven months with rider Sleepy forced to swap horses after 900 miles.
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HALIPAN
Nilsson
bromcas
vite hall
Vancouver
didi
city hall
Parente ocean
Winn Mayer
Bo Amerny
ma teahands
diferert
thim
bubd
Weetiipster
Flory
Winnipeg
Suede
Sleepy
Medicine Hay
Canada
New Brunswick
Halifax
nature alsy
Sweden
Sheaffer Pen Co Robbery Report From Toronto Heist
A garbled police record describes an armed robbery at the Sheaffer Pen Company in Toronto Ontario. Two masked men allegedly restrained a guard and fled with unspecified valuables, including gold and iridium valued at about 2500, as a night watchman was tied up during the attack.
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TORONTO
felman
Transit strike Looms in British Columbia Cities
Streetcars and buses to stop at 4 a.m. Monday in Vancouver Victoria and New Westminster as 2,850 transportation workers threaten a walkout unless a new contract is approved by vote. unions cite proposed raises and hours while city officials seek a settlement after long talks with employers and provincial authorities.
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VANCOUVER
Get
Victoria
New Westminster
British
Columbia
George Morrison
Street Railway~ men’s Union
AFL
sie
Actin
Charles Jones
Oneueen
unjion
crrison
tial
eity council
cote
antinus
Gemanes
Campaigning Intensifies in France Red Scare Elections
France enters a tense electoral phase as anti communist forces led by General De Gaulle intensify campaigning for municipal elections on October 26. Pro government and socialist groups mobilize to curb Communist influence amid a three day vote count and a surge in mobilization of supporters. In Paris clashes at a De Gaulle rally left several injured as confrontations erupted between Gaullists and Communists over the Rally of the French People platform.
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PARIS
Reutersi
France
Charles de Gaulle
European Communist organization
Mouvenent Republican Popuelaire
Pais
cone
glec
Germany
Law
MRF
ment
groupe
thia sear
Gen. De Galle
ander
parmes
Amelia
De Gaulle
TN CLASIT
Reuters
De Gaule
Trplouse
Communist party
Gyan
chev
Montreal jury convicts Dr Molleur in abortion death case
A Montreal jury found Dr Hades Molleur guilty of murder in the death of a 3 year old child following an abortion, after a three hour trial. The verdict came with a clemency recommendation from the jury.
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DOLTOR
HWANG
MONTREAL
Pime Ring
hades Molleur
kmibenne tellere
ste. Marie
AGERE
United states
United Kingdom
PORT WILLIAAT FORT WILLIAM
Gc Mit
Lamaced
Edward C. Whalen
McKeilar
James Parsons
Port Arthur
wise
yesel
MOFFAT INLET
EDMONTON
North West
vir Command
KUM
Bob Hace
Dakota
Tatac Inez
Jona H. Turker
Race
Canon Turner
PILESTINE
Leo Ant
Palestine
foreign fire
colonial office
Expiria
Sinai pecinsula
Alberta
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Tedder
Cunningham
Elizabeth
Westminster Abbey
Philip Mountbatten
London
Scotland Yard
R. Land
Essex
royal mews
Edgar Simons
Coast Hotel
Lethbridge
Theodore Hagblad
Eighth Ave
Royal View
Hagblad
Donna
Tommy
NEW ORLEANS
Roosevelt, New Orleans
Roosevelt, New Orleans’ Inargst
Cornwzil
General Confederation — of Labor
CGT
Hialeah
Fla
Florida
Beaverbrook
N.B
A.F.L
Swifts and Packers Union
Alta
Cowboys
Galanta
Sheaffer Pen Co
BC Transport
Palacaare
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