Packers Vote To Strike Escalates Canadian plant walkouts
Deadlock in Ford Motor Canada strike at Windsor intensifies as two more packing plants Hull Quebec and St Boniface Manitoba vote for strike action. U P W A members seek a 39 percent wage increase and Ottawa mediated talks set for October 24 in Winnipeg. Trades and Labor Congress moves to open negotiations with major plants in Quebec and the prairie provinces.
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Ford Motor company of Canada
Windsor
Int
Hull
Que
St. Boniface
Man
United Packinghouse Workers of America
EDMONTON
C.P
Canada Packers
United Packinghouse orkers of America
John Lenglet
Swift Canadian company
Lenglet
Burns and company
Winnipeg
Regina
Prince Albert
Sask
Vancouver
U.P.W.A
Justice S
Richards
Justice Richards
union
Swift Canadian
Canada Packers, “Ltd
Trades and Labor Congress
A.F.L
Ottawa
T.L.C
Montreal
Quebec
prairie provinces
CALGARY
Canada
Council of Canadian Beef Producers
Kenneth Coppock
council
Nuernberg Site Chosen by World War II Trials
Nuernberg announces the world’s first great war crimes trial will open November 20 for 24 high Nazis and German industrialists. Indictments served in Berlin and at Nuernberg jail while defendants in custody asked about counsel. Funk cried for defense, Jodl asked if he could choose a lawyer, and Bormann remains at large possibly to be tried in absentia.
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NUERNBERG
international geare
Berlin
Martin Bormann
Maj
Anthony Neave
FUNK
Walter Funk
Reichsbank
Alfred Jodl
Julius Streicher
Der Stu
Sun-Tanned Miners Return to Work at Small Mines
Sun tinted miners returned to work at Drumheller after a three week layoff spent in sun and open air. Crews were small and full production isn’t expected to begin until next week as fire bosses and officials conduct inspections to ensure readiness.
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DRUMHELLER
Alta
nes
Ten Millions For Highways In B C Plan
Premier John Hart led a Victoria rally urging support in the October provincial election. He announced that three power groups now run by the B C Power Commission will generate about 1 million in revenue. Hon Herbert Anscomb outlined a 10 million highway program for next year including the Peace River and Hope Princeton routes.
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John Hart
British Columbia
Victoria
Hart
B.C. Power Commission
Nanaimo-Duncan utilities
West Canadian Hydro
Columbia Power
commission
Herbert Anscorab
Peace River
M Hope
Princeton
B.C
Nations Need To Repent Solon Low Tells M.P.'s
In Ottawa Liberal L. R. Beaudoin suggested Canada may adopt compulsory military training in peacetime and wartime to meet UN Charter commitments as Solon Low of the Social Credit party failed to halt the charter vote. The debate included M. J. Coldwell and will pause for J. M. Macdonnell to respond to the budget.
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OTTAWA
Canada
L. R. Beaudoin
Vaudreuil- Soularges
Quebec
Beaudoin
Montreal
United States
Britain
France
United Nations Security Organization
Solon Low
Social Credit
Left Hand Corner on Archinal and Tojo Trial Fate
Sergeant John A. Archinal, a veteran of New Guinea and the Philippines, is noted for an extraordinary claim involving his blood being pumped into Hideki Tojo. The piece imagines Archinal at Tojo’s war crimes trial, pondering the surreal idea of transfusion and fate as part of a broader reflection on justice and mortality.
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ERGEANT
John A. Archinal
New Guinea
Philippines
Hideki Tojo
Archinal
Tojo
Higginson Guilty Of Manslaughter In Baby Death
Vancouver barber George R. Higginson, 39, was found guilty of manslaughter by a British Columbia supreme court jury after two hours of deliberation. The case centered on the Aug 30 death of a four month old in a downtown rooming house. the baby’s christened name was George Joseph Higginson, though not his father. The jury remanded him for sentencing at the assizes.
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VANCOUVER
George R. Higginson
British Columbia supreme court
Higginson
Dorothy Rogers
Moose Jaw
Sask
Pat Parker
Britain warns Greeks over Greek political upheaval
London outlets report the government acknowledging Greece's unsettled political situation and declaring it would oppose by all means possible any forceful seizure of power. The warning, stated by parliamentary under-secretary Hugh McNeil, applies to both right and left factions.
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BRITAIN
LONDON
Greece
commons
Hugh McNeil
Proulx to hang Dec 29 in Manitoba murder case
Winnipeg dispatch reports Joseph Henri Armand Proulx, 17, awaits possible reprieve in the stabbing death of 15 year old Barbara Smith in a St Boniface archery field last July 28. A jury convicted him with a leniency recommendation while doctors testified to mental deficiency. Justice Dysart set December 29 for the hanging and promised to relay the jury’s mercy suggestion to authorities.
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WINNIPEG
C.P
Joseph Henri Armand Proulx
Headingly
jacknife
pretty
Barbara Smith
St. Boniface
Justice Dysart
department of justice
Manitoba
Barbara
Proulx
Believe Martin Bormann Dead
Nuremberg reports indicate Martin Bormann Mittler's deputy and top Nazi war criminal thought to be dead Indictments for those awaiting trial will be served and Bormann will be named on the defendants list by newspapers and radio
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NURENBERG
Martin Bormann
Mittler
Bormann
lst
Barrel voyage set by Mari Chariton in Atlantic bid
Sydney Nova Scotia 29 year old Mari Chariton launches a ten foot oak barrel vessel with Peter Olsen as first mate to sail the Atlantic in about 40 days. The crew plans to spend a night aboard before departure amid Grand Banks fogs. Olsen calls the craft seaworthy and they arm for a North Atlantic voyage with provisions for three months and a motorbike for land travel.
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SYDNEY
N.S
snipshape
Mari Chariton
Atlantic
Chariton
Toronto
Vancouver
Peter Olsen
Olfen
Olsen
Grand Banks
North Atlantic
Britain
Cambridge
England
Warming up torture by German agents eyed at Ruhr trial
Hamburg Oct 19 Reuters report recalls that captured R A F fliers were subjected to heat torture by German intelligence officers posing as Red Cross workers. Five officers of the German intelligence service face atrocity charges next week. Pilots to testify. The method included entering cells under cover and applying a heat button to raise temperatures, forcing naked fliers to lie on the floor as doors were forced open. Several airmen are believed killed.
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HAMBURG
Germany
Reuters
R.AF
Ruhr
R.A.F
R.A F
Red Cross
psuedo Red Cross
Killed in clashes in Patras during protests
In Patras, Athens reports one civilian and one policeman killed as Communist demonstrators clashed with police in the port city yesterday. The violent confrontation underscores ongoing turmoil in the region during protests.
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ATHENS
Patras
Bartenders Stay On Job While Talks Continue
In Lethbridge after a three hour meeting cordial relations were reported and bartenders will remain on the job pending further negotiations with hotelmen next week. Officials from the Alberta department of trade and industry and union representatives noted progress and plan more talks in Blairmore and Medicine Hat next week.
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Lethbridge
board of industrial relations
department of trade industry
Kenneth Pugh
department
Edmonton
F. G. Cope
Calgary
J. Llewellyn
Beverage Dispensers Union
hotelmen’s association
Pugh
Cope
Medicine Hat
Blairmore
Pass
Alta
K. A. Pugh
Alberta department of trade and industry
Alberta Hotelmen’s Association
Parliamentary News Bulletins Ottawa Budget Debate Notes
Ottawa reports reveal J M Macdonnell proposes three critical amendments to the budget debate accusing lack of full production and employment, unsatisfactory policy on excess government spending, and inadequate relief for lower income groups. He recalls wartime economy and socialist failings.
London Dock Strike Sparks Mass Demands and Food Shortage
Thousands of London dock workers marched to the Tower amid stalled wage talks as food stocks dwindle. Despite calls to endure, unions and employers failed to resolve the strike now in its fourth week. Belfast and Greenock join walkouts while 4,000 still unload ships. A 40 hour week and pay increases remain sought. housewives volunteer to assist unloading but are refused.
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LONDON
C.P
Tower of London
British Press Association
Birkenhead
Liverpool
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Greenock
Scotland
Isaacs
commons
Transport and General Workers’ Union
ministry of war transport
Exports Decline In Canada In September
Canada’s domestic merchandise exports totaled 220.81 million dollars in September, down from 264.62 million the year before, a 16.6 percent drop. The Bureau of Statistics attributed the decline mainly to a sharp fall in direct war materials exports.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion deposits Fall in Ottawa weekly report
Dominion government deposits dropped by 9,934,000 to 40,468,000 in the week ending October 17, as the Bank of Canada released its weekly assets and liabilities statement on Thursday.
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OTTAWA
Dominion
Bank of Canada
Chinese and Jap Civilians In Open Clashes
In Peiping a mob attacked Japanese civilians in Little Tokyo last Tuesday night, the first post surrender outbreak here. Three people were killed and others were beaten or stoned. Similar disturbances had occurred in Tientsin four days earlier, where homes were entered and several hundred Japanese were assaulted.
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PEIPING
Tokyo
Tientsin
Venezuelan Revolution Sparks Fighting In Caracas
Private reports from New York say rebel tanks seized Maraguido and Caracas. The revolt centered in Caracas with rebels occupying the president’s Miraflores residence. Heavy firing was heard upon dawn as loyal troops prepared to move on San Carlos barracks amid reports of ultimatum to the garrison.
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NEW YORK
Maraguido
Caracas
WASHINGTun
Uect
Venezuela
United States state department
San Carlos
Isiah Medina y Angarita
Mirafiores
state department
Bogota
Colombia
Drumheller Miners End Holiday Return to Pits Monday
Drumheller valley coal strike ends with East Coulee miners set to return to work Monday while other Alberta fields still idle. Drumheller mines resume Friday. East Coulee vote shifted from opposition to support for returning to work.
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East Coulee
Drumheller
East Coulee min
Lethbridge
Crow’s Nest Pass
Blairmore
prices and trade board
Alberta
Crow’s Nest
Drumheller valley
South Africa Labor Party to Quit Coalition Government
Pretoria Oct 19 The Labor party of South Africa will withdraw from the Coalition government at month end. Labor leader Walter B Madeley who is also labor and social welfare minister will resign then. Prime Minister Jan Smuts will retain a substantial majority in the house.
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PRETORIA
South Africa
Reuters
Labor party of South Africa
Walter B. Madeley
Labor party
Jan Do. Smuts
Budget Debate Begins Macdonnell Criticizes Ilsley Budget
Ottawa Oct 19 C P I J Government expenditures should be gradually reduced to self liquidating borrowings. J M Macdonnell Progressive Conservative member for Muskoka Ontario opened the debate as opposition financial critic criticizing the budget for lacking clarity on ordinary versus special outlays. He urged multilateral trade restoration and immediate income tax reform, relief to unemployed savers, and removal of uncertainties in excess profits tax.
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house
CBC
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.P
San Francisco
J. M. Macdonnell
P.C
Muskoka Ontario
Isley
OTTAWA
C. PIJ
Progressive Conservative
Muskoka-Ontario
Macdonnell
Tisley
Canada
dave
board of directors
Venezuelan President Medina Surrenders After Air Assault
In Caracas troops seized control after a 24 hour revolt. Seven Maracay based aircraft bombed San Carlos barracks and loosed on police centers, forcing President Medina to surrender in a bloody capitulation amid central city clashes.
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CARACAS
Venezuela
A.P
Medina
Maracay
San Carlos
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Martin
Ilsley
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