Churchill Says Draft Abolition Hurts Anglo American Pact
Winston Churchill warned that ending Britain's peacetime conscription would harm the defense alliance with the United States. He urged Prime Minister Attlee to keep conscription, spoke at El Alamein veterans reunion, as Attlee’s cabinet released projected cuts of 200 to 300 million pounds in annual outlay and eyed further reductions in government programs and capital spending.
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ONDON
Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
Attlee
Churchill
El Alamein
house of commons
G M Workers At Oshawa To Stay Away Till Monday
About 5 000 General Motors workers in Oshawa Ontario walked out on Friday half the plant halted at noon and 3 000 attended a mass meeting by United Auto Workers Local 222 they voted to remain off the job until 7 am Monday. The strike stems from grievances over a 26 year employee discharge alleged promotion favoritism and teen age hiring while GM says grievances procedure exists and will be handled by senior plant executives under contract.
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OSHAWA
W. A. Wecker
Mice trapped by gum drops in Vermont lab test
University of Vermont scientists report gum drops catch more mice than cheese in winter field-mouse control. An example shows 17 mice killed in one hour on a single candy trap in Science Hall. The note appears in The Left Hand Corner column.
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UIVERSITY of Vermont
Science Hall
AVM Dunlap Named to Lead NW Air Command
Ottawa reports Air Vice-Marshal C R Dunlap 41 chosen to head the North West Air Command with Edmonton HQ. He succeeds H E Campbell who moves to head Canada’s joint staff in Washington. New posts include A V-M A L James to head air planning and Air Commodore D M Smith to lead technical services.
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OTTAWA
C. R. Dunlap
R.C.AF
North West Air Command
Edmonton
Sidney Mines
N.S
Dunlap
H. E. Campbell
Defence
Claxton
Campbell
Washington
air force headquarters
A. L. James
Montreal
D. M. Smith
New Westminster
RCAF
western Canada
far north
Winnipeg
Vancouver
air force
North Africa
United Kingdom
James
air planning
technical services
Smith
Eight Arrests In Arizona Narcotics Ring
Eight members of an alleged $1,000,000 narcotics ring were arrested in Yuma Arizona. They were charged with possessing concealing and selling narcotics illegally transported into the United States from Mexico.
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YUMA. Ariz
United States
Mexico
Ottawa debates tightening crime comic penalties
Ottawa October 22 federal government asks provinces to help plug loopholes in the criminal code to target obscene literature and crime comics. Justice Minister Garson says Ottawa may include crime comics in the code with penalties up to two years, as attorneys general prepare amendments to strengthen enforcement.
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OTTAWA
Garson
commons
E. D. Fulton
P.C., Kamloops
C.C.F
Abbott
Howe
Canada
Fire destroys Lomond service station and telephone office
Damage estimated at 20000 dollars after a flash fire in the Lomond repair garage destroyed the service station owned by Earl Armstrong and two cars and a tractor. The Alberta government telephones shed also burned while a bucket brigade fought the blaze across the street. A west wind carried flames toward the telephone office. an RCMP official warned a north wind could have wiped out Lomond's business district.
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Lomond
Earl Armstrong
Alberta
BUCKET BRIGADE
Canadian Pacific Railway
RCMP
Montreal police say hospital shortages condemn patients to die in jail
In Montreal, police social service chief Sgt A A Fine warns that hospital placement shortages create the most disturbing situation in 20 years. He cites a 75 year old woman and a 5 year old girl dying in Fullam Street women's jail due to lack of medical care, with six other cases. Relatives struggle to secure beds. courts involve insanity rulings to keep patients jailed until space opens. Continued on Page Two.
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MONTREAL
Montreal police social service
A. A. Fine
Fine
Fullam Street
Prisoner gets 315 years and six lashes for DP attack
Lawrence John Gagnon of Carman Man was condemned to 315 years in penitentiary and six lashes for robbery with violence against Laimans Graustins a Latvian displaced person at Carman on August 13. Justice Montague called the act dastardly noting the victim being a DP. Gagnon had prior convictions mostly for breaking and entering.
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WINNIPEG
Lawrence John Gagnon
Carman
Man
Gagnon
Laimans Graustins
assize
Graustins
P. J. Montague
George Bernard Shaw Declines Scottish Reel Invitation
London dispatch reports George Bernard Shaw, in his mid eighties, refusing a Clan Chattan Association invite to a Scottish dinner dance on November 11. He sent a postcard in his characteristic sharp style saying he is in his year and asking to stop inviting him to dance Scottish reels.
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LONDON
George Bernard Shaw
Clan Chattan Association
Shaw
Gold strike reported near Fort Yukon Alaska
Gold in Fort Yukon Circle area along the Yukon River described as peasized nuggets found by Clifton Carroll. News relayed by Gilbert Lord Jim Magoffin and Rev Edward Badten with Interior Airways starting flights to the strike region. About 50 prospectors search the stream with modern air support replaced dog teams.
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AIRBANKS
Alaska
Klondike
Nome
Fairbanks
Yukon River
Fort Yukon Circle
Fort Yukon
Arctic Circle
Clifton Carrol
Gilbert Lord
Jim Magoffin
Edward Badten
Assemblies of God church
Mr. Badten
Magoffin
Interior Airways
Two Die as Arizona Jail Break Spreads Panic
Five inmates escaped from a midtown Phoenix jail on the fifth floor. Two were killed by gunfire inside the courthouse. One prisoner, Jack L. Tatum, 26, fled from a courtroom window. A deputy sheriff was wounded. Police cordoned the courthouse as roadblocks and searchlights spread across the city.
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PHOENIX
Ariz
Arizona
Tom Stowe
Jack L. Tatum
Edward Corcoran
Edward McEwen
Tatum
Henderson Wins Portage la Prairie Mayoral Race
Rev. H. L. Henderson returned as mayor with a 919 vote margin over Horace A Ireland. Final tally 1,997 to 1,078 in the Portage la Prairie civic election held last night.
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PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE
Man
H. L. Henderson
Horace A Ireland
UK to Cut Canadian Spending by About 100 Million
Canadian sources say Britain will slash aid to Canada next year to roughly 600 million dollars, the lowest since 1940, due to dollar difficulties. Talks in London will discuss distributing the reduced dollars across industries while preserving essential imports like bacon eggs and newsprint.
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UAWA
United Kingdom
Canada
Britain
U.K
Max Mackenzie
J. T. Taggart
LONDON
Taggart
Mackenzie
United States
Prime Minister Corrects Hansard on War Impressions
In Citawa Oct 22 Prime Minister St Laurent told the commons he wished to correct an impression that war preparation is not among our concerns. He noted Hansard used care instead of fear in a prior quote and said measures by North Atlantic nations ensure there is no fear of war at present.
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CITAWA
C.P
St. Laurent
commons
Howard Green
P.C. Vancouver
Atomic scientists warn USSR may outpace US bomb pace
Chicago dispatch reports Dr Harold Urey and colleagues warn Soviet gains in atomic energy could outrun the United States within two years. They fault U S program inefficiencies and security fears driving top scientists away, while Russia speeds toward wartime production levels and beyond.
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CHICAGO
United States
Russia
Harold Olprey
Urey
Soviet Union
Frederick Leitz
University of
Ne Unes
torre
Eugene Rabinovich
University of Tinos
the
Bulletin
Four from same family die in burning Hartland home
In Hartland New Brunswick four of seven family members perished as flames engulfed their sleeping home. Mrs F Oland Everett and three children died in beds while her husband, a 29 year old driver, escaped with two other children and is in critical condition. Remaining children Gaynell and Douglas were unharmed or infants, details unclear.
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HARTLAND
N.B
New Brunswick
F. Oland Everett
Byran
Dianne
Brenda
Everett
Gaynell
Douglas
Winnipeg Suburbs Back Daylight Saving TimeVote
Four Winnipeg suburbs approved daylight saving time by small margins in yesterday's referendum alongside municipal elections. Fort Garry St Vital West Kildonan East Kildonan voted yes while St Boniface and Transcona voted no. Total 9223 for 8831 against.
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WINNIPEG
Fort Garry
St. Vital
West Kildonan
East Kildonan
St. Boniface
Transcona
Eight by elections set in eight areas Monday
Eight Commons vacancies will be filled Monday in eight areas after six government appointments and two deaths. By elections will run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time in Quebec Montreal Mercier Montreal Laurier Montreal Jacques Cartier Ga t ineau Kamouraska Toronto Greenwood Restigouche Madawaska New Westminster BC. Candidates include Emile Naud who withdrew in Monte real Laurier but remains on the ballot.
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UAWA
Quebec-Montreal
Mercier
Montreal
Progressive Conservative party
C.CF. party
Liberals
Quebec
commons
Progressive Conservatives
C.C.F
Social Credit
Liberal
Joseph Jean
Montreal Mercier
Quebec superior court
WAYXY
Laurier
Ernest Bertrand
Quebec court of king’s bench
Jacques-Cartier
Elphege Marler
Kamouraska
Eugene Marquis
Slain Elderly Sisters and Brother Found in Berkeley Home
In Berkeley California on October 22 two elderly sisters and their brother were found slain in their home after several days. The women Mamie McKenzie 33 Irene O Neil 65 and Eugene J O Neill 6 died from blows with a heavy hammer and a revolver shot to the head.
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TRAIL TRAIL
B.C
YUGOSLAVIA
WASHINGTON
United States
George V. Mien
Tito
Moscow
Allen
Dean Acheson
Cavendish Cannon
CHUENGKING
CHUNGKING
Changking
RED FORCES
SFEK
WEILIN
HONG KONG
China
Kweilin
Chen Kene
Canton
Lin Paio
Kwangsi
BELGRADE
Reuters
Yugoslav directorate of information
PRAGUE
D. L. Campbell
Canadian Pacific Railway
rural commission on transportation
C.U.K
Westen Canada
commission
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London Dairy Mail
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