Pacts Signed by 23 Nations in Historic Trade Accord
In Geneva 23 countries led by Britain and Canada signed the largest multilateral trade pact to date. The treaty binds major powers to tariff concessions covering 75 to 86 percent of import trade, with details to be revealed November 18. Russia and several states declined Havana talks.
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GENEVA
Reuters
Canada
Max Suetens
Belgium
United States
Britain
Commonwealth
Suetens
RUSSIA
International Trade Organization
Havana
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Siam
Arabia
Ethiopia
Canada reports 1946 gross national income at 9.46 billion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates gross national income for 1946 at 9.464 billion, up from 3.972 billion in 1938. The gross national product rises to 11.417 billion from 5.141 billion in 1938. Personal income climbs from 4.021 billion in 1938 to 9.283 billion in 1946.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
West End Tradesmen Struggle Amid Tax and Fustery Strife
The London correspondent of the Ottawa Journal notes postwar decline of famed West End tradesmen once known for first class workmanship. Many have merged or moved premises due to high taxation, austerity, and store closures. some adapt by opening branches abroad, including New York, as Parker Pen Co. President Kenneth Parker promotes world trade.
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West End
London
Ottawa Journal
Mayfair
Belgravia
America
European
yeatmuaker
hatter
New York
Kenneth Parker
Parker Pen Co
Janesville
Hunters Report Japanese Incendiary Bomb Found Near Coleman
Coleman hunters Ronald Jackson and Joe Lukasik found what they described as a Japanese incendiary bomb in a forest north of Coleman. Army officials tried to reach the device Sunday but heavy snow three feet deep blocked access. plans call for return next spring.
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Coleman
Ronald Jackson
Joe Lukasik
pon
Jackson
army
Bill Liddie
Plane wreck kills Oregon Governor and three others
Klamath Falls Ore Oct 30 The wreckage of a plane carrying Gov Earl Snell and three top state officials, plus the pilot, was found by a search party with no survivors. Fremont Forest Supervisor Merle Lowden said four bodies were recovered and conveyance to the site was underway.
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KLAMATIF FALLS
Ore
Earl Snell
Oregon
Fremont Forest
Merie Lowden
Lowden
Raterback Smith
Weary Coast Pavement Pounders Strike Widens
Vancouver Victoria and New Westminster see Day of crippling transit strike as 2600 BC Electric Railway street railwaymen demand 20 cent hourly raise and 40 hour week. Union seeks broader talks with Pacific Stage Lines for 150 bus workers.双方 UNCLEAR rough OCR text limits clarity but reports ongoing negotiations and slow system disruption.
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VANCOUVER
Victoria
New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia Electric Railway
railwaymen’s union
gromerly
Pacific Stage Lines
BG.E.R
West Vancouver
Howe Sound
Lloyd Easter
Labour
Minks
Coaldale Girl Hit by Hit-Run Driver on Highway
Kay Holtman aged 15 daughter of Ira M Holtman farmers east of Coaldale suffered a fractured leg and abrasions when struck by a westbound car on the highway one quarter mile east of Coaldale around 7 30 pm She was taken to Coaldale hospital by Albert Campbell as RCMP investigated the hit and run incident awaiting further details about the driver and vehicle.
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Kay Holtman
Ira M Holtman
Coaldale
Coaldale hospital
R Murphy
Lethbridge
Albert Campbell
RCMP
Empress Sails After Strike Delay
The Empress off Canada sailed from Liverpool for Montreal after nearly 24 hours of delay due to a seamen's strike. Workers demanded concessions including a return to the wave time reserve pool system and rotary hiring. After replacements were secured, the liner left the Mersey and moved out to sea around noon.
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LIVERPOOL
England
Canada
Montreal
Mersey
Labour Government Narrowly Survives UK Motion Votes
Britain's Labour government dodged defeat in the House of Commons by narrow margins on two key motions. A 384 to 166 vote ended debate on abolishing the basic gasoline ration, followed by a 187 to 160 defeat of an opposition motion to overturn the order. Churchill’s attempts to topple the government failed.
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LONDON
Britain
house of commons
house
LABOR
Labor party
Winston Churchill
Hugh Gaitskell
fuel and power
CHURCHILL
Attlee
Man Bound Over for Eavesdropping at Manchester Window
In Manchester a man was bound over for 12 months after peering from a window at a neighbor and his wife as they retired. He told the court he wished to charge his trade and was looking for the union man.
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MANCHESTER
England
Reutersi
Canadian Book Week Marks Dominion’s Publishing Year
Windsor Ont December 40 h marking the Dominion's greatest publishing year begins Saturday with nationwide celebrations. Canadian publishers join with the CAA by publishing and distributing a colored poster underscoring the reach of book week.
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WINDSOR
Ont
Canada
CAA
Vancouver group backs Canadian Friendship train for Britain
Vancouver residents launch a campaign to organize a Canadian Friendship train to carry food to Britain. Enthusiastic backers including Acting Mayor Cherries Jones and the Vancouver Board of Trade push two trains along both CPR and CNR lines.
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VANCOUVER
Canada
Victoria
Halifax
Britain
British Isles
United States
Atlantic seaboard
Pacific
Cherries Jones
Thomas Braidwood
Vancouver Board of Trade
OlganJ. Emieht
Europe
U.S
United States trail
Los Angeles
Jones
west coast
Meyer William Mott
New Westminster
Union of British Columbia
Alberta
ard
smd
BC Washington discuss highway swap to aid southern routes
British Columbia and Washington state officials pursue preliminary talks on a deal exchanging leases for strip land to route the southern trans provincial highway. Public Works Minister Bo Curson seeks a meeting with the Washington Highway Commission to map a border route linking Castlegar and Patterson and reduce two summit climbs. The plan could require Ottawa and Washington approval and may include a cross border Haines cutoff toward Alaska.
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VICTORIA
British Columba
Washington state
Stueth
Bo Curson
Tae
Hughie Cottiminsion
British Columbia
Washington son
CagseHue
Patterson
Cartan
Washington
United States
Alnhein
Elaine
Skagway
Alaska
Waenitg
Low state
Haines
Yukon Territory
Extension of Emergency Powers to Be Dealt With at Session
The Canadian government set parliament for December 5 to address urgent business. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced new parliamentary assistants, Newfoundland negotiations, upcoming London talks on India trade pacts, and that emergency powers will be reviewed in the session. He will be acting prime minister in his absence and aims for a swift throne speech debate followed by resumed business.
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UAWA
Europe
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Newfoundland
St John's
London
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
King
Britain
France
Holland
Belgium
Italy
Greece
New York
Cienesatori
imelchng
Laken i
Man Mistakenly Opens Gas Pipe Cap Cited
Atlantic City reports Ai-Abe Alanell, 32, went under a house to turn off a water pipe and admitted opening the wrong gas pipe cap. He suffered second and third degree burns to arms face and chest and was treated at a hospital.
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ATLANTIC CITY
Ai—Abe Alanell
Social Credit Board Out Edmonton Policy Move Quietly Triggers Merger Talk
Alberta's Local Credit Board faces dissolution as the 1946-47 budget and end of the current year push to sever its ties from government finances. The move follows a cabinet friction and a report by the board, with a potential merger into the Social Credit League discussed. The board's current fiscal year budget is about 19 000 dollars. members have drawn subsistence allowances beyond indemnities.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
pro pacarnca
Local Credit Board
Social Credit League
A. V. Bourcier
Lac Ste Anne
William Tomya
Willsingdon
N. B. James
Floyd Baker
Clover Bar
Sonal Credit
Tighten Control Of American Dollars
Ottawa lowers the amount banks can issue to Canadians without Foreign Exchange Control Board forms from 100 to 25 dollars. A board official calls it a technical change to improve scrutiny of small American funds amid Canada's dwindling dollar position. No policy shift. amounts over 25 still require a form.
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OTTAWA
United States
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Canada
Commons to Fight expelled Labour member over pay for leak
London news items report the House of Commons pursuing Garry Mlighan for allegedly accepting pay to disclose secret party political information. Mlighan, a former Toronto newspaper man, was suspended for twelve months and reprimanded by the speaker.
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Penticton
R.CLAK
massa
RAMADIER
VOLE O& CONFIDENCE
PARIS
Oph
Paul Ramadier
Roeen
abLos
Ruaiedier
sdN
TACOSIA
Wash
Pa mather
inter south side
Mark Cornelson
BOSTON
Weatinghouse Electric Corporation
Made Park
ONTARIO BANK
MOUNT ALBERT
Ong
MPJ
Dominion Bank of Canada
Toronto
PHOENIN
Aviz
United States
National Reclamation
Internee
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Southern Railway
South Croydon
tower
Goswick
Eng
GUVL. AGItdL
Columbia
Social Credit Board
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