US Is Still Threatened By Strikes
New threats of work stoppages loom as officials plan to confer with John L. Lewis to avert a coal strike by 400,000 soft coal miners. Other labor actions threaten 24,000 Chicago stock yard workers and 70,000 at Ford Rouge plant. unions press for negotiations and extended contracts across several industries.
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NEW YORK
United States
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
A.P.L
Lewis
WATCH STOCK YARDS
Chicago
Detroit
Ford
United Auto Workers
C.LC
national labor relations board
Ford Motor company
Rouge
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing company
West Allis
Wis
Arnold Klentz
Schwellenbach
AFL
Trans World
tueliavoe 3
Pong
Western Union Telegraph company
American Newspaper Guild
C1. C
Philadelphia Record
Camden, Nat
Courier- Post
Gulf and Atlantic
west
Harry Bridges
committee for maritime unity
LONDON
Smithfield
Transport and General Workers Union
Indian summer cools Toronto as cool wind drops temperatures
In East Toronto today the southern Ontario Indian summer showed its grip with overcast skies and a brisk wind driving the temperature down to 56 degrees, contrasting with yesterday’s record high of 73.
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TORONTO
Det
Ontario
mercury
Women in Canadian Civil Service Highlighted as Pioneers
A survey notes many qualified women with specialized training across federal departments. Examples include a junior legal advisor in External Affairs, lawyers in Justice and National Revenue, and roles in Mines and Resources, National Film Board, National Health and Welfare, and Transport. The piece signals growing female leadership and calls for more graduates in social work and nursing. Continued on page eight.
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Civil Service
Canada
department of External Affairs
Justice Department iy
Department of ‘National Revenue
Mines and Resources
National Fi Board
worman
Warman
Department of National Health and Welfare
Department of Transport
J H Sissons Appointed to Lethbridge District Court
J H Sissons former Liberal MP for Peace River is named to fill the vacancy in Lethbridge District Court created by Judge L E Fairbairn's death. The Ottawa report notes additional Alberta judicial moves including O Connor and McBride elevations, with Sissons born 1892 in Orillia and married to Princes Hewitt Johnson.
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WILFRID EGGLESTON
Herald
OTTAWA
J. H. Sissons
Peace River
Lethbridge District Court
L. E. Fairbairn
Alberta
Supreme Court
A. F. Ewing
G. B. O'Connor
Justice O'Connor
J. Boyd McBride
District court
Edmonton
Supreme Court Trial division
AIS
John Howard Sissons
Lethbridge
E. B. Pair
South Alberta
Orillia
Ont
Andrew Hunter
Jessie Livingston Sissons
Queen's university
House of Commons
Sissons
Alberta regional reconstruction committee
Peace River school
Board of trade
Elliott Is Named Chile Ambassador
OTTAWA October 31 Canadian diplomat C Fraser Elliott deputy minister of taxation is named ambassador to Chile. The 58 year old Winnineg native has long sought to leave the revenue department and succeeds Warwick Chipman who left the post open. Elliott earned a reputation as a sound administrator and once helped reduce US taxation on Canadians from 10 to 5 percent. The appointment follows a string of diplomatic moves including St Laurent to external affairs and Pearson to Washington.
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OTTAWA
C. Fraser Elliott
revenue department
Chile
Warwick FP. Chipman
Argentina
Elliott
United States
U.S
Washington
Justice
St. Laurent
Norman Robertson
London
Vincent Massey
1ister B
Mike) Pearson
Hume Wrong
WasiityiT
Unpasteurized Milk Tied to Five DULANT Fever Cases
Calgary health officials report five cases of dulant fever linked to unpasteurized milk in the past week. Medical officer of health Dr. W. Ji. Hil stated the finding Wednesday.
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CALGARY
civic health department
W. Ji. Hil
Wallys Jewels Still Missing
London police raid Mayfair shop after Duchess of Windsor jewels theft. Four mink pelts and $40 in cheap jewelry recovered while thieves hit a North London factory stealing about $4,000 in goods including silk damask intended for Buckingham Palace.
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LONDON
Scotland Yard
Duchess of Windsor
Mayfair
Buckingham Palace
Control Salary and Wages Ends Dec 31
Ottawa reports a Dec 31 target to wind up wage controls and end salary controls for executives and white collar workers. Labor Minister Mitchell has urged elimination soon, with aims to shift to pure collective bargaining as emergency powers expire. Signs of slowing National War Labor Board activity include the resignation of adviser George Hodge of Montreal.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mitchell
National War Labor board
George Hodge
Montreal
Mysterious Evidence Emerges in Winnipeg Cab Driver Killing Trial
In Winnipeg a murder hearing for Lawrence Deacon features odd crown exhibits, including a school address note and a handkerchief marked J, while testimonies from key witness Helen Berard collide with prior police statements. The Crown seeks to link a 44 inch cord and a bolt to the cabbie Johann Johnson’s death beside his taxi on a suburban boulevard.
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W. J. Major
Deacon
Johnson
crown
L. Jerry
department of veterans affairs
Winnipeg
Schwalb
David Schwalb
Perry
D.V.A
Albert Verbuck
David Mulligan
Mulligan
Lift Ceilings On Canuck Pulpwood
The Office of Price Administration lifted price ceilings on pulpwood imported from Quebec New Brunswick and Nova Scotia saying Canadian government ceilings are sufficient for price control. OPA recently aligned its ceilings retroactive to Aug 19 and noted about 1 000 000 cords are imported annually, roughly 30 percent of northeastern U S consumption.
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WASHINGTON
Office of Price Administration
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Canada
O.P.A
United States
Rome Embassy Bomb Blast Rocks British Legation
A thunderous blast damaged the British embassy wing in Rome at 2 43 am injuring an Italian passerby. Two suitcases of explosives detonated by clockwork caused a deep gaping hole. Embassy staff spared. Sir Noel Charles away on leave. Investigators seek culprits amid Mussolini anniversary tensions.
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ROME
J. G Ward
Venti Settembro
Noel Charles
Italy
Two British Columbia coastal vessels aground near Vancouver Island
Vancouver report details two vessels grounded in treacherous rock coastlines. The Princess Norah, a 2731 ton coastal steamer, ran aground on a Comox sandbar with unknown passengers but expected to refloat at high tide. The San Jose, bound from Vancouver, struck Fulford reef near Cadboro Point, prompting fear of abandoning ship if the wind shifts and leaving the crew with intact lifeboats aboard.
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VANCOUVER
Vancouver Island
agent 2
B.C
Axel Anderson
San Jose
Western Chemical Industries, Ltd
Fulford reef
Cadboro Point
Discovery Island
Victoria
Anderson
Canada Savings Bond sales reach 239,829,200 total
Ottawa reports a 13 day total of 239,829,200 in Canada Savings Bond sales, up 22,545,700 from yesterday. Manitoba official Baker notes strong provincial purchases as part of a broader drive with about 44,000 buyers and 7,000,000 in sales already recorded.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Bank of Canada
voris
BRD Baker
Manitoba
Ontario Strikes Near End as Factories Reopen Across Province
Workers assess the end of Ontario's wave of labor unrest after months of strikes that idled up to 40 000 employees. Major actions hit steel rubber and electrical sectors with wage gains around 10 to 13 cents per hour plus shift bonuses. agreements varied by plant.
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TORONTO
Ontario
Canadian Congress
Algoma Steel Corporation
saulte Marié
Ont
Hamilton
Steel Company of Canada
Dominion Steel and Coal company
Sydney
Qutaria
Welland
Leaside
Tane
Chresler Corporation of Canada earkers
Windsor
Chatham
Jaimber and Sawmill Workers Union
AFL
camp opera
By-Election Set Dec 23 for Richelieu Vercheres Seat
Ottawa reports that a federal by election will fill the Richelieu Vercheres vacancy on December 23, following the October 20 death of Hon P J A Cardin. Nominations likely close December 16. Liberals expect to contest, with PC candidates to be chosen in Quebec. The Commons tally shows Liberals 125, PC 67, CPR 28, Social Credit 13, and several independents.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Richelieu-Vercheres
P. JA, Cardin
Mackenzie King
Pontiac
Toronto Parkdale
Portage la Prairie
Riche- Heu-Vercheres
Cardin
Real Carnette
Union des Electeurs de Pontiac
Progressive Conservativs
Harold Timmins
Toronto
C. C. Miller
Portage
Progressive Conservative
Quebec
Moritrea
Richelieu
Vercheres
Parkdale
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
C.CP
Social Credit
Bloc Poulalee
Liberal
CCF
Union des Frecteurs dé Pontine
Labor- Progressive
Confer On Way To N Y Parley
On the Aquitania Oct 31 Aboard the ship two days of inactivity ended as denuties for the Big Four foreign ministers council met informally to review work before New York Saturday. Diplomatic reps from other nations hurried to the United Nations assembly while early preliminary cananers and spies gathered. Foreign Secretary Bevin of Britain rests in his cabin after illness briefly ending his absence. The Aquitania sailed from Southampton on Sunday.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
Canadien
NEW YORK
Dmitri Manjulsky
Ukraine
United Nations General Assembly
Maniulsky
general , assembly
Molotov
RELMAN MORIN
AQUITANIA
denuties
les
United Nations assembly
Bevin
Britan
nis
Hiness
Paris
Southampton
Seamen Killed In Mystery Blast Near Baltimore Wharf
Police report three men killed and seven injured as an explosion hit a seamen rooming house near the Baltimore waterfront. Fire officials say a home-made incendiary bomb caused the blaze after a car reportedly drew up before the building. The house, frequented by Spanish and Portuguese seamen, had a warning received a week earlier.
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BALTIMORE
Charge Dismissed in Disorderly Conduct Case
Chicago reports the defense earlier asked the judge about health before pleading. Judge Matthew D Hattizan received a name as John Androvich, a friend from World War I days. The judge then dismissed the disorderly conduct charge.
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CHICAGO
Matthew D Hattizan
John Androvich
Siner van
Hartipau
Stricken Youth Dies in Kansas City Paralyzing Illness
An eleven year old boy Philip Bowers died in Kansas City after a two week illness of infantile paralysis. His mother Mrs Fred Bowers declined hospital care and the city health department quarantined the house, warning he might die without medical aid.
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KANSAS CITY
Philip Bowers
Fred Bowers
city health department
Arab Rising Rumors Stir Jerusalem After Bus Bombings
In Jerusalem on October 31 amid reports of an Arab uprising after bombing attacks blamed on Jewish underground, leaders of the Putawah Palestine Arab army called for a parade and mass meeting. Four British soldiers were killed and many were wounded as police hunted suspects linked to the central railway station bombing and troop convoy mining. The Jewish Agency vowed to counter terrorism and intimidation by all means, while Arab leaders warned against Jewish terror and questioned British protection. Police detained 15 suspects in connection with the railway station attack in which a girl and youths were involved.
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JERUSALEM
Putawah
Palestine Arab army
Nablus
Jewish Agency
Palestine
gentral
Aftab
inner
Zionist council
Wife Is Killed and Husband Charged in White Plains
In White Plains New York on October 31 authorities said Marie Shannon Purdy 37 was shot dead in her bedroom after an argument with her husband Charles Purdy 42 during which the couple had been drinking. A six year old son witnessed the incident and Charles Purdy has been charged with homicide.
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WHITE PLAINS
N.Y
Marie Shannon Purdy
Charles
Poppy
mommy Thorne
Purdy
lste
eee
Shannon
British shipping ready to repatriate prisoners and internees
Canberra reports Minister Porde announces Britain will provide enough shipping to repatriate by mid January. About 1950 Italian prisoners, 1446 German prisoners, and 342 Russian internees are held in Australia awaiting repatriation.
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CANBERRA
Pord¢ anno
Britain
Australa
Fire on Alaska Highway destroys maintenance ramp
A large government-owned maintenance ramp on the Alaska Highway was destroyed in a spectacular fire seen for miles. Damages were estimated at 34,008 dollars with no injuries reported.
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ALASKA HIGHWAY
FORT ST. JOAN
B.C
REGINA
Laude Layndrie
Expancia
Gerald Kinggen
Niagara
rourk
Lethbringe
FRANKFURT
Germany
David D. Watson
United States army
Kronverg Castle
JASKATCHEWAN
OTTAWA
JC.P
Percy McCuaig Anderson
Saskatchewan court of king's bench
Saskatchewan court of appeal
Wm. G. Rosa
PTEAL
BENNING TS
Scotland
Denning
streemlng
ball
Robertoon
Terenta
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Carlow
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Frances Marie
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JUSTICE MCBRIDE
DULANT
Wally
Dmitri Maniulsky
U.N
South Africa
Warren R. Austin
J. Austin
pluntly
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Enver Hoxha
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