Coal miners vote for strike across Alberta and B C
A broad Yes vote among 4 500 bituminous coal miners in Alberta and British Columbia prompts an impending strike. District 15 United Mine Workers president Robert Livett says a district meeting will set the strike date and a Thursday talks with domestic operators near Drumheller and Lethbridge continue. Counts show wide support in Crow's Nest Pass and other fields, with full turnout yet to be reported.
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CALGARY
C.P
Alberta
B.C
Tuedsay
Robert Livett
United Mine Workers of America
Fernie and
Michel
Blairmore
Coleman
Bellevuz
Canmore
Nordegg
Mountain Park
Cad
Livett
Drumheller
Lethbridge
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Crow's Nest Pass
pibrads
eyes
Bellevue-Hillcrest
Shareholders to vote on Marquis Hotel sale option
A proposed sale option to Matutaba hotel man was unanimously recommended by the Marquis Hotel board. Lyman Golding Dixon of Dauphin, Man., would take over operations at the start of 1947. A special general meeting for shareholders is set for Sept. 26 after notices were mailed outlining the proposal and the company's financial position.
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Marquis hotel
Lyman Golding Dixon
Dauphin
Man
Matutaba
The
Herald
A. G. Boalim
Lethbridge
Community Hotel, — limited
Leth~ bridge
L. G. Dixon
Steel Peace Up In Air After Vote
OTTAWA Sept 11 0 P Canada’s 59 day fleet strike settlement efforts appeared up in the air after a rapid exchange between H Millard national director of the United Steel Workers of America and Labor Minister Mitchell The exchange followed rejection over the weekend by union members of government proposals for settlement and came as the work stoppage seemed to head into a deadlock period
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OTTAWA
Canada
H. Millard
United Steel Workers of America
Mitehch
Former Medicine Hat farm hand rises to top of Canadian industry
A long journey from a Medicine Hat farm in 1912 to managing director of five pressed metal and jam companies in Ponca is recounted. The former farm hand, who left Vancouver in 1923 to seek work, later served in World War I and built a 3000-employee empire. He now leads major lumber and housing ventures near Hampton, with a new block of worker housing equipped with modern amenities. Continued on back page.
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Vance park
Vanne
Charles
Savil
Ponca
Vancouver
South Africa
Proveince
Medicine Hat
Asia
Jett
lunber
mate
Norse bay
hart REO
mie
Naw “Co
Jez
Hampton
Henry
UNESCO faces seeds of war in its pivotal session
Canada weighs postwar immigration policy as UNESCO prepares its May session. The agenda centers on European reconstruction, a refugee framework, and displaced persons. Canada plans to take in 4,000 Polish army men and families, plus thousands of other potential immigrants and displaced people.
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R. J. ANDERSON
LAKE SUCCESS
C.P
United Nations
Canada
council
New York
Europe
United States
Dominion
Seamen strike seeks 24 hour stoppage if demands fail
The AFL and CIO unions threaten a 24-hour national work stoppage if the Wage Stabilization Board rejects wage demands. Telegrams to William Green and Philip Murray urge withdrawal from the WSB if decisions go unfavorably. Tugboats resume towing in New York harbor as the maritime strike tightens its grip on the economy.
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NEW YORK
A.P
AFL
William Green
Philip Murray
M.O
Wage Stabilization Board
Messrs. Green
Murray
W.4.B
United States
Washington
A.F.L
C.I.0
Lower House Fails To Decide On Remarriage Canon
Winnipeg dispatch reports the Anglican General Synod Lower House debated a proposed canon allowing conditional remarriage after divorce but postponed final decision to tonight. Changes to the 1663 table of kindred and affinity were approved, enabling remarriage in specific in-law relationships. The session also urged federal help to disperse Japanese residents of British Columbia and assist their settlement.
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WINNIPEG
Geneetnc
church of
Reginald W. Harris
Halifax
Walder
Synod
British Columbia
Canada
Harris
R C. Blagrave
Hamilton
house
Church of England
nnty
Hugh C. Farthing
Calgary
Candia
CG. B. Riley
Toronto
Often Yielded Monty Had Brushes With Canuck Leaders
Toronto report on Montgomery clashing with Canadian generals McNaughton and Crerar during Italy and France operations. Brig. Malone, wartime Canadian officer and Free Press executive, discusses in Maclean's extracts from his upcoming book Missing From the Record.
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MONTY
TORONTO
Italy
France
Montgomery
A. oi
McNaughton
H. D. G. Crerar
Bry. ROS. Malone
Maclean's
Malone
1st
Grevar
McNauish
brckeres
Crerar
Praner
Brig. Malone
stimani
Brig
Winnings Free Press
Washington Dispatch Names Wright as Ambassador's Third Ally
Canada plans a diplomatic reshuffle after September 17 with Wright named as a key third secretary to the U S ambassador while Hume Wright remains in place. In Calgary a 14 year old boy discovered a buried revolver near a prairie flat close to a king's residence, described as a six shot firearm.
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WASHINGTON
Canada
United States
Wright
Hume Hume Wren
associated linders
Ottawa
Henry Hume Wright
CALGARY
nis
paler
densi kings
Premier King predicts early end to steel strike
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King predicting a swift conclusion to Canada's 59 day steel strike. Speaking to the Eastern Ontario Liberal Association he urged best counsels to prevail and emphasized public rights over any group or party, noting public opinion guides what must be done.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
Canada
Eastern Ontario Liberal Association
King
Mr. King
Strike talks in Canada wage dispute stall on three points
Government offered 11 to 15 cents wage rise with an eight point plan. union demanded 15 cents. Three sticking issues blocked settlement: removal of a five cent Sydney differential, holiday pay, and arbitration on other issues. Mitchell sent a wire. Millard later called for a ballot among strikers. Conroy urged renewed talks to end steel strike.
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Sydney
Hamilton
Saulte Ste. Marie
Millard
Mitchell
Ontvirio
Millara
Mr. Millard
Pat Conroy
Canadian Congress of Labor
Conroy
Mitchely
METCHELL TORONTO
Srpt
Ub Gtth Millard
United Steclworkers
Ameren
Maichold
Milk Moves Freely Here Despite Ban
Milk deliveries continued in Lethbridge amid a widening Alberta strike by 20 000 farmers as pickets appeared in Masinasin and Milk River. Police aid was pledged to uphold delivery, while creameries reported minor spillages and burned picket signs.
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Lethbridge
A.F.U
Alberta
Airmers
Masinasin
eye
Milk River
Price AFU
A.P.U
Coutts
G. ¥. Thompson
HNG
Eindher Creek
EDMONTON
Lnion
R. H. M. Bavey
lable Crean Producers association
Calgary
Medivine t. Followine
wittorney-C General Maynard
Farmers’ Union wits
ini ihe Unies
la force fock
Royal Canadian
Guards Guard Chequers From Squatters
Pioneer Corps Guards were on duty at Prime Minister Attlee's country estate Chequers to prevent squatters from settling in vacant houses and military establishments on the estate and in the neighborhood. It was reported squatters might move into Chequers itself, traditional country home of Britain's prime ministers.
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LONDON
Reuters
Pioneer Corps
Attlee
Chequers
Australia Opposes World Court of Human Rights
At the peace conference a 14 to 2 vote ruled the world court proposal belongs in the United Nations not the peace treaties. Australia and New Zealand supported the clause. Russia White Russia Poland Ukraine and Greece abstained. The Australian delegation vowed to press the issue again. In a separate matter Yugoslavia pressed for Venezia Giulia and Trieste gains claiming historical and ethnic rights, with Ukraine and Czechoslovakia backing them while Italy requested a plebiscite to settle the border dispute.
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PARIS
peace conference
legal and drafting commission
Australia
world court of human rights
United Nations
New Zealand
Russia
Poland
Ukraine
Greece
Ales Bebler
Yugoslavia
Italy
Venezia Giulia
Tri- Pesta
Czechoslovakia
Money package missing after Vancouver post office find
Vancouver police pursue missing funds from a mail sack once valued at about 1200000. The bag vanished Wednesday night en route to Victoria and was recovered in Vancouver without arrests. Officials debate the amount and reveal no further suspects as the investigation continues quietly.
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VANCOUVER
oS oval
Canadian Mounted Police
SUI
Vancouver post
Victoria
de cordutterr
miail sekor
Indian abduction by wild tribesmen shocks frontier region
A British political agent and others are reported abducted as tribesmen in India’s northwest frontier carry out raids. The tribes threaten to keep captives busy for months while authorities plan counter moves. Destruction and punitive measures accompany the raids amid ongoing conflict and contested demands.
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WALTER MASON
NEW DEGHL
India
Gepe Pty
peanbe
dane
dat phat
Mauitadiiy
Kipling
norice
Ganguy
teadmatt
north west frontier
Blind couple wed at Regina in touching ceremony
In Regina, James Fawcett and Emma Smith, both blind, were married yesterday in a ceremony described as moving. Fawcett, from Perth Ontario, proposed on a park bench after a passerby asked if they were married, concluding a life begun with a simple moment.
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Regina
James Fawcett
Emma Smith
Fawcets
Perth
Ont
Nazi Loot Is Uncovered In Allied Germany Raids
FRANKFORT Sept 11 SurPRISE raids in American and British zones uncovered millions in diamonds gold silver and platinum hidden by the Nazis before surrender. About 2.5 million dollars worth was found in under a quarter of the raids with records from the Reich agency for precious metals. The uncovering, named Operation Sparkler, followed last June Berlin finds and may aim to fund nationalist movements.
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FRANKFORT
Germany
United States army
Nagai
Istelle funr edelmetalie
Reich agency for precious metals
United States
armff
Berlin
supreme headquarters
Eisenower
Missing party sought in wilds of British Columbia
RCMP search for a party missing in the wilds of northern British Columbia and the Yukon. James Watts, a Yakions Junior High School teacher, was last heard from during a prospecting trip via the Alaska Highway. Watts and two others disappeared after entering remote areas around Watson Lake BC. authorities staged a wide search led by Whitehorse officials and Ros Comids Mounted Police.
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SEATTLE
James AL Watts
Yakions
massas
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Watts
Alaska
Watson Lake
B.C
wal Canadian Mounted Police
SMfengré
brother Fregort
Valles
United Farmers of Alberta hold Calgary strike session
The Alberta farmers executive met in Calgary to discuss the ADA strike situation but offered no report after discussions with Miss Aileen Birch. In New Jersey truckers expected 30 to 40 percent of 15,000 quitters to return to work tomorrow per union vice president.
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LABNECT TIVE
CALGARY
United farmers of Alberts executive board
ADA
Logan
Aileen Birch
nevers
TRECK
JERSEY CITY
Suv
Wairoasone Contin
International Brotherhood of ‘Teamsters my
New Jersey
United Nations
Geo
Mathieson
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
teddy
the
grain exchange
OTTAWA
Prices Board
tne
reconstruction department
sid tedmy
VANCOUVER
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Medicine Hat Farm
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STREL PEACE
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ILK
LETITIA BOCK
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Hiditax
Lettie dogkyo
Lalithe totrawial
lady Roane
Rodines
Nene
WAR TN LINDTA
R.C.M.P
Wilds
H. H. Cronkhile
Whitehorse
Ros Comidis
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