Two New Packing House Strikes Hit Canada Meat Shortage Fear
The Canadian Press reports two new walkouts bringing total strikes to 6,570 across Canada. Peterborough and Charlottetown plants led the action while nationwide vote prep implied wider plant walkouts by weekend. Union seeks 92 cents per hour minimum with stalled offers from Swift Canadian, Canada Packers, and Burns and Company.
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Canada
ers of
America
Peterborough
Ont
Canada Packers Limited
Charlottetown
Canada Packers
Toronto
Ontario labor department
Canada Packers, Burns and Company
Montreal
Quebec labor department
U.P.W.A
Swift Canadian company
Edmonton
Regina
Vancouver
Swift Canadian
Canada Packers and Burns and Company
W. C. S. McLure
Queens
PEL
Mitchell
Howard Winkler
Lisgar
Man
Kindly Burglar By Fred Hartling Faces Old Bailey Judgment
A 31 year old Kensington burglar known as Gentleman Fred pleads guilty to stealing jewelry worth about 250 pounds while having 14 prior convictions. Neighbors recall his kind streak and a grocer notes he gave candy to children. Police describe him as skilled with skeleton keys, while the judge warns of a two year sentence.
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MICHAEL OMARA
LONDON
Fred’ Harding
Old Bailey
Kensington
Fred
Hartling
Ten Thousand Dollar Loss In New Doukhobor Blaze
Weary-eyed farmers cast anxious glances at the pre-dawn sky over the West Kootenay district as a blaze caused ten thousand dollars in damage roared through a Doukhobor property near Nelson British Columbia. Fire crews battled the flames through the quiet hours, with residents evacuated and investigators tracing the blaze to an unknown source.
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NELSON
B.C
C.P
West
Visit of Windsors and arson woes headline provincial turmoil
The New York Post reports a Windsors visit at Chateau de Croé with praise for the duke and duchess and remarks on royal circles in America. Separately, William County and British Columbia authorities battle a fresh wave of arson by the Sons of Freedom, burning farms and homes in Krestova Gilpin and Salmo area. officials plan a one man commission to resolve Doukhobor strife.
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Cannes
Riviera
New York Post
Chateau de Croé
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Antibes
America
Princes
kinta
David Windsor
Windsors
MAXWELL
New York
Kontenay
Sons of Freedom
Nelson
Salmo
Gilpin
Sons
here
NEW TRENS
Krestova
Victoria
étrife
ALMIT
alice
Jealous Husband Files Divorce Suit in Chicago
Gilbert Johnson, 38, sues Esther Johnson, 43, in Chicago alleging his wife’s extreme jealousy. He claims she forbids him from listening to radio programs with female voices and reading newspaper articles concerning women.
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CHICAGO
Gilbert Johnson
Esther
US Strengthens Influence in Western Germany Amid Ruhr Coal Plan
Washington reports that the United States is gaining leadership in western Germany as Britain cannot fund its role. A joint British American board will oversee the Ruhr coal mines, creating 50-50 control and delaying Britain’s move to socialize Ruhr despite Labour plans.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Germany
Britain
Europe
Ruhr
London
Toronto Man Is Shot By Thug On Verandah
Morris Emyer a 47 year old tobacco and news stand operator was shot in the abdomen on his west central Toronto verandah. Witnesses said a robber climbed over the railing and demanded the wallet then fired as Emyer refused. The assailant fled and no wallet was found. Police have not questioned the victim.
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TORONTO
Morris Emyer
Singer
Demonstrations in Port Said Burn British Consulate and Destroy Statue
Large crowds in Port Said and Alexandria clashed with police after the UN Security Council failure to act on the Egypt crisis. Demonstrators tried to burn the British consulate, stoned the American consul, and demolished Ferdinand de Lesseps statue. Police dispersed crowds and faced new protests against Bevin and Cadogan as Cairo remained quiet. In Alexandria police and workers from Fallatuh Nationale cotton mill clashed, sending several to hospitals amid protests.
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CARO
Port Said
Ferdinand De Lesseps
Suez Canal
United Nations Security Council
Egypt
RUSSIA
canal zone
Alexandria
Cairo
security council
Britain
Sudan
Poland
Syria
Kitchener Street
De Lesseps
France
Bevin
Sirlexander Cadogan
U.N. Security Council
Fallatuh Nationale
Bevin Urges Resumption of Lend Lease Aid in London
British Foreign Secretary Bevin told a group of American Legionnaires that wartime lend-lease should be revived to fix European economies. He pledged Britain would endure the crisis, accept hardships with miners and steelworkers, and not let Americans down as economic systems adapt.
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LONDON
Bevin
United States
Fort Knox
Atlantic
Paul Grifith
John J. McCloy
World Bank
Europe
Great Britain
Britain
Father of Senator Gershaw Dies at 97 in Medicine Hat
Theocore Gershaw died Tuesday night at 97 years, 7 months, and 26 days. He leaves his wife and one son, Senator P. W. Gershaw, with another son predeceasing him years ago. Born in Springfield Ohio, he moved to Emerson Manitoba as a child and came to Alberta in 1917 to be near his son, living in Medicine Hat since. He remained active until recent years, then largely homebound with his long illness.
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MEDICINE HAT
Theocore Gershaw
P. W. Gershaw
Mr. Gershaw
Springfield
Ohio
Emerson
Man
Alberta
Gershaw
Mystery death probe in Cochrane area
Ontario provincial police seek an unidentified Indian man for questioning in the mysterious deaths of two men near Lowsubh, east of Cochrane. One body reportedly fed to dogs. deaths occurred about a month ago.
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COCHRANE
Ont
Ontario
two pien
Lowbush
here
New Pattern in Southern Revolt in Ecuador
The article details Ecuador's shift from dictatorship to a government by constitution as troops join civilians in a new pattern. It covers the 10 day Mancheno dictatorship, casualties, Suarez Veintimilla becoming president, and coalition tensions with Velasco Ibarr a. The piece traces recent coups, labor laws, and the political deadlock over succession ahead of a 1948 election.
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QUITO
Ecuador
Carlos Mancheno
Mariano Suarez Vientimmila
Jose Maria Velasco Ybarra
Mancheno
Suarez
EBC
congress
Velasco Ibarra
Carlos Arroyo Lier Ria
Velasco Tharra
Heavy polling in Edge Hill by election in Liverpool
Queues formed as Edge Hill by election opened with heavy polling. Five candidates contest a Labor versus Conservative main battle amid austerity and prestige concerns for the government. Labor candidate is A J Irvine and Conservative candidate is J R Begins.
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LIVERPOOL
England
Reuters
Edge Hill
Britain
Labor
A J. Irvine
J. R. Begins
Sir Hubert Young
Gibson
C. Foster
Assassination Plot Foiled Against Czech Ministers
Prague police foiled three explosive perfume packages aimed at Czech leaders Vice-Premier Zenkl Foreign Minister Masaryk and Justice Minister Drtina. Only one bomb reached its target, others intercepted. A 40 to 45 year old man posted the packages and warned the post office to treat them as perfume. Vaclav Spilka credited with averting deaths.
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RAGUE
interior ministry
Peter Zenkl
National Socialist party
Jan Masaryk
Prokop Drtina
Vaclav Spilka
Zersxl
Prantisek Ambroz
Spilka
Masaryk
Drtina
Shait
Prague
General Lee to Return to U S From Italy
Lt Gen John C H Lee announced at a Rome press conference that he will leave command soon after D Day and return to the United States in compliance with orders from June 10 He said withdrawal steps from Italy would begin tomorrow under the peace treaty 90 day provision amid War Department investigation into his administration
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ROME
John C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
war department
United States
Lee
Settops
Howard
Robert Ruark
Ira T. Wyche
Italy
Smythe Wins 23799 Pounds In Soccer Pool Gamble
George Smythe, a 47 year old Ipswich resident, quit smoking after a cigarette tax hike last April. He invested the saved money in football pools and learned Wednesday he won 23799 pounds, a payout of 394 796 dollars, according to Reuters.
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IPSWICH
Suffolk
England
Reuters
Hugh Dalton
George Smythe
Workers at Grimethorpe Mine Vote To Return Monday
Grimethorpe Yorkshire miners approve a return to a 21 square feet coal face quota after a mass meeting ending a sympathy wave that cut Britain’s coal output by about 500000 tons. About 43000 other Yorkshire miners had joined in the stoppage, with Fuel Minister Shinwell to inspect the face once the men ease back to work.
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LONDON
ICP
Grimethorpe
Yorkshire
Brita
Britain
National Union of Mineworkers
National Coal Board
Shinwell
Reuters
No Stronger Liquor Seen Voted By Halifax Commissioners
Halifax, Sept 12. Canada’s liquor commissioners in a three day closed session vote to hold liquor at its present strength. Brig. J. G. B. Sprigg of Toronto announced the decision, citing tax and rising living costs as reasons not to raise alcohol content.
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HALIFAX
C.P
Canada
J. G. B. Sprigg
Toronto
Hiquor
Resignation Request Reconsidered At CBC
Ottawa reports D C McArthur, former chief news editor, asked CBC to reconsider his resignation and will remain in the role. Other items note an explosion injuring about 60 on a British ship near Belfast, and federal government efforts to resolve British Columbia’s Deykhobor issues amid unrest in the West Kootenay. The day also covers a workers strike at Canada Packers in Toronto and Italy naming a new ambassador to Canada.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Augustin Frigon
CBC
D. C. McArthur
BELFAST
Ireland
eurses
Reina Del Pacifica
SLEK
VICTORIA
Gordon
Wismer
British Columbia
West Kootenay
Justice Minester Asley
WINNIFEG
Donald F. Tedlie
Dugald
Man
Canadian National Rathways
TORONTO
Canada Packers, Ltd
United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.SC
CANADA
eternal affairs department
Carlo di Cossato
MFAT
VANCOUVER
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Mary
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United Packinghouse
King Crab
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G.E
Thug
The
Canadian Press
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People’s Army
Isis
Velasco [barra
Mancheng
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Velasco Tbarra
GOLDBERG
Associated Press
U.S
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