St Laurent gains Pearson in new cabinet as prime minister in waiting
Louis St Laurent begins his prime ministership with a key cabinet addition Lester Pearson to head external affairs and seek a Commons seat in Algoma East. King plans to leave St Laurent in charge during his Paris UN and London Commonwealth trips and return in November to formalize the prime ministership. Pearson brings a varied career as soldier, pilot, stockyard worker, and historian lecturer before his cabinet rise.
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Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Canada
Lester Bowles
Mike) Pearson
Oxford
Washington
Wiliam Lyon Mackenzie King
King
Mr. St. Laurent
Paris
United Nations
London
Commonwealth
P.M
St. Laurent
Pearson
commons
Ontario
Algoma East
Thomas Farquhar
senate
Pearson development
Liberal party
Wiliam Kaye Lamb
Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Dominion
Gustave Lanctot
Toronto
Chicago
University of Toronto
Budget Cuts and Higher Taxes Proposed in France
Premier Henri Queuille won approval to form a centrist government after a 351 to 196 assembly vote. He outlined a budget reduction and tax increase plan, mirroring policies of his predecessors that toppled their cabinets. De Gaulle supporters urged elections, but Queuille vowed to address finances first.
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PARIS
Henri Quewlle
France
national assembly
Queuille
Andre Marie
Robert Schuman
Charles De Gaulle
De Gaullists
himslf
Schuman
Mane
Mouvement Republicein Populaire
De Gaulle
Bergman Visits Domremy Birthplace in Honorary Wave
Ingrid Bergman, famed for playing St Joan of Arc, visited the birthplace of the French heroine in Domremy. She was named an honorary citizen of the town in a ceremony reported from Nancy France on September 11.
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NANCY
France
Ingrid Bergman
St. Joan of Arc
Domremy
Miss Bergman
Left Hand Corner Farm Builds World’s Biggest Ferry Dock
The Left Hand Corner Farm in New Brunswick hosts a massive dock project costing 3 million dollars with at least 1 million more needed. The structure, built from concrete cribs launched from Puswash Nova Scotia, will form a 759 foot causeway and breakwater to link Cape Tormentine and Borden Prince Edward Island, with the Abequcit ferry plying ice conditions and wash.
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Cape Tormentine
Borden
PEW
Prince Edward Island
feef
Canada
Pus‘wash
Jong
Causenay and plier
Wallace Receives Roaring Ovation At Yankee Stadium
New York September 11 G Henry Wallace returned from a southern tour to a 48000 strong crowd at Yankee Stadium. Sponsors hailed the rally as the largest paid political gathering in U S history. Wallace praised unsegregated peaceful meetings and urged the United States to lead in peaceful Europe.
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NEW YORK
Henry A. Wallace
Yankee Stadium
United
Wallace
Jong
south
Gozen
Progressive party
Berlin
United States
Europe
Geremony
Russia
lal
New Meeting With Stalin Over Berlin Diplomatic push
Western powers Britain United States and France plan to ask the United Nations to investigate Berlin if direct talks with Stalin fail They would seek an immediate new Moscow meeting with Stalin to reach a settlement The Security Council or General Assembly could take up the matter with the council meeting in Paris September 75 and the assembly opening six days later Key issues include Soviet veto over currency decisions and the Berlin blockade The three envoys Louis W Douglas Rene Maszigit and Sir William Strang carry the instructions The Moscow talks would be the third involving Stalin Continue on Page Two.
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Britain
United States
France
United Nations
Berlin
Russia
Moscow
Stalin
security council
general assembly
Paris
sould
Louis W. Douglas
Rene Maszigit
William Strang
foreign office
Molotov
Calgary Fire Destroys Two-Storey Block in $410000 Blaze
A fierce Friday night fire in Calgary destroyed a two storey brick building, with losses totaling $410,000. The Canadian Fairbanks Morris Co. main office, the Electrical Contracting and Machine Co. shop, and a Bowser Co. gas pump suffered extensive damage. Fire started in paint remover near 5:39 pm as about 50 staff prepared to leave, injuring no one. Inventory losses exceeded $200,000 for Fairbanks-Morse and $60,000 for the machine shop, with plumbing and gas pump losses also noted. rebuild costs projected above $90,000. The blaze, among the largest in three years, consumed the building owned by W. S. Cooper.
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CALGARY
Ninth Avenue West
Fairbanks-Morse Co. Ltd
Electrical Contracting and Machine Co
A. J. Shrubsall Plumbing
5S. E. Bowser Co. Ltd
Fairbanks-Morse
W. 8. Cooper
92 P.C. Estimated Federal Surplus in Five Months
Ottawa report shows 92 percent of the projected 1948-69 surplus accumulated in the first five months. The federal treasury records a 454.315 million dollar surplus from April 1 to August 31, up from 443.952 million for the same period last year. The year’s deficit was 8 million dollars.
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P.C
OTTAWA
C.P
Abbott
federal treasury
Coalition In Manitoba Faces Crisis Over Nomination
Winnipeg Sept 11 Manitoba eight year coalition government heads toward crisis as Liberals and Progressive Conservatives clash over the Minnedosa by election nomination of S Rungay as Liberal candidate for superstor to PC M E Rut ledge. Unwritten coalition pact limits party opposition in single member seats, but a special meeting may address what PC officials call a double gross maneuver.
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C.P
Manitoba
Minnedosa
Hr. S. Rungay
Neudale
Man
E. J. Rutledge
Mr. Rungay
tve
Rungay
J. A. Burgess
R. D. Guy, Jr
Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba
boen
Paving Alta Route Promised by Blackmore and Gardiner
Federal Minister James Gardiner urged a national coast to coast highway as Alberta MP John H Blackmore announced Alberta would finish its section of the trans Canada highway by 1950. The Nelson banquet marked the On to Nelson caravan and the formation of the Southern Trans-Canada Highway Association with E R McFarland elected president.
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Perley
Dominion
Blackmore
Alberta
GEORGE YACKULIC NESS
B.C
James G. Gardiner
Southern Trans-Canada Highway Association
Canada
United States
John H.,Blackmore
Lethbridge
Gardiner
Dominion of Canada
Bas
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banqnet
civic auditorium
Winnipeg
Brandon
Regina
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Medicine Het
Bow Island
Taber
Mac'eod
Crow's Nest
Fernie
Cranbrook
Nelson
Priviceton
Vancouver
Mr. Gardner
Alatka
boards of trade chambers of commerce
British Columbia
prairie provinces
Nelson territory
Nelson close
highway association
Nelson Board of Trade
Cryte WET
T. H. Waters
J. G. GARDINER
T L C Suspends Powerful Railroad Brotherhood
Ottawa dispatch reports the Tradex and Labor Congress of Canada suspended the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks for alleged links to Communism and for backing Frank Hall's absorption moves. The action targets unity with the Seafarers and Seamen unions and blocks possible rebellion at the TLC convention in Victoria. The suspension applies indefinitely to the clerks, with other unions not sanctioned.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Tradex and Labor Congress of Canada
T.LLC
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Congress
dig International
Frank Walk
Canadian Seamen's Union
T.LC
Canadian Lake Seamen's Union
Seafarers’ International Union
AP L
Western Europe agrees on first year of US aid program
Paris on September 11 reports western Europe nations reached a milestone in mutual recovery efforts by agreeing on intra European aid divisions totaling (gulp) 4 79 000 000 dollars of United States funds. The plan sets currency exchange details and aligns national programs with aid allotments for the first year, Britain receiving the largest share at 1 273 000 000 dollars and France next with 89 000 000.
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Europe
aulestone
United States
council of the Fauropean economic co-operation organization
American Economic Co-operation Administration
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Norway
Turkey
Triste
Teeland
MEETING ON BERLIN CRISIS WITH ALLIES IN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
Washington dispatch reports top British and United States officials held an extraordinary Berlin crisis session with Australia. Senator Arthur Vandenberg joined Secretary of State Marshall and British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks in talks stressing policy unity on the crisis.
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United States
Arthur Varderberg
Berlin
Aussia
Marshal
Vandenberg
Oliver Franks
HYDERABAD
INDIA
Reuters
Secunderabad
New Delhi
VTIAWA
ST. JOHNS
NOMA
Newfoundland
Ottawa
BURMA
RANGOON
Sunna
Sao Shwe Thalike
National Council of the Baking Industry
AMSTERDAM
Blaufries
Europe
Amsterdams
MANILA
Camiguin
United States Army
Hibokhitok
U.S
Raws
Korea
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Railroad Brotherhood
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