Worst Meat Shortage In Canada Strikes Peak
The Canadian Press reports Canada faces what may be the worst meat shortage in history as 21 major packing houses shut amid a wage dispute with the United Packinghouse Workers of America. The union seeks about 17 cents more per hour, with a basic rate up to 92 cents, affecting Swift Canadian, Canada Packers, Burns and Company, and others. Some settlements offered, others approved conciliation. the outlook remains grim with housewives warned of bare counters by midweek.
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Caray
United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.0
Swift Canadian
Canada Packers
Burns and Company
Swift
Canada ‘Packers
Burns
Ontario
Calgary
U.P.W.A
CSO
Quebec City
Montreal
Quebec
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Carnicerito, Renowned Mexican Bullfighter, Dies in Hospital
Carnicerito, a famed Mexican bullfighter whose name means Little Butcher, died in a Lisbon hospital after being gored in the ring yesterday. He sustained a 10 inch by 5 inch wound, with Miss Conchita Cintron at his bedside. Spectators compared his accident to that of Manolete, who died in Spain last August.
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LISBON
Carnicerito
Manolete
Cordoba
Spain
Conchita Cintron
Giant earthworms collected for UC and England study
The Left Hand Corner notes Victoria researchers gathering Megasco rides Australis giant earthworms for UC and the Bothampstead Agriculture Station. The specimens reach up to 11 feet, with ¾ inch diameters, emitting gurgling noises when snagged. Birds tease them from ground, yet they perish shortly after removal. An Gippsland expedition is mentioned.
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England
America
Gippsland
Slain Couple Found In High Park Car Trunk
Toronto police recovered a sash-card garrot string and Iris Scott's purse in the High Park double slaying. George Vigus, 39, and Iris Scott, 21, were found in the trunk of Vigus's car after a dinner date. Keys to the auto were found nearby, and investigators said the sash-card pieces indicate two assailants.
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iris “Scott
Toronto
George Vigus
High Park
garret George Vigus
Iris Scott
Vigus
west-end High Park
Miss Scott
Alfred Scott
Iris
George’ Vigus
Tris Scott
Toronto paper box company
Hurricane alert issued for Atlantic seaboard from Vero Beach to Cape Hatteras
The weather bureau warned at noon that a preliminary hurricane alert covers the U S Atlantic coast between Vero Beach Florida and Cape Hatteras North Carolina as a precaution. Chief Forecaster Grady Norton urged residents to monitor advisories and begin planning for a potential hurricane. no warnings yet.
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MIAMI
Fls
A.P
weather bureau
E.D.R
United States Atlantic seaboard
Vero Beach
Fila
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Grady Norton
Garland Likely To Go To Norway
OTTAWA Sept 15 The appointment of E J Garland as new Canadian minister to Norway is expected this week. This creates a full-time Canadian diplomatic post in Oslo with Garland replacing Dr Henry Laureys who has served as minister to Norway and Denmark and will move to Copenhagen as Denmark's minister. Garland was Bow River MP from 1921 to 1935 and joined External Affairs in 1940, serving for years as secretary of the Canadian high commission in Dublin.
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OTTAWA
E. J. Garland
Norway
Oslo
Garland
Henry Laureys
Denmark
Laureys
Copenhagen
Bow River
Alberta
Western game problems on agenda for tripostal meeting
Crime officials from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba will gather in Regina to discuss western game issues. Topics include wolf and coyote bounties uniform firearm regulations and fur royalties as stated by Resources Minister Phelps.
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REGINA
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Phelps
Canadian Education Association picks new leaders at Halifax meet
In Quebec on September 15 the 24th annual convention elected A R Lord, principal of the Vancouver Normal School, as president replacing B Filteau, Quebec deputy minister of education. J G Althouse of Ontario became vice president while F K Stewart of Toronto remains secretary. Swift of Alberta and Lazerte also join the board.
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QUEBEC
Canadian Education Association
A. R. Lord
Normal school
Vancouver
B. ©. Filteau
J. G. Althouse
Ontario
F. K. Stewart
Toronto
Dr. Swift
Alberta
M. E. Lazerte
Ocean excursion boat sinks off Clyde with many dead
Glasgow reports the excursion boat Ocean sank in heavy seas off the Firth of Clyde. Twenty people, mostly women or children, are dead or missing. only three of 43 aboard the 30 foot cutter survived. Five members of one family were among the missing as search resumed at dawn. John Travis, owner of the cutter, is among the missing. his wife and daughter had left before departure.
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GLASGOW
Firth of Clyde
John Travis
Port Glasgow
Travis
Japanese inmates threaten hari-kari over relocation plan
May commit hari-kari threats surfaced at a Moose Jaw Sask centre housing 58 Japanese detainees since 1946. They refuse transfer to other areas, demand return to British Columbia rather than move to a central hut as planned by the federal labor department division. In a separate note, workers tearing down the old Olympic hotel found a 15 cent per pound price tag for thoré steak.
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MOOSE JAW
Sask
federal labor department
Canada
British Columbia
MOUNT VERNON
Wash
Olympic
Centenarian in Cambridge Enjoys Cards and Tea
Mrs. Agnes Lockwood, of Cambridge England, celebrated her 100th birthday with a whiskey cigarette and a card game. Her daughter notes she loves cards so much the clock is set ahead to keep her in bed. She recently bought herself a centenary gift a new hat.
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CAMBRIDGE
England
Reuters
Agnes Lockwood
Assassination Plot Reported Across Slovakia
Prague announces a plot to overthrow President Eduard Benes and assassinate him was foiled with 80 ringleaders arrested after a Sept. 10 arrest. Slovakia found a secret radio, arms caches, and subversive literature during searches. Civil servants were among the plotters aiming to form mantos for rebellion and to target Benes and enemies. A separate item reports Leonard Roy Powell, 21, fatally injured near Wellington B C when a teen he drove was struck by a truck.
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PRAGUE
Slovakia
Eduard Benes
Vlassov
Quisling
Russian liberation army
Czechoslovak Social Democratic party
unity front
republic
Benes
NANAIMO
B.C
Leonard Roy Powell
Norwood
Man
Wellington
Peace Treaties Ratified As Allies Activate Italy Accord
Paris dispatch reports Britain France Russia and the United States deposited ratifications for the Italian peace treaty, setting midnight as the start of peace for Italy. Allied notes streamline Austria Germany and Japan pacts to follow. Two injured in Trieste rioting amid new border changes and shelling.
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PARIS
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Italy
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Moscow
Georges Bidault
Austria
Germany
Japan
Trieste
Istrian
U N General Assembly Opens with Star-Studded Delegates
The United Nations General Assembly opens in New York with leaders from 535 nations including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Andrei Vishinsky, and Dr. Herbert Evatt. The three month session promises high drama as they debate peace, displaced persons, and the veto power.
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NEW YORK
United States congress
United Nations general assembly
Union
South Africa
Pandit
ROOSEVELT
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Russia
Andrei A. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Europe
Bread and Flour Prices to Rise After Decontrol
Canadian press survey shows lifting price ceilings will drive up bread loaf costs by two to four cents, boost flour prices as subsidies end, and lift ceilings on lumber and building materials. Meat and other essentials may follow once decontrol stabilizes, with shortages and labor in building trade still hampering supply.
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Calgary
Regina
Vancouver
S. Milburn
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
St. Laurent
prices board
Board on transportation
TILL
Toronto Woman Remanded on Shooting Charge
Mrs. William Clare a 30 year old Toronto woman was remanded until Sept 22 and released on 5000 bail in police court on a manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of Cecil James Hemming a 44 year old Maple Ont resident. She reportedly gave a signed statement concerning her part in the tragedy.
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TORONTO
William Clare
Cecil James Hemming
Maple
Clare
REGINA
T. C. Douglas
Saskatchewan
YANKEES
BOSTON
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Don Kelloway
Chisox
ABERDEEN
United States army proving ground
Bush river
LOUIS-WALCOTF
aArFAIR
NEW YORK
Joe Louis
Jersey Walcott
Camden
N.J
Madison Square Garden
OTTAWA
United States
Canada
New York Herald Tribune
congress
MONTREAL
C.P
Pacifique Plante
ganghamd
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Clyde
U.N. General Assembly
Vijayilakasami Pandit
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jan Christiaan Smuts
agnt
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
assembly
Evatt
United Nations
San Francisco
Molotov
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