US Plans Drive to Ease Western Food Shortage
Secretary Marshall calls home top advisers to report on Europe needs. Clayton and Douglas to return from Paris talks as Myron Tay lor heads home with Vatican insights. Paris conference seeks about 22.44 billion dollars in outside aid to restore Europe by 1951, with calls for immediate wheat allocations.
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Associated Press
ASHINGTONR
Marshall
western Europe
United States
William L. Clayton
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
Myron C. Taylor
Truman
Vatican
Pius
Europe
congress
Robert A. Lovett
Henri Bonnet
Baron Silvercruys
Worthington Bids Farewell to Canadian Army
Major General F F Worthington retires September 30 after 33 years with Canada’s Western Command. He thanked soldiers and civilians at a Calgary press conference and hinted at future plans to live in Vancouver and promote defense integration and new weapons.
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CALGARY
F. F. Worthington
C.B
Canada
Western Command
Vancouver
Norwegian Arctic survivors return from drift after alarm
Six crewmembers of the schooner Enigheten survive a nine month Arctic drift and reach land after a five day lifeboat voyage from Spitzbergen. Negotiations between Russian and Norwegian authorities lead to their repatriation, with two crew members dead.
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ers
Arctic
Kirkenes
Norway
Spitzbergen
faust
land
Police Dump Postwar Firearm Collection In Long Island Sound
New York reports the police department will dump 328 340 slugs and discs from subway turnstiles since 1943 into Long Island Sound. The haul also includes 3154 pistols and revolvers 467 machine guns rifles and shotguns 2041 air and spring rifles 838 toy pistols and 1316 other weapons including knives swords and brass knuckles.
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NEW YORK
Long Island Sound
police department
Canadians Lose Tourist Trade Amid Infrastructure Woes
At the 13th annual Canadian Association of Travel and Publicity Bureaux meeting in Charlottetown D Leo Dolan of the Canadian Travel Bureau warned the industry must improve highways cuisine hotel reservations ground services by airlines and rail to sustain growth of about 235 million this year. Delegates urged longer seasons better lodging and expanded tourism education initiatives. Dolan said expansion hinges on swift reforms as travelers will not accept prewar standards any longer. Victoria's Edwin G Rewebottom credited the government with strong promotion while urging provinces to share the burden.
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D. Leo Dolan
Canadian travel bureau
Canadian Association of Travel and Publicity
association
Dolan
Edwin G. Rewebottom
Victoria
British Columbia
Dominion
Mechanic Convicted of Kidnap Rape Assault in New York
Adolph Kulikauskas, 26, was convicted in New York of kidnapping rape and assault after using his car to lure and harm women. Sentencing set for October 15 with a minimum term of 12 to 13 years.
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NEW YORK
Adolph Kulikauskas
Last P.O.W. Camp To Close Oct. 14
The last United States operated prisoner of war camp on German soil at Dachau will close on October 14, according to United States army headquarters. Dachau served as a transit camp for prisoners from other occupation zones or outside Germany.
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FRANKFURT
Germany
Reuters
United States
Dachau
United States army
Reed opposes further aid to Britain in interview
Senator Clyde M. Reed of Kansas criticized additional loans to Britain as fantastic noting its miners will not mine coal. He said he would not vote another cent for aid and argued Britain is putting its economic house in order including labor.
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KANSAS CITY
Clyde M. Reed
Britain
Great Britain
UN Meetings To Continue In New York Headquaters
UN sessions resume at Lake Success Long Island with six standing committees to sit today The political committee will handle most charged issues Canadian delegation members participate on all standing and special Palestine and headquarters committees The plenary sessions ended yesterday after a week of bitter debates between the United States and Russia and the GL item agenda was approved for the rest of the session Vishniac is noted in the text Continued on Page two.
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LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
C.P
United Nations
Long Island
general assembly
Flushing
assembly
Palestine
United States
Russia
Andrei Vishnn
United Nations plans £375 million aid fund for children
London reports that a United Nations appeal aims to raise £375,000,000 for emergency relief to children, pregnant and nursing mothers without discrimination. Michael Lubbock says initial appeal will seek voluntary one day’s pay, with groundwork through national committees and four qualifying aid categories across devastated countries.
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LONDON
Reuters
United Nations
Michael Lubbock
European regione
U.N.A.C
UWNLAC
U.N.BRAA
United States
international children’s emergency fund
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Open Market To U S During Strike Is Aim
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture backs early settlement of the packing house strike and urges arbitration. It calls for emergency measures including a Dominion export control board to move livestock to the United States at prior week prices, lifting livestock sale restrictions, and minimal health rules while warning of heavy losses to farmers if the strike continues. It also favors continued feed price ceilings and a more generous immigration policy to ease farm labor shortages.
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KELOWNA
B.C
C.P
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Canada
Okamagan Valley
federation
U.S
Dominion export control board
United States
Canada Packers
Burns
Swift
arily
Slay Suspect Questioning Shocks Owen Sound
In Owen Sound Ontario a 52 year old transient linked to the Betty Playford case is questioned after arrest in Montreal. Police confirm he was in the area while murder details emerge as Ontario investigators review possible ties. The killing prompted calls for liquor law enforcement in outlying districts.
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OWEN SOUND
Ont
Georgian Bay
Betty Playford
Montreal
T. H. Carson
A. McLeod
criminal investigation branch
Ontario
Toronto
Filipino Man Throws Japanese War Crim inal Through Window
In Manila on Sept 24 Captain Shizuo Nakano was hurled from a courtroom window by Teodorico Saragario former mayor of Dis marinas Cavite who claimed Nakano ordered his torture in 1944. Nakano survived the fall and offered no resistance as the attack occurred during his war crimes trial.
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MANILA
Shizuo Nakano
Nakano
Teodorico Saragario
Dismarinas
Cavite
Ship Collision Near Brockville Claims Multiple Lives
A collision between the oil tanker Translake and the coal carrier Milverton about one mile down the St Lawrence river near Brockville left one man dead and a second believed killed. Second mate William Robertson of Toronto died on arrival at hospital. a third engineer F Dobson of Montreal was unconfirmed as dead. Many Milverton crew injured or treated. Translake crew unhurt.
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TROQUOES
Ont
Trans~ lake
Milverton
St. Lawrence river
here
Sarnia
Colonial Steamships Limited
Port Colborne
F. Dobson
Montreal
William Robertson
Toronto
Translake
tenal
Trarslake
Transit Tankers and Terminals Ltd
Moverton
Saris
Colonial Steamship
Trains Misread Orders in Dugald Wreck Inquiry
Winnipeg hearing into the Labor Day Dugald Man rail wreck continues as investigators probe why the Canadian National special failed to take a siding. Eleven killed and others injured after the westbound passenger and the campers’ special collided at Dugald station near Winnipeg.
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WINNIPEG
board of transport conniingstoners
Dugald
Man
Canadian National Railways
sampers
Minaki
Ont
Provinces courted for Toronto packinghouse strike talks
Five provinces have signalled will send labor ministers or representatives to a Toronto conference on settling the 10 day old nationwide packinghouse workers strike. Saskatchewan and Ontario plan attendance. British Columbia Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island undecided. Quebec workers at Legrade and La Co-Operative Federee stayed away in sympathy.
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Ontario
Toronto
Drew
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scottia
Hart
Macdonald
Nova Scotia
REGINA
TC. Douglas
C. C. Wiliams
W. K. Bryden
Douglas
United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.O
Swift Canadian
Canada Packers
Burns and Company
La Co-Operative Federee and
Legrade Incorporee
Robin Hood myth used in meat theft case in Baltimore
In Baltimore on September 24 1937 William Best a 55 year old man pleaded guilty to stealing a smoked shoulder valued at 350 from a market. He cited high prices and a desire to feed hungry people saying he planned to give sandwiches to those in need. He received a 90 day jail sentence.
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BALTIMORE
Robin Hunt
William Best
Taft Defends Taft Hartley as Hecklers Interrupt Speech
Senator Robert Taft told a Seattle audience last night that protests by a small minority of hecklers and apparent Communist-linked critics would help Republicans win the next election. He urged tax cuts to ease living costs while dealing with labor leaders who attacked the Taft Hartley act. Taft was briefly injured when a car door closed on his hand amid a rail station protest.
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SEATTLE
Robert Taft
Qhiel
Taft
boone
Wilbur Zandel
Young Men's Republican Club
O'Sullivan Buys Canol Pipeline from U S Government
Frank O'Sullivan of Lethbridge and American associates acquire the Canol Pipeline from Fort Normin to Whitehorse in the Northwest Territories. The deal aims to salvage steel pipe and includes pipe equipment and buildings. Kulka Steel and Equipment Company of Alliance, Ohio, is a partner in the purchase.
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Frank O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan Construction Company
Lethbridge
N.W.T
Fort Normin
Whitehorse
U.S
She Herald
Mr. O'Sullivan
Edmonton
Kulka Steel and Equipment Company
Alliance
Ohio
B C Beef Growers Urge Strike Settlement
The British Columbia Beef Cattle Growers Association urged federal government action to aid packinghouse workers amid a strike. The report notes the push comes as labor disputes affect agricultural processing in the region.
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B.C
KAMLOOFS
C.P
British Columbia Beef Cattle Growers Association
BANK CALEDON EAST
Ont
Imperial Bank of Canada
Toronto
DON
Blantyre
Scotland
PAKISTAN
YEMEN
U.N. LARE
A.P
United Nations assembly
U.N
BUCKY HARRIS
NEW YORK
Hants
Eng
J. H. Green
Vancouver
Spitfire
CALCUTTA
Reuters
George Truman
Clifford Evans
United States army
Dum Dum
Karachi
Bangoom
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St. Agnes hospital
Bruce
Joan
Donald
Tommy
Brockville
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trafic
Ted
John R. Gibson
Labor
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Senator Taft
O'Sullivan
Canol Pipeline
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