Packinghouse Strike Talks Under Way In Toronto Meet
Representatives from eight provinces gathered at Ontario government buildings to seek a settlement for a nationwide packinghouse workers strike led by United Packinghouse Workers of America. The meeting discussed a common conciliator and potential annual interprovincial talks, with no progress disclosed and statements planned through the weekend.
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Ontario
British Columbia
Daley
United Packinghouse Workers of America
C.I.O
industy
Canada
Swift's
Burns
Prince Edward Island
J. W. McKinnon
Nova Scotia
Currie
New Brunswick
N. D. Cochrane
Quebec
Barrette
O. O'Con
Beaver Teeth Give Beaver Cutting Edge Explained
A Toronto radiography technician analyzed beaver skull radiographs from the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology to explain how upper and lower incisor teeth act as powerful cutting tools. The incisors are deeply anchored, wear down from woodwork, and continuously grow to sustain dam building.
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Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology
Toronto
Jews Kill 4 Policemen in Tel Aviv Armored Car Robbery
A band of Hebrew-speaking gunmen attacked an armored car outside Barclay's Bank on Allenby Road in Tel Aviv. Four British constables were killed and a bank official was assaulted as robbers escaped with money. The blast from a bomb nearby and a grenade in the melee drew in many bystanders and security forces. Two robbers were believed wounded as the getaway jeep fled with sacks of cash, one sack later recovered.
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JERUSALEM
Tel Aviv
Barclay’s Bank
Allenby Road
Palestinian Economic Corporation
Jaffa
Sarona
Rain Making Bomb Plan For New Brunswick Power Shortage
Bathurst Air Services proposed bombing clouds over Gloucester County using dry ice to induce rain and relieve a drought tied power shortage affecting Bathurst's paper mills. The plan cites John Lawson Greenham's idea and notes atmospheric conditions must be favorable for success.
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Nepistgult
United States
John Lawson Greenham
Halifax
Nepisi¢uit
Bath
Bath[ae Paper and Power Company
G. C. Mersereau
Bathurst Air Services, Limited
New Brunswick
Mersereau
Gloucester County
Regina man confesses to killing Owen Sound child
A Regina born man, Fred Bussey 22, confessed to the slaying of 11 year old Betty Playford in Owen Sound Ontario last weekend in the Montreal Herald office in front of witnesses. He claimed sole responsibility and was handed over to homicide detectives. A second man previously claimed to be a slayer in recent months.
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ONTREAL
C.P
Regina
Montreal Herald
Betty Playford
Owen Sound
Ont
Herald
Fred Bussey
Bussey
the
navy
Harry Davis
Louis Bercovitch
Harold Gardner
YM. C.A
rt m
court house
United States
Georges Allain
homicide bureau
C F A Proposes Subsidy Plan to Aid Canadian Farmers
At Kelowna meet the Canadian Federation of Agriculture urged the federal government to subsidize relief while lifting coarse grain price controls and to set up a Dominion export control board to move livestock to the United States. They called for removing slaughter limits, pushing for U S demand to ease the packing-house strike and reduce feed shortages.
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KELOWNA
B.C
Canada
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Dominion export control board
United States
federation
ing
packing house
George Ross
Aden
Alta
Canadian Beef Council
U.S
Dominion natural products
Calgary Baby Dies After Truck Wheel Runover
Calgary police report Garry Diegel aged 8 months was killed at 11 a.m. Thursday when the rear wheel of a milk truck driven by Renton B. Brown of Forest Lawn ran over him as he played in front of his home. The tragedy adds to this year’s fatal traffic accidents.
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CALGARY
C.P
Garry Diegel
Renton B. Brown
Forest Lawn
Snakebite victim improves in Kentucky rites incident
Faye Nolan, 12, injured by a venomous snake during a snake-handling cult ceremony in Harlan, Kentucky, was reported improving. Health officer Dr. S. L. Ancelman, allowed by the mother to examine but not treat the wound, said the girl might live but would likely lose her hand.
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HARLAN, Ky
Faye Nolan
5. L. Ancelman
Saudi delegate Faisal addresses UN assembly at Flushing Meadows
At Flushing Meadows N Y Prince Faisal permanent Saudi delegate spoke to the general assembly. Hector McNeil of Great Britain shot back at Vishinsky calling him a warmonger and warned that Russia’s UN policy could bring war.
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Prince Faisal
Saudi Arabia
United Nations
general assembly
Flushing Meadows
N.Y
Vishinsky
U.S
England
Hector McNeil
Great Britain
Russia
Seek Closer Union Liaison TLC and CCL at 62nd convention
Hamilton Ont September 26 The Trades and Labor Congress and the Canadian Congress of Labor pushed closer relations at the TLC annual convention. Proposals included joint programs with the federal government, unity through mutual action and eliminating poaching between unions. The conference also addressed Communist resolutions and a resignation by Pat Sullivan of the Canadian Seamen's Union.
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HAMILTON
Ont
Canada
Trades and Labor Congress
Canadian Congress of Labor
T.L.C
TLC
head of labour unity
labor
Winnipeg and District Labor Council
Toronto
London
Cape Breton
Victoria
British Columbia
C.C.L
J. A
Pat) Sullivan
More Coal For More Food Policy Fails In Ruhr
In the Ruhr Germany a coal hungry solution—more food to boost coal output—fails to satisfy British officials and German workers. Disputes spread among Allied zones with shortages fueling black markets and distrust in the mark. Workers barter for food while authorities struggle with supply and registration schemes.
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ORTMUND
Germany
Ruhr
Britain
control commission
Josef Klaus
Duesseldorf steel
J. J. Kersken
ministry of economics
Duesseldorf
Dortmund
Britain to withdraw from Palestine and push UN role
Britain announced it will withdraw from Palestine at an early date and will not enforce a partition plan alone. Colonial Secretary Creech Jones said some other authority must enforce the UN recommendation as the Ad Hoc committee prepared further submissions. The move signals Britain will exit Palestine and avoid unilateral partition by force.
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C.P
Britain
United Nations
Palestine
U.N
U.N. special Palestine committee
Arthur Creech-Jones
soo
SIGNIFIANUE
SAAR
Palestone
lalone
Emil Sandstrom
Sweden
Jamal Husseini
Emmanuel Neumann
Jewish agency
Canada to Discuss Trade With Egypt
Cairo reports Canada plans a first time official trade mission to Egypt led by James MacKinnon, to discuss bilateral commerce after Canada supplied two locomotives and amid a historic trade imbalance favoring Canada. Trade talks follow Egypt and Canada statistics as Britain's sterling policy unsettles imports and exports.
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Canada
Egypt
CAIRO
Reuters
James MacKinnon
South Africa
MacKinnon
ministry of commerce and industry
Britain
ministry of finance
Police raid ends with parking tickets for officers
State police ended a gambling raid sequence in Bridgeport by leaving their patrol cars outside the county courthouse. On returning to release prisoners, the officers found their cars tagged for illegal parking by the beat cop, prompting a noted irony in enforcement.
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BRIDGEPORT
Conn
Withdrawal From Korea Proposal Shocks Joint Commission
Russian Gen. T. F. Shtikov proposes simultaneous withdrawal of American and Russian troops from Korea at the start of 194% The idea comes as the joint commission fails to draft a provisional unified government for Korea amid deep American and Soviet divisions The US delegation led by Maj. Gen. Albert Brown and Lt-Gen. John R. Hodge declined comment as the UN General Assembly was asked to address the Korean question following a Soviet rejection of a conference invitation
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SEOUL
Korea
T. F. Shtikov
Shtikov
joint commission
John R. Hodge
United States
South Korea
Albert Brown
United Nations General Assembly
America
China
Great Britain
Kores
Sugar Factory Starts Annual Fall Campaign
Picture Butte sugar factory began its annual fall campaign on Friday with officials present. The run is expected to continue into the new year as production proceeds and operations are kept going with beer deliveries to support the plant.
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ISLAVIA
BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
kucoslry
Trieste
SUGAR FACTORY
BUITE HNS
Butte sugar factory
Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd
EDMONTON
Alberta
Crass
Rockford
CALGARY
BUSSEY
MONTREAL
C.F
Fred Bussey
Regina
Betty Playford
Owen Sound
WASHINGTON
Anderson
commodity exchange
United States
OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
Britain
HANKFURT
A.P
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Crystal Lake
Sturgis
nell-Maher
J. B. Metzler
Manitoba
Smith
Williams
W. EK. Bryden
labor minster
Gerhart
J. Lennon
J. Walter Jones
Prince
C.F.A
NORMAN CRIBBENS
Arthur Creech Jones
Palestine Committee
mpasa
Ueeeny
United Kingdom
southwest
Africa
Boris Stein
Southwest Africa
League of Nations
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