Prolonged Meat Strike Inevitable
Prolongation of the country wide strike threatens more plant closures in Canada as 12 000 workers idle at the Big Three meat packers vote to extend the walkout to 3 500 more at independents. Wages demand 17 34 cents an hour vs Swift three cent raise and five cent hikes at others. Britain faces reduced bacon imports and a potential ration shortage while talks and political blame swirl in Canada. Sir William Strang to head British delegation to Washington on dollar costs of occupying Germany.
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United Packinghouse Workers of America
CEA
Canada
Swift Canadian
Canada Packers and Burny and Company
Swift
Britain
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
U.P.W.A
Claire Gulis
C.C.F
Cape Breton South
Minto
N.B
C.CF
York- Sunbury
Gillis
G.B
LONDON
Reuters
William Strang
Germany
Washington
Left Hand Corner looks to end at Devil's Island
The Left Hand Corner, 19, joined the French Salvation Army with the aim to aid the abolition of the Devil's Island penal colony in French Guiana. Now most liberated convicts have been repatriated, 2718 still serve terms before transfer to a French prison, and the colony’s closure proceeds slowly despite wartime interruptions.
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Salvation Army
Devil's Island
French Guiana
France
South America
equator
Devil’s Island
Napoleon Ilies
Pean
Bowe CHARLES
Arabs vow to fight against Jewish state at UN
A spokesman for the Arab world told the United Nations Palestine Committee that Arabs would shed the last drop of blood in the fight against the Jewish state. The statement was delivered at Lake Success, New York, on September 30.
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LAKE SUCCESS
United Nations Palestine committee
Economic Czar opposes Jewish state in Holy Land stance
A speech by Jamal Husseini, nephew of the ex Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, for the Arab higher committee lasts over an hour. The UN report on partition triggers Middle East tension. Debates cover Russia veto threats, Greece-Balkan issues, Canada Ukrainian worker charges, and Palestine committee timing. General steering group eyes procedure streamlining. Hartley Shawcross praises Escott Reid’s leadership and urges immediate general assembly action.
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Holy Land
Jamal Husseini
Jerusalem
Arab higher committee
U.N
Palestine
Middle East
Russia
Italy
security council
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
France
Yvon Delbos
United States
Albania
Yugoslavia
Canada
L. Rene Beaudoin
Ukraine
P. Demchenko
Ludger Dionne
Europe
Jewish agency of Palestine
comrdattee
Escott Reid
Hartley Shawcross
general assembly
Premier George Drew Attacks Communism in Ontario Speech
Ontario Premier George Drew denounced communism calling every Communist disloyal to a free system and arguing they would favor Russia if loyalty were tested. The Sept 30 briefing notes record his forceful condemnation during a vigorous address in Toronto.
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TORONTO
George Drew
Ontario
Russia
Second Blast In Jerusalem
In Jerusalem an explosion outside an Arab shop near Jaffa Gate caused an eight minute general alarm with no reported casualties. Police suspect the attack aimed to intimidate Arab shop owners breaking a boycott with Jews amid recent regional violence. Simultaneously an Egypt Express derailment near Haifa caused no injuries. Humanitarian ship movements and blockade attempts feature in the broader unsettled scene.
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JERUSALEM
Jaffa
Haifa
Cairo-Haifa
jine
Palestine
Northlands
Paducah
Despite
Royal Navy
Holding His Own Kamloops Fireman Survives Train Wreck
Kamloops authorities report Leslie Dr. Hallmark the lone survivor of the Canadian National Railways wreck 37 miles east of Kamloops. Three Indian boys and two other train men died in the disaster. He is described as holding his own.
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KAMLOOPS
B.C
Leslie DR. Hallmark
Canadian National Railways
here
Cripps Becomes Britain's Economic Boss In 6.8
Sir Stafford Cripps, once outlawed by Labour, is named chief economic planner with authority second only to Prime Minister Attlee. He gains extraordinary powers in economic affairs, reshaping the cabinet balance and guiding production and export as the nation faces an economic crisis.
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LONDON
Stafford Cripps
Labor party
Britain
Attlee
Cripps
Chamberlain
Hugh Dalton
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
commons
lkely
Dalton perforce
Murder charges dismissed in Ontario slaying case
In Cochrane Ontario on September 30 the joint murder charges against Rocco Sisco and Roger Gauthier over the death of Toronto nurse Valari Vandebelt were dismissed after a two day preliminary hearing. Magistrate E R Tucker ruled the crown failed to produce sufficient evidence to send the case to a grand jury.
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Sisco
Silver Queen Lake
Gauthier
Miss Vandebelt
DiMaggio Sparks Five-Run Outburst in Game One
The Yankees, behind Joe DiMaggio, exploded for five runs in the fifth inning to beat the Dodgers 4 3 at Yankee Stadium in the World Series opener. Ralph Branca's bid for a no hitter was broken as Reiser and Robinson made key plays. The crowd of 73,365 witnessed a dramatic NY victory.
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Branca
ANKEE STADIUM
New York
New Yorkers
Ralph Branca
Brooklyn Dodgers
Sheas
Reiser
Bram rar Robinson
Berra
Rizmito
Robinson
Shea
DIMAGGIO
Re elect Bengough President of TLC
Hamilton September 3 Percy Bengough a Vancouver machinist was re elected unanimously today as president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada at the TLC convention during the annual election of officers in Hamilton.
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HAMILTON
Percy Bengough
Vancouver
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
TLC
Trade and Labor Congress
Re-Elected Bengough and Labour Leaders Elected
The re elected Bengough name was the sole nomination for a top post. John W Buckley of Toronto was chosen secretary treasurer to succeed J A Pat Sullivan who resigned last May Buckley has served temporarily in Sullivan's post and was unanimously approved A E Hemming declined after nomination as associate secretary treasurer No other candidates were named The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada elected Victoria as the 1948 convention city over Montreal in a 278 260 vote Victoria was chosen to host as Alex Gordon Vancouver Fishermen's Union official defeated Birt Showler for British Columbia vice president Manitoba Saskatchewan and British Columbia executives were named including Gordon Wilkinson James McDuffe J B Graham J G Griffiths S J Tabuit N B Laursen T B Ward R K Gervin J Stevenson H L Hanson and George Wickingon Talks of unity with the Canadian Congress of Labor and possible price control measures and a labour department were expected to be raised at the convention with proposals to push joint representations to the federal government in favor of labor interests.
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Bengough
John W. Buckley
Toronto
J. A.Pat Sullivan
Buckley
Sullivan
Congress
Ontario
A. E. Hemming
BERG
Carl Berg
S¢monton
the prairies
Alex Gordon
Vancouver
Prince Albert
N. B. Laursen
T. B. Ward
associa “te miomiber
British Columbia
R. K. Gervin
J. Stevenson
H. L. Hanson
Powell River
George Wickingon
Victoria
LABOR UNITY
Canadian Congress of Labor
C.C.L
congress publi
CCL
Cuban Revolt Plan Foiled Invasion Attempt
Havana authorities disclosed a 1500 member expeditionary force aiming to overthrow Dominican President Trujillo was broken up. About 360 men were captured on Guinchos Cay after fleeing a failed invasion plan. Two ships carrying another 800 men surrendered at Antill and were brought to Havana. The force included Dominicans Venezuelans and Cubans led by Orlando Masferrer who had ties to a prior conspiracy.
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HAVANA
Rafart Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Oscar Diaz
Diaz
Guinchos Cay
army
the
Cay
Genovevo Perez
Ramon Grau San Martin
Antill
Orlando Masferrer
f iom
Communist party
Cuba
Dominions unlikely to intervene in Pakistan
High London sources said Pakistan has appealed for help amid communal strife in the Indian sub-continent. Dominions are not expected to actively intervene or offer direct advice. The response from Commonwealth capitals likely favors UN counsel over Dominion involvement.
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TONDON
High London
Pakistan
United Nations
Yankee Rally Starts as Branca Yields Five Runs in Opening
A misread line shows Ralph Branca starting for the Yankees in a game where Yankee rallying began after the fifth inning. The note mentions a five-run stretch and a big gun in the lineup, reflecting a rough start for Branca and a turbulent early game.
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Ralph Branca
New York
Reprieve For B C Indian Convicted in Belize Slaying
Ottawa reports a reprieve may delay the hanging of Davis Houston a 28 year old Vancouver Indian. Houston facing execution for Beatrice Smith’s murder in a Belize Inlet logging camp had a last minute defense producing a confession purportedly signed by his father. The confession claims responsibility for the Nov 3 1946 slaying and was wired to Ottawa authorities. Houston has stood four trials with two hung juries and a retrial ordered.
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OTTAWA
Pavis Houston
Houston
justice department
Navy
Beatrice Smath
Belizé Inlet
developmets
VANCOUVER
Davis Houston
Beatrice Smith
Belize Inlet
Walter Hodgson
Okalla
Ernest Houston
Erickson 5
mumaster of
Justave
Wendell B. Farris
supreme court of Alberta
Canada Argentina elected to UN Security Council two-year terms
Canada and Argentina won 41 votes on the first UN General Assembly ballot but failed to reach the two‑thirds majority. A second ballot between Ukraine and India also fell short. The assembly adjourned as balloting continued, leaving Canada, Argentina, and a third country to be named to fill the vacancies.
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NEW YORK
Canada
security council
the
United Nations
Argentina
Ukraine
India
economic and social council
L. D. Wilgress
Switz yerland
Mosca
Wilgress
A. G. L. McNaughton
TN. atomic energy commission
Gen. McNaughton
Australia
United Kingdom
United States
Russia
France
China
Czechoslovakia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Jan Masaryk
Lethbridge man jailed for forgery in Edmonton case
Louis Kitt of Lethbridge admitted ten prior convictions for similar offences in Calgary and Edmonton and was sentenced to 13 months for forgery after pleading guilty to forging an Edson man’s name on four cheques totaling 105 dollars in August.
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LETHBRIDGE
EDMONTON
C.P
Louis Kitt
Calgary
A. E. Millar
Mitt
Edson
R. C. Vaughan
Canadian National Railways
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Gainers Ltd
B.C
VANCOUVER
British Columbia
National Association of Marine Engineers
Canadian Pacific Steamships
marine engineers
Kenneth A. Buil
Byll
Edmonton-Fort Saskatcheewin
Norris W. Jenkins
Doune Lineker
ALBERTA
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YANKEES
Solon Low
Solon E. Low
Flushing
Louis St. Laurent
J. L. Ilssey
W. A. Tucker
Joseph Bradette
Low
Cardston
Stirling
Ilving
Dominion
Social Credit
Peace River
Economic Czar
SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS
NAME CRIPPS
Brooklyn
Behrman
Casey
Edwards
Page
SER REAL DODGERS
Ed Stanky
Stanky
Lindell
T.L.C
Labor
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada today
Montreal
B.C. Indian
Father
Wisgress or McNaughton
Toro
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