Noranda Mines faces strike over wage demands in Quebec
Noranda Mines, Ltd in Noranda Quebec saw 2,350 steelworkers walk out after talks collapsed in Toronto. About 1,600 Noranda miners and 750 Timmins workers joined the strike over hours, pay raise, and check off with no disturbances reported at Noranda. The dispute may affect ore processing at six Timmins mines.
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Noranda, Que
Noranda Mines, Ltd
Canada
United Steelworkers of America
Cio-Ccl
Timmins
Noranda
C. E. Anderson
Toronto
Quebec
Gaspard Fauteux
Norranda
Senior Citizens Club Faces Executive Walkout Over President
Stormy meeting in city council chambers ends with the executive resigning except for Mrs. Susan McArthur and two absentees. A new club under a different name is planned while disputes over a $4000 city grant and a clubhouse continue.
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Senior Citizens’ Club
Susan McArthur
T. W. Daniel
McArthur
anti-McArthur
Gust
James Briggs
John Fitzgerald
Fred Dulmage
Briggs
Missing doctor and four nurses spark Lake Ontario search
A doctor and four nurses vanish in a speedboat on Lake Ontario near Kingston. Royal Canadian Air Force planes sweep the lake as authorities pursue the missing persons.
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Kingston
Ont. CP
Lake Ontario
RCAF
Edgar Sanders Arrives in London After Release
Edgar Sanders, a British businessman released Tuesday from a 314 year Hungarian prison, arrived in London by air from Vienna with his wife and three daughters. He waved to a crowd, looked pale yet smiled, and called his release a good trip as he spoke to reporters at the customs hall.
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London
Reuters
Edgar Sanders
Vienna
Sanders
Court orders Macleans May provide sources in libel case
Vancouver court orders Macleans Magazine and Blair Fraser to disclose source information for the Feb 15 1952 article. Gor don Wismer former British Columbia attorney general sues for damages and asserts the publication’s inquiries into truth of statements. Fraser had refused to answer during discovery but must reveal sources under the judge’s ruling.
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Vancouver
N. W. Whittaker
Maclean’s
Blair Fraser
Ottawa
Gordon
Wismer
British Columbia
Fraser
B. C
Toronto
Supreme Court
Justice Whittaker
Weather shift brings showers to Alberta region
Cooler unsettled weather returns as a Pacific disturbance moves east of the mountains Sunday. Cloudy skies and showers affect the Peace River, central and northern Alberta, with highs 65 to near 70. Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan see milder changes with 70 to 75. Medicine Hat sees sun today with cloudy Sunday and light winds turning west then northwest.
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Edmonton
Peace River
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Industrials and Oils Fall Sharply in North American Markets
Canadian stock markets paused with sharp drops in midweek led by industrials and western oils on Wall Street and in Toronto. Traders cited overproduction and easy commodity prices, though profits for 24 industrial firms rose 2.1 percent. Massey-Harris climbed on merger news with Ferguson Companies as New York demand waned then steadied.
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Gordon Mackinnon
Toronto
Wall Street
Montreal
Watt and
Watt
Financial Post
United States
U.S
Massey-Harris Common
Ferguson Companies
Massey
New York
Rails
Smilestones and a Tramp Dream of a Car
A humorous dialogue captures a housewife questioning a beggar about contentment while the tramp asserts he would indeed like a car. The exchange hints at material longing and social contrasts in a light, entertainments tone.
Peace Brings Freedom Three Albertans Among Unreturned Prisoners
A Canadian prisoner exchange update shows sixteen Canadians released in Operation Big Switch, with many still unaccounted for. The list includes Cpl. Joseph Pelletier and others, while families in Calgary and beyond await fuller results. The tally reflects 12 of 18 prisoners freed and 4 of 27 missing freed, leaving ongoing uncertainty for relatives.
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Ottawa
Korea
Reds
Cpl
Joseph Pelletier
Chatham
Ont
Gnr
Orval, Jenkins
Hamilton
Pte
Thomas Rothwell
Dundas
Charles Owen Jr
Vancouver
H. H. Brooks
Regina
Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
New Brunswick
John N. Burak
Elizabeth Sayko
Calgary
Donald P. Hastings
Elsie Hastings
William E. Johnstone
Elba Johnstone
Strike Avoided As British Columbia Lumber Operators Reach Terms
Marginal lumber operators in coastal British Columbia agreed to a $1.49 hourly contract with employees on the eve of a strike vote. The 14 cent wage increase matches a prior deal with 126 other operators. About 32,000 woodworkers were in the dispute, with 1,500 IWA members at 22 marginal operations facing a vote today and Monday.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Forest Industrial Relations Ltd
International Woodworkers of America
CIOM
John Billings
FIR
IWA
Morocco Arabs React To Sultan's Forced Exile
In Rabat, Arab chiefs and religious leaders greet the new French-backed sultan Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa. France dethroned Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef and exiled him to Corsica. UN bloc urged urgent security council session. Rabat remains under tight military control with a curfew lifted.
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Rabat
Morocco
Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Corsica
Imperial Palace
Marrakech
Ben Youssef
United Nations
New York
UN Security Council
France
Howe says Canada may sell about 100000 tons wheat to Britain
Trade Minister Howe on holiday at New Brunswick coast says Canada expects to ship about 100000 tons of wheat to Britain this year. He notes Britain’s buyers are likely to follow the International Wheat Agreement price range and that current stocks are being released to private users.
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New Brunswick
Britain
IWA
North America
Atlantic Coast
Lakehead
Prairies
TLC Kicks Out Communist Union in Canada
The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada suspends the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union of British Columbia and vows to purge communist leadership. The move ends a long drive against Reds in the TLC leaving only minor pockets of influence. Suspended leaders include Homer Stevens whose pro-Communist stance is cited as a factor.
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Ottawa
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Canada
United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union of
British Columbia
TLC
B.C
Homer Stevens
Stevens
Dionne Quintuplet Marie May Enter Convent in November
Quebec reports Marie Dionne ne, sister of the five famous quins, plans to join the Servants du Tres Saint Sacrement in a contemplative life. Entrance requires postulancy and novitiate with strict cloister rules and limited outside contact under local archbishop authority.
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Quebec
Marie Dionne
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Emilie
Servants du Tres Saint Sacrement
Servants of the Holy Sacrament
France
Marie Alexandre
Marie
Olivia Dionne
The
Quints
St. Pascal
Papl
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Traq
Fazollah Zahedi
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Hussein Fatemi
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Prince Rupert, B.C
Alf Smith
Sydney
Australia
Wooraera
Sydney Sunday Herald
Saskatoon
University of Manitoba
Andrei Vyshinsky
U.N
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South Korea
Sultan
Abd el Kebir
Howe
T.L.C
Communist Union
Omer Als
Sta Oos
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