Paris transit, strikes spread across france with large idle workforce
Paris metro and 300 buses ran as the fifth day of a national transport strike persisted. About 750,000 workers nationwide were idle and 500,000 miners voting on joining the stoppage for higher wages.
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Reuters
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Paris Transport Corporation
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France
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Lyon
Ce Soir Today
Alberta Legislature Debates Hospitalization and Taxes
The Alberta legislature gave first reading to a bill funding 1 392 900 toward public ward hospitalization for hospital districts with a $1 a day scheme. Government to boost grants from 2 335 000 to 3 727 000 for per diem care. Bourcier, newly shifted to opposition, urged tax cuts as government faces pressure amid talks on oil leases and public works contracts.
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Social Credit
A V. Bourcier
Sc—Iiac
Ste. Anne
Bourcier
H. J. MacDonald
Cal
Gary
The
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Long Guay Murder Trial Nearing End
The Jo Albert Guay murder trial nears its end after 13 days and about 89 crown witnesses. Prosecutors allege Guay engineered the Sept 9 crash for 10 000 insurance on his wife and a young waitress. the defence calls witnesses to doubt the case. Judge Sevigny adjourned proceedings until Monday after brief arguments.
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Quebec
Jo Albert Guay
Albert Sevigny
Guay
Silence and Nattering MPs Spark Parliamentary Critique
Ottawa report rails at throne speech debate as MPs lounge in lobbies and read speeches. The piece criticizes the private member sessions for wasted time and repetitive, irrelevant remarks, noting many speeches are inaudible or off topic.
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UAWA
House of Com
Vancouver constable earns King’s Police Medal
Constable Cecil Paul was awarded the King's Police Services Medal for exceptional bravery during a running gun battle with a gunman who opened fire at an East End bank last April. The officer, who felled the bandit with a shot between the eyes, received the medal at Vancouver City Hall from Lieutenant Governor Charles Banks.
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King’s and Police Services
Cecil Paul
Jess
East End
Walter Mulligan
Gover
Harles
Banks, Bers
Scots Would Not Abandon England in Home Rule Debate
In the House of Commons Liberal demands for Scottish and Welsh home rule were opposed by Labour and Conservative MPs. Robert Boothby of Aberdeen East argued against separation, mocking Libels while affirming loyalty to the United Kingdom and warning against abandoning England.
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London
Scotland
Wales
House of Commons
Robert Boothby
Aberdeen’ East
United Kingdom
Boothby
United, Kingdom
South Africa
Canada
Australia
United States
Acquitted Doctor Sander Faces New Hearing in New Hampshire
Dr Hermann N Sander was acquitted of murder in the death of a cancer patient yet faces a state board hearing on possible medical license penalties. State health officer Dr John Wheeler said the board will decide on any action after reviewing the case. The New Hampshire Medical Society plans to meet to discuss it.
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Hermann N. Sander
State Board of Registration
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Sander
House of Delegates
New Hampshire Medical Society
State
Wheeler
Dr. Sander
Louis
Wyman
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Lebrun Laid to Rest in Notre Dame Cathedral
Funeral services were held today in Notre Dame for Albert Lebrun wartime president of France with top military diplomatic and government officials in attendance. All national honors were accorded him.
Government backs plan for improved old age security
Health Minister Martin opened a Commons resolution to create a joint parliamentary committee with 28 MPs to study and plan an enhanced old age and retirement system for Canadians. The panel will examine pensions worldwide, consult labor and industry groups, and aim for a contributory framework subject to constitutional limits. The speech highlighted rising pension numbers and expenditures from 1930 to 1951 and the push to discuss provincial arrangements.
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Martin
Commons
Dominion
Talkative Ministers Silenced by Fulton
Ottawa Ottawa East Davie Fulton chides two cabinet ministers for talking loudly in the press gallery while he spoke on British Columbia apple surpluses. Finance minister Douglas Abbott and trade minister Howe exchange animated remarks as Fulton pauses, joking about a cabinet split and calling for restraint.
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Ottawa
Davie Fulton
Dean
Bteter
Hansard
Mr. Abbott
Mr. Pulton
Smilestones Vicar Quips On Hollywood Visit
A humorous exchange shows a vicar asking if a parishioner’s son brings his wife and five daughters from Hollywood. The old timer replies the son has visited summers for five years with five smart girls in tow.
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Hollywood
Gardiner Says Federal To Ridge Only
Ottawa reports the Dominion government will take financial responsibility for construction on the St Marys irrigation project with about 1 million dollars over the 7 million estimate, potentially raising total costs to 10 million. Gardiner said the Bow River project is unaffected and aims to begin construction this spring.
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Canada
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Dominion
Manning
Ottawa
Mary’s
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Ridge
Raymovoir
Manuingedat
Cominis
Alberta
Flying Saucers Reported Over Edmonton
An Edmonton man reports three pear shaped objects seen near dusk moving at least 500 mph with a white blue exhaust and no sound. He estimated altitude around 2000 feet and says the objects looked ghostlike. Authorities had no corroborating reports or knowledge of jet activity at the time.
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Edmonton
Emont
Richards
RCAF
Minnesota
South Carolina
California
Name on Dentures Identifies Man in Bank Bond Incident
A soldier used denture inscription to identify himself when cashing a war bond at a Chicago national bank. The back of his upper dentures bore his home and serial number, allowing bank staff to verify his identity and cash the bond.
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Chicago
National Bank
Labor Wins Vote Amid Fresh Parliamentary Turmoil
London report says the Labor government narrowly passed its first major test by 310 to 296, but faces more trouble with a Monday vote. The by-election in Moss Side shifted power as Conservative Florence Horsbrugh defeated Rowland Casasola, narrowing Labor's majority to six seats.
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Attlee
House of Commons
Labor
Florence Horsbrugh
Rowland W.casasola
Moss Side
Manchester
New York Bank Held Up by Willie the Actor
Police seek William Sutton known as Willie the Actor for a 90 minute bank robbery in Queens that netted 63000 in untraceable small bills. Investigators link him to the January Brink's robbery in Boston and note disguises and multiple aliases since 1917.
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New York
Willie
Boston
United States
William Sutton
Julian Loring
George Holland
Richard Courtney
Richard Loring
Queens
Manufacturers Trust Company
Subway
British Caribbean Federation Sought in West Indies union
London reports a colonial office recommendation for a Caribbean Federation. The plan envisions Barbados British Honduras Jamaica St Kitts Nevis Montserrat Grenada St Vincent St Lucia Dominica forming a federation with over 2.5 million people under a commonwealth framework, maintaining dominion status.
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London
Colonial Office
Cpe
Socialized Doctors Threaten to Strike in Britain
In London suburbs, discontent over the pay scale for socialized doctors erupts into a strike threat. The British medical profession reports tensions within the National Health Service as unrest grows.
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Britain
Medical
Harrow
Alonc
National Health
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