National wage push from TLC calls for 75 cent minimum
The Trades and Labour Congress of Canada demanded a national minimum wage of at least 75 cents an hour at its annual convention. Proponents argued high living costs and productivity justify a federal standard, while critics warned of provincial impact and employer subsidies.
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Calgary
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
T.L.C
TLC
Robert Brown
Printing Pressmen’s Union
Toronto
Robert Holmes
Winnipeg
Harry Simon
Toronto Fur Worker
Phil Cutler
Montreal
Frank Armstrong
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Trade union aims to cut unemployment waiting days
The Medicine Hat Trades and Labor Council proposes the federal government reduce unemployment insurance waiting from nine to three days. The TLC may join a forthcoming world trade union organization in London as a democratic counter to the Communist World Federation of Trade Unions. The convention, with 1,000 delegates, opens this week and faces a heavy agenda including a push for national health insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
T.L.C
Medicine Hat Trades and Labor Council
New World Trade Union Organization
London
England
World Federation of Trade Unions
Polio Case Confirmed in Medicine Hat Victim Named
The 18th polio case in Medicine Hat is confirmed as mild in nature. Mrs. J Stearnes aged 24 of 936 Eleventh St S W was admitted yesterday with symptoms verified today in wartime housing area hospital.
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Medicine Hat
J. Stearnes
Eleventh
St. S.W
Stearnes
Gas Explosion Harms Ten At Edmonton Dairy Pool Building
A natural gas explosion in the Dairy Pool plant warehouse district injured ten workers when a power shovel struck a gas main during excavation. The blast blew out a loading platform and blew iron window coverings into the street as firefighters accessed the underground boiler room.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dairy Pool
Warehouse
Robert Gault
Cam Smith
Earl Bruce
Danny Ganske
Bruce
Freg Germaine
Anton Nyantveit
J. Stephenson
Henry Caersim
William Billeway
Smith and Gault
Smith
Western Canada Senior Hockey League
Dispute Between Cuban Official and Radio Commentator Ends
Havana report says radio commentator Jose Pardo Linda and Col. Jose Carames, head of police, exchanged punches after a verbal dispute. Both signed statements declaring the other a fenterman. no injuries and only minor marks observed.
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Havana
Cuba
Jose Pardo Linda
Col
Jose Carames
Volice
Tem
Ten Maple Species in Canada With 36 Names
Ottawa reports that ten maple species in Canada carry 36 distinct names from rocky mountain to swamp and amur to bigleaf. The book Native Trees of Canada outlines where each species grows, noting mountain maple spans Newfoundland to Saskatchewan with variable distribution elsewhere.
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Ottawa
Canada
Rocky Mountain
Amur
Newfoundland
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Asia
Himalayan
China
Wartime housing faces cold problem in Medicine Hat
H C Morris of Calgary regional engineer for Central Mortgage and Housing Corp told a joint city council and Canadian Legion conference that structural changes may be needed in wartime houses to relieve freezing pipes and cold floors. He will survey further, with a decision within two weeks, while noting many families found the first 150 units too cold to exist in.
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H. C. Morris
Calgary
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
Medicine Hat
City Council
Canadian Legion
Veterans
Morris
Mr. Morris
Armstrong
Douglas
Legion the
Butt
Behl Discovers Hogpen Narcotics Ring
Plainview Nebraska farmer William Behl uncovered a narcotics ring on his feed lot when his hogs grew thin and jittery. He found marijuana plants hidden behind the hog lot and, after destroying them, said the hogs were returning to normal.
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Plainview, Neb
William Behl
Behl
Bohl
Patients Like Plan But Doctors Don't
London report finds mixed views on Britain's national health service in Camden Town hospital. A former Guards officer and a tramp reflect acceptance of free care, while doctors criticize lay control, paperwork, and staffing. Officials say 50,000 more beds needed for a first class service.
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London
Eton
Britain
National Health Service
Camden Town
Camden Town Hospital
National Health
Smilestones Humor Raises Cowhide Use Question
In a playful classroom exchange, Smilestones asks for cowhide uses. A student answers it helps hold the cow together, prompting chuckles and a light moment in the lesson.
RAF Craft to Trek Antarctic With Joint Expedition
The RAF will join a Norwegian British Swedish scientific expedition to Antarctica this winter using two Auster VE aircraft fitted with skis. The goals include air reconnaissance for a passage through pack ice to enable base establishments and to locate a landing site on the ice shelf off Queen Maud Land. The mission, aiming for a January arrival via Capetown, is backed by Norway Britain Sweden and supported by leading polar institutions.
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Longon
Reuters
RAF
Antartic
Antarctic
Queen Maud Land
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Queen Maud Jand
AntarUe
Falkland Islands
Norway
Capetown
Royal Geographical Society
Scott Polar Research Institute
Norwegian Polar Institute
Swedish Geographical Institute
Kiwanis Club Presents Rescue Boat to Medicine Hat
The Medicine Hat Kiwanis Club donated a 12 foot 110 pound aluminum rescue boat to the city for fire department water rescues. Christened the Kiwanian at the fire hall, Mayor Lang accepted on behalf of the city.
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City of
Medicine Hat
Kiwanian
Medicine Hat: Kiwanis Club
Chicoutimi Aluminum Co
Chicoutimi
Quebec
J. H. Boylan
Kiwanis Club
Hector Lang
Boylan
Lang
Tenders Received For Drilling of Local Gas Wells
Three bids were opened at a special council session for drilling two municipal gas wells with a combined depth of 2,507 feet. Northern Development Co. Ltd. quoted 6.50 per foot totaling 16,295.50, R. P. Medhurst & Sons quoted 16,950, and Acme Drilling Co. quoted 37 per foot totaling 17,549. The bids were referred to Supl. Bob Bietz and the gas committee for recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supl
Bob Bietz
Ald
Earl Smith
Northern Development Co. Ltd
Edmonton
Standard of
California
Alberta
R. P. Medhurst & Sons
Medicine Hat
Medhurst
Acme Drilling Co
Calgary
Hector Lang
DP. S. Hawthorne
Wilson Riley
H. C. Leinweber
B. C. Armstrong
S. F. Scott
F. W. Smith
J. W. Douglas
D. A Scholten
W. A. Keith
J. L. Carswell
A. T. Lege
Safe-Crackers Take $4400 Loot From Pincher Creek Safe
Thieves blew open a Pincher Creek co operative safe with nitroglycerine, escaping with 4400 dollars in cash and small denomination cheques. Entry was by a rear window and the heist occurred between midnight and 7 am. RCMP urged residents to report suspicions as police expect cheques will be disposed of.
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Cowley
Alta
Pincher Creek
R.C.M.P
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Don Mason
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Killen
Trafalgar Township
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