Steel Workers Agree to Truce in Nationwide Labor Dispute
The United Steelworkers joined President Truman's six day truce proposal halting a threat to strike by one million workers. Wildcat walkouts idled 2,400 in Pittsburgh as other sectors face ongoing clashes while coal miners remain idle.
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United States
C.S.O. United Steelworkers
Truman
Wildcat
Pittsburgh
United Mine
Detroit
Lord Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
CAO
Guara
Clearfield County
Shawville
Missouri-Pacifiec
California
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co
Singer Manufacturing Co
Two Manitoba youths injured in separate shootings
Winnipeg youths Allan Harris 16 and Arthur Lodge 20 were wounded in accidental shootings. Harris suffered wounds to the face neck left arm and right hand after a shotgun discharged by his 15 year old friend. Lodge shot himself in the shoulder while handling a shotgun on his father's farm.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Manitoba
Allan Harris
Winnipeg
Bob Stewart
Arthur Lodge
Lac du Bonnet
City Collector Suspended for Parking Meter Slugs
Detroit police arrested Edward Temple, 45, a city treasurer’s office personal property tax collector, on charges he placed slugs in a meter near City Hall. Detective Lieut. Harry Michaels said Temple admitted the act and explained he makes 15 to 20 city stops daily and is not reimbursed for meter fees.
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Detroit
Harry Michaels
Edward Temple
Temple
No Fire Alarm Claimed by Noronic Survivors Hearing
Survivors testifying at a Cleveland informal hearing said no fire alarm sounded and firefighting was inadequate in the Toronto Noronic disaster. Witnesses described a linen closet blaze between staterooms 439 and 440 and a hose that failed to deliver water. Death toll estimates shifted toward a probable maximum of 150 as Canada tallied victims.
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Cleveland
Toronto
Samuel R. Greber
J. Donald Church
Silver Springs O
Church
Earl T. Lindeman
Cuyahoga Falls
Gerber
Noronie
Pound Sterling Cut in Terms of Ruble
The Soviet Union announced a reduced pound sterling value in rubles while the ruble per dollar stays at 5.30. The Bank of Foreign Trade told embassies the pound now buys 30.5 percent fewer rubles, from 21.86 to about 14.85 rubles per pound.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Bank of Foreign Trade
Britain
Bengough Re-Elected TLC Head
Percy R. Bengough was re-elected president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada for an eighth term at the Calgary convention. He was acclaimed with no opposition as Gordon Cushing became national secretary, succeeding John W. Buckley. A storm over right wing tactics and anti Communist labeling animated the meeting.
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Calgary
Percy R. Bengough
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada Today
Vancouver
T.l.c’s
Bengough
Congress
Tom Moore
England
Canada
International Association of Machinists
Gordon Cushing
Calgary Trades and Labor Council
TLC
John W. Buckley
Toronto
T.L.C
Garnet Shier
Toronto Civic
Percy Bengough
Teal Steele
Edmonton
Trades and Labor Congress
International American Federation of Labor Group
Frank Hal
Farmer imports his own eggs across border fined
In Newton Butler County Fermanagh a farmer was fined £10 for importing eggs illegally after police found 25 hens on the Republic of Ireland side and 90 on the Northern Ireland side while he loaded 118 dozen eggs into a truck. The farmer quipped that hens lay where they choose.
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Newton Butler
County Fermanagh
Ireland
Reuters
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Eight Per Cent Freight Rate OK'd by Commission
The board of transport commissioners approved an eight per cent increase on top of the 21 per cent raise granted in 1948, making a total 30.68 per cent rise over pre-1948 rates. The boost, effective 10 days after the formal order, targets railways and coal and coke rates, with grain and mountain differential unaffected.
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Ottawa
Board of Transport Commissioners
Railways
Royal
Commission On Transportation
Hugh Wardrope
Wardrope
M B. Archibald
Justice Archibald
Crows Nest Pass
Mountain
Rocky Mountains
Ontario
Quebec
Newfoundland
Confederation
H. B. Chase
Wardroog
Oil Plan Rejected Present Alternative Considered
The board of transport commissioners rejected West coast Transmission Co. Ltd. proposal for a natural gas line from Athabasca Alberta to Vancouver and US cities. An alternative to study a line from just inside British Columbia to Vancouver was urged while maintaining the possibility to complete the Athabaska route.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Board of Transport Commissioners
Superior
Wis
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd
Athabaska
Vancouver
United States
Justice M. B. Archibald
J. W. de I.arris
Ale
British Columbia
Farris
New Assiniboia Hotel project set to start in 1950
Early confirmation today announced that demolition of the Huckvale Block at Third and South Railway will begin this fall and winter. A four storey 52 by 60 foot unit will start in March 1950 with about 250000 dollars for the first unit. The plan includes a dining room and coffee shop on the ground floor and 10 bedrooms on each of the upper three floors. The full project is expected to cost about 500000 dollars, with furnishings and equipment.
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Assiniboia
Huckvale
Third
South Railway Streets
Third St
M. 5
Mitchell
Meech
Lethbvid.2
George Cantalini
Cantalini Hotels Ltd
Cos
Corona
Royal
Alf Cantalini
Ald D. S. Hawthorne
Drunken Altercation Blamed In Court Case
In a courtroom exchange the judge notes a dispute between a woman and her husband ending in a rumpus. The woman Mandy insists she was kicked in the stomach during the drunken quarrel.
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Jedge
Mandy
Proposals To Devalue German West Mark Considered
Reports from Frankfurt say proposals to devalue the German West Mark have been sent to London Washington and Paris for approval. The current peg is 30 U.S. cents with bankers favoring 19 to 21 cents and British objections likely to push the rate toward about 24 cents.
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Frankfurt
London
Washington
Paris
U.S
Freight Rate Case Summary Headline
The Board of Transport Commissioners issued a ruling on freight rates. Railways receive a 15 percent increase over the July 27, 1948 level, instead of 21 percent, with the decision described as temporary pending possible changes after the royal commission on transportation. The case traces back to 1946 when a 2 percent increase was first approved and a 20 percent request followed in 1948.
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Ottawa
Board of Transport Commissioners
Canadian Railways
Loree
Royal Commission On Transportation
Union Unconcerned Over Rate Findings
Calgary report says Frank H. Hall of Montreal, chairing a committee of railway wage negotiators, states the transport board decision on wage increases will not affect the union negotiating position. Sixteen international brotherhoods seek seven cents an hour more and a 40 hour work week with no loss in take home pay.
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Calgary
Frank H. Hall
Montreal
Board of Transport Commissioners
International Brotherhoods
Vancouver Boat Rescue Amid Flaming Wreck in English Bay
Norman Neeld, 24, chose to save his friend Gordon Scott, 32, after engine failure on the Sea-Gal sparked a fire. Neeld and Scott drifted for a half hour before making shore as the vessel burned to a total loss. Nearby ships reported another fatal fire during fog in Vancouver harbor as a fishpacker collision left a crewman missing.
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Vancouver
Norman Neeld
English Bay
Neeld
Gordon Scott
Scott
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