Nation seeks relief as coal strike widens its toll
The 38 day coal strike strains power and transport from Maine to Oregon. Detroit Ford cuts 110000 jobs as freight and lake shipments fall sharply. Krug bans soft coal delivery to those with over five days of supply while rail and steel industries brace for more layoffs. Britain offers to withdraw forces from Egypt in exchange for an equal partnership on Suez policy.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Great Lakes
A. T. Wood
Lake Carriers’ Association
Wood
Chicago-Calumet
Solid Fuels Adminstrator Krug
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Ethiopia pledges 100000 tons wheat for famine relief
Ethiopia offers to provide the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration with 100000 tons of wheat and other foodstuffs for the next year. The package also includes 10000 tons of coffee as part of the famine relief effort.
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Ethiopia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canada’s cost of living hits wartime peak in April
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports April 1 1946 cost of living index at 120.8, up from 120.1 on March 1, surpassing the wartime high. Main rise from food group with butter pork and vegetables driving higher prices.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Rail unions set plan for nationwide strike on May 18
Two hundred sixty thousand members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will walk out at 4 p.m. on May 18 on orders from union leaders after leaving a Chicago meeting with carrier representatives.
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Chicago
President Trennan Could Avert Nationwide Walkout
Only action by President Trennan can avert a broad walkout now underway. Officials warn that without decisive steps from the White House the labor action may expand, affecting industries and cities nationwide.
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Trennan
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House of Savoy
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Prince of
Naples
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Paul Hasluck
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Spain
Clarence “Caesar
Murphy
Windsor
Hollywood
U. S
Washington
Maine
Oregon
Herbert Hoover
India
Calcutta
Jich
General Foods
Mecca
Yonge Street
Toronto 1
Ontario
Northwestern
Manitoba
Manataw Gold Mines Limited
Toronto Street
Toronto
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