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Paokinghouse Workers To Take Strike Vote

TORONTO, Aug. 18 — (CF)- Compiiilly sources today expressed surprise at yesterday's announce- mcnt that the United Packine- house Workers (O.I.O.) were pre- paring foi- strike votes across the country following .breakdown of trace-hour negotiations, Yester- day, Fred Dowllng, national rlir- ector of the union, said liscus- SlOIlS were deadlocked and strike raft-s ivc-uld be taken in local uh-

tors.

1. 1t. Forsyth, counsel. for Burns lllll Company, Ltd., and Canada Packers, Ltd., today said the an- nouncement came as a "complete surprise.”

"Involved in the dispute are 5.- 590 r-mplcgvecs of Canada Packers in Vancouver. Edmonton, Winni- pug, Toronton, Peterbcrougli nnrl Montreal. and 3.500 employees of Burns and Company in Vancouver, Crlcnry. Edmonton. Regina. Princ; Ailicrt and Winnipeg.

The dispute arose over the un- kinis dcmande for a $33.60 weekly mnimiim wage for a guaranteed minimum week of 3'1 1-2 ncrs. This weekly wage would, in some cases, involve pay increase of 20 rents per hour.

Ncrotiatlons are still proceed tg

w-‘tii Canada's third big meat- pit-kinc firm - Swift Canadian-on “lain to move armed forces into Imu- ThB 3111150 C°=""P“‘n~“- government owns over half of the

Jewish Groups To launch Offensive

LONDON. Aug. 18 — (C?) The Sunday urnphlc said today in a Jerusalem dispatch that doc- uments in tile hands of British Aim)‘ intelligence officers revealed that nil Jewish resistance and illi- dergrour-‘l groups in Palestine were due to launch a country-wide of- fensive tomorrow

The dispatch said tho “$0.000 British lPOODS—B’.l entire garrison -—li'0ttid mount. double guards on

ell public buildings and police sta-‘

tloiis iii 8 AM. Palestine time w- lll0l'l’0\\'.

Special security precautions also trill be taken to protect senior army officers omd government officials, the newspaper said.

Coming Events

"Show Eldon-Monday. Morell "Talkies Malpeque Wednesday-

"Tiilkles Tuesday.

"Show Emerald Thursday.

"Movies at Borden tonight.

"Dance Cavendish Restaurant. MOIHi-ly. August 10th.

"Dance. Pie Social, Cardigan. Wuuusday. Aux. 21st.

"Tea Party, Maria United Church. Wednesday, Aug. 21.

'_~c. W, L. Dance in Emerald lln.l, llnday. Agust 19th.

v“lce Cream Social at PownaJ aura?’ Grounds Wednesday, Aug-

"Daiice Moreli Austin ¢lsi. Ori-lizstra,

Hall. Tuesday. Rollie M-aolienzie‘:

.__1_ ‘Diucc Mount Stewart Hall. Mo: . August. 10th. Rollie Mac- i"s Orchestra.

L‘;"liiuyyiklPgyiieig-iligitetv Show at ,_'-- a on ay it, A . 19 ll M0 standard time. Sanceuagfter.

"Kings County Plowing Match sud ltoi-se Show. Wednesday, Sept. "ill. Over $600.00 in Prizes.

FT-Ciilletlllnl H08: for Davis ant elf-arr Ltd. every Tuesday Write Bhutto collect, N. Dawson. m, A Blrcial meeting of sharehold- mjfg Argyle Rural Tele hone co. m,‘ 9 held in Bonshaw all, Aug. u. 1946, at. eight o'clock P. M.

“mntlutrc Colvllle Warehouse m 5d" tllllhl. McKenzie! Orches- .n» Modern and old time danc- - 3- In lid or Brookfield rink.

"M5010: hens at 8t. Peters for lgsyl-‘llhaser Utd. each ‘Tuesday. "W! oickn service from farm

"f. nhcne Pratt. 2-l5-l6-i7~mt-s_t.t

halceiqueottnd Hosi- fbl‘ out. end Ba l’! 9 Friday. Sculls, Rollo utintimetsi: “r

" t rt e In Siralhcone. George Dlngwei

rrnCollectlnl hell for Davis & w Mronzvelléy zhlafstflY. Write me 1mm D, L jcbméillffe. Feeder.

ago-y» n13‘ any Named-lair!‘ so. i» i is: ..zi..*.isv.."~s.

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lHn. ‘Del tful Danger- ous‘ with Jflfflfiwlllflnd Rll ll “W rm mm and sorta.

Two Injured In llighway Accident llear Springfield

Mrs. James Duffy. Charlotte- town. and her duuahter. Miss Ruby Duffy are patients in tne Prince County Hos ital with head injury-s as the resut of a motor accident which occurred on. the main high- wa near Springfield about four o'c ock Saturday afternoon.

Mrs. Duffy's condition is describ- ed as serious but her daughter is only slightly injured and may be discharged today.

Another daughter. Miss Dorothy Duffy. who was driving the car was urshurt.

It is not. known. exactly how the accident occurred but appar- ently something went wrong with the steering mechanism and the car plunged into the ditch. Dr JK. Beer of Kendington was called and he had both women rushed to the hospital in Sumrrierside. -

Parliament May Prorogue

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OTTAWA, Aug. ill - (CP) Parliament hopes this week to reach the end of that long. word- strewn road to prorogation and take a four-mouth recess before meeting again xicxt January.

'I‘hose venturescine enough to an out on a limb predict that the final bells for the Senate and the coin- mons will ring Thtusday or Sat- urday, most likely Saturday, while there still remain a few die-bards who gloomily sec the Houses sit- ting into the next week and pos- sibly into early September.

Barely a down items. few of them contentious, remain on the slowly- dlminishing orderypaper but there are fears that {its COmmMa might run into a time-consuming debate on the report of the Industrial R:- latiori; Committee. which grappled unsuccessfully with prob ems bl Canadian labor unrest.

A debate on Canada's post-war army 315;; t5 liken- to arise, either when the House comes to t e de- fence estimates or begins st/i y of a resolution irellminary l0 B b- for the estzlbl hnicn: of that forco._

Discussion also is possible on the Canadian information service when the House resumes consideration qt measured relating to that sun-

ect.

1 Aside from those items. the mfliu buslr-zss still to be touclicd is thv substantial number of dez-artmeii- tel estimates which have lo be dis- cussed and approved before the House can rise.

llumherllflieserters, Alisenteos At Large July 31

OTTAWA. Aug. 18»—(CP)- It total of 14.115 deserters and ali- free men as a result of the m“!

sentees——the majority of whoru o"? partial amnesty policy effective Aug. 15-were at large July 31. ll was disclosed today, _ 4 Here ls a breakdown by districts: Military District, no 1. London, Ont. 5'70; Military District ho L. Toronto, 1.544; Military D...trbt cio. 3. Kingston, 0nt.. 1.43:1; Ltftti- l, tsrv District no 4, Montreal. 1.482: , Military District no. s, Que‘. ~ 1,832; Mllltnry District no. 6. fax. 1.084; Military District no. 7 Saint John, N. 8.. 452; hlllitaig.’ Dlltrlct no. 10. Winnipeg, ' Military District no. 11. Van- couver. ‘I11; Military Distritt no. 1B. Regina. 111i: Military Die iict no. 13. Edmonton, 213; European

oil Company.

Domestic unrest in Iran. hiihlifllted b? W“ strikes of 50.000 workers which paralyzed vital Brit- tsn-heid 011 fields for weeks, may compel Great Brl

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ceritrated on Iran-Iraq border.

/ / [/// Britain shifts troops in "00 lo Iron border, vumi ‘it ‘ll move into iron without Consulting UN it British interests or lives ole thought endangered

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Truck Kills Three Persons

THEDFORD. 0111.. A118. l8 - (AP) - Three persons. including a baby were killed Saturday nliht. when a dump truck hit them on the main street of this Nliddlesex County village.

into nearby flfildflr- i -»

Dead are: William Tedball. Z1. plumbers heir/er of London. Ont-t James rlarvey Teclball of Thed- lord. three. and Sherryl Patter- son. thrce-months-tald 011131116!‘ of Harold Patterson 0f Thcdmrd-

Police tonight searched “T3005 on the far std;- of the field where the man was seen to disaDDEBY- Tile truck ivos ui-ouzht to a he" izeariy 700 feet past the scene of the accident.

22 New oasis u Polio In illontreal

By The Canadian Press

Twenty-two additional cases of infantile paralysis were reported to Montreal health authorities (luring the week-end. raising the total number of cases under treat- ment in the city to 307.

Elsewhere in Canada ths polio- irlyeliiis situation was little chang- , ed from an early Saturday survey . bv the Canadian Press. ‘Three, new cases were reported at Tor- onto. one in New Brunswick and nnofher in Windsor, Ont.

_The unoffiical total of cases in, Canada this year thus stood at about 390. There have been 21 re- ported deaths.

Twenty of the deaths have oc- curred iii Montreal. hardest hit in the polio outbreak.

Montreal authorities said Satur- dsv that the outbreak there was

I as serious on u oer capita basis

as that in the United Slate; where some 5.500 cases have been report . ed this year. ._ '

The new case in Fredericton

raised the New Brunswick total: since January to 15. with one‘

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FAMAGUSTA. Cyprus. Aus- 15-- (AP) - More than 1.000 3""- armed with long stavee and shout- ing "Kill ms-' and "Palestine, Pal- estine, Palestine!" stoljlned thfl main gate of the Karaoioa deten- tion oamp toda . They We"! 4mm"- beck by Britts troops who fir!!! over their heads.

After the rioting subsided lead- ers of the 1,260 Jews in the cernp. all illegal immigrants brouizhl ht’! from Helfa ultcr belni T9319"! m‘

try to Palestine, said the

would go on a 24-hour lfflltg in protest‘ of British treet- men.

from Palestine came word thit-

1400 more illegal tmmilrI-“I "t" In mug, here from Hllfl I000!!!

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Jews Demonstrate At Detention Camp

death. All cases are well scatter- _ ed in the province.

the camp. One British soldier was gushed on the heed bv a stone and three other soldiers were cut by barbed wire. No Jews were re- ported hurt.

Almost the entire camp partic- ipated. The tioterr. shoved away e barbed wirq barricade, some man-

aged to t out qt the camp but vein‘ nus ed beck at bayonet. pon

The ban on talking to reporters WI! 101M011 ."t.fter s. Jewish news- papennan, Alex Fishman, eur- ceeded in quieting the denonstre- tors. lflahman. who represents "Davsr of Tel Aviv, climbed atop a boobed wire fence inside the camp. told the rotors their dem- onstration would not aid their cause and aired Niem to disperse

Gradually may moved away from "IQ late and reporters were per- mitted to mingle with than.

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Russia Masses Troops 0n lranan Border

(By Joseph C. Goodwin) TEHRAN, Aug. 18—(AP) _ Aiil official foreign source who re- quested anonymity said Saturday that cabled reports from the north- ern frontier indicated the Russians had massed between - d

as, ., lti g" 11m‘ x River boun ry between Iran and Soviet Russia.

This official, who said the re- ports came from “qualified mil?- tary observers" described the troops as "typical Red Army moun- tain units" and added they were drr-lcyicd for 38 miles east of Dzhulfa. border city 80 north of Tnbriz,

(The Soviet News Agency Tass sn'-:l Friday it had been authori- ed to deny similar reports, attri- buted to Hussein Ala. Iranian Am' basszzdor to the United States.

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(Aid said in Washington last Tuesday that he lind received some reports that the Rliifiiiidl: had concentrated troops in the

Caucasus north of Iran. but that hi-s information did not tiidicac their purpose. He added that they might be used to counter British pressure against Iran in the south,

2d Basra, Iraq o

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or to bring pressure on Turkey iii view of Russia's proposals for hand in direct control and de- fence of the Dartlahellcs.) (Ala said Britain had put mechanized ' troo s

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involving Britain, Iraq and Iran).

The foreign informant estimated the average strength of the Red Army divisions at 5.000 men each with "mechanized divisions prob- ably slightly smaller."

Premier Ahmed Qavam is “great- ly concerned" over the rumored Russian troo-p movements in the

move Indian troops into Basra, a highly-placed diplomntrc source

said.

(British officials said the troops moving to Basra were replace- ments for an equal, number com- lug out. A treaty permits Britii-n to maintain troops in Iraq. The Indian Government had announced the troops were being sent to uelp protect lives and property after troubles in the Anglo-Iranian Coin- pany oil fields.)

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More Alibis For Delay 0f New liar Ferry

UITAWA. hug. 18 — (OP) - W. Chester S. itloclum (PC — Queens) predicted 1n the Com-

mons Saturday that there “is not one chance in a thousand" of a new car fetrrv going into operation between Cape ‘Iormentine, NB, and Borden. P.E.I., 1n 1046 and ex- pressed “doubts whether she will be in service in 1047."

Transport Minister Chevrler said he had the subject "keenly heart." There had been no defin- ite promise that the ferry would be ready in September.

‘The contractor had been unable to obtain materials and strikes 118d contributed to trie delay. As for delays in shipments of potatoes. they were caused by shortages of refrigerator cars, many of which had had to be returned to the United States.

“If there is an hing I can do ic expedite the de ivery or the new car ferry.” said Mr, Chevyier, “no (Mr. McClure) may rest assured that it will be dons."

Mr. McClure said that even with the shortage of materials man? boats had been. launched by the same construction company at

demanded withdrawal of British forces now con- sorel, Que, that was building the 91/91‘ t0 determine exactly How _ deny e-many persons were killed. Some As for the "my nmteflals’ Ma bodies were burl-ed beneath the

‘cnovrier said he presumed a 00n-

tract would be signed with the Canadian Dredge and Dock Co. Ltd. for the "Ibimentine job. No bidders had come forwa/rd for the Borden tenders but the “work svtll be readvertised on a different basis."

Agrioulturists To Meet llere

OTTAWA, Aug. 18 - National and Maritime agricultural prob- lems are on the agenda for dis- cussion at a special general meet- ing of the Canadian ‘Pederatron of Agriculture to be held at Char- lottetown. P. E. 1.. on September 9, l0 and 11. according to an an- nouncement fsom the national of- fices of the Federation here.

The meeting is being held in accordance with a decision of the Board of Directors of the Federa- tion, at the annual meeting in January. Arrangements fer the meeting are in the nands of the national office. in co-c-peratloti with the officers of the Maritime and P. E. I. Federation of Agricul- ture.

The meetings in Charlottetown will take the form of a session of the Board of Directors of the Can-

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Commons Considers Report J. “Mon will

By Jack Williams Canadian Press Staff Writer l

OTTAWA, Aug. 1B —(CP) —Tl‘le

i industrial RelatiorisCommittee

‘(oi-e or after d strike was in pro-

Csmmons today’ lind for considera- ,

tion a report WihlCh dealt iii gen-

eral terms with industrial-labor brcblems. contained comments which implied to current strikes and had some recommendations

which held possibilities of a wide- onen discussion o-f the present Elrikia situation.

The Tt-‘Durt was tabled Saturday by ~ Maurice Lalcride tL-Labellc) chairman of the Commons In- du-Slrlal Relations Conzxnltiec, and was based on a four-week investi- Ratlou 0i the ccmiiiltisc into in- dustrial unrest in general and the steel strike in particular.

0n the general industrial situa- tion the committee found;

1. That‘ "a reasonable meas- ure" of wage con-trot was essen- tial to price control.

2. That a Dominion-Provincial labor conference should be called as quickly as possible labor code and that in the interval there should be clOee ctr-operation between the Prices Board and War Labor Boards and that the labor boards should deal with cases expeditiously.

S. That "a measure of union security" should accompany recog- nition by a labor relations board of a union- as bargaining represen- tative of a cup of workers.

Recommen ation; which had an application to strikes which cur-

rently involve some 00.000 Canad-

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iau workers were:- l. Authority to the labor minis- ter to conduct a vote either be-

eress to determine whether a majority of the workers affected favored it.

2. Implementation of the order- iu-couucil providing for govern- nisnt control of the three D0510 5,1001 plants, with the qualification that it should be subject to “such modifications a; the 00119111109111 may determine."

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mou-nted to more than 500, with co and killing during the night.

A veteran police official said t;

violence,

of 500 and the injured at several th "Direct Action Day"

Every shop in the native section appeared to_ have been looted in the wild nights which followed the Moslenfs “direct action day“ demonstrations Friday against Britt-sh proposals for an indepen- dent Indla. Many building; and shops were wrecked by fire.

It will be virtually impossible

ruins of the burned buildings. Others were taken away by Si". viving relatives. Many bodies were hacked and multilated beyond re-

cognition. Vultures icked at bodi-es which remained ying in the streets.

Military traffic threaded its way izinserly t0 avoid running over corpses. At one point a cart vumb- led along the streets haull/ng a load of bodies.

The damage caused by the Igor- lng and burning was expected to run mto milllc-ns of dollars.

There were no confirmed re- ports of attacks on any European. and the European sect on remain- ed qulet and undisturbed. How- one Anglo-Indian gl-rl who had been raped was bro-ugh: to central police headquarters this

morning, Started Friday

The rioting started Friday dur- ing the Moslem League's obser-v. ance of “Direct Action Day" in protest of British proposals for 1n- dinn independence and the Hindus’ views on the plan. Rio-ting and street‘ clashes continued through the night. bursting out anew Sut- urday and today,

The vGovcrnor of Bengal. air- Frederick Burrows, in a broadcast sfllurdfly urged Persons to keep off the streets and declared rt was

rliscredltable that, rm the 9w of self-government. the largest city in India should become a. victim of mob rule."

Moslem and Hindu leaders 5p- pealed to rioters to "stop this fratrlcidal war" and "form pence squads of Hindus. Mcslem. Sikhs _and other communities... let us

forget what has happened." Two newspaper offices cre stoned in southern Calcutta and

there were repeated clashes at the northern end of Wellington Street, a main thoroughfare. Military pickets were osted at important government o fices.

One police officer, who had been on duty 30 hours yvithdu: rest. said authorities were hard-

HAMIILTON. Aug. H, Millard, national director of the United Steelworkers of America (C.I.0.) told striking employees of the Steel Company of Canada to- day that the union would take action, beginning tomorrow. "lo prosecute the company for triple time for strikebreakcrs."

(The company has said work-rig

3. A study of the law of picket- ing to make it more effective "for the protection cf the rizhts vi all eicmcuts in the ccitnniunliy."

4, Condemnation of the policy “ado-pied by some union Ill some employers of disreszarding legal machinery for adjust-Lug wages and settling disputes and breaches of the law of Canada by the use of physical force or cthcrwlse vr-hethei" by employer 0i‘ union."

Presentation of the Commons was a formalit. Gordon Graydon (PC-Pee ) promptly asked whether Mr. La- londe proposed moving concur- rence in the report. Mr. Lni-Jnde

the report to

siild he would take that action Monday. _ The committee's report was

tine-l. e-n-ly 900 word-s. and a lugs pert of that had been taken up

l.'i ill‘: terms of reference Ind l list the witnesses who were heard The. remainder was the

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