Frost damages grain crops in Peace River district
Alberta officials report considerable frost damage to 60 to 70 percent of grain crops in the Peace River area including Fab er and Spirit River with temperatures to 11 degrees. Forage crops show some harm while Rocky Mountain House saw little frost and about an inch of snow. Continued on Page Two.
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DMONTON
Peace River district
Alberta department of agriculture
E. Birdsall
Alberta
Faber
Alta
Spirit River
Grande Prairie
Fabher
Edmonton
Birdsall
Peace River
Rocky Mountain House
Alhberta
Ontario
Quebec
Agriculture authority outlines Britain tillage and livestock goals
The Minister of Agriculture Mr Williams outlined next year’s target of just over 10 250 000 acres in tillage with 2 340 000 for wheat 1 000 000 for potatoes 392 000 for sugar beets and 200 000 under meadow. He also predicted a large rise in livestock production noting a 60 percent increase in breeding sows and more hens across Britain.
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Britain
Williams
Wiliams
Giere
Brockville Recorder and Times
Central Experimental Parm
Ottawa
Durham
Annapolis Villey
Nova Osada
British Columba
Saint John
Kew Brunswick
Lest
St Lawrence River
Ontario
St. Lawrence River
Mountbatten Tribute Context Missing War and Peace Reference
Tokyo dispatch reports odd details as Yasu Kichi Hashimoto, a 2 year old, is described in a burglary case when a home robbery of 12 000 yen and rice is noted. Police arrest Kikuchi after Hashimoto blames a friend. Kikuchi confesses to the burglary.
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TOKYO
Yasu- Kichi
Hashimoto
Kikuchi
Mountbatten Opens Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto
Earl Mountbatten of Burma officially opened the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto and praised Canada’s war and peacetime contributions. He lauded Canadian industry, statesmanship, and military achievements and pledged lasting British-Canadian friendship. He urged visitors to see Canada for themselves and recalled wartime ties with Britain.
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TORONTO
Earl! Mountbatten
Burma
Canada
Lord Mountbatten
Duke of Kent
Washington
Britain
Europa
Shortage Of Storage Bins Threatens Farmers Revenue
Washington reports a serious storage shortage for grain threatens farmers with hundreds of millions in income loss. The USDA estimates storage needs exceed 1,000,000,000 bushels, piercing the corn belt as a record harvest approaches. Farmers face loan and price support limits if storage fails.
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WASHINGTON
United States agriculture department
Movement of 4 Million Bushels of Wheat via Churchill
Regina reports the Cooperative Minister L F MeTgrenh said 4 million bushels of wheat will move via the Hudson Bay route this year. Four ships have carried 1,404,000 bushels from Port Churchill to Britain. The SS Marietta, capacity 361,000, is loading and the SS Bradbourne arrives to load 350,000 more. Five ships on return voyages will dock at Churchill between Sept 15 and two weeks later to load 1,750,000 more bushels.
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REGINA
Hudson Bay
L. F. MeTgrenh
Port Churchill
Britain
SS. Marietta
Bradbourne
Churchill
Sailor Cleared in Slayings. Johnsen Remains Convicted
Vancouver authorities concluded a United States sailor could not be linked to the death of Norma Burton at Lost Lagoon on June 22, 1947. Documentary records place the sailor in Seattle when the slaying occurred, leaving Elmer E. Johnson, 25, serving a two year sentence for manslaughter. Police say the sailor had no involvement.
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VANCOUVER
Elmer E. Johnson
baker
Los Angeles
United States
Norma Burton
Johnson
Burton
Lost Lagoon
Stanley Park
US. marine company
Seattle
Charles Epirce
criminal Investigation bureau
Button
Montgomery arrives in Germany for three day visit
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, chief of the Imperial general staff, arrived at Bueckenbure airport in the British zone from Britain for a three day visit to the headquarters of the British army of the Rhine. The visit is officially described as routine. Hamburg report by Reuters dated August 27.
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Field Marshal Viscount Mont-gomery
Imperial general staff
Bueckenbure
Bntain
army of the Rhine
HAMBURG
Reuter
Cattle Rustlers Active In Ont
Cattle rustlers operate in Lambton county Ontario using motorized theft methods. Residents report cattle disappearing from herds with rustling parties loading animals from trucks via improvised ramps at fences.
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WATERFORD
Ont
Lambton county
Ontario
stiles east
otsSarms
sdy
thetr
Beef Prices Drop In Peg
Winnipeg report notes wholesale beef prices continued to decline with reductions up to six cents from last week. Embargo lift on US cattle and hot weather in eastern Canada blamed for the downward trend. Retailers vary with some cutting to pre embargo levels while others stay slightly above.
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WINNIPEG
United States
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Poliomyelitis Cases Rise in Province Eased by Peace River Bloc
Victoria reports 59 polio cases province wide with the Peace River block accounting for 36 cases this year. Health officer Dr. G F Amyot denied a surge in the Dairy Creek area noting only three cases there and urging calm amid the outbreak.
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VICTORIA
Peace River
G. F. Amyot
Dare json Creek
hej i gard
Rioters Rampage In Berlin Again Amid clashes
Associated Press reports Berlin anti-Communist council members faced attacks as 11 to 19 year old demonstrators stormed city hall. Police offered little resistance. Sessions were canceled after violence rekindled tensions with the Soviet backed regime.
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Associated Press
ERLIN
Berlin
city hall
Otto Sohr
Berliner Zeitung
Taegache Rundschau
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Father and Son Survive Storm Sewer Cave-In
Regina reports a father and son, Martin Lesniak and Mike Lesniak of Toronto, trapped 20 feet underground in Wascana Park as 30 tons of earth collapsed the tunnel. They fled into a concrete pipe just before the cave-in, after warning shrouded by shifting earth as workers secured the site.
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REGINA
Wascana Park
Martin Lesniak
Mike
Toronto
Lesniaks
Alberta Public Works Dept Receives Extra Million
Edmonton report says Alberta cabinet approved a $1,000,000 addition to the Department of Public Works legislative appropriation this week. Spokesmen said warrants may not be spent but cover costs of contracts issued or planned for road construction, with funds likely unused if an early freeze stops work.
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DMONTON
C.P
Alberta
department of public works
Wage-Price Issue Big Topic for T U C
At Margate next month the Trade Union Congress will decide whether to continue supporting the government's wage price stabilization policy. The five day convention will address wages prices profits housing nationalism and international policy. Delegates fear potential unrest if support wanes though most expect no change.
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LONDON
Margate
Britain
Trade Union Congress
Iabor
T.U.C
Electrical Trades Union sporsors
electrical workers
United States
Russia
Russa
Youth Voices Expand Role at World Council Assembly
Amsterdam August 27 Youth forces gain a larger voice in World Council of Churches pronouncements. Delegates from Christian youth movements shape thinking and will be included in the encyclical to be issued next week. Insightfully labeled as the flying squadron of the ecumenical movement, youths from missionary regions contribute to global church unity while avoiding extremes.
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AMSTERDAM
world council of churches
world council assembly
council
Charles P. Tait
United States
Protestant Episcopal
World council
ecumaniacs
iest
Joseph Hromadka
Prague
Hromadka
Two Men Drowned In Ontario Car Crash
Two men died when their car skidded on a sharp Swan Lake bridge curve and plunged through the guard rail. Roland Trodel 33 Ra more Ont and Roger Lahate 2 Matchewan Ont were the deceased. Thomas Gadon about 30 of Hojiyre Ont was hospitalized with shock after escaping the vehicle.
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KIRKLAND LAKE
Ont
Swan Lake bridge
Roland Trodel
Ramore
Roger Lahate
Matchewan
Thomas Gadon
Hojiyre
Alberta to Study Auto Insurance
Edmonton August 27 Study of automobile insurance forms will be resumed soon by a legislative committee appointed at the 1948 Alberta session. Hon. A J Hooke minister of economic affairs and committee chairman said the panel will investigate and report on state auto insurance both voluntary and compulsory.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
A. J. Hooke
Western envoys meet Molotov over German crisis in Moscow
In Moscow the three western envoys and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov hold a nearly three hour session on the German crisis. Ambassador Bedell Smith notes there will be no communique this night. Vishinsky attends, first time in four power talks, as observers describe a crucial session amid hopes for progress. Stalin missing from this meeting.
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OSCOW
Molotov
Kremlin
Moscow
W. Bedell Smith
United States
VISHTINSKY
Smith
Andrei ¥ Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
Vishinsky
Belgrade
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataig
Frank Roberts
Stalin
Five Scholarship Winners Named in National Gallery Design Awards
Veterans Minister Gregg announced five postgraduate scholarships in industrial design for study in the United States to prepare for Canadian professional careers. Three winners are from the University of Toronto and two from the University of Manitoba. Each recipient earns a $3,500 scholarship starting this fall.
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TORONTO
Gregg
National Gallery
United States
Canada
University of Toronto
University of Manitoba
lsted
Body Identified as John A. McComas Found in Blueberry District
Police said a body tentatively identified as John A. McComas, 52, of Dayton, Ohio, was found about 50 miles north of Fort St. John in the Blueberry district. The report adds that investigations and cross-border ties are ongoing.
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JOHN McCOMAS
FORT ST, JOAN
B.C. Ang
C.P
British Columbia
John A. McComas
Dayton
Blueberry district
here
U.S
WASHINGTON
United States
France
TEL AVIV
iKentersi
Jewa
Araty
Palestine
AF.A
U.F.A
EDMONTON
ICT
T. C. Douglas
M. A. Macpherson
K.C
Regina
Walter Tucker
Liberal Party
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
RIVERSIDE GOLF CLUB
N.B
Mbs
Grace Leneesk
Newinglot
Conn
Mite Ada MacKenzie
Totone
Eddie Bush
Wihnington
Del
Graeme Pyke
Hudson Heights
Alberta
Crocs
Lake Loulee
Canyon Creek
Lethbridge
Edmontom
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Maritimes
Brampton
Ann Hackett
Hamilton
Lake Success Bar
New London
California
Saint
Central Press
John
Halifax
N.S
wofking
India
MONTY
GERMANY
Peace River Bloc
ALBERTA PUBLIC WORKS DEPT
Johannes Strum
Strum
Ernst Reuter
Louella Kennedy
Orvis Kennedy
Social Credit party
Audley
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