20 Mar 1950
Page 7
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1950
Page
7
A profile honors a renowned skater praised as the world’s greatest lady athlete. Reports say Russia planned her future with a movie role and teaching young skaters in the Soviet Union. The item notes ongoing excitement about her career and influence.
Canadian naval Firefly aircraft reportedly crippled U S carriers and battleship Missouri while strafing destroyers during a raid. Despite facing roughly eleven to one odds, the Magnificent and her air crews scored two strikes before being intercepted. Lack of fighter cover stemmed from most planes training at Dartmouth N S naval air station.
The margarine campaign promotes Canada's dairy products to the public. Mr. Duplan warns the industry cannot afford to sit back as markets are undermined and urges sales promotion activity in domestic markets as the top priority.
The article examines how imitation butter products cut into dairy demand, reducing farmers' purchasing power and leaving a large butter surplus. It cites a $600 million dairy industry, a $50 million annual purchasing power drop, a 20 million pound butter surplus, and $10 million in foreign funds used in margarine production, warning of further butter surpluses and farm hardship.
The Daily Graphic reported two top atom research scientists may have fled to the United States and Britain has alerted U.S. security and Scotland Yard. Officials say they know of no missing scientists and note Harwell’s secrecy, with delegates from a February American conference the only Americans recently at Harwell.
Vancouver report says a wing tip with red tip was sighted in the ocean north of Vancouver Island linked to a missing U S C 54 Arctic flight with 44 aboard. KGAP spokesman notes search by KGAB continues as weather hampers aerial reconnaissance. A seven foot section was later reported by the freighter James W Cannon.
A brief item reports on Harwell or another similar institution noting MINKEY ARATE concerns. The report references scrutiny of a specific rate or policy linked to the MINKEY term and mentions related inquiries or discussions without detailing actionable conclusions.
Three boys bought a portable radio for 36 dollars then headed to Pittsburgh after shopping for shoes. They checked into a hotel before plans to sleep were disrupted when a police alert for nine thousand dollars related to their actions circulated. Officers recovered 9,005 dollars, prompting the tavern owner father to praise his sons safety and plan to bank the remaining funds.
The report continues from the front page with Eymann recounting a grudge dating to sixth grade. He says he hated Alice for being loud and acting like a nut, a resentment that culminated in a quarrel Saturday evening over telephone use.
Rioters overturned and burned 15 vehicles, tore down flags honoring a visiting U S destroyer, and sparked a citywide melee in Saigon. French and American police restored order with armored patrols as Viet Minh factions advertised the protest in advance amid a fragile Bao Dai regime.
In Kinistino near Prince Albert 36 miles southeast emergency crews treated several men after a fall from a second storey window. Glen Kroce fore mers and Cecil Whitney remained in hospital, Donald Ve land and Hugo O Keefe discharged. Mr Krock new Bank of Nova Scotia accountant sprained ankle while aiding the descent. Mr Sawaster suffered rope burns. Pollock and Whitney burned face and hands.
London reports Seretse Khama of Bechuanaland to be allowed to return for the birth of his child with his Bechuanaland wife. A white paper outlined the government decision to lift a five year ban and permit travel, with conditions tied to private affairs and conduct in Bechuanaland. Gordon-Walker stated the offer includes covering travel and legal expenses and keeping his movements under review by the protectorate authorities.
Ottawa reports a plan to channel roughly 2 million of World War Two prize money into benevolent funds for distressed or serving veterans. Defence Minister Claxton said he will present a proposal to distribute proceeds from captured enemy ships to Royal Canadian Navy and RCAF benevolent funds rather than to individual service members.
At the Sumegi farm a man fired from three feet at his wife and then turned the shotgun on her. Two others fled as neighbors watched a heated argument between Sumegi and his stepson. Children were in school during the shootings.
Additional carloads of American military equipment are piling up at east coast ports for shipment to western Europe aboard regular commercial vessels. Government officials say it will be a matter of days before arms move to Belgium and The Netherlands, with shipments to Italy at least two weeks off.
The United States agreed to sell Canada arms and equipment still on a secret list. The deal, reported by the New York Herald Tribune, followed talks between U S defence officials and Charles M Drury Canada’s deputy minister of national defence. The shipment includes jet engines radio radar gear armament and special equipment for an order of 100 F 86 jet fighters being built by Canadair in Montreal.
Ottawa March 20. West coast engineers race to curb floods after one of Canada's worst disasters. They rebuilt 163 miles of Fraser valley diking at a rate of one mile per 40 hours on an $11,000,000 reconstruction. The Fraser valley hiking board warns the system cannot be trusted for absolute security. The report was tabled in the commons by Trade Minister Howe.
Cleveland March 20 The magazine Steel noted a broad boom in the steel business beyond a temporary spur. It cites continued momentum into summer due to sustained supply constraints and growing manufacturing demand. Heavier consumption rises with railroad car building and auto production staying high.
Washington reports on Operation Portrex as military officials weigh gains and losses. They say the exercise tested inter service coordination and provided field training for over 80,000 combat personnel. Evaluation will run to May with official assessments by arms officers.
Canadian Press list of weekend deaths across cities including Edgar Rice Burroughs in Encino at 74, James T McCormick in Worcester at 74, Homer Douglas Plage in Pittsburgh at 61, Phil McCann in Lexington at 2, F M Patter in Rome NY at 76, Ivan Molin in Moscow at 40, Sir Norman Haworth in Birmingham at 66, Henry Betterworth Philps in London, L S Skeges in Phoenix at 53, Cecil C Howes in Topeka at 70.
Twenty eight Canadians report holding tickets drawn in the Irish sweepstakes for the Grand National at Aintree on March 25. The survey lists tickets in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta. First place wins £25,000, second £10,000, third £5,000. Non-starters or losers get £180.
The former aircraft carrier Independence remains radio active more than three and a half years after it was drenched by water from an atomic bomb blast. Navy officials said machinery from the ship will be used at the Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, California, linking the Independence to the 1946 Bikini Atoll experiments.
Cambridge March 20. M J Coldwell national leader of Canada's CCF argues for a democratically planned economy to replace profit driven production. He says social planning is essential for economic freedom and must be implemented by a national planning authority with public ownership of key industries and nationalization of banking.
A group of 25 Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops in Quebec province issued a pastoral letter urging gradual reforms that would allow organized labor to share in management profits and property. It advocates a corporative organization combining workers and employers to pursue this goal.
Norfolk Va March 20 a French aircraft carrier Dixmude sailed with the first units of a 1 000 000 000 program of military aid for western Europe. Her flight deck carried 48 planes former United States navy fighters and bombers.
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