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Newspaper

Lethbridge Herald

Location

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Date

Nov 02, 1946

Page

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Atom Bomb Secret Out claims U S has 96 bombs

London Daily Express asserts the United States now holds 96 atomic bombs with plutonium cores and heavy torpedo shaped casings. The piece, citing scientific editor Chapman Pincher, links output rates to Nagasaki and Bikini tests, while Maj Gen Tessie Groves declines to confirm details.

LONDON Daily Express United States Lord Beaverbrook Chapman Pincher Tle Hanford Wash Pincher Nagasaki Bikini Washington Tessie R. Groves United States war department

U S Voters Go To Polls In Off Year Election

Canadian Press report on U S voters heading to the polls for national elections. About 35 million eligible voters, 59 percent, will decide control of Congress in an off year. Republicans seek a House majority and Senate gains, with governors also on ballots in 34 states and potential impacts on 1948 presidential hopefuls.

CLYDE BLACKBURN NEW YORK United States house of representatives senate congress Herbert Hoover Buessets house

Unreadable Nature Notes and Small Town Gossip Fragment

A jumble of quotes on frogs and naturalists praising toads for usefulness, plus a Vermont bride tale about social reception in a village. The fragment hints at a back page continuation and local commentary on behavior and modesty.

Vermont

Packer Ribac Explodes Off Steveston Coast

Five crew members of the 72 foot shpacker Ribac escaped serious harm when the 60 ton vessel exploded while fueling at Steveston on the Fraser River and sank within minutes. Captain Paul Bastion led the crew to safety as one engine room member nearly trapped by fire escaped seconds before the ship settled in about 20 feet of water.

STEVESTON B.C Praser Paul Bastion

Charge altered Stratford murder case in online report

A murder charge against Edna Ruth Parrish, 19, unmar ried mother, was removed from the jury and one count of childbirth concealment substituted in the Stratford online report dated Friday, November 2.

STRATFORD, Onl Edna Ruth Parrish

Farmers Union holds Alberta convention unity push

Bevera gains shown by the Alberta Farmers Union at its District No. 12 annual convention in the Marquis hotel with about 100 delegates. Speakers praised farm gains, urged parity prices and a fact finding board, and warned a new strike if federal demands are not met. J. W. R. Wilson elected district president. Henry Young noted Canada-wide support for farmers and rights on the Prices Support Act, while condemning press coverage of picketing violence. The gathering stressed unity of workers against perceived opposition.

Bevera Alberta Farmers Union Lucky Strike J. W.R. Wilson Henry Young U.F.A Miller Canada A.F.C Mr. Young cere twin Alberta Young

Leander Denied Shelled Near Albania by British Cruiser

London reports the British light cruiser Leander arrived at Trieste to replace a US vessel. Reuters quoted an Admiralty spokesman denying shelling off the Albanian coast and saying the ship was not in the area, with no notification of any incident.

CARTER L. DAVIDSON JERUSALEM Holy Land Meade Britain Palestine old city Cyprus San Dimitrio Haifa Lord Balfour Syria Lebanon Iraq Egypt Damascus Beirut dispatch BEYROUTH foreign ministry LONDON Scotland Yard today 4 Yard London f Evening News Rome forenn alice FAMAGUSTA Reuters Empire Heywood Oceas today Trieste admiralty United States Paris

Fire destroys cannery at Ketchikan

Fire at Ketchikan destroys the Nakat Packing Corporation cannery with an estimated loss of 750000 dollars. Attorney Lester Gore provided the valuation.

KETCHIKAN Alaska Nakat Packing Corporation Lester Gore

He Won't Talk ParsonS Pravda Weather Exchange

A Parsons Sun editorial staffer reports attempts to discuss general information with Pravda in Moscow. A New York operator confirms contact, but the Pravda editor refuses to speak, not even about the weather, despite long distance charges.

PARSONS. Eas UPA Parsons Sun Pravda New York

Chinese And Reds In Taks In Dairen Negotiations

NANKING November 2 Chinese and Russian authorities were reported negotiating for China to take over administrations of Dairen the Russian occupied open port city as government troops press the Chinese Communist forces on the Liaotung peninsula. The Nanking Hsin Min Pao quoted a Mukden dispatch saying talks in Dairen have made satisfactory progress and Chinese officials may be allowed to assume control within 15 days.

NANKING China Dairen Hsin Min Pao Mukden Manchuria Pairen Dairot Chiang Kai-Shek Tiaotung Daiiren Chiang Darren

Japan braces for new purge order amid MacArthur move

Tokyo reports warn Gen MacArthur's intra-nationalist Bide order may be enforced strictly. Field enforcement could topple Premier Yoshida's Conservative cabinet and many top industrialists, reshaping Japan's newspaper landscape. Ultra-nationalists who lost offices after last January purge face potential reversals as a new constitution approaches.

TOKYO Gen MacArthur Yoshida Japan

Tokyo beef scare eased by sign offering horse meat option

Police warned that meat from a stolen experimental cow inoculated with deadly anthrax germs could reach the black market. A Tokyo cafe countered by posting a sign promising safe beef and noting they would instead use horse meat, aiming to reassure customers.

TOKYO

Flagrant Black Market Revelations In Paris

Canadian press recounts open black market activity around Paris landmarks. Tourists and British travellers exchange foreign currencies for francs above official rates, with cigars and luxury goods fueling the trade. Treasury officials monitor breaches as stories of currency manipulation surface, illustrating risky, unlawful practices abroad.

PARIS opera Place de la Madeleine United States France British treasury Britain treasury

Matchman's Squabbles In Struck Hotel Fire

A blaze at the Clifton Hotel on Queen Street near Spadina in Toronto began when an unknown assailant poured gasoline in the lobby and fled after confronting watchman Michael Poslowski and injuring him. Forty-two guests escaped as officers investigate motives and the fire caused about 8500 dollars in damage.

TORONTO Clifton Michael Poslowski Queen Stree Spadina Avenue James Holle Peter Bobechko Hoge pital Puslowski inis REGINA Champs Hotel HAMILTON Ont Hofftan Products Company Limited Jony York Street auiff

Tron Bolt Case To Jury Today

Lawrence Deacon, a 32 year old ex soldier, stands charged with murder in the taxi driver slaying that shook Winnipeg. The case hinges on the crown witness Helen Berard and the defence bid to force an acquittal was denied as Justice Major prepared to deliver the charge to the jury.

WINNIPEG, Moy Lawrence Deacon Johann Johnson M. J Major asanciate defence counail Harry Walsh Deacon Winnipeg Helen Berard brunette Berard Johnsen Tuxedo FRANCE HENDAYE Spensh EDMONTON SARCEES CALGARY Joe Big Prumé Cariet Big Betty Joe MRON BOLT CANE Lawremet exit river Jaluem Jehwon Juntive W. Majer henory Deck

Canadian Students Charged in Canadian Store Slaying

Two Canadian high school students, Robert F. Burd age 18 of Crystal Beach Ontario and John W. Hocking age 17 of Fort Erie, are charged with first degree murder in the November holdup slaying of cigar store clerk John William Graf 60 in Buffalo New York. Police say they confessed and admitted prior stickups in the area before fleeing back to Canada.

BUFFALO Robert F. Burd Crystal Beach Ont John W. Hocking Fort Erie Burd John William Graf Canada

Dream Is True Body Located Identified In Ont

In Alexandria Ontario a body tentatively identified as 32 year old laborer Alex MacDonald was found at the bottom of an outside privy after a dream reported by his wife Philomene Sauve. Police say the identification is not positive and foul play is not suspected, with residents reporting possible struggle heard the night he disappeared.

ALEXANDRIA Ont Alex MacDonald Antoine Sauve MacDonald Joseph Mel Hain Ottawa Philomene

German child hanged during play in improvised Nuernberg Trials

The News Guardian reports in Hamburg that a German child was accidentally hanged by playmates during a game titled Nuernberg Trials in Klet. The group pronounced a death sentence and hanged him from a lamp post. the mother arrived, cut him down, and his neck broke.

HAMBURG Germany News Guardian Nuernberg Klet

Strike Vote In East Mines Near PRURO NS

A strike vote likely within a month looms for 13, 100 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick coal miners after the United Mine Workers convention ended. Delegates backed a wage scale including a $2.50 daily raise and a 40 hour week, with a possible walkout if no settlement on the 10 point program.

PRURO Nova Scotia New Brunswick United Mine Workers C.C.L Freeman Jenkins WASHINGTON John L. Lewis goverment interior department solid fuels administration wor West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee U.M.W J. Lewis Indiana Ohio

Calgary Justice Sworn In At Appellate Division Opening

Calgary November 2 10 Mr Jie ice G O Connor will be sworn in as a member of the appellate division of the Supreme Court of Alberta by Chief Justice Hors Harvey at the opening of the appellate division sitting in Edmonton Monday morning Chief Justice WR Howson announced Mr Justice J Boyd Mc Bride recently appointed a member of the trial division of the Supreme Court also will be sworn in at Edmonton Monday He will take chambers in Calgary Tuesday and Wednesday of next week

CALGARY Jie ‘ice G. B. O'Connor supreme court of Alberta Hors Harvey Edmonton WR. Howson J. Boyd McBride supreme court

Death by own action shocks Wiesbaden tribunal head

Walter H Hausmann, chairman of the Wiesbaden denazification tribunal, died in an apparent self inflicted act in Frankfurt. The same dispatch reports a railway disaster near Halle with eighteen dead and twenty wounded, plus Spanish frontline maneuvers near Hendaye and a Edmonton fire causing extensive material loss.

FRANKFURT Germany Reutersi Walter H. Hausmann Wiesbaden

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