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Lethbridge Herald

Location

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Date

Nov 13, 1950

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Red Air Power Increases In N Korea Frontier Clashes

Military action across Korea shows MiG jet clashes with 16 U.S. F-51 Mustangs near Antung and Sinuipu while UN forces advance north of Anju and push Chinese and Korean troops toward Pyongyang. Encirclements and coastal advances unfold as diplomatic efforts unfold. about 60,000 Chinese Red troops in the zone avoid major combat amid UN deliberations on aid to North Korea.

Manchuria Antung-Sinuipu U.S U.N Anju Won Pyongyang Hamhung Hildu North Korea

Gas Seepage Believed Cause Hotel Disaster in Alberta

EDGUE Alta Nov 183 CP gas seepage is believed to have caused a blast that wrecked a two story hotel in Leduc injuring 16 and killing ten victims identified only by personal effects. The blaze underscored Alberta history’s worst hotel disaster in a oil boom town of 2000.

Alberta EDUGE Alta Leduc Edmonton

Tragic hotel blast devastates Leduc area

A massive early Saturday blast ripped apart a two storey hotel in Leduc injuring sixteen and killing ten. The explosion caused by gas seeping from an unknown source struck just before Remembrance Day ceremonies, with extensive damage to nearby buildings and vehicles. Victims include hotel staff and several residents from Leduc and surrounding towns, while many injured remain hospitalized.

Leduc réidents reside

Canada braces for largest peacetime troop transfer

Ottawa reports Canada's special army brigade moving toward Korea. About 11,000 men from Valcartier Petawawa Kingston Camp Borden Shilo and Wainwright deploy on 22 secret trains bound for Fort Lewis Washington with staging for a Far East voyage. The 2nd battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry heads directly to Korea after Fort Lewis. The other two battalions from Royal 22nd Regiment and Royal Canadian Regiment depart from Valcartier and Petawawa.

OTAWA Canada special army brigade Korea Fort Lewis Wash Valcartier Que Petawawa Kingston Camp Borden Ontario Camp Shilo Man Wainwright Alta Princess Patricia’s Canadian light Infantry Pats Far East Royal 22nd Regiment Royal Canadian Regiment

Apple Juice History in Canned Drink Decline

The Cornwall Standard Freeholder explains why canned apple juice faded about 50 years ago. Poor clarification left muddy deposits, cans corroded by fruit acids creating pin holes, and cooling altered flavor to baked apple. New methods later revived production.

Cornwall Standard-Freeholder

Bevin Rejects Russian Plan to End Occupation

London Nov 13 AP Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said a Russian plan to end the armed occupation of Germany is unacceptable He hinted Britain will reject a Russian bid for a Big Four meeting to discuss troop removal and a unified German government as proposed at Prague by Russia and East European satellites

ONDON Ernest Bevin Germany Bevin Britain Prague Russia

Thirteen Cattle Reported Stolen Near Granum

GRANUM, Nov. 13. Thirteen head of cattle disappeared from Alex Calderwood’s farm five miles south of Granum in what he calls a theft. The cattle, all heifers, were in good condition and were branded. RCMP are investigating. Calderwood says signs show the heifers were driven into a corral and loaded into a truck through a purpose built chute. tire marks at the chute corroborate. The cattle were kept on a second farm south of town. the corral fence was broken and others escaped but were recovered.

GRANUM Alex Calderwood Royal Canadian Mounted Police Calderwood The Herald

Stirling Farm Woman Found With Throat Cut

Stirling Farm, Ontario. Mrs. Annie Sekulin, 66, was found with throat wounds on a farm west of Stirling Sunday night. Mounted Police investigation underway. Coroner Percy Cope of Raymond attended. no inquest expected. She lived on her brother in law Mike Gravack’s farm and was predeceased by her husband Jehu four years ago.

Annie Sekulin Stirling Percy Cope Raymond Sekulin Mike Gravack Jehu

Decision by Christmas on West German role in defence

London dispatch reports Atlantic pact deputies urged a definite decision by Christmas on West German entry to a western European defence system. Key issues include assuaging French fears of a future independent German army, preserving parts of Pleven’s plan, and defining German contributions. The French plan for a supra national council and limited German troop use faced opposition.

LONDON Germany Rene Pleven Prenchsten European defence council United States Britain

Marines Drive Toward Changjin Reservoir Front Line

A United States Marine corps column advanced unopposed through icy hills to within four miles of Changjin reservoir as Chinese forces enter the war. The 3rd Division linked with South Korean and Puerto Rican units to form a solid UN defence line across the peninsula.

Associated Press ECUL Changjin U.S Soanth 1st Cavalry Division Yongbyon 1st Cavalry Won 6th Kum Eighth Army Tungsan Pakuwon Sinuiju Manchuria

Is India Likely to Go Communist

Special contributor reports on Nehru's stance while traveling from Egypt to Greece. Nehru says he does not know what may happen in 10 or 20 years, a cautious answer reflecting uncertainty about India's future. The piece notes the question is widely asked by observers in Cairo and beyond.

I. NORMAN SMITH The Herald MEDITERRANEAN Greece Egypt Cairo India Nehru

Albertan Captures Rye Championship At Toronto Royal

At the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto on November 13 three world championships were awarded. Chris Morck of Dickson Alberta won the rye world title, Albert Kessel of Rostown Saskatchewan took the barley world crown, and E. Doubet of Hanna City Illinois regained the corn title. Wheat, potatoes, and cats titles remained to be awarded.

TORONTO Chris Morck Dickson Alta Albert Kessel Rosetown Sask Morck Kessel Merck Innisfail Chicago John Eliuk Hairy Hill

Psychiatrist Testifies in Fosbraey Knife Slaying Trial

In Picton Ontario on November 13, Toronto psychiatrist Dr Allan Crisp testified that James Fosbraey suffers from a split personality. He was among several expert witnesses the defence plans to call as the trial enters its seventh day.

PICTON Ont Toronto James Fosbraey Allan Crisp

Four Rescued From Icy Ledge on Scottish Peak

Four climbers including three men and a girl were saved from a perilous ice ledge near Black Peak in Argyllshire. They had been roped together all night with a 100 foot drop below, as a rescue party climbed the rugged summit.

SCOTLAND GLASGOW Reuters Black Peak Argyllshire

Santa Fe Woman Doctor Is Charged In Kidnap Case

Santa Fe reaction split over the ransom kidnapping of Linda Stamm, nine, with Dr. Nancy Campbell, 43, charged with kidnapping for ransom. Bond set at 25000 dollars. Linda was lured from home, drugged, and kept in a rough shack on an abandoned ranch.

SANTA FE little Linda Stamm Nancy Campbell Linda Allen Stamm

Mother Pulls 4 Daughters From Rubble of Leduc Hotel

A 38-year-old mother, hospitalized, describes pulling four daughters from burning rubble after a hotel explosion that killed her fifth child, Mrs John Megley, co-owner’s wife. She recalls rushing to save Janice as the room collapsed and notes Cryssa died in the flames.

Norman Miller Athabaska Alta Cryssa Megley Steve Fenniak Emil Abel Allan J. Powell Art Mannville High River Alto Elmer Baird Edmonton public works Bill Brohman Fred Kincaid Leduc Hubner Leana Crouch Dennis Kuckinski Donald Kerr Nadia Megley John Johnston Toby Hiller Neil MacDonald William Davies Kuckinski MacDonald Calgary CAMERON JAMES EDMONTON John Megley Janice

Reason to Believe Blast Caused by Natural Gas

Edmonton reports deputy fire commissioner A. E. Bridges states there is reason to believe the Leduc blast originated from natural gas with investigations pending. Ten people died in the explosion as inquiries into gas entry continue.

EDMONTON A. E. Bridges Leduc Venezuela Delcade Chalbaud Remulo Galleges ONTARIO EOME WALKERTON Ont Howard Everest Marie SANTA FE N.M Nancy Campbell FRANCE LYON Corps Agence France-Preeva Race Paris Reuters LIE TIBET LAKE SUCCESS Segetary-Gangal Trygve Lie United Nations agebert CLAXTON KOREA VICTORIA B.C Canada Keres Brevis Claxton

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