Yankees Edge Dodgers in Ninth Inning Thriller
The Yankees rallied in the ninth to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 in game three of the World Series. John Mize delivered a two run single after Ralph Branca and Joe Page held the Yankees to a 1 1 tie until the final frame. Luis Olmo and Roy Campanella homered in the ninth to threaten but New York held on for the win.
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Canadien Press
BBETS
FIELD
Brooklyn
New York ‘Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankees
John Mize
New York Yankee
Luis Olmo
Page
Roy Campanella
Bruce Edwards
Banta
Mize
Ralph Branca
Joe Page
Jerry Coleman
Joe
Casey Stengel
Campanella
Olivio
Tommy Byrne
Duke Snider
Johnny Mize
New York Yankees
New York Giants
Communist Troops Enter Kukong Splitting Nationalist Front
Trust worthy private reports claim Communist forces entered Kukong splitting Nationalist defenders in south China. Report circulated by Hwa Shiang Po in Hong Kong. pro-government dispatches deny it. City lies 125 miles north of Canton Hes on the railway supplying the central front near Hengyans.
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CANTON
Kukong
south China
Hwa Shiang Po
Hong Kong
Hes
Left Hand Corner a 1905 World Speed Record T: Left Hand Corner a 1905 World Speed Record
Homer B Reynolds of Fort Wayne Indiana visited the Chicago Railroad Pair and hung a wreath on the historic locomotive No 7002. The 1905 Pennsylvania locomotive reportedly reached 1274 miles per hour, a record Reynolds helped time as a train dispatcher.
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Homer B. Reynolds
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chicago Railroad
Christian Science Monitor
Pennsylvania
Reynolis
Tokyo Rose gets 10 years and $10,000 fine
Iva Toguri D Aquino was sentenced in San Francisco federal court to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for treasonable broadcasts as Tokyo Rose from radio Tokyo during World War II. Judge Michael J. Roche denied motions for acquittal and a new trial. she maintained her innocence.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Iva Toguri D’Aquino
Tokyo
radio Tokyo
D'Aquino
Los Angeles
Chicago
Michael J. Roche
Roche
D’Aquino
Left Wing Outburst After CCL Smelter Union Expulsion
Ottawa CP dispatch reports a violent CCL convention scene after the decision to expel the Communist-leaning International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. left wing backers clashed with officers as Pat Rooney of United Electrical Workers tried to confront President A R Mosher and seize the platform gavel amid a chaotic, shouting crowd.
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OTTAWA
Canadian Congress of Labor
International Union of
Pat Rooney
United Electrical Workers
Hamilton
A. R. Mosher
J.E. McGuire
CCL
Miss Rooney
Sam Baron
Aussie Family Visits Relatives Of Bomber Crew
An Australian family stayed in Calgary during a cross Canada visit to meet relatives of the bomber crew who died with their son in an Allied raid on Germany in 1942. Mr and Mrs E M Hall of Frankston Victoria and their two sons visited Frank Bell in Calgary, whose son Fr Clarence Bell was observer of the Moose Squadron plane shot down near Kiel Canal. They also met the parents of front gunner Everett Green in Toronto and those of pilot Bill Wakeman in Winnipeg. The remaining crew member Joe Streeting had a last address in Vancouver, where relatives will be contacted during their Vancouver visit.
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CALGARY
Canada
Germany
E. M Hall
Frankston
Victoria
Australia
Frank Bell
Clarence Bell
Moose Squadron
Kiel Canal
Everett Green
Toronto
Bill Wakeman
Winnipeg
Joe Streeting
Vancouver
Hall
First Snow in Edmonton Marks Early 1949 Season
Edmonton reports the season's first snowfall with freezing overnight lows of 28 in the city and 20 in northern areas. Clouds bring cold weather and snow flurries with officials noting the snow may not accumulate long. Calgary had a heavier but brief fall snow last month.
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EDMONTON
Weather bureau
Calgary
Hawaiian Dock Strike Settled After 159 Days
In Honolulu on October 7, a settlement ended Hawaii's 159 day stevedore strike. The agreement provides an immediate 14 cent hourly wage increase and a further seven cent raise on March 1. About 2,000 CIO stevedores earning $1.40/hour prior to the strike await ratification. Harry Bridges and the ILWU indicate likely approval. Union demanded 32 cents.
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HONOLULU
Hawaii
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Princess Margaret to Visit Canada Rumor Reported
London dispatch notes Princess Margaret may visit Canada in 1950 per Inside Information column. Royal household denies earlier rumors of a North America tour.
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LONDON
C.P
London Daily Graphic
today
Margaret
Canada
North America
New Wonder Hormones May Transform Cancer Fight
Dr Charles S Cameron of the American Cancer Society says two new hormones cortisone and acid hold potential to advance cancer treatment. He notes early results for leukemia and predicts wider use in tumors though cautions are preliminary. Cortisone is synthetic from ox bile and acid from hog pituitaries, with production requirements far above current capacity.
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CHICAGO
Charles S Cameron
American Cancer Society
Cameron
society
Will Appeal To Supreme Court On Rate Boost
The Canadian Pacific Railway seeks permission to appeal a board of transport commissioners ruling from September 22 that granted an eight percent interim freight rate increase. The CPR argues the board delayed a final decision until the royal commission reports, risking irreparable injury. The request, to be heard October 17, follows a two year fight for higher rates, with CN railways not joining.
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UAWA
Canadian Pacific Railway today
board of transport commissioners
supreme court of Canada
LAW II
C.P.R
royal commission on transport
Canadian National Railways
supreme court
royal commission
C.P R
C.N.R
M. B. Archibald
Justice Archibald
Claxton Outlines Canada NATO Military Specialization
Defence Minister Claxton said Canada favors each North Atlantic nation focusing on tasks it does best to boost unified military planning. He spoke at the Canadian embassy after a 12-nation defence ministers’ meeting directing integrated plans for the region. Lt-Gen. Charles Foulkes attended to implement the directive.
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WASHINGTON
Canada
North Atlantic
Claxton
Ulaxton
Charles Foulkes
stad
Trade Pact Signed Between Israel and Yugoslavia
A trace agreement for exchange of goods valued at 2 million dollars was signed in Belgrade between Israel and Yugoslavia, announced in Tel Aviv. The accord covers trade facilitation and mutual material exchanges.
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TEL AVIV
Israel
Reuters
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Education Grants Policy Under Review
Education Minister Ivan Casey said Alberta’s education grants structure is under review and an announcement may come soon. He spoke at the Union of Alberta Municipalities convention, noting no single solution fits all concerns and promising responses to grant-resolutions. Municipal Affairs Minister Gerhart cited $4,000,000 distributed following the Judge report, defending its implementation.
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CALGARY
Ivan Casey
Alberta
Casey
Union of Alberta Municipalities
C. E. Gerhart
Union
Outlook Poor End Dispute Between Coal, Steel Talks
Cyrus Ching, chief mediator, urged soft coal operators and John L. Lewis toward a settlement as talks recessed at White Sulphur Springs and Bluefield. Prospects looked poor for a new contract and the possibility of a Taft-Hartley device or board of inquiry. Ching may next push talks to halt the steel strike led by Philip Murray’s CIO.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
Cyrus Ching
United States
John L. Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
Bluefield
W.Va
Ching
Red Point
King’s county
Prince Edward Island
Truman
Lewis
Philiip Murray
U.S
Calgary
Edmonton
Western Canada
Boston
White Sulphurena Bluefield
Manhunt for Alleged Slayer Focuses on Lethbridge
Chief Constable George Harvey said William Arcan believed to be the fugitive sought on a murder warrant by Lethbridge police and the RCMP was reported in the area late Thursday. The inquest into John Cooper’s death was adjourned to October 1 at 2:30 p.m. the police court rooms.
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Herald
C.P.R
John Cooper
Cooper
Galt
City police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
William Arcan
Martin Brothers’ funeral home
F. D. Frvett
George Harvey
Lethbridge
R.C.MSP
Arcan
R.COMP
Martin Bros
E. D. Fryett
Proclamation of East German Republic Declared in Berlin
Berlin and Washington report that the East German republic was proclaimed today under German Communist leadership. The German Peoples' Council voted to become the lower house of the German Democratic Republic, creating separate East and West regimes in occupied Germany. A president premier and cabinet for the East will be named next week amid Soviet backed propaganda and a national front manifesto to fight the West German state.
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BERLIN
Russia
German peoples’ council
German democratic republic
peoples’ council
commons central committee
Germany
WASHINGTON
Ottawa Officials Measure Crime Comics Controversy
Ottawa Oct 7 reports parents struggle to curb hand to hand circulation of crime laden comics. H P Cavers urges government action to apply criminal code to distribution and publication of crime comics. Bill sponsored by E D Fulton would let courts decide if a comic is objectionable. Action deferred at last night’s sitting.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Parliament
Cavers
St. Catharines, Ont
E. D. Fulton
Kamloops
Mosher Re-elected CCL Leader at Ottawa Convention
A. R. Mosher, 68, president of the Canadian Congress of Labor since its 1940 founding, was re-elected for another year at the CCL annual convention in Ottawa. He won 503 votes to 147 for Robert Haddow of Montreal. Pat Conroy was re-elected national secretary treasurer 534 to 139 over William Stewart. Vice presidents named include C. H. Millard Sol Spivak and Alex McAusslane.
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OTTAWA
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
C.C.L
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
Mosher
Robert Haddow
Montreal
International Union of Fur and Leather Workers
Pat Conroy
William Stewart
Vancouver
C. H. Millard
Toronto
United Steel Workers of America
Sol Spivak
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Alex McAusslane
Oil Workers’ International Union
Third Pipeline For Gas Battle in Canada Senate
A three way clash over Alberta gas pipelines to Vancouver unfolds as Prairie Pipelines Ltd seeks incorporation alongside West Coast Transmission Co and Alberta Natural Gas Co. Senate hearings begin October 18 with debates over a costly line costing 7 million to 125 million dollars and exporting gas to Portland and Seattle.
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UAWA
Alberta
Vancouver
PRAIRIE PIPELINES LTD
senate
Norman Libert
Ontario
United States
West Coast Transmission Company
board of transport commissioners
Fraser Valley
J. W. de B. Farris
British Columbia
transport commission
Alberta Natural Gas Co
senate transport and communications committee
Gray Turgeon
Farris
John T. Haig
commons
Haig
Canada
Alberta Natural Gas Company
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Wash
Aircraft spotted moored after missing flight near Want Lake
Oct 7 report from Edmonton says James Landells, 23, last seen in northern British Columbia, was spotted by a search plane safely moored on a small lake 10 miles southeast of Want Lake. Also several other brief items from the same bulletin list a payroll robbery at UN HQ site, a fatal truck crash near Cherhill, pension plans delay, Winnipeg tax ruling, Princess Margaret Canada visit rumor, and a Vancouver bank robbery thwarted by accountants.
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MRCRAFT
EDMONTON
C.P
James Donald Landells
British Columbia
Want Lake
E.U.ALF
TAXL
NEW YORK
A.P
United Nations
Tolice
CHERHILL
Alta
Christian Hansen
charce
Anton Kostink
Hansen
OTTAWA
C.E
seatres
WINNIPEG
CPR
Canadian Pacific Railway
U.U.K
E. K. Willams
king
CANADA
LONDON
Margaret
novance
VANCOUVER
Essendals mental hospital
Imperial Bank
Abbott and Hastings
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