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Lethbridge Herald

Location

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Date

Oct 16, 1948

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Albertan To Give Farming Lesson To Ontarioans

OSHAWA Ontario farmers near Toronto will learn western Canadian farming methods from Norman C Taylor of Lacombe Alberta. He has leased 1800 idle acres around Ajax Defence Industries, plans mainly wheat plus barley and oats, uses two tractors and a four-man crew with combines, and aims to net about 100000 from a 25000 investment.

OSHAWA Ont Toronto western Canada Norman C. Taylor Lacombe Alta Taylor Ajax Defence Industries Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Edmonton parking meters fail to ease downtown jam

Canadian Press notes meters raise city revenue but parking remains tight as drivers beat meters with short-term passes while commissioners seek new lots. High demand areas near banks hotels and offices force motorists to circle blocks, worsening the downtown squeeze.

Edmonton Canada

Perreaults Face Trial for Montreal Bank Holdup Slayings

Montreal October 16 three suspects including Donald and Douglas Perreault and Noel Cloutier faced trial on two counts of murder in the shooting of Constables Nelson Paquin and Paul Emile Duranleau during the September 23 bank holdup at the Bank Canadienne Nationale in Longue Pointe. Cloutier attempted suicide in a police cell and was hospitalized with minor blood loss. the men pleaded innocent.

MONTREAL Donald Douglas Perreault John Bumbray Wilfrid Lazure Noel Cloutier Cloutier Perreaults Tabor Al’'1 Justice Lazure Court of King's Bench Nelson Paquin Paul Emile Duranleau Barque Canadienne Nationale Longue Pointe King’s Bench Court Perteaults Alexandre Chevalxi Chevalier Bumbray havng Justice Lagure Perrefaults Isidore Cadroux Doug Douglas

Land And Air Attacks Threaten Holy Land Truce

In HLAVIV October 16 Jews and Egyptians fought land and air assaults in southern Palestine, jeopardizing the Holy Land truce. Casualties from yesterday’s fighting were reported heavy as the gravest outbreak in three months spread and threatened to upend the fragile ceasefire.

HLAVIV Palestine Holy Land

Israel Rejects Cease-Fire Order in Negev Fighting

United Nations officials said Israel rejected a cease-fire order for Israeli and Egyptian forces in the Negev. The truce commission chief warned a renewed war or its fracture could decide the next 12 hours of fighting. Jewish and Egyptian forces clashed after a convoy toward southern settlements was halted, escalating tensions as UN mediation continued.

HAIFA Israel A.P United Nations Negev Palestine United Nations truce commission tates U.N. Palestine Paris Tel Aviv tress

Member Senate For 32 Years Earnest D. Smith Dies at 97

Ernest Disraeli Smith 97 longtime Conservative senator from Wentworth died Friday night after a period of illness. He served 32 years in the Canadian senate and was dean of the upper house until his retirement a year ago. Previously, he represented Wentworth in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1913 when appointed to the senate.

WINONA Ont C.P Ernest Disraeli Smith Canadian senate Canada Wentworth house of commons senate

Truman Orders Broad Reserve Force Expansion

President Truman directed the Defence Department to organize all military reserve units for national security. He ordered vigorous reserve training programs, naming Forrestal to oversee the effort and to appoint high ranking officers to head reserve programs in each service. Forrestal must report progress within 60 days.

CLARKSBURG W. Va A.P Truman defence department Defence Forrestal armed service departments national defence establishment

Nicaragua war minister accuses neighbors of plotting revolt

General Anastasio Somoza, Nicaragua's minister of war, charged on Friday that Cubs Costa Rica Guatemala and Venezuela are conspiring to overthrow the Nicaraguan government.

MANAGUA Nicaragua Anastasia 5omoza Cubs Costa Rica Guatemala Venezuela

Correspondent Kenneth Matthews Regained Apparent Freedom

Reuters reports that Kenneth Matthews, BBC correspondent, who had been captured by Greek guerrillas, was seen Friday appearing free in a cafe in a village in the Argos area. Greek police noted the area remains under guerrilla control.

ATHENS Reuters Kenneth Matthews B.B.C Argos

Eisenhower Tells His Story To Lethbridge Herald Readers

The Lethbridge Herald announces an exclusive serial by General Dwight D. Eisenhower titled Crusade in Europe. The first installment debuts November 8, offering a personal account of World War II leadership from the Allied command chief.

Eisenhower Lethbridge Herald Dwight Eisenhower Europe Herald Supreme Allied Command

Eisenhower story prompts Herald subscription push

The Herald urges readers to join the subscription list to ensure daily access to the Eisenhower story. It notes rates of $8 per year by mail and 25 cents per week by carrier, as of the November 8 issue.

Herald Eisenhower

Government reports $469.7 million surplus in six months

The federal government disclosed a six month surplus of 469,683,476 with receipts totaling 1,314,766,87 and expenditures 845,082,311. Customs duties declined while income taxes and profits taxes fell slightly from last year, and defence and veterans' affairs spending shifted, shaping an improving fiscal picture.

Abbott Dominion prices board allai

Prowse Proposes One Year Military Training Plan

Alberta Liberal leader J Harper Prowse urged one year compulsory military training for all Canadian men reaching 18. The plan would register youths each July, issue four months basic training, eight months in a service arm, then four years reserve training with possible second-line service. Estimated need is 45,000 instructors at about 500 million dollars. He argued peace costs today.

EDMONTON J. Harper Prowse Alberta United Services Institute thainees Frowse

Canada holds first national maritime advisory meeting

Ottawa Oct 16 The first meeting of the national advisory committee to the Canadian maritime commission will be held in Ottawa Oct 18 20 inclusive J W Clyne chairman of the commission announced last night It will be a historic meeting of Canada s stopping and shipbuilding industry because it will be the first time Canada has had every phase of these industries assembled around the conference table

ARIS A.P Andrei Vishinsky security council Berlin PUUS “BONER Vishinsky Canada Russia Moscow Juan Bramuglia Britain United States France Bramuglia imnasse Jan Y Papanek penien Papanek Poland Palestine assembly OTTAWA Canadian maritime commisson J. W. Clyne Canaan maritime commission

Soviet Minister Fired For Missing Meat Quota

Moscow reports Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov replaces V V Vorokee as minister of the meat and dairy industry after a central statistical administration note shows the predecessor fell nine percent short of his quota. Russia’s overall industrial output in 1948 stands 26 percent above 1940, with grain reaching the 1940 level.

MOSCOW Russia Tass supreme soviet Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov V V. Voroktee central statistical administration

TLC Delivers Compromise Resolution On Communism In TLC

Victoria Oct 16 A bitter within TLC battle ends with a mild resolution deploring Reds and taking no action against them. The compromise resolution, favored by middle delegates, avoids expulsions and marks a tepid stance amid left and right factions in the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada.

VICTORIA Trades and Labor Congress of Canada today T.L.C

Alberta Premier seeks over 3 million for municipalities

At the Union of Alberta Municipalities convention Premier E. C. Manning announced the cabinet will ask the legislature for more than 3 million in relief to municipalities. The plan envisions a total annual commitment near 3.6 million, with education grants and social welfare funding expanded. Delegates also backed resolutions to regulate heavy loads, empower bans on road use under severe frost, and allow appointment of town commissioners. Alderman Fred J. Mitchell of Edmonton was named head of the new executive.

ALGARY c.P Fred J. Mitchell Edmonton Union of Alberta E. C. Manning Alberta Matt Bing nal ized T. #. Garside EB. Tucker Edson

Israeli column nears Gaza amid Arab governance claims

News bulletins describe an Israeli motorized column advancing under siren fire toward Gaza, near the Arab government capital in the Negev. Reports place Gaza about 15 miles north of the Egyptian border and 40 miles from Jerusalem, amid tense border conditions and ongoing regional protests.

GAZA TEL AVIV Israel sir Gover Palestine Negev Jerusalem BERLIN United States ALASKA SEATTLE A.P United States coast guard Cane St. Elias Contac Starstone EDMONTON C.P United Housewives of Alberta CALGARY BRICKLAYERS CALGARY Bricklayers’ Union AFL ESTEVAN EATON ESTEVAN Sask O.P T. Eaton Company DUNCAN Westhelme here MONTREAL U.P Fred ‘J. Parke traffic and customs department of Canadian Industries Limited Canadian Purchasing Agents Parker

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