Old West Cattle Round-Up At Gap Draws Crowd
The annual fall cattle round-up at the Gap on Saturday October 14 gathered about 1 000 head of stock in a field near Maycroft Hall. Don White led as stock ranger. cows were sorted by owner for drives home. Ladies sold meals and crafts. proceeds fund hall improvements. Attendees hailed from Pincher Cowley Lundbreck and the Pass with visitors from Saskatoon Calgary and local old timers recalling past days. Weather was cloudy with light rain but spirits remained high in a gala community event.
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ANDBRECK
the Gap
Gap
Don White
Maycroft Hall
Pincher
Cowley
Lundbreck
Pass
Smith
Saskatoon
Walter Wilson
Calgary
west
Dick” Lynch- Staunton
Pincher Creek
Harry Gunn
Cowiey
Maycroft
Livingstone Range
North Fork Livestock Association
John Kemmis
Allied Columns Blast Into City From Two Sides
Allied armored columns entered Pyongyang from the south and east, linking up to seize the capital. U S First Cavalry and Republic of Korea forces led the advance, with four UN divisions and Commonwealth troops in support. Thousands surrendered as the eastern half fell to American and South Korean troops and fighting continued into the city.
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U.S
Pyongyang
EOUL
Korea
Red Korea
United Nations
Manila
Tokyo
Republic of Korea
ROK
Taedong
Seoul
Don Whitehead
Taedong river
Express Wrecked 2 Killed Express Wrecked 2 Killed
The North Star express derailed near Oneida New York injuring 15 and killing two. A steel freight-car door in the path of the Limited was blamed for the crash as six Toronto-bound cars attached to the train derailed. Continued on Page 14.
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QNEIDA
N.Y
New York Central Railroad
North Star’ express
New York
Oneida
Limited
Special Consultant In Defence Works
G Johnson, 37, Calgary born, general manager of the Carladian Construction Association, named special consultant to develop the government defence construction program. He will be on loan to the Canadian Commercial Corporation to advise on barrack blocks and other military installations. The program's value is $100,000,000 this year, with expectations for a higher total next year.
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OTTAWA
CP— RK
G. Johnson
Carladian Construction Association
association
Canadian Commercial Corporation
Careless Smoking Drives Ontario Fire Toll, March to July
The Ontario Fire Marshal reports smoking remains the leading fire cause with 1 644 blazes from cigarette debris near flammables in April to June causing 2 766 775 dollars in losses. Chimneys stoves and hot embers caused 990 fires with 559 357 dollars in losses, while petroleum products totaled 417 951 dollars. Under the electricity heading on the back page the issue continues.
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Ontario
Stripper Georgia Lee Reports Car Break-In
Hollywood reports a break-in by a thief who stripped Georgia Lee of her car's contents. Police were notified after the incident occurred yesterday, leaving her G-string and other working equipment missing.
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HOLLYWOOD
Georgia Lee
Miss Lee
Western Europe Reacts Warmly to Truman Speech
Western Europe greeted President Truman's San Francisco address urging a will for peace with warmth in parts of the region and silence in Soviet dominated eastern zones. West German papers ran banners warning against aggression while Roman dailies offered brief summaries. London papers carried editorials praising the speech and published outlines due to space limits.
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LONDON
Truman
San Francisco
Russia
Europe
Rome
L'Unita
Washington
Moscow
Manchester Guardian
the
Daily Telegraph
U.S
Canada to enforce consumer credit controls soon
Canada cabinet approved consumer credit controls in a 214 hour session with no official notice. Regulation details include higher down payments and tighter loan durations, possibly affecting auto loans and personal loans. Finance Minister Abbott may issue a statement next week as investigators are appointed to ensure enforcement.
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UAWA
Canada
Abbott
R. L. Kellock
Supreme Court of Canada
Truck Plunges 80 Feet. Driver Killed in Alberta Embankment
Drumheller Alberta report says Jens C Jensen aged 53, a Wayne district farmer, died when his pickup plunged over an 80 foot embankment while he was en route to the district school to pick up his daughter.
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DRUMHELLER
Alta
Jens. C. Jensen
Wayne
October Yale Party in Clinton Hosts Moose Women Event
The local Women of the Moose chapter in Clinton hosts a Christmas party tonight. Senior regent Mrs. Carrie Melville said the event is in October since people are busy at Christmas time.
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CLINTON
the
Women of the Moose
Carrie Melville
Expert witness cites criminal hand in ship alarm tampering
Dr Lucien Gravel Laval University professor testified at a Canada Steamship Lines inquiry into the August disaster on the Quebec that a criminal hand tampered with the ships alarm system. He based his conclusion on wreckage evidence including wet cell battery clips a four blade swatch and carbon electrodes from five dry cell batteries. He noted two battery clips were fused suggesting removal before the fire and said the large switch was burned and fused in a neutral position cutting power to the alarm.
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QUEBEC
Canada Steamship Lines
Lucien Gravel
Laval University
C.S.L
Gravel
Social Credit Party Adopts Monetary Reform Plan
Regina report says the Social Credit national convention approved a monetary reform program as a main manifesto plank. Solon Low promised liberty to Canadians and outlined a monetary commission to oversee policy with Bank of Canada cooperation and a national accounting system. The plan aims to extend the party’s influence beyond Alberta.
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REGINA
national Series Credit convention
Solon Low
Canada
Social Credit party
monetary commission
Bank of Canada
Alberta
Cripps Resigns Cabinet Post In Britain Oct 19
Sir Stafford Cripps Britain’s economic czar resigns as chancellor of the exchequer citing ill health. The 61 year old walks away after leading postwar recovery efforts and building Britain’s dollar and gold reserves. Hugh Gaitskell tipped as successor as Bevin’s and others’ future posts loom in a cabinet shakeup.
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Sir Stafford Cripps
ONDON
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
exchequer
South
Bristol
foreign ministry
Moscow
Jord
board of trade
DALTON
Hugh Dalton
Labor party
Huxley Farmer Wins Liberal Nomination in Olds By election
Martin Winthar a 57 year old farmer from Huxley district won the Liberal nomination for the Olds by election at a conven tion in Ol ds on Wednesday. He led Edward Miller Alex Weir and R A MacKinnon of Olds to secure the nomination. The by election is set for November 16 to fill the seat vacated by the death of Norman Cook Social Credit MLA.
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OLDS
Alta
Martin Winthar
Huxley
Edward Miller
Alex Weir
R. A. MacKinnon
sll
Norman Cook
Social Credit
Bevin Claims Turkish Embassy Leaked Allied Secrets
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that Allied secrets reached Germany through the British embassy in Turkey during World War Two. He confirmed Moyzisch’s assertions that the ambassador’s valet photographed top secret papers and sold them, including references to Operation Overlord.
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ONDON
Reuters
Turkey
Ernest Bevin
house of commons
Bevin
Cicero
Ludwig Moyzisch
Moyzisch
Ankara
Britain
Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen
Moyaisch
Europe
Gaitskell Named to Succeed Cripps as Chancellor
London report says Economics Minister Hugh Gaitskell was chosen to replace Sir Stafford Cripps who resigned due to ill health. Prime Minister Attlee announced from 10 Downing Street that Cripps hopes to resume public work in a year. Other brief items note Canada’s five officers arriving on Okinawa, prairie wheat down to 430,080,000 bushels, Alberta crude reaching Regina, seven killed in a Texas air crash, a Soviet bloc two representatives plan, and Panish Falange barred from the U.S.
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United States
Canada
Cripps
Attlee
Bristol
Gloucestershire
Ernest Bevin
GAITSKELL
LONDON
Reuters
Hugh Gaitskell
Stafford Cripps
Downing Street
OKINAWA
OTTAWA
special United Nations brigade
Pacific
Fort Lewis
Wash
prairies
Bureau of Statistics
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
Speswers
Russia
PANISH FALANGE PARTY
U.S
WASHINGTON
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M.L.A
Cecil Eiten
Tom Heap
Ernest Lank
Noel Cox
South Alberta
Lethbridge
Lioyd Knight
Herald
Kim Il Sung
Kim
Whitehead
eighth army
Express
Defence
The Family Bible
Frisco
national production authority
Yale
tion
Labor
Switzerland
Italy
Gakskell
SIR STAFFORD
Huxley Farmer
EDMONTON
Interprovincial Pipe Line Company
TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO
Tex
Randolph Air Force base
Seguin
state highway department
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