Barons Marks Spudding Of No 1 Oil Well
Barons Oil kicks off No 1 well near Barons Alberta with 136 ft derrick as 1400 shareholders, officials, and locals attend in strong winds. Regent Drilling of Edmonton operates the rotary rig aiming for Madison lime production. near Warner non productive wells cited. The semi wildcat venture spans 39 000 acres with neighboring firms including Hudsons Bay and California Standard.
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Madison
Coulee
Del Bonita
Barons high-school
Alberta
Barons No. 1
Regent Drilling Company of
Edmonton
Barons Oil company
CP.R
Regentry
Warner
Barons Oil
Allen Brown
Calgary
Leon Schoof
Claresholm
Murray Stevens
Joe Montalban
Leduc
Redwater
Barons
Hudson Bay-Marland
Okala Keho Dome
Don Oils Ltd
Barnsdall
Honolulu
Seaboard
Continental
Hudson’s Bay
California Standard
Socony-Vacuum
oit
sre
Regent Driiling Company
No. 1
southern plains
Toronto finances show sound debenture position in 1949
Toronto’s finance commissioner G A Lascelles reports for 1949 that gross debenture debt is 66 024 950 leaving a far healthier standing than 1945 and well below 1918 levels after two world wars. The debt peaked at 195 064 861 in 1932, underscoring improvement in municipal finances. Grace in a restaurant is noted in a Detroit Free Press letter.
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ORONTO
T finance
G. A. Lascelles
GRACE
Detroit free Press
Protest Jail Food Sit-Down Strike Report
Calgary trades leaders allege Lethbridge provincial jail inmates held a sit-down strike on October 2 over food quality. George Perry, Calgary Trades and Labor Council resolutions chair, cited an informant who served 25 days for a traffic violation. Perry claims inmates were inadequately fed, receiving only one egg per week, and criticizes the government for lacking trained cooks. He notes jail conditions in Calgary and urges a prison directors board with labor representation. The resolution advances to the Alberta Federation of Labor before cabinet submission.
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CALGARY
George Perry
Lethbridge
Perry
Calgary Trades and Labor Council
Jose
Alberta Federation of Labor
George Swallow
Alberta
Americans Wonder at West Called Names and Given Kicking
Special contributor I Norman Smith reports from Lucknow India on the Institute of Pacific Relations conference. Western critics labeled the West with rude terms while aid to the East is debated as a means to counter communism. The piece outlines the dilemma of aid versus imperial perceptions and possible troop deployments.
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I. NORMAN SMITH
The
Herald
LUCKNOW
India
Institute of Pacific Relations
aso
Fire destroys jet plane plant in Eaton Manufacturing
North Korean and Chinese forces renew fierce fighting as U N troops push toward the Manchurian border. A fire at Eaton Manufacturing Company wiped out its jet plane plant, injuring five workers, in a blow to government production. Canadian and British naval air support coords with U S troops amid rapid moves near Kasan and Chongju.
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BATTLE CREEK
Midh
Eaton Manufacturing Company
ECUL
Manchurian
United Nations
U.S
Wonsan
Eighth Army
Theseus
Commonwealth 27th
Kasan
5th Regiment
Chongju
Yalu River
Korea
Partner Deal Is At an End in Manitoba Coalition
Brandon dispatch reports Manitoba Progressive Conservative convention ends coalition with Liberals, voting 205 to 26 against Education Minister W C Miller and 215 to 17 against Labor Minister C E Greenlay for continuation of the Bipartisan arrangement. Errick F Willis re-elected leader amid calls to go into opposition.
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BRANDON, Man
Manitoba
Liberals
W C Miller
Labor
C E Greenlay
Errick F. Willis
Granum Highway Accident Claims Second Victim
Coroner Dr R Watson awaits autopsy results to decide if an inquest is held into Mrs Geralds death. Remains at Martin Brothers funeral home. An RCMP spokesman doubts an inquest will be held. The crash near Granum involved a Red Deer driver Arthur Barber in a head on collision with an oil truck 15 miles east. Mrs Arthur Barber and two others were passengers. Barber car occupants had minor injuries while truck driver John Havinga was uninjured. Dense ground fog shrouded the scene.
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R. Watson
Maclead
Gerald
Martin Brothers’ funeral
RCMP
Arthur Barber
Red Deer
Granum
Walles
Cverald
John Havinga
Bodies of 30 Americans found in North Korea train attack
North Korea Oct 28 30 Americans were found dead along a northbound train 30 miles northeast of Anju. Nine burned, 21 shot. Two survivors located. Judge Advocate says train was attacked and set afire by American planes. Koreans killed the Americans. nine bodies burned in air strike. No Red Korean dead found. South Koreans guided to survivors and bodies near Kuang village.
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U.S. 1ST CORPS
North Korea
Anju
1st Corps
Morgan L. Cochrane
Kuang village
Governor General's Term Extended by King George
King George extends the Governor General of Canada term by one year from next spring. The extension prolongs official duties for an additional year, altering the typical tenure and duties at Rideau Hall.
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Canada
King George
Year extension for Viscount Alexander as Governor General
Ottawa reports the extension of Viscount Alexander’s Governor General term by one year to spring 1951. The King approved the move after Prime Minister St Laurent voiced gratification, noting Alexander’s popularity and wartime leadership. Alexander arrived in 1946 and became a widely traveled, respected figure in Canada.
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OTTAWA
Viscount Alexander
Canea
St. Laurent
Canada
Lord
Lady Alexander
Unlucky Tamara Catches Hong Kong Harbor After Ten Month Cruise
The Tamara a Honduran registered tramp steamer arrives in Hong Kong after a troubled voyage from Australia. Its 38 crew members from six nations faced disasters from a blown boiler to seasickness and a love triangle among South American crew. The ship carried deportees dogs cats two monkeys and a gorilla seeking peace and quiet.
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Australia
Tamara
Borneo
Newcastle
South China
Brisbane
Canada Land Deal Planned for South Sask River Region
Canada government to announce purchase of Canada Land and Irrigation Company lands in Vallahall area this weekend. Rt Hon James G Gardiner expected to confirm plan to extend canals serving about 200000 more acres with Vauxhall as development centre and water to reach 128000 acres in Suffield and Redcliff areas once approved by court order.
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Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Vallahall
Dominion
James G. Gardiner
Medicine Hat
L. B. Thomsen
P.F.R.A
Canada Land
Vauxhall
Bow River
Suffield
Redcliff
Con
Fire kills two children in Picture Butte home
An inquest will review the deaths of Claud Paunovic five and Christina Paunovic two and a half after a fire gutted their shack while parents worked in a sugar beet field five miles away. Authorities believe an overheated cook stove started the blaze fanned by high winds. funeral services are set for Monday at Christensen Brothers chapel with interment in St Patrick's cemetery.
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Dobrivoy Paunovic
Canada
Yugoslavia
Charles Parry
Pather D. Hunt
Christensen Brothers
St. Patrick's cemetery
Swedish King Fights For Life At Drottingham Palace
Stockholm oct 28 king gustaf of sweden, aged 92, struggles with a critical illness as subjects await updates. doctors say he remains clear minded but tired, with heart function steady despite bronchial catarrh. the monarch, europe’s oldest reigning king, has been treated with aureomycin since yesterday.
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STOCKHOLM
Gustaf
Sweden
Japan eyes Canadian rayon pulp buy from BC
Two Japanese business men said they hope to buy rayon pulp in British Columbia after unsuccessful visits to Norway, Sweden, Finland, New York and Eastern Canada. They noted Japan was before the war one of Canada's best customers for rayon pulp.
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JAPAN
VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Norway
Sweden
Finland
New York
Canada
No Plans To Leave Canada
Dr. Raymond Boyer a Montreal chemist who served a wartime secrets act term says he has no plan to leave Canada. Public questions arose after Pearson said RCMP lifted his passport. Boyer later said he is in Toronto and will return to Montreal. He denied visa applications and noted a passport to visit England issued last August remains impounded.
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TORONTO
Raymond Boyer
Montreal
Canada
Pearson
New York
RCMLP
Boyer
Russia
RCMP
Dr. Boyer
Dr. Beyers
Laurentians
Beyer
Toronto Globe and Mail
Finland
England
secretary of state for external affairs
Guy Boyer
Europe
France
Terrebonne
Que
Maj. Boyer
Bank of Montreal robbed by four masked men in Vancouver
Four armed intruders seized a woman passerby to act as teller and fled with an undisclosed sum from a downtown Vancouver Bank of Montreal branch. Police pursued no arrests reported as of late tonight.
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HONG KONG
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LONG
Canada Land Deal
South Sask
Claud Paunovic
Bank of Montreal
as & sien
Bruce Auchinvale
Guster I
Gustav
TIBET
NEW DELHI
Tibetam goverma
FORT LEWIS
TACOMA
Wash
Pacific coast
Brit
United States
GOETTINGEN
Germany
Reuters
Ali
University of Erith Columbia
P. J. Nicke
St. Francis Xavier University
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