02 Aug 1950
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1950
Page
1
Gregory Hadley aged 23 months, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Hadley of 52 Tenth St N.H., drowned after wandering into a neighbor's yard and falling into a pond near goldfish. Firemen and police responded with artificial respiration until breathing apparatus arrived.
Mayor and Maple Creek delegation attend the annual small scale stampede at the grounds with hot roping and calf riding events. An amateur entomologist seeks help identifying a new beetle found at 200 Spencer St. Local horse owners Lorne Thompson and Alderman Scholten display entries. parade rings led by Cliff Gardiner. A dentist notes a potential future air drill for teeth.
Officials from the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union report that two seafarers on the new west coast checks were rejected. One cook member was identified while the other remained unnamed.
Power workers in Regina end a 10 day strike at the city power plant after signing a new working agreement. The contract, mediated by Justice S E Richards, raises pay about 10 dollars monthly for 120 workers and includes cost of living adjustments retroactive to February 21. No reprisals were planned for strikers or managers. some violence occurred during the dispute and power cuts were limited to city streets.
The text notes that sacred rites were held sacred to Osiris by the Egyptians and to Bacchus by the Greeks, indicating ancient religious honor and devotee practices across cultures.
At Lake Success Sir Gladwyn Jebb, British delegate, said Korea is the UN’s gravest problem and must take priority over other topics. He opposed linking Korea and China in Security Council talks. Russian delegate Jakob Malik argued agenda should be procedural and save substantive remarks for merits debate.
LETHBRIDGE CP report: ten month international manhunt for William Arcand ends with arrest in Eureka California. Arcand, 25, Metis, is accused in the October slaying of John Ottis Cooper at his river-bottom home after a party. Coroner's jury named Arcand. police plan to bring him to face murder charges.
Indications point to a broader and more intense air war in Korea with two additional medium bomber groups, likely B-29s, to the area this week. Marine air units will bolster close ground support as air ground communications improve for coordinated fighter bomber attacks.
A New York AP piece reports on nose superstitions and reactions to sneezes, noting beliefs that three sneezes predict bachelorhood or other events. Dr. Harold M. Holden discusses nose aesthetics, neurosis, and plastic surgery, including ancient Hindu nose making and Aristotle's idea that nose shape signs character.
U S troops hold positions northeast of Chinju near the Pusan area as battle rages with the No Korean sixth division. The front line runs from burning villages along the coast to Kumchon with heavy tanks artillery and infantry locked in fierce combat eight miles northeast of Chinju.
Montreal unions announce a concerted August 22 strike unless a satisfactory agreement is reached. Railways offer extended hours reductions with no pay cut, costing about 27 million yearly for organized staff and 37 million for all employees, while negotiations continue.
Belgians readied a bill to crown Prince Baudouin king as Leopold abdicated toward a final step in the transition. The draft, prepared by a ministerial committee, aims for House introduction by Friday amid ongoing labor unrest and mourning for three workers killed during rioting.
Hooded bandits stole 96 000 dollars in three gold bars from the Contaurum mine twenty miles east of Timmins after tying up watchman Bill Edwards and blowing a vault safe. They fled in a 1934 Buick, leaving a blackened abandoned car about 25 miles east. Police and mine officials call it the largest gold theft in the region.
The Canadian Association of Exhibitions plans to compare 1950 exhibition results with last year to gauge the impact of cancelled rail freight rate privileges. Officials say some fairs may be less affected, notably Quebec City and Sherbrooke livestock shows, where truck transport dominates. By October, overall effects will be clearer.
Fragmented text outlines hearings on a proposed coast to Alberta oil line and gas transport. Mentions Canada and Pacific Northwest, export conventions, and defence considerations.
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