Hail Wrecks Crops Across Bow Island District
Storms hit several districts with Bow Island reporting 1000 acres leveled north of Burdett and similar damage in Winnifred area. Vauxhall suffered 50 percent crop loss Monday night and up to 59 to 100 percent in spots yesterday. Bow River irrigation crops largely spared aside from burnt stubble and late-season lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Bow Island
Burdett
N. MacMurray
Winnifred
Mark Mann
Vauxhall
Mann
Bow River
Wheat harvest in Medicine Hat district down sharply in 1954
Wheat yields in the Medicine Hat district are projected at about 14.5 bushels per acre for 1954, down from 22 in 1953. Acreage drops seven percent to 496,254 acres with total production about 7,195,683 bushels. Value to farmers is estimated at 10.5 million dollars at 1.45 per bushel, far below last year’s 22 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Bow Island
Burdett
Foremost
Etzikom
Manyberries
Nemiscam
Orion
Seven Persons
Winnifred
Whitla
Irvine
Walsh
Schuler
Hilda
Walter R. Crowe
Southern
Alberta Wheat Pool
Brooks
Eastern
Eisenhower Defends Marshall Against McCarthy Attack
President Eisenhower voiced strong defense of Gen. George C. Marshall amid Senator McCarthy’s disparaging remarks. He praised Marshall as a model American patriot and said the McCarthy controversy could affect the party, though he would not judge the Senate’s moves until it acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Joseph McCarthy
Senate
McCarthy
Marshall
Ralph Flanders
U.S
Truman
Bodies Found Of Three Men In Plane Crash Near Whitecourt
RCMP say the bodies of three men killed eight months ago in a single engine ambulance plane crash near Whitecourt were found in the wreckage north of the McLeod and Athabaska rivers. Pilot Gordon McDonald Loyd Williams and Dr Don Wilson perished November 22 during a storm en route to Edmonton for polio treatment. A major Alberta air search previously failed to locate the missing Cessna 180.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
RCMP
Whitecourt
Peace River
Alta
George Andrews
RCAF
Gordon McDonald
Loyd Williams
Don Wilson
Grande Prairie
Williams
Alberta
McLeod
Athabaska
Goldie the Mythical Mail Carrier Retires After 40 Years
E N Goldie known as Goldie in Medicine Hat retires after a long career as a letter carrier starting in 1913. He served in the 175th Battalion in World War I and returned to deliver mail through the business district, famous for his memory of families and their tales. A humorous myth of a wife and 17 children accompanies his retirement plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
E. N. Goldie
Goldie
J. H. Collier
France
Germany
Hill
Doctor Bannister Reported With Cold Ahead of Empire Games
Empire Village Vancouver CP reports Britain's Roger Bannister, famed mile world record setter, has a slight head cold. An English team official says he is training normally and that the cold should not worsen. Bannister and Australia's John Landy, who challenged the record, are set for the mile heats Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Village
Vancouver
Roger Bannister
England
Bannister
Australia
John Landy
Roger
Good Position Despite Wheat Revenue Decline in Medicine Hat District
Agricultural analysts say farmers remain financially stable despite an estimated $10 million drop in prospective wheat harvest value. A 3 million bushel unsold carryover is viewed as money in the bank while flax and durum sowing have doubled, and improvements keep pace with good crops. Modern farm machinery, new storage sheds, and relatively manageable debt accompany firm beef prices and potential irrigation stabilizing future grain yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Canada Remembers First World War On Fortieth Anniversary
Canada marks forty years since the 1914 outbreak of World War I. The nation of eight million saw 619000 enlist, 424500 serve overseas, 24000 in the British Air Forces, and 5000 in the Royal Canadian Navy. Acknowledging battles from Ypres to Passchendaele, the piece honors 60661 dead and 138166 wounded, while urging care for aging veterans and their War Veterans Allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
British Empire
Germany
The
Bugles
Army
Royal Canadian Navy
Korea
Freedom
Precipitation declines threaten crops in 1954 report
A district weather summary shows rainfall in 1954 well below 1953 levels. The seven month total differs by 2.09 inches from 1953, with May through July at 4.60 inches versus 5.41 in 1953, and January to April moisture down from 7.77 to 5.53 inches. If dry trends persist, the 1953 moisture peak may not be reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Weather Outlook for Western Prairies
Cool cloudy conditions persist across western prairie regions with showers in districts north and south of central Alberta. Showers end by Thursday as the system moves east. highs today near 60 in rain areas and 65 to 70 elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Prairie
Alberta
Smile stones and Plymouth rocks in jail quip
Mose asks why Sam is jailed and Sam says it is for throwing rocks from his neighbor into his yard. Mose complains, Sam explains the rocks were Plymouth Rocks. The exchange captures humor in a period setting with casual dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose
Sam
Plymouth Rocks
Legion Opposes Federal Army Plan and Calls for Selective Service
The Canadian Legion voted against the federal plan to reorganize the reserve army and urged immediate national selective service for both active and reserve forces. Poland delivered a strong protest note to Britain demanding the return of a Polish seaman who sought asylum in London. Canada’s population is over 15,000,000, more than eight percent higher than in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Canadian Legion Today
Poland
Britain
London
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.C
South Africa
New Zealand
Trinidad
Seaace
Praises Marshall
Empire Stadium
Mike Agostini
Don McFar
Jackie MacDonald
Tor
Yvette Willams
Vancouver Province
the Great Players Co
Sveneen
NEWS
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!