Fresh Corn from Medicine Hat Opens Market Beat
Fresh corn arrives in Medicine Hat from Lucky Wong at Third Street NW. About 1 000 dozen ears delivered Monday and Tuesday with most sales locally and some sent to distant points. Price near 40 cents a dozen retail. Wong notes irrigation delays due to unseasonable weather. A Canada visit by Kirpalani of Ottawa is planned for next week to study Canadian industry and culture. Traffic light rules warn drivers to slow at amber signals. red and green are not shown together. Medicine Hat reports year-to-date precipitation near 7.92 inches, slightly above average, suggesting drought relief may be under way.
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Golden — Bantam
Medicine Hat
Lucky Wong
Third St
Canada
Minion
India
Médicine Hat
F. ‘W. Gershaw
Kirpalani
Ottawa
Plan to Bring Two Million Dutch Here
Grand Rapids report outlines a proposal to settle about two million Dutch families in western Canada. Richard Machiele of Kent County farm agent toured Canadian farmland and will urge Dutch farmers to settle around Calgary Edmonton and the Peace River country in Alberta and British Columbia. Since World War II about 28 000 Dutch families have settled in Canada mainly Ontario. The Reformed Church and other denominations promote immigration at a rate of 10 4900 families.
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Grand: Rapids, Mich
Netherlands
Canada
Richard
Calgary
Edmonton
Peace River
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Reformed Church
Fire Department Upgrades Apparatus and Safety Gear
The local fire department revamps equipment to speed rescue efforts. The inhalator moves to the main apparatus, replacing transfer from the chief's car, after a conference with Fire Chief Bob Allen and Alderman J W Douglas. An outboard motor is ordered for the aluminum river boat donated by Kiwanis, for river rescues, and a drowning accident last summer spurred new purchases and policy on gear transfer.
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Bob Allen
Public Safety Committee
Ald
J.W. Douglas
Kiwanis Club
Recruiting Brisk Across Canada Opens 5000 Man Brigade Drive
Volunteers flocked to recruiting centres across Canada as the army launched a drive for a 5000 man brigade to serve in Korea or as a United Nations force. Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, and Quebec City reported heavy activity with many veterans among the applicants. In Medicine Hat there was no depot but a recruitment booth operated by the South Alberta Regiment offered forms and information for active or reserve enlistment.
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Ottawa
Canada
Korea
United Nations
Medicine Hat
S.A.R
Canadian Legion Hall
Alberta
Calgary
Booth
Quebec City
Halifax
Toronto
Chorley Park
Chorley Station
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Victoria Man Named Korea Force Leader
Victoria man named for Canada United Nations service and is expected in Ottawa tomorrow for conferences Defence Minister Claxton announced Brig Rockingham an Australian native who won his present tank in the Second World War when given command of the 99th infantry brigade continued on page ten
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Canada
United Nations ‘Service
Ottawa
Claxton
Brig
Rockingham
Australia
General MacArthur lauds Canadian troops joining UN in Korea
Tokyo dispatch reports General Douglas MacArthur, UN commander in Korea, says he is delighted at the prospect of a Canadian infantry brigade joining the UN force. He could not be interviewed personally, but his office released the statement praising Canadian valor and efficiency.
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Ross
Munro
Southam
Ottawa
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Korea War
MacArthur
Korea
Americans Hold Narrow Korea Beachhead In Front
Ottawa dispatch by Ross Munro reports that American forces aim to stabilize a narrow beachhead in Korea from which a UN offensive this fall may launch. Despite risks of a larger retreat, air superiority and reinforcements raise morale as Commonwealth troops gear up for a concerted push to blunt North Korean advances, with the central Taegu rail hub in play.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Japan
Taegue
Gover
Royal Canadian Navy
Commonwealth
Jifti
Masan- Chinju
Red Front
Masan
Parliament to revive wartime materials controls
Ottawa Wary of Korea war needs Parliament will be asked in six weeks to reimpose Munitions and Supply Act powers and extend controls on steel and other vital war materials. Legislation would authorize such powers yet avoid immediate use and rely on voluntary industry cooperation.
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Ottawa
United Nations
Korea
UN Council Stalemate Over Korea Bombing Resolution
Soviet Malik blocks U.N. action condemning U.S. air strikes in Korea. The council recessed after request and vote 9 to 1 with one abstention. US delegate Austin warned of possible rule changes or General Assembly session to bypass the veto while Trygve Lie suggested a 24 hour convening window.
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United Nations
Jakob Malik
Malik
United States
Korea
U.S
U.N
Warren
Austin
U N
Security.com
Soviet Union
North Korea
Ernest ‘Gross
Rus ‘Sia
Trygve Lie
Gross
Russia
Smilestones Brown Dialogue Snapshot
Fragmentary dialogue shows painter and Brown in a comic exchange about coats and doors. The garbled text hints at a playful miscommunication and domestic scene. The exact speakers and context remain unclear from the OCR fragment.
Freighter American Planter Struck North Sea Mine
The 8250 ton freighter American Planter hit a mine in the North Sea near Heligoland while en route from Hamburg to Dunkerque. Tow to Bremerhaven was underway with no reported casualties. U S Lines withheld confirmation pending arrival at port and noted no passengers aboard.
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Hamburg
Germany
Planter
North Sea
Bremerhaven
United States’ Lines
U.S
Dunkerque
France
New York
Heligoland
Miraculous tomb draws pilgrims to Lebanon monastery
In Beyrouth area a mountaintop tomb linked to Father Cherbel Makhlouf, a Maronite hermit priest who died in 1898, has attracted about 50 000 pilgrims since 1950. Reported cures near the monastery claim the dead priest’s body exhumed and placed in a glass coffin shows no decay, with weekly wipe downs of perspiration and blood traces.
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Beyrouth
Lebanon
Neastery
Cherbel
Abdullah
Makhlouf
Marc
South Korea Front Near Chinju Despite Pincer Move
Chinese and North Korean forces pressed a southeast pincer around Chinju while South Korean and UN patrols fought near Pusan. Front reports claimed tanks and infantry wrestled for the Naktong River bridgehead as gains averaged across the 140 mile front.
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Emy
Chinju
Pusan
Chin
MacArthur
Mary Said
Teriather
Naktong
Berlin Air Blockade Rumors Spark New Propaganda Charge
A scrambled report suggests Berlin blockade tensions rise as propaganda accuses Allied planes of a fiery incident near an East German town. Washington officials deny the claim and warn against stirring anti American sentiment amid cold war maneuvering.
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Berlin
Russia
Toxtry
Washington
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Cleland
Scotland
Sylvia. Lovett
London
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Ont
Hi ‘Watkin Jones
Janette Copeland
Glasgow
Campbellford
Britain
Smiley Burnett
Smiley
Maisirsteay
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Sane Ewe
Brown
Eces
Lebanon Mountain Tomb
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