Anglo-Iranian Opens Calgary Exploration Office
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co through its D Arcy Exploration unit plans a Calgary office. P T Cox will lead as exploration manager with J W Jackson as manager and J Watson as geologist. The firm aims to study western Canadian crude prospects expanding from Middle East operations. D Arcy previously drilled in New Brunswick about 30 years ago.
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Western Canada
Calgary
Cox
Persia
Alberta
D'Arcy Exploration Co
Middle East
Canada
New Brunswick
U S to Build Large New Plant for Atom Program
The atomic energy commission plans a new 1.2 billion dollar plant in southern Ohio to produce uranium 235 by gaseous diffusion. The facility, on a 6500 acre site, will employ 4000 to 5000 workers and is part of a broader AEC expansion including Hanford Paducah Oak Ridge and Savannah River.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio
Chas. Elston
Elston
Aecs
Congress
AEC
atHanford
Wash
Paducah
Oak Ridge
Sask Wheat Pool Holds High Hopes for Bumper Crops
Regina CP reports the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool maintains a 160 condition reading for the third straight week, signaling a likely bumper crop. The crop index uses 100 as the provincial average yield, with 160 reflecting strong prospects across wheat, plus steady readings for oats, barley, flax, and other grains.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Agriculture Department
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bartley
Mounties Break Up Young Dope Party in Nanaimo
Two youths pleaded guilty to illegal possession of heroin in a Nanaimo hotel room on July 31 and were remanded for sentence. RCMP broke down the door to find two youths and three juvenile girls at a nude party, with heroin capsules syringes and needles found. The case marks a BC juvenile narcotics milestone, with the youths previously convicted of contributing to juvenile delinquency.
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Mounties
Nanaimo
B.C
Beevor-Potts
R.C.M.P
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Six Week Upland Bird Season Announced for Alberta
Calgary Canadian Press reports Alberta grants a six week open season this fall on most upland birds including pheasants and grouse. Open Oct 4 to Nov 15. blue grouse Sept 1 to Sept 30. Pheasant bag three daily, 18 per season. other species ten daily, 50 season. blue grouse five daily, 25 season.
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Calgary
Alberta
Eric HueStis
Huestis
Bow Island Wheat Delivers 45 Bushels Per Acre
First wheat from this year’s crop to be delivered to Bow Island elevators was unloaded by Alex Georgi Jr. The wheat, from new breaking, weighed 63 pounds per bushel and yielded 45 bushels to the acre.
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Bow Island
Alex Georfi, Jr
West Germany sees sharp drop in jobless, record employment
The German government reported in the second quarter that unemployment fell by 340,000 to 1,200,000 while employment rose by 587,000 to a record 15,170,704. The gains reflect strong labor market trends in Bonn.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Killing Frost Affects Bercon Hill Area
A killing frost last night hit the Bercon Hill area 15 miles northeast of Medicine Hat. John Watkins reports damage to watermelons pumpkins beans and potatoes with some wheat also affected. No damage estimate is yet available.
China to form nationwide security committees police system
Hong Kong reports that Mao era officials plan to create a country wide police network with security committees in villages, schools and factories empowered to arrest for crimes and alleged wrong thoughts. Committees aim to curb counter revolutionaries and prevent re emergence of dissent amidst a broad purge of merchants and alleged illegal practices.
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Hong Kong
Reuters
Communist
China Today
Federal Department of Public Security
China
Peiping
Security Committee
Cee
Charge Man with Quadruple Bigamy
Leroy Holzman an ambulance driver was held for investigation on bigamy and theft after four women claimed he married them. He wed Clara Ledet in 1947 Cecile Ducot in 1951 Martha Meyers in 195? and Ernestine Palmer later. Ducot said the couple separated after three weeks. Palmer charged him with taking 2200 dollars from her.
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New Orleans
Leroy Holzman
Holzman
Clara Ledet
Cecile Ducot
Martha Meyers
Ernestine Palmer
Miss Ducot
Meyers
Miss Palmer
Airliner Down in Brazil Report
A Reuters radio report said a Douglas DC3 with 24 aboard crashed and caught fire at Palmeiras Brazil on a Rio Verde Goiânia flight. No casualty details were available. The plane was listed as belonging to Loide Aereo Nacional.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Reuters
Palmeiras
Brazil
Rio Verde
Goiania
Goiaz
Loide Aereo Nacional
Blonde Band Singer Named Miss Canada 1952
An 18 year old blonde singer Marilyn Dolores Reddick of Agincourt Ont won Miss Canada 1952 in Burlington. She beat 12 Ontario entrants on appearance poise talent and intelligence and receives a $1000 scholarship plus trips to Atlantic City and London for the coronation. Olga Romanik of Vancouver was the only non Ontario entrant and failed to reach finals.
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London
Atlantic City
Burlington
Ont
Yolanda Babic
Fort William
Betty Carter
Simcoe
Ruth McMorran
Hagersville
Pat James
Hamilton
Carol Ann Smith
Scotland
Marilyn Reddick
Agincourt
Marilyn Sewell
Ottawa
Joan Treble
Alderwood
Pamela Barney
Derell Kingston
Chatham
Joan Moore
Caledonia
Olga Romanik
Vancouver
D. Brisson
St. Catharines
Marilyn Dolores Reddick
Ontario
N.J
Canada
Reddick
Marjorie Kelly
Courtland
Miss. Reddick
Miss Reddick
Harvard Reddick
Toronto
The
Commodores
Olga’ Romanik
Officials Meet to Review Polio Outbreak Precautions
Health officials from Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton met with provincial leaders for two hours to decide if further polio precautions are needed. No final decision announced. Attendees included Dr. Somerville acting deputy minister Dr. Leslie Allen Dr. Robert Galvan Dr. G M Little Dr. Norman Easter and Dr. R D Stuart. Dr. Galvan left early for Lethbridge.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Calgary
R. Somerville
W. W. Cross
Somerville
Leslie Allen
Robert Galvan
G. M. Little
Norman Easter
R. D. Stuart
Galvan
No Food Shortage In U S Despite Damaging Drought
The U S Agriculture Department predicts this year’s total crop output will exceed last year and rank near the largest on record, with shortages limited to potatoes and sweet potatoes. Drought areas receive disaster loans while rains begin to ease, lifting pastures and aiding cattle, pork, dairy and poultry production prospects.
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Washington
United States
U.S. Agriculture Department
U.S
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Illinois
Maine
Massachusetts
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Missouri
Department
Farm Workers Heading West For Seasonal Harvest
Ottawa reports the annual east to west farm labor move has begun with about 2,500 workers needed. Recruiting runs in Ontario and Quebec under an agreement among railways, the federal government and prairie provinces. Volunteers get a 15 dollar one way train fare and 11.50 dollar return. Most movement occurs late this month into September. No workers will come from eastern areas with scarce labor.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
Department
Velasco Declared President In Ecuador Election
The Ecuadorian Congress last night announced the results of June’s election, proclaiming Josef M. Velasco as president and Alfredo Cihriboga as vice president.
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Quito
Ecuador
Josef M. Velasco
Alfredo Cihriboga
Egypt's Naguib outlines land reform plan in Cairo
Mohammed Naguib proposes limiting private land ownership to 200 acres and transferring surplus land to peasants. The state would compensate owners over 30 years at 3.42 percent interest, selling state lands to villagers on similar long terms. About 6 million acres remain under 500 owners.
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Cairo
Reuters
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Naguib
Farouk
Aly Maher
Marines Capture Siberia Hill and Bunker Ridge
U S Marines beat back a Chinese assault on the western Korean front near Panmunjom. Marines unleashed air strikes tanks and artillery to clear Siberia Hill and seize Bunker Ridge amid heavy fighting and continued infiltrations by Chinese forces.
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Siberia Hill
Seoul
Korea
United States
Bunker Ridge
Eighth Army
Siberia
Bunker “Ridge
Smilestones Money in the Thirties Forties and Beyond
In crisp decades the term Smilestones Money referred to shifting dollars, whispers of value, and quiet financial drift as economic currents changed from the 1930s to the postwar era. The phrase captures a era’s evolving money language and public finance mood.
Truman and Stevenson meet amid campaign tensions
In Washington President Truman and Adlai Stevenson hold talks as Stevenson arrives for a six hour visit to push his own campaign. Stevenson seeks to run independently while Truman favors a strong whistle-stop push for Democrats. Eisenhower plans a farm policy discussion with Allen Kline as Stassen lunches with him tomorrow.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Capital
Springfield
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allen Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congressional Agricultural
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Will Requires Name Change for Heir to Leslie Estate
Lt.-Col. Edward Murray Dalziel McNaughton, serving in Korea, is urged to legally adopt the surname Leslie in a will from the late Mrs. James Norman Stuart Leslie. If he agrees, he may inhabit the Leslie house and receive a trust income. if not, future children may be offered the change, with the estate eventually split among four residuary legatees after 20 years.
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Kingston
Ont
Edward Murray Dalziel McNaughton
Leslie
McNaughton
Korea
A. G. L. McNaughton
International Joint Commission
James’ Norman Stuart Leslie
Col. Leslie
Royal Canadian Artillery
Col. McNaughton
Weather Summary: Sunny Warm Today Then Showers Later
Today will be sunny and warm in most regions with cooler air moving in from the northwest. The Peace River and Edmonton regions will see widely scattered showers this evening. Tomorrow looks cloudy and cooler with a few showers in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Medicine Hat will be sunny today and cloudy tomorrow with a few showers, and cooler on Wednesday. Light winds today, north 15 on Wednesday. Low tonight around 55, high tomorrow around 75.
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Northwest
Peace River
Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Cancer patterns differ by country says geographer panel
At the 17th International Geographical Congress delegates report varying cancer prevalence by region. Lung cancer is absent in Iceland and Korea while stomach, liver, and tongue-base cancers show regional differences across Europe Africa India and Southeast Asia. Dr. Jacques May of the American Geographical Society notes the aim to map global disease distribution and explore environmental links.
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Washington
International Geographical Congress
Iceland
Korea
England
Europe
Africa
Indo- China
India
Malaya
Indonesia
Philippine Islands
Commission On Medical Geography
International Geographical Union
Sion
Jacques May
New York
American Geographical Society
Commission
Canadian teachers face shortages in 1952 53 term
A C Croskery reports Canada will need 5 000 more teachers for 1952 53 as nationwide survey shows 6 500 leaving the profession this summer. Training schools will graduate about 4 500 while 3 000 are needed to cover enrolment growth. Salaries remain too low to attract new entrants.
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Winnipeg
A. C. Croskery
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
Bist
Federation
Mr. Croskery
Missing Japanese National Treasures Report Sparks Scrutiny
A Tokyo parliamentary committee confirmed a large quantity of Japan's national treasures is missing and receipts are unclear. Much may have disappeared during World War II while the items were in Japanese hands, including Empress Nagako's crown. The panel warned of potential misconduct and noted no value estimate for the missing treasure.
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Tokyo
Col
Edward Murray
Bank” of
Japan
Murray
Three Listed in Korea Casualties
Ottawa reports the army releases its 124th casualty list from the Korean War naming two men of the 1st Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment and one from the 22nd Regiment wounded in action. The list marks the first casualty release since the truce discussions resumed and highlights ongoing Allied losses in Korea.
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Ottawa
Army
Royal Canadian Regiment
22Nd
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