Social Credit gains 51 seats in Alberta legislature
August Fimrite won Spirit River on the third count, giving Social Credit 51 of 61 seats. Peter Chaba re elected in Redwater. Earl Ansley confirmed in Leduc. Lac Ste Anne remains undecided as a second count proceeds.
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Edmonton
Social Credit
August Fimrite
Spirit River
Social Credit Party
Calgary
Social
Fimrite
CCF- Er
Greme Thomlinson
E. J. Harrington
H. E. Debolt
Social Crediter
Liberal
CCF
Progressive Conservative
Independent Social Credit
Leduc
R. Earl Ansley
Ccf-Er
Andrew Borys
G. H. Thompson
Sues River
Debolt
Lac Ste. Anne
Wind shifts ease forest fire threat near Tintagel village
BC firefront expands to 12 miles around Burns Lake as a southwesterly wind pushes the Tintagel blaze away from the village. RCMP rounds up workers, over 200 firefighting personnel battle dry timber between Endako river and Takapin lake with air and riverine access.
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Burns Lake
B.C
British Columbia
Tintagel
Here
Prince George
Prince Rupert
RCMP
Endako River
Takapin ‘Lake
Boston Bar
Vancouver
Cariboo
Prince George Forest District
Vancouver Forest District
Marines repulse strong Chinese counterattacks at hill
US Marines fought off a third Chinese assault on Bunker Hill in the Korean west, about 750 red troops clashing for 90 minutes before failing to breach positions. Flares lit the sky as artillery roared. Marines held the ridge with Chinese losses described as very heavy.
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Seoul
Korea
United States
Bunker Hill
A.marine
New Hospital Wing and Subway Plans Win Chamber Backing
Chamber of Commerce directors endorse two major projects. The hospital trustees seek a district wide new municipal health facility with cross town municipal support. The Safety Council backs a subway plan with a First Street site and a Third Street pedestrian underpass, to be reviewed at upcoming city council session.
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Safety Council
Chamber of Commerce
First St
Third St
Truman Agrees To Take Orders From Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson's Washington visit with President Truman and top officials may shape his campaign. Eisenhower seized on the event, claiming the White House plans to influence voters and to involve federal and military personnel in politics. The Republican challenger argued the Democrats would not change policy with four more years of control.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Tromans
Dwight Eisenhower
Stevenson
Springfield
Defence Department
Eisenhower
Denver
White House
Democratic Party
RAF student pilot dies in Harvard crash near Ames
A Royal Air Force student pilot was killed when his Harvard aircraft crashed near Ames Manitoba, about 15 miles north of Gimli. The incident occurred yesterday during training flights, authorities said.
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Gimli
Man
R.A.F
Harvard
Ames
Here
Hat Mill Unions Certified as Bargaining Agents
The labor relations board certified local unions of the United Packinghouse Workers of America as bargaining agents for three flour milling employee units in Medicine Hat. Maple Leaf Milling Co Ltd Ogilvie Flour Mills Co Ltd and Lake of the Woods Milling Co Ltd are the concerned firms in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
The
Labor Relations Board
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Cio-Ccl
Medicine Hat
Maple Leaf Milling Co. Ltd
Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Ltd
Lake of the Woods Milling Co. Ltd
McNaughton Considers Leslie Name For $250,000 Estate
Lt. Col. Edward Murray Dalziel McNaughton weighs taking the Leslie surname to inherit a $250,000 trust from Mrs. James Norman Stuart Leslie. He cites taxes as a factor and says he will decide next year while serving in Korea. The request honors a long family line without male heirs.
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Kingston, Ont
Edward Murray Dalziel McNaughton
Leslie
James Norman Stuart Leslie
McNaughton
A. G. L. McNaughton
International Joint Commission
Korea
Col. McNaughton
Royal Canadian Artillery
Teddy
Col. Leslie
Kingston
Lake
Ontario
Wolfe
Canada
Montreal
Leslie Trust
McNaughton-Leslie
Doug Abbott
England
Western Farmers Busy Building Storage Space
Western Canadian farmers rush to expand storage as a bumper 1952 harvest nears. New granaries rise across the west to cope with record grain yields and crowded elevators. Signals point to a 1952 crop about 1.263 billion bushels, with increased storage capacity and emergency measures adding up to roughly 10 million extra bushels.
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Winnipeg
Canada
U.S
Canada to send team to British atomic tests
Ottawa reports Canada expected to send a small group of scientists to Australia within a month to participate in the first British atomic tests. The team will include members from the defence research board and Chalk River project and will observe and assist in preparations and experiments.
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Ottawa
Canada
Australia
Defence Research Board
Chalk’ River
Defence Department
Alberta Contracts Mostly for Food
Five Alberta firms won defence contracts over ten thousand dollars in late July per Defence Production Department. Four agreements were for food items including meat from Calgary Packers in Calgary worth 28175 dollars and Edmonton City Dairy Co. for milk at 15000. Other contracts cover butter 13225 dollars from Northern Alberta Dairy Pool Ltd and eggs 10013 dollars from Woodlawn Dairy Co. Ltd both in Edmonton plus welding outfits and accessories 13720 dollars from Taylor and Pearson Ltd in Edmonton.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Department of Defence
Calgary Packers
Calgary
Edmonton City Dairy Co
Edmonton
Northern Alberta Dairy Pool Ltd
Woodlawn Dairy Co.Ltd
Taylor and Pearson Ltd
Cologne for Men Drives Holiday Gift Preview
In St Louis AP report, holiday gift makers showcase scented products for men as sales of men's cologne boom. Boston distributor notes that firms avoid glamorous names to counter fears of appearing effeminate, promoting straightforward masculine fragrance and deodorant products with a clear for men only warning.
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St, Louis
Henry
Don
Boston
Mystery man Pontecorvo recalled at Chalk River years after vanish
Bruno Pontecorvo, a dashing Italian physicist once at Chalk River, is remembered by colleagues as brilliant but elusive. While some assign him to Russia’s atomic program and possibly the hydrogen bomb, others debunk claims of him directing Chalk River’s reactor. He disappeared in 1950 after holidaying in Italy with his family, now presumed in Russia.
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Chalk River, Ont
Bruno Pontecorvo
Canada
Chalk River
Pontecorvo
Chalk ‘River
Abelieve
Nunn-May
Fuchs
West
Russia
Ottawa
Italy
Korean War Casualties List for Royal 22nd Regiment
Ottawa the army released its 125th Korean war casualty list noting two men killed in action and four wounded all from the 1st battalion Royal 22nd Regiment. The tally now stands at 926 Canadian casualties including 162 dead 691 wounded 64 injured eight missing and one prisoner of war.
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Ottawa
Royal 22Nd Regiment
Korea
Weather shifts from heat to rain across prairies
A cool cloudy change moves over the prairies as a low pressure system near Lesser Slave Lake brings rain along the Alaska highway. Winds shift north as the disturbance advances southeast with highs 75 to 80 today, dropping to mid sixties Thursday. Medicine Hat expects sunny skies today, increasing cloudiness tonight with scattered thunderstorms and light rain Thursday, cooler winds SW 15 shifting to north about midnight, low tonight around 55, high tomorrow near 70.
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Prairies
Lesser Slave Lake
Thursay
Medicine Hat
Smilestones Pastor Aide Tramp Countryside Incident
In a brief overheard exchange, Mrs Brown objects to a tramp seen with the pastor, asserting the man is her husband and denouncing the intruder as a tramp. The dialogue hints at a domestic dispute within a rural setting.
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Mrs. Brown
Two Men Held After Slaying Of Whitehorse Taxi Driver
RCMP detained two men after Ralph Caruso a 24 year old taxi driver from Abbotsford B C was shot and killed Monday night in Whitehorse Yukon Territory The two suspects were arrested as police investigated the motive and sequence of events One of the gunmen is hospitalized with a self inflicted wound and no charges were filed yet.
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Whitehorse
Polio Cases Prompt Mixed Health Warnings Across Cities
A 13 year old traveller from Trent Iowa brings a third polio case to the city as health officials monitor the outbreak. Calgary Edmonton and Winnipeg reports note evaluative steps on school openings and public gatherings, with bans in Raymond Magrath and Stirling.
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Trent
Iowa
Podhajsky
Grand Forks
N.C
Winnipeg
Reginna
Regina
Podshajsky
Calgary
Allan
Soligo
Hols
Edmonton
Boards of Health
Manitoba
Raymonde Bellemaire
Morris
G. M. Little
Alberta
Lethbridge
Alboreta
Raymond
Magrath
Sterling
Stirling
Communist infiltration alleged in Boy Scouts by Senate panel
Senate investigators described a Moscow inspired plan to infiltrate the United States Boy Scout movement and indoctrinate youth with communism. sworn testimony from Harvey Matusow, a former communist now linked to the Ohio Un-American Activities panel, details attempts to place red agents among scouts and to form a rival organization called Young Pioneers.
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Washington
United States
Boy Scout Movement
Senate
Internal “Security Subcommittee
Krem‘lin’s
Pat’ McCarran
Dem
Nev
Harvey M. Matusow
Dayton
Ohio
Ohio Commission On
Matusow
Young: ‘Pioneers
Lengthen Hill Route Abandonment in Medicine Hat Transit
The Medicine Hat Transit Co and civic committee decide to abandon 20 minute hill bus service in favor of 30 minute routes and test shopping runs to Crestwood and Crescent Heights. A. Curt Newton cites route length and transfer gains. Crests include a 1:45 downtown departure and 4:15 airport leg.
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Crestwood
Crescent Heights
Curt. Newton
Medicine* Hat-Transit?Co
Civic Bus Committee
Ald
J. H. Cocks
Wilson Riley
Newton
Eleventh St
Cresbwood
Dunmore
Ravine Drive
Crescent View
Fourth St
Division Ave
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Transit Co
Igterk
A. Keith
Incomplete OCR note on excavation project cost
Fragmentary text describes a 200 foot structure or hill cover with blue clay, a solution against ties at the foot of a problem hill, and a program costing about $10,000. It mentions excavation of masses pressing against areas and completion status.
Toronto Pact Reached Among Major Meat Packagers
Canadian sources report a tentative agreement among United Packinghouse York America, Swift and Burns Company affecting about 10,000 workers. The deal, conditional on member ratification, reduces the hours and includes a reduced basic rate and a simplified cost of living formula abandoned by the union after a four year pattern.
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Toronto
United
Packinghouse
York America
Thentada Packers
Swifts
Burns Company
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James Henderson
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