Refugee businessman settles in Medicine Hat with new plant plans
McKee, Moose Jaw entrepreneur now operating Prairie Water Conditioning Co., says Saskatchewan’s government stifles business and fears seizure curb financing. He moved to Medicine Hat for cheap fuel and pure water, and aims to des cale boilers, insulate units, and later run a chemical plant with his son Gerald.
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Saskatchewan
Moose
McKee
Canada
Medicine Hat
General Hospital
Moose Jaw
Regina
Gerald
Coldwell Outlines CCF Program for 1949 50
In Ottawa M J Coldwell leader of the CCF warns Liberal promises on old age pensions national health insurance and social security must be kept or the party will be the next government. He lists key aims including trade with the sterling area rent control housing subsidies food costs a national labor code and re open talks on labour and social security. The interview previews policy priorities for the coming session and notes CCF would press for swift action.
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Reg Hardy Southam
Ottawa
Bureau
CCF
Coldwell
Cccr
Canada
United Kingdom
Sterling
Dominion
Shoe Shine Boy Promotes Ad With Odd Sign
In Philadelphia Jim Riley advertises on his sidewalk stand with a grand fashion sign proclaiming a pedal habiliments and an ambidextrous facility for 15 cents. The quirky layout aims to draw eye catching attention from pedestrians.
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Philadelphia
Boatblack
Jim Riley
Military Training Proposed by Ontario Legion
The Ontario command of the Canadian Legion calls for peacetime compulsory military training at its 16th biennial convention. The move, likely to face strong provincial divisions, could pressure the government and influence wartime conscription decisions when Parliament convenes next month.
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Legion
Ottawa
Ontario
Canadian Legion
Canada
Quebec
British Columbia
St. Laurent
London’s Only Tibetan Discourages Smoke and Trains
London’s sole Tibetan resident, Rigzin Wangpo, complains the city’s smoke and crowded underground are unsuitable for living. A five foot professor from Tibet, he travels daily to the Oriental School of Languages in Bloomsbury with a red dictionary and briefcase. He arrived last January and once wore traditional robes, now saving them for special occasions and prayers.
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London
Rigzin Wangpo
Wangpo
Toad
Hole
Jondon
Oriental School of Languages
Bloomsbury
Tibet
Tibet Mirror
Lhasa
Victoria Station
Buddha
Cow on tracks forces abrupt train stop
A train jolts to a sudden halt after hitting a cow. The conductor calms a nervous passenger, explaining the cow was chased into a barn, not on the tracks. The old lady questions the incident, receiving a curt, courteous reply.
Six Women Die in Highway Crash Near Hopkinsville
A collision between a car carrying six women and a soldier vehicle near Camp Campbell in Kentucky killed the six women. Two soldiers were injured when the vehicles struck a transport truck causing a rear crash and a fuel fire. The tanker blaze burned over an hour as authorities worked the scene.
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Hopkinsville
Here
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
Bodhies
Baseball scores and pitchers in NL and AL games
National League games show Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, New York, Boston with scoring a mix of hits and errors. Muncerief, Owen, Walsh, McCullough, Borowy, Seninick, Barney, Edwards, Jansen, Westrum, Sain, Salkeld noted among players. American League Detroit and Chicago match ended 5 to 2 with Hutchinson and Swift pitching for Detroit and Pierce and Malone for Chicago.
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National League
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Lade
Muncerief
Owen
Walsh
McCullough
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Borowy
Seninick
Barney
E’dwards
New York
Boston
Nox
Jansen
Westrum
Sain
Salkeld
Detroit
Hutchinson
Swift
Pierce
Malone
Alberta to share in cost of Bow River irrigation project
Alberta signs agreement to assume its share of 2.25 million dollars for the Bow River extension with Canada Land & Irrigation Co. and forwards it to Ottawa. Premier Ernest Manning and Minister David Ure approve, with federal decision expected at the first Cabinet meeting before Parliament sits.
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Alberta
Canada Land & Irrigation Company
Bow River
Ottawa
David A. Ure
Ernest C. Manning
James E. Gardner
Edmonton
Mr. Gardner
Canada Land Officers
Dominion
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
West Dominion
Manhole Covers See Surging Demand in Rocky Mountain Region
Denver reports strong demand for manhole covers as construction booms in the Rocky Mountain area. Harold N. Grimes of a machinery company notes the $32 models sell better than the $20 ones, signaling wider prosperity.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Harold N. Grimes
No Fresh Outbreak Of Polio Reported Here
Health officer James Henderson says Medicine Hat has only two polio cases this year with no epidemic. Parents remain cautious as two earlier years saw higher totals, and Clarence Semrau, treated since Aug. 8, is released from hospital.
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Medicine Hat
James Henderson
Clarence Semrau
Prices Drive Yellowknife Gold Boom to Bust
Canada's postwar boom hits Yellowknife where gold prices fixed at 35 dollars an ounce. Major mines Giant Cow Negus stay open while smaller outfits close as labor and material costs rise. Uranium prospects grow, seen as path to renewed prosperity in the frontier mining hub.
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Yellowknife
Nwt
Canada
Dominion
Great Slave Lake
Edmonton
Eny Yel
Public Irrigation Meeting Planned Here on Sept 20
A public irrigation meeting is scheduled in Medicine Hat at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday September 20. J K MacNicol of Toronto former MP and irrigation advocate will speak and show films on irrigation works. The Western Canada Reclamation Association meet follows in Lethbridge September 22 with ALP Burns president and Dave Broadfoot secretary treasurer. The Lethbridge Chamber marks its diamond jubilee September 23 with irrigation as the theme. The program opens at 10 a.m. with official opening by Rt Hon James G Gardiner and a noon luncheon at the Lethbridge Flying Club. An afternoon tour of St Mary Dam will be led by Walter Toss, PFRA, and a closing banquet ends the day.
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Medicine Hat
Empress Theatre
Toronto
MacNicol
Medicine’ Hat
California
Torontonian
Western Canada Reclamation Association
Lethbridge
Alp. Burns
Dave Broadfoot
Redcliff
Science Service Laboratories
James G. Gardiner
Dominion
St. Mary Dam
Walter Toss
PFRA
Death by Own Action Cases Reported in Medicine Hat
Over two days two people a young girl and an elderly woman attempted suicide in Medicine Hat both were saved and taken to hospital. A 15 year old girl ingested iodine and survived after police intervention. RCMP found two farmers dead by hanging in the past ten days Joseph Welff and William Orput McDonald.
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Medicine Hat
East Side
RCMP
Joseph Welff
Whitla
William Orput McDonald
Seven Persons
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Hosni Zaim
Mohsen Barazi
Pek
Sami Hinnawi
First Syrian Army
Beachley
Snny NS
Ptometrist
Saan
Maurice Nellis
Otis Barton
Barton
Reg Hardy
Southam
Ottawa Bureau
Dominion Government
P.F.R.A
St Mary’s
P.f.raf
Europe
Strasbourg
France
Winston Churchill
West End
Robertson Park
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