Fabian Investigates Toronto Case With Ex Scotland Yard Chief
Toronto Telegram reports ex Scotland Yard detective Robert H. Fabian, 53, optimistic after a week of interviews. He tests leads linking Marion McDowell to a slaying, retracing the December 1953 route under a full moon debunked by weather.
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Toronto Telegram
Fabian
the Yard
Marion McDowell
Toronto
Scotland Yard
Jimmy Wilson
Meteorological Office
Critical Period for Manitoba Crops Warned
Manitoba crops enter the two most critical weeks of the growing season as the Manitoba Pool Elevators report highlights that yields depend on favorable weather through Aug. 19. Adverse conditions could cause rapid deterioration and severe frosts.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Red River
Coffee Prices Cut Across Canada Amid Market Moves
Coffee prices fell across Canada with cuts of 3 to 10 cents per pound as Safeway announces reductions on top grades. Eastern processors expected to follow with price cuts on all name brands. Brazil, facing losses, cut trader controls by 20 percent to regain North American market share. immediate restaurant pricing not affected.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Safeways
Brazil
Red China Repeats Charges of Piracy
Hong Kong reports Peiping radio accuses Chiang Kai-shek forces of intensified piracy and harassment along China’s southeast coast with U S support. Details include July shelling of a British merchant ship near Amoy, July 6 air raid on Chusan island, August 4 naval attack in Fukien, and Quemoy bombardments.
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Hong Kong
Reuters
Peiping Radio
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
China
Achen Island
Shanghai
Amoy Harbor
Chusan Island
Fukien
Quemoy Island
Amoy
Fukien Province
Communist
New China News Agency
Chekiang
Walsh Flats irrigation meeting pledges PFRA aid expansion
Dr. L B Thomson spoke at Walsh about P F R A help for the Walsh Flats irrigation project to spread water across grass lands and boost ranch stock. Regina and Medicine Hat engineers joined local farmers as 70 attendees weighed engineering, legality, and planning challenges near the Alberta Saskatchewan border.
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PFRA
Walsh Flats
L. B. Thomson
P.F.R.A
Walsh
Thomson
Bill Berry
Regina
Doug Hornby
Medicine Hat
Berry
Alberta- Saskatchewan
Hatton
Sask
Ben Goldie the legendary Medicine Hat postman
Ben Goldie, a 62 year old Medicine Hat letter carrier for 40 years, was famed as a father figure to many and a mentor to locals. The article reveals he never married and had no real children, while recounting his mythical 1912 marriage and his role in a Lonely Hearts scheme.
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Ben Goldie
Cupid
Lonely Hearts
Richard Jackson
FE. N
Ben) Goldie
Medicine Hat
Walter Mitty
Ben
Goldie
Dr.Kinsey
England
Postie
Lonely Hearts” Club
Manitoba
Ninety Delegates Attend Opening Nairobi Sessions
Ninety delegates from 50 member nations of the British Commonwealth opened sessions in Nairobi for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference. Only India was not represented. Australian chairman Harold Holt read a message from U S Senator Alexander Wiley wishing the conference success. Dr Pierre Gauthier led the Canadian delegation noting the aim to foster understanding and goodwill. The parliamentarians represent nearly 600 million people. Debates will be held in secret to allow frank discussions.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
India
Harold Holt
Alexander Wiley
Rep
Wis
U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pierre Gauthier
Canada
England
France
British Empire
Illinois rescinds ban on Girl Scouts support
Irving Breakstone state commander of Illinois American Legion announces the department has rescinded its ban on legionnaire support for the Girl Scouts of America. He cites a revised 1954 handbook that adds citizenship, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the U S flag, the national anthem, and the Great Seal and Shield.
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Chicago
Illinois American Legion
Girls Scouts of America
Illinois Legionnaires
Illinois Legion Convention
Irving Breakstone
Girl Scout Movement
Breakstone
Illinois Legion
State Legion Convention
U. S
Canada Economy Gains Steam After Rail Pact and Higher Profits
Canadian economy shows rosy signs as rail strike threats end and labor income rises. Cheques cashed to July 1 climb nearly seven percent, department store and appliance sales up, oil profits up about 18 percent, while farming and motor vehicle shipments falter. The report notes some soft spots in farm income and textile sectors.
Rainbow trout fisheries and civic race along with local arts buzz
In Medicine Hat district rainbow trout appear in irrigation lakes promising fishing next spring. Aldermanic contenders surface including Roy Eden Joe Muza and ex fire chief Bob Allan with Mayor Weiner expected to win easily. Local notes mention a popcorn vendor at Riverside Park parking concerns police courtesies to touring motorists and thanks from U S A readers. Bow Island eyes a golf course and Dean Goodman Great Plays Co hints at winter Alberta tour. An upcoming Roloff Beny exhibit near fall draws Eastern critics while past Canadian Water Colorists shows spark debate.
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Roy Eden
Joe Muza
Bob Allan
Weiner
City Hall
St. Emporium
Riverside Park
U.S.A
Medicine Hat
Bow Island
South Country
Dean Goodman
Great Plays Co
Alberta
Brothers Reunited After 15 Years in Army Encounter
In Frankfurt Germany on August 10 Sgt Herbert Richmond 39 and Sgt Maynard L. Richmond 36 of Detroit met by chance when Maynard asked for ID. The driver’s license inquiry led to discovery that they are brothers who had lost contact since 1939, a U.S. Army announcement said.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Maynard L. Richmond
Detroit
Mich
Richmond
States
Greenfield
Mass
Herbert Richmond
U.S. Army
East German Cleric Denounces Communist Policy
Rev Dr Guenter Jacob leader of an East German church denounces communism as an either or struggle against Christianity. He says East Germans face heavy ideological attack and that children are taught Communist doctrine in schools while churches lack publications and meeting access. He warns of a volatile climate in the Soviet zone.
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Evanston
Guenter Jacob
Germany
Jacob
United Evangelical (Lutheran and Reformed Church
World Council of Churches Assembly
East Germany
Red
Cottbus
Berlin
Otto Dibelius
Spaak Seeks European Army Compromise At West Europe Meet
Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak said six west European leaders will meet Sunday to finalize a compromise to save the European army plan. An eight hour overnight session occurred with French dissent noted.
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Paul-Henri Spaak
UN Chief Urges Churches to Explain Peace Mission
Dag Hammarskjold told World Council of Churches delegates in Evanston that the United Nations and churches share a goal of peace and justice. He urged churches to help explain UN aims and to act as a positive force in international life without taking a political role.
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Evanston, Ill
Dag Hammarskjold
Churches of the World
United Nations
World Council of Churches
Hammarskjold
Smilestones exchange hints about marriage and degrees
A dialogue hints at marriage being a fine school with one partner noting it’s not for a man who loses a bachelor’s degree without earning a master's. The banter toys with education and marital expectations.
Drop in Grain Sales Hits Prairies Across Canada
Canada faces shrinking exports and weakening domestic trade as seven month totals show a $213 million drop in exports, with Saskatchewan posting the steepest retail declines at 9.4 percent. July imports fall, widening the deficit, while grain shipments to the United States and Britain fall and prairie stores report shrinking sales.
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Harold Morrison
Ottawa
Canada
Saskatchewan
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Britain
Alberta
Manitoba
Provinces
British Columbia
Ontario
Maritimes
First Delivery Is Spring Wheat In Foremost Area
Foremost reports the first delivery of spring wheat to the Pool elevator by Frank Bullis, with thatcher variety noted. Summer fallow yield runs 20 bushels per acre but 57 pounds per bushel due to sawfly damage. mustard also harvested at 300 to 800 pounds per acre, higher on summer fallow, and grade is good.
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Frank Bullis
Weather Summary Across Canadian Provinces
Cloudy cool conditions persist in Saskatchewan with showers and thunderstorms. Alberta enjoys pleasant sunshine though a disturbance from the northwest will bring more clouds Sunday. Saskatchewan and Alberta both expect improving conditions and some sun as the weekend moves in.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northwest
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