Awards in Medicine Hat horticulture contest announced
The Medicine Hat and District Horticultural Society revealed winners across grounds composite gardens and children's flower garden classes. Notable names include Mrs. W C Campbell Mrs B C Armstrong and James Crockett with awards listed at 1st and 2nd places. Ross Rayment Alexandra high school graduate earned entry to Royal Rhodes Military College with two years at Royal Rhodes and two at RMC Kingston. Plans for the annual fish and game banquet include hopes for an elk carcass and invites to U S wildlife experts, to be held this fall around November 10.
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Medicine Hat and District Horticultural Society
W. C. Campbell
B. C. Armstrong
T. V. Ready
St. Composite Gardens
James Crockett
Aberdeen St
Bertha Senft
Balmoral
Tom Allan
St. Children’s Flower Gardens
June Crane
Second St
M. Townsend
Sixth St
Ross Rayment
Alexandra Chs
Royal Rhodes Military College
Joint Services
Royal Rhodes
Ross
A. J. Rayment
Magistrate Rayment
Powell River
B.C
R.M.C. Kingston
U.S
Morrison to lead 24 man delegation to San Francisco peace talks
London Herbert Morrison will head a 24 member British delegation to the Japanese peace treaty conference opening in San Francisco on September 4. Burma rejects final draft text and declines U S invitation to the conference in San Francisco. The first Russian MiG 15 jet recovered by the U S Air Force is in American hands. Small clouds seedable over Fraser Valley yield little rain. Regina sees first wheat delivery from the 1951 crop. Ontario Premier Frost asked to arbitrate six week Hollinger mining strike at Timmins.
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London
Reuters
Herbert Morrison
San Francisco
Rangoon
Burma
United States
Washington
United States Air Force
Ottawa CP
Canadian Congress of Labor Today
Premier Frost
Ontario
Hollinger Gold
Timmins
Ont
Britain
Iran
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
International Court of Justice
Abadan
Harriman
Tehran
Rainmaking program ended in New York
New York City's rainmaking initiative collapsed as meteorological instruments of Dr. Wallace E Howell were handed to Hunter College. Howell, hired at $100 a day during last year's water shortage, produced or stimulated rain according to reports.
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New York
New York City
Wallace E Howell
Hunter College
Howell
Harvest cheers in Medicine Hat as yields rise
Harvest in Medicine Hat area is described as a jackpot with above average yields per acre in 1951. Wheat cropping will expand in days while coarse grain deliveries rise to city elevators. Civic finance notes show ongoing postwar expansion and utilities drive most city revenue.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Wall of Wudget
Priest and postmaster charged over missing Baptist mail
In Montreal the Postmaster General announced charges against Rev. Alfred Roy and Wilfrid Begin of St. Germaine Boule Que for tampering with mail. Baptist pastor Leslie Barnhart reported undelivered pamphlets. Barnhart said Begin’s daughter claimed a special order to withhold the mail, implicating Father Roy.
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Montreal
Edouard Rinfret
Alfred Roy
St. Germaine Boule
Que
Wilfrid Begin
Rinfret
Ottawa
Quebec
Rouyn
Leslie G. Barnhart
Lassarre
Gervaise Begin
Mutual Defence Ties Highlight U S Army Chiefs Visit
Ottawa reports a string of visits by top U S defense leaders underscoring Canada United States alliance. Frank Pace and Gen Joseph Collins meet amid ongoing co operation on continental and North Atlantic defence. George Marshall to visit, Omar Bradley already in talks and fishing, with broad plans for joint defence.
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Ottawa
Canada
U.S
North America
Free World
U.S. Army
Frank Pace
Army
Joseph Lawton
Lightning Joe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
North Atlantic
Ridgway Charges Frame Up As Reds Halt Peace Talks
Gen. Matthew Ridgway said Communists likely decided to break off Kaesong truce talks before the claimed allied bombing. He called the incident a frame-up and said investigations found no Allied or U.S. planes over Kaesong at the time.
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Ridgway
Reds
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
U.N
Red Command
Col. Chang
United Nations Command
U.N. Command
Far East
Munsan
U N
Korea
C. Turner Joy
Matthew R. Ridgway
Prairie wheat set for all time high in 1951 crop
Winnipeg based Free Press preliminary 1951 crop estimate projects 556 million bushels of wheat the heaviest in western Canada history. If harvest weather remains favorable, output could exceed the 545 million bushels record set in 1928.
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Winnipeg
Free Press
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Alberta
Shows Many Films For Korea Troops With the Canadians
Cpl. George Voth of Edmonton and Chiliwack, B C works as a projectionist for the 25th Infantry Brigade in Korea. He has shown films to Canadian troops for over seven months, handling about 756000 feet of film and 168 different stories from love to sport as front lines shifted in the fluid Korean war.
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Korea
George Voth
Edmonton
Chiliwack
B.C
25Th Infantry
Cpl
Voth
Jewel Theft Reported by Mrs Osborne at Savoy Plaza
Mrs Margaret Osborne of Du Pont, United States singles tennis champion, told police last night that jewels valued at 20095 dollars were stolen from a suite at the Savoy Plaza hotel while she slept.
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New York
Margaret Osborne, du Pont
United States
Britain Stays in Abadan as Iran Oil Talks Break Down
Britain states it will remain in Abadan until Iran allows oil production to resume. A Foreign Office warning promises action to protect personnel if Iran fails to ensure refinery operation. Talks on oil nationalization collapsed, Mossadegh under pressure as Abadan idle and revenue questions loom.
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London
Britain
Abadan
Iran
Foreign Office
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Stokes
Tehran
Smilestones Corner Encounter Sparks Confusion
In a brief exchange the speaker recalls seeing someone on a corner winking at girls. A correction follows noting it was not winking but something in the eye. The comment concludes with a remark about a girl getting into a car.
Communists Breakoff of Armistice Talks Amid Accusations
The Communists abruptly ended the Korean armistice talks at Munsan accusing the allies of attempting to murder their delegates. Ridgway rejected the charges as a frameup while signaling a future resumption. The Red action was deemed premeditated and Moscow-directed, with U N commanders confident they can meet any renewed assault.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
Matthew Ridgway
United Nations
Peiping
Peng Teh-haui
Kim Il Sung
Kaesong
Ridgway
Asia
Washington
Moscow
Wacky French Motorists Take Toll of Countrymen
Paris reports rising road deaths as Match and Figaro note French drivers among the world’s wackiest. With 2.5 million cars, one fatality per 771 vehicles, no stop signs in Paris, and no speed limit, speeding causes most crashes. Only 737 traffic cops guard the roads.
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Paris
Match
Figaro
France
McNaughton Hints Water Allocation Decision Near
Gen. A G N McNaughton says water rights for the Waterton Belly rivers remain under careful review with an Ottawa commission session planned to start October 2. The decision impacts the St Marys Milk River irrigation at Lethbridge and involves Canadian and U.S. interests. The International Joint Commission will issue findings through government sources after hearings in Alberta and Montana.
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A. G. N. McNaughton
International Joint Commission
Gen. McNaughton
Ottawa
U.S
Canada
Alberta
St. Mary’s Milk River
Lethbridge
Medicine Hatters
McNaughton
Army Engineers to Compile Record of Sapper History
Royal Canadian Engineers appoint Col. A J Kerry honorary historian to write the Sapper History. He invites current and former sappers to share memories wartime letters and diaries to shape the corps history.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Engineers
A. J. Kerry
R.C.E
England
Corps
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