Ridgway Sets Sharp Terms in Red Reply on Armistice Talks
Allied radio monitors weighed Communist reactions to Gen. Matthew Ridgway’s blunt charge that Red leaders pushed insidious propaganda into the Korea armistice talks. He rejected the charge of UN neutrality violations at Kaesong, signaled willingness to resume talks, and left the decision to the Communists as to whether discussions would continue. The Reds had broken off talks two days earlier over a purported UN attack on Kaesong.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Kaesong
Peiping
North Korea
Pyongyang
Reds
United Nations
Ridgeway
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Red Forces
Korea
Cloud cover shields prairies as cool air moves in
A blanket of clouds protected Alberta and Saskatchewan crops from frost. Light rain fell in central Saskatchewan with spotty showers in eastern and southern Alberta. A Yukon cool front reached Edmonton and will spread south and east today into Sunday, bringing below normal temperatures. A reunion of Medicine Hat's 175th battalion veterans is planned for October 12 to 14 with registration, smoker, banquet, and church service.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
St. Barnabas Church
Cour
Man aims to ride Niagara Falls in steel barrel
Les lie Sander declares a bet with death to go over Niagara Falls in a 12 foot steel twin hulled barrel keeping his wife. He plans a route on the American side to evade Ontario police and follow officials' orders after a prior death prompted a river safety crackdown.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Leslie Sander
N.Y
Horseshoe Falls
Ontario
Sander
Frost
William
Red) Hill
Voice of America Receives $85 Million Appropriation
The Senate approved a bill totaling 1.045 billion dollars with 85 million allocated for the Voice of America and related overseas information activities. The vote was 52 to 16 after Republicans restored a 22 million cut. The House had previously approved 85 million for the agency.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Voice of America
Appropriations Committee
Overseas Information Agency
House of Representatives
The
Voice
Quarantine Shelved as Dysentery Epidemic Eases
In Hague Saskatchewan the plan to quarantine Mennonite rural areas was canceled after the outbreak subsided. Over 50 were infected at the peak, four babies died, two are still in doubtful condition. Schools stay closed until Sept. 10. A Sunday service will be held, with further preventive instruction planned. Dr. Hamm notes a drug similar to penicillin is used in treatment.
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Saskatoon
Rosthern
D. A. Hamm
Hague
Wight
Police Kill Bandit In Toronto Battle
In Toronto near Bloor and Yonge streets a gun battle left bandit John Sarosky fatally wounded by Constable Ken Cole. Four suspects were arrested after police disrupted a post office robbery attempt.
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Toronto
Bloor
Yonge
John Sarosky
Ken Cole
Matthew Sarosky
Jake Herman
John Black
Larry Shirley
Shirley
Sarosky
Yonge Street
5000 People a Day Apply for Universal Federal Pensions
Canada moves to universal old age pensions at 49 dollars a month with start next January. About 160000 applications already filed as the welfare department targets 200000 by September 1. Beneficiaries must be 70 or older with 20 years residence. 400000 eligible.
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Ottawa
Canada
Federal Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
U S Planes Bomb Port Near Siberia
U S B 29s bomb Rashin a key Communist port near the Soviet border in Korea. The raid hits marshalling yards and rail facilities with 300 plus tons of bombs while no enemy air resistance is reported.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
United States
Rashin
Douglas MacArthur
Najin
Far East
Tokyo
Supreme Allied Commander
Washington
Defence
George C. Marshall
Sinanju
Western Canada Seeks 3000 Harvest Help From East
The Canadian provinces appeal to Ontario and Quebec for 3000 harvest workers as Alberta starts a record crop season. Quebec sends 1,182 last year and may increase this year. Alberta seeks 1000 eastern workers but could use 1500. Manitoba plans 600 workers while 120 displaced Germans arrive to aid.
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Canada
Ne West
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Winnipeg
West
Alberta
Alberta Agriculture
Education Department
Manitoba
Germany
Dps
Harvest labor outlook across Canadian provinces in 1918
The report notes wage scales for harvesters reaching up to 8 dollars daily plus board, with skilled machine work paid at 1.25 dollars per hour and eastern rail fare covered. It highlights shortages of potato pickers in New Brunswick, frost reductions in Nova Scotia apple crops, and Ontario and Manitoba labor dynamics affecting hay, grain, and tobacco sectors.
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Manitoba
Eastern Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Farm Service
Bootleg whisky boom returns as taxes push illicit trade
Washington reports a rise in bootlegging as high taxes revive illegal distilling and moonshine sales. studies by Licenses Beverage Industries and officials warn of growing, inter state networks, with 19 644 stills seized last year and output surpassing legal production. Moonshine commands dollar pint prices while buyers object to tax levels.
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Jack Stepler
Southam
Washington Bureau
Washington
United States
Shenandoah
Allegheny Mountains
Licenses Beverage Industries, Inc
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court frees publisher in Eva Peron article case
The Peruvian Supreme Court freed publisher Leonidas Rivera after a four month sentence for reprinting a Life magazine Eva Peron article. The ruling requires Rivera of Buen Humor to pay 3 000 soles to the state for damages.
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Lima
Peru
Supreme Court
Life Magazine
Eva Peron
Leonidas Rivera
Rivera
Buen Humor
Grenade attack detailed in Korea war crime trial
Prosecution witness Sung Io You testified in Korea that British and Canadian soldiers threw a grenade in a room after failed rapes, killing an officer and two civilians. Three Canadian troops Donald Gibson Glen Blank and Montgomery Davis face trial for the murder of Lieutenant Ee Chong and others in Chung Won Myon, with the incident linked to a ROK army billet.
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Korea
Republic of Korea
Poral
Sung Io You
Sess
R.O.K
Ee Chong
Chung Woon Myon Ong Ki Province
Donald Gibson
Ottawa
Glen Blank
Winnipeg
R. Montgomery Davis
Vanever
Press Patricia
Canadian Light
L. M. Hann
Hanway
Ihem
Han
Alberta alert on dysentery carriers in Mennonite colonies
Dr Norman Easter provincial director of communicable disease says Alberta will act against suspected tropical dysentery carriers in Mennonite colonies only after Saskatchewan health officials advise movements. Manitoba warned of possible outbreak. several Mennonite communities exist in southern Alberta, notably near Lethbridge.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan Mennoni
Aberta
Norman Easter
Provinenz
Saskatchewan Health Department
Baster
Manitoba
Alberta
Lethbridge
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Spain
Madrid
A. T. Legge
Church Service
U.S
Siberia
Western
Mr. Goforth
Ptometrist
Assessment Department
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