Rains Threaten Canadian Wheat Crops and Durum Losses
Rust from rains has slashed Canada's wheat crop, especially durum, across the prairies and North Dakota. Estimated average losses run around 65 percent with durum prices high and acreage boosted. Officials warn rust will hurt milling wheats east of Swift Current, while Manitoba and Saskatchewan face heavy damage and rising grain values.
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Winnipeg
Prairies
North Dakota
Lakehead
U.S
F. J. Greaney
Line Elevators Farm Service
Southern
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada Western
Greaney
Swift Current
Alberta
Cypress Hills
C.P.R
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
L B. Middleton
Ogilvie Flour Mills
Middleton
Thatcher
Walsh
Marquis
Empress Range
Bassano
Maple Creek
Empress Locality
Dakotas
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Regina
R. E. McKenzie
Agricultural Department
Western Canada
Foreman Robert Stratton Electrocuted at Ajax Mine
Robert Stratton 39, foreman at the Ajax coal mine, was killed by a 240 volt electric shock at 11 a.m. while assisting at a coal cutter in the shaft. Co workers Joseph Jacques and bystanders Ed Brest and son helped. coroner Dr Skinner and RCMP attended.
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Robert Stratton
Third St
Ajax
Stratton
Coal Company
FE. G. F. Skinner
R.C.M.P
Joseph Jacques
Dominion St
Jacques
Brest
Dunmore
Jim Stratton
Skinner
Smiles and Hints Sparked but Marriage Talk Remains Ignored
In a light exchange, Smilestones notes hints of an engagement as one party presses for marriage, while the other continues to overlook the topic and avoid commitment. The dialogue captures playful expectations and a lingering postponement in the relationship.
Fabian Probes Toronto Telegram Mystery Narrative
The writer outlines progress in re inspecting the Dec 6 1953 incident in Toronto involving Marion McDowell and Jimmy Wilson. He notes invited Telegram reporters helped reenact details, while weighing conflicting accounts and pending interviews with two men linked to a hut near the crime scene. He plans to pursue Wilson’s and others’ testimonies to advance the investigation.
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Toronto Telegram
Jimmy Wilson
Marion McDowell
Telegram
Danforth Rd
Jimmy
Wilson
Mario
Marion
W A Burton 91 Early Pioneer Dies in Medicine Hat
William Alexander Burton age 91 known as Billy died today. Born in Nova Scotia in 1863 he came west over 70 years ago, worked as a cowboy wrangler and CPR trainmen union charter member. He rancher southeast of Medicine Hat, postmaster once, long director of The Medicine Hat News. Survived by widow Kate. sons Jack and Eugene and daughter Gertrude Ball of Montreal.
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William Alexander
Billy) Burton
Nova Scotia
Mr. Burton
Moose Jaw
C.P.R
Trainmen’s Union
Burton
Medicine Hat
Eugene
The
Medicine Hat News
Kate W. Burton
Jack
Gertrude
Fred Ball
Montreal
Cattle Die After Misused Insecticide Spray
Paris Ky James Stone Jr loses 44 of his 71 cattle after a spray intended for plants is used on the herd. Officials from the US Department of Agriculture and University of Kentucky find the insecticide was the wrong product and twice the proper strength.
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Paris, Ky
James Stone, Jr
U. S. Department of Agriculture and
University of Kentucky
Unseasonable Wet Weather Persists on Prairies
Weather summary from Edmonton reports ongoing cool wet conditions across the prairies with more showers or thunderstorms expected in southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan tonight. Temperatures stay in the 60s to 65 degrees across all areas.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Police Crack Down Rioting Rio Reds
Police arrested over 100 Communists after 48 hours of riots sparked by President Vargas's death in Brazil. Copies of Imprensa Popular were seized as Rio de Janeiro restored normal commerce and troops remained on streets. Joao Cafe Filho sought a finance minister. Oswaldo Aranha resigned as part of the cabinet reshuffle amid economic crisis.
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Roman Jimenez
Rio DE Janeiro
Communist Party
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
United States
Imprensa Popular
Rio
Porto Alegre
Joao Cafe Filho
Vargas
Oswaldo Aranha
United Nations General Assembly
Aranha
Indictment of Teens for Thrill Killings by Brooklyn Grand Jury
Four teenage boys were indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury on first degree murder charges in the Willard Menter slaying in which a Black youth was tortured with cigarettes and drowned in the East River. Jerome Leiberman and Melvin Mittman, both 17, also face second degree manslaughter in Rheinhold Ulrichson’s fatal beating. Jack Koslow, 18, and Robert Trachtenberg, 15, are indicted in the Menter case. All pleaded not guilty. trial set to begin soon.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Ail
Willard Menter
East River
Jerome Lieberman
Melvin Mittman
Rheinhold Ulrichson
Menter
Jack Koslow
Robert Trachtenberg
Kings County
Samuel Leisters
Leibowitz
Youth Movement Takes Over Today at TLC Presidency
Regina CP dispatch reports a youth surge leading Canada's Trades and Labor Congress as trio contenders for president vie for a 580000 member seat. Claude Jodoin 41 Toronto unionist MacArthur 43 Vancouver rival Gervin 46 compete amid betting and strategic bloc voting.
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Regina
Canada
Trades and Labor Congress
Percy R. Bengough
Gordon Cushing
Claude Jodoin
Montreal
Allister F. MacArthur
Toronto
R. K (Roly) Gervin
Vancouver
Jodoin
Bengough
MacArthur
Ontario
Gervin
Jodo
Local Glass Producer Depends on Natural Gas
Alberta’s sole hand made glass producer, Alta Glass, relies on cheap natural gas to run operations. John Furch, 58, and his family fled Czechoslovakia in 1938 and settled in Medicine Hat after attempting to build a Stratford Ontario plant. The firm uses about 500,000 cubic feet of gas monthly to yield roughly $100 in products daily, with sand from Ottawa, potash from Niagara Falls, and soda ash from Amherstburg. High labor costs and scarce skilled craftsmen limit expansion. costly crystal work requires larger orders.
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Medicine Hat
Alta
Alberta
John Furch
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
Furch
Canada
Stratford
Ont
Alta Glass
Ottawa
Niagara Falls
Amherstburg
Mendes-France rejects Spaak plan on EDC ratification
Premier Mendes-France spurns Spaak proposal to push French approval of the European Defence Community treaty. Ottawa Rough Riders lineman John Wagoner leaves the Big Four to sign with the B C Lions. Jehovahs Witnesses’ legal counsel says a Quebec judge’s ruling will be challenged in Supreme Court, claiming the group is not a religious denomination.
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Mendes-France
Paul-Henri Spaak
John Wagoner
Ottawa Rough Riders
B.C. Lions
Jehovahs Witnesses
Supreme Court
Quebec
Vancouver pilot gathers volunteers to form Flying Tigers style group
Al Mah of Prince Rupert says over 50 jet pilots radar technicians and others have volunteered to join a proposed Far East air force modeled after the Flying Tigers. He cites support from Claire Chennault and aims to aid in suppressing Communist activity with volunteers and supply flights in the region.
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Montreal
British Columbia
The
Flying Tigers
Far East
al Mah
Mah
Prince Rupert
Claire Chennault
United States
China
Free Nations
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Colin Tennant
Issoetail
L.A
Fabian
W. A. Burton
Rio Reds
Police
T.L.C Head
Bor
AFL
Teamsters’ Union
TLC
B.C. Federation of Labor
Machinists Union
George Schalke
Machinists
Dency
Schalke
Roger Prevost
Quebec Federation of Labor
Canadian Congress of Labor
CCL
Bulletins
Medicine
A. T. Legge
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