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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1954
Page
1
Jehovah's Witness Paul Emile Perron of Rouyn Quebec renounced Catholicism in 1950. Difficulties arose as he sought to enroll three of his five children with both parents into the Rouyn Protestant School Board, amid disputes over faith.
The Toronto Telegram column details Robt H Fabian’s ongoing Marion McDowell mystery probe. He cites 800 tips and calls, notes outside help, and outlines key leads including a pool parlor diamond incident, a Quebec property farm owner, and car tracks debunking an open well theory. He references a district map as of 1953 and suggests the body, if alive, stayed near the scene.
Detective Robert Fabian said an unidentified informant told him he could identify the assailant of Marion McDowell, a 17 year old who vanished from a car in December. The informant described a man about 30, five foot eleven, 168 pounds, fair, tan, and capable, believed to be known to McDowell. Scarboro police noted many tips but none substantiated.
Phenix City Alabama emergency grand jury returns 545 indictments after three weeks exposing vice and racketeering. Indictments name 59 individuals with no police names released yet while prosecutors plan impeachment against officials shown derelict in duty.
In Collingwood Ontario a six year old girl Peggy Howell died after being found behind the kitchen stove as a fire swept through the home three miles west. Sister Margaret eight was hospitalized with severe burns and listed in fair condition. Two other sisters Betty nine and Nancy three suffered burns but were in satisfactory condition. Parents Mr and Mrs Howell were at a movie when the blaze broke out.
A worried man asks a psychiatrist for help as he reveals an obsession with eating grapes all day. The doctor reassures him that people eat grapes, easing the unusual fixation in a concise humor snippet.
A miniature lemon tree cultivated by Mrs. Fred Sailer at 514B Princess Ave bears fruit for the first time this season. Neighbors may inspect the 24 inch tree after seven PM. the single lemon measures 12 inches in circumference and is described as as large as a small grapefruit. The tree is noted as a curiosity along Princess Ave.
The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada opened its 71st year with Claude Jodoin of Montreal elected president, the youngest in the body's history. Delegates urged federal public works and low rent housing to boost jobs while reaffirming policy. A national flag and O Canada were endorsed, a shift from prior practice. The union also backed non operating rail workers, no raiding pacts, and readmitted unions remained under careful scrutiny. Unemployment remains a central concern with calls to develop British Columbia river power potential.
Labor leader Clement Attlee returns from China to confront a major party fight next month on German rearmament and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Party leftist Aneurin Bevan leads the challenge alongside seven Labor members on the China tour as the agenda for the confrontation is set.
A Czech writer contends the British Labour Party goodwill missions to Iron Curtain countries serve as spies for British imperialism and American cold war strategy. The claim appears as Labour's Attlee era delegates meet at Scarborough amid Bevan-Gaitskell leadership tensions and union influence shaping the treasurer race.
In Shanghai to Hangzhou the 20 car Shanghai Hangzhou express features Miss Chen Ghiangwyu guiding passengers and sharing government editorials from a train microphone. Women now occupy diverse jobs from bus drivers to river pilots and even steel mill controllers.
Regina based report says Joe Connolly of Toronto and the negotiating committee for 145000 non operating rail workers vow to fight if needed. The union group backed arbitration after Ottawa signaled Parliament to outlaw a strike as the big rail dispute looms.
In Paris the French Assembly rejected the European army treaty as 317 to 264 backed a motion to move on, prompting eight ministers who supported the EDC to threaten resignations from Pierre Mendes-France's government. Mendes-France offered to resume talks with five European allies under two conditions: majority backing to reopen talks and support for his government's negotiations.
A secretive prospector in British Columbia trekked northeast of Vancouver by helicopter toward the Lost Creek gold mine. He follows the Slumach legend blamed for 20 or 30 prospector deaths while four years of research on the myth face a historic case tied to Old Stomach and the 1890 execution.
Bob Bullen of Alexandra Composite High School has won the 5000 McConnell scholarship at McGill University. He topped eight final exams with an 86 average and a perfect chemistry score. The prize marks Medicine Hat’s third McConnell award.
George McEwen, 22, remains on a flagpole at a stock car speedway in Calgary after surpassing the Canadian flagpole sitting record with six weeks and one day. He planned to come down last Labor Day weekend but stayed up to earn money and do something different. the pole is maintained by the track management which pays him to stay aloft.
The Railway Street property of Beny Motors Canada Ltd was entered late last night or early morning. Thieves used a glass cutter to remove a pane, grabbed $25 from two cash registers, and attempted to break a large safe with an electric drill but were interrupted. Two men were detained briefly but released. police continue the investigation.
A third concrete arch on Edmonton’s new six-pier west-end bridge failed as the North Saskatchewan river fell from a 55 year high. The partial collapse follows two arches toppled Friday after heavy rains, with damage pegged above $100,000. The bridge completion is now pushed to next year pending inspections.
Chief Partridge said it will take at least a week to deport Donald Winslow Henderson, alias Raymond Martin, from the United States to stand trial for murder in Calgary. Henderson, a Moose Jaw native and RCMP fugitive, was arrested in South San Francisco on a drunk charge and is detained by U S immigration. Deportation dates were expected to be set in San Francisco today.
Clear skies across Western Canada forecast for today with a warm, sunny day. Tuesday should stay mostly sunny and warm though northerly winds will slightly lower temperatures. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected this evening and Tuesday evening.
The article reports severe floods across northern India described as the worst of the century. It notes extensive damage and continuing high water levels affecting vast areas and prompting emergency responses.
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