Exposition a Pot of Gold for Exhibitors at Livestock Show
CHICAGO CP The international livestock exposition marked its golden jubilee with about 1 115 000 in prize money and sales of blue ribbon animals for exhibitors. Outstanding prices included a 1200 pound grand champion steer sold for 11 1 2 per pound. Canadian farmers won 56 first prizes and championships across Ontario Alberta British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
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Chicago
R. C. Pollock
Naional Livestock and Meat Board
Roy Bean
Pecos County
Tex
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Betty Knows God Answers Prayers for Betty Marbury
Ten year old Betty Marbury of Brownsville asks the nation to pray for healing after doctors warn a malignant condition may require amputation of her right hand soon after Christmas. Betty believes prayer will aid her recovery and church services are planned statewide to support her.
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Brownsville
Betty Marbur
United States
Betty
Clay Marbury
Inspectors Visit CP Steamships Offshore Vessels
Canadian Pacific steamship vessels drew a surprise inspection by Department of Transport investigators. Inspectors reviewed life rafts fire fighting gear and boat drills on all coastal passenger ships. A report will be sent to Ottawa after the continuing inspection.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Department of Transport
Maril
Ottawa
Government cracks down on Sons of Freedom violence in British Columbia
Special police details moved into Doukhobor country to curb bombings in Nelson and Kootenay areas. Six more officers to the Kootenays, ten more from across the province to assist. Train protection measures include patrol cars on Doukhobor routes and guards at bridges. Premier Bryan Johnson did not disclose exact actions but vowed a new plan to curb violence.
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Victoria
B.C
Doukhobor
Sons of Freedom
British Columbia
Kootenays
Nelson
Kootenay
Canada
Russia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bryan_ Johnson
Fage Five
Red Shadow Nearing Last China Redoubt
CHENGTU China. Nationalists watch as Reds push deep into western China severing Chongqing Chengtu routes. Reports say Communist forces cut Chengtu Kunming highway and threaten the last major Nationalist refuge in the region. Chiang Kai Shek resumes defence command amid Li Tsung Jen’s U.S. trip.
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Chengtu
China
Kumming
Chungking
Suying
Kunming
Li-Tsunz Jen
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
United States
Washington
Canada to Develop Promising Drugs, Martin Declares
Ottawa health minister said Canada will pursue two promising drugs ACTH and cortisone for arthritis and other diseases. He stressed the work is experimental, with limited quantities for research and no firm decisions on future uses. The remarks came during discussion of health estimates.
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Ottawa
Canada
Martin
Commons
of Health
Lava from Etna Threatens Maletto Sicily Town
Fiery lava from Mount Etna neared the Sicilian town of Maletto home to about 3,600 people while authorities said the flow had slowed and was venting through at least ten openings in the mountain. dawn brought a skyward blaze from the main crater and a four second earthquake roar.
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Catania
Sicily
Etna
Maletto
Bronte
Car speeds into post office steps in morning crash
Miss T. E. Hartman driving a 1937 Chevrolet coupe sideswiped a truck and drove up the front steps of the post office on Sixth Ave. and Second St. SE. Both drivers escaped injury, the crash blamed on limited sight caused by Christmas tree cargo blocking view.
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T. E. Hartman
Second St
Miss Hartman
Sixth Ave
Ernest Hawkins
Ninth St
City Hall
Ratepayers Probe City Council Over Bus Plan and Taxes
At the annual ratepayers meeting 50 to 60 residents pressed council on municipal bus service funding five year road paving and a feared eight mill tax hike. Fire drills in theatres for matinees and safety inspections were urged by Mrs. Lillian Gust as Alderman Scholten explained service costs and possible extensions with public funding.
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Commission
Lillian Gust
Ald. J. W. Douglas
Public Safety
Ald. Scholten
Gust
D. S&s. Hawthorne
D.A. Scholten
Blair
Ald Scholten
Crescent Hights
Crescent View
Ald
E. W. Smith
Ald. Schaiten
Pratt
Ald. Hawthorne
Stork Born at Home as Fog Delays Ambulance
In heavy pea soup fog in Los Angeles a seven pound son was born at the Sarkisian home because an ambulance could not locate the house. An obstetrician advised by telephone then began to the home in another ambulance, which collided in the fog. The doctor arrived to find mother and baby well.
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Los Angeles
Charles Sarkisian
Sarkisian
Toronto Surgeons Restore Crossed Eyes For Children
Toronto doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children say they can correct crossed eyes in many young patients, often transforming shy, humiliated children into confident youngsters. The operation, performed in a crowded hall, is brief and safe, with 90 percent success on first attempts and plans to expand as fundraising builds a new hospital.
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Toronto
Canada
Smilestones: Makeup Takes Center Stage in Olden Days
A witty, era framed epigram contrasts past customs of reconciliation with a modern shift where cosmetics and appearance lead in social exchanges. The quip hints at changing norms and social behavior in a quaint historical voice.
Hopkins linked to uranium shipments to Russia by air
Former officer G Racey Jordan testified on a radio broadcast that Harry Hopkins pressed wartime secrecy to move secret US documents and uranium related material to Soviet pilots. Jordan said he found stamped confidential papers and a White House letter bearing Hopkins and Groves references during lend lease deliveries from Great Falls Montana to Russia via Alaska.
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Washington
United States Army
Russia
Harray Hopkins
G. Racey Jordan
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Jordan
Lendlease
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Great Falls
Montana
Fairbanks
Alaska
State Department
Groves
Lewis
Leslie Groves
Starling roosting delays Brantford post office clock
In Brantford Ontario the post office clock ran 15 minutes slow yesterday as starlings used the clock hands as a roosting perch. The disturbance caused the time loss and officials adjusted the mechanism.
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Brantford, Ont
Starlings
US pleads with China to halt attacks on vessels
The United States requests the Chinese Nationalist government to stop further attacks on American ships in the blockaded China coast area.
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U.S
Washington
United States
China Coast
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Fifth Avenue Church
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