15 Dec 1950
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1950
Page
1
In Edmonton four suspects, three men and a woman, appeared in court today over the murder of Alexander Petro at his north Edmonton home. The case follows a tense night of investigation and rising political tension in Canada during winter.
A Gandhi associate and senior leader died in New Delhi at age 76. He helped merge 600 princely states into a unified India and formed a political trio with Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru that guided the independence movement. The ruling Congress party announced mourning.
A Reuters report portrays Peiping as a fearfully secretive totalitarian regime under Mao Zedong. The article notes a vast ministerial apparatus, strict party discipline, and a police-state atmosphere despite claims of a people’s democracy. It discusses regional stability, anti-communist resistance, and mixed public sentiment toward land reform and taxation cuts.
OTTAWA announces Judge John Howard Sissons of the District Court of Southern Alberta was appointed chief justice of that court. Manley J. Edwards of Calgary was named to the district court of southern Alberta, effective February 1.
Canadian Press survey finds plentiful trees across parts of Canada with prices roughly $1 to $4, higher in major cities. Toronto offers 2 to 20 dollars for sizes from four feet to twenty feet while Ottawa towns average 2 to 2.50 for seven foot spruces. Prices vary by region and species. holly and mistletoe sell in Vancouver with weather-affected crops. Fire chiefs urge safe lighting and water soaking. spotlighting is recommended.
Reports say North Korean and Chinese forces pressed a coastal advance toward Hamhung and Hungnam, breaching allied beachhead defenses. U S 10th Corps troops faced heavy attacks as evacuations by sea were noted, with mounting casualties amid artillery and air counter measures.
Two medical experts told a preliminary hearing that Francis J. Sullivan may have died from a rare brain tumor angioma causing fatal hemorrhage. Dr. Dover and Dr. Gardner said they learned of the tumor only yesterday and could not confirm it as the death cause. The hearing also heard that Sullivan was found nude on a bed with scratches on his chest and that his wife Marion Sullivan is charged with murder.
Attorney General Howard McGrath said contempt proceedings will be brought against striking yardmen in Chicago and other key centers despite court orders. The strike disrupts mail and express shipments with embargoes affecting Chicago and St. Louis, exempting drugs hospital supplies funeral supplies and government shipments. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen seeks a 40 hour week and 48 hours pay for yard workers amid slowed freight and industrial output.
Myrs Arthur Pitre, 42, sister of Genereux, was charged with murder in connection with the air disaster that killed 23 aboard a Canadian Pacific Airlines flight on Sept. 9, 1949. Her trial was set for Feb. 12. she pleaded not guilty as she appeared in the Quebec court with Premier Duplessis’ signature on the indictment.
A Scotsman, sick and asking for help, tells a stranger he is very ill and fears he has a fever or poisoning. The stranger offers empathy, and the Scotsman requests a drink to steady himself, asking for a scotch and soda.
Seoul, struggling with fear and rumors, has become a global rumor capital. Reports spread of counterattacks, mass troop movements, and Japanese forces landing, all later proved false by civilian sources and American troops.
Saskatchewan farmers met with Agriculture Minister T C Nollet who said the initial payment for frozen wheat will likely be the last. He warned the frozen wheat was unfit for milling and urged realities, stating the only way to dispose of slag feed is through livestock use as feed demand remains low.
A London Express Service item lampoons the Toastmasters Handbook by Herbert V. Prochnow. It notes chapters with anecdotes and quotes as a cure for stage fright and urges readers to pre read and use the book in dinner speeches.
An AP report says Chinese communists fired rockets marked with English letters and figures at American troops north of Pyongyang. About 20 rockets were found by the US 2nd Division in Wan and Kujang as Chinese forces were driven back. Spokesmen could not confirm where the missiles were manufactured but said they were certainly not made for the American army.
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