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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1952
Page
1
Ottawa report surveys production schedules across arms sectors. It cites delays due to material shortages, abroad deliveries, design access, and modifications, noting improvements under revised plans while stressing reliability and secrecy.
Calgary nurses at General hospital extend their resignation deadline by one month to March 1 after a board meeting. They cite intolerable conditions and call for rapid staff increase, including 60 extra nurses, 25 graduates, five ward clerks, and 30 auxiliary staff to relieve workloads.
Mild conditions linger across Alberta and Saskatchewan with a minor disturbance brushing British Columbia. Cloudy today mainly, except Peace River which cools. Medicine Hat stays cloudy today and sunny tomorrow with winds southwest around 20. Lows tonight near 25, highs tomorrow near 40.
Cairo reports state Egypt would join a Middle East defence command if the British dispute is resolved to Egyptian satisfaction. Foreign office spokesman cited Premier Aly Maher Pasha and said participation depends on the overall Egyptian case. The premier told ambassadors from the U S Britain France and Turkey he is ready to discuss a Middle East command, though envoys called on him in courtesy.
The 1951 state department bulletin reports growing coolness between Peiping and Moscow amid land reform executions and purges. It notes widespread dissension behind the iron curtain and contrasts rising Western strength, with over 16,000 private enterprises shut in the Soviet zone of Germany and increased escapes from the USSR. The Vienna national library holds a 13th century copy of a fourth century road map.
London reports that Conservative cuts push Aneurin Bevan toward Labour leadership. Bevan gains after a two day Commons debate on welfare state changes, with MPs split over charging for National Health Service. Trade union MPs doubt left wing Bevan opposition gains, while Attlee and Gaitskell urge caution. Labor plans to censure government over breaches of pledges and social services attacks.
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill says Britain aims to avoid a Korea China conflict. He notes U S and Britain discussed action if a truce is violated, but cautions against entanglement. He urges shared responsibility for Suez and stresses cooperation with the United States without bargains.
Labour MPs file a motion of no confidence in the Conservative government amid debate on R A Butler’s austerity plan to curb welfare costs. If approved, Churchill would resign and seek a new general election, though Tories expect victory to maintain the government.
Officers of the British 29th independent brigade will receive 13 US army awards for their role in the Imjim river battle last April. In the same engagement the 1st battalion of the Gloucestershire regiment won a United States presidential unit citation.
A police constable tells a drunken man to go home as the man protests with a time check. The exchange ends with the officer noting it is seven o'clock in the morning and the man insisting he rises earlier.
Manitoba researchers under Dr R F Peterson at Fort Garry report progress against Race 15B rust threatening western crops. Crosses using McMurachy and Thatcher varieties yielded strains resisting rust though milling quality still under evaluation.
The Windsor Mills Quebec site saw Angus Logan and Company erect the first chemical pulp mill for paper in 1866, marking a milestone in Canadian papermaking history.
Admiral Lynden B. McCormick, commander of the U S Atlantic fleet, was named supreme allied naval commander of the North Atlantic. He will direct sea operations for NATO countries and will appoint Vice Admiral Sir William Andrewes as deputy. The appointment follows Churchill’s Washington visit and marked a shift after earlier British opposition.
The royal couple, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, spend their last full day with their children before a six month tour. They depart from London with Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh aboard a Canadair North Star, heading to Nairobi and then on to Kenya, Ceylon, Australia, and New Zealand. A radio telephone in Princess Anne’s cabin will let them contact Prince Charles and Princess Anne during the trip.
Trade Minister Howe forecasts a strong Canadian economy into 1952 with exports at a record high and reserves intact. He cites defence to civilian conversion, sustained investment, and continued strong demand at home and abroad as Canada’s path to secure growth. Canada exported $4 billion worth of goods in 1951, while investment remains robust and defence output rises.
London reports Britain has ordered 30 Home Fleet warships to move to the Mediterranean in March for joint exercises with the Mediterranean fleet. The fleet transfer signals a major warship redeployment for planned maneuvers.
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