Mattern Rescued After Weeks Lost in Siberian Wilderness
Airman Jimmy Mattern, part of a round the world attempt, was forced to land in Siberia on June 1. He wandered the wilderness for three weeks and was taken to Anadyr on July 5 after engine trouble. He is unharmed and a new motor was supplied to continue the flight.
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Anadvr
FLIER
AR Terage
Moscow
Maly 8
Tass
Jimmie Matlern
Anaydi
Siberia
Miabarovsk
Nome
Khabarovsk
New York
Mattern
Siberian
Werk
Anadyr
Bill Alexander
Mallorn
Prince Rupert
B.C
William Alexander
James Mattern
Anadyre
Chukootka
Alexander
Alaska
Terrace
Here
Mesander
Boeing Wacht Taconite
United States
Taconite
Oat Gea
Jimmy Mattern
Fred Fetterman
Tom Abbey
Hap
Bellanca
Shute Wins British Open in 36 Hole Playoff
H Densmore Shute, 28, American from Philadelphia, captures the British Open title at St Andrews after beating Craig Wood of Deal New Jersey in a 36 hole playoff. Shute leads from start to finish and wins by five strokes with a 75 74 TH9 total. Wood posts 73 16 154.
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St. Andrews
H. Densmore Shute
Philadelphia
Toray
Tia Countryman
Craig Wood
Deal
N.J
Shute
Wood
Demand Winnipeg 5B Balance Budget
The Canadian Bank of Commerce pressed Winnipeg school trustees to balance the 1953 budget. The board, meeting Thursday night, appointed a committee to study balancing measures and requested complete liquidation plans for years 19832 and 19330 accounts by December.
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Canadian Bank of Commerce
Winnipeg
Hank
Thinks Small Local Station Has Its Place
Hector Charlesworth chairman of the Canadian Radio Commission argues against full nationalization of radio. He says there will always be room for small local stations to serve their communities and notes US majors acknowledge Canada’s sustained programming rivals New York.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pressi
Hector Charlesworth
Canadian Radio Commision
Charlesworth
United States
Canadian Radio Commission
New York City
Mystery of Waterworth boy deepens in river case
Montreal witnesses reveal the Waterworth family as the parents of David Waterworth who was believed dead after a boy found in a sack in the St Lawrence River. The parents said they had traveled to Toronto with their children while police questioned relatives near Eastview Ontario.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence
David Waterworth
Toronto
David
Waterworth
Waterworths
Eastview
Ontario
Ottawa
Crop Report Notes Mixed Manitoba Saskatchewan Outlook
CPR weekly crop report from Winnipeg notes improved crop prospects due to recent rainfall across the Western Canada grain belt. Moisture is still needed for heading and filling, especially in southern Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Wheat and oats showing headed stages, grasshoppers present, pasturage and hay aided by rain, with limited hail losses.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Canadian Pacific Wway
Agricultural Department
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Alerta
Medicine Hat Handicrafts Plans Exhibition and Cairn Day
Medicine Hat Handicrafts Guild announces an educational exhibition linked to the Cairn Day civic events with date to be announced. The guild invites all artisans to join, fees 1.00, and notes upcoming displays in Regina and Banff with invites from officials, including potential visit by Hon. Godbout. They seek local contributors and exhibit shipments to Banff or Calgary by August 1–5.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
Regina
Quebec
Guild
Pacific Coast Relations Gonpress
Banff Springs
Calgary
Banff
Medicine Bat
Grace K. Tilley
Brownlee to Mediate at Drumheller Strike Talks
Premier John J. Brownlee will visit Sorumbheller Monday to meet representatives of striking relief recipients and seek an amicable settlement. The dispute centers on a promised 20 percent groceries increase under the cost-plus sales plan, with officials claiming increases of 16 to 23 percent in the valley. The move follows a pledge to meet the unemployed if their grievances persist after the relief investigation.
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Drumheller
John J. Brownlee
Sorumbheller
Andrew King
Central Council of Unemployed
Brownlee
A. F. Key
U.F.A
F. M. Stubblefield
Wheat Futures Rally To New High On Driest Western Canada
Winnipeg dispatch reports hot weather and sparse rain across Western Canada lifting wheat futures. July closed at 82 1/2 cents, October 84 1/2, December 86 1/4, and May 90 4/4 cents, marking new highs for the season.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Bank Robbery at Corn Exchange Bank Branch Reels in Cash
Three gunmen, one disguising as a policeman, staged a hold up at a Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Co. branch in New York today. They seized between 20 000 and 30 000 dollars in cash and escaped in an automobile with two accomplices. Local wheat prices follow in the Ogilvie grain report with July and October futures listed.
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New York
Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Co
Finish Fight Berlin Says Dollfuss Regime Must Fall
Otto Dietrich German press chief declares warlike stance toward Austria as he says agreement with the current Austrian government is impossible while suppression remains. The statement comes amid tensions over Austrian chancellor Dollfuss and the Austro Fascist government.
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Berlin
Dollfuss
Otto Dietrich
Wall of Water Swamps Bear Creek Canyon Trapping Dozens
A cloudburst sent a 20 foot wall of water down Bear Creek Canyon into Idledale and Morrison near Denver. At least ten people were trapped and drowned according to police, with two bodies recovered. A dance hall and several cottages were swept away as the flood surged through the resort area. Rescue crews and volunteers searched for missing fishermen and vacationers as the flood subsided.
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Denver
Bear Creek Canyon
Idledale
Morrison
Denver Post
Claire Evans
Associated Press
Lee Marriman
Chinese Communists Suffer Crushing Defeat in Kiangsi
Shanghai dispatches report Nationalist forces under Chiang Kai-Shek crushed Communists in Kiangsi province's southern region. Advices from Nanchang say 60,000 Reds defeated near Irwang with 3,000 killed, while government losses reached about 1,000.
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Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai-Sek
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Irwang
European Gold Bloc Eyes Partial Embargo Amid Parley
London July 8 The World Conference paused as central bank delegates in Paris drafted plans for a partial gold embargo and shelved a proposal for a large emergency fund. Roosevelt sent a message to the U S delegation to bolster price-raising policy backed by Britain and the dominions while Bennett persuades Britain to join a sterling-dollar bloc to lift prices.
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Bencies
Roosevelt
U.S
Fight For Action
United Kingdom
London
Gold Bloc
Paris
United States
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Great Britain
Mr. Bennett
Dominions
Ramsay MacDonald
Neville Chamberlain
Unites States
MacDonald
France
Bennett
Britain
Blaze in Quebec Village Destroys Buildings and Burns Town
A fire in Causapascal Metapedia county Rimouski Quebec caused 250000 in damage. The blaze destroyed the International Paper offices a house a blacksmith shop several stores an aero plane hangar garage and a house. Five other properties were damaged and the village fought the flames with Quebec lands and forests fire crews. All residents helped in the hours long battle.
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Rimouski
Que
Causapascal
Metapedia
International Paper Company
Quebec Department of Lands and Forests
Local man Joseph A. Gerow dies after car crash injuries
Joseph A. Gerow of Medicine Hat aged 59 died in Duluth hospital from injuries suffered June 29 in a crash on Mitler Trunk Highway. He had been improving but a blood clot caused death. Mrs Gerow and two daughters Phyllis and Iva survive. Family lived at 30 Ninth Street Medicine Hat. Body sent to Whitby Ontario. Mrs Gerow remains hospitalized.
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Duluth
Minn
Joseph A. Gerow
Medicine Hat
Here
Gerow
Jack
Phyllis
Iva
Ninth Street
Misa Phylis Gerow
Whitby
Ontario
Convict George Peters Found Guilty in Kingston Riot
Kingston Ontario July 7 Convict George Peters was found guilty by Judge G E de Roche of rioting in Kingston penitentiary on October 17 last The crown withdrew the separate charge of damage to prison property Peters conducted his own case.
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Kingston
Ont
George Peters
G. E. de Roche
Kingston Penitentiary
Peters
Redcliff Appeal Seeks Bedding After Fire Loss
A large family displaced by a fire appeals to the Red Cross Redcliff branch for mattresses and bedding. Mrs. A. R. Ballantyne and the Rev. P. M. Stewart organize collection and pickup of materials.
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Redcliff
Red Cross
A. R. Ballantyne
P. M. Stewart
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CPR
Weekly Crop Report
Marion
Maas
New Faeland
Canivo Belle Islind
New Brunswick
James
Medicine Hat Handicrafts Guild
Coal Town
N. Y
Ogilvie Grain
J. Gerow
Henley
T. G. A&skwith
Cambridge
N. L. Warren
Trinity School
Edith Broadfoot
W. Patterson
Burke
Idaho
Taber
R. Carr
Warner
R. Patterson
Medicine
A. Patterson
Eleanor Learmonth
Emma Podesta
Bus Larson
Medicine Hat Hospital
Wereeeten
Hustlers
Woolworths
Myrtle Skidmore
M. Ski@more
Wyatt
Ferguson Stein
Redcliffe
W.R. Howson
M.L.A
Empress Theatre
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