First Canada combines case targets Winnipeg bakery union
Ottawa charged 13 Winnipeg Local No. 1 members of the Canadian Bakery Workers Union with joining an illegal combines act to suppress bread price competition. The commissioner’s finding, presented to Justice Minister Garson, notes no formal charges yet. Names include J. E. Shepherd and J. E. G. Robinson among others who met in 1951 to halt deliveries to Jewel Fine Foods after price cuts by five bakeries.
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Ottawa
T. D. MacDonald
Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian Bakery Workers’ Union
CCL
Garson
Alberta
British Columbia
MacDonald
J. E. Shepherd
J. E.G. Robinson
J. Ambler
J. Citulec
W. Coutts
N. Touudman
W. Hall
Jewel
The Kids Stampede Brings Traffic Chaos To Downtown
The city witnessed a wild Kids Stampede as hundreds of children swarmed downtown streets during a moneymen publicity stunt by Alex MacKenzie and Ory Kope. Mayor Wilson Riley and Fire Chief Bob Allen helped defuse a traffic jam near the stampede ticket booth while two youngsters were reportedly injured. The event offered prizes every ten minutes at the grounds between the LDS and Lions booths, with events, rides, and entertainment including Ivan Wigmar, the ACT talent winner, performing for the crowd.
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Alex MacKenzie
Ory Kope
MacKenzie
Kope
Wilson Riley
Bob Allen
Time Today
Stampede Grounds
LDS
Lions
Vera Allen
Ivan Wigmar
Peor
Does Petroleum Include Natural Gas in Alberta Case
London Reuters reports a Privy Council hearing on whether petroleum includes natural gas in the Borys case. Michael Borys, owner of a 160 acre Leduc field site near Edmonton, seeks ownership of undissolved natural gas after a 1949 injunction against Imperial Oil and others.
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London
Reuters
Borys
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Alberta Supreme Court
Michael Borys
Leduc
Edmonton
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Imperial Oil Ltd
Imperial Oil
Strong quake kills at least nine in Honshu Osaka Kyoto area
A central Japan earthquake left nine dead and 134 injured as buildings collapsed and 350 homes were destroyed at 1 10 a m local time. The tremor struck Honshu with a long shaking period spreading to Tokyo and the Osaka Kyoto corridor.
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Japan
Tokyo
Honshu
Osaka-Kyoto
New Iran Premier Seeks Solution To Oil Dispute
Tehran Reuters Ahmad Quaram Sultaneh 77 year old businessman becomes Iran's premier and vows to settle the oil dispute with Britain. He warns of tough measures against opponents as tanks patrol Tehran. He succeeds Mossadegh who resigned amid powers row with Reza Shah Pahlavi.
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Reuters
Ahmad Quaram Sultaneh
Iran
Britain
Mohammed Mossadegh
Quaram
Russia
Majlis House of Representatives
Mossadegh
Shar Reza Pahlevi
No Irresponsible Irrigation Promises Says Social Credit
Agriculture minister David Ure campaigned against rival Social Credit candidates saying they lack party support and will not make reckless irrigation promises. He urged backing the official slate and criticized Liberals as dead on livestock policies amid foot and mouth disease outbreaks.
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Edmonto
David Urein
Social Credit
Liberal
CCF
Ure
Manitoba
British Columbia
St. Mary-Milk River
Labor Keeps Seat In Dundee East
In Dundee East by election Labor held the seat as George Morgan Thomson won in a four way race. Thomson 22 161 ahead of Conservative Paul Cowder 14 305. SNP 2 931. World Parliament Party 90. Incumbent seat vacated by Thomas Cooke.
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Dundee
Labor
Dundee East
George Morgan Thomson
Thomas Cooke
Thomson
Paul Cowder
National Liberal
Donald Stewart
Scottish National Party
Edward Macaine
World Parliament Party
House of Commons
Conservatives
Allies
Liberals
Montreal Journalist Freed After Agreeing to Testify
Montreal judge drops contempt charge against Jacqueline Sirois Moore after she agrees to answer questions in the city vice inquiry. Moore had been found in contempt for refusing to reveal sources from a 1946 Montreal Standard article. The inquiry probes how vice thrived in Montreal over a decade.
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Montreal
Francois Caron
Jacqueline Sirois Moore
Woman
Moore
Week End
Pictures Magazine
Montreal Standard
Justice Caron
Vhce
Farmers protest subsidizing consumers bread in Saskatoon
The Inter provincial Farm Union conference in Saskatoon protested subsidization of Canadian bread consumers by farmers. Delegates from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba urged the federal government to base a domestic wheat price on parity with farm purchases appoint two producer representatives to the Canadian wheat board and dissolve the current advisory committee. They rejected claims that farmer appointees would become civil servants noting the wheat board is funded by farmers' grain sales.
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Saskatoon
Interprovincial Farm Union Conference
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canadian Wheat Board
Wheat Board
Weather Brightens Across Alberta and Saskatchewan
Alberta sees brighter skies over the next two days with morning sunshine and scattered afternoon showers. Saskatchewan enjoys sunny mornings and late day showers as temps hover around 70. Medicine Hat reports cloudy to clearing conditions with showers and a cool, windy forecast. lows near 45 and highs around 65.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Smilestones Struggles With Net Income And Gross Habits
The company reports mounting difficulty aligning net income with gross habits as financial pressures grow. Analysts note evolving consumer patterns and cost pressures influencing earnings stability this quarter.
Wheat headed ahead in prairie provinces early this year
The Canadian Pacific Railway weather and crop report for July 17 shows Manitoba at 90 percent headed, Saskatchewan 71 percent, and Alberta 59 percent, all above 1951 and well above 10 year averages. Harvest likely starts early with some fall rye already begun in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Moisture shortages and hail damage noted. rust reported in several districts. Peace River crops two weeks ahead of last year.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway
Road
Agricultural Department
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
al- Berta
South Saskatchewan
South Central
Northwest
Peace
Resume Secret Talks in Korea in Deadlock
In Munsan Korea Korean truce negotiators resumed off the record talks with no sign of progress on prisoner exchanges. UN and Communist delegates met 41 minutes ending a four day recess and the meeting was the eleventh under a Communist requested blackout begun July 4. Brig Gen William P Nuckols declined to say if the Reds would accept UN refusals to force unwilling prisoners to rejoin Communism.
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Korea
United Nations
Sion
Red
William P. Nuckols
U. N
United States
Jacob Malik
Russia
U.N
India
Red China
BBC chief Haley to resign Sept. 30 as Times editor
Sir William Haley, longtime director general of the BBC, will leave his BBC post on September 30 to take the editorship of The Times of London Basil E. Nicolls is named acting director general to succeed him in the interim.
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London
Reuters
William Haley
BBC
Times of London
Basil E. Nicolls
Democrats Favor Two Reluctants Wind of 1952 Nominating Favors Truman Stevenson
In Washington and Chicago the Democratic party debates its 1952 candidates with Harry S. Truman and Illinois Governor Adlai E. Stevenson publicly declining a run. Truman vows not to seek re election while Stevenson says he would rather be shot than accept the nomination. Both men are considered likely if drafted but neither commits to serving if nominated. The party ponders a map leading to the White House amid regional political strains and party leadership uncertainties.
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Washington
Democratic Party
United States
Harry S. Truman
A. Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
Chicago
Harry Truman
White House
Stevenson
Bess
Harry
Congress
Mr. Truman
South
Mason-Dixon Line
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Mr. Stevenson
Inllinois
Medicine Hat Stampede Opens With Record Crowd
Wee Bob Duce of Cardston won the bareback event aboard Scotty as the sixth annual Medicine Hat Stampede kicked off. More than 3,000 in stands with indications of 3,800 by 3 p.m. crowd estimates. attendees included hundreds of children at the midway and many more cars at the fairgrounds. Jim Jones of Jonesboro Arkansas led the day with top money in steer decorating and calf roping, while Wilf Gerlitz of Black Diamond earned top rough stock money and Larry Southern claimed first day money in bareback riding on a horse named Perry. Other results included Carl Olsen winning saddle bronc on Makin and Stan Walker placing in steer decorating.
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Bob Duce
Cardston
Scotty
Coleman
Cochrane
Mel Boynton
Piapot
Calgary
Jim Jones
Jonesboro
Arkansas
Stampede
Jones
Aransas
F. C. Stover
Tularoosa
New Mexico
Stover
Padget Betry
Yuma
Arizona
Buddy. Heston
Slim Pickens
Todéo
Heaton
Wilf Gerlitz
Black Diamond
Larry
Southern
Los Angeles
Jerry Norwoord
Circle Kid
Bud Stewart
Carl Olsen
Poliomyelitis Outbreaks May Be Light This Year
Canadian Press survey finds few polio cases across most provinces this year. Ontario reports 21 cases and one death so far, with 1951 having far higher totals. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Nova Scotia, British Columbia show modest numbers while two iron lungs head to Winkler for outbreaks near Winnipeg.
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British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Toronto
MacKinnon Phillips
Ontario
Winkler
Winnipeg
Alberta
Quebec
Montreal
Nova Scotia
Cunard’s 1838 Plan Aimed at Mail Transit Not Passengers
The record notes Samuel Cunard formed a line of steam ships in 1838 primarily to carry mail, not passengers, highlighting a mail service origin for the Cunard Line and its strategic purpose in maritime government mail routes.
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Samuel Cunard
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