Rust Threat to Wheat Hits Canadian Prairie in 1952
The Winnipeg Tribune reports rust threatens the Canadian wheat crop with Race 15B spreading across the prairie aided by warm wet weather. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta crops face varying damage with possible national impact, Saskatchewan estimates up to 25 percent loss, while Alberta and Manitoba expect larger yields if weather remains favorable.
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Wilf Deering
Winnipeg Tribune
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Roblin
Carlisle
Maniitoba
Saskatchewan Rust
Car Hits Cow Injures Local Pair Near Seven Persons
Two people were hospitalized after a car struck a cow three miles west of Seven Persons early this morning. Sam Roskow of Taber and Miss Jeanette Buffum of Medicine Hat injured. Norman How and Margaret Gnam escaped harm. Roskow with a broken wrist Buffum with a broken nose How scratched. Both to be released today from Medicine Hat General Hospital.
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Sam Roskow
Taber
Jeanette Buffum
Medicine Hat
Norman How
Taher
Margaret Gnam
R.C.M.P
Roskow
Miss Buffum
How
Miss Buffumr
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Week-Long Search Solves Dog Case in Missouri
SPRING CITY MO CP after 25 days a collie guarded the entrance to an abandoned mine. Residents wondered if his owner was missing. Volunteers spent a week pumping the flooded mine while Ted Hymer and Oscar Uber descended the shaft to search. The dog stayed at the mouth as they returned with a small bone found.
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Spring City
Ted Hymer
Oscar Uber
Hymer
Uber
Kefauver and Harriman Fight to Keep Fair Deal
Chicago dispatch reports that Adlai Stevenson may be drafted to lead the Democratic ticket as Kefauver and Harriman press the Fair Deal. The convention shows north south tensions easing after a civil rights plank ambiguity allows Southern delegates to accept the platform while pushing for a candidate acceptable to both liberal and conservative factions.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
United States
Stevenson
Harry Truman
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Democratic
Virginia
South Carolina
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mason-Dixon
Democratic Party
Fair Employment Practices Commission
South
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Dixiecrat Party
Strom Thurmond
Truman Democrats
Harriman
Kefauver
Fair Deal
Truman Backs Stevenson for Democratic Nomination
Two Truman associates said the president has signaled a preference for Adlai Stevenson as the Democratic standard bearer for the November election. Stevenson, Illinois governor, has shown reluctance to run but has not closed the door if the nomination is offered.
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Chicago
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Delegate to Nominate Truman for Re-Election
A Pennsylvania delegate to the Democratic National Convention plans to nominate President Truman. Representative William J. Green Jr. says he will place Truman's name unless he receives direct orders from the president not to. Green notes Truman has said he will not seek re-election but he believes Truman is needed to stabilize the convention.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Tuman
William J. Green Jr
Philadelphia
Truman
Green
Eisenhoer
Truman announces end of steel strike and bus service update
The report notes President Truman declaring the steel strike resolved after 53 days with CIO leader Murray and US Steel chairman Fairless ready to ratify a deal. In Medicine Hat, Mayor Wilson Riley says new Moose Jaw buses may start Aug 1 to operate a five-bus route with 7:30 am to 11 pm service and a 25 cent three-ticket option.
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Moose Jaw Transportation Co
Wilson Riley
Medicine Hat "Transit Co
Moose Jaw
Connor
George Connor
Moose Law Firm
Cory
South Railway
Washington
White House
Trump
CIO
Philip Murray
US Steel
Benjamin Fairless
United Steelworkers of America
Truman
Murray
Fairless
US Steel Corp
United
Steel Workers of America
S. Fina
Defence Mobilizer
John R. Steelman
United States
Defence
Robert Lovett
John L. Lewis
Canadian Forces Casualties in Korea Reach 917
The army released its 123rd Korean war casualty list listing three officers from the Royal Canadian Regiment wounded in action. The tally to date shows 160 dead 684 wounded 64 injured eight missing and one prisoner of war. The previous list was issued July 11.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Regiment
Korea
Orie
Changing Prairie Weather With Showers Across Regions
A brief pleasant spell ended as showery unsettled weather returned to the prairies. Thundershowers were reported in Saskatchewan overnight and in southern Alberta this morning with more activity expected in southern and central areas today. Friday should bring some improvement, while central Alberta sees scattered afternoon showers elsewhere, dry and cloudy conditions prevail. Temperatures reach the low to mid seventies Friday afternoon. Medicine Hat sees cloudy periods with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, then sunny Friday with afternoon cloudiness. Winds northerly to northwest, 15 during the day and light at night, with tonight’s low around 50 and tomorrow’s high near 50.
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Prairies
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Smilestones Advice on Indigestion Prompted Question
A brief notice questions a health tip about indigestion. It asks if drinking a pint of warm water after meals is a simpler remedy. The fragment hints at ongoing discussion of digestive health practices.
Credit Local Man For Averting Serious Blaze
August Christman woke to a cat alarm and found a shed fire. He closed the shed door, saved the house from rapid flames, and evacuated his three children with his wife phoning for help. Firefighters contained the blaze. interior shed damage occurred. Cat escaped unharmed. Cause undetermined. Insurance covered both structures.
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Christman
Pormal
Rain Forces Hill Slippage Report Awaited
Rain continues to threaten Hill area causing renewed soil slippage along blocks of 7th 8th and 9th streets southeast. Officials report blue clay conditions and note no Edmonton test results yet while Prof Hardy urges expedited sampling and city guidance from Médicine Hat.
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Staripe
Sling Hill
Stree
Edmonton
E A Hardy
Médicine Hat
Possi
Japan’s Matsumoto Defends Trade Practices in London Speech
Yunichi Matsumoto, Japan’s first postwar ambassador to Britain, delivered his first public address in London saying Japan seeks to curb unfair trade practices. He spoke during a dinner of the Japan Association, a group formed to safeguard British interests in trade with Japan.
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London
Reuters
Yunichi Matsumoto
Japan
Britain
Japan Association
Costly Ceremonies Out During Reign of Queen
In the House of Commons R A Butler pledges that the new Queen’s reign will avoid lavish ceremonies. The civil list bill grants the Queen 475000 pounds annually and the Duke of Edinburgh a substantial allowance. Critics, including Jennie Lee, assail royal spending and the idea of snobbery centered on the monarchy.
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London
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Duke of Edburgh
Jennie . Lee
Ancien Bevan
Company One: Greatest Made Hospital Here
A brief notice notes Company One and the Greatest hospital in the area. The fragment suggests a local corporate or facility reference with limited readable details.
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Stony Plain
Westlock
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God
Alben’ Bark
Han, J. L
Doe”) Robinson
Minister of Labor and Industries
Medicine Hat Social Credit Constituency Association
Charles Nichols
Southam Washington Burea
Stanley C. James
Optometrist
Second Street
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