Stampede Fin At Medicine Hat Ends Three Days Of Western Entertainment
About 6,500 fans attended the final rodeo day as Gas City roamers wrapped up the Medicine Hat Stampede. Sherman Sullins of San Diego led three-day earnings with 515.50, while Canadian cowboy Rod McDonald of Stavely earned 186.00. Canadians dominated the wild horse racing as Joe Wells of Manyberries rode the wild mount to lead the event.
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Medicine Hat
Gas City
United States
Canada
Sherman Sullins
San Diego
Calif
Rod McDonald
Stavely
Alta
Sullins
Sherman’ Sullins
Akridge
Junior Vaughn
Kenna
N.M
Gene Rambo
Shandon
Red McDonald
Colorful Harold
Manderville
Skiff
Akridge Dominates Southern Alberta Rodeo Circuit
Akridge wins top crown on the southern loop with 881 points and earns three $250 saddles plus $1,500 in other awards. Lawson Fore of Los Angeles is runner up with 824 points. Sullins of San Diego dominates steer decorating with 343 circuit points and $515.50 in prizes. Other major money winners include Red McDowell, Del Haverty, and Junior Vaughan, among others. All riders move on to Cheyenne after Medicine Hat finale.
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Akridge
Nanton
Lethbridge
Claresholm
Macleod
High Hiver
Coleman
Cardston
Lawson Fore
Los Angeles
del Haverty
Benson
Ariz
Herman Linder
Cheyenne
Wyo
Stampede
Sullins
Sherman Sullins
San Diego
Calif
Medicine Hat
Vaughan
Junior Vaughan
Kenna
N.M
Red McPowell
Thermopolis
Eddie Akridge
Beaver Okla
Gene Rambo
Shandon
George Richmond
Post Falls
Idaho
Rod McDonald
Staveley
Alta
Bot Fisher
Neutral Wills
Gordon Earl
Newgate
Geo. Aldoff
Alberquerque
Jim McGregor
Black Diamond
Harold Manderville
Skiff
Larry Reaney
Tito Rules on Despite Pressure From Cominform
Belgrade reports Tito stands firm after Cominform backlash as Yugoslavia seeks Western economic aid. Border clashes and Greek guerrilla closures shape the strategic mood while Belgrade imports Western machinery against Yugoslav raw materials. Western credits total about 280 million dollars from the IBRD plus 50 million from private U S banks and a revolving sterling fund under a long term British trade pact.
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Belgrade
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Tito
Communist International Information” Bureau
International Bank
United States
Legless Soldier Proves Success in Spite of Handicap
SHOREHAM England CP Henry Hank Freese formerly of Carnduff Sask is a Canadian soldier who lost both legs above the knee in Sicily. He now digs his garden with artificial limbs drives a car and works at Brighton borough council while training as a mechanical draughtsman. A psychiatrist helped him see a new path and he embraced engineering after the loss.
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Shoreham
Sussex
England
Henry
Hank) Freese
Carnduff
Royston
Brighton
Hank
Canada
Color Affects Sales and Appetite Say Cooks and Salesmen
Industrial designer Howard Ketcham argues color influences buying and dining mood. He cites a cafeteria chain boosting salad sales by swapping white dinnerware for pale green plates and notes orange tones enhance produce appeal under incandescent light. He warns lighting can distort color perception in items like coffee and toothbrush handles change with price impacting color choice.
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New. York
Howard Ketcham
Ketcham
Congress Eyes 1.45 Billion Dollar Arms Aid Plan
The Truman administration asks Congress to approve a 1.45 billion dollar foreign arms program to aid free nations led by Western Europe under the North Atlantic treaty. The bill would authorize the president to ship guns and weapons to allied countries, excluding atomic bombs, to counter Soviet expansion and international communism.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Russia
State Department
Department
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
London Dock Strike Ends After Four Weeks
More than 15 600 dockers stevedores and lighter men return to work in London port ending a four week strike sparked by two Canadian ships labeled black by the Canadian Seamen's union. Captain Alexander Kennedy aims to sail Beaverbrae for Bremerhaven with 785 displaced persons.
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London
Canadian Seamen’s Union
Beaverbrae
Argumont
CSA
Bell
Scotland Yard
Hudson
Alexander Kennedy
Bremerhaven
Germany
Canada
Britain
May Aid Canada to Buy U S Military Equipment
Canadian military authorities hailed President Trumans recommendation to Congress for a billion dollar arm aid bill allowing Canada to purchase U S military equipment. The move would likely lead to a new aid act easing long standing barriers to obtaining spare parts and other supplies for Canadian forces.
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Ottawa
Truman
U.S
Canada
United States
Congress
Charge Mrs FDR Is Anti Catholic
A House Commerce subcommittee considers a compromise to allow 35 million dollars in federal health funds to flow to private and parochial schools as well as public schools. The move ties to the broader 300 million a year education aid bill urged by Rep. Barden and opposed by Catholic leaders, with criticism aimed at Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt for anti Catholic prejudice in supporting the Barden bill. Msgr Cartwright rejected Mrs Roosevelt's stance, accusing her of anti Catholic sympathies through speech and insinuation.
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Washington
House of Representatives Commerce
United States
Graham Barden
Dem.n.c
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John K. Cartwright
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
Francis Cardinal Spellmen
Roosevelt
Msgr
Cartwright
Young Progressive Conservatives Launch Ontario Drive
Young Progressive Conservatives from across Ontario begin a province wide recruitment drive. The group held informal policy talks with Ontario Premier Frost and provincial cabinet ministers over the weekend.
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OPEN
Toronto
Ontario
Frost
Jailed Holdup Man On Loose Again In Ontario
James McGrath 25 escaped from a Geraldton jail less than a day after arrest for an armed farm family robbery. Police hunted the Ansonville man 175 miles northeast of Port Arthur after he fled from a car and vanished into the bush. He reportedly breached a cell wall using a wrench, hid in the living quarters, and stole clothes, a shirt, shoes, a pin, and a camera.
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Geraldton, Ont
Port Arthur
James McGrath
Matheson
Ont
McGrath
Ansonville
Hearst-Geraldton
J. A. McPherson
Cpl
Les Heaney
Drought Strains Rome as City Dwellers Endure Power Cuts
In Rome and southern Italy a three month drought dries taps and fuels blackouts. Carlo Viterbo, 62, walks stairs for relief amid intermittent electricity while his wife packs cold lunches and a water flask replaces home taps. Northern cities face milder effects. Neapolitans remain largely waterless. A vineyard owner blames dust and insists grapes should be bigger as three months pass without rain.
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Rome
Reuters
Carlo Viterbo
Italy
Carlo
Pasqua
Guido Parella
Pitoliano
Here
Parella
Communists Move Toward Changsha After Northern Push
AP dispatch reports Communist forces pressed toward Changsha Hunan as Nationalists brace for a main southern battle. Reds reportedly reached five miles east of Changsha and ten miles east of Chuchow with three defensive lines looming along Kiangsi and Hunan borders. Chiang Kai Shek reportedly arrived in Taipei after leaving Canton.
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Canton
China
Hunan
Changsha
South China
Chuchow
Kiangsi
Yengyang
Hunan-Kwangtung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taipei
Formosa
Amoy
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Base DE Chaleur
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St. Laurent
William Bell
Chatham
Donald Hudson
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