Meter Pros Cons Heard By Council
A preview of water charges under a proposed meter system was discussed by the city council. Comptroller A. T. Legge outlined a minimum 1.75 monthly, a 6,000 gallon domestic allowance, and 10,000 gallon summer allowances per frontage for 25 feet, with five cents per thousand gallons beyond. The plan aims to cut revenue but save on distribution and reduce rental charges in multi unit homes.
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City Council
A. T. Legge
Legge
Ald
Dirk Scholten
Weldon Douglas
Valdez Sentenced in Local Court to 9 Months in Jail
Ray Valdez a 39 year old local orchestra leader was sentenced by magistrate S G Main in city police court to nine months in Lethbridge jail after pleading guilty to a charge of acting in a manner likely to make a child Margaret Callis a juvenile delinquent The case followed the May 30 incident in which Miss Callis shot herself at her home and involved testimony from Chief Constable A Ki Bull about the girl s relationship with Valdez and their activities prior to her death
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Ray Valdez
Margaret Callis
S. G. Main
Lethbridge
Fifteenth Avenue
Main
Valdez
A. Ki. Bull
Harold Callis
Medalta Potteries
Miss Callis
Chief Bull
Eation Valdez
Miners Walk Off Job in Drumheller Strike
About 160 coal miners from the bygrade local of the United Mine Workers walked off Monday in protest of hiring and firing practices at the Hygrade Mine in Drumheller. Negotiations were to open that afternoon to end the unauthorized strike after led by Arthur Roberts, local president.
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Drumheller
United Mine Workers of America
Arthur Roberts
Wallet Snatching Tale Recounted in Local Court
In a Supreme Court session Joseph Breland, 23, faced charges of robbing Henry George Sauer of about $190 at a local hotel after a day of drinking. Sauer testified Breland struck him with a beer bottle in a washroom, then grabbed the wallet from the desk and fled. The judge sentenced Breland to two years in jail.
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Supreme Court
Joseph Breland
Henry George Sauer
Whitla
Breland
Sauer
A. Y. Spivack
Council Orders Speedy Rest Room Remodelling
City council discusses replacing cottonwoods with less obnoxious trees amid nuisance and hay fever concerns. Plans for urgent remodelling of Market Square restrooms depend on finding 5500 dollars. one bid from Andy Olsen at 5512 dollars. Local labor preference urged for future contracts as the stampede approaches.
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Market Square
D. S. Hawthorne
Scholten
Scott
Andy Olsen
Tenth St
Indian Lights Bird Overhead Dubs Mortimer Eagle Tail Feathers
Mortimer Eagle Tail Feathers is a Blood Indian from Alberta reserve No. 148 living in Stand-Off. The name arose from a tradition where the first sighted object after birth names the child, here the tail end of an eagle or feathers seen near birth. Friends call him Mort, and he preserves his distinctive name amid tribal customs.
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Son
James Roe
Ottawa
Mortimer
Alta
Alberta Reserve No. 148
McGillicuddy
Braithwaite-Isbister
New
Crow
Mort
Sebastian
Tipi Row
Aloysius Crop Eared
Wolf
Joe Crow
Paul
Union Violence Hits BLY Docks
Violence erupts at New York Longshoremen picket lines as 2000 workers from Judson River piers clash with rival demonstrators on 14th Street and Eighth Avenue. Police push back mobs amid disrupted loading on 19 ships.
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New York
Inter National Longshoremen’s Association
AFL
Judson River
14Th St
Eighth Avenue
Pearson Warns Communist Strategy Won’t Change in Canada Fight
External Affairs Minister Pearson told a Montreal campaign meeting that Communist strategy against the Atlantic security pact remains unchanged. The Canada election heat rose as leaders, including St Laurent in Quebec East and George Drew in Brandon, pressed trade reforms and bilateral deals to protect markets amid sliding Britain ties.
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Canada
Pearson
Montreal
St. Laurent
Quebec East
George Drew
Brandon
Man
M. J. Coldwell
C.F
Moose Jaw
Sask
Drew
Howe
United Kingdom
Coldwell
Britain
British Empire
Mr. St
May Use Armories For Police Dept
The department of national defence may lease First St Armories to Medicine Hat for a new police HQ under conditions. City to cover alterations, rent, and get approval from defence. lease can end during national emergencies with removal of any additions. Cells to be placed outside armory or be portable to improve prison space. Penhale letter read to council and referred to public safety committee.
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Department of National Defence
First St. Armories
Medicine Hat
M. H. S. Penhale
Western Command
City Council
National Defence
City Hall
Penhale
Public Safety Committee
Margarine Price Cut Announced For Winnipeg Stores
Margarine will drop three cents a pound tomorrow and will retail in most Winnipeg stores at 35 cents a pound. The reduction follows a marked decrease in margarine ingredient costs. Grade A butter sells at 60 cents a pound in Winnipeg stores.
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Winnipeg
Puerto Rico to New York Plane Crash Kills and Misses
A two engine Strato Freight flight carrying 75 aboard from San Juan to Newark crashed off Point Salinas Puerto Rico shortly after takeoff. 28 survivors, 47 missing feared dead, including 19 children and 19 women. Coast Guard and military units staged a large search in heavy seas.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Atlantic
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
San S Juan
Newark
N.J
Miami
Strato Freight Inc
Bradley
Fields
Windsor Locks
Conn
D. H. Dexter
Point Salinas
Air Force
Army
Navy
Canton Fate Hangs On Possible Mao Offensive
Reuters reports American sources say Canton, nationalist China HQ, faces seizure by Maoist forces in six to eight weeks as guerrilla attacks intensify along a 170 mile front. Shanghai Post Mercury claims Chiang Kai-shek vowed to retake Shanghai in four months or die, a broadcast not corroborated by AP.
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Hong Kong
Reuters
Canton
South China
Mao Tse-tung
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Kwangtung-Fukien
Shanghai
Shanghai Post Mercury
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Chiang
Nationalist China
Associated Press
New Ulcer Tablets Hold Promise for Peptic Ulcers
A promising tablet treatment for peptic ulcers was reported to the American Medical Association. The tablet combines sodium carboxy methylcellulose and a small amount of magnesium oxide to coat the stomach lining and buffer acidity for an extended period. Researchers include Dr. S. P. Bralow of Hines Veterans' Hospital and Dr. M. A. Speilberg of the University of Illinois School of Medicine.
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Atlantic City
CAP
American Medical Association
S. P. Bralow
Hines Veterans’ Hospital
Hines, Ill
M. A. Speilberg
University of Illinois School of Medicine
Boots yield robin nest in Suffolk roadwork
In Stradbroke Suffolk England Robert Watling left his walking boots in a hedge while tarping a road. On returning at the end of the day he discovered a robin pair had built a nest inside one boot.
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Stradbroke
Suffolk
England
Robert Watling
Sask Churchmen Back UN and Atlantic Pact
Regina delegates of the Saskatchewan conference of the United Church of Canada approved resolutions endorsing the United Nations and supporting peace aspects of the North Atlantic pact. Key speakers argued for Christian duty to global cooperation, while some ministers criticized the pact as military, proposing alternatives such as the Marshal Plan.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
United Church of Canada
United Nations
J. R. Mutchmer
Toronto
Board of Evangelism and Social Service
Christian Church
Mutchmer
J. D. McMurtry
Tugaske, Sask
J. K.woollard
Kinistino, Sask
Edmonton man drowns at Sylvan Lake
Eugene K. Marchand 26 of Medicine Hat drowned while swimming alone near a boat at Sylvan Lake Edmonton on Monday. RCMP say cramps and cold water contributed three boys on the pier summoned help lake residents recovered him CPR failed doctor declared death no inquest funeral plans pending body to Calgary with arrangements not set six other siblings noted his brother in Calgary to arrange services.
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Edmonton
Eugene K. Marchand
Medicine Hat
Sylvan Lake
Marchand
R.C.M.P
Red Deer
W. A. Carter
Mr. Marchand
O. C. Forner
Third St
Forner
Kraftsmans
Ernest
Hat
Warner
Harvey
Vancouver
Martin
Laurier
Jolland
Turvis
Calgary
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