21 Mar 1952
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1952
Page
1
Alberta cattlemen say British Columbia rules that allow only Edmonton shipments harm southern Alberta producers. Agriculture Minister David Ure denounces the plan as splitting Alberta from its livestock industry, while B C asserts Edmonton routing to avoid disease zones. Carloads of Alberta cattle hogs and lambs head to Vancouver via Edmonton and Calgary paths.
In Edmonton CP dispatch, a 40-year-old Calgary lawyer argues the Alberta education system neglects literature and history in favor of progressive methods. He and three teacher colleagues push for more classical and academic high schools, warning U S style trends shrink reading and writing foundations. The debate may resume on Tuesday with further discussion in the legislature.
Truce negotiators in Munsan Korea indicate potential move toward a prisoner of war exchange. The Communist plan repeats their March 5 proposal and omits voluntary repatriation, while observers see signals of possible compromise without detailing how.
A cold pattern persists across the prairies with a gradual warmup starting Saturday. Alberta sees rising highs from around 35 degrees with 20 to 35 in the north, then warming by 5 to 10 degrees Sunday as the trend extends into Saskatchewan. Medicine Hat remains clear with light winds and a mild rise tomorrow.
Manitoba followed British Columbia in relaxing restrictions on hogs sheep and meats but keeps the embargo on cattle rawhides wool skins and bones and the transport of livestock through the province to eastern markets. The move was announced by Agriculture Minister F C Bell and is the second provincial relaxation in two days. Economists warn losses could reach up to 100 million with varied estimates.
Four men Delbert Parcels Alfred Stahler Bud Grant and James Light were arrested in Stettler Alberta in connection with the death of 16 year old James Thomson hit by a car at 42nd Ave SW and Macleod Trail Thomson was thrown 67 feet and died instantly The suspects were being returned to Calgary by Det Andrew Little and an RCMP escort after three days of intensive searching and citizen tips.
Yonkers New York AP reports retired parkway officer Stanley Lablensky, 49, was arraigned for the killings of two Black brothers. Prosecutors say he shot them after resenting their tavern drinking together.
Ottawa CP The MP who spurred Canada’s crime comic ban vows action against filthy literature. E D Fulton PC Kamloops filed a notice for a joint senate commons committee to study controls on rising filth while promising not to curb legitimate press or artistic works.
Prime Minister St Laurent indicated a parliament recess from April 9 to 21. Two ex provincial premiers urged sufficient provincial revenues for education equality, while Justice Minister Garrison and George Drew disagreed on provincial capacity to spend more. CCF leader J Coldwell urged higher educational standards. Senator Lacasse opposed birth control as a cure for world ills.
Henry Von Morpurgo, ex public relations officer, was ordered committed to a federal institution until he regains mental competency after being charged with diverting 93000 to his own use from the Sister Kenny polio fund in San Francisco.
Pat complains about lack of Irish recognition in the United States. Mike points out Oregon as the western state named after an Irishman, sparking a humorous exchange.
Washington CP reports 650,000 steelworkers postponed a weekend strike to April 8 after union votes to accept a three installment pay rise totaling 17 cents plus concessions. Final action depends on industry reaction to the wage stabilization board plan and potential further negotiations starting Monday.
Hollywood Oscars delivered a surprise with An American in Paris winning best Picture. Bogart won best actor for The African Queen, Leigh best actress for Streetcar Named Desire, and Malden and Hunter took supporting honors.
Edmonton CP reports Alberta will issue permanent automobile licence plates starting March 28 at 220 points province wide. The steel shortage delays delivery by about two weeks. Plates stay with the vehicle and transfer to new owners.
Lethbridge and district residents donated a record 1,345 units over a three day Red Cross mobile clinic exceeding the previous 1,257 donors at Medicine Hat. The blood was shipped to Calgary for processing.
President Truman’s 1952 plans remain unclear after his public rebuke of Democratic chair Frank McKinney. He signals potential re election, claims control of his party, and will announce in his own time, while Korea stays out of U S politics. Eisenhower gains momentum abroad as Taft withdraws from New Jersey primary.
Tokyo state minister Kakuzio Okazaki said in parliament that if Japan is refused United Nations membership by a veto, the entire country will rise in indignation against Russia. The remark came as Japan seeks admission to the United Nations.
Premier Smallwood answered the Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick with measured humor after McCormick accused Newfoundlanders of holding up his plane at Gander airport. McCormick called customs officers moronic and baggage handlers torpid and hinted Newfoundlanders are half wits. Smallwood said he regrets the USA editor was inconvenienced and invited him to visit Newfoundland to see locals under happier circumstances.
Soviet newspapers report a nationwide anger over claims that American planes drop germ bombs on China and North Korea. Pravda cites monstrous crimes under the banner of America and the United Nations. The United States denies germ bomb use and calls for an international Red Cross investigation rejected by Chinese communists.
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