Prairie wheat output rises with record three-province total
Final crop estimates across the prairies peg the total wheat yield at 632 million bushels, near a new record, with Manitoba contributing 56.4 million and Saskatchewan over 400 million. Alberta's wheat is set for 174.6 million, oats total 344.5 million, barley 277.6 million, and rye 20.4 million bushels. frost and wet weather could still trim figures.
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Wilf Deering
IMF urges U S tariff cuts to restore world balance
The 54 country International Monetary Fund asked the United States to lower tariff barriers to rebalance the world economy. Canada is represented by Finance Minister Douglas Abbott. The report notes obstacles from surplus countries through tariffs quotas or other limits may thwart deficits from achieving global balance without restrictions.
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Reuters
International Monetary Fund
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Douglas Abbott
Canada
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Fragmented Smilestones and a Football Dream
A torn OCR fragment mentions the Smilestones and a blunt remark about becoming a football player. It references a critical remark at birth and a defining early moment shaping a sports path.
Near Record One-Day Score by U S Jets
United States Fifth Air Force reports a near record one day score with 12 MiGs destroyed and three crippled in dog fights over North Korea. Sabre pilots swept across the region defensive cover for fighter bombers and supported strikes on front-line positions.
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Sabre
Yalu
Chongchon
Arthur McCarthy
Air Force
U.S
U.N
Denmark approves path to first queen in 540 years
Copenhagen reports the cabinet approved a change in royal secession rules enabling Denmark to have its first queen in 540 years. The move could alter succession and royal titles depending on future inheritances and approvals.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Brooks Youth Drowns In Pond Near Brooks
Four year old Little Gordon Schwartz, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Schwartz of the EIC town, drowned yesterday in a stock watering pond on Harry Weiner's ranch east of Brooks where his father works. He was not missed until about five o clock and the body was recovered submerged after rescuers failed to revive him. No inquest will be held.
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Brooks
Joseph Schwartz
EIC
Harry Weiner
No Progress In New Recess Of Korean Armistice Talks
At Panmunjom the first session since Aug 27 lasted 51 minutes with no agreement. The UN demanded a recess to Sept 12 as the sixth pause, while Maj. Gen. Harrison accused the communists of delaying and masking aims to continue fighting. Nam Il fired back over charges of sowing discord. Prisoner exchanges remain the central dispute with 416,000 Allied prisoners claimed by the communists and 83,000 offered back by the UN.
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United Nations Command
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
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Red
Calls for Return To Gold Standard Calls for Return To Gold Standard
South African finance minister Nicholas Havenga urged a worldwide return to the gold standard at the IMF meeting in Mexico City. He argued higher gold prices are needed to prevent monetary instability and said South Africa would benefit from increased gold demand and exports.
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Mexico City
Reuters
Nicholas Havenga
International Monetary Fund
Havenga
South Africa
Crowding and Teacher Shortage Mark Canadian Return to School
The Canadian Press reports widespread classroom crowding as thousands of Canadian children return to school. teacher shortages persist in several provinces with Newfoundland needing 25 to 30 teachers for multi room schools and Nova Scotia facing ongoing shortages. Manitoba rural areas report few accommodation problems while Ontario registers 882 400 pupils up 38 000 from last year. Saskatchewan seeks over 800 study supervisors amid high school crowding. Vancouver battles slow construction with portable one room classrooms as polio delays reopenings in interior B C.
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Newfoundland
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Cape Breton
Manitoba
Winnnipeg
Alberta
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Vancouver Island
Vancouver School Board
Quebec
Ontario
Gilbert Weamer
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
Weamer
Medicine Hat Mayor Hears Flood Control Proposals
Mayor Wilson Riley of Medicine Hat met at the legislative buildings with Agriculture Minister David Ure to discuss flood-control options for the Medicine Hat region. Attending were Dr. J. L. Robinson Minister of Labor and Industries and the local MLA.
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Edmonton
Wilson Riley
Medicine Hat
Agriculture
David Ure
J. L. Robinson
Labor and Industries
Polio Deaths Rise in Alberta Amid Regional Spread
Alberta reports its fifth polio death in three days, a five year old boy from Jarrow near Wainwright. The province's 1952 polio toll reaches 30 with 364 total cases, while Calgary, Lethbridge and Edmonton see fewer new cases and polio-free days. New outbreaks appear in Grassland West Jasper Place Winfield Pleasant View Rochester Barrhead.
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Alberta
Jarrow
Wainwright
Alberta Health Department
Calgary
Lethbridge
Health Department
Grassland
West Jasper Place
Winfield
Pleasant View
Rochester
Barrhead
Bow Island Area Shows Best Harvest Progress
The Alberta agriculture department says Bow Island Foremost area leads harvest progress as of August 30 requiring only a week of good weather to finish. Damp ground from heavy rains slows harvest near Lesser Slave Lake, while central and northern districts see more combines due to high twine prices and labor shortages. Wheat quality remains fair with No. 2 northern predominating in the southeast and grades 2 and 3 common elsewhere.
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Bow Island
Alberta
Cowley
Calgary
Hythe
Peace River
Lesser Slave Lake
Hanna
Student Victim In College Fire at Guelph
In Guelph Ontario a fire on the upper floor of a two story animal nutrition building at the Ontario agriculture college killed postgraduate student Erica Szemzo. Police said she was working on a research project when the blaze began after an explosion heard around 2 a.m. EDT. The fire was not detected until 5 a.m. and caused about 25000 dollars in damage.
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Ont
Ontario Agriculture College
Erica Szemzo
Toronto
Youth Takes Spotlight On St Laurent Tour In BC
Prime Minister St Laurent continues a Canadian tour in British Columbia visiting Westminster junior high school Burnaby South high school and a UBC event. He hints at private TV station involvement while denying a TV monopoly and discusses funding for national television services with a model of user-paid costs.
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St. Laurent
British Columbia
Westminster Junior High School
Burnaby South High School
Victoria
Will Sandwich
University of British Columbia
U.B.C. Law
C.B.C
Prime -Mrinister Unite
Sitate
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Atlantic
Mr. St. Laurent
Weather system brings rain to Prince Albert and Saskatoon
A weather system moving across northern Alberta brings rain to Prince Albert and Saskatoon. Clearing will yield a sunny and warm day tomorrow but frost may form in low lying areas tonight. Medicine Hat shows cloudy clearing this afternoon with sunny warm conditions Friday. Light winds. Low tonight and high tomorrow 40 and 70.
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Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Medicine Hat
Cost of living index slips in July after two rises
Ottawa reports the consumer price index fell four tenths in July to 1876 from 1880 after two back-to-back increases. Lower food costs, especially vegetables and potatoes, helped push the food sub-index down, while higher health care and magazine prices limited overall declines. Rents remained fixed at 147.5. The index remains 86.1 percent above August 1939 levels.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Labor Hands Reds Defeat in Trade Union Council Vote
In Margate the British organized labor rejected communist nominees for the Trades Union Congress general council. Arthur Horner led the communists with 1,650,000 votes, short by about 5,000,000 from victory, while all 33 elected council members came from the Labour party, including Arthur Deakin, a militant anti-communist.
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Kent
Eng
Reuters
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Arthur Horner
TUC
General Council
Labor Party
Arthur Deakin
Congress
Interesting Things Told By Britain's Scientists
Belfast reports at the British Association meeting reveal curious claims. Findings include 15 percent of Royal Navy sailors share before noon, widespread chalk and mouse hair in bread and ice cream, and potential fatherless birth trends via artificial parthenogenesis.
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Northern Ireland
Britannia
Royal Navy
British Association For the Advancement of Science
William Warlaw
Wardlaw
Admiralty
A. D. Peacock
Zoology Section
Communists Push Propaganda Over Anglo Iranian Oil Crisis
Washington reports a Soviet driven broadcast campaign opposing the Truman Churchill plan to settle the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. Iran denounces the proposed settlement as imperialist and urges Iranian public demonstrations while Mossadegh resists. The broadcasts attack Churchill Truman Mossadegh and the plan to compensate Britain for nationalized oil assets.
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Truman
Mynd
Churchill
Peling
Reds
Mossadegh
Pearson Starts Round of Talks With Western Capitals
Former Canadian external affairs minister L B Pearson departs for talks in Washington London and Paris as NATO and United Nations issues loom. He will also relinquish the NATO chairmanship to Denmark's Foreign Minister Kraft and may be asked to head the UN General Assembly. He leaves Toronto for Washington to meet Dean Acheson before continuing to London and Paris to see Eden and Schuman.
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Canada
Russia
Japan
Pearson
N.A.T.O. Council
Kraft
Denmark
Sembly
U.N
Toronto
Washington
U.S
Dean Acheson
London
Paris
Eden
Schuman
Social Credit Plans Ontario Bid To Contest 50 Ridings
The Social Credit party, fresh from wins in British Columbia and Alberta, aims to contest at least 50 Ontario ridings in the next federal election. Neil Carmichael, Toronto district organizer, says Premier Manning of Alberta will visit next month with organizers to boost party work.
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Social Credit Party
British Columbia
Alberta
Ontario
Smuggling Cattle Rumor Clears at Border
RCMP says there is virtually no illicit cross border cattle traffic into New England. The comment follows a Providence report alleging smugglers profit from moving Canadian cattle into Vermont and New Hampshire. A U.S. ban remains in force due to foot and mouth disease concerns.
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