13 Sep 1950
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1950
Page
1
L R Blair approved a two-bus shuttle for Light Horse Show crowds. Buses operate from South Railway and Second St to the stam pede grounds, starting 1 30 with a 12 30 first trip and a continuous service.
Alberta auditor C K Huckvale reports a 1950 fiscal year surplus of 29.84 million after 99.55 million revenue and 53.01 million in services grants and debt charges plus 16.71 million capital outlay. Revenue and profits exceeded estimates mainly from petroleum gas royalties liquor sales and fuel taxes. Per capita payment totaled 115.76 from 860 900 residents. Continued on page nine.
Diplomats react to Secretary Johnson's sudden exit as George Marshall awaits appointment. Acheson seeks unified Western Europe defense with centralized command and joint arms program while Britain and France grapple with German postwar issues. The talks stress co operation despite hidden tensions and aim to accelerate NATO style armament and recovery efforts.
Ottawa reports that rising domestic pork demand has cut Britain’s 60 million pound UK contract for 1949-50. Only 15.5 million pounds bought by August end, with 45 million pounds to secure in the last four months. Canadian hog marketings up 21.5 percent through August, domestic consumption up 20.5 percent. Eastern provinces supplied most hogs. Ontario and Quebec accounted for 70 percent.
A coroner inquest in Pattison funeral home examined the death of 49-year-old Barnwell rancher William Bradenburg. Officials linked a long‑ago neck injury to his sudden passing after an alleged restaurant dispute with Michael Gener at Red Cliff highway. Genert faces manslaughter charges. a preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 20.
Security Council delegates, after Russia’s 45th veto, plan pre assembly talks at Lake Success for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly next Tuesday. They voted to adjourn for the week and meet again Monday to address Communist China's charges of U S aggression against Formosa. Russia vetoed a U S resolution to set up a commission to probe further Red Chinese accusations of bombings in Manchuria and later blocked a U S condemnation of those attacks.
An odd overheard line from Madison finds someone remarking a friend is sick with a named disease while joking about red popsicles consuming white ones, reflecting lighthearted local chatter.
Prime Minister St Laurent told Parliament Canada is not considering sending divisions to Europe as a deterrent. He stressed decisions on troop use rest with Canada and Parliament, while signaling emphasis on arming and aiding Europe through arms production.
The Farnborough SBAC display may be the last for years as Britain shifts from spectacle to mass production. Exports in early year totalled over 10 million dollars monthly, while the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough sits amid a dusty historic site.
Reuters reports Karachi, Pakistan's capital in aspirations, faces harsh decay with congested streets, widespread beggary, and unsafe water and sewer systems. Refugees live in makeshift shelters as the population grows from 300000 to about 1.2 million.
WINNIPEG CP The Canadian Legion opened its ranks to conscripted second world war soldiers after a 90 minute stormy debate, passing the constitutional change 764 to 428 in a secret ballot. Supporters like Manitoba attorney general C Rhodes Smith and H A Newmark of Montreal argued the move unites all who bore arms for Canada, while opponents were criticized for inconsistency.
The Civil Service Federation of Canada representing 60 000 of 108 000 federal workers asked the cabinet for a 23 5 percent general raise. Led by Fred Whitehouse the 20 delegates presented an 800 word brief arguing pay losses since 1939 and calling for retroactive gains averaging 360 a year. They cited ongoing hardship and noted the last increase was October 1948 with no further changes despite prior requests.
In Seattle the University of Washington faced a campus furor as nude photographs of female students entering the university were taken for a Columbia University medical lab. Parents protested, and university authorities ordered the photo sessions halted. The women said they were not told why they were posed during routine exams.
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