Severe frost cuts harvest in prairie regions and more
The 1950 wheat crop is forecast with declines due to severe frost hitting Saskatchewan and parts of Alberta and Manitoba. Prairie production totals include reduced wheat and oats amounts, mudded by wind, rain, and snow. provincial figures show Saskatchewan leading losses and Manitoba, Alberta also trimmed. Bright spots include a forecast potato crop and ongoing local downtown light show preparations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairies
Peace River
Medicine Hat
Fire Department
Manila Reds in Raid Ambush Lootings Reported
In separate actions east and south of Manila the Huk insurgents killed three Philippines Army men and looted a village. Army planes killed 11 Huks as they fled toward the mountains after being repulsed by a civilian defense unit at Arayat two days earlier.
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Manila
Philippines Army
New Citizens’ Army
Arayat
Four Men Expelled Over Korea Leaflets
Four men who distributed leaflets attacking American action in Korea were expelled from their union last night in Linden New Jersey.
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Linden,, NJ
Korea
Foreign Ministers Move Toward West German Agreement
In New York the big three foreign ministers pressed toward core decisions on Western German political and security issues. They sought rapid steps to end the wartime state between the United States France and West Germany and recommended a stronger police force to counter subversion. The three powers would retain security for now with Germany sharing responsibility later. Some diplomats doubt a firm stand on a unified Western defence force will emerge soon.
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New York
United States
France
Germany
Schuman
Labor Men Forge Anti-Red Policy
At a Montreal convention the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada upheld the leadership by barring six Red suspects from the annual meeting after a fierce floor fight. Percy Bengough was reelected president for an eighth consecutive term as Gordon Cushinger was reappointed General Secretary-Treasurer. other officers and regional vice presidents were named. The disbarment followed a lengthy debate with boos and interruptions as anti-Communist delegates prevailed by about 30 to 1.
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Montreal
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada Today
Percy Bengough
Trades and Tabor
Congress
Afor
Vancouver
Gordon Cushinger
Calgary
Ottawa
James Whitebone
Saint John
N.B
Maritimes
Claude Jodoin
Quebeec
William Jenovese
Ontario
Carl Berg
Prairies
S .Credentials Committee
Helen Weir
Toronto
Reg. Wright
Chemical Workers’ Union
Jack Phillips
Donald Guise
TLC
Percy Benbough
Pearson Opens Talks at Atlantic Pact Meet
Canadian external affairs minister L B Pearson arrives to join 12 Atlantic pact members in discussing western defense and plans for an information unit to explain the alliance aims. He signals an open mind on rearming Western Germany and Lucidly backs integration into a European system with German armed forces.
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New York
L. B. Pearson
Canada
Pearson
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Dean Acheson
United States
Acheson
Bevin
Robert Schuman
France
Germany
More U K Troops Heading for Korea
British troop reinforcements for Korea will be flown to the far east almost immediately. Transport planes with about 35 men each will depart an RAF station in Wiltshire and reach Japan in about eight days before moving to Korea under United Nations arrangements.
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London
Korea
Far East
Air Ministry
Wiltshire
Japan
Russians Worry About Low Steel Production
Stockholm Reuters reports Kremlin controlled Russian press claims steel shortages explain scarce consumer goods like farm machinery bicycles and vacuum cleaners. Observers think steel output may be diverted to war material rather than declined, with conferences seen as pressuring steel leaders to boost wartime production.
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Stockholm
Reuters
Metallurgical Industries Ministry
Russia
Trud
Disci
Trudy
Isvestia
Parliament Ready to Adjourn After Busy Budget Session
Ottawa reports Parliament prepared to adjourn after a 15 day special session that approved six major bills. Prime Minister St Laurent guided debates on defence budget and taxes raising revenue for increased defence, Korea UN action, and NATO support. Final doors to Commons to be locked as session ends.
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Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
St. Laurent
Europe
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Commons
U.N
North Atlantic
Lord Oxford Candid Answer About A Bad Egg
A Smilestones quip recalls Lord Oxford asked how to tell a bad egg. His reply: if T had anything to tell a bad egg he would break it gently.
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Lord Oxford
Discovery of Tritium in Water At Temple University
Researchers at Temple University discovered natural tritium in water using a spectroscope. Tritium, a hydrogen bomb explosive component, is extremely scarce and costly, formed by cosmic rays converting nitrogen in the air.
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Philadelphia
Research Institute
Temple University
Waller
W.F. Libby
Institute of Nuclear Studies
University
A.V. Grosse
Norway
Britain
Temple
End Nazi trials in Berlin Soviet zone wrap up
Soviet zone authorities announced the legal prosecution of war criminals and Nazis has ended with 3,432 convicts sentenced after concentration camps were dissolved in January. The East German government said justice had been done.
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Berlin
Reuters
Germany
Greek premier to seek U S aid at UN during Greece visit
Greek Prime Minister Sophocles Venizelos said he will seek more military aid from the United States within European defense efforts. He leads the Greek delegation to the United Nations Assembly in New York, which opens Monday.
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Athens
Greece
Reuters
Sophocles
Venikelos
United States
United Nations Assembly
New York
Air Forces Pound Reds in Korea Offensive
UN commander General MacArthur said Communist supply lines in North Korea were cut off and bombing had nearly completed disabling southern routes. 24,000 tons of bombs had fallen on targets since the war began through Sept. 12. Allied navies pounded Inchon and the west coast while ground forces advanced on the southwest beachhead as Walker promised an upcoming offensive.
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Tokyo
Reuters
South Korea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Air Force
North Korea
Korea
Redheld
Seoul
Associated Press
Pyongyang
Inchon
Walton Walker
Inchan
West Germany aims to restore pre war science lead
Bonn reports a limited effort to revive German science to its former world standing after wartime collapse. Science Week highlighted activities by associations and university leaders with the emergency Society of German Science noting US Marshall Plan aid of 20 million marks for agriculture and research to boost research, institutes, and exports.
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Germany
Reuters
West Germany
Society of German: ‘Science
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United States
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