Jacksons Shivered With Fright As Boyd Gang Nabbed In Barr
Opening morning brings good hunt results with many ducks and several geese reported by district game guardian Henry Bertelsen. Hunters traveled routes around Schuler Walsh Irvine Seven Persons and Manyberries as mal lards and pintails appear plentiful. Season runs to November 22 with daily limits eight ducks five geese and ten rails and coats. two day limits allowed.
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Henry Bertelsen
District Game Guardian
Mr. Bertelsen
Walsh
Irvine
Seven Persons
Manyberries
Bertelsen
Game Guardian
Wilson
Detectives Nab Eight Day Fugitives After Routine Check
North York officers Maurice Richards and Bert Trotter arrested Boyd gang members Suchan Leonard and William Jackson after a routine search of an empty barn in the Oriole district near Toronto. The capture ended an eight day manhunt that included a highway gun battle and a held helicopter.
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Don
Royal Commission
Maurice: Richards
North York
Bert Trotter
Toronto
Andre’ Ouellette
Scarboro
Ouellette
Boyd
Trotter
Richardson
Oriole District
Tordatch
Willie
Lennie
Jacksons
Suchan
Ernie Sothern
Little Interest Yet In Civic Elections In Medicine Hat
In Medicine Hat a week before nomination day on Sept 24 there is little public interest in municipal offices to be filled on Oct 15. Incumbents including Mayor Wilson Riley and several aldermen and school trustees are expected to run again, with Cocks possibly not seeking re election. Nomination is Sept 24 from 10 am to noon. The St Louis School Board District 21 meets tonight at St Patrick's School. Public school board will not meet this year. mimeographed reports will replace the meeting.
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Medicine Hat
Wilson Riley
D. A. Scholten
J. H. Cocks
E. W. Smith
L. A. Walker
P.S.B
Ron McAffer
Harry Grant
J. Lyle Wyatt
H. R. Hutchings
Louis Grabowski
Ald. Cocks
Harry Weiner
Harry C. Leinweber
Alan G. Kent
W. A. Keith
St. Louis
Geo. H. Davison
First polio death in Medicine Hat shocks community
Shirley Derheim a 15 year old high school student died after polio infection confirmed September 9 at hospital. She was among 11 polio cases in Medicine Hat this year with eight local cases and three from outside town including a boy from Trent Iowa. Manitoba polio tally nears 400 with 19 new cases and 15 deaths to date.
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Medicine Hat
Shirley Derheim
John Derheim
Derheim
Trent
Iowa
Prairies
Secon
Piapot
Sask
Miss Derheim
Tas
Nancy Perry
Aberdeen St
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Eager Jet Pilots Extend Record in Korea Month
In Korea, Allied jet pilots report their ace Maj. Frederick C. Blesse downed his eighth MiG-15, lifting this month’s confirmed enemy tally to 47 and pushing the Korean war totals to 419 MiGs destroyed, 70 probably destroyed, with 607 damaged. B-26 bombers claimed 125 Communist vehicles on supply roads as ground fighting remains light along the 155 mile front.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
United States
United States Fifth Air Force
Frederick C. Blesse
Giants Shut Out Cubs as Pennant Race Tightens
Big Jim Hearn limited the Chicago Cubs to five hits and the New York Giants won 2-0 to gain a full game on the first place Dodgers in the National League pennant chase. Howie Pollet improved as Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 4-1 with six strong innings. George Metkovich hit two homers and drove in three for Pittsburgh.
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Brooklyn
New York
Jim Hearn
Chicago Cubs
N.Y. Giants
Dodgers
N.L
Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Howie Pollet
Southpaw
Murry Dickson
George Metkovich
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower Backs Taft Hartley Amendments Targeting Labor
In New York Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said he favors amending the Taft Hartley act but not repealing it. He spoke before the AFL and pledged to seek broad advice while defending workers rights including collective bargaining and the right to strike. He warned amendments must not weaken labor.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor
Eisenhower
Grain strike looms as lakehead workers threaten walkout
Fort William negotiators race to avert a three day overtime dispute. Deputy Labour Minister MacNamara says a settlement is likely with 1,500 grain handlers demanding 1.62 an hour while offers rest at 1.32. Government embargo slows prairie grain moving to Port Arthur and Fort William and a strike could choke the harvest outlet.
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Fort William
Lakehead
Arthur MacNamara
MacNamara
Dominion of Canada
Ottawa
Port Arthur
R. W. Milner
New Brunswick election drive turns on union recognition
Spokesmen for labor and the Progressive Conservative opposition attacked Premier McNair as the New Brunswick election campaign neared its voting climax. The dispute centers on the Liberal government's policy of not recognizing public service unions and the request by the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission members for union recognition. James A. Whitebone urged labor to back the electrical workers, while H. J. Fleming denied any deal to extend union recognition if his party wins.
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Fredericton
Labor
McNair
New Brunswick
New Brunswick Electric Power Commission
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
T.L.C
A.F.L
Labor Federation
Electrical Workers’ Union
Whitebone
Saint John
Fleming
H. Tracy
Iternate Net
Korea Casualties Reported in Korean War List
The Army released the 135th casualty list for Korea naming two killed in action and seven wounded. It brings Canadian casualties to 1 029 overall with 186 dead 760 wounded 72 injured in action 10 missing and one captured since the start.
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Ottawa
Army
Interim accord keeps anthracite mining amid contract talks
John L. Lewis and the UMWA reached an interim agreement to continue hard coal production past October 1 while a new contract is negotiated. Royalty to the Welfare Fund rises from 30 to 50 cents a ton to finance miners benefits. The plan follows a threatened strike in soft coal, with government orders to freeze shipments from northern mines to build an emergency stockpile.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United States
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Lewis
Rain delays hit harvests in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Rain that started in the Peace River area moved south overnight affecting the region north of the Rosetown Saskatoon line. The system is not expected to progress further south and should end by evening. Dry sunny conditions return to southern Alberta with afternoon highs near 70.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Peace River
Wetaskiwin Rosetown Saskattoon
Medicine Hat
Sailor and Grandmother Exchange Enigmatic Eyes
A playful exchange unfolds as a grandmother warns a sailor about flirting while playfully remarking on his large eyes, hinting at a lighthearted, miniature scene of seaside charm.
Boyd Describes Weight Loss And Escape From Don Jail
Edwin Boyd recounts slimming by 20 pounds to squeeze through a 9 by 13 inch bar opening at Don Jail on Sept 8. He details using a spoon and tin cup handle key, a month of sawing, and hiding the key in a floor crack as police question whether guards escorted the escape.
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Toronto
Edwin Boyd
Don
Boyd
Don Valley
North
York
Wheat Harvests Ripe Across Months Worldwide
A report notes wheat is harvested year round in various regions. Farmers in different hemispheres continually gather grain as seasons shift, ensuring supply across months.
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Staff OF Life
Schedule Trial To Start Today Murder Charge
Toronto report says Steve Suchan and Leonard Jackson face murder and attempted murder charges for the March killing of Detective Edmund Tong and Detective Roy Perry. They are due in court at 2 p m ET, with indictments filed after escape from Con jail eight days ago. A royal commission into the Boyd gang escape also opens today, with no witnesses likely to testify.
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Leonard Jackson
Boyd
Willie Jackson
Yonge Street
Royal Commission
Toronto
Steve Suchan
Edmund Tong
Roy Perry
Edwin Boyd
William Jackson
William Gibson
Suchan
Con
Ian Macdonnell
Clare Hope
Commission
J. W. Pickup
Wake Island typhoon blasts destroy atoll. evacuees reach Honolulu
Eye witnesses recount 160 mph winds and towering waves shredding Wake Island. About 700 residents are being evacuated to Honolulu with 80 aboard a C 97 Stratocruiser and 600 more expected. Four evacuees were flown to Kwajalein. reports describe widespread destruction including a 300-foot radio tower.
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Honolulu
Wake Island
Little
Atoll
Kwajalein Island
Helen Hawk
Transpacifican
Maynard Joseph Fontaine
Coast Guard
Kwajalein
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Edwin Alonzo Boyd
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John Foote
Ontario
Reform Institutions
Maj. Foote
Clagett
Lemon
Sagiane
Cleveand Indians
Sailor
Tom
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