Court checks for dynamite before Boyd gang trial
In Toronto the Boyd gang case resumes with Edwin Alonzo Boyd pleading guilty to four charges. Court officials searched the dock for dynamite but found no signs. The trial sees Boyd and three accomplices guarded by police as Beatrice Fortney and Marie Upritchard testified on bank robberies totaling about 8 800 dollars.
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Toronto
Boyd
Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Robert Forsythe
Beatrice Fortney
Marie Upritchard
Bank
Joseph Jackson
West-End
Bank of Montreal
W. O. Gibson
Edmund Tong
Steve Suchan
Montreal
Suchan
Leonard Jackson
Tong
Jackson
Joseph
Allister Gibson
Norman
Gibson
William Jackson
Con
Labor Minister Warns Inflation Risk and Calls for Restraint
Labor Minister Gregg urged continued wage restraint amid inflation risks in Canada. He said restraint does not mean a no strike pledge or loss of collective bargaining rights, stressing bargaining must consider industry, community, and national impact.
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Toronto
Gregg
Canada
Labor
Trades and Labor Congress
Winnipeg
Eight New Polio Cases Raise Alberta Total to 494
Eight new poliomyelitis cases in Alberta raise the 1952 provincial total to 494. Calgary city and district each report three cases, plus one in Slave Lake and one in Edmonton, including a mild case in a 14 year old girl. There have been 39 deaths this year.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Slave Lake
G. M. Little
Calgary and District
Winnipeg
Joint-Air
Rivers
Man
Manitoba
Walcott Margins Weight for Rocky Fight Tonight
Heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott has a 12 pound edge over challenger Rocky Marciano for their 15 round title bout in Philadelphia. Walcott weighed 196 pounds to Marciano's 184 as weather improved from rain and overcast to clearer conditions forecast for a scheduled fight tonight.
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Philadelphia
Jersey Joe Walcott
Rocky Marciano
Walcott
Marciano
White Sox Dominate Indians 10 1 to Halt Garcia Victory bid
Chicago White Sox crushed Cleveland Indians 10 to 1 as Mike Garcia saw his bid for a 23rd win end. The Sox rapped 16 hits while Cleveland managed six. The defeat left Cleveland 14 games back of the Yankees with three games left. New York led with six remaining games as Boston’s game was rained out.
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Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
Indians
Mike Garcia
Chicago
Joe Dobson
New York Yankees
Boston
New York
Giants Braves Doubleheader Postponed by Rain at Polo Grounds
The New York Giants postponed their Polo Grounds doubleheader with the Boston Braves due to rain. With six games behind Brooklyn and six to play, the Giants rescheduled the doubleheader for tomorrow and a single game on Thursday while Brooklyn sells World Series tickets and widens its pennant lead.
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National
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Polo Grounds
Giants
Brooklyn
CPR Contends People Heavily Endowed by Canada
Saskatchewan counsel M A MacPherson argued before the board of transport commissioners that Canadians have heavily endowed the CPR through natural resources. The issue centered on an eight per cent freight rate increase while CPR stock rose from 12 to 32 since 1946. The discussion touched on non-rail income of 29.343 million last year and the commission’s 15.235 million surplus as the yardstick for rate setting.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
M. A. MacPherson
Board of Transport Commissioners
CPR
J. J. Frawley
Alberta
Frawley
Liddy
J. L. O’brien
Mass Atlantic Hop for Canadian Jets
Ottawa reports sixty F86E Sabre jet fighters from three squadrons will depart Sept. 30 for France in one of the era’s largest transatlantic mass flights. The No 2 fighter wing will join French and American units near Metz to form part of the 4th Allied Tactical Air Force under Atlantic pact defence. The move marks Canada’s pledge to have an air division on the continent by 1954 with another wing already in England awaiting transfer.
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Ottawa
France
Gros Tonquin
Metz
RCAF
4Th
Allied Tactical Air Force
Europe
Canada
England
Oil and Gas Right Sales Net $7 330 in Alberta
The Alberta government collected 7330 from bids on petroleum and natural gas reservation rights. Lloyd E. Wilson paid 3242 for parcel 10 in the Chisholm Honda area and Sage Oil Co. Ltd. paid 4088 for parcel 13 in the Rosheim area. Bids were received for six parcels but four drew no offers.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lloyd E. Wilson
Chisholm- Honda
Sage Oil Co. Ltd
Rosheim
Monkey Heart and Lungs May Aid Baby Patients Soon
New York AP reports surgeon Dr. Emanuel Marcus predicting a monkey heart and lungs transplant to a human infant could be attempted within a year. Temporary external organs would circulate blood and breathe for the baby during repair of congenital defects, with monkey organs previously tried in Canada and dog-to-dog transplants showing limited success.
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New York
American College of Surgeons
Emanuel Marcus
Chicago Medical School
Marcus
Progres sive Conservatives Sweep New Brunswick Election
In a 36 of 52 seat victory, Hugh John Flemming leads the Progressive Conservatives to their first provincewide government in 17 years. Premier John B. McNair loses York seat as Liberals concede defeat. CCF and independents fail to retain deposits.
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Fredericton
New Brunswick
Hugh John Flemming
Restigouche
John B. McNair
York
C.C.F
Claude Milton
McNair
Flemming
Liberal House
Progressive Conservatives
Hugh Mackay
James K. Flemming
Power Commission
End Committee On Newsprint Supply Dissolves
Washington Reuters reports the international materials conference dissolved its 15 member pulp paper committee due to improved world supplies of newsprint. The committee included Canada.
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Washington
Reuters
International Materials Conference
Canada
Doctor Doug Lawrason enters school board race
Announcement lists three candidates for public school trustee posts including Dr. Doug Lawrason radiologist at Medicine Hat General Hospital. Re-electors include Mrs. Ron McAffer and Harry Grant. Three vacancies exist as Dr. J Lyle Wyatt declines another term.
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Doug Lawrason
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Ron McAffer
Harry Grant
J. Lyle Wyatt
Western prairie weather stays sunny with warm temps
Blue sunny skies and mid seventy temperatures persist across the western prairies today and Wednesday. Medicine Hat remains sunny with continuing warmth, light winds, and high near 80 while tonight lowers to 45.
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Prairies
Medicine Hat
Smilestones show humans exceed ordinary limits in daily life
A commentator argues that the phrase people are only human underestimates feats and resilience. The piece highlights exceptional moments of perseverance and practical ingenuity.
Canada to Meet NATO Obligations By End of Year
London Reuters reports Canadian external affairs minister L. B. Pearson said Canada will complete commitments under the 1952 Atlantic Pact by year end. He noted three Sabre jet squadrons will move to a western Europe base next week to reinforce NATO forces, adding Canada has already contributed one air fighter wing and one brigade. Pearson spoke during a 10 day London Paris visit and eyed Lisbon targets for 1952 as largely met despite not achieving exact arithmetical totals.
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London
Reuters
L. B. Pearson
Canada
Pearson
Europe
NATO
Paris
Atlantic Pact Council
Lisbon
United Nations
General Assembly
New York
Assembly
NATO Council
Pacific Storm May Aid Fight Against Serious B C Fires
Vancouver Island faces its worst fire threat of 1952 as a Pacific storm looms to boost humidity and bring possible rain within days. Officials warn high winds could worsen blazes before crews can gain control at Copper Canyon where 600 loggers defend a 2000 acre fire. In B C 62 fires burn with 1038 men deployed across the province.
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Forest Service
Copper Canyon
MacMillan and Bloedel Ltd
Vancouver Forest District
Vancouver Island
B.C
Fierce Fighting Bases in Korea
United States B-26 invaders attacked Communist supply convoys destroying 158 Red trucks in one night the highest total since February. Ground action eased after days of intense fighting along the 155 mile front with 20 Red patrols beaten back. The U S Eighth Army reported 3332 Communist troops killed or wounded in the past week the fourth highest weekly toll of the year.
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Seoul
Korea
United States
U.S. Eighth Army
Nixon to Speak On Expense Fund
Nixon faces scrutiny over an $18,000 expense fund linked to his campaign and a $500000 to $600000 tax refund claim. Dan C. Smith, trustee and mill owner, said little progress has been made. Nixon did not participate in the matter. The issue trails Nixon as Eisenhower and Stevenson trade political barbs amid nationwide coverage.
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Richard M. Nixon
United States
Nixon
U.S
Eisenhower
ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Washington
Los Angeles
Dan C. Smith
Red River Lumber Company
California
Post- Dispatch
Smith
Pasadena
Senator Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Kent Chandler
Illinois
Stevenson
Truman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleveland
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Stalin
Abbott Seeks Tax Reductions Amid High Rates
Montreal Finance Minister Abbott urged reducing personal and corporate income taxes as conditions allow. He labeled current corporate rates of 22 percent on the first 10 000 and 52 percent on earnings above drastic. He defended sales and excise taxes as a near 900 million dollar annual intake and argued they are tolerable as the lesser evil.
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Montreal
Abbott
Federation of Automobile Dealers’ Associations
Canadian Congress of Labour urges housing policy reform
The Canadian Congress of Labour calls for lower down payments and interest rates to boost home building and reduce worker displacement. Delegates push provincial and municipal cooperation for more affordable housing, while addressing unity with the Trades and Labor Congress and opposition within the AFL.
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Toronto
Canadian Congress of Labor
Canada
Guns and Homes
Donald MacDonald
C.C.L
Congress
William Mahoney
Steelworkers Union
Les Roberts
Vancouver International Woodworkers
Larry Sefton
Steelworkers
A. R. Mosher
U S General Says Secrets May Be Shared With Allies
Gen Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said the United States may eventually share atomic warfare secrets with allied European commanders. He noted no time limit but warned allies to bolster their own defenses and emphasized that atomic weapons will support but not replace ground and air forces. He referenced the 1946 ban on sharing such information with foreign governments, even friendly ones.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
United States
Europe
U.S. Joint Chiefs ‘of Staff
U.S
Bradley
Europé
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Regina
Canadian Pacific
Mass Atlantic
New York Times
United States Administration
the Times
James P. McGranery
T.L.C
American Federation of Labor
C.C
C.c.s.’S
Political Action Committee
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