Gas explosion rattles Redcliff home. eight escape unharmed
A blast torn through a two storey eight room frame house in Redcliff at 5 am injuring only the father with a minor scalp wound. Cause is believed to be a gas leak from a broken pipe. Neighbour Wilf Bell and fire crews contained fires and prevented further damage. The Veenstra family of eight occupied the residence rented from Rev. H M Herricks.
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Redcliff
H. M. Herricks
Bob Veenstra
Paddy Hill
Fire Brigade
Wilf Bell
Veenstras
Beil
Carl Buchholz
Gunderson Brick and Coal Co
Herricks
Veenstra
Thankful No One Injured in Dutch Family Home Blast
A Redcliffe family from Holland escaped harm after an early morning gas leak caused a blast that ripped through their house. Neighbors aided cleanup, and despite $2,000 in damage, no one was hurt though a new $170 sewing machine was lost. The family plans to stay in the home.
Weather in Alberta and Saskatchewan Shifts to Clearance
A rapidly moving disturbance entered western Alberta bringing heavy cloudiness and light rain in Edmonton and Peace River. By evening the system moved into eastern Saskatchewan, leaving drier air and clearing skies in western Alberta. Tomorrow will be brighter with variable cloud and highs near 65 to 70. Medicine Hat sees sun and cloud with light winds, lows around 45 and highs near 70.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Peace River
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Smilestones on Saving for Hard Times
A reflective remark notes how saving during harder eras could provide a cushion in times of prosperity, urging prudence and financial foresight for enduring stability.
Greeks Hold Big Nori After Chinese Assault in Korea
Allied artillery and planes bombed Chinese forces on the western front as Greek troops temporarily held the hill position at Big Nori. U S F 86 Sabres fought MIG 15s, destroying two and damaging two more as air and ground actions continued with mixed reports on casualties.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
U.S. Eighth Army
Winnipeg men named to Canadian Wheat Board advisory panel
Ottawa CP reports K A Powell of Winnipeg is appointed to the advisory committee of the Canadian Wheat Board. Powell is president of Hallett and Carey Limited. Also named is R R Emerson of Winnipeg, executive vice president and general manager of the National Grain Company Limited. The advisory committee has 11 members, six representing wheat producers.
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Ottawa
K. A. Powell
R. R. Emerson
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Trade Department
Powell
Hallet and Carey Limited
Mr. Emerson
National Grain Company, Limited
Attlee Moderates Bid to Oust Bevan at Party Conference
At the 51st Labour conference in Morecambe moderates push to deny Aneurin Bevan a seat on the national executive. Bevan and allies contest seven local seats while union control holds the other twenty. Harry Earnshaw warns of economic strain as Britain tries to balance imports and exports.
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Morecambe
England
Britain
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Clement Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Attlee
Morrison
Harry Earnshaw
Peal
Earnshaw
Big Three Meet On Austrian Treaty Without Russia
Deputy foreign ministers of the big three Western powers meet to seek a solution to an Austrian independence treaty as Russia refuses to attend. The Soviets demand scrapping a abridge treaty and linking Trieste with any Austrian settlement, signaling little prospect for progress amid cold war tensions and Austrian officials hinting Russia may stay in Austria long term.
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London
Russia
U.S
Moscow
Trieste
Soviet Union
West
Austria
Teen bride wed while injured in hospital chapel
Syracuse report describes 17 year old Jean E Bailbeau exchanging marriage vows with 19 year old Donald Williams in the chapel of Syracuse University Hospital after a car crash that left Bailbeau with a broken back. The bride remained on a stretcher during the ceremony.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Jean E. Bailbeau
Donald Williams
Syracue University Hospital
Briton John Cobb dies in Loch Ness speedboat crash
John Cobb, 52, British racing ace and holder of the land speed record, died after his jet-propelled Crusader disintegrated during a world water speed attempt on Loch Ness. Eyewitnesses describe the craft plunging under the surface as it reached about 206 mph. rescue efforts followed with Cobb dying minutes later.
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Drummadrochit
Scotland
John Cobb
Loch Ness
Cobb
Os E. Nicholson
Seattle
Stanley Sayres
W. Munro
London
Settlement Reached in Ontario Paper Mills Pact
A settlement affecting 12 000 workers in Ontario newsprint and pulp mills was reached between 12 pulp and paper companies and nine AFL unions. Eric G. Taylor announced the conciliation board’s agreement ratified by nearly 100 union delegates. The contract provides a four cent per hour wage rise May 1 1952 and another four cent rise Nov 1 1952, with improved shift differentials and overtime for non scheduled days, running through April 30 1953.
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Toronto
Ontario
Pulp and Paper
AFL
Eric G. Taylor
Western Provinces Fail to Delay Grain Rate Hearing
The four western provinces failed to derail hearings on a railway plan to raise grain freights to domestic markets. The Board of Transport Commissioners refused to lump the grain-rate case into the general rate-equalization inquiry, despite Alberta counsel J. J. Frawley arguing for a broader parity principle. The railway proposal could add about 3.2 million dollars yearly.
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Ottawa
Board of Transport Commissioners
Truman rails at Eisenhower on tour and tax charge debate
President Truman harshly attacked General Eisenhower on a whistle stop tour, labeling him a front man for lobbyists and accusing him of taking political footballs on corruption in government. The campaign centers on income taxes with Stevenson reporting 211,980 over ten years and Eisenhower facing questions over a two thirds book-earnings tax rule.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
Fargo
N.C
Ilinois
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
New York
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Europe
Wheat harvest soars from Rockies to Winnipeg
A vast western Canada wheat harvest, estimated at 1 310 468 000 bushels, tests elevators and shipping as combines toil under autumn sun. Despite hail and rust challenges, the record yield boosts western and national economies with heavy grain movements by rail and lake, plus U S combines aiding the effort.
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Rockies
Winnipeg
Western
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Lakehead
Port Arthur
West Coast
Churchill
Hudson’s Bay
U.S
Suchan Trial Details Fatal Toronto Detective Shooting
Steve Suchan testified he fired six shots in a panic when a police cruiser faced his car. Leon Jackson admitted drawing a gun but said he did not fire. The pair, on trial for murder in Detective Edmund Tong’s death, described the events and Suchan admitted the first shot likely struck Tong.
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Toronto (Cp
Steve Suchan
Edmund Tong
Leonard Jackson
Suchan
Jackson
Toronto
Pantcky
J. C. McCruer
Ann Camero
West End
RCAF F86E squadrons poised for largest trans Atlantic flight
Three squadrons Nos 416 421 and 430 with 63 planes await weather approval at Goose Bay Labrador to start Operation Leapfrog Two. The wing aims for Greenland Iceland Prestwick and western France with NATO forces, under safety emphasis.
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Ottawa
Goose Bay
Labrador
R.C
North Bay
Ont
RAF
Gros-Tonquin
France
Metz
Bagotville
Que
No. 430
No. 416
No. 421
St. Hubert
Montreal
Canada
Europe
Binie
West One
Greenland
Keflavick
Iceland
Prestwick
Scotland
United States Air Force
United Kingdom
Air Force
No. 2
RCAF
4Th
Allied Tactical Force
NATO
Candidates Call Special Meeting Connaught School
A special public meeting is set at Connaught Public School on Wednesday evening Oct 1 to hear civic candidates seeking election Oct 15. Mayor Wilson Riley will chair and nominate a chairman from the floor. each mayoralty candidate gets 10 minutes.
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Connaught
Susan McArthur
Wilson Riley
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Wheat Board
Bruce Phillips
Connaught School
T. Legge
City. Comptroller
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