Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 23, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition leg Winnipeg sunny with Cloudy periods today and sunday. Winds southerly at 25 decreasing to Light late this afternoon Westerly at 15 sunday. Low tonight and High sunday 60 and 85. Vol. 59 no. 282 56 pages Price by Carrier 30 cents per week Winnipeg saturday August 23, 1952 o . . Forecast sunny and warm new rate hike aids Industry Here big quake jolts California cities Bakersfield Calif. A major earthquake jarred this City yesterday killing two persons injuring 32 and shattering buildings. Another Sharp Jolt rocked los Angeles Early today but was not even Felt Here. Yesterday s Shock was the second big one in 32 Days reds could pull a Korea in mid East but iranian tribesmen who distrust Tehran big obstacle by George Fielding Eliot noted military analyst it is our experience with the said the turkish Diplo i mat that they always seem to be sections through the night to to hit Bakersfield. The 10-second quake cascaded masonry and Glass into the streets. Some highways buckled Walls fell roofs collapsed and parapets crumbled. Damage was expected to run into the millions of dollars. On the other hand today s Shock in los Angeles 125 Miles South of Here apparently caused no dam age although it was Strong enough to awaken hundreds of residents. The Shock started at 5.10 . Cd. While Bakersfield s business districts were heavily damaged yes-1 residential sections for the most part escaped unscathed. I police patrolled blocked off Down these gulls Aren t shy balancing on the very Brink of a prevent looting. The quake was Felt 125 Miles South at los Angeles and As far North As Sacramento 250 Miles polio Cal precipice but never quite fall it is to be hoped that this opt Ristic estimate continues to Bej Fth e dead were mrs. Edna by events. If Iran were to better 26i it Urther the fall completely into the hands of lapsing roof o a store in which the Udeh party As seems pain fully possible from this distance it would certainly mean that a considerable part of the country would disappear from Western contacts be Hind the Iron curtain and thereafter the Well known processes of communist absorption and Organiza Tion would begin to function. Such an event would impose the gravest Mili tary decisions on the United states and on its British and 7-Urkish allies. What the character of these decisions might be is suggested by a look at the of Iran. The soviet influence in Iran is naturally strongest a the North where the land fron she was shopping and George Pat Man Cozby 67, a Railroad engine Man trapped in the wreckage of the Kern county equipment com Pany. One Hundred and six City blocks in the business districts of Bakers Field and East Bakersfield hardest hit by the quake were roped off. Ity manager c. Leland Gunn de glared Bakersfield a disaster area and proclaimed a state of Emer gency. The county Board of super visors arranged for county offices Ito be transferred from the Cotrit House already damaged in the july 21 quake to tents on a nearby lot. At least four churches some of them already damaged in the july quake centred at least 20 Miles Shock. One schoolhouse was so badly damaged that the school Board ordered it closed. Unlike last Mon tvs quake near k these two juvenile gulls at Hole River Man., Are either naturally Friendly or driven by hunger to seek food from the hand of Man. Whatever it is the Young Birds seem quite Content to snatch bits of bread offered by Bob Rice a Pilot with the Manitoba govern ment air service Lac Dubonnet. Tiers of Iran and the . Join communities casual Western influence has traditionally been strongest in the South along the seacoast of the persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. As in other parts of the example Greece and Korea the russian see add East Page 6 Dop 81 million e ring smashed new York Nyht eral authorities announced Friday iyar that they had smashed a dope ring with the arrest of three fed ties or serious damage. The july Shock caused 11 deaths at Tehachapi 40 Miles from Here and three elsewhere with total dam age throughout the area estimated at Shock heavy seismologists said the Magni tude of the latest Shock was 6, compared with 7.5 for the july tremor. They placed the epicentre of yesterday s Jolt Only five to eight Miles from Here along the Kern River fault. The july 21 quake centred at at least 20 Miles Uway along the Bear Mountain Lault. The scientists said yesterday s quake was a sort of sympathetic reaction to the july 21 Shock which was followed by numerous Junen who were described As the biggest distributors of heroin in this1 area and As possible associates of Lucky Luciano in exile in Sicily. They were held in total bail of they were they Are Angelo Abbrescia alias the 52 Charles san tora alias the nose. 25 Ugo of Mariani alias the rat 37. James c. Ryan District super visor of the Federal Bureau of narcotics in new Yore described a Brescia As the local Boss of the ring said to have smuggled in dope from Italy. Turkey and Egypt. Six of in. Ryan s agents rounded up the Trio thursday night. Agents had been trailing the three suspects months. For at least 3 tic Heads Praise work of convention of the 32 injured Only six remained in Hospital after treat ment. Jim Day managing editor of the Bakersfield californian said that when the quake hit automobiles bounced up and Down on the streets and people bounced As they walked it lasted just 10 seconds starting at . Put. Must draft fathers in 53 or Cut forces says . General new York Nyht fathers will not be drafted before next summer but action must be taken then unless the size the armed forces is reduced . Lewis b. Hershey director of selective service told the National Security commission of the american legion Friday. Gen. Hershey indicated that about fathers most of whom Are not Over 26 years of age would be affected by Scult a draft Call. He said however that we d be Lucky to get 500.000" after Var Jious deferments and physical tests after Days of Busy sessions were taken into account. It says Here Washington the . Agriculture depart ment put out a pamphlet to Day with the title cultural and pathogenic variability in single Conidia and hyphae tip isolates of Hemlin Thos podium Turc icum it s about a Corn Jean Dis ease. Power site re echoes to Timber a acres already cleared at Mcarthur Falls location by Monty Pilling bulldozers Are rumbling noisily through the undergrowth and acres of islands and Mainland Al ready have been cleared of Trees at Mcarthur Falls Manitoba s new Power site. Temporal my readings a furans Hie 24 our period Day Nril Najj it 6.uo . Safiri red leaders killed off voice recalls Washington min ister Stalin s motive in calling a formal communist party Congress by the Winter of 19a4 i sche in Moscow oct. 5 May be to re Dules Are met nearly place 60 key communist leaders will have Heen spent and a new who have died or been Plant 60 air Miles from the voice of America official Winnipeg will be ready to Gen state department. Radio hinted Erate half its. Ultimate capacity. Vancouver Algary Edmonton Swift current Saskatoon Brandon Winnipeg port Churchill port Arthur Toronto Ottawa Montreal min. .-12 fit 56 3h 52 ;