Alberta legislature to study redistribution and indemnities
A Calgary resolution to reduce the Alberta Legislature membership was rejected 40 to 8. A government proposal to form a special committee to study electoral redistribution and member indemnities will be set up before the next session, with a report due then. The committee may also examine biennial sessions and related costs.
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Edmonton
Go’rlock
R. C. Marshall
Calgary
Brownlee
Robert Pearson
G. Tobin
Leduc
Alberta
W. M. Davidson
The Day in Parliament Opens Budget Debate and Speeches
Ottawa April 1 The day in Parliament sees the budget debate continue with A W Neill Independent Commerce Alberni speaking first In yesterday's session a motion to appoint a special committee to investigate government ocean freight rate controls passed the house without division The budget debate continues J F Johnson Progressive Last Mountain Wa Miss Agnes McPhail Progressive Cape Breton T W Dickie Conservative Nanaimo followed Miss McPhail D F Kellner East Edmonton moves to limit public bills and orders to certain hours after private bills were disposed of Senate did not sit
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Ottawa
A. W. Neill
Commox- Alberni
J. F Johnson
Last Mountain
Agnes McPhail
Progressive
South East Grey
Woman world’s richest rancher dies on Texas estate
Ringeville Texas April 1 Mrs Pienrietta M King 93 owner of the world’s largest ranch died at her home. She inherited vast property from Captain Hichard King and managed a 1 280000 acre spread along the Gulf of Mexico for nearly a century. Her cattle herds numbered well over 100000 branded annually. Her wealth rose with land values from cents to dollars per acre.
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Ringeville
Texas
Pienrietta M. King
United States
Floods Spread Across Montreal Island After Rain and Snow
After a night of rain and snow the St. Lawrence river rose again forcing Riverside Drive residents in St. Lambert to flee. Floodwaters isolated WI Street and threatened Ogllyle's flour mill while Montreal North saw damaged houses. Fifteen families left La Prairie as ice and thaw grind on. Officials warn no quick relief as water seeps into grain elevators along the waterfront.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence
Riverside Drive
St. Lambert
Ogllyle
Riviere Des Prairies
la Prairie
Montreal Arbor
St Lawrence
Davie Yard Workers Accept Pay Cut on Major Contract
In a unanimous decision about 300 employees at Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co Ltd accept a ten percent weekly wage reduction. The agreement clears Lauzon shipyards to win a 500000-dollar contract for two steel freight steamers for Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. The vessels will serve the Montreal Toronto Hamilton route and workers are guaranteed employment through next winter.
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Quebec
Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co., Ltd
Lauzon
Canada Steamship Linds Ltd
Davie
Clergy Leaders Back Birth Control At Conference
Clergymen from several denominations urged churches to support birth control as a moral force to improve humanity. Rabbi Stephen A Wise and Rev Dr Charles F Potter warned against church opposition, while Dr W F Roble urged legalization as essential to civilization and public health.
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New York
Rece
Stephen A. Wise
Charles F. Potter
West Side Unitarian Church
W. F. Roble
Baldwinville
Mass
Big Rosedale Fire Destroys Multiple Businesses
A morning blaze in Rosedale eight miles east of here destroyed the Rosedale hotel a bakery drug store and a barber shop. Damage is estimated at 20900 and all buildings were insured to some extent.
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Rosedale
Here
Council urged to resign after improprieties found
St Catharines Ontario April 1 Judge J S Campbell reports gross irregularities in the December municipal election including impersonation ballot stuffing and crosses added on alderman ballots He recommends the entire city council resign immediately as a prelude to a new election Officials and election workers face possible prosecutions The council will meet in special session to discuss the report and is expected to resign and call a new vote.
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St. Catharines
Ont
J. S. Campbell
Campbell
Kollesavich Trial Likely To Open April 20 Here
Arrangements are being made for the trial of John Kollesavich charged with the murder of Brakeman Calkins at Walsh station on March 9. The case could be held before Mr Justice Ives at the end of the month, with a special criminal sitting requested to proceed during Justice Ives presence. Justice Walsh suggests the trial begin on April 20 if the Crown completes preparation in time.
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John Kollesavich
Calkins
Walsh Station
Justice Ives
Supreme Court
Justice Walsh
Lethbridge Liquor Fines Fall Prompt Police Force Split
Lethbridge April 1 The police force may be split in two due to Liquor Control Act changes. Prohibition era fines typically topped $16,000 yearly, funding the force, but in the first three months this year fines dropped to $800, prompting Mayor Hardle to consider a 50 percent reduction in staff because revenue has collapsed.
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Lethbridge
Hardle
Yankee Railways Tease To Meet Tariff Plan
Washington April 1 renewed reports say the railroads will cut coal rates for shipments from this country to Eastern Canada to meet Canada budget increases. Prominent coal traders here say the plan is rumored but not denied.
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Washingon
Canada
Rominent
Prices of Wheat to Be Firmer
Manitoba Free Press reports from New York that world wheat prices may firm as long term demand adjusts. Jasmine Barnes, a marketing expert, foresees stronger North American supplies weekly and predicts a relatively small world wheat stock before the next harvest. A separate item notes a four year old Welsh prodigy playing piano by ear.
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Oninnipeg
Manitoba’ Free Press Today
New York
Jullas
Barnes
Barnés
North America
Exe
Temporarily Insane Mother Slays Two Children Then Self
In Somerville New Jersey on April 1 Mrs. Catherine Sheridan shot her two children while they slept and then killed herself. son James Sheridan aged 14 and daughter Helen aged 17 died from the wounds. Mrs Sheridan, wife of Edwin A Sheridan, is hospitalized and not expected to recover, believed to have been temporarily insane.
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Somrville
N. J
James Sheridan
Helen
Catherine Sheridan
Edwin A. Sheridan
North Branch
Somerville Hospital
Plowing Begins in Granum District After Wet Spring
Lethbridge reports plowing started Tuesday in the Granum district as soil remains too wet for seeding. A March precipitation of two and a quarter inches at Lethbridge broke 24 year records, more than triple the average.
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Lethbridge
Granum
Berlin Disaster Claims Scores of Reichswehr Soldiers
Berlin reports the April 1 disaster at the Weser river killed about 84 soldiers. The Defense Ministry said five bodies were recovered and 78 men plus one officer remain missing from 1200 soldiers driven into the river by a pontoon sinking.
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Berlin
Reichswehr
Ministry of Defense
Healthier Tone in Wheat Market Winnipeg
The wheat market showed a healthier tone with May wheat up to $1.5038 and July at $1.5014 after a mid day dip, while October reached $1.3112. Export interest rose with 1,000,000 bushels of mainly Manitobas and Duluth springs and 500,000 bushels of rye reported for export, plus stronger coarse grains and better cash wheat demand.
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Winnipeg
Seaboard
Manitobas
Duluth Springs
House appoints committee to study Petersen contract and ocean rates
Ottawa reports the House formed a committee of thirteen to probe the Petersen contract and explore methods to control ocean rates. Delegates include Liberals Progressives Conservatives with disputes over independent ginger group representation and possible retirements.
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W.C. Wool
Brant
Robert Forke
Good
Forke
J.T. Shaw
West Calgary
Robert Gardiner
Medicine Hat
King
Arthur Meighen
J. S. Woodaworth
Center
Winnipeg
Wes
Woodsworth
J. T. Shaw
Calgary West
Halbert
McShaw
Tragic double suicide linked to family scandal
Bancroft Ontario April 1 Mrs Nettle Wilson 43 and her daughter Shirley committed death by their own hands at Fort Stewart Fraser Lake. Autopsy confirms cause overdose amid family disgrace. Letters to husband friend and parents describe distress and name brother Edward Gates as involved. Gates to be arraigned in Belleville Hastings County Court.
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Shirley Wilson
Ducks Strike Bridge Killing Twenty In Niagara Falls
A flock of wild ducks flying north collided with the upper steel arch bridge at Niagara Falls Ontario. Twenty birds were killed when the leader hit the trolley wire causing the flock to split with birds dashed to death on the bridge floor. Thiepval in Somme remains a ruined corner with reconstruction plans abandoned.
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Niagara’ Falls
Ont
Flood Threat Grows Across Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Across Manitoba and Saskatchewan rising stream and creek waters heighten flood danger. Two miles of CN railway near Lumsden are washed out, traffic disrupted. Regina sees Waseanu Creek flood homes while Garrick’s Creek residents evacuate. Portage To Prairie reports Assiniboine River overflow. Some areas see receding southern Saskatchewan floods but Tantallon and Lumsden remain evacuated.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canadian National
Bredin
Lumsden
Sask
Regina
Portage
Prairie
Man
Tantaflon
Delicate Operation Planned On Grouse Mountain
Dr. H. Dyer left North Vancouver before daylight with medical instruments to perform a delicate operation at the top of Grouse Mountain. The patient is Sidney Hurling, an eight year old boy who fell 800 feet down a steep icy slope last Saturday and lies helpless in a cabin above the clouds.
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Vancouver
North Vancouver
H. Dyer
Grouse Mountain
Sidney Hurling
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