Fragmentary OCR Brief on Local Prices Meeting
An unclear OCR item notes a meeting about merchandise prices and a person named Gary. The fragment includes references to Atter siding and derivate notes but lacks concrete details or outcomes.
22 Apr 1936
Page 1
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1936
Page
1
An unclear OCR item notes a meeting about merchandise prices and a person named Gary. The fragment includes references to Atter siding and derivate notes but lacks concrete details or outcomes.
In Geneva April 22 the League of Nations warned that Italy faces a shrinking gold reserve due to sanctions and war costs. Bank of Italy foreign assets dropped about 105.3 million gold dollars since October, with exports to 30 nations also tumbling from 17.03 million in November to 5.86 million in February. The council plans no meeting until May 11 and Ethiopia protested council inaction.
Dr D E Robertson and Alfred Scadding, entombed for 12 days in the Moose River gold mine, were reached by draegermen as a barrier of timber and rock was cut away. Rescue efforts included stimulants and hypodermics aid, with families awaiting news and a crowd gathered at the shafthead.
Plans are in final stages for the fourth annual school musical and dramatic festival in Medicine Hat held Thursday and Friday, April 30 and May 1. With 7 to 10 entries booked, organizers expect the largest festival yet. Calg ary adjudicators Clifford Higgin, E J Thorlakson and Miss Inger Rasmussen will judge singing dramatization and recitations. Winners receive 11 trophies 18 medals and a gold medal special award donated by Macdonalds Consolidated Limited for the city school soloist with the most artistic performance.
Ethel Scadding, 15, sent greeting to her rescued father Charles Alfred Scadding from Moose River mine in Wisconsin. She wrote, Hello Daddy. I am so, happy you are all right, I knew you would be, Daddy, because I prayed for you. Love from Ethel.
Northern Alberta faces rising flood risk as ice jams on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers push water levels higher. McMurray residents report 10 foot rises and homes evacuated while ferries are pulled from service along the North Saskatchewan. Communications rely on radio as telegraph lines fail.
Bells of the Peace Tower carillon toll the hymn of thanksgiving as Ottawa marks news that rescuers reached D. E. Robertson and Alfred Scadding, Toronto men entombed at Moose River.
Premier W J Patterson of Saskatchewan and Premier T D Pattullo of British Columbia met with Finance Minister Dunning in Ottawa to press for federal assistance as the 1985-86 relief program expires and provinces face bond maturities. Patterson faces a 2 million dollar bond due May 1 and Pattullo seeks options to cover upcoming maturities.
Italy publishes an extra war appropriation of $115,000,000 in the Official Gazette as troops reach within 70 miles of Addis Ababa. The total wartime appropriations now total about $800,000,000.
Addis Ababa reports conflict as Ethiopian authorities say Italian forces are still about 200 miles away while Italian advances may shift toward the capital. An Ethiopian infantry column reportedly burned 19 Italian aircraft at an airdrome northwest of Dessye as reinforcements move south of Dessye.
London reports snow for the second day as April aid remains unusually frigid. Weather bulletin notes cloudy skies with no change in temperature while a cold snap continues across the capital.
Ethiopian troops mutiny on the northern front as Crown Prince Asfa Wosan takes control on orders from Emperor Selassie. The emperor reportedly makes a last stand against Italian forces pressing toward Addis Ababa, with Haile Selassie defending a mountain pass 70 miles south of Dessye and reports of mutinied royal troops spreading unrest.
London April 21 Canadian provincial and municipal loans floated in London may face tighter limits. Financial secretary to the treasury W S Morrison opposed the idea, replying to Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle in the House of Commons. He urged not adopting the proposal to restrict London issues to those guaranteed by the Dominion government.
Edinburgh April 22. Celtic clinched the Scottish league championship as Rangers, still in contention, drew 1-1 with Heart of Midlothians. Celtic stood at 64 points with one game left. Rangers had 59 with two fixtures remaining.
In Jaffa Arab rioters, aided by winds, set many houses ablaze as Jews flee to Tel Aviv. Riot deaths rise to 21 with four Arabs among the dead as authorities deploy troops to quash further violence.
In Ottawa on April 21 Liberal reformers pressed for expansion and control of credit to spur employment. G. G. McGeer of Vancouver Burrard argued Canada should emulate the United States Great Britain Argentina and Japan with large public works and housing programs. W. W. Tucker noted relief burdens municipal finances and private building would rise as the Dominion government eases relief demands and tax pressures. Continued on page eight.
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