Bennett Optimistic On Trade Talks En Route To London Talks
Canadian Prime Minister R. B. Bennett travels from Ottawa to Washington for discussions with President Roosevelt aimed at preparing for the London economic and monetary conference. Bennett hopes talks will stimulate Canada United States trade and benefit the world economy.
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Ottawa
Washington
Canada
R. B. Bennett
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Bennett
London
Dominion
Roosevelt
Union
George Perley
Dominion Cabinet
Bennett
Lewart
R. K. Finlayson
Presentation to David Bayne for 32 years of service
Friday evening, April 21, Railway Mail Clerks of Alberta honored David Bayne of Belfast street, head clerk at Medicine Hat until March 3 1933, after he elected to take superannuation on April 1. A Willams chaired. Inspector J A Farren presented a club bag and framed picture from Train 512’s last Medicine Hat run. Messages of appreciation came from Bow Breenside and others. Superintendent Corley and H D R Stewart were absent.
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Railway Mail
Medicine Hat
Alberta
David Bayne
Belfast Street
A. Willams
Railway Mail Clerks of
J. A. Farren
Calgary
Bayne
Baynes
Stryke
Bow. Breenside
Mirspector
Ixaminer
Corley
Histroet
Suuperintendent
Postal Service
Local Wheat Prices From Ogilvie Grain Dept
May wheat at 59 cents 7 8 split and 7 8. July 51 1 4 to 51 3 8. Oct 63 1 4 to 63 3 8 split. No 1 Nov 59 5 8 track 50 7 8 street 41.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Redcliff Social and Softball Notes Highlight Local Events
Bridge party at Miss Irene Buchholz's Main Street home featured prizes won by Miss Iderson with consolation to Miss Wyatt. Practice plans announced for Miss Buchholz, Miss Moore, and Miss Wyatt. Local Red Caps beat Imperial in softball 11 to 9, and a New Club vs Red Caps game ended 16 to 7. Inter church goitbal league meeting in Medicine Hat aims for about score of teams including three from Red Cliff.
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Irene Buchholz
Main Street
Maud Wyatt
Jean Moore
Annie Shaw
Masie Hill
Phyllia Sanderson
Iderson
Miss Wyatt
I. Buchholz
Alderson
J. Moore
Suffield
M. Wyatt
Cyrus G. Pow
Mish N. McWaine
M.weilhorn
Calgary
Edmonton
Imperial Softballers
Red Caps
E. Pow
M. Stewart
J.brown
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Sellhorn
Hector Lang
Carol
Jean Ellis
Club
Eaton
Rattray
A. Plotsky
New Beauharnois Organization Plan Revealed
A plan to reorganize Beauharnois Power Corp would make the Dominion government a partner via a gift of 98 100 shares of common stock for aid already given. Sponsored by Beauharnois Security Holders Cooperative, the scheme will be submitted to a May 3 bondholders special meeting.
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Toronto
Beauharnois Power Corporation
Dominion
House of Commons
Senate
Montreal
Beauharnois Security Holders’ Co-operative
Fire at London Docks Ruins 71 Million Gallons of Rum
Police and dock officials suspect incendiarism as the cause of a fire at the West India docks in London. The blaze began Friday and was still burning, destroying more than 71 million gallons of rum. Officials expect smoldering with bursts to continue for about five days.
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London
West India
Kidnapped Vancouver Youth Found Near Esquimalt
A radio broadcast reported the body of 18 year old Stewart Ashley of Vancouver found in water near Esquimalt. Rings identified the remains and police said he had been held by kidnappers demanding $5,000. The missing youth taught school and was the nephew of Stewart Ashley, local Dominion Bank manager.
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Stewart Ashley
Vancouver
Esquimault
The
Dominion Bank
Edmonton ex mayor Kenneth Blatchford dies by own hand
Kenneth A. Blatchford ex mayor of Edmonton and former MP was found dead in the Saskatchewan River with a bullet wound to the temple after being missing since Thursday. He won the mayoralty in 1924 and served again in 1925 26 and laterrepresented East Edmonton in Parliament. He was born in Minnedosa Manitoba.
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Edmonton
Kenneth A. Blatchford
Saskatchewan
Blatchford
East Edmonton
Minnedasa
Man
Markets Strong As Wheat And Stocks Hold Gains
Wheat and stocks maintained a strong tone in Toronto and Winnipeg with profit taking after a steep rise last week. May wheat at 59 7 8, July 61 1 4, Oct 63 1 4. Chicago wheat edged up. Pound sterling to 3.88, Canadian dollar at 88 14 cents. U S dollar eased slightly.
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Chicago
New York
States
Anglo Danish trade pact signed after four months talks
The Anglo Danish trade agreement was signed today in London after four months of negotiations. The text was not published but the pact is believed to require Denmark to take seventy five percent of its coal imports from Britain. The deal would aid Britain's iron and steel industry and Denmark's dairy sector.
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London
Denmark
Britain
Pension Enactment At Ottawa Announced
Ottawa April 24 The Finance Minister said pension proposals for ex soldiers in government service will not be pressed this session. An Income Tax Act amendment will tax pensions. After May 1933 no new dependents can be added to pension lists or to eligibility.
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Oftawa
Ont
E. N. Rhodes
House
Gadl
BC Conservatives Won't Run Unified Provincewide Election
Vancouver April 23 The provincial Conservative party will not participate as a province wide entity in the next BC election. Local Conservative groups may nominate either Conservative or non party candidates and act as they wish. Tolmie cabinet to shrink by three ministers May 31 ending with eight ministers in total.
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Vancouver
Conservative
British Columbia
Tolmie
S. F. Tolmie
Lougheed
William Atkinson
W. C. Shelly
British Columbia Conservative Association
Foster
Redcliff Glass Plant to Run Day and Night for Three Months
Dominion Glass at Redcliff to fill an American order for beer bottles. Seven carloads shipped Saturday as the plant stays open around the clock to meet demand. The busy season follows the jar trade and promises full employment for locals.
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Dominion Glass
Redcliff
United States
Earthquake Kills 30 in Kos Dodecanese Islands
A powerful quake struck Kos in the Dodecanese yesterday killing thirty people and injuring over a hundred. A hundred homes were badly damaged as the Aegean island chain near Asia Minor endured the tremor.
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Athens
Kos
Dodecanese Islands
Dodecanese
Aegean Sea
Asia Minor
Local Council of Women Opens Garden Contest for Youth
The Local Council of Women announced a garden competition for children up to age sixteen with a registration book at S. E. Gust store. Plots are 12x12 feet for 12 and under and 20x20 feet for 16 and under, featuring flowers and vegetables or flowers alone. Judging covers arrangement, variety, and neatness, with prizes and badges. Supervised playgrounds will also run during school holidays with details to follow.
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W. H. Bliss
S. E. Gust
Hope Bright for Release of the Moscow Prisoners
Four British engineers tried for espionage in Russia were questioned by Foreign Secretary Sir John Simeon. Their statements bolster hope that their two imprisoned colleagues may soon be freed. Allan Monkhouse hinted action, while John Gushny urged Mrs L C Thornton to relay a secret message.
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London
Gable
Russia
John Simeon
Samarastes
Moscow
Will
Allan, Monkhouse
England
John Gushny
L. C. Thornton
World Economic Conference Talks Advance in Washington
Edouard Herriot joins Ramsay MacDonald and Franklin Roosevelt as Anglo American talks continue at the White House on monetary stabilization disarmament and economic recovery. Bennett prepares to arrive as discussions explore separate trade agreements and tariff policy amidst gold standard changes.
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Washington
Edouard Herriot
France
Ramsay MacDonald
Franklyn Roosevelt
United States
Bennett
Roosevelt
Congress
MacDonald
Borah
Sequoia
Winnipeg Man Under Arrest in Shanghai
Herbert K. Hyde United States District Attorney confirmed C. C. Julian a Winnipeg oil promoter, fugitive, located in Shanghai. Authorities will prepare a fugitive warrant for his return to the United States to face trial for alleged 3,500,000 mail fraud conspiracy.
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Oklahoma City
Herbert K. Hyde
United States
C. C. Julian
Winnipeg
Shanghai
Hyde
Julian
Supreme Court hearing begins in Medina Hat gas explosion case
The Supreme Court trial of S. N. Goldie and Co and E Parr versus Medicine Hat Municipal Corporation opened before Chief Justice Simmons with a jury. Plaintiffs allege a gas explosion at Parrs home on 74 Fourth Street resulted from leaked city mains and city negligence. Defendants say the gas came from an inside wall gas fitting and deny negligence.
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S. N. Goldie and Co
E. Parr
Municipal Corporation
City of Medicine Hat
Supreme Court
Simmons
R. Emes
A. T. White
S. C. Taylor
C. E. Johnson
T. Graburn
W. H. Roxborough
Blanchard K.C
Alex. MacGregor
G. M. Blackstock
K.C
A. B. Clow
Parr
Fourth Street
Gold hoard grows in Bank of France as gold arrives by air and sea
Gold shipments flood France adding to the Bank of France reserves. Seven airplanes from Amsterdam brought over a ton and a half each, totaling about $12,000,000. Belgium and Switzerland feed rail shipments while US sea consignments spread a global gold share. France holds about 29 percent of world gold with the United States holding roughly 38 percent.
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Paris
France
Amsterdam
Ank
Belgium
Switzerland
United States
Riot in New York Leaves One Dead and Ten Injured
A group of about 15 men armed with revolvers and other weapons opened fire in New York today. One man was killed and about ten others were injured as panicked crowds fled the street. Police reported the suspect group discharged a warning volley before dispersing. bystanders were kept out of the area as officers secured the scene.
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New York
Tlibal’ Union
Retrenchment at Ottawa cuts spend by 81 million
Ottawa reports Dominion Government has reduced expenditures by 81 million over three years. Civil service cuts 4 000 jobs saving 4 590 000 in wages. A 10 percent salary cut saves 8 300 000. Even with 56 000 civil servants gone and other savings the deficit remains.
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Ottawa
Canadien Chambers of Commerce
Federal
E. N. Rhodes
Dominion
M.P
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Legation
New Beauharnois Organization
London Docks
Esquimalt
Kenny Blatchford
B.C
Hope Bright
M. Herriot
Geneva
N. Goldie
C. S. Parr
City of
Goldi Is Fourne
Thos. Waylings
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