09 Aug 1932
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1932
Page
1
Canadian and British delegations plan to reconvene after a day of guarded disagreement over steel buy terms. Canadian circles feel Britain undervalues Canada’s offer and expect a further concession. Both sides stress no open breach and hint at mutual give and take.
The province faces many unemployed citizens and debates curbing capital expenditure on public works. Officials warn high costs of direct relief and the risk to debt and prices, noting private enterprise and markets are strained. The plan proposes alternatives to relieve unemployment without expanding public works spending. Continued discussion is promised.
The Excelsior Swimming Club formed last night to teach life saving promote swimming and spark civic contests. F Fraser chaired with goals to recruit Scout masters teachers and citizens for support. Officers include President K Knight and Sec Treas Spinney with trustees Chief J M Taylor and D Lefever.
Halifax reports that the serial numbers of twenty ten and five dollar bills deposited at the Bank of Nova Scotia in Albert New Brunswick do not match the New Jersey police and Canadian bank lists tied to the Lindbergh ransom case. Carrie Anderson of Hampton Virginia had presented bills matching the bankers list, but discrepancies in figures and letters were found on a local check.
William Findlay advertising agency head died of heart failure at 58 in Toronto. Born in Bracebridge he worked on the Barrie Examiner and led business at Ottawa Free Press Ottawa Journal and Toronto Globe. He founded an agency later acquired by Lord and Thomas and was president of Lord and Thomas of Canada. Fred Westey, former Nelson lumberman, died last week in Vancouver.
Toronto and Hamilton reports say Mayor W J Stewart and police officials dispute the origin of a circular seeking Dan Malone's arrest on a vagrancy charge linked to alleged Sinn Fein plans. Officials differ on whether Ottawa authorities or local police initiated the alert.
Sheep Creek near Nelson British Columbia August 9 Firefighters battle to protect the Reno Gold Mines mill and timber stand from a forest conflagration that began Monday. A BC Forest Branch crew has left for Salmo to aid the effort as the fire nears the mine property.
Historic Banff Springs hosts the Prince of Wales Cup third fairway event high above the Rockies. Mount Rundel recalls old battles with the Snaking Indians as entrants practice with driver irons and putter for the Brewster Cup.
Miss Phyllis Sanderson returns home after three weeks with Mr and Mrs Priestley in Kerrobert Sask. She travels with Broad Acres friends who will visit Mr and Mrs A Sanderson. Tirs Nicholaga and family of Calgary visit P Lavelle family in their Fifth St home. Miss E Pinder and Miss S Cox back from Elkwater Lake after a week’s vacation. Miss Janet Patterson visits friends in Taber for a week or two.
Ottawa reports show Canada pressing for control of Soviet lumber imports to curb dumped goods while Imperial Conference sub committees draft a monetary report awaiting main committee approval. Britain seeks further talks on Canada's preference offer as Baldwin’s letter prompts conference tension amid ongoing negotiations.
In Calgary on Aug 9 workers stabilized Hylowell No 1 Turner Valley gas well after a blast. A discarded valve set, replaced under Turner Valley Gas Conservation Board orders, stopped the flow at 1000 pounds then allowed tests and full release. Insurance adjusters on site. officials report no damage to the well. Henry C Hansbrough, former North Dakota senator, endorses Roosevelt for president.
The Bank of Montreal marks a quarter century in Medicine Hat this month. It began in a frame building at 895 Third St and moved to a South Railway and Second Streets location before merging with Merchants Bank in 1922. Early managers included A. S. Martin and later R. M. Napier J. F. Johnston and others as the city grew from a 1907 population of 3500.
On Monday night a 50 foot cross burned in the race track enclosure at the exhibition grounds. Fire Chief Dutton led fire crews after residents flooded the switchboard with complaints. The cross, soaked in oil, collapsed before firefighters arrived. four smaller crosses stood nearby as K K K demonstrations occurred.
Portsmouth Aug 9 Mrs Victor Bruce seeks a new endurance flight record in a three attempt series after two prior failures due to mechanical problems. She flies an amphibian plane with two co pilots as she challenges the existing 647 hour mark set in 1930 by Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson.
Berlin dated Aug 9 government announces emergency decree to end two months of rioting and bloodshed. Von Papen and his cabinet plan stern measures including speed courts and harsher penalties to restore order amid arson bombing and sabotage.
The entire government in Shanghai resigned this afternoon. Officials announced the decision in a joint statement, signaling a dramatic political crisis as efforts to avert a broader collapse failed.
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