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Medicine Hat News in Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1937
Page
1
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Alberta trims truck license fees and suspends sales tax
Alberta moves to cut truck license fees by 40 percent effective after August 31 and delays any tax on cars until October. The same government suspends the two per cent sales tax effective immediately, after merchants urged delay to avoid stagnant August trade, with expected revenue loss of about $600,000 for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Solah Low
Edmonton
Social Credit
Strikes Escalate as Police Guard Textile Plants
In Peterborough and Montreal rioting flared as police escorted workers back amid strike action at Dominion Textile plants. Mayor Macdonald was attacked during a riot. 15 arrested on charges of obstructing or inciting riot. In Montreal, armed police and mounted units restored order at St Henri as 10 000 workers walked out for wage and hour changes. Pay totaling about 48000 distributed to 981 workers. other plants withheld pay as picketers barred entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
Montreal
C.P
St. Henri
Dominion Textile Company
St. Ambroise
National
Catholic
Federation of Textile
Montréal
Tactores
Flight to Edmonton Tests Royal Party Amid Arctic Woes
Lord Tweedsmuir and party faced forest fires fog and delays during a travel stretch from Aklavik to Edmonton. A fall accident backstage involved Major Hale as their Royal Canadian Air Force planes struggled through dangerous weather forcing several landings before reaching Hay River Bitumen and McMurray area towns. The journey included improvised routes and locals aiding the travelers on the arduous trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Lord Tweedsmuir
Aklavik
Alberta
AL & Redfern
Archie McMullen
Mackenzie Air Service
Cameron Bay
Redferns
Seaplane Missing Between Seattle and Alaska with Seven Aboard
A Savoia Marchetti seaplane carrying seven aboard departed Seattle for Alaska and went missing. Coast Guard reported no immediate search, the crew and passengers include Tony Schwamm, Thelma Westley, Gai Anderson and family, as weather worsened near Puget Sound. The plane reportedly stopped at Port Ludlow overnight for repairs before vanishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Guard
iTuesta
Tory
Schwamm
Port Ludlow
Puget Sound
Coast Guard
Alaska
Cenehittan
Ketchikam
Tony Schwamm
Séattlé-Alaska
Earch
British’ Columbia
Hollywood, C&lif
Customs Marine
Sted
Wreckers Executed in Moscow Amid Far Eastern Crisis
Report from Moscow says 72 alleged railroad wreckers, accused of conspiring with Japanese agents, were executed. The dispatch notes the actions were taken as tensions in the Far East escalated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
C.P
Doukhobor Outrages Reported in Grand Forks District
Police reported last night arson on a railway car and the community hall owned by Doukhobors, and an irrigation tank was bombed in the Grand Forks district. Two weeks earlier the Grand Forks Great Northern Railway station was destroyed by fire believed incendiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
C.P
Doukhobors
Grand Forks
Great Northern Railway
Duty On Cattle To US Increased Under Canadian Trade Pact
The U S customs bureau said duties on cattle 700 pounds plus imported under the Canadian trade agreement rise from two to three cents per pound effective tomorrow. A two-cent rate applies within the annual quota, rising to three cents after quota exhaustion for the rest of the year. From Jan 1 to Aug 9, 145,670 head were imported under terms of the agreement, about 93.5 percent of the annual quota. If the quota isn’t filled by Thursday the bureau will refund duties collected above two cents until the quota is met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United , States ‘Customs Bureau
Bemon Vo
Droughty Conditions Spread in Great Plains States
The United States Weather Bureau reports the Great Plains area is becoming seriously dry with damage to corn and late crops. Last week featured blistering temperatures and little rainfall from northern Texas northward, creating droughty conditions over most of the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C.P
United States
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Texas
British Social Credit Experts Dubbed High Pressure Salesmen
Former Alberta Attorney General J. W. Hugill condemns British Social Credit experts in Edmonton as high pressure salesmen who are nobody at home yet run Alberta. He faults Premier Aberhart’s approach and notes a $2000 expense cheque to one expert. He argues Social Credit requires currency control and warns against sustained high interest rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Social Credit
Edmonton
Alberta
J. W. Hugill
Aberhart
Douglas
L. D. Byrne
G. F. ‘Powell
Hugill
Australia
Powell and Byrne named to Social Credit commission
Edmonton August 11 The Social Credit Board announces G F Powell and L D Byrne with Powell to join the temporary commission to administer the Social Credit Act. Chairman G L MacLachlan refutes reports of a $2000 expense cheque by an expert, saying no such sheet has been seen or approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
G. F. Powell
L. D. Byrne
Social Credit
Social Credit Act
G. L. MacLachlan
M.L.A
Social Credit Board
J. W. Hugill
Toronto
MacLachlan
Baseball scores and line results from today’s games
National League and American League box scores show Pittsburgh Chicago St Louis Cleveland New York mixes of runs and innings. Notable pitchers Bonatti Feller Hemsley Pytlak and others contribute as Batters produce scattered hits and RBI in tight divisional matchups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Lica
Padden
French Rebels Rebuffed by Air Bombing in Syria
French army air bombers and troops attacked an open rebellion in eastern Syria on August 14. Air force units bombed three villages serving as rebel headquarters as ground forces moved into action against the uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deirel
Zob
C. P
Syria
Flames lighted Great Wall ramparts as Nankow clash rages
Tokyo dispatches report heavy Japanese artillery setting Nankow city ablaze after a sharp fight with Chinese central army forces. Chinese troops flee northward, tearing up the Peiping Suiyuan railroad while Japanese reinforcements move toward Nankow. Shanghai choked by warships, many bluejackets in the Whangpoo estuary as Japan expands naval presence and gears up for airfield construction with tanks and steamrollers deployed ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Great Wall of China
Nankow Pass
China
Nankow
Peiping-Suiyuan
C.P
Dome
Peiping
North China
Hopeh
Mongolia
Chahar
Pennine
Shanghai
Japan
Whangpoo River
Yangsze
UiIanchiune Foar
Soviet Flier Levaneffsky Flight Delayed From Moscow
Soviet flier Sigmund Levaneffsky postponed his planned four motor craft flight from Moscow to New York via the North Pole. The 35 ton craft carried four passengers and cargo with a refueling stop at Fairbanks before continuing to Canada and Chicago en route to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
C.p.havas
Sigmund Levaneffsky
New York
North Pole
Levaneffsky
United States
Fairbanks
Alaska
Canada
Chicago
Justifiable Homicide When Wife Slew Her Husband
Coroner's jury in Chicago exonerates Ruth Werlein 35, who shot 46 year old George Werlein after he questioned paternity of their two month old son David. Verdicts declare the killing justifiable homicide despite reports the husband had beaten his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C.P
Ruth Werlein
George
Tno
David
Werlein
Redcliff Wins Opening Game In Mid-West Paper Co Series
Redcliff defeated the Rockets 14 to 9 in the opening game for possession of the Mid-West Paper Co softball trophy. The teams tallied runs across the innings with Redcliff posting 14 and Rockets 9. The second game is scheduled tonight at Athletic Park at 6 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redcliff
Rockets
Mid-West Paper Co
Athletic Park
Zionist Congress to negotiate with Britain over Palestine partition
The World Zionist Congress voted 304 to 158 to begin talks with Great Britain on the royal commission recommendations for partition of Palestine. General Justo Umana, a famed Honduran rebel leader, died in Guatemala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zwrich
World Zionist Congress
Great Britain
Royalommission
Palestine
Justo Umana
Honduras
Guatemala
Immigration to Canada rises 30 percent in first half 1937
Ottawa reports 6 827 new Canadians in January to June 1937, up from 5 252 a year earlier. Increases span the United Kingdom to 1 129 and the United States to 2 600, with gains also from northern Europe and other races amid stable regulations. Women and children join husbands and fathers under better living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Department
Swan
United Kingdom
United States
Europe
Wheat Prices Rise At Winnipeg Exchange On Late Trading
Winnipeg August 11 Wheat gains led by late-session buying and short covering on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Prices closed about four cents higher with October at 1.303 8, December 1.27 8, May 1.29 3/8 to 5/8. Earlier, a five-cent advance had been noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Winnipea ‘Gath
Insurgent Revolt Reported Across Areas Near Madrid
Madrid reports a revolt spreading through insurgent territory. General Franco’s artillery shelled Segovia to quell the uprising as government posts note brisk fighting near the city 43 miles northwest of Madrid. Insurgent batteries also opened fire from Quita Pesarés.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Franco
Segovia
Quita
Pesarés
Saskatoon Man Killed in RAF Bomber Crash
Saskatoon man William J. Postlethwaite, 27, who joined the Royal Air Force three years ago, was killed when a bomber crashed in a Northamptonshire field. Crewman Robert F. Barber also died in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
William J. Postlethwaite
Saskatoon
Royal Air Force
Northamptonshire
Robert F.‘Bareber
B C Measures Valid To Replace Federal Marketing Act
Victoria Aug 10 The British Columbia Court of Appeals ruled valid the provinces marketing control act replacing the federal Natural Products Marketing Act in two cases involving the Coast Veget able Marketing Board and the Lower Mainland Dairy Products Board The court quashed injunctions against the boards and held the provincial act intra vires The decision followed by weeks the unofficial ruling that the act was valid and came after a special court session to hear the matters The act now governs marketing schemes in BC including transport packing storage and market regulation for natural products
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
British Columbia Court of Apps
Dominion Natural Products Marketing
A. M. Manson
British Columbia Supreme Court
Justice Mannson
British Columbia
Tne Attorney-General’s Department
Justice Manson
Dairy Board
Archer
Martin
A. BE. McPhillips
M. A. Macdonald
Manson
Fering
Williams
At Court
Lowe‘Ghorgz
Privy
Privy Council
Prince
Ford
Alberta farmers to receive record farm value this year
Edmonton Aug 11 Alberta farmers are projected to earn between 170 and 180 million dollars from wheat livestock and other products this year. The estimate marks a new peak since 1929 with improved crops after heavy rains in late July. Wheat alone could be worth about 75 million dollars, up 15 to 20 million from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
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Arance
Focal License Bureau
Court House
Provincial Secretary's Department
Eastern Strikers
Kitchi
U. States
Powell
Byrne
Alta
WeVuniung Luu
Hungjao
Pole
Partition OF Palestine
B.C
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