15 Aug 1929
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
1
The Hague financial committee adjourned to Saturday to allow delegates time to pursue a basis for agreement on Young plan deliveries and reparations. Louis Loucheur and Venizelos addressed talks, with hopes two days will help Britain and France align their positions on negotiations.
Vancouver reports the Canadian Pacific exhibition features a premier Ayrshire cattle display and strong Clydesdale horses. J M McKay, agricultural agent, praises the entries from Capt. J C Dunwaters and Strathmore Holsteins, including notable animals like Strathmore McKinley Fairchild and Belvidere Dekol Ruby, highlighting top prizes and breed quality across Western fairs.
In Jersey at La Retraite, St. Ouen, a Hubert family home yielded about 100000 dollars in gold coins 1840s sovereigns and half sovereigns. The find follows prior discoveries at the douise and includes letters from King Charles II to Sir George Carteret. The cache, kept in two potato barrels, was handed to the Jersey Museum.
The Prince of Wales, known as an air minded prince, travels to France for a weekend on the continent and plans to return to London by air on Tuesday.
Montreal reports Pilot C. E. Troup of Interprovincial Airways located yesterday afternoon by one of six rescue planes 200 miles north of Seven Islands Quebec. He had been forced down by engine trouble and suffered no injuries. He was flown back to Seven Islands. spare parts will be flown in to recover the wrecked plane.
Prince Albert Aug. 14 With eight of fifteen polls reported the election of D A Hall the Liberal candidate in the Cumberland constituency deferred by election over John Beda Independent Conservative appeared certain today Eight polls give Hall 215 and Beda 25.
Hon. Frank Carrel urged an inter Empire trade conference to unite manufacturers and merchants across the British Empire. He called for reducing barriers, educational propaganda on intra Empire buying, and a new organization to supply scientific surveys and reports to Empire traders. He also proposed using industrial centre theatres for 20 minute talks on increased trade.
Norman F. Mack former Buffalo Times publisher faces a suit for 117500 filed in county clerk’s office. Scripps-Howard chain papers linked to the sale. Mack declined to comment on the pending suit.
Progress at Medicine Hat grows as the Rutledge Air Service opens the citys first flight school. Instructor Mr Clarke reports eager pupils and plans for a hangar fence and certified fueling storage. Public vigilance urged to safeguard equipment and prevent damage to aircraft wings while aviation offers future opportunities.
Albuquerque reports Rio Puerco floods sweeping San Acacia and submerging San Marcial. Hundreds of livestock drowned. property damage estimated at 2100,000. No human lives reported. residents fled to hills as adobe structures collapsed.
Tokio report says eight people died when a new bombing plane carrying seven general staff officers and a noncommissioned officer fell 900 feet near Tokio during an inspection trip. The casualties include Major General Tsunei Aburo, General Fukioka, Major Abe, and Mannor Fukuyama. Weather: warm and showery with temperatures around 90.
One hundred twenty five people including East Chicago mayor James Regan and chief of police R. P. Hale were arrested by a joint force of 25 prohibition officers from Illinois and Indiana on Wolsten Act violations and conspiracy charges. Warnings indicate 75 warrants remain. raids recovered liquor beer and alcohol across East Chicago and Indian Harbor with bootlegging accessories seized.
Louise Boyer 79, described as an old timer, was killed on a railway bridge east of the city. She was walking from Skunk Island toward the city when a Crow train pulled out, she allegedly turned back and was struck, her body hurled 28 feet between the rails. Death due to fractured skull and broken neck. She leaves two sons Louis and Saul of the city.
By Aug 13 1926 Alberta issued 110 198 motor vehicle licenses with revenue of 55 099 and 94 231 licenses issued to that date. Officials expect 175 000 applications and possible total revenue near 100 000 if crops and grain prices stay favorable. The force plans checks on unlicensed drivers.
Willie Baby Face Doody a noted West Side gunman and mail robber was captured yesterday without a shot fired. Witnesses identify Doody as a member of a gang linked to the Illinois Central train hold up and the assault on an elderly guard last week.
A. S. Fawzy, Egyptian agriculture delegate, examined plant quarantine practices in Detroit. He noted Egypt protects its plants by banning imports of sugar cane olives and date palms.
Severe forest fires sweep the southern interior of British Columbia and northern Manitoba. Unemployed men rushed to fight outbreaks across the boundary and islands. Aerial patrols aid crews as fires threaten Campbell River, Vancouver Island, and the Golden Mars mountain area near Haney.
Edmonton officials announce the new five hundred thousand dollar normal school building on the University of Alberta campus will open Tuesday September 3. Classes will begin in Garneau school facilities with later use of the south wing as completion allows and staff details await principal G S Lord’s return from Chicago.
Colonel Amery, veteran British statesman and Alpine Club member, arrives in Banff to attempt a first ascent of Mount Amery. He travels with A. Q. Wheeler and guide Edward Feuz toward the Columbia ice fields, aiming to reach a high saddle above ten thousand feet. The trip precedes talks in Edmonton and Calgary on his return about Canadian politics and economics.
An explosion yesterday at Shell Oil Company's refinery in Wilmington California killed four workers and injured two others. E M Ferguson died at the scene while John Biddle Jamies A Bernera and Jeremiah Allen died soon after at a Long Beach hospital.
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