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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1936
Page
1
Mayor Bullivant lauded the large turnout at last night’s council meeting and thanked citizens for their support and interest in local welfare. He said the presence showed close touch with civic affairs and readiness to back city leaders in actions for the common good.
Tokyo reports censorship lift shows a delivery boy in Seoul attempted to kill General Ugaki, then Governor-General of Korea, with bombs on Navy 11, Nov. 18 and Dec. 14 of last year. He, Stoan Toku, 26, was sentenced to 10 years penal servitude. four accomplices received terms from two to 3 12 years.
About 100 Alberta Retail Merchants Association representatives met in Sylvan Lake to discuss Prosperity Certificates and retailers' covenants. They left handling to individual merchants and urged the government to set up an advisory board and retail code legislation. Continued on page four.
England defeats India in the third and final test at London. England 471 for eight declared and 34 for one. India 222 and 312. G P Cable reports.
Readable fragments show Boston and Philadelphia players like Casseau Grace Banning and Lopez. Details of the game are unclear but suggest a baseball matchup featuring these names and teams.
Premier William Aberhart told about 2,000 people at the Bow Valley Constituency picnic that Alberta Social Credit dividend payments will be made around October 3 or slightly later, under the plan.
Chicago August corn prices rose four cents to 1.16 per bushel as receipts dropped to less than half a week earlier. September corn closed at 1.16, indicating tight supply conditions in the market.
Premier Aberhart unveils plans to extend the Eastern Irrigation district between Calgary and Medicine Hat by adding 50,000 acres on the east side. The move would relocate drought stricken settlers, with 160 acres per person allowing about 300 new settlers on the expanded area.
Iris Young a 14 year old girl from Sub Rosa near Wadena Sask died in Wadena hospital after a shotgun wound caused when her 11 year old brother John accidentally discharged the weapon while rushing to shoot a hawk. No inquest will be held.
British authorities placed troops around Jaffa and ordered residents to stay indoors from 8 a.m. today to 5 p.m. tomorrow after a surge of Arab terrorism that left four dead. Two Jewish nurses at the municipal hospital were killed last night.
Official statement details the procession path from Westminster Abbey to and from the Palace, noting the drives will be the longest on record and will not traverse any street twice. The route doubles the distance of King George's coronation path.
Mayor Bullivant warned that punitive action would follow illegal demonstrations by the Citizens' Protective Association after a tense city council meeting. Delegates from the unemployed association pressed for relief and higher voucher funding as bread and butter costs rose, while officials pledged to review the matter at the relief committee.
Amarillo Texas August 17 crop and soil conservation experts told the Presidents Drought Commission that dry weather on the great plains can be whipped The experts represented five western states and federal agencies in Amarillo affirming that natural conditions are capable of permanently supporting prosperous agriculture based on scientific and practical observations.
In Quebec City and Montreal, Maurice Duplessis and the Union Nationale won a clear mandate, with about 75 Union Nationale seats to 15 Liberal seats as polls closed. Godbout conceded while supporting continued inquiries into alleged irregularities, and Duplessis vowed ongoing investigations and reforms including the upper chamber.
James Calderwood of Hillcrest Alta died in hospital after his car turned over in a ditch near Bellevue. He leaves two daughters in Vancouver. R W Carr was reelected national president of the Native Sons of Canada at the Vancouver convention.
Rain fell last night for the first time since early June across a west east strip from Bassano to Hatton with showers lasting up to ninety minutes. Calgary reported rain though the eastern edge stopped near Shepard and rainfall measured locally around Lip tlil 6:30 until about 7 this morning after a gusty northerly blow.
Fred R. Surry of Edmonton founder of the League of Freedom received a reply from Premier King stating the federal government would consider Alberta’s illegal processes. The Prime Minister sent Edmonton Chamber of Commerce prosperity certificate representations to law officers for report.
The Globe reports Ottawa appoints Finance Minister Charles A. Dunning as chair of a cabinet sub committee to handle Western Canada drought relief. Western lawmakers and ranchers led by Senator Daniel Riley plan to urge the Dominion government to buy all available West feed to curb speculators and cover two thirds of fodder movement costs. Agriculture officials may be sent West to assess surplus cattle absorption.
Four firemen died and 21 others were injured in a fierce blast that ripped the wall from a burning dry goods store at Sherbrooke and Amherst streets in Eastern Montreal. Three others were reported fatally hurt.
Leo Neehaf aged 19 was killed when his horse stumbled into a hole, fell, and rolled on him in Alberta. The horse crushed his face and broke his neck in the fatal incident occurring during a cattle drive.
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