Commission to Investigate Southern Alberta Irrigation Problems
EDMONTON Aug 19 The Agriculture Minister announced a royal commission to study irrigation issues in Southern Alberta. Justice Ewing will chair with Roy W Risinger and Dr F A Wyatt on the panel. Sessions likely in Lethbridge. begin soon. Ottawa talks on drought plans in Western Canada with cabinet and provincial officials to decide extent and form of aid to salvage cattle herds.
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Edmonton
C. P
Alberta
Chant
Justice Ewing
Supreme Court of Alberta
Roy W. Risinger
Lethbridge
F. A.,wyatt
Solis
University of Alberta
Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Mackenzie King
Prairie Province
Prairies
Finance
Dunning
Labor
Rogers
Crerar
J. G. Gardiner
Agriculture
Aid
Edmonton Court Case Set Friday Over Certificate Deal
An Edmonton Supreme Court hearing Friday will decide if an interim injunction blocking the city from accepting Prosperity Certificates from the Alberta government will continue. Justice T M Tweedie will hear an Edmonton and provincial request to set aside or vary the injunction granted to Ronald H. Watson. The case centers on a proposed agreement where the city would buy certificates worth 55 000 with August relief funds and the province would add 30 000 in certificates to circulate for two years.
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Edmonton
Albertd
Charles Grant
K.c
Piverta Supreme Court
Justice Tweedie
Alberta
J. W. Hugill
Supreme Court
Grant
Watson
Four Men Trapped as Mine Fire Rages Near Moberly
Four men were reported trapped in a coal mine near Moberly as flames roared above ground. Demmer, Sexton and Edward Stenner leased the mine, began operations three weeks ago, with a Black mule driver and a fourth unidentified man also trapped.
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Moberly
Demmer
Sexton
Edward Stenner
Montreal store owner charged with murder in deadly blaze
Julius Cohen, clothing store proprietor, is charged with murder after a fatal fire and explosion that razed his shop in Montreal. A coroner's jury ruled him criminally responsible for three firemen deaths. arson charges were added. Gasoline soaked furs were found among ruins.
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Montreal
Julius Cohen
Cohen
Rainstorm Deluges City With Heavy Night Rain
Night rainfall drenched the city with a near cloudburst. About 0.27 inch of rain fell in 25 minutes and total 24 hour rainfall reached 0.42 inch. No CPR line reports of precipitation this morning. A heavy shower was observed near the river at Winnifred, with clouds moving over the city afterward.
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C.P.R
Winnifred
Robbery at Lumbard’s General Store Bardett
Three masked men robbed Lumbard’s General Store at Bardett near Bow Island early today taking about $600 from Fred Lumbard’s safe. They bound Lumbard and his wife after beating his wife and striking him with a lead pipe. police from Lethbridge and Medicine Hat searched the area as Burdett post office notes three local robberies in two years.
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Lumbard
Bardett
United’ Grain Growers
Fred Lumbard
U.G.G
Bow Island
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Snouts
Burdett Post Office
City Plans Electric Lights On Second Street
City workmen dig a trench along the curb of Second Street to lay a cable for electric lights planned on both sides of the street and nearby blocks. Completion will extend lighting to Third Street and South Railway street, with a high tension ring main now finished to improve service.
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Second Street
South Railway Street
Sixth Avenue
Third Street
Railway Street
Agh Avenue
Dominion Glass Strike Shuts Plant In Hamilton Today
About 400 workers at the Dominion Glass Company plant in Hamilton walked off job today over recognition of the Glass Bigners Union. The action centers on union recognition as the main issue prompting the stoppage.
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Hamilton, Ont
G.P
Dominion Glass Company
Glass Bigners
Boy Hurt When Struck by Car on Finlay Bridge
Four year old Elden Powers was knocked down while hesitating in the road on Finlay bridge by an oncoming cat. He suffered a fracture of the left thigh and was treated at the General Hospital by Dr. Howard C. Dixon. Powers is the son of Bert Powers, proprietor of Alberta Electric Cleaners and Dyers, 559 Second Street.
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Finlay Bridge
Eldén
Powers
General Hospital
Howard C. Dixon
Bert Powers
The
Alberta
Electric Cleaners and Dyers
Second Street
Irish singer Harry Plunket Green dead at 71
Irish singer Harry Plunket Green died in London at age 71 after a brief illness. He was a notable performer and cultural figure in Ireland and abroad.
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London
C.P
Harry Plunket Green
Sir Edward Beatty Heads West on CPR Inspection Tour
Sir Edward Beatty GBE leads a Canadian Pacific party from Montreal for a western inspection tour. The itinerary covers southern Alberta, British Columbia via the Crow’s Nest Pass, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Calgary, Edmonton, and Peace River country, with multiple CPR directors and university governors in attendance.
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Montreal
Que
Edward Beatty
G.B.E
Canadian Pacific
Alberta
British Columbia
Crow's Nest Pass
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Calgary
Edmonton
Peace River Country
Sir Charles Gordon
W. A. Black
F.S. Heghen
R. H. McMaster
J. M. Hobbs
Walter W. Chipman
George W. C. McDonald
McGill University
Fort William
J. H. Humphrey
C.P.R. Eastern Lines
West
W. M. Neal
Western Lines
Prosperity Bonds Redeemed For All And Sundry
Edmonton August 19 Prosperity certificates will be redeemed by the Alberta provincial treasury department on specified dates for any bearer The minister Hon Charles Cockroft clarified that redemption applies to all and sundry not only wholesalers and retailers The amending order in council directs payment from the general revenue fund on the Thursday Friday or Saturday after the second Wednesday of each month starting September 1936 Canadian wheat in store for week ended Aug 7 totals 113 278 783 bushels versus 193 601 641 a year earlier.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Charles Cockroft
Cockroft
General Revenue Fund
Foreign aid and nonintervention on Spain's war
Madrid government warns foreign gifts to Franco rebels would breach international law and seeks League of Nations action while updating on Asturian miners assault near Oviedo. Britain imposes aircraft export ban to Spain as France signals a possible shift from nonintervention. Italy and Germany reportedly seek recognition if Madrid falls, and Franco-Italian talks renew on neutrality.
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Germany
Italy
Madrid
France
O.P
League of Nations
Oviedo
Almirante Cervera
San Sebastian
Badajoz
Camp London
Great
Britain
Spain
Paris
Mussolini
Burgos
C.P
Francisco Franco
Morocco
Cadiz
Rome
Catalonia Seizes Industry Under Communist Pattern
In Barcelona on August 19, the Catalonian government nationalized a foreign trade monopoly and workers took control of remaining privately operated industries, implementing a collectivized economic model.
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Barcelona
Catalonian Autonomous Region
Spain
Catalonia
Alberta's June debt and deficits shown in interim report
Alberta reports a net general debt of 129.68 million dollars at June 30 with a cash deficit of 370,326 for the first three months of the fiscal year. Receipts total 4.9499 million versus 5.3202 million in payments. a stronger revenue figure is offset by higher payments. The funded debt stands at 159.71 million, while the three month period records increases in several revenue sources and a rise in provincial income tax and liquor profits.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alsberta
Charles Cockroft
Alberta
Dominion of Canada
Alberta Liquor Control Board
R.C.M.P
Powlett
Treasury
Alleged Trotsky Conspirators Found Guilty in Moscow
In Moscow six teens accused as Trotsky conspirators pleaded guilty to charges of plotting a terror campaign to overthrow Stalin and the Soviet leadership with alleged involvement by Leon Trotsky. The prosecution linked hopes of international crises to the regime change plan.
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Moscow
Trotzky
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotzky
Oslo
Nrway
C.P
Shandroites On Basic Dividends Plan in Alberta
Edmonton August 18 the Alberta Basic Dividend Association announced by S Shandro former Liberal member of the Alberta legislature will register citizens as applicants for basic dividends. The group rejects covenants and aims to present members to the government to press action on dividends while noting no covenants were ever promised by the Social Credit party.
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Edmonton
UCP
S. Shandro
Liberal
Alberta
Jwho
Alberta Basic Dividend Association
Whitfor
Shandro
Social Credit Party
Parliament Not Called This Fall Says Prime Minister King
Ottawa August 18 Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced there will be no fall session of Parliament and that the body would open early next year. He indicated emergency measures could be taken without Parliament and noted he will attend the League of Nations assembly in Geneva opening September 21. He expects a heavy legislative program upon reconvening.
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Mackenzie King
Geneva
Canada
League of Nations Assembly
League
Possi
England
Euler
Hopep
Rta
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