Aberhart Given Free Hand to Pick Alberta Cabinet
Calgary August 28 The 63 member Social Credit caucus endorsed William Aberhart authorizing him to form the cabinet and choose his own ministry The caucus also considered federal candidates and potential alliance with Stevens Reconstructionists Major Douglas will aid in establishing the new government Aberhart expects to announce his cabinet in three to four days Also Alberta election results earlier gave Aberhart party a sweeping win with him unopposed as candidate S: EDMONTON Aug 28 Social Credit League elected members reach 50 with William Tomyn and J H Unwin winning seats in Whitford and Edson London Aug 28 Major Douglas tentatively plans to sail for Canada Sept 14 Calgary meeting of 65 Aberhart candidates at the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute discussed policy ahead of government take over expected Sept 3
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Calgary
C.P
Social Credit
William Aberhart
Alberta
Aberhart
Stevens
Major Douglas
England
Senate
Edmonton
Social Credit League
William Tomyn
Whitford
J. H. Unwin
Edson
Cowper
Liberal
League
London
Major Co. H. Douglas
Canada
Aurania
J. F. Sanderson
Sucker Lists Move Across Border Says Bureau Chief
SYRACUSE Aug 28 The Montreal Better Business Bureau leader told the National Association of Better Business Bureau convention that tightened U S securities laws have driven financial racketeers into Canada. He warns they now contact Americans via various channels and bring their so called sucker lists with them.
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Syracuse
A. P
R. H. Neilson
Montreal
Better Business Bureau
National Association of Better Business Bucaus
United States
Canada
Edmonton Needs Financial Help Declares Clarke
Edmonton mayor Clarke called for a city council investigation into finances after Calgary sought federal aid. He warned Edmonton faces a cash shortage of 900000 dollars this year with a 830000 dollar bank overdraft and a 1250000 dollar floating debt to the federal government.
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Edmonton
Clarke
Calgary
Calgary Steer Goes On Rampage Delighting City Streets
A two year old steer with long horns wreaked havoc in Calgary as it escaped its owner G Anderson. Constable R Williamson attempted to halt the animal before it charged cars and chased workers in an oil yard. A shot with a 622 rifle ended the pursuit. A separate Vancouver incident reports a 60 foot whale striking the Mill Bay ferry to end the tale.
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Calgary
C.pile
Nes City
G. Anderson
R. Wilkiamson
Wil
Williamson
Conadalde
Wilfred Cox
Frank Wiilhangen
Mounties Open New Barracks Headquarters in Edmonton
The cornerstone of a $250 000 Royal Northwest Mounted Police barracks for K division was laid in Edmonton on Tuesday by Lt Governor W. L. Walsh. Attending were J. D. Nicholson, former staff sergeant and current northern miner, who joined the force in 1885 and later became Alberta’s chief detective and assistant superintendent.
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R.C.M.P
Iedmonton
C.P
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
W. L. Walsh
Alberta
J. D. Nicholson
Old North West Mounted Police
Revolting Hobbies Set Law On Wives
A.P. report from Philadelphia notes husbands protested wives spending money and staying out, leading police to raid a beauty parlor. Two women were arrested on horse race bookmaking charges as patrons sat under dryers reading racing forms amid the raid.
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Philadelphia
A.P
Harry Richter
Weekend storm in Newfoundland claims many lives and ships
A hurricane swept across Newfoundland over the weekend, killing or missing at least seventeen seamen and wrecking multiple vessels. Dozens more are unaccounted for as communications failed and eastern coastal villages suffered extensive property damage.
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ST. John's
Nild
C.P
Newfoundland
Disease Delays Edmonton School Opening
Edmonton public schools will not open as scheduled. a week’s delay cited as a precaution due to several infantile paralysis cases in the district. No current rise in cases but health officials will monitor developments during the extra week.
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Edmonton
C.P
Edmonaton
Silk-hatted executioner beheads spy at Pletzensee
In Berlin at dawn the executioner at Pletzensee prison decapitated Lieut. Mueller Heinecke of the aviation corps, who was convicted as a spy. This marks the third execution this week.
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Berlin
Pletzensee
Mueller- Heinecke
Aviation Corps
Dissatisfaction Sparks Violence in Greek Currant Areas
In Peliatra near Messina Greek currant growers clashed with authorities leaving two dead and 12 wounded. Shootings spread to Gargalinana and Kalamata as hunger marchers armed themselves. troops were dispatched and a destroyer considered to prevent wider unrest amid pay complaints to the government. In Kaunas Lithuania police and farmers clashed killing one officer and wounding several as protests over prices and taxes spread near the city.
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Athens
A.P
Peliatra
Messina
Gargalinana
Kalamata
Lithuania
Kaunas
Reconstruction party vows careful probe of Social Credit plan
Ottawa Aug 28 Warren K Cook chairman and treasurer of the Reconstruction party said a competent commission will study the Social Credit program. If the commission approves any part the Reconstruction party would adopt it. He added they will not join any group without careful investigation.
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Ottawa
Social Credit
Warren K. Cook
Reconstruction Party
Mr. Cook
War Office orders senior army council to stay near London
In a cautious move the War Office directs senior army council members to remain near London and cancel further holidays until advised. No official explanation given and reports of wider leaves cancelation remain unconfirmed. Also noted Lloyds quotes war risk insurance up 100 percent and Scandinavia rates rise. Several warnings urged Britons to leave Ethiopia within four days.
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London
C.P
War Office
Army Council
Djibouti
Montreal retailer Richard Sair charged with extortion
Richard A. Sair former manager at a Montreal chain store branch and Ottawa price spreads inquiry witness was arraigned in magistrate court on charges of extortion by libel and obtaining money by false pretences. He was remanded for preliminary inquiry after Montreal restaurant owner Demirios Kotrokois alleged Sair demanded 50 dollars to prevent publication of articles in a Toronto paper.
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Montreal
C.P
Richard A. Sair
Price Spreads Commission
Ottawa
Demirios Kotrokois
Sair
Toronto
Ontario to Use Lump Sum Relief Grants After September
Ontario municipalities will receive lump sum relief payments after September 1 based on their ability to pay and the number of people on relief. Minister of Welfare David A. Croll said the funding will cover municipalities as they assume their own relief administration duties.
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Toronto
C.P
Ontario
David A. Croll
Artesian Wells Dry. Calls for Small Dams in Milk River
Walter Huckvale of Medicine Hat chamber of commerce received a letter from L. B. Thomson, chair of the Dominion water development committee, proposing small dams in the Milk River country near Writing-On-Stone to address drying artesian wells. Thomson says inquiry will be made with the geologist and engineer in Lethbridge, noting the Milk River’s international irrigation role.
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Milk River
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Water Development Committee
Walter Huckvale
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
L. B. Thomson
Swift Current
Huckvale
Thomson
Writing-on-Stone
Thoison
Lethbridge
U.s.-Canada
Montana
France to Back Britain but Avoid Offending Italy
Paris reports show the French cabinet defined a cautious stance for the Geneva meeting on the Italo Ethiopian crisis. Laval will head a delegation to the League of Nations council with authority to support Britain yet avoid actions that could affront Italy. France plans to send its foremost statesmen to Geneva, including Herriot and Boncour, to represent its position.
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France
Britain
Italy
Laval
Geneva
Paris
C.P
League of Nations Council
Ethiopia
Great Britain
East Africa
Guglielmo Marconi
Haile Selassie
Havas
Assembly
Premier Laval
Edouard Herriott
Paul Boncour
Charges Magazine Insults Royalty
The Evening Standard reported Time insulted the British royal family in its Aug. 19 issue about the Duke and Duchess of Kent visit to Yugoslavia. The British censor removed the page with the article which described the Duchess as a clever ambitious minx plotting to throne Greece and lifting her husband to greater status.
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London
C.p.havas
United States
Time
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Yugoslavia
Evening Standard
Greece
Britain
George V
Coldwell Declares Dismissal Unfair
M. J. Coldwell Saskatchewan CCF leader and national secretary says the Regina public school board dismissed him after he refused to return to duties. He asserts the action is grossly unfair, noting his leave of absence was for the Rosetown Biggar election year. He spoke at a meeting in Herschel.
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Saskatoon
C.P
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Saskatchewan
Regina
Rosetown-Biggar
Coldwell
Herschel
Farmer Dan Schlamip Found Dead Near Edmonton
Edmonton August 28 Dan Schlamip 43 a farmer near the city limits was found dead last night with a shotgun beside him. He left his farm home at 6:00 am and his wife searched for him after he failed to return. No inquest will be held.
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Edmonton
C.P
Dan Schlamip
Plattsville Fire Totals $35000 In 2 Hour Blaze
A village of 350 to 700 residents battled a blaze that raged for about two hours destroying six buildings on the main street. High winds fanned the flames as fire brigades from New Hamburg New Dundee and Baden responded but could not halt the spread. No injuries reported as occupants escaped from the affected stores above their premises.
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Plattsville
Ont
Kitchener
New Hamburg
New Dundee
Baden
Calgary relief recipients join harvest on same terms
Calgary residents receiving city relief may participate in the harvest under the same conditions as the previous year. Officials say eligibility criteria and guidelines remain unchanged, ensuring consistent access for eligible participants.
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Calgary
Rebels Fend Off Indians in Chalani Skirmish
A Reuters dispatch reports over 40 Indian rebels and five native soldiers killed in a Chalani region skirmish late last week. A British officer was wounded. the rebels were Lascars who lost one of their captains.
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Peshawar
India
C.p.havas
Chalani
Reuters
Lascars
Second Suspect In B C Robbery Is Rounded Up
A second suspect in the Bank of Toronto robbery at Pioneer Mines last Tuesday was captured 15 miles south of Lillooet after a gun battle with police. John Ponoploff was found with over $1,000 in cash and is being taken to Lillooet. Frank Essecke was arrested earlier and a third suspect remains at large.
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Frank Essecke
Lillooet
Lillooet Fraser River
Fraser River
Liberty
MacIndoo
Ponoploff
Shirras
Milk Bottle Caps Come Under the Sales Tax
In Missouri the one percent sales tax began today using milk bottle caps stamped one or five mills. About 30 million caps were issued for collection to fund pensions relief and schools, with an expected annual yield of $12,000,000. Also noted is the death of Lady Whiteway, 92, widow of Sir W. V. Whiteway.
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Kansas City
A.P
Missouri
Canada’s racial divide seen as national problem says editor
Henry Somerville of Toronto told a round table in Williamstown that racial differences between French and English Canadians are Canada’s great national problem. He warned that two languages two cultures and two souls must exist in one body and noted French schooling aims and ongoing bilingual friction. He said religious differences are less divisive than racial factors and that religion can unify or complicate national unity.
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Williamstown
Mass
C.P
Canada
Institute of Human Relations
Henry Somerville
Toronto
Catholic Register
Quebec
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Vancouver
Erty
Beatrice Beck
Lunenburg
Samuel Francis
Walter
Walsh
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Hazel Cove
Mary Bernice
Norman Courtney
Petites
S.C
British Army Council
Richard Sair
Urge Govt
W. Huckvale
Mussolini Na Gorsea
Rome
Mussolini
Bolzano
Yugo Slavia
B.C
Lady Whiteway
Sir W. V. Whiteway
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