Medicine Hat Jubilee Plans Highlight City Cooperation
Citizens and business leaders gathered at City Hall to outline a two day celebration for Medicine Hat's fiftieth birthday on September 29 and 30. Committees reported progress on parades entertainment and a shopping event while promoting publicity materials and decorating plans.
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Medicine Hat
Addiiion
A. Ting
Control Commmunttee
King Anliomeen FA
Ising
OS. Lodges
Hodges
Medicine Hat News
Toone
V1. M. Matthews
Ledy
Matthews Cheewood
Hunthope
Colizen
Montgomery Improving After Lethbridge Auto Crash
In Lethbridge on August 28 a car crash injured four including two police officers. Arthur Shankland and Montgomery, both relief auditors, testified at hospital about the wreck near Macleod. Montgomery’s spine injuries eased, Shankland's leg fracture mends, both under care as inquest draws community interest.
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Lethbridge
Macleod Aoad
Arthur Shankland
Crantfoods
Montgomery
Medicine Pict
Farrells
Macleod
Shankland
Ep Pearce
Pearce
Wes
Cine
Leth Lo
Redcliff Notes Highlight Local Visits And Church Services
Family visits Mrs W Kings and children travel through Fram Panth to their villa in Va A Dittean stays with her parents in Mountain Park while Dr G Wrays returns from the Coast. Nearby residents Jack Pittis and Joan Pittis lead a brief music segment at Gordon Memorial church. The annual flower service is planned for September 3 with pre event flower drop on Saturday. Magistrate EVs presided at last Sunday’s service in Rev. Pow’s absence. Women’s Missionary Society and Ladies Aid plan a gathering August 1 at Gordon Memorial with Mrs Wy Sapith hosting. Auto accidents bring minor injuries to Geo Mellary and Wilt Thompson after a night collision near Calgary. Mrs J Bastien travels to Calgary for a week with friends. In tennis, K Pedersen wins ladies singles. F Jorgensen wins men’s singles at the Danish Tennis Club tournament.
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Medicine Hut
R._ K. Pow
Joan
Jack Pittis
The
Women's “Missionary Society
Gordon Memorial
Sapith
Geo. Mellary
Wilt Thompson
Calgary
J. Bastien
K. Pedersen
F. Jorgensen
Los
Fire causes smoke in basement at 720 Fourth Lt
Firemen arrived after a 9 30 call to 720 Fourth Lt to find smoke issuing from a heated pickling solution that had boiled over in the basement. No injuries reported as investigators determined the blaze to be a false alarm and the room was cleared.
War mood and disasters feature late bulletins
Viscount Grey of Fallodon gravely ill at his home as war rages. A tri motor plane crash near Clovis New Mexico leaves two passengers and two pilots dead. Petrolia oil producers gain ten cents a barrel raising price to 1.85. Chicago gun violence on 63rd street leaves John Scaizitte near death with eight wounds.
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Northumberland
Eng
Viscount Grey of
Fallodon
Clovis, N.M
Transcontinental and Western Air Line
Here
Sarnia
Ont
Petrolia
GC. A. Eames
Imperial Hill
Chicago
63Rd Street
John Scaizitte
Bootleggers Create Threat to U S Gold Refining
A Philadelphia despatch to the New York Times quotes Ross M. Barrett alleging bootleggers paying premium gold prices have created a free market in the United States. He says one syndicate handles about a million dollars in gold monthly, buying at up to $3 an ounce above mint prices, smuggling it to Ottawa for resale at $20 an ounce over U S price.
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New York
Philadelphia
New York Times
United States
Committee For
N.lr.a
Ross M. Barrett
Phindelphia
Crucibles Service
Barrett
U.S
New Light On Recent Spokane Murder
Spokane inquest unfolds as Lily Banka Gaines is held in jail for questioning two weeks after her husband Dr J Gaines a wealthy sportsman and drugless physician was shot. Prosecutor says no charges yet and she described finding him dying after awakening to three shots near their home following a boating trip and visit to a friend.
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Das. J. Gaines
Lily Banka Gaines
C. W. Greenough
Tane PY
Express Plunged Through Bridge Near Tucumcari
A washout on a bridge west of Tucumcari New Mexico sent the Golden State Limited from Los Angeles to Chicago into an arroyo at dawn. At least six people died and 40 were injured, with the identifiable victim listed as C. J. Crost the engineer.
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N.M
Golden State Limited
Los Angeles
Chicago
Here
Lumber Mill Fire Ravages Spragegi Area in Ontario
Fire swept through Spragegi for the second time in a year burning near the McFadden Lumber Co. yard and the home of Postmaster P. J. Rinehart. Damages were estimated at 100,000, with 600,000 feet of lumber lost and the blaze threatening surrounding properties.
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Ont
Pansat
Cripps Defends Socialist Plans Ahead of Hastings Conference
Sir Stafford Cripps argues for emergency powers and royal approval tactics as Britain’s Labour leaders brace for a fight over a socialist program. He warns of clashes with the Lords and crown, while critics call dictatorship an undue aim before the Hastings conference in October.
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London
Sir Stafford Cripps
Stafford
House of Commas
House of Lords
Crown
Sir Stafford
Lords
House of Commons
The
Times
Bandit Railway Raids In Manchuria Stir Japanese Action
Japanese authorities prepared to pay to quell bandit raids across Manchuria railways. A Mukden report said a gang derailed a train on the Lailung line near Hsiyang, killing four Japanese and two Chinese, and kidnapping several passengers. Earlier, a raid near Chaoyangchen killed one, injured six, and abducted three.
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Manchuria
Rengo
Tran Mukden
Lailung Line
Hsiyang
Chaoyangchen
Insull Arrest Writ Sought By U S Legation
Samuel Insull, Chicago utilities operator, faces extradition action after the U S Legation applied for formal sanction to detain him. Prosecutor Reganacos said a writ would be issued for Insull’s arrest as part of the proceedings, with no bankruptcy charges filed by the American Legation. Local wheat prices from Ogilvie Grain Dept list Oct to Nov futures and bids.
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Athens
Canadian Press
Abley
Samuel Frail
Cormier Chicago
Reganacos
Trsuil
Legation
Ogilvie Grain Dept
Nova Scotians Do Not Favor Bank Changes
Halifax August 29 Canadian Press Nova Scotia representatives told the Royal Commission on Banking chartered banks can meet Canada’s financial needs and opposed a central bank. The Halifax Board of Trade argued that establishment and operation costs would be heavy and outweigh potential benefits.
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Halifax
Royal Commission On Banking
Nova Scotia
Canada
Halifax Board of Trade
Trail-Riders to Ride 7 34 Season in Canadian Rockies
Lofty Wolverine Point will be the goal of next year's Trail-Riders official ride in the Canadian Rockies. The route starts at Leanchoil on the Kicking Horse River and follows the Beaverfoot to Ice River with two nights’ camp behind Chancellor Peak. The third day goes up Dainard Creek to Wolverine plateau for a final camp, then descends Tumbling and Ochre creeks to the Banff Windermere highway and Marble Canyon where the powwow will be held.
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Dainard Creek
Wolverine Plateau
Banff-Windermere Highway
Marble Canyon
Railway Wages Dispute Board is Appointed
Ottawa announces two conciliation boards to hear wage disputes between the Canadian National Railway and its employees and between the Canadian Pacific Railway and its staff. The first board covers CPR clerks freight handlers and station employees about 3 000, with Geo S Currie and W F OConnor representing the company and workers. The second board handles CN disputes affecting 4 300 maritime ferry and Halifax wharf staff and 847 Montreal clerks, with a third chairman to be chosen.
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Ottawa
W. A. Gordon
C.N
C.P.R
Pr & Second
J&hy
Piagenaeigion Eherie Geo. S. Currie
Montreal
W. F. O'Connor
Toronto
Canadian National Railways
Falconbridge Named New President of Legal Commission
Ottawa August 29 Canada Press reports John D L Falconbridge KC dean of Osgoode Hall law school Toronto is the new president of the Canadian commission on uniformity of legislation in Canada. Official announcement followed a conference on uniformity of legislation as part of the three day Canadian Bar Association convention.
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Ottawa
Canada Press
John DL. Falconbridge, KC
Osgoode Hall Law School
Toronto
Canadian Commission On Uniformity
Canada
Canadian Bar Association
Langthorn Remanded Over Truck Theft Case in Lethbridge
Medicine 1 resident Al Langthorn is held in Lethbridge on suspicion of stealing a truck. He has been remanded for eight days as investigations continue amid a cool spell with showers and an 82 degree temperature.
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al. Langthorn
Medicine 1
Lethbridge
Bank of England Chief Montagu Norman Visits Roosevelt
Montagu Norman governor of the Bank of England arrives in Hyde Park New York to discuss currency stabilization with President Roosevelt. He is joined by George Harrison head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as speculation swirls about currency policy and war debt concessions with no official confirmation.
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Great Britain
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
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Britain
Rison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Harrison
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Walli Stregt
Federal Reserve Bank
L. Harrison
Aeral Reserve Board
William Woodin
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