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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1933
Page
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OCR text fragment lists names ages and identifiers with partial phrases. It reads like a damaged local notice or archival note mentioning students and items such as Victrolas and records, with scattered ages and descriptors. The readable items are limited and no clear event or outcome is established.
President Roosevelt abruptly lifts the U S gold embargo on newly mined gold allowing sales in foreign markets at higher prices while tightening hoarding rules requiring filings from holders of gold over 100 and restricting private ownership after 30 days. Treasury aims to boost west mining profits and exports.
Supplied by the Ogilvie grain dept. Oct 714, Dec 734, May 78, No 1 Nov 69, track 70, street 504s. Coot with showers. Temperature 88, 60.
Lord Willingdon addressed the Simla legislature inaugurating the new session, saying India shows marked improvement in conditions. He cited better political stability, terrorism now better managed, and stronger sterling balances from improved trade.
London reports Canada and the United Kingdom reached an understanding in which Britain will double the duty on foreign oats and oat products. Canada will limit exports to Britain for twelve months ending August 1934, aiming to cap exports near recent two year averages.
Washington reports intensified drive to reemploy jobless with NRA backed measures. Hugh S Johnson says about two million have left unemployment and become self supporting citizens. Also cited is expected price regulation plans for the oil industry under NRA code and a 15 member committee to govern the sector.
The School Board decided all city schools will open for the fall term on Friday September 1. Parents are urged to ensure their children attend opening day to help estimate required rooms. B F Louch named chairman for the remainder of the term and J McCallum to send condolence to Mrs Boyd. Holiday repairs and painting completed at Alexandra Montreal and Riverside schools.
Fish and Game reports the re stocking of Highwood tributaries this week led by John Martin of the Banff Hatchery and Sam Smith. One hundred eight thousand rainbow trout are being distributed to Pekisko Sullevan Flat Cataract Hetherington and North Fork Wellow creeks with Forest Ranger Jack Bell supplying horses and packing in the fish. Catches remain consistently good this season with water conditions fair despite drought.
Five bandits ambushed two bank messengers in South St Pagal Minni. Gunfire killed one policeman and wounded another as they escaped with about 30000 in currency amid the Canadian Press report.
Prime Minister Rt Hon R B Bennett will speak at the Montreal Board of Trade luncheon. The 6 15 PM Calgary time broadcast will air on CJCJ over the Canadian Radio Commission network from the Ritz Carlton Montreal venue.
Representatives from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba will meet in Edmonton on Thursday to prepare a brief on western agriculture needs for the Royal Commission on Banking and Finance. Alberta's team includes J F Percival and M N Porter. Saskatchewan's includes Prof William Alen and Peter McAra. Manitoba names were not yet known.
Two rangers began a dangerous descent from Wall Face mountain to reach three Boy Scouts marooned on a 1500 foot cliff. Rescue teams faced fading daylight as they pushed toward safety in the Adirondacks near Lake Placid.
Winnipeg workers threaten a complete transport tie up after refusing a 15 percent wage cut. Streetcar and bus service may halt Friday if pay reductions appear in tomorrow’s payroll.
Eight fatalities are named in the revised toll from the Golden State Limited wreck near Tucumcari New Mexico. The identified include the engineer the fireman another crew member and three passengers. Two female bodies remain unidentified as repair crews await flood abatement to salvage cars and repair the bridge while a board of inquiry investigates the incident.
Tokyo newspapers claim Soviet troops in Far Eastern Siberia are being reinforced with more than half of Japan’s army and about 300 planes including heavy bombers. Official confirmation is lacking while Russia seeks friendly ties with western nations.
Argentina joins the international wheat pact as 21 nations sign in London. Thomas Le Breton signs for Argentina while officials in Buenos Aires prepare credentials and outline quotas under the Big Four production limits. Canadian and U S officials welcomed the signing as a step to standardize production cuts.
Aug 29 Viscount Grey of Fallodon once Foreign Secretary in the outbreak of the Great War remains gravely ill though a slight improvement is noted. An announcement from his secretary states Viscount Grey is very ill with a serious condition. He is 21 years old.
Seattle reports two thirds of states lined up to erase the 18th amendment from the constitution with Washington joining twenty three others. Wet ballots total 316,064 versus 193,359 for dry candidates from 1,924 precincts, with no states voting to retain prohibition.
Outlines changes to matriculation paths for 1933 34 at the University of Alberta. Geometry 3 is withdrawn from normal credits, allowing Senior Matriculation after eight Grade XII units for those not yet taking XII Mathematics. Requirements vary by faculty with detailed unit lists for Normal Entrance Junior Matriculation and Senior Normal status.
Western Canada is estimated to produce 268 million bushels of wheat this year according to the fourth crop report issued in Winnipeg. The report, edited by statistician W. Sanford Evang, appears in the Weekly Market News.
Edward Quinn was sentenced at the R C M P court to sixty days imprisonment and costs with an additional thirty days imprisonment in default of payment for assaulting Daniel Brost Jr aged six near Roseberg on July 24. He dragged the boy from a buggy after attempting to lasso the father and had prior discipline for assaulting Daniel Brost Sr earlier that year.
A Vancouver Province despatch notes Premier Tolmie plans a provincial election in the first days of November after dissolving the legislature on August 1. The exact date was not finalized and to be set later in the week.
As an industrial center this city serves as a key CPR shipping hub with yearly totals of grain flour and stock. A steady stream of shipments includes industrial products in carload lots. Yesterday a carload of pottery moved to Edmonton and another to Toronto by Medalta Potteries Ltd.
Aug 30 Foochow Fukien Province British destroyer H M S Wishart sails from Hongkong to Foochow to protect British lives and property as United States and Japanese ships move toward the port. Three Americans in danger zone are Father Curran Father Werner and Father Werner with Dominican Fathers in New York.
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