School Board Annual Meeting Faces Budget and Curriculum Debates
Trustees reported ten months of activity for School District No. 76 as about twenty five citizens attended the annual ratepayers meeting at City Hall. Discussions covered expenditures, a potential commercial course, high school exam fees, school child inoculations, uniform textbooks, and the impact of a higher mill rate to cover unpaid taxes and discounts.
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Prairie Provinces
B. F. Souch
Alex MacGregor
H. C. Dixon
W. A. Church
J. P. Marsh
Hwy Tha Manhine
Louch
United States
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Department of Education
A. A. H. Reilly
Ship crew may abandon Chelinsiin to ice floes
Aboard the steamer Chelinsiin, ninety men and women including Soviet scientists are stranded for two months by Arctic ice near the East Siberian Sea. A wireless report says provisions have been landed at K2 in case they must leave the ship.
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Moscow
East Siberian Sea
Nessary
Labor Dept Plans Survey of Living Costs Across Cities
Officials said the United States labor department plans a comprehensive survey of living costs in representative cities and towns to fit into currency plans. The study aims to map expenses and living standards across regions for economic policy consideration.
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United States Labor Department
General Currie to Lie in State in Westminster Abbey
Gen Sir Arthur Currie Canadian Corps commander dies in Montreal after three week illness. Body lies at Currie residence on McTavish Street and will be moved to Christ Church Cathedral for Sunday service. A two part funeral will be held at Montreal Cathedral and McGill grounds with military honours and delegates from across Canada.
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London
Arthur Currie
France
Montreal
Westminster Abbey
Mount, Royal
Canada
Arthur, Currie
Canadian Corps
McGill University
Hmebs
Eye
Sir Arthur
Currie
McTavish Street
McGill
John C. Garthing
Dean
Arthur ‘Carlisle
Pdil
Ary
Toronto
University Veterans’ League
Lizut-Com
Allan A. Magee
Eth
United Kingdom
Arthur’ Currié
George Farmer
Henry
Burstall
Canadian’ Infantry
Ian ‘Hamilton
Lord‘Mottistone
B. Seeley
Arthur
Western Wheat Pools report strong deliveries and patronage
Alberta Wheat Pool delegates learn from the Canadian Co operatives Wheat Producers Limited directors report that Western Wheat Pools showed higher member deliveries and increased patronage from non pool farmers in the past crop season.
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Calgary
Businags
Alberta Wheat Pool
Coopsightys Wheat Producers Limited
Royal Winter Fair Angus Steer Sells for 432.25
The grand champion Angus steer owned by Howard Fraleigh of Forest Ontario brought 432.25 at the prize cattle sale. It weighed 1,235 pounds and sold at 85 cents per pound, while the Princes of Wales Shorthorn steer reached 14 cents per pound in its class.
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Troronto
Howard Fraleigh
Forest
Ont
Liberals Hold Annu al Meeting Across Canada
Delegates from every province gathered as Hon Vincent Massey presided over the National Liberal Federation annual meeting in Ottolia. The program focused on party organization ahead of a possible general election next year.
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Ottolia
Prési
Iit
Federation of Canada
Dominion
Vincent Massey
National Liberal Federation
Recovery operations on Ingraham after Great Bear Lake blast
A preliminary operation on Victor Ingraham, survivor of the Speed explosion, removes part of his left foot with a second operation planned to remove part of his right foot. His condition is reported as good, with later word that both feet were amputated.
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Aklavik
Victor Ingraham
Great Bear Lake
A Ruinous Policy Warns Alberta Farmers Leader
John I. McFarland of the Cooperative Wheat Producers Limited warns at the Alberta Wheat Pool meeting that a world battle of the survival of the fittest in wheat would ruin Canadian farmers. He calls for significant acreage reduction in exporting countries to regulate supply and demand.
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Calgary
John I. McFarland
Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited
Alberta
DeValera Elected in South Down Returns
Canadian press reports President Eamon DeValera of the Irish Free State won the South Down seat with 7 404 votes to 622 for Thomas Gerard Hogarth Republican. Early results show ongoing party balance with 34 acclamations and multiple Unionists returned.
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Belfast
Canadian ‘ Press
Eamon Vaera
Irish Free State
Northern Ireland
South Down
Thomas Gerard Hograth
Union
Viscount Craigavon
Britain Expands Unemployment Scheme With Broad Reach
London reports that Britain's comprehensive unemployment plan expands to cover 16 million people including 4 million more, funded by workers employers and the state. The bill splits into insurance and aid for those outside insurance, with central control and entry to training camps for relief recipients.
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Natonal
Police raid Blue Shirt HQs and homes in Dublin and beyond
Police seized ammunition and a large stock of alleged treasonous documents in dawn raids on Blue Shirt United Ireland Party headquarters and member homes. Targets included Dublin flat of General Eoin O’Duffy and the suburban home of Ernest Blythe, with simultaneous raids across towns in the Free State and Cork.
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Dublin
Blue Shirt
United Ireland “Party
Eoin O’duffy
Ernest Blythe
William T. Cosgrave
Trish Free State
Blue Shift
Dubin
Cork
Acquitted Chicago Gang Member Hangs Self in Jail
Willi Sharkey, recently acquitted of gang involvement in the kidnapping of millionaire William Haber Jr., hanged himself with a necktie in a Ramsey County jail cell. Threatening unsigned letters were received locally, promising revenge on juror T. O. Sundry who led the acquittal.
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St. Faul
Willié Sharkey
Chicago
William ‘Ham,Jr
Milionaire
Ramsey County
T. O. Sundry
Kenyon
Minn
Sharkey
Sundry
Riever
Calgary Round Table Discusses Tourist Traffic Promotion
Calgary delegates from several organizations met in a round table today to coordinate efforts to boost tourist traffic. No formal resolutions emerged in the morning session yet topics ranged widely, with ideas including reissuing the highway map next spring and distributing Alberta maps for tourism across organizations.
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Calgary
Intopertea
Alberta
Mape
Calgary Premier Bownlee Opposes Relief Increases for Unemployed
Calgary Premier Brownlee told a delegation he opposed increasing relief allowances. He warned the relief commission's dismissal request by Mackenzie was debated but rejected. Delegates argued living costs rose in the last six months by about five percent, noting Calgary’s allowances lag Winnipeg and Regina.
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Calgary
Brownlee
Ban -Cditt
Ee Mackenzie
Relief Commission
Ghott
Costa
Calvecy
Allance
Winnipeg
Regina
Storm Destroys Samsun Coast Kills Seventeen
Seventeen people drowned and about 150 are missing after a violent storm along the Black Sea coast near Samsun. The disaster caused $225,000 in damage, toppled loats and destroyed numerous houses in the worst storm in 60 years. A sandstorm buried Bonzanti streets and trapped residents.
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Tmbul
Samsun
Black Sea
Bonzanti
Skunk Serenade Sparks Disorderly Conduct Charges
Uniontown Pennsylvanians recall a wedding prank gone wrong as seven youths face disorderly conduct charges after tossing live skunks into a couple's home during the serenade. The groom William Byers 65 and his bride endured the odor as the stunt crossed lines of propriety.
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Uniontown
William
Dash to Death Claims Two Airmen in Wind Storm
In Cumberland Maryland two airmen from Bolling Field died in a plane incident during a wind storm. Staff-Sergeant Preston L. Miller age 32 and James H. Lodge were among those killed when the aircraft crashed or was overwhelmed by the weather.
Ryckman Resigns as Minister of National Revenue
Ottawa reports Hon E B Ryckman resigns as minister of national revenue effective soon. Prime Minister announces the resignation date and notes he will take complete rest. cabinet replacement rumors circulate with Matthews of Toronto mentioned as a possible appointee to fill the vacancy.
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Ottawa
R. . Co. Matthews
Toronto
E. B. Ryckman
E. B.-Ryckman
Ryckman
Kcl
Canada Club hears Count Ignatieff on Russia
Count Ignatieff, Russian nobility and Kings College graduate, argues the Soviet experiment may quicken global social reform but Russia must await new leaders. He says Marxism remains central, while leaders retreat from goals, and observers seek a definitive verdict on what is happening in Russia. The talk at the Cosmopolitan Hotel covered national psychology, extremism, and future directions.
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Russia
France
Nicholas
Tieff
Cernor
Kieff
King’s College, University of London
Cosmopolitan Hotel
G.M. ‘Blackstock
K.C
Ignatieff
Hitler
J. F. Butcher
Bullivant
Blackstock
Wes
Grant
Canada
Ignaluff
Count Ignatieff
Outspoken US defense of monetary and naval policy debated
A London report discusses American policy on defense and finance. It notes a proposed equalization fund and US aims to support a defense fund while acknowledging financial limits and broader strategic goals.
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London
United State
Robert' We Bingham
Finascet
United States
Corporation’s. Fund
Fiti
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Alta
Alice Wynekoop
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Commercial Policy Committee
DeValera
Britain
George Hambleton
House of Commons
Henry ‘Betterton
Westminster
Sir Henry
David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Lord Buxton
Necktie
Nicholas Ignatieff
Bingham
Great Britain
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