02 Dec 1924
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1924
Page
1
Eight hundred students at Tewiska Training College burst into the quadrangle on hearing the British ultimatum terms were accepted. They shouted Up and Revolution and then gave political speeches for two hours before the crowd dispersed into heated groups.
Canada earns five top places in yellow field peas at the twenty-fifth International Livestock Exposition with J Thul of Lloydminster winning first and other Dominion entrants seizing several prizes. American and Canadian growers excel in mixed crops and wheat divisions as U S and Canadian judges distribute awards.
A waterspout offshore caused a brief tornado in Nice yesterday. The city recovered after two days of rain and strong winds leaving dozens of people injured and many old houses damaged.
Alderman Anderson, a mayoral candidate, collapsed after addressing factory meetings and was taken home with a physician in attendance. A separate drive to ward meetings ended in a collision injuring Charles Rider, 29, when the mayor’s car skidded on a thin layer of ice. Rider suffered head injuries and remained semi conscious at Victoria hospital.
Engineers near Latrobe Pennsylvania strike gas at 7428 feet, deepest in the state. Gas flows at about 500000 cubic feet per day as drilling continues on the 7280? foot well with total depth estimated around 206? feet.
Canadian Pacific plans a daily east and west train, trimming Winnipeg Montreal time to forty hours fifteen minutes and Winnipeg Toronto time to thirty seven hours. The service speeds holiday traffic with departures from Winnipeg at 7 p m eastbound and Montreal arrivals by 1 30 p m. westbound from Montreal at 6 10 p m with Winnipeg arrival by 9 00 a m.
Police report a robbery at Moons Jaw post office last night around 10 o clock. Three men allegedly participated and escaped in a Chevrolet car with $108 09 in cash.
Woodstock reports a Mexican girl attempted to poison a schoolmate near East Zorta four miles from Woodatack. A quantity of Paris green was placed on the lunch table by Lu-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hart. The victim avoided harm after the hostess noticed the poison before eating.
Chester Thompson and syndicate reportedly acquire about 413,000 acres in the Kevin Sunburst oil field from Campbell Oil and Royal Canadian Oil, with Campbell receiving payment and a mortgage transferred to Attorney S. C. Ford. The deal, negotiated in New York, follows a sudden stock bid move and involves finance through Lowe Brothers of New York.
Controversy over funding and the Calgary analyzed boiler compound sparked a council discussion. Ald. Simpson faced libel threats from the supplier, while Ald. Davidson sought to condemn wasteful spending. A future inquiry was suggested, with the issue left to a later meeting.
Justice Darling ruled in favor of Midland Bank in a suit by Caries E. Robinson, a former book-maker who claimed 125000 from a settlement with an unnamed Indian party associated with his wife. The bank argued no funds were received and Robinson and his wife were implicated in a blackmail plot, but the jury cleared them of conspiracy. The bank also received trial costs.
London reports a sensational Daily Mail story claiming the boundary dispute before the Foundary Commission could trigger a resignation of the Free State cabinet. If the commission concedes, Eamonn de Valera and allies might assume control, signaling repudiation of the Anglo Irish Treaty, a Dublin despatch disputes the report.
London reports the Anglo German commercial treaty signed by Foreign Secretary Chamberlain and Lord Algernon for Britain and Dr. Von Schubert for Germany. The pact grants most favored nation status, guarantees against discriminatory treatment, and allows several minor trade concessions while Britain vows to remove war restrictions on Germans.
Ki L Delong of Star City Sagk picked up a Sheffield England station during the broadcasting hour on a three tube radio set.
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