Steady Improvement in City Finances Highlighted at Meeting
About thirty citizens attended the annual ratepayers meeting in City Hall as aldermen reviewed ten months of activity. Mayor Bullivant and Alderman Davidson cited improved finances with figures and predicted year end collections would exceed last year by $50 000. Alderman Hole announced his candidacy for re election.
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Bullivant
Ald. Davidson
Finance Department
Ald
Hole
Peasion
Legislation Discussed On Small Debt Act At Session
Calgary reports proposed changes to the Small Debt Recovery Act may be aired if a new act is submitted. Attorney General J. F. Lymburn outlined BC and Alberta style provisions for debt payment plans and contempt penalties, while noting other bills like the Companies Act and School Act may be revised.
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Calgary
J. F. Lymburn
Lymburn
Land Titles
British Columbia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R.C.M.P
Spence Extends Lead in Maple Creek By 643 Votes
Gull Lake Sask Dec 2 Hon George Spence's by election majority reached 643 after 38 of 82 polls reported 1054 votes for Spence and 411 for Charles F Colburn Independent Progressive. A blizzard delayed ballot returns as Maple Creek by election becomes the eleventh since 1925 general election with Liberals holding ten and one loss.
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Gull Lake
George Spence
Richard A.harris
Mr. Spence
Charles F. Colburn
Mr. Harris
Maple Creek
Spedden Farmer Charged With Shooting To Kill
Edmonton reports Hnat Mikitka a Spedden farmer near Smoky Lake has surrendered for trial on a serious charge. He is accused of shooting A P P Constable W E Buchanat with intent to murder on September 17 near Spedden.
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Spedden Farmer
Edmonton
Hnat Mikitka
Spedden
Smoky Lake
A.P.P
W. E. Buchanat
Four Hundred Students Storm Hankow Mill in Anti Red Action
In Hankow four hundred students from Sun Yat Sen University stormed a cotton mill that had fired women workers and dragged five anti red union officials outside and shot them. The event occurred in the presence of armed police who did not intervene as Communist activity reportedly surges. Separately in Shanghai bandits who abducted Captain Lalor of the British steamer Siangtan threaten to kill him as ransom falls from 100000 to 60000 dollars and British authorities seek rapid military lift.
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Shanghai
Sun Yat Sen University
Hankow
Lalor
Siangtan
Zchang
Yangtse
Trolleys Collide in Detroit Injuring Sixteen
In Detroit last night two street cars collided injuring sixteen people none seriously. A car caught fire after the crash as the store was wrecked, but passengers escaped before the blaze spread.
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Detroit
Mich
Pssengers
Witness tells of trouble king of bootleggers had with wife
Geo Conners, aide to George Remus once dubbed king of bootleggers, testifies on marital strife spanning two years that led to Remus shooting his wife. He recalls travel to Atlanta and Dayton, bond raises in St Louis, and Remus’s alleged financial ruin and erratic behavior. The cross examination continues as Remus prepares to testify.
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Cincinnati
Geo. Conners
George Remus
Halcyon
Conners
Mqnor
Atlanta
Remus
Dayton
St. Louis
Connera
Dima
Remag
Colonization officials discuss British settlers and labour needs
C A Vanscoy of Winnipeg heads the Canadian Pacific Railway colonization department at a Macdonald Hotel convention. He defends multiple agencies aiding settlement, notes Britain’s immigration concerns, and says the department requires farmer signed arrivals. Delegates gather from many towns including Camrose and Provost.
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Hdmonton
Canadian Pacific Railway Colonization and Development Department
C. A. Vanscoy
Winnipeg
Macdonald Hotel
Vanscoy
Britain
Europe
Board of Trade
Bury
E. J. Love
C. Thies
Our Lutheran Friends
A. Boileau
Association
N. A. Kilburn
Miller
Leduc
Wetaskiwin
Camrose
Clive
Erskine
Daysland
Sedgewick
Strome
Hardisty
Hughenden
Provost
Killam
Consort
Coronation
Stettler
Veteran
Ponuka
Mexican Troop Capture Rebel Leader in Vera Cruz Uprising
General Francisco Bertaul, rebel chieftain in Vera Cruz tied to the Gomes-Serrano uprising, has been captured by Federal forces at Vista Hermosa. He is to be court-martialed after transport from Mina Til Vera Cruz to the capital.
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Mexico City
Francisco Bertaul
Vera Cruz
Vista Mermosa
Puerto
Water supply cut off this morning
Water service was interrupted this morning due to a broken spindle on a valve in the main line. The valve dropped and shut off flow from the reservoir, but by noon the cause was found and workers began repairs this afternoon to restore the plant’s supply.
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T.t
Beef prices seen rising as U S demand surges
Winnipeg dealers forecast sharp beef price increases this winter due to record export volumes to the United States. Since August 1 about 4000 carloads or 75,000 head have been shipped from Winnipeg yards to Chicago and St Paul, with exports up 60 percent for Aug–Nov versus last year. Heavy export expected until Christmas, with U S shortage boosting prices. Western Canadian producers stand to gain margins.
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Winnipeg
United States
Winnipeg Union
Chicago
St. Paul
United
Canada
Girl Students Put Marshall Under Pump in Pennant Rush
In Mountain Grove Missouri on December 3 a mob of girl students seized Clay Marshal C J Hinkle and carried him to the public square where they held him under the town pump for several minutes until a fire alarm stopped the scene.
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Mountain Grove
Clay
Marshal
C. J. Hinkle
Britain Ends Further Peace Obligations Disarmament Debate
Geneva reports Britain will not sign additional security pacts as disarmament aims hinge on frontiers. Lord Cushenden defended minimal forces while Britain questions postwar bargaining. Germany eyes treaty revision but downplays intention while Count Von Bernstorff pushes article 19 focus.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Russia
Great Britain
Lord Cushenden
Cushenden
Count von Bernstorff
League Assembly
Germany
Stresemann
Social Hygiene Lectures Coming to Medicine Hat
Mr. Cook of the Provincial Department of Health will visit Medicine Hat for two days next week. He will address children under sixteen at the Baptist church Tuesday evening, and on Wednesday at City Hall hold sessions for women and girls over sixteen at three oclock and men and boys over sixteen at eight oclock. Lectures will be illustrated with moving pictures and community attendance is encouraged.
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Medicine Hat
Cook
Department of Health
Baptist Church
Wheat Buying Brisk and Bullish in Winnipeg Trade
The Winnipeg wheat market showed a bullish close with prices up to one quarter cent but finishing unchanged to firm. Buying orders were brisk, offerings small, Seaboard purchases suggested overseas sales, and Pacific coast activity likely covered Vancouver sales. Cash wheat was dull while butter rye oats and all three commodities rose slightly.
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Winnipeg
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
No Wine No Song Motto of a Choir Reaches America
Florence Italy choir in Los Angeles sends message to impresario Frank W Healy of San Francisco. They express gratitude for kindness but insist on wine supply, saying Americans are wonderful yet their own wine has been inferior and they must have wine for their art.
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Florence
Italy
Los Angeles
Frank W. Healy
San Francisco
Redcliff Roads Being Kept Open For Motor Traffic
Tenders are called by the Chamber of Commerce to keep the Red cliff road open for motor traffic. Work has begun and graders are out today clearing the road. The project is financed by the Chamber with funds from wholesale and retail businessmen and city industries.
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Chamber of Commerce
Redcliff
Chamber’ of “Commerce
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Health Department
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Edward Horlick
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Lake Erie
Edward Backhouse
Leslie Vaughan
Elmore Vaughan
Otter Creek
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