Saskatchewan Relief Crisis Dominates Rowell Commission Session
Saskatchewan's relief burden described by Attorney General T C Davis as half the province’s population eligible for aid this winter. He cites 928000 residents with about 500000 on relief at peak, rural employables needing support, and rising provincial debt driven by social welfare costs.
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Regina
C.P
Saskatchewan
T. C. Davis
Royal Commission On Dominion-Provincial
Mr. Davis
Rowell
Davis
Davidson
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Lost on a Highway in Blizzard
Thomas Galbraith a 62 year old farm hand from Hanna Alberta is in critical condition after being lost on a snowbound highway during a blizzard. He wandered for hours after alighting at the wrong bus stop and was found unconscious by a motorist early Thursday morning with severe frostbite in his hands arms nose and ears.
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Hanna
C.P
Alberta
Thomas Galbraith
Galbraith
Argue
Unity Council Formed At Red Deer Meeting In Alberta
The Provincial Unity Council was formed at Red Deer with Joan I. McFarland named as chairman. Delegates from the People’s League of Alberta Conservative party and United Farmers of Alberta attended. Liberal Leader Gray refused representation. The council aims to promote responsible government until a permanent body is formed.
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Den
Atta
Joan I. McFarland
Calgary
People’s League of Alberta
Prezent
League
Conservative
United Farmers of Alberta
Liberal
Pary
EL. Gray
Unity Council
Alberta
McFarland
Canadian Wheat Board
He.c
Excforta
Liberal Party
Labor
R. G. Reid
Edmonton
Gray
Fred Osborne
J. 8. McBeachern
D. M. Duggan
Isvender
People's League
A. Fox
Innisfail
C. C. Gillies
Clover Bar
A A. MacMillan
Peace River
W J. Botterill
Red Deer
J. K. Crawford
United Farmer of Alberta
R. Pye
Alfred Speakman
Edmann
R. ©. Drew
John I. McFarland
Provincial Unity Council
Mcharland
R C Drew to reply on air for Peoples League broadcast
At 9:48 this evening R C Drew organizing secretary of the Peoples League will reply to E L Cray's broadcast on CFAC and CFCN Calgary and CJOC Lethbridge.
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R. C
Peoples League
Tenue
CFAC
CFCN
Calgary
CJOC
Lethbridge
A. C
Killer gang chief surrenders in France ambush case
Paris dispatch reports Roger Million, reputed head of the abduction murder syndicate, surrendered to police as the hunt intensified for the man who hired Eugene Weidemann to kill dancer Jean De Kooyen and four others. Weidemann, arrested, confessed to the killings.
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Paris
C.P
Jean de Kooyen
France
Roger Million
Million
Eugene Weidemann
Weidemann
Miss de Koven
Jean
Christmas Cheer Fund Donations Summary
A list of donors contributing to the Christmas Cheer Fund totals 565.46 with numerous individuals and groups including Rotary Club Coronation Committee Macdonalds Consolidated Ltd Central Garage employees M H Typographical Union Queen St Grocery Medicines Hat Shrine Club Loyal Order of Moose High School teaching staff and others. The page compiles names organizations and amounts with several entries showing zero or missing amounts.
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D. Bayne
Beny & Ben Ltd
Teco
Tai Kong
Kiwania Club
Lewis Bargain Store
City Cafe
Chow Lung
Medcine
J. H. Chaseley
Mort. Fulton
Norrie & Fawcett Ltd
C.P.R. Men's Store
Hebrew Ladies’ Aid
C. G. Peenere Ae
Rotary Glub
Coronation Committee
A. C. Hawthorne & Son Ltd
Macdonalds Consolidated Ltd
Central Garage & Employees
M. H. Typographical Union
J. L. Palethorpe
M. H. Ministerial Assn
Sons of Abraham Congrega
Queen St. Grocery
Medicina Hat Shrine Club
B. of L. E.M. H. Baking Co
J. C. Beveridge
Loyal Order of Moose
Soane Er
Twenty-Two Dead In Castlegary Train Collision
Twenty two bodies were recovered after two passenger trains collided on the London and North Eastern Railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow in Castlegary Scotland. Rescuers battled a snowstorm as they freed victims and buses were used to move the injured to hospitals.
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Castlegary
Scotland
C.P
London and Northeastern
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Falkirk
Dumbartonshire
Alberta government files appeal on guaranteed securities act
The Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District appeals in the Alberta Supreme Court appellate division challenging Justice A F Ewing’s trial division ruling that the Provincial Guaranteed Securities Act is ultra vires. The government also contests the Securities Proceedings Act as applied to the Independent Order of Foresters. It held no action could collect full interest rates without Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council consent.
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Edmonton
C.P
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District
Supreme Court of Alberta
A. F. Ewing
Alberta
Independent Order of Foresters
Toronto
Supreme Court Justice Rules Against Conviction in Rape Case
Justice Howson discharged David Hackney on a rape charge after finding the evidence insufficient for conviction. He criticized both Hackney and the alleged victim, warning juries against judging the case by an unbelievable account, and adjourned the session after medical testimony from Dr. Armstrong and Dr. MacCharies.
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Supreme Court
Howson
David Hackney
Hackney
Justice Howson
c.St. Blanchard
K.C
Apin
Justice Howen
Ueso
B.C. Armstrong
D. N. MacCharies
City Relief Cheque Cut by Senior Government
Edmonton October relief funds show a $2,090 reduction in the senior government's grant as a temporary measure. Mayor Fry received 62.90 from the provincial relief and public welfare commissioner A A Maccinzle, mailed pending federal provincial relief negotiations.
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Edmonton
C.P
Press Excluded From Alberta Social Credit Meeting
At the Macleod constituency convention of the Alberta Social Credit League the press were admitted briefly then barred from the floor after two hours of routine business. A vote to ban reporters passed 18 to 7 with W Todd of Ewelme stating he did not want journalists present. Premier Aberhart attended the session and spoke at a public meeting with Solon Low.
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Todd
Aberhart
Solon Low
Saskatchewan Debt Write Off Reduces Public Obligation
The Royal Commission on Dominion Provincial Relations reports a $28.4 million relief debt cancellation by the Federal Government, including $17 million previously written off. The province seeks an additional $42 million relief write-off, potentially lowering total relief debt from Saskatchewan from $110 million to about $42 million.
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Regina
Publc Reol O. Salxateacvan
Biiet
Royal Commission On
Treasury
Dominions
Saskatchewan
Prisoner Douglas Van Clack Leaps To Death Before Hanging
In Boise Idaho on December 10, Douglas Van Clack, a 30 foot high cell block leap, killed himself four hours before his scheduled execution for the murder of his wife. His parents from Tacoma Washington witnessed the event as the inmate plunged to his death at 12 25 a.m.
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Boise
Idaho
C.P
Douglas van Clack
Carl van Clack
Tacoma
Wash
van Clack
Unemployed Ex Service Men Urged Aid By War Commission
Ottawa reports a War Veterans Assistance Commission proposal urging Canada to fund unemployed ex service men via a provisional economic allowance. The plan calls for $18.50 monthly for single men and $39 for married men with dependents, aiming to replace municipal relief with dominion support.
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WAR Veterans’ Assistance Commission
Ottawa
C.P
Canada
C. G. Power
Power
Department of Pensions
Blizzard Strikes Port Colborne As Ontario Sealed By Snow
Blizzards hit the Niagara peninsula with renewed force. Port Colborne suffered 70 hours of pounding snow reaching four to five feet on roads, isolating the Lake Erie town. Eastern and western Ontario report roads closed due to heavy snowfall.
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Toronto
Miagara
Port Colborne
Lake Erie
Ontario
Hand to Hand Fighting in Nanking Gate Captured
Japanese ninth division detachment seized Suenghuamen the southeastern gate of Nanking. Rising Sun flag raised as troops breached defense and entered adjoining wall sections. The assault followed a Japanese ultimatum rejected by Chinese defenders at noon Friday. Domei reported hand to hand fighting in Nanking streets.
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Shanghai Dee
C.R
Suenghuamen
Nanking
Walle
Japan
Alr
China
Nanjing
Domei
Tokyo
Kunnennamen
Lang Defines Issues Ahead In Medicine Hat Civic Race
Medicine Hat mayoral candidate Hector Lang warns of a difficult financial outlook based on utilities and taxes and urges aggressive industrial growth and irrigation near the city as remedies. Alderman James Hole defends holding public meetings, citing democracy and citizen duty in the forthcoming election.
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Medicine Hat
Hector Lang
Elm St
Lang
Jauiines Hole
Dec
Bullivant
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