19 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1928
Page
1
Desperate struggle to save King George continues with slight but definite improvement. Bulletins credit a restful night and ongoing progress, while palace officials warn that anxiety remains and real confidence requires days of uninterrupted gains.
Buenos Aires dispatch reports Lafoca quoted Hoover telling President Yrigoyen that the United States would not intervene in other nations internal affairs and would respect sovereignty. Yrigoyen said he believed Hoover was not aligned with Coolidge ideals.
Coroner jury finds a gunshot wound to the head caused the death of Fred J. Smith son of Carrie Jacobs Bond a noted songwriter and Hollywood businessman at his Lake Arrowhead cabin yesterday.
Directors at Medicine Hat Greenhouses Ltd authorized a $20,000 expansion adding five greenhouses to the eight and a half acres under glass. A quarterly dividend of 1 3 4 percent was declared. The meeting included presentation of group life policies for 50 employees and a $25 donation to the Christmas Cheer Fund.
Inspections of wheat last year and yesterday report quantities and grades under contract. The data mentions 1,200 cars yesterday and 600 cars the previous year, with reference to grade 627 and the term Ded.19.
Rome report states Benito Mussolini today assumed the Ministry of Colonies and with that move holds seven of thirteen government portfolios. He now controls Foreign Affairs War Marine Aviation Interior and Corporations, giving him a majority of the cabinet and the most influential departments.
Ottawa medical authorities convene a conference to curb influenza spread. A French and English pamphlet on symptoms and treatment is to be issued. Montreal schools report large absentee rates as the epidemic disrupts classes and hospital visitor restrictions tighten.
Official figures from the Board of Grain Commissioners show a leap in lake grain movement in the 1928 navigation season from May 4 to Dec 12 and the crop season from Aug 10 to Dec 12. Total navigation move is 385,061,444 bushels versus 279,488,714 in 1927, with 1,568 cargoes, including 882 Canadian bottoms and 668 U S bottoms. Reverend John Galoway named. an elevator planned at Fort Churchill.
A Seattle woman paid 10.00 for a quart of maple syrup that had previously contained whiskey. Customs officials accepted the syrup at the border, but later the bottle disappeared from a store bench, leaving a $10 bill with a note reading We need this more than you do.
The coast steamer Princess Adelaide, sailing from here at 10 45 to Victoria and Seattle, collided with an English steamer in dense fog outside Vancouver harbor. By 12 15 the Adelaide was beached just outside the first Narrows entrance and all passengers were landed safely.
A Saskatoon inquest finds Polish farmhand Bodak murdered near Ituna as police link Sam Kohutz to the case. Autopsy notes a .32 caliber bullet in the skull. Kohutz faces murder claims as investigations continue. Coroner commends RCMP for handling the case.
The Eagle Butte drill in Cypress 1Is reached a gas bearing formation at 3840 feet near midnight, yielding an estimated flow of 20 million cubic feet that night and rising to about 40 million by morning. Government engineers will test the well, seen as a potential boon for Moose Jaw Regina and intermediate points, with strong implications for future oil exploration.
Ottawa reports post negotiation measures to increase British immigration to Canada. Aimed at larger flows include reduced ocean rates to 10 pounds, free passages for children and youths, family settlement in New Brunswick, cottage housing in Ontario, and training for women workers. Free medical exams available from British or Canadian doctors. Third class rate cut to 10 pounds for migrants with medical clearance.
Treasury agents seized five packing cases containing narcotics valued at $5,000,000 at the Rochambeau pier. The shipments were addressed to Philadelphia and traced to a man alias Klain, identified as Joseph Unger, held on a Rothstein related smuggling charge. Charles H. Tuttle stated investigators connected the case to the late Arnold Rothstein’s illicit trade network.
Bolivian garrison in Grand Chaco suspends operations while Paraguay and Bolivia accept Pan American conference aid. Paraguay enrolls thousands, forms battalions, and moves troops toward the front as border forts remain on alert amid ongoing mediation efforts.
Those without reserved seats for the High School Operetta on Thursday Friday and Saturday may find good seats available each night at general admission prices to the first comers.
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