19 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1938
Page
1
A fund to support a British backed highway from Unnanfu to the Burma border will receive 410 million in credit for trucks and equipment. Britain has already extended 475 million for business and a later sum may fund further military gear as part of safeguarding British financial interests in China.
Howard Swartz of Norwood drove a horse and buggy south on Seventh Ave when a four door auto driven by George A. Biggs struck the rear. Otto Schwartz and Mrs Harrison, aged passengers, were thrown out and hospitalized with shock but are improving.
A protest meeting in Trochu Alberta denounced Nazi organizers forming German clubs across Alberta to spread propaganda. It cited plans to send Canadian born children of German origin abroad for Nazi education and was sponsored by district branches of the Canadian Legion BES. Alex Walker Calgary Dominion vice president spoke that those who leave Canada to learn Nazism would not be allowed to return. The resolution affirmed loyalty to the King and democracy. Attendees came from Trochu Delbourne ElNora Huxley Lousana and Three Hills areas.
Police guard the Italian consulate as columns of French and native inhabitants march through Djibouti to show loyalty to France amid an Italian pressure campaign to seize the Red Sea port.
In Olds Alberta three baby boys aged four three and three days died in the Pidgeon Nursing Home. Coroner Dr A E H Braithwaite called the case peculiar with no evidence of poisoning or suffocation as postmortem findings await. Inquest adjourned until January amid questions for the nurse Mrs Pidgeon who ran the home since 1934.
In Ottawa the Liberal caucus adopted a resolution expressing undoubted confidence in Prime Minister Mackenzie King. The adjournment followed, with plans to discuss a reorganization of the Ontario party and possible steps to form a Liberal area in the province, potentially leaving Premier Hepburn outside the fold.
Extreme weather across Britain and Channel waters disrupts travel and services. Four deaths are reported as temperatures dip to near twenty below in some areas. Delays hit railways and roads as radiators fail, ambulances rush casualties, and electrical circuits trip. Channel shipping endures heavy seas and ice formation.
Hollywood reports a race to film the Musica brothers swindle saga. Warner Bros will start in seven days on The Drug Ring with Claude Rains Fay Bainter Margaret Lindsay and Victor Jory. Columbia also moves ahead with Edward G Robinson starring in a competing picture.
Three local youths aged about 15 and 16 admitted stealing seven cars in six weeks and damaging property across the city. Constables D Allen and J J Hurst found an abandoned car two miles east of Walsh and towed it to the city where the suspects were questioned. The trio confessed to car thefts, stealing from parked cars, breaking windows at Toronto St and Kitchener schools, and using a .22 rifle and Beebee gun. Chief J M Taylor urged owners to remove keys and lock doors to prevent theft.
TORONTO Dec. 19 Premier Hepburn said it was laughable that federal Liberal caucus members in Ottawa proposed to read him out of the party. He noted he has not been a member of the National Liberal party for nearly two years and warned the move makes Liberals look foolish.
David Whetstone aged four and Harold Carlson aged five suffocated in a fire at a small workshop behind Gunn Apartments on Third Street. Firemen found the scene after arriving at 2 20 pm. the interior was a mass of flames. Coroner Dr Patterson ordered an inquest to be set later.
Washington dispatch notes that Anthony Eden's U S visit carried broader implications than a goodwill mission. The coverage compares Eden with Alf Landon at Lima, signaling a united front to defend democratic institutions against totalitarian threats. Eden's public resonance suggests potential shifts in British diplomacy and Washington interest in his role.
Vatican City reports deny rumors that Pope Pius suffered a setback in his heart condition after an unusual exertion yesterday. Some private sources claim he had a restless night, but officials dismissed the speculation.
Alfred Landon, US Republican nominee in 1936, said in Lima that the United States will not tolerate any foreign government gaining a foothold on this continent. He warned that totalitarian propaganda seeks to undermine US policy in Central and South America during a Pan American Conference broadcast.
Frederic Wingersky the Boston lawyer testified he drafted a contract for the purchase of Lee Enfield rifles by McKesson and Robbins Inc and Standard Oil of England for F Don ald Coster and Philip Musica. Brien McMahon described Coster Musica as the country’s biggest illicit liquor dealer with ties to major underworld figures.
The Manchester Guardian reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor may visit England before the King and Queen depart for Canada next spring. A friend cites they will stay in the south of France until February then return to Paris and likely come to London in the coming year before the King’s Canadian trip.
Paris reports M. Bonnet told the Chamber of Deputies that if provoked France would mobilize all forces on land sea and air to defend Great Britain and expects Britain to reciprocate. He spoke amid French fears of a no surrender bloc amid plans to cede Somaliland to Italy.
Lethbridge police investigate a Saturday night theft at Hoyt Hardware in which about 1800 dollars was taken. The entry occurred through a rear window or opening, with roughly 900 dollars in cash and 900 in cheques seized after the safe door was blown off. Insurance covers 1000 dollars. No clues reported.
A woman's morning in Belleville Ontario was interrupted when a sneeze caused her coat to loosen and several stolen items to fall to the floor. Police assist as the incident unfolds during festive shopping.
Albert Kreitzer of Bull's Head loses a left rear wheel on Third Street as he passes Eaton's. The wheel rolls into the intersection and crashes through a window of the Pingle drug store at the corner of Third Street and Sixth Avenue.
London December 19 Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons the German leaders would err to misread Britain’s peacekeeping stance. He urged that Britain does not seek to hamper Germany and that only partnership with others can secure peace and progress in Europe.
Calcutta reports Indian opinion sees the Anglo-American pact as a step toward healthier world trade. India agrees to abolish Ottawa preferences on UK wheat, notes current prices and shipments, and weighs implications for bilateral deals with Canada and Australia amid declining two-way trade.
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