Tribute to Late Walter Huckvale Honored by City Council
City Council members paid tribute to the late Walter Huckvale at a year ending meeting. They lauded his service as alderman and mayor and decided to send a letter of appreciation to Mrs. W. Huckvale. The mayor praised strong attendance across meetings and relief sessions. Boxing Day closures discussed for Alberta stores. continuation noted.
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Walter Huckvale
Hole
Warham
W. Huckvale
Bullivant
Ald
Calder
Ald Marshall
Alberta
Ald. Warham
Pratt
Man charged Roznick jailed after city court sentencing
John Roznick alias Paschenko faced two guilty counts in the city police court. He received two years for possession of stolen property and six months for attempting to defraud, both to run concurrently, with a request for deportation noted. Police traced stolen cheques tied to Ruby Creek thefts and a December cashing here.
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John Paschenko
John Roznick
Paschenko
Manitoba
Munchenko
Ruby Creek
By election costs in Lethbridge come in near 1900
EDMONTON December 20 The Dec 2 by election in the Lethbridge provincial constituency will cost slightly under 1900. Reports to Robert A Andison chief electoral officer show accounts not fully parsed and final figures not yet available. J C Hendry of Lethbridge was returning officer and Dr Peter M Campbell Unity candidate was elected to succeed Hans Wight Social Credit who resigned.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Robert A Andison
J. C. Hendry
Peter M. Campbell
Unity
Hans Wight
Social Crcuit
New Aid Agreement Between Provinces And Dominion
Edmonton December 21 The Alberta government says a new relief agreement with Ottawa is being redrafted to reflect provincial suggestions. Officials expect the federal grant to exceed the 130000 received this year with proposals for 25 percent of municipal relief and 50 percent in unorganized districts and for transients.
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Alberta
Dominion
Ottawa
Cross
Ludendorff To Receive State Funeral In Berlin
Generalfeldmarschall Erich Ludendorff dies after surgery and heart strain. State funeral planned in Munich with highest honors. Hitler and Von Blomberg expected to speak. Cremation or burial details not specified. The ceremony marks a significant nationalist legacy despite Ludendorff’s anti-Christian stance.
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Munich
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Werner von Blomberg
Rancher’s wife ropes and chases coyote in Alberta
Mrs Arval Malmerg, wife of a district rancher, roped a coyote on her trap line near Coulee Alta On horseback she then engaged in an exciting chase before the animal was killed by the chase and capture.
Spanish Government Claims Capture of Teruei in Turbulent Battle
Government troops reported capturing Teruei in an official communique. In Hendaye 20000 more men were sent to seize the provincial capital as a 50,000 strong force was ordered to take Teruel at all costs. The fight raged seven days with hand to hand combat in narrow streets and civilians sheltering in underground tunnels amid snow and cold.
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Barcelona
C.P
Teruei
Hendaye
Teruel
Franco
Spain
Chamberlain urges general settlement to avoid war
In a Commons review of the world situation Prime Minister Chamberlain says the objective is a general settlement of grievances without war. He blasts Japan over its war with China and defends Britain's role, while Attlee urges a new start anchored in international law. He notes reduced European tension and a easing Spanish crisis aided by government policy.
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London
Dee
C.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Japan
China
Clement Attiee
Attlee
Great Britain
Europe
Alberta cities seek relief on outside destitute relief burden
Calgary and other Alberta cities plan amendments to the emergency relief act to require rural districts to fund emergent relief for destitute families. Calgary says rural municipalities owe about £5,000 and has cared for 500 families since 1926, with some becoming permanent charges or returning to their districts.
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Calgary
Alberta
France and Britain Reach Aerial Accord for Close Cooperation
Paris reports that France and Great Britain have reached an aerial accord to closely cooperate their air forces. The agreement will be supplemented by naval and military coordination between the two nations.
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Paris
C.P
France
Great Britain
Alberta racketeers steal Xmas trees with trucks
Calgary reports racketeers stealing Christmas trees in southern Alberta. They drive trucks to groves cut trees load them and return to Calgary to sell. Several ranchers report thefts in recent nights.
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Alberta
Calgary
Appropriation For Irrigation Exceeded In Prairie Provinces
Regina reports the $100,900 Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act fund for dugouts small dams and irrigation projects will be exceeded this year as accounts are compiled. About 4,000 projects will be completed across Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta with roughly half in Saskatchewan. Large projects were suspended December first.
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Regina
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
South China Situation Seen Most Threatening War Warning
Shanghai dispatch reports fears of a Japanese drive on Hangchow and other ports as 11,000 Japanese troops depart Shanghai for Canton. Gunfire reported near Hangchow while Chiang Kai-shek vows execution for government workers found in night spots. London mentions a possible joint British US French naval patrol to counter Japan.
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C.P
Nanking
China
Hangchow
Chekiang
Canton
Tsingtao
Hangkow
Chiang Kei-Shek
London
House of Commons
United States
Japan
Investigation into Port Stanley cofferdam collapse
An Ontario government engineer opened an inquiry into the Wettle Creek cofferdam disaster near Port Stanley that killed eight workers Sunday night. The coroner’s jury convened to view three recovered bodies and adjourned to January 17, as inspector W. J. Munro plans a report to Labor Minister M. M. MacBride. One of five survivors, Within, Dugty, was seriously injured with a fractured lumbar. others only had minor injuries.
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Gnt
Ontiuvria
Wettle Creek
Arthurercewick
Ontario Highways Department
W. J. Munro
Ontario Department of Labor
M. M. MaccBride
Proctors
Dugty
Rome honors Italy’s most prolific mothers prizeaward
In Rome on March 21 Italy’s most prolific mothers gathered to receive Mussolini prizes for large families. Led by a 10 child mother a Natals butcher’s wife won the top prize of about $260. The oldest recipient is 42 and the youngest 26.
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Mec
C.P
Italy
Mussolini
E L Grays Third Address Urges Westward Alberta Progress
E L Gray provincial Liberal reader spoke in Calgary urging Alberta youth to look westward toward Pacific markets and new development. He warned against dictatorship, urged cooperation with Ottawa, immigration, and independent youth groups to drive progress in the province.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
E. L. Gray
Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Saskatchewan
White Christmas Snow Expected After Night Storm
An inch of snow fell overnight with more likely as a cold front moved through. Temperatures dropped from 41 above to around 3 above by mid morning with northwest winds bringing fresh flurries. A brief line about Alberta politics follows but lacks clear context.
Plane Crash Kills Two Airmen in Dense Fog Near Stroud
In Gloucestershire two Royal Air Force pilots died when their aircraft crashed on hills near Stroud in thick fog. Pilot Officer Christie L. Taylor, 22, from Vancouver and Pilot Myles Birch, 19, from Smethwick perished as the plane exploded and caught fire after the impact. An eye witness described a struggle to escape before the fuselage was engulfed.
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Stroud
Gloucestershire
C.P
Christie L. Taylor
Vancouver
Myles Birch
Smethwick
Here
Indians stop plane with novel sign in Yukon
A reporter recalls an Alaska Yukon incident where Indigenous people used a smoky spruce sign with bonfires to halt a United Air Transport mail plane. Pilot Ernie Kabicek said the crew, near Lower Post to Whitehorse about 100 miles out, paused and delivered a food aid message after the sight.
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Mdmonton
Canaca
Northland
Piet Ernie Kabicek
United Air Transport
Yukon
Whitehorse
Danny Trowsdell
Kubicek
Alberta Communist Leader Attacks People’s League in Moose Hall Talk
Jan Lakeman of the Communist party of Alberta says the public has little to fear from the current Social Credit government but should fear the People’s League if it gains power. He argues the League would block progress to democracy while Labour growth proceeds. Lakeman and C P Alberta secretary Liwrene Anderson spoke to about 140 attendees, with Robert Peters chairing the meeting.
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U.F.A
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Communist Party of Alberta
People’s League
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People's League
Lakeman
Liwrene Anderson
Cornatuist Party of
Robert Peters
Edmonton
Wis
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