New City Council Welcomed to Office by the Mayor
Mayor Bullivant welcomed the newly elected City Council last night and urged cooperation in difficult times. He urged strict economies and noted the challenge of reducing unemployment with targeted aid. The mayor outlined plans for a general check-up of the unemployed to identify those truly in need.
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New City Council
Bullivant
McCombs and Black
Simpson
Parrish
Currie
Morrow
Boyd
McCombhs
Prime Minister for Government's Fall in 1930 Labor Split
Canadian Press report reprints Lord Passfield's critique of the 1930 Labor government collapse, blaming the prime minister's aloofness and lack of social cohesion within the cabinet. It highlights diminishing party unity, economic cabinet impotence, and the prime minister's tendency toward isolation.
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London
Lord Passfield
Lord Taesfield
Econonie
Therime
Alberta Premier unveils retrenchment and tax shift plan
Vedmenton Jan 4 Premier J J Brownlee announced no auto license fee increase this year but outlined a push to cut provincial expenditures by about 1.5 million and to avoid new taxes by relying on current revenue. He noted global finance strains and a need to reduce spending before new levies. Saskatchewan has similar moves while BC gas tax remains higher. The plan includes potential adjustments to road fuel taxes and a comprehensive review of the Gasoline Tax Act.
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Vedmenton
J. J. Brownlee
Manitowa
Sustitlehewaun
Canada
New York
England
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Briand Health Reported Good for Age in Paris
Paris reports from the French Foreign Office to the Associated Press say Foreign Minister Briand is in good health for a man of his age. The statement follows rumors of a paralytic stroke and reports he had died.
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Paris
Associated Press
Briand
Air Mail Notes Eastbound and Westbound Arrivals
Eastbound Fokker CFAIR reached Medicine Hat at 23 25 piloted by Kenyon. Westbound Boeing CFAMQ arrived Medicine Hat at 10 25 this morning piloted by Jarvis.
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Medicine Hat
Kenyon
Jarvis
Mrs. D H Harrison Dies In Vancouver Widow Of Manitoba Premier
Vancouver report states Mrs D H Harrison widow of Hon D Kik brdtrigon former Manitoba premier in 1887 88 died today.
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Vancouver
D. H. Harrison
D. Kik Brdtrigon
Manitoba
Coxs Army marches on Washington from Pittsburgh crowds
Pittsburgh reporters say Catholic priest Rev. James R. Cox marshaled jobless supporters for a trek to Washington. More than twenty blocks crowded this morning with crowds and an estimated forty five thousand people joining the march.
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Pittsburgh
Cox
Washington
James R. Cox
Father Cox
The Young Brothers Die After Shootout in Houston
Jennings Young was shot dead in a Houston east-end house and Harry Young was fatally wounded, after Missouri brothers accused of killing six peace officers in Springfield opened fire. Surrounded by officers, the pair reportedly killed themselves, following their mother's advice to avoid capture. A photo in a local paper aided police in locating them.
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Houston
Texas
Jennings Young
Harry Young
Springfield
Harry
Youngs
Missouri Desperadoes
J. D. Young
Batcées
W. Thomas
Tig Sécone
Sixty-fifth ‘Street
Fraser River
Gallia County log cabin funeral pyre murders confessed
Sheriff says two Boys Industrial School inmates in Lancaster confessed to building a funeral pyre last spring at a Gallia County log cabin. James White, 40, and seven of his children died. White’s 11 year old son escaped with severe burns. The cabin occupants were nailed inside. The tragedy occurred April 7 with victims aged seven to twenty one.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Charles Swanson
Lancaster
Gallia “County
Swanson
James White
White
George
Dancing Wale Chickens Feature At Medicine Hat Banquet
Local nature lovers hear that moving pictures of dancing Wale chickens, shot in Cypress Hills by W J Oliver of Calgary, show birds within 25 feet of an auto. Everett Fleming helped scout the grounds, and the films will be shown at the Fish and Game banquet next March along with swan pictures from Many Island Lake sent by the government.
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Cypress Hills
W. J. Oliver
Calgary
Oliver
Everett Fleming
Medicine Hat
Mr. Fleming
Reg Bray
Many Island Lake
Medicine ‘Hat
Premiers Meet Bennett in Calgary for Relief Talks
Prairie provincial premiers J E Brownlee and J T M Anderson plan a Calgary conference with Prime Minister R B Bennett to discuss employment relief and fiscal conditions. Manitoba’s W J Major may attend as Edmonton talks on the economy continue.
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Calgary
Prairie Provinces
R. B. Bennett
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan
W. J. Major
Manitoba
Brownlee
Anderson
Edmonton
Bennett
Banff-Jasper
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
War rumors spark brief Belgium France mobilization talk
Brussels January 5 Associated Press reports government officials denounce rumors as wholly irresponsible and unfounded that Belgium and France plan to re occupy Rubr and that Belgium could mobilize three classes of its army immediately.
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Brussels
Associated Press
Belgium
France
Four Teens Rob Deshler Bank For 4000 In Wild West Heist
Four teenage youths burst into the Deshler Bank of Ohio firing into the air and taking about 4000 dollars. A cashier was shot at during the upset and the bandits fled in a car driven by a 12 year old toward Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Deshler
Ohio
Deshler Bank
Fort Wayne
Ind
Government moves ban National Congress party in India
Across Bombay and Madras Presidency an emergency ordinance bans the Nationalist Congress party and bars donations. Gandhi leads civil disobedience as Britain vows full use of legal power. arrests rise and clashes leave several dead. A split in the All India Moslem Congress deepens as Patel accuses Ramsay MacDonald of misrepresenting India’s wishes.
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Bombay
Associated Press
Madras Presidency
Congress Party
London
Mahatma Gandhi
India National
Congress
India
Britain
Beam
Gandhi
Subcontinent
Government of India
New Delhi
National Congress
MacDonald
Allahabad
Cawmapore
Yerada
Poona
Hinglane
All-India
Newab
Ismail Khan
Maswoood
Ahmed
V. Patel
Indian Legislative Assembly
Ramsay MacDonnzld
House of Commons
Archbishop warns clergy on marriage laxity in Church of England
London January 5 The Archbishop of Canterbury urged strict caution in authorizing marriage ceremonies. He outlined questions for couples before banns are published and stated priests should not solemnize marriages for anyone already widowed and divorced if the former spouse is alive, nor marry the unbaptized.
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London
Associated Press
Canterbury
Barrowman Re-elected Mayor Of Lethbridge
At the first City Council meeting Alderman Robert Barrowman was re elected mayor for the fourth consecutive term. The report notes cloudy and milder weather with a temperature of 24.2.
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Lethbridge
Canadian Press
Ald
Robert Barrowman
Convicts Captured After Escape From Okalla Jail
William Lane and Norman Moore, two of five escapees from Okalla jail Sunday night, were captured near Thirty-third Avenue and Princ Edward Street after less than 18 hours on the loose. Remaining fugitives are William Bagley Frank Sorge and Gordon Fawcett. Lane and Moore described meeting the others and avoiding further contact. Police traced escape route via a boat and a stroke of luck at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Vancouver
William Lane
Norman Moore
Okalla
A. R. Slattery
Mountai View Cemetery
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Henry and
Mitchell Hepburn
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Aa Paign
B.C
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