08 Jan 1930
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1930
Page
1
Rescue teams struggled to free passengers after a derailment on a viaduct near Guelma. At least 20 injured and ten bodies recovered as two coaches fell into a ravine when the iron structure collapsed during the night.
A large crowd gathered at City Hall for a public meeting led by Dr. F. W. Gershaw and Hector Lang to discuss the Motor Vehicles Act and studio broadcasting in Canada. S. Short urged stronger headlight rules, dimmers, enforced brakes inspections, license examinations, and clearer penalties to reduce accidents and raise road safety.
Residents are urged to attend a Friday meeting at City Hall to hear the temporary committee report on Medicine Hat Radio Association rules. Permanent officers will be elected and a Government inspector's appointment may be discussed. The drive seeks a large turnout to organize a slang association to improve radio reception citywide.
Princess Marie Jose of Belgium and Crown Prince Humbert of Italy wed in a Rome mass at the Pauline chapel of the Quirinal Palace attended by European royalty. Cardinal Maffi officiated as the couple, aged 23 and 25, exchanged vows in a ceremony linked to papal conclave history.
Winnipeg reports extreme cold as frost records drop to 54 below in parts of Manitoba and the prairies. Cities like Moose Jaw Battleford and Edmonton show temperatures ranging from 14 to 40 below with readings descending to 84 below zero in some locations. The harsh wind chill and prevailing conditions push wind-linked freezes across the region while authorities note continuing subzero conditions.
Edmonton announces the conferment of King’s Counsel on 18 Alberta barristers including C. S. Blanchard of Medicine Hat. The list shows regional distribution with recipients in Calgary, Medicine Hat, and other towns, noting the honorary title comes without salary as a mark of leadership in the profession.
A catchphrase like Suakatche and flaberies yields a return totaling $600,900, suggesting a financial result or payout from an unnamed transaction or case.
London reports the Air Ministry said four Royal Air Force members were killed at Abu Sueir Egypt when two aeroplanes collided in mid air. Hamilton Bermuda reports the steamer Lady Somers with the Governor General of Canada and Lady Willingdon awaiting a pilot amid heavy seas off the coast after twenty hours.
A New York Times dispatch from Captain E R McCullum on the steamship Western Ocean says Mont Pelee is in violent eruption with lava flowing down the mountainsides off Martinique in the French Indies.
Saskatoon report notes Lady Victoria, the world’s champion hen, resumes laying after a moult started Sept. 27. She completed a 358‑egg year and produced 16 more eggs before moult. Temperatures hit 42 below zero with Barret Rock hen under unheated University of Saskatchewan housing. Prof Baker cites egg size and weight, seven of eight days totaling five grams average.
The readable fragments describe a death and references to labor or marchers. Mentions of carts and wagons imply a disrupted transport scene. Names and specifics are too garbled to identify.
A Westbound CNR Continental Limited derailed seven cars about 45 miles east of Melville Saskatchewan at Curtain Valley around 5 45 this morning. There were 13 cars in the train and though one person was reported injured no doctors were needed at the scene. Passengers were removed by an auxiliary train that left Melville at nine o clock.
Premier Brownlee accepted an invitation to visit Medicine Hat to meet with locals about provincial resources and to hear questions before the Legislature opens. The city and Chamber of Commerce will arrange entertainment during the Premier’s stay and announce dates later. Minister Perren Baker arrives in the city and proceeds to Winnifred for departmental work ahead of northern meetings.
Officials of the postal system tentatively schedule the Prairie Mail Service inauguration for February 8. At present readings suggest completion hinges on institute work and other factors.
Boston sailor Jack Sharkey will fight Phil Scott the British heavyweight champion on February 27 at Madison Square Garden in New York. All disputes resolved at a Garden conference. contracts to be signed today in New York.
Bert Acosta the aviator was arrested today on a charge of abandonment filed by his wife and jailed. The couple reconciled after she dropped a separation suit. they have two children. Acosta was co pilot for Commander Richard Byrd on the 1927 trans Atlantic flight.
The report states that B. C. will surpass the $70,000,000 total in mineral production for 1929, indicating a strong year for mining activity.
Brandon residents meet Senator Robert Forke former Brati lidn representative in the House of Commons at the United Farmers of Manitoba convention. J Forke, a Pipestone farmer, returns from Ottaway to join the event. Forke will attend tonight’s meeting to hear Hon. T A Crerar, Minister of Railways, make his maiden speech since returning to politics.
The Cecil Hotel hosts a Canadian dinner with Graham Spry of Ot containing notes on interdependence. A large attendance is expected as Spry, a well known native speaker with deep foreign policy study, is described as an engaging presenter.
A garbled OCR fragment references a date from last year and hints at an opening event. No clear names, places, or actions are readable.
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