Open Verdict in Booth Death Gas Explosion Inquiry
A jury returned an open verdict on Aubrey Neville Booth who died from brain injury after a New Year gas explosion at Gillespie block 517 to 519 D West Avenue Medicine Hat Alberta. Eleven others were injured in the incident. The coroner led the inquiry at City Hall with witnesses detailing Booth’s last seen moments and the explosion sequence.
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Gillespie Block
Fifth Ave
Aubrey Neville Booth
Booth
City Hall
S. F. McKinen
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Wifth Avenue
Medicine Hat
Alberta
H. O. Duggan
A. L. ‘Trotman, Jr. McNeil
Alfred EK. Whiffin
Frank Ferguson
J. N. Dowson
A. B. Clow
The
G. M. Blackstock
K.C
Mrs. Booth
A. J. Booth
Gillespie
C. W. Pattison
Malcolm Gillespie
Kent House
Blackstock
Court Hears of Gypsum Queen Forgeries
Ottawa hearing in the Gypsum Queen reparation case seeks 71 000 from Senator H J Logan and Captain Freeman Hatfield. Only two witnesses testified as the exchequer court of Canada prepares for a prolonged session. details center on a forged certificate of ownership and altered vessel registry.
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Ottawa
C.P
H. J. Logan
Freeman Hatfield
Nova
Justice McDougall
J. 8
Henderson
Registrar of Shipping
Parrsboro
N.S
Senator Logan
Hatfield
Boston
Theater
Logan and Simsley
Amherst
McDougall
Carrshoro
Bridgetown
Barribadoes
Peter White
Toronto
Barr colonist Hannah Truscott dies in Creston
Mrs. Hannah Truscott 84 the Barr colony's oldest member died in Creston British Columbia She and her husband migrated from London in 1903 with nine children to join the Canadian prairie settlement They traveled from Saskatoon and walked 200 miles beside an ox cart to Blackfoot Alberta before the Truscotts moved to Creston in 1912 and her husband died that year
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Creston
B.C
C.P
Hannah Truscott
Barr Colony
England
Lloydminster
Alta
Truscott
London
Canadian
Saskatoon
Blackfoot
Truscotts
Mr. Truscott
Mayor to convene clergy on Toronto welfare agenda
Toronto mayor announced plans to call a conference of city clergymen to discuss the welfare of the city. A definite date was not set, and the agenda remains undecided. The report cites earlier acts by leaders in Vancouver and Winnipeg.
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Toronto
C.P
Vancouver
Winnipes
G. G. McGeer
Vancot
Prominent Clergy Figures Cited in City Remarks
The mayor commends Mr McGeer to the Supreme Creator while a secretary of evangelism from the United Church suggests a parallel idea to a noted clergyman. The discourse touches on religious leadership and civic sentiment.
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McGeer
Simps
Dr- ZX
Department of Evangelism
The
United Church
Aird Urges Tariff Reform and Exchange Measures
Sir John Aird of Toronto urged at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce meeting for tariff reductions and some form of exchange adjustment. He attacked reliance on expressed confidence in legislation for the ad and urged eliminating unemployment waste while opposing artificial stimulants and excess government credit.
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Toronto
C.P
John Aird
John
Canada
Sir John
AER 2ce E 2 £ 203 E 2
The readable OCR fragment mentions a reference to AER 2ce and values around 203 pounds with E 2. No clear people or organizations are identified in the legible text.
Huey Long Attacks Roosevelt Policy in Senate
In a 12 hour session Huey Long denounced Roosevelt programs as failures and claimed to lead a persecuted Louisiana Democratic faction. He criticized patronage methods, highlighted relief rolls, and warned of political crusades amid calls for federal policy changes.
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Washington
A.P
Huey Long
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Home Loan
Public Works Administration
New Orleans
Red Light District
Mayoes Wice Sr rR PROE? 3 SS FEEL SS OON DAYS 3 Fr 2 NYY
Period of entreaty and confusion. references to Mayoes Wice Sr, regimental actions, and farmer reprisal issues. The text hints at social problems, peace aims, and governance inquiries amid garbled OCR.
Mass Buying Commission hears milling industry reform calls
The royal commission on mass buying heard industry proposals to stabilize Canada’s flour milling sector through measures from nationalization to removing wheat speculations. W J Peaker urged immediate reorganization to prevent further hardship. Whittall Can Co executives disclosed high pay versus workers, with profits cited and auditors challenged in later testimony.
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Ottawa
Jan
C.P
Royal Commission On Mass Buying
W. J. Peaker
Peaker
Oquawa
Whittall Can Co. Ltd
Montreal
BE. S. Whitta
Can
Canada
J. Biggar
American Can Co
Canadian Canners Ltd
Avern
Simcoe
Int
Pardoe
Norman Sommerville
Commission
Biggar
Wales
William R. Drynan
Percy Croucher
Drynan
Highlights of 1934 Viewed By Rev Scragg Before Kiwanis
Rev Edward T Scragg reviews the year 1934 in his annual Kiwanis address noting diverse political and social upheavals. He entertains with dry humor and recalls aviation and biblical allusions while closing optimistic the year end. Continued on page five.
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Scragg
Kiwanis
Edward T. Scragg
Fifth Avenue
United Church
Medicine Hat Kiwanis Club
Igpoday
Dillinger
Tom
Great Britain
Europe
Inaugural Medicine Hat Council Appoints Committees and Delivers Plans
The first year meeting saw Mayor Bullivant welcome the new council and Alderman discuss attendance at a Calgary conference on municipal issues. Delegates from Medicine Hat to attend January 28, with talks on unemployment relief costs, taxation, and government revenue sharing. The council also considered relocating the British American Oil site and approved a new location at 250.
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Bullivant
Ald. Black
Calgary
Aldole
J. Clarke
Edmonton
A. Davison
Ald
Cleansing of Black Shirts Under Way
Berlin January 8 Chancellor Adolf Hitlers cleansing of the Schutz Staffel the Blackshirt guards has begun authorities said. The government will form an elite corps of 20 000 picked men from the strongest disciplined units. The unit will be armed and motorized and used for internal police work in the Reich. This marks the first step toward reorganizing the Schutz Staffel which previously numbered 100 000 to 200 000 men.
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Berlin
C.p.havas
Adolf Hitler
Schutz Staffel
Reich
Schuts Staffel
Shaw Declines Banquet for J S Middleton
George Bernard Shaw refused an invitation to a Labour party banquet in honor of J S Middleton. He explained he would be traveling and coolly noted Middleton had seen as much of him as any reasonable man could bear.
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London
C.p.havas
George Bernard Shaw
Labor Party
J. S. Middleton
Shaw
Middleton
Labor
Bennett Outlines Reform Plans In Third Radio Address
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett announced plans to extend the Farm Loan Board for low cost agricultural credits and to reorganize the civil service by creating a department of communications. He proposed an Economic Council of Canada and broader Natural Products Marketing Act powers, while pledging action per the mass buying commission’s coming report.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Farm Loan Board
Civil Service of Canada
Department of Communications
Economic Council
The
Economic Council of Canada
Natural Products Marketing Act
Mass Buying Commission
Montreal
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement
Bennett
Finance Department
Irvine farmer pleads guilty to falsifying gasoline refund
Falsified report by Ben Gill of the Irvine district admitted in RCM P court before S Wiedemann J P. Gill was fined 3.60 plus costs, the penalty double the amount sought. Prosecution noted he bought 45 gallons on October 22 and claimed a refund by alleging 90 gallons on the bill.
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Ben Gill
Irvine
S. Wiedemann
J.P
R.C.M.P
Gill
Hauptmann Identified by Two Witnesses in Court
In Flemington New Jersey January 8 Bruno Richard Hauptmann was identified by Amaldus Hochmuth and John Perrone as the man connected to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. Hochmuth testified seeing a ladder carrying man in a dirty green car while Perrone said Hauptmann paid him to deliver a note to Dr. John F. Condon.
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David T. Wilentz
Hauptmann
Edward J. Reilly
Hochmuth
Reilly
John Perrone
New York
Bruno -Richard Hauptmann
John F. Condon
Perrone
David P. Wilentz
Hs of
Peronne
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A. N. Booth
Barr
Aird
Nate
Fede
Pater
Rzarti
Syed
Vancou
G. G
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Mayo
ASSOC
Reet
Izmi- Wou
Cpaes
Philade
Sasha Sieme
Bheard Rillins
2Rfter
Acne Ariey
Beckenham
Daniel
Sixteean
R. Ozs
Seas
Raims
Emai Mrite
Titronm
Meetit Council
C.P.R
Board of Utilities Commissioners
Crow
Young
Ald, Black and Boyd
Committee of the Whole
British American Oil Co
East
Aid
Black
Paker
Schoesen
Tories
Medicine Hat Lodge No
A.M
R. Milligan
Amandus Hockmuth
Hopewell
Rathbone Lodge No. 5
Knights OF Pythias
Bro
William McKenzie
St. John's Church
Third Street
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