Medicine Hat Eyes Empire Air Training Site
The Empire air training schools for pilots may be placed in Alberta. Medicine Hat is favored for its advantages over rivals. Experts have surveyed sites. final Ottawa decision depends on technicians’ reports, with plans for wartime expansion and lasting postwar training.
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Medicine Hat
Empire Air-Training School
Alberta
Ottawa
Dominion
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Canada U S Trade Treaty Faces Rocky Road in Congress
Washington debate centers on extending the 1933 reciprocal trade program. Support comes from industrial states and manufacturers, while farmers fear flood of Argentine corned beef beans and Chilean turkeys. Roosevelt seeks renewal. bill poised for House committee review amid partisan hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
West
Cordell Hull
Canada
United Kingdom
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Ceither
Weys
Punt
House
Aberhart Dividends Highlight Alberta Legislature Pay
The 1935 1939 public accounts show big rises in payments to Alberta legislature members including 20 percent total payments and 1300 percent miscellaneous to members. In 1939 fifteen Social Credit members drew $17,526 in miscellaneous payments averaging $1,168 annually, while statutory indemnities reduce the net to $47,960 over two years. G F Powell’s pay and jail term are noted, plus L D Byrne’s $6,000 yearly remuneration and travel expenses from Great Britain.
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Alberta
Social Credit
G. F. Powell
Fort Saskatchewan
L. D. Byrne
Great Britain
Byrne
G.L. MacLachlan
We. Slayes
A. J. Hooker
A. V. Bourcier
FE. H. Gostick
J. L. Robinson
FE. O. Duke
D. Lush En Deck
W. Mearson
W. &. King
W. Tomyn
Hon. L. Maynard
J. H. Unwin
Eee
N. B. James
Hk. EE
Ik Ingrey
Anderson
Dr. J. Lb. McPherson
S.A. Berg
Tee Font
Ss le
Fort Erie Times-Review Censors Off Mailing List
An editorial notes the Ottawa censor, Examiner of Publications, has been removed from the Fort Erie Times-Review mailing list for non payment of $2.00. It urges citizens to support the British Empire effort against Hitler and Stalin while paying their bills and doing their bit. Vilhjalmur Stefansson is cited.
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Ottawa
Fort Erie
Examiner of Publications
Petroffsky
Ontario
Susie Schultz
Halifax
Europe
House of Commons
Senate
Canada
Times-Review
Hitler
Stalin
Actress’s Candid Preference Sparks Marital Debate
Simone Siman states she would avoid marrying an actor, specifically an American, highlighting personal standards in a celebrity interview. The remark stirs discussion about industry relationships and public perception of actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simone Siman
Successor To Tweedsmuir Discussed
The Daily Express reports Earl of Elgin as a possible successor to Lord Tweedsmuir as governor general of Canada. Prime Minister Mackenzie King said no early steps due to the war, and Tweedsmuir would not seek a second term. Elgin, born 1881, holds multiple posts in Scotland and Britain.
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London
The
Daily Express
Earl Elgin
Lond Tweedsmuir
Canada
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Dominion
Plains
Lord Tweedsmuir
Edward James Bruce
Earl of Elgin
Britain expects Nazi spring strike to gain a decision
Chicago January 5 The Marquess of Lothian warned that Germany will likely press a spring attack on England and France with land air and sea power He said Allies are ready to meet the assault and that a German victory would threaten the post 1815 foundations of free trade and sea power He urged collective Western strength and open world power to prevent a repeat of past world wars.
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Chicago
Marquess of Lothian
Germany
England
France
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Washington
British Commonwealth
Kyance
Hitler
Lord Lothian
New World
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
National Socialist Party
Bulgaria and Russia Reach Trade Agreement
Moscow reports a trade deal with Bulgaria as talks continue with three powers. Principal feature cited is a shipping accord in the Black Sea. Bulgarian quarters say no political questions are involved and a signing may occur tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Bulgaria
Kremlin
Black Sea
Mexico presses oil expropriation indemnity talks
Mexico City on January 5 reported that foreign oil firms had five days to appoint experts to assess expropriated properties. With no appointments, officials said the government would independently determine indemnification amounts, after the civil court set the deadline and warned firms of possible rebellion for noncompliance.
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Mexico City
Federal
Dynamite Found During Moonshine Stop Near Lethbridge
RCMP near Lethbridge chased a car believed involved in illicit liquor. Police stopped the vehicle and seized 39 sticks of dynamite. Roy Hendry of Lethbridge appeared before Magistrate A. Beaumont and was remanded to next Thursday on charges of reckless driving failing to stop on police order and illegal possession of explosives.
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Lethbridge
C.P
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Roy Hendry
A. Beaumont
K.C
Britain Ships Arms to Finland From London Base
The Evening Standard reports British arms plants have begun shipping arms and munitions to Finland. Convoys will guard arrivals at Finnish ports. The government aims to keep export licences to Finland as flexible as possible.
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London
C.P
Evening Standard
Finland
Standard
Flora Finch Dies of Blood Poisoning at Hospital
Hollywood star Flora Finch, famed silent film comedienne once paired with John Bunny, died at Good Samaritan Hospital after a streptococcal infection from a cut led to blood poisoning and bronchial pneumonia. She was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stock player and remained celebrated for her sprightly, angular persona.
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Hollywood
Jian
Flora Finch
Good Samaritan Hospital
Miss Finch
Hopital
John Bunny
Filmland
Metro-Goldwin-Mayer Studios
Hhe
Irish Senate Approves Emergency Internment Measure
Dublin reports the Senate approved an emergency power bill granting internment without trial for IRA members amid a mass roundup of alleged extremists. The Dail had earlier passed the act and recessed, with a companion law to address offences against the state moving to the Senate. In Cork, Tomas MacCurtain, 22, was arraigned on a murder charge related to Detective John Roche’s death.
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Dublin
APD
Irish Republican Army
Senate
Dail
Cork
Tomas MacCurtain
Werthy
John Roche
MacCurtain
Intensive Training for Canadians at Aldershot Command
Canada’s active service force cleared decks today for intensive training in Aldershot to precede a division’s transfer to France. Leaves and interruptions to drills will be resolved by the weekend as units complete preparations.
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Aldershot
Aldershot Command
Canada
France
German Tanker Pauline Friederich Seized by U S Marshals
The German tanker Pauline Friederich, docked in Boston, was seized by U S Marshals after a libel filed by a former officer claiming $98.60 in wages. The ship carries lubricating oil valued at about one million dollars and will remain in custody until bond is posted. The libel also alleges withheld pay for crew members from April 24 to December 27.
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Boston
API
Pauline — Friederich
United States
U.S
Harold Sullivan
Christopher Ghilori
Ernst Rudolph Heitzmann
Henry Goguen
Bond
Wilhelm Warren
Kink
Pauline Friederich
Tne Ye
Obituary Hannah Joyce Riley of Etzikom Dies at Eight
The funeral for Hanmin Joyce Riley eight daughter of Mrs Hazel Riley and the late C W Riley was held at the First Baptist Church Ftvikonm with interment in the local cemetery. Surviving are her mother and a brother Charles. The service featured Miss Winth Saunders and Miss Evelyn Gibson missionaires and hymns.
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Hanmin Joyce
Hazel Riley
C. W. Riley
Etzikom
First Baptist Church
Ftvikonm
Winth Saunders
Evelyn Gibson
Jesus
Misa Saumeers
Miss Gibson
Hannah Jeyre Riley
Medicine Hat
J. Oscar Lutey
Nelson Steai
Flunter River
Ane
Charles
Grandma
Stead
Prince Edward Island
Minnie
George
Granlea
Ted
High River
Norman
Granles
Ina
Claude
Webb
Sask
Sam
Reborn Family
Oddfellows’ Lodge
Etzikony
Repecca Lodge
F. T. Jackson
Collins Fanly
J. Cooper
Claude Traxcies
Etzikonm
A. L. Magnusson
Elna
Jonas Midler Funeral Held At Pattison’s Parlors
Funeral services for Jonas Midler were conducted at Pattison’s Funeral Parlors on Monday at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Walker led the service with comforting remarks and scripture. Born December 15, 1861 in Sweden, he married Martha Olsen before immigrating to Canada in 1912 and homesteading near Seven Persons. He died June 3 at age 78 after a period of illness. Interment followed at Hillside Cemetery. pallbearers named. The Edler family thanks caregivers and friends for sympathy.
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Jonas Bodler
Jonas Midler
Pattison
Mr. Walker
Jonas Edler
Sweden
Martha Olsen
Canada
Adler
Moller
Err
Carl
Wetuskiwing
Conrad
Orion
Eakestrand
Mise Julia
Keith Yorke
Hillside Cemetery
Carl Sederberg
Pete Anderson
John Myer
T. MacDonald
Oscar Biornstyam
Sam Carlson
Don Edler
Jean
Stanley
Raymond
Bill
Lottie
Billy
Marguerite
Kay
Betty
Alice
Carl Soderberg
Soderberge
Peter Anderson
Amos
Sandberg
Ber Rud
Thomas MacDonald
Meyer Aml
Behkt Und Aml Stacken
Myre
Charlie Tonberg
F.C. Kurpduweit
G. Carlson
Myr
Don Merland
S. Carlson
Holmberg
F.O.E
Edler
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USS
Aberhart
Vilhjaimur Stefansson
Tweedsmuir
Scottish Development Council
Scotland
Tie
Fife
National Council On
Fourth Conservancy Board
Ure
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
Flynn Regiment
Royal Company of Archers
Siton
Oxford
Church of Scotland
Educational Endowments Commission of Scotland
Mexico
Screen Star
Irish Senate
Hannah Joyce W Riley
Sweet Grass
Mont
Pattison’s
Second Street
Fifth Avenue
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