Quebec Premier proposes provincial relief plan for unemployment
Premier L A Taschereau outlines a plan to ease municipal unemployment relief by creating provincial commissions that issue 30 to 40 year debentures guaranteed by Dominion and provincial governments. Municipalities would then use their funds for ordinary expenditures. The scheme, debated at Ottawa next week, faces cautious responses from Alberta and Saskatchewan officials. He notes municipalities are at the end of resources and fears a growing unemployed class.
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Quebec
L. A. Taschereau
Dominion
Ottawa
Edmonton
Tascherman
West is Good as Gold Says Premier
Edmonton, Jan . Premier J E ownlee denounced eastern detractors saying western Canada would meet Dominion obligations on the Dominion loan to the four western provinces. He defended western credit and urged focus on reconstruction to raise farm prices and repay all debts.
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Edmonton
Jan.u
Canada
J. E. @ownlee
Dominion
Mys
Quebec
Prdemier
Flood toll rises as rain floods Brazil and Argentina
Canadian Press reports 78 people killed in floods after heavy rainstorms in Brazil and Argentina. Eight drowned in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Argentina
Youth Hockey Showdown At Arena Lethbridge vs Medicine Hat
Tonight at 7 45 p m the Lethbridge Junior Shadows meet the Medicine Hat All Star Juveniles in a highly anticipated game. The visitors seek to boost reputation and avenge a prior loss as they aim to capture the provincial juvenile title. The Monarchs face Strathmore tomorrow at 9 15 p m as Strathmore tries to rebound and challenge top Foothills League teams.
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Lethbridge
Medicine Hat All
Anc
Lions
All Star
Monarchs
Strathmore
Gleichen
Calgary Hawks
Vulcan
Non-Stop U S Flight to Honolulu Ends in Success
Six United States navy planes carrying 30 men completed a 2400 mile transoceanic transfer from California to Pearl Harbor in 24 hours 45 minutes flying time and 26 hours 21 minutes total elapsed time. The formation faced fog weight and darkness but landed in order at Pearl Harbor.
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Honolulu
United States Navy
California
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Golden Gate
Pacific
Com. Knefler McGinnis
E.S.T
Norfolk
Coco Solo
Panama
Rice
San Diego
Cal
San Francisco
John Perry
Greenville
S.C
Perry
Congregational Meeting at Gordon Memorial Church
Notes from Redcliff report the Gordon Memorial church annual congregational meeting set for next Monday night January 15 at 8 o'clock in the church basement. Also includes obituaries and social notes from Redcliff area events and celebrations.
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Gordon Memorial Church
Tilley
Knott's Chapel
Medicine Hat
M. S. Blackburn
N. Willis
Mary Maskell
W. Hill
J. H. Sellhorn
Edmonton
William
Serete
Pelletier Hanged at Montreal for Murder
Canadian press report states Philias Pagier was hanged in Montreal’s jail after conviction for a 1933 death. A towel caused asphyxiation and a shirt button matching Pelletier’s shirt, with a missing button, was found in the Guerin home.
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Montreal
Philias Pagdier
Fignts
FeBusin
Ane
Releth
Guerin
Pelletier
Street Car Fatality in Calgary
Bernard Moore a waterworks department employee was struck by a Calgary street car as he walked on the track Thursday evening. Firemen police and railway officials spent about an hour removing the tram to free the body.
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Calgary
Bernard Moore
Waterworks Department
Weather Log for Medicine Hat 1933 Reported Extremes
The Medicine Hat meteorological summary for 1933 records a yearly mean temperature of 41.8 degrees with a July high of 69.9 and a December low of 8.6. The calendar year saw 14.11 inches of precip with 8.25 inches rain and 5.86 inches snow, and total sunshine near 2056.8 hours. Maximum wind reached 100 mph on July 19 from the NW, with a prevailing SW direction.
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Medicine Hat
News Today
C. Pickering
N.W
Ruth and Yankees reach 1934 salary agreement
Babe Ruth reached a preliminary agreement with the New York Yankees on 1934 salary terms, reportedly cutting from 520,000 to 535,000. He will sign a formal contract next Monday.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Baseball
New York Yankees
Plane vanishes after sea crash off English coast
An unidentified aircraft belching smoke overturned in flight and nosedived into the sea off England. It disappeared 400 yards offshore as a large wave swallowed the wreckage. No occupants were found.
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England
Bullets Sing Edmonton Chase Ends With Escape
Two bullets were fired during a chase by City Cor etable Olaf Hansen after a gunman through the West End streets. Both shots missed and the man escaped. Authorities report a revolver sighting as the pursuit began and continued into headquarters.
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Edmonton
Olaf Hansen
West End
Man and wife hunger strike in Nanking prison
Swiss prisoner Paul Noulens and his wife Gertrude are fasting for days in a Nanking prison. He is on day 23 of the hunger strike and she on day 15, protesting repeated requests for new trials. Doctors fear his death is imminent as she grows weaker and wan.
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Nanking
China
Paul Noulens
Gertrude Noulens
Noulens
Market Report From A Small Town Grocery Row
The market was small today with produce arriving by buggy and wagon. Roads were rough and icy but passable after yesterday's storm with minimal drifting. Eggs 35 to 40 cents a dozen, butter 25 cents a pound, live chicken 40 cents each, dressed chicken 30 to 40 cents, live turkeys 7 cents a pound, pike 5 cents a pound.
Chamber of Commerce Condemns 1925 Car Licensing Plan
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce leaders condemn Alberta’s plan to license vintage cars at ten dollars a year as class legislation and a public safety risk. They argue licenses should reflect vehicle size and risk, not age, and pledge a vigorous membership drive aiming for at least fifteen new members in 1934.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
Chamber
George Hoover
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Redcliff
Charles Beny, Jr
Nelson Aground At Portsmouth Harbor Entrance
HMS Nelson, the 33 500 ton flagship of Admiral Sir William Boyle, ran aground at the harbor entrance and rested on the bottom for hours. Crews worked to refloat the ship as the tide ebbed, and the vessel was safely refloated early tonight after roughly 12 hours of grounding.
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Portsmouth
H.M.S. Nelson
Sir William Boyle
Home Fleet
HMS
Nelson
Cost of Government Criticized by Sir Herbert Holt
Sir Herbert Holt president of the Royal Bank of Canada told bank shareholders that heavy governmental and railway costs threaten production. He urged administrative amalgamation of major Canadian railways to gain economies while noting taxation rises and the need to diversify farm output beyond wheat.
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Montreal
Canada
Herbert Holt
Royal Bank of Canada
Herbert
M. ‘W. Lilson
Women’s Hospital Aid elects Mrs Burns president in Medicine Hat
At the annual meeting in City Hall chamber Mrs A P Burns was chosen to lead the Women’s Hospital Aid succeeding Mrs W Morrison. Officers include Mrs Nicholson and Mrs Woolven re elected. Miss Ina Green secretary. Mrs Earl Cooper treasurer. and others. The year 1933 reporting shows strong finances with $1352.35 revenue and $623.68 in the bank.
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A. P. Burns
Women’s Hospital Aid
W. Morrison
City Hall Council
BE. Nicholson
F Cc. Woolven
W. C. Campbell
Ina Green
J. S. Card
Women's Hospital Aid
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Citizens of
Medicine Hat
Kellogg
Murray
Premier Warns Against A Directorate In France
Paris on January 12 Premier Camille Chautemps warned the nation the Royalist riots linked to the Stavisky scandal threat a coup d etat to form a directorate. He cited Bayonne bonds fraud costing about 40 million and urged parliament to back a cabinet clean up.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Stavisky
Chamber ‘of Deputies
Jean Ybarnegaray
Serj Stavisky
Pawnshdg
Alghen
Ups
Chambés
Bayonne
Cdn
Sa’ ‘Chautemps
Chamber
Déater
Serge
Alex” Stavigky
M. Chautemps
France
SD A
Unitine
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Regina
M. A. Macdpherson
L. A. Taschereauw
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U.S
Elmer Congram
Jim Lowens
U.F.A
Florence Jacobson
Lilian Lenning
R. Towle
Burden
Medicine’ Hat
J. Rieser
Weather Report
Eathbridge
Washington
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
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