C C F Banned From Use Of Radius
Vancouver radio CCNMO barred from broadcasting talks on municipal and provincial politics. The CCU and BC secretary Herbert Gairgrave criticized the move as a curtailment of free speech. CBC had previously allowed addresses, and the station seeks time on the CBC Vancouver outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
CCNMO
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
J. Lyle Telford
CCU
Atayor
Peldford
Herbert
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Guargrave
Conte
C.B.C
Medicine Hat Plans March Big Spring Horse Sale
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce voted to hold a March horse sale and named Eugene Burton as manager with James Mitchell and Burton’s aide to organize details. They aim to coordinate dates with Lacombe Red Deer and Cethbridge to fit buyers’ southern Alberta schedules. Mitchell cited strong farmer and rancher interest. The note also covers exchange rate concerns for Canadian tourism and urges posting rates in shops and ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Eugene Burton
James Mitchell Avell
Chamber of Commerce
James Mitchell
Burton
W. T. Rannan
Chamber
Mitchell
Lacombe
Red Deer
Cethbridge
Alberta
Fire In Basement Of Medicine Hat Garage
Firefighters were called to the Central Garage on First St at 8 25 p m to fight a blaze caused by an overheated motor in the basement. Smoke filled the area and hose access required floor cuts. The fire was quenched with water. damage was mainly to stock, covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First St
Girl Is Fined For Conducting A Lottery
VANCOUVER January 11 1924 Thel Brown was fined 200 dollars in police court for conducting a lottery. She will serve two months in jail in lieu of payment. Detectives seized lottery tickets on hospital and rank wearing sweepstakes when they arrested Miss Poon weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Thel Brown
Miss Poon
Agra
Britain hints at secret long range fighter for future use
The Air Ministry announced development of a high speed long range fighter. Jane's editor says Britain’s factories work night and day on a new and secret warplane. The craft may be a faster Defiant model with potential range gains and surprises in usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Air Ministry
Germany
Britain
R.A.F
Britain Will Wipe Out Dominion's Wheat Surplus
Canada will see its wheat surpluses melt as Great Britain starts buying here in earnest. Trade commissioner W. B. Greaves says Britain will purchase extensively and Canada should increase its sales to Britain to help fund the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Dominion
Toronto
C.P
Canada
Great Britain
W. B. Greaves
No More Politics For the U F A
Robert Gardiner of Execl Alta says the United Farmers of Alberta will not rejoin politics. He notes the U F A executive will meet in Edmonton to discuss routine business for the provincial U P A convention opening next Tuesday. Gardiner asserts the stay out of politics decision made last year remains binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
United Farmers of Alberta
Robert Gardiner
Execl Alta
Gardiner
U.F.A
Air training in Canada under way for Commonwealth plan
Ottawa reports rapid progress in pre training work for the Commonwealth air training plan. The aim is to train 20 000 to 30 000 air force recruits yearly in Canada by midsummer. Australian New Zealand and British recruits to follow. Canadian boys to begin dry training at domestic fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Robert Brooke-Pophim
Royal Air Force
Dominions
Transport Department
Rumania and Yugoslavia Hold Secret Vrana Conference
Carol of Rumania and Regent Prince Paul reportedly met at Vrana near the frontier to discuss Yugoslavia’s stance on Romania’s postwar territorial revision with Hungary and the potential Italian and Hungarian defensive alliance. The talks also touched on Yugoslav aid for passage of Italian troops in case of a Russian move in the Balkans.
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Buchariest
Carol
Rumania
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
Vrana
Paul
Yugoslvia
Tiangary
Italy
Hungary
Balkans
Quints Not Going to the World's Fair
North Bay Ontario reports Keith Munro says no offer has been received for the Dionne quintuplets to appear at the New York World's Fair. Dr Dafoe denies any World’s Fair approach and officials say they know nothing of a proposed appearance beyond journalist inquiries.
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North Bay
Ont
C.P
Keith Munro
Dionne Quintuplets
Munro
Allan Roy Dafoe
Quints
New York
Dr. Dafoe
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Harvey D. Gibson
J. A. Valin
Percy Wilson
Toronto
Board of Guardians
Miners Feared Dead After Bartley No 1 Mine Blast
In Bartley West Virginia the Pond Creek Pocantah Coal Corp mine disaster left 26 dead and 91 men trapped. Two dozen bodies had been recovered, with about 66 miners still unaccounted for as rescue teams pressed the search.
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Bartley
W. Va
Pond Creek Pocantah
Canada to issue 200 million war loan at 3 1 2 percent
Ottawa announced the first Dominion war loan will offer 200 million dollars in bonds at par with 3.5 percent interest. Subscriptions open Monday at 2 am at the Bank of Canada. The loan funds will finance wartime expenditures with bonds maturing in 1952 and callable in five equal sections from 1948 under annual drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
J. J. Ralston
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Bank of Canada
Dominion
Man Named After Medicine Hat Recalled
Mrs. H. Tom recalls the Burrows family of Medicine Hat who ran the Brunswick House at the old corner now by the Public Library. They sold to a man named Bill Casey and moved away in the eighties. The Brunswick House became the Cosmopolitan Hotel, burned, rebuilt at Fourth S J and South Railway St, and remained in operation to present.
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Medicine Hat Burrows
H. Tom
Burrows
Brunswick House
Bill Casey
Fourth S J. and
South Railway St
Nazi Planes Over England R A F Above Heligoland
German scouting bombers cruised over British ports for the fourth day, clashing with anti-aircraft fire in the Thames estuary and off the Suffolk coast. RAF scouts attacked west and northwest Germany and Heligoland Bight bases as sea activity rose with sinkings of Keynes, El Iso, Traviata, and Granta.
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London
British
Thames Estuary
Suffolk
Yorkshire
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Germany
Heligoland Bight
Keynes
North Sea
Traviata
Granta
Thames
Paris
Vosges
Helsingfors
Finland
Abo
Turku
Salla
Petsamo
Arctic
Copenhagen
Denmark
Karelian
Canadian veterinarians Honored by American Veterinary Association
Dr. John C. Hargrave of Medicine Hat Alberta and Dr. Mark Barker of Regina Saskatchewan were named to provincial secretary posts in Alberta and Saskatchewan by AVMA president Dr Cassius Way. The appointments followed the AVMA meeting in New York on January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Veterinary Medical Association
Cassius Way
New York City
A.V
John C. Hargrave
Medicine Hat
Alta
Calgary
Alberta
Mark Barker
Regina
Saskatchewan
Raglan Decries Censorship Office Overmanning
Lord Raglan told the House of Lords that the censorship bureau is overstaffed and inefficient. He described a night shift with little work, four idle women examiners, and a £750 salary while doing nonessential tasks such as stamping not to be published on innocuous photos. He noted bans on evacuations and uneven press coverage between London and provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Raglan
Censorship
House of Lords
Lady Astor
Essex
Russians Capture Villages in East Prussia in Bayonet Attack
Russians seized several villages in East Prussia by bayonet assault. Germans reported 1,700 French troops captured in heavy fighting near Crouy on the western front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Prussia
Crouy
Royal Air Force Pilot Flies Spitfire at High Speed
A young RAF pilot reportedly flew a Spitfire at 650 to 700 mph during a dangerous vertical dive after losing oxygen at 28 000 feet. Experts say the aircraft likely reached at least 650 mph in the dive while technicians inspect the engine and frame for data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Lloyd Child
Buffalo
N.Y
Child
Curtiss Company
Spaniards Aid Finland With War Material From Spain
Russian arms captured from the Spanish Civil War travel via France to Finland to aid the Red Army. The Spanish government sends tanks artillery and guns to Finland. Italy may also supply through France due to a German ban. German technicians head to Moscow to study Soviet losses as Finland campaigns continue.
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Jean Alary Havas
Paris
C.p.-Havasi
Spain
France
Finland
Red Army
Rome
London Daily Express
Franco
Germany
Italy
Europe
Reich
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
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C.C.F
Brave Sureny
Cananda
J. Galbraith
U.S.A
Foreign Exchange Control Board
D. W. Hays
J. R. Patterson
Charles Beny, Jnr
J. Mitchell
Admiralty
The
Air Force
G. G. Banting
England
Brooke- Popham
United States
National Defence Department
Heligoland
J.C. Hargrave
Uss. Asso
Lord Macmillan
Plane
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