Hospital Board Re-Elects Niblock Amid Cabinet Shake-Up
Hospital Board president C W Niblock was re-elected at Hat General Hospital’s annual meeting held at City Hall. S T Fawcett as vice-president and 4 8 Card as secretary treasurer were named. auditor F M Oliver C A. A hospitalization plan was discussed with the Canadian Legion expressing interest in adopting such a scheme locally.
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C.W. Niblock
Corporation of Hat Medicine Hat General Hospital
S. T. Fawcett
Card
F. M. Oliver
C.A
T. Fawcett
C. W. Niblock
J. A. Bell
W. A. Davies
W. Cousins
R. Calder
T. Murray
R. T. Cunliffe
4. Galbraith
H. C. Duggan
Bert” Montgomery
W. 4.Harper
Canadian Legion
Niblock
Three British Submarines Reported Lost in Heligoland Bight
London reports the submarines Seahorse Undine and Starfish as lost after failing to return or report in a week. Seahorse and Starfish each carried 40 men, Surface displacement 640 tons. Undine 549 tons with 27 crew. Admlty fears vessels on hazardous service are lost. German communique claims Undine and Starfish sunk with some survivors.
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London
Admiralty
Seahorse
Undine
Starfish
Heligoland Bight
Berlin
Royal Air Force
North Sea
Paris
Francé
War Loan Over-Subscribed In Canada
Ottawa reports the first Dominion government loan of the second Great War shows $136,717,950 of the $200,000,000 was subscribed as towns and remote districts rush orders. Officials say over subscription likely, with books kept open another day to register more subscriptions.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bank of Canada
Suspects in alleged plot held on bail set at $550000
Seven handcuffed suspects in an alleged terrorist plot to overthrow the government were held in total bail of $550,000 as they faced charges of seditious conspiracy. One defendant pleaded not guilty while chanting revolutionary phrases and a “foehrer type” dictatorship refrain.
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Apd- Seventeer
United States
Fuehrer
Republic
Typographical Union Branch Plans $200 Dominion War Bond
Medicine Hat Typographical Union branch has applied for a $200 Dominion war loan bond signaling solid labor support for Canada in the wartime crisis.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Typographical Union
Dominion War Loan
Detention Cells March Sparks Wider Federal Probes
Relatives mourn as detainees are marched away while authorities from federal state and national guard escalate inquiries. A nation-wide search for caches tied to a tyrannical regime intensifies the investigation amid chaotic developments.
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National Guard
Medicine Hat Opposes Shift to Alberta Tax Recovery Act
City council backs a 1922 Act position against moving Medicine Hat Calgary and Edmonton under the 1938 Tax Recovery Act. City solicitor reports on talks with other cities and potential ministerial consent limits on sales. Aldermen urge strong government representation. A petition urges reopening Crystal Park rink.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Short
Calgary
Edmonton
Ald. Black and Boyd
Ald. Calder
Mr. Short
Ald. Marshall
Ali. Warham
Ali. Black
Ald. Boyd
J. L. Robinson
M.L.A
A. Flamme
D. Lush
Crystal Park
Chamberlain and Hore-Belisha in guarded War Office shake-up
In London on January 1 1940 Prime Minister Chamberlain and war secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha faced a growing ministerial crisis with a guarded parliament statement. Chamberlain defended the change saying it arose from differences in qualities and denied policy shifts. Hore-Belisha insisted there was no policy clash with colleagues and rejected gossip of backbiting. The opposition voiced calmer debate as Labour and Liberal leaders commented on cabinet dynamics and responsibilities. Oliver Stanley succeeded Hore-Belisha to form a new wartime cabinet balance.
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London
Chamberlain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
War Office
Hore-Belisha
Here-Belisha
Archibald Sinclair
Vgar
Clement Attlee
House
Empire Air Plan May Bring Wives Of Instructors
London reports the empire air plan may relocate hundreds of wives and children of Royal Air Force instructors to the Dominion. The move aims to establish homes and send children to Dominion schools. Government action on passages and funding is under consideration. High‑skilled officers including staff, flying and engineer officers would go and support naval aviation schools with instructional material.
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London
Royal Air Force
Dominion
Tourists and Our Foreign Exchange
Foreign Exchange Control Board notes impending tourist season will feature publicity in the United States stressing free travel for tourists to Canada and the offer rates of exchange prescribed by the board. Non resident tourists may receive American funds or convert Canadian funds under authority.
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Chamber of Conn
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Canada
Three Lindsay Children Die In Brownfield Fire
In sub zero weather a Brownfield farm home fire killed Hartley Lindsay 13 Albert Lindsay 3 and Fred Lindsay 5. Their mother and another child escaped as flames trapped them. Lloyd E Lindsay a Canadian Pacific Railway brakeman was away on duty. The cause remains unknown.
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Coronation. Alita
C.P
Lloyd E. Lindsay
Brownfield
Here
Hartley Lindsay
Albert Lindsay
Fred Lindsay
Lindsay
Canadian Pacific Railway
Former Kentucky Governor and U.S. Senator J C W Beckham Dies
J C W Beckham, once Kentucky governor and U.S. senator, has died. Born in Kentucky, Beckham served in state and national politics and remained a notable Democratic figure. The obituary notes his career and public service.
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J.C. W. Beckhams
Kentucky
United States
Saskatchewan canteen fund probe reveals funds dwindled
Regina commission hears trustees Col Styles and Col McAra recount their shock at shortages in the Saskatchewan canteen fund once valued at $240000 now under 100000. They stress trust in deceased trustees White and Cox and recall learning of shortages in recent weeks.
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Regina
Jan. Wi
C.P
Saskatchewan
A. G. Styles
Col Styles
James McAra
A. H. White
CC. G. Cox
Saskatoon
Col. Styles
Farmers urge federal board to fix Canada’s farm prices
Robert Gardiner urged the United Farmers of Alberta to create a federal agricultural board to determine the average cost of producing farm produce in Canada and set minimum prices to cover that cost. He stressed the need for taxes to fund the objective and warned default would threaten the industry without action. The board would include producer and consumer representation.
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Edmonton
Federal Agricultural Board
Canada
Robert Gardiner
United Farmers of Alberta
Parahaetim
Gardiner
AM Agricultural Board
Britain and France Agree Turkey Armament Loan Deal
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House that Britain and France signed economic agreements with Turkey in Paris on January 8. The package includes a $25 million armament loan and a separate £17 million loan for other purposes.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
France
Turkey
Paris
Unemployment Insurance Talks Reopened With Provinces
Ottawa January 16 Ernest Lapointe minister of justice announced negotiations with the provinces to obtain approval of a constitutional amendment to enable the federal government to re establish unemployment insurance. He noted provincial objections in the past to modifying the British North America Act to transfer jurisdiction. He said conversations have been reopened on the problem.
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Ottawa
Ernest Lapointe
Lapointe
Howard Wickett Explains Train Dispatching Practices
CPR official Howard Wickett outlines Canada’s rail regions with four Alberta divisions and Medicine Hat as a key zone. He describes time cards, train precedence eastbound over westbound, and standard train orders read by conductors before duty.
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Howard Wickett
Medicine Hat
C.P.R
Rotary Club
Wickett
Canada
East
Wes
Fort William
Althoteh
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Search Resumed For Lost Quebec Airmen
Montreal reports the resumption of the search for three men missing since September after their Moisie Quebec flight to Labrador disappeared. The missing are Herald H Davidson secretary treasurer of McFarlane Son and Hodgson J C Cote lumberman of the Three Rivers district and Thomas Fecteau the pilot.
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Montreal
Jan
Ic.p.i
Labrador
Moisie
Que
Clement H. McFarlane
McFarlane, Son. and Hodgson, Limited
Herald H. Davidson
J. C. Cote
Three Rivers District
Thomas Fecteau
Russians claim 500000 prisoners in war
Reported by Russian sources eight Turkish reinforcement ships sunk by the fleet. Russians also claim five hundred thousand German and Austrian prisoners taken since the war began.
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Gan
Thornan
Vaner Ay West
Paueda
Sweden protests against bombing over Kallax island
Sweden protests against bombing after nine Soviet aircraft were seen over northern Sweden on Sunday. Ten bombs were dropped. one plane reportedly made a forced landing but troops and the air force could not locate it.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Kallaks
Sweden
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Heligoland
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Belgium
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Empire Air Plan
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Quebec
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A.F
A.M. G.R.A
Masonic Hall
Fourth Street
Genevolent
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