17 Jan 1924
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
1
Reports from southwest of Yokohama near Fuji Yama show approximately thirty dead in yesterday's quake. Many damaged homes and temporary shelters worsen the scene. Rail traffic and communications largely restored as financial circles fear impact on exchange and loan markets.
Galveston reports the cruiser Tacoma aground near Vera Cruz sending distress calls as tugs stand by. Mexico City cites the first Federal offensive against La Huerta rebels at Tepeaca, southeast of Puebla, with rebels claiming 20 killed and 2 wounded while Federals lose 1 lieutenant and 3 sergeants.
Saskatoon reports Hilding Swanson of Wadena Saskatchewan died during a hunting expedition in the Barrier Lake district. The provincial police revived the report as an investigation continues into the fatal north trip incident.
Bert Wensnck aged youngster, son of R Wensnck of Vale, was shot on his father's farm while vetting cows. His elder brother, thirteen, accidentally discharged a 22 calibre rifle wounding him in the right side. He was moved to Medicine Hat after delays and underwent operation on Wednesday morning.
In Saskatoon on a cold morning, an unidentified man between 50 and 60 collapsed and died after seeking shelter inside the Provincial Employment Office. He had a small amount of money and no usable papers to identify him. officials say the man often warmed himself by the stove. An inquest will be held this afternoon.
The Cranbrook Baptist church reports a yearly per adult member contribution of 100 dollars totaling 4900 dollars from the congregation. The note shows each resident adult member paying a uniform amount toward church finances.
Eleven members of Alexander Kerensky's Social Revolutionists were convicted at the Moscow trial and sentenced by the Central Executive Committee to five years in isolation. The lifelong death sentence looming earlier was commuted.
Wages cut by 20 percent at British steel plant spark fresh strike threats in Cape Breton. About nine thousand of twelve thousand miners in the district are ready to strike, awaiting John L. Lewis’s response to UMWA District 26 advice. Local mines show idle periods. international support is uncertain and a winter strike is seen as hazardous.
Premier Venizelos said he will not recall King George before the plebiscite to decide Greece's future government. He criticized the king's removal as a slap to the Greek people and described himself as a conciliator choosing a plebiscite to let the people choose between a monarchy or a republic.
In Victoria on January 16 the local Great War Veterans Association did not back Regina Local to protest to the Federal Government about admitting three thousand German settlers to Canada. Regina is asked to supply statistics explaining why German settlers were deemed needed.
Canadian National Railways reports Vancouver grain shipments outpace last year with higher carloads. The rise continues into December with substantial totals for the Vancouver area compared to the prior year, indicating stronger movement of crops.
Toronto report on Justice Riddell censuring jurors after a manslaughter acquittal. The Crown Attorney was told to excuse the jurors from further duty as a prior jury had disagreed on costs and no retrial occurred.
Henry Willac Wood of Carstairs was re-elected president of the United Farmers of Alberta at the fifteenth annual convention in Edmonton. He also remains head of the Wheat Pool trustees, defeating George Posteton and others. Official figures were not released. unofficial counts noted about 496 votes. The convention then declared his election unanimous amid general acclaim.
Toronto January 16 negotiations among the Dis Four railway brotherhoods and the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways ended in abeyance. The unions demand wage boosts for engineers firemen conductors and trainmen while the companies seek a downward revision of rates. The matter is sent back to the joint committee for further consideration with a possible 21.2 percent wage increase cited in the discussion.
Figures from the Federal Labor Department show the average weekly budget for twenty nine staple foods was 10 dollars 73 cents at the start of December. Comparisons show 10.60 in November 10.59 in December 1922 11 in December 1921 16.92 at the peak and 7.03 in December 1940.
Report reads of a bank robbery near Chicago where six bandits escaped with a large sum of money after fatally wounding a clerk named John Beekma Rae Oian in Hammond Indiana. Local mayor Horace Henss Pope of Coolshire Quebec is noted as dead in the article.
Edmonton January meeting of the U F A opened with remarks by Mrs. Sears of Nanton who announced plans for farm cooperative marketing and education. President Gardiner of Medicine Hat chaired the convention as talks covered nutrition, child health, and changes in disease treatment, citing progress in self help and community organization.
A letter to Secretary Hichardeon of the Chamber of Commerce notes Medicine Hat's fame has traveled beyond Canada. The photograph editor of the Canadian Pacific Railway publication reports many requests from British and Tasmanian newspapers for photographs of the city and asks for seven to eight representative images.
Professor George M. Wrong of Toronto University urged that Britain should end the entente with France. He spoke in Toronto, saying the two nations do not truly agree and Britain must stand by itself for the empire’s interests.
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