Hauptmanns Seen Out On Auto Trip As Baby Was Kidnapped
A New Jersey courtroom scene unfolds with Bruno Hauptmann and his wife reacting to testimony about the ransom money and a scribbled address and phone number found in his Bronx home. Prosecutors link James Condon to the case as defense aims to doubt handwriting and statements. The day ends with tension as Hauptmann and Anna challenge witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauptmanns
Baby
Flemington
N.J
John Ferris
A.P
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
Lindbergh
Isador Fisch
Hauptmann
Edward 4. Reilly
Defence
Fisch
James F
Jassie
Condon
John
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
Reilly
Glas Benjamin Arae
Samuel J. Foley
Foley
Arac
Anna
Cre
John F.scanlon
Menlo Park
Hopewell
Fat Cattle Sell to Seattle Buyers from Medicine Hat
An epoch in Medicine Hat livestock trade as 145 fat cattle from Mitchell and Willows feed lots are bought by American buyers for Seattle. It marks Seattle as a new U S destination for Canadian cattle and hints at a U S cattle shortage as buyers pay three cents per pound at the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Messrs Mitchell and Willows
Seattle
U.S
United States
Lloyd George Returns to Wales With New Deal Plan
Lloyd George campaigns in Bangor and Wales delivering his new deal message in Welsh. UK papers weighed in with mixed views praising its Liberal elements and practicality while noting limited appeal and cautious support from Labour ranks.
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Pavlhels
Wales
George Hambleton
C.P
David Lloyd George
Doles
Bangor
Britain
Manchester Guardian
Laborite Daily Herald
The
Times
Bank of England
Belfast
Neville Chamberlain
Lloyd George
London
Lloyd .George
News-Chronicle
Liloyd George
Daily Herald
Daily Telegraph
Board rejects lower grain freight rates from prairies to B C
The Board of Railway Commissioners dismissed the application for reduced rates on feed grains and mill feeds from the prairie provinces to British Columbia. The decision was split three to two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
Board of Railway Commissioners
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Soviet Strikes Back at Canada Through Strike School
Quebec report claims a Soviet subsidized strike school operates in Montrea s to foment trouble in lumber regions. It cites strikes in Ontario British Columbia and Rouyn and says Communists aim to damage Canada as wood sales shift to Britain after protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
C.P
Montreas
Corporation of Wood-Cutters
U. C. Picke
Forestry
Ontario
British Columbia
Rouyn
Canada
Great Britain
Uncertain Canadian Election Pushes to April Fifteenth
Ottawa reports the election likely not before April 15 as lists are printed and distributed. Prime Minister Bennett signals a major unemployment insurance bill with a national employment service, appointing a commission to run the program. Correspondence also covers resignations of ministers Stevens and MacLaren during the recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
W. A. Black
Halifax
W. D. Cowan
Long Lake
Sask
George Nicholson
East Algoma
J. A. Denis
St. Denis-Montreal
Mackenzie King
Cahan
Bennett
Mr. King
J. S.woodsworth
C.C.F
C.p.j
Cab
Inet
H. Jr. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
Murray Maceren
Pime
Stevens
MacLaren
Fan Dance Stirs Unitarian Parishioners in Boston
In Boston on January 18 AP reports a much publicized fan dance performed in a church by Miss Aleta Ray, age 27, using two ostrich feather fans. Parishioners praised the decency of the act while noting the dancer retained a distinct presence beyond the fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Rand
Unitarian
Harold Cutbill
Aleta Ray
Five Air Canada planes ship record fur cargo from Mackenzie delta
Five Canadian Airways aeroplanes converged on McMurray carrying 72 bales of fur weighing 2,900 pounds valued at $75,000. The shipment, the largest in the company’s history, traveled south from McMurray on the Northern Alberta Railways train and will reach Edmonton tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
McMurray
Mackenzie Delta
Canadian Airways, Ltd
C. H. Dickins
Co.b.e
Northern Alberta Railways
Beaverbrook Demands Troop Withdrawal Over Saar Crisis
Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express urges withdrawal of British troops from the Saar amid fears the region will soon fall under German control. Weather notes cold with snow. temperature 22 degrees.
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London
C.P
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Saar
Roberson's Gang Member Sentenced in Regina
Frederick H. Robertson was sentenced to ten years for the October 21 Regina gas station holdup. He faced four charges in R.C.M.P. court after a prior run in with police. Co-defendant John Gawreliuk alias Durant was arrested and pled not guilty on similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
C.P
Frederick
Robertson
Brown
Court of King’s Bench
W. B. Scot
R.c.mlp
R.C.M.P
John Gawreliuk
Durant
Konm Lake
Gawreliuk
Alberta UFA Convention Advances Political and Social Goals
The 27th annual United Farmers of Alberta convention in Calgary closes with a push for separate CCF and Labor nominations in rural and urban ridings, calls for reinstating the Alberta provincial police, and criticism of the RCMP. It also endorses reforms including rural education equalization, folk high schools, simplified courts, public trustees, and lower pensions for civilians and veterans. The body plans to petition government on price policy and education access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam G. Ross
C.P
Calgary
United Farmers of Alberta
Alberta
Alberta Provincial Council
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
U.F.A
Labor
United Farmer
Co-Operative Committee
Board of Governors
University of Alberta
U.F.W.A
Train Derailment Near Morrin Injures Several
A Calgary Edmonton line derailment three miles south of Morrin Alta injured three women admitted to hospital and left about a dozen more with minor injuries. A broken rail in subzero weather caused three passenger cars to plunge over a six foot embankment but rescue efforts moved quickly and no crewed were hurt. The line was cleared by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Lawson
Calgary
Raymond ‘Richey
Scollard
Ajta
Lymiscko
Ontkes
Aita
W.G. Cummings
Edmonton
Morrin
Johnson
Drumheller
A. McPhail
Edmonton Journal
W. A. Kirkby
Alta
C.P
Canadian National
Lithuania Masses Troops Near German Frontier
Reports from Berlin say Lithuanian forces massed at Taurow near the German frontier with reserves called for a three month period, doubling the garrison's peace strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
C.P
Taurow
Germany
Grain shipping halts fodder shipments to North Dakota
Alberta fodder shipments to drought areas in North Dakota are cancelled. J P Lavasseur Edmonton contractor announced no shipments after February 1 will be paid, triggering a rush to bale, consignment of supplies and settlement of contracts and bills of roading.
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Edmonton
Alberta
North Dakota
J. P. Lavasseur
Government plans temporary pensions commissioners in Ottawa
The government will appoint three or four temporary pensions commissioners to speed work on hundreds of cases. A bill to amend the Pensions Act appeared on the commons order paper. The current statute set commissioners’ terms at ten years.
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Ottawa
C.P
Commons
Auto Fatality At High River Crossing
George Cunningham son of Mr and Mrs G W Cunningham of this district was killed when a southbound train crashed into his automobile at a river level crossing near High River. Two young women were seriously injured Kathleen Ellis and Beth Laycroft were identified as hurt in the crash as the car paused on the tracks on the steep incline. The engineer saw the approaching vehicle and could not avoid impact.
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High River
George Cunningham
G. W.cunningham
Kathleen Ellis
Clyde Bis
Beth Laycroft
George Laycroft
Ranch Foreman Assaulted Near Suffield
Foreman M. A. Valli of the J. J. Bowlen ranch south of Suffield was struck on the head with a hammer by a neighbor’s ranch hand and returned home where he collapsed. Constables Taylor and Crocket pursued the case but faced drifted roads delaying transport and no condition update was available at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Valli
J. J. Bowlen
Suffield
R.C
Anderson
Valli
Bright Spots of the Week Canadian News Summary
Canadian press brief highlights industry gains across Ontario and Quebec. Philip Carey Manufacturing plans a 256000 dollar asbestos plant in Lennoxville. Stratford CNR freight tonnage up ten percent year over year. Associated Textiles to build a 250 job branch factory in Trois Rivers. Dominion Foundries and Steel expands Hamilton plant at 250000 dollars. Canadian Boat Industries opens a power boat plant in Whitby. Border Cities plants raise automobile output to ease unemployment in Windsor. Jacques Cartier Wine adds plant in Trois Rivers. Canadian Tampax secures space in Toronto for sanitary napkin production.
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Lennoxville
Que
Philip Carey Manufacturing Co
United States
Stratford
Ont
C.N.R
Three Rivers
Associated Textiles
Canada
Hamilton
Dominion Foundries and Steel, Ltd
Wihtby
Canadian Boat Industries, Ltd
Windsor
Three-Rivers
Jacques Cartier Wine Company
Toronto
Tampax Corporation
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Bru Eker
Program
Beaverbrook
Think Foam Lake
Norman F. Priestley
Labor Party
C.C.F. Council
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Donald MacLeod
M.L.A
Stony Plain
Buy Noy
Lithuania
Pensions
Monarchs
Coleman
Crows Nest
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