22 Jan 1929
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1929
Page
1
A damaged OCR segment hints at a train event involving a person and a location but lacks readable names or precise details. The readable fragments suggest a narrative around a transport incident or travel scene, yet key entities remain unclear.
Council debates tag day permits for Catholic Women's League Holy Trinity Church and Women's Hospital Aid with a plan to request all applicants refile. City solicitor cites street use rules as the council suspends decisions until next meeting. Nearby Crescent Heights residents press for sidewalk paving curb to improve local services.
Aboard the Empress of France Commander Robinson diverted 500 miles to assist a Japanese freighter in a savage gale after a S O S. Four seamen were injured and a doctor was to board, but rough seas prevented any transfer and the ships resumed course toward Yokohama and Vancouver.
A message from Cape Race reports the steamer Dannedalke sinking at latitude 37.66 north and longitude 59.87 west. The steamer President Harrison and other ships are rushing to assist the stricken vessel.
Felix Hart, patient at Weyburn Mental Hospital, fled the ice house gang during the severe Saskatchewan blizzard. He vanished into the storm southwest of the hospital and had not been recaptured by late night.
In Lethbridge on a Saturday night while Warden G. W. Edgenton was away, his residence was broken into and $40 in cash plus four old .45 revolvers used to form an electric lamp base were stolen. A suspect, Cyril aka Tom Watson of Dungery, appeared before Magistrate Hamilton but was not linked to the crime and later received a one month sentence on a vacancy charge.
Winnipeg reports grain inspections with 1,000 wheat cars inspected, up from 700 last year, alongside 400 contract grades. The data highlights increased activity in grain logistics and grading results for the period.
Three Afghan kings vie for the throne as forces mass in Kabul Kandahar. Amanullah gains support in Kandahar and Peshawar with calls for holy war against Afghan rulers. Reports from Herat cite troop concentrations in Ghami to retake Kabul.
Winnipeg dispatch reports a sudden Prairie cold snap. Swift Current records 34 below zero, with Saskatoon Moose Jaw Regina and Pas Manitoba around 30 to 32 below. Medicine Hat hits 26 below, while Calgary and Edmonton stay milder at 20 and 16 below.
Windies January 22 reports wheat rising in early trading and closing the day with gains from 16 4 to 21 8. Buying surged from across the border aided by local bulls. May futures led the rally while US weather conditions were blamed for the advance. Cash wheat stayed dull with little export business.
London reports King George will depart for Bognor Regis in Sussex for convalescence. Physicians say the king had a quiet night, vital signs normal, empyema wound healing, appetite returning, and general strength improving though weight has not increased.
Ottawa January 22 In a review of the sheep industry A A MacMillan chief of the sheep division of the Dominion Live stock Branch says the time seems opportune to gradually expand the industry to meet consuming demand. Marketing lambs on a regulated extended basis could grow the industry across prairies foothills and interior British Columbia while in Hastings many thousands of farms are understocked.
The steamer Maine reported it was still searching for the Tees Bridge southeast of Cape Race but could not locate her. A prior message said two hatches stove in and the stokehold flooded, with wireless possibly out of commission.
Secretary Huckvale reports Dean Howes ill with influenza and unable to present the University Extension lecture Thursday. Professor Strickland will substitute, delivering a talk on the Social Life of Insects at the Assiniboia Hotel starting 6 30 p m. The public is invited, with special emphasis on ladies attendance.
Rotarians welcomed Calgary CPR general superintendent Andrew Halkett and fellow officials at a Monday luncheon. The event highlighted CPR growth, with remarks on grain movements, transcontinental trains, and long-standing service to Medicine Hat and area.
The Medicine Hat General Hospital board re elected H W Stacey as president and W J Smallacombe as vice president at a meeting held after the annual gathering. R N Napier was named secretary treasurer. Dr Boyd to continue as honorary medical superintendent under a three month rotating arrangement. The board elected ten directors and discussed Ladies’ Aid disbandment with steps to strengthen it.
Riverside California January 22 Gordon Stewart Northcott, 22, a Wineville chicken farmer on trial for slaying three boys, nears the point of taking the initiative in his life battle. The State's case nears completion with only a few witnesses left including Jessie Clark Northcott's niece and Cyrus Northcott the accused youth's father to testify.
Moose Jaw Sask January 22 fire destroyed the residence of Mr and Mrs J Sutherland at Mortlach likely from a gas lamp explosion. Fire noticed around midnight gutted the premises with furniture destroyed. Damage estimated over 4000 dollars. The family awoke from smoke smell and escaped. Weather cold with temperatures 18 to minus 26.
Edmonton January 22 development of a trial within a trial to determine admissibility of statements Booher made to Alberta Police constables. Defence argues post hypnotic influence from Dr Langster affected Booher after July 18 during Mannville preliminary hearing. Medical examiners describe post mortems on four murder victims and causes of death.
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