Rogers Details Federal Aid Plan For 1939 Employment Drive
Ottawa correspondent reports Norman Rogers outlines broad program blending relief funds with civic improvements. Proposals include 40 40 20 relief split, 50 50 transient aid, 50 percent direct labor cost support for projects, and a $3 million yearly youth training grant.
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Ottawa
C.P
House of Commons
Norman Rogers
Dominion
British Columbia
Rogers
R. J. Manion
Manion
Vancouver City Not So Rotten As Pictured
Vancouver officials push back on negative portrayals while debating a three point plan. Mayor Lyle Telford seeks Ottawa support to fund relief costs, lower old age pension eligibility, and introduce compulsory retirement allowances comparable to a national pension system.
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Vancouver City
Vancouver
H. J. Degraves
Civic Social Services
Lyle Telford
Canadian Club to Hear Alice Johnston on Feb 6
The Canadian Club meets Monday February 6 with Miss Alice C Johnston as speaker. Her topic is The British point of view on foreign affairs. Johnston, a Scottish-born Oxford Modern History graduate, has lectured at Bonar Law College Ashbridge for five years and tours Canada under the Association of Canadien Clubs.
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Alice C. Johnston
The
Association of Canadien Clubs
Josal
Alberta Hairdressers Seek Legislation Like BC Act 1931
A Medicine Hat public meeting of women’s groups unanimously endorsed a resolution urging Alberta to enact hairdressers legislation similar to British Columbia’s 1931 act. Speaker G Guthrie of Vancouver praised coast regulations ensuring public protection, exam standards, and better training for aspiring hairdressers.
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Medicine Hat
Athentan Hairdressers Association
Alberta
British Columbia
G. Guthrie
Vancouver
Coast
H. V. Grainger
Calgary
Alberta Hairdressers’ Association
Illang
Helen Fooks
Medicine Hat Hairdres
Sers’ Association
W. C. Quinlan
Women's Associations of Medicine
Atso
British Bomber Missing In Channel
Warships and Royal Air Force planes sweep the English Channel for a bomber with six airmen aboard missing since yesterday's storm. The storm also claimed 14 lives and damaged Atlantic shipping. Lloyd's reports SOS from 15 ships. three head for home ports. No reports yet from the rest, but conditions have moderated.
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London
C.P
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Atlantic
Lloyd’s
Britain forms six to seven million man dungaree army
Britain announces a national service scheme listing reserved occupations exempt from military service. The Ministry of Labor identifies six to seven million men aged 18 to 64 as part of the dungaree army to keep industry running at top speed, covering about half the male workforce.
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London
C.P
Ministry of Labor
Refugees in Canada Could Reach Ten Million
Dr. C. E. Silcox warned from Grace United Church in Saskatoon that Western Canada may have to shelter up to 10 000 900 refugees from the United Kingdom within five years. He argued the nation must prepare to houseEuropeans and that democratic civilization and even sports could be at stake if plans fail.
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Saskatoon
C. E. Silcox
Social Service Council of Canada
Grace United Church
United Kingdom
Silcox
Canada
Treasury Branch Moves to New Hargrave Street Premises
Workmen at the old Merchants Bank building in the Hargrave Sissons block on Second Street fit up premises for the Medicine Hat Treasury branch. The branch is expected to move from the courthouse to the new location at the beginning of next month.
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Merchants Bank
Hargrave-Sissons
Second St
Medicine Hat Treasury
Court House
Chamber Meeting At Assiniboia Hotel On Thursday
The monthly general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Assiniboia hotel on Thursday starting at 12:15 p.m. Mr. Tait White of Brooks, chairman of the Sugar Beet Growers' Association and Brooks Board of Trade, will speak on the sugar beet program at the irrigation town.
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Chamber of Commerce
Assiniboia
Tait White
Brooks
I.D. Sugar Beet Growers’ Association
Brooks Board of Trade
Rev Henry Cousens Installed as Pastor at Brockville Church
The Rev Henry Cousens formerly of Loe chute was inducted as minister of the Presbyterian church in Brockville marking a new leadership for the congregation.
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Henry Cousens
Loe Chute
Tine Presbyterian Church
Brockville
Alberta pest destruction prize winners in Medicine Hat district
Winners announced by the Alberta government game commissioner's office for the 1938 pest destruction contest in the Medicine Hat district include B. Hauck of Dunmore receiving 2.00, J. Maarion of Seven Persons 1.00, KE Weiss of Medicine Hat 1.00, A. Yenslen of Seven Persons 0.50, and M. Paul of Medicine Hat 0.50. Cheques for country winners are mailed. E Weiss and M Paul must call at the Canada Land and Irrigation Company offices to collect their prizes in person.
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Alberta
Game Commissioner's Office
Medicine Hat
B. Hauck
Dunmore
J. Maarion
KE. Weiss
A. Yenslen
M. Paul
Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association
E. Weiss
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Insurgents Close on Barcelona as Government Flees
From PERIGNAN to BARCELONA on January 24 reports say insurgent forces surround Barcelona as government ministries flee and a transfer of power to Gerona or Figueras is planned. Manresa falls cutting a railway link to France while air raids sink British ships Dover Abbey and Stanbrook.
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Perignan
France
Barcelona
Lerida
C.P
Barelona
Lilobregat
Cardona
Llobregat
Manresa
Barccelona
Paris
Gerona
Figueras
Gava
Dover Abbey
Stanbrook
African Mariner
Thorpe Bay
Huntress
William McLellan
Admiralty Orders Gunnery Training for Merchant Sailors
The British Admiralty announced that sailors on merchant ships will receive training in operating naval guns. These guns will be deployed on merchant vessels during wartime.
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British Admiralty
Retirement of Ogilvie Flours official John Terry in Medicine Hat
Presentation at the Medicine Hat offices honored John Terry an elevator inspector of 28 years with a gold watch chain and pipes. Armitage praised Terry for loyalty and duty and noted the gathering reflected the company’s high regard as he prepares to retire and return home to Mrs Terry.
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Medicine Hat
Ogilvie Flours Mills Company Ltd
John Terry
Terry
Armitage
Eden Urges Britain and France to Stand Firm on Franco
Former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden calls Britain and France to show unshaken firmness in defense of their interests in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. He argues Franco's victory would be a foreign victory and condemns insurgent armament from outside Spain while demanding respect for Spanish independence and territorial integrity.
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Franco
Spain
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
France
Mussolini
Eden
Britain
Japanese Brushes Mystery Ties Ponoka Shipment
Edmonton January reports a shaving brush shipment thought infected with anthrax and sent to Ponoka. The shipment was first seized then untraceable and now said not ordered by the store it was reported to have reached.
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Edmonton
C.P
Ponoka
School Board to Discuss Teacher Salaries With Committee
At last night’s meeting the Alberta local board read a High School letter requesting a meeting with a committee to discuss teacher salaries. The board agreed to meet the committee and set a date later. The 1938 auditor’s report was received and filed. Trustees Dixon and Oliver reported on the Alberta Trustees Association convention in Edmonton. A demand for royalties on school festival dramatic productions was referred to solicitors for an opinion on liability.
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H. C. Dixon
W. W. Oliver
Alberta Trustees Association
Edmonton
Trustees Association
Rescuers braving blizzard save man frozen in Yukon-like weather
Provincial Constable James Doyle recounted a two hour fight through 30 below zero winds to save Tony Detonati 55 a former railway sectionman from Foreyet after he was found unconscious nearly a mile from his shack Richardson a railway fireman tripped Detonati then ran for help Doyle and Albert Caverly carried a stretcher through the storm reaching the victim who was frozen solid at times Three feet visibility prevented sightings until aid arrived Detonati survived after hospital treatment and transfer to Sudbury.
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Sudbury
Ont
C.P
James Doyle
Tony Detonati
Foreyet
Detonati
Constable Doyle
Albert Richardson
Foleyet
Richardson
Doyle
Albert Caverly
Caverly
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Alice Johnston
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Premier Daladier
Ala Tounine
Tunisia
Italian
Libya
Great Dungaree
Treasury
C. OF C
Temp
Fish and Game Asso
Govt
Cereain
Geneva
Catalonia
Medicine Hat Lodge
Devree
Medicine Hat Horticulture Society
City Hall
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