Burns Memorial Banquet Highlights Scottish Pride
The Medicine Hat Caledonian Society held a Burns Night banquet at the Assiniboia Hotel. Auld Lang Syne and Haggis Frae Auld Reekie capped speeches by W. Kinnaird and A. MacGregor, praising Scotland and Robert Burns, with remarks on education and national character.
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Scotland
Robert Burns
Assiniboia
Medicine Hat Caledonian Society
Hosie
W. Kinnaird
Alex MacGregor
Trapper Johnson Still Missing Near Rat River
Albert Johnson, an 80 mile from Aklavik, vanished after a gun battle with RCMP. Inspectors Ames and a dog team patrol through the Arctic night to arrest him. Johnson’s cabin was dynamited but no trace of the trapper is found despite days of searching.
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Edmonton
Albert Johnson
Rat River
Aklavik
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R.cmlp
A. W. King
B.C. MF
Hames
Pay Cuts Ordered for Mercantile Marine Sailors
The National Maritime Board issued pay reductions for sailors, firemen, and stewards in British merchant vessels. Effective February 1, the rate drops 18 shillings a month for foreign trade ships and sixpence a week for home trade vessels, with smaller cuts for some lower officers.
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London
Associated Proct
Mercantile Marine
National Maritime Board
Car stolen near City Cafe in late evening theft
A dark green 1828 Chevrolet sedan owned by Robert Worth was stolen near the City Cafe around 8 30 p m yesterday. The vehicle carries license 18547 1931, serial 251177 and engine 4441095.
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Robert Worth
Eleven Miners Die In Llwynpla Mine Blast
Eleven men are dead after an explosion at Llwynpla Colliery in Rhondda Valley. Sixty or more workers were inside when the blast and toxic gas trapped rescuers, with four bodies found early and seven more missing. Relatives waited at the pit head as rescue attempts continued through the night.
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Rhondda Valley
Cardiff
Wales
Associated ~ Press
Llwynpla
Rhondda
Velba
Drie
Eame
Will John
Labor
House of Commons
West Rhondds
Salvation Army
Clifford Sparetow
Stanley Ando
David Hills
John Evans
Liwynpla
Imperial Economic Conference Date Hints July
The Canadian Government hosting the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa expects to announce a July date soon. Canada proposes a third week of July with exchanges ongoing with other Dominions. Original July 18–22 window may shift a day or two, but any change should be minor.
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London
Ottawa
Canada
Dominions
Maharaja Attacked in Kashmir Amid Muslim Rebellion
Reports from Srinagar say mobs of Muslim leaders from Punjab aim to unseat Hindu Maharaja Sir Hari Singh and install a Muslim ruler. Fourteen Hindu villages in Reasi district were pillaged, with several buildings including government offices burned. A 12,000-strong Muslim force advances toward Rajouri as state troops move to intercept.
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Srinigar
Kashmir
India
Associated Press
Punjab
Hari Singh
Reasi
Rajouri
Alberta Police Absorption Talks Conclude for April 1
Negotiations between Alberta attorney general J F Lymburn and RCMP commissioner J H McBrien have been satisfactorily concluded on the absorption of the Alberta Provincial Police. An agreement will be submitted for ratification and the new system to begin April 1.
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Ottawa
J. F. Lymburn
Alberta
J. H. McBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Grain inspections show varied numbers for wheat oats and more
Winnipeg reports on Monday grain inspections with figures for this year and last year across wheat 559 vs 250 cars contract wheat 472 oats 73 39 burley 44 21 flax 1 15 rye 6 1 and other grains 1 0 reflecting market movement.
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Winnipeg
City considers prepaid current taxes for 1932 in Medicine Hat
The City of Medicine Hat adopts a prepaid current tax plan for 1932 allowing payments on 1938 tax accounts up to the 1931 cash payment amount. Payments to the City Treasurer between February 1 and March 31 1932 earn 6 percent annual interest to June 15 1932. Certificates credit the payment and adjustments occur after June 15 1982. the council notes similar systems in Canadian cities.
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City of
Medicine Hat
Canada
World’s statesmanship at critical period, says Sir R. Borden
Sir Robert Borden warned that the next six months would be critical in world history. He said outcomes could restore hope for recovery and normal conditions or usher in continued militarism and arms buildup. He argued the choice lies between cooperation outlawing aggression and continuing warlike systems.
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Scotland
Robert Burns
Burns
A. B. Crow
England
Christendom
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Wallace
Brad Scott
Thomas
Campbell
Ferguson Carlyle
Sage
Chelsea
John Knox
MacDonalds
Colin
Lord Selkirk
Toronto
Robert Borden
Crown Life Insurance Company
Monarchs Host Civics In Key Provincial Playoff Clash
The Monarchs host the Civics at the Arena at 8 30 p.m. in a home and home series to decide who advances to face Lethbridge in the provincial playoff second round. The Civics rely on a strong late period and new Intermediate players to upset the hosts.
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Monarchs
Civics
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary Fliers
Regal Tribe
Approve Weekly Half Holiday For Farmers
Edmonton January 26 approval of a weekly half holiday for Alberta farmers during summer months was given by the United Farmers board of directors. The Wetaskiwin Constituency Association submitted that farmers had labored six or seven days weekly and received less return, and modern agriculture with machinery reduces the need to work six days to produce more than could be sold.
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Edmonton
Alberta
United Farmers
Wetaskiwin
U.F.A
William Wrigley Jr. Dies in Phoenix
William Wrigley Jr., prominent Chicago manufacturer, died today in Phoenix at 2 15 A M. R A Kirkman, secretary to Mr Wrigley, announced the death stating the cause as acute indigestion to which he was subject.
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Phoenix
Ariz
William Wrigley,Jr
Chicago
Wrigley
R. A. Kirkman
Laval Proposes Short Moratorium On German Reparations
Paris January 25 Premier Pierre Laval outlined a plan for a temporary moratorium on German reparations payments followed by talks to craft a permanent settlement. The scheme envisages a moratorium until after the U.S. election, expiring before December 15, with Lausanne or another site hosting talks for a lasting agreement.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Germany
Lord Tyrell
United States
Lausanne
World Bank Af Basel
Hoover
Great Britain
France
Laval
Ramsay MacDonald
London
Labour Delegation Seeks Broad Reforms in Canada
Ottawa reports Organized labor presented a sweeping program to Prime Minister Bennett including a royal commission into Beauharnois national banking and credit reform public ownership of radio broadcasting and changes to the British North America Act. They urged unemployment relief public works shorter work weeks and a national unemployment insurance system with a six hour day and five day week. The Bennet government warned fiscal stability and tax policy must guide any changes as world conditions affect recovery.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Bennnett
Trades and Labor Congress
Labor
R. B. Bennett
Beauharnois
Dooley Alleges Foran Coerced Statement Linking Bouchar
Thomas P. Dooley accuses William Foran secretary of the Civil Service Commission of threatening arrest and prosecution to force a signed statement naming J. D. Le Bouchar as responsible for tampering with civil service exam papers. Ottawa dispatch reports the claim.
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Ottawa
William Foran
Civil Service Commission
J. D. Leo Bouchard
Thomas P. Dooley
Looting and Killings in Harbin Chinese Quarter
A Harbin dispatch reports Ting Chao's troops looted the Chinese quarter after entering it, killing about 45 Chinese and wounding many as Chinese police and citizens fought in the streets. About twenty Chinese police were killed and twenty-five citizens died, with looters targeting jewelry and other goods as they fired on resistors.
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Tokio
Rengo
Harbin
Manchuria
Ting Chao
Chinese Eastern Railways Guards
Court hears crown witnesses in civil service case
Dooley testified that he was threatened by Foran with arrest before the preliminary hearing of Bouchard and Lionel Chartrand on conspiracy. Trial concerns Bouchard, former Civil Service Commission examiner, charged with fraud and breach of trust. Weather notes show slightly colder with temperatures around 40.
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T. P. Dooley
Ssize
Bornard
Civil Service
Dooley
G. H. Sedgewick
Foran Withrrest
Bouchard
Lionel Chartrand
Dartmoor Prison on alert as outside attack feared
Dartmoor prison near Princetown in Devon is surrounded by a cordon of armed infantry after reports of a planned outside attack and a prison riot. Police and troops guard access as warders begin armed patrols and authorities investigate ringleaders and possible Communist influence amid heightened tension on the moor.
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Dartmoor
Princetown
England
Associated Press
Paterson
London
Princeton
Daily Mail Today
Dartmor Prison
the Mail
Devon
Tavistock Plymouth
Okehampton
Mail
Nye al
Eng
Plymouth
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A. MacGregor
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R.C.M.P
Sir Hari Singh
A.P.P. Int
Albert Minstein
Desert
Palm Springs
California
Sir R. Borden
Monarchs — Vs
ARENA
T. Charlies
B. Buchanan
W. Knight Pattison
A. Thomson
Hall
Assn
William Wrigley Jnr
Bennett
Wimile
Fing Chao
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