King George and Queen Elizabeth Train Stops in Canada
The royal train will make brief sub ten minute stops across Canada next spring to allow many Canadians to glimpse the King and Queen. They will meet local officials but will not review guards or accept multiple bouquets. firstlady bouquets limited to general citizens. Addresses are not read and must be submitted to Ottawa by March 1.
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Alberta Social Credit League Seeks Immediate System
The Alberta Social Credit League Convention in Edmonton urges government to ignore disallowances and bring in a Social Credit system. It backs marketing legislation, a wheat price policy, treasury branches issuing transfer vouchers, and the continued legal challenges to press and credit legislation. The group pledges support for expanding credit facilities and local directorates to supervise policy.
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Death Toll Mounting in Chile After Strong Aftershocks
Reports from Santiago indicate the quake toll rises hourly as survivors in Chillan and surrounding towns struggle. New aftershocks lasting over two minutes shook Chillan Concepcion, heightening fear among the homeless in public plazas as authorities confirm thousands dead in the disaster zone.
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Medicine Hat Horse Sale Moves Up A Day
Manager Eugene Burton shifted the Medicine Hat Horse Sale to Monday March 6 to avoid conflict with Lethbridge. The local sale will precede events in Lethbridge Red Deer and Lacombe on March 10 and March 15.
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Scouts Plan Royal Visit Roles for Alberta trip
Alberta Boy Scout committees will be named to organize parts Scouts will play during the royal visit in May and June. W. J. Dick was re elected council president for his 12th term. The council also set plans for a provincial jamboree in late August in connection with Sir Percy Everett's visit to Alberta.
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Bennett resigns from Calgary West seat in Commons
Ottawa Jan 30 Speaker Pierre Casgrain announced the resignation of R B Bennett as member for Calgary West when the House of Commons met.
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Political Situation May Keep King At Home
Lloyds underwriters doubled the cost of insuring the May royal visit to Canada due to the tense international situation. The premium rose to 20 percent from 10 percent three months earlier.
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Canada
Nobel Prize Laureate Yeats Dies in France at 73
William Butler Yeats Irish poet playwright and 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature winner died Saturday in Roquebrune Mentone France after a brief illness He was 73 and will be buried today at Roquebrune with his wife at the boarding house where he stayed.
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Great Lakes Blizzard Paralyzes Chicago Area
A paralyzing blizzard swept the southern Great Lakes and Ohio valley burying Chicago under heavy snow. Two loaded elevated trains collided injuring more than 20, scores cut by glass, schools closed, transit delayed, and the Chicago Board of Trade delayed market opening.
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Dr. W H Bright Dies Veteran Federal Veterinarian
Dr. W H Bright longtime veterinarian with the U S Department of Agriculture for 25 years has died. He served as a federal official in agricultural animal health and production, leaving a legacy in public veterinary service.
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Premier Aberhart to Tour Alberta Constituencies This Summer
Premier Aberhart announced plans to visit all provincial constituencies in the coming summer as part of a Social Credit educational campaign. Hon. E. C. Manning said the measure aims to inform voters and counter opposition. The premier denied an election call this year and discussed past busy schedules since the 1935 election. Weather forecast noted cloudy and colder with a high around 146.
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Prime Minister Chamberlain urges peace as Reichstag meets
Prime Minister Chamberlain in Birmingham calls for world peace and urges nations to contribute to disarmament while warning democracies must resist any forceful domination. He ties the issue to President Roosevelt and stresses Britain’s growing defence strength amid international misgivings. He cautions against rumors of expansion and says war would harm all peoples.
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Plot to Oust Siam King Seen Quashed by Arrests
Bangkok Siam January 30 The attempt to topple 13 year old King Ananda was halted by widespread arrests and the retirement of over 50 senior army officers. One officer was killed resisting arrest and another died by his own hand. Rebels aimed to assassinate leaders and restore Prapadipok to the throne after his 1935 abdication.
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Spanish Rebels Press North From Three Sides
Insurgent armies strike from three directions north of Barcelona in an effort to topple the new government lines and conquer Catalonia within a fortnight. General Franco accelerates the drive aiming toward Valencia and Madrid if Catalonia falls.
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Burglary At Irvine Early Saturday Morning
W B Dobbin and Const Allan of the local RCMP detachment investigate a burglary at the Schneider Brothers general store in Irvine early Saturday. Entry was via the basement and clothing and cigarettes valued at £100 were stolen. Thieves pried fittings off the main doors over the stairwell and forced the basement door despite strong fastenings.
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Seven Thousand Are Killed by Guerillas in Shansi
Shanghai dispatches report that south Shansi guerrilla actions in the past ten days left 7,000 Japanese casualties. Hankow sources say 1,100 Chinese irregulars were killed in 65 engagements in the first ten days of January, with Japanese losses at 41 dead and about 100 wounded.
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Germany Cuts Its Own Forests More Than Before
Germany is reducing its timber harvest and domestic wood production sharply, enlarging its self supplied share while cutting wood pulp imports due to foreign exchange pressures and shifting trade.
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Hitler Defends Germany Against Interference and Bolshevik Threats
Berlin January 30 Chancellor Hitler addressed the Reichstag on the sixth anniversary of his rise to power. He warned western powers against meddling in matters Germany deems self determining in Austria and Czechoslovakia and asserted Germany will tolerate no interference. He denied plans for world conquest and touted a long peace with Italy by his side in any war. He argued colonies are necessary for economic aid and blasted Bolshevism, citing General Franco’s Spain as a defeat of universal attempts to destroy European culture.
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Meeting of Federal Liberal Executive Committee
A meeting of the Federal Liberal Executive Committee is scheduled at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening next in The News office.
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