Wheat Board price order sparks clash in Ottawa session
Ottawa July 2 Mr Justice L A Cannon prorogued the third session of the 18th Parliament amid a fiery exchange over the Wheat Board Act. Opposition Leader Bennett demanded a fiat to test the order in council in court, arguing it nullified the act. Former Agriculture Minister W R Motherwell condemned the action as defying Parliament and criticized Col J Halston’s appointment to the Turgeon Grain Commission.
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Liberal Agriculture
R. B. Bennett
Ralston
Ottawa
C.P
L. A. Cannon
Supreme Court of Canada
Theedsmur
E.C.T
Hon
Wheat Board
Bennett
Mackenzie King
Bennartts Tannact
W. R. Motherwell
Melville, Sask
Unie Wheat Board
Fort William
Methenwell
Motherwell
Mother
Col. J . Halston
K.C
Montreal
Fort Williams
Executive Council
Col. Ralston
Hail Causes Minor Crop Damage Near City
E G Mac Donald of the Canada Land and Irrigation Company reports hail up to five inches deep about 25 miles from the city on his road from Vauxhall. Sparse occupancy meant little crop damage except on part of the Ludke farm.
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E. G. MacDonald
The
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Vauxhall
Ludke
Swatow hit by sudden Japanese air raid
In Swatow, nine planes dropped many hazardous devices causing extensive destruction. Eyewitnesses report women and children fatally harmed as the attack began at 5 p.m. and lasted about ninety minutes, with widespread ruin in the mayor's vicinity.
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Hong Kong
A.P
Senate approves transport bill with Senate amendments
Hon. C. D. Howe accepted the Senate amendments to the transport bill without debate. The Senate granted third reading after defeating a six month hoist bid 26 to 12. The measure now awaits royal proclamation to become law.
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C.P
House of Commons
C. D. Howe
Senate
John T. Haig
Winnipeg
Calgary oil and gas conservation board announced
The in council order appointing an oil and gas conservation board has been passed. Hon. N. E. Tanner announced the board will have headquarters in Calgary and begin operating immediately.
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Gonomon
Hukow Bombing Drives Japanese Offensive Toward Hankow
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese bombers struck Hukow, 25 miles up the Yangtse from Matowchen, seen as the next major objective in the Hankow drive. Hukow sits at the Hukow inlet to Lake Pyang, a gateway to northern JANGSI province.
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Shanghai
C.P
Hukow
Yangtse
Matowchen
Hankow
Lake Pyang
China
Jangsi Province
No Alarm As Bishop Fleming’s Plane Unreported
Miss Bessie Quirk said no alarm over Bishop A. L. Fleming’s 600 mile Arctic flight. The rector left Amos eight days earlier for Belcher Island and has not been reported. Canadian Airways planned a search from Senneterre to locate the unreported plane.
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Toronto
C.P
Bessie Quirk
A. L. Fleming
Arctic
Fleming
Amos, Que
Belcher Island
Jeft
Quirk
Montreal
Canadian Airways Limited
Senneterre
Amos
Quebec
Hudson Bay
Japanese Landing Operation Near Hankow Reported
In Shanghai the dispatch says a small Japanese transport crossed the Yanpste and Mato wchen rivers amid heavy machine gun fire. It landed several hundred shock troops near Ptingtseh beyond the sunken barrier and aimed toward Hankow.
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Shanghai
C.p
Yanpste
Mato Wchen Rier
Hankow
Ptingtseh
Senate to reappoint special railway committee next session
Ottawa June 30 The special railway committee report to the Senate urges reappointment next session. The panel found insufficient time to analyze the vast information due to late session and offered no conclusions.
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Ottawa
C.P
Special Railway Committee
Senate
Record Rainstorms and Heat Wave Deluge Pennsylvania
Severe rainstorms broke records across Pennsylvania causing widespread flooding and property damage while a heat wave lingered in the region. Officials warned residents to stay safe as storms disrupted travel and power.
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Pennsylvania
Graburn Picnic Draws Large Crowd After Day of Sport
Five cars from Medicine Hat arrived for holiday events as more than 1,000 people attended the Graburn picnic. Citizens praised the stampede events and the dance as exceptionally good.
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Medicine Hat
Graburn
Splendid Rains In District Heavy In Southern Alberta
A report of widespread rainfall across southern Alberta during the holiday and last night notes 5 to 12 hour rains in the region. Dalemead led with three inches, while Maple Creek and Tilley reported one to two inches and nearby towns recorded hail in Suffield and Illingworth. No major damage reported.
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Seehetty
Alberta
Dalemead
Calgary
Maple Creek
C.P.R
Bassano
Hat
Cypress Hills
Tilley
Burstall
Suffield
Illingworth
Rona- Inne
Seventeen Days Of Rain In June
Weather report for June 1988 shows total precipitation 2.02 inches with seventeen rainy days, well above last year’s five but below the 52 year average. Sunshine hours totaled 231.2 in 1938 and 204.9 in 1987 while temperatures ranged from 52 to 86 degrees with a mean around 68.9.
Heavy Casualties In Mine Disaster At Birmingham
Rescuers pulled out nine men trapped by a rock fall in the Praco coal mine near Birmingham. One died on reaching surface, five others perished, and three remained hospitalized with injuries. The last survivor, J. D. Painter, died shortly after emergence.
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Birmingham
Ala
C.P
Praco
J. D. Painter
International Goodwill Picnic at Cypress Hills Park
Maple Creek July 2 The L0.C.F. Goodwill Picnic plans are set for July 4 at Cypress Hills Park with a large crowd expected. Notable attendees include Grand Warden Perrie, Grand Secretary Gray, Grand Patriarch Ole Fiaten, and officials from Sovereign Grand Lodge. A motor caravan from Havre Montana departs July 3 led by Montana grand officers. A Gull Lake Band concert is scheduled on Sunday evening.
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Maple Creek
Cypress Hills Park
K. M. Steele
U.u.b
Perrie
Gray
Grand Lodge of
Saskatchewan
Ole Fiaten
Montana
Order
Sovereign Grand Lodge
J. G. Gardiner
Havre
Oddfellows
Rebekahs
Cypress Hillis Park
Gull Lake
Recommendation Aimed at Milk Price Cut in Mdosé Jaw
A recommendation will be presented to the Saskatchewah mill control board seeking a price reduction for milk in Mdosé Jaw. The move aims to ease costs for local producers and consumers, with board deliberations set to consider current market conditions and supply factors.
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Saskatchewah Mill Control Board
Mdosé Jaw
Insurgent Bombing Kills Eight at Ségorbé and Sagunto
An insurgent bombing raid on Ségorbé, 20 miles northwest of Sagun, leaves eight dead and 14 wounded. Sagunto is also attacked, with 16 killed and 20 injured.
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Valencia
C.P
Ségorbé
Sagunto
Plan for Five Autonomous Zones In China Reported
Peiping provisional government and Japanese advisers draft a plan ending the China war by carving the country into at least five autonomous units under separate governments. The scheme envisions continued Japanese occupation with divisions and international reactions from Britain France and the United States.
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Peiping
China
Yeaterday
Chiing
Sapsén
Japan
Daniel
Italy
Germany
Manchukuo
United States
Britain
France
Hankow
Worpreewa
Dri Shautung
Aanes
Great Britain
Shanghai
Peking and
Tientsin Times
Piel
Terday
Tokyo
Propogila
Insurgents Seize Bechi Village Near Valencia
Spanish insurgents took Bechi, surrounding the village for two days along the coast about 35 miles north of Valencia. In London, senior War Office officials are to be called before a Commons committee probing the Official Secrets Act's applicability to MPs.
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Hendaye
Bechi
Ector
Valencia
London
CP Cabie
War Office
House of Commons
Lords Pass Third Reading on Coal Royalties Nationalization Bill
The House of Lords approved the government measure without division, granting third reading to the bill that would nationalize coal royalties.
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House of Lords
Unwin to Tour Ontario Politician to Speak in Queen's Park
Joseph H. Unwin, Social Credit whip in the Alberta Legislature, will begin a speaking tour of Ontario on July 12 with a meeting at Queen's Park, Toronto. The tour aims to promote his party's platform across the province.
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Toronto
C.P
Joseph H. Unwin
Social Credit
Alberta
Ontario
Queen's Park
Winnipeg broker found guilty of seven theft charges
Winnipeg stock broker T Cuthbert Anderson was found guilty by a jury of seven theft charges. He faces re sentencing after an earlier four year term for theft tied to the firm Anderson Greene and Cody bankruptcy, with thousands involved and an appeal already in motion. The re trial ended as the jury returned verdicts.
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Winnipeg
T. Cuthbert Anderson
Anderson
Stony Mountain
Anderson, Greene and Cody
Successfuy
F. G. Taylor
Loways
900 More B C Jobless Trek to the Capital
About 500 unemployed plan to leave Vancouver for Victoria to press Premier Pattullo for a works program. The third invasion is to be funded from a tag day in Vancouver, following prior protests at central post offices and the civic art gallery.
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B.C
Vancouver
C.p.i
R. W. Campbell
Relief Workers’ Union
Victoria
Campbell
Pattullo
Nanaimo
R.pi
W.A
Civic Art Gallery
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Graburn Picnic
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