Conservatives Urge Loyal Pledge at Canadian Leadership Convention
Ottawa July 5 Delegates at the national Conservative convention heard Senator Arthur Meighen urge full co operation with the United Kingdom for defense of Canada and the Empire amid leadership rumors between R J Mannion and Murdoch MacPherson. Nominations open tonight with leaders chosen tomorrow. several names including R J Mannion H H Stevens and Murdoch MacPherson mentioned as possible candidates.
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Ottawa
C.P
United Kingdom
Canada
British Empire
Arthur Meighen
Nate
R J. Mannion
Murdoch MacPherson
Regina
Britain
Mr. Meighen
Mackenzie King
Upiawa
Conservative
R. B. Bannett
Ae Party
Fete
R. J. Manion
J. Earl Lawson
Denton Massey
Joseph Harris
Aurehur Meighen
H. H. Stevens
Murdock A. MacPherson
City Council Declares Half Holiday and approves loans plan
Medicine Hat council designated a civic half holiday at the Stampede Committee request. It plans to apply for 250000 under a building scheme for a power plant intake and 30000 for road hard surfacing. Edmonton relief committee to sit July 18 with a round table proposed in Medicine Hat.
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Medicine Hat
Department of Finance
Ottawa
Dominion
Federal Department of Finance
Legislative Relief Committee
Edmonton
Bullivant
Inew
Dominion Street
Public Works Department
Alberta Clay Products Company Ltd
J. H. Ross
Elkwater Lake
Ald. Marshall
Ald
Warham
British Training School Plan for Pilots in Canada
Lord Stanley told the House of Commons that exploratory talks have begun between Britain and Canada on establishing a British training camp for air pilots in the Dominion. The discussions aim to create a formal program to train pilots within Canada.
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Canada
London
Lord Stanley
Dominions
House of Commons
Dominion
Fire chief to hunt firemen over eviction incident
Vancouver officials released findings of a civic probe into police and fire crews during a two week old eviction of unemployed residents from the post office and art gallery. Mayor May or George C Miller warned of immediate dismissal for any repeat of disgraceful behavior. The city council rejected a motion to allow a contingent of married unemployed to travel to Victoria to protest the works test.
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Miller
Vancouver
Victoria
City
Prince Rupert Taxi Driver Slays Officer and Wounds One
In Prince Rupert British Columbia taxi driver Mike Gurvich shot and killed Police Inspector W. J. Service and critically wounded Sgt. Robert Gibson inside the police headquarters. Gurvich then fled to his car and was shot by officers in a hotel beer parlor. Gurvich earlier faced a trespass summons at the steamship pier.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
C.P
British Columbia
Mike Gurvich
W. J. Service
Robert Gibson
Service
Gibson
Garwich
Canadian National Steamships
British -Columb Police
Mssondale
Gurvicch
Donald Taylor
Gurvich
Royal Pote
Clark
Gutvich
Harold Raybone
Gerry Stewart
Inspector Service
Cutting Fall Rye In Dauntless District Reported Heavy
Fall rye is being cut in the Dauntless district where the stand is exceptionally heavy and heads are fine. Wheat looks good overall except in Hilda-Schuler district and around Winnifred. With current conditions farmers predict a 40 bushel yield. First alfalfa cuttings completed in nearly all areas.
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Dauntless
Hilda-Schuler
Winnifred
Bee-Fly Experiment Aims to Curb Grasshopper Plague
BELLEVILLE Ont July 5 The Dominion entomological laboratory tests a bee fly from Argentina as a potential antidote to grasshoppers. Results are uncertain as acclimatization is unknown and years may pass before any population impact is seen.
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Belleville
Ont
C.P
Canada
Dominion
South Ameritas
Husband Beats Wife to Death in Seattle Slaying
Seattle reports a socialite wife Emily Zilger Butte 58 was fatally bludgeoned by her husband Charles Felix Butte 58 an engineer and contractor. Police say he admitted the killing during questioning after a family quarrel on the eve of a planned second honeymoon. He described striking her with a heavy wooden pole and the dying kiss moment.
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Seattle
Emily Zilger Butte
Charles Felix Butte
Ernest Yorls
Yoris
Butte
Gas Main Ignites Behind Seventh Street Home
Fire department responded to a gas main leak behind 733 Seventh Street at 4 PM. City workers were near the pipe but did not light a match. The flame was smothered with no injuries and no property damage reported.
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Seventh Street
Edmonton Council Member Gowan Legacy Across Two Eras
Charles Gowan led Edmonton city affairs in 1912 and again in 1941, beginning his public service as a youth of eight. His early entry shaped policies and civic progress through the interwar period ending his long municipal influence.
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Edmonton
Charles Gowan
Insurgents Break Government Lines Near Teruel
Insurgents report shattering government lines below the Teruel Mediterranean highway in the Sarrion sector and forcing militiamen to retreat. About a thousand government troops defending positions in the Universales mountains face possible encirclement as insurgents gain new positions along the ten mile front south of the Teruel Mediterranean route.
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Hendaye
C.P
Teruel-Mediterranean
Sarrion
Universales
Alberta Social Credit May Push Provincial Exchange Plan
Premier William Aberhart and provincial secretary E. C. Manning signaled a possible next offensive against financial interests, suggesting a provincially controlled medium of exchange. Other speakers at the Calgary rally included Edith Gostick Fred Anderson A V Bourcier and J L Robinson.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta Social ‘Credit
William Aberhart
E. C. Manning
Social Credit
Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute
Edith Gostick
M.L.A
Fred Anderson
Tax Receipts Most Gratifying This Year
City Treasurer H. J. Noble reports for the first six months of 1938 tax receipts rising to 85,609.87 with arrears 36,746.66, totaling 122,356.53, an increase of 17,482.78 over 1937. Arrears are a large part of the rise but may decline later this year.
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H. J. Noble
False Alatti Brigade Fire Incident Reported Near Woodmatt Ave
A fragmentary local notice describes a thwarted fire at an intersection of Woodmatt Avenue and Braemar Street. It mentions a brigade response and bystanders including children, with confusion over details and timing of the event.
Flaming Torch Becomes Emblem of Fascist Party
In a Montreal announcement the Fascist organization selects the flaming torch as its emblem. The torch symbolizes service to country by soldiers in the Canadian Corps Association. By year end more than 100000 veterans will wear it at the Toronto reunion, despite cautions it will not stand for fascism.
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GR. M
Conbe
Toronto
Dominion
Japanese Capture Hukow in China Advance Toward Kiukiang
The Japanese army reported capturing Hukow 160 miles from Nanking as it presses toward Mankow Chiang Kai-shek’s provisional capital. Chinese forces withdrew leaving supplies, with Kiukiang and the Yangtse corridor as the next objectives in the 1941 Yangtze campaign.
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Shanghai
C.P
Yangtse
China
Mankow
Chiang Kai-shek
Hukow
Kiukiang
Yangtse River
Public Schools Promotions List by Grade and Names
A list of students promoted in various grades from First to Eighth in public schools, naming numerous individuals by name for Grade IV through Grade VIII, with partial continuation indicated on page five.
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Arthur Congdon
Teddy Cotton
Selma Edwardson
Mary Blaer
Katherinie Fitzpatrick
Lyle Flynnt
Mae Fode
Eileen Noland
Barbara Patton
Robert Pickard
Lucy Rathbun
Beth Alan Rathwell
Shirley Reesor
Lawrence ‘Rispler
Mary Roach
Corinne Slemko
Adele Taylor
Gladys Weir
Constance Adkins
Bobby Allan
Marjorie Anderson
Gertrude Armstrong
Hugh ‘“Armstrong
Hazel Armstrong
Gideon Baumbach
Robert Beaton
Mary Bedford
Gordon Bedford
Marion Bell
June Blair
Question of Newspapers and Alberta Credit Legislation
Privy Council hears Alberta bills on newspapers credit regulations and bank taxation. Alberta counsel Col O M Biggar defends jurisdiction of province, disputes monetization of credit definitions, and questions operability of the Credit Regulation Bill amid Social Credit references.
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London
CP Cable
Privy Council
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Col. O. M. Biggar
Ottawa
Lord Macbuillan
Col Biggar
Local shower reports light city rainfall yesterday
A light shower of 0.02 inch fell in the city yesterday morning between 9:00 and 9:26. The district records the fastest precipitation up to noon today. Cold weather reached southern Alberta last night with no rain. Sunday temperatures ranged 50 to 67 degrees and Monday 50 to 78. The mercury at noon today was 0 and is rising toward another hot spell.
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Alberta
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