Fatal Weekend In Alberta Claims Three Young Lives
In Cold Lake area two accidents in one hour killed six year old Billie Callaghan and newborn Fergus Callaghan after coal oil ingestion. Across northern Alberta four deaths include a woman killed in a car train collision, two drowned children Victoria Popowich and Walter Babyn, and Adam Polosky found hanged in Mundare.
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Cold Lake
Mandare
Alta
C.P
Callaghan
Billie Callaghan
Fergus Callaghan
Edmonton
Alberta
Charles Kabish
Bruce
John
Canadian National Railways
Holden
Here
Ashford
Wash
Victoria
Popowich
Royal Park
Walter Babyn
Vegreville
Mundare
Adam Polosky
SCRIP WORK OPENS TODAY IN DISTRICT
Work begins Monday on rebuilding the Hilda Schuler road using local four horse teams. Workers will be paid with Alberta prosperity certificates, likely around August first, per MLA Dr John L Robinson. J W Wright of the Employment Service confirms scrip roadwork. more crews to be hired for gravel hauling and the Medicine Hat Elk Willie Lake link project. Local residents are to be included as jobless relief and there are no objections to scrip bonds.
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Hilda-Schuler Road
Alberta
John L. Robinson
Social Credit M.L.A
Finn's Lake
Pete Beven
Theny Assn
de Ima
Medicine Hat
J. W. Wright
The
Employment Service of Canada
Wright
de. Robinson
A.C. Gardner
Department of Public Works
Jahar
Elkwiley Lake
W. A. Fallon
Te Bureau
Spy Thompson Convicted in Peace Time Case
Harry Thomas Thompson, a former United States navy yeoman, was sentenced by Judge Leon Yankwich to 15 years in federal prison for espionage in a peace time case reported from Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
C.P
United States
Harry Thomas Thompson
United States Navy
Leon Yankwich
Alberta Liberal Association to Convene Red Deer Meeting
Provincial and federal Liberal officers in Alberta agree to summon full executive bodies to Red Deer on August 1 1936 at 10 am to discuss forming a single Alberta Liberal organization likely named The Alberta Liberal Association. They will draft a constitution and decide a date and place for a general provincial convention to elect a provincial Liberal leader.
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Provincial
Liberal Association
Alberta
Red Deer
Alberta Liberal Association
Miniature tornado sweeps through northern Alberta district
A weekend storm near Savoy 90 miles east of Edmonton tore through the district destroying buildings and hauling farm property. A barn on Charles Johnsons farm was carried several yards. Six horses remained unharmed on the site. A steel water tank was moved about a mile by the wind. The storm brought heavy rainfall.
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Savoy
Alberta
Edmonton
Charles Johnson
Prosperity Bonds proposed as keepsakes by Alberta premier
Premier William Aberhart in Calgary proposes selling Alberta Prosperity Bonds as keepsakes to fund August issues. A Calgary audience heard that proceeds could build dustless highways create jobs and attract tourists, with plans to print extra bonds for sale in Canada and abroad.
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Calgary
C.P
Gate
Alberta
Canada
Old Country
William Aberhart
St. Catharines
Aberhart
Three Hundred Unemployed Men Rally at Alberta Legislature
About 300 unemployed men crowded the Fourth Floor corridor of the Legislative buildings in Edmonton seeking work. They said the gathering, organized by Public Works official Hater Hallow, aimed to press the government over highway project labor shortages. Police guarded the building while five volunteers visited Hon. E C Manning to relay their message.
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Edmonton
R.C.M.P
E. C. Manning
Works Progress Administration
North Dakota
WPA
Will G. Metz
Wyoming
Leaders of Jap Rebellion Sentenced to Death
A Tokyo special court martial sentenced 17 Feb 26 rebellion leaders to death and five others to life imprisonment. Forty four non commissioned officers and eight civilians were convicted and jailed 18 months to 15 years. Charges included murder rebellion and disobedience to the Emperor. Premier Okada narrowly escaped assassination. three statesmen were killed.
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Tokyo
C.P
Keisuke Okada
Premier Aberhart Leads Rain Prayer In Alberta Service
A prayer for rain to save sun scorched southern Alberta crops opened services at the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute. Premier William Aberhart led 700 worshippers, including 300 from farmland districts, in asking God for needed showers. Other churches likewise prayed for rain yesterday.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute
William Aberhart
Worlds Largest Airport In Britain Transatlantic Fleet Preview
Portsmouth reports a four motor flying boat prototype on the Rochester slipway as Britain moves to Langstone harbor for a combined land and marine base. Work accelerates with several hulls near completion and a trans Atlantic service forecast to begin next year with two British and two American flying boats operating weekly.
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Portsmouth
England
Britain
Rochester
Langstone Harbor
North America
United States
Workless Men Avoid Jobs on CPRR Extra Gang
Around June 15 about 20 unemployed men on relief in Medicine Hat were notified that work was available on the Canadian Pacific Railway extra gang, and of these 20 only four went out, according to relief officer Miss M A Carson who spoke with the News.
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Medicine Hat
Canadian Pacific Railway
M. A. Carson
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Dedicated
Waterton Alberta hosts ceremonies renewing Canada United States peace pledges during the park dedication. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister King sent cordial messages read at the formal event. A cairn honoring John George Kootenai Brown was unveiled, with bishops and officials from both nations present.
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Waterton
Alta
Canada
United States
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Roosevelt
King
John George “Kootenai” Brown
Waterton Park
Montana
The
Episcopal Church
Herbert Knight
L. Ralph Sherman
Calgary
W. L. Walsh
Alberta
J. W. Hugill
W. A. Buchanan
Sherman
Great Falls
Mont
Roy H. Glover
Ayers
Bishop Fox
Grain prices surge to seasonal highs on heat driven demand
In Chicago July 6 prices for major grains hit the full daily limit amid heat and drought in the Midwest. Wheat rose five cents to 1.05 7 8 a bushel, corn up four, oats three, rye five, with the market reflecting feverish speculative buying.
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Chicago
C.P
United
Protests Over Cent Wage Scale End With Protest Acceptance
Unemployed workers and city officials reached a tense compromise after an emergency council meeting. The jobless agreed to return to work Tuesday at 30 cents an hour under protest, with negotiations planned later for a 10 cent raise. Five aldermen attended. mayor and several others were absent. The protest group continued to demand 40 cents, arguing food needs and urging solidarity. The debate followed a weekend vigil by women and children demanding relief.
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Jobles
Pointblank
M. A. Carson
Ald
Ernest Warham
Bullivant
David Macdonald
James Hole
J. AR. Patterson
R. B. Pratt
Robert Galder
Aid
R. S. Boyd
R. C. Black
A. E. Marshall
Ald.Warham
F.blackburn
Ald. Warham
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Miss Carson
Relief for 55 Families Continues in Medicine Hat
In Medicine Hat about 55 families still receive regular relief after the July 1 decision to resume aid to able bodied men. Miss M A Carson says roughly 115 families left relief since spring due to men finding work. Cash relief is paid weekly at 30 cents an hour with varying days worked based on family size.
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Medicine Hat
M. A. Carson
Miss Carson
Record enrollment at Alberta University summer session
About 1,900 teacher students registered for the University of Alberta summer session in Edmonton the 24th annual session. Attendance set a record, surpassing last year's 1,100.
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Edmonton
C.P
University of Alberta
Heat and drought push prairie crops toward failure
Winnipeg dispatch reports extreme southern prairie heat with 102 F in Broadview and Virden and 95 in Swift Current as no rain falls across the region. Wheat futures rise on fragile crops while Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta struggle. drought prompts farmers to seek WPA work in the northwest United States.
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Winnipeg
Broadview
Sask
Virden
Man
Manitoba
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Regina
Swift .Current
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Mental Hospital at Oliver to Be Enlarged
Edmonton reports a new 100000 addition to the Oliver mental hospital, 10 miles from the city. Hon. W A Fallow Alberta minister of public works announced the project after a legislative appropriation. Construction starts soon and will finish in three to four months, expanding capacity by 150 to 200 patients mostly from Ponoka hospital.
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Edmonton
Oliver
W. A. Fallow
Alberta
Ponoka
Here
League of Nations fixes July 15 for suspending Italy actions
Geneva July 6 The League of Nations coordinating committee adopted a resolution fixing July 15 as the date to suspend economic and financial actions against Italy. The vote was unanimous and the recommendation will go to the League assembly for final action.
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Geneva
C.P
League of Nations J Coordinating Committee
Italy
League Assembly
Doukhobors Arrested and Sentenced in Blaine Lake Case
Police Magistrate W G Elder in the R C M P court sentenced Sam Markoff and John Antifaey for breaking and entering and assaulting Constable Love near Blaine Lake on June 29. Each received four years for breaking and entering. Markoff got six months and 100 dollars for assault. Antifaey 60 days for theft of the officer’s revolver. Fred ae father of Sam Markoff was remanded for hearing.
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Prince
Albert
C.P
W. G. ‘Elder
R.C.M.P
Sam Markoff
John “Antifacy
J.R. Love
Blaine Lake
John ‘Bondaroff
Love
Elder
Con
Stable Love
John Antifaey
S. Yevol
San Markoff
Edmonton Calgary scenic highway plan advances
Alberta public works minister announces three year project to build a scenic Edmonton to Calgary highway linking Jasper Bante road north of Red Bleach. The relief camps work program supports the project and machinery can be deployed as the route would pass rich mineral territory and timber areas.
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Edmonton
Tig
Edmonton-Calggary
Jaspar Bante
W. A
Fallow
Alberta
Igturda
Australian flier Melrose dies in plane crash in Melbourne
Melbourne reports the death of Australian flier C James Melrose and Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Campbell when a spinning plane crashed on a rocky field. Melrose, famed for an Australia to England record, went down eight months after seeing Kingsford Smith perish in the Bay of Bengal.
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Melbourne
Australia
A.P
C. James Melrose
Melrose
Alexander George Campbell
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Campbell
Adélaide
South Auseesi
L ‘Brook
Great Britain
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Estevan
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Lethbridge
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U.S
Prairies
Wheat
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Bismarck
N.D
Northiwestren
C.j.melrose
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