Maryberries man committed for trial on murder charge
In Frontier Saskatchewan Anna Goss died from a throat cut by William Magill. A jury deemed Magill responsible and he was committed for trial at Shaunavon assizes after a preliminary hearing. He will be moved to Regina jail for confinement until the trial. The inquest and hearings featured statements and testimonies from R K Brooks Lionel Barber Cecil Barber and seven year old Tommie Fairbairn.
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Regina
RK. W. Brooks
Lionel Barber
Cecil Barber
Tommie Fairbairn
Inspector Taylor
Maxill
Magillrior
Brooks
Magill
Shaunavon
Kaiser
Anna Goff
Mr. Brooks
Kroetch
Guard of Honor for Governor General Visit
The 31st Battal ion S A R will provide two guards for the Governor General’s visit on Saturday July 14 at 9 00 am to meet as many returned soldiers as possible. Those able should contact Captain D R Gox to arrange uniform and related details a practice is set for Wednesday at eight in the Thire Street Armouries current guard strength is forty A R s not counting the band expected to add to the turnout.
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Batt. S. A. R
D. R. Gox
Thire Street
Toronto rower Wright wins Henley regatta single sculls
Wienley on Thames July 7 Canadian Press Cable The Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto won the Diamond sculls singles at the Henley regatta after Joe Wright fell foul of a punt rope but recovered to beat Oxford’s R.K. Lee by a tenth of a minute Wright aged 21 becomes Canada’s premier amateur single sculler, first to hold the title since 1901.
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Wienley-on-Thames
the Writ
Argonaut “Rowing Club
Toronto
Cassie
RK 'T Lee
Oxford
Wright
Mnuten
ave‘Ring
Canada
Lou Scholes
Tororto
Vancouver Police Enquiry Concludes After 40 Days
The Vancouver inquiry ended sine die on its fortieth day as Commissioner R. Lennie finished 18 hours of hearings. A. H. MacNeill summed the testimony and blamed mayor L. D. Taylor for police demoralization. The transcript exceeded 5,000 pages with 98 witnesses sworn, 92 recalled, 18 counsel, and G. G. McGeer speaking for eleven hours.
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Vancouver
B.C
Lennie
A. H. MacNeill
K.C
L. D. Taylor
G. G. McGeer
Funds earmarked for agricultural research work
Ottawa July 6 Funds from accumulated overages of government terminal elevators will be set aside to support plant pathology grain disease and related research. The move backs research into field crop diseases run with the National Research Council Department of Agriculture and universities. Professor Robert Newton studies factors affecting milling and baking qualities of wheat.
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Ottawa
National
Research Council
Department of Agriculture
Federal
University of Alberta
Bulding
Federal Department of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
University of Manitoba
Robert Newton
German Aviators Break Endurance Flight Records
In Dessau Germany on July 7 Johann Risticz and Hans Zimmerman set a new world duration flight record surpassing the Italian mark of 58 hours 36 minutes at 3 43 p m and continued flying seeking to extend the record by an additional hour.
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Dessau
Germany
Johann Risticz
Hans Zimmerman
Uration
Desseau
Riatier
Zimmerman
Italians Break Long-Distance Flight Record
Major Arturo Ferrarin and Major Carlo del Prete of the Italian Royal Air Force completed a record non stop flight from Rome to Touros Beach near Natal and planned to proceed to Rio de Janeiro. They reported hours of weariness, heavy rain, fog, and no sleep since leaving Rome, with challenging conditions over Africa and the Atlantic.
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Rome
Min‘atry
Arturo Ferrari
Carlo del Prete
Brazil
Natal
Arturo Ferrarin
Royal Air Force
Touros Beach
Here
Rio de Janeiro
Savoia Marchetti
Carlo de Prete
del Prete
Ferrarin
Weather Cast Snapshot Across Canadian Cities
Mostly fair with similar temperatures across cities. Vancouver and Edmonton show clear skies with mid sixties, while Medicine Hat and Winnipeg trend cloudy. Regina and Victoria are fair, Port Arthur and Moose Jaw report variable conditions. forecast adds a generally unchanged Sunday outlook.
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Vanecouver
Edmonton
Pary
Medicine Hat
Moose Jaw
Winnipeg
Victoria
Las Bridge
Regina
Port Arthur
Ffir
Weather and travel update from Hatton to Swift Current
The CPR reports two to three hour Hightrain from Hatton to Swift Current with showers over the balance of the division. Wellshall reports a chemly rein all yesterday with very heavy reads.
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Hatton
Wellshall
Wheat inspections report covers 200 cars last year
Winnipeg duty statistics show 200 cars inspected including 200 of contact grades, totaling 433 inspections in the prior year.
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Winnipeg
Helen Wins Women's Singles at Winbleden Championship
Helen Wills, the American tennis star, defended her title at Winbleden by defeating the Spanish player Seuorita De Alvarez 6 2 6 3 in a match watched by a large crowd that included the King and Queen.
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Helen
Winbleden
Helen Wills
Seuorita de Alvarez
Brilient Young Spaniki Payer
Seout
Toronto marksman ties for first in Doyle Challenge
C. Q. M. S. J. White of the Irish Regiment Toronto tied with Regt. Set. Major Jagger of the South London Rifle Club and A. G. Fiiton of the North London Rifle Club in the Conan Doyle Challenge Statuette shoot at the National Rifle Association meet. They will shoot for first place on Wednesday.
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Bietcy Camp
C.Q M.S. J. White
Irish Regiment
Toronto
Ted
Major Jagger
South London Rifle Club
A. G. Fiiton
North London Rifle Club
National Rifle Associations
Om Micnday
Shaver Attacks Al Smith In Dry Platform Row
Mrs. Clem L. Shaver, wife of the Democratic national chairman, accuses Governor Al Smith of charlatanry and fakery over the Houston convention platform. She contends the nominee failed to oppose liquor reform and predicts political funerals before cold weather.
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Washington
al Shalth
Clem L. Shaver
Tammany
Houston
Lincoln
City Urges Residents to Remove Weeds on Property
Citizens are urged to clear weeds on their property and support the city’s effort to weed the area. If owners fail to comply, the city will do the work and bill the cost to the property owner under bylaw 25.
Texas Company Erects Oil Plant in City
Mr. A. J. Milo of the Texas Company of Canada Limited arrived in the city and secured a permit to build an oil warehouse. The project costs 8000 dollars and covers a main building office 24 by 50 feet a horizontal tank 11 by 10 by 30 feet and a pump house. Construction starts at once with Medicine Hat named as a distributing point.
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A. J. Milo
Texas Company of Canada, Limited
Ofd
Medicine Hat
Texas Company of Canada Limited
Amelia Earhart lands in New York after Atlantic flight
New York on July 6 welcomed Amelia Earhart first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic aboard the President Roosevelt returning from Europe. She arrived with Wilmer Stultz and Laura Gordon and was escorted by police as Acting Mayor McKee presented scrolls of welcome. Earhart spoke of future roles for women in aviation and aviation clubs rising nationwide.
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New York
Misa Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Europe
Wilmer Stultz
Laura Gordon
Roosevelt
Macom
Broadway
McKee
Miss Earhart
Mystery attacks linked to Vancouver photographer Eckoff
Berlin reports a British citizen named Kekoff wounded by two men who fired revolvers. he has been arrested on discharge from hospital. He formerly ran a Prince Rupert hotel and a Granville Street photo studio where a 1919 arson and beating case drew police attention. Eckoff later moved on to New York, teaching physical culture.
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Berlin
Kekoff
Maesevila
Kekotf
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Vancouver
B.C
Kekoft
Germany
Granville Street
Wcofe
Centril
Eckoff
New York
Ottawa shooting leaves two wounded in cottage attack
In Ottawa on July 6 Henri Cousineau and Edward Desmarais were remanded on attempted murder charges after McKay and Mrs. Henri Cousineau were found with bullet wounds at a Woodroffe Cottage. Police say a struggle occurred as assailants waited inside and neighbors reported the gunfire.
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Ottawa
Henri Cousineau
Edward Desmarais
Alexander McKay
Woodroffe
McKay
Lunn Leau
Peek Lmvin
Cousineau
Desmarias
Attempted Lynch Threat Near Ritzville Sparks Turmoil
Spokane report says a mob of about 500 men stormed the jail in Ritzville as authorities faced an attempted lynching of Eilis Williams a black train porter accused of assaulting a woman passenger. The caller asked for troops to quell the uprising.
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Spokane
The
Chronicle Her
Jim Sherr Shafer
Ritzvilla
Washington
Eilis Wiliams
Sebhafler
Body of Shaw Recovered After Drowning
The body of Gordo Shaw, a one year old, was recovered yesterday afternoon after drowning while bathing. The coroner Dr. C. Boyd conducted an inquest at Medicine Hat. The body was found about forty feet from the bank in five feet of water near the bridge.
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Gordo Shaw
Lethtefier
Cain
C. Boyd
Medicine Hat
Canadian Hydro Chief May Withdraw IJC Waterways Resignation
Ottawa reports a withrawn resignation rumor involving Charles A. Magrath head of Ontario Hydro Electric Commission and former International Joint Commission on Waterways chair. Government leans toward reorganization with Magrath possibly staying or leaving, as talks of a Canadian export depot in the United Kingdom continue.
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Ottawa
Charles A. Magrath
Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission
International Joint Commission On Waterways
Hydro
Magrath
International Joint Commission
Sir William Hearst
Ontario
H. A. Powell
K.C
St. John
Quebec
Orre Lapnault
Supreme Court
Hattone
Powell
M.P
Maritime Provinces
United Kingdom
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Kecetsch Shack
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AL. Smith
Texas Company
Amelia Earhart
N.Y
Gotham
Stultz and
Gordon
Moose
Quare
Shaw
Pend
Heal OF Waterway Com
Ontario Hydro Electric Commission
Riverside Park
Medicine Hat Mennell Club
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