08 Jul 1922
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1922
Page
1
Financier Sir George Paish blames Allied reparations policy for undermining Germany's economy and currency. Reports say Germany may struggle to meet July payments, with fears the mark could crash as Germany considers gold or foreign exchange to cover dues.
Victoria reports Premier John Oliver says 22 homes destroyed at the Soldier Settlement in Merville with settlers fleeing in clothing only. Army tents blankets and stores rushed to aid the homeless as fires are checked. Melville also hit with thirty houses three barns and livestock lost.
Community Oil Wells Ltd and Medicine Hat Development Co announce drilling to start next Wednesday afternoon at the same subdivision as the Discovery well in the Many Island Lake district. H. J. Neely of Rawlins Wyoming will supervise, with citizens planning to visit the site during the holiday to view a reportedly fine oil camp and drilling rig attracting cross‑border interest.
Fire broke out today on the trans-Atlantic liner near the Amsterdam at the Holland America docks in Hoboken New Jersey. The blaze started on the fourth hatch and caused little structural damage but stirred passengers awaiting sailing.
The west has seen cloudy and rainy conditions over the last 11 hours with cooler temperatures. Wind shifts to northerly and cooler today with Sunday showing showers but gradual clearing across locales.
Captain Roald Amundsen's expedition, aiming to fly from Point Barrow Alaska to Spitzbergen, is delayed by adverse Bering Sea ice. The Maud may not reach Point Barrow before July 20, shifting a July 15 departure. American representative It H Hammer relayed the updated timeline.
New Orleans July 8 Fred J. White superintendent of the Illinois Central railway at Harahan was assaulted and one white man and three negros were shot and wounded as two clashes occurred tonight between railway strikers and company workers.
A group of former war ambulance drivers now works for an ex R A S C officer guiding visitors on multi week motor tours from Algiers into the surrounding desert. Tours are hazardous due to potential native attacks and each girl carries an automatic revolver. The photo captures the party starting their journey and shows the landscape and native types.
A gun battle on the Port Arthur highway left Nyiek Zurkin of Austria wounded by a kidney bullet. Four bootleggers and four police exchanged nine shots as officers interrupted a whiskey transfer from car to woods. Twelve cages of Scotch whiskey had been stolen from a Port Arthur residence and seized.
Official nominations for 53 Manitoba provincial seats take place today from noon to 1 pm. United Farmers of Manitoba and Winnipeg Progressives hold about 48 seats with several losses in Brandon and Winnipeg. Liberals field 35 candidates including 10 in Winnipeg with fusion in two districts. Conservatives list 26 candidates plus independents and socialists, with expectations of two acclamations for United Farmers in Ethelbert and Carillon.
In response to a request by Secretary Richardson of the Chamber of Commerce, Henderson Directories Ltd of Winnipeg sent copies of the newest directories for Brandon Winnipeg Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton Vancouver and Victoria.
Tarrytown New York July 8 John D N Rockefeller was eighty three years old today His program included a golf game this morning and an automobile ride in the afternoon
New York report notes major rain insurance payments totaling over 500000 for June and the Fourth of July period. Atlantic City hotels and boardwalk concessions carried weather cover, with Giants at the Polo Grounds holding a 30000 policy last week. June rainfall reached 7.86 inches, the heaviest in 51 years.
Moose Jaw reports tax intake for the half year ending June 30 will exceed last year by at least 10 percent, per official announcement.
On Tuesday morning Mr. W. C. Smith M I A Road Supervisor McMillan and Col Sissons with Mr H W Tweed and Mr H J Neely will inspect the trail to the Many Island Lake oil field. They aim to choose the best route and locate work sites to prepare the road for heavy loads.
Edmonton district reports its best rain of the season on Friday from about 2 p m until midnight aiding farmers who feared drought. Predictions vary with some areas seeing above normal yields and others as low as sixty percent. showers were not widespread across Central Alberta. In Southern Alberta Lethbridge received .77 inch of rain easing wheat head filling, while Cardston and nearby areas saw soaking rain.
Los Angeles July 7 Dr Thomas J L Thorburn of New York at the national osteopathic convention says malnutrition and lack of key foods cause spinal curvature in children. He cites oranges as a daily aid to supply elements that prevent pulp softening and vertebral rotation.
Reports from London and Dublin describe government forces enclosing irregulars in the Blessington area, with claims of hundreds of prisoners and wounded being moved to Dublin. Rumors tie Eamonn de Valera and Erskine Childers to the district as fighting continues near Bantry. four years to rebuild Dublin discussed alongside an Irish loan proposal.
Prime ministers have sent invitations to provincial premiers for a conference on unemployment. The Dominion government is coordinating dates and topics with provinces. Unemployment in its various phases is expected to be the main focus, with other subjects possible.
Soviet Foreign Minister Tchitcherin arrived in Innsbruck after leaving Berlin and Genoa talks. Austrian authorities have assigned secret service guards and halted departures of several Russian reactionaries. A B D Hall of Cumberland announces candidacy in the Prince Albert by election.
A heavy rain last night drenched districts east and west of Medicine Hat. Rain ranged from 4 tenths of an inch at the city to an inch and more near Vauxhall and Gill Lake, with cloudburst-like downpours in parts of the region including Seven Persons.
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