Royal Abbey Service Honors King After Illness Recovery
London July 8 Westminster Abbey hosted a royal thanksgiving service for the king’s recovery. The King and Queen attended with royal family members while government officials and dignitaries filled the congregation. The event featured a formal procession, notable music by the Grenadier Guards, and a large public seating effort.
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London
Thomas G. Champion
Westminster Abbey
His Majesty
Ramsay MacDonald
Lord Thomson
Lord Passfield
Wedgwood Benn
Westminster
W. S. Norris
Canterbury
Lord Salisbury
Wesminster
Muir ‘Mackenzie
Canadian Premier at The Conference in Washington?
The article debates whether Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King will attend a U S conference with President Hoover and Prime Minister MacDonald. It notes Washington despatches suggesting a broadened scope and possible talks on radio policy and liquor movement, but King has not confirmed official awareness or intent to attend. If invited, he would issue a statement.
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Ottawa
Washington
MacDonald
Hoover
Premmier Mackenzie King
Canada
King
Medicine Hat's First Watchmaker Dies At Macleod
William Anderton, 84, died at his Macleod home from heart failure. A Nottingham, England native who came west with the CPR, he opened Medicine Hat's first watchmaker shop and served on the town council and school board. Funeral from the Church of England Tuesday at 3 am.
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Macleod, Alta
William &. Anderton
Macleod Sunday
Anderton
Nottingham
England
Toronto
C.P.R
Medicine Hat
Macleeed
Council
A.F
A. M
Church of England
Earthquake Felt Across Central Long Beach
A strong temblor lasting over 200 seconds shook Long Beach at 8 40 am as the Press Telegram and Spalding buildings swayed. No injuries or property damage were reported though the tremor traveled north to south through the city.
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Long Beach
Calif
Beach
Press Telegram
Spalding
Newspaper
King George postpones Sandringham departure
London July 8 King George II postpones his planned departure to the royal Sandringham residence after a bulletin cites sinus and chest concerns. A thorough X ray examination was arranged with doctors at Buckingham Palace as officials confirm his good general health but note non satisfactory sinus issues.
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London
George
Sandringham
Buckingham Palace
Sir Stanley Hewett
Henry L. Martyn
Hugh M. Rigby
Dawson of
Penn
King
Palace
Graham Hodgson
Lord Dawson
Martyn
Rigby
Rattlesnake Hunt Nets Eight Vicious Snakes Near Medicine Hat
A party led by H Baker C Baker R Baker F Wyatt J Johnson and a friend bagged eight full grown rattlers on Saturday afternoon. The reptiles were captured near Medicine Hat easing local fear of wandering snakes.
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Messrs. H. Baker
C. Baker
R. Baker
F. Wyatt
J. Johnson
Medicine Hat
Wheat inspections in Winnipeg show last year 300 cars
Winnipeg grain inspectors report 300 cars of wheat graded under contract last year and a current 0.8 inspection figure for July. The data notes inspections of wheat and related grades across shipments handled by local facilities.
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Winnipeg
Rain Sufficient To Carry Crop Two Weeks
The CPS reports weekend rainfall general across the division with 2 to 8 hours of rain. Moisture in ground exceeds 6 inches and grain looks good. JG McGee says another rain in two weeks could yield about half a crop. hot spell cost about 11 bushels per acre. City rainfall .28 inch. heavy rain in Cypress Hills area.
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C.P.R
Saskatchewan
Walsh
Schuler
Bow ‘Island
J. G. McGee
Acre
Cypress Hills
International Council of Nurses Opens in Montreal
Five thousand nurses from 42 countries gather in Montreal for the sixth quadrennial congress of the International Council of Nurses July 8 to 13. Miss Nina D. Gage of New York City notes the council’s 20th anniversary and urges improvement in nursing education and standard registration to protect the public and the profession.
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Montreal
International Council of Nurses
Nina D. Gage
New York City
England
Miss Gage
National Nurses’ Organization
Gage
Canada
Quebec
A. T. Bazin
Canadian Medical Association
Mabel Hersey
Canadian Nurses’ Association
Grand Council
Canadian Crop Report Warns of Shorter Yields This Year
Winnipeg July 8 report from the CPR agricultural agent notes cool weather and little rain. Winds and heat have stressed crops across the prairie, with wheat and barley in shot blade and heads short, fallow land holding steady but dry conditions risk a poor to ruinous outcome without immediate rains.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Untin Bowler in Air. Canada Search Continues
The Chicago Tribune amphibian plane Untin Bowler and its three crew sent a last message from Great Whale river in Hudson Bay country after a radar fade and generator whine. Canadian officials report only that the craft is somewhere in Canada with possible storm danger and no further contact by 11 a.m. EST.
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Ottawa
Hudson Bay
Port Burwell
Hudson Straits
Chicago
Canada
Chicago Tribune
Elgin
Iils
Parker D. Cramer
Antin
Great’ Whale
Great Whale River
Hudson Bay Country
Quebec
Deaths in Quebec weekend toll tops fourteen
Quebec province records at least fourteen violent deaths over the week end from lightning traffic drownings and a shooting. Montreal reports six fatalities including three from lightning with multiple drownings and car or elevator accidents across Laval Des Rapides Chateauguay Magog and other locations.
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Montreal
Quebec
M. Rubenstein
Alexander McLean
Allan Davis
Rosemount
Raoul Dubois
Boucherville
Chateauguay
Therese Blouin
William Campbell
Magog
A. Grey
Jean Beroen
Mon
Civil Service Pay Increases Ordered By Royal Commission
Government employees within and outside the Civil Service are to be included in a Royal Commission inquiry into salaries of technical men with a view to recommending raises. The order in council was made public today.
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Ottawa
Civil Service Act
Royal Commission
Pathfinder Leaves Maine Bound for Rome Flight
Pathfinder with Pilot Roger Q. Williams and navigator Lewin A. Yankey departed Old Orchard Maine at 849 a.m. on a 4700 mile Rome flight expected to take 4 to 50 hours. Coast Guard escort escort amphibian had fuel issues 109 miles out and was believed lost near the Portland lightship.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Pathfinder
Roger Q. Williams
Lewin A. Yankey
Rome
E.S.T
Gloucester
Mass
Guard
Lieut I L. M. Melka
Lieut. Melka
W. R. Kenly
A. G. Decspteux
Vanderbilts In Two Days Of Travel Through Medicine Hat
Mr and Mrs Cornelius Van derbilt Jr as guests at the Assiniboia Hotel spent Saturday and Sunday in Medicine Hat while touring Canada by car. Rain caused a breakdown on a dirt road near Suffield and a Packard was pulled free by a Ford. The couple, famed motorists, continued their journey east after a brief rest and a long talk filled day.
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Cornelius, Vanderbilt’ Jr
Brush Ranch
Sutcliffe
Nebraska
Assiniboia
Vanderbilt
Canada
Rockies
Suffield
Jack Potter
Mr. Vanderbilt
Banff
Burdett and Eagles Clash at Athletic Park Tonight
Eagles management reports Athletic Park in good shape for a game between Burdett and the Eagles. Owing to long evenings the game is called for 4 25. Fans have time for nine innings and supper before the contest. Proceeds go to help pay expenses in the playoff series likely to begin in another week.
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Eagles
Athletic Park
Burdett
Logals
Inil
Woman held for torch murder in Toulon Illinois
Laura Wellever, 21, described as tall and strong, is held for the torch murder of her common law husband Wilmae Kitziman 52. She confessed to strangling him wrapping the body in a quilt dragging it down stairs placing it in a car and setting it afire with naptha and a match. The interrogation revealed details of her affair and the couple's troubled relationship and drinking habits.
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Toulon
Ill
Laura Wellever
Wilmae
Kitziman
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