Stevens Heads New Party And Will Place Candidates In All Constituencies
Hon H H Stevens announced acceptance of leadership of a new political party aiming at reconstruction and reform. A manifesto and party name will be released within a week, with plans to run candidates in all constituencies in the coming general election. He pledged a tran s Canada speaking tour and noted headquarters in Ottawa and an Ottawa press conference setting the campaign in motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
H. H. Stevens
Canada
C.P
Warren Cook
Toronto
Thomas D. Lisson
Hamilton
Thomas V. Bell
Montreal
Stevens
Twast Kootenay
B.C
Yangtse River Flood Swamps Central China Cities
Yangtse floods swept central China affecting millions and causing widespread property damage. A fire erupted in Changteh as efforts to contact the city failed, escalating the disaster as relief measures began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
C.P
China
Changteh
Hopper Station Opens In Medicine Hat For Farmers
Alberta government opens a grasshopper bait mixing station in Medicine Hat with Hugh McPhail supervising and Bob Ras of Rae's warehouse as chief mixer. Farmers may receive 6 pounds of bait per acre, with 8000 pounds shipped to Manyberries, aiding areas damaged by hopper activity this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McPhail
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Anowance ‘Avenue
Bob Ras
Rae
Manyberries
Irvine
J. von Schmidt
H. Rhodes
Pashley
Black Hen in Jail Keeps Laying Eggs in Theft Case
In McAlester Oklahoma Buhdy a black hen held on chicken theft charges continues laying an egg daily. The jailer quipped she is the only prisoner paying for her keep as of yesterday.
Pirates Loot Gambling Barge Monte Carlo Off Long Beach
Five pirates boarded the Monte Carlo gambling barge eight miles offshore in heavy fog, chained the crew, and escaped with about $32 000 in cash and jewelry. The attack, deemed piracy on the high seas, involved a fishing boat approach and armed assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
C.P
Monte Carlo
Britain Fails to Avert Ethiopian War Talks
London reports Britain will press new peace efforts this week despite slim chances of success. British officials mend ties with the League while Italy resists mediation, as France signals support for Rome and U S. citizens in Ethiopia receive travel warnings. In New York, Sudan Interior Mission says missionaries will stay if conflict erupts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
Ethiopia
Samuel Hoare
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
J. A. C. Avenel
League
Rome
Italy
Geneva
Fascista
Mussolini
Poas
East Africa
Tripoli
France
West Africa
Paris
Hithiopia
Trains in Head On Collision Near Craven
Regina July 7 Twelve injured when two Canadian Pacific trains collided head on near Craven north of Regina. Four severely injured hospitalized in Regina include engineers Evans Falkins and passenger W. H. Watson and Mrs J McCallum. other victims from Saskatoon Port Arthur and Wilkie. Officials will investigate. line reopened about 3 pm after nine hours blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Canadian Pacific
Craven
J. H. Evans
D. Matheson
W. Falkins
J. McCallum
Saskatoon
Stailway
Raiway
Wentorth
Neapon
Tengineer Evans
Matheson
Unemployed May Be Given Work and Wages
Ottawa reports efforts to form a plan to place single unemployed men on independent wage earning basis in industry. Details are unclear but government assistance to replace relief camps is contemplated. Fewer than 12,000 single men are in relief camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
Farmer-Labor Plan Aims 2500 Dollar Family Pay
Roy M Harrop, chairman of the National Farmer Labor party, predicted a convention plan to guarantee every United States family at least 2500 dollars annually. He said the platform will demand 42500 dollars per family as income and that wealth redistribution must go further than current efforts. The party convenes today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
A.P
United States
National Farmer-Labor Party
Roy M. Harrop
Harrop
Calgary Relief Strikers Barred From Camp Work
Seventy six relief camp strikers in Calgary refused to register for camp work after breakfast and were eliminated from relief rolls. An Alberta Relief Commission official said the strikers have no intention of going to camp at present. The men were part of the On-to-Ottawa march from British Columbia and Alberta camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
C.P
Alberta Relief Commission
Commission
Ottawa
British Columbia
Alberta
Violent Rain Dampens Medicine Hat District
A quick, heavy downpour Saturday afternoon drenched Medicine Hat and surrounding areas, peaking near 4 pm in downtown streets with partial flooding in store basements. Rain totals reached about 0.3 inches citywide, with higher amounts in business districts and up to an inch at some western gauges. numerous locations reported one to three hours of showers through Suffield to Swift Current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
J. J. Moore and Son
Charles Pickering
Dominion
Pickering
Third Street
Suffield
Swift Current
Richmound
Maple Creek
Sask
Royals
Thelma
Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club
Assassination Attempt Targets Old French Aristocrats
In Paris at noon a plan to kill Count and Countess Antoine De La Rocnefoucauld failed to seriously injure them. The would be assailants fled to the mansion roof at 19 Rue Henri Rochefort, triggering a chase over rooftops in the elite Paris quarter. One suspect was captured while the other escaped. The Rochefoucauld lineage reaches back to the 11th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
C.P. Cable
Antoine de la Rocnefoucauld
Rue Henri-Rochefort
Rochefoucauld
Flood forces 150 to 200 families to flee Galpin coulee
A rapid torrent from Galpin coulee swamped mushroom towns including Miday Park Grove New Deal and Park Dale in Fort Peck Montana driving between 150 and 200 families to seek safety today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Peck
Mont
C. P
Miday
Park Grove
New Deal
Park Dale
Prairie Home Tornado Kills Farmer Near Smiley
A cyclonic wind and hail storm across central Saskatchewan caused one death and serious injuries. Ole Svenson, 80, died when his home was lifted and dropped half a mile away at Smiley. Gilbert Krogstadt, 40, was gravely injured at a hospital in Dodsland. A farm barn and seven horses were blown 20 feet but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
C.P
Saskatchewan
Smiley
Sask
Biggar
Ole Svenson
Svenson
Gilbert Krogstadt
Dodsland
R. Zook
Canadian Wheat Board formation to be finalized in weeks
Ottawa July 7 The Canadian Wheat Board will take weeks to complete after Royal assent. The Canadian Co operative Wheat Producers Limited holds 226 million bushels of wheat for the government and will liquidate stocks as possible. ECORI is expected to chair the board, with a three member board and a seven member advisory committee. The board will buy wheat from producers at a fixed minimum price and may gain exclusive powers to control grain elevators and marketing in Western Canada if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
Canadian Wheat Board
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers, Limited
John I. McFarland
Ecori
McFarland
Canada
Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited
Floods Hit Willow Creek Alberta Causing Drowning and Homelessness
Unidentified man drowns as two cloudbursts and a hailstorm strike Willow Creek southeast of Drumheller. Twenty Willow Creek families homeless, crops damaged, wells flooded, and part of the town water system disrupted. Local RCMP and relief crews rushed aid, bridges washed out, and stock losses recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
C.P
Willow Creek
Drumheller
John Skelton
R.c.mlp
R.C.M.P
Arcadia Coal Company, Limited
Drumheller- East Coulee
Gershaw and Blackstock Silent On Stevens New Party
In Medicine Hat, Liberal MP F W Gershaw and Conservative candidate G M Blackstock declined to comment on Hon H H Stevens’s announcement that he will lead a new political party in the upcoming Dominion elections. Respondents expect the party’s full platform before official statements. Downtown circles show keen interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Gershaw
M.P
Medicine Hat
House of Commons
G. M. Blackstock
K.C
Dominion
H. H. Stevens
Stevens
Train kills four in Valleyfield family crash
A Canadian National Railways train struck a car at a level crossing near Valleyfield Quebec killing Domina Lemieux 34 Paul Lemieux 12 Suzanne Lemieux 5 and another unnamed relative with seven month old Donat Lemieux severely injured and a 45 year old Donat Lemieux a survivor. The accident occurred at a crossing between Coteau and Cantic when the driver failed to notice an approaching engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valleyfield
Que
Canadian National Railways
Domina Lemieux
Paul Lemieux
Suzanne Lmieux
Donat Lemieux
St. Etienne de Beauharnois
Jean Guy Lemieux
Coteau
Cantic
Lemieux
Relief Strikers Refuse to Disband on Kamloops Trek
Ottawa reports show 800 to 900 relief camp workers headed west from Regina toward Vancouver and Victoria by train. Pickets armed at Kamloops. a streamer reads Down With Slave Labor. the party plans meetings to decide on camps while BC offers Kamloops as a staging point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Regina
Vancouver
Victoria
Kamloops
Saskatchewan
Canadian National
Industry improves London jobless figures in June report
The June 24 British unemployment total fell by 45,000 from the previous month to around 2,000,000, the lowest in five years. Employment reached a peak not seen in 14 years, with most principal industries contributing to the improvement as reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London, Daly
C.p
Great Britain
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New Party
Yangtse
Aberhart
Montana
Prairie Home
Gershaw
Blackstock
C.N.R
Valleyfield, Que
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