Seven Alberta deaths in weekend accidents reported
Over Saturday to Monday seven people died in Alberta accidents including a fatal auto collision near South Cooking Lake and drownings in the Pembina River. Victims named include Ada Bell 19 John Miller 35 Lillian Vannieuvenhuyse 10 Katie McKinley 12 Jana McMahon 14 Pat Murphy and John Crist 16 with several others rescued after heroic efforts by relatives and neighbors.
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Alberta
Ada Bell
South Cooking Lake
John Miller
Hazel Bluffs
Lillian Vannieuvenhuyse
Pickardville
Katie McKinley
Huxley
Jana McMahon
Pat Murphy
Medicine Hat
John Crist
High River
Pembina ‘River
Edmonton
Atta Tatuy
Stu Bell
R. W. Ball
Wid
D. Friesen
Pembina
Ida McMahonan
Lilian Vannieuvenhuyse
Lumford Bridge
Manola
Alta
Eugene
Vanniguverhuyse
Lillian
James McKinley
Wheat Pool Payments Light in Value This Year
Initial payments for 1930 31 grain crop set by the Canadian Wheat Pool in Winnipeg include Wheat 70 cents per bushel No 1 Northern Fort William Barley 25 cents Oats 30 cents Rye 30 cents No 2c W Flax 1 25 per bushel No 1 NW With July 15 as cut out week for the 1929 30 Pool grain delivered after that date credited to 1930 31 pool.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Pool
Fort William
Central Board of the Central Selling Agency
Premier Mackenzie King Speaks to Regina Crowd
The final Saskatchewan campaign meeting drew about 6,000 as Premier Mackenzie King addressed Regina Monday. The event, chaired by P. M. Anderson of the Regina Federal Funeral Association, featured tension over attendance and questions from Regina’s unemployed, whom King promised to answer and to understand their difficulties in the West’s unemployment crisis.
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Winnipeg
West
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Prominer Mackenzie King
Prince Albert
George Braden
C. A. Dunning
Frank. .Turnbull
Regina
R. A. Crrman
Mr. Dunning
D. W. Beaubier
Beatrice Brigden
Labor
Brandon
Melville
Sask
W. R. Motherwell
G. N. Marth
J. M. Thomas
Mon Cay
Robert Gardiner
Acadia
Gardiner
Brigden
Ida McWeal
Long Lake
Anna Hollis
Maple Creek
Cockatchewan
Sasit
Mackenzie King
Mbon
P. M. Anderson
Adderson
Anderson
King
Stewart Thom
20Th Century Club
E. Lapointe
Railways
Finance
Dunning
Canada
Manitoba Celebrates Diamond Jubilee of Confederation
Manitoba marks sixty years since joining Confederation with a province wide holiday and elaborate celebrations. Premier W. L. Mackenzie King transfers provincial natural resources to Prime Minister John Bracken before a large crowd at the Winnipeg legislative grounds.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
John Bracken
R-100 to Reach St Hubert Near Montreal by August
The R-100 will arrive at St Hubert aerodrome near Montreal on or about August 1. The British Air Ministry advised Col. J. L. Ralston that cable arrangements are being arranged for the reception of the airship and its crew.
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Ottawa
Ont
St. Hubert
Montreal
British Air Ministry
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Fire gutted Maple Leaf Store basement and main floor
Regina fire department fought a basement blaze at the Maple Leaf Department Store on Helifax Street and Eleventh Avenue. The fire began at 6:20 am Tuesday, destroying stock valued at 40 000 dollars. building worth 50 000 dollars. Five families living on the second floor escaped with some possessions.
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Regina, Sask
Maple Leaf Department Store
Helifax Street
Eleventh Avenue
Hammond stars as England salvage draw at Headingly
England, replying to Australia's 566, reach 391 in the third test with Wally Hammond making 113 in a near flawless innings. The match at Leeds ends drawn after four days, with Manchester to host the next test starting July 25.
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Wally Hammond
England
Leeds
Eng
Australia
Headingly Grounds
A. P. F. Chap
Lords
Hammond
C. P. Cables
Fach
Manchester
No Trace Yet Of Harold Murphy
Police continue river search for Harold Murphy who drowned Sunday evening near the city. Motor boats from the Eaton County rescue fleet aided the effort as relatives in South Bend Indiana were sought for information.
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Harold Murphy
7, Eaton Co
South Bend
Indiana
Metropolitan Life Fraud Testimony Reveals Alive Claims
Claims of forged death certificates flood a New York case with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Twenty seven supposed corpses testified before the Richmond Grand Jury to prove they are alive, tied to a fraud ring involving two former local agents and a scheme costing about $50,000.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Richmond Grand Jury
Metropolitan
Workmen At Lascar Colleries Get Raise
The board of conciliation issued a report recommending a 15 cent wage increase for coal mine workers at Lascar Collieries Alberta. Mine drivers would move from $4.90 to $5.10, rope riders and car handlers from $4.45 to $4.70, and firemen from $4.45 to $4.75. The raise averages about one cent per ton across projected productions of 246,472 and 291,859 tons for 1928 and 1929 respectively.
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ottaWa
Board of Conciliation
Department of Gabor
Bow Island to Medicine Hat Postal Service Improves
Owing to Chamber of Commerce efforts and Postmaster Warden Johnson, Bow Island and Medicine Hat mail is now faster. Letters posted in Bow Island until 11 p.m. will be delivered in Medicine Hat the next day. The item notes warmer weather with a temperature reading of 102 and 64.
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Chamber of Commerce
Warden Johnson
Bow Island
Medicine Hat
Bow d
Rioting in Alexandria Egypt Leaves Several Dead
Alexandria Egypt July 15 severe fighting between troops and strike rioters injured many and killed several in the streets. British troops were rushed in as authorities failed to maintain order. Rioters mainly youths in sympathy with Mansourah and Bildeas unrest killed fourteen, eight Europeans, with about 250 injured.
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Cairo
Egypt
Exchange Telegraph Company
Mohamed Ali
Alexandria
Mohamet Ali
Exchdoge | Telegraph Company
Mansourah
Bildeas
Iitizen
Lethbridge Eyes Short Wheat Crop This Season
Lethbridge reports drought impact as July heat reaches 94 degrees. Wheat is heading short across southeastern Alberta while northern sections show better prospects. heavy rains and cooler weather are seen as crucial to avert a notably shorter crop.
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Lethbridge
Mercury
Alberta
Sixteen Year Old Esther Lundmark Drowns in Canova River
Canova Saskatchewan July 15 Esther Lundmark aged sixteen drowned in the river after venturing beyond her depth. Her sister nearly drowned but was saved by a younger brother.
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Canova, Sask
Esther Lundmark
Montréal's Quiet Seas Harbor Side tale beyond doubt
Readable fragments describe a two year absence and a hoped reunion near a harbor. Mentions a wife, a year old child, and a husband, with a Canadian angle tying Wetaskiwin Alberta and a nurse graduate to the scene.
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Montréal
Sett
Ae 4
Wetaskiwin, Alberta
Vancouver Man George J Green Dies Suddenly
George J Green manager of The We Bain Products Company in Vancouver died suddenly after complaining of chest pains and gasping for breath. An autopsy was ordered. He had testified before the City Council select committee of enquiry regarding transactions with officials. He was sixty three and had come from Ottawa four years ago.
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Vancouver
George J. Green
Webane Products Company
Éford
Greet
Ottawa
Egyptian warning flags grave situation in Heyat
London on July 5 a warning called by Mekrn Ibeid Bey former Egyptian delegate to the Anglo Egyptian Conference described Heyat as very grave and critical. Makrim in London for an international conference said the Wafd holds a 95 percent parliamentary majority and represents Egypt itself while the current ministry represents only its own interests.
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London
Heyat
Mekrn Ibeid Bey
J . Makrim
Wafd
England
Egypt
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