15 Jul 1936
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1936
Page
1
July 15. Marshall Johnson, an escaped convict from Burwash industrial farm, was found dead in Rocklake near Paget after a fire he reportedly started to cover his escape. His body bore burns, and investigators believe he drowned while seeking refuge in the water.
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool reports potential crop recovery with a 67 percent condition and estimates 1985 yields near 135 million bushels, despite uneven growth and drought areas. Heavy rains Monday night aided cropland. forecasts vary by region with limited threshing prospects south of the Weyburn Lethbridge line.
Hon. Charles Dunning and Hon. W. D. Euler, Canadian ministers of finance and trade, were received by the King at Buckingham Palace in London. They arrived two weeks ago for trade talks with British officials.
Canada reports a strong fiscal start with exports at 20,424,781 compared with 1,316,942 a year earlier. Imports reached 159,133,021 versus 137,908,188 in 1935, while wheat exports surged to 46,446,175 from 7,590 last year. Income tax collections for the three months totaled 66,134,762, up 11,570,152, alongside higher customs and excise duties.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King laid the cornerstone of the new French legation in Ottawa on Bastille Day. French minister Raymond Brugere noted ties between France and Canada as King spoke of shared history, peace, and comradery across nations in the heart of Canada and France.
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Construction of the Bank of Canada head office in Ottawa will begin next spring. The four to five story building on Wellington Street will cost at least 500000 dollars, with the site already priced at 80000 dollars.
Almost one mile of the Hilda Schuler road has been thoroughly rebuilt in preparation for graveling. District Engineer A C Gardner says graveling should start in about a week and the project is being financed by scrip. Twelve four horse teams are at work, with progress described as good and likely to speed up.
Cardinal Charles Joseph Binet archbishop of Besancon and first military chaplain in the Great War died here today at age 57. He was one of the youngest princes of the church in France and wore the purple.
In Cairo a drunken sailor smashed test tubes at the Hydro Biological Institute, raising fears of a cholera outbreak. Citizens rushed to medical centers for vaccination as panic spread through the capital.
RADISSON Sask July 15 Two farmers from the Salter district test their lives while bathing in North Saskatchewan river. George Anthouser 28 husband and Nels Burgart 29 single were the victims. Anthouser’s younger brother made rescue attempts as wives of the brothers witnessed the tragedy.
fire crews fought multiple blazes across Chaplin township near Frant and the Algoma central railway area. About 12,000 acres burned as 400 firemen battled scattered fires from Goulais Lake to the Mississauga river country amid gusty winds and drought conditions.
About 200 unemployed single men marched in two by two formation through the T. Eaton Company department store in Winnipeg on July 14, singing as they moved. Guides warned them to touch nothing during the march and kept perfect discipline.
A blaze in Sedgewick Alberta today destroyed two buildings with unknown origin and caused about $20,000 in damage. Fire department responders fought the flames but could not save the structures.
Alberta provincial convention reports 87 CCF clubs since January 1, including 25 in Edmonton and 18 in Calgary, as the cooperative movement expands across the province.
John Russell, prominent Canadian painter known for sculpture like nudes, has been commissioned to record the Vimy Memorial unveiling. He travels to France to finish a historical canvas of King Edward unveiling the memorial at Vimy Ridge on July 26, aimed for completion before the exhibition opens August 28.
Trails north of Powder River country teem with market-bound cattle as rain soaks trails. Sheridan county agent Edgar A. Reeves reports 386000 head moved from northeastern drought regions and predicts about half remaining will need shipment.
In Canton the provincial leaders named General Chen Chi-Fang commander in chief of the Southwestern Armies despite his discharge by the Kuomintang. Two Canton torpedo boats from Italy and Britain reached Hong Kong for repairs and their commanders pledged allegiance to Chiang Kai-Shek. Chiang, in Nanking, warned the time for a supreme sacrifice has not yet come as disagreements over defense and currency watch Canton-Cantonese rift and potential civil strife amid Japanese aggression concerns.
Wheat on the Winnipeg grain exchange closed higher amid drought. July futures at 93 14, October 92 34, December 92 ½ cents a bushel as prices advanced 1 3 to 2 1/2 cents. The day brought cloudy warm weather with temperatures around 96.54.
City officials have not received a direct offer from Premier Aberhart for prosperity certificates or scrip bonds. A June 23 conference discussed a monthly grant of 14 percent of the current $1,900 relief cash, roughly $2,800 in scrip, but no definite decision was made at the July 6 meeting. The council aims to have written terms before the July 20 regular session.
Winnipeg reports clear hot conditions on the prairies with Manitoba near 80. Saskatchewan and Alberta stay warm under sun and clouds while Manitoba records its 24th heat death in four days, lifting heat related fatalities to 33. In Chicago area rain and cooler air signal relief from a 12 day heat wave that killed thousands. Ontario enjoys cooling breezes after a week of extreme heat with crops needing rain.
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