Tax Collections Improve Over Last Year In City Report
The City Treasurer reported tax collections through July 16 with a 1927 total of 539 825 for taxes and public utilities, up from 524 604 last year. Arrears and current payments show higher totals, and officials anticipate a larger surplus over last year. council discussed Riverside sewage potential and reviewed several property offerings and leases.
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Powers Get Together On The Details
Geneva July 19. The six principal delegates report a more optimistic mood at the Tri Partite Naval Conference. They caution that today’s talks covered broad issues and future sessions are needed. A private meeting reportedly agreed on 12 cruisers each for Britain and the United States and eight for Japan, with gun sizes still to be decided.
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Hugh S. Gibson
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Tri- Partite Naval Conference
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Japan
Tripartite Naval Conference
Pioneer Saskatoon Merchant Dies At the Mayo Clinic
J. L. S. Hutchinson aged 46 president of the Saskatoon Hardware Company died of Addison's disease at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota. He helped found the Retail Merchants Association in Saskatoon and was a former vice president of the Saskatoon Board of Trade. His wife and three children survive.
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Saskatoon Hardware Company, Limited
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester
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British Birds Arrive for Ottawa Poultry Congress Exhibit
A shipping lot from Britain brings 360 birds and ten chinchilla rabbits to Quebec aboard the Ascania and 80 crates of birds aboard the New Amsterdam for the Canadian exhibition. The British show includes King George and the Prince of Wales represented by poultry and pigeons, with Sussex varieties strongest. C Clem Watson leads the exhibit as judge and organizer, noting the British display is larger than any previous International Poultry Congress.
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Prince of Wales
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Landulph Hatt
Duchy of Cornwall
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Halifax
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Canadian National Railways
Siege at Ocotal Ends in Marines and National Guard Clash
Managua July 19 Fearful of an epidemic authorities in Ocotal clean up the city after a 17 hour battle between Gen Landing rebels and 89 U S Marines with Nicaragua constabulary. About 300 of Gen Sandino's men lie dead or scattered as planes from Matanzas rescue the Marines. One American plane was shot down but the pilot Sgt Albert S Munseh escaped.
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Ortotal
Bringikiz
Albert S. Munseh
Hail Storm Ravages Bow Island Farms and Crops
Bow Island July 18 A severe hailstorm struck three miles north of town early Monday, damaging rye and fall wheat on J Ross’s 160 acre crop and hitting Taylor’s and Whitney’s ranches. Several insured farmers nearby suffered heavy losses as two miles of hail moved eastward wiping out pasture land and crops including Brgan W Caswell and Mrs Monds. rain accompanied the hail as a cloudburst with varying intensity overnight.
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Irvine Stampede Promises A Packed Day Of Fun
Tomorrow marks the Irvine Stampede with roughly fifty or sixty antos from Medicine Hat set to run in the lig event during the Wednesday holiday. Programs promise a crackerjack list of events from 1:80 pm to evening, ending with a big dance. A Want Ad in The News remains a quiet, effective helper.
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Medicine Hat
Explosion Destroys Quarantine Building on Staten Island
A two story frame building at the Staten Island quarantine station used for storing chemicals was blown apart by an early morning explosion. Windows across Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn shook from the blast but no injuries were reported. Cause remains undetermined.
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Quarantine Station
Staten Island
Air Mail Letter Reaches Seattle From California
A letter to J. W. Wright, superintendent of the Provincial Employment Bureau, arrived by air mail from San Pedro California. It requested information on working conditions and required a ten cent stamp to speed delivery to the Seattle terminal. It marked the first air mail letter of its kind received.
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Seattle
Fire Causes Major Loss at Te Mille Studio in Culver City
A late night fire at the Geil B Te Mille motion picture studio in Culver City, California caused an estimated loss between 150000 and 200000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze through the night, with extensive damage to buildings and equipment. No injuries were reported.
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Belief of a second suspect in Montreal taxi murder case
Police now think the blood stained clothing found near Adelais Bouchard’s body belonged to an accomplice rather than a woman victim. A hotel search uncovered blood stained clothing and a .38 shell matching the revolver found near the crime scene.
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Winnipeg Wheat Market Sags in Dull Trade
Winnipeg grain markets showed midsummer lethargy with low volume and narrow price moves. Wheat traded with fractional firmerities at times as Chicago buyers briefly aided deferred months, while oats and barley saw small gains over the prior close.
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Chicago
Chinese Civil War Shifts as Armistice Talks Move
Reports from Hankow and Shanghai describe a new Northern alignment as Chiang Kai-Shek proposes a truce while factional clashes intensify. Western powers note Southern forces evacuating Shantung and continuing sieges, with munitions and rifles said to flow from Hankow and Russia.
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Shantung
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Chiang
Russia
Foo
Courtney to Start Transatlantic Flight from Southampton
London reports Captain F. T. Courtney, British aviator, will start at noon Wednesday from Southampton on his trans Atlantic flight. He plans to refuel at Valentia Ireland before continuing.
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the Press Association
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Valentia Ireland
Three Police Killed in Punjab Mob Attack
In Simla today three people were killed and fourteen injured at Kothala in Maler Kotia during a police and army operation to arrest suspects. Mob violence escalated as attackers opened fire, police responded with blanks then ball ammunition to quell the crowd.
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Palestine Earth Tremor Casualties Reported
London reports from Palestine via the Acting High Commissioner that the earthquake killed 200 and seriously injured 256, with thousands of houses damaged. Transjordan losses include several killed and injured. Government House and Allenby Bridge suffered damage but government premises were largely spared.
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Colonial Office
Palestine
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Government House
Pe Allenby Bridge
Jerusalem
Tom Graham Discusses Ceramics and Clay Products
Mr. Tom Graham, superintendent of Alberta Clay Products Co., Medicine Hat, spoke to the Rotary about ceramics and clay products in a 30 minute address. He traced clay use from ancient bricks to the Great Wall, noting historic clay artifacts and the enduring role of clay in human history.
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Tom Graham
Rotary
Alberta Clay Products Co., Ltd
Medicine Hat
Rotary Club
Graham
Nile
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