Manifesto of the C. C. F. Adopted in Full with One Dissent
The manifesto outlines a transition to a planned economy with expanded taxation on income, corporations, and inheritance to fund social programs. It calls for national investment, public housing spending, and a temporary public works program to provide jobs during the transition to a cooperative federation.
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Canada
Systead
C.clf. Peeposee
National Investment Board
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Sium Clear
Tivel
Rioting by Workless in Winnipeg Clashes with Police Near City Hall
A large unemployed demonstration in Winnipeg yesterday turned violent as police vied to disperse the crowd. Two officers were injured and several demonstrators arrested amid clashes on Main Street and near City Hall, with tear gas and baton charges used to restore order.
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Winnipeg
Avtens
Beteks
General Hospital
Main
Crowil
Brouhte
A. Bond
A. Singleton
Quick
Bow Island Stampede Draws Large Crowd Next Wednesday
Citizens plan to travel to Bow Island for the Stampede with a large entry of riders expected and judges secured including Jimmy Mitchell and Harry Minor.
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Bow Island
Jimmy Mitchell
Harry Minor
Hargrave Pool Opens Tomorrow At Rotary Park Ceremony
The Rotary Pool in Hargrave Park will officially open tomorrow at 2 o clock. A. A. Church, president of Rotary, will present the pool to the mayor, and Mr. James Hargrave, donor of the park, will open the gate with a silver key.
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Hargrave
Rotary
Hargrave Park
A. Church
James Hargrave
Small Market Day Sells Few Local Goods
Market reports a light day with only a handful of farmers. Butter goes for 15e per pound, fresh eggs 15 boazen, live chickens priced at 35¢ and 40¢ each, dressed chicken 50¢ and 55¢.
Gasoline prices rise half a cent across western provinces
Winnipers Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta saw gasoline up by one half cent per gallon across all grades. Oil company managers explained the rise as a response to price supports. A 27 cent barrel increase in Turner Valley oil company costs was announced by the Temperat Regal and Bell refineries at Calgary.
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Winnipers
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Mangers
Turner Valley Oil Companies
Teperat Regal
Bell
Calgary
Chicago and Minneapolis Grain Exchanges Suspend Trading
Amid a brutal price crash in the grain market, the Chicago Board of Trade and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange suspend trading in futures. Duluth futures were also halted, as officials planned further measures following the severe selloff. Winnipeg kept trading open with no price restrictions after executive meetings.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Duluth
Chicago
B Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Dtay
Exchange
United States
All single men to find work within ten days says Alberta relief
Edmonton reports that within ten days all single unemployed men on relief who are physically fit will be placed in camps or offered farm work. A. A. MacKenzie of the Alberta Relief Commission notes growing demand for farm help especially haying. About 90 men in Edmonton are on the list, with estimates that around 500 may be medically unfit for harvest or camp work. Calgary has about 320 such men. A camp for 50 men opens in the Folgon coal branch. A draft of women recently left for Exshaw.
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Edmonton
A. A. MacKenzie
Alberta Relief Commission
Folgon_ coal
Ivea
Mackenzie
Calgary
Exshaw
Edmonton Dance Hours Relaxed Under New Order
Edmonton lifts early June order restricting dance hall hours to close at 1 a.m. on weeknights. New order rescinds that limit and allows hours to vary, but midnight Saturday to 8 p.m. Monday remains closed. Minors under 18 may now attend without formal parental accompaniment.
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Edmonton
Stocks Rally After Worst Break Since 1929 In Wall Street
Stocks rallied in New York reducing extreme losses on leading issues from three to over seventeen dollars as volume reached about 9.75 million shares, the highest since August 1929. Breaks also hit Toronto and Montreal exchanges with the pound sterling dipping five cents and Winnipeg wheat closing higher for July and October futures.
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New York
Wall Street
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
McPherson Divorce Case May Be Appealed
In Edmonton on July 20 Justice Ford granted leave to file a motion to add Helen Mattern McPherson as a co-defendant in the case by Mrs. Cora Lillian McPherson to annul the divorce of Hon. O. L. McPherson. The motion was adjourned to September after Ford had dismissed the action against O. L. McPherson. counsel suggested an appeal to ensure all proper parties are before the court.
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Edmonton
McPherson
Justice Ford
Chambers
Helen Mattern McPherson
O. L. McPherson
Cora Lillian McPherson
Mr. McPherson
G. HE. van Allen
K.C
Cora McPherson
Helen McPherson
Australia Refuses Wheat Production Limits at World Conference
Australian delegate Stanley Bruce told the World Economic Conference that Australia would not join any wheat production restriction plan. He warned such schemes require socialist, fascist, or communist governments and said Australia does not intend to participate. The remark followed news of grain futures trading suspensions in Chicago and Kansas City.
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London
Stanley Bruce
World Economic Conference
Chicago
Kansas City
R. B. Bennett
Wall Street
Australia
Bruce
Canada
United States
Argentina
Sweeping changes at Soviet railway leadership
Moscow July 20 report says the entire staff of vice-commissars running Russian railways was dismissed as part of large transport reforms. A new ten member transport committee was formed. Molotov signed an order to boost food supplies for railway workers. Vladimir Shatoff, a well known figure in the United States, was among those dismissed.
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Moscow
Thurs- City
Vicheslav Molotov
Council of People’s Commissars
Vladimar
Bill Shatoff
United States
Alberta Government Won’t Guarantee Binder Twine
Premier J. E. Brownlee stated the provincial government has no plan to enter the binder twine business and aims to exit guarantee activities. The remark followed a suggestion by A. B. McKay of the Alberta Retail Merchants Association. In a related line, a Turkish earthquake near Denizli killed twenty in Tehivril.
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Edmonton
J. E. Brownlee
A. B. McKay
Alberta Retail Merchants’ Association
Istanbul
Tehivril
Denizli
Turkey
Maple Creek Sheep Dog Trials Set for August
Maple Creek News reports Dominion officials will attend the annual Sheep Dog Trials on Tuesday August 8 at the golf course by the R.C.M.P. barracks. The event includes a dog trial program from 10 a.m. lunch at noon a business meeting at 1 30 p.m. and finals for £50. Speakers include A A Macmillan George Muir and L E Kindt.
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Maple Creek
Dominion
R.C.M P
A. A. Macmillan
Ottawa
George Muir
Dominion Animal Husbandman
L. E. Kindt
Calgary Fire Destroys Nor man Slock on Eighth Ave
A Calgary blaze last night destroyed the Nor man Slock on Eighth Avenue. The Loughheed estate owned building valued at $50 000 with contents higher, suffered extensive losses. Tenants and businesses in the Arcade area including McDermid Drug Store Leathercrafts The Chesterfield Shop Gregg's Ladies Wear and more were affected.
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Calgary
Norman Slock
Eighth Ave
Lougheed
McDermid Drug Store
Leathercrafts
Chesterfield Shop
Gregg's Ladies’ Wear
Spence’s Shoe Shop
Robinson's Clothes Shop
Athletic Billiard Rooms
Lillian M. Snell
the Gift Show
Arcade
Margaret Bowman
May Evans
Bruce
Moore's Ladies’ Wear
Electricity future tense sparks Wi Wanis talk
Mr Elmer S Hodges spoke on the electrical world and its coming revolution at the Wi Wanis Club luncheon. He noted electricity’s rapid growth and cited General Electric and Westinghouse experiments in wireless power as signs of the era’s dramatic changes and broader harnessing of energy.
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Wiwanis Club
Elmer S. Hodges
Copernicus
Keppler
Jules Verne
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Co
Wiley Post nears round-the-world record amid Alaska stop
Wiley Post, flying from Khabarovsk toward New York, landed at Flat Alaska in rain with poor visibility. He aims to beat the 1931 round-the-world mark set with Harold Gatty and may reach Edmonton before continuing east.
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Fairbanks
Wiley Post
Oklahoma
Flat
Alaska
Canadaus Press
Joe Crosson
Post
Bott
Edmonton
Harold Gatty
New York
Alta
Iditarod River
Nulato
Khabarovsk
Siberia
E.S.T
Iduardo
Ruby
Winnie Mae So Guise
Behring Sea
Nome F
American
Signal Corps
Cleen
Rye farmer’s field laid waste by wind storm
Mr. Morrison, a rye grower at Nine Mile Coulee, finished cutting and binding a 20 acre rye field. A severe wind storm struck, leaving not a straw on the land and causing distress to the farmer.
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Morrison
Nine Mile Coulee
Canada narrowly missed first in King’s Prize team event
At Bisley Camp on July 21 Canadian Flying Officer C Bunch led with 145 points in the second stage of the Kings Prize. Captain J T Steel of Guelph topped the Canadian entries with 142. The Mother Country team won the Rajah of Kolapore Imperial Challenge Cup, England Scotland and Wales totaled 1,115 points while Canada finished second with 1,108 points, a loss of seven points.
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Bisley Camp
C. Bunch
Royal Air Force
J. T. Steel
Guelph
Kolapore
Bisley
Canada
England
Scotland
Wales
Local Wheat Prices From Ogilvie Grain Special
Ogilvie grain offers quoted wheat prices for July 78 to October 80 with ranges from 1-8 to 1-4 and 82 to 82 1-4. No 1 Nov 78 and tea 78 1-8 shown along with street 59 1-2.
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Ogilvie Grainef
Christmas Seal Clinic Examines 83 Tuberculosis Patients
A report from the Medicine Hat Christmas Seal Clinic shows 83 patients examined for tuberculosis in late June, with 43 new cases. X rays were used when indicated and Dr. S. M. Mullen of the Canty Sanatorium commends the clinic for its public health impact and local cooperation.
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Medicine Hat
W. Huckvale
Medical Society
General Pital
Depa
S. M. Mullen
Canty Ee
Costa
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Cartwright
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Alta. Govt
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Oliver Lodge
H. G. Wells
Mary Baker Eddy
Great Britain
Flat Air Port
Imareun
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Winnie Mae
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Wien
Nome
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Levenovsk
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Mattern
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