Son of J S Woodsworth M P Breaks Back on Rocky Trail
Banff July 29 Charles Woodsworth Winnipeg son of J S Woodsworth M P Cooperative Commonwealth Federation faces a two day trek over high passes to reach Banff hospital after a fall on the north ridge of Mount Assiniboine. He is aided by guides and remains in a plaster cast while authorities arrange transport and further X rays to assess injuries.
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Banff
Charles Woodsworth
Winnipeg
J. S. Woodsworth
M.P
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Mountain Assiniboine
Woodsworth
Alpine Club of Canada
Mount Assiniboine
Canfield Beatty
Seattle
Xrays
Office Opens for Municipal Districts No. 121 and 122
An office will open in the Gran Ida block on Third Street during the second week of August as a sub-office of the Provincial Department of Municipal Affairs. It will service Improvement District No. 121 and Jubilee District No. 122, covering Medicine Hat north to the Saskatchewan boundary and east to the Red Deer River. A Hall will head the office with P C Hepburn in the field. Secretary-treasurer W H Gray will relocate from the Royal Bank building to the Gran Ida block.
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Granada Block
Third St
Provincial Department of Municipal Affairs
Department
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Red Deer River
Many Island Lake District
Tilley Hast
A. Hall
P. C. Hepburn
Hall
Edm Monton
W. H. Gray
Municipal District of Excelsior
Royal Bank
Calgary Boy Killed in City Street Collision
A four year old Calgary boy walking across a city street with his elder brother was fatally struck by a heavy truck Saturday. The driver was charged with manslaughter as part of a weekend series of traffic incidents that also left five others injured.
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Calgary
Billy Barclay
Somali Revolt Spreads Toward Ethiopia from Somaliland
Reports from Addis Ababa claim native Somalis rebelled in Italian Somaliland and began moving toward Ethiopia near Ualual, though details remain unconfirmed.
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Addis Ababa
Italian Somaliland
Ethiopia
Ualual
Urschel Kidnapping Conspiracy Conviction Sentenced
Ben Blaska of Denver, an attorney, was convicted of conspiracy in the $200,000 Charles F Urschel kidnapping and sentenced to 10 years in prison in Oklahoma City.
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Urschel
Oklahoma City
C.P
Ben Blaska
Denver
Charles F. Urschel
Hailstorm Devastates Wetaskiwin Crops and Livestock
A cyclonic hailstorm hit Wetaskiwin and surrounding farmland Saturday evening, laying waste to crops in the wheat belt and killing chickens and geese. Stones two to three inches battered windmills and hayracks, with losses reported across a six by forty five mile area and some farmers facing 100 percent crop destruction. Insurance covered some claims, but extensive damage left many farmers financially strained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetaskiwin
Stevens Plans Alberta Speaking Tour In August
Alberta itinerary outlined for Hon. H. H. Stevens Reconstruction leader with stops likely at Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and an afternoon meeting at Medicine Hat. He aims Aug 10 to 13 with talks on reforms and farmer bargaining power amid prices and packing firms concerns.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
H. H. Stevens
Stevens
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Prospect
Pacific Coast
Cranbrook
B.C
East Kootenay
Price Spreads Commission
Winnipeg
Italy's Italo Ethiopian crisis sparks troop reinforcement
Paris reports lhenew Somaliland guards reinforced with air force detachments and a Senegalese sharpshooter battalion to quell tribal disorders linked to the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Geneva notes a stalemate over punishments for treaty repudiation as the League committee adjourned.
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Paris
C.P
Lhenew Somaliland
East Africa
Geneva
League of Nations Special Committee
Council
Addis Ababa
Tire
Great Britain
Fatal Auto Crash Near Boundary Claims Three
Three Vancouver residents died and a fourth was injured when an automobile overturned into a deep ditch two miles south of the international boundary. The victims named were John Kilby, Victor Kilby the driver, and Miss Marjorie Battersby. Mrs Kilby suffered severe cuts and bruises.
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Vancouver
C.P
John ‘Dagger
Victor W. ‘Kilby
Marjorie Battersby
Kilby
Was Blackmail Tried On Premier
Henry M. Walker a 54 year old St. Thomas metal worker was charged with demanding money with menaces to steal from Premier Hepburn. Arthur Leakey 60 was charged jointly. Crown asked for a one week remand and both men to stand trial.
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London
Ont
C.P
Henry M. Walker
St. Thomas
Mitchel F
Hepburn
Ontario
Arthur Leakey
St.Thomas
Crow
Norman E. Newton
Askis
Avey
Welker
Walké
Leakey
Walker
M. F. Hepburn
Britain to Build Near Complete Battle Fleet by 1942
London reports a secret seven year Admiralty plan to Britain’s fleet spending 750 million dollars to 1942. It calls for 12 capital ships 33 cruisers 63 destroyer leaders 21 submarines and three aircraft carriers. The Daily Herald cites Geneva 1927 ideas and notes US France Germany Italy and Japan know the plan.
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London
C.P
Great Britain
Daily Herald
Admiralty
House of Commons
Bolton Eyres-Mansell
Income Tax Bill Expands to Reach More Taxpayers
Washington July 29 The House Ways and Means Democrats moved to broaden the new tax bill raising rates on incomes as low as 50 000 and affecting more than 7 000 taxpayers The plan envisions higher surtaxes for 50 000 to 60 000 incomes and potential boosts to inheritance taxes with a total projected yield of about 275 million annually under current conditions.
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Washington
United States Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Hill
Britain Wins Davis Cup Defending World Tennis Supremacy
Great Britain defeats the United States in the Davis Cup final as Hughes and Tuckey win the doubles 6 2 1 6 6 8 6 3 6 3 to clinch the trophy. Tomorrow’s singles matches cannot change the outcome.
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Wimbledon
Eng
C.P
Great Britain
United States
Britain
George Patrick Hughes
C. A. D. Tuckey
Wilmer Allison
Johnny van Ryn
Fire Doused At West End Of Fourth Street
A small grass fire on the prairie at the west end of Fourth Street was reported at 4 15 p m Saturday. Firefighters used water to extinguish the blaze, which was soon under control.
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Fourth Street
Manslaughter Charge Filed in Calgary Truck Crash
Calgary July 29 charges of manslaughter and negligent driving were laid against A B Carroll after four year old William Barclay was struck and killed at a city intersection by a truck. Carroll was released on bail of 1600 dollars.
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Calgary
C.P
A. B. Carroll
William Barclay
Carroll
Mackenzie King to Broadcast Wednesday in Liberal Campaign
Ottawa July 29 7 The Liberal leader Rt Hon W L Mackenzie King plans a coast to coast series of three pre campaign radio addresses to outline Liberal policy. The first address will be at Kingston Ontario next week with staff arranging the broadcast and a campaign start date to follow. Prime Minister Bennett returns soon from holiday as cabinet reorganization and election timing loom.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mac
Kingston
Ont
Kenzie King
R. B
Mr. Bennett
Economic Safety League Examines Basic Dividends Plan
Calgary July 29 The fourth address in the Economic Safety League series analyzes Mr Aberhart's basic dividends and the need for Canadian dollars to back certificates. Critics say the plan will require withdrawal of new money at the same rate as dividends, with unclear methods to meet the outlined difficulties.
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Calgary
Economic Safety League
Aberhart
State Credit House
Edmonton Artist Convicted Of Painting Five Dollar Bills
Toronto July 29 Mike Pomoko an Edmonton artist was sentenced to three months definite and six months indefinite in the Ontario reformatory after being found guilty in the police court of painting five dollar bank notes and passing them as money He broke down as sentence was passed having painted about ten perfect five dollar bills from his imagination following a promised job that failed to materialize.
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Toronto
C.P
Mike Pomoko
Edmonton
Ontario Reformatory
Poroko
British Legation Intercedes for Alberta Man Benesch
Vienna reports the British Legation asked the Federal Chancellery to commute the sentence and deport Alfred Benesch of Barrhead Alberta as an undesirable alien. Benesch was arrested July 11 and sentenced to 4 12 months for a remark deemed derogatory to Vice-Chancellor Prince Ernst Ruediger von Starhemberg. The Chancellery will review the case.
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Vienna
C. P. Cable
Federal Chancellery
Alfred Benesch
Barrhead
Alta
Austria
Benesch
Ernst Ruediger von Starhemberg
Family tragedy shocks Pembroke as pair face murder charge
Mrs Mary Cowan and Allan Cowan, her brother in law and alleged secret lover, are remanded to August 5 before Justice J R Lockhart on charges of murdering Albert Cowan of Bargy s Bay. Weather Mostly fair. temperature 86 54.
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Pembroke
Ont
C.P
Mary Cowan
Allan Cowan
Justice of the Peace
J.R. Lockhart
Albert Cowan
Bargy’s Bay
Dionne Quintuplets Draw Thousands To Callander Porch Show
Four thousand visitors packed Callander Ontario Sunday to see the Dionne sisters aged fourteen months perform their porch show. The siblings Cecile Marie Annette Emilie Yvonne stage daily at 8 and 11 am and 1 and 3 pm attracting crowds from Canada and the United States to the Quints hospital home.
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A. E. Fulford
Callander
Ont
Dionne Sisters
Marie
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Yvonne
America
United States
Dionne
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Second St
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A. H. Rolph
C. F. Johsen
Yonkers
N.Y
Edith Wilcox
Victoria
Ernst Feuz
Rex. Gibson
B. Hendricks
D.C
Eric Brooks
Mr. Woodsworth
C. H. Hall
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
Popolo d'Italia
Milan
Fulvio Suvich
Sir Eric Drummond
Rocca Delle Carminate
Suvich
Seas
Mackenzie King
von Starhem
Berg
Dionnes
Meeting Elm Street ‘School
Hector Lang
M.L.A
F. W. Gershaw
Empress
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