Heaviest Rain in Years Pours Over Medicine Hat District
In a rare growing season downpour farmers across Southern Alberta report widespread rain from Calgary to Bassano and Swift Current. The heavy rainfall boosts crop prospects with oats and barley likely to be sown, while rail washouts and a few culverts washed away caused transit adjustments. Edmonton also records a steady rain aiding grain-growing conditions.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Calgary
Bassano
Swift Current
Empress
Hat
Lethbridge
Canadian Pacific Railway
Crowfoot
Towers
Cigary
Dunmore
Edmonton
Berlin Mark Drops Below Austrian Crown in Exchange
Berlin reports the German mark slipping below the Austrian crown in value, dropping from around 70.00 to 1 dollar to about 72.6 by noon, with prices rising 50 to 100 percent since May. The cycle of depreciation, inflation, and wage demands grips Berlin as essentials double in cost.
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Berlin
Urgong
Ten Killed in Religious Riot at Durango City
Ten people died and 17 were wounded in a religious riot as a mob attacked the provincial palace in Durango City and attempted to disarm mounted police. federal troops are concentrated to prevent further disorders and streets are patrolled.
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Provincial
Durango City
Mexico
Mexico City
Excelsior
Durango
Agricultural Society Directors Meet Tonight at Chamber Offices
The Agricultural Society directors and committees will meet this evening at the Chamber of Commerce offices. The session ends around o clock to allow attendees to reach the show at the Em press.
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AGC. Soc
Agricultural Society
Sever Voodk
Chamber of Commerce
Empress
MENTO ELEVATOR BURNED AFTER LIGHTNING STRIKE
Brandon reports the McClude elevator el Minto burned to the ground after a lightning strike last night, about 5000 bushels of fruit destroyed. Lethbridge notes Ray Knight wool clip of 220000 pounds sold in Shelby Tuesday. J D Watson, Boise Boise area buyer, purchased at about 34 cents a pound, totaling near 75000 dollars. The Knight clip is described as the largest in the province.
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Mento
Brandon
el Minto
Frata
Lethbridge
Ray Knight
Shelby
J. D. Watson
Bicknell
Boise
Idaho
Community Picnic Support List Misprint Correction
Yesterday's News lists firms aiding Thelma's Community Picnic set for June 20. Standard Bottling Works contributed through Mr A E Whiffin. the correct sponsor is Shamrock Bottling Works. Rev Alex McColl to lead St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Calgary as pastor.
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Thelma
Standard Bottling Works
Shamrock Bottling Works
A. E. Whiffin
Alex. McColl
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church
Calgary
Rainstorm delivers half inch in first hour in city weather diary
The storm's first hour brought 0.65 inches of rain, swelling the night's total rainfall to 1.36 inches. City weather data showed varied readings with several western locales reporting rain and clouds as warm, with a forecast of fair skies and possible thunderstorms further west.
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Winnipeg
Vancouver
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Nelson
Calgary
Medicine Lat
Moore Jaw
Saskatoon
Woman MP Elected in Berwick by Election
London June 11 Miss Mabel Russell wife of Capt Hilton Philipsen won the Berwick upon Tweed seat for the Conservatives with 12 004 votes. Liberal Capt Hazel Robson took 6 858 and Labour G Diver 3 906. The seat was held by Miss Russell’s husband who lost it amid election irregularities. She becomes the third woman in the Commons.
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London
Mabel Russell
Hilton Philipsen
House of Commons
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Northumberland
Hazel Robson
G. Diver
Miss Russell
Pastor shoots boy in act of robbing church poor boxes
In Detroit Michigan Rev. Father Vichael G. Esper pastor of St Boni face Catholic church fired a shot wounding Harold Smith of Sudbury Wisconsin who fled after being caught taking donations from church poor boxes. The incident occurred early today and the boy was reported only slightly wounded.
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Boy
Detroit
Mich
Vichael G. Esper
St. Boni Face Catholic Church
Harold Smith
H.e
Sudbury
Wisconsin
Methodist Church Union Delay Cited at London Conference
Sarnia Ontario May Street The Methodist church cannot be expected to wait much longer for the Presbyterian church to decide on church union said Rev J E J Alkvard retiring president at the London Methodist conference yesterday.
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Sarnia
Methodist Church
J. E. J. Alkvard
Floods Subside in Crows Nest Pass Amid Rail Delays
A Coleman Herald special reports floods in the Crows Nest Pass receding though creeks still high. Two inches of rain in Crow's Nest Thursday night swollen streams threaten towns and rail lines. Trains 67 68 and the CPR main line face delays with diversions to Medicine Hat and Calgary.
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Lethbridge
Lune
Herald
Coleman
Crows Nest
West Coleman
Crow's Nest
Canadian Pacific Railway
Frank
Michel
McGillivray
Canadian Pacific
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Taber
Aldersyde
Crowfoot
Sheep Creek
Okogtoks
Highwood River
High River
Macleod
Canadan Pacific
Willow Creek
Claresholm
Roses
Alberta
Rocky Mountain
D. C. Coleman
Western Lines
Crow's Neat
Fernie
Crow's Nest Pass
Crowfoot and Towers
Tragic Train Incident and Suicide Shocks Town
A train stop near Smiths Falls witnesses a double tragedy as passenger Atred Price slashes his throat in view of a student. Fifteen minutes later an elderly woman, Miss Albertine Nicholson, is killed on the tracks and dies in hospital. Price, slated for deportation from Montreal, and Dr. Daimines McBride Stivett, an Episcopal clergyman, also reportedly died by suicide earlier today.
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Smith's Falls Hospital
Price
Montreal
Mons
British yacht Istar aims for million-dollar rum run profits
Norfolk, June 1. The British steamer Istar, off Cape Henry, seeks one last voyage with Scotch and English whiskies to net about a million dollars. The captain told bankers he would retire from the illegal trade after this trip, claiming earlier cargoes were sold beyond the three-mile limit and brought ashore by other craft.
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Istar
Norfolk
Fire Threat Lifts as Rain Delays North Shore Fire
Reports from Sault Ste. Marie and Port Arthur describe growing forest fires along the north shore of Lake Superior. Incipient blazes appeared near mile 86 north of the Soo, with telegraph poles and bridges at risk but saved. White River and other areas awaited rain while towns prepared evacuations and mobilized help.
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Algoma Central Line
White River
Franz
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont. Lune
Lack Superior
Algoma Central Railway
Mile 86
Soo
Port Arthur
Sudbury
Port Arhour
Jueb Woerd
Government Employment Agency
Canadian Pacific
Algoma Central Railways
Lake Superior
Payne
Peterberk
Wight
Hopper Outbreak Reported Across Southeast Alberta
Edmonton dispatch says a serious roadside grasshopper outbreak is being fought in southeast Alberta near Medicine Hat and along the provincial boundary. Officials report ground crews and poison supplies. Professor Strickland notes a Grand Prairie outbreak near Lake Saskatoon.
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Edmonton
Department of Agriculture
Medicine Hat
Boundary
Saskatchewan
Department
Strickland
The
University
Grand Prairie District
Saskatoon
City Market Prices Feed Beef and Pork Rise
Prices at today's city market show beef at 8 cents and up, veal at steady and up, pork at 12 cents and up, mutton at 4 cents and up, butter at 2 cents per dozen including baskets in Soc: cys market sections.
Sun Yat-sen Army Captures Wal Chow
Sun Yat-sen's forces capture Wal Chow about 50 miles east of Canton. Enemy retreating as Canton constitutionalists join the active parade in the general advance.
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Sun Yat Sens
Wal Chow
Mofom
Yat Sen
Canton
Canton Constitu-Ionatists
Pareait
Demand Justice for Armstrong in Edmonton Case
Edmonton voices demand justice after George S. Armstrong former mayor and postmaster was acquitted of 50 000 dollar theft charges. The editorial urges parliamentary inquiry, restitution for Armstrong, and accountability for Post Office officials amid perceived misconduct.
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Edmonton
George S. Armstrong
Aml
Ead
Ayestrong
Armstrong
Ile ‘Ary
Captives Soon to Be Released by Suctiow Bandits
June 1 report from Tien Tsip says all foreign captives held in the Pact Zukt stronghold by the Suctiow train bandits will be freed in a few days. Major Robert A. Allen of the U S Army Medical Corps and W. Smith arrived with the two men yesterday.
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Tien Tsip
Suctiow
Zukt
Robert A. Allen
United States Army Medical
Corp
W. Smith
Great Grandson of Kruger Charged in DWI Collision
Wal Kruger Jr. of Boyleston Pennsylvania said to be the great grandson of Paul Kruger was held on $808 bail after a collision with a city water wagon. He admitted drinking three bottles of beer before the crash.
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Philadelphia
Wal Kruger Jr
Boyleston
Paul Kruger
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Schuler
Pam
Bow Islan
Winnifred
Whitla
Vauxhall
Mark
Public Works Department
Knight
Auggell
Berwick
Singapore
Unucas
Coothills
Clergyman Spiclides
Washington, May
Daimnes McBride Stivett
U.S. A
Archor
Cape Henry
Cape
Evssel
United States
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Fort Arthur
Grahamn
Canadian National
Graham
Bud
South Country
Medicine
Edmonton Press
U.S.A
Paul
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