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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
3
The annual convention welcomes stockmen to Medicine Hat with remarks from Mayor Bullivant and Chamber of Commerce president C. Beny. The president's report emphasizes funding, member growth, and maintaining operations, amid low cattle prices, plus discussions on grazing leases, municipal area changes, and export prospects.
Alberta Conference delegates voted 85 to 25 to condemn war and the profit motive, call for no fundraising raffles, support unemployment insurance, and urge elimination of gambling in church activities. Resolutions praise the Oxford Group, condemn war coercion, and pledge evangelistic efforts for 1934. Rev. George A. Dickson was elected president.
Senate investigation into J. P. Morgan & Co disclosed that six of the twenty partners are indebted to the firm. Names were withheld. The panel debated regulation of private banks and public disclosure of large deposits, while Pecora defended his role amid interruptions.
The stock market rose in a major buying surge with many issues gaining one to eight points or more. Investors speculated on gold policy and possible open market activity. The Roosevelt administration authorized the Postal Savings Bank trustees to buy 100 million dollars in government bonds to ease credit.
President Roosevelt and Viscount Ishii announced a joint statement seeking peace in the Far East and world prosperity. They expressed hope for stable monetary conditions and an improvement in silver prices following talks concluding with the Japanese envoy.
A note to the Ottawa Standing Committee on Agriculture discusses potential brain inspection facilities at Moose Jaw or the U S port of entry. The writer recalls sharing association minutes and suggests calling a West industry expert as a witness to provide useful information. Appreciation is expressed for the officers and directors who served the association, noting their time and effort.
Clare Harvey, 20, a provincial hospital employee, died after the truck she rode in struck a telephone pole on the outskirts of Ponoka Alberta at 9 45 p m. Driver C Straus and Harvey were about 600 yards from town when the crash occurred. A coroner s jury returned an accidental death verdict absolving all parties.
Winnipeg May 26 Officials report over 1400 Westerners have taken the cent-a-mile fare from Western Canada to the Atlantic seaboard offered jointly by the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. The opening excursion on May 24 sent two sections of trains from Winnipeg and travel dates run through June 8 with tickets valid 80 days from sale, usable in coach or tourist sleepers with small berth charge.
Edmonton report says a decision in the McPherson divorce annulment suit is unlikely for a month after Mr Justice Frank Ford reserved judgment. Mrs Cora McPherson seeks annulment of a 1931 uncontested decree obtained by Hon L McPherson, minister of public works. The judge indicated he would review all evidence and suggested potential settlement options.
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