Seventh Annual Type Convention Opens in Medicine Hat
Delegates from Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and other districts attend the seventh annual Western Canada Conference of Typographical Unions at Moose Hall Medicine Hat. Leaders welcome the group praise attendance and set a three day schedule including reports elections and social events with a focus on future printer industry policy.
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Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
Moose Hall
W. Burgess
Medicine Hat
A. J. O. Terrill
The
News
Unwin
Trades and Labor Council
H.W. Falconer
Alberty and Seskatchewan
Saskatchewan and
Alberta
Fort William
Port Arthur
Rockies
H. W. Falconer
Winnipeg
Ald. Bow. Bellany
Calgary
R. M. Whitson
J. ML. Healey
P. Stead
Edmonton
A. N. Wright
D. Hk. Knott
John Acheson
William
G. N. Powler
Lethbridge
Geo
A. Thompson
J. Ready
A. M. Wright
J. I. Powers
M. Limmert
G. W. Howard
G. Corse
H. Crooks
Moose Jaw
Prin
Lt.u
Albany
Canada
Dominion Government
Western Union
Inter National
Persian Foreign Minister Says No Letter to League on Bolshevik Threat
Taris June 2 Prince Firouzhan Persian foreign minister has not sent a letter to the League of Nations secretary requesting intervention under Article 11 to halt Bolshevik movements against Persia. No decision yet as the League executive council has not convened to discuss the matter.
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Taris
Prince Firouzhan
League of Nations
Persia
Edmonton Journal Plans New $200000 Home
The Edmonton Journal secured a building permit for a new four story home on 101st street costing about $200,000. The plan includes a large concrete basement with the rest in concrete and brick and a frontage of 1M feet and depth of 122 feet.
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Edmonton
Edmonton Journal
101St Street
Union Printers' Home at Colorado Springs notes long history
The International Typographical Union highlights the Union Printers' Home near Pike's Peak as a key benefit to printers. Built in 1892 at 70 000 dollars, it later expanded with hospital, library, and other facilities. By 1972 a tubercular unit cost 19 000 dollars and further additions followed.
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Union Printers
Colorado Springs
International Typographical Union
Union
Pike’s Peak
George W. Childs
Philadelphia Ledger
Anthony J. Drexel
Falconer
No Proposal to Admit Vatican to League Nation Denied
Rome reports denial by Osservatore Romano that A. J. Balfour did not propose Vatican entry to the League of Nations and that no other person has made such proposals.
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Vatican League
Rome
A. J. Balfour
Vatican
League of Nations
Osservatore Romano
Frosts in Gordon Head threaten BC strawberry crop
Calgary reports J A Grant BC fruit commissioner says frosts in Gordon Head will cut this year’s strawberry yield by about a fifth. Early blossoms were frozen but officials hope the crop will recover enough to yield a fair amount.
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Calgary
Gordon Head
British Columbia
J. A. Grant
Stores Open Tomorrow As City Plans Uncertain Holiday
Retail Merchants' Association announces stores will stay open all day despite uncertainty over whether the city will observe King’s birthday and close shops tomorrow.
President Defeated in International Typographical Union Election
Word reached Alderman Dellamny secretary of the Typographical Conference that in the International Typographical Union election President Scott was defeated by McParland of New York by a small majority. Other executive members were returned to power including Vice President Barrett and Secretary Hays who visited Medicine Hat last summer.
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Alderman Dellamny
Scott
McParland
New York
Barrett
Hays
Medicine Hat
City Extends Evening Hours for Theatres and Cafes
Vienna city government partially reverses the new summertime schedule by adding one hour to the closing times of theatres coffee houses and restaurants. The change affects nightlife venues as residents adapt to longer operating hours during the season.
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Vienna
Floods in England Cause Heavy Losses and Homelessness
In South England on June 2 the Lud river overflow killed about fifty people with over one thousand left homeless. At least fifty houses were washed away and damage reaches up to 250000 dollars as floods spread from North Wales to Cambridgeshire. Premier Lloyd George sought government aid.
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South
Eng
Lud
Lloyd George
Louth
North Wales
Shropshire
Lancashire
Lincolnshire
Cambridgeshire
Industrial Congress Tour Opens in Medicine Hat Welcome
A large delegation of about 200 manufacturers and guests arrived by train for the Industrial Congress tour in Medicine Hat. Officials and residents welcomed them at Riverside Park with praise for Alberta’s resources and cheap power, highlighting local gas and coal supplies and the city’s growing role as a railway center. Despatches from Constantinople note Nationalists recruiting in Anatolia by brutal means, with prisoners brought in chains and injuries reported.
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Medicine Hat
West
Industrial Congress
Congress
Thrge
Riverside Park
First Street
Hackvale
Brown
Prairies
Huckvate
Alberta
Canada
Traving
Glind
Mingor Brown
Winnipeg
F.o.b
Elswhere
Vancouver
Manufaccturers
Thos. P. Howard
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Constantinople
Japan Wise Oper Negotiations for Treaty Renewal
London reports the Pall Mall Gazette says the Anglo Japanese alliance renewal has not reached urgent cabinet stage. It notes Lloyd George may seek disarmament progress. next weeks aim to resolve U S Japan tensions to widen the pact possibly include the United States. Tokio says cabinet will open negotiations for renewal and revision while preserving peace in Eastern Asia and India and Japan Britain interests in the Far East. Marquis Okuma argues renewal remains desirable to counter regional upheaval despite Russia and Germany losses.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Lloyd George
United States
Japan
Tokio
Great Britain
Yomi Uri Shimbun
League of Nations
Asia
India
China
Far East
Shigenobu Okuma
Russia
Germany
Siberia
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Redcliff
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Cecil Hotel
Pergia Galls
Bolshie
Prince Firowz Khan
Wey
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
Huckvale
Ald
N. A. McLarty
Anatolia
Wise Oper
1St St
Martin's Orchestra
Rememires
Ber
Rotarians
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