British Conservatives Divided Over Best Course to Pursue
London reports a split among Conservative leaders on how to handle the Baldwin crisis and potential Labour government. Churchill favors immediate action, Chamberlain backs Parliament, while some call for Baldwin's resignation to avoid electoral fallout. Liberal stance uncertain as Lloyd George weighs coalition options.
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Baldwen
Austen Chamberlain
London
George Hambleton
Canadian Press Star
Baldwin
Chequers Court
Mackenzie King
Wgive
Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
Lloyd George
Natiow
MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
Associated Press
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Magazine Solicitor Dead In Hotel Room
Detroit, June 3. Miss Mary Haydis a 27 year old former school teacher and daughter of wealthy New York parents was found dead in a hotel room. Police initially cite heart disease but autopsy revealed bruises on neck and face and a broken neck. She came here with a crew of magazine solicitors.
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Detroit
Mich
Mary Haydis
New York City
Miss Lee
Elephant gun exhibit at News office and other odd firearms
Mr Ted Ashburner left a large bore double barrelled rifle at the News office. The weapon can fire shell two and a quarter inches in circumference four inches long and will pierce a 10 by 10 timber. Master Gunner LN said law will guard the piece. Also described is Jack Robertan’s two barrel gun with twelve gauge and 30.30 bore components.
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Ted. Ashburner
Law
News
Jack Robertsan
Taber Farmer Injured In Stable Accident
Taber farmer John Harding tangled with a horse while harnessing a stall pony on Tuesday afternoon. The frightened animal kicked, leaving Harding with multiple injuries including a broken leg, severe head cuts, and a badly kicked shoulder after he freed the horse and crawled fifty yards to his car to summon help.
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Taber
John Harding
Harding
Crop report notes strong grain growth in Western Canada
Western Canada shows rapid grain growth with crops advancing in all three provinces. Seeding near completion, tractors run by night with bed lights, pastures improving, and livestock in good condition though some areas report wind damage and weed distribution challenges.
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Winniper
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Alberta
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Manitova
Peace River
Grain Prices Skyrocket In Hysterical Market Surge
Chicago grain prices rose sharply today with buying bursts lifting wheat from 194 to 843 cents at opening. Reports of a $100,000,000 government fund to aid farmers spurred the rally as July wheat opened near $1 and December jumped to around $1.70 amid wildly scattered bids across market pits.
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Chicago
Y W C A Meets In Banff This Week
Banff Alberta June 3 Y W C A of Canada holds the thirteenth annual convention at the Banff Springs Hotel. Miss Marjory Ford says the League of Nations will be a key peace theme as delegates from 52 countries gather for the biennial session. Notable attendees include Miss Charlotte Niven Miss Sipe Miss Wan Miss Emma Kaufman Miss Stella Abidha and Miss Muriel Brock among others from Saint Johns Victoria Vancouver Island Kitchener Tokyo and Trinidad.
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Banff Springs
Alta
League of Nations
Young Womens’ Christian Association of Canada
Banff
Marjory Ford
Y.W.C.A
Association of Canada
Saint Johns
Newfoundland
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Charlotte Niven
Sipe
Toronto
Madras University
India
Wan
Emma Kauftman
Kitchener
Ontario
Association
Tokyo
Stella Abidh
Trinidad
Muriel Brock
Oil flows over top of Devenish No 3 well
Lethbridge June 1 oil flows over the casing at Devenish No 3 in the Skiff field. The flow is steady though not large and runs into the sump through holes in the control head with no sign of water. The well depth is 3039 feet. Navy aircraft carriers with various aircraft will be open to the public during Portsmouth navy week August 17 to 24.
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Lethbridge
Devenish No. 3
Portsmouth
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Arrowwood
King Celebrates 64th Birthday Surrounded by Illness
Windsor England June 3 The King marks his sixty fourth birthday in bed at Windsor Castle due to a lung abscess not believed serious by doctors. He avoids festive celebrations but remains hopeful of recovery from his long winter illness.
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Windsor, Eng
Victoria Tower
Windsor Castle
Bennett Explains Ottawa Vote on Hudson Bay Railway
In the House of Commons Hon. R. G. Bennett states the Conservative party did not block the Hudson Bay Railway vote. He confirms the Tories support the enterprise from its inception and emphasizes careful expenditure of funds amid a western newspaper report.
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Ottawa
Hudson’s Bay Railway
B. Bennett
House of Commons
Hudson Bay Railway
Bennett
Fire destroys Russell Wheat Pool and United Grain elevator
A $56,000 blaze devastated the Wheat Pool and United Grain Growers elevator at Russell Manitoba on June 3. The fire began in the Pool elevator and spread to the private company’s elevator. Insurance covers the loss. A mixed train’s pump helped save the station after it had departed from Yorkton.
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Russell
Man
United Grain Growers
Yorkton
Professor Peter Gillespie dies in Toronto heart attack
Professor Peter Gillespie, 56, a leading Canadian engineer and research figure, died in Toronto after suffering a heart attack. He headed multiple research initiatives and was highly regarded in the engineering community.
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Peter Gillespie
Engineering Profession of
Canada
Toronto
Election Standing after English Universities results
Canadian Press Cable reports final results for 608 of 615 seats in the combined English Universities election. Labor leads with 247, Conservatives 255, Liberals 7, Nationalists 3, Independents 5, Prohibitionists 4, seven seats still in doubt across Scottish and Oxford Universities plus Orkney and Shetland with one race postponed.
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London
Labor
Conservatives
Kiberak
Nationalists
Prohibitionist
Oxford University
Rugby Warwick
Orkney
Shetland
Birthday Honors List Features Five New Peerages
Five new peerages are announced in the birthday honors list. The medical team that attended the King during illness is recognized along with 11 baronetcies and 82 knighthoods. Robert Bridges and John Galsworthy receive the Order of Merit for literature and drama.
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London
Thomas Champion
Robert Bridges
John Galsworthy
Order of the Bath
Sydney Fremantle
Richard F Phillimore
Ilis
Phiilip Chetwood
India
Vincent Lee
Wareham
Canadian Frontier
Stanley Hewett
Robert Woods
Stanley Baldwin
Beny & Son Open New Service Department at North Railway
The Beny & Son garage expands with a 4500 square foot service department, modern lights, ventilating and steam heating. Old repair space becomes body and Duco shop as staff grows from one to thirty five in six years, total floor area now 14900 square feet on South Railway Street. Sid Martin becomes assistant manager and Red Amos oversees 24 hour servicing.
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Beny & Son
Beny
Bang & Son
North Railway St
South Railway Street
Sid Martin
Martyn Oliver Company
Mr. Beny
Red Amos
Southern Alberta Deluged by Rains and Floods
Torrential rain over the weekend swelled rivers across southern Alberta, washing out roads and straining communications. Calgary faced high Bow and Elbow river levels with basements flooding, while High River’s park and auto camp flooded and a family evacuated.
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Alta
Calgary
Jane
Red Deer River
Crossfield
Mrrie Watts
Fuller Ranch
Watts
Jarman
Alberta
Elbow
Bow Rivers
Elbow Park
Sunnyside
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Mibow
Westmont Island
High River
Highwood
Good Attendance At Sunday Concert By Medicine Hat Band
Despite cool cloudy weather a good turnout filled Riverside Park for the Medicine Hat Citizens' Band opening concert of the season. More than half the players are newcomers to the city, joining a finely received program that drew warm applause from the audience. The band appreciates public support and pledges further improvement. The program included The Maple Leaf March Tourists Return Waltz Sweet Reflections Overture Oasis March Under the Eagle Wings Chinese Polka Sing Lee Serenade Awake Sweet Lye Waltz Ocean Breezes March Rear Admiral God Save The King.
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Medicine Hat
Riverside Park
Five Alberta convicts escape jail in daring roof break
Police across Alberta and neighboring states hunt five Calgary‑sent prisoners who fled the provincial jail at Lethbridge after forcing a dormitory roof exit. A stolen truck and a car theft aided the breakout. Descriptions of the six criminals include Charles Davis and A Hodgkins among others.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
U.S
Montana
Raymond
Calgary
A. Hodkins
C. Duncan
John al
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Sunday Dispatch
Lord Rothermere
Rightton
Neville Chamberlain
Sir Austen
Liberal Position
Daily Express Today
David Lloyd George
Lord Reading
Herbert Samuel
Magazine Solicitor
Roe
Mary H. Lee
C. P. R Crop Report
Rome
Kenneth Boadecker
New York
Lewis Yancey
Roger W. Williams
Captain Yancey
Old Orchard
Italy
Sky Rocket
King George
H. B. Railway
Red Deer
Sey
C. D. Davis
G. Weston
Charles Davis
U.S.A
A. Hodgkins
Rathbone Lodge No. 5
Knights of Pythias
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