03 Jun 1933
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1933
Page
1
A scrambled OCR puzzle page lists numbered clues and partial answers across topics from geography and mythology to science. It includes hints for Greek letters, celestial figures, and various common words, with corruption and garbled letters scattered through the grid.
The newspaper outlines subscription terms for one year six months and three months by mail with advance payment. It states circulation routes are controlled by the Circulation Department and directs applications to that department. Readers are asked to phone the department if papers are missed or delivery is careless.
The Finlay bridge painting proceeds with precision under a skilled crew, expected to finish next week. The piece notes public friction over telephone tolls and calls for non political oversight of government tasks, while Winnipeg distributes tomato plants to aid unemployed households and Calgary debates relief smokers policy.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Justice George B. Shields of Wilkinsburg fined himself five dollars after discovering his own license among 65 traffic violation hearings. The incident echoes a 20 year old Medicine Hat case where ex Police Magistrate O W Kealy fined himself two dollars for a dog at large before practicing law in Bermuda.
Calgary editorial voices doubt over Prime Minister Bennett attending the World Economic Conference with only a private secretary, contrasting with Roosevelt's delegation. It cites economists and scholars as benchmarks, noting that experts in economics, finance, and social trends would normally accompany a nation to such pivotal talks.
The Hon. Ian Mackenzie told a Saint John meeting that banks should lower rates to 1 percent. L Action Catholique, Quebec independent daily, agrees in principle but calls for the new rate at 1 percent, noting the current economic climate as topsy turvy.
The piece argues that high deposit rates harm lending to individuals and municipalities, leaving banks serving big bodies while people struggle. It questions whether banks serve the public and warns the high rate drains money from circulation.
Princes Albert Herald owner Hon. George F. Graham told the Senate that no more than five daily papers in Canada were not in the red. Senator A D McRrae of Vancouver backed the view as talks on postage hikes dominated debate. He noted small city papers faced less job losses than other sectors, cut hours and pay but kept meal tickets. Newspapers faced postwar demand slump yet kept faith that better days would come.
Government in Ottawa restricts coastal shipping to Canadian vessels on the Great Lakes forcing grain producers to rely on Canadian bottoms. The measure complicates exporting grain, may raise rates through a Canadian shipping combine, and argues the policy favors secondary industries over primary producers, worsening farmers’ prospects.
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