Prohibition Talk Sparks Alberta Plea at United Church
Rev. Ben H Spence of Toronto urged Alberta to abolish beer parlors or hold a plebiscite. He argued beer and the old bar are alike, and that money spent on liquor harms employment while government control worsens the drink bill. He cited petition efforts and Western leadership in prohibition ideas.
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Alberta
Ben H. Spence
Toronto
Wirth Avenue United Church
Prohibition Association
Speince
Riev
EL T. Seragy
DL A. Guan
Rev
Spence
United States
Canada
Japs Resist Air Bombing Abolition at Disarmament Meet
Japan at the Disarmament Conference rejects complete air bombing abolition until aircraft carriers are abolished. Count Sato criticizes the London Naval Treaty as creating uncertainty and anxiety. Other nations accept abolition with conditions. Also noted a Chicago bank robbery nets $5,000 as seven masked men flee in two cars.
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Geneva
Ctbic
Japan
Count Sato
Chicago
Business Principles On Farms
T. O. Herzer of the Canadian Colonization Association and Canada Finance Corporation urged farm management as essential amid low price levels. He noted 14 CF C zone managers oversaw 1,844 farms, 467000 acres in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with over 50 percent owner-operated and 20 percent tenant. services cost 25 to 10 cents per acre.
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Winnipeg
T. O
Herzer
Canandian Colonization Association
Canada Finance Corporation
Winnipeg Kiwanis Club
Agricultural Bureau of the
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Herzoey
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nine Life Insurance, Trust and Loan Companies
C.P.R
Redcliff notes and local society round up
Notes from Redcliff report Mr W J Fairbairn returning from Calgary. A Red Cross Clutic event at Gordon Memorial schoolroom drew attendees including Dr A E Ward and Nurse M Hager man with sixteen mufhers taking part. Tea hosted by Mrs A W Woodcock featured Mrs RK Scaylan’s sister visiting from the United States. E T Croke renovated his grocery store. A softballers picnic was postponed to a later date. A Friday softball game between S A R and Red Caps was moved to Tuesday June 13. Barbers defeated Butchers 17 to 9 in a brisk contest with Mathony Cairns leading the Barbers and J Podesta among the Butchers' lineup.
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W. J. Fairbairn
Calgary
Red Cross
S.A.R
Red Caps
Barchers
Shorty
Razorblades
Meat Cavers
Cleaver Worts
Mathony
Cairns
Barbers
Butchers
A. Patterson
W. Patterson
S. Patterson
E. Schmidt
Evans
I. Schmidt
McClearly
Jim Podesta
Barre Gell
Worts
G. Oakland
Gilson
Houston
Joe Podesta
A. Johnson
J. McFadzen
F. Rindahl
Heat and disasters sweep US and world diplomacy shifts
Reports from Kansas City describe blistering heat, tornadoes, hail, and lightning causing numerous deaths, mostly by drowning and heat prostration. Paris notes a three power agreement to pursue disarmament and break the Geneva stalemate as diplomats seek security guarantees. Tokyo reports Japan weighing tariffs against British Empire goods in response to anti Japanese measures abroad.
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Kansas City
United States
Rockies
Atlantic
Paris
Geneva
Tokyo
Britain
India
German Moratorium Doubt Over Foreign Debt Moratorium
Berlin June 8 Canadian Press reports authorities doubt any general moratorium on foreign debts will be declared despite widespread rumors.
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Berlin
Spanish government resigns amid church property crisis
Premier Azana and his cabinet stepped down today after a dispute over new religious laws that convert religious orders into civic groups and nationalize church property worth millions. The Pope excommunicated all government members amid the crisis.
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Madrid
Azuna
Hull blocks talk on war debts at World Economic Conference
Secretary of State Hull arrived with the American delegation and barred any discussion of war debts at the conference. He stated Britain’s payments to the United States due next week would not be discussed, and that war debts would not be discussed at all.
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Plymouth
England
Hull
Britain
United States
Local Wheat Prices and Bank Clearings Report
Local wheat prices for July to December futures supplied by Ogilvie Grain Dept with bids for July 62 1 2, Oct 64 5 8, Dec 65 7 8 and No 1 Nov 62 1 8 plus track and street figures. Bank clearings show this week 255 984 dollars, last week 153 847 dollars, and year ago 192 416 dollars.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Helarus
Texas Flier Forced to Land by Gas Fumes
Texan aviator Jimmy Mattern, flying around the world, was forced to land near Prokopievsk, Siberia, after gasoline fumes from a leak nearly overwhelmed him. An expert mechanic was dispatched, and Mattern planned to continue toward Krasnoyarsk within hours. He lagged the Post Gatty record by 1 hour 44 minutes after the Siberian stop.
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Texas
Moscow
Jimmy Mattern
Prokopievsk
Siberia
Krasnoyarsk
Belovo
Prokop
Ievsk
Novo Sibirsk
Novosibirsk
Siberian
Post and Gatty
Mattern
Omsk
New York
Post
Gatty
Oklahoma Coach Seeks Edmonton Visit Ban After Near Riot
Oklahoma coach S. F. Babb said he would ask the AAU to bar future visits to Edmonton until assurances are given of police protection after a third game with the Grads led to near riot scenes and insulting remarks toward his team.
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Edmonton
S. F. Babb
Oklahoma
Bingham
Amateur Athletic Union
United States
Babb
Grads
Four Power Peace Pact outlined by major nations
The document released in London on June 7 lays out the Mussolini Four Power Pact for ten years. It binds Germany, France, Britain, and Italy to consult within the League framework and to pursue peaceful cooperation, with provisions on disarmament and economic questions, and a ten year term with renewal rules.
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London
Europe
German Reich
French Republic
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Italy
Consious
Council of the
League of Nations
League
Northern Ireland
France
Evelyn Spencer Lectures On Fish Preparation By 1.0.D.E
Mrs Evelyn Spencer of the Federal Department of Fisheries spoke under the Medicine Hat branch of the 1.0.D.E on cooking fish. She urged proper techniques, salt in the bath, and frying at high heat to preserve flavor and nutrients, noting sea fish offer iodine iron and copper. She offered a recipe pamphlet for ten cents and urged regular sea fish meals for households.
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Evelyn Spencer
D.E
Medicine Hat
Federal Department of Fisheries
Allison Smith
Spencer
Weneral Department of Fisheries
Ottawa
Germany declares general moratorium on credits to Germany
Berlin announces a temporary general moratorium on foreign credits to Germany stemming from the 1931 bank crisis. Transfers on new credits after July 31, 1931 are limited, while pre July 1931 debts remain, with private debtors paying into a conversion fund at the Reichsbank to swap bonds for foreign exchange when currency allows.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichs Bank
Reichsbank
Mollisons Have Hard Luck in Flight Start
Captain Mollison and Amy Johnson crashed on takeoff at Croydon airport while beginning a trans Atlantic attempt to New York. They escaped injury though the aeroplane toppled after 100 yards due to a wheel failure and field bump. Repairs may take a week.
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London
Mollison
Amy Johnson
New York
Croydon
Mollisons
Atlantic
Bagdad
England
Million Dollars In Ontario Storm Damage Revealed
Ontario storms caused one man and a boy to die from lightning while a fireman fell from a ladder during a church fire. Cyrville near Ottawa suffered 200000 in crops and greenhouses ruined by hail. An aid appeal to the Ontario government is contemplated as damage left 300 in employment.
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Toronto
Ontario
Cyrville
Ottawa
Onta
Senate empowers inquiry into Morgan and Co tax returns
The Senate committee investigating Morgan and Co. is authorized to inspect individual income tax returns of the firm’s partners. Witnesses including O. P. Van Sweringen and Lamont indicate ongoing scrutiny of stock transfers and tax effects in the Van Sweringen rail sphere. The panel seeks broader authority to probe all stock transactions linked to tax payments.
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Washington
Senate Today
Morgan and Co
Senate
O. P. van Swerigen
Morgan
M. J
John Davis
Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont
J. B. Morgen
Ind
van Sweringen Nand Pecora
O. P. Ae
J. P. Morgat
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