Birth of Parliament Ottawa and Ethiopian War Dispatches
June 8 report notes Ottawa’s first parliament convened seventy years ago marking the end of rotating parliaments. Also carried are AP dispatches from Djibouti about Ethiopian resistance near Addis Ababa, Italian casualties, executions, and rumors amid the war, with emphasis on Gojjam province and military movements.
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Ottawa
C.P
Province of Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Toronto
Edward Ds Neil
Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Djiboute
Freich Somaliland
Gojjam
Askaris
Eforts
Yaile Selassie
Alberta Big Crop Year Promising After Heavy Rainfall
Southern Alberta received one to two inches of rain easing drought fears and boosting crops. The storm refreshed fall rye, pastures, and wheat across districts from Calgary to Swift Current with totals around 1.35 inches locally.
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Alberta
C.P.R
Calgary
Swift Current
Baseball standings and box scores from today
scattered figures show results across American League teams with partial line scores. Mentions include Philadelphia Chicago New York Detroit Boston and players such as Brand Berres Blanton Todd Walter Wilson O'Dea Hayes Sewell and Whitehead with varied innings and run counts across multiple games.
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Bods Oon
New York
Knott
Hemsley
Malone
Jurgens
Ghiewoo
Philadephia
Whitehead
Sewell
Ross Nic . Hayes
Detroit
Boston
OO Bridges
Reiber
Grove
R. Ferrell
Convicts Break Jail In Minnesota Led By A Killer
Five of the sixteen criminally insane men fled the St Peter state asylum led by Larry Devol Barker Karpis gangster and killer. Fleven convicts remain at large armed with stolen weapons clubs and knives. Guards were overwhelmed and the fugitives escaped into the St Peter business district as sheriffs and Twin Cities authorities guarded surrounding roads.
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ST. Petier
Minn
C.P
Larry Devol
Barker- Karpis
St. Peter Minnesota
St. Peter
Twin Cities
Prosperity Bonds Demonstrate Alberta Credit Plan Feasibly
Premier Aberhart told Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute that Alberta will issue prosperity bonds within weeks to finance government works and services. The bonds are redeemable in two years with a one percent weekly stamp premium. He said the move proves using provincial credit and that others cannot replicate Alberta’s approach. He assured no dictatorial intent while planning talks with bondholders on refunding rates.
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Calgary
C.P
William Aberhart
Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute
Aberhart
Dominion
Alberta
Iask
Textile People Drew Big Dividends Since 1905
Montreal June 8. Dividends totaling 14 985 000 have gone to 12 members of the original syndicate that in 1905 invested 500 000 in Dominion Textile Company Limited. Sir Herbert Holt testified in the Turgeon textile inquiry saying the syndicate had obtained all the common stock and confirming a 100 000 share in the syndicate.
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Montreal
Junge 8
C.P
Dominion Textile Company. Limited
Herbert Holt
Turgeon Textile
Herbert
War Ships Reach Amat as Canton Governments Pace War
North China warships arrive at Amat Fukien as Canton government speeds defense plans. A $10,000,000 air defence bond is approved in Canton. Police levy forced rent share from residents. Li Chungfen says South will defend against Japan with or without Nanjing. Chiang Kai-shek expresses confidence in no civil war and unity under central decision.
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Hong Kong
C.P
Nanking
Amat
Fukien
Canton
South
Japan
China
Li Chung- Fen
Chiang Kai-shek
South China
Tragic drowning claims three Edmontonians near Lac St. Anne
Three Edmontonians on a motorboat drowned at Big Sandy Lake near Lac St. Anne, northwest of Edmonton. Victims Norman Watling 20 George Watling 23 and Lawrence Watling 4 were in the boat with Andy Chapman 15 the sole survivor who reached shore after discarding clothing. Mrs Elizabeth Watling and Mrs George Watling were present at the lake shore. Chapman described the sinking.
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Edmonton
C.P
Big Sandy Lake
Lac
Norman
Watling
George Watling
Lawrence Watling
G Watling
Andy Chapman
Chapman
Elizabeth Watling
Little Lawrence
Nicaraguan President Resigns and Flees Into Exile
In Managua on June 8 Juan Sacasa resigned under National Guard pressure and fled abroad. Dr Julian Kias took charge and named Vice President Espinosa to assume administration, who declined and resigned. Congress will elect a successor to serve Sacasa’s term ending January 1, 1937 with elections next November. Somoza, head of the National Guard, appeared poised to lead during the interim.
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Managua
Nicaragua
C. P
Juan Sacasa
Nicar Apia
National Guard
Julian Kias
Rodolfo Espinosa
Espinosa
Irias
Congress
Sacasa
Anastacio Somoza
Sacusa
Calgary Defaults On Bond Interest Payments
Calgary to pay only three percent on bond interest due June 15 as a technical default. The June 15 $10,000 issue, June 30 $47,000, and July 1 $360,000 payments are affected. Finance Committee recommends Public Utility Commissioners survey Calgary finances and consider appointing a city receiver if needed.
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Calgary
Alberta association backs licensing of trades act
At the Alberta Association of Sanitary and Heating Engineers annual convention in Calgary approval of the provincial licensing of trades and business act was voted. Registration will be sought under the act but no steps will be taken yet for adopting code prices. Four prisoners escaped Grayson's county Texas jail using a pewter spoon.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Association of Sanitary and Heating Engineers
Eden Speaks on League and Defense Policy in Warwickshire
Foreign Secretary Eden argues the League of Nations remains Britain’s best tool for preserving peace and urges strengthening it through international agreements. He stresses a territorial army for UK defense against air attack, notes concerns over rearmament, and appeals to public and employers to train youth for coastal defense. He also references the Rhineland situation and calls for urgent armament discussion.
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Lee Wooten
Warwickshire
C.p.havas
Great Britain
League of Nations
Isdeh
United Kingdom
Hitler
Europe
Hkden
League
Britain
Eden
Western
Rhineland
Dr. Tory linked to inquiry on coal import cartel acts
The article notes Dr. Tory expects to open an inquiry in Montreal into alleged coal import cartel activity under the Combines Investigation Act of 1933. Prosecutions in Quebec led to fines totaling 43 500 dollars and appeals to the privy council, with Tory’s prior public service highlighted. Dr. Tory, former president of the National Research Council of Canada, held major roles in research labs and Alberta universities, and served on multiple commissions including agricultural credit studies and taxation inquiries.
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Witnys
Tory
Montreal
Quebec
Privy Council
National Research Council, of Canada
National Research Laboratories
Ottawa
Alberta
Pacinée
Nova Scotia
No Successor Yet Appointed for Wallace
Calgary June 8 Premier William Aberhart says no successor has been chosen to replace Dr. R. C. Wallace as president of the University of Alberta. He expects the search to take at least three to six months and criticizes press rumors as unfounded.
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Calgary
C.P
R. C. Wallace
University of Alberta
William “Aberhart
Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute
Aberhart
Wallace
Aberdeen Seaside Discoveries Describe Sea Serpent Find
A 12 foot long 1,800 pound sea serpent was found on an Aberdeen beach and examined by zoologist D W Black of Baltimore and assistants. They described a piglike head with eight inch eye spacing, four foot tail, heavy oily skin, 14 ribs, and a buffalo like body. A prior similar find near Prince Rupert two years earlier proved to be a wax nosed shark.
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Aberdeen
C.P
Here
D. W. Black
Baltimore
Imal
Prince Rupert
B.C
Floods Claim Two More Victims in Nation River Drownings
Reports from the Nation River district confirm the drowning of John Merkos and Gustave Evans on May 29 while a six man prospecting party tried to guide two boats through rapids. Northern BC and Yukon endure flood devastation with Mayo hardest hit and towns isolated.
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Victoria
Nationa River
John Merkos
Gustave Evans
Nation River
Vancouver
Yukon Territory
British Columbia
Mayo
Y.T
Pension fund growth noted at Presbyterian assembly
Rev John Lindsay reported to the pension board that funds rose from 519922.05 in 1928 to 807420 in 1936. He contrasted this with sister churches which invested much of their pension funds in bonds, calling them less fortunate.
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Hamilton
C.P
Pension Board
Presbyterian Assembly
John Lindsay
Chilrettes
Alberta
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Lutheran World Convention
Salem
Askarisaddis
Ababa
S. ‘Alberta
Minnesota
Alta
North China
Central Govt
Florenza D'Arelio Johnson
Edward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera House
George A. Drew
Colonel Drew
Leatherdale
North
Trias
Grayson's County
Texas
New
The
Atn
H. M. Tory
U.S
Stewart
Dawson
Northern Territory
Géneral Hospital
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