Taschereau resigns as Quebec Liberal premier
Louis Alexandre Taschereau steps down after 35 years in Quebec politics. Adelard Godbout becomes premier and will form a new cabinet, seeking a fresh mandate from voters in a likely August 15 election after the tight 1939 Liberal win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelard Godbout
Quebec
C.P
Louis Alexandre Taschereau
Godbout
Gov
Patenaude
Taschereau
Liberal Party
Public Accounts Committee
Leon Casgrain
Antoine C. Taschereau
Legislative Assembly
Maurice Duplessis
Graziani Named Viceroy of Ethiopia Amid Rearrangements
Rome reports Marshal Rodolfo Graziani appointed viceroy of Ethiopia replacing Pietro Badoglio who returns as chief of staff. Observers say Badoglio may soon take command of army navy and air force as well.
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Rome
C.P
Rodolfo Graziani
Ethiopia
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Badoglo
Nomination Conceded to Landon at Republican Convention
At the national Republican convention Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas was conceded the presidential nomination after Col. Frank Knox and Senator Arthur Vandenberg released their delegates. Knox and Vandenberg were seen as potential vice presidential picks as the platform was adopted with planks on pay as you go taxes sound money and farm policy.
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Cleveland
C.P
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Illinois
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Knox
Vandenburg
Resolutions Committee
London
Tance Sucik
Ratinea Vy
Senate
Sportsmen to Elect Officers Tonight in Medicine Hat
All city and district sportsmen are reminded of tonight's annual meeting of the Medicine Hat Fish and Game association at the Assiniboia hotel. President Harold Patton will chair. Election of officers is a major agenda item along with year in review reports and planning for the new season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association
Assiniboia
Harold Patton
Life sentence imposed on John O'Malia in Montreal case
John O Malia 26 of St Vincent de Paul penitentiary received a life term for attempted murder from Justice Lu cen Cannon. Co defendants Joseph Gauchin 23 and Victor Bouvier given five and 15 year sentences respectively for related attacks and attempted murder charges.
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Montreal
John O'Mailia
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Lucien Cannon
O’malia
J. J. White
Joseph Gauchin
O'Malia
Victor Bouvier
Dorval
Bouvier
Borah Reverses GOP Foreign Policy Plank At Convention
Senator Borah pushes to drop alliance with League of Nations and World Court in GOP platform. Sub-committee reportedly adopts a non entangling peace plank urging arbitration and avoidance of foreign commitments. Hoover era stance and three prior presidents cited as contrast.
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Richard L. Turner
Associated Press
Cleveland
Borah
United States
World Court
League of Nations
Herbert Hoover
London
America
Chinese Troops Move South As Canton Cannot Agree With Nanking
Three divisions of Nanking government troops advance from the north into Hunan toward Changsha to curb Cantonese forces. In Canton and Kwangtung provinces new censorship and conscription rumors surface as South China officials press for united action against Japan.
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Shanghai
C.P. Cable
Nanking
Hunan
Changsha
Hong Kong
Canton
Hengchow
South China
Kwangtung
Huang Chi-Lu
Southwest Political Council
Chiang Kai-Shek
French Socialist Premier Refuses Forceful Eviction of Strikers
Paris reports say the Socialist premier declined to deploy police or army to clear strikers from factories. He warned against violence that could trigger unrest like June days of 1848. Authorities feared a repeat of early Paris street clashes.
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Paris
Leonid Tid
Chamber of Deputies
Indicatii
Pie Socialist Prét
Deminde
Alberta Premier defends prosperity bonds plan amid criticism
Premier Aberhart defends proposed prosperity bonds saying they raise purchasing power while critics call them a heavy discriminatory tax. Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and Alberta Manufacturers' Association oppose, arguing lack of legal tender status and broader economic harm. The citation notes an order in council and Bank Act interpretations.
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Edmonton
C.P
Aberhart
Alberta
Czar
Alta
Ribstone
Social Credit
S. Social Credit
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Manufactures’ Association
W. L. Walsh
Wheat Marketing Jinvestigated By Royal Commission
Ottawa June 12 A Commons committee report recommending a Royal Commission to investigate wheat marketing was tabled by Minister W D Euler. The unanimous report says the wheat board under James R Murray followed government policy to reduce the surplus and finds no evidence it protected speculative short interests during last December’s market fluctuations over Argentine minimum prices.
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Ottawa
Royal
Commons
House
W.D. Euler
Trade and Commerce
New Wheat Board
James R. Murray
Buffalo and deer losses reported at Elk Island park
H J Jones of the Alberta Humane Society reports heavy casualties among buffalo and deer in Elk Island park near Edmonton to Ottawa officials. He wrote to J B Harkins, Commissioner of the Canadian National Parks, criticizing park conditions and animal welfare provisions.
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Edmonton
Elk Island Park
Dominion
Ottawa
H. J. Jones
Alberta Humane Society
Jones
J. B. Harkins
Canadian National Parks
Patronage Alleged for CNR Jobs in Belleville Ontario
Ottawa report alleges applicants for Canadian National Railways maintenance of way work in Belleville were asked to produce Liberal membership cards. Conservative Leader R. B. Bennett cited the claim, while Railway Minister C. D. Howe denied knowledge and said steps would be taken if true.
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Ottawa
C.P
R. B. Bennett
Government Today
Canadian National Railways
Belleville
Ont
Liberal Association
C. D.’ Howe
Romano Assassinated in Malaga During Town Street Shooting
Antonio Romano, 62, president of the Malaga provincial parliament and top Socialist in the province, was shot dead in Malaga as he appeared on a city street. Unidentified assailants opened fire in broad daylight signaling a violent political killing.
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Madrid
C.P
Antonio Romano
Malaga
Romano
Ottawa Senate Defeats Reform Petition on Indirect Tax Powers
Ottawa June 10. The Conservative majority in the Senate defeated the joint petition to amend the British North America Act to allow provincial sales taxes and to enable Provincial Loan Councils. Meighen opposed the government amendment as Parliament grapples with provincial social expenditures and unemployment relief. The Senate also adopted a recommendation to delete the taxation clause by 50 to 10, with three Liberals supporting the Conservatives.
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Ottawa
Senate
Red Chamber
Westminster
Arthur Meighen
House of Commons
Loan Council
Raoul Dandurand
Senate Banking
Commerce Committee
Meighen
A.C. Hardy
Brockville
BE. S. Little
London
J. J. Hughes
Prince Edward Island
Humonton
Alberta
Social Credit
Aberhart
England
United States
Canada
Alberta bondholders form local committee at city hall
Local holders of Alberta bonds and Savings Certificates unite to create a committee led by R C Becker to coordinate with a Dominion level group. The body invites all citizens and organizations with these securities to send their names and voices to the committee as Alberta faces financial actions.
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Alberta
R. C. Becker
Alberta Securities
Dominion
Jas. Robinson
W. Cousins
R.C. Becker
W. A. Burton
J. H. Yuill
Becker
H. O. Duggan
Central Committee
Central
Mr. Duggan
Baseball AMERICAN results and pairings from today
Amateur baseball notes show AMERICAN league games in ten innings with Rowe, Reiber, Pearson, Jorgens, and players like Cain, Grube, Deshong, Cleveland. Boston and Chicago encounters include Thomas Giuliani Henry Wilson Ferrell while St. Louis and Philadelphia scorelines appear alongside National League matchups Benge Lopez, W Lee, O'Dea.
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Rowe
Reiber
Pearson
Jorgens
Washington
Cain
Grube
Deshong
Cleveland
Harder
Sullivan
Kelley
Hayes
Boston
Thomas
Giuliani
Henry
Wilson
R. Ferrell
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Benge
Lopez
W. Lee
O'Dea
Thomas and Butt Resign from Commons Over Budget Leaks
In the Commons J H Thomas former colonial secretary resigned as National Labour member for Derby declaring he never consciously disclosed budget secrets. Sir Alfred Butt Conservative MP for Wandsworth also announced his resignation claiming grave injustice and innocence.
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London
C.P. Cable
J.H. Thomas
the Commons
National Labor
Derby
Thomas
Alfred Butt
Wandsworth
Alga
Alfred
Hatheld the Rainmaker Refuses Money Offer to Raise Storm
Hollywood reports Hatfield declined a cash offer to conjure a rainstorm to publicize a movie premiere. He cited potential crop damage and conscience, noting his rainmaking career spans decades and generations.
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Hatheld the
Rainmaker
Hollywood
Hatfield
Jesse Lasky
Lasky
Charles M. Hattfield
Fort Scott
Kansas
Alaska
Honduras
San Angelo
Texas
San Diego
Calif
Charles “M. Hatfield
Médicine Hat
Committee bodes on Elections Act rejects two voting systems
Ottawa report by the Commons committee on the Elections Act opposes proportional representation and the alternative vote in single member constituencies. It calls for further investigation before reporting to parliament on compulsory voter registration and compulsory voting.
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Ottawa
Jung
C.P
Commons
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Action Liberale Nationale
Graziana
Landon
John.o'malia
St. Vincent de Paul
Republican Party
Baseball Today
Houston Buffaloes
Royals
Hunan Province
Royal’ Commission
Special Commons
Murray
Fish and Game
CNR
Dan Efor
Orgon
Sir Alfred. Butt
Chappice Lake
Jupiter Pluvius
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