Italia dirigible disaster reports drift toward rescue in Arctic
Giu sep pi Biogi, radio operator of the Italia, reports the Nobile party drifting northwest toward their would be rescuers. The group sits on a drifting ice pack near Foynes Island as the Hobby sealer pushes north in search of aid. General Nobile’s account details the May 25 crash and survival of most occupants.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Associated Press
Giueseppi Biogi
Italia
Citta di Milano
North Cape
Foyne Island
Rome
Umberto Nobile
Arctic
Stefani
Nobile
A. Mariano
Filippo Scappi
Finn Malmgren
F. Denounek
A. Vigneri
Tripani
Ceccioni
Biogi
General Nobile
Kingsbay
Riiser-Larsen
Lieut
Holm
Ttalia
Foyne
Oslo
Norway
Dutin
Hobby
Nort Cy
Senator Griesbach Guests at Army and Navy Veterans Luncheon
Senator Griesbach of Edmonton spoke at a Winnipeg luncheon honoring the Army and Navy Veterans Association president. Local officials and legal groups welcomed him and discussed shared aims with the Canadian Legion and Medicine Hat Bar. The talk covered pensions legislation and proposed unity of returned soldiers groups.
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Army and Navy Veterans Association of Canada
Griesbach
Edmonton
Bullivant
N. E. Whiffin
Canadian Legion
W. A. Begg
K.C
Medicine Hat
F. W. Gershaw
Stephenson
J. Hallsworth
H E. Whiffin
Army and Navy Veterans
Army and Navy Veterans’ Association
Bis Union
Medicine Hat Bar
Heart
Auto Slides Into the Coulee on Crescent Heights Hill
H Lehr of Hida was driving an Oldsmobile Six up Crescent Heights hill when he stopped to help a stalled truck. His brakes likely failed and the car slid over the bank, landing upside down in a bush about 100 feet below. The coach had no occupants and damage was minor with no broken windows.
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H. Lehr
Hida
Crescent Heights
Died Today Winnipeg Sifton at Brockville
Winfield Sifton elder son of Sir Clifford Sifton died at his summer home Assiniboine Lodge in Brockville Ontario after several days illness. His father Sir Clifford Sifton had been at his side for several days and arrived recently.
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Winfield Sifton
Brockville
Winfield B. Sifton
Clifford Sifton
Assinibolie Ludie
Sifton
Clayord
Contentious Question Of Administration Referred to Committee
Regina June 13 Debate on the Presbyterian Church Canada reorganization plan ended as a compromise committee of 20 ministers and elders was appointed to study the matter in camera. The proposal, opposed by the current board of administration, would replace lay control with a miniature assembly representing ministry.
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Regina
Presbyterian Church Jy
Canada
General Assembly
William Barclay
Hamilton
Ont
D. R. Drummond
Board of Administration
Medical Examination Before Marriage Endorsed
The Canadian Social Hygiene Council in Toronto endorsed medical examinations before marriage after a thorough discussion. Rev Father I L Mineehan urged clergymen to demand medical certificates before marrying couples, noting many marriages he performed bordered on outrages.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Father l L. Mineehan
Alberta Wheat Pool pays 6 percent interest on 1924 25 deductions
Calgary June 12 The Alberta Wheat Pool is issuing cheques this week covering the 6 percent interest due on elevator deductions from the crops of 1924 25. The total payment is 87 101 03 with interest paid on a total of 1 735 281 08. Where no interest reaches one dollar no payment is made. Cheques are expected to arrive by week end.
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Calgary
Alberta
Boy Dies After Water Tank Rolls Over Residing Child
In Moose Jaw Saskatchewan on June 18 Gerald Michaud three years old son of Mr and Mrs Alphonse Michaud of Greverbourgh died when the wheels of a loaded water tank passed over his chest and right arm. He was playing on the sidewalk and was crushed under the tank, dying at the hospital within an hour of the accident.
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Moose Jaw, Sask
Gerald
Alphonse Michaud
Greverbourgh
Masked man robs silk mill. suspect charged in small town
A masked man robbed the Julius Braidex Silk Manufacturing Company waterworks? and escaped with nearly 20000 dollars. The suspect, George G. A. Sisco of Renfrew, is to become pastor at the United Church in Port Hope.
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Paterson
Watcrsmar
Julius Braidex Silk Manufacturing Company
George G. A. Sisco
Renfrew
The
United
Port.Hope
Maple Creek Case Casts Light On Poison Plot Trial
In Maple Creek on June 12 Mrs Pau line Berreth of Hilda faced Major Maddie KP charged with attempted poisoning of her husband Theodore Berreth. Evidence from May 12 includes strychnine sale, the deaths of a dog and a chicken that ingested meal remnants, and stomach analysis showing traces of strychnine. The couple married in February. Berreth fell ill after a May 12 meal, and Mrs Berreth was later hospitalized for appendicitis before arrest and a court-ordered hospital guard. She escaped last week but was recaptured within 36 hours.
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Maple Creek
Pauline Berreth
Hilda
Maddie
Moodie
Theodore Berreth
Berreth
Courtenay Begins Transatlantic Hop to New York
British aviator Captain Frank T. Courtney completes the first leg of a trans Atlantic flight from Lisbon to the United States in a Dornier Napier whale flying boat. He will fly Lisbon to the Azores then to Newfoundland and finally to New York.
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Lisbon
Frank T. Courtney
United States
Pisa
Portugal
Azores
Newfoundland
New York
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hovses
Panic on the New York Stock Exchange causes billions in losses
New York June 12 Wall Street records the first 6 000 000 share session in NYSE history with a record 5 193 600 shares as prices of active issues fall about 2 to nearly 30 a share. The market delay in final quotations was one hour and 54 minutes, the longest on record. General Motors alone drops over 550 million in market value from its yearly high.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
General Motors
July Wheat Dips in Price Again
A Winnipeg market report notes selling pressure across grains with wheat dropping 2 to 3-8 cents at times. New crop options fell about a cent, cash wheat demand stays dull, and rye and oats show weak activity amid broad grain selling. Reports cover spring wheat conditions in Canada and the U S.
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Canada
United States
Tug and launch to search for Kamloops sailors bodies
Port Arthur Ontario June 13 A tug and a launch will sail tonight for Isle Royale to resume the search for bodies of Kamloops crew lost when the steam er Kamloops disappeared off the coast last December The expedition is organized by Captain H J Brian of Kingston brother of Kamloops captain and financed by him and relatives of the missing sailors
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Port Arthur
Ont
Isle Royale
Kamloops
H. J. Brian
Kingston
Brian
Itmoh
Dops
Ottawa Minister Visit Plans Western Canada Immigration Mission
Next month Ottawa reports Hon. Robert Koike, minister at Immigration, will visit Western Canada this summer on immigration matters. Mr. Forke accompanies him. itinerary unchanged. Ottawa says departure within three to four weeks with schedules to follow for key Western cities.
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Ottawa
Inne
Robert
Koike
Caheda
Forke
Abe
Deiluite
Honneemiott
Troops Clash With Strikers in Greece Wounding Ten
Ten people were wounded when troops clashed with striking tobacco workers at Drama Greece. Several houses were burned in Kavala where American Tobacco Company employees are on strike. Com munists were suspected.
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Athens
Greece
Dramia
Kavala
American ‘Tobacco Company
Commmunists
Robt R Mitchell Admitted To Bar In Alberta
Alberta native Robert Richmond Mitchell son of Hon Justice Mitchell of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta was admitted to the Bar by his father in Calgary. Walker K C presented him with strong recommendations and praise for his zeal and industry. Mitchell was born in Medicine Hat on June 24 1904 and earned a BA and LLB at the University of Alberta.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary Herald
Bar of
Alberta
Robert R. Mitchell
Justice Mitchell
Robert Richmond Mitchell
Appellate Division
Supreme Court of Alberta
Justice Boyle
G. A. Walker
K.C
Mitchell
Alfred Simpson
Supreme Court
Mr. Mitchell
Ontario
University of
Carranza Completes Good Will Flight To Washington
Captain Emile Carranza, a youthful Mexican aviator, landed at Bolling Field at 5 15 p m completing his goodwill flight from Mexico City to Washington He flew a Ryan monoplane similar to Lindbergh s Spirit of St Louis and departed Mooreville North Carolina where fog forced a halt Carranza began from Mexico City at 9 10 a m Monday The trip followed the Gulf coastline and covered several hundred miles beyond the direct airline distance.
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Washington
Johin
Emile Carranza
Bolling Field
Mexico City
Carranza
Lindbergh
Mexico ‘City
Gulf of Mexico
Annual Meeting Opens for Women's Auxiliary Diocese Session
The Women's Auxiliary to the Diocese of QuAppelle met at St Barnabas Church with ninety delegates. Bishop Harding led services with Rev Canon Western assisting and greetings read from Dominion officers. Mrs F J Barwell Walker welcomed delegates and urged the church's missionary work and diocesewide influence.
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Qu’Appelle
St. Barnabas Church
Bishop Harding
Canon Western
F. J. Barwell- Walker
E. Harding
Regina
Canada
Harding
Canott Western
F. J. Barwell-Walker
Medicine Hat
W.A
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M.P
Col. Jenkins
W. Cousines
Capt
Parker
Dominion
Coulee
Presbyterian General Assembly
ALTA
Tiee Tae
Ieee
Aye
Pacific Coast
Robt. R. Mitchell
K.D
Carranza Retiins
Appelle
W. 1
Ennties
Ifemberg
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