Calgary to host Canadian Legion convention with Ralph Wilson as president
Lethbridge June 14 Calgary will host the Canadian Legion convention with Ralph Wilson re-elected president of the Provincial Command. A passed resolution on Municipal Hail Insurance affects soldier settlers, requiring income from crop insurance to go to the Soldier Settlement Board, a move debated despite committee dissent. A motion to extend membership to children of ex service men failed, seen as premature.
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Lethbridge
Calgary
Canadian Legion
Ralph Wilson
Soldier Settlement Board
Canada
Britain
Alberta
Lylevve
Legicn
Gen
Eral Hoss
Dominion Command
Dominion Council
Wales
Col. Lameche
Dominion
Walter §. Woods
Soldier Setlement Board
Woods
Ottawa
Ways and Means
Canteen Fund Board
A. Wakelyn
Hinson
Ross
Winnipeg Fire Not Incendiary Says Manitoba Official
Fires that destroyed a city block in Northwest Winnipeg caused 260 000 in damage and were not incendiary, Manitoban Deputy Vice Commissioner Arthur MacNamara said. Evidence did not indicate arson, while a separate blaze near Veteraft was likely started by shavings in a refuse chute.
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Winnipeg
Arthur MacNamara
Manitoba
MacNamara
Mac
Craik Dairyman John Peterson Died After Blows In Bed
In Craik Saskatchewan on June 14 1920 police prepared to open an inquest into the death of dairyman John Peterson found with a fractured skull in his bed. Two bloodstained hatchets and two butcher knives lay near him and his wife remained a material witness.
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Craik
Sask
John Peterson
Dairyman
Peterson
Heathcote
A. 8
Gibson
Davidson
Meterson
Estevan
Crark
Boat Upends in Lake Erie Tragedy Near Cleveland
A pleasure cruise on Lake Erie ended in death when a small boat capsized. Three men William Brown John T Higgins and Robert Burrington all of Cleveland drowned. Miss Olive France aged 23 survived after three hours in the water clinging to a life preserver. Rescue came from Gordon T Hanning of Highland Park.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
William Brown
John T. Higgins
Robert Burrington
Olive France
Gordon T. Hanning
Highland Park
All Ex-Service Men Invited to Attend Meeting
Dr. F W Gershaw M P will address a special meeting open to all returned men at the Canadian Legion hall next Tuesday at 830 p m He will discuss pension legislation Veterans Allowance Act and questions affecting returned men All returned men including non members of the Legion are invited to attend The executive urges ex soldiers to attend to learn what the G W V A and Canadian Legion have done for returned men
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F. W. Gershaw
Canadian Legion Hall
Canadian Legion
G.W.V.A
Voltage On Lines Is Now Up To Par
A new high tension line from the power house and a sub station at the old plant on First Street raise city voltage. Five 400 KVA transformers, two at the plant and three at the sub station, boost voltage from 2300 to 13000 volts and reduce loss. Lighting improves citywide and radio receivers gain power after minor adjustments.
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First Street
Picnic Fatalities in Spain Truck Crash Near Carballo
Four picnickers died and 16 were seriously injured when their truck veered into a tree near Carballo Spain on June 14. About fifty people were aboard the vehicle en route to a picnic ground.
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Coruna
Spain
Carballo
Piicnic Ground
NSW farmers sow record wheat acreage surpassing prior mark
Farmers across New South Wales have sown 1,000,000 acres more wheat than the previous state record, signaling a strong season and expanding production prospects for the grain.
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New South Wales
Doughterty Family Wins Sweepstake Prize in Derby Cash
The Doughtery brothers hold the winning Army and Navy sweepstakes ticket that produced 149000 dollars after Blenheira’s English Derby victory. Their father appears with the ticket as the family arrives in Montreal to collect the funds. H S Marks, who sold the ticket in Brooklyn, stands with them.
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Doughtery
Army and Navy
Blenheira
Montreal
H. S. Marks
Troughtery
Brooklyn
N.Y
Solloway Mills Case heats up in Calgary trial
The Calgary trial of I W C Solloway and J Harvey Mills on conspiracy charges features witness Harry Jashuns ky of Solloway Mills and Company detailing stock transactions and extensive exhibits. Cross examination reveals large volumes of Dominion Oil Exchange activity and a focus on Richfield and Mill City trades as the hearing adjourns for the day.
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Calgary
Harry Jashunsky
Solloway, Mills and Company, Limited
I. W. C. Solloway
J. Harvey Mills
Justice Ive
S. Hampton
Dominion Oil Exchange
James Cochrane
Solloway, Mille and Company
Cochrane
Solloway, Mills and Company
A. Macleod Sinclair
K.C
Jashunsky
A. C L. Smithskie
Crown
Mill City
Witness
Sulloway, Mills and Company
Richfield
Mr. Smith
McGillivray
Lang Addresses Dunmore Hall Meeting on Liberal Candidacy
Hector Lang spoke at Dunmore Hall last evening with Henry Cavan as chair. Walter Gow of Medicine Hat urged vote turnout and cautioned voters while Lang defended his Edmonton record and Liberal policies. He criticized the mayor of Medicine Hat and defended his two years in Edmonton, urging support for provincial resource control and road funding through the gasoline tax.
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Hector Lang
Dunmore Hall
Henry Cavan
Walter D. Gow
Ald JA . Hole
Dominion Labor Party
Medicine Hat
Chaiman
Hector ‘Lane
Dunmore
Cavan
Lang
Edmonton
Ottawa
Canada
Medicine
Ocasion
City of
City of Medicine Hat
Liberal Party
Alberta
Messenger Vanishes With Large Sum Of Can. Nat. Money
Winnipeg police search for Thomas Rose a trusted CNR employee in Transcona Manitoba after he vanished Friday morning. He cashed cheques totaling 3500 dollars for CN shopmen and a 280 dollar cheque for the Italian Club of which he was a member.
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Messenger
Winnipeg
Thomas Rose
Canadian National Railways
Transcona
Man
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Canadian National
Redcliff man fined for reckless driving after intersection crash
G. N. Pearson of Redcliff received a $15 fine and costs in police court this morning following an auto wreck at the South Railway and Second Streets intersection. R. Bullen was injured in the incident and the prosecution cited reckless driving as the cause.
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G. N. Pearson
Redcliff
South Railway and
Second Streets
R. Bullen
Five Die As Tornadoes Rake Minnesota Wisconsin
A series of tornadoes struck southern Minnesota and Wisconsin late Friday causing five deaths and property damage exceeding a million dollars. Four perished near Menominee Wisconsin and a man was killed in Randolph Minnesota. dozens injured and many homes and businesses damaged or leveled.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Menominee
Wis
Randolph
Eau Claire
St. Paul Park
Minn
St. Paul
Theodore Iverson
Quan County
Italy Increases Wheat Duties To Shield Agriculture
The Italian government raises wheat duties from 73 to 86 cents per bushel and flour duties from 3.04 to 4.57 dollars per 200 pounds as part of a program to protect Italian agriculture. The measure is reported by a cable from Ottawa reflecting trade policy actions.
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Ian
Depatti Trade and Commerce
Italy
Ottawa
Betty Carstairs Seeks Speed Record Voyage
Betty Carstairs sails aboard the steamship Berengaria from Windermere to the United States with her speed boat Esteil V aimed at a new speed record in Detroit. The journey follows the untimely death of Sir Henry Segrave, whose passing is noted in London.
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London
Batty Carstairs
Sir Henry Segrave
Windermere
Berengaria
United States
Esteil,v
Ostroit
Riots and troop rush to quell unrest in Bombay region
Indian police faced renewed clashes as Gandhi followers intensified picketing. Reinforcements from Poona and Secunderabad were dispatched. 200 troops along with 60 carriers and other equipment prepared for mobilization. Across Madras and Tindivanam, police fired on crowds with injuries among officials and volunteers.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Poona
Secunderbad
Madras
Tindivanam
Agri
Pote Bienes
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Kema Sioner
Gershaw
Solloway- Mills
Austin
Oslo
Nunson Hill
Elsworth
Ba § Crosse
Charles Wolbert
Wolbert
Louise Haines
Carl Kaiser
Wolbert Farm
William Drappe
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Menominee Hospital
Betty Carstairs
Ing
Gandhi
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