Legislature Predicted c as 'Members Sign Peace Pact
Edmonton reports the Alberta Legislature set to reconvene as Social Credit factions sign pledges backing Major Douglas. Debates over debt relief laws continue amid plans to replace the March debt reduction bill with Hugill's bill expanding the Debt Adjustment Act.
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Edmonton
J. F. Sanderson
C.P
Alberta
Social Crediters
Social Credit Planning Board
C. J. Douglas
Social Credit
William Aberhart
Lucien Maynard
Hugill
Maynard
Hugil
Mrs Black of Yukon On a Long Trip
Mrs George Black M P travels by rail from Vancouver toward Skagway and Whitehorse to begin a 300 mile canoe journey to Dawson Yukon. She is accompanied by Captain George Black and Donald Purdy and plans to fish shoot and take pictures along the river voyage.
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Vancouver
George Black
British Columbia
Yukon
Rthern
Captan
House of Commons
Donald
Purdy
Oilfields
Calif
S.S. Princess Louise
Skagway
Alaska
White Horse
Dawson
Pardy
Captain Black
Five Fingers
Rink
Yukon River
Liberal Meeting in Park Hall June 21
A public meeting by the Women's Liberal Club will be held in Park Hall on Monday June 21. Delegates to the Calgary Convention will report and Mr Harold Beveridge will speak on the topic Am I a Liberal.
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Park Hall
Women's Liberal Club
Calgary
Harold Beveridge
Verigin Must Serve Prison Term After Appeal Rejected
Peter Verigin the Younger head of the Canadian Doukhobors lost his appeal against a vagrancy conviction. A Castlegar judge upheld a three month hard labor sentence and a $50 fine issued by Stipendiary Magistrate West. The charges stem from a Rossland Castlegar highway encounter where Alfred Erickson testified Verigin shouted in Russian and swore in English.
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Nelson
B.c
Peter Verigin
Doukhobors
Castlegar
N. A. Nesbitt
Verigin
ER. A. D. West
Rossland-Castlegar
Here
Alfred Erickson
Rossland
No Need for An Election Say the Premier If Unity Can be Secured
Premier William Aberhart told an Edmonton Bible conference there would be no general election in Alberta if unity is reached within the Social Credit party. He urged MLAs to unite to avoid another provincial election and aimed for a short adjourned session to focus on achieving their objective, citing August 1935 as the mandate.
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S. C
J. F. Sanderson
Edmonton
Alberta
Social Credit Party
William Aberhart
Edmonton Bible Conference
Social Credit M.L.A
Aliberta
World Conference Proposed to discuss disarmament barriers
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the Commons a World Conference should be held in London to examine disarmament issues and the removal of economic barriers. He stressed the proposal as a step toward global stability.
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London
Ecutendlar
Chamberlain
The
Commons
Drowned Baby Found in Calgary River
The body of a newborn was pulled from the Elbow river in Calgary. Medical exam shows water in the lungs, indicating the infant was alive when placed in the water about two or three days earlier.
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Calgary
C.P
Elbow River
Senate panel rejects Roosevelt court reform bill
The U S senate judiciary committee urged rejection of the Supreme Court reorganization bill, calling it a needless futile and dangerous abandonment of constitutional principle. The report, signed by seven Democrats and three Republicans, argues it would break judicial independence and make government ruled by men rather than law. Deliberations were led by Senators King McCarran and O Mahoney. Col Victor Spencer was re elected president of Pioneer Gold Mines of B C Ltd at its annual Vancouver meeting.
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Washington
C.P
United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Free People of America
Roosevelt
King
Utah
McCarran
Nevada
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Victor ‘Spencer
Pioneer Gold. Mines of
of .B.C., Ltd
Vancouver
Investigation Into Public Works Refused
Edmonton June 14 The Alberta public accounts committee chair Dr J L Robinson refused to convene a inquiry into reconstruction costs of the Edmonton Wetas kiwin highways citing insufficient time before prorogation. Liberal Leader Bowlen had pressed for an investigation into the road built as an unemployment relief project with federal help.
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Edmonto
G. P.J
Edmonton-Wetaskiwin
Pr. J. L. Robinson
S.C
Medicine Hat
Public Accounts Committee
Alberta
Robinson
Bowlen
Social Credit MPs pledge signings in Alberta budget debate
Fourteen Social Credit members in the Alberta legislature have not signed the pledges backing the government's economic planning. Glen MacLachlan said none have refused and suggested 95 to 100 percent overall would sign. The caucus planned to proceed with the budget and may convene a night session to push its passage.
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Social
Alberta Tepsalathre
Glen
MacLachlan
8.C
Coronation
Social Credit
Crow's Nest Rivers Flood Forcing Evacuation In Blairmore
In Blairmore Alberta on June 13, the Crow's Nest river and Lyon creek swelled after a week of rain and a 24 hour downpour, washing away 20 feet of cement cribbing along Lyon creek. Three families were evacuated as waters receded with expectations they could return tomorrow. Rail officials reported no track damage despite the washed cribbing along the railway roadbed.
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Blairmore
Alta
Crow’s Nest
Lyon Creek
Ontario Health Insurance Scheme Enters Three Districts
A new health insurance plan begins in three Ontario districts with a two dollar pre payment required for medical services.
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Ontario
More Spy Executions In Russia
Twenty eight people were convicted and executed at Svobodny in the Soviet Far East for wrecking the Amur railroad. The cases followed three prior Far East trials at Svobodny and Khabarovsk with66 executions previously. The condemned were said to be part of a Trotskyist Japanese spy and terror group accused of acting against the Amur line. News emerged soon after eight Red Army generals were executed for treason.
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Moscow
C.P
Svobodny
Soviet Far East
Amur
Far East
Khabarovsk
Red Army
Nazi Germany
Douglas Expert Byrne Heads to Canada on Social Credit Probe
L D Byrne a lieutenant of Major Douglas and a Social Credit leader sails for Canada aboard the Au Sonia to join G F Powell in Alberta investigations. He urges clergy and voters to keep politics out of the movement, arguing Social Credit would bring freedom and better conditions for all once adopted.
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Douglas
Social Credit
Southampton
C.P
L. D. Byrne
Social
Canada
Ausonia
G.F. Powell
Alberta
Byrne
Darlington Vicar Jardine Resigns Over Windsor Ceremony
Rev. R. Anderson Jardine, who conducted the Duke and Duchess of Windsor marriage at St. Paul’s in Darlington, resigns as vicar. He says the move is not related to recent events and states he has written to trustees and the Bishop to resign the living. Jardine had served since 1927 and faced church disapproval for the wedding.
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Darlington
England
R. Anderson Jardine
Church of England
Church of St. Paul
Jardine
St. Paul’s
France Tries to Avert Financial Crisis in Paris
On June 14 the Bank of France raised the discount rate to six percent to halt gold withdrawals. France's socialist cabinet drafted steps to blunt a looming financial crisis and warned Britain and the United States that the tripartite monetary accord could be abandoned if tariff barriers are not lowered. Paul Bastid spoke at the International Exchange Congress urging action.
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Paris
C.P
Bank of France
France
Paul Bastid
Great Britain
United States
Young Priests Consecrated At St Josephs Edmonton
In Edmonton three young priests were consecrated at St. Josephs seminary chapel. Rev. Vincent Curtis of Newfoundland Rev. James Dillon of Peterborough and Rev. Maurice O Connor of Ottawa received the priesthood from Rt. Rev. J H MacDonald Co adjutor Archbishop of Edmonton and will serve in the Edmonton diocese. They were graduates of St. Josephs seminary.
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Edmonton
C.P
St. Joseph’s Seminary
Vincent Curtis
Newfoundland
James Dillon
Peterborough
Maurice O'Connor
Ottawa
J. H. MacDonald
Essay Completion Time Limit Is Extended
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce at Montreal has written to Secretary Walter Huckvale stating that the closing date for the essay competition for Grade X and XII students has been extended to November 30. Prizes include $10, $7, $50 and $25.
Queen and Father Enter Knights of the Garter
In Windsor Castle St George's chapel Queen Elizabeth and her father the Earl of Strathmore were invested together as Knights of the Garter. This marked the first time a father and daughter joined the order simultaneously. The ceremony was attended by the King and senior royals. Queen Elizabeth had been made a knight on her birthday last November and her father on May 10.
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London
C.P
Knights of the Garter
Elizabeth
Earl of Strathmore
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
The
Coal mine worker dies in 35 foot fall at Anthill mine
Michael White, 50, operator of the Anthill coal mine near Drumheller, was killed Saturday when a ladder slipped while he was repairing cribbing in a well. He fell about 35 feet to the bottom of the shaft, as the ladder had been braced on cribbing further down.
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Drumheller
C.P
Michael White
Anthill
White
Weekend Showers Bring Gentle Rain to Southern Alberta
Weekend showers covered southern Alberta with light rainfall. Foremost reported 1.44 inches since Saturday morning while other areas saw only light precipitation. A misty atmosphere lingered from a dust storm moving from Shaunavon, not affecting southeastern Alberta.
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Alberta
C.P.R
Foremost
Shaunavon
City money for public works awaits provincial estimates
Mayor Bullivant and Alderman R C Black returned from Edmonton after attending the Union of Alberta Municipalities conference. They said Medicine Hat seeks Dominion funds for public works and noted Alberta city allocations depend on provincial estimates and decisions by the provincial government and federal influence.
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Maynard
Dorie
OConnor Wins Contract for Alberta Pioneer Oil Road
Edn OConnor received notification this morning that he has been awarded the contract to construct 0.25 miles of roadway from Nordege into the Brazeau oil fields the site of the pioneer well. The field was located by Edward Ashburner city engineer with the original syndicate including C S Blanchard T B Jenkinson and A J McCormick. Home Oil plans it as Alberta’s greatest crude oil field though part of the outfit remains in Medicine Hat for local needs.
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O'Connor
Nordege
Brazeau
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Edward Ashburner
Messrs
C. S. Blanchard
T. B. Jenkinson
A. J. McCormick
Home Oil
Driver Killed Near Coronation in Jasper Highway Crash
Alan McClenaghan 92 and companion John Dunkan 25 of Edmonton were killed when their car, driven by McClenaghan, collided head on with a Heavy oil truck on the Jasper Highway about a mile west of Edmonton early Sunday. F D Schultz 32 of Wildwood, driver of the truck, sustained minor injuries.
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Edmonton
Alan McClenaghan
John Dunkan
Noth
Jasper
F. D. Schultz
Wildwood
Govt Aid for Basques May Come Too Late
Madrid reports General Jose Miaja orders immediate evacuation of Madrid as insurgent planes drop pamphlets and bombard outskirts. Basque refugees streaming west from Bilbao, about 300000, while government offensives push on in Aragon and northeast Spain amid heavy bombardment.
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Madrid
Jose Miaja
Anag
Miaja
Spain
Guadarraja
Wael Sewalieng
Cordoba
Garagoza
Aragon
Belchiteian
Zaraghea
Gregori Ifdrome
Zaradh
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