Free speech clash over Calgary meeting sparks council debate
Alderman Hole defended open assembly after a Calgary speaker was told no law barred meetings in public spaces. Mayor Gullivant defended police action, while Alderman Crie urged permits and a peaceful approach amid unemployment tensions.
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Hole
Hide
Chief Taylor
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Crow
Aid
Wole
Gullivant
Ald Hole
Lole
Calvary
Ald. Currie
Parks Committee
Currie
Labor Government Averts Land Tax Crisis in London
London reports say the Labour government provisionally accepted a Lib era l draft amendment to Philip Snowden's penny pound land value tax. Premier Ramsay MacDonald announced the decision after talks with Liberal chiefs, noting crisis averted pending review of amendment details and the land tax method of assessment.
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London
Liberal Party
Philip Snowden
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Peace River Outlet Under Discussion
Ottawa June 16 Hon R J Manion minister of railways will confer with Sir Henry Thornton president and general manager of the Canadian National Railways on the Peace River outlet matter. He told M P Kennedy of the U F A Peace River in the House of Commons he had no authority to table the report by CPR engineers on the undertaking.
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Ottawa
R. J. Manion
Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Peace River
PD. M. Kennedy
U.F.A
House of Commons
Canadian Pacific Railway
Gardiner Re-elected Liberal Leader in Saskatchewan
James G. Gardiner was unanimously re-elected leader of the Liberal party in Saskatchewan this afternoon. Delegates acclaimed him with an ovation.
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Moose aJw
James G. Gardiner
Liberal Party
Inaskatchewan
Robbery on Saskatoon Street Car Nets $900
Three armed men boarded a Saskatoon street car carrying workers from the Sutherland Royal Bank branch and stole over $900 in cash. They held a teller and ledgerkeeper at gunpoint as they rode to the town and escaped in a nearby car. Police were alerted, and detectives chase links to prior Saskatoon raids.
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Sutherland
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Royal Bank
G. R. Pratt
Teller
H. R. Buemper
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg June 16
Wheat 1,609 cars graded while last year 9,738. Contract grade 1,344. Oats 61, flax 10, rye 66. Barley 81. Other grains includes 22 and 28 entries. Contains comparison to prior year totals.
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Winnipeg
Free Farm Stock Feed Transport Aids Drought Areas
Edmonton June 16 Arrangements plan free feed transport for farmers facing moisture shortages Deputy Minister B A Craig announced after returning from a 1100 mile trip with S G Carlyle through Hanna Didsbury Carstairs area Rain eased drought with heavy showers improving ground prospects for feed Several hundred cattle moved west of Carstairs earlier but further movement paused Crown lands available if needed Pastures short but recovery underway No cattle deaths from starvation overall outlook not discouraging.
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B. A. Craig
Agri Culture
S. G. Carlyle
Lvestock
Hanna-Didsbury-Carstairs
Craig
Carlyle
Trritory
Carstairs
Didsbury
Saskatchewan
Owever
Attendees head to Havre for Old Forts Trail meeting
A group left for Havre Montana this morning to attend the Old Forts Trail Association meeting. Participants included A P Burns M A Cory W Cousins W J Conrad P E Volway E L Penny and E O Conn or. A party of C A Anderson B C Taylor and Ald Ireland departed yesterday afternoon for the Montana city.
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Old Forts
Doings in Parliament Ottawa June 16 Budget debate resumes
In Ottawa today the Senate will sit while the House of Commons resumes the budget debate with Dorchester MP O Gagnon slated to speak first. Yesterday the Senate did not sit and Hon W R Motherwell opened the budget debate in the Commons. The Senate bill restricting Government annuities to 1200 was read for first time.
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Ottawa
Senate
House of Commons
O. Gagnon
Dorchester
W. R. Motherwell
Parking By Law Amended At Council Meeting
Parking by law amendments passed after committee staging limit vehicles to thirty minutes in the downtown area defined by South Railway Street Second to Fifth, Second Street to Sixth Avenue, Third Street to Sixth Avenue, Sixth Avenue First to Fourth, and all lanes. U turns are banned at key intersections including Second Street with Sixth Avenue and Third Street with South Railway Street. Operative during business hours.
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Fourth Street
Conditions improving Says Robertson and no Need for Conference
Victoria reports Senator Gideon Robertson warns against a federal provincial unemployment conference as conditions improve due to crop gains and immigration curbs. He notes new industries in Canada and plans an investigation of Western Canada while stressing municipal, provincial, and federal cooperation.
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Gideon Robertson
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Great Lakes
Montreal
Dominion
Legs and Eggs in Irvine Bird Contest Entries
Bindless School District No 2813 students push to win the Fish and Game Association School contest to remove menaces to song and game birds. Miss Dorothy Jackson sends in additional lists for the elimination effort.
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Bindless
Irvine
Fish, and Game Association
Dorothy Jackson
Reds' Ire Stopped Foochow Advance Stolen by Reds
Official reports from Yenping indicate government troops have formed lines about ten miles north of Foochow and the Red advance down the Ming river valley toward Foochow is expected to be restrained.
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China
Associated Press
Yenping
Ming River Valley
Noble Star Wins Ascot Stakes at Ascot
Noble Star owned by F H W Cundell captured the Ascot Stakes today as 21 horses contested the race at Ascot England. Montague Evans’ Blue Vision finished second and M E De Star lary’s Bonny Boy took third.
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Associated Press
F. H. W. Cundell
Noble Star Today
Montague Evans
Blue Vision
M. E. de Starlary
Bonny Boy
Census takers flee after Doukhobor protest in Grand Forks
In Grand Forks, British Columbia, Census Commissioner W F Laidman and attorney Horace W Galbraith narrowly escaped as Doukhobor protesters tore and wrested census materials from officials. Women led the attack, shredding lists and blocking information after a prior futile attempt by local enumerator L Kidd. Authorities urge the Dominion Government to curb the disturbances and enforce the law.
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W. F. Laidman
Yale
Horace W. Galbraith
Vernon
Sons of Freedom
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Dominion
Babson predicts business hit bottom in worst and will rebound slowly
Roger W. Babson, noted economic authority, tells Advertising Federation executives that business has likely seen its worst. He expects a slow, tedious recovery with a return to prosperity after low mood, asserting the stock market direction will not alter the long term trend.
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New York
Roger W. Babson
Advertising Federation of America
Re Buili
Sinking of St Philibert Claims Hundreds
About 100 bodies were sighted near the Loire estuary after the excursion steamer St Philibert sank. Ninety plus passengers and crew were missing as authorities counted 423 dead unofficially with Nantes and surrounding families heavily affected.
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St. Nazaire
France
Associated Press
St. Philibert
Loire River
Nantes
Bay of Biscay
Belfast Premier's Belfast remark sparks Commons clash
In Ottawa June 16, Hon W R Motherwell denounced Prime Minister Bennett's overseas remarks as libellous against Empire loyalty during the last Imperial Conference. He, and other MPs, criticized the prime minister's tone as budget debate resumes, while party colleagues attacked the farmer plight and tariff policies.
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H. B. Bennett
Belfast
W. R. Motherwell
House of Commons
Motherwell
H. A. Mullins
Marquette
Dodo Bird
Thomas Cantley
Pictou
N.S
J. L. Asley
Hants-Kings
Mr. Motherwell
University of Belfast
Bennett
Canada
Trades and Labor Council condemns troop call in Edmonton
In Edmonton on June 16 the Edmonton Trades and Labor Council declared the troop deployment a disgrace to the community and passed a motion condemning the move. The council appointed a committee to meet Senator Gideon Robertson to present views on unemployment and unemployment insurance. No unemployed meetings or civic-relief disturbances occurred that day.
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Edmonton
Edmonton Trades and Labor Council
Gideon Robertson
Winni n fred Stampede Draws Medicine Hat Crowd
All roads lead to Winnifred tomorrow as Medicine Hat residents are expected to attend the Stampede in large numbers. The town is renowned for its sports day programs and promises a great time, Wednesday.
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Winnifred
Medicine Hat
Unemployed Masses Gather Outside Ottawa Parliament
Several hundred local unemployed men gathered in the market square and marched to Parliament after addresses by three Labour MPs J S Woodsworth A A Heaps and Angus McInnis. They carried banners reading Why should we starve in the midst of plenty and We ask for work or maintenance.
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Gandian Press
Market Square
Commona
Labor
Victoria Tower
Intervary
House of Commons
J.S. Woodsworth
Winnipeg North Centre
Western Premiers Propose Wheat Price Peg in Commons
In a House of Commons session Premier R B Bennett disclosed a letter from Manitoba’s John Bracken Saskatchewan’s J T M Anderson and Alberta’s J E Brownlee proposing wheat price peg ideas. The memo urges a domestic floor of 70 cents or government guarantees to back banks in Wheat Pool operations and a potential stabilization board with price support if markets fall.
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John Bracken
Manitoba
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
House of Commons
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