Civic Half Holiday Declared for June 24 to Aid Stampede
City council debated declaring a civic half holiday on June 24 tied to the stampede and possible civic reception for Premier Aberhart next week. Aldermen favored Wednesday afternoon as the holiday. Ald. Hole urged Tuesday for King’s birthday. Mayor Bullivant awaited official notification of Aberhart’s visit and suggested coordinating with merchants and other groups for a possible meeting.
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Aberuart
W. Aberhart
Ald. Hole
Ald
Washam
Black
Hole
Aberhart
Bullivant
Pratt
Ald. Marshall
Retail Merchants Association
Trappers Missing in Far North Near Fort Simpson
In the South Nahanni river country west of Fort Simpson Alberta two trappers, Bill Epler and Joe Mulholland, have disappeared. Old Joe of Fort Simpson and Ford Dalziel report the Epler Mulholland cabin found ruined with no trace of the men. Dalziel searched six weeks by air in spring after bringing them in last December. Fort Simpson lies about 675 miles northwest of Edmonton.
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Edmonton
Bill Epler
Joe Mulholland
Nahanni River
Fort Simpson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Old Joe
Ford Dalziel
Epler-Mulholland
Dalzier
Brakeman William Percival killed at Harrop
William Percival a Canadian Pacific Railway brakeman was killed in an accident at Harrop about midnight Sunday. He was crushed by a log loading pole when it fell as a loaded car was moved. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Nelson B.C
C.P
William Percival
Canadian Pacific Radway Company
Harrop
Percival
Dutchy Morrison Of Hockey Fame Passes Away
Calgary June 16 Pioneer bank manager Harry G Morrison died on a train en route to Toronto. Born in Toronto 52 years ago he was a former Western hockey goalie known as Dutchy Morrison in Calgary. He managed Bank of Montreal branches across Alberta after retirement.
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Calgary
C.P
Pioneer
Harry G. Morrison
Toronto
British Cabinet to settle sanctions question Wednesday
London reports final decision on sanctions to be made at the cabinet meeting Wednesday with a possible announcement at the start of Thursdays foreign affairs debate. Britain may discontinue sanctions if Geneva opts for that course and seek a new footing in relations with Italy.
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London
C.P
House of Commons
Geneva
Italy
Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
Montreux
Turkey
Dardanelles
Samuel Hoare
The
Miralty
Rothermere
Eden
Evening Star
Westminster
Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
European Strike Wave Gazetteed Worldwide Tensions
Strikes spread across Europe with miners in Spain blocking exits at Rio Tinto and demanding more work and higher wages. French provinces see mill and electrical workers walk off, Bordeaux mills occupied, Nancy building strike. Belgium mobilizes troops as public services remain guarded amid rising tensions.
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Spain
Rio Tinto
Bordeaux
Nancy
France
Brussels
Antagonism to Interest Cut Seen by Prem Do Alberta
EDMONTON June 16 The government considered proclaiming the Provincial Compulsory Refunding bill as bondholders urged clients not to accept reduced rates on coupons due June 15. The premier declined to comment saying no statement today. He blamed bondholders for hindering bond interest solutions and warned holders to withhold bonds. He noted the issue may save money but cited antagonism and lack of cooperation.
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Edmonton
C.P
House to prorogue Ottawa this week says committee head
Chairman W. G Weir of the house agriculture committee told the body that parliament would probably be prorogued this week likely on Thursday or Friday.
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Ottawa
C.P
W. G Weir
House Agriculture Committee
Relief rolls shrink as May recipients drop 30000 in Canada
Ottawa June 15 relief recipients in Canada for May totalled 1,244,951, down from 1,277,464 in May 1985. Labor Minister Norman Hosker said latest figures show lower total relief costs, with April costs at 7,771,271 dollars versus 7,490,801 dollars in April 1985 as Rogers spoke on a 1946 Relief Act amendment.
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Ottawa
Canada
Norman Hosers
House of Commons
Dominion
Rogers
Junior United Farmers of Alberta face decline in provinces branches
In Edmonton on June 15 constituency supervisors reported decreased membership across almost all Alberta branches at the annual meeting. President Wilfred Hoppins blamed animosity from the previous provincial election campaign as the main cause, saying the organization cannot continue in its present state.
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Edmonton
United Farmers of Alberta
Wilfred Hoppins
Calgary Bondholders Get Token Interest Payment
Calgary debenture holders received a token 3 percent interest payment instead of 5 percent, marking the city’s first bond interest default in history. The reduced payment allows bondholders to retain original coupons while the city may later meet full interest. Mayor Andrew Davison defended the move.
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Calgary
C.P
City of Calgary
Andrew’ Davison
Prosperity Bond Plan Moves to Southern Alberta Roads
Edmonton reports Minister W A Fallow travels to Medicine Hat to oversee road work funding under the province's prosperity certificates plan. Premier Aberhart reiterates the program is temporary relief, not a Social Credit scheme, with steps toward Social Credit to follow in two months. He mentions a list of wholesalers refusing Alberta prosperity certificates to be published before July 1.
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Edmonton
W. A. Fallow
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Aberhart
Lucien Maynard
Gleichen
Goldfields Faces Unemployment Surge in Northern Saskatchewan
Edmonton reports Goldfields Saskatchewan a young mining town on Lake Athabasca fearing a wave of jobless arrivals. Daily new workers flood in by plane adding to already unemployed numbers and boats expected to bring more. Officials anticipate several hundred unemployed needing government relief. Also Ford Motor Co. declares a 75 cent dividend per share to be paid July 11.
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Edmonton
Canada
Goldfields, Sask
Lake Athabasca
Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd
Bill to abolish Canadian Radio Commission proposed
Ottawa report notes a bill to replace the nationalized 1932 structure with a nine member honorary board and general manager. The move would keep private stations under a central corporation while granting administrators in council power. Debates included mild criticism from Conservative leaders and Beaubien referencing parliamentary recommendations.
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Ottawa
Idune
C.P
Canadian Radio Commission
British Isles
House of Commons
C. D. Howe
Canada
R. B. Bennett
C. H. Cahan
Commons
Arthur Beaubien
Mnien
Cahan
Radio Committee
Sage
Radio Commission
Baseball Scores and Pitchers From Today’s National League
The St Louis and Boston games led with 49 to 10 runs and 17 to 1 as Winford and Davis, Chaplin and Lopez starred for the winners. Pittsburgh and Brooklyn delivered 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 results, with Lucas, Todd, Mungo, Berres, and other listed pitchers contributing. In the American league Boston beat Chicago 4 to 0 as Grove and Ferrell, Cain and Grube pitched well. Cloudy with showers and a high of 76 degrees.
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National St
Hollingsworth
Lombardi
Hubbell
Danning
Chicago
Philadelphia
French
O'Dea
Kowalik
Wilson
Chippewa Indians Surrender for Reserve Near Rocky Mountain House
Indians from Cypress Hills surrender after pressure from food shortages. Non treaty Chippewa of the Rocky Mountain House district seek a Dominion reserve and a treaty status. Canada forms a reserve of two townships 32 miles northwest of Rocky Mountain House with Crees of Cypress Hills joining.
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Edmonton
C.P
Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Dominion
Department of Indian Affairs
Rocky Mountains House
Cypress Hills
Maple Creek
Sask
Government and Railways Agree to Hire 10000 Men
Ottawa reports that the government, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways tabled agreements to employ about 10,000 men on maintenance of way and improvement work for the summer of 1936. Each company will provide roughly 5,000 positions, funded by government reimbursements up to 1,502,450 for wages, with loans for other labor costs and matching wage rates and conditions for board lodging and medical care. The basic eight hour day includes overtime pay and discipline as required.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
House of Commons
C. D. Howe
Douk Gets Life Imprisonment in Bridge Destruction Case
Vernon B C Paul Watkin was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty by an Assize Court jury of damaging a government bridge near the Doukhobor settlement at Grand Forks British Columbia The bridge destruction attempt occurred by fire on May 2 Justice A M Manson stated he would be unjust to society if Watkin were allowed liberty again.
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Conservative Party
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Cain and Grube
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