Japan and flood victims loom in wartime dispatches
London reports a pro nationalist Spain rally ending in a clash as Sir Patrick Ford is manhandled and three arrested. In Shanghai, the Yellow river floods threaten 200000 trapped Chinese with 700000 refugees, 2000 villages submerged and food shortages among isolated Japanese units.
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London
C.P
Patrick Ford
Friends of Nationalist
Spain
Shanghai
Yellow River
Honan
China
Yangtse
Mayer Elton Elected Head of Alberta Union
Mayer Elton won the presidency of the Union of Alberta Municipalities at the 34th annual meeting in Calgary. Mayor D H Bilton of Lethbridge was elected president for the next term, succeeding Mayor S A Fox of Innisfail. Next year’s convention will be held in Lethbridge.
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Calgary
Union of Alberta
Alberta
Trades and Industry Act
D. H. Bilton
Lethbridge
S. A. Fox
Innisfail
Round Up Two Bad Actors at R C M P Court
Phillip Mueller age 23 of Prince Albert received a four year penitentiary term after pleading guilty to armed robbery. Emil Dufloth 29 of Robinson Alta also got four years for armed robbery. Olaf Strid 69 of Bowell was robbed of 23 dollars by gunpoint December 13. case tied to ongoing Medicine Hat district crimes.
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Prince Albert
Phillip Mueller
R.C.M.P
Mueller
Emil Dufloth
Robinson
Alta
Olaf Strid
Bowell
Tyne
F.C.M.E
Dufloth
Medicine Hat
Prominent Johns Hopkins Economist fatally wounded
Dr George E Barnett 65 a Johns Hopkins professor of statistics was found fatally wounded in his Baltimore city department by a bullet to the temple Friday. He had suffered a nervous ailment and was a leading economist in his field.
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Baltimore
George E. Barnett
Johns Hopkins University
Grader Works on Cassils Road and Road Plans
The Cassils road grader began work on Tuesday in Brecks after arrival days earlier. Farmers were told no irrigation water can flow into roadside ditches due to operation limits. Plans to start Millicent road delayed by flood waters with work expected on Rainier, Scandia, Tilley, Patricia and Gem once Cassils road completes. W. F. Cain reports the machine runs while road plant lasts, progressing about one mile per day.
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Wooks
Brecks
Cassils
Millicent
Casals
Rainier
Scandia
Tilley
Patricia
Gem
W. EF. Cain
M.U.A
Jews Arrested In Berlin Raids
Nazi painting squads smeared over a hundred Jewish stores with anti Semitic slogans in Berlin. Police took no action. The first official report since the anti Jewish manifestation notes two raids on May 31 and June 16 with 460 Jews arrested as criminally suspicious persons.
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Berlin
C.P
Budget Silence Sparks Election Talk in Ottawa
The budget by Hon. Anning silences election rumors for this year while signaling a fall session focus on trade treaties with Great Britain and the United States. Negotiations proceed in Washington with potential tariff reductions and free trade moves, risking a fall parliament vote or winter adjournment depending on treaty outcomes.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
Irenoreth
Anning
Washington
Canada
Great Brigain
United States
Dunning
Inquire Inte Wage Dispute at Alberta Mines
The Alberta wage dispute between operators and 2,600 bituminous coal miners played out at a one day conciliation session led by Justice A A McGillivray. Miners seek a 20 percent wage increase and shorter hours, while operators propose a 10 percent wage cut with eight hour days unchanged. The hearing list includes Robert Livett and R M Young with Mayne Reid seeking a closed session, citing operator statistics as the focus.
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Edmonton
C.P
Mince
Conciliation Board
Justice A. A. McGillivray
Alberta
Western Canada Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Itother
Drumheller
Justice McGillivray
Robert Livett
Calgary
United Mine Workers of America
R. M. Young
Canmore Mines, Ltd
Mayne Reid
Edmonton Harrister
Ato
Umlw.a
Senator Copeland Dies at 60 in New York Hotel Suite
Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, a Democrat, died last night at age 60 from general circulatory collapse complicated by a kidney ailment. He passed away in his Shoreham Hotel suite as Mrs. Copeland and two physicians and two nurses were present.
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Washington
TR Caley
Royal $. Copeland
New York
Copeland
Shoreham Tolel
Vancouver Actress and Daughters Begin Cross-Canada Hitchhike
Mrs Filorrie Hayes, a Vancouver amateur actress, set out with her two daughters on a hitchhike trek across Canada starting Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filorrie Hayes
Vancouver
Canada
Richard Dix Seeks Science Field Over Screen Fame
Veteran actor Richard Dix, on holiday at Banff Springs Hotel with his wife, expresses a preference for becoming a bacteriologist or doctor over continuing film roles. He notes acting is absorbing but medicine would better satisfy his curiosity and ambitions.
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Bane Springs
Hotgl
Banff
Joe LK
Pichard Dix
Banff Springs
Hollywood
Dix
Mostly No Tax To Be Paid On Raw Materials
Ottawa June 18 CP the removal of the eight per cent sales tax from products used in the building trade will mean many manufacturers pay no tax on either raw or finished goods. BC division of the CMA circulated notes saying removal took tax off finished products and placed it on raw materials. Officials said some raw materials still taxed but only some. No tax on raw limestone and clay in cement and brick plants. Paint raw materials like white lead oils pay no tax. Plumbing fixture makers pay tax on some raw materials like steel, but finished products are tax free.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Membastip
Defense Training Urged by Ontario Council
Defence and training urged in Cobourg as Northumberland and Durham Counties Council calls on the Department of National Defence to organize universal military training for able-bodied men under capable instructors for patriotic purposes.
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Cobourg
Ont
Canada
Northumberland and Durham Counties Council
Department Off Nationall Defence
German protest follows Czech military flight over border
Berlin reports a Czechoslovak military aircraft flew over German territory prompting a fresh Berlin press outcry. Lam village near the border described a plate flight for about 30 minutes as Germany vows a sharp protest and dismisses excuses.
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Berlin
C.P
Lam
Cosgrave Re-elected Leader as Fine Gael Wins DPR General Vote
Dublin June 18 William T Cosgrave leader of Fine Gael the strongest opposition party in the last Dail Eireann was re elected in yesterday's general election as ballot counting moved slowly and no final result yet.
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Dublin
C.P
William T. Cosgrave
Fine Gael
Expect Big Tourist Season In Rockies
H F Mathews general manager of the Canadian Pacific hotel system in Montreal visited Winnipeg after inspecting routes from the Rockies to the Pacific coast. He reported strong reservations for hotels including Chateau Lake Louise and Lake Louise area bungalow camps, with tourist and convention business steady despite unsettled U.S. conditions. Travel to Alaska cruises via Canadian Pacific steamers remains heavy for the whale season.
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Winnipeg
H. FF. Mathews
Canadian Pacific Hotel System
Montreal
Pacific
Hs Company
Chateau Late Louise
Gantt Springs Cotel
Gantt Springs Cotel, Fgimercid Lake Chalet
Rocky Mountains
United States
Canadian Pacific
Alaska
Mathews SW
Vanromney God Victorian
Vancoutepid
Edmonton Ambulance Rushes Injured Man to Hospital
An Edmonton ambulance flew 200 miles to Hanna and back in under two hours to transport Joseph Hall to University hospital after a train struck him near Hanna. Hall, who was attempting to move a speeder off the track, was knocked down when the locomotive passed. He sustained fractures in both legs.
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Edmonton
C.P
Hanna
Joseph Hall
University Hospital
Hall
Gandia strikes hit Valencia port injure many
An insurgent aircraft attack on Gandia in Valencia province killed eight and injured 24. The British owned port area reported no ships in harbor. Several buildings were damaged and workers' dwellings wrecked. Ali cante and other workers suffered additional casualties.
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Valencia
Gandia
Alicante
France Public Service Workers threaten general strike over wage raises
Paris June 18 France's three-quarter million public service employees were told by the Union of Public Service Workers to prepare for a general strike to force blanket wage increases. The move followed Premier Daladier's decision to adjourn parliament until November and to resist granting cabinet decree powers.
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Daladier
Paris
C.P
France
Union of
Public Service Workers
Common Law Reforms Urged by Dalhousie Dean
Edmonton speech by W C MacDonald of Dalhousie University urges permanent boards to continually update laws. He criticizes sporadic modernizing efforts and notes upcoming talks in Vancouver and Calgary.
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Edmonton
W. C. MacDonald
Dalhousie University Law School
Edmonton Bar Association
England
Canada
United States
Halifax
MacDonald
Vancouver
Calgary
Body Found Near Jamestown Linked to Stock Exchange Member
The body of John Lorimer Worden, 64, NYSE member who vanished from a Providence to New York boat last Saturday night, was found Friday on rocks at the island's northwest end. A medical examiner found no signs of foul play.
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Jamestown
R. 1
Cpi
John Lorimer Worden
New York Stock Exchange
Allan Injured in Farm Accident at Antelope Creek
H B Allan, a Cassils area farmer at Antelope Creek, broke his left leg Monday while plowing and a tug broke. An evener swung and struck him as he walked beside the machine. He was rushed to Bassano hospital and shows fair progress toward recovery. Allan moved to Cassils in 1936 from the Chinook district and had just begun ditching for irrigation.
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Allan
Premier Pattullo offers to meet Vancouver unemployed
Victoria June 18 Premier T. D. Pattullo offered to meet an unemployed delegation in Vancouver next week to save their travel costs. He said the group would travel Sunday night and camp on the government doorstep until a meeting with him and Labor Minister Pearson could be arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
T. D. Pattullo
Vancouver
Bugdred
Ipost
H .Peaceful
Upans
Pattullo
Pearson
Labor
Clash at Nanbetsurui Leaves Manchukuo Guard Dead
A Tokyo Domei dispatch reports border patrols of Manchoukuo and Russia clashed at Nanbetsurui. One Manchoukuoan was killed and another wounded while the Soviet patrol retreated.
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Tokyo
Vancouver fire culprit claims accidental blaze in 1884
Cobble Hill resident George H Keefer, long settled near Vancouver, says he accidentally started the June 13 1884 fire that razed the fledgling logging town. He described lighting dry brush to clear debris and watching the blaze spread to slashings as the wind drove it toward the city.
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Duncan
George H. Keefer
Cobble Hill
B.C
Inlact
Vancouver
Cowichan Leader
Islane
Meeser
Vangauvee
West End
Keefer
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Richard Dix
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Queen Elizabeth
Germany
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Rockies
H. P. Mathews
Prof. MacDonald
H. B. Allan
Redcliff
New Park
Medicine
The
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Vancougeer
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