Provincial Union convention opens in city hall hall
The Provincial Union of the Ladies Aboard of RT opened at the I C C F Hall with Mrs Gallacher presiding. Grand President Clara Bradley of Columbus Ohio attended. Delegates from Calgary Edmonton Lethbridge and other districts were registered.
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L.A
R. T
I.C.C.F. Hall
Gallacher
Clara Bradley
Columbus
Ohio
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Canada
Fifth Avenue L.A
Church Hall
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Calgary
Ella Hunter
Jury Finds Truck Overloaded in Fatal Milk River Crash
A jury ruled the truck driven by John Rollag was overloaded and out of control when it struck a grade four miles north of Milk River, killing Verna Christensen. The verdict followed testimony that the load weighed 4800 pounds on a half ton truck and that brakes were not effectively used.
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Verna
Christensen
Galt
Milk River
John Rollag
Verna Chritense
Vientnam
Goroner McNicol
Alfred Christensen
Dr. Spackman
Lethbridge
Miss Christensen
Louie Nagy
Robt. Charlton
Yellow Line Truck Service
O. E. Durciux
A.P.P
Adaa
Rollag
Trotsky Seeks British Visit and Labor Government Insight
London reports an interview with Leon Trotzky in Constantinople where he expresses interest in visiting England to observe the new Labour Government and to arrange medical treatment for himself and his wife, while also planning to supervise his books' publication in Britain.
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London
the Express Today
Leon Trotzsky
Constantinople
England
Weed Conferences Schedule Across Alberta Schools
Weed conferences will be held at 10 a.m. across Claresholm Raymond Olds Vermilion. Claresholm June 28 Raymond June 29 Olds July etc. The notes show garbled school names and incomplete dates but indicate a regional series of agricultural weed sessions starting late June.
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Claresholm
School of Agriculture
Raymond
Olds
Schoo of Agriculture
Vermilion
Flooding Devastates Silchar and Sevilla Towns
Reports from Silchar in Assam and Seville in Cauca describe catastrophic floods after heavy monsoon rains. Mass drownings, widespread property loss, and refuges for 15,000 at a cantonment accompany heavy damage to cattle and homes. In Bogota flood casualties mount with dozens dead and hundreds injured. The King’s representative knighted two officials in the new labor cabinet.
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Silchar
Assam
Cameroon
West Equatorial Africa
Bogota
Columbia
Sevilla
Quilcade
Cauca
Anglo American talks stress friendship and disarmament
In Scotland and London Premier Ramsay MacDonald and General Dawes underscored a common desire for close Anglo American friendship. Dawes urged early naval reduction, proposing a yardstick to compare ships while warning a single expert definition would fail without statesman input. The Pilgrim's Club dinner in London drew 400 guests including ambassadors and officials.
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London
George Hambleton
Ress
Ramsay MacDonald
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Great Britain
Forres
Scotland
Lossiemouth
MacDonald
Hoover
Mackenzie King
Canada
Washington
Dawes
Oval
Pilgrims’ Club
Hotel Victoria
Lord Desborough
Austen Chamberlain
Train wreck near Saskatoon injures five hoboes
A Canadian National freight train derailed near Leney nine o'clock today as 14 cars left the track. Five hoboes riding the sole empty box car narrowly escaped death when the cars were torn to kindling. A soft spot from recent rains is blamed for the accident. Also noted is the death of Angus C. Wood, former customs collector, at St Marys Ontario.
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Saskatoon
Edmonton
City Uses Noxious-Weed Campaign Under Wilson Directive
A city and district campaign to destroy noxious weeds under H. B. Wilson of the Agriculture Department gives landowners until July 1 to remove weeds. Common pests include Canadian thistle and ragweed. enforcement to follow. A Drumheller weed conference on July 6 will feature officials like W. J. Stephens and F. S. Grisdall.
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H. B. Wilson
Sapt
Edmonton
Flair
Wilson
District Agriculturist
Stephens
Alberta
Grisdale
Alperta
Claresholm
Olds
A. B. Claypool
M.L.A
Gordon Forster
T. S. Branson
Drumheller
Carbon
Mechedie
Starland
Manson
Old Age Pensions Adopted by Alberta
Ottawa reports Alberta accepts the Old Age Pensions plan after the Order-in-Council authorization. The Dominion Cabinet approved the scheme yesterday and Alberta will start August 1, 1929, joining British Columbia Saskatchewan and Manitoba in the program.
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Ottawa
Peter Heenan
Labor
Alberta
Dominion
Heenan
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Songe Triumphs in Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot
In Ascot England June 19 French bred colt Songe won the Royal Hunt Cup. H E Steels Caballero finished second and Sir Abe Bailey's Guards Parade came third. Songe is owned by Lord Michelman. Twenty nine ran.
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Ascot
England
Songe
H. E. Steel
Caballero
Sir Abe Bailey
Guard
Parade
Lord Michelman
Rum runners fire on Windsor patrol in Detroit River clash
In a pre daylight confrontation near the Detroit river, East Windsor rum runners opened fire on a U S customs patrol cutter. The United States boat returned fire and pursued the craft back toward Canadian shores with no reported casualties. Walter S. Petty, Detroit customs acting collector, identified the incident and location near Joseph Campeau Avenue.
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Windsor
Ont
C.P
Detroit River
East Windsor
United States Customs
Walter S. Petty
Detroit
Petty
Joseph Campeau
Border Patrol
Hard Hit by ten dollar Suffer Further Shocks
Severe quakes rattle Murchison and Takaka counties in New Zealand on June 19. Lyell, once 2000 residents, now a decaying mining village, feared wiped out though no official news. air sighting failed amid bad visibility. roads blocked. West Port reports ongoing shocks and post office damage. gale and rain hindered outside cooking.
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Wellington
N.Z
Murchison
Taka Ka
Lyell
West Port
Indictment of 140 in Brooklyn Prohibition Case
A Federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted 140 individuals and corporations for violations of the prohibition law. The scheme allegedly involved bonded whiskey sold in blown bottles and made from alcohol and shavings. Freshly emptied barrels were modified, shavings used to flavor whiskey made from alcohol, with three New York bottling firms and the Sunkonin Co operatage Co of Philadelphia charged in purchases.
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New York
Brooklyn
Sunkonik Co-operatage Co
Philadelphia
Hurling Himself From Wagon Fred Dennis Dies Saving Boy
Kingston Ontario June 19 Can Press Fred Dennis 38 leapt from a wagon to shield four year old Kenneth McCrow from a car five miles west of Kingston. Dennis died instantly. Kenneth was taken to Kingston General Hospital with a broken leg and possible skull fracture. The car was driven by 18 year old Dora Mae Biard with her father H L Biard of Lapeer Michigan in charge. both held pending inquest.
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Kingston
Ont
Can. Press
Kenneth McCrow
Fred Dennis
Dennis
Kingston General Hospital
H. L. Biard
Lapeer
Michigan
Dora Mae
Eastern U S Heat Wave Grips the East
The East endures a seventh day of extreme heat with a death toll of eleven over 24 hours and many drownings at beaches. New York City records 93 degrees, the year's high for the date, with fifteen prostrations and one death.
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New York
New York City
Tugs Towing Blazing Steamer Along Niagara River
Fire reported aboard the passenger steamer Bedel between Erie Beach Ont and Buffalo. The Bedel drifted toward the Peace Bridge as a coast guard boat and a tug towed it toward Erie Beach after smoke was seen at 12 30 p m. No passenger count available.
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Niagara River
Erie Beach
Buffalo
Ossian Bedel
Ont
Coast Guard
Coast-Guard
Bedel
Peace Bridge
Coastguard Station
Nine Die as Ghent Train Crashes at Enghien Block
Nine persons were killed and many injured when a passenger train from Ghent crashed into a derailed engine blocking the lines near Enghien. Brussels reports say the crash occurred early this morning and responders rushed to the scene.
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Brussls
Ghent
Enghien
Auctioned Used Cars Offer Low Down Payments
The ad lists numerous vintage autos with low down payments and financed balances. Cars include 1926 Oldsmobile Sedan, 1927 Pontiac Coach, 1927 Chevrolet Coupe, and 1929 Chevrolet Landau, with down payments ranging from 105 to 325 dollars and monthly balance arrangements.
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FORD
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Rena Bruce
Sadie O'Dell
Lilian Kelly
Mabel Sinclair
Flora Powell
Della Seaman
Lilian Brady
Jennie West
Molly Harrison
Jeanette Rae
Isabel Kennedy
Margaret Bluett
Daisy Wittle
Lilian Datis
Jessie Mecham
Bennetta Skerten
Laura Emmons
Maud McLaughlin
Pearl Battle
Mary Campbell
Clara Harris
Jessie Ingram
Jessie Gordon
Ellen McLean
Zella Lillis
Shaunavon
Hilda Knowlton
Mary Galacher
Kathrine Scarlett
Mary-Jane Bomford
Irma Collicut
Kate Knight
Chaplin
Jean Anderson
Edna Harvey Warden
Annie Miller
Bella Smith
G. W. Shaw
Johnanna Jorgensen
Rosann Reékie
Ina Dunham
Peggy Cooper
Julia Muir
Etta Flynn
May Smith
Inez Brooks
Esther Williams
Belma' Read
Elizabeth Matchett
Rose Potter
Mary Cooney
Rosalie Hartress
Florence Read
Irma Beaton
Vera Bassett
Mary Levielle
Josephine Smith
Vivian Bomford
Maud Middleton
Hattye, Boyd
Annie Levielle
Florence Collwell
Annie Cowan
Florence Kemp
Rachel Heath
Mrs. Mupns
Verna Christensen
Bute Siash
Trotsky
H.C.D. Segrave
Gar Wood
Miss Alatrit
Herr Busse
Germany
Lg Vo Fietpee
East Africa
Prince of Wales
W. A. Jowitt
J. B. Melville
C.N.R
Angus C. Wood
St.Mary's Ont
Old Age Pensions For
Alta
Ten
Takaka
Contiue
s.“McCrow
U.S.A
Winnifred
Eagles
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