Cox elected chairman of World Economic Conference monetary committee
James M. Cox the American delegate was chosen chairman of the monetary committee. Guido d'Anugli of Italy named vice chairman and Georges Bennett of France selected as reporter. The conference eyed stabilization of the pound and dollar with a $4.05 to the pound quote floated as a target. A Chinese boycott resolution against Japan was proposed to supplement a tariff truce and curb economic aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James M. Cox
Guido Dung
Italy
Georges Bennett
Hendryk Qolijn
Halland
United States
Japan
Litvinoff
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Roosevelt
Western Markets Week Cattle Prices Drift Lower Calgary Edmonton
Trading in Calgary and Edmonton eased with buyers scarce and prices down about 25 cents. Cattle ranges include heavy steers 3.75 to 4.25, calves 4.00 to 5.00, and stockers 2.00 to 3.50. Hogs steady with bacons 4.50 to 5.10. lambs 6 to 6.50. grain notes show Winnipeg gains and Saskatchewan crop disease reports.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Chicago
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Vancouver
Upland
Provice
Drowning of Annie McGowan in Red Deer River
Annie McGowan an 11 year old from Knee Hill drowned in the Red Deer River near a sand bar opposite her home. The incident occurred about 4 45 p m Saturday with bathers nearby witnessing her struggle after reaching a sand bar and reportedly being overcome by currents and possibly cramps. Eyewitnesses say she surfaced four times before disappearing.
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Drumheller
Red Deer River
Annie McGowan
John McGowan
Knee Hill
Canadian National Railways
Midlandvale
Car Plunges Over Fifty Foot Cliff Near Vancouver
Six youths, three of them killed and three seriously injured, fell 50 feet from an auto off Whytecliffe Park on Howe Sound. Victims: Murray Patterson 24 Betty Turner 19 Mae Davis 22. injured Helen Anderson 18 Gordon McKenzie 22 Alexander Macauley 24. All Vancouver residents. Patterson a Varsity rugby player. Macauley and McKenzieUBC students.
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Vancouver
Whytecliffe
Howe Sound
Murray Patterson
Betty Turner
Mae Davis
Helen Anderson
Gordon McKenzie
Alexander Macauley
Patterson
Miss Davis
Miss Turner
North Vancouver Hospital
Whytecliffe Park
Varsity
Macauley
Kenzie
University of British Columbia
Livestock Feeders Association Organized in Central Alberta
Lacombe June 18 Following feeder's day a meeting organized a new association with officers C R Abbott Lacombe as president R A Van Slyke Red Deer G B De Long secretary H L Pearce W A Meldrum Lacombe William Sinclair Red Deer Percy Puffer Mirror John Laing Blackfalds The group named Central Alberta Livestock Feeders Association The executive will work with Ranchers' Association to draft a mutual contract and bylaws.
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C. R. Abbott
Lacombe
R. A. van Slyke
Red Deer
G. &. de Long
H. L. Pearce
W. A. Meldrum
William Sinclair
Percy Puffer
Mirror
John Laing
Blackfalds
Central Alberta Livestock Feeders’ Association
Ranchers' Association
Waterspout Strikes San Sebastian Causes million in Damage
A waterspout hit San Sebastian Spain on June 17 causing about 1 million dollars in damage. The home of Paulino Uzvidda was damaged, Azcudon rescued several nearly drowning people, a tobacco factory and shops were flooded, and two women and two men drowned.
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San Sebastiah
Spain
San Sebastian
Paulino Uzvidda
Relentless Search For Kansas Killers
A broad manhunt for the machine gun killers of four officers and an escaped convict stretched across several states. The gunfire at Union Station left five dead or wounded, including agents F J Lackey and R E Fetterli, with Nash and Pretty Boy Lloyd connected to the case as authorities widened the sweep into Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa and even Chicago.
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Kansas City
Union Station Plaza
United States Bureau of Investigation
Raymond J. Caffery
Bureau of Investigation
Otto Reed
McAlester
Okla
Frank Hermanson
W. J. Grooms
Frrank Nash
Oklahoma
Nash
Leavenworth
Kas
Rey
F. J. Lackey
Oklahoma City
R. E. Fetterli
Fort Smith
Ark
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Chicago
Charles
Pretty Boy) Lloyd
Here
Last Stages Of Mitchell Trial Opens In Final Phase
A defence motion to dismiss the indictment charging Charles E. Mitchell, former head of the National City Bank, with defrauding the U S government of more than 850000 in income taxes, was dismissed as the banker’s trial entered its final stages. Regina reports 17 Liberal nominees for Saskatchewan general election with R J H Parker M L A among the new Pelly constituency picks.
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New York
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
United States
Kenry Croddard
Regina
Saskatchewan
R. J. H. Parker
M.L.A
New Pelly
Naval building program announced to add 32 ships
Washington June 15 a $238 000 000 naval building program was formally announced by Secretary Swanson. The plan aims to put 32 new ships in the water within three years and marks a major expansion of the naval fleet.
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Washington
Swanson
Canoeists’ Bid To Circumnavigate British Isles
John Nolan a 37 year old Londoner meets German champion Franken Fridel Meyer at the start of a bold attempt to paddle around the British Isles. Nolan sails a fourteen foot rubberized Eskimo kayak copy aiming for about 2 000 miles in three to three and a half months.
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British Isles
John Nolan
Franken Fridel Meyer
Germain
Nolan
Winnipeg Players Deny Receiving Money To Play
The Manitoba Football Association probes charges of professionalism in Winnipeg soccer. Three players Sam Armstrong Billy McQueen and J Haig deny ever receiving money for playing amateur soccer. Affidavits claim J Haig was paid 20 dollars on joining the Winnipeg Scottish Club.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Football Association
M.F.A
Sam Armstrong
Winnipeg Rangers
Billy McQueen
J. Haig
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Scottish
Haig
Jack MacAllister
George Wiseman
MacAllidter
John Colvin
The
Vancouver’s Young Phenom McPhee Showcases Williams Lineage
Vancouver critics compare Howard McPhee to Percy Williams as the youthful racer nears seventeen. He has run 100 yards in ten seconds twice this year, matching Williams’ older best. Bob Granger, who discovered Williams and guided him to world champion status, now coaches McPhee and believes he will rise similarly.
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Vancouver
Howard’ McPhee
Percy Williams
McPhee
Williams
Bob Granger
Amsterdam
New Development in Kidnap Case Involving Hamm Jr
Unexplained car trip suggests new lead in the Ramsey county kidnap case of Wr. Hamm Jr. and his father Gebhard Bohn. Ramsey County Attorney M F Kinkead calls a postcard sighting by a St. Paul paper a crank claim. In Québec, Hon Phillipe Jacques Paradise dies after a long illness.
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St. Paul
Minn
Wr. Hamm, Jr
Hamm
Kaskén' bin
Gebhard Bohn
M. F. Kinkead
Ramsey County
Minneapolis
Québec
Phillipe Jacques Paradise
Senate
Heat Wave Eases After Violent Western Canada Storms
Winnipeg reports end of a brutal heat spell as storms sweep Western Canada. One man, Lloyd Coburn, 36, North Battleford, killed by falling timber at Saskatoon bridge. Widespread damage to CN poles in Portage la Prairie. roof blown from grain elevator at Landon. Temperatures near or over 100 across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. deaths include two Saskatchewan swimmers. Rain and cooling breezes begin to arrive, though crops show stress and Manitoba reports no major damage yet.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Lloyd Coburn
North Battleford
Saskatoon
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Canadian National Telegraphs
Landon
Moose Jair-Reptting
Waipwright
Edmonton
Prairies
Saskatchewan
George Nicholson
Mike Antonuik
Ituma
Sask
Canadian National Railway
Lloyd Coburh
Mike Kukuro
Lethbridge
Alberta
Calgary
Newdale
Minnedosa
Alta
Sas
Virden
World Economic Conference Sees Stabilization Talks at Standstill
London reports a push for rapid currency stabilization amid Franco American tensions over the gold standard and tariffs. US officials indicate a seven day window may be required, with Roosevelt wary of stabilizing the dollar before prices fall further.
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Wray Bel Bauer
E Afye Yee
London
Roosevelt
Oliver M. W. Sprague
William Woodin
United States Treasury
Washington
Key Pittman
Economic Commission
McEachern Elected President of Canadian Medical Association
St John New Brunswick June 20 Dr McEachern Calgary was elected president of the Canadian Medical Association at the arrival meeting. The next convention will be held in Calgary. James Blanchard M L A is slated for the position of sheriff of Ontario County.
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St. John
N.B
Br.ahs. McEachern
Calgary
James Blanchard
M.L.A
Ontario County
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Texas
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J. M. Cox
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