Conservatives Sweep Ontario Election to Power
Toronto June 26 Conservatives win a large majority in Ontario’s provincial election with 76 seats to Liberals 15 UFO 15 Labor 4 and Independents 1. Drury and cabinet resignations expected as Ferguson forms new government. Nickle named attorney general and McDiarmid likely in cabinet.
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Conservatives
Ontario
Drury
Toronto
Lincoln
Liberals
UFO
Labor
Conservative
U.F.O
Indewra
United Farmers-Labor
Howard Ferguson
W. F. Nickle
Kingston
FG. McDiarmid
West Elgin
Henry
Crawford
Thomas Crawford
Ferguson
W. F. Sinclair
Ontario County South
J H. Fisher
Ottawa West
Carmichel
Dougal Carmichel
Urey Centre
United Farmers
United Farmer-Labor
Ed. C. Drury
Old Man
Hon
Medicine Hats Parade of Progress Promises Fortieth Anniversary
Medicine Hat readies for its Fortieth Anniversary celebration with a one o’clock Parade of Progress starting from Prince and North Railway Streets. Events include pioneer, industrial, and decorated motor car sections, a City Band lead, and a big evening dance at the roller rink. officials urge early car entries and note security and refreshments across churches and the ball park.
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Prince and North Railway
North Railway St
Prince St
Alowance Ave
Balmoral St
Chamber of Commerce
Tony Day
Ontario Storm Spurs Widespread Telegraph Blackout
Damage from a severe eyelone sweeping western Ontario is estimated at a million dollars with Peel county and Halton suffering about £100,000 each. By 10 o clock only sporadic telegraph lines functioned west of Port Credit and most telephone lines were out.
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Toronto
Ontario
Port Credit
de Nage
Peel
Halton
How They Stood at Dissolution in Ontario Legislatures
The record shows party standings at dissolution across the Fifteenth, Fourteenth, and Thirteenth Ontario legislatures. United Farmers led 45 seats to Labor 22 amid Conservative dominance in earlier sessions, with Liberals, independents, and vacancies noted in each cycle.
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Ontario
United Farmer-Labor
United Farmers
Labor
Wheat heads advance in Central and Northern Alberta
Edmonton reports wheat crops in Central and Northern Alberta already heading out amid fine weather. Prospects for an early harvest are bright with good color and rapid growth. Some fields reach thirty inches tall. Heavy rains last Friday and Saturday, and some areas had rain through the week.
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Edmonton
Alberta
U. S. Government to Enforce Prohibition Across States
President Harding declared in a public address that the government remains determined to enforce the prohibition law despite growing enforcement burdens from states. He affirmed that the Volstead Act will be amended only to strengthen enforcement, not to soften policy.
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Benzver
Diame
Hardine
Rovernment
Baldwin forms home defense air force in Commons
Premier Baldwin announced in the House of Commons that the government will establish a home defense air force strong enough to defend the country against the strongest air force within striking distance. The imperial conference on education opened in London by the Duke of York with representatives from Dominions and colonies.
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London
Baldwin
House of Commons
British Empire
Duke of York
Early History of Medicine Hat and District by J W Morrow
Reverend J W Morrow presents a pamphlet on Medicine Hat and surrounding districts tracing early settlement, Indigenous encounters, Mounties, the Canadian Pacific railway, and the rise of gas industry. The booklet recounts towns Walsh Irvine Dunmore Stair and local heroes, with a Who’s Who list of old timers. The tract, readable and entertaining, marks Medicine Hat’s beginnings and is on sale at the fortieth anniversary.
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Medicine Hat and District
J. W. Morrow
Alberta
Medicine Flat
Morrow
Medicine Hat
Mr. Morrow
Battala
Mr. Marrow
Walsh
Irvine
Dunmore
Stair
Plains
Buffals
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bistriet
Turin
Riverside Park cancer fundraiser and city bank concert
A local event at The City Bank and Riverside Park features a charity program titled March National, with a program including BGBarler Overture Digdeme, Waltz Nights of Cladness, Ames, Romuance Prebeinder Reeves, and Seredy. Bandsman Sculthorpe conducts a mix of selections such as Lassus Trombone and April Shower with Silver March.
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Riverside Park
Sidoefelock
Dee Taker
Ug Loadlowine
Bgbarler
Dplerman
Ames
Tadian Romuance
Advertisers Urged to Start Nightly Ahead of Wednesday Event
The notice asks advertisers to begin placements tonight to accommodate a big Wednesday afternoon celebration. It requests cooperation from all advertisers and mentions a coordinated effort by the News staff.
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Moana
Vauxhall Looks for Heavy Yields Amid Wet Week
During the week June 15 to 21 heavy rainfall fell in the Vauxhall district. The wet spell compares with past storms, yet farmers expect good yields as weather improves. Little hay has been cut but reports say harvest work is underway as sunshine returns.
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H. L. Tweed
Vauxhall
Vaurhall
Old Timers Dance Highlights Rotary Carnival Night
The Old Timers celebration closes with a grand dance at the roller skating rink on the north bank. Rotary Club plans feature refreshment booths and novel acts during the big finale with the carnival atmosphere returning as volunteers perform stints for the event.
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Enthusiasi
Rotary Lab
Rotary
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