Britain and France End Nine Month Trade Pact
A nine month trade agreement between Britain and France ends the tariff dispute with automatic extension. Both nations grant MFN treatment. all French quotas on British goods restored. Britain abolishes its 20 percent surtax on French goods. Britain retains coal trade share. France to supply pit props.
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Britain
France
LION
London
George Hambleton
C.P
United Kingdom
Defence Witness Denies Premier Sought Favor for Miss MacMillan
Edmonton June 28 A parade of witnesses closed the suit of Vivien Mee MacMillan against Premier Brownlee as Mrs Florence Brownlee wife of the premier testified she defended her husband and denied attempting to rake up dirt against Miss MacMillan while urging an adjournment to shorten the trial.
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Edson Gires
Edmonton
F. SM
Brownlee
C.P
Vivien Mee. Millan
Florence Brownlee
Maclean
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Brownlee
Jessie .Elgert
Bills Received Royal Assent In Senate Actions
In Ottawa on June 20 royal assent was given to a batch of bills by Justice Rinfret as deputy governor general. The measures include reforms to the Indian Act, War Revenue Act, and various acts affecting banks, railways, insurance, and fisheries. Eighteen additional bills granting divorces also received assent.
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Ottawa
C.P
Senate
Justice Rinfret
Court of Admiralty
Caughnawaga Indian Reserve
Canadian Pacific Ruuns Company
Foresters’ Mutual Life Insurance Company
Bureau
Canadian National Railways
Dominion
Quebec Savings Bank Act
Canada Grain Wacti
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Special War Revenue Act
Foreign Insurance Companies
Local Market Prices for Farm Produce
Farmers gathered at the city market where pro d use offerings were limited. Butter sold at 15 cents per pound, eggs ranged 15 to 20 cents per dozen, and rhubarb brought 8 cents per pound as prices varied for the day.
Heat withers crops as U.S. suffers drought toll
Washington reports scorching temperatures across most of the United States east of the Rockies with at least four deaths and cattle losses. A Saskatchewan cloudburst drenches northern towns, flooding streets and basements. Prairie rains improve crop progress in Saskatchewan and southern Alberta with limited grasshopper damage in Manitoba.
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Washington
C.P
Nature
United States
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Atlantic Coast
Midland
Prairie States
Saskatchewan
Montreal
Prairie
Bank of Montreal
Alberta
Manitoba
Brooklyn brothers prepare trans Atlantic flight from Harbor Grace
Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz of Brooklyn refueled their red white and blue monoplane at Harbor Grace Newfoundland and planned a dawn takeoff for Poland following the great circle route via Dublin and Berlin. They expected to land at the new Warsaw municipal airport after two years of preparation.
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Harbor Grace
Mid
Benjamin
Joseph Adamowicz
Brooklyn
Harbor
Poland
C.P. Cable
Adamowicz Brothers
Joseph
Dublin
Berlin
Warsaw
Aie Stocky
Holger Riciriis
Liberal leader forecasts provincial Liberal victory at election
W R Howson provincial Liberal leader opened the economic conference in Park Hall and urged a Liberal government return. He said the party is holding multiple conferences across Alberta to study the needs of all interests and industries. A mass meeting in Empress Theatre capped the day as Medicine Hat, Empress, Cypress and Bow Valley delegates held a get together to discuss local businesses.
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W. R. Howson
Park Hall
Empress Theatre
Howson
Liberal Party
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Empress
Cypress
Bow Valley
Treasury Seals Silver Exports Embargo With License Needed
Secretary Morgenthau with President Roosevelt approval imposed a silver export embargo. Further shipments require a government license to proceed. The action targets shipments abroad, aiming to curb outflow of silver.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau
United States Treasury
Roosevelt
Mystery blast at Dean Powder Company kills and wounds
Olympia June 29 A P investigators from five sources probed the dynamite explosion at the Dean Powder Company near Olympia that killed ten and injured seven. Chemist William Barto foreman lay near death after fractures and burns. he may know what detonated eight tons of explosives. Fire had struck the plant before but no blast occurred. A worker said Barto pulled a switch sending a spark into the explosives, blowing the plant apart.
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Olympia
Wash
William Barto
Dean Powder Company
Here
Barto
Premier Bennett Warns Calgary Over Barracks Expenditure
Calgary June 29 Premier Bennett warned Calgary of changes that could shift approval of barracks funding to another Alberta location. He said amendments would be sent to the legislature unless the city council reverses its disapproval of the expenditure. Mayor Davison attends an Edmonton convention and will join an emergency council meeting upon return.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Bennett
Davison
Edmonton
Weather forecast for Phte Alberta
Partly cloudy showers scattered mainly in northern districts Saturday will be fair and moderately warm. Temperature remains around 76 during the day and 53 at night. Temperature readings appear twice in the source, presented as 76 and 53.
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Alberta
Langer Sentenced to 18 Months for Conspiracy in North Dakota
Governor William Langer, after winning the Republican nomination in Tuesday's primary, was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison and fined $10,000 for conspiracy to defraud the United States government. The ruling comes from Fargo, North Dakota, with Langer appealing the decision.
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Fargo
N.D
William Langer
United States
Bank of Canada bill advances after Senate debate
Ottawa June 29 The Bank of Canada bill passed second reading in the Senate after vigorous opposition from Senators Casgrain and Murdock. Gov ernment leader Meighen defended the measure while Cosgrain and Murdock raised fears of England linkage and bank control. The bill was referred to the banking and commerce committee.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Senate
J. P. B. Casgrain
Montreal
James Murdock
Toronto
Arthur Meighen
Cosgrain
Bank of England
Murdock
Chartered Banks of Canada
Meighen
Central Bank of Canada
Bank of France
Banking and Commerce Committee
France Prepared to Fight Gas with Gas
Paris reports France ready to fight gas with gas and defend cities against poison gas attacks. Officials say a newly developed defensive gas neutralizes gases in air raids and another gas would kill microscopic threats released over a city.
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Paris
John Evans
A.P
France
Military defenses ready after gas and germ attack disclosures
Military authorities said they were not alarmed by London reports that Germany studied flooding London and Paris subways with gas and germs. They noted private labs work on neutralizing poison gases and said France favors banning such poisons in war.
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London
Germany
Paris
Canadian cattle land in England
Ottawa reports that the S S Manchester Regiment landed 500 Canadian cattle at Birkenhead this week in good condition. The shipment, mostly medium weights, along with prior arrivals, sold for 13.4 to 14.9 cents per pound dressed weight for Easterns and 4.4 cents for Wes. Some baby beeves brought 14.9 to 15.4 cents per pound.
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Ottawa
C.P
S. S
Manchester
Birkenhead
Department, ‘of Agriculture
Beeves
Alberta Premier’s secretary testifies in witness list show
In a rapid sequence of witnesses, Emily Brown and officials including Fred Smailes speak as court probes alleged favouritism. Miss MacMillan and Mrs Brownlee are questioned about appointments, trust, and a 1933 trip to Edson as defences and denials surface.
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Emily Brown
Fred Smailes
Alberta
Smailes
Brownlee
Miss MacMillan
Edmonton
Mr. Maclean
Miss Brown
Brownlee Boys
Manure Pile Death Case Sparks Edmonton Inquest
Edmonton police report the body of Julius Moliner found in a manure pile near his home 45 miles southwest. The skull is battered, rope around the neck, several ribs fractured, unearthed by hogs after 18 days missing. Two cheques tied to the accused were found, one in Edmonton, one in a nearby town. An inquest is set for July 4.
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Edmonton
Cr.c.m.p
Julius Moliner
O. Alta
Chamber of Commerce Proposes All-Weather Roads Policy
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce directors at the Assiniboia Hotel discussed a roads policy to request all weather highways north and south. A Roads committee resolution will frame the proposal with emphasis on Medicine Hat to Hilda Buffalo Vauxhall Manyber ries and Orion as vital market routes. The group urged provincial funding focus away from continental highways and secondary routes toward funded regional roads.
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Medicine Hat
Hilda
Buffalo
Vauxhall
Manyberries
Orion
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MacDonald
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Fagg
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Roe
W. R. ‘Howson
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