Controversy Over Sexual Sterilization Board Size in Legislature
In Edmonton on March 6 the legislature debated enlarging the board under the Sexual Sterilization Bill. After a spirited committee of the whole session, the board size remained unchanged. Liberal leader Shaw urged two members, while sponsor Headley and others argued against delay and change. The discussion touched on medical opinion and alleged opposition ignorance before proceeding to department estimates.
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Hdmonton
Joseph T. Shaw
Forsf
Rest Hoadley
L. A. Giroux
Grouard
Headley
D. M. Duggan
Bamonton
Shaw
Giroux
C. Y. Weaver
Edmonton
National Committee
United States
Department of Agriculture
Legislative Council
George .Headley
Paga Eight
Chinese Civil War Escalates As Canton Threatens Retaliation
Reports from Peking and Swatow describe intensified Communist terror in Northern Kwangtung provoking a mass refugee exodus of about 50 000 to Swatow and the sea. Government forces edge toward Canton to confront Reds who claim they will reoccupy the city soon.
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Canton
Citl
Si Kwelli
Kwangal
Eas
Peking
Swatow
Kwangtung
Black Sea
Indo-Ghina
Dutch Indies
Fire Fatalities At Quebec Home In Ste. Marie Beauce
A blaze swept the home of Thomas Cliche near Valley Junction in Ste. Marie de Beauce last night killing Mae 6 Ten or more occupants. Mrs Cliche and eight children perished along with Chas Cliche the father in law while Mrs Guilne died attempting to rescue her children. Thomas and his wife fled in nightclothes and could not re-enter. The cause is believed to be an overheated furnace as the house burned to smoldering ruins.
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Quebec
Mae
Thomas Cliche
Valley Junction
Ste. Matié de Beauce
Thomas’ Cliche
Chas, Cliche
Guilne
Charles Cliche
Thomas
Justice Walsh Denounces Vigilante Attack at Supreme Court
Wells of Radcliff was found guilty of assault at the Supreme Court after provocation was considered. Justice Walsh ruled the accused had no right to take the law into his own hands but spared further jail time, imposing a $28 fine, a $500 recognizance for one year, and one month in default. The incident followed an exchange at a Cliffdin Dance Hall where Wells accused a man of a slur.
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Justice Walsh
Supreme Court
Radcliff
MacGregor
Davidson
Henry van Wort
Pam
Wheefia
Withers
Wilfred Thompson
van Wort
Thompson
Wells
van Wert
Medicine Hat
Higt
Prosecutor Baffled by Detroit Doctor Shooting Death
Detroit physician Dr William Baker aged 70 was found shot to death in his office last night. Police believe a robber was the assailant seen fleeing the scene after the shooting.
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Detroit
William Baker
Liberal-Progressive Deputy Questions Western Protectionists
Ottawa speech during budget debate by James Glen Liberal Progressive MP for Marquette questions D M Kennedy Western alliance with protectionists. He doubts western support and warns the move would derail Western hopes. Glen says Liberal-Progressives back the budget and will vote against amendments. (continued on Page Eight)
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Ottawa
James
Glen
Divorced Actress Refuses Alimony in Suit
Mark Mowr reports Rhhsnda Lloyd Winter, a Canadian musical comedy actress, told a referee she will not accept alimony in her divorce case. She said it would be humiliating for a self supporting woman to take support. Winter, a native of Prince Edward Island, testified March 6.
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Mowr
Mark
Lloyd Winter
Winter
Prince Edward Island
Santorini Volcano Resumes Activity After Eruptions
The volcanic island of Santorin, also known as Thira, resumed activity with column smoke rising 2,400 feet yesterday. Twelve eruptions lasting five minutes each were recorded, as the Cyclades island sits about 70 miles north of Crete.
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Athes
Samtoring
Santoria
Thira
Cyglades
Crete
Arrest Made In Axe Attack On Tommy Baxter
Rolla Missouri dispatch reports Buster Fynn arrested after striking Tommy Baxter with an axe during a drinking bout. Baxter’s condition remains unchanged. Fynn faces a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm and is said to have aimed at Baxter’s father who intervened to stop the mistreatment of his wife.
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Rolla
B. C
Tommy Baxter
Buster
Fynn
Young Baxter
Liberal Convention March Fourteenth In Park Hall
Writ for the by election in Medicine Hat will be issued next month. The local Liberal Association executive calls a convention to nominate a candidate. The convention will be held in Park Hall on Wednesday March 14.
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Brownlee
Medicine
Itat
Medicine Hat
Liberal Association
Park Hall
Embezzlement charge issued for long-time banker Lang
A war rant has been issued for the arrest of Colonel Jimmy Lang 73 year old banker who headed the Citizens' Trust Company in Sullivan Indiana on a charge of embezzlement short nearly $250 000 officials say Lang came to Sullivan from New York during the Civil War and has been on vacation for four months
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Sullivan
Ind
Jimmy Lang
Citizens’ Trust Company
Lang
New York
Walt
Three Year Test Rate Proposed for Alberta Coal Movement
Ottawa reports negotiations with Railway Commissioners near completion to set a three year test rate of 6.75 dollars per ton for Alberta coal moved to Central Canada. Official details likely in days. Rate to run for at least three months each year with subsequent cost investigations and possible adjustments in supplementary estimates.
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Ottawa
Can
Alberta
Central Canada
Railway Board
Anyloas
Daylight Bank Robbery Nets $30000 in Columbus
Columbus police report a daytime robbery at the Columbus Savings Bank near downtown. Two or more men entered the lobby with sawed off shotguns, forced four employees and five customers into the bank room, and escaped in an automobile with about $30,000. Bank president Benjamin B. Dickson and staff were unharmed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Savings ] Bank
Ge the. Bank
Benjamin
A Simple Manner of Settling an Argument
Indian psychology cited in defense of Cassie Turner an Indian girl charged with manslaughter in Ve Alturas California. Turner testified Declute urged her to marry him and she claimed he instructed her on firing the gun after she refused his proposal.
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Alturas
Calif
Cassie Turner
Robert Declute
Declute
City Gas Rates Condition for Rebonding Permit
Report from Edmonton visit details to Charter amendments and rebonding terms. City would need higher domestic gas prices, five cents per 1000 cubic feet, to justify gas field development and rebonding approval. Judge and officials debated debentures up to 40 000 for gas work and future rebonding limits. Continued discussion and board decision awaited.
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Praga
Edmonton
Ord Aes
Crow
Ardt
Legislative Committee
Utility Commission
Fream
Visitor Describes Mysterious South Sea Descent Tribe
New York reports Hyatt Verrill of the American Indian Museum describes a supposed South Sea Islander descendant tribe near Brazil and Bolivia. He notes about a hundred members in an impenetrable jungle border region, with clothing absent and bearded men, practicing nature worship.
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New York
South Sea
South America
Hyatt Verrill
Museum
American Indian, Heye. Foundation
Verrill
Brazil
Hbliva
Solomon Islands
Herald
Wife Sentenced in Murder Case Near Painesville
In Painesville on March 6 Velmis West 21 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in a case against her husband Thomas Edward West. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in Marysville Reformatory a few minutes after the plea.
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Painesville
Mar
Velmis West
Thomas Edward West
Marysville Reformatory
Wheat car totals and contract grades reported in Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports 700 cars of wheat total this year and 200 last year, with contract grades noted at 200 this year and last year. The brief item records year over year comparisons for wheat transport and quality classifications.
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Winnipeg
Rev Walter Western Speaks at Rotary Langh Luncheon
Rev Walter Western delivers a Rotary Langh luncheon address on "R. P. V" urging mental and physical fitness to meet life’s battles. He blends humor with homely truths, advises focus on goals, discipline, and service, and praises Rotary’s relief work and mentorship.
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Walter Western
Rotary Langh
Western
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Ganton
Kweilin
Ware
Baldwin
House of Parliament
Orld
City Hall
J. A. Smith
Toronto
James Glen
Santorin
Bolivia
Hae Bhéech
Rotary Club
Rotary
Glub
Tottight
Bours
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