Alberta debate calls for new start and cost cuts
Edmonton March 13 Allegations of secrecy in government and claims that Imperial Oil controls the government dominated the Alberta Legislature debate on the budget. Liberal leader W Howson urged a vote of non confidence and a complete internal reorganization to reduce government costs and provide a new deal for Alberta. He noted highway administration improved yet questioned redistribution secrecy and warned deficits were not solely due to unemployment relief. Continued on Page Four.
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Edmonton
Imperial Oil Company
W. RB. Owson
Howson
Alberta
Alberta Appeal Over Divorce Case Readies Next Step
The Alberta Supreme Court appellate division on March 12 assented to an application by George F. H. Van Allen to delay ruling in the McPherson divorce case. Mrs. Cora McPherson argues minister O L McPherson obtained a divorce by collusion and fraud. An appeal to add Helen Mattern McPherson as co defendant was also postponed pending Privy Council action. S. B. Woods, KC, represented Mr McPherson.
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Edmonton
Supreme Court of Alberta
George FH. van Allen
Nnne
Cora McPherson
Justice Ford
O. L
McPherson
Public Works
Helen. Mattern ‘MicPherson
van Alien
Privy Council
Cory. McPherson
S. B. Woods
K.C
Wheat control board proposed for Canada
Prime Minister Bennett stated in the Commons that an emergency wheat control board with power to license and restrict sales and deliveries within provinces may be set up. Legislation will be introduced in Prairie legislatures, with a joint board to be established by provincial and federal governments and authority to limit sales outside provinces.
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Ottawa
Bennett
Commons
Cabinet reorganization urged by Alberta Legislature
A resolution in the Alberta Legislature urged reorganizing the cabinet to create two Ministers of Mines and Industry. The vote carried 39 to 12. Premier Brownlee offered no promise but did not object. W. H. Shields dismissed talk of a UFA split and asserted unity among Farmers.
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U.F.A
Icver
C.C.F
Community notes from Redcliff and area
News from Redcliff Mys J Patnau hag homecoming after Rebekah Assembly in Edmonton. Davies party heads to Calgary for sister’s illness. Henry Van Wert taken to Medicine Hat hospital. Freddie McCleary turns four with a home party. Boy Scouts from Medicine Hat visit St Ambrose. Irish concert planned at Parisi hall March 16 with 8:50 time 25 cents. Betty Stratton’s eighth birthday party. Rev Stewart named Rural Dean of Pelly Deanery. to depart April 9 with family. Johnny Dutton returns from Rock Mountain View.
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Mys
Patnau
Hag
Rebekah
Edmonton
Tommy
Johnny
Davies
J. Hope
Calgary
Henry
van. Wert
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
St. Ambrose Church
Betty
Stratton
Stewart
Pelly
Kamsack
Sask
Johnny Dutton
Rock Mountain ‘View
Lost Collie Terrier Watches Redcliff Roadway
A gaunt large collie type dog with long dark brown hair has lingered about a mile west of the hilltop on the Redcliff road for two days. Police, after a search, could not determine why the animal stays, and local motorists report feeding it while awaiting owner contact to avoid starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redcliff
Stampede title suit filed by Weadick seeks injunction
Calgary is the scene as Guy Weadick claims sole right to use the Stampede title and seeks 100000 from the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Company Limited plus a permanent injunction to stop production of the annual Stampede. The filings also report other Canadian Press items from London and Victoria about fraud, explosions, and forest camp incidents.
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Calgary
Stampede
Guy Weadick
Calgary Stampede
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Company Limited
Uneasy Europe Watches Rome Amid Danube Tensions
Rome hosts preliminary talks on the Danube basin fate with Dollfuss Goemboes and Mussolini to discuss trade and Austrian independence from Nazi influence. Rumors of troop movements near Vienna surface as fears of a Heimwehr march grow. Estonia suppresses a fascist coup, declares martial law and arrests 100 revolt leaders.
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Rome
Europe
Danube
Dollfuss
Austria
Goemboes
Hungary
Mussolini
Nazi Germany
Vienna
Heimwehr Home Guards
Liberty Warriors
Ottawa Week Foresees Wheat Trade Shifts and Relief Plans
The column notes the U S wheat market gains via China loans, Canada’s two hundred million bushel carry over, and livestock feed needs to avert starvation. It recalls Toronto’s centennial gathering with Rev Dr Cody praising pioneers and prompting reflections on future growth.
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Australia
U.S.A
China
Canada
Toronto
Coliseum
Dr. Cody
Edmonton hazing case seeks higher damages appeal
C H A Powlett, father of Armand Powlett, asks the appeal court to raise damages from 6,850 to 50,000 for his role as co plaintiff in a University of Alberta hazing case. The demand mirrors the amount awarded to his son by the Supreme Court.
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Edmonton
C. H. A.powlett
Armand Powlett
University of Alberta
Ives
Supreme Court
Local Wheat Prices From Ogilvie Grain May to Nov
Ogilvie Grain Dept supplies price quotes for wheat: May bid 69, July 70 1 4 split ask ed, No 1 Nov 66 7 8, track 67 1 4, street 48. Prices reflect market trading figures and contract notes.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
British Naval Estimates Backed by House of Commons
The House of Commons adopted the 1934 naval estimates totaling £56,050,000 an increase of £2,980,000 from the previous year and supported a steady cruiser replacement program. Debate included calls for an Imperial defence conference before the 1935 naval talks to align minimum naval strength among the UK and dominions. Admiral Sir Roger Keyes urged lifting limits of the London Naval Treaty.
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London
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Dominions
R. Tufnell
Roger Keyes
Zéebruggé
CPR Reports Yearly Surplus Amid Taxed Earnings 1933
Montreal March 12 The Canadian Pacific Railway Company reports for the year ended December 31 1938 gross earnings of 114 269 688 working expenses 93 407 582 resulting net earnings 20 862 106 special income 6 222 481 deduct fixed charges 24 388 615 surplus 2 695 92 Pension 1 438 811 balance to profit and loss surplus revenue 1 257 161 special income before depreciation and coastal steams.
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Montreal
Canadian, Pacific Railway
Ace
Duggan Attacks Government On Its Debt Record
D. M. Duggan, Conservative leader, told the Legislature the public debt and expenditure show nothing. He urged an entire reorganization of government to cut overhead and stabilize branches. He congratulated W. Ra Howson of the Liberals on figures supporting a non confidence motion and announced Conservative support.
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Edmonton
Alberta
D. M. Duggan
Theer
Duggan
Ra. Howson
Murder Trial Opens Over Buck Creek Storekeeper’s Death
Wetaskiwin witnesses describe finding Carl Anderson’s charred remains after his Buck Creek home burned on November 16. Edward Conradson faces murder charges with his father to be tried later. Gunnar Anderson and others corroborate dental work and clothing evidence to identify the bones.
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Skelet Don
E. Conradson
Wetaskiwin
Alta
Buckreek
Justice Ford
Carl Anderson
Edward Conradson
Anderson
Edward
Court House
Evalina Conradson
Shackard
James J. Frawley
K.C
R. W. Manley
Gunnar
Portland
Ore
Carl
Gunnar Anderson
Charles Richardson
William Gibson
Buck Creek
Gibson
Kidnapper Ice Wagon Connors Shot Dead
Charles Ice Wagon Connors, a longtime Touhy gang member sought for kidnapping John Factor, was found shot to death in a southwest Chicago area. The report notes concurrent Mother-in-Law's Day observance in Amarillo Texas on March 5 with a slogan praising a mother-in-law.
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Chicago
Charles
Connors
John. Factor
Amarillo
Texas
Pupils Health Good in February Says Nurse at Meeting
Nurse Smith reported February health among school children was very good with only one communicable disease case, a chickenpox cage at Connaught. Twenty nine home visits were made for follow up, eye exams were arranged for ten children, six obtained glasses with Kiwanis aid, and 193 pupils received free milk. February enrolment was 2124, down 7 from January and 142 from February 1933. Three new pupils joined. 4 returned. twelve left. 2 were home sick. Elm St room Peasley 99.24 attendance highest. Earl Kitchener room Smith 87.88 lowest. Thirty rooms reported violations. 73 late arrivals from others.
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Souch
Kiwanis Club
Peasley
Elm
S. Smith
Earl ‘Kitchener
Rescue Sails From Jap Torpedo Boat Disaster
Rescue workers battled to free eight more sailors after three were saved from the hull of the torpedo boat Tomzuru capsized near Sasebo. Survivors reported eight others alive in the engine room before escaping underwater through a hatch.
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Sasebo
Dawan
Seto
Ottawa banks under scrutiny in Commons investigation
A sweeping inquiry into Canadian banks will be carried out by the House of Commons banking committee. Witnesses include Sir Herbert Holt of the Royal Bank and Sir Charles Gordon of the Bank of Montreal. The government backs a thorough probe into interlocks between banks, trust firms, and industry and relations with Western wheat pools.
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Ottawa
Banking Committee
House of Commons
Herbert ‘Holt
Royal Bank
Charles Gordon
Bank’ of Montreal
Rhodes
Banking Committee of the Commons
Quebec
Banka
Reymond Morand
Will Nove
Ingért
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Mines
Wheat Commission
Alfred Everall
Westbourne
Lincoln
R.I
Valentine Cairo
Cairo
Alfred J. Murray
United Farmers of Alberta
W. A. MacDonald
Murray
Victoria
Alberni Pacific Lumber Co
Dolluss
Monarch
Normandie
St. Nazaire
France
F. W. Gershaw
M.P
House
C.P.R
Securities, Exchange and
Perce Horse Department
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