Tragedy of St Erargis Dam Deepens In California Disaster
Newhall, Calif March 14 The St Francis dam disaster prompted grim toll updates as rescue workers counted 231 bodies in improvised morgues and pressed through miles of mud. Missing estimates ranged 300 to 600 with damages from 10 million to 30 million dollars. The Los Angeles area faced heavy losses in homes, power, and farms as walls of water swept 65 miles to the sea.
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Newhall
Calif
St. Francis Dam
Little Valley
Los Angeles
Saugus
A. K. Rumsey
William Mulholland
San Francisqui
Santa Paula
Fillmore
Piru
Santa Clara
Ed. Locke
Cri California Edison
Blue Bend
Dual Killing in Edmonton Victim Mary Oleniuk Shot by Husband
Mary Oleniuk, 24, a Russian woman, was killed Tuesday afternoon near the Royal Canadian Mounted Police barracks when her estranged husband Metro Oleniuk fired five times and then killed himself. The couple had been living apart after disputes over a property settlement. she had previously warned police of threats.
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Edmonton
Mary Olentuk
Royal Canadian Mounted Pong Barracks
Metro
BE. D. Jones
Leverly
Eva Hupchyn
Meira
A. H. Pearson Killed in Auto Accident
A. H. Pearson of Bow Slope is dead after a wreck sixteen miles south of Brooks. The car skidded on ice and overturned while crossing a ditch. Pearson’s widow, Mrs. A. H. Pearson, had married him about ten days before. his brother from California will be notified for interment in New York or California after the body is shipped from Medicine Hat.
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A. H. Pearson
Bow Slope
Amand
Brooks
Pearson
C. Anderson
New York
Amani
Medicine Hat
Nott'’s Chapel
California
Plane crash in Kent kills two British officers
Two British officers died when their plane crashed after colliding with another aircraft near Manston Kent on March 14. The second plane managed a safe landing.
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Manston
Kent
Eng
Mar
Alberta Legislature Debates Public Works Estimates
The Alberta Legislature spent Tuesday afternoon and evening debating Public Works estimates totaling 4,974,300 with 1,598,037 from income and 3,376,263 from capital. Ministers and several Liberals, including C J McPherson and George H Webster, attended as droughted discussions covered jail staff needs, wardens’ conventions, and proposed highway projects from Edmonton to Jasper and beyond.
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Edmonton
Department of Public Works
C. J. McPherson
George H. Webster
Calgary
C. Lionel Gibbs
Labor
R. M. Christophers
Rocky Mountain
Winnipeg market holds firm as grains offer little interest
Winnipeg March 4 reports a firm tone across grains despite low interest. Prices mostly unchanged to 15 cents lower at close with dull cash wheat trading. Shippers bid lower on lower grades while holders maintain value.
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Winnipeg
Films of hunt in Africa are all destroyed
Cairo dispatch reports a Luxor bound deluxe train fire in a first class coach. George Eastman of Rochester New York and his hunting party were aboard and all films from their trip were destroyed including wildlife footage taken in Central Africa.
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Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Luxor
George Eastman
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman
Central Africa
Santa Fe Scout Derailment Claims Three Lives
In Yampas Arly near Santa Fe, the Number 10 passenger train The Scout derailed late last night. Engineer Tom Cole and Fireman Bailey, both of Needles, California, and a mail clerk named Daugherty were killed. Another mail clerk was seriously hurt. Officials believe a broken rail caused the wreck.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Santa Fe
Scout
Yampas
Arly
Tom Cole
Bailey
Needles
Daugherty
Conservative Convention Sets ByElection Candidate Choice
Medicine Hat Provincial Conservative Association executive decides to hold a convention at Twattes Hall on Friday evening to select a by election candidate and elect association officers.
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Medicine Hat
Provincial Conservative Association
Twattes Hall
Elsie Mackay Accompanies Hinchcliffe in Atlantic Flight
London reports two aircraft engaged in a rapid crossing toward Newfoundland from Cranwell England. Evidence points to a 35-year-old woman as the companion of Captain Walter G R Hinchliffe in the trans Atlantic flight aboard the monoplane Adventure. Some believe Miss Mackay disguised herself as a male mechanic to avoid family opposition. A White Star liner Cedric reports a north gale as it nears New York while not sighting the plane.
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London
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Cranwell
England
Walter G. R. Hinchcliffe
Elsie Mackay
Lord Inchcape
Miss Mackay
New York
Radio Corporation of America
Ad. Venture
General McRae Improves After Icy Fall
Ottawa reports General A D McRae Vancouver MP shows considerable improvement after skull fracture from a fall on icy pavement outside parliament buildings. Attending surgeon Dr W F McKinnon says he rested well and is resting comfortably this afternoon. Hope for rapid recovery is expressed.
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Ottawa
Can
A. D. McRae
Vancouver
Parliament
W. F. McKinnon
General McRae
McKinnon
Budget quarrel in Ottawa runs deep as Liberals accuse Tories
In Ottawa on March 14 the budget debate featured a Progressive sub amendment defeated 171 to 20 and a Conservative budget amendment losing 136 to 76. Speaker Lemieux delayed the final division. Henri Bourassa objected to proceeding after 11 o'clock. Bennett assailed finance policies, critiquing revenue forecasts and debt measures while King defended Liberal lines amid clashes on the CNR, group system, and the national debt.
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Ottawa
Henri Bourassa
Lemieux
Tron
R. B. Bennett
Finance
Bennett
Ile
Strument
Mackenzie and Mann
Moore
King
Alllh
Thomas White
Grand Trunk Commission
Thomas
Sir Thomas
Hansard
Ming
Aleo
Sir Henry
Haauen
Tariff Board
Women Amis Senate Rights Case Seen in Supreme Court
Ottawa March 14 The Senate rights case for women to sit in the Senate continues in the Supreme Court of Canada today. Chief Justice Anglin and four associates hear four hours of argument on the question presented under reference by the governor in council. The issue is whether women are persons under section 24 of the British North America Act for appointment to the Red Chamber.
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Can
Senate
Supreme Court of Cameda
Anglin
Whethwr
B.N.A
Red Chamber
Ottawa Parliament Budget Debates and Division Defeat
In Ottawa today Parliament sat as the House prepared for budget votes. Premier King and Hon RK Bennett spoke on the budget but a progressive sub amendment was defeated by 114 to 20. The Conservative party mood was unsettled as the vote stood over for later decision.
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Donemons
King
RK. B. Bennett
Mont
Heart Bouressa
Tien Vj
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