Lang argues to raise delinquent age to 21 in Legislature
Liberal Hector Lang of Medicine Hat urges raising the delinquent age from 16 to 21 for boys and 18 to 21 for girls. He cites family harm and deters criminal paths, proposes detention homes with schooling rather than jail, supported by Harvey Bossenberry. Debate extends into the evening.
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Hector Lang
M. A
Pru Ete
Medicine Hat
Andy
Itti
Harvey Bossenberry
Tindher Creek
Lang
Fengland
Ywuntipnen
Alberta Government House debated as potential sanitarium
Edmont on March 16 controversy over closing Government House. Lieutenant Governor W L Wish must weigh the advisability of turning the building into a tuberculosis sanitarium amid past abolition bids and constitutional reform talks. Maintenance cost for next year is estimated at 15117, excluding the incumbent's salary.
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Edmonton
Maren
W. M. Davidson
Calgary
Government House
Cambron R
Canada
Rich new strike of pitch blend in far north
Cameron Bay reports a rich pitch blend ore strike at Creever Lodge Lake near Great Bear Lake. The find has caused feverish activity with a stampede forming as over 290 claims are staked and prospecting surges across the area.
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Cameron Bay
Great Bear Lake
Cseaver Lodge Lake
House To Adjourn for Easter Likely in Commons
Ottawa March 15 The House of Commons will probably adjourn ten days at Easter. Prime Minister Bennett told opposition leader Mackenzie King that agreement could set adjournment on the Wednesday or Thursday before Easter with a meeting a week after Easter Monday. He added the budget would not be introduced until after Easter.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Insull Captured Aboard Greek Freighter Maiotis
Samuel Insull the 74 year old U S utilities magnate was found aboard the Greek freighter Maiotis in Athens March 16 he fled Athens Wednesday before deportation and will be sent to the United States after being located on a ship Greek police charged an international gang engineered the escape and detained an Athens lawyer and others a protest was lodged by the American minister Lincoln MacVeagh authorities reported Insull lacked travel documents and a long pursuit followed by reports of disguises and visits by two Englishmen to Insull in Athens
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Athens
Mar
Samual Insull
United States
Maiotis
Insull
Lefe
Greece
Samuel Insull
Yunania
Romania
Reece
Miss Insull
John Metaxas
Vistors
Lincoln MacVeagh
Paris
No inquest into death of Ludwig Sauerbruch
Coroner Dr. S F McEwen ruled no inquest will be held into Ludwig Sauerbruch who was found dead in the river yesterday afternoon. He said the death was an accident and due to shock from exposure.
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Ludwig R. Sauerbruch
S. F. McEwen
Hockey Player Dies After Onice Collision In Inquest
Harven Le duc hockey star died from a skull fracture after injuries in a March 6 game between Leduc and Wetaskiwin. Edmonton pathologist Dr Morton S Hall testified that blows to Robertson on the ice occurred but were not sole cause of death. Kenneth Kirstein of Wetaskiwin was named as involved in striking Robertson as he lay on the ice.
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Harven Leduc
Leduc
Wetaskiwin
Morton S. Hall
Edmonton
Kenneth Kirstein
Robertson
Stevenson urges independent ownership for humane business
Stevenson, Ontario minister Hon. H. H. Stevens told a Grimsby luncheon that he favors independently owned factories grouped for sound practice over a single soulless control. He urged business leaders to invest in the human side of employees and cited examples where chiefs protected workers without harming efficiency.
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Grimsby
Ont
H. H. Stevens
Dillinger associate dies after Port Huron shootout
Herbert Youngblood, a Youngblood linked to John Dillinger, dies at a Port Huron hospital from bullet wounds after a gun battle with Sheriff William Lb. Van Antwerp and two deputies who trapped him on Moak Avenue. Authorities in Sarnia and Port Huron reported a suspected Dillinger crossing the river and the chase continued.
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Port Huron
Mar
Youngblood
Gary
William Lb. van Antwerp
Dillinger
Mich
Herbert Youngblood
John Dillinger
Grown Point
Ind
Moak Avenue
Liberals to Press Move Toward Government-Owned Central Bank
Ottawa March 15 Canadian Press reports Liberal MPs signal support for the progressive bloc to make the Bank of Canada wholly government owned. The Bank Act faces scrutiny as Hon Jan Mackenzie proposes drastic changes while Minister of Finance notes no immediate policy shift.
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Ottawa
House of Cormons
Central Bank
Bank of Canada Act
Banking and Commerce Committee
Jan Mackenzie
Liberal
Vancouver Centre
Bank
W. C. Clark
Mackenzie
License fees cut earlier for Edmonton motorists
A 20 percent reduction in automobile license costs, set for April 1, starts on March 31 to create a long weekend benefit for motorists. Deputy provincial secretary Jedmund Trowbridge confirms the change as spring weather draws more license applications and a rush is anticipated over the Master weekend.
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Edmonton
Jedmund Trowbridge
Canadian Radio Will Control All Canada
Hector Charlesworth, chair man of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, told a Commons committee that the commission aims to obtain complete control of Canada's broadcasting system. He said the act provides full control and about sixty privately owned stations can hook up with the commission's broadcasts, with good talent and development opportunities evident.
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Ottawa
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
Hector Charlesworth
the Commons
Canada
Charlesworth
Seduction Suit Against Premier Browne Adjourned
Edmonton March 15 Application for an order of direction in the alleged seduction suit of Vivian MacMillan and her father Allan MacMillan against Premier J E Browne was adjourned for one week by Mr Justice Boyle in Supreme Court chambers today.
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Edmonton
Vivian MacMillan
Allan MacMillan
J. E. Brownee
Justice Boyle
Supreme Court
Colonization Finance Corp Holds Annual Meetings in Toronto and Winnipeg
The fifth annual Colonization Finance Corporation meeting in Toronto was followed a week later by a farm managers conference in Winnipeg attended by Canada Colonization Association staff and Western loan managers. D. Howard Doane of St. Louis led a rural credits discussion. The gathering covered farm management topics from moisture conservation to hog marketing in Britain under the Ottawa agreement.
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Colonization Finance Corporation
Toronto
Winnipeg
Canada Colonization Association
D. Howard Doane
St. Louis
Doane
National Joint Committee On
American Society of Farm Managers
S. E. Todd
Industrial and Development Council
Canadian Meat Packers
Louis L. Lang
Galt
Ont
Mutual Life Assurance Company
J. F. Weston
Imperial Life Assurance Company
W. Hastie
Canada Life Assurance Company
S. E. Clark
Confederation Life Association
A. K E. Pequegnat
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Canada Pacific Railway
J. M. McDonald
C. D. Henderson
Union Trust Company
Ottawa
T. O. F. Herzer
Man
Budget Debate Ends in Alberta Legislature with Conservative Victory
The Alberta Legislature approved the budget by 39 to 12 as Conservatives and Labor backed the measure while Liberals and Independents opposed. Treasurer R G Reid defended policy on rural credit loans and natural resources, detailing loans and repayments and outlining government aims for lands acts and resource policies. The session also reduced sessional allowances and debated a motion to strike $2,160 for opposition leaders from cadet allowances.
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Edmonton
Labor
Envosed
Tho
G. E. Cruickshank
Rocky Mountain
J. Mackintosh
Bow Valley
R. G. Reid
H. C. Farthing
Cons
Calgary
Co-operative Credit Societies
Memnbers
Alberta Rural Credit
Alberta Rural Credit Corporation
L. A. Giroux
Lib
Grouard
Canadian aviator Capt. F. G. Sparks Killed In Test Flight
London Ontario reports the death of famed pilot Captain F G Sparks during a test flight. His aeroplane plunged about 400 feet into a field, killing him instantly. Sparks formerly instructed at Windsor and Montreal air ports and was among Canada’s best known aviators.
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London
Ont
Canaian Press
Canada
F. G. NM. Sparks
Windsor
Montreal
Local wheat prices from Ogilvie Grain Dept May 68 to July 69
Market listing shows May 68 1 4 and July 69 1 2 asked for May and July futures. No 1 Nov 66 1 4 track 66 5 8 street 47 1 2.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Murder Chase in Big Prairie
John Ferguson aged 25 was arrested after a brief chase for the alleged murder of Louis Jobin a Big Prairie farmer. Corporal Faulkner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Ferguson at High Prairie following reports he was involved with Jobin’s 16 year old daughter Marcella.
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Grouard
John Ferguson
Louis Jobin
Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
High Prairie
Faulkner
Ferguson
Younger Insull Ordered Back to States in Theft Case
A 17 month legal battle ended with Martin J. Insull, partner in Samuel Insull’s utilities empire, ordered to return to the United States to face theft and embezzlement charges involving $514,000. Chief Justice Sir William Muloch dismissed the appeal and canceled bail, ordering detention for U.S. authorities.
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Toronto
Martin ‘J. Insull
Samue Insull
United States
William Muloch
Dominion Marketing Board proposal moved in Commons
In Ottawa on March 16 the Honorable Robert Weir moved to bring in a bill to establish a Dominion Marketing Board. The resolution calls for improving marketing methods for natural products and export trade and authorizes remuneration for board members and staff and funding for the proposed legislation.
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Ottawa
Dominion Marketing Board
House of Commons
Robert Weir
Agriculture
Canada
Govt Refuses Counsel in Banking Probe Debate
Ottawa March 15 The banking and commerce committee members clash over appointing counsel to examine witnesses. A sub committee favored no legal adviser for now while Liberal and Progressive MPs urge a full inquiry into interlocking directorships and the $60 million Canadian Pacific loan. Heads of banks and officials including E W Beatty and Jackson Dodds will be questioned next Tuesday.
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Ottawa
Banking and Commerce Committee
C. G. Powers
Lib
Quebec South
Canadian Pacific Railway
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific
R. B. Bennett
Jackson
Dodds
Bank’ of
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Loan
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Stevenson Manufacturing
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Younc
Jose
Canadian Radio
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Brownlee
Colonization Finance Corp
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Wit Pass
al Budget
Id. G. Reww
Rural Credits Corporation
Mr. Girpy
M. C. McKeen
Lac Ste. Anne
Big Prairie
Slayer
Dominion Marketing
Govt
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