King George Anniversary Plans Placed With Parks Committee
City council discussed a 25th anniversary celebration for King George with a plan to form a parks committee to coordinate with local organizations. A new gas bylaw passed third reading amid dissent, and taxes arrears penalties were reduced from ten to seven percent starting January 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Ald Baker
Parks Committee
Ald
Boyd
Calder
Hole
Calgary
Lethbridge
Als
Baker
Blairmore to honor Communist leader Tim Buck on civic holiday
Blairmore declares Thursday a civic holiday as schools close and parades form to welcome Timothy Buck, leader of the Communist party, during his West tour. City officials and the council prepare for the visit with events and ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairmore
Mar
C. P
Tim Buck
Farm Wife Shot to Death on Sundre Farm
Twelve year old Benjamin McConnell, missing from his farm home, is in police custody as investigations continue into the death of his mother Rose Edith McConnell 48 who was killed while doing chores on the Sundre area farm near Olds Alberta. The father A J McConnell was in Sundre when the shooting occurred and the boy rode toward Sundre to notify him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olds
Alta
C.P
Benjamin McConnell
Rose Edith McConnell
Sundre
McConnell
William Yorsythe
Forsythe
Court Judge Orders Vagrant Cassie From Town
R C M P court heard Cassie a transient in Redcliff this morning on a vagrancy charge. Magistrate Ellis found him guilty and gave twenty four hours to leave town or face fifteen days imprisonment. Weather notes predict colder with snow. temperatures 44 to 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lair Cassie
Redcliff
Ellis
R.C.M.P
Vulnerable Britain Warmed by Air Attack Warnings
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons that Britain is highly vulnerable to air attack and will soon consider precautionary measures. He said consultations with local authorities nationwide would begin very shortly to inform the public on protection against bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A.P
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Great Britain
Europe
National Economic Council Proposed as Honorary Body
Ottawa March 10 The acting premier Sir George Perley urged in the House of Commons the creation of a National Economic Council to utilize civil service expertise. The council would be under the prime minister, handle non administrative advisory work, and aim to relieve ministers of routine duties while studying issues like urban growth and rural depopulation. Members would serve honorarily with focused research in social and economic problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
George Perley
Kuinched
House of Commons
National Economic Council
George
Robert Borden
George Murray
Ile
Economic Council
Sir George
Rioters in Karache Fire on Crowd End Several Die
In Karache India a riot of Mohammedans protesting an execution turned deadly after police fired on about 100000 demonstrators. Twenty seven killed ninety seven injured as troops with fixed bayonets guarded the area and the executed man's body was buried again in the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karache
India
Mar
C.P
Abdul Quayam
Mohamed
Belgium Government Resigns Over Gold Standard Debate
The Belgium government led by Premier Georges Theunis resigned amid internal disputes over the gold standard. Diplomatic sources warned that forming a new cabinet to support the gold standard will be difficult and that Belgium’s departure could influence other gold bloc members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
C.P
Georges Theunis
Theunis
Belgium
London
George Theunis
Third Annual Friday Horse Sale Expected High Demand
The event opens at 9 30 a m next Friday with buyers from Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario and Quebec showing strong interest. Manager J Mitchell predicts three to four hundred horses will be entered and new corrals improve handling while Calgary auctioneer J W Dunne will oversee the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
J. Mitchell
Horse Sale
J. W. Dunne
Calgary
Scheme to link empire by air outlined in Commons
London March 19 Sir Phillip Sassoon under secretary for air outlined a plan to link the British Empire by air. Present services to India South Africa Egypt and Australia would be sped up with first class mail carried by air. He aimed to cut India to just over two days Africa to four Australia to seven days. He said Britain was not war-mongers and pursues peace by a new road without abandoning the old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P
House of Commons
Phillip Sassoon
Air
India
South Africa
Egypt
Australia
Africa
Phillip
Britain
Plan to curb war profits set by U S munitions committee
The United States munitions committee released a sweeping wartime plan to seize profits above three percent and cap individual salaries at ten thousand dollars a year. It calls for income taxes to cover war costs, fixed commodity prices, and commandeering essential industries and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Mar
C.P
United States Munitions Committee
Attempt To Wreck CPR Freight Train
An attempt to wreck a C P R freight train near Wetaskiwin Alberta was foiled when Engineer W C Burke noticed a wedge of iron wired to the rails on the Calgary Edmonton line. Burke stopped the northbound train before it reached the obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetaskiwin
Alta
C.P
C.P.R
W. C. Burke
Burke
Calgary-Edmonton
Farthing Roasts Brownlee on Social Credit Stand in Legislature
In Edmonton on March 19, H C Farthing of Calgary defended the Royal Canadian Mounted Police amid charges of Communism and Social Credit. He attacked J E Brownlee for urging members to declare their positions, argued monetary reform remains unproven by the government, and noted Alberta coal output for 1934 alongside comparative 1933 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Farthing
Calgary
J.E. Brownlee
Social Credit
Edmonton
Mar
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hugh. C. Farthing
K.C
Andrew Smeaton
Labor
Lethbridge
Rudolf Kennig
U.F.A
Clover Bar
Peter A. Miskew
Liberal
Victoria
Farthing
Far
Mr. Farthing
W. R. Howson
J. BE. Brownlee
Ponoka
Ewan Reenyge
Brownlee
R. M. McCool
Cochrane
McCool
J. Russell Love
Smeaton
Alberta
Early doom of marriage laws in the states
Judge Ben Lindsey warned that without real change in views on sex relations the United States faces free love and domestic chaos. He urged science religion and education as remedies to adapt marriage to modern social and economic forces. He favored a return to traditional marriage vows while acknowledging the era’s pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mar
A.P
Ben Lindsey
United States
Supplementary Estimates Tabled in Ottawa Deficit Funds
Supplementary estimates totalling 52.6 million dollars were tabled by Finance Minister Rhodes in the House of Commons to cover deficits for the Canadian National Railways and related services. The measures include loans, grants, and Maritime Freight Rates Act allocations with multiple fiscal-year breakdowns and adjustments from the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
House of Commons
E. N M. Rhodes
Canadian National Railways
Canadian National Steamships
Canadian National West Indies
Maritime Freight Rates Act
Maritime
Chicoutimi Harbor
Chicoutimi
Royal Commission On
Chief Constables’ Association of Canada
Erans
North West Mounted Police
Department of Labor
Department of Pensions
Pictou
Mulgrave
Cheticomb
Nova Scotia
Canadian National
West Indies
Lethbridge Coal Mines Merge Into Lethbridge Collieries Ltd
Three principal Lethbridge coal mines merge under Lethbridge Collieries Ltd with 1.6 million dollars capitalization. Merged entities include Galt Collieries tied to Canadian Pacific Railway Cadillac Company and Royalite Oil and Share Co at Coalhurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridgie
Mar
C.P
Lethbridge Collieries Ltd
Lethbridge
Galt
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cadillac Company
Coalhurst
Royalite Oil and Share Co
Dominion Budget Set for Next Friday Parlement
Ottawa March 19 The Dominion budget will be presented to parliament next Friday, announced by Sir George Perley acting prime minister. It had been scheduled for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
George Perley
Torso Murder Sparked in London Canal
The body of a human, head and legs missing, was found in the Grand Union canal near Brentford, triggering police to launch a torso murder investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P
Grand Union Canal
Brentford
Banff Rail Tragedy Claims Banff Worker
Steve Kulikoski a 34 year old Banff section hand was killed last night when he placed his head on rail tracks as a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train approached He was decapitated in the fatal incident authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff
C.P
Steve Kulikoski
Canadian Pacific Railway
Seven Die as Plane Crashes in Brazzaville
French Governor-General Renard his wife and five soldiers perished when their army plane wreckage was found after a four day search. They had departed Brazzaville toward Coquibaville on the Congo river during the governor-general's inspection tour of French equatorial Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazzaville
Africa
C.P
Renard
Coquibaville
Congo River
Parliament Considers Canadian Criminal Code Amendment
The Privy Council committee in London opened hearings on leave to appeal against a Quebec criminal ruling. British Coal Corp and four coal firms challenge if Canada can amend the Criminal Code to bar appeals to the Privy Council. Wilfred Greene argues Westminster limits Canada’s power. respondents cite the Canadian government and Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Judicia Committee of the
Privy Council
Dominion
Trish
British Coal Corporation
Quebec
Wilfred Greene
Canada
Edmonton Gift Sought For Unemployed On Jubilee Day
Edmonton officials propose a special gift of 50 cents to each unemployed resident to help celebrate the King's Jubilee on May 6. The plan aims to offer a small financial boost as festivities proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Britain France and Italy Seek Emergency Conference
Britain France and Italy consider an emergency conference over German rearmament. Berlin masses air force in a show of strength while French and Russian officials condemn Britain’s note as weak. Vienna calls for compulsory service revival as Austria seeks restoration of conscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
France
Italy
London
C.P
Great Britain
Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Rhine
House of Commons
MacDonald
Imperial Defence Committees
Tokio
Japan
Moscow
Vienna
Austria
Imil Frey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Duchess
Ald. Baker
Red
Ole Oe
R.C.M.P. Court
Nat'l. Economic Council
Mohammedans
M.L.A
Lethbridge Coal Mine
Brethern
A.c’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!