Alberta Legislature Rejects Bill to Incorporate The Alberta Trackways
Edmonton March 20 The Legislature in committee of the Whole House rejected Bill No 2 to incorporate the Alberta Trackways after a rapid, decisive vote 29 to 10 25 in the current session. Premier J E Brownlee urged abandoning the measure noting it would fail before the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners if the motion failed. The defeat also felled the accompanying amendment by Conservative leaders A M McGillivray and A B Serbdol.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Milton C. McKeen
U.rwai
Hae
Ste. ‘Anne
Weapbout
J. E. Brownlee
wWahach
Board of Public Utilities Commissioners
McKeen
A. MA. McGillivray
Kaness Gélgary
Teader
A. B. Serbdol
Premier weighs prorogation plans in Alberta assembly
Premier Brownlee signals a prorogation this week with an ensuing two to three month return. Government aims to dispose of northern government railways, delays awaiting A and G W offer, and considers amalgamating provincial police with the RCMP. Debt Adjustment Act amendments are pulled for year‑long negotiations to attract capital.
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Edmonton
Boma
Iby
B. Brétonlee
Alberta
G.W
Jis
Mith
Royal
Canadian, Mounted
Brownlee
Mill Hand Killed in Latuque Factory Accident
Emile Marcotte, a mill worker, was instantly killed in Latuque Quebec on March 20 when struck by a belt pulley rotating at about 8 000 turns a minute. He is survived by his widow and two children.
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Latuque
Que
Emile Marcotte
Marcotte
Tremors Reported in Three Rivers Area
Earth tremors felt in the Three Rivers region near St Narcisse Champlain County Quebec yesterday afternoon with no damage reported. The shocks were described as light and gritty by observers.
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Quebec
St. Narcisse
Champlain County
Fire Claimed Three Victims in Dorchester Tenement Blaze
A four story brick apartment house in Uppams Corner Dorchester, Boston, was destroyed by a spectacular fire early today. Three people died in their beds Walter Donahue aged 35 his wife 38 and his mother Mrs W Donahue suffocated by smoke circulating from a cellar fire that appeared to have started the blaze in the cellar shaft.
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Boston
Uppam’s Corner
Dorchester
Walter Donahue
Guazd
Fee
Burglary Hits Calgary Businesses and Homes
Calgary reports three business premises and two residences burglarized early Monday. Robbers seized cash and stocks worth about 10 170 dollars plus 10 000 in Harold Lewis securities from Louis Petrie Wholesale Groceries. Safes were damaged. entry came through windows. several rear doors forced. multiple locations patrolled the city showed signs of forced entry but limited missing items.
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Calgary
Harold Lewis
Louis Petrie Wholesale Groceries
Utd
Ninth Ave
Smviuler
Ghluy Stonaay
Roreen
Dusireem
Sri
Charles Watt
Heighth Ave
Chaytley Culbert
Third St
Heast
Highth Ave
Lad Ibéen
Dam Collapse Probe Focuses on Dynamite Theory
Los Angeles authorities pursue a theory that the St Francis Dam disaster was caused by dynamite. The Evening Express reports evidence in the hands of District Attorney Keyes as the investigation proceeds.
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Los Angeles
Mar
The
Evening Express Today
St. Brancig Dam
Keyes
Three Injured After Rail Car Spill Near Dunmore
John Walady suffered a broken leg and G. Smith and M. Stroka were badly bruised in a derailment near Dunmore last evening. The three men, members of a P. R. extra gang, were riding a hand car to their boarding car when the derailment threw them off. They were brought to the hospital here under Dr. Fish care.
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John Walady
G. Smith
M. Stroka
Dunmore
A. P. R. Extra
Dr. Fish
Weather snapshot across Canadian cities with mild trends
The report lists weather in Port Arthur Winnipeg Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon Medicine Hat Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Vancouver Victoria and neighbouring regions. Conditions range from clear to cloudy with mild temperatures and scattered rain in the east. The forecast calls for fair and mild weather with a turn to somewhat colder conditions and possible snow flurries later.
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Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Regina
Moose Jaw
Clear
Saskatoon
Medicine
Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary, Fair
Hadmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Pensions forward to Russians and Latvians questioned
Ottawa reports the Canadian Legion pension inquiry exposed funds sent to Russia Poland and Latvia where little reach the pensioners. A widow received 90 cents from a $6000 transfer as British agents reportedly mishandled payments. The commission noted Soviet officials claimed beneficiaries already had properties and dependents.
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Ottwa
Eee
Canadian Legion
British Empire Service League
J. T. C. Thomp
Board’ of Pension Commissioners
C. G. Powers
Liberal
Quebec ‘South
Russia
Poland
Latvia
Moscow
Canada
Nicaraguan Rebels Fire On U S Planes
Rebels in Managua attack U S Marine planes using rifles and machine guns as they grow bolder after earlier fears of aerial attack. Report notes followers of General Augustino Sandino emerging from cover and targeting aircraft.
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U.S
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Augustino Sandino
Parachute Test Ends in Tragic Eiffel Tower Jump
In Paris, M. Botal died after a parachute failed to open during a test from the second platform of the Eiffel Tower. Earlier trials used sandbags, but the parachutist did not survive the 880 foot drop. He became the second fatality in this testing sequence.
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Muar
Botal
Eiffel Tower
Sirccospiak
Ithe Toyver
Rat Attack Narrows Infant In Camden Home
In Camden New Jersey on March 20 the five weeks old son of Mr and Mrs James Long was hospitalized with a bitten nose and head lacerations after a large rat attacked the child. The parents heard the scream from the kitchen and found the baby in distress, the rat escaping through a hole in the floor.
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Camden
N. J
James Long
Snvere
Wilkins Makes First Alaska Hop Toward Arctic Flight
Seward Alaska March 20 Captain George Wilkins completed a flight from Fairbanks to Point Barrow the first hop toward a planned 2100 mile flight to Spitzbergen. Radio contact with the U S Signal Corps kept the route under observation as Wilkins crossed 500 miles of Arctic waste. Previous attempts failed due to weather and machine troubles.
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Seward
Alaska
Arctic
George Wilkins
Fairbanks
Point Barrow
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Barrow
United States Signal Corps
Wilkins
Brain Point Barrow
Bald win Balfour and Birkenhead On Sick List
London, March 20. Three prominent British statesmen are on the sick list. Premier Baldwin is troubled by a recurring strained leg tendon from a slip during a recent walk. The Earl of Balfour has not heart trouble but a form of poisoning. The Earl of Birkenhead took ill with a chill last week and is confined indoors with a normal temperature, unable to keep engagements until Friday.
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London
Baldwin
Earl of Balfour
Oon
Earl
Rye Leads Winnipeg Grain Market Rally Amid Strong Demand
Winnipeg traders report Rye advancing from 1 to 2 1-8 cents under and showing strength despite limited exports. Liverpool cables and bullish foreign news buoy prices as coarse grains hold firm. The day’s gain narrows the wheat rye spread to about 20 cents from the usual 30.
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Winnipeg
Liverpool
City Council Hears Shelter Administration Debate Voted Postponed
Delegation from several organizations urged the City Council to maintain the current administration of the Children's Shelter. The resolution from the Children's Aid Society argued against closing the home or cutting staff, stressing child welfare and ongoing reporting. Aldermen moved to table the petition pending prior reports as Mayor Bullivant announced a letter from Edmonton.
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Children’s Aid
Agai
Council
Children’s Aid Society
Department of Neglected Children
Children's Aid
Ald. Simpson
King
Bullivant
Edmonton
Parliament Sit and Budget Debates Highlight Day
In Ottawa today the Senate will sit while the Commons reviews budget resolutions in committee. Much time was spent debating the Niagara River bridge bill in committee, with progress reported, and the House adjourned amid discussion of unemployment insurance championed by A. A. Heaps.
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Ottawa
Can
Senate
Niagara River
Korain
A. A. Heaps
Winnries
North
Isolation in Sault Ste Marie Deepens as Relief Struggles
Stranded town of Sault Ste Marie faces worsening isolation as 600 elour and 400 bread supplies dwindle. Relief via transport planes, dog teams, snow motor expeditions and Drummond Island farmers slows the town’s hunger and fuel shortages.
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Sault Ste
Elour
Mich
Ridge Field
Drummond Island
Disarmament Debate Marks Soviet Plan at Geneva
At Geneva on March 20 the preparatory disarmament committee discussed Maximo Litvinoff head of the Russian delegation presenting total disarmament proposals. General De Marinis of Italy praised the plan as ingeniously drawn but doubted its effectiveness to prevent war. He urged social and economic security as essential alongside military safeguards.
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Geneva
Maximo Litvinoff
de ‘Marinis
Italy
Myityingtt
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