Mayors from All Provinces Gather in Montreal Parley
Mayors from provinces convene in Montreal to discuss relief problems as part of an interprovincial assembly. Archaeological note reports Jeremiah era correspondence found by Prof. J. L. Starkey’s expedition in Tel Add-Dumweir Lachish. 12 ostraka fragments suggest secret letters between Judea and Babylon or Egypt.
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Montreal
Jerusalem
C.P
Jeremiah
J. L. Starkey
Great Britain
Tel Add-Dumweir
Lachish
Kingdom of
Judea
Babylon
Egypt
Glasgow Protest March Demands End to Unemployment Act
Seventy thousand people many women and children shouted down with the king protesting unemployment policy in Glasgow Green. The crowd included three thousand from Scotland and no arrests were made as a quiet demonstration unfolded under city officials with socialist backing.
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Glasgow
A.P
Ramsay MacDonald
Scotland
City Corporation
Egg
Flying Duchess Located Safe in Oran Algeria
Anxiety over the missing wife of the Duke of Bedford eased when reports confirmed the 69 year old duchess arrived safely at Oran in Algeria last Saturday.
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London
C.P
England
Duke of Bedford
Oran
Algeria
Cypress Riding Social Credit Convention At Seven Persons
A Cypress riding Social Credit convention drew 200 supporters at Seven Persons to elect officers, name Calgary delegates, approve Aberhart platform, and set a Whitla May 4 nominating convention. A. Mitchell spoke on organization as A. Nesting chaired the meeting.
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Social Credit
Cypress
Calgary
Aberhert Platfom
Whith
A. A. FL. Reilly
Medicine Haut
J. A. Toole
Robinson
Ll. A. Toole
A. Zeigler
Medicine Hat
C. M. Moore
Heyer Versons
A. Mitchii
Sullivan
A. Flamme
Bow Island
W. A. Fowler
Whitla
G. McFall
Nemiseim $. Nicholls
Little Plume Gon R. McLean
Winnifred
Jrne
Central Organization
A.stitchell
Co. Mudie
Hagle Butte
M. Underdahl
Manyberries
McFall
Nemiscam
Nesting
L. A. Toole
Iedmonton
Aberhart
Social Credit Cypress
W. Aberhart
B.A
A. Mitchell
D. Munro
C. Mudie
Eagle Butte
J.M. Underdahl
Help for Returned Veterans Urged by Ex Winnipeg Mayor
Col Ralph Webb urged the Hyndman commission to appoint permanent provincial commissions to keep work for returned men, stressing the need to honor promises to veterans of 1914 to 1918. He also proposed sheltered agricultural work on federal lands for ex-soldiers.
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Ottawa
C.P
Hyndman
Ralph Webb
Winnipeg
Canada
Albert Fish Sentenced to Death for Grace Budd Murder
In White Plains on March 25 condemned killer Albert Fish was given a death sentence to be carried out the week of April 20 for the Grace Budd murder. He confessed to additional child killings including Francis McDonnell, 10, near Port Richmond and Billy Gaffney, 4, in Brooklyn.
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White Plains
N.Y
C.P
Grace Budd
Albert Fish
Fish
Grace
New York
Francis McDonnell
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Billy Gaffney
Brooklyn
Germany objects to Versailles military clauses reform
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons that Germany’s decision to begin compulsory military training affects only the military clauses of the Versailles treaty. He said discussion of revising those clauses does not alter the treaty as a whole.
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London
C.P
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Germany
Plan to Kidnap Dionne Quintuplets Sparks Ontario Alarm
Toronto reports circulated in Queen's Park of an absurd plot to kidnap the Dionne quintuplets from Callander hospital. The government, trusting the tale, stationed police at Dafoe Hospital. The plan allegedly foresaw a 150 mile car ride to Sault Ste Marie where a plane would lift the babies at night to flee the Dominion.
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Toronto
C.P
Callander
Ontario
United States
Queen’s Park
Dafoe Hospital
Gasoline Duty Cost In Canada Grows 12.5 Million
John W. Ward Winnipeg representative of the Manitoba co operative organizations testifies before the Canadian Tariff Board in Regina noting that Canadian gasoline costs rise by 12.5 million dollars yearly since the 1930 customs duty. He urges placing all petroleum products on the free list and presents tables showing Canadian prices above the duty paid U S prices.
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Regina
C.P
John W. Ward
Winnipeg
Manitoba Co-Operative Organizations
Canadian Tariff Board
Ward
United States
Senate to oppose more Mounties aid in South Africa war pension
Ottawa March 24 Prospects say the senate will reject the South Africa pension provision of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bill in its present form. The amendment would count Boer War service toward RCMP pension, prompting fears of broader civil service concessions and inequities among veterans. A full constitutional debate on employment and social legislation is planned for Tuesday.
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Ottawa
C.P
Senate
House of Commons
South Africa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Commons
R.C.M.P
Mounted Police
Arthur Meighen
Ae Raoul Dandur
Widow of Conan Doyle Denounces Airplane Seance as Fraud
London reports Lady Conan Doyle flatly denies any link between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and airplane seance voices in New York. She calls Thurston and others' claims a frameup and says her husband never discussed such matters or used a code word.
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Gayle Talbot
Associated Press
London
Lady Conan Doyle
Arthur
New York City
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur
Lady Doyle
Goldstream
Thurston
Conan Doyle
Harry Houdini
John M. Hilliard
Hilliard
Third Annual Horse Sale Figures Delayed
Swamped by detail from the third annual horse sale last Friday, Secretary Walter Huckvale has not yet computed the average price for the 404 animals sold. He expects to publish the full figures tomorrow or Wednesday.
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Walter Huckvale
Huckvale
Medicine Hat to Host First Automobile Show
Arrangements are under way for Medicine Hat's inaugural automobile show with about thirty six and eight cylinder models and light trucks on display. Local dealers will showcase Buicks Fords Oldsmobiles Dodges Chryslers Pontiacs Chevrolets Hudsons Terraplanes and Plymouths with moving pictures and live music from dealers and orchestras. The event opens Friday night with Mayor Bullivant Chamber of Commerce chief R. G. Butchart Rotary head F. Martyn Oliver and Kiwanis president Ald. R. C. Black in attendance. A Friday afternoon preview for country visitors will be held and two Saturday morning sessions let youngsters see the exhibits with parental supervision required for under 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Bullivant
R. G. Butchart
Chamber of Commerce
F. Martyn Oliver
Rotary Club
Ald. R. C. Black
Kiwanis Club
Germans Welcome Delegates as Peace Talks Open in Berlin
Berlin reports say Hitler pressed for a strong navy and air force to defend western Europe from Bolshevism while seeking to rejoin the League and outsize terms for conscription. British envoys Sir John Simon and Anthony Eden met Reichsminister Neurath amid optimism of progress.
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Berlin
C.P
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
Reich
Powers of Europe
Hitler
League of Nations
London
lHiavas
Locarno
Austria
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Britain
John Simon
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Relief Strikers at Yorkton Return to Work
In Yorkton Sask relief recipients resume work as snow removal begins and relief depots report regular visits. A workers committee met the city council to discuss inviting Deputy Minister of Labor Malloy to investigate the relief situation, though the council saw no need for his involvement.
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Yorkton
Sask
Malloy
Gershaw Calls For National Dividends In Rally
Dr F W Gershaw M P for Medicine Hat urged a system of national dividends at a Liberal rally in Sherbrooke Quebec He backed old age pensions as compensation for contributions to national progress and proposed measures including unemployment and health insurance widows allowances tariff removal and a cheaper Canadian dollar to aid exporters
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Sherbrooke
Que
C. P
F. W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Liberal Party
Gershaw
Alberta Budget Polished Off This Week
Alberta's 15 million dollar budget for 1935 36 will receive finishing touches from the Legislature this week with the new fiscal year starting April 1. Departments dis posed of include agriculture and the attorney general with many resolutions and a Social Credit plan endorsement from Major C H Douglas of London. The agricultural committee will hold sittings and address relief complaint secrecy vs public sessions after a protest by F J White. Sixty bills have been introduced and are slated for consideration as the house advances legislation in various stages.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Agriculture
C. H. Douglas
London
England
F. J. White
Labor
Calgary
House
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Parliament of Canada
Bank of Canada
Herve Ferland
Verdun
E. J. Cragg
L. A. Taschereau
Cragg
Saskatchewan Droughh
Camillien Houde
Social Research Department
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Social Credit Adherents
Negro
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Fe Hee
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