28 Mar 1919
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
1
Reports from Vienna via German wireless say an embargo is placed on the likeness of former Emperor Charles until his official abdication is received in Vienna. The note ties to recent upheavals and Entente mission tensions across the region.
News reports that Martin and Phillips of Medicine Hat with Chicago and Minneapolis investors will manufacture the Stinson tractor locally under Martin & Phillips. The project aims to create jobs, boost farming efficiency, and shorten repair delays by producing parts in the city. The Stinson 15-30 tractor has impressed at Minneapolis exhibitions and Saskatchewan Grain Growers ordered fifty units.
London reports the British government plans a permanent oil ministry to control undeveloped world oil territory. It aims to build a British owned, government protected dominance with Royal Dutch Shell and Lord Cowdray interests cited as key partners in this expansion.
Faris dispatch reports the German National Assembly plans to bring ex-emperor William and Crown Prince to trial. The meeting also discussed measures to prevent more contraband exports and set a commission to study the Moroccan issue.
Over the next ten days five officers and 122 other ranks will arrive from overseas for demobilisation. On the 8th a party of twelve former Regina personnel arrives, and on April 1 two officers and 26 other ranks accompany the Empress of Britain. No. 2 Fire Hall is set to handle the process with Lieut. Williams in charge in Major Pearce’s absence.
Mrs. Roness of 1126 Yulll St faced a magistrate after admitting the accidental discharge of a rifle when a door slammed as she stepped outside to calm a disturbance of dogs. She cited self defense and was released.
Fragmentary note describes a troop train around midnight with 19 men aboard near Geotbay. Details are incomplete and uncertain about unit or destination.
Salvation Army fund drive for reconstruction work extended to 10 PM next Saturday to reach those away from home and encourage donations. Contributions have approached 3000 dollars with many small gifts and requests for households missed by the canvass to give according to ability.
Reports from London Paris and Berlin describe Lenine Trotzky and Bolshevik actions amid Russia upheaval. Notes touch on American recognition rumors deportation policy and British troop moves to guard Russian prisoners. Dispatches mention Riga Mitau and Odessa related incidents and threats to Vienna.
A tank steamer explosion in Vienna yesterday killed thirty people and injured eighty others. Emergency crews attended the scene as rescue operations continued.
A special cable notes the Second division leaving Namur Belgium on March 29 and arriving in England by April 8 with first troops reaching Canada in early May and almost all fighting forces home by late June. Ontario government considers forest ranging by airplane.
A boy, son of a soldier, fell from a train near Papot as it paused at 9:30 am. His right leg was severed below the knee and his left toes were cut. He was taken to Maple Creek hospital in precarious condition. He was traveling with his mother from England to Nanamno, B.C.
In Rhyl Wales on March 28 coroner's inquest heard drink worsened Kinmel Camp riots of March 6 that left five Canadian soldiers dead. Witness Capt Spott blamed the Russian element for rioting alongside alcohol. Testimony said rioters fired ball cartridges and officers denied ordering use of ammunition or bayonets.
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