Boyle demands more road funding in Legislature
In Edmonton on March 21 funds for Public Works were debated as rural members pressed for more road and bridge money. J R Boyle and others insisted on higher spending, leaving noon with little progress and only capital estimates unsettled while new hills were introduced before adjournment.
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Edmonton
Department of Public Works
Messrs
J. R. Boyle
Cross
Carson
Mills
Deehenie
Washburn
Ottawa cabinet to discuss postal workers strike action
Ottawa March 31 the threatened postal workers strike will be discussed at a cabinet meeting. Premier Kings expected to address the house with government plans. Hon Charles Stewart says revisions by the Civil Service Commission may satisfy workers and will proceed without delay.
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Ottawa
Cabinet Council
Kings
Charles Stewart
Civil Service Commission
Civician Hangman John Ells Resigns After 23 Years
London reports: John Ells resigns after long tenure as hangman for Great Britain. He held the position for over 23 years and presided over numerous executions without a stated reason.
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London
John Ells
Civician
Great Britain
Rev St Scott Braving North Pacific Mission
BOB SCOTT former Medicine Hat brakesman is now Rev St Scott B A of the Quathinski Indian Mission in British Columbia. He recounts a rough winter at Discovery Passage with a wedding, sign vandalism, a sighting of a giant octopus, and near shipwrecks while piloting small craft along the coast. He leads Crosby Mission No 2 at Quathinski Cove.
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Bob Scott
Medicine Hat
Far North
Toronto
Pacific
British Columbia
Paisley
Ontario
St. (. Scott
Marine Mission
Hft
Adde
Saillor
Mr. Scott
Ramsay Wright
Crosby Mission
No. 2
Quathinski Cove
B.C
Canada’s financial year sees balance reached
Ottawa reports the Dominion’s financial year ends tonight and is expected to show a balance between revenue and expenditures for the first time since the war began. Exact figures will take time to finalize.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Prince of Wales Appears Fit After Fall
London March 31 The Prince of Wales was seen in public for the first time since his fall while racing He looked fit and well and may fulfill engagements this week but doctors forbid him from watching the Oxford Cambridge boat race in a launch due to the cold weather
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London
Prince of Wales
Resignation Call Over Theodore Roosevelt Sought
A resolution demanding the resignation of Theodore Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy over oil leasing links was drafted in Washington by Senator Illl of Washington, a Democratic Oil Committee member.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Illl
Oil Committee
Snow in Cypress Hills Deep on Ranger Report
Forest Ranger Survey reports heavy snow between his lodge and helmet with fences fully covered. Railroading authorities claim mountain snow is notably lighter than in many years, contrasting the ranger's observed depth.
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Cypress Hills
Forest Ranger
Lodge
Helmit
Srockles
Sinchar Indicted for Contempt Over Teapot Dome Refusal
Harry F. Sinchar, former secretary of the Teapot Dome, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on contempt charges for refusing to testify before the Senate Oil Committee. The development centers on the ongoing Teapot Dome inquiry and Sinchar’s legal stance.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinchar
Teapot Dome
Federal
Grand Jady
Senate Oil Committee
Airmen Strike Over Pay Rates in London Mail Service
An unprecedented strike by airmen in the British mail service began in London as pilots and mechanics halted long distance flights over pay disputes with the Imperial Air Transport Company which is taking over the service. Current pay ranges from £450 to £550 yearly plus ten shillings per hour flying pay, totaling up to £840 in some cases, while the new plan offers £100 to £200 base and two pence per mile flying money, which the workers deem inadequate.
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London
Eng
Air Combine
Imperial Air Transport Company
Edmonton Rivalry Highlights Liquor Sales and Bootlegging
March 31 report compares government liquor store take in Edmonton and Calgary. Edmonton shows 261 206.65 in retail sales with store costs 30 703.92, Calgary 49 399.25 with costs 12 916.22. Edmonton, though driest in province, faces bootleggers as Calgary’s legal sales lag behind. Continued on Page Eight.
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Dmonton
Edmonton
Calgary
Edmacntne
Aged Couple Rescued After 36 Hours Buried in House
Paducah Kentucky March 31. After thirty six hours buried under timbers of their storm wrecked home Mr and Mrs Thomas Roswell both over 74 were rescued Sunday by William Fischer a relative who visited to investigate why they did not answer the phone They were taken to the hospital Mrs Boswell suffered pneumonia from exposure and a head wound Mr Boswell exhausted from freeing them and crying for help The windstorm Friday caused 590000 damage in Western Cracken County
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Paducah
Thomas Roswell
William Fischer
We. Cracken County
Boswell
Naturalization Applications Approved by District Court
Applications for naturalization submitted to His Honor Judge Greene at the District Court this morning were approved. Names include Nature Carter Nick Drydu Medicine Hat Henry Bortis Reddit J Julius Anderson Seven Persons.
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Judge Greene
District Court
Nature Carter
Nick Drydu
Medicine Hat
Henry Bortis
Reddit J
Julius (. Anderson
Emigrants Clash As Barra Crofters Sail to Canada
Four hundred crofters from Barra and South Uist clash on the shore of South Uist during their embarkation onto the steamship Marlock bound for Canada. The fight erupts amid Gaelic taunts and extends from sea to peat bogs as women observe.
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London
Barra
South Uist
Marlock
Canada
Three Big Mines Shut Down In Alberta Coal Field
On Monday night a general shutdown will halt mining at the three large bituminous mines on the Alberta coal branch. Tuesday sees no miners at Mountain Park, Cagomin, or Lascar etlieries, with maintenance staff keeping pumps running. About 1,8% of workers affected. union demands pay at the pre April wage rate.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Mountain Park
Cagomin
Lascar Etlieries
Bandits Hold Up Detroit Bank for 15000 Dollar Haul
Four armed men robbed the Commonwealth Federal Savings Bank branch on West Fort Street in Detroit at noon. They forced two employees and a customer to the wall while taking about 15000 dollars and escaping in a car. Clearing-house figures show March totals of 1,176,788 with February at 1,266,932 and last year at 1,295,461.
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Detroit
Wareh
West Fort Street
Commonwealth Federal Savings Bank
MANY YOUNG IRISH LADS FOR CANADA
Halifax reports 1394 passengers disembarked including 679 on the Lancastria with about 350 Irish youths among them. They state many Yellow countrymen seek work in Canada, while 1158 Danish farmers, 64 English orphans, and a group of women ready for domestic service also travel to Canada.
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Halifax
Lancastria
Frederick Isight
Ireland
Canada
Canadian
National Children’s Homes
England
House
Hamilton
Ont
King George to Broadcast Address on April Twenty Third
London reports King George will speak at 11 am Greenwich time on April 23 to formally open the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. The monarchs voice will be broadcast for the first time in English history to homes across the empire.
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London
George
Greenwich
Wembley
Fire at Fernie stable owned by Max Conn destroys property
The Workingmen's Co operative Store stables at Fernie burned down on Sunday March 28. Loss includes the delivery horse and contents. No insurance was carried. Property owned by Mr. Max Conn of the Medicine War Trading Co on 8rd Street.
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Workingmen’s Co-operative Store
Fernie
Max Conn
Medicine War Trading Co
Alberta Bentimite as Beauty Clay Slows Roads Says Professor
Edmonton March 29 Alberta beauty clay bentimite is praised as a cosmetic by Professor Pitcher of the university mining department in a Science club talk. He warns its road use causes slipperiness when wet while noting its other industrial and domestic applications including cosmetics, candy filler, paper production, and lubrication.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Broton
Pieher
University Mining Department
Bechillicu
Science Club
North America
Pitcher É
Europe
Public Works Department
Pitcher
Britain
Government Bonds Exchange Deals for Early Maturing Bonds
Government bonds notes describe recent exchange deals with clients who hold early maturing bonds and outline the advantages of such exchanges. The text emphasizes benefits to investors and the flow of transactions in the market.
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