Moriarty’s Killer Died by His Own Hand Verdict
A Drumheller coroner jury ruled David Knox died from a self inflicted rifle shot, not from police action or a car strike. The inquest tied the Fargo farmer to the Granary confrontation with Corporal Moriarty and local constables ending in Knox’s death.
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Moriarty
R.C.M.P
Drumheller
David Knox
M. Moriarty
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Knox
John Skelton
R. C. Fenn
Skelton
Fenn
Steeves of
Carbon
Knott
Steeves
A. R. Allen
Allen
Canada praises US pledge to disarm border tensions
Ottawa officials note Prime Minister and acting premier Sir George Perley say the United States aims to preserve permanent peace and honor treaties on disarmament, affirming long standing good neighbor relations.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
United States
George Perley
Ore
Abane
Scots and Welsh Call Home Rule in Joint Declaration
A joint declaration by Welsh and Scottish nationalist parties urged constitutional sanction for Wales and Scotland self rule. The statement was issued in London in May and frames home rule as an inherent right.
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London
Wales
Scotland
Beginning of Medicine Hat School Music and Dramatic Festival
Tomorrow and Friday the city hosts the School Music and Dramatic Festival with children from the inspectorate competing. Events run tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. at the Empress theatre. Friday features country entrants at City Hall, Empress theatre, and Fifth Avenue United church, finishing with a grand Empress concert at 7:45 p.m. trophies awarded by Hon. Perren F. E. Baker. Adjudicators: Singing and merriggin in Calgary. Dramatization and Recitation by Mrs. Elizabeth Stirling Haynes and Mrs. D. B. Rees of Edmontown.
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Medicine Hat
Empress Theatre
Perren FE. Baker
No Amalgamation Says R. J. Manion
Hon. R. J. Manion Canada’s minister of Railways and Canals says he is opposed to amalgamation of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways. He told a Canadian Club meeting that unification would not solve the railway problem.
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Toronto
C.P
R. J. Manion
Canada
Dominion
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Manion
Canadian Club
All Quiet In the Crow's Nest Pass May Day
Winter returns to the Crow's Nest Pass mining fields with a foot of snow. Blairmore and Corbin remain quiet as RCMP and BC officers guard highways and mines. No May Day parade planned at Corbin amid threats of a miners march.
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Lethbridge
C.P
Crow’s Nest Pass
Blairmore
Alta
Corbin
B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
British
British Columbia
Alberta
Britain and Germany eye Anglo German naval talks
London reports Britain will pursue planned talks with Germany on naval questions after Hitler outlines foreign policy mid May. Ribbentrop to lead German delegation with Schuster von Raeder Kinderlin and Wassner. Berlin expects a major foreign policy statement and a push to keep arms talks in the driver’s seat. Rome calls Germany’s navy expansion an open defiance of Stresa and Geneva warnings.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Esterday
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Jochim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Schuster
North Sea
von Raeder
Kinderlin
Reichswehr Naval Department
Wassner
Reich
Berlin
Rome
Stresa
League Council
Geneva
Election date for Alberta province set for early July
Edmonton May 1. United Farmers of Alberta caucus to decide election timing after session, with seeding delays pushing date to between July 1 and 11. Writ-to-election window 30 to 40 days, lists for about 300000 voters will be prepared after writ issuance, cost about 21000 dollars. Major Douglas to advise reconstruction on social credit program.
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Edmonton
United Farmers of Alberta
U.F.A
C. H. Douglas
Douglas
Death summmons A C Hawthorne former mayor
Archibald Courtice Hawthorne, 65, thrice mayor of Medicine Hat and long-time businessman, died after weeks of illness. Funeral at St. John's Presbyterian Friday at 2 pm, Rev. M. S. Blackburn officiating. Burial in Hawthorne family plot at Hillside cemetery. Express tributes note loss of a pioneer Hatters link to the city’s beginnings. He came to Medicine Hat in 1890 from Peterborough Ontario after work at a Toronto clothing store. He later joined William Cousins before entering local retail. Continued on page four.
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A. C. Hawthorne
Medicine Hat
St. John's Presbyterian Church
Archibald Courtice Hawthorne
Peterborough
Ont
Toronto
L. B. Cochran
William Cousins
300 000 Acres Sought for Grazing West of Cil
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce urges federal action to join a national drought rehabilitation plan by bringing Bow river water into 300,000 acres north and east of Suffield. Plan envisions extending Mile Wide Flume, rebuilding canal system, cost about 150000 dollars.
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Robert Weir
Regina
Medicine Hat
Ronalane
Suffield
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Weir
Walter Huckvale
L. B. Thomson
Manyberries
Say
Canada Land Canal
Carsland
Redcliff
Bow River
Americans Celebrate King's Jubilee In New York
The English Pilgrims Society and the American Pilgrims joined at a New York dinner to honor King George VI on his silver jubilee and welcome the Duke of Kent returning from the West Indies. Nicholas Murry Butler sent a message praising the King s influence in the English speaking world and wishing Anglo American cooperation.
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New York
English Pilgrims Society
Duke of Kent
West Indies
Pilgrims’ Organization of the
United States
Buckingham Palace
Nicholas Murry Butler
Dominion Prime Ministers pledge Empire support for Europe peace
A well informed source says the prime ministers of Canada South Africa and Australia informed Britain they have the Empire full back of the Mother Country to keep Europe at peace. The leaders Bennett Hert zog and Lyons conveyed unanimous support and confidence.
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London
C.P
Dominions
Europe
R. B. Bennett
Canada
J. B. M. Hertzog
South Africa
J. A. Lyons
Australia
Local Program Planned For the King's Jubilee
A Jubilee celebration plan was approved at a City Hall meeting with Ald. A. Baker named general manager and Rev. Rowan Binning directing the religious service. The program includes morning services, medal presentations, tree planting, a Boy Scout bonfire, and Feu de Joie by the 1st S.A.R. after the service.
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Canada
God
Rowan Binning
Adjutant Tobin
J. Church
J. P. Butcher
S.A
Ald. A. Baker
Medicine Hat Ministerial Association
F. J. Ware
I. Heald
R. Wharton
J. Bruce
E. T. Scragg
M. S. Blackburn
Medicine Hut Ministerial Association
BE. T. Scragg
Ottawa
Feu de Joie
1St
S.A.R
Royalite declares 75 cent dividend at annual meeting
The Royalite Oil Company Imperial subsidiary announced a 75 cents per share dividend to shareholders of record May 23. The payout totals about 522000 and will be paid in early June following approval at the annual meeting in Calgary.
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Calgary
C.P
Royalite Oil Company
Imperial
Victoria Restaurant Owner Shot Dead in Front of Home
Victoria on May 1 reports Clarence Pappas a 38 year old restaurant owner was killed in a taxi dispute on Montreal Street. A fellow Greek passenger fired three bullets as Pappas neared his home and fled. John Pinceps a 50 year old hot dog stand operator surrendered and was charged with murder.
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Victoria
C.P
Clarence Pappas
Montreal St
Pappas
John Pinceps
May Day Celebrations Across Nations Mark War Tensions
May Day features a vast Soviet display in Moscow with 700 military planes and a Red Army review. Soviet defense commissar Voroshilov warns that war would reveal the strength of the Red Army. Berlin chancellor Hitler addresses over a million workers from Tempelhof pledging peace and courage.
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Russia
Moscow
Germany
France
Canada
British Isles
Red Square
Klementy Voroshiloff
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Tempelhof
Berlin
Hitler
Crippling Snowfall Delays Seeding Across Alberta
May Day brought continuous heavy falls of wet snow blanketing Edmonton and central northern Alberta. From 5 p.m. Tuesday to 9 a.m. today the temperature held at minus 32 with a fresh northeast wind and up to five and a half inches of snow in Edmonton.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Beatty Praises Canada’s Economy at CPR Shareholders Meeting
E W Beatty chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway spoke to CPR shareholders in Montreal May 1 offering guarded optimism based on improving general conditions and hopeful wheat demand. He warned progress hinges on higher wheat prices and a unified solution to the National Railway issue.
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Montreal
Canada
EB. W. Beatty
K.C
Ll.d
Canadian Pacific Railway
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D. H. Forrest
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Joe Celona
Clarence Bancroft
Lew Joyce
Oakalta
Chas. Stewart
Park Hall
A.C. Hawthorne
Cil
Canada Land and Irrigation CO
Weir
W. C. Smith
M.L.A
f&Empress
Royalite
E.W. Beatty
C.P.R
Beatty
Statistica Imatenite
Pingle
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