Tardieu Re-Elected Pressure Builds for Second French Ballot
Paris May 2 The first ballot of the French general election shows a leftward swing with 248 seats decided and 357 deferred. Premier Tardieu faces a tougher second ballot as Edouard Herriot and other leaders claim gains for Radical Socialist and Socialist blocs amid May Day demonstrations and scattered clashes.
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Paris
Tardieu
Edouard Herriot
Herriot
Andre Tardieu
Left Republicans
Ministry of the Interior
Chamber
Popular Democrats
Savors
Ifrances
André ‘Toidieu
Louis Marin
Democratic Republicans
Leon Blum
Joseph Caillaux
Senate
Nantes
Aristide Briand
Ivry
Courhbevoie
Carenne
Colombes
Bayonne
Republic Square
Beals
Right
Republican Democratic Union
Manchurian Battle Expands Across Northern Manchuria
In Northern and Eastern Manchuria Japanese forces under Major General Murai clashed with Chinese rebels near Wakimbo in a 24 hour fight yielding a Japanese victory with about thirty casualties. A new rebel threat at Tun Hua threatened to cut railway access as thousands of rebels, followers of General Wang Teh Lin, pressed toward the Kirintunnua line.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Murai
Wakimbo
Tunhua
Kirintunnua
Wang Teh- Lin
Fortune Bestows Favors On Orphanage Inmate
California orphanage alumna Marie Meehl learns she is grand niece of President Hindenburg and heir to half of a 500000 dollar California gold rush fortune. A brother in Redwood City, who had not heard from her 22 years, writes of the inheritance tied to their maternal grandmother and a German journalist who was related to Von Hindenburg.
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Chicago
Marie Mecehl
California
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Seanell ‘August Auerswald
Redwood City
Los Angeles
Auerswald
von Hindexsburg
Secret Police
Clarisa
Seawell
New Taxes in Force Today in Ottawa
Ottawa May 2 The official machinery putting the new budget taxes into operation worked smoothly this morning The imposts on long distance telephone calls telegrams cables and radio messages railway chair car seats railway sleeping berths and stamps on cheques came into effect Ten cents tax on each railway car seat ten percent minimum twenty five cents on sleeping berths five cents on telegrams cables radio messages and long distance calls where the cost is fifteen cents or more Stamps on cheques from five to one hundred dollars are three cents and on all cheques above one hundred dollars the stamp tax is six cents
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Ottawa
Rotary Meeting Highlights Irish Developments Speaker
Mr I W White of Alexandra School staff spoke at the Rotary luncheon on Ireland’s political economic and agricultural developments. He noted land annuities are a legal obligation to British bondholders and discussed the oath of allegiance abolition and its impact on Ireland Contributed.
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I. W. White
Alexandra School
Rotary
Ireland
de Valera
Sixth arrest in Kreuger affair reported in Stockholm
The Dagens Nyheter announced another former Kreuger accountant was arrested in Paris in March and was taken into custody in Stockholm May 2 as the sixth person detained in the Kreuger investigations.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Dagens Nyheter
Ivar Kreuger
Paris
Kreuger
May Day Riots Flare Across Canadian Cities
Police arrested numerous agitators in several Canadian municipalities as May Day demonstrations met with force. In Sudbury clashes between citizens behind the Red flag of Communism and paraders led to arrests and possible deportation. Hamilton, Toronto, Rouyn, and St. Catharines saw baton charges, water hoses, and injuries as crowds were dispersed.
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Sudbury
Ontario
Peter Fenton
Hamilton
Ont
Canada
Woodland Park
Num
Rouyn
Que
Toronto
Queen’s Park
St. Catherines
Port Arthur
Trans-Canada Highway Grants Totals Revealed
Ottawa reports total estimated cost of highway works under the 1931 act at 9,996,972 with 50 percent funded by the Dominion government. Provinces receive cumulative grants to date: New Brunswick 60,376 Ontario 1,875,000 Manitoba 251,934 Alberta 102,429 British Columbia 257,427. Grants to date total 2,547,169.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Order-in-Council Regard ing the Coal Subvention
Ottawa May 1 The Dominion government will pay the difference between US and Canadian coal costs up to 1 per ton to promote Canadian coal use in coke or gas. Effective from April 1 1932 the Dominion Fuel Board will administer payments to coal operators for Canadian coal used in coke or gas production beyond three year moving average.
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Ottawa
Dominion
United States
Committee of the Privy Council
W. A. Goron
Canada
Minister of Mines
Dominion Fuel Board
Government of Canada
Statutes of
Egpr
Carpetball Assn Elects W Kemp As Its President
The Medicine Hat Carpetball Association held its annual meeting with W. Kemp presiding. Secretary Cooney reported a small deficit from carpet costs. A strong slate of officers for 1932 33 was elected and plans to continue play were approved.
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Medicine Hat Carpetball Association
W. Kemp
Cooney
Wally Kemp
Tom Marshall
Frank Cooney
George Milburn
Geo. Wilson
W. Moore
Joe Demaris
W. McArthur
G. Cantalini
Canadian Legion B. I.8.l
Fraternal Order of Eagles
L. O.O.M
Sons of England
K. of P
Association
Weather Summary for April Month at Crescent Heights
The Mead monthly weather report records an average temperature and notes a high of 76 degrees and a low of 27. April precipitation reached 1.87 inches with 142 hours of sunshine. The station moved from the airport to Crescent Heights and is led by Mr. C Picker ing, contact 9740.
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Mead
Crescent Heights
C. Pickering
Medicine Hat Oddfellows Parade Marks 113th Anniversary
The Medicine Hat Oddfellows and Rebekahs held a Westminster Church parade for their 113th anniversary with a large turnout from Medicine Hat and visiting lodges from Redcliff Walsh Hilda and more. The service featured Rev A W Cann Westminster Choir and a sermon titled One Golden Nail with remarks on civilization and spiritual values.
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Medicine Hat Oddfellows
Rebekahs
Westminster Church
Redcliff
Walsh
Hilda
Medicine Hat Lodge No
Aram
Ruth Rebekah Lodge
Wildey Lodge
Oddfellows
Temple
Salvation Army
Macleod Trail
A. W. Cann
Sexton and
Warham
Biggs and
Potter
God
Ellis
Westminster Choir
Cann
Canon Western
Sexton and Warham
Biggs and Potter
Fire sweeps St. Filicien area destroying homes and stores
A brisk wind fed a rapid blaze in St. Filicien Quebec on May 2. Firefighters contained the fire after it destroyed 17 homes and stores, with unconfirmed damage estimates around $300,000. The fire began in a barber shop and spread through frame buildings in the neighborhood.
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St. Filicien
Que
H B Adshead Dies in Calgary at 69 After Stroke
Calgary reports former Labour MP H B Adshead died after a stroke suffered at a Labour Party meeting. He was rushed to hospital yesterday and passed away at 2 29 this morning in his 70th year.
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Calgary
H. B. Adshead
House of Commons
Calgary East
Canadian Rifle Team to Represent Dominion at Bisley Meet
Ottawa announces the Canadian rifle team to compete at Bisley. Col A G Styles of Regina is commandant with Captain F Gardiner of Vancouver as adjutant. Lead marksman Lieut Desmond T Burke of Ottawa, a former King's prize winner, will make his ninth Bisley visit. Team sails from Montreal June 11.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Bisley
A. G. Styles
Regina
Sask
F. Gardiner
Vancouver
B.C
Desmond T. Burke
Burke
Montreal
Typhoon Sulu Strikes Killing Dozens and Wrecks Town
Manila May 2 The typhoon that swept Sulu in the Southern Philippines last Friday killed at least 22 people, according to Governor Spiller. Many districts remain unreported as a Red Cross relief unit departs by steamer. only three buildings survived in Jolo, the island’s historic capital.
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Manila
Sulu
Philippine Islands
Spiller
Red Cross
Jolo
Fish and Game Executive Meeting Set for Tomorrow Evening
A meeting of the Fish and Game executive will take place at the Assiniboia Hotel at 7:30 tomorrow evening. The venue is the Assiniboia Hotel and the session is scheduled for Tuesday night.
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Fish and Game
Assiniboia
Japanese aided by French raid Korean suspects in Shanghai
Fifty Japanese consular and military police, aided by 40 French detectives, combed the French concession for alleged Korean revolutionaries linked to a recent bombing. The raid aimed to capture the instigator and pursue raids on Korean homes. Some Koreans claimed mistreatment as others fled, while officials warned against renewed hostilities.
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Shanghai
Ing
Altho Cuprie Iey
Japan
Cambridge Students Claim Breakthrough Atom Split Discovery
London reports that Cambridge University undergraduates J. D. Crockford and E. T. S. Walton achieved a historic atom split with hydrogen bombardment at 120000 volts. Lord Rutherford announced the feat as a discovery of great scientific importance, noting helium release and high energy particles as evidence of the transformation.
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London
Cambridge University
Lord Rutherford
J. D. Crockford
E. T. S. Walton
Crockford
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France
Irish Free State
Snelsmore Common
Newbury
England
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Carpetball Assn
Westminster
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Col. Styles. OF
Desmond Burke
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