City Electric Rates Face Merchant Criticism at Council
At a council meeting the new electric bylaw rates for commercial classes drew protests from 120 merchants and chamber groups. Petitions urged aligning Class B with Class A domestic rates, arguing the structure penalizes late users, with referrals to the electric light and power committee for recommendation and potential adjustments.
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Bates
Electric Light and Power Committee
H. T. W. Forster
Ald
Simpson
Medicine Hat
Rae
Bullivant
Ald. Boyd + store
Ireland
Aldi McCombs
Aldi Simpson
Electric Committee
Davis
R. H. Kent
S. &E. Gust
Ald. Rae
Supt
Ald. Hole and Black
Retail Merchants Association
Drilling Rig Arrives For New Western Canada Well
A Star Heavy Duty Spudder from Star Drilling Machine Co. of Akron arrives in the Finn's Lake district to drill a new gas well. The mast will be used mainly for repair work, while a 65 foot derrick remains at the site. Mayor Bullivant and several aldermen witnessed the demonstration, and city officials note the unit is the only one of its kind in Western Canada.
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Finn’s Lake District
Star Drilling Machine Co
Akron
Ohio
Canada
R. F. Harlan
Mayor Bullivant
Aid. Black
Aid. Ireland
Aid. Simpson
H. Davis
W. T. Bannan
The
News
Mexican deserter assumes missing husband role reveals strange tale
Alfonso Garcia Aznar disappeared from the Mexican army a year and a half ago and reappeared posing as a missing husband. A mistaken identity led a woman to urge him home, and he lived as her nephew in the aunts house for a year while the real husband returned from a mining camp. He now faces desertion charges and a civil suit yet to be defined.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Alfonso Garcia Aznar
A.W.O.L
Nng
Argner
Aznar
Unemployment Insurance Debate Across Provinces
Ottawa May 5 Correspondence between federal and provincial governments on unemployment insurance shows a move toward a Dominion provincial conference. Provinces differ on jurisdiction but largely noncommittal on financing, with finance cited as the main hurdle.
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Ottawa
House of Commons Moréay
Peter’ Enan
Parliamentary Committee of Industrial and International Relations
Hinkler Begins Atlantic Flight Toward Africa
Bert Hinkler, famed aviator, departed DeHaviland airport in Toronto on a secretive Atlantic crossing toward Africa. Officials offered few details, with reports last outlining a possible hops to North Beach New York and paths toward Mexico and Buenos Aires before Africa.
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Toronto
Bert Hinkler
Acocravan
DeHaviland
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Hinkler
North Beach
Long Island
N.Y
Mexico
Buenos Aires
Three Die From Toronto Car Crash In Family Tragedy
In Toronto, three people involved in a Saturday car crash have died. Dr. W. J. Faulkner died Saturday afternoon from injuries. William Huxtable died today, and Robert Huxtable had already died, with the brothers and the doctor tied by family ties as they returned from a celebration in their honor.
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Toronto
W. J. Faulkner
Robert Huxtabie
Dr. Faulkner
William Tuxtable
Faulkner
William Huxtable
Huxtables
Violent Storms Flood Southern Argentinian Coast
Violent storms with subzero temps and high tides flood southern Argentina coast towns. Mar Del Plata and Necochea suffer major shore damage while Patagones and Videma residents seek higher ground as tides reach record highs.
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Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Argentina
Mar del Plata
Necochea
Patagones
Videma
Tragic Flight Ends With Rescue and Suicide
Sao Paulo May 5 Italian flier Count Edmondo Di Robilani survived a 13 day trek through wild terrain with mosquito and hunger hardship. Mechanic Mauranta Quaranta died by hanging himself at a tree near Parana after refusing to continue. Di Robilani later found his body and returned to aid.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Associated Press
Edmondo di Robilani
Mauranta Quaranta
di Robilani
Quaranta
Phrakury
San Jose
di Robilant
Parana
Glider Pilot Sets 165 Mile Record From Munich to Aachen
Pilot Groen hoff of the Rheen Rossitten Glider Flying Society established a new sail plane mark by flying a motorless glider from Munich to Aachen covering 165 miles. The flight exceeded prior records held by Robert Kronfeld.
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Munich
Bavaria
Associated Press
Groenhoff
Rheen Rossitten
Here
Aachen
Czecho-Slovakia
Robert Kronfeld
Doings in Parliament Ottawa May 5
The Senate did not sit today. In the House of Commons the want of confidence motion by J. L. Brown Liberal Liggar will be debated over distress in the agricultural industry. Alfred Speakman UFA Red Deer brought a resolution for a National Council of Social and Economic Research, supported by J. Woodsworth Labor Winnipeg North Centre. debate unfinished.
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Ottawa
Ont
Senate
House of Commons
J. L. Brown
Liberal
Liggar
Alfred Speakman
U.F.A
Red Deer
National Council of Social and Economic Research
J. &. Woodsworth
Labor
Winnipeg North Centre
Verdict Declares R-101 Disaster Accidental Death
The Coroner at the R-101 inquest resumed in London on May 5 records accidental death for forty eight victims. He adopts the report’s conclusion that the crash was caused by a substantial loss of gas in very bumpy weather aboard the airship over France.
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London
Associated Press
France
Ottawa debates grain report and futures regulation
The Stamp inquiry report will be tabled in about ten days with a government statement to follow. Ottawa and Winnipeg dispatches note plans for grain futures regulation along lines of the Stamp findings, aligning with U S supervision precedents and banking act amendments from 1924.
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Ottawa
Josiah Stamp
House of Commons
She Uhder
R. Bennett
John Vallance
Lib
South Battleford
London
England
Winnipeg
United States
Royal Commission
J. W. T. Duvel
Washington, D.C
Grain Futures Administration
Speakman Urges National Council of Social Research
In Ottawa on May 5 Alfred Speakman of the United Farmers urged the creation of a national council of social and economic research patterned after the council on scientific and industrial research. He said Canada could solve depressions with economists and would link agriculture labor manufacturers transportation and finance. The idea follows similar commissions abroad and Russia’s planning efforts.
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Ottawa
National Council of Social and Economic Research
Council On Scientific and Industrial Research
House of Commons
Alfred Speakman
U.F.A
Red Deer
Robert Gardiner
Canada
Glenn Kidston Killed in Cape Town Air Crash
Capetown Natal May 5 Associated Press report says Commander Glenn Kidston British flyer was killed when his plane crashed near Van Reenen Natal. A. Gladstone also reported killed. Kidston had just completed a record six day flight from England to Capetown in a United States made plane to prove British airmail could be covered in half the time by similar methods used in the United States.
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Capetown
Associated
Pla
Glenn Kidston
Brack
Andarovidte
van Reenen
Natal
van T. A. Gladstone
Rity
Kidston
England
United States
Arsenal Blast At Canton Wrecks Fort Buildings
An explosion at the Canton arsenal destroyed the fort and surrounding buildings. Ten people were injured with eight reported in serious condition.
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Canton
China
Apeciated
Yuchu
King’s Anniversary Observed Quietly at Windsor
The article notes the 23rd anniversary of King George to the throne following Edward VII’s death on May 6, 1910. It mentions a salute at naval centers and the King and Queen spending the day quietly at Windsor.
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London
Hp Enceana
Wi George
Edward VII
Pal Teco
Rere
Windsor
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Heenan
Rhodez
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Brunswick
Woolworth
James Paul Donahue
Cil
J. S. Woodworth
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Soviet Central Planning Commission
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