07 May 1930
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 07, 1930
Page
1
Montreal May 7 general confidence remains despite unusual conditions that slowed freight and grain movement. Company notes 1929 fourth-quarter earnings decline and expects more slowdowns before June, with Beatty saying results may be satisfactory given traffic pressures.
A partial OCR fragment references riots and efforts to bring them under control. It mentions fabricated items and foreign-made clothing, with unclear details about events, dates, or organizations. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent names or a clear incident.
Ottawa reports Premier Mackenzie King plans a general election at the earliest possible moment this year. Bennett and Gardiner may meet to align budget timing, with both sides pressing for careful review of major estimates before dissolution. The government argues the imperial and economic conferences heighten the need for clear Canadian representation.
Mr H Soward of the University of British Columbia will address the Canadian Club at the Cecil Hotel on May 12 at 6 15 p m The topic is Canada and the Angry Nav al Relations He is a Rhodes Scholar and author on international affairs He has attended the Canadian Historical Congress and will discuss recent advances in Canadian naval policy and international affairs.
The Canadian Club meeting at City Hall was adjourned and will begin at 8 p.m. tomorrow to allow members to attend the airfield opening at 9 p.m. at the accompanying venue.
Ottawa May 7. J T Thorson Liberal Winnipeg Centre will continue the budget debate today. Yesterday the budget debate resumed with addresses by R B Benath opposition leader W L Mackenzie King PM W Drake Wetaskiwin and R S White Mount Royal. The House passed the third reading to the bill providing for the establishment of divorce pendents with an approval vote of 400 to.
May 7 reports say thousands battled three days of forest and brush fires across the drought parched East. In New Jersey most major fires were out or controlled, while authorities and Red Cross assist with food and shelter. Estimates of destitute range from 5,000 to 100 families.
The report from Bombay dated May 7 details unrest across India with nine deaths, four rebels killed at Chittagong after raiding police and injuring a constable and four villagers. Gandhi remained jailed as riots erupted in Mumbai and Calcutta with police headquarters attacked at Ramaghat. 25 arrests followed.
Robert Samuel McLaughlin of Oshawa Ontario was elected a director at the annual meeting in the Windsor Station board room. The 58 year old industrial financier serves as president of Geney Motors of Canada Limited and Vieq, president of General Motors Cor p., New York, and sits on the Dominion Bank board. Directors re elected included Sir Charles Gordon Ross H. McMaster Rt Hon Reginald McKenna James A. Richardson and Wm J. Blake Wilson.
Reports from Empress and surrounding constituencies indicate Liberal executives favor holding the nomination convention for the Empress riding in Medicine Hat on Friday afternoon May 16. Leaders like M Stapleton and Dan McEachern advocate the plan as part of a busy Alberta campaign scene spanning Edmonton Lethbridge and Camrose regions.
In Newmarket England Diolite the favorite won the Two Thousand Guineas Stake ahead of Paradine and Silver Flare. Diolite is out of Diopson from Needle Rock and owned by Sir Hugo Hirst. Twenty eight ran in the race.
In Paris on May 7 the Associated Press reports Marshal Joffre, famed for the Marne victory, is seriously ill at his country home at Louveciennes. Friends fear for his recovery amid concerns over his condition.
Columbus Ohio May 6 Mrs Ethel Yeldon 41 a newspaper vendor and washerwoman shot seven of her twelve children through the heart with a .22 rifle Then she tried to shoot herself but the bullet lodged in her shoulder She survived likely to recover The second husband is in the Ohio State Penitentiary The mother sent ten children to a photographer for a group portrait then wrote three notes saying I cant go on I am too tired One son Vernon 12 was sent to take care of the news stand Police report six other children ages 3 to 15 dead including Esarven 15 Elaine 9 Fileanor 8 Byron 7 Wayne 6 and Rice and Allen twins 3 The killings occurred soon after 6 pm and some children were in bed or dressed in night clothes The heart wounds varied by at most half an inch Police faced difficulty in reconstructing the events and Mildred 17 was warned to stay away from the house by a telephoned warning before the slayings stayed.
Fire tore through the Princeton Hotel in Princeton B C in the early morning hours. The blaze caused about 100000 dollars in damage to the building which also housed the Bank of Montreal the B C Telephone office and several small stores. All hotel guests escaped with their belongings intact.
Shawinigan Falls Quebec May 7 the town was shaken by a blast that wrecked nearby buildings and shattered windows Damage was estimated at 75900 and several workmen were injured but no deaths or serious casualties were reported in the incident.
Fragmentary OCR text with multiple garbled words and no clear event, person, or organization discernible for a coherent news card summary. No verifiable entities or dates present to ground a factual T or S.
Fragmentary notes describe artesian water and gas flow near Alberta, with Rudyard Kipling references and a turning point for Medicine Hat and Calgary. The narrative mentions gas supply enabling light, a Turner Valley field, and a growth in industry drawing thousands per year from wet gas.
Montreals Mily Trevelyan daughter of Rt Hon Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan has arrived in Montreal aboard the Guardian liner and intends to walk across Canada to Vancouver. She plans a prolonged walking tour as far as the Rockies if feasible.
Three defendants plead guilty to arson charges at the King's Bench Court opening in Yorkton Saskatchewan on May 7. Mrs Telka Dutch a suspended sentence was given while Paranto and Wasy Dutch a remanded until tomorrow for Matty Rama.
The readable portion shows a vote reference but no concrete date, place, or outcome. OCR text is fragmented with missing nouns and numbers, preventing a precise summary of the election action, authority, or deadline from the source.
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