Unemployed Protest Relieft Distribution in Medicine Hat
Unemployed residents packed the UMLA hall on Maple Avenue to plan open council hearings on relief discrimination. A five member committee will meet the City Council after a May 8 meeting request, with the petition signed by seventy five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Avenue
D. L. Allen
W. Horn
A. E. Smith
D. McDonald
D. McInnis
FW. Gershaw
M.P
Hector Lang
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Dominion
Big Damage Suit Against Doukhobors
Senator J M Hackney of St Paul plans a $2,500,000 suit against the Doukhobor communities and Peter Verigin to recover commissions and funds tied to colonization plans in Mexico. The claim cites contracts for exclusive purchase of 1,000,000 acres with a net $1 per acre commission.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Free Press
J. M. Hackney
St. Paul
Internationl Colonization Corporation
Peter Veregin
Hackney
Free Preas
Regina
Verigin
Mexico
Dual Slaying In Illinois City Details Reach Court
Loretta Schmitz, 17, told how Oliver Day, 48, shot her father John Schmitz, 56, in his farmhouse bedroom, then aimed at Loretta before the shotgun jammed. Day handed the gun to Loretta who fired, killing him. State's attorney seeks verdict of justifiable homicide.
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Elginds
Loretta Schmitz
Oliver Day
John Schmitz
Day
Schmitz
Loretta
Redcliff Scouting Rally Planned at Armories Friday
Notes describe a Redcliff Boy Scouts formation meeting set for next Friday evening in the Armories with organizers including Leonard Hicks A Ballantyne and Rev M Stewart. A separate meeting at eight tonight aims to organize the S A R softball team from the former Imperial lineup in town. Mrs Q Vogstad left for Grassland to visit Edmund Vogstad who recently had twin boys.
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Redcliff
Boy Scouts
Armories
Medicine Hat
Leonard Hicks
A. Ballantyne
Rev. M. Stewart
S.A.R
Q. Vogstad
Grassland
Edmund Vogstad
Vogstad
Calgary
Japan Says Offensive Will Not Reach Peiping or Tientsin
Tokyo reports Japan will not extend the renewed offensive south of the Great Wall to Peiping or Tientsin. The War Office cites restraint to avoid giving Roosevelt talks with China and Japan an excuse to discuss military dispositions.
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Tokyo
Great Wall of China
Peiping
Tientsin
War Office
Japan
Roosevelt
China
Senate approves security bill to protect investors
The administration backed measure to regulate securities was approved by the Senate. It requires registration of security issues with the FTC and full disclosure by issuing companies, making directors and officers civilly liable for knowingly false statements.
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Weenington
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Gandhi Released From Poona Jail After Unconditional Fast
Gandhi was released from Poona jail today shortly after starting an unconditional fast planned for three weeks. He declared he would not terminate the fast even if all temples were opened to India's untouchables and untouchability was removed.
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Poona
Gandhi
India
Western Stock Growers Hold Conv ention Here On May 26
The thirty seventh annual convention of the Western Stock Growers Association will be held in Medicine Hat on Friday May 26. All stock men both members and non members are invited to attend. The association lists standing committees including the convention and programme committee Messrs James Mitchell H G Minor Medicine Hat and Geo G Ross St Kilda Grazing Lease Committee Messrs Douglas Hardwick Armada J J Bowlen Calgary and L McKinnon Calgary Income Tax Committee Messrs Ellison Capers High River Douglas Hardwick Armada and L McKinnon Permanent Railway Tariff Committee Messrs Geo G Ross St Kilda R P Gilchrist Wild Horse and W I Monkman Nanton.
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Western Stock Growers Association
Medicine Hat
France Refuses To Pay War Debt With Warmer Moratorium Demand
The French Cabinet unanimously rejects paying the December 15 war debt interest without a guaranteed moratorium. Premier Daladier’s cabinet backs the demand after review of a report from M. Chehriot who returned from Washington. Canadian Press dispatches note disappointment in administration circles as the U S expects European debt payments.
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Functs
Road Cabinet
United States
America
Daladier
M. Dherriot
Washington
Ceierated
Industry Cooperatives to employ 3 Million Men
Washington details reveal a large plan to put at least 3,000,000 men back to work in private industry with backing from 25 representatives of 56,000 manufacturers. The proposal envisions self regulation under government supervision, loose anti trust rules, and safeguards against monopoly. It aims to supplement public works to reduce unemployment and includes a bill draft led by Senator Wagner.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Association of National Manufacturers
Friends of the Administration
Wagner
New York
Twenty Sailors Drown In Arctic Shipwreck
The Russian steamer Rouslan was hammered by a gale and sank off South Cape Spitzenbergen. Twenty sailors perished in the Arctic disaster reported by Canadian Press.
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Spitzenbergen
Rouslan
Arctic
South Cape
Arctic Circle
Alexandra Easter Examinations Highlight Local Promotions
Results from Alexandra High School Easter exams show marks and averages exclude local promotion units. Grade XI honors list Patricia Sanders led with 86, followed by Frank Mulholland and others. many named students scored 75 or higher in various bands.
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Alexandra High School
Gsbe
Patricia Sanders
Frank Mulholland
Marion Matthews
Margaret Mitchell
Kathleen Moore
Nancy Hargrave
Helen Flemming
A. Ludwig
J. Guthrie
I. Russell
B. Thacker
A. Murphy
M. Reilly
J. Crawford
F. Hillenberg
N. McCully
N. Campbell
A. Davidson
EF. Riley
M. Kane
M. Michle
S. Rosenfelder
A. Dederer
FE. Adkins
H. Bristow
M. Wibberley
O. Miller
L. Flath
G. Cooper
M. Spencer
3B. Schrader
M. Cartlidge
A. McDonald
R. Collwell
G. Rollo
D. Cotton
H. Mehrer
M. Rabinovitch
R. Carr
R. Peasley
J. Gleaves
E. O'Rourke
E. Ward
M. Zaiser
S. Schuler
M. Fawcett
J. Thomas
H. Dederer
M. Conn
Fire Devastates Ellsworth With 1.5 Million Dollar Loss
A major blaze in Ellsworth Maine caused an estimated 1.5 million dollars in damage. Authorities believe the fire was incendiary and consumed about 175 business and residential buildings leaving 300 to 400 people homeless among a 4,000 population.
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Ellsworth
German Jews Forced out To Seek Living Descend On Paris By Thousands
In Paris within five weeks about 3,000 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany seek aid at the Jewish refugee committee headquarters led by Paul Painleve. Most are German nationals facing poverty, with France delaying labor permits despite claims of asylum and passable passports. Some escape by crossing borders with limited funds.
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Paris
Germany
Jewish Refugee Committee
Paul Painleve
France
Nansen
Melgmiunay Lee
Lilae
Wilo
Sonniyendranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
House of Commons
Tagore
Munich
Czar's Treasure to be Recovered at Sverdlovsk
London Herald reports treasure valued at two million pounds linked to murdered Czar Nicholas and Russian nobility will be recovered at Sverdlovsk on the Asiatic side of the Urals. Soviet government to receive one fourth of the treasure.
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London
London Herald
Nicholas Sr
Sverdlovsk
Ural Mountains
Buck brothers pleads not guilty in McMath kidnapping case
Kenneth and Cyril Buck, from Provincetown, deny abducting ten year old Margaret McMath. Bail set at 100000 each with May 22 next hearing. Kenneth hints at another involved party and breaks down as reporters press for details.
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Provincetown
Mass
Kenneth
Cyril Buck
Margaret McMath
William Crossley
Cyril
Harwich
Two Earthquakes Shake Mexico City Faces Afternoon Damage
Two tremors hit Mexico City on May 8 delivering no damage in the morning but causing buildings to rock and clocks to stop in the afternoon. Showers are reported with a cool 46/34 temperature.
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Mexico City
Tariff Truce Talks Hinges on Safeguards and Debt Moratorium
London and Washington report on a tariff truce with Britain seeking safeguards to protect its tariff position. Belgium, France, Japan, Italy and Germany show varying stances while the US pushes for a debt moratorium as dollar weakness continues in markets.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Japan
Norman H. Davis
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Washington
Belgium
United States
France
Guido Jung
Hjalmar Spracht
Germany
Roosevelt
Havo
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J. Larson
J. L. Alien
Doukhobors
Illinois City
Western Stock Growers Assn
Neville Lawrence
Coldstream Guards
Sarah Schuyler Butler
Uiey
St. Paul's Chapel
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Walter RR. Lawrence
Man
Children of Israel
Manitoba
Alexandra
Czar
McMath
Davis
James Knight
Fourth Street
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