Junior Board of Trade Dinner Forges Rural Urban Bond
The Assiniboia hotel hosted the Junior Board of Trade monthly dinner with guests from Hilda Young Men's Board of Trade and the Maple Creek Ken Club. K. C. Mackenzie urged genuine friendship as the basis for rural urban cooperation, stressing that trade benefits should be by-products. The program featured Miss Joan Watson and Miss Eileen Hughes in vocal numbers, Lloyd Slind of Maple Creek, Roy Ayling recitations, and chorus led by T. R. Osborne with W. Lakey at the piano, chaired by J. Dempster.
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Junior Board of Trade
Assiniboia
Hilda Young Men's Board of Trade
Maple Creek Ken Club
J.B.T
K. C. Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Joan Watson
Eileen Hughes
Lloyd Slind
Maple Creek
Roy Ayling
T. R. Osborne
W. Lakey
J. Dempster
Allies Promote Rural Urban Cooperation In Canada
At a meeting opening Maple Creek visitors introduced by Allan Gibson include Alex Broome Leonard Brinkhurst Arthur Myers Tom Ibotsen Lloyd Slind Clarence Brenton Dr Mitchell Curtis Hof mann John Ingram Lynn Redmond and others from Maple Creek Hilda and Calgary. Speaker Mackenzie notes Maple Creek and Hilda model better urban rural ties than Medicine Hat urging cooperation to achieve wider goals.
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Allan Gibson
Alex Broome
Leonard Brinkhurst
Arthur Myers
Tom Ibotsen
Lloyd Slind
Clarence Brenton
Dr. Mitchell
Curtis Hofmann
John Ingram
Lynn Redmond
Maple Creek
Dave Moench
J. Austin
C. Moench
Bill Moench
Eddie Kissinger
Bill Heinz
H. Jackson
Hilda
A. J. Calderhead
J. Tanner
Calgary
Mackenzie
Medicine Hat
Rumor of Invasion of Low Countries Lacks Basis
Paris reports say Haldran Koht arrives amid Dutch war scare while Polish mountain troops are landed near Narvik to aid the Allied expeditionary force. Berlin claims British information service spread reports of German armies moving toward the Netherlands frontier and accuses English agitators of exploiting the distraction.
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Germany
Narvik
Britain
Hungary
Paris
Netherlands
Haldran Koht
Berlin
D.N.B
British Information Service
Europe
Balkan Defensive Alliance Draws Balkans Into War Talks
Diplomatic reports from Budapest and Belgrade describe a Balkan defensive alliance involving Romania Yugoslavia Bulgaria Greece and Turkey to deter Axis aggression. Britain seeks a united front while Yugoslavia weighs relations with Russia and mobile forces rise across the region.
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Budapest
Germany
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Belgrade
Politika
Balkan
Europe
Romania
Pre-session activity ramps up at Ottawa Parliament
Dr. Arthur Beauchesne, clerk of the House of Commons, coordinates preparations for the May 16 opening. L. Clare Moyer, Senate clerk, handles the red chamber as up to 15 new Senators join the 245 MPs. Swearing in and passes, seating plans, and opening-day notices fill the rush.
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Ottawa
May
Arthur Beauchesne
House of Commons
Parliaent Hill
Commons
L. Clare Moyer
Senate
Red
Dr. Beauchesne
Alec T
Weather Peak in West Sets Warm Trend at 66 Degrees
Medicine Hat remained the warm spot in Western Canada with a daytime high of 65 degrees, a low of 34 degrees overnight, and a rise to 66 degrees by 1 p.m. The sky was overcast but no rain fell.
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Medicine Mat
Canada
Parliament staffing and cleaning duties described
The article notes daily applications for sessional staff and gallery passes handled by the Commons clerk. It details supervision of about 500 House staff during sessions, plus staffing of the restaurant cafeteria keys pages and numerous stenographers attendants and cleaners including three daily shifts for the cleaners at Canada's Parliament.
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Clerk of the Commons
House
Page Keys
Beauchesne
Canada
Western Canadians urge changes to Defence of Canada regulations
A Manitoba led memorandum asks the Dominion Government to abolish or curb key Defence of Canada rules to protect civil liberties during war. It calls for restoring habeas corpus, clarifying prohibited matter, and remodeling sections 39 and 89A with Britain as a model. Signatories include Senator W A Buchanan, Mayor Andrew Davison, Victor Sifton, and Sidney E Smith.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Defence of Canada
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Great Britain
W. A. Buchanan
Lethbridge
Andrew Davison
Calgary
Victor Sifton
Sidney E. Smith
University of Manitoba
Britain Will Explain to Italy Massing of Fleet In Mediterranean Sea
Rome dispatch reports Italians mask intentions while questioning Chamberlain’s Norway withdrawal. Sir Percy Loraine returns from London to discuss British-Italian talks and the Mediterranean fleet buildup. Dorpmueller meets Host-Venturi as fate of alliance remains unclear. Italy’s press suggests Chamberlain’s stay could aid German aims.
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Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
Associated Press
Rome
Chamberlain
Norway
Balkans
Percy Loraine
London
B. W. Playfair
Percy
Galeaizo Ciana
Mussolini
Tl Duca
Rowe
Julius Dorpmueller
Giuseppe Host-Venturi
Hungary
House of Commons
Europe
Baseball scores and pitchers from Cleveland to Cincinnati
Baseball box scores list results for Cleveland New York Detroit Boston St Louis Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Boston Cincinnati with innings by inning tallies and pitcher duos including Smith Hemseley Breuer Dickey Tebbetts Bagby Desautels Kramer Swift Rosse Hayes Melton Danning Klinger Davis Posedel Lopez Derringer Lombardi.
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Cleveland
New York
Smith
Hemseley
Breuer
Dickey
Detroit
Boston
Pippen
Tebbetts
Bagby
Desautels
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Kramer
Swift
Rosse
Hayes
National
Pittsburgh
Melton
Danning
Klinger
Davis
Cincinnati
Posedel
Lopez
Derringer
Lombardi
Ontario Court Upholds Defence of Canada Regulations
Ottawa May 8 Justice Edgar Chevrier of the Ontario Supreme Court upheld the Defence of Canada Regulations as constitutional during the trial of three Ottawa men charged with publishing and circulating antiwar pamphlets. The defendants are Harry Binder 26 Louis Binder 21 and Roy Saunders 26.
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Ottawa
Edgar Chevrier
Ontario Supreme Court
Defence of Canada
Harry Binder
Parliamentary Press Gallery
Toronto
Daily Clarion
Louis Binder
Royal Canadian Engineers
Roy Saunders
Sir Charles Forbes Promoted to Admiral of the Fleet
London reports Sir Charles Forbes promoted to admiral of the fleet effective today. Since 1958 he led the home fleet responsible for the blockade of Germany and Norway operations. Also announced is Vice Admiral Sir Dudley North's promotion, alongside keeping active status with other admirals.
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London
Sir Charles Forbes
Admiralty
Sir Charles
Germany
Norway
Lord Chatfield
Dudley North
Canada
Australia
Alberta Highways Reopened to All Traffic
The Alberta public works department announced that every highway in the province will be open to all motor traffic starting at 1 p.m. today. This marks full reopening across all routes after earlier closures.
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Alberta Public Works Department
Information Comes Bremen Has Been Sunk
Willy Boldt of New York reported a letter from his uncle Johann Gaertner, seaman on the German liner Bremen, stating the ship was bombed and sunk. The letter says the crew is interned, and the sinking occurred April 9 while the ship was in England.
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New York
Willy Boldt
Johann Gaertner
Bremen
Germany
England
Trades and Labor Council Expels Communists
Vancouver delegates expelled from the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council after a turbulent meeting. The Shipyards' Union executive left the council as President E. A. Jamieson unseated Charles Stewart, E. E. Leary, and J. Maley from three unions amid suspicions of Communist sympathies.
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Vancouver
C.P
Vancouver Trades and Labor Council
Shipyards’ Union
E. A. Jamieson
Charles Stewart
Street Railwaymen's Union
E. E. Leary
Shipyards Laborers’ Union
J. Maley
Printing Pressmen's Union
Local plane catches a thermal in Medicine Hat trial flight
Joe Vesso of 210 Marshal Ave and Jerry Fisher flew Wakefield model planes in early morning trials. Vesso’s 44 inch wing Wakefield with 70 feet elastic and 800 winds caught a rising air current for a 70 second flight, returning after two minutes to land a mile from the start. Fisher’s flight reached about two minutes. A Model Airplane Meet is scheduled for the 24th with forms available at Marshall's Book Store.
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Joe Vesso
Marshal ‘Ave
Medicine Hat
Joe In
Korda “Wakefield
Jerry Fisher
11Th Street
Marshall’s
Britain faces Norway policy criticism in Commons
London May 8 Prime Minister Chamberlain faced a Labor demand to record the Commons view on the Norway campaign. David Lloyd George urged Chamberlain to resign, accusing the government of mishandling air force, army, and navy preparations. Conservatives warned against government defeat amid wartime stakes.
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London
Chamberlain
Commons
Norway
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Britain
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Herbert Morrigan
Norwegid Canonan
Samuel Hoare An Simon
Morrison
Treasury Bench
House of Lara
Eal
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K. ©. MacKenzie
Norwegian
C. MacKenzie
Trondheim
Alexandria
Near East
Russia
Zagreb
Alojzije Stepinac
Pius XII
Denmark
Rakek
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Dardanelles
Dobruja
Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Sofia
Karl Clodius
Hughe
By Ralph Jordan
Gardless
Resto del Carlino Ofologne
Charles Forbes
Trades and Labor Congress
G. B
Scorches Chamberlain
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