Major Douglas Arrives in Edmonton to Discuss Alberta Plans
Major C. H. Douglas arrived in Edmonton with his wife and secretary to explore applying his social credit system in Alberta. He will meet Premier Reid and Alberta cabinet on Tuesday after registering at the Macdonald hotel. Calgary leader William Aberhart welcomed Douglas, urging support from voters and warning he speaks for the province not just the government.
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C.P
R. G. Reid
Alberta
C. H. Douglas
Canada
Douglas
William Aberhart
Calgary
Alberta Social Credit Party
Social Credit
M. Willis
London
Macdonald Hotel
Major Douglas
Dominion
Premier Reid
Major C. H. Douglas
Mr. Aberhart
Aberhart
Reed Murder at Gull Lake Baffles Coroner Jury
Gull Lake Saskatchewan May 12 coroner jury finds George Reed 60 a paralytic farmer murdered by arsenic poison administered by a person or persons unknown. Magistrate G Thomson opened preliminary hearing for Mrs Katherine Reed accused of murdering her husband. Co defendant Clarence Wright hired man to appear Monday as Crown evidence is combined.
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Gull Lake
Sask
George Reed
G. Thomson
Swift Current
Katherine Reed
Clarence Wright
Mrs L Leveque and Son Russell Improve after Crash
Mrs Leveque and her son Russell were injured in a head on collision on the Hosmer bridge seven miles east of Fernie during a blinding snow squall Friday evening. At Fernie hospital she had a fractured lower right leg and a severed thumb while Russell suffered a knee fracture head injuries and shock. Mr L R Leveque brought them home on Sunday. Russell was taken back to the hospital while Mrs Leveque remained at home.
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L. R. Leveque
Hosmer Bridge
Fernie
Russell
Fernie Hospital
Mrs. Leveque
Months In Jail With Deportation For a Horse Thief
Moose Jaw Saskatchewan May 11 John Boszak a Roumanian subject who pleaded guilty to stealing cattle and horses in the country south of Moose Jaw was sentenced to twelve months in jail at hard labor. Judge Ouseley recommended deportation to Romania after his naturalization application was refused. Robert C Hays K C a long time Goderich lawyer is dead.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
John Boszak
Spring Valley
Ouseley
Roumania
Polish Dictator Pilsudski Dies at 67 in Warsaw
Warsaw May 18 C P Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Polish dictator and Minister of War died here last night at 8 45 o clock on the ninth anniversary of his coup d etat that made him leader of Poland His death may bring profound changes in European power alignments as Germany Russia and France ponder future Polish policy and the balance of peace pacts Col Waleryan Slawek now holds power with President Mascicki under a new constitution press and broadcasting censorship were imposed as an emergency session was planned
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C.P
Marshall Joseph Pilsudski
Marshal Pilsudski
Poland
Germany
Russia
France
Europe
Pilsudski
Pierre Laval
Col
Waleryan Slawek
Leon Kozlowski
Tenney Mascicki
Dictatorship Prophecy Cited By Senator Schall
In Chicago on May 13 Senator Thomas Schall of Minnesota warned the Chicago Bar Association that if Roosevelt wins the 1936 election there may be no future elections and the United States could become a history lesson.
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Chicago
C.P
Thomas Schall
Minnesota
Chicago Bar Association
Roosevelt
Republic of the United States
Doctor Boardman Dies While Visiting Saskatoon
Winnipeg report says Dr. FE J. Boardman aged 57 and former president of the Manitoba Medical Association died during a visit to his daughter in Saskatoon. The death was announced to relatives tonight.
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C.P
FE. J. Boardman
Manitoba Medical Association
Saskatoon
Reaction To Pilsudski Death Sparks Frontiers Concerns
London diplomats fear Pilsudski death could redraw European alignments. Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, Polish dictator, may have left Berlin and Warsaw at odds over the Polish Corridor. Some see Hitler potentially bolder on the corridor issue without the marshal's influence. European diplomacy has long dreaded this untimely moment.
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C.P
Joseph Pilsudski
Poland
Germany
Europe
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Ethiopia Demands League Action On Italo-Ethiopian Dispute
In Geneva Ethiopia protests Italian military preparations in East Africa and urges early League of Nations council action at the assembly opening May 20. In Rome Giornale d Italia criticizes rumors of joint Anglo-French action and defends Italy’s right to defend its interests.
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East Africa
League of Nations Council
Haile Selassie
League
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C.P
Addis Ababa
London
the Times
Giornale
Princess Barbara Freed to Marry Again in Reno
Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani won a divorce from Prince Alexis Mdivani in a brief secret trial in Reno. The decree leaves her free to marry Count Kurt Haugwitz Reventlow, reported to be already in Reno or en route, after she cited extreme cruelty by her polo-playing husband in a private account.
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Reno
C.P
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Alexis Mdivani
Georgia
Kurt Haugwitz-Reventlow
Correction on manslaughter charge in RCMP captain case
The Canadian Press corrects a May 10 dispatch stating Captain J C Kelly faced a manslaughter charge in the killing of William Tanner aboard a liquor boat. The charge was incorrect. information from Eldon Tanner was general and did not specify any crime or code section.
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Lunenburg
N.S
J. C. Kelly
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Acadian
William Tanner
Eldon Tanner
Franco Polish Parley Ends as Laval Sees Pact Strength
In Warsaw Franco Polish friendship was reaffirmed after Pierre Laval’s two day visit en route to Moscow. Poland showed willingness to discuss a collective security pact if Baltic interests are protected. Laval called the Franco Polish alliance strong and durable during a dinner at the French embassy.
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C.p.-Havas
Pierre Laval
Moscow
Poland
Baltic
Laval
Jury Deadlock in Red Deer Man Murder Case
SAN JOSE Calif May 12 A jury of seven men and five women reported they could not reach a verdict on whether David A Lamson a Red Deer Alta resident was guilty of wife murder The judge sent them back for more deliberations This second Lamson trial follows an earlier conviction and hanging sentence later overturned by the State Supreme Court He is charged with beating Alma Thorpe Lamson to death with an iron pipe in May 1933 at Stanford University campus house The defense argues she fell in a tub hitting her head on a wash basin
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San Jose
Calif
Robert R. Syer
David A. Lamson
Red Deer
Alta
Lamson
Stanford Univerity
John Skrut to be hanged Wednesday at Fort Saskatchewan
Ottawa reports no delay to the death sentence for John Skrut who killed his farm employer. The execution is set for Wednesday and will be the sixth at Fort Saskatchewan jail in 21 months. Hangman Ellis arrived at the jail on Sunday.
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C.P
John Skrut
Ottawa
Fort Saskatchewan
Hangmar Ellis
Doctors Report Bullets Glance Off Skull In Shooting Case
Chicago physicians report Getter Riddell, a 30 year old African American man, survived a gunshot wound that struck above the left eye. The bullet reportedly flattened upon impact against his skull as his condition was monitored at the hospital.
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Chicago
Getter Riddell
Jubilee brings royal tour to close in London crowds
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth led an unscheduled east end drive amid chants from thousands. Princess Elizabeth joined the royal party as crowds surged around the car, with 250 000 outside Buckingham Palace. Twelve hospitalized, 500 treated at first aid posts.
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C.P. Cable
Thomas T. Champion
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Duke and Duchess of York
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Dockland
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Palace
Paris Plots Emergency Air Raid Drill Tuesday Night
Paris sets an emergency air raid safety drill for Tuesday night into Wednesday with penalties for noncooperation. The southern half of the city will be dark from 2300 to 0300 hours, as temperatures rise to 45 36.
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C.P
Evenin
Mothers Day Service Led By Eagles In Medicine Hat
A large crowd joined the Fraternal Order of Eagles at the Eagles Hall for a Mothers Day service. Speakers included Dr. F W Gershaw MP Rev Rowan Binning Hector Lang MLA and honors were paid to mothers. Performances by Mrs H Matthews Miss N McWaine and others accompanied by Mrs H O Duggan and Mrs D W Hays. The event opened with remarks by A W Curran president of the Medicine Hat Aerie No 2112.
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F. W. Gershaw
M.P
Rowan Binning
H. Lang
M.L.A
Order of Eagles
Eagles Hall
Memorial United Church
Hector Lang
Curran
Medicine Hat Aerie
Indianapolis
Ind
Nazis forced back over the French border at Metz
In Metz France May 11 French gendarmes withdrew pistols and arrested a German Nazi officer after a detachment crossed the border near Freyming to reach a cafe in French territory The officer named Haslingen was seized and his companions attempted a forceful release, prompting the troopers to retreat.
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Metz
France
Freyming
Haslingen
Madame Pilsudski in Serious Condition After Heart Attack
Warsaw report states Madame Pilsudski wife of Marshal Joseph Pilsudski is in serious condition after a heart attack. The illness followed the marshal's death last night and affected her health. she joined the Socialist movement in 1905 and was a close collaborator of her husband.
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Warsaw
Madame Pilsudski
Joseph Pilsudski
Socialist Movement
Two Sask. Sisters Die in May Storm While Walking Home
Riverhurst Saskatchewan May 12 two sisters Eva and Gertrude Savage both over fifty died from exposure during a severe May storm. They had left for Liberty hall to see a play, learned it was postponed, and tried to return home walking west from their house. Gertrude collapsed about 300 yards from the Peter McLean home and died. Eva was found dead later in a field while a search party located both bodies about half a mile apart.
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Riverhurst
Sask
Eva
Gertrude Savage
Liberty Hall
Olson
Miss Byan
Miss Gertrude
Peter McLean
J. Sidney Savage
Free Love Taught In Universities Debate Rages
CHICAGO May 13 Charles R Walgreen drug store magnate testified before a State senate committee that a University of Chicago professor advocated free love and that his niece Lucille North a Seattle 19 year old woman was indoctrinated with Communist teachings at the university The committee aims to determine if radical teaching influences students and Walgreen previously withdrew his niece alleging she was exposed to Communist doctrine.
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Chicago
C.P
Charles R. Walgreen
State Senate
University of Chicago
Walgreen
Lucielle North
Seattle
A. Sation
U S Destroyers Collide as Pacific Fleet Exercises End
At Pearl Harbor two U.S. destroyers collided in darkness killing one sailor. A separate air crash on Saturday killed another crewman as 42 ships and 43 patrol planes completed maneuvers from San Francisco to Hawaii. Lieutenant Mathias B. Wyatt of San Diego and gunner’s mate Richard Chadwick of Blissfield, Michigan died aboard the Sea and the destroyer Sicard.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
San Francisco
J. M. Reeves
Here
Mathias B. Wyatt
San Diego
Saratoga
Richard ‘Chadwick
Blissfield
Mich
Lea
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