Senate hearing on railway reform prompts budget balancing
Ottawa witness S W Fairweather urges a zoning plan in Canada s rail system with one company serving one region and another the rest He cites contradictory abandonment figures for CNR and CPR totaling thousands of miles and warns against overreliance on single tracks while stressing cooperative economies and regional impacts on towns like Wilkie Sask.
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Ottawa
C.P
S. W. Fairweather
Bureau of Economics
Canadian National Railways
Senate
Canada
W. A. Buchanan
Lib
Lethbridge
C.N.R
Fairweather
Adomeneere
Duff Commission
C. P. Beaubien
Con
Montreal
Quebec
Royn
C P.R
Mr. Fairweather
Reaginy
Kamloops
Hoos
B.C
Saskatoon
Unity
Sask
Election bill before the committee in Ottawa
The Commons committee on privileges and elections debated a provision allowing an undecorated candidate to obtain five advance voter lists for 10 dollars with a 20 dollar nomination fee, refundable on formal nomination. if the candidate withdraws before nomination, the 10 dollars go to the federal treasury. Discussion touched on enumertor replacement powers and a prior report about Doukhobors, clarified to apply only to British Columbia residents of that sect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
The
Commons Committee On Privileges and Elections
Federal Treasury
Cana 1
H. Cahan
Montreal-St Lawrence-St. George
Hig
Ono
Ap- Wee
C .E. Bothwell
Lib
Switt Current
Dominion
British Columbia
Graduating Exercises at University of Alberta
Graduating exercises at the University of Alberta in Edmonton mark the 27th convocation with 438 graduates and 238 faculty awards. Notables including Sir Edward Beatty and Lt Governor J. C. en attended as degrees and diplomas were conferred amid a large ceremonial gathering.
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University of Alberta
Edmonton
CPJ
Porker
McDougall Auditorium
Rts
School of
Edward Beatty
Anl
J. oC.en
Aberhart
Harvey
Macdonald
Burgett
Runaway Girls Found at Macleod in Alberta Case
Macleod Alberta May 13 police chief H C Lewis found two 17 year old Calgary girls and a 25 year old man with a concealed weapon in a box car. The girls were charged with vagrancy and are in jail awaiting Calgary escorts. One man is still being hunted and another man named Macey accompanied Bothwell.
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Lewis
Calgary
Pacific Coast
Robert Bothwell
Lewiy
H. J. Macey
Macey
Bothwell
Sgy
William Crichton
Macleod
Shake-up in British Cabinet Foreseen Amid Peer Count
London May 13. Cabinet changes anticipated due to many peers in the Caesharp attacks. Earl Baldwin met the Prime Minister at Ten Downing Street and Sir Samuel Heaton visited twice seeking audience. Lord Swintoni, central to the air craft dispute, raised demands after a proposed doubling of air strength failed to quell critics. An inquiry is urged.
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London
C.P. Cable
Caesharp
Commons
Earl Baldwin
Ten Downing Street
Tron
Baldwin
Samuel Heaton
Lord Swintoni
Mystery at Elkwater Skeleton Not Fully Identified
RCMP investigators Barney Crockett and JG Pease examined a skull found by Anton Kewjewski on his farm near Elkwater. Dr. Patterson assessed the skull as at least fifty years old and likely white, though sex remains undetermined due to missing skeleton parts. The skull and animal bones were moved to Medicine Hat for expert exam.
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R.C.M.P
Barney Crockett
J. G. Pease
Anton Kewiewski
Wesat
Elkwater
J. R. Patterson
Kewjewski
Medicine Hat
Crockett
Pease
Kowiewski
Patterson
Fish and Game Meeting Scheduled for May 14
The annual meeting of the Fish and Game Association will be held Saturday night May 14 at 7 30 in the Assinibon hotel.
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The
Fish and Game Association
Assinibon Hotel
Death of Mack Large Remains In Kelowna
Word is received in Medicine Hat of the sudden death of Mack Large aged about five likely May 4 in Kamloops while visiting a friend. The body was taken to Kelowna for interment last Saturday. He was a son of Dr and Mrs Large and moved to Medicine Hat in 1912. He studied at the University of Alberta and did an internship in Minneapolis before practice in Kelowna. Survived by his widow, his parents and two brothers Dick and Fred.
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Mack Large
Kamloops
Kelowna
B.C
Medicine Hat
University of Alberta
Minneapolis
Cranbrook
Dr. and
Mre. Large
Blairmore
Fred
United States to Check Propaganda Radio Station Plans
Washington May 13 reports say the naval committee released documents showing President Roosevelt approved building a U S government radio station intended as an antidote to Fascist and Communist broadcasts to South America.
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Washington
House
Naval Committee
Roosevelt
United States
South America
Dust Storm Rips Alberta But Medicine Hat Escapes Major Damage
A severe wind storm swept Alberta with a west wind at 30 mph, veering to the northwest and reaching 42 mph. Dust darkened skies, a shower left mud on windows, and rainfall measured .01 inch. Temperatures dropped to 42 overnight and rose to 59 by noon. Edmonton dispatch notes continuation on page five.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
C.P
Insurgent Fifth Division Captures Fortanete Front Point
Spanish front report says the insurgent fifth division seized Fortanete a key position between Teruel and the Mediterranean. The attackers pressed south toward Castellon de la Plana and Valencia as forces push along the coast.
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Hendaye
France
C.P. Cable
Fortanete
Teruel
Mediterranean
Castellon de la
Plana
Valencia
CPR Lays Off Men At Ogden And Weston
Canadian Pacific Railway officials in Winnipeg announced that about 360 men hired in February to prepare motive power will be laid off tomorrow. The Weston shop in Winnipeg will cut 220 jobs and the Ogden shop in Calgary will cut about 185.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Canadian Pacific Railway
Weston
Ogden
Calgary
Phillies edge Yankees in nine in MLB tilt
In a game packed with late scoring, Philadelphia plate nine runs across the final frames to defeat New York 8 to 1. Caster and Brucker worked on the mound for Philadelphia while Pearson and Dickey contributed key hits.
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Philadelphia
New York
Caster
Brucker
Pearson
Dickey
Washington
Boston
W. Ferrell
R. Ferrell
Wilson
Desautels
Airman Injured In McMurray Plane Crash
An air service Mackenzie plane crashed into the Clear Water River sand bar at McMurray shortly after midnight. Engineer Ray Arnold, 25, suffered serious injuries while Archie McMullen was not aboard at the time. The aircraft was piloted by Picot and left Vancouver for Fitzgerald.
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Edmonton
C.P
Air Service
Clearwater River
McMurray
Meraes Fy
Ray, Arnold
Airhcesaphing
Picot
Archie McMullen
Fitzgerald
McMullen
Coe
Arnald
Vancouver
Women Hear National Council Of Women Talk At Moncton Meeting
Mrs. G O Spencer of Moncton presided as the local Council of Women met at the Cosmopolitan hotel to discuss the National Council of Women as a federation not an organization. She explained World and Canadian history of the council and praised western music festival efforts while noting the need for clearer advertising of aims and activities. Mr P Blackstock entertained with a baritone solo as Miss M Holmes presided and thanks were offered by Mrs Alison Smith.
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National CouNcil of Women
G. O. Spencer
Moncton
N.B
Council of Women
Cosmopolitan Hotel
National
Qayneil
Asafe National Council
Dominion
Nations Housekeeping
P. Blackstock
G. M. Blackstock
Spencer Common
M. Holmes
Alison Smith
Spencer
World Council the International
Washington, D.C
World Council of Women
Mrs. Spencer
Lady Aberdeen
League of Nations
Abherdeen
Canada
Mediicine Hat
Vancouver
Medicine Hat
Women
National Council
Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Women’s Parliament of
Ottawa
Mrs Spencer
West
Japanese air raids threaten Lunghai railway front
Japanese war planes bomb central China lines loaned by the Tokyo air service. They push toward Lunghai from north and south, with Suhsien hardest hit after three raids near Suchow and Yingcheng leveled to enable capture. A northern column sits three miles from Lunghai, with warnings issued to foreigners.
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Central China Front
Lunghai
Suhsien
Suchow
Yingcheng
Sinanchen
Netherlands declares neutrality in case of war
A high Foreign Ministry official said the Netherlands has determined to remain neutral in the event of war. The government will not take sides with any belligerent, aligning with long standing neutrality policies.
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Hague
C.R. Cable
Foreign Ministry
Pa Sald
Netherlands
Manning Outlines Social Credit Plans For Labor Welfare
Edmonton May 12 E C Manning provincial secretary and trade minister says wage earners and unemployed would be helped as Social Credit dividends rise. In a broadcast with W A Fallon he cites wage hours and conditions as key issues and lists acts on minimum wage female labor hours and industrial relations enforcement.
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Edmonton
E. C. Manning
W. A. Fallon
Alberta
Manning
Trade and Industry
Social Credit Party
Clal
Industrial Relations Board
Fallon
Peraden
Abun
Monopol
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Senator Buchanan
Brussels
Budapest
Evalle Janson
Paul van Zeeland
Janson
Liberal Party
Socialists
Catholic Party
Kiloman Daranyi
W. Fairweather
Wilkie
Ron
J. H. Cahan
W. A. R. Kerr
W. H. Alexander
Dea
Arts and Sciences
University of California
Dr. Alexander
Fish and Game Meeting
Mack
Parliament OF
Neutral
E.C. Manning
Social Credit
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