Budget passes Commons after amendments defeat in Ottawa
The Canadian House of Commons passed the budget by 114 to 86 after defeating a sub amendment 19 to 177. The Progressive and Conservative amendments were voted down 60 to 124 and 177 to 19 respectively. Two Conservative MPs signaled support for the budget. The debate drew crowded galleries as leaders argued on tariffs and reciprocity amid regional divisions.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
House
T. E. Simpson
Algoma West
L. W. Johnstone
Cape Breton North Victoria
H. B. Adshead
Labor
Calgary East
Quebec
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Ernest Hapointe
Wilfrid
L. H. Jelliff
U.F.A
Wethbridge
W. R. Fansler
Last Mountain, Sask
R B. Bennett
Questionnaire Presented on European Federal Union
A 1000 word questionnaire on the constitution of the European Federal Union prepared by Aristides Beland is to be released by the Foreign Office tomorrow. The document, authored in Paris, is expected to be distributed Saturday afternoon.
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Paris
European Federal Union
Aristides Beland
Morrow
F' World
Foreign Office
Attrill Elected To Legion Executive At Monthly Meeting
At the Jean Legion monthly general meeting I Attrill was elected executive member to head the revival. J Wright Henderson Fr A At and Secretary W J Harper were named delegates to the Alberta Provincial Diamond event in Lethbridge on June 12. The six months financial report was favorable and the Ladies Auxiliary activities were outlined. The secretary was authorized to send a letter of appreciation to the auxiliary. Wright announced Lethbridge Legion bowling club members would visit on May 24 for games with local bowlers and practice times with Medicine Hat bowlers were set for next week.
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Jean Legion
I. Attrill
A Dixon Jp
J. Wright
Henderson
A. At
W. J. Harper
Tvent
Alberta
Lethbridge
Wright
Mbers
Lethbridge Legion
Wlers
Doings in Parliament Ottawa May 16 Parliament activity noted
In Ottawa the Senate will review the Liquor Export bill while the House of Commons continues budget provisions in committee of ways and means. Yesterday the War Veterans' Allowances bill passed three readings in the Senate and the Ontario Divorce Court bill advanced. The railway belt and Peace River block transfer to British Columbia moved to third reading, and the national parks bill got a second reading. The House concluded the budget debate with government sustainment and defeated Conservative and United Farmer amendments. The committee approved the first budget resolution and revised customs tariff terms.
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Ottawa
C.P
Senate
House of Commons
Ontario
Peace River
Province
B.C
United Farmer
Committee of Ways and Means
House
Rost Hits Saskatchewan and Manitoba Last Night
Winnipeg and western locations saw light snow and freezes as frosts spread across the prairies. Central Saskatchewan reported 18 degrees above zero, Elbow 20 above, Churchill and The Pas also noted high frosts, while Winnipeg dipped to 0 F. Forecasters predicted heavier frosts tonight for Manitoba and milder, fair weather for the west.
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Winnipeg
Ring
Weatherman
Milady
Itleford
Macklin
Saskatchewan
Elbow
Churchill
Hudson's Bay
Manitoba
Pas
N. W
Weatheman
Alberta
Etter
Prospects Brighter For Expected Settlement of the Outbreaks In India
In Bombay the government signals early negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi as civil disobedience intensifies. Sarojini Naidu and followers sit in the road at Dharasana awaiting possible arrest, while clashes and arrests mark the day in several regions with police reporting injuries among officers and constables.
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India
Bombay
A.P
Mahatma Gandhi
All-India Congress
Mee
Sarojini Naidu
Mahatma
Abbas Tyabji
Dharasana
Mee Naidu
Mymensingh
Bengal
Dharasaana
Naidu
Old Grand Opera House Destroyed By Fire
Four men were rescued from the McDermott Block by firemen after a fire destroyed the old Tribune building in Winnipeg. Damages estimated at $60,000. The structure, built in the 1880s as the Grand Opera House, was a three story brick building.
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Old Grand Opera House
Winnipeg
C.P
Tribune
McDermott
Grand Opera House
Cypress Liberal nomination at Park Hall convention
R. C. Black was the Liberals’ unanimous Cypress riding candidate at a well attended convention in Park Hall this afternoon. Cypress Liberal Association officers elected: President C Beny. First Vice-President H H Foster Etzikom. Second Vice-President Mrs E Gosselin Winnifred. Sec Treas F McLaughlin Irvine re elected. Executive R H Henderson Irvine J R Fisher Whitia C Ronan Winnifred C Lentz Norton W R Mc Fall Etzikom J Rierstadt Manyberries C Wager Orion.
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R. C. Black
Cypress
Park Hall
Cypress Liberal Association
C. Beny
H. H. Foster
Etzikom
E. Gosselin
Winnifred
Sec
Treas
F. McLaughlin
Irvine
R. H. Henderson
J. R. Fisher
Whitia
C. Ronan
C. Lentz
Norton
W. R. McFall
J. Rierstadt
Manyberries
C. Wager
Orion
Amy Johnson Opens New Leg of Australia Flight
In Rangoon on May 16 Miss Amy Johnson, British aviator, began another stage of her odyssey from Croydon toward Australia. Heavy rain greeted her takeoff at 10.30 a.m. and about three thousand miles remain in her challenging journey.
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Rangoon
Burma
Amy Johnson
Croydon
England
Australia
Train kills Auto Driver In Forward
Ernest V. Willmott aged 35 of Regina Sask was fatally injured when his closed automobile was struck by a C N R train near Forward Sask yesterday. The car was demolished and Willmott likely failed to hear the approaching locomotive.
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Sask
Ernest V. Willmott
Regina
C.N.R
Willmott
University of Alberta exam results list standout graduates
The post exam list shows winners of Governor General gold medal Ralph Grant and Alberta Pharmaceutical Association medal John Avery. It names graduates with first class standing in Agriculture and degrees awarded including Arts Commerce Dentistry and Education. Notable names include Margaret Selbhorn Walton Sieber Knight Walton Hargrave and several others across anatomy chemistry engineering and biology fields.
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Governor Generals
Ralph Arthur Grant
Alberta Pharmaceutical Asso
John Albert Avery
Selbhorn (Redcliff
Margaret
Annette Walton
Lawrence Gordon Sieber
Thomas Knight
James Lyle Wyatt
Setae Enos
Louise Waldo
Helen M. Grant
Mary
Harry Hargrave
Crawford Goode
Harris Sherwood
John Warnow
Wray
B. Souch
Souch
Pratt
Baker
Goode
Woznow
Kosior
Conservatives Clash Over Saskatchewan Quebec Clash In Commons
In Ottawa on May 16 the House of Commons debated Saskatchewan and Quebec tensions. J L Brown confronted R B Bennett over Conservative stand in Saskatchewan and a Quebec pamphlet cartoon depicting Premier Anderson and French Catholic schooling. Bennett claimed the issue was raised by Brown and noted the pamphlet circulated in Quebec.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
Quebec
J. L. Brown
Lib
Lisgar
R. B. Bennett
W. G. Bock
Maple Creek
Bennett
Brown
L'Action Liberale
Justice
Mr. Lapointe
Mr. Brown
Mr. Bennett
Premier Anderson
Anderson
Orange Lodges
Ku Klux Klan
Konoclast
Julian the
Crab
Lapointe
Fire at Dunburn School Damages Building
orderly evacuations as Dunburn four room schoolhouse catches fire. Volunteer firefighters confine blaze with $2,000 in damage reported.
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Punburn, Sask
Dunburn
Winnipeg Confectioner Kidnapped and Robbed by Thugs
Winnipeg May 16 George Delasala known as Del a confectioner was kidnapped beaten and robbed by three men after closing his downtown shop. They forced him into a car and drove him to the city outskirts where he was robbed of 24 dollars during a brutal struggle.
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Winnipeg
George Delasala
Del
Pelee
Bulgarian Premier And Cabinet Resign New Govt Formed
Sofia May 16. Premier Andredy Liaptcheff and his cabinet resigned last night. A new cabinet was formed with Liaptcheff heading it and former premier Tzankoff named Minister of Education. The Liaptcheff cabinet had been formed Sept 9 1929 and resigned the same day but was reconstructed on Sept 12.
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Sofia
A.P
Andredy Liaptcheff
Bulgaria
M. Liaptcheff
Tzankoff
Liaptcheff
Children Start Fire With Matches Near Fence
Children obtained matches and started a fire against a fence at 653 Fifth yesterday afternoon. The blaze was controlled by the fire brigade and extinguished before substantial damage occurred.
Monsignor J C McGuigan Consecrated Archbishop of Regina
Edmonton May 16 With solemn ceremonies in St Josephs cathedral Monsignor J C McGuigan was elevated to Archbishop of Regina at 85 years old The event drew about 1400 attendees including 20 archbishops bishops and monsignors from across Canada and featured Archbishops O Leary Beliveau Sinnott Casey and Bishop Kidd among the consecrators Mrs George McGuigan attended from Charlottetown and the service highlighted one of Canada’s largest dioceses.
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Edmonton
St. Joseph’s
J. C. McGuigan
Regina
Saskatchewan
Holy See
Canada
O’leary
Beliveau
St. Boniface
Kidd
Calgaryy
George McGuigan
Charlottetown
Sinnott
Winnipeg
Casey
Vancouver
Prudhomme
Prince Albert
Bistrop Bunor
Prince Rup
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Legion
J. Henderson
Lecy
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Shetland Islands
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Bengal Presidency
Seveen Eee
Dharasanana
Youth League of Bombay
Amy
University of Alberta
Focal
Sherwood
Adele Weeks
Materia Meduva
Margaret Hargrave
Neno Waldo
Lawrence Sieber
Avery
Leah Carpenter
Materia
Thos
Knight
Isabel ‘Walton
Hilda Pratt
Isabel
Sidney Huckvale
Oueblc
J. C. M’guigan
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