Fourth Anniversary Dinner for Grange Lodges in Park Hall
Joint anniversary dinner for Outram Lodge No. LOBA and Frontier Lodge No. LOL celebrated four and 44 years of activity with a large turnout in Park Hall. J. Lorraine chaired, speakers included G. M. Blackstock KC and Rev yond Western, with a musical program and a dance to end the evening.
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Outram Loge
L.O.B.A
Frontier Lodge
L.O.L
Medicine Hall
J. Lorraine
Park Hall
W. J. Conrad
G. M. Blackstock
K.C
Yond Western
Orange Order
Dr. Lidwards
W. D. McPherson
Liberal Women Plan How to Reach Senate
Ottawa May 16 Proposed amendment of the British North America Act to let women sit in the Senate and equal rights in candidate selection were discussed by National Federation of Liberal Women committees. Mrs Ellen Smith urged coordination and constancy, urged tolerance and compromise, and promoted charity towards all.
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Ottawa
Senate
National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada
Dominion
R. Ellen Smith
Vancouver
Federation
Fire Leaves 4000 Homeless in Polish Town
Exchange Telegraph despatches report a major blaze at Iwle Poland killing over 100 people and destroying nearly the entire town. More than 4000 residents are homeless and destitute on the eastern frontier, with the disaster affecting Warsaw as officials respond.
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London
Exchange
Warsaw
Iwle
Poland
Garnet wheat shipped for European baking tests
A special shipment of 5,500 bushels of Garnet wheat is sent to Great Britain and Europe for baking trials. Part will be milled separately and part blended with other Canadian grains. London will receive 3,000 Hamburg 1,500 Rotterdam 500 and Le Havre 500 bushels.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
Europe
Department of Agriculture
London
Hamburg
Rotterdam
le Havre
Boy Scout Day Drive Aims For 800 Donation
Medicine Hat volunteers urge residents to fund an 800 goal for six boys chosen as Medicine War ambassadors to attend the Scout Jamboree. Parents have supplied over half the amount and citizens are urged to contribute tomorrow.
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Medicine War
Medicine Hat
Joyce Wethered Wins British Golf Title
Joyce Wethered defends her British Women's championship at St Andrews after a 36 hole final. She defeats Glenna Collett to claim the title for the fourth time, in a dramatic victory amid pressure from the United States title holder.
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St. Andrews
Scotland
Joyce Wethered
Miss Wethered
Glenna Collett
United States
Death Of Explorer Albert Rogers Ends Canadian Frontier Moment
Albert L. Rogers, discoverer of Rogers Pass with his uncle Major C. E. Rogers, died in Waterville Washington. His exploration helped open the Rockies to the Canadian Pacific Railway and gave access to the coast for the transcontinental line. Rogers Pass bears his name and he and Tom Wilson were among the last survivors of the original surveying party.
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Banff
Waterville
Washington
Albert L. Rogers
C. E. Rogers
Rogers Pass
Rocky Mountains
Kicking Horse
al” Rogers
Rockies
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta Canyon
C.P.R
Conservative Chances Are Slim for Return to Power
London reports a pessimistic Daily Mail editorial on Election Apathy signaling a Conservative defeat as Lloyd George Liberal revival gains momentum. It says Conservatives lack an inspiring leadership and face indifference, with Labor best organized and auxiliary voters unlikely to rally. Premier Baldwin's west Wales tour contrasts with union-backed Labor manifesto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Rothermere
Daily Mail Today
Labor Organization
Lloyd George
The
Daily Mail
Socialist Party
Labor
Zinovieff
Mail
Baldwin
Wales
Miners’ Federation
Labor Party
Trades Union Congress
Glasgow House to be Run by New Firm in Medicine Hat
The Glasgow House will operate under Glasgow-Watson Limited with Robert W. Watson of Calgary as president. The store will keep the Glasgow House trade name while a new stock of general dry goods and ladies wear arrives from the East. Paul Fraser will manage in Watson’s partial absence, aiming to preserve the house’s exclusive lines and local patronage.
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Dominion
Canada
Medicine Hat
Glasgow House
Glasgow-Watson ‘Limited
Robert W. Watson
Calgary
Watson
Belfast
London
Paul Fraser
Graf Zeppelin Returns Home Crippled After Powered Flight
The Graf Zeppelin, crippled by failures in two of its five motors, idled back toward Friedrichshafen after an attempted trans Atlantic crossing. Dr. Eckener appealed to land at Valence France but wind and damage forced detours toward Cuers and calls to return home.
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Lyons
France
Hugo Eckner
Valence
Rhine River
Alexander von Kryha
Eckener
Paris
Friedrichshafen
Cuers
Toulon
Cuera
Mediterranean Sea
Bees Mountains
Rhone
Zeppelin Works
Hugo Wickener
Spanish
Atlantic
Graf Zeppelin
Hebener
Somander
Friederickshafen
Brooks Man Fights Court to Prove He Is Alive
Leonard Hemion, long presumed dead after disappearing 25 years ago, faces a legal battle to be declared living. A Great War nurse from Brooks, Alta., identified him as the missing man, linking Hemion with his family across Passaic and Winnipeg as his wife’s lawyer seeks higher court review after an order revoking death.
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Patterson
N.J
Leonard Hemion
Brooks
Alta
Hemion
Passaic
Leonard
Winnipeg
Man
France
Eight Hundred Club Members Go to Rockies
The Mountainer Alpine club of 800 members from Seattle will journey to the Canadian Rockies for a season opening at Lake O Hara. About 150 members expect to join via Canadian Pacific Railway. Highlights include Victoria Lefroy and Huber peaks and The Five Passes route with an Alpine hut at Abcott's Pass. Swiss guides from Chateau Lake Louise will assist. The camp runs July 28 to August 18. Col. John Varcoe, noted breeder, died at his Colborne township farm in Ontario.
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Winnipeg
Mountainer
Seattle
Washington
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake O’hara
Victoria
Lefroy
Huber
Abcott's Pass
Chateau
John Varcoe
Colborne Township
Huron County
Ont
Narcotic Actress Alma Rubens Committed to Patton Hospital
Alma Rubens, film actress, was sent to the Patton Hospital for the Insane after another narcotics related outburst. Her mother Mrs. Theresa Rubens filed the complaint. Doctors linked the episode to her narcotic addiction and noted a suicide attempt.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Alma Rubens
Patton
Theresa Rubens
Alberta's record surplus reported by provincial treasurer
Edmonton May 17 Alberta closed the fiscal year ending March 31 with a surplus larger than any prior year. The treasury shows a final surplus of 1 817 871 dollars, cited by Provincial Treasurer R G Reid. The prior period ended March 31 1928 carried 279 765 dollars across 15 months due to changed fiscal year dates.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. G. Reid
Dr Shields recounts kidnapping attempt at Des Moines Univ
Toronto May 16 Dr T T Shields fundamentalist pastor and university trustee chair describes a campus kidnapping plot by Des Moines University students during a Saturday demonstration. He says a cordon surrounded him a taxi stood by a burly driver but trustees intervened and he was kept inside avoiding injury or worse as crowd anger peaked.
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Toronto
Des Moines University
T. T. Shields
E. A. Roberts
Cleveland
Dr. Shields
Placer Drilling Progresses on River Lands Below City
Drilling the placer test wells along the river below the city advances after a two day pause due to bad weather. Six holes reach bed rock with red rock depths from 24 to 44 feet. The shale bed rock is deemed ideal for dredging and the drill, a tractor type powered by a Hercules motor, is praised as top equipment for this region.
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Dredging
Holmes
Welsh Migrant Dies After Short Regina Work Spree
William Lewis Morris a Welsh immigrant who arrived in Regina with his young wife six weeks ago dropped dead yesterday after working less than an hour for a local construction company. He had come to Canada from Treharris Glamorganshire and previously worked briefly at a ranch near Calgary before hope for work here faded in hard times.
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Regina
William Lewis Morris
Witz
Morris
Canada
Treharrie
Glamorganshire
Calgary
Two Men Drowned and Four Vessels Is Toll Of Storm
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario May 17 Four vessels in trouble with the freighter Ralph Budd of the Great Lakes Transportation Co. likely a total loss and two men washed overboard from the freighter W B Davock of the Interlake Steamship Co. indicate the storm's toll.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Co. P
Ralph Budd
Rreat Lakes Transporation Co
W. B. Davock
Interlake Steamship Co
Grain Inspections Report For Winnipeg Wheat Cars
Winnipeg May 17. Grain inspections show 800 wheat cars today for contract grades. Last year produced 600 cars.
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Winnipeg
Man
Bennett Amendment Lost By Majority In Commons
Ottawa May 17 The House of Commons defeated Bennett's amendment on the new stock sale tax by 96 to 58. The bill, seeking July 1 implementation, was defended as equitable by Finance Minister Robb. Opponents included Malcolm Lang and several Liberals. a small Conservative bloc supported the amendment. The resolution moves to second reading with a bill following.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
House
R. B. Bennett
Malcolm Lang
Temiskaming South
J. A. Robb
Mr. Bennett
East Grey
D. M. Kennedy
U.F.A
Peace River
W. T. Lucas
Camrose
B. W. Fansher
Progressive
Lambton East
Mr. Lang
A. W. Neill
Comox-Alberni
H. E. Spencer
Battle River
Robert Gardiner
Acadia
John Evans
Rosetown
A. A. Heaps
Labor
Winnipeg North
T. W. Bird
Nelson
EB. J. Garland
Bow
River
H. D. Adshead
Calgary East
W. T.garmichael
Kindersley
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Canon Western
Max
Lorraine
M. G. Blackstock
K.C. Spok
Germany
Bennett
Fraternal Order of Eagles
C.F
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