Alberta Legion elects Ralph Wilson president at Camrose convention
Ralph Wilson of Calgary was elected president of the Alberta provincial command of the Canadian Legion at the closing session. Officers include P. McQueen Medicine Hat vice president and J. Thompson Lethbridge chairman. The Edmonton Legion proposal to split the province into two districts received little support. The convention unanimously backed cadet training in schools after a Lethbridge board vote against it.
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Camrose
Ralph Wilson
Calgary
Alberta
Canadian Legium
P. McQueen
Medicine Hat
J. Thompson
Lethbridge
C. M. Carson
Vulcan
W. J. Hill
Edmonton
Dominion
Alex Walker
Peare River
J. J. Rousse
W. A. Irwin
E. Mayhew
Red Deer
J. Findlay
Huxley
S. Robertson
Thompson
H. A. Staines
Edmonton Legion
Tewes
Southerr
Atd
Grain Mixing Debated by Wheat Pool and Industry
Ottawa May 17. Grain mixing and raising the Canadian standard were urged before the Commons agriculture committee by George T. McIvor, Canadian Wheat Pools. The panel warned that banning mixing could lead buyers to fix on poorer samples, harming marketing consistency. Winnipeg noted prairie wheat praised by German millers as top quality. The day included veterans’ immigration concerns, pension discussions, and a Legion address focusing on education for soldier dependents and expanding branches in Alberta.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Committee
House of Commons
George TI. McTvor
Canadian Wheat Pools
Ham
Kidver
Mr. McIvor
Winnipeg
Prairie
Canada
Germany
Winniper
Lange
Pension Board
Art Wakelyn
Alberta
Centralurope
Unien
Communist Party
Dominion
V. J. Will
King George
Marshall Foch
Legion
Department of the Legion
Hit
Workmen's Compensation Board
Calgary
Fhis
Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association Seeks pheasant program and fishing grants
The Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association outlines plans to raise pheasants in pens and release eggs to boost the local stock. They discuss collaborating with the Bray brothers for parent stock care and offer brood eggs to members at reasonable prices. The group also aims to stock two nearby lakes and invite members to hunt and fish in the district.
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Fish and Game Association
W. A. Cory
Brooks
Lray Brothers
Harry Bray
Onion Lake Bad Man Subdued With Water
Regina reports Onion Lake district in Northern Saskatchewan returned to peace after the capture of Carl Handel, accused of terrorizing the community with a rifle and suspected in fires. Police smoked him out from a cellar using perme water through a chute from a nearby slough, leading to his submission.
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Regina
Sask
Onion Lake District
Saskatchewan
Carl Handel
Handel
Taberta Canday Co to Add New Candy Lines
The Taberta Canday Co will install new machinery at its plant over the coming months to produce additional confectionery lines. The firm aims to offer the best products in Canada under a registered trade name and expand output to meet strong demand across its wide Winnipeg to coast distribution.
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Taberta Canday Co
Canaan
Winnipeg
U S Pro Wins 1000 Guineas Golf Tourney
Joe Turnesa of New York defeated Herbert Jolly of Britain in an extra hole finish at Moortown to win the Yorkshire Evening News thousand guineas tournament. It marked the first U S victory in seven years since the event began.
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Moortown
Joe Turnesa
New York
Yorkshire Evening News
Herbert Jolly
United States
Was Clinic Explosion Caused by Cigarettes
Investigations into the Cleveland clinic fire show cigarettes smoked near the film storage room and a prior warning of danger. Coroner Pears and County Prosecutor Miller reported these details from closed testimony as the death toll rose and a 65-member committee eyed rebuilding with Dr George W Crile at the helm.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic
A. J. Pears
Ray T. Miller
Clevland
Leveland Clinic
Harry
Oak Wood
Cleveland Clinte Hospital
George W. Crile
Tragedy in The Pas Ends With Woman's Death
The Pas police seek Alex Work a half breed Indian after he shot 26 year old hotel worker Mrs K Harper four weeks after meeting at The Pas Work pursued after she refused his attentions and broke into her shack killing her. town aroused as search continues.
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Pas
Alex Work
K. Harper
Harper
Crop Report Shows Slow Seeded Wheat Due to Cold Spring
Western Canada seeded earlier than 1928 but no advance versus last year as cold weather slows crop development. Manitoba reports vary by district with heat on hold and spring rains delaying seeding. about a quarter of wheat on summer fallow. Most districts show wheat above ground though some areas need rain. moisture may aid later growth.
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Winipeg
Western Canada
Manitoba Free Press
Albert
Alberta
Westhér
Eckener
Rhone Valley
Susi
Cuers-Pierre Feu
Toulon
Hdngaria
Parliament Daily Digest of May 18 Ottawa
The senate passed the third reading allowing Canadian National Railways to purchase the Montreal and Southern Railway. Senator Lynch Staunton withdrew his bill to amend the criminal code. The Pacific bill reached third reading. The Commons gave first reading to a reparations bill funded from Germany. Fifteen divorce bills were read first. An excise tax bill secured third reading. The Western postal employees salary bill, linked to the 1919 strike, also advanced to third reading.
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Ottawa
Senate
Canadian National Railways
Montreal and Southerns
J Lynch Staunton
Old Age Pension Act Soon To Be In Operation
Premier Brownlee said the Old Age Pensions Act will operate soon after the Workmen's Compensation Board secures Edmonton office space and gains Dominion Labor Minister approval for Alberta regulations. The $600000 fund awaits final regulatory sanction before launch.
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Calgary
Albert
J. BE. Brownlee
Workmen’s Compsensation Board
Eamenton
Workmen's Compensation , Board
Brownlee
Fire at 395 Second Street Smoke Triggers Alarm
Wires from a battery to a radio set short circuited sending smoke through the floor of 395 Second Street last night. Firemen arrived quickly, located the fault, and remedied the trouble before any damage occurred.
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395 Second Street
Weather forecast for Western Canada and Prairies
Weather data for Vancouver Edmonton Calgary Medicine Hat Lethbridge and Winnipeg shows clear and cloudy conditions with temperatures from 22 to 67. High pressure over Manitoba brings cool west coast weather. Sask and Alta expected fair today and Sunday with rising temperatures.
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Fair
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Sask
Alta
Graf Zeppelin lands in France after engine trouble
The Graf Zeppelin limped into Cuers France after losing two engines in a northwest gale. Dr Hugo Eckener called sabotage reports absurd as the crew and eighteen passengers were shown safe. The ship rested in a hangar near the Mediterranean coast as wind delayed further progress.
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Guers
France
Hugo Eckener
Cuers
Mediterranean Sea
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
N.J
Rhine
Eckener
B C Farmers Seek Grain Rate Cut From Saskatchewan
Vancouver May 17 Organized farmers of British Columbia request the Saskatchewan Grain Commission to issue recommendations for reducing the domestic grain rate to Vancouver. They argue a cut would not harm Vancouver’s grain trade or Canada’s flour milling, and would benefit BC feed grain farmers and expand markets for Saskatchewan growers.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Saskatchewan Grain Commission
Saskatchewan
Canada
Parachute Saves Pilot During Montreal Flight Test
Jack Caldwell test pilot for Canadian Vickers, Ltd. carried a parachute on a Montreal flight test last night. A tail spin at four thousand feet over the St. Lawrence forced him to jump and open his chute, saving his life as he descended. He was dragged along the island by a boat crew and suffered cuts and bruises before rescue. The plane crashed into the water and will be salvaged today.
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Aes Co TE Agi Aheit Sone
Montreal
Jack Caldwell
Canadian Vickers, Ltd
St. Lawrence
Caldwell
Canadian Vickers
Crew of Six Lost In Steamer Explosion Near Chile
Valparaiso Chile May 18 The crew of the steamer Perico six men is believed killed after boilers exploded and the ship sank near Point Caraumilla. Wreckage from the other steamer Tari Qgapa was found nearby. Fair and warmer temperature 56 32
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Valparaiso
Chile
Point Caraumilla
Rubber Heart Functions In Cat by Electricity
Halifax May 17 Dr O S Gibbs of Dalhousie University reports an electrically operated rubber heart kept a cat, after removal of its natural heart, alive for hours to study drug effects on the circulatory system. The device acted as a double action pump, enabling continued circulation during the experiment.
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Halifax
C.P
O. S. Gibbs
Dalhousie University
Gibl
Nova Scotia Institute of Science
Gibbs
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Onion Lake
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