Montreal Choir Heads to Provincial Music Festival
Local choir from Montreal street school with Miss Elen Hughes as de conductor and Mr Eric Ansley principal depart by bus for the Provincial Festival in Lethbridge. Prize soloists Paul Marsh Brian Reesor Jack Osborne Helen Connell David Connell John Watson Dani Jorgenson Betty Watkins Jean Hall Lorraine Smith Joe Stevens also compete.
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Montreal
Salming
Paul Marsh
Brian Reesor
Jack Osborne
Helen Connell
David* Connell
Premier Seeks to Avert Alberta Bond Default
Edmonton May 1 Premier Aberhart says the Alberta government will make every effort to avoid default on a 1 650 000 bond maturing June 1. Nothing definite yet, but officials have canvassed for financial assistance as Premier notes last year's defaults on two maturities.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Gove Traehe
Aberhart
Unemployed Transients Surge in Saskatoon
Saskatoon chiefs report 350 jobless men in town with 200 receiving aid. Officials brief federal and provincial governments seeking action as arrivals continue, and non residents from other provinces may be left without aid.
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Saskatoon
Dust Attack Hits Southern Saskatchewan Wheat Belt
A wind of 40 to 50 mph swept across southern Saskatchewan on May 18 causing dust and flying sand to damage thousands of acres of growing wheat. The affected area stretched 300 miles long and 150 miles wide from Regina to Swift Current, including Weyburn Gravelbourg Assiniboia and Shaunavon districts.
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Regina
C.P
Weyburn
Gravelbourg
Assiniboia
Viceroy
Shaunavon
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan and Alberta urge national Wheat Board
Mani toba and Saskatchewan and Alberta Wheat Pool representatives call on the Royal Commission to establish a national Wheat Board with power to subsidize farmers during depressions. They propose overseas sales offices and agents to sell Canadian wheat and expand demand, plus reorganizing market infrastructure and rules for open market pricing.
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Regina
C.P
Manitoba
Scssatchiewan
Alberta Wheat Pool
Aska
J. HiWessoh
Sasatchewan Wheat Pool
Therincipal
Igs
Melville
Sotelo
Baseball scores and postponements across leagues
From the American League games Detroit beat Philadelphia 8 to 7, Chicago defeated New York 8 to 6, and Boston edged Detroit 4 to 3. In the National League Philadelphia won 6 to 2 while a game at Cincinnati and a game at Brooklyn versus Chicago were postponed.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Cochrane
Kelley
Hayes
Chicago
New York
Pj If
Sewilly
Chuddler
St Clive 109: 011 ‘04 7.12 2 Bost Ph “000 000.400—4 10 -8 Det ‘Arid’ ‘Pytlak
Walberg
Desautels
Blanton
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicazo
Basques Weakening as Insurgents Press Bilbao
Reports from Hendaye say Franco forces dominate Amorebieta nine miles from Bilbao and push toward the capital. Basque defense lines around Bilbao are under pressure as insurgents mass for an assault, while Basque officials evacuate Bilbao if needed.
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Hendaye
C.P
Bilbao
France
Hendays
Amorebieta
Munguia
Campaign Against Crows and Magpies Letter to Rural Teachers
The Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association executive plans a letter to rural school teachers about the annual campaign against crows and magpies. The effort mirrors past years with a penny or egg per foot of poultry area, seeking cooperation. Further instructions and payments will follow, with details to be published once finalized.
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Medicine Hat Fish
Andy Fame
Windsor Duke and Wallis Warfield to wed quietly
The Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield will marry in a private ceremony at Château de Candé on June 3 with only close aides present. The ceremony will be conducted by Dr. Charles Mercier, mayor of Monts, and two royal family members are expected to attend.
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Davison
Lucien Maynard
Meg
Ottawa
Ald. Patterson
Ald Calder
Ald’ Black
Canadian Youth Congress
Montreal
Duke of ‘Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Chateau de Carné
Charles Mercier
Monts. Monts
Duke of Windsor
Chateau’ de Cande
George
Warfield
Insurgent Speakers Rally Social Credit Support in Park Hall
A large crowd packed Park Hall to hear four speakers on the Social Credit issue in Alberta. W E Cain and Dr H K Brown voiced independence from party lines while F Baker defended the government approach. The meeting emphasized standing with constituents to push Social Credit amid rising prices and taxes.
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W. Flamme
Cypress
W.E.’ Cain
Bow Valley
Ke Brown
M.L.A
Pembina
A.V. ‘Bourcier
L.A
Lac
St. Anne
M ‘la
Clover Bar
Social Credit
Baker
Flamme
Canada
Uip
Cain
H. K. Brown
Dr. Brown
Alberta
Mr. Cain
Federal
No Increase In US Supreme Court Controversy Grows
The Senate judiciary committee voted 10 to 8 to report the Roosevelt court bill adversely to the Senate. Amendments were mostly rejected by a strong opposition majority. Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter informed President Roosevelt he would retire on June 2, ending his 78 years on the court’s conservative wing.
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Washington
C.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Pat Ines DE Ree
Willis van Dervanter
Roosevelt
Americans Killed in Spain in Civil War Count
Madrid reports American volunteer battalions on the government side have suffered heavy losses, with more than 500 Americans killed out of about 1,700 since the war began ten months ago. Military observers also note British and French volunteers' high casualties in the conflict.
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Madrid
U.S
Imperial Conference aims to harmonize Dominion policies
London reports that Imperial Conference committees draft memoranda to keep Dominions in closer contact with Britain. Australia has proposed a Pacific non aggression pact supported by Britain New Zealand Canada Japan United States Russia and France and to be negotiated possibly in Tokyo. The plan seeks regional security and a pledge of military aid if attacked.
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Dy George Hambledon Ganaglan Press
London
Imperial’Conference
Ton Erroiy
Nate Tmorfow
Belgium
Busan
Australia
Great Britain
New Zealand
Candia
Japan
United States
Russia
France
Yilarly
Pacific
Proba
Tokyo
Melbourne
Weather notes scattered showers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
A weather brief reports scattered showers in parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan with generally mild temperatures across the prairie provinces. Alberta is partly cloudy with similar chances of showers tonight and Wednesday, and few changes expected in Ontario.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Albérta
Dust Blows Out of Saskatchewan Dust Storm then Clears
A Saskatchewan dust event reduced visibility to a few hundred yards around 5 am. By 1 pm wind shifts and fading haze helped visibility improve. dust moved from southeast and clouds of particulate eased across the region.
Wheat prices surge on Canadian weather reports May Chicago gains
Wheat futures rally as lack of rain in western Canada and dust storm news from Chicago and Canada lift prices near five cent limits. May closed around 1.35 a bushel with gains led by May and July contracts amid expectations of crop damage in the southwest.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Chicago
Canada
United States
South West
Weate
Canad
Negrin Forming Spanish Cabinet After Crisis
Valencia May 17 The 48 hour Spanish cabinet crisis ends as Dr Negrin a 48 year old physician is tasked to form a new government. President Manuel Azana seeks unity with Socialist Communist and Left Republican support after Largo Caballero resignation. The Negrin cabinet appointments include three Socialists two Communists and others to balance factions.
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Havas News Agey
Valencia
C.P
Havas
Tuan Eet
archo-Syndicalist
C.M.T
Natneq
Labor’ Cored
U.G
General Workers Union
Tha” Ab
Inet
Republic Int
Mem
Na ‘Tionalist
Manuelo Azana
Negrif
Largo
Caballers
Iglsoa
Ly Negrin
Pate
Phateo Fee
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Pratt
Duke’ OF Windsor
Park Hall
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