Capacity Increase at Medicine Hat Rolling Mills
H B Lyall president of Manitoba Rolling Mill Company says the Alberta Steel plant acquisition will raise local capacity by 25 percent and trigger remodeling. Open hearth furnace planned within a year, using ingots from Selkirk for now, with Medicine Hat as a regional steel bar supplier. About 50 to 60 workers to start, and equipment from Redcliff mill to be installed.
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H. B. Lyall
Manitoba Rolling Mill Company, Limited
Winnipeg
Alberta Steel Company
Suff&ient
Selkirk
Rolling Mill Company
Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works
Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Double tragedy in New Westminster ends in murder suicide
In New Westminster British Columbia a husband killed his wife Emma Perpspra and then took his own life, a note reading Emma I follow you in death found beside them. Norman Dokny, son of the deceased woman, discovered the bodies at their home. Police court fined E I Olson five dollars for a minor offense in the same report.
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New Westminster
B. C
Yde Perpspra
Paiest- Gardener
Emma
Lulu Grand
Norman Dokngy
British Reply Handed Over on Kellogg Plan Debate
London May 19 Sir Austen Chamberlain the British Foreign Secretary personally delivered the British reply to the Kellogg proposal for pacific settlement to American ambassador Alan B. Hoperton at the Foreign Office.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Kellogg
Alan B. Hoperton
Foreign Office Today
Preliminary hearing for F Appleton on break in concluded
The preliminary hearing on a charge against F Appleton for entering a house with intent to commit an indictable offense was concluded at the Police Court yesterday. Appleton was remanded for trial and released on $500 bail. Mr. R B Davidson appeared for the defence.
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F. Appleton
R. B. Davidson
Steamer Lingan Trials Pulverized Coal Fuel System
The Lingan collier, first in the British Empire with pulverized coal burning gear, sailed from Halifax to Sydney to load coal for Montreal. Trial runs Thursday showed the equipment satisfactory and the system promises significant coal saving and fuel cost reduction.
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Halifax
N.S
Lingan
Dominion Coal Company
British Empire
Sydney
Montreal
Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association Meeting Notice
The Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association will hold an open meeting Monday evening for all members to discuss business and hear suggestions. Pheasants eggs will be examined and turned over to Alan Elly and George Armstrong. Members with sale tickets should sell by week’s end and return funds by Monday. Provincial regulations on pest destruction prizes were received. cash prizes apply to gophers crows magpies eggs and birds killed with points system.
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Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association
Alan Eihy
George Armstrong
Gun Club
Game Protective Association
Justice of the Peace
Department of Agricuure
Two Lost When Warplane Dips Into The Sea
Washington May 19 The air plane attached to the United States battleship West Virginia crashed into the sea in Hawaiian waters yesterday. No trace of the plane or its two passengers Lieut H Ballinger and Ensign A C Knobie was found.
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Washington
United States
West Virginia
Hawaiian
Navy Department
Lieut H. Ballinger
A. C. Knobie
Championship Fight Postponed Again in Lightweight Bout
New York May 19 weather delays postponed the Sammy Mandell versus Jimmy McLarnin lightweight title clash for a third time. The fighters must weigh in Monday at two o clock. Promoter Tex Rickard said the bout will be held next week with the exact night to be announced later due to a pea soup fog and forecast rain.
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New York
Pernarting
Sammy Mandell
Jimmy McLarnin
Chapionship
Tex Sticharg
Rein
Tex Rickard
Missing William Milton Leaves Search Yet Fruitless
Despite a thorough search by the Boy Scouts railroad men and police no tree was found of William Milton who has been missing from his home since last Monday morning.
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Boy Scouts
William Milton
Fireworks Warning as Street Explosions Persist
Police report numerous complaints about people letting off fireworks on streets and throwing lighted crackers. City bylaw bans street fireworks and offenders will be prosecuted to curb dangerous, reckless acts endangering passersby.
British youth party arrives in Winnipeg for prairie settlement
A group of 20 British young men, brought to Canada by the Hudson's Bay Overseas Settlement League, arrived in Winnipeg Friday and were immediately sent to various prairie farms for settlement.
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Canada
Hudson’s Bay Overseas Settlement League
Winnipeg
Prairies
Forke's deputy denies MPs got graft
Ottawa May 18. Deputy Immigration Minister W J Egan unequivocally denied knowledge that MPs received money for special letters of admission for immigrants from non-preferred countries. Since June 1926 the department issued over 2 900 employment letters for this class on MPs' representations. He said no officer, nor he, had ever taken money. the sole possible improper action involved a solicitor charging a high fee.
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Ottawa
W. J. Egan
Canada
Department
Egan
G. H. Cahan
St. Lawrence - St. George
Cahan
Robert Forke
Mr. Egan
Mr. Cahan
Bomb threat found at states attorney home in Chicago
Mrs. Krakow heard her crying child and found a dynamite bomb in the hallway at the home of Louis Krakow, investigator for Robert E. Crowe. Robert Krakow doused the burning fuse and tossed the bomb outside as it burned to within inches of three sticks of dynamite.
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Chicago
Ill
Ives
Louis Krakow
Robert E. Crowe
New Mower Improves Municipal Course Performance
The Municipal Golf Club unveiled a National Triplex Mower that cuts seven feet wide and adjusts to uneven ground. It cuts grain quickly, with ground covered showing faster progress than hand mowers. The ground committee expects strong payoff this year and anticipates good condition for the May 24 club championship. Lunches and tea at the club house ease social time for members and spouses after work.
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Municipal Golf Club
Alberta Villages Vote On Liquor Plebiscites
In Delburne and Mannville Alberta wets and drys split on liquor plebiscites reported by John D. Hunt. Delburne approved beer sales 55 to 21 while Mannville rejected them 64 to 15. Mannville had voted similarly in March 1926.
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Edmonton
Delburne
Mannville
John D. Hunt
Executive Council
Bearish October option triggers liquidation at open
Winnipeg reports liquidation on the October grain option at the open due to bearish Western Canada crop news. Local holders of nearby-month wheat sold, Liverpool cables eased, foreign demand was weak, and late trading saw firming and modest gains in nearby futures while deferreds also rose. Coarse grains remained inactive as prices stayed unsettled. Fair and cooler with temperature recorded at T4344.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Liverpool
Manitoba Crop Report Shows Record Wheat Seeding by May
The Manitoba Free Press notes the western provinces have the largest wheat area seeded by May 10 since 1921 and over 90 percent of the crop in ground by May 18. Subsurface moisture is excellent, with Alberta seeing 85 to 90 percent seeding and a 10 percent acreage rise. Saskatchewan and Manitoba also report good progress despite variable barley seeding.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Free Press
Prairie
West
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Beinte Villa
Chang Tso Lin halts retreat as Manchuria crisis grows
Chang Tso Lin refuses Japan warned to stop Chinese civil conflict spreading to Manchuria. He plans to push back southerners while Japan strengthens garrison on the coast and Great Wall to block retreat. Tokyo warns it may act to keep peace and order, maintaining neutrality between north and south Chinese forces.
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Peking
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Japan
Chang
Great Wall
Far East
China
Tsinan
Toklo
Shanghai
Tsin-Lin
Huan Fu
Manchurian
Hemson claims father knew his whereabouts in 22 year absence
Edward Leonard Hemson of Brooks Alberta testified in Passaic New Jersey that he has been in contact with his father and brother during 22 years, not missing, and travelled to press a share of his father’s estate. He left for New York to pursue his claim after a court ruled he was legally dead. He worked as a foreman and later superintendent on large Canadian Pacific Railway camps and the Duke of Sutherland’s Brooks farm.
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Calgary
Edward Leonard Hemson
Brooks
Alta
Passiac
New Jersey
New York
Hemlon
North Dakota
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Duke of Sutherland
Big Bill Haywood Ashes Will Be Divided Between Chicago and Moscow
The body of William D. Haywood will be cremated and half of his ashes sent to Chicago per his will. The rest will be buried near Haymarket Radi cals and in Moscow with Sandler. The urn stays in Moscow until the Communist International Congress convenes.
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Moscow
William D
Big Bill
Haywood
Chicago
Haymarket
Sandler
Communist International Congress
Detroit Doctor Faces Murder Case Dead at Office
Dr. Frank B. Looms of Detroit, arrested last year in connection with his wife’s murder, was found dead in his office. Police say gas jets were on, and it is being treated as death by his own action.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank B. Looms
Pensions Act Passed as Bell Telephone Bill Rejected in Parliament
Today in Parliament in Ottawa on May 19 the third reading was given to the Pensions Act and estimates for harbors and rivers for New Brunswick and Quebec were passed while Quebec estimates remained unfinished. The Bell Telephone Bills amendment was rejected 68 to 60. Estimates for the Department of Trade and Commerce totaling over 2,000,000 were approved. The Senate did not sit.
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Ottawa
New Brunswick
Quebec
Bell Telephone
Department of Trade and Commerce
Senate
Great Powers to Accept U S War Treaty Denial
Washington reports forecast that Great Britain Japan Germany and Italy will accept the American plan to renounce war in a projected anti war treaty. France may concede reducing six reservations to one while U S officials weigh whether to accept a single reservation.
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Washington
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
Italy
France
Paris
Kellogg
Noteen
Shantung
Tokio
Conference of Ambassadors
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Port A
Shur
Ontario
Sixth Ave
Second St
E. I. Olson
Australia
Medicine Hat Fish
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Xithe
Forke
M.p’s
Atty
Bearish Report
Geo. W. Haystead
Oldpgted.ing
Monarch Cin
Hemson
States
Columma
U.S
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