Budget carries for Ottawa government amid lengthy debate
Ottawa May 19 The government won a majority of 13 on the budget after nearly five weeks of debate in the House of Commons. Liberals backed the main motion, Conservatives opposed the amendment, with Progressives Independents and Labor aligned with the government on both divisions. Illness affected attendance, including Arthur Meighen, while Premier King defended the budget amid sharp exchanges over tariffs and maritime needs.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Labor
Arthur Meighen
A. Speakman
Red Deer
Lemieux
King
Prince Alberta
R. B. Bennett
Maritime
Itaa
Meigholt
Bennett
Arthur Meigtten
R. B. Bembett
West Calgary
Binstead
Preizner King
Thiff
Meighen
Electiog Cahpaign
Miners Face Deadlock Over Government Proposals
In London on May 19 Secretary A J Cook of the Miners Federation said the position is a deadlock as government proposals come to the Miners National conference tomorrow. A full meeting of the miners executive was held to consider the proposals and prepare recommendations for the delegate conference.
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London
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
Doings In Parliament Budget Voted By Large Majority
In Ottawa today the budget resolutions will be considered in the committee of ways and means. Yesterday the budget was carved into the house of commons by 181 to 108, the government’s largest majority of the session.
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Ottawa
Canadien Press
Committee of ‘Ways
House, of Commons
Edmonton Liberals nominate five candidates on second ballot
Edmonton May 10 272 delegates attend a Liberal convention announcing five candidates for the Edmonton constituency in the forthcoming provincial election Ex Alderman W W Prevey William Ree W T Heary Joseph Driscoll and other nominees noted from local boards are named as candidates.
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Edmonton
W. W. Prevey
William Ree
Public
W. T. Heary
Joseph Driscoll
Connell Sid
Nominated by Conservatives in Cypress race at Manyferries
At a well attended Conservative nominating convention in Cypress Manyferries on Tuesday J M Courtenay presided. G M Blackstock spoke and four ballots were needed before Samuel Ervin won by one vote after being proposed along with M J Hoogers and Courtenay. Ervin is a respected farmer from Manyberries.
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Cypress
Manyferries
J. M. Courtenay
Cypress Conservative Association
G. M. Blackstock
Medicine Hat
Messrs
Samuel Ervin
M. J. Hoogers
Mr. Ervin
Manyberries
Woman Falls to Death at Niagara Falls in Unnamed Case
Niagara Falls Ont May 18 An unidentified woman about 60 walked toward the American fall from Goat Island and was swept over the brink after removing her hat coat and gloves. A Buffalo clothier’s name is on her coat. body not recovered.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Goat, Island
St Catharines Thugs Held For Trial In Higher Court
Four married men Richard Darling Frank de Young Robert Gough and Walter Ledyard were arraigned in St Catharines Ont before Police Magistrate James Campbell on a charge of criminal assault held for trial by a higher court. The preliminary hearing for Eleanor Macdonald 20 a stenographer attacked on a country road was postponed a week due to her absence and possible rape charges were added to the men in jail. The male escort tied to the car by rope during the attack was freed after his cries drew a farmer who intervened.
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St. Catharines
Ont
Richard Darling
Frank de Young
Robert Gough
Walter Ledyard
James H. Campbell
Eleanor Macdonald
Lancaster
Alberta Clay Products Sees Brisk Business Growth
Alberta Clay Products reports strong activity with new orders for hollow tile for Pine Falls mills in Manitoba and a large shipment of sewer pipe for Winnipeg extensions. Local plant supplies sewer pipe to a growing city project as demand rises.
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Alberta Clay Products
Rew
Pine Falls
Man
Winnipeg
Seneca Liner Discharges Passengers After Leaking Off Miami
The Clyde liner Seneca, reported leaking off Miami Bar, entered Miami harbor and discharged 235 passengers without mishap. The vessel was en route from Miami to New York when the incident occurred.
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New York
Seneca
Miami Bar
Miami Harbor
One
Miami
Roth No 1 Well Struggles With Deep Water Blockage
At noon today the Roth No. 1 well stood at 8 781 feet with water inflow restricted by a cave in behind the pipe. Operators report only limited water removal due to the blockage.
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Roth No. 1
Storm kills three in Midwest with aviator among dead
A wind and rain storm raged through the Middle West, centering on Minnesota and Indiana. Three people died including an aviator, and property damage is estimated at $500,000.
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Middle West
Mimoti
Indiana
Nora Northam Takes The Lead In Popularity Contest
The Agricultural Society reports Nora Northam leading with 19800 votes and Tia Cory at 18600 as the big June Carnival contest proceeds. A second vote count is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. and Haley Contest entries continue to pour in at the Chamber of Commerce with twenty eight entries including many infants and twins.
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Agricultural Society
Thesw
Nora Northam
Tia Cory
Bruce
Rutledge
Drew
Johnson
Viva Cox
Redcliff
Haley
Chamber of Commerce
John Gordon Peterson
Helen Elizabeth Pickering
Alexi Stuart McKengle
Helen Rees Rothwell
Teddie Cotton
Jennie Winifred McLean
Horace Obear
Nora Margaret Nott
Corrine Francia Slemko
Marion Isobel Bell
Herbert Schneider
James William Burns
Jacqueline Robinson
William Charles Henry Lovett
Robert Malcolm Beaton
Jean and
Eugene Kent
Moderation Candidate Leads Pennsylvania Senate Race
As Pennsylvania primary votes continued to be counted, Congressman William S. Ware led with a margin over rivals for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate. George Pepper, backed by Andrew Mellon, held second, with Gilford Pinchot in third as results pressed to a conclusion.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William. 8
Ware
United States
George Wharton Pepper
Andrew Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Gilford Pinchot
Grant Hall Tour Sees Railway Expansion Plans
Vice-President Grant Hall announced at Winnipeg that Canadian Pacific Railway plans major roadbed and equipment upgrades and branch line construction while Edmonton Dun vegan and British Columbia Railway matters require Premier Brownlee's statements. Hall tours western centres then to the Coast via Neat Pass, returning through Calgary Edmonton and Saskatoon with D C Coleman and Percy Cowans.
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Man
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Grant Hall
Hall
Edmonton
Dunvegan
British Columbia
Alberta
Brownlee
Calgary
Saskatoon
My. D. C. Coleman
Western Lines
Percy Cowans
West
Norge To Be Shipped On A Norwegian Boat To Italy
Nome Alaska May 19 reports the Amundsen Ellsworth trans polar expedition seeks a Norwegian freighter to Teller to transport the Norge dirigible to Italy. Teller harbor is icebound six feet and typically not open before July 11. Also Spitzbergen telegram says Lt Cmdr Richard Byrd plans a South Pole expedition as soon as possible with Byrd and his team departing King's Bay for London tomorrow.
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Nome
Alaska
Amundsen-Ellsworth
Teller
Norge
Italy
Norway
Aftenposten
Spitzbergen
Richard Byrd
United States Navy
North Pole
French Offensive Advances Near Fez in Morocco
French troops opened a major assault against Moroccan tribesmen at Fez and have advanced about six miles along a twenty mile front. An official statement reports the operation is progressing favorably as of this afternoon.
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Fes
French Morocco
Fez
Hewan
Polish general Haller disperses 25,000 troops in quest for authority
Paris and Warsaw dispatches report General Haller has up to 25,000 men under his command as he overthrows opposition and asserts control. He says Munitions and prisoners resist, doubts Pilsudski will succeed. In Warsaw Marshal Pilsudski recovers and attends a cabinet meeting after a period of exhaustion.
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Paris
Haller
Mget
Pilsudski
Warsaw
Russians Might Be Called To Account By Great Britain
May 10. The British foreign office weighs making representations to Soviet Russia over statements said to support a general strike in Great Britain. Sir Austen Chamberlain said he would obtain more information before deciding on any steps, noting tensions with the Soviet government.
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Great
Britain
New York
Brith Foreign Office
Russia
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Austen Chamberlain
Deeleing
Stepea
Police court fines for shares license and intoxication
H Matheson of Lethbridge was fined one dollar and costs for selling shares in the city without a license. J Atkinson was fined twenty dollars and costs for intoxication at the police court this morning.
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H. Matheson
Lethbridge
J. Atkinson
Slump in Wheat Prices Hits Winnipeg Market
May futures fell to 1.49 3-4 in Toronto style trading as buyers waned and longs pressured prices. July closed at 1.47 5-8 and October at 1.30 4-8 amid weak demand and rising supplies. Canadian crop conditions remain generally favorable though export demand lags and cash wheat faced quiet activity.
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Broomhall
Canada
Helding &Rm
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Storm
Kent Twins
Jean Growne
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Miss Browne
Canadian Junior Red Cross
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