Merchants urged judicious spending to spark recovery
Edmonton speech by A C McKay of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada promotes a Britain style spending campaign to lift Alberta trade. He urges buying Alberta made products and merchant led action with local clubs and chambers. Government alone cannot fix the low mood. individuals must act. A later note mentions Norman Davis to discuss MacDonald arms plan at Geneva.
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Great Britain
A. C. McKay
Edmonton
Alberta
Retail Merchants Association of Canada
City Hall
McKay
Canada
Vancouver
Fesay
Medicine Hat
Services Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Fie
H. T. W. Forster
A.M.A
The
R.M.A
Washington
Catradian Press
United States
Norman Davis
Geneva
Hull
United States Increases Tax For New Plan
The government proposes higher income and gasoline taxes to fund a public works program. A $220 million bond issue backs the plan. Net income tax rises to $4,000 threshold and top rate to ten percent, with expected revenue around $46,000,000. Corporate dividends could yield $83,000,000. Federal gasoline tax would rise by three quarters of a cent to raise $92,000,000.
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Washington
Calia
Redcliff News Highlights Local Health and Traffic Concerns
Miss Margaret Stratton was rushed to Medicine Hat hospital Thursday night for an appendicitis operation. Motorists on the Redcliff to Medicine Hat Riverside road warn of treacherous traffic due to poor visibility from close corner buildings. The final Omega Taxis meeting at Gordon Memorial reported finances and year in review. Mrs Bohnet of South End dies suddenly after a long illness.
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Margaret Stratton
Medicine Hat Hospital
Clara Knights
A. W. Woodcock
A. McColeman
Claybank
Sas
P. Lavelle
Harry Pinder
Brook
Vallee
W. Lawson
Pinder
Deadlock on redistribution committee ends in disbanding
Ottawa May 20 The House committee on redistribution dissolves after a deadlock. Conservatives Sir George Perley and Alfred Duranleau, Liberals Ernest Lapointe and Charles Stewart, and Progressive Leader Robert Gardiner comprised the group. Debate on the issue resumes Monday.
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Ottawa
George Perley
Alfred Duranleau
Ernest Lapointe
Charlies Stewart
Liberals
Robert Gardiner
Prince Hesse Named President of Hesse Nassau Province
Berlin reports Captain Goering and Mussolini discussed the international situation as Prince Hesse, son in law to the King of Italy, was named by Hitler as the first President of the Province of Hesse Nassau. The move signals closer Berlin Rome relations.
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Rome
Goering
Hitler
Mussolini
Prince Hesse
Hesse- Nassau
Italy
Berlin
Scout Meeting Sunday Afternoon in Council Chamber
Members of groups committees and leaders and all interested expected to attend. Mr Greenway will address the meeting.
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McKay
Mela
Greenway
Nordlin to visit Medicine Hat Eagles and Kiwanis
Senator G. Nordlin of Minnesota, vice president of the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, will visit the Medicine Hat area. He will address the Kiwanis at their lunch meeting and speak to the Eagles at their hall, with delegates from Swift Current and Lethbridge attending. a May 24 visit to Lethbridge is planned.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Grand Aerie
Order of Kapgles
G. Nordlin
Order of Eagles
Medicine Hat
Kiwanians
Fagies
First St
Lethbridge
Eagles Aerie
Eagles
Swift Current
Order
Eagle
Nordlin
Grand Acre
Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
Canty
Conrad H. Mann
Alt
Noted author Robert Watson to speak at St John’s Church
Medicine Hat residents will hear Robert Watson, renowned lecturer and poet, discuss the Old Country with moving pictures of Britain. The talk, of about ninety minutes, is at St. John’s Church on Tuesday at 8 15 p.m. Tickets cost 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for students.
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ST. John's Church
Medicine Hat
Robert Watson
Britain
Canada
Great Britain
Empire
United States
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Department of Education
Manitoba
London
Punch
St. John’s Church
Rutherford to speak by radio at Pacific Science Congress
Lord Rutherford will address the fifth Pacific Science Congress in Vancouver via radio from England on May 20. Ernest Horne, 19, dies in a crash that killed another person as a bus with 36 schoolchildren plunged down an 18 foot embankment in Ontario. President Roosevelt urges immediate oil control legislation with price, wage, and production limits for two years. Hull reports no new information from Cuba on a possible revolution. Canadian police search ruins after a Niagara Falls area Orchard Inn road house explosion causing 40000 dollars in damage. A Chinese youth injures a Japanese sentry at the Tokyo legation. fate of the youth unknown.
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Ottawa
Lord Rutherford
Vancouver
England
Newcastle
Ont
Ernest Horne
Heta Billet
Hampton
Ontario
Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
Niagara Falls
Orchard Inn Roadhouse
Fire destroys five buildings in Cypress River
A blaze in Cypress River Manitoba destroyed five business district buildings and endangered the town. Loss is estimated at 25000 dollars. authorities said the fire threatened total destruction for a time.
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Cypress River
Man
Battle Over Redistribution Splits Liberals and Conservatives
Ottawa May 19 Liberals and Conservatives clash over redistribution as leaders threaten to fight to the finish. King and Bennett clash on Saturday sittings and the minority rights, while provincial deadlocks persist in Quebec and Saskatchewan and Tolmie government faced a failed confidence vote.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Ontario
British Columbia
Mackenzie King
WK. BB. Bennell
Bennett
Nelson Conservative Association
Tolmie
Editorial Praise for Germany at Disarmament Talks
London editorial comment lauds Germany under Hitler for translating declarations into actions and accepting Britain’s disarmament plan as offering the best prospect for ultimate agreement, with The Times and others hailing the move.
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London
Germany
Hitler
the Times
Peiping Faces Bombing Raid Scare as Japanese Planes Pass
Peiping, May 20. A fleet of eleven Japanese bombing planes dropped missiles but no bombs in the city defences, sparking mass rushes for cover. A Japanese spokesman vowed more battering until China yields, while Tokyo factions claim near completion of their aims and readiness to suspend the advance. In Nanking officials fear Peiping and Tientsin may be next targets as divisions close in nearby.
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Peiping
Tokyo
15Th Infantry
Nanking
Tientsin
Toronto threat targets power stations and police
Ontario Attorney General Hon W H Price received an anonymous letter warning unemployed rioters would seize Leaside and Niagara power stations to plunge Toronto into darkness and attack police stations with grenades if meetings were not held without police interference.
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Toronto
W.H. Price
Ontario
Attorney General Today
Leaside
Niiagara
McPherson Divorce Case Recess Ordered in Edmonton
In the McPherson divorce suit, Justice Ford ordered a Friday afternoon recess to Tuesday after cross examination of Leroy Mattern. Mattern denied collusion in Saskatoon visit with Cora McPherson. he has since married a Winnipeg girl. The case may resume next Thursday due to scheduling and a holiday.
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Edmonton
Justice Ford
O. L. McPherson
Cora McPherson
Leroy Mattern
S. B. Woods
K.C
Calgary
N. D. MacLean
Alberta Names Members of Debt Adjustment Board
Premier J E Brownlee announced the Debt Adjustment Board lineup under the new act. William Loree of Calgary will chair the board alongside L F Clarry KC of Calgary and Ben E Plumer of Bow Valley. A Wheat Pool director to serve is named, and a Alberta Supreme Court judge will handle appeals.
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Edmonton
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
William Loree
Calgary
L. F. Clarry
K.C
Ben 8. Plumer
Bow Valley
Wheat Poo
Alberta Supreme Court
Gha
Brownlee
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U. S
George Nordlin
Redcliff
John Salmond
O. R. Gayford
Nicholetts
South Africa
Lord Londonderry
Air
Sir Phillip Sassoon
F.C.E
AERIF
Cuba
Poiping
Battle Royal
HOUSE
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Ontario “Reds
McPherson's
Helen Hayes
Shaunavon
Sask
Medicine “Hat
Royals
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