Reading Material For Children on Sundays Sparks Commons Debate
Ottawa May 20 The House of Commons debated Sunday reading for children. Bennett and Dunning clashed over comics tariffs and the value of comic supplements. Bennett argued some comics promote deceit while Dunning defended access. both touched on libel laws and public attacks on politicians.
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Ottawa
C.P
B. Bennett
Benedict Charles Dunning
Bennett
House of Commons
Dunning
Moon Mullins
Aberhart Seeks Ontario Talks Before Home Visit
Premier William Aberhart and three Alberta ministers meet Ottawa department heads and plan further talks with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and cabinet committee. The Alberta delegation will confer during the parliamentary holiday before Aberhart's expected Friday departure.
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Ottawa
C.P
William Aberhart
Alberta
Mackenzie King
Aberhart
Thomas Denies Knowledge of Men Linked to Budget Leak
London May 20 Colonial Secretary J H Thomas testified for the second time and said he never heard of the financier Vergottis or any men who named him in connection with alleged budget leakage. He stated he did not know the financier who claimed access to cabinet budget provisions.
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London
C.P. Cable
J. H. Thomas
Thomas
P. Vergottis
Reginald J. Hearn
Vergottis
Cabinet
Thelma Stampede Sets July 22 Date For Big Event
Old time supporters of the Thelma stampede rally to make this year one of the best in its history. The date is Wednesday July 22, following the Winnifred stampede a week earlier. The program lists the usual top events including the Thelma Derby with races and a large evening dance at Delmas hall.
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Delmas’ Hall
Ely Culbertson Offers Prizes for Odd Hands
New York May 20 A P For the best or worst bridge hand five dollars. Apply to Sly Cuthbertson. Culbertson announced he would pay for authentic information about genuine one suited hands or hands containing nothing higher than a five spot. Hands must be dealt in rubber bridge and all players must attest before a notary to the genuineness of the exceptional hand. Lincoln Isworth received the Explorers club medal from Herbert Hoover on his 56th birthday in New York.
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Bennett
New York
King George
A. W. Neill
Comox-Alberni
British Columbia
Canada
Regina
Sly Cuthbertson
Fle
Lincoln Isworth
Explorers’ Club
Herbert Hoover
France Extends Conscription Under War Baby Law
Paris reports the war ministry activates the war baby law to extend conscription by two months and add a 14 month period for the class of 1936. The order affects men born Jan 1 to Feb 20 1916 and aims to bolster forces along the Maginot border fortifications. Government keeps the numbers secret and yesterday cancelled this year's eastern frontier war games.
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Associated Press
Paris
War Ministry
Keap
Rain pours over southeastern Alberta brings big relief
A heavy night rain drenched southeastern Alberta with the Medicine Hat to Calgary corridor and the Lethbridge district receiving the strongest showers. Weatherman Charles Pickering logged about 0.22 inches by noon. seeding in the region was about 75 percent complete.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Lethbridge
Here
Swift Current
Charles Pickering
New Winter Hits the East With Snow Today
Winter's surprise blast grips the east with snow and frost. Ontario and Quebec report heavy orchard damage as Montreal Island is blanketed by over an inch of snow. Ottawa sees sleet and freezing temps while farmers rush to save fruit trees. Prairie regions report chill winds and rain halting dust storms. Regina notes by Minister Uhrich.
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Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
Montreal Island
Ottawa
Prairies
Alberta
Beet Growers Face Labor Trouble in Alberta
Beet growers in Southern Alberta with 19 000 acres planted and plans to cultivate 5 000 more acres faced labor difficulties. Royal Canadian Mounted Police patrolled beet districts around Lethbridge as workers were brought from Calgary and Edmonton to replace those who refused to sign 1936 contracts. Over 300 men recruited in the last two days, bused to southern beet fields.
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Calgary
Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Disappearance of Ambrose Small discussed in 1919 furnace threat
Toronto stereotyper Thomas Shields testified before Special Examiner Thomas Rolph about a threat to throw Ambrose Small into a furnace during a December 2 1919 drinking party in the Grand Opera House basement. He recalled overhearing the danger and being among the last to leave.
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Toronto
C.P
Thomas Shields
Thomas T. Rolph
Ambrose Small
Grand Opera Mouse
Small
Shields
Dirigible Hindenburg Completes Second North Atlantic Voyage
The German dirigible Hindenburg landed at Lakehurst naval air station at 7 30 a m E C T completing its second commercial westward crossing of the North Atlantic in 78 hours 27 minutes. Passenger Wilbur Plitt of Baltimore said a squall caused a momentary nose attitude but no passenger panic occurred.
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Lakehurst
N.J
C.P
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
E.C.T
North Atlantic
Wilbur Plitt
Baltimore
Duty Boost Restores Coconut Tariff in Budget Move
Ottawa May 20. Finance Minister C A Dunning reversed a tariff cut on desiccated coconut, restoring the duty to five cents a pound after a prior cut to three cents. The reversal aims to protect Canada West Indies trade, with most desiccated coconut sourced from distant Ceylon.
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Ottawa
C.P
C. A. Dunning
Canada-West Indies
Treasury
Ceylon
Vancouver man dominates Alberta savings certificates payout
W. J. Kelly of Vancouver, holder of 107,500 in Alberta provincial savings certificates, received 3,090 on principal and 5,375 in interest today. The payment is the largest since certificate payments were suspended last August, with J. E. Brownlee, K.C., former premier, negotiating on Kelly's behalf.
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Edmonton
C.P
W. J. Kelly
Vancouver
Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
K.C
Kelly
Lethal Gas Substitution Discussed in Parliament
Ottawa reports a parliamentary committee will study substituting a lethal gas chamber for hanging in murder cases. Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe cited American states using gas chambers as more humane and cheaper, while opponents argued hanging remains a strong deterrent.
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Ottawa
C.P
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
Blair
R. B. Bennett
J. S. Woodsworth
C.C.F
H. E. Wilton
Hamilton West
Cincinnati Beats Boston and Phillies Top Chicago in Baseball Action
National league results show Cincinnati defeating Boston 1015 to 0.02 while Philadelphia and Chicago posts strong showings with multiple pitchers contributing. American league notes include Philadelphia and Chicago game lines with runners and pitchers listed alongside other teams such as Washington Cleveland and St Louis in a dense box score snippet.
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Cincinnati
Boston
AI Derringer
Wrey
Hileher
Brooklyn
Ae Ce
Lee
French
Hartnett
New York
Parmalee
Davis
Schu
Philadelphia
Campbell
Chaplin
Lapes
Chicago
Mungo
Gerres
St. Louis
Cadet Training Approved By House Amid Debate
The House of Commons voted 109 to 8 to approve cadet training despite Agnes Macphail’s ten year protest against youth military instruction. Grant MacNeil attacked the militia as costly and elitist while Defence Minister Mackenzie defended it as essential and noted cadet enrollment at 82,373 last year. Macphail urged grants to education departments instead.
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O'Iawa
C.P
House of Commons
Agnes Macphail
U.F.O
Lab
Grey-Bruce
Canada
C.C.I
Social Credit
Chamber
House
Grant MacNeil
C.C.F
Vancouver North
Vancouver
Defence
Mackenzie
MacNeil
Bennett
National Defence Department
League of Na
British Commonwealth
Miss Macphail
M. J.’ Coldwell
Rosetown- Biggar
Sach
Medicine Hat Stampede Arrangements Complete For Two Big Days
Preparations for the Medicine Hat stampede on June 23 and 24 at the fair grounds are advancing. Officials expect a solid debut with horse racing platform attractions and a pavilion for dancing as the grounds are refurbished including a rebuilt fence, upgraded grandstand seating for 700 and improved parking.
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Medicine Hat
Canada
Laidlaw & Company
Fair Grounds
Stampede
Manitoba to Bring 500 British Families to Manitoba
London report says P. O. Schonegevel of the Empire migration settlement group will sail to Canada to study a Dominion plan to settle 5600 British families in Manitoba. Winnipeg info indicates Manitoba legislature backs the plan if families are placed in suitable occupations.
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London
C.P. Cable
P. O. Schonegevel
Empire Migration Settlement Group
Canada
Dominion
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Manitoba Legislative Assembly
Fine Character, Called by Death In B C Victoria
Benjamin Charles Nicholas editor of the Victoria Daily Times died at his desk as the paper went to press. A leading commentator on Canadian events he had long presided over the paper and planned to run as Liberal candidate in the upcoming Victoria by election. Nicholas collapsed after a cardiac attack and could not be revived.
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Victoria
C.P
Benjamin Charles Nicholas
Victoria Daily Times
Robert Cromie
Vancouver Sun
Nicholas
Canada
Voice of the Times
Benny" Nicholas
Sir Wilfrid Gauhier
Spanish new government pledges belligerent stance against fascism
Madrid May 19 Premier Casares Quiroga presented a Leftist government to the cortes pledging a belligerent attitude toward fascism and those who would torpedo the state. He vowed a non neutral foreign policy, a large public works drive to cut unemployment, and adherence to the League of Nations.
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Madrid
C.p.lavas
Banhago Casares Quiroga
Cortes
Manuel Asana
Casares Quiroga
Agana
le League of‘ Nations
Casares Quirogh
Tweedsmuirs to Visit Edmonton and Western Tour
Lord Tweedsmuir governor general of Canada and Lady Tweedsmuir will arrive in Edmonton on August 13 for a brief stop before departing to Jasper and the Pacific coast the next morning. On return His Excellency will visit Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
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Edmonton
C. P
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Lady Tweedsmuir
Jasper
Pacific Coast
Hiss
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Divorces Vallee Wife Testifies in Court
Fay Webb files for divorce from Rudy Vallee in Los Angeles on May 20. Webb testified that life with Vallee was marred by abuse and emotional strain, recounting emotional outbursts and his heavy drinking.
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Los Angeles
Fay. Webb
Screamon
Rudy: Vallee
Vallee
Dropagd AB
Ermal
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Millies
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