Council endorses stand against taxation by prov. govt
City council votes to back the Alberta taxation board’s finding that real property bears too great a municipal tax burden. They refuse to send representatives to press action while an election is pending, and endorse Mitchell’s report to withhold further property sales until council action.
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D. Mitchell
Edmonton
Alberta Taxation Inquiry Board
Medicine Hat
Bullivant
Als
Baker
Baker and Boyd
Mitchell
Communists Blamed for Pacific Coast Riots
Ottawa reports official circles claim unrest on the Pacific coast is fomented by the same agencies behind California labor troubles. Finances are said to come from a common source as maritime activity stalls along the coast. Communist agitation from foreign elements is described as well established.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canadian Pacific Coast
California
Pacific Coast
Bennett says BC failed to seek federal aid to curb unrest
Ottawa May 21 Prime Minister Bennett told the House of Commons that British Columbia can avoid blame for any law and order breakdown only if authorities request federal assistance to prevent anarchy in the province.
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Ottawa
C.P
British Columbia
Bennett
House of Commons
British cabinet to consider rearmament after Hitler speech
London reports a cabinet meeting approved a draft declaration on additional national defences to be presented tomorrow. A 100 percent RAF expansion is forecast to be announced to the House of Commons by Lord Baldwin.
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London
Hitler
C.P
Royal Air Force
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Council
Lisbon Quashes Communist Revolt Attempt
Lisbon reports a failed Communist uprising yesterday as government forces arrested several alleged plotters. Troops and police surrounded key sites including the Bank of Portugal and government buildings while the cabinet held emergency sessions to uncover the conspirators and revolutionary aims.
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Lisbon
C.P
Bbfsbon
Bank of Portugal
Polish Corridor Threatened by Germany in Reichstag Plan
London and Berlin dispatches report Adolf Hitler plans to demand Poland cede the Polish corridor and Gdynia in exchange for a White Russian territory, making Poland landlocked. He will address the Reichstag amid pressure to ease European tensions and may seek a non‑aggression pact with the Soviet Union.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Reichstag
Hitler
Gdynia
Zuehrer
Britain
Stresa
Geneva
Wilhelm
Improvement on Old Cemetery Hill Road
Work on the end of Division Avenue from the hilltop to Seven Persons coulee road nears completion. A gang of 20 to 30 men widened a big curve by moving southwest across the old English cemetery. The water main was replaced and reinstalled to resist gumbo leaks. The cemetery is fenced and cleaned. The new road will provide a safer, easier descent from the bench to the flat.
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Division Avenue
Seven Persons Coulee
Old English Cemetery
One Thousand Men Hired for Calgary Lake Louise Jasper Road Work
May 21 report states 1,000 married men on relief will gain jobs on the Lake Louise Jasper highway starting June 1. Recruitment includes 450 from Calgary 400 from Edmonton and 150 from Lethbridge for the project.
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Calgary
C.P
Lake Louise-Jasper
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Self-Defense Plea Entered in Calgary Murder Trial
In Calgary on May 21 George Mauch 64 testified he acted in self defence in a murder case involving Edward Olsen killed during a drinking party Olsen had allegedly threatened Mauch Olsen was reportedly an admirer of Mrs Mauch Crown prosecutor A L Smith KC said a murder verdict was unlikely and manslaughter was a possibility the case was headed to the jury later that day
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Calgary
C.P
George Mauch
Edward Olsen
Olsen
Death Toll in Storms Rises Across Southern States
The Oklahoma death list grows as tornadoes and floods claim victims in several states. Two more bodies recovered in Altus Oklahoma. a Live Oak Texas farmer drowned fording a swollen creek. a boy fell from a Tulsa bridge. a veteran drowned in a water filled ditch near Chanute Kansas. Red Cross and state relief workers mobilize while unofficial damage estimates reach about 3 million dollars in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
United States
Leat
Alabama
Midland City
Mississippi
Tex
Texas
Altus
Okla
Tulsa
Oklo
Chanute
Kas
Colfax
Grant Parish
Louisiana
Lavaca
Ark
Red Cross
Oklahoma
CCF Candidates To Be Named In Near All Ridings
J S Woods of the CCF said progress is being made in selecting federal candidates. In Alberta they expect to wait until provincial elections are over before firm nominations. He described the party’s stance on price spreads legislation as government takeover of monopolies rather than new regulations.
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Ottawa
J. S. Woods
Coygner A Ve. Y Domnethin Ehith * Federation
C.C.F
Thecat
Alberta
Wwe
C.c
United States Seeks Pound Dollar Tie in Secret Talks
A Treasury negotiator works on stabilizing the pound with the dollar in unofficial talks in London. Harry White has left for the United States and Washington denies official status. Henry Sheppard continues parleys with Belgian officials after talks in Paris. Obstacle remains British reluctance to set a definite pound per dollar ratio.
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London
Havas
United States Treasury
Harry White
United States
Washington
Henry Sheppard
White
Paris
Two Boys Drown Near Hatzie Lake in Mission City
Mission City British Columbia May 21 report two 11 year old boys Donald and Osborne Edwards were recovered from Hatzie Lake after a fishing trip. One slipped from rocks and the other likely drowned attempting a rescue.
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Mission City
B.C
Donald
Osborne Edwards
Hatzie’ Lake
No Abatement in Relief Strikes in Progress at Edmonton
Edmonton and Vancouver stories describe ongoing relief strikes with ex service men demanding retroactive restoration of deductions from relief allowances. Metcalfe and fellow speakers challenge civic authority while the mayor urges a return to work. Vancouver protesters press for full relief and protest conditions, facing ultimata against further parades and demonstrations.
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Edmonton
Vancouver
Clarke
Coast City
Special Relief Committee
R. J. Metcalfe
Exservice Men’s Association
J. A. Clarke
Metcalfe
W. W. Foster
G. G. McGeer
Sallips
Senate Rejects Insurance Scheme In Ottawa Debate
Ottawa May 21 The senate banking committee defeated an amendment requiring all Canadians earning 2000 or more per year to pay 25 cents weekly or 13 dollars annually into the Dominion Unemployment Insurance fund. The measure would have added about 85 000 contributors and 1 131 000 dollars yearly to the fund.
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Ottawa
C.P
Senate Banking Committee
Canada
Dominion Unemployment Insurance Fund
Argentina Must Toe the Mark at Wheat Conference
London delegates to the International Wheat Conference warn Argentina has a last chance to join an export restriction accord on equal terms. They say Canada and the United States will not let stocks accumulate as in 1933, and a trade war of under selling could follow if Argentina declines to subscribe to an acceptable plan.
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London
C.P
Argentina
Canada
United States
Hitler sets 13 point program for postwar Germany
Berlin report says Adolf Hitler in a Reichstag speech outlined a 13 point plan. It includes a 500000 man army and a navy at 35 percent of Britain’s fleet, plus air force parity with Europe’s largest. He pledges treaty respect but seeks revision and collective security, with no aggression pacts.
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Berlin
C.P
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Germany
Third Reich
Europe
Hitler Reich
League of Nations
France
Rhineland
Hitler
Ocarno
Circus trainer killed by elephant during film rehearsal
Joe Reed, veteran circus trainer, died in a Los Angeles hospital after being attacked and gored by an enraged elephant during a rehearsal for a motion picture act. Reed was guiding eight elephants and twelve tigers at Al G Barnes winter quarters when the herd stampeded.
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Los Angeles
C.P
Joe Reed
Reed
al. G. Barnes
Boy killed by dogs near The Pas Manitoba
Six year old Mike Seginovitch died in hospital after a bush bred husky pack attacked him on the outskirts of The Pas. The dogs owned by a local trapper were brought in from the bush north of town. cause of attack unknown.
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PAS
Mike Seginovitch
Here
Russia Claims Best Air Staff In the World
Moscow scene marks the Maxim Gorky disaster burials as 49 victims are laid to rest in crypts and graves near the Virgins Monastery. Pilot Nicholai Blagin honored among the remains. Stalin appears as guard of honor. Pravda cites Stalin on armed might and boast of the air staff as the world’s best.
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John Lloyd
Associated Press
Moscow
Virgins
Maxim Gorky
Peter the Great
Nicholai Blagin
Gorky
Sonor
republic @s
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Russia
Labor Union House
Pravda
Bolshevists
Red Army
Ethiopia Presses Claims Of Italian Aggression
Haile Selassie warned Ethiopia would defend its frontier amid renewed border clashes with Italy. In a Geneva telegram he urged the League of Nations to halt Italy’s military buildup and oppose Rome’s claim of a civilizing mission. He proposed arbiters be empowered to rule on all incidents, or the League should take over.
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London
C.P
Ethiopia
Italy
Haile Selassie
Harrar
London Daily Mail
Geneva
A.P
Council of the
League of Nations
League
Africa
Rome
Halle Selassie
Maxim Litvinoff
C.p.havas
League of Nations Council
Arbitration Commission
Benito Mussolini
Pitman Potter
United States
M. Albert’’De la Pradelle
France
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Prof. White
Treasury Dept
McGeer
Senate
Stalin
Brethern
Art, McEachern
Dundee St
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