Hat Chamber urges lake project near Dunmore for bird sanctuary
The Hat Chamber of Commerce plans to press the Alberta government to complete a small lake six miles east of Dunmore to serve as a bird sanctuary stock watering center and local resort near Medicine Hat. Letters will go to Minister Fallon and L. C. Charlesworth with copies to MLAs J. L. Robinson and A. W. Flaline. The Lark WalFlake site is partly filled with water a seven foot depth reported, while three feet remained in spring. The project, begun in 1934 with relief funds from Ottawa, was originally handled by Excelsior district and later allocated to the water resources branch and municipal affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunmore
Medicine Hat
Hat Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Fallon
Alberta
L. C. Charlesworth
Assiniboia
J. L. Robinson
A. W
W. H. Gray
Municipal District of
Excelsior
Gray
Ottawa
Excelsior District
Water Resources Branch
Department of Municipal Affairs
Alberta Premier Praises Talks With Dominion on Debt Plan
Ottawa May 22 Premier William Aberhart said his discussions with the Dominion government yielded much progress, though no final decisions on financial matters. He noted potential progress on relief works road building and agriculture re settlement, with final terms to come by correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
William Aberhart
Dominion
Prines
Mackenzie King
Social Credit
Aberhart
Undernart
Edmonton
Social Credit Premié#r
Alberta
Post Office Holiday Service Notice
Monday May 25 is a statutory holiday. Public lobby hours are 8 to 10 am. All stamps will be closed for the day and no letter carrier deliveries will be made.
Dum-Dum Bullets Found On Ethiopians Prisoners
Geneva reports Italy charges Ethiopians used dumdum bullets made in Britain. The League of Nations released a lengthy communication from the fascist government claiming thousands of soft-nosed bullets were found on southern prisoners captured by Marshal Graziani and marked to suggest British origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
C.P
Italy
Britain
League of Nations
Rodolfo Graziani
Prisoner Shot by RCMP Officer in Strathmore Yard
At Strathmore Alberta May 21 Andrew Jacobsen of Tilley was shot in the right thigh by Constable J M Carter RCMP when Jacobsen refused to halt as Carter questioned him near the Canadian Pacific Railway yards. Jacobsen was taken to hospital in Calgary where Dr J H Birch treated the wound. The severity was not immediately known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swrathmore
C.P
Andrew Jacobsen
Tilley
Alta
J. M. Carter
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Carter
Jacobsen
Canadian Pacific
Calgary
J. H. Birch
Canadian Distillers Pay $3 Million to U.S. Treasury
A group of Canadian distilleries, whose identities were not disclosed, paid $3 million in back customs duties to the United States. Officials cited debts from liquor flowing into the U.S. during Prohibition and warned that unsettled arrears could have barred the firms from the American market. The settlement followed talks among Treasury State and Justice departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C.P
United States Treasury
Jin
Ge BS
United States
Treasury
State and Justice Departments
Alberta Savings Certificates Investment and Redemptions Update
Alberta treasury department officials said that total investments in provincial savings certificates since the suspension of payment last August and total redemptions to date will be released in the upcoming quarterly public accounts statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Treasury Department
City employee burned by flaring gas incident
G. Reiber, a city paving gang member, was burned on the face by flaring gas while heating asphalt on Third St SW. He relit a gas jet after a flare, ignition spread to his face. First aid was given, he received medical care, and his burns were not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Reiber
Third St
S.W
Hugh McLaughlin
Reiber
J. S. Macleod
Foreman McLaughlin
Ash Avenue
Allowance Avenue
Macleod
Alberta and Dominion clash over loan council link
In Ottawa discussions between the Dominion government and Alberta Social Credit leaders focused on funding Alberta debt refinancing and a proposed loan council. Premier Aberhart seeks federal co operation while Meighen signals potential Senate defeat or major amendments to the constitutional resolution. Parliament adjourned for Ascension Day push.
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Mackenzie King
Alberta
Aberhart
Ottawa
Dominion
Finance
Dunning
Senate
Westminster
Meighen
Cote
House of Commons
Commons
Banks of
Canada
Montana Stock Growers Denounce Canada US Trade Pact
At the 52nd annual convention of the Montana Stock Growers association leaders attack the reciprocal trade agreement with Canada. Acting president Joseph Metlen and secretary B A Phillips fault the pact saying Montana stockmen will suffer this fall as Canadian cattle flood U S markets when imports are not needed. TF Mollin of Denver, secretary of the National Stock Growers association, adds the same warning. Alberta Adams a veteran railway news agent who watched the Jesse James gang hold up a train dies at North Bay Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Montana Stock Growers. Association
Joseph Metlen
B.A. Phillips
State Association
TF. J. Mollin
Denver
National Stock Growers Association
Sagreemicht
Montana
Stockifien
Canada
Mollin
United States
Jesse James
Alberta Adams
North Bay
Ont
French Protest At Ethiopian Expulsion Of Bishop
Paris reports Italy revoked the expulsion order against Monsignor Andre Jarosseau head of French Catholic missions in Ethiopia. France denounced the move as unacceptable and prepared a protest to Rome while withholding it pending official confirmation and Pope reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
C.P
Andrew Jarosseau
Joseph Paul Boncour
Ethiopia
Andre Jarosseau
Vatican
Mgr. Jarosseau
Italy
Paul Boncour
Charles Roux
Charles de Chambrun
Rome
Mussolini
Drumheller Hero Saves Friend From Drowning
In Drumheller on May 21 1921 Henry Looten aged 12 jumped into a pond to rescue his classmate Henry Guyder who had vanished twice. Looten pulled Guyder to a raft and both boys then returned to school with Guyder showing little aftereffects from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drumheller
C.P
Henry Looten
Henry Guyder
Looten
Guyder
Baseball Scores From Today's National and American Leagues
Mixed line of baseball scores and player snippets from National and American leagues. Mentions Philadelphia New York St Louis Chicago Pittsburgh with several players named, but text is fragmentary and unclear beyond team pairings and partial scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Walter
Wilson
Fitzsimmons
Coffman
Mancuso
Bush
Birkofér
Todd
Imesatis
Chicago
Andrews
Giuliani
Lyona
Churchill Warns Of Europe War Prep As Britain Debates Defence
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Baldwin warns Italy against interference in Egypt and Palestine, while Churchill denounces rising European rearmament. Inskip outlines wartime industry preparations and the defence coordination ministry funding is voted down 207 to 115.
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London
C.P
House of Commons
Baldwin
Italy
Egypt
Palestine
Thomas Inskip
Defence Coordination
Winston Churchill
Defence Coordination Ministry
Suez Canal
Cairo
Catholic Prelate Thomas Curran Dies in Halifax
Right Rev. Thomas P. Curran administrator of the Halifax Catholic archdiocese since Archbishop O'Donnell's death died today at age 42. He led the archdiocese during a transitional period following the former archbishop's passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
C.P
Thomas P. Curran
O'Donnell
Burglars Blow Safe at Patricia General Store
Safecrackers blew open the Patricia general store safe and escaped with more than $400 in cash. RCMP in Medicine Hat had not been notified, with no clues yet identifying the burglars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radner and Ohman
Patricia
Bassano
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Medicine Hat
British Red Cross worker missing in Ethiopia eyeing steps
London reports the British government will take energetic steps to locate L J Bonner, a nursing orderly missing after leaving a train at Dire Dawa on May 15. He was returning from Addis Ababa after rabies treatment and a bag with money. Italian claims re arrest were denied by the Harar consul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Cross
Ethiopia
House of Commons
Viscount Cranborne
L.J. Bonner
Bonner
Lord Cranborne
Diredawa
Harar
Addis Ababa
Rome
Italian Edict Bars Sanctioned Nations From Trade Pacts
Rome reports Italy will cancel all trade treaties with sanctionist states and redirect foreign trade. Virginio Gayda says commercial treaties with sanctionist countries are null and require radical revision. Marshal Badoglio returns to Rome amid renewed imperial revival and Il Messaggero pushes white settlement lines in Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
A.P
Italy
Virginio Gayda
Giornale D'Italia
Mussolini
Calgary Hailstorm Deluges City With Large Ice Stones
A heavy hail storm hit Calgary this afternoon starting about 1 15 pm. Hail stones as large as marbles covered streets with a half inch snowlike layer. Lightning thunder followed the storm as rain came then the sun returned. Power lines failed and business halted. Similar heavy rain preceded hail in Lethbridge that afternoon with flooded streets and white ground cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
C.P
Lethbridge
Resignation of Colonial Secretary J H Thomas Reported
London reports say J H Thomas resigned as colonial secretary after a 10 day tribunal probe into a budget leak. His resignation was accepted with Ormsby Gore named to succeed him as first commissioner of works and potential cabinet shake up discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. H. Thomas
Mariial Tribunal
Leslie
Thomas
Baldwin
Samuel Hoare
C.P
William G. A. Ormsby Gore
J. H.thomas
Man Died After Horse Kick In Saskatchewan Barn
Kindersley Saskatchewan May 21 Andrew Rennie died in hospital after May 19 injuries from a horse kick to head chest and leg. Chest ribs crushed pneumonia followed. Accident discovered about 5 p m by neighbor James S Jordan. Brother James Rennie in Canada is being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kindersley, Sask
C.P
Andrew Rennie
Harvey Honored in Toronto May 1981 Ceremonies
The report notes a Toronto event in May 1981 where Harvey is honored by the conferral of honorary degrees. Chief Justice presides as six additional degrees are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
C.P
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Olawa
Post Office
AT. Strathmore
C.A. Dunning
Social Credit Administration of
Federal Treasury
Financial House
Arthur Meighen
G. P
Graham
Red Chamber
Federal
Dominion Public Works
Saskatchewan
Churchill Asain
Churchill
Europe
Japan
Sir Thomanskip
Mediterranean
Russia
Puntry
Britisher
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Asmara
Eritrea
Massawa
Il Messaggero
Harvey
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