Policy questions on trans-Canada highway in Commons
In Ottawa on May 23, Liberal leader W L Mackenzie King pressed minister R J Manion for government policy on building the trans-Canada highway. Manion said provinces would fund with Dominion aid, not a national project, and that policy details remained unsettled. The exchange touched the St Lawrence scheme and canal plans with Washington and New York, noting eight to ten years to complete.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
R. J. Manion
Dominion
Manion
Mr. King
King
Dr. Manion
Heenan
Kaila
trans-Canada
Welland Canal
St. Lawrence
Washington
New York State
Bennett
House
R. King
Mr.King
J. L. Brown
Lib
Lisgar
Winnipeg
Conservatie Party
Tragic Alberta triple murder linked to broader violence wave
A Camrose district family massacre ends with the husband, R C Vought, dying by drowning after shooting his wife and two daughters, while the four year old son survives. An inquest opens as Alberta records a string of violent deaths including beaver lodge killings and other murders with executions pending for Calgary and Smoky Lake cases.
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Camrose
Alberta
R. C. Vought
Mary
Norma
M.C
Vought
Jackie
Vooght
Co. Hilliard Lyle
Beaver Lodge
Light Vought
Edward
Joseph Michalovich
Badmonton
George’ Dwernychuk
Smoky Lake
Mike Radko
Bertram
Urnesit
Encyclical of Pius XI condemns economic dictatorship
Vatican releases a labor encyclical by Pope Pius XI criticizing the modern economic world as a dictatorship and detailing the need for just rules in capital and labor. It condemns socialism and communism while upholding private property with state duties, urging investment of surplus income to create useful employment.
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Vatican City
Associated Press
Pope Pius XI
Christian Science Lecture Draws Big Turnout in Boston
Charles E. Jarvis C S of Los Angeles spoke at Twaites Hall on Christian Science explaining what it is and is not. He noted how past inventions like railroads and the telephone gained acceptance as human thought advanced, with the idea continued on Page Five.
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Charles E. Jarvis
C.S
Los Angeles
Calif
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Entist
Boston
Mass
Twaites Hall
Charles ©. Jarvis
Californi
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Massachusetts
New York City
No News Monday holiday edition
The paper announces Empire Day public holiday. no issue will be published on Monday.
Trans-Canada Line Progress Through the City
Work on the coast to coast Trans-Canada telephone line continues in the Dominion provinces. Completion expected this fall will give Canada an all-Canada network with fewer noise interruptions. In this city crews from three gangs dig, erect poles, and string the line from Walsh to Brooks via Medicine Hat and Dunmore Hill along Seventh and Sixth Avenues.
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Dominion
Canada
United States
Oearly
Walsh
Medicine Hat
Dunmore Hill Road
Seventh Avenue
Telephone Central Office
Sixth Avenue
Finlay Bridge
Brooks
Parliament actions and holiday notice
In Ottawa yesterday the Senate did not sit. The House of Commons passed second reading to the Judges Act amendment bill and third reading to the Montreal and Atlantic Railway Company bill. Estimates for the Department of Railways and Canals were passed. The Public Library will be closed on Monday May twenty fifth as a statutory holiday.
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Ottawa
Senate
House Commons
Montreal and Atlantic Railway Company
Department of Railways and Canals
Public Library
Il Duce Thrown From Horse but Not Hurt Badly
Premier Mussolini was thrown from his horse during a morning ride at Villa Torlonia and suffered only superficial injuries mainly facial scratches. He resumed work after brief treatment, met the Bulgarian minister, and cancelled a planned review of Bulgarians but still received aides.
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Il Duce
Rome
Associated Press
Mussolini
Villa Torlonia
Priestley Plans Eastward Journey From Banff
J B Priestley, the author and Good Companions star, travels east from Banff toward Winnipeg before continuing to Toronto and Montreal. He praises Canadian hospitality and mountain scenery, hopes to return in September, and accepts an invitation from Winnipeg’s Women’s Press Club for a reception in his honor.
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Banff
J. B. Priestley Dee
Good Companions
Winnipeg
Toronto
Montreal
Banff Springs
San Francisco
Vancouver
Canada
Banff Springs Hotel
Priestley
Women's Press Club
Britain
Germany Defeated Over Armament Disclosure at League Council
Geneva May 23 Germany was defeated at the re opening of the League of Nations council meeting as attempts to obtain a full statement of armaments from all nations failed. Julius Curtius protested that nations did not observe article eight of the Covenant requiring full and frank disclosure.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Germany
League of Nations Council
Julius Curtius
the League
Vancouver business pioneer C H Macauley dies at 64
Macauley of Vancouver and head of Macauley Nichols and Maitland Company Limited dies at his home. Born in Halifax, he came to Vancouver 43 years ago. A A Wilson, former warden of Kent County, also dies at Tilbury.
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C. H. Macauley
Vancouver
Macauley, Nichols and Maitland Company, Limited
Halifax
A. A. Wilson
Kent County
Tilbury
Eight Hour Day Debate On Welland Ship Canal Contracts
In Ottawa May 23 the House of Commons voted 3 million more for the Welland Ship Canal, with a plan for 4 million extra to complete the project. Peter Heenan charged workers were on twelve hour days, while Dr. Manion said government employees would switch to an eight hour day and contractors were the workers affected. Heenan suggested revising contracts to enforce eight hours, noting most contractors already worked eight hours. Manion said new contracts would require eight hour terms and that some existing contracts were under the previous administration.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Committee of Supply
Welland Ship Canal
R. J. Manion
Welland Canal
Peter Heenan
Labor
Manion
Mr. Heenan
Dr. Manion
Heenan
Beaver Lodge tragedy ends with double death in Alberta
Beaver Lodge in the Peace River district centers on a deadly family dispute. Col. Hilliard Lyle shot his wife Gertrude in their drawing room then killed himself after a quarrel over finances and a failed business, with two daughters witnessing events. The case prompts an Alberta police inquiry and an inquest to be decided in Owen Sound, Ontario.
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Edmonton
Beaver Lodge
Peace River
Alberta
Hilliard Lyle
Gertrude
Lyle
Mrs. Lyle
Hq&2n
Collis Sloan
Helen
Robert Butler
A. E. Meee
Grande Prairie
Wheat exporting nations seek secretariat to aid world wide data
Delegates from grain exporting nations meet in London to approve a secretariat as a clearing house for international information statistics and crop reports. They plan an additional conference when conditions allow and weigh quota versus production policies amid the ongoing world wheat crisis.
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London
Associated Press
Secretariat
Russia
Danbe Basia
Hether
Mrs. Rae Meyrick Jailed Again for Club Irregularities
London May 23 Mrs Rae Meyrick known as night club queen of England was jailed for seven months at hard labor after pleading guilty to selling liquor without a license and permitting unlawful gaming at her Ry Club. She faces a 150 dollar fine and 150 dollars in court costs. Her counsel blamed investment losses and debt for operating the club to pay creditors.
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London
England
Rae Meyrick
Edmonton man dies after self-inflicted gunshot wounds
In Edmonton on May 23, 88 year old Josep Midglay died in hospital from wounds suffered after a shooting. He reportedly shot himself following a deadly incident that claimed his mother and brother four days earlier at the family farm. He died at 4 am.
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Edmonton
Edwand
Smok
Brie Ho
Josep ‘Midglay
Jeredin Ie
Soviet Delegate Unbends Toward Cordial European Ties
In Geneva on May 23 Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov met with European leaders including Aristide Briand and British Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson. The talks suggested a possible shift toward more cordial relations between the Soviet Union and Western capitalist states, as reported from League of Nations circles.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Europe
League of Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
M. Litvinoff
Aristide Briand
Arthur “Henderson
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