Nason Marries as He Faces Fraud Charge in Toronto
Albert Nason Toronto artist is jailed after a wedding during which detectives served as organist and singer. He later pays a $12.50 debt to his landlady for a picture and faces a 60 day sentence for fraud. A second charge is withdrawn after the ceremony at the Church of the Ascension.
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Toronto
C.P
Albert Nason
Albert
Feater
Edmund James
Dorothy Neal
John Atkinson
Church of the Ascension
Albert Johns
Nason Freed After Wedding Under King's Amnesty
After his wedding Nason returned to jail where he will serve only five more days due to royal clemency. The amnesty shortens his sentence and allows early release.
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Nason
Commercial Air Tip to Vancouver
Grant McConachie flies the first commercial flight to Vancouver from Calgary in a Ford tri motor plane with five passengers aboard. He faces head winds and waits in Grand Forks for better weather as the flight plans to Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Grand Forks
B.C
C.P
Grant McConachie
Calgary
Grant
Calgary pairs in flight plan over mountains
Robert Wilkinson and Hughes Wilkinson and Mrs J J O Connor of Calgary. Stan Green aero mechanic with Pilot McConachie. They planned a direct compass course over the mountains with favorable weather reports.
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Robert Wilkinson
Hughes Wilkinson
J. J. O'Connor
Calgary
Stan Green
McConachie
Warning to fake inspectors in beer rooms issued
Toronto May 16. Arnold Smith acting chief commissioner of the Ontario liquor control board warns against men who impersonate inspectors to obtain beer samples. He says the board will make an example of any caught impostors.
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Toronto
C.P
Whlo Nave
Arnold Smith
Ontario Liquor Control Board
Motor Mishap Near Regina and Brooks Pioneer Dies
Four women traveling from Indian Head to Regina struck a broken telephone line on the highway. The wire tangled with the motor, sending the car into a ditch and turning over. Passengers escaped with minor injuries to one. the car was badly damaged. Jos L. Marin, pioneer resident of Brooks, is dead.
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Regina
C.P
Indian Head
Jos. L. Marin
Brooks
Must Find Out If Plan Will Work
Ottawa Map 16 The Alberta government must determine if Douglas plan of social credit will work High Minister George Headley said the key questions are whether it will work how it will work and if it would harm the public interest He added Alberta will not be forced into any Douglas proposal by the Dominion government
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C.P
Alberta
Douglas
Social Credit
George Hoadley
Headley
Dominion
Aberta
Major Douglas
Peruvian Publisher Assassinated by Fanatic in Lima
In Lima on May 16 an attack ended the life of Antonio Miro Quesada a leading Peruvian publisher and statesman. He was killed by a student and his wife died at his side in the attempted assassination.
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Lima
Peru
Antonio Miro Quesada
Bennet returns to Ottawa to face multiple crises
Prime Minister R B Bennett arrives back from London to find several issues awaiting his return. Japanese objections to Canada currency action, the world wheat agreement violated by Argentina, nickel for munitions, and a tense Dominion political scene pose immediate administrative challenges. A Duchess of York wireless report said Bennett enjoyed an excellent voyage and would travel to Ottawa via Quebec.
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C.P
R. B. Bennett
London
Canada
Dominion
Bennett
Duchess of York
Quebec
Double Slaying on Principal Street Ends in Tragedy
On a main street, Miro Quesada aged 60 and his wife were shot by Carlos Spiers 19, described as a political fanatic. Four shots struck Miro Quesada in the back. he fell bleeding while Señora Quesada rushed to him and suffered fatal wounds as two bullets killed her. Spiers reportedly attempted suicide after the attack.
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Miro Quesada
Club Nacional
Carlos Spiers
Senora Miro Quesada
Spiers
British Labor Is Getting Organized
London May 16 Labor crushed in 1931 crisis elections is preparing for general elections this autumn. The government term may run to 1936 but the national executive is organizing. Reports of cabinet shuffles center on Ramsay MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin with possible moves in foreign and home secretaries and the premiership.
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C.P
Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Daily Express
MacDonald
Sir John Simon
Sir John
Mr. Baldwin
the Express
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