Saskatchewan Nomination Totals Ahead of Polls
Regina reports 123 nominations with six days to go. Patterson Liberals 53, CCF 30, Conservatives 24, Social Credit four, others remaining. Ottawa coverage shows Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlining Canada’s foreign policy amid a dark outlook, emphasizing independence, League abstinence, and Commonwealth neutrality.
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Regina
G.P
Saskatchewan
Patterson
C.C.F
Social Credit
SA R Field Training Day Highlights Company Competitions
The 1st South Alberta Regiment under Lt-Col G G Elder held a field training day at the fair grounds with anti-aircraft signals drill in the morning. Afternoon sports saw D company first in track events, A company second, and A company winning the tug of war. A softball tournament favored A and the B C combine over the headquarters team. About 100 couples attended a regimental dance at the armouries after a truck transport.
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1St South Alberta Regiment
G. G. Elder
Fair Grounds
C.Q.M.S. (L) Bates
P.p.c.lj
Horrors of War Hit Alicante In Mass Air Raid
In Alicante Spain a mass air raid by two insurgent squadrons killed about two hundred forty people and wounded over a thousand. More than fifty buildings were destroyed in the attack reported May 25 by CP Cable.
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Alicante
Spain
Baseball Scores and Pitchers from National League Games
NL action with St Louis New York Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston Pittsburgh Philadelphia details erratic from OCR. Box scores show runs errors and pitching performances by Schumacher Danning Hartnett Pressweil Phelps and others across multiple matchups.
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St.Louis
New York
Shaun
Owen
Schumacher
Danning
Chicago
Brooklyn
French
Hartnett
Pressweil
Phelps
Cincinnati
Boston
Derringer
Lombardi
Mac Mayden
Mueller
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Tobin
Todd
Walters
Clark
Chamberlain’s Statement on Nazi Czech Situation
London May 26 Prime Minister Chamberlain outlines a brief summary of events in the German Czech situation. He cites troop rumors in May and assurances from Berlin and Prague that no troop movements exist. He notes incidents in Czechoslovakia, the Sudeten German party’s stance, and a pending invitation to negotiate a nationality statute.
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London
A.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Dbrmar
Czechoslovakia
Aly
Sudeten Germana Spn
Ronder
Berlin
Cechoslovak
Prague
Praha
Herr Henlein
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakiitq
Sudeten
Mexican government seals retreat of rebel Cedillos
The Mexican government ordered fresh troops to cut off the retreat of rebel chief Saturnino Cedillos and directed movement northward through Tamaulipas to trap his force, as reported from Mexico City.
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Mexico
Bowen lieutenant governor may use car on request
Edmonton May 25 The automobile used by Lieutenant Governor J C Bowen is ready for use by His Honor anytime. Public Works Minister W A Fallon said orders had limited the car to Bowen’s use before Fallon left for Saskatchewan to campaign in the provincial election.
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Edmonton
C.P
J. C. Bowen
W. A. Fallow
Fallon
Saskatchewan
Rainstorm Dumps Light Showers Across District
Heavy showers drenched the district last night with about a tenth of an inch of rain, bringing monthly totals to 2.335 inches. An electrical display lit the horizon for two hours before a vivid thunderclap over the city, then the thunder faded. Reports to local GPR offices note showers from Calgary to Maple Creek, while Buffalo to Septre saw little moisture.
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G.P.R
Calgary
Maple Creek
Buffalo
Bceptre
Mill Rate Set at 43 1 2 for 1938 by City Council
The city council set the 1938 mill rate at 43.5 mills at a special meeting on Monday. The breakdown shows General 17.20 mills, public and separate add ons 23.45 mills, public library 0.85 mill, and social service tax 2 mills. Estimated total expenditures for the year amount to 688,400 dollars, an increase of 9,360 dollars from last year.
Attempt to Kidnap British Peer Shocks Britain
Two men were arrested after entering Viscount Nuffield’s office at the Cowley Motor Works near Oxford and ordering him into their car. A friend raised the alarm, police surrounded the plant, and the suspects were taken into custody for a hearing. Lord Nuffield, a major donor to charity, has long supported industry and air rearmament plans.
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London
Viscount Nuffield
Lord Nuffield
Cowley
Morris Motor Company
Britain
Kenner Iey Rumford
Youth Movement Plans Edmonton Convention
Delegates at a Co operative Commonwealth Youth Movement meeting in Toronto voted to hold a national convention in Edmonton on July 26 and 27 to unite provincial youth wings into a single national organization. Eamon Park, publicity chief, said Alberta Manitoba Ontario Quebec and British Columbia delegates attended the session. For the first time in two decades Alberta horses were purchased for shipment to the Yukon.
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Toronto
C.P
Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement
Edmonton
Eamon Park
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Gne
National Organization. Co
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Yukon
Alberta Appeals Heard On July 4 Privy Council Review
Alberta appeals aimed at judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada in constitutional references will likely be heard by the Privy Council in London on July 4, per a dispatch from Maurice Decretat. The Supreme Court upheld the Lieutenant Governor's power to withhold assent and the federal right of disallowance in recent rulings.
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Ort Lwa
C.P
Alberta
Supreme ‘Court of
Cafid
Privy Council
Bohddn
Marice
Barikets
Supreme Court
Chamberlain Vows RAF Would Prove Formidable If Tested
Prime Minister Chamberlain defended the Royal Air Force against Labor demands for an independent ministry. He argued RAF would be a formidable fighting machine if put to the test tomorrow. Hugh Dalton and Labor pressed for a separate Air Ministry and full industry control. Dalton claimed Britain lagged about 750 frontline planes behind Germany. Gladstone announced readiness to create a ministry of supply in wartime with broad powers over industry and production.
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London
C.P
Chamberlain
Royal Air Force
Hugh Dalton
Air Ministry
Dalton
Britain
Germany
Chaffidrlaid Glad
Confuidadphins
Ministry of Supply
Sf Annee
Beatty pushes unification plan for CPR and CNR
Ottawa May 25 Sir Edward Beatty CPR president presented a 9000 word brief to the special Senate railway committee urging unification of Canada's two railways. He argued it serves the national interest by reducing transportation costs and easing public finances while noting CPR would lose its identity. He projected savings of 75.3 million and warned against greater abandonments without unification, promising employee protection and continuity.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Senate Railway Committee
Edward Beatty
C.P.R
Sir Edward
C.N.R
CPR
Tate
Dust Royal Commission
Page Hive
Local Oil Field Investigation Raises Hope
A Dallas party of 17 men with eight families arrived last week to search for oil in the area. They are here under Geo-physical Service Incorporated using seismograph methods to map underground structures likely to hold oil. Headquarters are in the Huckvale block with M. C. Kelsey as chief, J. F. Wells as computer, and B. Beverley as the geologist.
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Dallas
Texas
Geo-physical Service Incorporated
Huckvale Block
M.C. Kelsey
J. F. Wells
B. Beverley
No Sponsor For the Divorce Bill In The Commons
In Ottawa in May 2000 Senator Lendrum McMeans Winnipeg faced no sponsor for his divorce bill so it failed its first reading in the House of Commons. The measure which reached third reading in the Senate last week would widen grounds for divorce to include new categories and extend the period of desertion. It remains on the order paper.
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Opiawa
Lendrum McMeans
Winnipeg
House of Commons
Senate
30-Minute Parking Regulation Enforced
City traffic increases with summer, Chief J. M. Taylor urges drivers to heed the bylaw limiting parking to less than 30 minutes by business districts. Police will act against violators to aid merchants and ease congestion.
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J. M. Taylor
Taylor Warn
King’s Birthday Declared Statutory Holiday in Alberta
An official proclamation in Alberta designates Thursday as a statutory holiday honoring His Majesty the King's birthday. An order-in-council passed on Saturday. all government offices courthouses and banks will be closed.
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Bellmonton
C.P
Albera
Alberta relief loans renewed by Ottawa order in council
Ottawa reports an order in council renewing four Alberta relief loans totaling 448 000 dollars. The loans will be consolidated and renewed when interest to June 1 has been paid, on recommendation of Finance Minister Charles Dunning.
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Ottawa
C.P
Alberta
House of Commons
Charles Dunning
of Finance
British freighter Thorpe Hall sunk near Valencia by rebels
The British freighter Thorpe Hall was struck by insurgent bombs and sank just outside El Grao near Valencia after seaplane attack from Minorca. One officer and one crewman were injured, others rescued as British warships previously aided the vessel during Spanish hostilities.
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Valencia
C.P
Thorpe Hall
el Grao
Minorca
Combs
Thorpe H Raine
Alta. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Retires After 23 Years
H A Craig, Alberta deputy minister of agriculture for 23 years, retired from provincial service over the weekend after returning from a two month leave. He served under three governments Liberal UFA and Social Credit. He had recent eye trouble and had visited Honolulu during his leave. Scattered showers in Edmonton with a high of 70.
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Edmonton
H. A. Craig
Honolulu
Craig
Liberal
U.F.A
Social Credit
Great Uneasiness Still Sore
Berlin reports Czech military planes violated the German frontier four times in twenty four hours prompting a strong German protest. In Prague Nazi funeral honors were given to two Sudeten Germans whose deaths heightened tensions as Hitler’s army fears grow near the Czech border.
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Berlin
Germany
Foreign Ministry
Ernst Eisenlohr
Piana
Praha
Eger
Eudeten
Hitler
Czech
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