Skeleton of Man Found in Alberta Linked to 1920 Child Murders
Edmonton reports the skeleton of Thomas Mund was found near Shoe Lake nine years after the 1920 killings of Sylvia Macdonald age 15 and her brother Andrew age 10 at Manola. Mund allegedly murdered the siblings after jealously luring them, with a .38 revolver found nearby. The case drew national attention and involved extensive searches.
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Edmonton
Manola
Westlock
Thomas Mund
Shoe Lake
Sylvia
Macdonald
Andrew
Mundee
United States
Thomas
Gockhardt
Rand
Sylvia Ad Ike
Lance
Mund
Murder Reported From North Alberta Farm
Edmonton May 24 A Canadian farmer C Paronchuk wife shot dead while milking cows at six am unknown assailant fled over a hill toward the Lush. Details limited. murdered woman unnamed. Waskatenau, 60 miles northeast of Edmonton, earlier district saw a similar case last year involving Nellie Pendleton. Schacht for Home Berlin May 28 Dr Schacht rumored to have left Paris for Rhineland destination.
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Dmonton
C. Paronchuk
Ckranunian
Waskatenau
Paronchuk
Edmonton
Nellie Pendleton
George Jackson
Reformed Church Votes for Union With Three Denominations
Indianapolis May 27 The general synod of the Reformed Church in the United States voted to pursue a union with the Evangelical Synod of North America and the Unite Southern in Christ Churches using machinery to enact the merger.
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Favor Church Union
Indianapolis
General Synod of the Reformed Church In the
United States
Evangelical Synod of North America
Unite Srethern In Christ Churches and Scrip
Baldwin Denies German Workers in His Factories
In Malvern Worcester on May 2 Premier Stanley Baldwin rejected insinuations that his Baldwin factories in Worcester employ Germans. He said he is not the owner and that the accusation is cowardly and unfounded.
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Baldwin
Malvern
Worcester
Eng
C.P
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin's Limited
Montana Stock Growers Meet in Session at Butte
The Montana Stock Growers Association held its forty fourth annual meeting in Butte with delegates from Montana Dakota Wyoming Colorado Alberta and Saskatchewan. Resolutions on tariffs were to be considered that day. Albertans Diff Wallace Mack Higdon Barney Lindner George Griffiths C M H Roche G Ross and R Gilchrist were set to depart for Great Falls that night after the convention.
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Butte
Mont
Caleary
Montana Stock Gleam Association
Montana
Dakota
Wyoming
Olerado
Alberta
Saskatchewan
George Ross
Rube Gilchrist
Great Falls
Railways authorize one day notice tariff cut on grain
Ottawa May 28 The Board of Railway Commissioners authorized Canadian National and Canadian Pacific to publish one day notice tariffs with reduced grain and wheat flour rates from Ontario shipping points to Atlantic export ports. The exact cut is 3.83 cents per hundred pounds for Bay ports to Canadian ports and the revised tariffs will take effect Wednesday.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Ontario
Atlantic
United States
Bay Ports
Canadian Railways
Roger Roy Dies After Family Hammer Attack
Montreal reports Roger Roy died in hospital after a May 12 hammer attack by father Henri. The same incident killed six month old Laurisse and left two others seriously injured.
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Roger Roy
Montreal
Roy
Henri
Laurisse
Montreal Man and Wife Die by Their Own Action
J A Alexander 55 engineer and former university professor and his wife were found dead in their Montreal home. A neighbor received a letter signed by both stating they were tired of life, and a bottle of poison was found near the bodies. Police believed they had been dead about three days.
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Montreal
J. A. Alexander
Irregular Marriages Rise in Scotland Report
In Edinburgh on May 23, Rev. Dr. John White told the General Assembly that irregular marriages have surged in Scotland. The Duke of Montrose noted Gretna Green marriages rose from nine in a previous era to over seven thousand last year.
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Hdinburgh
Scotland
John White
Church
Walien
General Assembly
Church of Scotland
Duke of Montrose
Gretna Green
Plane from Lethbridge to visit Medicine Hat tomorrow
A telephone message from GC B Elliott at Tabor reports a Southern Alberta Airline plane from Lethbridge will reach Medicine Hat around noon tomorrow and will be ready to take passengers.
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GC. B. Elliott
Tabor
Polar bear skin sent to the Vatican from Canada
The polar bear skin, a prized trophy, is shipped by Canadian National to His Holiness at the Vatican in Rome. It was consigned from Edmonton by Rt. Rev. Leynat, Vicar Apostolic of the Mackenzie River district based at Fort Smith. Rev. Dreynat, Oblate father, has led the Fort Smith mission since 1901.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Bias XI
Vatican
Rome
Edmonton
Leynat
Melkicenzie River
Fort Smith
Dreynat
Evangeline Booth’s Condition Improves in New York
Hartsdale New York May 28 Miss Evangeline Booth commander of the Salvation Army in America. She was injured last Friday and today it was announced she is greatly improved. She enjoyed several hours sleep without narcotics for the first time since the accident though she continues to suffer from painful contusions and nervous shock.
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Hartsdale
N.Y
Fvangeline Booth
Salvation Army
America
Lightning claims two sisters and man near Winnipeg
A 24 year old man named Peter Dyke was killed by a lightning strike near Winnipeg as a storm passed through the Plain Country district. In Winkler two sisters were struck, rendered unconscious and severely burned.
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Winnipeg
Marc
Peter Dyke
Winkler
Berwyn Police Chief Shot by Chicago Gunmen Dies
Chicago suburb Berwyn Chief of Police Charles Levy died after being shot Saturday night. A $2,000 reward was offered for William Doody, alleged mail robber and gunman accused in the shooting. Levy was the third area officer killed by gunmen in two weeks.
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Chicago
Charles Levy
Berwyn
Wiilliam Doody
Levy
Chisf Levy
Prince De Sagan Dies in Paris After Gunshot Wound
Paris report states 19-year-old Prince De Sagan son of the former Anna Gould died after an eleven day battle to survive a bullet wound linked to parental objections to his marriage until age 21.
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Paris
Prince de Sagan
Anna Gould
Papers in the Bronfman Charges Not Made Public
In Ottawa the debate over the Harry Bronfman case centered on why prosecutorial papers were not released. Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe said evidence was not strong enough for a prosecution while noting provincial attorney generals administer criminal actions. Opposition Leader Bennett pressed for access, and MPs questioned why the crown did not pursue charges, with Lapointe offering to let Evans view the documents.
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Ottawa
Ernest Lapointe
Harry Bronfman
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
Justice Department
Bronfman
Lapointe
Khen Wh. KB. Bennett
Carry Munifruan
Royal Commission On Customs
Sennett
Department of Justice
Royal Commission
Swansman
Department of National Revenue
Am iI
Partment of Justice
John iSvans
Hiouse
Evans
Suy
Flo
Minster of Justice
Mr. Lapointe
Mr. Evans
Rotary International gathering in Dallas for world peace
Representatives from more than 3,000 Rotary clubs in 48 countries convene in Dallas for conferences shaping next year’s service program. I B Sutton inaugurates proceedings as 48 nations’ flags parade. Norman R. Crozier leads a pageant with 500 high school girls forming a Rotary wheel at Fair Park Stadium.
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Dallas
Texas
Rotary
Dallas Rotarians
I. B. Sutton
Tampico
Mexico
Dan Moody
J. Waddy Tate
Another Crash In Chicago Wheat Prices Sink Again
The grain markets opened with heavy selling in Chicago and across North America. Wheat for May delivery slid to 98 cents a bushel and July delivery dropped just under a dollar for the first time since 1923. Markets showed declines of up to 7 percent at the opening.
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Chicago
Conservatives Becoming Personal in Attack on Minister of Immigration
In the House of Commons the Conservative amendment by General A. D. McRae of North Vancouver criticized government immigration policy. W. E. Rowe alleged the immigration department was in a pitiable condition and implied the Prime Minister favored the minister over the department. The amendment was declared lost without a recorded vote, calling for an immediate reorganization of the Department of Immigration and Colonization.
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Ottawa
A. D. McAde
North Vancouver
House of Commons
W .E. Rowe
Dufferin-Simcoe
Immigration Department
Department of Immigration
Rowe
Manitoba
Worke
A. D. McRae
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Orchids Sent From England to Japan On Fast Canadian Route
Fourteen orchid cases from England were removed from the Empress of Scotland at Montreal and rushed by overseas mail train from Windsor Station to Vancouver en route to Yokohama. The consignment, carried by Canadian Pacific Express, is addressed to the Emperor of Japan and other Imperial Court members. The trip from England to Yokohama takes about three weeks, arriving June 10, completing a twelve thousand mile journey.
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England
Canadian Pacific
Windsor
Vancouver
Japan
Canadian Pacific Xpress Co
Imperial Court
Yokohama
West Provinces Receive Water Powers Transfer
Ottawa May 28 The government bill to transfer water powers of the three Prairie Provinces to the provincial governments passed a third reading in the House of Commons. Minister Charles Stewart noted plans to redraw Rocky Mountain Parks boundaries to exclude Spray Lakes, aligning administration with the British Columbia Water Powers Act of 1911.
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Ottawa
Can. Press
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
Charles Stewart
Interior
Rocky Mountain
Stewart
British Columbia
Alabama Explosion Kills Nine Workers at Connerville Mine
Nine men died and two were severely burned in a mine explosion at Connerville in Yolande Alabama. The blast occurred at a depth of about one thousand feet. officials cite dust and gas, while mine managers point to a dynamite super-charge as the trigger.
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Yolande
Ala
Connerville
Grain inspections report from Winnining May 28
Grain inspections show 600 cays of wheat graded last year 900. Contract grades reach 450 as of the Winnining inspection note.
Final Draft of Alberta United Church Ministers
The final draft of the settlement committee is presented by Rev. R. W. Dalgleish at the provincial United Church conference in Calgary. It lists ministers by presbytery including Central Calgary St. Pauls Ogden and other churches across Alberta with names and assignments. Continued on page four.
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Alberta
United Church Ministers
Calgary
R. W. Dalgleish
G. W. Langille
High River Presbytery
Carmangay
R. W. Armstrong
Lacombe
Bentley
Wesley J. Moores
Popeka
Wm. Fukin
Rimbey
Bernard Gross
Lethbridge
Barons Nohteford
Austin G. Gay
Bellevue
John Wood
Covsldale
A. E. Anderson
Raymond New Dayton
R. H. McKinnon
Medicine Hat Presbytery
Brooks
R. W. O'Brien
Burdett-Bow Island
WH. D. Riggs
Myremore
J. Miton Deck
Memorial Unit
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Sylvia MacDonald
Pope
Pius
Evangeline Booth
WPG
Prince
B. Bennett
John Evans
Rosetown
Dept. OF. Justice
Great Rotary International
Indies
Immigration
Robt.foere
Alabama
Joseph Lee
Retlaw
H. BE
Pepin
Pence River Presbytery
Fairview
Joseph BE. Kirk
McLennan
W. G. Fitzgerald
Peace River
John H. Selkirk
Red Deer Presbytery
Red Deer
Gaeta Memorial
D. Whyte Smith
St. Paul Presbytery
Ashmont
Ruth Rogers
Stettler Presbytery
Big Valley
Vermilion Presbytery
Dewberry
HAT Lodge
Gra
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