28 May 1938
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 28, 1938
Page
1
Sir Arthur Salter argues that humanity now possesses the resources and skills to provide necessities and comforts for all, supporting a population many times larger with higher standards, and offering leisure and opportunity for every person to realize their potential within civilization.
A fragmented dialogue piece sketches social scenes from a summer trip abroad with Mrs Murphy praising Europe and a family scene at a golf club. The interjections reveal humorous misunderstandings and quick, strained social exchanges.
Walter Winchell enjoys keyhole reporting in a big city and earns good pay. In a small town such work provokes anger and threats. A fisherman nicknamed The Grasshopper King offers blunt opinions, sparking near fights. We keep a type mallet ready to defend press liberty.
The Supreme Court of Alberta finds the governments cutting of interest rates on Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District bonds to be beyond government power. The ICF held the bonds, while Premier Aberhart hinted at a new provincial debt refunding plan without details. Alberta bonds trade around forty five dollars on the face value of one hundred, with no buyers.
The federal Fisheries Department imposes province wide and Alberta specific regulations for sturgeon and general angling. Key points include license necessity for sturgeon, seasonal ban from December 1 to June 15, size limits of 18 pounds undressed, net mesh minimum of 12 inches, back line attachment spacing, prohibition on penning or tying sturgeon, age based permit rules, and daily catch limits for perch and goldeye.
James R. Little recalls a 1888 Christmas in Medicine Hat after a keg of whiskey was tossed from a CPR baggage car. He mentions neighbors, the Northwest Mounted Police Captain Moody, local figures, and shared pioneer life with nostalgic, poetic reflections on aging, loyalty, and the prairie landscape.
Train arrivals and departures listed for routes including Calgary Vancouver Montreal Winnipeg and Chicago. Timings show daily options with some weekend exceptions and multiple connections among Lomond Retlaw Nelson Lethbridge and Winnipeg.
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