King Defends Unemployment Fund Control Measures
In the House of Commons last night Mackenzie King pressed that the 20 million dollars for unemployment relief should aid working men, not contractors. He urged a strong accounting system to ensure funds reach those in need and proposed federal and provincial controls similar to old age pensions.
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A. W. Neill
Comox-Alberni
S.ay
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
King
Work is Rushed At Ottawa with Extra Sittings
Ottawa reports Premier R. B. Bennett moves Wednesday night sittings and extra sessions Saturday for the House of Commons agenda. Tentative plans also place Bennett to sail from Quebec on September 28 for the Imperial Conference in Landsdown on September 29, with possible changes if the session extends.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
Quebec
Imperial Conference
Pensin-Landan
U S Gunplay System Becoming Popular In Alberta
Lethbridge Sept 12 Two gunmen held up William Washbrook and Michael Donovan about five this morning near Granum. A decoy woman lured the victims to stop and aid a stalled sedan then the robbers demanded all their cash and fled north after the getaway car. The victims reported the incident to authorities in Lethbridge.
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Lethbridge
William Washbrook
Michael Donovan
Granum
International Transat
Calgary
Washbrook
Donovan
A.P.P
Premier Will Not Press Banks to Aid Wheat Pool
Ottawa reports the government will not force banks to support the Wheat Pool or adjust freight rates. Prime Minister Bennett says marketing the crop is not within the bill’s scope beyond unemployment relief, and no plan to compel banking action was adopted.
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Ottawa
Tania Deng
Sion
John Vallance
South aBttleford
Sidi
Wan Yas
Vallance
Bennett
Bennitt
Bach
Thong
Brett Aumintatr
Enterprise Wins First America Cup Race Over Shamrock V
The Enterprise skippered by Hari Vanderbilt led from start to finish to win the first race of the America Cup series against Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock V. The 30 mile course finished with Enterprise at 4 hours 2 minutes 50 seconds and Shamrock V at 5 hours 0 minutes 30 seconds amid light, shifting winds.
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Enterprise
Harold ' Vanderbilt
Thomas Lipton
Irigh Sports An
Trigh ’Portaman
U.S.S
Kane
Hari S. Vanderbilt
Shamrock
U.S
Associated Press
D Fandet
Warold
Vanderbilt
Thomas’ Green Sioop
Aiss
Samrock
Hy Manly
Gina
Sid
Wwe
Rusa
Milk River Killer Paralyzed By Tension In Transit
Prince Albert Sask September 13 Charles Olson Oliphant killer of Lang Hing Sing a 65 year old Chinese man at Milk River Alberta last February is virtually paralyzed from the strain of awaiting prison life He was carried from a train to the penitentiary car and whisked to the prison His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment instead of hanging scheduled for Wednesday
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Prince Albert
Charles Nicholson Oliphant
Lang Hing Sing
Milk River
Alberta
Oliphant
Alberta Health Units To Co operate With Rockefeller
Alberta health officials agree to cooperate with Rockefeller Foundation. Meeting notes reference a plan to report procedures and potential warrants on medical treatment and public health actions.
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Alberta
Rockefeller F
Fragmentary OCR Note With Names and Dates
The readable parts reference a legal or civic notice involving Brame and OsRiEH Poe with unnamed dates this week. Content is fragmented and lacks clear actions or outcomes.
Milk River Motor Drops Off Bridge Collision
A car plunged 20 feet from a bridge into the Milk River. Four occupants escaped serious injury with bruises and minor cuts after the vehicle hit the end of the bridge and toppled into the river. The group was returning from Sweet Grass River when the accident occurred. Names include Harry Martin and D Be noted among the injured.
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Milk River
Sweet Gragg
End
Harry ’ Martin
D. Be
Franklin expedition death linked to scurvy and graves found
Edmonton dispatch reports details on the Franklin expedition of 1846 aimed at solving the Northwest Passage. Pilot W E Gilbert describes graves laid out by comrades and rock cairns. no official documents or names beyond Gilbert’s account are confirmed, casting doubt on later discoveries.
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Edmonton
Staree
Northwest
W. E. Gilbert
Western Canada
Gilbert
McMurray
Canadian Trades Union Congress Holds Annual Convention
Delegates from Regina and across Canada gather in Ottawa to adopt and defeat resolutions on old age pensions and unemployment measures. The congress calls for a federal age pension at 65, a 100 dollar monthly threshold, and broadened labor representation.
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Regina
Sask
Canada
Ottawa
Mondta Cus
ECU- A
Avery
Pri
Federal
Aritario
Dominion
William Sanafield
British Trades Union, Congress
Adolph Kummer
Cincinnati
Ohio
American Ration’ of Labor
Congress
Moore
Captain Boyd Launches Trans Atlantic Flight Preparations
Capt Boyd starts St Hubert air voyage at 8:39 a.m. E.D.T. with Lt Harry Conver as navigator. They embark on the first leg toward England in a proposed trans Atlantic flight aboard a monoplane alma mater.
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St. Hubert Aet
Oan ‘Erroll
Bod Thepeed
England
Harry Conver
Fragmentary Edmonton dispatch yields vague bail and plant notes
An illegible Edmonton dated report mentions bail and an expatriate, with scattered phrases about conduct, a caption, government officials, and a chemical plant nucleus. Details are incomplete, leaving key names, dates, and actions unclear.
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MacKenzie King
Ontario
Peter Heenan
Lib
Kenora
Labor
London
Devendee
Mae Tock
V. Ik
Prince. Albert Penitentiary
Admonton
iGeorge Gadley, Mathiater
Agrioi
Tnited
Dias
Ted
Radmonton
Osrieh
Franklin
Burwash
Capt. Boyd
Cole
Serthiet
Sapjec
Rionbar
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