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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1936
Page
1
Edmonton public school board addresses a dry well at Forest Heights near the city limits after students drew water from across the street. A new well may be sunk to resolve the shortage.
Reports from Pakhoi claim martial law has been proclaimed as soldiers of the 19th Route Army clash with Japanese investigators over the killing of a Japanese druggist. In Nanking, Japan’s ambassador pressed China’s foreign minister to evacuate the 19th Army from Pakhoi, while Chinese and Japanese observers describe the situation as volatile with Tokyo demanding improvement in ties.
Canadian wheat exporters sold nearly 2,000,000 bushels to Italy as part of a 2,500,000 bushel export day. The Thalian purchases aided futures gains of 1.14 cents. Italy's wheat crop this season fell about 60,000,000 bushels from last year amid unfavorable conditions.
Fish and Game and Grantland Rice promote a film showing at the Menarch theatre tonight. The work features field scenes and hunting dogs described as marvelous, drawing many nimrods who have already seen the picture and attended the second showing with great interest.
London reports Britain France and Belgium weigh fresh talks before a five power meeting on Locarno like security pact while Germany denounces Bolshevism and remilitarizes the Rhine. Italy and Germany seek more diplomatic groundwork before concrete dates.
London Sept. 15 Captain Walter Fraser Anderson former Toronto resident and two others died when a British Airways Limited airliner struck a tree and crashed after takeoff from Gatwick. Anderson chief pilot for the late war era returned to Ireland with the first Canadian division. His wife witnessed the crash. A fourth crew member escaped with injuries.
Edmonton authorities prepared to issue prosperity certificates to relieve unemployment. A plan transfers 60,000 dollars to the engineering department for wage payments and offers relief heads a 20 percent cash bonus for working wages, with first choice given to those earning over a specified relief amount.
Montreal Sept 16 The Dominion executive of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce issued a letter signed by Secretary W McL Clarke voicing alarm at Alberta's new Reduction and Settlement of Debts Act and the possible repercussions across all branches of the chamber.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker said the grounded trans Atlantic monoplane Lady Peace will be dismantled and moved to Harbor Grace airport by boat if repairs cannot be made near the bog where it nosed Monday. He and the Lincoln H proceed toward Musgrave Harbor to assist Dick Merrill and Harry Richman, who are stranded with their damaged plane and are expected to survive there this afternoon after a new propeller and spare parts are obtained.
Chicago reports that the National Association of Ice Industries outlined a 600000 dollar ad program with funds split between newspaper advertising and radio and other media. Secretary Leslie Smith noted last year’s 400000 dollar appropriation included no newspaper ad spend and the industry may total about 1.8 million dollars this year.
Reports from Musgrave Harbor Newfoundland describe a deadly dispute between transatlantic fliers Harry Richman and Dick Merrill over fuel dumping and a forced landing. The Daily News account notes near disaster as both pilots clashed while returning from England, with Merrill insisting on different plans and Richman asserting control.
Permits issued this year total 23 560 dollars by September 15 up sharply from 12 304 dollars a year ago. Notably 12 500 dollars funds the Central garage at Sixth Ave and First St. The twelve month average for building is 30 899 dollars, reflecting earlier activity in 1934 and 1932, a dip in 1933 to 14 360, rising to 26 095 in 1934 and falling to 17 194 in 1936.
London report says the Manchester Guardian, a Liberal paper, urged the government to open all British mandated territories to international control to keep peace in Europe. The gesture, the Guardian argues, would disarm Germany beforehand.
Three workers on a Navan Ontario job train were killed and six others injured when a southbound Canadian National passenger train collided with a work train in a siding near Maskota. Names reported include C Desourdig of Toronto and W C Miller of Allandale. the crash followed an open switch believed left open by a night crew.
A fragment notes a crooner and his pilot making a forced finding at noon ending an unspecified hop. Details are sparse. readable bits emphasize the aviation incident and time of day without names or locations.
Edmonton today reports Hon. c. Co. Ross, Minister of Lands and Mines, unveiled a proclamation offering relief to School Lands buyers hard hit by high prices. It reduces interest by four to five percent and allows reinstatement before the Registrar of Creditors after Septem ber 30 1930 for those unable to meet contracts. Beneficiaries urged to act quickly to secure amendments favorable to debt reduction and settlement.
Reports from Saint Jean de Luz and Madrid describe a speed-boat patrol outside Bilbao’s mine-limited harbor and plans to storm Toledo fortress. The fighting pits Basque autonomous groups against Anarchist leaders as government forces prepare a major assault amid heavy bombardment on Maqueda and Santa Olalla fronts.
Scores and lineups from a slate of NL games with Chicago Chicago and Boston results, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St Louis and Philadelphia show key players in early matchups. American League notes include Philadelphia and Detroit scoring droughts and pitcher battery pairings.
President Roosevelt handed to representatives of the National Sea Way Council a letter expressing the earnest hope that the St Lawrence Seaway would reach a successful conclusion next year.
A damaged vessel named Avon River, about 80 feet from shore, faced danger near Mansel Island and Hudson Bay. The master reported no immediate risk of breaking up, with boiler rooms flooded and the crew preparing to tow or stabilize the boat.
In Mingan Quebec on September 16 a serious sawfly infestation east of the town threatens spruce stands. Forest engineers report caterpillar specimens collected by George Jones and Dr. Harrison Lewis, with Ottawa entomologists to study the outbreak. pulp companies consider expanding operations amid potential newsprint shortages.
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