21 Sep 1925
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1925
Page
1
President of U F A states no fusion with Labor Premier King endorses reciprocity pact. In Charlottetown on Sept 21 Premier King repeats opposition to the Senate while addressing two crowded halls, signaling reform demands and campaign vigor alongside Meigher's Conservative stance.
A New Albany, Mississippi, lynching report says J. P. Ivy, a Black timber worker, was set afire at a stake after confession and a hospital identification. Authorities described the scene as witnesses heard his cries while flames rose. Ivy had admitted only partial guilt and then recanted. The affair followed a claim of assault on a farmer’s daughter, with confusion over other possible accomplices.
E. L. Patenaude announced reentry into federal politics as a Conservative for Jacques Cartier at St. Laurent near Montreal. Thousands attended as rain fell. the speech, broadcast by radio, emphasized duty and allegiance to compatriots, while noting he is free from Meighen regarding any King controversy.
British press representatives touring Canada with the Canadian Pacific Railway toured the Okanagan Valley visiting Vernon and Coldstream ranches and the fruit packing plant. They observed apple production rising from 11,000,000 to 160,000,000 pounds, praised orchard design, and noted the British atmosphere and promise of more settlers to develop the province’s assets.
The Federal Trade Commission reports grain trade data show futures prices not notably stable and futures trading appears to add risk. Farmers and grain producers voice similar concerns about price stability and market conditions despite trade defense. A separate note reports a maritime disaster with sailors lost at sea aboard a U.S. vessel.
A meeting to back the Liberal candidate is set for Friday evening at the Empress theatre. Speakers include Mrs Nellie McCiung Captain S. Phayte and Captain J Bowen from Edmonton.
A Progressive convention featured Talk by Wood of Colgsry urging coordinated policy between agriculture and labor to build industrial and political capacity. He warned against mixing labor and agriculture with current groups, calling for cooperation with manufacturers to achieve essential economic adjustments.
Market reports show Western Canada weather mixed with modest demand lifting futures. Winnipeg prices closed with October at 1.92 and gains for December and May futures of 7-8 and 5-8 respectively, while cash barley stayed moderate and overall activity was subdued.
The Liberal Party pledges relief for drought hit districts in the south country. Com. C2 and Hon. 2 kK. Mitchell report tours to Kitzikam Orion Manyberrie and other points. They urge land classification and lower taxation to ease burdens while urging action by the Greenfield government.
Attorney General Brownlee cannot address the mass meeting in the Empress Theatre due to illness. The event is postponed, with hopes for a future visit, as residents awaited his first Medicine Hat appearance. A separate report notes a claim of the oldest living horse, said to be 30 years old, owned by a Harmony township farmer.
A cold wave swept across the prairie provinces with freezing temperatures in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Vegreville recorded twelve degrees of frost while Red Deer and Drumheller saw seven and three degrees of frost respectively. Kansack Saskatchewan logged eight degrees below frost and other areas reported one to five degrees. Heavy rains delay threshing but prospects rise for drying winds and higher temperatures. unthreshed crops stand up with little damage beyond a slight breach.
Secret Service guards say a Baltimore driver Nathan D. Smith 56 cut sharply toward the curb as President Coolidge walked near the White House. An agent grabbed the president's arm and pulled him to safety as the automobile narrowly missed him. Smith was arrested on traffic violation charges.
Ren. Mraunel Moroces reports Sept 2 that French troops rested after week of operations against Moroccan tribesmen. French claims they hold all posts in Mele with minimal casualties. Abd el Rin is said to be massing forces on the front of Shehuna and north of Yaga as the next blow looms.
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