Spectator Pleased by Medicine Hat Canine Event
Inclement weather failed to dampen crowds at Medicine Hat three day festival featuring sheepdog trials and whippet races at the airport. William Martin and dog Flash won top honors in sheepdog competitions with 59 points, retaining the Rotary club silver trophy. other entrants included George Sutherland’s Old Boy Don and Morag as judge noted overall performance near last year’s standard.
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Jon View
Hat
Jimmy Booth
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat Kennel Club
McLeay Ranch
William Martin
Maple Creek
Medicine Hat
Oe Sunén Wako
John McCuish
Matador
Don
Morag
William
Martin
nevaKingy
Scottie
Mackenzie King Heads for Europe on Private Visit
Ottawa reports that Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Ernest Lapointe will sail for the United Kingdom from Quebec on Saturday. The trip, lasting a month to six weeks, aims to gain first hand views on Britain and continental Europe to inform Canada on trade expansion opportunities.
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Ottawa
C.P
Mackenzie
King
Ernest Lapointe
United Kingdom
Quebec
Britain
Europe
Mr. King
Canada
Infantile Paralysis Closes All Kelowna Schools
In Kelowna British Columbia public and Sunday schools are closed due to an infantile paralysis outbreak. Three new locally reported cases bring the district total to four. A boy who came from the United States sparked the first case and serum treatment is underway.
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British Columbia
Washington
Seattle
Mining boom forecast for Little Long Lac area in 1935
W. M. Hard Rock Smith, a veteran Canadian mining figure, returned to Fort William and predicted a real mining boom for the Little Long Lac Sturgeon River region in 1935, saying current interest is only a prelude.
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Fort William
C.P
Little Long Lac-Sturgeon River
Hard Rock” Smith
Violence at Ontario lumber camp amid large strike
Report from Cochrane Ontario details violent disorder at a lumber camp 92 miles north of the town. About 150 strikers armed with revolvers pikes and one rifle forced workers from bunks and ordered others to leave. Police declined to act without Toronto orders. minister Peter Heenan planned to inspect the situation on arrival.
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Cochrane
Wicks
Attorney-General’s Department
Toronto
Peter Heenan
Ontario
Northern Development
Startling Arrest Hints in Lindbergh Case Report
Montreal police said they were asked to watch for Lindbergh money in the city. A New York report claimed a convict released from prison may hold ransom funds in a Montreal bank vault. Sheriff Hanley cited a Hauptmann-related theft in jail and noted sharpened spoon pieces possibly used as a weapon. Trenton expert Arthur Koehler identified lumber sources for the ladder. Dr J Condon predicted an arrest soon, as Hauptmann’s defense contemplates insanity or mental condition.
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Montreal
C.P
New York
John J. Hanley
Brag FE Chres Paup enAny
Lindbergh
Hanley
Trenton
Arthur Koehler
National ‘Lumber and Mill Work Company
Bronx
Hauptmann
J. Condon
Extension of the Boy Scout movement across Canada
At a Ottawa conference of commissioners and presidents from nine provinces plans were discussed to extend Boy Scout work nationwide. Delegates stressed the need for more field workers to organize smaller communities especially in Western Canada. Funds were to be raised to support growth as enrolment reached 65 000, though many boys still lacked citizenship training due to unemployment.
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Ottawa
C.P
Boy Scout Movement
Canada
Boy Scout’ Movement
Treaty With France Adds Trade Openings for Wheat and Wine
Paris reports a Franco Canadian treaty supplement nearing completion to provide reciprocal favorable terms for Canadian wheat and French wines. Prime Minister Bennett and French Minister Loiimoureux plan to initial it tomorrow morning before the Canadian PM departs for London.
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Paris
C.P
Bennett
Lucien
Loiimoureux
London
Layman Elected Chairman of Presbytery in Alberta
Claresholm Sept 28. G E Mack of Claresholm was elected chairman of the High River Presbytery of the United Church of Canada at the Presbytery conference. It is the first time a layman heads such an office in Alberta and perhaps in church history.
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Claresholm
C.P
G. E. Mack
High River
Rotary Carnival Returns to Arena With Festive Crowd
Rotary carnival reopened at the Arena drawing hundreds despite rain. Highlights included Bingo Housie horse race and attractions like the Tower of London with costumed guides. Doors opened at 7 45 pm and a steady drizzle couldn't curb the throng and sizzle of the event.
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Hat
Rotary Carnival
Tower of London
City Constabulary
Cattle Shipment Leaves Edmonton for Seattle
Edmonton report notes the first live cattle shipment in four years to the U S market, delayed by tariff changes. On Thursday night 73 fat calves depart for Seattle as part of an eight to ten car order, with the first lot of fat steers due Friday.
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Edmonton
C.P
United States
Seattle
Tonight's Fight Box Office Opens Early
Box office opens at 7 o'clock for tonight's fight with seating advised early for best choice. Fight starts at 9pm.
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Best
Winter Halts North Harvest at Edmonton
Edmonton nonfarmers report heavy snowfall with nearly an inch blanketing fields. Hundreds of tons of potatoes remain unharvested and thousands of bushels of grain unthreshed while the forecasted cold weekend looms and snow melts on impact.
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Edmonton
C.P
Sheepmen Meet In Alberta Saskatchewan Trials And Banquet
A joint gathering of Alberta and Saskatchewan sheepmen concluded with a sheepdog trials contest and a banquet at the Assiniboia hotel in Medicine Hat. Prizes were awarded for top dogs, led by Flash owned by W H Martin of Maple Creek, as discussions on wool scouring plants in Alberta highlighted ongoing industry challenges.
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Alta
Sask
Assiniboia Hotel
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Assiniboia
Geo. Cantalini
W. Huckvale
W. Benson
Calgary
Western Canada Co- Operative Wool Growers Association
Bullivant
F. M. Oliver
Rotary Club
W. H. Martin
Maple Creek
Martin
Calgary relief plan cuts rates for unemployed men
Calgary council is advised by Mayor Andrew Davidson to adopt a new employment relief schedule estimated at 83000 by year end. The plan would reduce current rates for married unemployed men and their families though full details are not disclosed.
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Icalgary
C.P
Calgary
Andrew Davison
Massey Sees Mutual Benefit in U S Reciprocal Trade
Vincent Massey told the New York Herald Tribune that Canadians would welcome reciprocal trade arrangements with the United States when the time is right. He argued such deals would benefit both nations, coexisting with Empire trade and stressing a shared North American civilization. He cautioned against overoptimism and noted Canada’s distinct character and frontier diplomacy.
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New York
C.P
United ‘States
Vincent Massey
Washington
New York Herald-Tribune
United States
North America
Massey
Dominion loan details outlined for Ottawa subscription
An Ottawa report notes a forthcoming government refunding loan with public subscription planned. Terms will be public next week with prospectuses laid before the public on Monday. The issue scales smaller than originally asked, amid signs of rising revenue and a potential ordinary surplus end of the current fiscal year.
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Ottawa
Rhodes
London
New York
League Meeting Ends After Soviet Entry and Afghan Admission
The 15th assembly of the League of Nations adjourned with Soviet Russia admitted to membership and Afghanistan added. Britain, France and Italy jointly affirmed Austrian independence while the UK resisted new continental commitments.
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Geneva
Joseph E. ‘Sharkey
The
League of Nations
Russia
Afghanistan
League
Germany
Japan
Richard
Sandler
Ali Mohammed
Aga Khan
India
Asia
Maxim Litvinoff
South America
Britain
France
Italy
League Council
Railways faced potential scrapping of hundreds of miles
In Toronto on September 27 R J Tallon of the American Federation of Labor warned that the proposed Canadian Pacific Canadian National act could force the scrapping of hundreds of miles of railway roads. He called this the signal for what may be the bitterest war in railway union history.
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Toronto
Pacific
National Railways
R. J. “Tallon
Way
American Federation
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