Word: montreal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rolling baritone of Camillien Houde, talking or singing, is a big thing in Montreal. It made a bombastic, short, 200-lb. French-Canadian a Quebec Province assemblyman at 33, mayor of Montreal at 39. But, like the frog that tried to blow himself up into a bull, Camillien Houde burst himself when he tried to become Premier of the Province three years ago. After foxy old Premier Taschereau had unmercifully beaten him, he could not even get himself re-elected mayor of his own Montreal. He lost his leadership of Quebec's Opposition Party, the Conservatives, and last year...
Police arrested over 100 people, subdued many a polling booth ruffian. When the votes were counted, Camillien had been elected by a 36,000-vote plurality, and a 52,000 majority over his nearest opponent, the biggest ever seen in Montreal. His defeated Liberal opponent complained. "The Houdeist forces had prepared a widespread telegraphing [dummy-voting] and ballot-stuffing machine that worked to perfection. The old gang is back." Mayor-elect Houde's first move was to let it be known that he plans to form a new Conservative party of his own to be called the National Autonomist...
...good Canadian objected to saving the C. P. R., but the Opposition saw a fine chance to make political hay. Prime Minister Bennett wrote an informal letter to the Bank of Montreal last spring promising a Government guarantee for the C. P. R. loan. On the basis of this letter the bank loan was negotiated. Not until six months later did the Prime Minister find time to draft the necessary Order-in-Council. In this delay the Opposition thought it smelled a rat. Furthermore, the The committee room was jammed and overflowing when Prime Minister Bennett took the witness stand...
...Montreal, March 22--The Chicago Black Hawks tonight defeated Montreal's Canadiens, 3 goals to 2, in the first contest of their two-game second-place series in the Stanley Cup playoffs...
...games scheduled are as follows: December 12, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; December 22, McGill at Montreal; January 5, Toronto at New York; January 9, McGill; January 12, Princeton; February 4, Brown at Providence; February 9, Dartmouth at Hanover; February 16, Princeton at Princeton; February 19, Princeton playoff; February 22 or 23, Dartmouth; February 27, Dartmouth playoff; March 2, Yale; March 9, Yale at New Haven; March 13, Yale playoff...