Word: montreal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Newfoundland's serious money troubles started in May when Premier Sir Richard Anderson Squires darted from Montreal to New York and back to St. John's unable to sell a bond issue. The rumor started that Sir Richard was willing to sell about the only unmortgaged property of the Colony, the Territory of Labrador...
...July a fantastic note was introduced into the proceedings when a buxom mysterious lady known as Jeannette M. Lewis suddenly appeared in Montreal and announced that she was prepared to lend Newfoundland $109,000,000, presumably taking Labrador in security (TIME. Aug. 10). Miss Lewis disappeared and newspapers were about to dismiss the entire story when she reappeared in St. John's in September and made the same offer over again...
...Born in Montreal, son of a French Canadian cobbler, Quebec's new Archbishop was ordained in Ottawa. He became superior of St. Joseph Scholasticate, where he taught philosophy, canonical law, moral theology. Vastly erudite, he taught also at the University of Ottawa, became dean of its theological faculty in 1929. Ottawa knew him as its "Good Father," a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, founder of several houses of retreat, a tall, spare cleric who lends ascetic dignity to the affairs of his church...
...York Rangers: their opening game of the professional hockey season, against the world champion Montreal Canadiens, 4 to 1; at Montreal. Philadelphia and Ottawa have no teams in the National Hockey League this year. Nonetheless, Hockey League directors last month decided to retain a system whereby this season all but the two poorest teams in the league qualify for the Stanley Cup play-off next March. A new rule this year: A penalty face-off will be ordered if any player other than the goalie falls on the puck within ten feet of his own goal...
...Square-jawed Maureen Orcutt: the Canadian women's golf championship, in which she was defending her title; beating Marjorie Kirkham of Montreal 6 & 4 in the final at Toronto...