Imminent Moroccan Battle Drives Abd el Krim Mobilization
Paris reports Abd el-Krim, rebel Rifflan leader in Morocco, preparing a wide front offensive along the Ouergha River. Marshal Lyautey orders removal of Abd el-Krim agents from pacified areas as French pilots note no rebels with aviation assets. The Rifflans, skilled sharpshooters and propagandists, face a French force ready for a major clash spanning about 125 miles between the Mouloydya and Gea rivers.
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Abd-el- Krim
Moulouya
Gea
Abd-el-Krim
Parliament clears secret societies bill in Rome vote
The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill against secret societies by a unanimous 304 to 0 tally in Rome. The measure targets clandestine groups and seeks stricter enforcement, reflecting a broader push for public order and national security.
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Canadian Press
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
German Trade Pact With U S Is Disclosed
Berlin May 19 Foreign Minister Stressemann praised the United States and stunned France by announcing a forthcoming commercial treaty with the United States to be presented to the Reichstag. He said Germany could not admit a permanent eastern frontier where German territory lies within Poland but denied any intent to seek revision by force.
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Berlin
Stressemann
United States
France
Reichstag
Germany
Poland
Earl Haig Plans Sail to Ottawa for Conference
Earl Haig sails June 19 for Canada to attend the British and Native Service League Congress in Ottawa. His party will total about forty with delegates including Colonel Marshall Hole of Rhodesia General Wyle of South Africa Captain Spencer Palmer of India and Sir Andrew Russell among others. Most delegates travel with families.
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the Guardian
London
Field
Marshall Earl Haig
Canada
Mn Tive Service League
Ottawa
Marshall Hole
Rhodesia
Wyle
South Africa
Spencer ‘Palmer
India
Horne
Donald Simson
Andrew Russell
New Zealand
Lister
Liverpool
Appleby
Leeds
Would Help N Scotia Miners Move Toward Settlement
MONCTON May 19 F W Carroll M P Cape Breton South who passed Ottawa today spoke on the strike in Sydney Mines and Glace Bay saying affected people were slightly more optimistic about a settlement than weeks ago Premier Armstrong heads to the strike area tomorrow and efforts will aim to enact industrial disputes legislation.
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Moncton
F. W.carroll
Cape Breton South
Ottawa
Sydney Mines
Glace Bay
Armstrong
Planting Fish Fry In Prairie Lakes
WINNIPDG May 19 Almost thirteen million whitefish and herring fry are being deposited in the lakes of the Prairie provinces. Into Jackfish lake near North Battleford 2 800 000 whitefish and 200 000 herrings are cast. In Little Quill lake near Wadena Sask 1 800 000 cisco fry released. The Qu Appelle lakes Katepwe Mission EKeho and Sioux receive 6 000 000 whitefish and 2 000 000 cisco fry.
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Prairie Provinces
Jackfish Lake
North Battleford
Little Quill Lake
Wadena
Sask
Qu'Appelle Lakes
Katepwe
Mission
Church Congress to plan new denomination in Toronto
Representatives from each man-concurring congregation and minority opposed to entering the United Church of Canada will attend the Presbyterian Congress in Toronto on June 8 to plan the new church constitution. Dr A B Grant says 1800 to 2000 delegates are expected, about one third women, who will participate but not have seats in the general assembly.
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Toronto
United Church of Canada
Presbyterian Congress
A. 8. Grant
Antiunionist
Grant
General Assembly
Canadian Nurse Does Heroic Work In Chinese Hospital
Reports from London Ontario detail Miles Belaire Baty R N former London nurse who served as superintendent of nurses at Kel Kwong hospital in Keung Shan Kwantung China. When a native worker was seriously injured a native doctor could not reach the patient and a native doctor was brought in to anaesthetize the patient while Baty assisted in the amputation and supplied care. the operation succeeded and the workers are now recovering.
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London
Ont
Dr. McDonald
Kong Moon
J. C
Guardian
Miss Baty
Union of Anglican and Roman Churches Resumed in Brussels
Discussion on union of Anglican and Roman Catholic churches resumed in Brussels with Cardinal Mercsler presiding. The December 1928 meeting topics are to be continued for three days, indicating renewed effort toward church unity.
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Union of Anglican and Roman Churches
iPress
Brussels
Marines
Cardinal Merseler
Imperial Oil Expands West Indies Trade from Halif ax
Montreal May 19 Expenditure exceeding 200000 in the sixthseason of the Imperial Oil plant fat Imperoyal Halifax for establishing a great West Indies trade and facilities for development and employment is announced. D M Allan superintendent confirms plans to build up West Indies trade with Halifax harbor as the export port. The Imperial Oil extension will include a full can manufacturing plant from which oil will be shipped to the West Indies. Current exports go in steel barrels.
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Montreal
Imperial Oil
Imperoyal
West Indies
Panic at Grand Central Subway Leaves Dozens Hurt
In New York on May 18 a crowded east side subway train near Grand Central Terminal panicked as a blown fuse and lamp bulb explosions sparked smoke and chaos. At least 75 injured, two feared dead, as passengers jammed into cars and were swept off their feet.
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New York
East Side
Grand Central Terminal
Admonition to Miners on Reds and Union Roles
Rev M A MacAdam of St Anns Church told miners at Glace Bay to attend local union meetings and watch out for influence by an element not representing the majority. He warned against radical Reds and urged careful oversight of special meetings to keep sane leadership in union affairs.
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Glace Bay
M. A. MacAdam
St. Ann's Church
Father MacAdam
Irish Flag Returns to Sea
Hoboken N J May 19 The Irish flag will fly at sea tomorrow as the North German Lloyd Bremen sails on its initial trip for Ireland It is claimed to be the first time in 500 years the Irish flag has been flown at a vessel mast The Bremen will call at Queenstown The German line says the flag was chosen when regular Ireland service began
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Hoboken
N. J
Bremen
Ireland
Queenstown
German Steamship Company
Ford's Guardian Trust unit opens New York branch
May 19 New York bankers observed Henry Ford’s influence as Guardian Detroit Company opens its New York investment branch. Edzel Ford serves as a director while Guardian Trust Company of Detroit acquires Keane Higgle and Company Inc to establish foothold in the city backed by Ford interests.
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New York
Henry Ford
Wall Street
Guardian Detroit Company
Guardian Trust Company of
Detroit
Edzel Ford
Guardian Trust Company
Ford
Keane, Higble and Company, Inc
Island students figure prominently at Mount Allison
Mount Allison University convocation highlights graduates and prize winners from Mount Allison University Ladies College and Academy. Notable names include Mary Sybil Poole Montague Verna Amelia Smith Pownal Janet Neill Jardine Kensington Arthur G Habert Murray Harbor and Verna Amelia Smith Pownal. The academy awarded matriculation diplomas to a record class with 61 residents and 34 special students amid a strong scholastic year. Gerald Stewart Campbellton NB served as valedictorian. Vernon Beaton St Peters Road PEI Gordon Hutcheson Charlottetown Hubert Mason Montague PEI received the English Scholarship for 25 dollars.
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Sackville
N. B
Mount Allison University
Ladies College
Academy Today
Mary Sybil Poole
Montague
P.E
Verna Amelia Smith
Pownal
P. E
Janet Neill Jardine
Kensington
P .E
Arthur G. Habert
Murray Haribor
Verna Amelia. Smith
P.E. I
Mount Allison Academy
E .B. Graham
Canso
N. S
Gerald Stewart
Campbellton
Vernon Beaton
St. Peters Road
Gordon Hutcheson
Charlottetown
Hubert Mason
Britain Would Give France More Time
London reports that Britain sees no opportune moment to press war debts from France. If France offers to pay the United States, Britain would demand simultaneous and equal payments from Paris. Churchill’s debt policy remarks in the House of Commons are cited. Paris says no debt note from the United States has been received and talks continue at the Quai d Orsay.
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London
France
United States
Britain
Paria
Lne
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Paris
Washington
Quai D’orsay
Sanity Test Ruled Toronto Clergyman Case
May 19. Justice Mowatt to weigh three doctors testimony and any further evidence to decide Rev. James Minehan sanity. The former parish priest of Dixie Ont was committed to hospital as insane under certificates by Drs Parry and Vrooman of Toronto.
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Toronto
James Minehan
Dixie
Ont
Justice Mowatt
Dre. Parry and Vrooman
Lawyer Lapointe to be called to Ontario Bar
Toronto May 19 Hon Lapointe minister of justice will be called to the Ontario Bar during the Ontario Bar Association meeting next week. He is already a member of the Quebec Bar.
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Toronto
Lapointe
K. C
Ontario
Ontario Bar Association
Quebec
Seven Now Left on Rum Row
New York May 19 rum row dwindling as prohibition enforcement tightens. Divisional chief Merrick says next move to cut off runners over the St Lawrence River and Great Lakes. Coast Guard reports the blockade has reduced rum runners to seven closely guarded ships since May 5. Ninety boats were anchored offshore at Narrragansett and Atlantic City at the start.
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New York
R. Q. Merrick
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Narraganstt
Atlantic City
N. J
French Bar Spies Leader Targeted in Morocco revolt
French and Moroccan authorities clash over Abd-El-Krim agents spreading revolt along the Ouirgha River. Marshal Lyauley coordinates steps to purge pacified Moroccan regions of insurgent influence while rebels under Abd-El-Krim seek to energize support.
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Paris
Abd-el-Krim
Ouirgha
Morocco
Marshal Lyauley
Montreal to fete St. Jean Baptiste Day parade
Twenty thousand French speaking Canadians from across Canada and the United States will gather in Montreal on June 24 to celebrate the first official recognition of St. Jean Baptiste Day. A monster parade will feature 30 floats, 25 bands, choirs, cadets and 60 St. Jean Baptiste Society branches.
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Montreal
Lake disappears in Minnesota near Bly amid gradual loss
Minnesota reports Bass Lake a two mile by one mile body of water, long noted among the ten thousand lakes, has vanished gradually since last Thursday. The lake lay three miles north west of Bly, Minnesota, and its sudden disappearance was confirmed last night.
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Bly
Minnesota
Bass Lake
Winnipeg Pays Dearly For Its Unemployed
Winnipeg faced a costly winter relief program with total costs of 217653 dollars. The provincial government contributed about 56000 dollars, and outlying municipalities spent nearly 5000 dollars. Per capita relief costs in Winnipeg were 15.99 dollars, lower than 19.54 the prior winter due to public improvements and a higher number of single men on relief.
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Winnipeg
Tigers Grandson Seeks American Citizenship in Seattle
Georges Gatineau, grandson of Georges Clemenceau the Tiger of France, lives in Seattle as an automobile salesman. Once secretary to his famed grandfather, he served with the French army in 1915 near Verdun. After wartime fortune squandered, he journeyed through Europe and the Americas before taking out first papers for U.S. citizenship.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Georges Gatineau
Georggs Clemenceau
France
Andre and
Therese Clemenceau Gatineau
Gatineau
Tiger of
Verdun
Europe
Singapore
Paris
New Orleans
Boston
Central
South America
Ottawa minister says government fleet offer reviewed
Ottawa May 19 Hon T A Low minister of trade and commerce told the Commons that Sir William Peterson had offered the entire Canadian Government Merchant Marine fleet. The offer was submitted to the Cabinet but no action was taken.
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Ottawa
T. ‘A. Low
Trade and Commerce
Commons
William Peterson
Merchant Marine
Prof A McLean To Dig For Indian Relics In Saskatchewan Bog
ANGINA Sask May 19 Prof A McLean of the Royal Ontario Museum palaeontology department expects to uncover the greatest collection of Indian relics and bones of extinct mammals in Canada at a Saskatchewan bog near Dundurn south of Saskatoon. Prof W A Parks reported finds last year including bones of an extinct animal related to the antelope and many Indian workmanship pieces. He noted possible ancient village sites under ten feet of water and suggested drainage could aid research.
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Angina
Sask
A. McLean
Royal Ontario Musum
Palaeontology
Canada
Saskatchewan
Dundurn
W. A. Parks
North America
Prof
Parks
MoLtan
Alberta
Saskatoon
J. J. Finn
Empire Exhibition ranks cities by progress in empire
May 19, London. The British Empire Exhibition balloted to select the twelve most progressive cities in the empire. Montreal was ranked seventh and Toronto eleventh in the final tally.
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Toronto
London
Montreal
Rum feud leaves three Italians dead in Stamford
STAMFORD Conn May 19 three Italian men died and three others were sought after an unwitnessed street corner gun battle. Police found bodies and evidence suggesting a feud among rum runners. Authorities link the killings to organized bootlegging disputes.
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Stamford, Conn
Dean Inge Sees US Ahead of Britain in Advance
Very Rev William Ralph Inge Dean of St Pauls returned from the United States to Liverpool on May 19 and said he believed the United States was ahead of Great Britain both materially and spiritually.
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Liverpool
William Ralph Inge
St. Paul's
Ed. States
United States
Great Britain
American Submarine Officers to Face Court Martial
Officers from submarine 8 19 involved in a January grounding at Nauset Beach Mass were ordered to face a court martial on charges that the commander was negligent in allowing a navy vessel to be stranded and that the crew showed culpable inefficiency in duty performance.
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Washington
Nauset Beach
Mass
Ontario Village Threatened By Fire
Forest fires threatened Hymers in White Fish valley Ontario today. One building burned and telephone wires were destroyed as flames spread through the agricultural area.
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Ontario
Port Arthur
Ont
Hymers
White Fish Valley
French Officers And Men Decorated In Morocco Battle
In Fez French Morocco on May 19 a garrison of two French officers and 36 Senegalez soldiers fought 500 Riffians for 14 days and won medals for valor. An airplane dropped 38 medals over the beleaguered outpost as Marshal Lyauley, the French commander in Morocco, sent the tokens during the battle.
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Fez
French Morocco
Marshal Lyauley
Morocco
Forest Fire Destroys 24 Square Miles in Stettin Region
Damage estimated at four million dollars from the largest forest fire in years, spreading over 24 square miles near Stettin Germany. The village residents fled as the blaze advanced but, as of tonight, no casualties were reported.
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Sstettin
Germany
Weather and events notice for Atlantic Canada and Boston area
Weather report lists temperatures and conditions for Toronto Montreal Quebec Charlottetown Halifax St John Boston New York with clear and cloudy notes and temperatures. Also mentions a livestock market sale and a sunrise sunset schedule. A local note references Lindy MacGregor appearing at Wheatley River Friday evening May 22.
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Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
Cloudy
Charlottetown
Fair
Halifax
St. John Fair
Boston
New York
Lindy MacGregor
Wheatley River
Winnipeg broker sought for alleged large scale investment fraud
C W Rogers of Rothesay Apts and Curry Building offices is wanted by police for allegedly defrauding Winnipeg resident of 1000 dollars by false pretenses. Victims scattered across Manitoba with total losses running into thousands as Rogers promoted Hearst stock through Hearst Music Publishers of Canada Ltd. He has been missing since Monday, his furniture seized and a new car repossessed. Police broadcast Rogers and his wife description across Canada and the United States while investigators say the Hearst company collapse is not connected.
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C .W. Rogers
Rothesay Apts
Curry Building
Ponzi
Cortez
Joseph Xavier Hearst
Manitoba
Rogers
Winnipeg
Hearst Music (Publishers of Canada, Ltd
Hearst
United States
Canada
Hearst Company
Only Four Vessels Left on Rum Row
Halifax, May 19. A dozen schooners and several steam craft were sighted in the harbor, indicating the blockade of the New England coast by the U S dry navy is reducing rum running. The rum row reportedly dwindled from eighty to four craft since the blockade began a week ago.
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Halifax
N. S&s
New England
United States Dry Navy
Scottish dances at Wheatley River Friday night
Announcement lists events including Helen MacDonald performing Scottish dances at Wheatley River on Friday, the Hope River Tea Party on July 8, and an annual Protestant Orphanage meeting at Zion Hall on June 4. Also promotes a Grand Concert in Wheatley River Hall to aid the Soldier's Monument Fund and a Concert and Playette in Long River Hall on Wednesday night.
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Helen MacDonald
Wheatley River
Hope River
Zion Hall
Wheatley
River Hall
Soldier's Monument Fund
Long River Hall
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Foreign Legion
Aigo
Great George’ Street
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Water Street
Ted. Gua Central Job Printery
George J. Rogers
Raihiolm
Prince St
Jenkins & Son
Robert Cotton Brighton
U.S
Earl Haig
N. Scotia
Church Congress
Miss Bouchier
Resister
Academy
Lake
Lucky Little Flower
C. W. Rogers
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