Regina Tornado Ravages City in Dominion Day Tragedy
A catastrophic windstorm hit Regina Saskatchewan with 400 to 500 dead or injured and $10 million in loss. Churches Y M C A library and Masonic Temple collapsed as crews search wreckage and telegraph wires fail across the province.
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Qu’Allelle
Melville
Canadian Northwest
Methodist
Baptist
Knox
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Temple
Canadian Pacific
Strike Looms Over Western Railroads After Shopmen Vote
Chicago union representatives of the International Union of Shop Employes sent a joint letter to W A Garrett chairing the General Managers association seeking a conference to present demands. If refused they may call a general strike. In St Louis June 24 25 officials reported the shopmen’s overwhelming majority in favor of striking unless settlements are reached on the Illinois Central and Harriman lines where a nine month walkout continues.
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International Union of
W. A. Garrett
General Managers’ Association
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Alinoa Central
Harriman Lines
China Rejects Loan Plan in Strong Stand
London correspondent reports China refuses the six power group demands for a $300,000,000 loan three European supervisors and five months of financial supervision with no bond issues China counters with a $50,000,000 loan.
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China
London
Pekin
Daily Telegraph
Six Powers Group
Sweden Hails Finland Arriving Olympic Team
Immense crowd greets the steamer Finland as it docks in Stockholm on Sunday morning. J. B. Edstrom, vice president of the Swedish Olympic committee, welcomes the Americans and predicts they will win the Olympiad while hoping to teach them something. Most of the American team prefers a stroll over training.
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Stockholm
Finland
J. 8
S. Edstrom
Austrian aviator Cakay soars to 4200 meters at Vienna meet
At the international aviation meeting in Vienna the aviator Cakay, real name Miller, reaches 4200 meters with a passenger aboard. The prior passenger altitude record was 9840 feet by Prevost at Courcy, while Roland Garros holds the stand alone height mark of 13,948 feet.
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Vienna
Cakay
Miller
Prevost
Courcy
Roland G. Garros
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