Russia Defies British Call To Halt Bolshevik Advance
London reports the Soviet reply to Britain's demand for a stop order, stating they will not halt until Warsaw. Fights on the plains before Warsaw intensify as Red Army pushes toward Polish defenses near Lomza and Ostrow. Reports from Brest-Litovsk and the Bug River battles indicate heavy combat and shifting positions around Novgorod and Archiceyn.
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London
Great Britain
Poland
London Times
Warsaw
Berlin
Warthe Tageblatt
Red Army
Chorneile Paltazek
Wana
Chorzeile
Puharek
Novgorod
Russia
Grajevo
Paris
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Narsew
Lomaa
Ostrow
Kolno
Lomiza
Lomza
Bug
Archiceyn
Luxury Tax Adds Millions to Revenue in Canada
Ottawa notes that new luxury taxes under Sir Henry Drayton's 1920 budget are boosting revenue. Inland revenue collections for July rose to 9,982,051 dollars from 4,356,482 last year, a dramatic gain. Excise tax receipts totaled 6,944,457 dollars, up from 969,209, reflecting the impact of the bills.
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Ottawa
Canada
Sir Henry Drayton
Inland Revenue Branch
Riots in Denver injure dozens and damage cars
In Denver a mob estimated at 5000 attacked strikebreakers and the Denver Post building, firing shots and injuring nearly a score, with several seriously hurt. Two cars were wrecked and overturned in front of the cathedral as authorities discussed bringing in troops.
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Denver
Colo
Denver Post
Cary
Safety Downer
Gov. Shoup
Premier Hughes attacks Mannix in Melbourne address
In Melbourne Premier Hughes denounced Archbishop Mannix as not representing Australia or the Irish and as the acknowledged Sinn Fein leader in Australia. He claimed Mannix would not be allowed to return to Australia and blamed him for sectarian bitterness currently seen in the country.
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London
Austalia
Hughes
Mannix
Australia
Melbourne
Premicr Hughes
Sinn Fein
Ontario druggists warned on temperance act contraventions
The Ontario College of Pharmacy cautions druggists that any violation of the Temperance Act will lead to removal from practice. Offenders may forfeit licenses and be barred from serving as directors or shareholders in drug or medicine companies in Ontario.
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Torcata
Ontario College of Pharmacy
Bate
Ontario
Geddes Criticisms Stir British Admiralty Book
A new wartime book alleging mismanagement by Sir Eric Geddes as First Lord of the Admiralty shocks readers. It accuses him of appointing many civil officials, pushing costs, and disorganizing the admiralty amid the submarine war, paralleling his transport ministry record. Lord Jellicoe’s account highlights a complete building program fiasco.
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London
Tora
Release of Farnell to end nine month jail term
A telegram to E Robinson secretary of the Trades and Labour Council reports Winnipeg strike leader Farnell will be released immediately after an official wire from the undersecretary of state. Farnell has served about six months of his sentence three months are reduced for health reasons of his wife and newborn baby. The move follows persistent labour leadership lobbying. The dispatch notes Farnell’s release amid ongoing health concerns at home. Meanwhile Hessian fly damage hits fall wheat in several Ontario counties with Norfolk reporting 40 to 20 percent loss. Barley heads well, oats yield well, spring wheat weak, and hay remains in fields with poorly cured clover and timothy in short supply.
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Goon Ramen
Winnipeg
E. Robinson
Trades and Labor Council
Tom Moore
Trades Congress
Farnell
Ma Farnell
Foronto
Prince
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Norfolk
Britain warns Bolsheviks over Poland advance ultimatum
London reports Premier Lloyd George pressed Bolshevik envoy Krassin and Kamenev for an unconditional halt to the Russian advance into Poland before any armistice, or Britain would consider war. The Daily Mail says the note signals an ultimatum and threatens involvement by Britain and allies to support Poland.
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London
Herald
Lloyd George
MM Krassin
Kamened
Poland
Russia
Daily Mail
Mal
Kamenefl
Krassin
Proposing Stiff Penalties for Ontario Temperance Breaches
A conference at the Parliament Buildings between Police Magistrate George T. Dennison and Attorney-General W. F. Raney discusses imposing $2,000 fines and possible imprisonment for breaches of the Ontario Temperance Act. The aim is to emphasize prevention over revenue, with magistrates throughout the province to enforce penalties.
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Toronto
Parliament Buildings
George T. Dennison
W. F. Raney
Ontario
Mumon
Dennison
Polish Army Demoralized as Bolsheviks Press Warsaw
Reports reaching Paris claim Polish forces have collapsed and retreated from the Bug River line. Bolshevik columns move in parallel from north and east, enveloping Warsaw while the Poles shorten their front. Analysts fear loss of much of the country to the invaders.
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Paris
Wotsnewix
Bug
Warsaw
Bog
Poland
Marne
Visc
Jula
San
Threats by Russian Bolsheviks reported in east Prussia
Refugees arriving from the region attest to threats from the Russian Soviet forces to execute any civil or military subjects crossing the frontier. They claim Bolsheviks shoot landowners and money holders, and that wearing a white collar triggers a death warrant. Inter allied commission notes many reports supported by circumstances.
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Adenstein
East Prussia
Inter-Allied Commission
Inter-Allied Remimission
Japan Grows Korea Garrison by 4220 Men
Tokyo reports Japan will increase its Korean garrison by 4220 soldiers due to unsettled conditions. The move adds to existing forces as the government seeks stability on the peninsula.
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Japan
Korea
Tokio
Labor meeting outlines demand for higher farm wages
Farmers in Berthier county gathered at St Norbert for a demonstration of labor saving haying machinery. The meeting focused on rising wage demands and the impact on agricultural work.
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St. Norbert
Berthier
Trans Atlantic Service By Giant Dirigible
A German private enterprise plans a trans Atlantic service using enormous semi rigid dirigibles. The ships, based on Boerner designs like the R 34, will carry 300 cabins with beds and kitchens and lounges. They measure 800 by 80 by 100 feet, powered by 34 spacious motors for non stop 4000 mile flights at 68 mph, landing in water with 35 mph speed. Colsman of the Zeppelin factories will head the venture.
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Panic
Trans Atlan
Boerner
Atlantic Ocean
Germany
New York
Colsman
Zeptin
Regina Drives for Membership as Wheat Pool Plans Languish
Regina reports a big push for Regina area membership in the provincial drive, but the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Elevator company shows little sign of moving to form a wheat crop marketing pool. The Dominion government approves Saskatchewan road building projects totaling 1800 and 2700 in roadway plans, with a combined expenditure of 4300000 on old roads.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Elevator Company
Sen
Saskatchean
S.J. Latte
British Columbia Farm Lands Sold while Coal Price Rises
In Vancouver the coal price for residents rises from 14 50 to 15 a ton with expected similar output third rise. The peach crop may edge up while plums vary. Total crop is about WW percent of last season. Nearly 4000000 dollars of farm lands in northern central BC sold in three months to British or Eastern Canadian farmers.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
Alberta grain shipment records and harvest prospects
A carload of rye shipped from Lembridge to Skiff district on the Lethbridge Weyburn CPR line marks an early 1920 grain shipment. Edmonton hosts a 200 American farmer special train to view Peace River country prospects. Calgary reports indicate broad harvest potential across the province with recent rains and warm weather fostering ideal growing conditions.
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Lembridge
Skiff
Lethbridge Weyburn
C.P.R
Edmonton
Alberta
Peace River Country
Calgary
Premier Speaks On Press Integrity And Britain Bond
The premier urges the press to uphold truth and warns against half truths while echoing Allied ties between the United States and Britain. He cites the Imperial conference, calls for League of Nations support, and Canada’s role in promoting peace and goodwill amid wartime memories.
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Empire
Arthur Meir
Declar
Corn
League of N
Astrument
League of Nations
Canada
Coast to Coast by Plane Wintipeses saver of race pend to coast
Dominion government undertakes through route survey for a coast to coast air service. Major Hobbs in Ottawa says the difficult mountain passes and feeding stages remain, but within a year a regular passenger coast to coast service is expected to begin.
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Wintipeses
Fis
Hobbs
Ottawa
Winnipes
Sareth
Sudbury
Murders in New York Hit Record Pace
District attorney's office reports seven months into the year set a homicide record for New York City. Among six retried convictions none were first degree murders and in 16 of 52 murders no arrests have been made.
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New York
New York City
Railway Board Sets Hearings on Express Rate Increase
The railway commission will hold hearings on a proposed forty percent rate increase for express companies beginning in Toronto on September 2 with additional sittings planned in both Eastern and Western Canada. Dates and locations for evidence sessions will be announced later. The board may also consider westward hearings and will issue an early plan.
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Ottawa
Toronto
Canada
Turks Launch Bitter Offensive Along 60 Mile Front
Turkish forces opened a bitter offensive against the Greeks along a sixty mile front in Asia Minor on Monday. The battle line runs along the Bagdad railroad from Kutahia west to Simav.
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Constantinople
Asia Minor
Bagdad
Kutahia
Simav
Good Fishing Season Ottawa Report
Canadian fisheries show strong first half results ending June 30 with Sea fish landed totaling 2,837,424 wt valued at 10,564,146 dollars. Comparisons to last year indicate increases in total catch and value across Atlantic and Pacific regions, with Atlantic and Pacific contributions specified, highlighting year to date gains in both weight and monetary terms.
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Ottawa
Atlantic
Pacific
Belgium and Berlin Clash Over War Routes
Germany warns it will block Entente troop movements through its territory to aid Poland. Dr. Walter, speaking in the Reichstag, intimated Germany would fight to prevent such routes if necessary.
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Berlin
Roops
Germany
Poland
Reichstag
Walter On
Fate of Prisoners in Russia and Money to Repatriate
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, sent by the League of Nations to Russia, warns that thousands of prisoners in Russia, Siberia, and Turkestan must die without repatriation. He cites 175,000 prisoners remaining and calls for $2,750,000 from interested nations to repatriate them.
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Russia
Paris
Siberia
Turkestan
Fridjot Nansen
League of Nations
Wheat Certificates Winnipeg Payed by Wheat Board
The Canada Wheat board has issued about 990,000 participation certificates and began fast payments at 30 cents per bushel. A second payment of at least ten cents per bushel is expected. First disbursement ranges from 35 to 39 million dollars, per wheat board members.
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Winnipeg
Canada Wheat Board
Wheat Board
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John Farnell
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Fact Haig
David Beatty
Franklin D’otter
Amer
Dak
Brittie
Cross Canada Air
East
Belgium
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