Guerilla Warfare in Ireland Sparks Talk of Reprisals
Debating Gen Sir Neville MacCready says reprisals would arise if guerrilla actions by the republican army persist. He clarifies militia police alignment and rejects claims of a government policy driving such acts while noting recent murders and recruitment troubles fuel spontaneous incidents.
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Neville MacCready
Ireland
Balbcisgan
Ang St
Rsch
Republican
Royal Irish Constabulary
Black and Tan
MacCready
Rationing Hard Coal in State Homes
Poston mass rationing of hard coal for domestic use was ordered to relieve the sea of demand. Fogene C. Hulman chair of the life necessities commission, after a conference with coal dealer committee appointed by Governor Coolidge, announced households would be limited to three tons.
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Poston
Fogene C. Hulman
State Commission On
Coolidge
Wireless controlled aerial torpedo could reach distant targets
London reports Charles S Price, a British engineer, claims a crewless aerial torpedo guided by wireless can be steered thousands of miles from Britain. It photographs as it bombs and may allow home recording of raids, with speeds of 1750 to 200 miles per hour. A German agent offered $5 million for details.
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London
Les
Chas. S Price
British
War Office
Price
England
Tower of London
New York
Australia
Great Britain
Bishops of Oxford and Worcester Sail to Canada for Winnipeg Gift
The Bishops of Oxford and Worcester sailed on the Empress of France toward Canada to participate in Winnipeg’s Archbishop's Western Canadian Fund transfer. They will present £50000 to the Anglican Church in Western Canada, formalizing the donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oxford and
Worcester
Canada
Winnipeg
Liquor Referendum Set for Yukon On July 11 1921
A proclamation fixes Monday July 11 1921 as the polling day in Yukon Territory under the Canada Temperance Act on liquor importation. Robert Craig of Dawson Yukon Territory is appointed returning officer for the vote.
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Ottawa
Yukon Territory
Robert Craig
Dawson,y.t
Friends of Irish Freedom Push Cork Harbor Protest
The National Council of the Friends of Irish Freedom held a secret session in New York to pass resolutions urging Secretary of State Calby to protest the British admiralty ban on American flag vessels entering Cork harbor and demand an apology for flagrant sea freedoms violations. They also urged support for Terence MacSwiney and hunger strikers and criticized claims about the League of Nations entry with reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Council of the Friends of Irish Freedom
Calby
Cork
England
Republic of Ireland
United States
Terence MacSwiney
League of Neven
Cox
Ireland
Transfer Track Reinstalled at Conquest Saskatchewan
The Railway Commission orders the transfer track between the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways at Conquest Sask to be reinstalled by November 1 this year. The decision, written by Commissioner J G Rutherford, follows hearings in Saskatoon Regina and Moose Jaw led by the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association. The move aims to end back haul handicaps on the local livestock industry caused by the 1917 abandonment, with potential reconsideration if Regina and Riverhurst links are joined.
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Otean
Conquest
Sask
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Arways
Railway Commission
J. G. Rutherford
Regina
Riverhurst
Saskatchewan Stock Growers’ Association
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Reging
Grain Car Demand Surges On Prairie Railways
Ottawa notes the Canadian railways have formed a grain car movement for the prairie provinces and shipments are progressing well. A high demand for wheat cars arises as threshing finishes and farmers rush grain to lakes before navigation closes. Officials say ample cars were prepared at western points and reserves remain, with complaints about car shortages to be handled by the Canadian Railways Association rather than the railway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Department of Railways
Prairie
Canadian Railways’ Association
Railway Department
Dominion Labor party aims for mayoral and council seats
The Dominion Labor party began its civic elections campaign by directing its executive to convene the membership and pursue candidates for the mayoralty Aldermanic offices and school trustees.
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Dominion Labor Party
Ten Years for Traitors Sentenced in Yokoboka Plot
Tokio-Two Japanese nationals receive 10 year terms after conviction for attempting to sell stolen Yokoboka Naval Station documents to Americana. Court ruling cites espionage bid and transfer of sensitive information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Yokoboka Naval Station
Americana
Acwapapere
Meighen Gives Tariff Speech in Granby Ontario
Premier Meighen addressed a live audience in Granby Quebec, reiterating wartime policy and reconstruction plans. He defended the tariff stance, attacked the Farmers' Party for free trade alignment, and warned of seditious elements, stressing Canada's trade balance with the United States and Ontario’s industrial growth.
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Farmers’ Party
Parters’ Party
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Canada
Meighen
United States
Ontario
Cheap Apples for Winner Winnipeg Inaugurated by Mayor
Citizens of Winnipeg will soon buy cheap apples under Mayor Charles F. Gray's plan. A first carload from the Toronto district has shipped and will reach Winnipeg by week’s end. Deliveries will be door to door in jute and paper sacks priced at 220 for forty pounds with a ten cent sack rebate and 112 for twenty pounds with a two cent sack charge.
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Winnipeg
Charles F. Gray
Toronto
Budka Seeks Naturalization In Canadian Court
Winnipeg bishop Nicolas Budka of the Ruthenian Roman Catholic Church in Western Canada applied in court before Justice Curran for naturalization. The case was referred to the secretary of state, whom Budka said he was confident would grant the naturalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Nicolas Budka
Canada
Justice Curran
Budka
Capture of Alexandroxisky by Wrangel forces
Advices from Constantinople report that Wrangel forces captured the town of Alexandroxisky on the Dneiper River with about 10,000 prisoners. The despatch adds that severed machine guns were captured and a large quantity of supplies fell into their hands.
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Wrangel
Alexandroxisky
Dneiper
Constantinople
France to repay loan in full in New York funds
Paris announces that France will pay every dollar of the 250 million eight hundred thousand dollar loan due in New York. Minister Francois Marsal told the cabinet that the sum is France’s share of the Anglo-French loan floated in the United States during the war.
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Paris
France
New York
M. Francois Marsal
United States
Prominent Sinn Feiner Lynch Shot by Police in Dublin Hotel
An official report recounts the shooting of Councillor Lynch a leading Limerick manufacturer in Dublin at the Royal Exchange Hotel He resisted arrest as 12 soldiers and two RI C officers entered his room a shot was fired and Lynch died with a bullet through the mouth The raid on his Killmallock home and attacks on barracks and banks prompt inquiries and arrests amid fierce reprisals and unrest across Ireland including Balbriggan and Carlow sightings and bank hold ups by armed masked men.
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Limerick
Dublin
Lynch
Royal Irish Constabulary
Royal Exchange Hotel
Killmallock
Lafinch
Balbriggan
Balbgan
Sin Barracks
Frank White
Eamonn de Valera
Lawrence Flannagan
de Valera
Ulster Bank
County Carlow
Miller and Elected As President of French Republic
Alexandre Millerand was invested with executive powers as France’s eleventh president at Versailles. He received the greatest ovation, pledging to rebuild, pursue a worthy foreign policy, and seek a stronger presidential role, while opposition was seen only from those resisting constitutional revisions.
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Vérsailles
Alexandre Millerand
Versailles
Leon Bourgeois
Senate
M. Millerand
France
Raoul Peret
Chamber of Deputies
Far-Reaching Drug Traffic Regulations Go Into Effect
Ottawa prints an order in a Canada Gazette announcing stringent rules to curb illicit drug traffic. Physicians and pharmacists nationwide will circulate information to locate drug addicts and new measures aim to make operating illegal drug networks nearly impossible. Government health officials claim strong progress, citing sharp drops in imports and values of cocaine, codeine, morphine, and opium in the latest period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Canada Gazette
Dominion
Canada Leads in Telephone Use Among Nations
Officials of Bell Telephone Company compiled figures for its rate case before the Board of Railway Commissioners. Canada ranks second to the United States in per capita telephone use with 108 telephones per hundred people, following Britain at 2 per hundred and the US at 136. Sweden shows 64, Norway 9.7, Germany 19.1, France 10, Italy 3.0.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bell Telephone Company
Board of Railway Commissioners
United States
Great Britain
Sweden
Norway
Germany
France
Italy
Labor Plans Approved at Ottawa Conference
Delegates from the US attending the evening session of the American Association of Public Employment Offices enthusiastically approved Saskatchewan commissioner T. AM Molloy’s outlined methods for solving the harvest labor problem.
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Ottawa
Canada
T. AM. Molloy
Labor and Industries
Saskatchewan
American Association of Public Employment Offices
Salmon Pack Total For 1920 Reaches 6 Million Cases
The 1920 salmon pack from Alaska, British Columbia, Puget Sound and the Columbia River is revised to 6,055,000 cases valued at $60,000,000. British Columbia's share is 1,000,000 cases, down from 1,336,000 in 1919.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
British Columbia
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Pacific
Ontario Crop Averages High in Ontario Wheat Harvest
Ontario farmers reaped the largest fall wheat crop in the province's history. Department of Agriculture statistics show averages well above recent years on 726,371 acres harvested, reflecting a strong provincial harvest season.
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Ontario
Toronto
Department of Agriculture
Arctic voyage return with Teddy Bear vessel
Joe Barnard and A. Anderson arrived in Nome after four years in the Arctic. They spent 25 months icebound on Taylor Island in Victoria Strait near King William Land. Capt Barnard said he could not locate any blonde Eskimos despite searching the district. He found ancient sod houses in East Car Nation Gulf and brought back ivory pieces and other curios from ruins.
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Nome
Alasma—cays
Joe Barnard
A. Anderson
Arctic
Taylor Island
Victoria Strait
King William Land
Barnard
Stefansson
East
Carnation Gulf
Bolshevik Victory Claimed Across Grodno Front
An official Soviet report from Moscow states that in the Grodno region Russian troops repulsed enemy assaults along the front and then launched a counter-offensive occupying several villages. Red forces reportedly seized Stary-Chardruin and Bukhara and control the entire region.
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London
Moscow
Grodno
Stary-Chardruin
Bukhara
Mexican Revolt Moves Against Hidalgo. General in Open Clash
Word from the capital says General Rodolfo Herrero, accused in Carranza's murder, has risen against the central government in Hidalgo. A force has been dispatched to crush his revolt and his troops as the nation reels from the upheaval.
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Mexico City
Rodoldo Herrero
Carranza
Hidalgo
Veterans Demand Navy Gun Menace End Kingston Crisis
United States government cruiser with guns on the St. Lawrence faces protest from Kingston Ontario Army and Navy Veterans branch. They allege the naval guns violate the treaty with Great Britain and threaten shipping and Canadian homes. The group urges removal of the menace and restraint on cross border naval presence.
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Kingston
Fatal Airplane Crash at Shawville Fair Kills Jeweler
Shawville jeweler E G Amey dies after an airplane carrying fair visitors crashes near the CPR station. Lieut Jack Drummond of Ottawa is severely injured but not fatally. Drummond had been giving ten minute rides and attempted a spiral nose dive after takeoff when engine failed.
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Ottawa
E. G. Amey
Shawville
Quebec
Jack Drummond
Amey
Pontiac
Drummond
Fair Grounds
C.P.R
Montreal Bomb Explosion Rocks St Timothee Area
A bomb exploded early Thursday morning on St Timothee Street near St Catharine Street East in Montreal. The house involved was practically destroyed and nearby windows were shattered. Police say the blast appears unconnected to Red activities and likely aimed at the occupants.
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Montreal
St. Timothee Street
St Catharine Street
Toronto bans Sinn Fein meetings amid mail train robbery fears
Acting Police Chief Dickson announced no Sinn Fein sympathizer meetings would be allowed in Toronto. The Self-Determination League for Ireland planning a meeting faced protests, while South Bend and US mail train robbery allegations influenced security. Officials placed a security stake on mail bags valued at 15 000 to 20 000, and banned gatherings to prevent disturbances.
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Toronto
Sinn Fein
Dickson
Self-Determination League For Ireland
Canada
South Bend
Ind
T. L. Church
United States
Board of Pol ‘Ber
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Yukon
Friends of Irish Freedom
Cork Harbor
Railway Board
Ieighen
Granby
Gray
Issue Report Com
Resisting Police
Carvell
U.S
F. B. Carvell
Eastern
Nations
Big Salmon
Reds
St. Lawrence
Banns Sinn Fein
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