Canadian Overseas AMC Faces Demands for Inquiry
Brig. Gen. Charles A. Smart calls for an immediate commission to probe overseas administration and the overseas medical service in England. He cites reports from Col. Bruce Baptie and Taplow hospital as well as letters about Sir Arthur Currie and Gen. Sir Sam Steele, urging full public disclosure.
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Westmount
Quebec
Ottawa
Charles A. Smart
Thos. White
Charles
the Citien
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Thomas White
Headquarters
London
Sam Steele
Col
Peetk. V.C
Arthur Currie
Price
Pratt
Ontario
Argyle House
Curris
Edward Kemp
General Currie
England
Powder Plant Explosion Near Birmingham Causes Major Losses
A Dupont De Nemours powder plant press mill at Berley Gap north of Birmingham blew up shortly after noon. Several people are reported killed and many injured as a raging fire spread beyond control. Ambulances rushed from Birmingham to the scene.
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Dupont, de Nemours
Berley Gap
Birminghaw
Birminghan
Meeting of the Board of Trade Rescheduled to Tonight
An error in the notice said the Board of Trade meeting was for last night but will be held tonight at 8 o clock in the Board of Trade rooms.
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Board of Trade
Board ‘of Trade
Bill of damages against Germany runs to about forty billion
A Paris telegram to the Mail and Empire tabulates wartime damages from acts of deportation and other losses. Nations listed include France Belgium Great Britain Russia Italy Serbia Roumania United States Greece Czecho Slovakia Japan Portugal China Siam and others with a total near 89.859 billion. The figures will be revised, but suggest claims Germany must scale down to 20 to 30 billion.
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Belglum
Great Britain
Russia
Poland
Italy
Serbia
Roumania
United States
Greece
Czecho-Slovakia
Japan
France
Serna
Western conditions improving for investors report
Toronto April 1. Conditions in western Canada appear to be on the mend from the view of eastern investors. J M M Gundy of Wood Cundy, returning from a prairie provinces trip as part of a delegation representing eastern financial interests, reports improved sentiment for investment.
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Canada
J. MM. Gundy
Wood-Cundy
Prairie Provinces
Austrian Ukraine men slain in Guelph incident
In Guelph on April 1 Alex Dutki an Austrian Ukrainian aged 45 died at General Hospital after being shot. Fellow countryman Mike Hindyburn was hospitalized with a head injury from a whisky bottle. John Nasadick and James Giovanzzo are under arrest in connection with the affair.
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Guelph, Gat
Avril
Alex Dutki
Nan
Mike Hindyburn
John Nasadick
James Giovanzzo
Miners Endorse Government Terms Across Regions
Delegates from Scottish miners meeting in Glasgow have endorsed the government wage and work condition terms based on the coal commission report chaired by Sir John Sankey and urged acceptance. Yorkshire and Cleveland miners also favor the terms, while Lancashire miners are broadly satisfied.
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London
Glasgow
The
Coal Commission
Sir John Sankey
Yorkshire
Cleveland
Lancashire
Civil Service Bonus Reported For $2,500,000
Ottawa tabled in Parliament a supplementary estimate for a civil service bonus of 2.5 million dollars. Sir Thomas White presented the pledge to extend last year’s civil servants’ bonus through April May and June due to no cost of living decline and incomplete civil service reclassification.
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Ottawa
Thomas White
Next Move May Be Withdrawal From Russia
Paris dispatch reports Allied and United States forces on the northern front likely to withdraw as a peace conference seeks an understanding with the Bolsheviks. Discussion occurred at the war staff meeting with Lloyd George Clemenceau Orlando Wilson and others advising the Supreme War Council.
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Paris
Toronto Mail
C P R Officials Urge Build AY from Leader
Vice Presidents Grant Hall and D C Coleman and Gen Supt Cameron of the CARS urged construction of a line from Leader toward Medicine Hall. Mayor Brown said the interview left them satisfied and discussed an industrial tour, congress plans, and potential state and federal assistance. Officials praised early industrial progress including two tractor types manufactured locally.
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Grant Hall
D. C. Coleman
Supt. Cameron
Congress
Department of Natural Resources
Two Plane Fatalities Reported in Eight States
Riverside California April reports Lieutenant M Ripperger of Moline killed when the airplane he lay in fell 100 feet near Marelsfield. Cadel Packard of Bakersfield was seriously injured. Pensacola Idaho April 1 three aviators killed and another badly injured in a collision between two seaplanes over Santa Rosa Island.
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Riverside
Calif
Germans Prepare to Oppose Polish Passage Through Prussia
Paris April 1. German forces concentrate in Eastern Prussia under Field Marshal von Hindenburg. Troops gather at Graudenz and Thorn to defend the Danzig Pozen railway line.
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Paris
von Hindenburg
New York Herald
Graudenz
Thorn
Danzig
Pozen
Threat by German Socialist Leader Urges Mixed Alliance
Copenhagen March 30. Herr Stoesel a member of the German majority socialist party warned soldiers and workers at Bromberg that if the entente presses for an oppressive peace German workers would strike and let the allies seize what they want. He said the executive committee may ally with Hungary or Russia under certain circumstances.
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Herr Stoesse
Socialist Party
Council of Soldiers
Bromberg
Prussia
Tageblatt
Workers of Germany
Stossel
Hungary
Russia
Windy City mayoral race ends after bitter campaign
Chicago readers see six candidates vie for mayor as a heated race sparked religious and racial tensions. Police struggled to control riotous scenes in the central district after the campaign ended.
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Chicago
Women in Pskov Ordered to Register for Military Duty
Paris reports that all women aged 18 to 35 in Pskov were ordered on March 8 by a Bolshevik government in Estonia to register for military duty. The notice comes via Estonian staff headquarters.
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Paris
Pskov
Russia
Esthenia
Interurban Car Jumps Track Injuring Twenty-Eight in Port Huron
An interurban car of the Detroit United Railways left the track on a sharp curve near Port Huron Michigan and rolled down an embankment. Twenty eight people were injured none seriously. Most injuries were bruises.
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Port Huron
Mich
Thom
Detroit United Railways
Liberals to Hold National Convention in Ottawa in August
Ottawa reports the national Liberal convention will be held in Ottawa on August 5 6 and 7. Details of the convention will be announced later.
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Liberals
Ottawa
National Liberal
Figured Revolution in Hungary May Scare Entente
Paris reports that Hungarian troubles were staged to test Entente resolve and deter Germany from disintegration fears. Documents claim Count Karolyi and Germany propelled a communist regime to target allied powers. A intercepted Telegram claims Bolshevik influence rising in American cities including Philadelphia unrest.
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Hungary
Entente
Paris
Germany
Havas
Karolyi
Geese Fly Over Town on Northward Migration Night
A large flock of wild geese passed over the town Monday night as they migration northward, marking a striking natural spectacle near the area.
Hungarian Bolshevik Move Seizes Rents and Assets
Vienna reports a sweeping Hungarian revolution as government officials replace landlords, rents go to the state, stores close except for essentials, banks restrict withdrawals, and aristocrats face dispossession while refugees move toward Vienna. The allied mission from Budapest heads to Belgrade as unrest spreads in the region.
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Vienna
Moscow
Budapest
Canada Docks at Halifax with Veterans Return
The Canada docked at Halifax Nova Scotia at eight o'clock this morning carrying 187 returning Canadian war veterans aboard.
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Canada
Halifax
N.S
French Soldiers Hold Off Bolshevik Attack Near Odozersitaia
Archangel, March 31. Four French troops in an outlying blockhouse repelled repeated assaults by about 80 Bolshevik infantrymen trying a surprise attack. Artillery bombardment on the allied railway front south of Odozersitaia intensified, while enemy forces moved through woods, signaling a possible follow up offensive.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Odozersitaia
Horticultural Society Backs Red Sweet Pea as Civic Mower
The Horticultural Society of Fort William recommends adopting the red sweet pea as a civic plant for community beautification, urging residents to plant and display the variety in public spaces.
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Horticultural Society of
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