Hungarian Soviets Propose Conference on Boundaries
Budapest reports from April 7 say Bela Kun announces a Vienna or Prague conference with Czecho Slovakia Roumania German Austria Hungary and Yugoslavia to settle boundaries and economic questions. Gen Smuts welcomed and diplomacy described as first strong regime since the November revolution. The cabinet is restructured with Garbai premier and Kun foreign minister. The rumor says Belma Kun assassinated. the source notes uncertainty about organizers.
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Budapest
Assoc
Jan Christian Smuts
Paris
Vienna
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
German-Austria
Hungary
Jugo-Slavia
Bela Kun
Entente
Smuts
M. Garbai
M. Boehm
M. Kun
M. Wkunfi
M. Varga
Havas
Belma Kun
No More Titles Wanted in Canada Resolution Up
Ottawa reports a likely Commons debate on Sir Sam Hughes’s resolution to probe the Guelph Novitiate military service act issue by a select committee. W F Nichols seeks an address to His Majesty to refuse titles to British subjects in the Dominion. Western caucus debates tariff stance before budget, with MPs returning home for Easter holidays.
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Canada
Ottawa
Guelph
Sam Hushes
W. F. Nichols
Great Lakes
Volunteers rush to aid Northern Russia relief effort
April 7 London reports the British Government aims to dispatch the first part of the relief force to Northern Russia on Wednesday. The Daily Mail notes the volunteer appeal has met with a gratifying response and a large waiting list of officers and men, including many Canadians. Stockholm reports Bolshevik forces withdrawing from Lithuania after heavy fighting and mutinies.
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London
Russia
Daily Mail
Stockholm
Bolshevir
Lithuania
Rhine labor demands radical changes in Germany
Dusseldorf April. The Workmen's Organization issues a political general strike demanding immediate release of political prisoners and elimination of class justice. They call for demobilization of the military, coalition with the Russian Soviet government, and surrender of the Ebert Schiedemann government to the council of the republic.
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Dusseldorf
Associated Press
Ebert-Schiedemann
Council of the Republic
Calgary School Pupils Buy War Savings Stamp Plan
In a Calgary classroom 42 of 43 pupils purchased War Savings Stamps showing strong local support for the war effort. The one nonbuyer did not participate in the program.
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Calgary
War Savings Stampa
Imperial congress seeks action on three million jobless
Herlin April 6 An imperial congress of the Workless met in the former House of Lords this morning and demanded the government address unemployment. Seventy of the hundred delegates each claimed to represent 20,000 jobless, disputing the 1,800,000 figure and insisting nearly 3,500,000 are in need of work.
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Herlin
House of Lords
The News Wanted Column Shines in City Shop Window
A city shop displays The News Wanted column in its window drawing attention from passersby. The feature highlights local items and prompts residents to submit notices for publication. The display emphasizes community news and civic updates.
First to join the 1000 club pledges $1000 War Sayings Stamps
Dy Gershaw becomes the first member of the 1000 club by pledging to pay $1000 in War Sayings Stamps this year. The pledge signals strong business support as the drive begins.
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Gershaw
Cabinet approves workers equal footing in wage talks
Berlin April 5 The Cabinet accepted an amendment to Article 24 of the constitution empowering workers on an equal footing with employers to collaborate in fixing wages settling labor conditions and in the development of productive force.
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Berlin
Food costs slip in March report across 60 cities
Ottawa reports the department of labor weekly food prices budget shows 29-item cost averaging 13.05 dollars in mid March, down from 13.41 in February and 13.78 in January. Decline driven by lower eggs butter flour oats beans with modest meat price dips though butter rose after mid month due to export demand.
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Ottawa
Department of Labor
Eitias
United Kingdom Voter Roll Tops Twenty-One Million Mark
London reports the first parliamentary return under the new franchise showing 21,392,322 electors on the UK registers for the general election. Naval and military voters total 8,900,135 with 3,072 women. England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland breakdowns are given for men and women and university electors are listed by region.
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London
United Kingdom
England and Wales
Scotland
Ireland
England and
Wales
Canada Fire Losses In March 1919 Reach 2.15 Million
The Monetary Times estimates Canada's fire losses for March 1919 at 2 154 095 dollars, up from 1 682 286 dollars in March 1918.
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Toronto
Monetary Times
Canada
Peace treaty ready by Easter and Germanys payment plan
Paris April 6 Premier Lloyd George says a preliminary peace treaty will be ready by Easter and Germany will be asked to sign in late April or early May. He notes no divergence among negotiators though technical experts differ on liquidation methods and assets. reparations will be pursued to the last farthing of Germanys power.
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Germany
Paris
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Stephane Lauzanne
The
Mafin
Lloyd George Not Involved In Lenin Recognition Claim
Washington reports Lord Reading denied claims that Premier Lloyd George advised recognizing Lenin and the Bolsheviks as unfounded. Paris dispatch notes the peace conference reparations report adoption and preparations for Lloyd George to speak on its completion. Paris reports Wilson’s illness delaying the Council of Four meeting state in forenoon session.
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Washington
Lord Reading
Lloyd George
Leniner Trotsky
Paris
London
Wilson
Council of Four
Three Men Killed When Bottom Blows Out Of Ship Boiler
Sydney Nova Scotia April 7 three men die when the bottom blows out of the combustion chamber of the Dominion Coal Company's steamer Cape Breton on Saturday Two died from injuries and three are injured The dead include Chief Engineer C B McArthur Second Engineer W Scott Donkeyman K McDonald and two Chinese firemen The injured are Third Engineer M Campbell and two Chinese workers
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Sydney
N.S
Dominion Coal Company
Cape Breton
C. B. McArthur
W. Scott
K. McDonald
M. Campbell
Volunteer Army Formed to Fight Disloyalty in Antipodes
Brisbane reports 16,000 volunteers enrolled at a meeting of returned soldiers at the Exhibition grounds on Sunday to form an army to fight disloyalty. The April 7 note cites Reuters as the source.
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Brisbane
Reuter
Exhibition Grounds
Bavarian Social Democrats reject Soviet republic plan
Nuremberg April 6 Bavarian national conference of Social Democrats votes 42 to 8 against introducing a Soviet republic in Bavaria.
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Nuremberg
Bavaria
Copenhagen
Bavarian National Conference of
Social-Democrats
Private railways anxious to sell out
Ottawa reports that with government nationalization many railroads seek to unload assets. Edmonton and Dunvegan railway owners want subsidy or sale rights while British Columbia aims to dispose of the Pacific Great Eastern line. New Brunswick considers selling the Valley railway amid re opened talks with Grand Trunk.
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Ottawa
The
Citizen Today
Edmonton and
Dunvegan
J. D. McArthur
B.C
Pacific Great Eastern
New Brunswick
Valley Railway
Grand Trunk
Soviet and Ukrainian Forces Split Command in Galicia
In Stanislau Galicia on Saturday April 5 the Soviet army joined with Ukrainian forces and handed over 35 guns to them marking a shift in control amid the Galicia district events.
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Stanislau
Galicia
Fear Communists in German Austria
Advices reaching the state department from Vienna indicate a communist revolution seems imminent in German Austria as of early April.
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Washington
State Department
Vienna
Grant for veterans explained as wartime parity sought
G Waistell of the Provincial G W V A argues for a $2000 grant to equalize veterans’ civilian earnings. He presents a plan: $1000 for stay-at-home soldiers, $1590 for England bound, and $2000 for front-line service. He estimates $825.9 million needed, proposing Canada or Germany foot the bill, or raise funds domestically over 25 years.
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G. Waistell
G W.V.A
G.W.V.A
Canada
England
Germany
G. W. Maci Dones
Association
J. Cleland
Board of Pensions Commissioner For
Pensions Board
Canuds
Wmpire
Doctor of Divinity for Rev. William Shearer Honored by Robertson College
Rev. William Shearer, longtime Superintendent of Home Missions for Central Alberta, receives a Doctor of Divinity from Robertson College on April 3. The ceremony also honors Rev. Hugh McKellar. Shearer will be inducted as minister of Redcliff Presbyterian Church on April 9, and previously served in Sherbrooke and Picton before returning to pastoral work in Alberta.
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Shearer
Redcliff Presbyterian Church
Central Alberta
Presbyterian Church
Robertson College
Hugh McKellar
Wm. Shearer
Redcliff
Point de Trembles
Picton
Ont
Influenza Rushes Through Sydney Public Areas
A Vancouver Province cable reports Sydney N S W faces a sharp influenza increase with hundreds of new cases daily and about 90 deaths last week. The government closes schools theatres picture houses and racecourses while mask rules extend and public meetings stop.
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Vancouver
Sydney
N.S.W
Lolel
Ndérs
Moose Lodge Meeting Tonight With District Deputy Supreme Dictator
All Moose are requested to attend a meeting at the lodge rooms at 8 o clock to meet Bro Waldy District Deputy Supreme Dictator. Wives and sisters of Moose are specially invited. A social hour follows. ladies are invited to bring refreshments.
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Bro. Waldy
Moose
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Cleland
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William Shearer
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Medicine Hat
Synod of Alberta
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