Meighen to Address About Thirty West Meetings
Premier Meighen plans to speak at about thirty meetings west of the Great Lakes this month. His Canadian itinerary includes Manitoba on outward travel and Saskatchewan visits including Regina, with stops in Maple Creek Medicine Hat Fernie and Lethbridge.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Camrose
Calgary
Ottawa
Cat
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Victoria
New Westminster
Prince Rupert
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Fortage la Prairie
Move in McPherson Case Fails to Prosecute
Los Angeles August 2 The District Attorney Asa Keyes says the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance inquiry is abandoned due to cost and vague new Carmel evidence. He notes no perjury charges will be pursued and explains subpoenas to Carmel residents were voided.
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Los Angeles
McPherson
Asa Keyes
Carmel
Here
Angelus Temple
Cali
Aimee Semple McPherson
Herman Cline
Styan
Joe Ryan
William Carter
Forecast of King’s Peace Progress and Prosperity
Former Premier Mackenzie King forecasts peace progress and plenty if Liberal policies stay on track. He spoke in Muskoka Ontario amid cross country campaign demands, criticizing Meighen’s tariff approach and endorsing a tariff advisory board as best for now.
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Mackenzie King
Muskoka
Beaverton
Ont
King
Ontario
Lake Simcoe
Tanne de Lattin
North York
Prince Albert
Sask
Franc Rises Steadily After Deputies Back Poincare Measures
Paris reports the franc strengthening after the Chamber of Deputies backed Premier Poincare's financial steps. The franc opened at 40.13 to the dollar and 195 to the pound, finishing the day at 7.95 dollars per franc and 184.50 pounds per dollar.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
France
Forest Fires Ravage Northern Manitoba Region
Owing to extreme dryness this summer, forest fires rage across northern Manitoba from Hudson Bay Junction Sask to the shore of Hudson Bay. South wind fuels the blaze for days while The Pas sees repeated threats and fire fighters dig ditches and build guards. The Ruby Lake Lumber Company mill yard is in danger with machinery ready to be moved to protection.
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Pas
Man
Manitoba
Hudson Bay Junction
Sask
Hudson Bay
Ruby Lake Lumber Company
Ruby Lake
Deaths From Storm Not Expected To Exceed Ten
San Juan Puerto Rico August reports say seven people were killed in last week's storm with two electrocuted by fallen wires, three drowned, and two killed by falling objects. Police expect total deaths may reach up to ten as full advices arrive.
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San Juan
Forto Rico
Poison liquor nips 400 New Yorkers in past year
New York Aug 2 seven hundred persons died in New York City from poison liquor last year says We Quillen chief chemist at the Bureau of Internal Revenue in warning against bootleg whisky. Samples containing wood alcohol have been received by the bureau. Stills made in Buffalo used for other chemicals fail to remove wood alcohol.
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New York
New York City
Sul de We Quillen
Bureau of Internal Revenue
King Albert Rails at Economy With Royal Austerity
In Brussels on August 2 King Albert enforces strict economic decrees. Black bread now graces the Royal table and the palace garage remains idle as the economy drive tightens. A gendarme stop near Laeken revealed a motorist with a permit reading Albert of Heigham, prompting the king to praise duty before continuing to work.
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Brussels
Belgium
Albert
Laeken
Heigham
Folgero Well On Way In Viking Train Voyage
Captain T. Folgero and three companions sail 5000 miles in the Leif Erickson replica from Bergen to America. They travel along the New England coast toward Philadelphia for the Sesquicentennial celebration, reporting from Halifax Nova Scotia.
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Halifax
N.S
T. Folgero
Norway
America
Leif. Erickson
New England
Philadelphia
Halifax County
Bergen
France to Put Debt Funding Deals Before Parliament
Paris reports indicate that funding agreements between France and Britain and France and the United States may be laid before Parliament before the summer recess. The message is attributed to Havas Agency as a source for the plan.
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Paris
Wade
Havas
France
Britain
United States
Poison liquor fugitive Bathan Sapowich found dead
Buffalo police and New York authorities investigated a report that Bathan Sapowich had been killed. Sapowich was wanted in connection with distributing poisonous liquor along the Niagara frontier.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Bathan Sapowich
New York
Sapowich
Niagara Frontier
Elephants Stampede in Edmonton West End After Dog Scare
Panic hit Edmonton as fourteen elephants from the Sells Floto show tore loose from their wagons near the CPR depot. The herd trampled fences, damaged a hospital yard, and roamed Twelfth Street for over two hours before eleven elephants were corralled with bread and logging chains. Circus workers guarded cages with rifles as bears and tigers remained secured.
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Edmonton
Exhibition Grounds
C.P.R
Sells Lloto
West End
Dasper Avenue
General Hospital
Twelfth Street
Mary
117Th Avenue
17Th Street
Tommy Dooley
Dooley
Tombstone
Hannaford
Tryins
More Loss of Life Reported From Storms
Nassau reports after the tropical hurricane last week 146 dead and 400 missing as schooners with refugees reach port. Sponge fleet fate unknown. sponge beats not yet heard from. A separate note mentions a Dijon hairdresser sued for damages for bobbing a young girl’s hair without parental consent.
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Nassau
Conscent
Dijon
France
Forest fires rip through Glacier area forcing evacuations
Missoula Aug 2 Fire forces visitors to flee Glacier National Park as fires sweep Northern Idaho and Montana. Volunteer fighters are recruited while the Fortun e Fire in Blackfeet forest remains out of control after Friday’s destruction of fifty buildings at Stryker. Nelx Nelson, a railroad section foreman, died after being caught in flames near Turah.
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Missoula
Idaho
Montana
Glacier National Park
Fortune
Blackfeet Forest
Park District
Fiity
Stryker
Nelx Nelson
Turah
Fourth Alarm Proves No Joke On Fire Lads
Truro Nova Scotia August 2 The volunteer fire brigade was called three times between 1130 Saturday night and 230 Sunday morning for false alarms. Fire chief warned of poor turnout and his prophecy held as Alex Munro’s barn garage car and six hens were destroyed before the force found the fourth alarm a real blaze.
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Truro
N.S
Alex. Munro
Anxious Episcopate Seeks Truce in Mexico Religious Crisis
Mexico City Aug 2 The Catholic Episcopate signals readiness for a truce with the Mexican Government until plebiscite resolves the religious controversy. Reports say a plot to assassinate President Calles was uncovered while the first priestless Sunday held peacefully amid broad labor parade and religious observance. Despatches note nationwide tranquility despite tension.
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Mexico City
Calles
Mexico
Confederation of Labor
The
Republic
Gardiner Re nominated by Acadia UFA Delegates
116 delegates at the Acadia federal constituency UFA nominating convention chose Rob ert Gardiner to contest the riding in the next federal election. The meeting followed a packed memorial hall with about 150,000 attendees noted at Wembley Stadium, though the London terraces are only one and a half inches thick.
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Wembley Stadium
London
Big Rise in Canada Trade for Twelve Months
Ottawa reports a $158,356,719 rise in imports and a $258,886,706 rise in exports over the year ending June 30. The total imports reached $962,178,722 while exports stood at $1,319,593,085 according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Dowinson Bureau of Statistics
Canna
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Inset
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Royal Table
Folgero
Trip
Sells-Floto
Gardiner
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