Wood and Jones Offered Canadian wheat board leadership
Ottawa reports H W Wood of Calgary and C Rice Jones of Winnipeg have been offered chairmanship and vice chairmanship of the Canadian wheat board after a cabinet meeting. Alberta and Saskatchewan premiers submitted the nominees and the Dominion accepted. If accepted, personnel decisions and draft regulations will proceed with provincial federal oversight.
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Ottawa
H. W. Wood
Calgary
C. Rice Jones
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Dominion
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Messrs Wood
Rice Jones
Elieve
Wheat Board
Wood
Canadian Council of Agriculture
United Farmers of Alberta
United Grain Growers, Limited
Harding urges end to strike as rail talks resume
President Harding called for an immediate return to work by the striking walking turn to rail labor dispute. He asked workers and railroad executives to submit seniority questions to the railroad labor board and sent telegrams to union leader B M Jewell and executives chairman T Dewitt Chyler outlining a plan to hasten a settlement.
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Washington
Harding
B. M. Jewell
Trail being blazed from Medicine Hat to Lethbridge through Vauxhall
W Percy Schutte of the Canada Land and Irrigation Co marks out a new highway trail in Southern Alberta. The route from Vauxhall west to Coaldale then south to Lethbridge will pass irrigated lands and showcase regional crops. Farmers using new water methods praise the district.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
W. Percy Schutte
Canada Land and Irrigation Co
Schutte
Medicine Hat
Vauxhall
Retlaw
Coaldale
The
Herald
Vauxhall District
Tidal Wave Victims Estimated at 10 000
Hong Kong reports casualties from the typhoon and tidal wave that hit Swatow, 250 miles north, last Wednesday. Initial counts rise to about 10 600 deaths and missing.
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Hong Kong
Swatow
Here
Prisoner escapes moving train near St. Cloud
Kingston Ontario August 7 Warden Ponsford of Portsmouth penitentiary received a report from Inspector Gilbert Smith in charge of a train with eighty convicts bound for Prince Albert that a prisoner named Griffith negra escaped Sunday morning. He freed his shackles and handcuffs, broke a window bar, and jumped from the moving train near St. Cloud Burwash. Guard George Sullivan left the train at St. Cloud to pursue the escapee. The incident is the only untoward event reported along the line.
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Kingston
Ont
Ponsford
Portsmouth
Gilbert Smith
Prince Albert
Griffith
Negra
St. Cloud
Burwash
George. Sullivan
St. Cloud To Look For the Escaped Man and Inspector Smith
Woman Says She Shot Husband in Self Defense
Mrs Gladys Kirkland testified she shot Percy Kirkland, her husband and alleged hold up man, after years of beatings and a confrontation in their Detroit to Chicago flat. Kirkland, wounded, died at a hospital while police investigated.
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Chicago
Gladys Kirkland
Percy Sn. Kirkland
Kirkland
Streator
Ills
Kunkle
Detroit
Death of Quebec farmer after bee sting in St Appolla
News from St Appolla reports farmer Georges Housseau died after being stung by a bee. The incident occurred near Quebec on Saturday, Aug 7.
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Quebec
St. Appolla
Dees
Georges Housseau
Five More Unions May Be Added to 70 Rail Strike
Cincinnati August 7 The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks drums up a conference with President Harding to curb fatalities from armed guards and defective equipment. Five unions representing about 800000 workers were invited to join talks as leaders plan a Tuesday Washington meeting to discuss the crisis.
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Cincinnati
Harding
K. H. Fitzgerald
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
J. G. Luhrsen
American Train Dispatchers’ Association
Fitzgerald
Luhrsen
Grahle
Associated Press
J. J. Forrester
The
Brotherhood
Washington
Mr. Fitzgerald
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood of Ralilway Clerks
Train Wreck Near Sulphur Springs Kills Dozens
Missouri Pacific No 4 crashed into local No 32 at Sulphur Springs Mo killing about 35 to 40 and injuring around 60. Boy Scouts aided the injured as relief trains and doctors rushed to the scene, with a battlefield like wreckage and a coach tossed into a creek.
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Flyer
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Sulphur Springs
Uvilg
Here
Matt Glenn
J. E. Tinsley
Ironton
Poplar Bluff
de Soto
Poplar Bluffs
W. C. Penley
DeSoto
Irene Moon
Festus
Mat Glenn
Creek
Forth Worth
Texas
Riverside
Associated Press
Express
Boy Scouts
Greeg
Glenn
J. A. Long
Cross
Harvest operations delayed by weekend rains in Brandon
Brandon Manitoba Aug 7 Harvest operations in this district will be delayed about a day due to heavy weekend rains. Little hail damage reported north of Brandon where rain was the heaviest this summer. Roads and ditches flooded.
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Brandon
Man
Here
Dublin War Crimes Warning and Irish Campaign Updates
The Dublin government condemns armed opponents for war crimes including flag violations and use of brutal ammunition. In southwestern Ireland National Army forces advance from Limerick and Tralee, securing Adare Rathkeale and other towns. In Belfast a Republican column is suppressed. a constable is killed and a man wounded in an unrelated shooting.
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National Army
Ireland
Dublin
Ben
Limerick
Tralee
Listowell
Kilmallock
Adare
Free State
Rathkeale
Broadford
Askeaton
Ballingarry
Nuhiin
Cork
Liverpool
Belfast
An Glen
County
Donegal
Steamer H. F. Alexander Hits Rock in Fog
Passenger steamer H. F. Alexander en route from San Francisco to Seattle struck a rock in dense fog off the Washington coast early today. The ship remained under her own power with all aboard uninjured and was continuing toward Seattle.
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Seattle
H. F. Alexander
San Francisco
Washington Coast
Gouin Considered Unlikely to Succeed as British Ambassador
Ottawa reports no statement from Lomer Gouin who is at Murray Bay. The rumor he would succeed Sir Auckland Geddes as British ambassador in Washington is considered doubtful. Gouin would risk Canadian business and political ties if he pursued the post.
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Ottawa
Fir Lomer Gouin
Murray Bay
Quebec
Sir Auckland Geddes
Washington
Sir Lomer
Calgary Hillhursts Beat Winnipeg Westons United
The News will bulletin tonight's football result from Winnipeg between Calgary Hillhursts and Winnipeg Westons United. Result available by telephoning 2315 and expected shortly after six o'clock.
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Winnipeg
Calgary Hillhursts
Winnipeg Westons United
Harvesters From Quebec Arrive as Manitoba Expect Busy Season
Winnipeg reports the first contingent of harvesters from Bagterp Canada arriving on the eve of a larger influx. About 400 Quebec stalwarts joined them, with most intending to travel west though many booked for Saskatchewan. The main body is due today, with over 4,000 more expected within 24 hours.
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Winnipeg
Frst
Canada
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Harvesters
Montreal Weekend Toll: Five Killed Nine Injured
A Montreal spell over the weekend left five dead and nine injured. The fatalities include two boys struck by autos, a drowning victim, and two men electrocuted. Automobiles were responsible for most injuries.
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Montreal
Another Victim of Adotleg Justice in Windsor
Windsor Ont Aug 7 John Of scheskie 24 of Detroit Betroit died after a motor boat ride to Fighting Island on the Detroit River where rum runners are known. His body was recovered Sunday as authorities label him another victim of bootleg justice.
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Windsor
Ont
Laat
Fighting Island
Detroit River
John Ofscheskie
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