Prince of Wales Attends Gala Dinner in Buenos Aires
Aug 18 Buenos Aires Prince of Wales completes first day with gala dinner at government palace. He thanks President de Alvar, recalls South Africa tour, and notes grateful for visit south of the Americas. He tours port works and British plants, reviews schoolchildren, and plans a reception and opera event.
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Buenos Aaires
Prince of Wales
de Alvar
Bueenos Aires
Prince Ap- Ve
Crgtais
Harvesting Operations Advanced In Saskatchewan
A Department of Agriculture bulletin reports harvesting operations well advanced across Saskatchewan with cutting general. The crop is in good condition though heat ripening has reduced potential yields, except in the north. Some rust noted in the southeastern district.
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Regina
Sask
Dept. of Agriculture
Riots in Vienna Leave Dead and Injured at Zionist Meet
In Vienna on August 18 two people were killed and from twenty to sixty injured as anti Jewish rioting erupted during the World Zionist Congress delegates gathering. Clashes occurred between police and Swastika group adherents, with fighting reported in the Freielets Hats area.
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Vienna
Austria
World Zionist Organization
Hakenkreuzler
Swasthia Organization
Capt George Wilkins Heads Antarctic Exploration Party
Captain George Wilkins British polar explorer prepares for an Antarctic expedition next year to survey the coast between Whale Bay and Grahams Land. He plans to explore with Amundsen's airplane purchased for $20,000, piloted by a Norwegian officer, and flown from Oslo to London for shipment aboard a Norwegian whaler.
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Oslo
George Wilkins
Antarctic
Whale Bay
Graham’s Land
Wilking
Arctic
Stefannson
Shackleton
Norse Aero Club
Amundsen
London
Wilkins
Meeting of Off icers of First Battalion South Alberta Regiment
Notice of a Friday meeting at Fireball Armouries for the officers and NCOs of the First Battalion South Alberta Regiment with a request for full attendance. Also a death report of W Proulx aged 30 buried in a Kingsdeyn Mines collapse. survived by widow and three children. McMaster University announces Rev JL Marshall to chair Practical Theology succeeding Prof J L Gilmour.
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N.C.O
South Alberta Regiment
Au-gust
W. Proulx
Kingsdeyn
Fle
McMaster University
JL. H. Marshall
Coventry
England
J. L. Gilmour
MARRY WILLS TO CASH IN
The article notes Paddy Mullins floods with offers as Jess Willard's manager seeks big bouts for Wills while Dempsey tours Europe. It suggests Wills prefers delaying a Dempsey title clash until September 1926, banking on high pay from Tunney Renault Godfrey and others.
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Ballyhoo
Dempsey
Harry Wille
Europe
Paddy Mullins
Wills
Tunney
Renault
George Godfrey Amy
Dandurand Arrives in Warsaw for League of Nations Assembly
Senator Raoul Dandurand, Canadian minister without portfolio and representative at the League of Nations Assembly, arrived in Warsaw and was greeted by President M. Wojcieshowski. He will be the guest of the Polish government during his stay in Poland.
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Warsaw
Reuter
Raoul Dandurand
Canada
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Poland
M. Wojcieshowski
Damuran
Ammunition Factory Explosion Shocks Italian Countryside
Severne Italy August 18 the area around the Pone Barecotto ammunition factory quaked when 100 high calibre shells exploded injuring three men. Shell fragments flew far and pierced a distant house bed where a child slept uninjured.
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Severne
Italy
Pone ‘Barecotto
Pilgrims invited to Rome Holy Year voyage
Washington announces 600 Catholic bodies invited to join the National Council of Catholic Men on a pilgrimage sailing September 19 from New York. Archbishop Hanna plans to present the group to the pope in Rome, including Gold Star mothers of fallen servicemen. The itinerary also covers Lourdes Immaculate Conception grotto and Lisieux St Theresa sites.
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Washington
Grimage
Rome
National Council of Catholic Men
New York
Hanna of
San Franciscu
Lourdes
Nuw
Lisieux
Diamond Jack Alterio backs Shepherd defense in Denver
Diamond Jack Alterio, ex lieutenant of Chicago gangster Dion O’Banion, allegedly supplied $75,000 to aid William Shepherd in his fight against murder charges in Denver. William Scott Stewart, chief defense counsel, arrived to comment that Alterio’s backing was a pure gamble.
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Denver
Col
Diamond Jack” Aiterio
Dion O'Banion
Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William McClintock
Shepherd
William Scott Stewart
Penver
Alterie
Jarre Canyon
Stewart
Hopi Indians Prepare For Annual Rattlesnake Dance
In Winston Arizona on August 18 the Hopi hold a three day rattlesnake roundup and preparations for the Walpi village snake dance. The event draws tourists as priests prepare prayer sticks charms paints and emetics and snakes are washed sprinkled and blessed before release to carry benedictions to the serpent mother and spider woman of the underworld.
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Winston, Ariz
Walpi
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Prince
Saskatchewan
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Mart
Capt. Geo. Wilkins
Antarctic Exploration Party
Militan Notes
Dandurand
Srv
Colymne
W. D. Shepherd
Coats
France
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