Allied experts agree Germany must pay 2 million pounds soon
The British government sent a joint note to the German embassy in London outlining the agreed clearing house payments on pre war debts. Sir Robert Horne said experts unanimously agreed Germany should make its next 2,000,000 pound payment due August 15 within a month and future arrangements would be made by individual governments under the reparations commission.
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Britain
Germany
Berlin
London
Robert Horne
Robert
First Venture of Lord Lascelles Fails in Britain
London August 18 The first business venture of Lord Lascelles husband of Princess Mary failed The Conqueror Typewriter Manufacturing Company at Stourton near Leeds headed by him was started in 1915 with half a million capital Aimed to make a British typewriter to rival American models The factory was built with high costs and promised 400 workers but the industrial slump left no machines produced for sale.
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London
Lord Lascelles
Mary
Conqueror Typewriter Manufacturing Company
Stourton
Leeds
Promotepg
Income tax cuts deemed possible as revenue plans unfold
The article notes Australia’s 10 percent income tax cut could influence Canada. Parliament questions the levy’s reach and aims, with calls for abolition by some but likely retention. Estimated revenue this year reaches 60 million, with excise and customs seen as strong producers. stamp taxes could yield 150 million, prompting possible income levy modification.
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Ana
Australia
Canada
Customs
Election Results in South Hackney By Election
In the first ballot count Captain Erskine Holst Coalitionist led with 9,116 to Holford Knight Labour’s 9,004. After a recount final figures showed Holst 9,118 and Knight 9,046.
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Bren
South Hackney
Erskine Holst
Holford Knight
Labor
Tloist
Knight
Weather snapshot across Western cities shows warm trend
City by city readings report Vancouver cloudy Edmonton clear Lethbridge cloudy Rosie Moose Jaw clear Nelson clear Calgary cloudy Medicine Hat cloudy Saskatoon cloudy Winnipeg clear The 24 hour West weather was fine and warm Forecast calls for mostly fair and warm conditions today and Sunday with showers possible in some areas
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Nelson
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Sask
Albearta
Loaded trolley cars wrecked near Buffalo after midnight
Three excursion bound trolley cars for Niagara Falls wrecked just outside Buffalo. A hole blasted in the track caused the crash, blocking both tracks. Over 50 injured lightly, no deaths. Passengers were transferred to Buffalo or Niagara Falls by summoned trolleys.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara
Buffalo City
Niagara Falls
Velasquez Masterpiece Found in Paris After Tax Hold
The Velasquez painting formerly in a Hungarian gallery and sold to a U S buyer for 250000 is located in Paris. It was brought by Guyla de Benczur, son of the Hungarian painter, for appraisal after Hungarian authorities held it up for tax payment.
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Paris
Diego Rodriguez Velasquez
United States
Guyla de Benczur
Bankers pledge to finance wheat crop in Canada
Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor, head of the Canadian Bankers' Association, said banks will finance the wheat crop as they have always done, replying to press reports about premier led talks on financing. A Winnipeg fall auction opened with prices 10 to 50 percent higher.
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Montreal
Panning
Saskatchewan
Fielding
Frederick Williams-Taylor
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Dunning
Canada
Winnipeg
Privy Council Judgment on 6.1.8 Arbitration Reported
Quebec dispatch reports Mr. Newcombe deputy minister of justice Canada arriving on Empress of Scotland and praising Privy Council ruling on Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific arbitration. He notes profits void for British stockholders, government guarantees, and implied compensation while criticizing stock values.
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Quebec
Newcombe
Canada
England
Privy Council
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific
Dominion of Canada
Gran Trunk Railway
Dominion
Europe
City lifts lid on beer toorwe bootles poison
Johnstown officials announce crackdown on poor beer sold by bootleggers. Mayor Joseph Caulfield orders brewers and saloon keepers to manufacture and sell good beer or face arrest to curb poisonous liquor sold at high prices.
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Bootles
Poison Fruit City
Johnstown
Joseph Caulfield
Springhill Mines Being Pumped After Picket Agreement
Anvierst August 19. In accord with an understanding reached yesterday the Dondiion Coal Company's clerks were allowed through the pickets to remove the officials working the pumps and engines. The mines at Springhill today are being pumped.
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Anvierst, N
Dondiion Coal Company
Springhill
Memorial unveiling at Chatham for Kitchener and Royal Engineers
A spectator records a memorial ceremony in Chatham England where the Duke of Connaught unveiled honors for Lord Kitchener and fallen Royal Engineers. Medals are noted in attendance and ceremony remarks.
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Duke of Connaught
Lord Kitchener
Royal Engineers
Chatham
England
Preston Predicts Exposure of Bootlegging Ring Leaders
Windsor Ontario August 1 1927 W T R Preston Port Hope Ontario predicts a major bootlegging ring exposure reaching from Mexico to Chicago. He says high level officials in Canada United States and elsewhere will be implicated as wires for the exposure are laid while he chairs a reconciliation board over a dispute between Pere Marquette Railway and its employees.
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Windsor
Ont
Canaca
Mexico
Chicago
Canada
United States
W. T. R. Preston
Port Hope
Preston
Pere Marquette Railway
Divorce Doctor Moore Faces Deception Charge in Chicago
Albert J. Moore a self styled love healer head of the Ite institute appeared in police court on charges of deception in the practice of a religious cult. He is accused of taking about 2900 dollars from Mrs W W Talcott and others including Mrs James Henry Cartwright to make homes divorce proof with promised happiness. Formal hearing set for next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Albert J. Moore
Moore
Ite Institute
W. W. Talcott
Te City
Talcott
James Henry Cartwright
State Supreme Court
Indains on Walpole Island Ban Jazz Dancing
Chief Red Knife and the Walpole Island council ban jazz dancing for 800 residents saying dancing late into the night disrupts work and shifts preference from classy bands to cabaret entertainment. The edict targets the island Oshkaabewisong community's night activity amid concerns over discipline.
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Sarnia
Ont
Walpole Island
Red Knife
Nationalists gain ground in Cork and Ulster clashes
National forces advance on irregulars in County Cork with Macroom captured and Mill Street seized. Killdorrery near Mitchelstown yields 27 prisoners and arms. On the South Armagh border Republicans flee as Free Staters pursue. Dublin sees heavy fighting with snipers and machine gunners targeting posts. Red Cross workers killed near Killarney. a National Army car attack in Limerick city injures a pedestrian. A Shannon bridge is blown near Carrick on Shannon as Lake Island is shelled and nine irregulars captured. Ulster authorities ban the Irish Catholic newspaper for one month over attacks on the judiciary.
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County Cork
Macroom
Mill Street
Killdorrery
Mitchelstown
Belfast
South Armagh
National Army
Free State
Red Cross
Killarney
Tralee
Lough Leane
Innisfallen Island
Aungir Street
Ireland
Shannon
Carrickon-Shannon
Lake Island
County Roscommon
Northern
Irish Catholic
Ulster
Aggusec farmer found hiding after neighbor shooting
New Westminster B C August 19 James Austin aged 65 the farmer of Douglas district south of here was sought by police in connection with the shooting death of Henry Green a neighbor on Thursday afternoon He was captured this morning hiding in a hay mow on his own farm where he had taken refuge after the alleged shooting.
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New Westminster
B.C
James Austin
Douglas District
Here
Henry Green
Austin
Tariff Bill Heads to Conference Amid Senate Passage
Washington reports the tariff bill has passed the Senate and will go to a conference committee between the two chambers on Monday or Tuesday. Leaders estimate four to six weeks to resolve differences in rates, with a potential deadlock over the United States valuation and a final enactment projected for October. Monitor Alberta notes it is debt free with funds in the bank.
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Washington
Enate
House
Senate
United States
Magleos Lineman Shocked In Fatal Electric Incident
Fred Davis, a Magleos lineman, was severely injured by a 2200 volt electric shock while repairing local lines. He remains hospitalized in critical condition after becoming trapped with one arm around a live conductor and needing urgent assistance from coworkers and the power plant.
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Davis
Dynamite Strikes Hit Railroads Across the Nation
Rail peace hangs on a decision due next Wednesday as blasts target rail yards from Albuquerque to Huntington. Explosions disrupt lines with limited damage while Illinois Central lines near Paducah face dynamite on the tracks ahead of a coal train. Hearst denies seeking governorship and offers to run on the Democratic ticket if Mayor Nyland is nominated.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Chesapeake and Qohio
Huntington
W. Va
Illinois Central Railway
Paduesth Ky
Illinois Central
Hearst
New York
William Adolph Hearst
New York Evening Journal
Nylan
Hungarian Metal Workers Vote Strike Over Pay Demands
About 3000 metal workers in Hungary have declared a strike aimed at higher wages. The move appears to seek political leverage, and the government is taking precautions against possible disorder.
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Hungary
Budapest
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