Poland Fights Bolshivik Army In Polish Counteroffensive
Paris dispatches report General Weygand predicting Poland will be the grave of three fourths of the Bolshevik army as Polish cavalry moves toward Kaliningrad and Bialystok. Polish forces bottle up Soviet troops along the Vistula while field armies strike north and cut retreat lines.
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Poland
Weygand
Paris
Warsaw
Matin
Balchevik
Tialystock
Danzig
Bilotte
Lyautey
Morocco
Henry
Bialystock
Crudusk
Ciechanow
Mlawa
Praaanyez
Wek
Vistula
Praacnyaz
Disorders in Ireland Worsen Amid Loyalist Attacks
Reported weekend violence across Ireland includes a Cork ambush battle with police and rebels, a murder of Police Sergeant Maunsell, and heavy arson in Bantry and Lisburn. Loyalist reprisals destroy Sinn Fein offices and homes while troops guard a Catholic chapel.
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Dublin
Ireland
Lissoda
Cork
Maunsell
Lisburn
Swanzy
William Shaw
Sinn ‘Fein
Egypt Moves Toward Independence Agreement
London reports negotiations to recognize Egypt's independence by Britain will begin after the final Egyptian British signing. The convention then goes to the British Parliament and Egyptian Assembly for confirmation.
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London
Egypt
Britain
London Times
German denial of Times claim on Trotzky in East Prussia
Berlin officials officially deny a London Times report that Bolshevik War Minister Leon Trotzky had traveled to East Prussia. The wireless dispatch from Berlin states the story is untrue.
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London
Berlin
London Times
Leon ‘Trotzky
East Prussia
Two Books Per Card Boost at City Library Move
On the library's final day before moving 636 books were issued under the two book per card offer. Over four days for the promotion 1,500 books circulated, with 4,143 books checked out in eighteen days this month. The facility remained well patronized despite warm weather, compared with 3,840 in August last year.
Editors Delighted with Mountain Scenery at Banff
Banff hosts Southern Alberta farewell for Imperial Press conference delegates from across the empire. British journalists admire Bow River Valley, Ghost River drive, and Banff scenery while enjoying picnics, dances, and mountain activities.
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Banff
Alberta
Rocky Mountains National Park
Calgary
Ghost River
J. H. Woods
Alen Russell
Marques
Bow River
Sydney
Gleichen
Lake Louise
Seven Cent Fares Authorized on Winnipeg Lines
Winnipeg Aug 23 Seven cent cash fares on city lines of the Winnipeg Electric Railway were authorized today by Manitoba public utility commissioner P A Macdonald.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Electric Railway
Public Utility Commissioner of Manitoba
P. A. Macdonald
Hungary fears a fault of pun ish collapse
Budapest reports Hungary’s Regent Admiral Horthy warns that a Bolshevik victory over Poland could trigger a Europe wide crisis. He cites shattered postwar order, harsh peace terms, and spreading Bolshevik propaganda as global threats extending beyond Hungary. He fears Central Europe as a volatile region facing dangerous future prospects.
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Budapest
Hungary
Poland
Nicholas Horthy
Associated Press
Europe
Bolshevists
United States
Canada
Warden backs prisoner labor law and family share
Columbus Ohio Warden P K Thomas of the state penitentiary argues for a law letting families of incarcerated receive proceeds from prisoner labor. He urges five brick plants and contends work, religion and education aid inmate growth while idleness and ignorance harm them.
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Columbus
P. K. Thomas
Ohio
Maple Leaf greeting from Premier Meighen to New York readers
The Maple Leaf issue carries Premier Meighen's message urging Canadians in New York to foster US goodwill. He stresses accurate information on cross border matters and notes the magazine’s role in promoting friendly sentiment and mutual understanding between the two nations.
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New York
the Maple Leaf
New York Canadian Club
Meighen
United States
Vaccination Rule Tightens Landing in Canada
Quebec August 23 steamship officials report Immigration Department orders bar all ocean liner passengers from landing at Canadian ports unless they prove vaccination within the required time. Applies to saloon, second, and third class travelers.
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Immigration Dept
Quebec
Immigration Department
Italy’s Giolitti Hears Lloyd George Before Replying
A Lucerne dispatch notes Premier Giolitti of Italy waited to discuss with Premier Lloyd George of Britain before replying to the commission’s note on withholding recognition from Soviet Russia.
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London
Geolitti
Italy
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
Lucerne
Irish labor party vows to hold Home Secretary responsible
The Irish Labour executive pledges to appeal to British Labour to end the war with Ireland and to hold the Home Secretary personally accountable if the Cork lord mayor dies. Military governors warned that his death could provoke an uprising, suppressed only by wholesale slaughter.
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Cork
Ireland
Dublin
Irish Labor Party
Russia
Justice adds to record for Brooklyn court case
Henry Stevenson a piano player pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn court to stealing an automobile fire extinguisher and was told by Justice Freschi he could add prior convictions. Stevenson showed a forearm tattoo reading Workhouse 1918 and admitted time in 1913. The judge sentenced him to four months hard labor adding Workhouse 1920.
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New York
Henry Stevenson
Brooklyn
Freschi
Stevenson
Direct Action to Prevent Future Deportations
Sydney plans to cripple all industries if deportations occur following a Trades Union Conference resolution. Propaganda among ship crews to report individuals was urged. Beiseker and Redlands faced a damaging hailstorm.
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Sydney
Australia
Trades Union Conference
Strong Canadian Labor Dept Indicts Sovietism in Pamphlet
Ottawa reports a Labor Department pamphlet condemning Sovietism and socialist propaganda in Canada. It links the Reds to Winnipeg unrest, names groups like the Socialist Party of Canada and One Big Union, and criticizes Labor Church networks in Winnipeg Brandon Fort William Calgary and Vancouver.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Labor
Red
Reds
William Ivens
New York
Winnipeg
Labor Church
Brandon
Fort William
Calgary
Vancouver
Socialist Revolutionary Movement
RAF Officers War Medals Ready for Applications
Edmonton August 23 The Air Ministry announces Medal Rolls for those qualified for the British War and Victory Medals are being prepared Demobilized and invalided officers should write to the Secretary Air Ministry Kingsway WC2 for the application form so their claims can be considered Air Force Record Office will prepare airmen medals from their documents no application needed by airmen.
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Edmonton
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Kingsway
W. C
Royal Air Force Record Office
Canadian Naval Fleet to Commission in October
Ottawa reports cable advices that the cruiser Aurora and destroyers Patrick and Patricia will be in commission on October first and proceed to Canada the following week. The three vessels join two submarines already in Canadian waters to form the new fleet.
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Ottawa
Naval Department
Aurora
Patrick
Patricia
Canada
Nothing Yet Learned Of the Brush Fire Victims
Winnipeg reports the bodies of three brush fire victims in the Mulvihill district have not been recovered. Communication with the district remains fragmentary and no identities are known. It is believed the Ward place was engulfed between two lines of flames destroying three people and farm buildings.
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Winnipeg
Mulvihill
Ward
Corn Feed to be Held by Canada Land Company
The fourth annual corn feed of the Canada Land and Irrigation Company Limited will be held at Ronalane on Friday. Cars will gather on South Railway Street for an 8 am start and invitations have been issued to city and provincial groups. Calgary Edmonton Lethbridge visitors are expected. detailed car and party numbers will be published on Thursday.
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Canada Land and Irrigation Company, Limited
Ronalane
South Railway Street
Board of Trade
Retail Merchants’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association
Commercial Travellers’ Association
Rotary Club
Cypress Club
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Woman Dies After Being Struck On Queen Street Bridge
Nell Munn was seriously injured on Queen Street bridge last Saturday night when struck by an auto driven by John McLean. He rushed her to St. Michael's hospital where she died yesterday afternoon.
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Toronto
Queen Street Bridge
Nell Munn
John McLean
St. Michael's Hospital
Britain and Italy Agree on Poland Danzig Use Plan
In Lucerne on August 23 Premier Lloyd George and Premier Gioletti agreed to proposals to be presented to France for allied action to secure Poland free and unrestricted use of Danzig and its communications as per the Versailles treaty.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Gioletti
Italy
France
Poland
Danzig
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