Sacco and Vanzetti Deaths to Be Carried Through Eastern Cities
The Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee announced that the bodies will travel in special caskets through eastern cities, possibly reaching Chicago, with death masks planned and Celestino Madeiros to be delivered to a New Bedford undertaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nipla Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sacco-Vanzetti Defence Committee
Hanover Street
Chicago
Celestino Madeiros
State Prison
New Bedford
Glendower Tivans
Sacco-Vanzetti
Light Frosts Hit Winnipeg Region in Early Morning
A cold wave centered on Winnipeg and suburbs brought frost from two to ten degrees. Garden produce suffered as flowers were nipped and crops faced damage. Rural Manitoba reported two to three degrees, with Kamsack and Lasky also recording frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Winnipex
Eral
Kamsack, Lasky
Notable Airman to Fly to Toronto for Dinner Meeting
A well known air pilot will fly from New York to Toronto on Wednesday carrying Maurice Bokanowski, French Minister of Commerce, Industries, and Aviation. The minister is delayed in sailing to attend the Canadian Bar Association meeting and a dinner in his honor has been arranged by the Ontario Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Richard A
New York
Maurice Bokanowski
Commerce
Industries
Aviation
France
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg August 23
Winnipeg grain inspections show wheat at 125 cars with one new, contract grade 39 cars vs 105 last year. Coarse grains total 37 cars this year, down from 42 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Ladies' Night at Assiniboia Hotel Leaves Club Guests Entertained
Hoary Club members and spouses gathered for a Ladies' Night at the Assiniboia Hotel. Musical contributions came from Mr and Mrs H Duggan and several others. Chas Pane shared a fishing trip tale to Cold Lake and urged road repairs in Medicine Hat. Dave Hays spoke on carnival topics. Jick Bevtridge detailed the Rotary Club Labor Day trip to Havre, Montana. Jim Trotman listed Fellowship Committee reports. Mr and Mrs Dave Sullivan were greeted on returning from their honeymoon. Today’s forecast: Fair and warm with a high around 72 and low near 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assiniboia
H. Duggan
Elder
Doreen Yate
Sid
Martin
Stephenson
Paul Knapper
Chas. Pane
Cold Lake
Medicine ‘Hat
Ing
Dave Hays
Jick Bevtridge
Rotary Club
Havre
Mortana
Jim Trotman
Dave Sullivan
Prominent Russian Expelled from England
The Daily Herald reports that a top director of the Russian Oil erodyne has been expelled by the Home Office. The move, described as surprising, removes a figure said to be engaged in purely commercial work in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Herald
Scottish Musical Festival At Banff Highlights
Banff Alberta hosts September Highland gathering with amplifiers for public PA concerts at Banff Springs Hotel venues incl ballroom lounges terraces Open air audience expected for concerts by Jeanne Dusseau J Campbell McInnis W Davidson Thomson Ruth Matheson Norman Cameron Frances James and choruses from Calgary and Banff Scotland. Harold Enstice Key rehearses unique Hebridean songs for the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff Springs Hotel
Alta
Banff
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
Banff Springs
Jeanne Dusseau
Chicago Opera Association
J. Campbell McInnis
New American Opera Co
W. Davidson Thomson
Winnipeg
Ruth Matheson
Selkirk
Norman Cameron
Frances James
Montreal
Mary Queen of Scots
David Rizzlo
Calgary
St. Andrew’s Caledonian Society
Ralph Connor
Sun Dance Canyon
Canada
Harold Enstice Key
Mendelssohn Choir of
State Trooper Shot in Sacco-Vanzetti Rally Riot
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a Pennsylvania State trooper was shot and killed near Ammeronia during a Sacco-Vanzetti demonstration. Pte. John J. Downey of Greensburg Barracks was struck twice while aiding Sheriff Robert Braun’s effort to disperse about 2000 sympathizers as troopers used gas and clubs. A man was captured for the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ammeronia
Springfield
John J. Downey
Greensburg
Sacco
Van‘getti
Downey
Robert Braun
Iquiet
Edmonton Trades and Labor Congress Debates Co operative Plan
Delegates at the Edmonton convention clash over the co operative plan used by railway workers. Winnipeg and Toronto leaders challenge claims that the plan harms wages or employment while others defend CN Railways employees’ satisfaction. A move to five day forty hour work and strict controls on foreign labor seeks federal legislation and speedier complaint handling by fair wage officers. Page H continuation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Co-Operative
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Canadian National Railways
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
West Edmonton Lodge No
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
McCutcheon
Winnipeg
Fallon
Transcona
Trades and Labor Congress
Bert Merson
Toronto
Congress
Tom Moore
Minister of Labor
Quebec
Page Hight
Manitoba Police Raid Moonshiner Seizes 300-Gallon Still
Revenue officers aided by the RCMP raided a farm near Winnipeg on Monday and found a 300 gallon whisky still in full operation. They also seized 1640 gallons of mash and 20 gallons of finished product. Owner W T Chadderton was fined 400 dollars in provincial police court last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Revenue
Here
W. T. Chadderton
Chaplin freed from marriage at a million dollar cost
In Los Angeles an interlocutory divorce decree for Charlie Chaplin and Liza Grey Chaplin leaves the comedian paying more than a million dollars in settlements and costs. The wife receives 625000 upfront plus a 200000 trust for the children, with further installments and expenses totaling about 950000 not counting attorney fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Liza Grey Chaplin
Chaplin
Courtenay Prepares for Delayed Transatlantic Flight
British aviator Captain Frank T Courteney moves to Calshot airdrome to fuel The Whale and await weather for a first leg hop toward the Azores. Reports of improved Atlantic conditions prompt plans, with a start possible within a half hour after six pm in Southampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Eng
Atlantic
Frank T. Courteney
Calshot
Azores
Frank T.courteney
School openings announced for fall term
The High and Public schools of Medicine Hat St. Louis school and St. Theresa's Academy will open for the fall term on Sept. 6. Pupils wishing to enroll in the two latter schools are asked to notify the Mother Superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
St. Louis School
St. Theresa’s Academy
Storm warning issued as tropical disturbance nears U S coast
A tropical disturbance forming east of the Bahamas moves north toward the U S coast and is described as of great intensity with hurricane winds near its center. The Weather Bureau warns of dangerous winds off the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Nantucket and displays storm warnings from Wilmington to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bahamas
Turks Island
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Nantucket
Atlantic
Wilmington
Boston
Wheat yields reported for No 2 direct from combine
Joseph Thielan of Milk River began delivering winter wheat to the elevator at Lethbridge. The grain is No 2 direct from the combine and averaging forty bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Joseph Thielan
Milk River
Canadian National Railways Earnings Rise in Week
The gross earnings for the week ending August 14, 1927, reached $4,877,575,004, up from $4,682,163.35 in the same week of 1926, a gain of $195,411.65 or four percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
Enger
Plane Crash Kills Passenger on Honeymoon Visit
Niagara Falls Ontario August 23 Stanley Bruzsiewicz 32 of Philadelphia died from injuries after a plane carrying him crashed above Chippewa. The pilot Fred Hartwick of Hamilton Ontario suffered a broken leg and possible internal injuries but is expected to recover. The victim was on his honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Ont
Stanley Bruzsiewicz
Philadelphia
Chippewa
Fred Hartwick
Hamilton
Wheat prices break on market in Winnipeg
Frost reports in Manitoba and Saskatchewan failed to curb selling on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange with a 1% drop in wheat as October delivery weakened. Bear traders pressed sales amid light buying support from seaboard-connected houses. Oats and flax fell while barley and rye held firm. A M Willigans near Castor died by suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Canada West
Seaboard
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Sam
Orie Fiat FE
Defence Committee
Geneva
Rome
Niccola Sacco
Sportolomo Vanzetti
Popolo di Roman
Vanzetti
Italy
Geneval
United States
Charlestown
Mass
Nicola Sacco
Barbaleines Vanzetti
State Forurder
Célestine Madeirqs
Trne
Madétros
Wréntham Bank
Viuinzetti
Byrd
French
England
Sacd
Frederick Parmenter
Alexander Beradelli
South Raintree
Sir Robert Horne
Waterloo Station
Lita
Courtenay
Avigton
U.S.A
Coabz
Canadian National Railways Earnings
Nias Falls
A.M. Willigans
Castor
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