Continent wide campaign against high cost of living
Ottawa Aug The Board of Commerce for Canada and US authorities plan a continent wide campaign against high prices. W F O Connor visits Washington and returns to push investigations into overcharging since the Combines and Fair Prices Act. Toronto Montreal Winnipeg to be visited to start hearings and gather facts from consumers.
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Ottawa
Board of Commerce For Canada
Board of Commerce of Canada
United States
W. F. O’connor
Washington
Mas. O’connor
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Ob-The.board
Civilized Warfare Debate on Edith Cavell Execution
Baltimore August 28 The Cavell case cited by the American Bar Association panel as aligning with civilized warfare laws. Minority member Bynum and chairman Gregory defend the death penalty limits for women spies, while majority officers Bruse Conboy Hinckley oppose a blanket ban.
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Baltimore
Edith Cavell
American Bar Association
Gregory
Chicago
Williamb. Bynum
Greensboro
N.C
Allsa Coneur
Andrew A. Bruse
Minneapolis
Martin Conboy
New York
John Hinckley
Bun. Gregory
Beer dumped to recover taxes in Chicago gutter
Chicago readers report Otto B. Bugret United States Revenue Inspector dumped four hundred barrels of 275 percent beer into street gutters to recover 2400 dollars in taxes previously paid the government.
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Chicago
Schiltz Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Otto B. Bugret
United States Revenue
Quien On Trial For Luring Nurse Cavell To Death
Paris August examination of Georges Quien charged with communicating military information to the enemy and collecting evidence against Edith Cavell the British nurse executed by Germans continued. Women testified Quien boasted he could save husbands in prison for a fee by using his connections. he denied betraying any organization linked to Cavell and claimed ignorance of such groups.
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Paris
Augus
Georges Glaston Quien
Edith Cavell
Belgium
Quien
Chance
Miss Cavell
New Brunswick Government to Take Over Liquor Sales
Premier Foster announced St. John that the provincial government will assume wholesale liquor vending on November 1. The move affects government property and shifts control of distribution within the province.
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St. Jol. Neb
Foster
New Brunswick
Douglas Packing Co to Build Factory in Cobourg Ontario
The Douglas Packing Co of Harbor Port New York will erect a factory at Cobourg Ontario detailing expansion into Canada with construction plans announced for a new facility.
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Douglas Packing Co
Hairport
N.Y
Cobourg
Ont
Post Office Pay Rise Plans Reported by House Committee
Washington August 29 wage increase for postal employees totaling 40 000 000 was agreed upon by the House post office committee despite protests from the post office department A separate August 28 report notes a 140 raise per post office employee for the current fiscal year and a proposed minimum wage of 60 cents an hour for substitutes
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
House Postoffice Committee
Wheat Control Board Meetings Set for Regular Sessions
Ottawa notes an order in council governing the wheat control board operations. Regular meetings are planned for the second Thursday of September November 19 and January March May July and September 1980 in Winnipeg. Special sessions may be called by the chairman assistant chairman or any three members at any time and place.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Sugar famine grips city as shelves run bare
Medicine Hut reports a sugar shortage with retailers nearly empty and wholesalers depleted. The rush from eastern factories and BC raises concern that relief may take a month or six weeks, just as housewives stock preserves.
Hindenburg Accuses Bethmann Hollweg of Causing Pessimism
Berlin reports Marshal Von Hindenburg writes to former Chancellor Dr George Michaelis on August 17 published in Twentieth Century accusing Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg of failures and weaknesses that led to demoralization and pessimism.
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Berlin
Marshal von Hindenburg
George Michaelis
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Dr. Michaelis
von Bethmann Hollweg
von Hindenburg
Investigation into Winnipeg milk situation authorized
Ottawa August 21 The Board of Commerce has authorized an inquiry into the Winnipeg milk situation and will open early next week. James Auld a Winnipeg barrister is named to conduct the investigation. The action follows complaints about a rise in ink prices and related costs.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Board of Commerce
James Auld
Borden Speaks At Luncheon In Honor Of Pringe
At the lieutenant governors luncheon in Ottawa Sir Robert Borden praised the direct relation between the crown and the people of the British Empire. He described constitutional progress in Canada matching the Mother Country and honored Sir Wilfrid Laurier as a great Canadian and valued friend.
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Ottawa
Prince of Wales
Robert Borden
British Empire
Canada
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Montreal Building Trades Men Set Eight Hour Day Strike
Fifteen thousand Montreal building trades workers will strike at the start of next week to press for an eight hour day. The decision came at a meeting of all unions tied to the local building industry last night.
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Montreal
German troop increase approved in neutral Rhine zone
Copenhagen dispatch says Marshal Tocn informed the German armistice commission the supreme council agreed to a provisional three month increase of German gendarmerie in the neutral zone beyond the Rhine after the peace treaty takes effect, due to the force in the treaty being inadequate to maintain order.
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Copenhagen
Perlin
Marshal Tocn
German Armistice Commission
Supreme Council
Rhine
Yorkshire miners strike exhausts fund after four weeks
London August 29 The Yorkshire miners strike cost both miners and others. Damages to mines and coal lost to industry total 27 to 42 million dollars while the strike fund of 1 4 million was exhausted after four weeks of benefits. Local authorities aided relief efforts to prevent distress.
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Yorkshire
London
Sugar King from Java predicts higher sugar prices
Vancouver August 27 sugar king from Java G Muluie predicts further price rises as Japanese shipping firms carve out the East Indies trade. He notes wartime disruptions and a shift in trade, with sugar in Java previously cheap, now rising, and expects British freighters to reclaim East Indian trade as Britain expands Orient commerce.
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Java
East Indies
Vancouver
G. Muluie
Asia
Holland
Muluie
Far East
Mulule
Europe
Pacific
Japan
East
British India
Britain
Correction on Alder son Fire injury report
A correction notes two men were injured by flying glass from an explosion at a hardware store fire. An Alderson correspondent reports a gasoline container near the blaze but states the blast was not caused by gasoline. The exact cause remains undetermined.
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Alderson
German Workers Lose Revolutionary Vigor at Spartacan Conference
Berlin reporters describe a two day meeting of fifty two delegates from the extreme Independent Spartacan factions who claim to represent thousands of workers. The delegates complain that German workers no longer possess revolutionary spirit and will not strike for political aims.
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Berlin
Five Die After Club Dinner Food Poisoning Toll Rises
The Lakeside Country Club tragedy in Canton Ohio worsened with the death of Frank McAvoy, chief of the club, bringing the fatal count to five from last Saturday’s dinner. The fourth victim died yesterday evening as authorities investigated the incident.
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al Hanes
Ohio
Canton
Frank McAvoy
Lakeside Country Club
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Nurse Cavell
Committee of Bar Association
France
Nurse For
N.B. Govt
Prince and the Duke of Devonshire
Quebec
U. S
Wheat Control Board
Peg
Manitoba
Borden
Pringe
Cardston
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