Details of Kilmichael massacre noted as possibly unknowable
Ireland reports detail the Kilmichael ambush where fifteen auxiliary policeman recruits were killed near Macroom. The sole surviving wounded man cites an ambush by khaki clad gunmen, while others suspect a mined road or dug trench. Police claim extremists are cornered and face hostility from locals. Performances in Southampton reveal Sinn Fein links as authorities seize documents.
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Cork
Kilmichael
Macroom
Southampton
Southampton London
New York
Sinn Fein
Scotland Yard
Ireland
County Louth
London
Hamar Greenwood
Institute of Journalists
Hamar
Poland to share in Danzig defense with Britain
Geneva report says the military commission assigns Poland partial responsibility for Danzig defense in future wars, likely alongside Great Britain, pending League of Nations approval. Experts note naval forces would be needed, and Poland may lack a naval contingent.
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Danzig
Geneva
Poland
Great Britain
Council of the
League of Nations
Serious Fire Rips Jasper Alabama Blocks
Reports say a large blaze consumed an entire block in Jasper Alabama forty miles from Birmingham and jumped to a second block threatening more areas. Communication with the town was cut off soon after the fire started.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Jasper
Ala
Burns era remains moved to free shipyard site in Scotland
The remains of Mary Campbell known as Highland Mary will be moved from the Old West Kirk burial ground at Greenock to a new grave near the James Watt memorial cairn to make room for a shipyard extension. In Canada, on a Windsor to Aylmer train run, brakeman Jas J Freeman died between Aylmer and Corinth.
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Greennock
Scotland
Mary Campbell
Robert Burns
Mary
Old West Kirk
James Watt
Windsor
Jas, J. Freeman
Aylmer
Corinth
Lake insurance rates end as Great Lakes navigation closes
Regular marine insurance rates on vessels plying the Great Lakes ceased at midnight as navigation officially closes. Many ships will continue to sail the lakes until ports freeze up.
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Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
Liquor Seizures Flood New York Storage Space
New York December 1 government agents report rampant prohibition violations in New York City. The surge of confiscated liquor fills a large warehouse and numerous government offices, creating a serious storage problem for authorities led by temporary enforcement agent Knox B. Phagan.
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New York
New York City
Knox B. Phagan
Tariff Plea Drives Woolgrowers Meet in Stockton
In Stockton on November 29 the Central California Woolgrowers Association adopted a resolution urging immediate federal aid to shield about 200000 sheep from foreign wool competition and frozen meat. They set December 15 as the wage start for herders at 70 dollars monthly and fixed shearing rates 10 cents per head for blade work and 18 cents for machine work, with shearers supplying their own machines. Discussion of summer pastures rates led to an agreement to pay 10 cents per head per month.
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Stockton
Cal
California
Congress
Central California
Woolgrowers’ Association
Redo Farmers Excluded by Paris Agricultural Labor Federation
Paris papers report that tricultural syndicates adhering to the third internationale in Moscow will be expelled from the federation of agricultural workers after a decision by the national committee.
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Paris
Third Internationale
Moscow
Federation of Agricultural Workers
Boxing Gains Popularity With Sunday School Rounds
Boxing grows in favor in Toronto as seven bouts were held last night in the west end Methodist church gymnasium. Two rounds each matched boys from large Sunday school classes, highlighting rising interest in the sport.
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Toronto
Methodist Church
West End
1100 CPR workers laid off in Montreal district
Montreal reports confirm 1100 workers were laid off temporarily at the Angus shops of the Canadian Pacific Railway. J. T. Foster, president of the Trades and Labor Council, says similar conditions prevail across most metal industry shops in Montreal and district.
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Montreal
Labor Canions
Canadian Pacific Railway
J. T. Foster
Trades and Labor Council
Angus
Ottawa Mayor Fisher not seeking re election
Ottawa mayor John Fisher announces he will not seek reelection. He states the decision ends his bid for a second term after years in office and leaves the field open for candidates in the upcoming municipal race.
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Mayor Fisher
Ottawa
Death in Medicine Hat: unknown hands caused Claude Emery’s death
Inquest verdict says Claude Emery died Sunday evening near Porter's Hill from extensive head injuries caused by an unknown instrument in the hands of unknown party or parties. Witnesses describe Emery’s movements, a missing tie end, a knuckleduster, and a diamond pin amid reports of drunken disturbances nearby.
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Claude Emery
Porter's Hill
Messrs
H. H. Brown
C. Taylor
John Todd
J. W. Rainbow
J. W. McNally
Albert
Dughey
Dr. McKwen
C. S' Blanchard
Boyd
Emery
Ethel Spencer
Hmery
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
No Housing Shortage In South California
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce reports full housing accommodations for winter visitors in southern California. The Housing Bureau claims reports of an influx being unmanageable are exaggerated. John Hooper, known as the Mayor of the Canadian Colony at Long Beach, reopens headquarters for returning Canadians. A farmer near Manville, Alberta, bought land at $38 per acre and earned $366 per acre from the first wheat crop.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
California
Housing Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
John Hooper
Canadian Workier Association
Long Beach
Manville
Alberta
Austria Granted League Membership by Commission
Geneva December 1 Austria was unanimously voted a member of the league of nations by the commission for the admission of new states. It is expected the league assembly will ratify the action.
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Commission For Admission of New States
Geneva
Austria
League of Nations
Commission For the
Assembly of the League
French Communist Leaders Drowned in Arctic Wreck
Three French Communist leaders who attended the Moscow congress perished in a sailing boat wreck leased at Murmansk. The missing men are identified as M. Vergeat Lepeit and Lefe ves e. The report comes from a Stockholm dispatch.
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Paris
Moscow
Murmansk
France
Stockholm
M. Vergeat
Lepeit
Lefevese
Evidence grows as tariff commission hearings continue
Ottawa reports that stenographic evidence before the tariff commission runs to 3649 pages about 1,100,000 words and coverage of industrial Ontario remains to come. Further hearings likely to take place with the commission leaving for Hamilton tonight.
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Otttawa
Ontario
Hamilton
Grain Markets Winnipeg Wheat and Flax Prices Fall
Winnipeg grain markets report dec wheat opens lower at 165. May wheat slips to 1.64. December oats ease to 1.14. May oats at 5 4-8. December flax up two cents to 1.92.
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Winnipeg
Debate at Annual School Board Meeting Prompts Overhaul Talk
Tuesday's session in Medicine Hat featured Trustee Ireland urging a top to bottom overhaul of the school system amid rising costs. Louch contrasted local debt and staffing with Lethbridge, while discussions on free school supplies highlighted wholesale versus retail procurement and state responsibility.
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Trustee
Ireland
Souch
Bell
Black
Louch
Lethbridge
Medicine Flat
Medicine Hat
the Hat
Sonneh
Ald
Bellamy
Department of Educaion
Col. Spencer
Hector Lang
Enor
Mail and Cargo Destroyed by Fire Aboard Philadelphia
The U S steamer Philadelphia arrived at San Juan Puerto Rico with virtually all first class mail destroyed and all other mail cargo and baggage badly damaged or destroyed. The fire started in the mail room amidships early Saturday and was quenched after water was pumped into the holds. Passengers wore life belts for six hours.
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San Juan
Porto Rica
United States
Philadelphia
New York
Curacao
Laguira
Our Right to Resources Demands Dominion Action
A Saskatchewan speaker declares Canadians cannot wait for the Dominion government to act on resource control. He urges Ottawa to return or negotiate terms, warning two years of delay risks resource loss and court action as a last resort.
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Tommo
Ottawa
Pronger Stewart
Dingscver
Alberta
Leam
Saskatchewan Lumber Men Cut Wages
Prince Albert reports lumber operators and wood camp contractors have reduced wages from 10 to 20 a month. Northern Saskatchewan towns show workers seeking jobs as bush camps near full for the season.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewha
Wnd
Farmers Win Free Bailed Waste Paper Supply
Farmers and others needing paper for lighting fires can obtain neatly bailed waste paper at no charge by applying at the News office.
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Britain
Jaspar
Will Rebury
Lake Insurance
Gen. Townshend, M.P
Charles Townshend
Wreking
Shropshire
California Growers’ Association
C.P.R
Sband
Premhum
Riga
Letvia
Alice Jones
M. Lynch
N. McGregor
McQueen
Price
Lynch
Spencer House
Ile
South
Housing Bureau of Los Angeles, of Co
J. Benson
Hay
Prem. Stewart
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