Law Board debate weighs need for lawyer on staff
A government committee discusses whether the Compensation Board should have a lawyer for its chairman or at least one member. W F McNeill notes seven complaints in 70 000 cases to date, while A L Smith argues a strong chairman would help and that passing law exams does not dehumanize a man. Edmonton notes follow as page ten.
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W. F. McNeill
Board of Bone Dee
Alberta
R. McNeill
A. L. Smith
K.C
Edmonton
Legislative Buildings
Temperance Rally Promotes Scientific View Of Alcohol
A Alberta Prohibition Association gathering at Balebe City Hall heard Dr. Lewis of Calgary argue that alcohol harms every organ, citing Pasteur Institute findings and a case of two men with differing recoveries. Edmonton’s Mr. Zull urged Mc Corkindale charts in schools as Manitoba already did.
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Balbebe City
Pueblos
Alberta Prohibition Association
Gershaw
Lewis
Calgary
Pasteur Institute
Alberta
Zull
Edmonton
McCorkindale
Manitoba
Perrin Baker
Nome Air Mail For Christmas Is Safe At Fairbanks Today
Noel V. Wien piloted the Nome to Fairbanks Christmas air mail flight despite three forced landings in storms. He arrived with three passengers and the season’s U S mail, through 25 below zero conditions. The return journey from Nome covered roughly six hundred miles after a Tuesday departure and a stopover at Unalakleet.
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Nome
Fairbanks
Alaska
Noel V. Wien
United States
Unalakleet
Disarmament Could Let China Move Across Europe
Sir Herbert Samuel warned at Geneva that adopting disarmament proposals could let a Chinese war lord march across Europe and occupy each capital. He spoke to the London University Liberals after Maxim Litvinoff announced the Soviet plan.
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London
Herbert Samuel
Palestine
Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
League of Nations
London University
Europe
Chicago's Crime Wave Sparks Fresh Violence in 1900s Era
Chicago police court records show a bombing, raids, forty arrests, and a death linked to the city’s gang warfare. Fred A. Drullard, 32, was slain by a volley from a passing car in a factional dispute within the Electrical Workers Union. An unintended pool hall bombing on West Madison Street added to the violence during a fortnight of skirmishes.
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Chicago, Ill
Springfield
Ills
Chicago
Fred A. Drullard
Drullar
Drullard
Electrical Workers’ Union
Madison Street
Wife Found Not Guilty of Murder in Fall River Trial
In Fall River Massachusetts on December 2 192? a 23 year old wife Gertrude Frazier Gibbons was acquitted after a ten hour jury deliberation in the murder of her husband Theodore R Gibbons a mill worker. She had admitted a six month affair with Antone Da Silva but was not connected to the killing
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Fall River
Mass
Theodore R. Gibbons
Gertrude Frazier Gibbons
Swansea
Gibbons
Antone Da _ Silva
da Silva
Dunning and Gardiner Not Feuding Says Ottawa Reports
Ottawa reports of a feud between Hon. Charles Dunning former Saskatchewan premier and Hon. J. G. Gardiner current premier are dismissed. A Saskatchewan observer notes Tory efforts to portray Dunning as quarrelsome while he pursues major projects including the Hudson Bay railway and Welland canal.
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Ottawa
Charles Dunning
Saskatchewan
J. G. Gardiner
Gardiner
Dunning
Regina
Premier King
Thornton
Hudson Bay
Welland Canal
Upset Price Land Auctions Hit High Bids in Edmonton
In Edmonton on Thursday Dominion government auctions of 691 school land parcels drew strong farming interest. Bids ranged from $33 to $66 an acre with a top bid of $79 an acre for a section near Hilliard district, while the upset price stood at $7 an acre. The sale extended beyond Saturday due to brisk demand and long bidding.
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Edmonton
Dominion
Hilliard District
Beaverhill Lake
Cocking Lake
City Maple Market Quiet as Eggs Do Not Arrive
Market activity was light with no eggs arriving by noon. Butter sold around 40 cents per pound, while dressed chickens traded from 75 cents to $1.10 each and dressed rabbits at 25 to 35 cents per pound.
Guillotine Abolition Move Defeated in French Chamber
Paris December 2. A proposal to abolish the public executioner and end the death penalty failed in the Chamber of Deputies. The motion by Socialist deputy M Uhry to suspend funding for the guillotine was defeated by 376 to 145.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Uhry
British Ships Move Against Bandits After Sianglan Attack
Hongkong reports bandits attacked the British steamer Sianglan near Ichang on the Yangtse. Some crew were killed and Captain Lalor held for a 100000 dollar ransom. Two British gunboats head to the scene with Aphia’s captain coordinating with General Yang Sen.
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Hongkong
Sianglan
Shanghai
Ner Ichang
Yangtse
Hankow
Lalor
Wanlin
Wanhsien
Wanhslen
London
Ichang
Aphia
Yang Sen
Russian assurances on cooperation disputed in London
M Litvinoff, assistant Soviet commissar, claimed in Geneva that Alexis Rykoff has stated mutual non interference in internal affairs is accepted by the Soviet. He said such assurances are already given, countering Premier Baldwin's claim in the house of commons.
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London
Baldwin
House of Commons
M. Litvinoff
Reuter
Geneva
Alexis Rykoff
Council of People’s Commissars
Costs of Canada Navy Program Reach One and a Half Million
Ottawa reports the national defence department shows naval service expenses for the year ending March 31 1927 totaled 1 597 406 51 dollars. Halifax and Esquimalt barracks, destroyers Patriot and Patrician, four mine sweepers and naval personnel compose the major costs. The Royal Canadian Navy lists 70 officers and 446 men, naval reserve 70 officers and 430 men, naval volunteer reserve 70 officers and 930 men, with twenty officers serving in the Royal Navy.
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Ottawa
Canada
Naval Service
National Defence Department
Halifax
N. S
Esquimalt
B.C
Patriot
Parkctan
R‘ing
Patrician
Festubert
Yares
Armen
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
Oyal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy
Flurries Lift Wheat Values in Winnipeg Market
The Winnipeg grain market rose for the second straight day with a net advance of 1 1 4 to 1 cent as seaboard interests and commission houses pushed values higher after an initial lull. Coarse grain futures were quiet with oats and barley showing steadier demand.
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Winnipeg
Seaboard
Commission House
Germany seeks revision of Versailles treaty at disarmament talks
Geneva reports show Germany pressing for Article Nineteen revision of the Versailles pact during the Disarmament Conference. Delegates clash over protocol, with Russia signaling future talks as Boncour and Bene lead the security commission.
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Germany
Geneva
Security Committee
Count von Bernstorff
M. Benes
Lord Cushenden
Protoctol
Floods Abate Across New York as Waters Recede
Water levels fell after peaking with Seneca Lake flooding roads and threatening buildings. Across Albany region cold clear weather helped flood waters recede in southwestern counties. Two deaths were attributed to the floods, one man smothered at a bridge site and another burned in a flood-surrounded home.
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Waterloo
N.Y
New York State
Seneca Lake
Albany
New York ‘State
Graft of Chicago Exposed by Federal Probe
The Chicago Herald and Examiner report a US secret investigation into police officials and vice networks. Federal operatives shadow captains ward leaders and precinct men as indictments for conspiracy to violate the Be youre sn Act are prepared, with protection money paid to high ranking officers.
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Chicago
Tis
Dee
Goth
Herald
Examiner
Policic‘ang
Mqnor
Githering
United States
Ward
Herald and Examiner
Strangled Taxi Passenger Dies in Toronto Trip
Harry S. Hopkins aged 50 of Kinmount Ontario died from strangulation while riding in a taxi from Lindsay to Toronto. He slept in the cab and was covered with a blanket to keep warm during the journey, leaving his two companions unaware until morning.
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Toronto
Harry S. Hopkins
Kinmount
Ont
Hopkins
Lindsay
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Workmen’s Compensation Board— Commission
DR. Lewis
Hull OP
Vidor
New York
Vidor's
Lantig
Victor
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Lachine Canal
Quebec
Stokes
Leonce Gendron
Fame Point
Gaspe
Antone da Silva
CITY
Britain
Barry Morrice Taxi
New Crysler
Russia
Avarecjacee
Asgigluamee
Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Moscow
Litvinoff
Sir Austen Chamberlain
Security Commission
Believ
Joseph Paul Boncour
Politi
Tete
City of
Medicine Hat
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