Finnish Front Halts Russian Advance With Anti Tank Guns
Finnish forces on the Karelian front claim to have disabled 100 Russian tanks and halted a 200000 strong Soviet push aided by Swedish anti tank guns. Viipuri reports show Finnish pilots downing several planes while weather hampers the Russian mechanized drive.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Prosa
Karelian
Uns
Summa
Viipuri
Finland
Alexander Bellbloom
Russia
Agsault
Bellbloom
No Bomb Tossed on Firth of Forth Bridge Report
Police said the report of an attempted bombing near Rosyth naval base originated from a length of film tossed from a train window that ignited accidentally. the earlier report claimed a bomb was tossed from the same train.
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London
Firth of Forth Bridge
Rosyth Naval Base
Fourteenth Week of War Sees Little Headway by Aggressors
The 14th week shows limited gains for the aggressors as Soviet Finnish fighting stiffens. Red forces face Finnish defenses while Allied planes aid Finland. Germany and Italy juggle diplomacy amid Baltic tensions and Turkey friction. Sea and air battles persist as Britain’s navy claims success and Maginot line fortifications advance.
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Red Army
Finland
Germany
Russia
Britain
Arene Line
Italy
Berlin
Sweden expands mine fields to Oreg run waters
Stockholm reports Sweden extended coastal mines to the Oreg run area eighty miles north of the city. Vessels crossing the channel opposite the Aaland islands must now detour into the Gulf of Bothnia to hire Swedish pilots. The move aims to facilitate active Swedish neutrality, following Finns mining on their side of the Aalands.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oregrun
Aaland Islands
Gulf of Bothnia
Aalands
Youth Training Leaders Confer in Southern Alberta
Thirty youth physical training instructors and leaders from across Southern Alberta attend the annual Youth Training conference at the Youth Training centre. Major J. H. Ross, director, leads reviews of the Dominion provincial Youth Training scheme and its administrative phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Dominion
J. H. Ross
Ross
Lethbridge
Xmas Cheer Contributions to Date Reported
A running tally lists donors and amounts totaling 507.25 with entries from Rotary Club Hector Lang Boyd Wholesale City Cafe and more including Medicine Hat Clinic Ruth Rebekah Lodge No 5 Canadian Legion hampers and Alexandra High School staff among contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Hector Lang
Boyd
C.P.R. Men's Store
W. B. Dempster
Mort Fulton
D. Bayne
Medicine Hat Clinic
Ruth
Kiwanis Club
City Cafe
Chow Lung
Tai Kong Greenhouse Co
Canadian Legion
Lewis Bargain
Richardson's Bakery
Medicine Hat Teachers’ Assn
Park Garage
J. J. Moore and Son
Weston Bakery
Ministerial Association
Hunt Plumbing
A. C. Hawthorne & Son Ltd
National Fruit Co
G. Hotgen
Dominion Fruit Co
Alexandra High School
Lake of Woods
Order of Eagles
G.la
B. of L.E
M. C
J.J. Anderson
Beny and Sons Ltd
Blue Bombers win Ottawa in Dominion final
Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 8 to 7 in a dramatic Dominion final decided by a rouge in the last minute.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Ottawa Rough Riders
Western Front activity surges as fighting renews along Moselle
Paris reports morning French army communique noting infantry and artillery moves at multiple points on the front. German patrols push on the northern flank. heavy fighting shifts east of the Moselle as a German plane conducts raids along the Rhine. Berlin claims shock troops destroy French dugouts and injure others between Moselle and Rhine. British Admiralty confirms torpedoing of the destroyer Jersey by a German U boat.
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Red Army
Rumania
Baltic
Poland
Ruman
Finland
League of Nations
Russia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Jersey
Winston Churchill
Royal Navy
George
Maginot Line
Paris
Jednigh Verommand
Fron
Moselle
Rhine
Berlin
C.P Cabie
Merzig
Six Die in Tragedy at Chipewa Falls
Police chief theorizes Donald T. Cameron killed his wife, son, her parents, and another man then died by suicide after setting fire to his three room cottage. Four bodies recovered from ruins. another victim found in Hauclaire cemetery with two bullet wounds. Local gunfire heard as investigation unfolds.
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Chipewa Falls
Wis
Hoitz
Donald T. Cameron
Cameron
Here
Holtz
Louise Cameron
David
A. W. Wik
Minneapolis
Wilks
Hauclaire
Marshall Brenden
French unemployment drops to 110000 under 55
Paris reports unemployment in France has fallen to about 110000 people under 55 years old, according to the Labor Ministry.
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Paris
France
Labor Ministry
Battle Off Yorkshire Coast Sparks Naval Air Clash Hype
Gunfire was heard off the Yorkshire coast as mist hid the sea and witnesses saw bursts of anti aircraft fire in the sky fueling speculation of a naval or air battle in progress.
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London
Yorkshire
Japanese Must Prepare to Meet Certain Power
Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma, commander of the Japanese army at Tientsin, said Japan must mobilize North China’s natural resources for preparations against a certain power. General Hayao Tada in Peiping warned of a future need to deal with Soviet Russia, but today's focus is to end the campaign in China.
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Tientsin
C.P
Masaharu Homma
Tiletsin
Japan
China
Russia
Tada
Morley Found Guilty In Neighbor's Fire Case
John Morley, 23, was convicted of setting a fire in the basement wooden chute of neighbor John McLaughlin's Calgary home last Sunday. He received two years with hard labor at Prince Albert penitentiary after a court verdict, with doctors labeling him a high grade mental defective but not insane.
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Calgary
C.P
John Morley
Prince Albert
D. C. Sinclair
Ponoka Mental Institute
Morley
John McLaughlin
Morleys
McLaughlin
Boer rebellion virtually ends say Botha in 1914 Reuters
Five year arbitration pact between Great Britain and Portugal signed in London. Premier Louis Botha declares Boer uprising largely over. British Indian expeditionary force captures Kurna on Persian Gulf. Japan and Australia divide German South Seas possessions. Turkish battleship Goeben bombs Batum.
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Kurna
Persian Gulf
Paris
Bordeaux
Great Britain
Portugal
London
Louis Botha
Japan
South Seas
Australia
Goeben
Batum
German Merchantman Henning Oldendorff Seized in British Port
British forces captured the 3,468 ton German merchantman Henning Oldendorff as war at sea intensified. The seizure marks the 19th British prize of the war and adds to extensive merchant losses, including multiple submarines sunk and several ships damaged or destroyed along the east and west coasts.
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London
Henning Oldendorff
The
Daily Sketch
3R c
Blokenany Se
Thames
U.P. Canle
C.P. Cable
Harry Needham
Corea
England
Brandon
Copenhagen
C.P
Scotia
North Sea
Oslo
Arendal
Gimle
Rudolf
Talked His Way Into Prison Cell
Pete Patrick allegedly inebriated visited the city police court three times to complain and was escorted outside twice. On the third visit he received a night in a cell after magistrate W H Ellis ordered five dollars and costs or 30 days. Mrs Tschritter was fined twenty dollars and costs for entering two local bars while interdicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Patrick
Patrick
W. H. Ellis
Last Meeting of Campaign at City Hall in City Hall
A light turnout of about fifty citizens attended the final campaign meeting at City Hall. Aldermen spoke on issues raised at prior meetings, with Mr. J. S. McNaught as chairman and F. Baxter expressing willingness to serve Medicine Hat. The discussion touched on a hospital board absence and a new bill collector appointment, which was criticized as potentially affecting the appointee. The council victory was noted and the article ends with a continuation reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
J. S. McNaught
F. Baxter Thia
Baxter
Medicine Hat
Ald
Calder
Elm Street
Hole
Feyii
Strike Settled At Estevan Coal Field After Seven-Week Dispute
After seven weeks of clashes and talks among operators, strikers, and Saskatchewan officials the Estevan coal field strike ends. Unions withdraw from the field for wartime and one year after, with provincial talks spanning Regina and RCMP presence to keep order.
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Estevan
Regina
C.P
Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Vourella
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Turkey
Kum von Papen
von Papen
Helsinki
National Museum
Blue Bombers
T. Cameron
Bays Army
J. Morley
J. Hole
Fmnrace
Gece
Empress Theatre
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