Prairie Blizzard Leaves Town Unprepared For Severe Cold
The Medicine Hat area endured a furious blizzard with drifting highways and damaged telephone lines. A migrating band of 1500 sheep was scattered, with sixty found frozen in a field. Widespread outages hit rural lines and poles, while Winnipeg reports two deaths and major property losses as Arctic winds brought sub zero temperatures across the Prairies.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Medicine Hut
Prairie Provinces
Alderson
Bob Cameron
Government Telephone Department
Dunmore
Norton
Elkwater
Winnipeg
Prairies
Pas
Manitoba
Hudson's “Bay
Saskatchewan
Mercury
Page Hight
Auto Bucked The Storm To Burton Ranch
A rescue party led by Messrs A P Burns Blair and Al Collier drove eight miles to Burton Ranch to retrieve Mr W A Burton and his son Eugene after a blizzard. The group faced freezing conditions, barbed wire entanglements, and frost, but returned safely around 7 80 p.m. The party praised the car’s reliability and described the storm as the worst they had experienced.
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A. P. Burns
Blair
al”. Collier
W. A. Burton
Eugene
Neener
Collier
Death Sentence Of Woman Commuted By President Doumergue
Paris December thirteen no woman has been executed in France since eighteen eighty five and the record will not be broken at present time. President Doumergue intervened to prevent the guillotine execution of Mme Lefebvre who killed her daughter in law while riding in an automobile. Jealousy over her son's affection was cited as motive. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
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Paris
France
Doumergue
Mme
Lefebvre
Detroit Fascists Riot Over Umberto Nobile in City Theatre
In Detroit Michigan on December 13 fascists and anti fascists clashed outside a theatre where General Umberto Nobile was to speak about his North Pole trip aboard the Norge. The disturbance drew several hundred participants and police riot squads arrested several demonstrators. No injuries were reported.
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Detroit
Mich
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Norge
Squda
Famous Composer Heads to Banff for Inspiration
Winnipeg report says composer Rudolf Friml famed for Rose Marie Vagabond King Wild Rose will depart Chicago tonight by Canadian Pacific Rail to Banff to gather atmosphere for his next work. He recalls improvising a lyric after a Chicago hotel shower scene with Arthur Hamsternaldin. Friml travels with a two octave silent piano portable like a typewriter.
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Winnipeg
Man
Banff
Faversham
Rudolph Frinl
Arthur Hamsteraldin
Chicago
Mr. Friml
Hammerstet
Fatal Carbon Monoxide Tragedy in Niagara Falls Garage
In Niagara Falls New York on December 18 Paul Case 22 died of carbon monoxide poisoning and John Tedesco 2 is in serious condition along with two girls treated after being overcome. The four were found in a shed in Case's garage with the car engine running after being driven in and the tank nearly empty.
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Niigara Falls
N. Y
Paul Case
John Tedesco
Vancouver Firms Face Customs Salt Duty Charge
General managers of Balfour Guthrie and Company and Evans Coleman and Evans testified before the Customs Commission in Vancouver about importing large salt quantities duty free for fisheries then selling it for other uses. Officers cited deposits with the department totaling about 119,000 to cover duties. audits found substantial duty owed. The commission discussed steps to prevent diversion and considered full-duty payment with possible drawbacks for fisheries use.
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Vancouver
Customs Commission
Customs’ ‘Department
Balfour, Guthrie and Company
San Francisco
Evans, Coleman ‘and Evans
Norman
Canada
de Graves
Salt Department
Balfour, Euhrie and Company
T. W. B. Londoff
Balfour, Guthrie’ and ‘Company
G.E. Walton
Walton
London
Customs Department
R. L. Galder
K.C
Commission
William L. Martin
Evans, Coleman and Evans
J. T. Brown
Tomore
Another Prominent English Girl Disappears in England
London reports another mysterious disappearance as Miss Ann Crowe 20 daughter of the late Sir Eyre Crowe Under Secretary of the Foreign Office left home Saturday morning to visit friends and has not been heard from since. Mrs Agatha Christie novelist also vanished from her husband Col Archibald Christie's home at Sunningdale Berks leaving in her motor car at ten o clock Friday night December 8.
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London
England
Ann Crowe
Eyre Crowe
Ffice
Miss Crowe
Agatha Clarisse Christie
Col
Archibald Christie
Sunningdale
Berks
Small advance poll vote in civic election
Only 68 ballots were cast at the advance poll this year versus 96 last year. By noon, fifty electors had voted at City Hall, indicating a fairly small turnout for the poll.
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Ughe
Wheat futures firm after strong Chicago signals
Wheat values firmed at the close in Winnipeg trading after early weakness. May fell to 1.32 1 8, December to 1.28 3 4, and July to 1.33 1 8 while May opened at 1.33 4. Export demand and short covering supported the session though overall volume was light. Coarse grains and flax were quiet with limited cash trade.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
United States
Genevan accord ends inter allied control of German armaments
In Geneva, M. Briand and G. Stresemann with Sir Austen Chamberlain and others reached a binding accord to end inter allied control of German armaments on January 1 1927. The system will shift to League of Nations investigations with technical experts attached to Berlin embassies to monitor Germany s disarmament compliance.
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Geneva
M. Briand
Gustav Stresemann
Austen Chamberlain
M. Vandervelde
Signor Seialoia
Viscount Ishii
League of Nations
Reich
Germany
Stresemanun
Berlin
France
Kooentsberz
Kuestrin
Council of the
Sir Austen
Europe
Paris
Stressemann
Pige Wight
Death of King Ferdinand of Romania Reported
Paris reports the death of King Ferdinand is unlikely soon and his cancer remains untreated. Medical experts say only drastic surgery could help, but this would likely cause immediate death. Ireland’s electricity use is among Europe’s lowest, with total output under 100 million units.
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Ireland
Europe
Parliament Faces Busy Week in Address Debate and Appointments
Ottawa reports a heavy week for ministry and MPs as the address in reply to the throne speech dominates business. L. M. Anger will move the address with A. B. McPherson supporting it, while Hon. Hugh Guthrie and Mr. King prepare for the official opposition and potential late-evening remarks. The week also signals multiple appointments including four senatorial vacancies in Quebec and Ontario, a lieutenant governor of Ontario, and possible cabinet ministers. George S. Graham may depart the tariff board chair to join the senate or the international joint commission, with A. Magrath likely resigning from the latter post. Chief elector officer and other posts are expected to be filled as Col. O. M. Biggar resigns, with names like E. R. E. Chevrier and J. M. MacDonald mentioned. The death of J. Douglas opens Antigonish Guyboro for a by-election, with writs anticipated soon and an uncertain outcome. The program foresees day and night sittings, focusing on the address and the 1986-27 estimates, likely adjourning for a recess until late January.
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Ottawa
L.M. Anger
Russell
A. B. McPherson
Portage la Prairie
Hugh Guthrie
King
Commons
Quebec
Ontario
Fisheries
George S. Graham
Tariff Board
Graham
0. M. Biggar
E. R. E. Chevrier
J. M. MacDonald
National Defence
Douglas
Antigonish- Guysboro
Nova Scotia
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McKinley
Ilinois
Burton Ranch
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Nid Twant
Goluinhia
Pres. Doumergue
Percy D. Ham
Toronto
Kingston Penitentiary
Ferdinand Can
Ferdinand
Rumania
Pari
Ebc
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