Missionaries Flee Canton As War Sees Foreign Evacuations
In Canton and Hong Kong the day’s reports describe missionaries escaping from Canton to refuge in nearby ports. US gunboat Sacramento landed field guns to protect foreigners and assist evacuees from China’s capital as Canton endures clashes with Communist forces.
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Hongkong
Canton
Shanghai
United States
Sacramento
Ganton
Shameene
China
Chang Fakwei
Lit’ Fuk-Lum
Honan Island
Fak-Wei
THIRTY BELOW WGZERO REPORTED FROM DAWSON
Dawson reports thirty below zero this morning as part of a cold snap across Yukon and British Columbia. Vancouver and Prince Rupert saw 18 above zero while Victoria had two degrees of frost. Kimloops recorded six above in the upper country with snow. Sir Arthur Currie announced Robert Borden has accepted the chairmanship of the Council for the Institute.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
Victoria
Kimloops
Yukon
Dawson
Borden
Montreal
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Arthur Currie
Ale Robert Borden
Canada
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Sir Arthur
Christmas Cheer Fund total announced at Monarch Theatre
The Christmas Cheer Fund contributions are listed with donations from the Monarch Theatre Caledonian Society Kiwanis Club Dr K F W Gershaw M P Beny & Son A Friend Jack and Pauline Scott C S Pingle MLLA Rotary Club for a total of 288.57 dollars.
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J. R. Leveqne
Monarch Theatre
Caledonian Society
Kiwanis Club
KF. W. Gershaw
M.P
Beny & Son
Jack and
Pauline Scott
C. S. Pingle, Mlla
Rotary Club
Companionate marriage debated by Judge Lindsay in Montreal
Montreal readers heard Judge Ben Lindsay define companionate marriage as a mature form of marriage not free love or trial marriage. He asserted it supports monogamous lifelong love, opposes free love, and aims to protect women while legalizing birth control.
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Montreal
Ben Lindsay
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Attorney slain in basement of Loop Building
Chicago December 13. Richard F. Poulton 35 attorney lay dead in a loop building basement room. He was struck on the head with a pointed weapon and his throat showed finger marks after a bitter struggle. Frank McHugh was arrested a few hours later.
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Chicago
Richard F. Poulton
Frank McHugh
Wheat inspections show rise in total cars and grades
Winnipeg reports inspections of wheat with 1675 total cars this year versus 1024 last year. Contract grades total 762 compared with 216 in the previous year, indicating higher activity and grading volume than before.
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Winnipeg
Bullivant Reelected Mayor in Tight Municipal Race
Mayor Bullivant secured re election over Alderman Boyd by 220 votes with 897 to 677. Aldermen chosen for two year terms were Andrews Simpson Hole and Bannan, while Forster won the one year seat by 63 over Whiffin. Total city vote reached 8818 amid twelve mayoral candidates.
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A. F. Andrews
Peter Simpson
James Hole
Wm. Bannan
H. T. W. Forster
Bullivant
Ald
Boyd
Andrews
Simpson
Hole
Bannan
Forster
Whiffin
Ta Dugean
Bellerr
Morrison Wow
Stewart One
Alderman
Body found of seven year old Huculak in blizzard
Lethbridge reports the frozen body of seven year old Johnny Huculak, Coalhurst schoolboy, found three and a half miles southeast of his home after a severe regional blizzard. He left his miner father's cottage for school a week earlier and was not seen again.
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Lethbridge
George Bower
Straw Stack
Johnny ‘Huculak
Coalhurst
Johnny
Missing French wanderer Alain Gerbault feared at sea
Grave anxiety in Paris over the continued absence of Alain J. Gerbault the noted French sea explorer and tennis player overdue from a voyage. Friends fear for his safety as days pass without word from Dur.
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Paris
Alain J. Gerbault
Strange disease causes deaths in states
Five persons in two families have died and two others are seriously ill in Grand Forks New Brunswick from a mysterious illness described as a blend of influenza and spinal meningitis. Serum from victims has been sent to the State Health Laboratory for testing as patients remained unconscious for many hours before death.
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Grand Forks
N. B
New England
Cavalier
N. 1
Outlaws Killed in Skirmishes Near Managua
In Nicaragua, four clashes between United States Marines and Nicaraguan National Guardsmen with teen outlaw gangs left no Marines casualties. Col Mason Gulick reports that about twenty outlaws may have been killed when a Marine aircraft bombed Ciudad Antigua, a key outlaw stronghold.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Mason Gulick
Ciudad Antigua
Former Liberal M L A Found Dead in Home
William Maxwell Smith 68 farmer of Deroche and former Liberal MLA was found dead at his Mission home after missing a political meeting. He had been in indifferent health for months. Mrs. Smith was visiting in Tacoma. Smith once edited a fruit magazine and helped establish the first national apple show.
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Mission
B.C
William Maxwell Smith
Deroche
Smith
Dereche
Sailor Gerbault Aims for Durban After Atlantic Crossing
South African authorities ban from Reunion Island voyageer Gerbault in a 25 foot sloop Fire Crest. He crossed the Atlantic to New York in 1923 in a 30 foot sloop alone and later sailed the Pacific and South Seas. He was due at Durban about December 1.
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Ban
South Africa
Reunion Island
Gerbault
Atlantic
New York
Pacific
South Seas
Durban
Missing Kamloops Freighter Sparks Air Search Effort
Montreal dispatch reports Canada Steamship lines pressing airplanes into search for the Kamloops, a missing freighter with 22 crew members, last heard off Whitefish a week ago. Tugs and coastal vessels comb Lake Superior while weather, freezing temps, and a snowstorm influence the search.
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Montreal
Kamloops
Port Arthur
Ont
Dee
Canada Steamship
Head of the Lakes
Murray Stewart
Whitefish
Midland Prince
Toronto
Lakas
S.s. Kamloops
Canada Steamship Lines
Northwestern crewmembers stay aboard wrecked steamer
Campbell River B C December 13 Capt J Livingston and several crew members of the Northwestern wrecked last Sunday when it ran aground in a blizzard remain aboard the stranded ship and say they will stay until its disposition is determined. The vessel is partly flooded with water and the cargo including gifts for Alaska may be a total loss. Salvage operations are being arranged.
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Toronto
New York
Toronto Mail and Empire
Canada
Dominion
National Railways
London
Great Britain
Campbell River
B.C
J. Livingston
Northwestern
Alaska
Desperate attempt to save Christmas savings costs life
In Runnymede New Jersey on December 13 Otto Manuwald aged 69 died in a house fire while helping a neighbor and his wife escape. After his wife mourned a cedar chest of valuables he re-entered the flames to recover more belongings.
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Runnymede
Lfe
Otto Manuwald
Manuwald
Maritime Subsidies Likely Made Permanent in Session
Ottawa reports the coming parliament session will address permanent subsidies for the Maritime provinces. Nova Scotia would receive 875000, New Brunswick 600000, and Prince Edward Island 125000, as interim funds already approved. Ontario and Quebec did not seek more money, while prairie provinces anticipate resource control discussions.
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Maritime Provinces
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
Att Ag
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