Cold Wave Sweeps Mexico With Fatal Toll and Snow
Winter storm stretches from El Paso to New Mexico and Texas as blizzard claims at least twelve lives. Snowbound traffic blocks Nogales Canyon and widespread freezing deaths reported from Corona to Vaughn. Weather records show 80 mph winds at Northend and 60 mph at Tatooh.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico City
de la Huerta
Juarez
Sen. Gallesgos
Rela Huerta
Guana Juato
Celaya
Obregon
Chicago
Alabama
California
New Mexico
West Texas
Albuquerque
Socorro
San Marcial
N. M
Nogales Canyon
Hot Springs
Corona
Vaughn
Anton Montoya
Washington
Oregon
San Francisco
Northend
Tatooah
United States Weather Bureau
Hen Swallows Diamond Worth 250 Dollars
Boston authorities report Lady Camille the prize Blue Orpington hen swallowed a $250 diamond dropped on the floor. To avoid surgical search, poultryman Lawrence Randal paid $250 to Mr. Hennessy to settle the loss.
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Boston
Camille
I. C. Bricker
Lawrence Randal
Mr. Hennessy
Gustave Dube Hanged for Wife Murder in Quebec
Gustave Dube was hanged at eight this morning at Montmagny fall for the 1930 murder of his wife. He had claimed he was killing hens on his farm in the St Adalbert district and had hoped for a delay or commutation until the last night.
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Quebec
Gustave Dube
Montmagny Fall
St. Adalbert
Opposition to Bracken Govt in Elections
Winnipeg report notes Opposition to Bracken Government in by elections set for December 24 after appointments of Charles R. Cannion and Albert P. Prefontaine to Education and Provincial Secretary roles. A separate fire at M E Johnston residence on Fourth Street NW caused $300 loss. J A Maharg of Regina comments on Hudson Bay route plans.
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Winnipeg
Bracken
Charles R. Cannion
Mountain
Hmn
Albert.p. Prefontaine
M. EB. Johnston
Fourth Street
N.W
Hudson Bay
J. A. Maharg
Regina
Million Dollar Oil Swindle Rocks Chicago
State's Attorney Robert Crowe declared an oil investment swindle uncovered involving at least one million dollars, possibly three, tied to Leo Koretz who vanished a week earlier. Koretz's office was seized and jewels valued around seventy five thousand found. investors included many Chicago businessmen and relatives.
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Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Leo Koretz
Crowe
Koretz
Panama
F. E. Matthews
Lousiania
Patrick Block Fire Destroys Yorkton Building
A morning blaze in Yorkton Saskatchewan gutting the Patrick block and causing about 50 000 in losses. The fire started by an explosion in a heating boiler and the building owned by R A Patrick of Los Angeles suffered major damage. J C Bricker druggist leased main door with Christmas goods and drugs lost and about 900 in currency. Marchbanks studio suffered 7000 in equipment and 2000 to 3000 in films and mounts destroyed.
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Patrick Block
Yorkton
Sask
R. A. Patrick
Los Angeles
J. C. Bricker
Gist
Marchbank
Taber Man Believed Drowned In River After Suspected Suicide
Lethbridge report Dec 14 says items found on the riverbank near the power house point to deliberate drowning. A. C. Clague of Taber is presumed the victim, with an insurance notice bearing his name and the inscription drown here. Power house workers saw a body under ice, then it disappeared downstream.
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A. C. Clague
Power House
Lethbridge
Taber
Winnipeg
Gardiner
C. Wakelin
D. Conn
Wakelin
Arrest in Home Bank case reaches secretary to president
Toronto report says 8 C OConnor private secretary to H J Daly president of Home Bank was arrested in Daly's office as a material witness for the prosecution. OConnors name appears in Clarkson liquidator's report as owing over 30000 tied to Home Bank shares pledged to American banks.
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Toronto
Home Bank
8. C. O'Connor
H. J. Daly
Mr. Daly
Criminal Investigation Department
Ontario
O’connor
G. T. Clarkson
Superior storm traps forty vessels in heavy Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie reports a fierce Lake Superior storm causing forty ships to shelter from the brutal weather. Most vessels cannot pass through the locks when closed at six tonight, leaving only three ships of a size to pass through when loaded.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Chinese Bandits Pillage Town in Hunan Province
Dispatches from Chang Ha report on December 14 that 3000 bandits led by Chen Yen Tei and Wang Han Ying seized Chao town burning houses looting and abducting the magistrate the education commissioner two officials and over one hundred residents including many women. Residents fled to Kweli Yang city after the attack in southern Hunan near Kwei Yang Kweli Yang.
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Shanghai
Chen Yen Tei
Wang Han Ying
Chao
Chang Ha
Kwei Yang Kweli Yang
Hunan
Aerial League Reports Daylight Dissipates Radiation
The Aerial League of America cites experiments suggesting daylight reduces radiative effects or triggers absorption by the earth’s crust or another undefined natural phenomenon.
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Aerial League of America
Germany Eyes Direct Talks With France Amid Diplomacy Push
Paris reports Germany seeks direct contact with France over Rhine and Ruhr as Chancellor Marx moves toward League of Nations finance talks. Von Hoesch to meet Premier Poincare. Berlin confirms partial December payrolls while promising Christmas pay. 22,000 Free State loan subscribers with an average £400.
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Paris
Germany
France
Herr von Hoesch
Poincare
Marx
League of Nations
Berlin
Stresemann
Rhineland
Rhur
Herr von
Blythe
Dailyireann
Immigration pledges support to Lethbridge project
Lethbridge December 14 George Hoadley minister of agriculture said minister of immigration J A Robb pledged to assist in collating surplus irrigated lands in southern Alberta. He suggested sending a seasoned representative to England and Europe to recruit settlers. Policy favors selective immigration with first focus on British, then Holland France and other central European countries.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Board of Trade
George Hoadley
Ottawa
Railway and Steamship Company
J. A. Robb
Ter
Hoadley
Holland
Switzerland
Belgium
Scandinavia
France
Hungary
Ukraine
Jugo-Slavia
Robb
Headley
Crerar Pledges Grain Handling Facilities for Coast Vancouver
At a Coast Vancouver dinner Dec 14 T A Crerar president of United Grain Growers Ltd said prairie routes offer seventy favorable freight points over Fort William and pledged to establish grain handling facilities to serve westward movement through Vancouver port, with exact location to be announced soon.
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Vancouver
Fort William
T. A. Crerar
United Grain Growers, Ltd
C. E. Tisdall
Ten Thousand British Harvesters Remain in the West to Farm
Montreal reports on rail dispatches showing 26 178 harvesters moved from Maritime provinces Quebec and Ontario with about 5 000 Britons crossing to the East. Of 22 635 who took low rates, many stayed in Canada to farm or find work, with few returning to Britain. One Briton, visiting Montreal, praised Saskatchewan work and planned to return.
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Montreal
C.P.R
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Great Britain
Canada
British Isles
Praine
Atlantic
Old Country
Ingland
Montreuil
Department of Colonization and Develoment
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
Recount Demand Hits Lethbridge Advisory Vote
At a Dominion Labor party meeting in Lethbridge on December 14, a recount request was approved due to ballot counting irregularities. Advocates argue many rejected ballots were mishandled and that some counted ballots should have been rejected. Judge Jackson will set a recount date. Dairy farmers and municipal politics touch Lyon? The note also mentions mayoral election protests and a Toronto meeting naming a new Farmers' Co-op directory.
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Lethbridge
Dominion Labor Party
Jackson
Conservatives In Conference At Edmonton
Edmonton December delegates of the Alberta Conservative convention organized working committees. Milner was elected president and McKay secretary. A platform committee prepared a provincial platform while a nominations committee reported on all offices. Welcoming remarks were given by Arthur Meizhen and Hon. Howard Ferguson with Hon. Dr Tolmie.
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Edmonton
H. R. Milner
Edmonton Conservative Association
Alberta Conservative
D. W. McKay
Noneihar Tha Wareva Organtiuatti
Co’ Veuchers
Arthur Meizhen
Howard Jeguson
Tolmie
W A Moore Re elected First Vice President of Poultry Association
The Provincial Poultry Association annual meeting in Calgary elected W A Moore as first vice president and re elected G C Murphy to the executive committee. Mr Murphy will continue as a member of the executive. The Calgary show plans next year despite no large enough building in Medicine Hat. Birds from Calgary will be sent to the Lethbridge show next Wednesday and Thursday.
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Medicine Hat
Vasiael
G Murphy
Ne Provincial Poultry Association
Calgary
W .A. Moore Wag
Murphy
T G Wigpviz
Watch Found After Plowing Uncovers Lost Timepiece
Brockville reports that Clerk Turner, who lost a gold watch last April while plowing at Jun town, located the pocket watch while working his fields. The watch wound and started ticking again, seemingly unharmed.
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Brockville
Juntown
Turner
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Reich
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George Bothwell
Owen Sound
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Thh New Directory
Conservatives
W. A. Moore
United Commercial Travellers
Oddfellows
City OF
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A. McKellen
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