League of Nations Expels Russia From Membership
Geneva reports the League of Nations unanimously votes to expel Russia over the invasion of Finland. A telegram notifying Moscow was sent by Secretary-General Avenol. Finland abstained along with China Yugoslavia and Greece in the council vote.
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Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
Moscow
Joseph A. C. Avenol
League
Finland
China
Yugoslavia
Greece
London
Bremen
Bremerhaven
North Sea
Leader Exhibition At Badminton Building Friday
Display by leaders currently taking the official leaders' course at the Badminton building on Friday December 15 at 8 p.m. Public invited. Also demonstrations of ladies' exercises by Miss Vera Wade's classes, free admission.
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Vera Wade
Y.T
Medicine Hat
Teco Store Becomes Branch of Eaton Co Western Limited
The local Teco store will be named a branch store of The T. Eaton Co. Western Limited reflecting Eaton policy to standardize smaller western Canada stores. Medicine Hat’s store already meets the standard and will carry the Eaton branch designation. Local officials applaud the store’s growth and recognition.
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Teco
T. Eaton Co. Western Limited
T. Eaton Co
Western Canada
Eaton
Medicine Hat
Cattle rustlers active in Manitoba farm country
Royal Canadian Mounted Police probe cattle thefts across Landar district seven miles north of Winnipeg where trucks drive into pastures to load stock. Farmers report about 150 head missing and note unbranded cattle complicates ownership proof. Sheep losses also noted as Lundar area seeks cattle sales checks.
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Tate
Lundar
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Manitoba
Manitoba
Control Board Formed for Bacon and Ham Supply
The Dominion plans to create a four member control board to manage an agreement with the British government to supply at least 4,480,000 pounds of bacon and ham weekly. Agriculture Minister Taggart of Saskatchewan is reportedly chosen to head the board, with an advisory committee representing all interests.
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Hanh Hf
Taggart
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Explosion at Zarnesti Kills 80 and Injures 200
A fire at a cellulose plant under military control in Zarnesti killed eighty people and left about two hundred gravely injured. An overheated 1000 gallon chemical kettle ruptured as high winds spread flames and chlorine fumes over the village.
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Bucharest
Zarnesti
British Pacifist Peer Rebuked in Commons
In London the House of Lords rebuked Pacifist peers Lord Darnley and Lord Arnold over calls to negotiate with Germany. Foreign Secretary criticized the speeches as unfortunate and potentially damaging to the nation’s cause while noting pacifism can become a public danger amid wartime terror. Lord Balfour of Burleigh echoed caution, saying debate could aid enemies and mislead public opinion.
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J. F. Sanderson
London
Nec
Halifax
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Kar Darnley
Lord Arura
House of Lords
Great Britain
Germany
Lord Darnley
Lord Arnold
Lord Balfour
Labor
New D O C for Md 13 Appointed
Ottawa Dec 14 Defence Minister Rogers announced Major-General A C Ashton of Ottawa as inspector general of military forces in Canada. He also named Lieut Col C Ek Connolly as district officer commanding MD 13 Calgary with the rank of colonel temporary brigadier, succeeding Brigadier G R Pearkes who will command the 2nd Infantry Brigade 1st Division C A S F.
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Ottawa
Rogers
A. C. Ashton
Canada
C. Ek. Connolly
Military District No. 11
Ald
Calgary
G. R. Pearkes
C.A.S.F
Pioneer prospector William Walton dies at 59
Winnipeg obituary reports William Walton a 59 year old pioneer prospector who co discovered the Gunnar gold mines in central Manitoba and helped organize the Eldorado mines in the Great Bear Lake district Northwest Territories.
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Winnipeg
William Walton
Britain’s War Casualties Rise in Early Months
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that Britain's total military casualties in the first three months of the war were about 2,100 dead. He contrasted this with 12,500 deaths in the first two months of the 1914 war, noting the different periods and scope of the conflicts.
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London
Britain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Allies regain key Belgian Alsace positions. Serbs recapture Belgrade
1914 report notes Allied forces reclaim important Belgian and Alsatian positions while Serbs retake Belgrade. Russian forces near Krakow face Austrian push through the Carpathians as the front lines shift in World War I.
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Belgium
Alsace
Krakow
Belgrade
German Graf Spee Trapped in Montevideo After Sea Battle
Graf Spee lay battered and damaged in Montevideo as British cruisers Ajax Achilles and Exeter kept watch offshore. The Exeter limped into Rio de la Plata after a 14 hour engagement, 36 crew dead and about 60 wounded. The German claim blamed mustard gas shells. Britain denied gas use.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Exeter
Rio de la Plata
Berlin
Streonshall
South Atlantic
Graf Snee
London
Admiralty
Achilles
Ajax
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Duchess
William Hallett
Delightful Red Cross Benefit Play at Empress Theatre
The Little Theatre Association and Melody Maids staged five one act comedies at the Empress theatre for Medicine Hat Red Cross Society. Director Kitty White and Mary Laws led the casts with audience laughter and applause. J E Davies thanked all groups and outlined the society’s fundraising campaign objectives.
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Little Theatre Association
Melody Maids
Medicine Hat
Red Cross Society
Empress Theatre
Red Cross Treasury
Kitty White
Mary Laws
R. Bullen
J. E. Davies
The
Edna Auger
I.C.D.E
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Authoritative Press Association
Royal Navy
Re Ee Teco
A. Ashdown
Boylan’s
S.S. Bianca
S.S. Gloria
Bianca
Gloria
Hanna Boge
D.O.C
M.D
E. Connolly
Neutral
Red Cross
Granada Hall
Granada Orchestra
Monarch Theatre
Biek
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