Chautemps Eyes New Government Amid Herriot Wait
Paris reports Camille Chautemps, Interior Minister and Radical ally of Herriot, telling President Lebrun he will form a new government and press Herriot to join as foreign minister. Herriot declines a cabinet role, urging rapid crisis resolution. Finance notes no action on U S debt as current ministry continues.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Herriot
Lebrun
M. Herriot
Edouard Herriot
Albert Lebrun
Interior
Ministry of Finance
United States
Parie Dee
France
Washington
Joseph Cailleaux
Lebrun Spet
Hey
Bienvenu Martin
Democratic Left
Elysee Palace
Tardieu
Amy Resumes Her Flight Home From the Cape
Amy Johnson, famed British aviatrix, nears London on a Cape Town to England flight. Weather delays forced a Morocco landing. she plans to resume toward England aiming to beat the northern leg record, while competing with Vic Smith’s 11 day 15 hour mark.
Grain market figures shared by Ogilvie department
Ogilvie grain department reports mixed price figures for December and May with several grade splits. Notes include July 455s, No 1 November 41% and track 41% with street 23% mentioned in the supplied data.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Double Murder at Newton Charl es Jonah Home
Police found the bodies of Mr and Mrs Charles Jonah beaten with a hammer and slashed throats in their Newton home. Their 19 year old son Robert Jonah was taken into custody with a broken wrist from the hammer blow. Police say Mr Jonah had been ill recently. A nearby market alerted officers to the tragedy.
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Newton
Magss
Charles Jona
Robert
Jonah
Bennett Urges Ottawa Conference Hope Over Present Gains
Prime Minister R B Bennett of Canada urged that Ottawa Conference agreements be viewed for future benefits rather than current accomplishments. At a London dinner honoring him Sir Robert Horne presided as Bennett spoke of unity and an empire strengthened by common purpose and the Ottawa accords.
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London
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Wright
Ottawa
Bennett
Robert Horne
Trey
Inc
Pridveld
Irling
Os “Foct
Iceberg and Fog Puzzle Cited in Hudson Bay Debate
Regina dispatch reports Dr W D Cowan M P Long Lake asked club members to spot an iceberg and fog in a photo claimed to show the British freighter Bright Pan sunk in Hudson Straits. He tied the image to arguments about the Hudson Bay railway and blamed provincial interests with eastern terminals for opposition.
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Regina
Hudson Straits
W. D. Cowan
Long Lake
Arthur Meighen Club
Cowan
House of Com
Mons
Barney M. Stitt
M.P
Nelson
Mr. Cowan
Hudson Bay Railway
Canada
Buffalo
Hudson Bay
Biggest one day gold transfer in Bank of England history
London reports a record day as the Bank of England transfers about 11,500 bars of gold valued at $1,700 each to the United States. Nearly 150 tons move in a single payment with earmarked weight in BoE vaults for the Federal Reserve Bank. The Evening Star criticizes the action and urges Congress to take note.
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London
Bank of England
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Evening Star
Great Britain
United States Congress
The
Star
Bank Clearings Report for Clearing House Week
Returns from the clearing house show 165 339 dollars this week, 213 975 dollars last week, and 204 329 dollars for the same week last year. The figures reflect weekly banking activity and year ago comparison.
Probs Fair and Cold Weather Note
The report notes fair and cold conditions with a temperature reading of 16 degrees, wind chill dropping to minus 14. No additional details on location, time, or related forecasts are provided.
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg Week End
Winnipeg grain inspections show this year totals 468 for wheat versus 639 last year. Contract wheat cars 420, oats 30 and 112, barley 12 and 51, flax 1 and 3, rye 1 and 7, other grains and 2.
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Winnipeg
Germany Defiance Taints Versailles Pact Unity Says Berlin Papers
Berlin newspapers nearly unanimously condemn France for failing to pay the United States, claiming it breaks treaty sanctity. One paper warns Germany could default on its own debts and another suggests Germany is no longer morally bound to honor the Versailles Treaty.
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Berlin
France
United States
Germany
Smith Starts for Record Flight Crash Lands Near St Malo
Victor Smith, 19, attempting England to Cape Town and aiming to beat Amy Johnson’s record, forced to land in a field near St Malo after taking off from Croydon. He was unhurt and plans to return to Croydon, London, tomorrow. prior flight to Cape Town lasted 11 days 15 hours after a Kent crash.
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St. Malo
France
Victor Smith
Englard
Cape
Smith
Croydon
London
E.S.T
Kent
Author and Playwright Burns Appeals Extradition
Newark New Jersey December 15. Robert Elliott Burns a Georgia chain gang fugitive is held in 5000 dollar bail awaiting extradition to the South. Burns, author of a book and photoplay on Georgia chain gang conditions, has appealed to Governor Moore for aid should Georgia attempt return. The governor says he will hear the case on its merits and has not promised not to extradite. He notes Burns may have served enough time for a minor offense.
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Newark
N.J
Robert Elliott Burns
Georgia
South
Burns
Moore
Corn Shipped From Africa To Canada
Victoria reports a 6000 ton shipment of poultry feed from Durban South Africa to British Columbia. The first Empire point shipment since the Imperial Conference treaties was inspected and found free of disease pests and insects.
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Africa
Canada
Victoria
British Columbia
United States
Durban
South Africa
Department of Agriculture
Flowers At Rosery A Beautiful Sight
The Medicine Hat Grownhouses display a grand Christmas show with eighty mande mums and two thousand poinsettias set among azaleas, begonias, cinerarias and ferns. Visitors Days are arranged for this Saturday and Sunday to tour the plant before Monday’s production for Christmas orders.
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Ware
Medicine Hat
Nine
Highwayman on Horse Robs Cattle Buyer for $180
A masked horseman stopped cattle buyer John Lemiski of Morecambe Alberta on the road. He ordered Lemiski to lie down and relieved him of $180 before fleeing on horseback. Lemiski walked two miles back to Beauvallon to report the robbery as RCMP pursue the suspect.
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Edmonton
R.C.M.P. Josses
John Lemiski
Morecambe
Alberta
Lemiski
Beauvallon
Tomorrow Night Opens Arena With Masquerade Hockey Fest
Mayor Bullivant will officially open the arena tomorrow night with Medicine Hat Rink Co. officials. The event includes masquerade judging by Mrs Currie and Messrs Blanchard and Davis, a fast twenty minute hockey game officiated by Andy Clark, timekeeper G F Pauling, and secretary P L F Riches as master of ceremonies. The program also features stunts, novelty events, a grand masquerade with prizes, and an extra hour of public skating.
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Bullivant
The
Medicine Hat Rink Co
W. M. Currie
Messrs C. §. Blanchard
H. Norman Davis
Andy Clark
G. F. Pauling
P. L. F. Riches
Debates Over Publishing Cabinet Minutes in 1923 Debt Talks
In London a heated Commons debate touched on publishing the 1922 cabinet discussions before the 1923 debt settlement with the United States. Lloyd George urged publication, claiming notes of the cabinet talks exist, while Baldwin signaled openness to releasing the discussions.
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London
Ramsay Macdonald
United States
Robert Horne
Exchequer
Stanley Baldwin
Lloyd George
Robert
Neville Chamberlain
Mr. Baldwin
Baldwin
France Faces Cutoff From US Trade Over War Debt
The United States marked down war debt payments and noted France and several other nations would not pay their instalments. Britain Italy Czechoslovakia Latvia and Lithuania were prepared to pay. France Belgium and Greece showed defaults with Poland also suspected. Congress debated punitive steps while the State Department waited for remittances.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Latvia
Lithuania
Treasury
France
Belgium
Greece
Poland
Wec
United States Congress
State Department
Hardiay Jgnatson
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Henry L. Stimson
Paul May
Stimson
Britain Pays War Debt Instalment in Gold to U S
Britain settled its war debt instalment of 95,550,000 dollars in gold today. Secretary Ogden Mills said the Bank of England had earmarked the same amount in gold for payment to the United States.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Washington
United States Treasury
Ogden L. Mills
Bank of England
Ring Decreases To Continue In Effect
Rail union leaders across Canada report that the 10 percent wage cut will not be lifted when the current agreement ends February 1. union chiefs prepare memoranda and plan talks with Canadian Pacific Canadian National Quebec Central and Temiskaming and Northern Ontario about extending the reductions for 40 000 workers including engineers motormen railway carmen and telegraphers.
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Montreal
Dominion
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Qucbec Central
Temiskaming
Ontario
Frederick J Lovatt Seeks Halifax Route Missing Schooner
Representatives of Captain F A Clapp of City Point Maine said the US coast guard was asked to search for the schooner Frederick J Lovatt which left for Halifax three weeks ago with seven crew members aboard.
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New York
F. A. Clapp
City Point
United States Coastguard
Frederick J. Lovatt
Czecho-Slovakia Pledges War Debt Payment
Ferdinand and Veverka delivered to Secretary Stimson a formal notification that Czecho-Slovakia will pay its war debt of 1,500,000 dollars. The presentation occurred in Washington on December 18.
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Washington
Ferdinand Veverka
Henry L. Stimson
Canada records rising trade surplus in eight months
Ottawa reports Canada's favorable balance of trade reaches 40,249,224 dollars. Exports for the eight months ending November 30 total 336,753,484 dollars while imports amount to 296,504,260 dollars. November alone shows exports exceeding imports by 8,175,460 dollars. Wheat exports reach 171,192,413 bushels worth 96,348,153 dollars, up from 139,612,615 bushels a year earlier. Wheat flour exports for the period total 22,997 dollars against 13,471,753 dollars the prior year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of National Revenue
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Capt Town
Iran
Algeria
Cane Town
Beni Canif
Here
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Igs Johnson
Iron Gap
Irench
Lympnee
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Rosery
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U. S
Britain
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