Eleven Inches Snow Strikes Medicine Hat in Severe Blizzard
Medicine Hat endures one of its worst blizzards in years with about eleven inches of snow since Sunday. High winds created deep drifts as four scraping crews cleared sidewalks, paving roads for vehicle traffic. Temperatures fell to 28 below with easing winds. frost bite reported but no serious injuries.
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Medicine Hat
Drerrief
Calgary
Golden
Vancouver
Seattle
Hatton
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Battleford
Pas
Prairies
Fraser Valley
Mission
Vedder
Vedder River
Victoria
Hee
Flere
Sexsmith
Grand Prairie
O? Beaw
Qrouard
Peace River
McMurray
Baldwin government sustains division in parliament vote
London reports the Trevelyan amendment opposing Egypt and Russia policy defeated 363 to 132 after sharp Liberal and Labor criticism. Austin Chamberlain’s speech underwhelmed, while plans to refer the Gezirah water question to a mixed commission were noted. Weather and telegraph outages plague Canada as arctic cold grips the Prairies.
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London
Trevelyan
Egypt
Russia
Austin Chamberlain
Paris
Rome
North Africa
Sudan
Chamwerlain
Hold Father Pending Inquiry Into Death
Swift Current December 15 Herbert Mater Buffalo Head north of Maple Creek detained by Provincial Police pending inquiry into death of his 12 year old son Herbert Mater. Boy alleged to have epilepsy. found dead in Mater home. Coroner reports bruises. Corporal Balsdon Maple Creek investigating the case.
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Swift Current
Herbert
Mater
Six killed in New York tenement fire on Upper Fifth Avenue
Fire swept a brick tenement on Upper Fifth Avenue, killing six residents whose bodies were recovered. At least three others were seriously burned as flames drove families into the street this morning.
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Baer
Death toll from poison liquor rises in New York
New York reports 16 deaths and 67 poison liquor victims in hospitals. Twelve of the hospitalized are not expected to survive and several others may be blinded. Authorities tighten actions as holidays approach and blame smuggling embargo and rough seas.
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New York
Coastguard
Negro lynching reported near Nashville Tennessee
Nashville Tenn Dec 16 Sam Salth a fifteen year old negro was taken from City Hospital last night and lynched at Nolensville twelve miles away where he shot Fhre Eastwond grocer Friday absent The lynching was the second here since the Civil War.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sam Salth
Nolensville
Rural Romeo tale shocks Ontario couple in London Township
Mrs Ernest Ferguson tells county police of fleeing with hired man Jamieson after he terrorized her husband and threatened to burn barns. They rode away on a horse and buggy to London, stayed in a hotel in St Thomas, then moved to a farm near Duisdas. Jamieson faced a theft charge and was remanded a week. Mrs Ferguson, 22, was welcomed home.
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London
Ernest Ferguson
London Township
Iherton
Imman
Dix
Jamieson
St. Thomas
Au Hotel
Stlagersvile
Duisdas
Nires
Ferguson
Christmas Shopping Week Extended by Chamber of Commerce
The provincial Labour Commissioner authorizes a Christmas shopping week with Cham ber of Commerce retail section arranging extended hours. All stores stay open until 6pm next week on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Time off will be provided for clerks who work overtime in the Christ mas season.
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Chamber of Commerce
Christus
Windy City Woman Floats With Big Umbrella In Air
Chicago witness reports a Chicago housewife named Mrs Cook was lifted by a gust as she turned a carrier and sailed about half a block eight feet high. She landed and hooked onto a hydrant to stop.
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Chicago
Te2thel
Cook
Michigan Boulevard
Assessment for Next Five Years Settled by City Council
The council approved a by law fixing the next five year assessment on the 1924 valuation after months of debate. The measure allows appeals only in specified cases and outlines city rights on tax arrears and rents. The decision was described as reflecting the general sentiment of the commonwealth, with continued discussion indicated on Page Seven.
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Valuci
Caveaix
Liluckvale
Finone
Curling Tomorrow Officials Plan Fire Ready by Wednesday
Curling orink officials request The News announce the fire will be ready for use by tomorrow afternoon.
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Curling Orink
Local Xmas Cheer Fund Seeks Donors for Hampers
The Hotary and Cypresss Clubs fundraises for Christmas hampers aiding needy families. Donations may support winter underwear and clothing or general relief work. Subscriptions received at The News office, names like Kniehlets of Columbus and R. Wreedman listed. Miss Sursom coordinates.
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Ilo
Origen
Ninas
Hotary
Cypresss
Alissaaresen
Sursom
Fleet the News
Cabinet to discuss Crow's Nest appeal in Yough Crow, Ont
The Canadian Cabinet meets to consider the Prairie Provinces appeal in the Crow's Nest case. Government officials expect possible decision today with no aim to delay. West demands reversal of the Railway Commission order and toll readjustment if appeal granted.
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Itawa
Ont
Prairie Provinces
Privy Council
Railway Commission
Fire Drives 150 Tenants From Marble Inn in Waterbury
Fire at the Marble Built Inn on North Main Street in Waterbury forced 150 tenants from forty two family tenements into the cold. Residents, mostly in coveralls, suffered smoke effects while twenty people were rescued from fifth floor apartments. Firemen rescued trapped residents as flames caused an estimated 500000 dollars in damage.
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Waterbury
Conn
North Main Street
Immigration funds vote to bring Hebridean fishermen
Victoria December 16 the Legislature passed a 20000 grant for immigration costs chiefly to import fifty Hebridean fishermen to the west coast of Vancouver Island. Calgary December 16 Mrs J A Robinson of Owen gave birth to eighteen children thirty one years of age remains unclear. Twins born to Mrs Robinson and another woman in Oyen hospital, both pairs a boy and a girl, all new arrivals reported in good health.
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Victoria
Vancouver Island
AGF
Calgary
J. A. Robinson
Owen
Robinson
Oyen Hospital
Brother Rescues Firefighter From Smoke in Car
J A Nichols a fireman for Ajax Coal Company narrowly escaped suffocation in a bunk car near roundhouse. His brother engineer J D Nichols pulled him out after he entered to douse flames with water. Fire brigade extinguished blaze damaging the car and floor.
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J. A. Nichols
Ajax Coal Company
J. D. Schols
Abeleal
Blood price cut by Ohio commission on charity hospital pint
The Ohio Industrial Commission ruled that human blood is not worth more than 26 per pint, cutting the previously set price of 50 by Thomas Shore, an attendant at Charity Hospital, who supplied a pint of blood to a patient.
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Cleveland
Humatt
Ohio Industrial Commission
Thomas Shore
Charity Hospital
New Mechanical Apparatus Promises Faster Press Dispatches
Winnipes Dec 16 A new automatic printer opens between the East and West to relay Canadian press copy, doubling capacity and shrinking geographic gaps. Ottawa leaders praise this step in building the Canadian Press to unite readers from coast to coast and strengthen national understanding. Continued on Page Seven.
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Winnipes
West Os
Otten
Assorciation
Norman Saith
Ottawa
Manson
Manitoba Yee Fire
Vicce
J. Af. Woolf
Sairy Herald
Fy Qsinci
Yas
Conedian Press
Soviet Minister denounces U S note on rock plate claim
Moscow reports Soviet Foreign Minister Tehitcherin challenges a 1920 U S rock plate inscription at Behring Strait. The note to Washington accuses the United States of violating Soviet sovereignty and warns of stern measures.
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Moscow
Chokotch Penhusata
Enna Bry
Cape Pushoo
Siberia
Behring Strait
Mucuctle
G.eorge Tehitcherin
Hughes
Washington
M. Tehitcherin
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M. Tchitcherin
Uncle Samn
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Farmer
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Italy
Madane Galleno
Mary Pickford
Countess Piccolomini
Hive Vision
Court of Revision Mead
Wstuth
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Cotepins
Tchitcherin
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