Alberta urban leaders clash with attorney general at union meeting
At the Union of Urban Municipalities convention in Calgary, ex Mayor George H. Webster challenged Attorney General J. F. Lymburn over claims that cities have no official bloc in the Legislature. Webster rejected forming a separate city group while Lymburn pledged to study urban issues and cooperate with any city-backed representation.
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Calgary
Alberta
J. F. Lymburn
George H. Webster
M.L.A
Union of Urban Municipalities
Palliser
Lymburn
Webster
Abandoned search for Kamloops spans Lake Superior coast
Four Arthur Ontario men and a crew of twenty including two women cooks are missing after the freighter Kamloops was torn by a December 6 storm on Lake Superior. Efforts have scoured hundreds of miles of shoreline with Islet Prince among vessels aiding the search. hazardous conditions likely end further sailings from the head of the lakes.
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Arthur
Ont
Dee
Amloops
Wie
Lake Superior
Reet
Stnner Islet
Prince
Baby survives after safety pin removal from throat
Ottawa report details a twenty six months old boy from Aylmer Quebec who had starved for 21 months due to a throat obstruction. Surgeons found and removed an open safety pin during a tonsil operation and the child shows signs of recovery.
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Ottawa
Lionel Chartrand
Aylmer
Que
Mystery of Tar and Feathers Hoax Exposed
Texas story reports H. W. Patton a 45 year old steelworker jailed after staging a tar and feathers assault hoax. Patton confessed he faked the attack claiming abduction and applied tar and feathers to himself. No statutory charges filed. daughter named.
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Texas
W. HH. Patton
Steel
Patton
Ai Aif
Canada’s Noted Tenor to Sing in Quebec
Charles Marchand famed French Canadian chansons singer and Bytown Troubadours leader arrives Winnipeg and will depart Saturday for a French Canadian Christmas tour across the CPR. He will lead community singing and present new renditions of seventeenth century Quebec songs. Plans for a Chateau Frontenac festival in May proceed with Edward Johnson of the Metropolitan Opera among soloists.
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Winnipeg
Man
Charles Marchand
Bytown Troubadours
Canadian Pacific Railway
Marchand
Quebec
Chateau Frontenac
Edward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera
Brittany
Twenty Four Ships Icebound in Lake Huron Channel
In Michigan, 24 vessels blockading Sault Ste. Marie are stuck in Neebish channel with 600 crew and grain cargoes valued at about 7 million dollars. Six tugs failed to free them over three days. the Hamonic and James B. Eade are trapped, amid zero temperatures and gale winds.
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See
Mich
Lake Huron
Hamonic
Neebish Channel
James B. Eade
Eade
Soviet Consulate Raided in Hankow and Canton
Chinese authorities raid the Soviet consulate in Canton and arrest Russian and Chinese occupants. Reds and suspected Communists rounded up citywide. Reports claim at least 300 corpses and widespread arson from the Canton crackdown. Two Soviet staff women reportedly shot resisting arrest in Canton. Threats against the British Commissioner of Customs in Wuhu create tense conditions as Nationalists take control.
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Ilankow
Miia
Hongkong
South China Morning Post Today
Canton
Moscow
Mak
London
Evening News
Wuhu
Anhwei
Yangtse
Customs House
New Tudor Taken Out for a Test
The Newsman tests the new Ford Tudor at the Yard show rooms under snowy rough roads. It handles deep ruts with ease, has quick air pickup, strong four wheel brakes, precise steering, and a quiet smooth engine. The ride is comfortable and performance rivals cars priced much higher.
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Acir
Sixth Avenue
Fifth Street Hill
Ford
Fire damages Montreal business stock valued at 26000
Damage estimated at 26000 dollars was caused by fire Monday to stock of the Canada Brass Products Co on Craig Street in Montreal.
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Canada Brass Products Co
Craig Street
Montreal
Premier Mackenzie King to Celebrate Fifty Third Birthday
Ottawa reports Premier Mackenzie King will mark his fifty third birthday tomorrow with congratulatory messages arriving at Laurier House. Born in Kitchener Ontario, then Berlin, on December 17, 1874.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Laurier House
Premier King
Kitchener
Ont
Berlin
Miss Gleitz halts Gibraltar swim attempt in Tangier
Miss Mercedes Gleitz, a London typist, began from the Jeus river mouth at 2 80 a m and had covered more than half of the 27 mile Straits of Gibraltar before she was forced to abandon the attempt.
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Tanger
Morocco
Miss Gleitz
London
Jeus River
Straits of Gibraltar
Tang’er
Mercedes Gleitz
Disestablishment Debate Follows Church of England Vote
The House of Commons rejected the revised prayer book, despite Lords approval, ending the measure for royal assent. Lieut. Commander Kenworthy urged disestablishment as a possible next step, signaling a potential end to the church as a state institution. The Archbishop of Canterbury watched the debate as cheers erupted after the rejection.
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London
House of Commons
Church Assembly
Commander Kenworthy
Central
Hull
Church of England
Baldwin
House of Lords
Commons
Lords
William Joynston-Hicks
Home Secretary
Canterbury
Death Toll Rises in Hospice Saint Charles Fire Tragedy
Coroner's court returns verdict of accidental death as 36 bodies are recovered and 14 remain missing after a wing of Hospice Saint Charles in Quebec was destroyed by fire. Firefighters and volunteers scaled ice to reach debris. 371 girls under 16 and nuns were housed at the orphanage. Insurance covers part of the loss amid ongoing rescue efforts and fundraising.
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Quebec
Hospice St. Charles
Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Saint Charles
Mother St. Idlestone
Juneau
Verdun Hockey Club
Baby Born Without Brain Is Allowed to Die in Chicago
A brainless newborn, in Chicago, dies after doctors and parents decide life would be of paralysis and imbecility. The infant would never think or move, and nature was left to take its course. The case recalls the Bollinger episode from twelve years prior.
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Chicago
Bollinger
Ray Cullen
The
Herald and Examiner
Martina Schulpmann
Harry Hasselden
Wheat Recovers as Demand Bites Back in Winnipeg
Wheat shows a solid recovery in Winnipeg trading with late-session gains of 3 8 to 1 2 cents from Thursday. Early losses due to heavy liquidations fade as offerings thin and buyers push prices higher. rye and oats also rise amid improved inquiry. Cold with snow and a 26 degree temperature accompany the session.
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Winnipeg
Harley
Christmas Cheer Fund gains many donors in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Opera Society again donates 100.66 toward the Christmas Cheer Fund with Cypress Club contributing 60. The list includes Mrs. Bomford Mrs. Freedman Mrs. W. N. McNeely Monarch Theatre Caledonian Society Kiwanis Rotary and others adding up to 487.67. The Royal Bank opens a branch at the Flin Flon mine.
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Medicine Hat
Operatic Society
Cypress Club
Faroe
Bomford
Joe Freedman
BR. Freedman
Disna Court
Seteh
W. N. McNeely
E. Ueberrhéin
Meek
UN Canadiin Legion
L. R. Leveque
Wy Hess
Monarch Theatre
Caledonian Society
Kiwanis Club
F. W. Gershaw
M.P
Beny & Son
Eseseeeee
Jack and
Pauline Scott
Pingle
Mla
Rotary Club
Cce
P McQueen Reelected Leader Of Canadian Legion
President McQueen was reelected by acclamation at a Canadian Legion meeting to nominate officers for January. New first and second vice presidents Whitfin and McCartney were also acclaimed. Auditors Oliver & Co. and Premier Brownlee as honorary president were named. An executive slate including Pratt Huston Pickering White Staines Haselden Miller Mitchell Gillespie Harris was recommended. Keal and Sharp were nominated for sergeant at arms. Legions members agreed to lower the club house flag to half mast on member death and authorized a Debating Society formation. A coal issue was discussed with leaders to confer with Dr Gershaw and Capt Pingle.
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McQueen
Canadian Legion
H. E. Whitfin
F. McCartney
Martyn Oliver & Co
Premier Brownlee
R. B. Pratt
S. Huston
C. Pickering
A. T. White
Alberta
Patterson
Legion
J. H. Harper
F. W. Gershaw
M.P
C. S. Pingle
M.L.A
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Hardie
Seth GE
U.F.A
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Bably
Tar and Feathers
Canada
G. Cecil
Toronto
England
British Association of Display Men
Frank H. Lahey
Lahey Clinic
Boston
Hankow
Frontier
NEW Tudor
Mercedes
Grace
Will Church OF Eng
Royal Bank
Flin Flon Mine
P. McQueen
H. E. Whiffin
Mr. W. R. Baker
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