Alfred Fet Tif via the Series Abekt Fire Tragedy
A house fire endangers inmates as smoke and flames force occupants to flee. A missing youth, Albred, is later found charred in the debris. Funeral set for Rev. W. Thomson officiating. Mrs Swarts hospitalized from shock. neighbors unable to combat blaze due to lack of fire protection. An inquest may be held today.
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Alfred Fet
Abekt
Reno
Atove
Albred
Fis
Heral ‘Hime
W.3. Thomson
Swarts
Pool contracts may be voided after court ruling
Regina dispatch reports Saskatchewan Wheat Producers Ltd versus Zurowski judgment may void pool contracts if the case is not appealed. The ruling held damages as a penalty, not breach costs, and experts expect steps to reinforce legality of contracts while the pool could become compulsory if changes are not made. Manitoba Winnipeg views the decision as not invalidating the contract, noting a missing formal notice to Zurowski as the key oversight.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Producers, Ltd
Zurowski
Wheat Pool
Ool
Justice Embury
Winnipeg
W. J. McPhail
Saskatchewan Pool
Court of King's Bench
Leon Zurowski
Edmonton Ex-MInister Smith Charged With Theft of 5820
Hon George P Smith ex Minister of Education was formally charged in Edmonton with stealing 5820 from the Alberta treasury. Bail set at 20000 with 10000 cash by Smith. Adjoins adjournment to December 17 as investigation continues.
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Edmonton
Dev
George P. Smith
Province of
Alberta
Primrose
J. McKinley Cameron
K.C
Smith
J. J. Frawley
Charles Graham
N. I. Cooper
Geo. P. Smith
Hursday
Norman Stith
Justice Walsh
Mr. Smith
Esdale
Jeffery
Charles Stewart
C. R. Mitchell
Camrose Job Press
Dev. P. Smith
Harry Brace
Ball
Beore
Wao
Brownlee
George F. Smith
Hamilton
Winnipeg
A. S. Smith
A.C
Mines Reopen With Full Capacity After Strikes
The Dramheller Red Neer Valley mines are set to resume work at full capacity with all 100 percent operating in Dramheller Rocedale Newcastle Midhundvale and Naonine. Independent mines reportedly adopt an open shop at prestrike wage scales. The strike lasted two weeks at some mines and shorter at others, though several operated throughout.
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Prumtetler
Dramheller
Red Neer
Rocedale
Newcastle
Midhundvale
Naonine
Royal commission findings link to 1921 printing frauds
The report of Justice Walsh details a fraudulent conspiracy surrounding government printing disbursements in July 1921. It cites G P Smith and Matthew Esdale with improper withdrawals totaling 5820 or 6820 and criticizes Smith for a flagrant breach of the legislative assembly act.
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Royal Commission
Justice Walsh
Royalommission
A. L. Smith
K.C
G. P. Smith
McKinley Cameron
George P Smith
Canadian National
George P. Smith
P. C
HS Primrose
Henry Brace
Department of the Attorney-General
Brace
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Royal Commission of Inquiry
Stewart
Smith
Winnipeg
Ufe
Matthew Esdale
J. W. Jeffery
Isdale
Jeffery
Charles Stewart
Mr. Mitchell
King’s
Chas. Flavin
Camrose
Imperial Oil forms Calhonesse Oil Co to run Turner Valley assets
The Imperial Oil Co of Canada, controlled by Standard Oil of New Jersey, has created Calhonesse Oil Company Ltd to operate Turner Valley Alberta properties. Imperial Oil holds 51 percent of the stock and will acquire all assets leases and equipment of Southern Alberta Oil Co Ltd and the Southern Alberta Oil Co Ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Imperial Oil Co. of Canada
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Turner Valley
Alberta
Calhonesse Qil Company, Ltd
Imperial Oil Co
Southern Alberta Oie. Ltd
Southern Albert OH Co. Ltd
Foreign settlements face food shortages near Tientsin
A Tokio dispatch reports fighting around Tientsin has cut food supplies to foreign settlements. Manchurian leader Chang Tsen Lin plans to desert, but the dictator vows to fight to the end. All foreign women and children have left Mukden and nearby taverns.
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London
Tokio
Evening News
Tien Tsin
Medicine Hat Manufacturers Meet at AesInibola Hotel
The Medicine Hat branch of the Dundimy Manufacturers Association will hold its annual meeting tonight at six o'clock in the AesInibola Hotel.
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Medicine Hat Branch
Cumndingy Manufacturers’ Association
AesInibola Hotel
Dunning Opens to Ottawa Alliance Amid Tariff Debate
Regina reports Hon. Charlies Denning says he has served the province nine years and is ready to join forces with Ottawa against a general tariff increase. He pledges personal sacrifice to prevent a nationwide rise that could risk federation integrity and provincial interests.
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Regina
Der
Charlies Denning
Legislaiwe
Tam
Confederation
Pam
Canada
Sir Herbert Robson and wheat met
London reports Sir Herbert Robson a major wheat importer doubts rigging of Winnipeg and Chicago markets by Russian agents sighting reports of large exports. He blames Russia for overestimating crop and transport, notes droughts and Argentine failure, and says Canadian wheat held by Farmers’ Co operative Society controls prices. Gamburn backs the price as supply and demand. A wheat exporter cites a six day Canadian supply.
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London
sSir
Herbert Robson
Winnipeg
Chicago
Rusaia
Snell
Herbert
Russia
Sir Herbert
Australia
Farmers' Co-operative Society
M. Gamburn
Farmers’ Co-operative Society
Sila
Loucheur outlines eight billion franc finance bill
Paris reports an eight billion francs revenue plan by M. Loucheur includes tobacco and alcohol price hikes from 50 to 100 percent, plus higher railroad fares and telegraph rates. The bill aims to fund repayment, expand income tax, and tax business profits while easing taxpayers' burdens. Loucheur says the plan will be unpopular but necessary for France's recovery.
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Paris
M. Loucheur
Council of Ministers
France
Wife Wins At Checkers, Man Commits Suicide
Pittsburg reports that William Kahler killed himself after losing repeatedly to his wife in a checkers bout. He threw the board, retired to another room, and hanged himself, according to coroner reports.
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Pittsburg
Checkers
William Kahler
Kahler
Northwest crops power 1924 rebound as 1925 demand lags
Minneapolis report says postwar 1924 bumper crop boosted buying power in the Northwest, but 1925 crop created less purchasing power than 1921. Grain marketings run about half of last year and cash grain price averages trail 1924 levels.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Dee
Northwest
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
France's Financial Crisis Deepens as Politics Dominate
Paris December 14 France's financial crisis worsens with a plunging franc and public panic. Merchants in Carcassonne vow to withhold taxes if Loucheur's seven bills pass, while political considerations hinder swift solutions to the crisis.
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Paris
France
M. Loucheur
Carcassonne
M. Loucheut
Early maturing wheats open vast farming area in north
A Manitoba Free Press report from Ottawa states that early maturing wheats push the northern limit of Western Canadian agriculture from 66 to 76 miles, opening a broad new farming zone from east of The Pas to the Peace River. minister W R Motherwell praised the development and the harvest prospects across Mile 185 and Mile 187 north of the Hudson Bay railway.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Free Press
Ottawa
Federal Department of Agriculture
Canada
Northland
Pas
Judson Bay
Peace River District
W. R. Motherwell
Mile
Thomas
Hudson Bay
Experimental Farms Branch
Brother of Police Commissioner Charged in Murder Case
Michael Enright, brother of New York Police Commissioner Richard E. Enright, was taken into custody near Campbell, Corning, in connection with the murder of Timothy Shay a farm laborer. He is expected to face a first degree murder charge as stated by District Attorney Cheney of Corning.
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Corning
N. Y
Dee
Michael
Enright
Richard KE
New York
Campbell
Timothy Shay
Cheney
Ieals
Fraser River
Westerners Flocking On Xmas Trips To The Old Country
Western Canada’s bumper crop fuels record Christmas travel to the Old Country. In two weeks 1261 visitors left Canada for the British Isles via Canadian Pacific lines and steamships, with 1200 more farmers set for holidays abroad. A Saskatoon traveler called the West prosperous, while Mrs. Mundle from Richibucto heads home after decades of hard work and a 329 acre Assiniboia farm, now a grandmother harvesting nearly 13,000 bushels of grain.
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Montreal
Western Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
British Isles
Canadian Pacific
West
Saskatchewan
Windsor
Old Country
Great West
Assiniboia
New Brunswick
Greece Rejects Bulgarian Frontier Claim Sparks League Action
Geneva reports Greece firmly denied violating the Bulgarian frontier in the recent incident. The League of Nations today decided on measures amid tensions, with figures cited around 30,000 and 800 in reference to the dispute.
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Geneva
Greece
League of Nations
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John R. Booth Mills
Parlament Hill
Dominion
Boote
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North
New Homestead Area
Peace River
Reece
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