Commons rejects prayer book revision bill in dramatic debate
London reports a stunning Commons rejection of the prayer book revision bill after passionate speeches by Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks and Roslyn Mitchell. The debate left many members moved to tears, with the Archbishop of Canterbury seen weeping as the floor vote stunned observers.
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London
Commons
Lords
William Joynson-Hicks
Roslyn Mitchell
Baldwin
Edward Grey
Great Britain
Robert Lynn
Canada
British United Press
Labor Party
Ite
House of Commons
Canterbury
Colonel Wedgewood
Breke
Consumption of Liquor Declines in Canada
The per capita consumption of alcoholic spirits in Canada for the year ending March 31 reached fifty four percent below the long term average. The Department of National Revenue notes an eighty percent share of a gallon as the 1926 27 level, marking a notable drop over the past half century. Edmonton brown peonies are to heatify a garden in England, with plants spreading in the Old Country.
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Iwa
Canadia Pres
Canada
Department of Nation T Rovatine
Ccanada
Engley
Old Country
Fire destroys Quebec City academy in St Jean Berchmans blaze
In Quebec City a second deadly blaze, following the Hospice St Charles disaster, destroyed the St Jean Berchmans School premises run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Two nuns wounded in rescues, total loss estimated in the millions, no deaths recorded. Twenty five sisters and sixteen girls hospitalized after the fire at St Amble Street.
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Wisebec
Quebec City
Ierranean Quebec
Nec
Hotel Diu Hospital
St. Jean Berchman
St. Amble Street
Wheat prices rise as market closes higher in Winnipeg
The Winnipeg wheat market opened with a dip but recovered as Argentine crop estimates faded. The close rose 18 to 14 cents, driven by local buying from commission houses and traders. Cash wheat offerings were light and country farmers' shipments remained fairly heavy. barley saw excellent demand while other coarse grains were neglected.
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Winnipeg
Fort William
Islet Prince Disappears in Lake Superior
Port Arthur Ontario reports the Islet Prince, a coastal steamer, searched for the Kamloops freighter missing eleven days with a twenty man crew. Capt A B E Fader at Ross Point 87 miles away reported a futile search. No movements from Islet Prince have been logged since.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Kamloops
Head of the Lakes
A. BE. Fader
Ross Point
Head of
Calgary Power declares dividend on common stock
Montreal December 17 Directors of the Calgary Power Co. Ltd have declared a dividend of 1 14 per cent on the company's common stock payable December 81 for the quarter ending that date to shareholders on record December 28, 1927. They will be the first dividend distribution made on the stock.
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Montreal
Calgary Power Co. Ltd
Wheat inspection totals show rise over last year in Winnipeg
Winnipeg report notes total cars of wheat inspected 1285 this year versus 670 last year. Contract grade 458, oars 73, barley 85, flax 15, rye 1. Total cars last year 192.
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Winnipeg
Stick-Up Men Loot $100000 in Chicago Shopping Spree
In Chicago on December 17 stick-up men looted about $100000 in fur jewelry and cash across nine robberies. Jewelry salesman Emil Ginder lost $50000 of sample gems after a street car robbery, real estate dealer T. W. Hudson 25000 in goods, and Mrs Minnie Winner $1000 cash value 3000 after a slugging incident.
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Chicago
Emil Ginder
T. W. Hudson
Minnie Winner
Wedding Dare Ends in Double Tragedy in Chicago
In Chicago on December 17 a wedding born of a dare ended in tragedy as 27 year old Harry Greene fatally shot his wife Eileen and then killed himself. The couple had wed after friends urged a rushed marriage, later separating with Mrs Greene at her mother's home where the fatal shooting occurred after she refused to return to her husband.
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Chicago
Harry Greene
Eileen
Greene
Prohibition Group Notes Hull Visit and Plans
Members of the Alberta Prohibition Association local executive met Mr. Hull provincial general secretary at a luncheon at the Green Lantern to finalize the local branch and outline work. The program emphasizes teaching scientific facts on alcohol and promoting total abstinence, with committees formed for publicity and finance.
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Alberta Prohibition Association
Hull
Green Lantern
Road clearing progresses on Redcliffe route
The Medicine Hat to Roedelfff road will be passable for travel tonight as Mr Dacre cleared a road on Thursday and this morning worked on a one mile stretch needing extra cleaning to allow traffic.
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Medicine Hat
Roedelfff
Alberta Revenue and Taxation Committee to reconvene
Edmonton reports the advisory committee on revenue and taxation will meet on December 27 to discuss evidence and endorse a draft report. Dr. H. M. Tory and Robert English oversee final preparations as roughly 200 sheets of material are organized for submission to the government in the New Year.
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Edmonton
Advisory Committee On Revenue and Taxation
H. M. Tory
University of Alberta
Tory
Robert English
English
Bankers' Association picks Phipps as president in succession
A. E. Phipps of Toronto general manager of the Imperial Bank of Canada is elected president of the Canadian Bankers' Association succeeding C. E. Neill who retires after two years in the role Beaudry Leman is advanced to the senior vice presidency
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A. E. Phipps
Toronto
Imperial Bank of Canada
Canadian Bankers’ Association
C. E. Neill
Beaudry Leman
Mussolini’s 1927 Reforms Cement Fascist State
Rome reports 1927 brought wide reform in capital and labor relations, expanded shipbuilding, and strong centralized government. The Labor Charter and 1926 laws were enforced, podesta system extended to all communes, lictor emblem adopted nationally, penal code reform awaited 1928, and confinement islands used for political hostiles with about 600 banished.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Carta del Lavoro
Brunet Case Again in Quebec Court
Dr. Michel Brunet was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of performing an illegal operation on Alice Couture. The girl's father filed a suit for 5,090 claiming she was his sole support.
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Quebec
Michel Brunet
Alice Couture
Germany faces fix of total reparations under Dawes plan
Berlin reports H Parker Gilbert, U.S. reparations chief, says the Dawes plan’s third year signals two major steps. A final total debt figure and a potential revision to assign Germany a defined task with no foreign supervision. He notes restoring confidence is key and that 1928 marks the start of new annuity payments.
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Berlin
H. Parker Gilbert
Germany
Gilbert
Heinreich Koehler
Russian Officials Deported From Hankow China Clash
Fifteen Soviet officials including Consul General Plitehe were deported from Hankow aboard a Chinese steamer to Shanghai and Vladivostok. In Canton anti-Red troops shot at least fourteen bobbed-haired women. Moscow instructed Shanghai’s consul to deny Soviet recognition to Nanking authorities.
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Hankow
China
Plitehe
Shanghai
Vladivostock
Siberia
Canton
M. Kirisheff
Michael Borodin
Boris Vdline
Central Communist Party
Moscow
Tass
George Tchitcherin
Recg
Nanking
Notorious Hindu To Wed States Girl
Bombay dispatch reports the former Maharajah of Indore plans to marry an American woman after her conversion to Hinduism. He recently appeared in Salt Lake City incognito as Mr. T. Raje, traveling with Nancy Miller of Seattle and her mother.
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Maharajah of
Indore
Salt Lake City
London
Bombay
Daily Mail
Mumbaz
India
United States
Maharapah
T. Raje
Nancy Miller
Seattle
Maharajah
Turkeys Shipped From Brooks At Thirty Cents A Pound
A carload of turkeys was sent from Brooks recently with Eastern buyers paying 30 cents per pound for the birds.
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Brooks
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Committee ON Revenue and Taxation
Imperial Bank
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Brunet
Parker Gilbert
Nitene Borodin
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