Navigators struggle as Great Lakes ice tightens voyage
The Gray reaches Reliance with reports that twenty three of twenty seven missing are saved. Across Lake Superior sailors fight freezing spray to keep winter traffic open, nine freighters with grain proceed toward Buffalo, while nine others icebound near Mud Lake awaiting icebreakers. Ice conditions are the worst in years with Fort William and Goderich reporting severe movement issues.
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Reliance
Chicago
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Portage Lake Ship Canal
Lizard Island
Sault Ste Marie
White Fish Bay
Buffalo
Mud Lake
St. Marys River
Fort William
Lake Hurne
Bay City
Mich
Lake Erie
St. Mary’s River
Lake Huron
Ottawa
Great Lakes
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Goderich
Australian Labor leads as Hughes faces possible defeat
Melbourne reports Labor still leads in results from the general elections held on Saturday. The Nationalist government of Premier W. M. Hughes appears defeated though outlying districts slow to count due to preference voting and vast rural areas. Hughes remains hopeful his party will hold the largest group in the new house of representatives.
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Melbourne
Australia
Reuters
Labor Party
W. M. Hughes
Hughes
House of Representatives
Nationalist
North
Sidney
Labor
Country Party
Liberals
Nationalists
Farmers
Official Labor Party
Independent Labor
United Labor Party
Irish Free State Troops Take Dublin as Union Jack Departs
In Dublin on December 18 the Union Jack left the city as Free State troops assumed control. British soldiers evacuated while the tricolor rose in place of the flag. Richard Mulcahy saluted the departing colors amid crowds praising the transition. In Saskatoon a fire at the Hardware building on Second Avenue raged at 11 o'clock. The entire department fought the blaze and menaced nearby structures.
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City
Free State Tocolor
Dublin
Ireland
Britain
Free State
Richard Mulcahy
Saskatoon
Second Avenue
King Receives Canadian Finance and Fisheries Ministers
London reports King George VI hosted Hon. W. S. Fielding Canada finance minister and Hon. Ernest Lapointe fisheries minister today, in the Royal presence. The meeting underscored relations between the British Crown and Canadian government during the holiday season.
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London
King
Fielding
Finance
Ernest Lapointe
Maine
Canada
Herrin riot trial recounts road side killings
Dan O Rourke testified at the murder trial of five men linked to the Herrin riot describing being shot down and left near the cemetery after march through town. Witnesses said six men were found wounded or dead, tied with rope and were left on the road as the mob jeered.
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Dan O'Rourke
Herrin
Marlon
O'Rourke
Martial Law Declared in Warsaw
Warsaw reports martial law took effect by proclamation of the Polish cabinet. Captain Niewadomski, the man who killed President Narutowski, is held for court martial after a preliminary examination where he claimed solo action and no accomplices.
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Warsaw
Niewadomski
Narutowski
Dunning Amalgamation Plan Draws Mixed Reactions
Saskatoon and Wilkie MLA Sidney Bingham criticize Premier Dunning’s Friday night speech on wheat marketing. He proposed a Saskatchewan Co op and United Grain Growers merger with equal capital, giving farmers a stronger, less costly route to market. The plan includes a Canada Export Company handling grain and 10 percent dividend with 10 percent reserve.
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Saskatoon
Dunning
Sidney Bingham
Wilkie
Charles A. Dunning
Saskatchewan Co-operative
United Grain Growers
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Saskatchewan
Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Canadian Farmers’ Export Company
Lexport Company
Bandits Shoot Bank Guard at Denver Mint
Three bandits shot W. M. Havener a Federal Reserve Bank guard in front of the Denver mint and escaped with about 200000 in gold loaded onto a Federal Reserve truck. The robbers fled in a large automobile.
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Denver Mint
Denver
Colo
W. M. Havener
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Prime Minister Mackenzie King Celebrates 48th Birthday
Ottawa reports that Prime Minister Mackenzie King turned 48 on Sunday. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, December 17, 1874, he celebrated the milestone with family and officials.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Kitchener
Ont
Train No 4 Derailed in Canada Kills Two Crewmembers
Revelstoke British Columbia December 18 Canadian Pacific Express No 4 derailed after striking a broken rail. Engineer Mr Melville and Fireman J B Field were killed. Locomotive overturned and mail express baggage and colonist cars left the rails.
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Revelstoke
B. C
Mr. Melville
J. 8
Field
Canadian Pacific Express
EMI Finals in President Vice President Contests Tonight
Two curling semi finals are set for tonight in the President versus Vice President competition. At 7 pm T Q Allan faces P Gatenby and at 9 pm Geo Preston meets J Hi Cal Mer. Collier reached the semis after beating W M McFadden by 9 to 8 in Saturday action.
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T. Q. Allan
P. Gatenby
Geo. Preston
J. Hi
Cal- Mer
Mr. Collier
J. M. Taylor
J. McNichol
A. Milroy
T. G. Allan
G. W. McClafferty
Earl Porter
P. B. J. Harding
H. Harrison
F. Legh
Dr. T. F. McDonald
Hughes Routed as Labor Gains in Australian Election
Melbourne reports show W. M. Hughes Nationalist defeat with Hughes elected in North Sydney but Labor leading in 35 of 75 seats. Coalition complexities and a Labor split cloud final results as voters weigh conscription and war leadership.
Edmonton to Seek RCMP Aid in Coal Strike
Edmonton December 18 the province may request help from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the coal strike. Action follows a city police chief Shute request and would apply only to mines within city limits. Provincial police patrol outside district mines.
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Edmonton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Brownlee
Shute
Education plan dominates Alberta municipal meeting in Edmonton
At the Union of Alberta Municipalities convention in Edmonton Medicine Hat led a series of resolutions. They pressed for national funding of secondary education, municipal control of children’s aid, and amendments to indigent and mother’s allowance acts. Debates covered tax, penalties, and extended Electrical Protection Act deadlines with strong support and opposition.
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Edmonton
Union of Alberta
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Children’s Aid Society
Victoria
Edmonton luncheon for Alberta Municipalities delegates
Delegates to the Union of Alberta Municipalities convention in Edmonton were hosted by the Edmonton board of trade at a luncheon in the Mc Leod block dining rooms. Mayors from Vegreville Camrose Vermilion Wetaskiwin and others spoke on hospitality immigration policy mining and provincial self sufficiency.
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Edmonton
Des
Union of Alberta Municipalities
Edmonton Board of Trade
McLeod Block
C. D. Gordon
Vegreville
Huckvale
Melicine Hat
Adams
Calgary
K. J. White
M.L.A. Calgary
Board of Trade
Camrose
J. D. Saunders
J. W. G. Mars Rnson
Vermillion
J. F. Montgomery
Wetaskiwin
KV. Kerr
J. FE. Frasey
John Gair
Killam
Alberta Association of Municapu
Gair
Hardie
Lethbridge
Stores Open Wednesday for Afternoon and Evening Hours
City merchants agree to keep stores open Wednesday afternoon and until 9 pm on the 28th. To compensate clerks for a lost half holiday this week, stores will close Wednesday afternoon, December 27.
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Carstairs
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Adair
Western Municipalities Convention
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Coronation
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Stettler
W. Pearce
Macleod
Empire Theatre
J. E. Fraser
W. H. Alexander
University of Alberta
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