Edmonton Hunger March Raids Lead to Arrests and Riot Act
Police raided the hunger march headquarters in Edmonton arresting a group including A. W. Farner and Wil Keyes. Officers say the行动 disrupted plans for a Market Square rally and a second hunger march meeting. In a separate incident the day before about 10 000 demonstrators clashed with RCMP and city police as they attempted to march, resulting in injuries and arrests. The protest was part of a broader relief struggle drawing from farmers miners and unemployed residents across the province.
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Edmonton
A. W. Farner
Wil Keyes
Wenty Otter
R.c.mlp
Market Square
Edwnton
R.C.M.P
Potts
Chat
ALCP
Bic
D.nontonians
J. Jh. Brownlee
Rornitnaedt
Paoae Chee
Bennett Set for Ottawa Return as Canada Leaders Discuss Tariff
Canadian Prime Minister Bennett sails from England aboard the Majestic and is due in New York on December 27 and Ottawa by December 25. Dispatches note possible British tariff inquiries tied to shipments, while Bennett cites improved trade and a favorable balance amid economic strain.
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Southampton
Wag
KN. B. Bennett
Canada
England
Aora
Ifajestic
Newark
Bennett
Ottawa
United States
J. H. Thomas
Eminions
Lord Hailxhuim
Philip CunliZfeister
sVeterloo
London
Balloon ascent plans announced by Prof Piccard
Prof Auguste Piccard announced plans for balloon ascents in Belgium next summer and in Northern Canada in 1934. He will sail January 4 for the United States to study an ascent near the north magnetic pole on Boothia peninsula in the Canadian Arctic.
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Brussels
Belgium
Canada
Auguste Piccard
Piccard
United States
North Magnetic Pole
Boothia Peninsula
Canadian Arctic
House backs Collier Beer Bill in two day debate
The U S House of Representatives approved the Collier beer bill by a 230 to 165 vote after heated debate, marking the first direct congressional vote on relaxing Prohibition enforcement since the Volstead Act. The measure moves to the Senate.
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U.S. House OF Representatives
Collier Beer Bill
Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
U.S
O'Connor
New York
Wheat Must Be Consigned From Empire Point To British Destination
London reports that British customs ruled against American lake ports like Buffalo for wheat shipments from Canada to the United Kingdom. Ottawa preference applies only where wheat is consigned from an Empire point to Britain, blocking transit from Canada to Buffalo elevators and onward to Liverpool via the Laconia case. Customs will assess evidence to verify Empire consignment requirements.
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Empire Point
Londona
Canada
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Great Britain
Buffalo
New York
Liverpool
King's Xmas Message broadcast to empire from Canada
King George will deliver his Christmas message to the British Empire via a globe encircling radio broadcast. Canadian stations CJRW CKY CJGK CHWC CFQC CFQC and others will carry two and a half minute segments from Halifax to Vancouver with anonymous local speakers. Opening at 7 45 a m central standard time and London at 8, the King records his address from London with Niagara Falls blasts heard worldwide.
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Ottawa
George
Iitish Empire
Aadio
Flans
Canada
Canadian Broadcast Commission
Dominions
Empire
Niagara Falls
Toronto
London
Halifax
Montreal
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Manitoba
CJRW
CKY
CKX
Brandon
New Items Placed on British Free List
London December 21 the treasury issued an order placing on the free list for import into the United Kingdom items including Manila hemp iron bromide bristles non precious imitations of artificial stones and beads foreign patent office specifications and tantalum metal effective December 29
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London
The
Treasury
United Kingdom
Manila
Foreign Patent Office
Five Italian Soldiers Killed in Artillery Accident at Nettuno
Five soldiers died when a projectile exploded on an artillery practice field in Nettuno Italy today. The incident occurred during routine training as cold weather and light snow were reported in the area.
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Nettuno
Italy
Former Kaiser Confined To His Room At Doorn Castle
Kaiser Wilhelm II, ill with a cold and rheumatism, was confined to his Doorn Castle room by his court physician. Guards were tightened after a German intruder with a dagger and pistol was found in a castle room.
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Doorn
Golland
Doorn Castle
Appeal for More Toys to Aid 60 Children at Christmas
Sixty additional children have been added to the toy list with none left to supply them. The Toy Shop cannot extend beyond its capacity and lacks toys for these youths. A volunteer drive is urged for sixty young men and women to buy a toy each and donate by Saturday.
Free Clothing Demanded by Unemployed Men Outside Canadian Goodwill
About one hundred jobless men gathered outside Canadian Goodwill Industries in West Virginia seeking immediate free clothing. Rev J Richmond Craig, in charge of the independent relief organization, warned against demands and offered a $2.50 daily job to the chief spokesman, which was rejected.
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Nemradine
Canadian Goodwill Industries, Ltd
United Church
J. Richmond Craig
Craig
Sapper Trench Collapse Buries Two Workers in Toronto
A sewer trench collapse in Toronto during construction trapped two men. Firemen and coworkers freed both, the first almost immediately and the second about an hour later, as others nearby continued work on the site.
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Toronto
Postmaster Urges Early Local Christmas Mail
The postmaster requests the same cooperation as in prior years to mail local Christmas items early. All mail should be posted no later than Thursday evening to meet the schedule.
Chinese Surround Japanese Platoon in Manchuria Battle
Mukden Manchuria December 21 Japanese survivors report a 40 man platoon surrounded for two days by larger Chinese guerrilla forces thirty miles east of Tashihkino. Seventeen Japanese dead two missing and four seriously wounded today as the unit fought its way to safety.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Tashihkino
Mudken-Dairen
Here
Raid at Inchicore Theatre Seizes Armistice Film
Thirty young men raided the Inchicore motion picture theatre on the outskirts of Dublin and seized a film of the Armistice Day proceedings at Phoenix Park. The main body guarded theatre exits while the rest burned the film near the Grand Canal.
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Dublin Picture House
Dublin
Irish Free State
Inchicore
Phoenix Park
Grand Canal
Empress of Russia Reaches Vancouver with 101 Passengers
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Russia arrives in Vancouver at 2 30 p m carrying 101 passengers and 905 bags of Christmas mail for North America Great Britain and the continent. Capt A J Hosken R N R commands the vessel from the Orient.
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Vancouver
B.C
North America
Great Britain
A. J. Hosken
Building Blown Down After Gas Explosion in Chicago
A gas explosion toppled a two story Chicago building injuring a fire department lieutenant and at least five tenants. Max Myrent 45 suffered severe burns, while Lieut Patrick Dawson 43 was hurt by a falling beam. Ligman Greenberg and Betty Greenberg saved their 9 month old Morton by tossing him to a sheet. they then jumped, injuring Hyman Greenberg.
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Chicago
Fire Department
Max Myrent
New Regulations Facilitate Livestock Exports to Britain
Ottawa reports new rules to speed exporting Canadian cattle to the United Kingdom. A British official will inspect stock on the owner’s premises, stock moves to London docks for 14 days, then 14 days in Canadian quarantine. Benefits include removing veterinary inspection for store cattle and cutting pre-embarkation isolation from three days to 24 hours.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Canada
Department of Agriculture
England
Scotland
British Ministry of Agriculture
London
London Docks
Italian Soldiers Killed By Blast Near Rome
Two soldiers were killed and many injured in an explosion at a force ammunition dump at For Appio along the Appian Way outside Rome. Several more soldiers were believed buried in the ruins.
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Rome
Der
For Appio
Appian Way
Beatrice Snipes Faces Death While Widow Seeks Mercy
In Rockhill the case pits Beatrice Snipes, an expectant mother convicted of murder, against Eula Harris, widow of slain officer Elliott Arris. Harris urges capital punishment for Snipes, while Snipes pleads self defense as Governor Blackwood weighs a possible stay for the April 7 electric chair. Harris, with four children, studies stenography while awaiting fate of the killer.
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Rockhill
D.C
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
Elliott Arris
Eula Harris
York County
Blackwood
Harris
China Balances Her Budget
In Nanking on December 21, Finance Minister T. V. Soong announced at the Kuomintang plenary session that China balanced its budget without loans though revenues from Manchuria were not remitted and the treasury faced heavy drains.
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Nanking
China
T. V. Soong
Kuomintang
Quake Shakes Western U S and Ottawa
A strong earthquake rocked much of the western United States and Ottawa area. Seismologists said the western event was the region’s most severe since 1926 with tremors felt from Salt Lake City to Fresno. No major damage reported though chandeliers swayed and crockery broke. the Ottawa tremor caused little damage but was widely felt.
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San Francisco
United States
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fresno
Calif
Ottawa
St. Lawrence
McIntyre Wheat Federation Man Dies After Illness
Donald Roy McIntyre aged 37 once sales manager of the Canadian Co operative Wheat Federation and a leading grain man in the West died today after a long illness in Winnipeg.
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D. J. McIintyre
Winnipeg
Donald Roy McIntyre
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Fedl
Agricultural marketing reorganization commission named
London announces the appointment of an agricultural marketing reorganization commission under Col. George Richard Lane Fox to supervise livestock marketing in the United Kingdom.
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Market Livestock London
Agricultural Marketing Reorganization Commission
George Richard Lane- Fox
United Kingdom
Insull and the Sun Life in Montreal Trial
In Montreal on December 21, the Harpell criminal libel trial heard a Canadian commission assess Middle West Utilities stock dealings linked to Samuel Insull. Patrick Fallon testified that Macauley subscribed 250000 dollars to a syndicate. four Sun Life officers joined with 100000 each, yielding 275000 total subscriptions and 1738879.19 dollars profit for the syndicate. Macauley earned 3760.62 on his 15000 investment.
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Montreal
Middle West Utilities Corporation
Samuel Insull
James J. Harpell
Chicago
Patrick J. Fallon
Insull and Co., Inc
Harpell
Thomas B. Macaulay
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
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