City Council Closes Year in Half Hour Session
Medicine Hat council ends the year with a 30 minute meeting. By law a $25 000 bond issue for unemployment relief is approved. A Crescent Heights park block is set for by law. Crystal rink finances show a $440.30 deficit with 9 000 hours of free skating and a proposed license rebate debated. Ajax mine debtor Oliphant faces collection action after missed payments.
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Hole
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W. H. Gray
Bullivant
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Police Committee
Canada’s Noted Newspaper Man Dies at 88
Ottawa notes the death of Charles H. MacKintosh a longtime journalist writer and political figure. A thrice mayor of Ottawa two MP terms for Ottawa and for Northwest Territories 1893 97 he began under Sir John A. Macdonald and rose in Canadian public life. Born London Ontario he joined the Ottawa Citizen in 1874 and held top editing roles at several papers before editing the Chicago Journal of Commerce in 1878.
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Charles H. MacKintosh
John
Macconald
Mackintosh
Northwest Territories
London
Ont
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Boston
Hamilton Spectator
London Onto Free Press
Hamilton Times
Strathroy
Chicago’Journal of Commerce
Senator Kean Proposes Canada United States Dollar Parity
Senator Hamilton Kean of New Jersey urged a Senate treaty with Canada to establish parity between the Canadian and U.S. dollars and to seat a Canadian member on the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. He framed it as a friendly gesture amid tariff debates and exchange-rate concerns.
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New Jersey
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Canada
United States
Federal Reserve Board of the
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Kean
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U.S
Congress
New York
Canada Ie
Wolves Prowl Siberian Towns As Animals Strike
Heavy snow and severe cold grip Southern Siberia. Wolves prowled towns seeking food, alarming residents. Two soldiers were killed by wolves and a peasant slain by a bear.
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London
Associated
Europe
Siberia
Air Mail Notes Eastbound and Westbound Arrivals
Eastbound Fokker C fail arrived at 24 05 and left 25 15 with pilot Jarvid. Westbound Boeing CFAMQ arrived 2 45 and left 2 55 with pilot Farrington. Heavy Christmas mail carried with full passenger capacity. Eastbound plane noted as one of the larger aircraft for mail and passengers.
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Farrington
Body of kidnapped girl found in Cincinnati basement
The body of six year old Marion McLean, kidnapped last Thursday, was found today in a basement near her Cincinnati home. Firemen who were recalled from duty located the body. Authorities have not yet found the kidnapper or motive.
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Turer O Traicé
Revolting Tribesmen Shoot Down 14 Iraq Frontier Soldiers
In Iraq fourteen soldiers including an officer and twenty Kurdish tribesmen died in a frontier clash as Iraq army and police attacked followers of Sheik Bafzan. Nine soldiers and thirty tribesmen were wounded in the mountainous fighting, with Baghdad calling it necessary tribal intervention.
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Sheik Bafzan
Damascus
Syria
Chinese Cabinet Resigns En Masse in Nanking
In Nanking on December 22 the entire National government cabinet, ministers, and vice ministers submitted their resignations as a unit. Former President Chiang Kai Shek flew to Fenghua prompting speculation leaders may refuse to join a new government without his departure. Rumors of party splits cloud prospects for forming a fresh administration. Holiday observance at the post office notes Christmas Day as a statutory holiday with lobby hours 8 am to noon and no mail delivery.
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Fenghua
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Chiang
Japan backs conference plans for disarmament talks
Tokio declares opposition to postponing the Geneva disarmament conference set for February and will inform Britain of its view. London had urged maintaining the conference arrangements, and the British ambassador delivered the note to Premier Inukai.
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Associated Press
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Inukai
Francis Lindley
Great Britain
Vatican Library Roof Collapses in 1588 Wing
A Vatican City roof collapse in the 1588 built wing of the library sent debris through two floors. An unidentified priest was believed buried under wreckage as the blast damaged many rare books and manuscripts. Several people were injured in the incident.
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Associated Press
Vatican Library
Farmer Dies in Blizzard Near Saskatoon in Bid
A 69 year old Lanigan farmer Robert Pegg was found frozen beside a road eight and a half miles from Saskatoon after being caught in a blizzard. A police dog helped locate the body as rescuers traced the tracks through deep snow.
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Saskatoon
Robert, Pegg
Ais. Ziuohewaki
Yalloleinig
Christmas Cheer Fund Pledges and Donations Totals
A local Christmas Cheer campaign asks for gifts big or small to aid the poor and elderly. The list of donors includes Masonic bodies, Kiwanis Club, Rotary, Catholic and Protestant groups, businesses, and city staff, with substantial sums and in kind contributions totaling hundreds of dollars and dozens of meals and goods.
Bankers urged to curb foreign investment after Ottawa meeting
J A McLeod president of the Canadian Bankers Association issued a statement following a Ottawa meeting with Premier Bennett. Banks brokers and investment houses told to discourage purchase of securities abroad to ease the adverse exchange situation. Montreal stock exchange urged members to follow the guidance and recognize existing legal commitments while implementing the request.
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R. B. Bennett
Ottawa
J. A. McLeod
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Bank of Nova Scotia
Montreal
Montreal Stock Exchange
Canadian Bankers' Association
Canada
Bennett
Alex MacGregor Heads School Board
At the annual meeting Alex MacGregor was elected chairman and J P Marsh named vice chairman of the school board. The district schools will close for Christmas vacation tomorrow afternoon and reopen Monday January 4.
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J. P. Marsh
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports grain inspections for yesterday with 850 wheat cars and 112 oats. Comparisons show last year 386 wheat cars, 27 oats, and 5 flax while other grains include 1 rye car and 1 barley car.
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Winnipeg
Storm Strikes Tuscania Aboard Offshore Liner
A midsize sea storm hit the Angkor liner Tuscania near off Belfast as it sailed from New York December 12 to Belfast and Glasgow. One woman, Mrs Sara Rodgers, 55, died and 35 others were injured amid gigantic waves that tore through the decks and swept passengers from their feet. Passengers describe a violent list and a second tremor that sent third class travellers sliding in the accommodation area while crew steadied the ship to prevent panic.
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Famosa Press
Sara Rodgers
Angkor
Tuscania
New York
Belfast
Bob McDonald Dies in Edmonton at 60
Edmonton reports the death of Robert McDonald a prominent sportsman and hotel proprietor born in the Maritimes at age 60 after pleurisy. He long led Alberta Hotels Association and was celebrated as a major boxing figure in the region.
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Canada
Tor
Robert
Maritimes
M McDonald
Alberta Hotels Association
Hockey Silent Night At Aréna Amid Mild Weather
Owing to mild weather no games will be played tonight at the Aréna. Civic events are not listed, leaving the venue available for possible hockey action depending on conditions.
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Effort to Secure Pound's Status in Gold Debate
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald condemning a circulating letter as unscrupulous in its aims. The missive, allegedly from an unnamed observer, questions Britain's return to the gold standard and sparks mystery about its authorship and circulation in financial circles abroad.
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Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
New York
Great’ Britain
MacDonald
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