Atheists Backed by Communist Party in Godless Drive
In Moscow the All-Union Godless Society pushes to convert believers as Christmas nears. The Central Executive Committee opens its winter convention on December 25 while the government exemplifies godlessness. The campaign urges 100 percent worker attendance on Christmas Day and mobilizes masses toward secular goals.
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Moscow
Der
Central Executive Committee
Communist Party
Red Army
Chicago Police Shoot Down Three Bank Gangsters
Canadian Press reports a raiding party of Chicago police killed three gunmen tied to the Union National Bank robbery at Streator Illinois. The trio Louis Hatzewitz 28 Charles Tattebaum 30 and Ava Sam Ginsburg 33 faced a short gunfight as officers closed in. About 52000 was taken in the May 16 1932 robbery.
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Chicago
Joan Diliger
Indiana
Louis Hatzewitz
Charles Tattebaum
Union National Bank
Streator
Ava
Sam Ginsburg
Deer raid haystacks near Riding Mountain sanctuary
Residents on the outskirts of Riding Mountain National Park complain that deer from the sanctuary raided their hay stacks in December 1921. They claim fences of about the stack are jumped and the deer trample hay rather than eat it, threatening a serious feed situation. Authorities are urged to address the issue.
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Minnedosa
Man
Riding Mountain National Park
Ranch Murder Near Princeton Alberta After Ranch Fight
Robert Campbell is dead from a rifle shot and Charles A. Hunter is under arrest for murder after a ranch quarrel seven miles east of Princeton. Police say the dispute over food led to the clash. Hunter is injured with a severe head wound. Two guns and an axe were used.
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Princeton
Alta
Robert Campbell
Charles A. Hunter
Here
Hunter
Rob Drug Store Heist Nets 800 Dollars At Winnipeg
Armed holdup men entered the Broadway Pharmacy in Winnipeg early today and held up the manager and clerk. They escaped with 800 dollars in cash including Federal government receipts taken from a sub post office inside the drug store.
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ROB Drug
Winnipeg
Broadway
Girl pleads guilty in attempted murder case in Arizona
In St Johns Arizona a 15 year old girl named Mattie Turley admitted shooting her father after a seance led by her mother on a ouija board. The mother Dorothea Turley denied the family heart seance claim and said she aimed to marry a young cowboy.
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St. Johns
Ariz
Mattie Turley
Dorothea Irene Turley
Premier vows personal probe into magistrate bribery claim
Ontario Premier Henry will personally investigate charges that Magistrate Daniel McCaughrin was offered 2000 dollars to resign. The offer, reportedly 2600 dollars, was said to have been made in the presence of Minister William Finlayson and with the consent of Attorney General W. H. Price.
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Toronto
Henry Today
Daniel McCaughrin
McCaughrin
Orillia
Mion
William Finlayson
Ontario
W. H. Price
B C Struck by Epic Storm in British Columbia
Canadian reports describe a severe equinoctial storm across British Columbia. Telegraph and telephone lines were slowly restored as western coastal communities faced isolation, heavy snow, and widespread damage. Trains and roads suffered, with KP rail lines late and ferries blocked by high seas.
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Vancouver
British’ Columbia
North Pacific Coast
Vancouver Island
Kootenays
Christmas Day Concert At General Hospital Returns
Invalids and patients at the General Hospital will enjoy an hour of seasonal music Monday morning from 10 30 to 11 30 as Assiniboia Chapter Royal Arch Masons No 3 presents its annual Christmas Day concert in Flat Two. Local artists Art Forster and his Music Makers will perform orchestral selections, with vocalists Mrs Velva Brough soprano Mrs William Stephenson contralto and Mr A C Mills baritone and Pris cilla Boyd on violin. The event also includes Santa Claus for the children and is open to the public.
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General Hospital
Assiniboia
Royal Arch Masons No. 3
Art Forster
Velva Brough
William ‘Stephenson
A. C. Mills
Priscilla Boyd
Santa Claus
Dominion cow testing program to be discontinued
Edmonton December 21 The Dominion cow testing and inspection service will end at month’s end as an economy measure saving about 10000 annually. Free testing was provided to Cow Testing Association members with inspectors from Edmonton Red Deer and Calgary. Minister George Headley says the work is important to dairy production but funding constraints force the closure and Ottawa negotiations follow under the terms of a recent loan.
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Edmonton
Dominion
George Headley
Agriculture and Health
Red Deer
Calgary
Hoadley
Ottawa
US Liquor Racket Exposed In Permit Sale Scheme
Joseph W. Choate Jr the United States alcohol central administrator disclosed a wide scale racket in illegal liquor import permits. He issued a strong warning against the practice as the Department of Labor observes developments among Harris Woollen Mills strikers in Hespeler Ontario.
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Washington
Joseph WH. Choate, Jr
United States Alcohol Central
Department of Labor
I. Wetoning
Harris Woollen
Hespeler, Ont
Treasure Hunt on as Halifax Cops Seek Loot
Halifax police traced a stolen electric drill via a taunting anonymous phone clue. Detective Kennedy followed directions to a property on Bedford Road Sackville Road where a hideout under a dead tree yielded the recovered drill wrapped in a bar. The thief had kept the item hidden for over five months, using a rural treasure hunt ruse.
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Halifax
C.P
Archibald Allison
Thomas Kennedy
Bedford Road
Sackville Road
Mont
O Duffy Receives Warm Welcome After Release from Prison
General Eoin O Duffy and Captain John Sullivan were freed from Arbour Hill prison after five days. A government ruling deemed detention illegal. Supporters surged to the gates, hoisted the leaders onto a car, and held a brief reception before a long victory procession through Dublin.
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Dublin
Eain O'Duffy
United Ireland Party
Arbour Hill
John Sullivan
Algarhy
Ilegal
Haron de Valera
Justice O'Byrne
O'Duffy
O’byrne
Labor Holds Wentworth Seat in By-Election
Wildred Palin was elected unopposed as Labor member for Wentworth in the British House of Commons after the death of G Harry Hirst. The 1922 to last general elections period marks his previous Doncaster seat. The by‑election followed Hirst’s death.
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Wentworth
Eng
Slaying of Esthel Zucker Man Stuns Boston Officials
Boston reports the brutal murder of 18 year old Esthel Zucker man, a bake shop clerk from South Bend, found slain at the Roxbury bake shop. Police questioned Roxbury resident John Weldon and sought a suspect known as Dicky Brown, a former suitor who had been in the store shortly before the killing. Brown was taken for questioning while Weldon denied involvement.
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Boston
Esthel Zuckerman
South
Bend
John Weldon
Roxbury
Dicky” Brown
Brown
Wheldon
Man Who Hated Xmas at Little Theatre Tonight
The Medicine Hat Little Theatre Association presents Stewart Blanchard's The Man Who Hatred Christmas at 8:30 p.m. Tonight's program opens with a musical sequence by the Little Theatre Orchestra under A. J. Hatch. Vocal soloists include Mrs. G. M. Blackstock Mrs. A. P. Burns and J. P. Narsh.
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Little ‘Theatre
Little Theatre Playhouse
Medicine Hat Little ‘Theatre Association
J.P. Narsh
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Sues for Divorce
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton sues husband David K. Hutton for divorce in Los Angeles charging mental cruelty and misconduct. Cross-complaint claims he sought control of Angelus Temple, violated vows, performed vaudeville for publicity, allowed photos with showgirls, and caused mental anguish. She seeks return to her maiden name and division of assets.
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Los ‘Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
David"k. Hutton
Myrtle St. Pierre
Pasadena
Angelus Temple
Aimee
United States Ratifies London Silver Agreement
President Roosevelt ordered the U S Mint to coin silver on a 50 50 basis with producers. The proclamation ratifies the London silver agreement setting 24 million ounces yearly with half returned as dollars to producers and half held in reserve. The plan estimates silver at about 64.14 cents an ounce, above the market price.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Treasury
White House
London
Key Pittman
Nevada Democrat
Canada
India
China
Spain
Pittman
Cheirman Jones
Neconstruction Corporation
Corporation
Jones
Iowa
Cone
Mexico
Peru
Newfoundland's Indebtedness and British Bond Exchange Plan
London announces Newfoundland debt at 85 million seeks fiscal revival by exchanging Newfoundland stocks and bonds for British government guaranteed bonds at 3 percent for up to a month. The issue spans £10 and 30 year bonds totaling about eight million dollars, while Britain appoints commissioners to govern the island for an estimated three years with merit-based selection and no political considerations.
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London
Newfoundland
Farm Relief Fund Discussed At Washington Meeting
Washington December 22 farm readers met with Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace to discuss asking Congress for a 200 million dollar fund to finance production control for the dairy and beef cattle industries.
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Farm Relief Fund
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry. .Wallace
Congress
Mother of Twenty Wins Prize in Mussolini Italy
In Rome on December 21 the 92 Italian mothers who bore 1,290 children arrived to honor Mussolini during Mothers and Infants Day celebrations. Signora Paolina Belluci of Naples, mother of 20, wore the blue ribbon of the Mothers National Protective Association as the leading recipient.
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Italy
Mussolini
Agatha di Mannarini
Tron
Ce E
Nanking Air Attack Blitz Hits Fukien Rebels
Thirteen planes of the Nanking government bombed Chang in Fukien province. Twenty were dropped inflicting heavy casualties as revolutionary forces near the Zhejiang border were dispersed by government troops attempting to suppress the rebellion.
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Hongkong
Nanking
Chang
Fukien
Alon Rechekiang
King
Detroit Bank Holding Company losses exceed one million
Guardian reports that Group Inc. suffered over 1 million dollars in unreported losses for the years 1930 through 1932. The findings were submitted to Senate investigators today, per Canadian Press.
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Washington
Canad
An Press
Senate
Guardian
Detroit
Union: ‘Group Inc
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Canadian Pacific Railway
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Vanco Trict
R.A.M. No. 3
U. S
Eoin O’duffy
Labor
Australia
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