King's Recovery Seen Steady Amid Royal Christmas Outing
London reports growing confidence in King George's improving condition as daily bulletins continue. Royal Christmas at Buckingham Palace unfolds with Queen Mary and grandchildren enjoying family time while public trains and air travel surge for the holidays.
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Duchess of York
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Viscount Lascalies
Duke of Gloucester
Prince ‘George
York
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Norfolk
Air Line
Alberta Premier Says New Offer Likely on Resources Transfer
Edmonton report notes Premier Brownlee returning home for Christmas and reporting that Ottawa will send a fresh Dominion offer on natural resources. He says terms should be more favorable to Alberta than prior proposals, with a final settlement possible after Ottawa discussions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Rownlee
Christas
Ottawa
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Binance
Justice
Interior
Dominion
Five Die as Car Breaks Through Ice on Bay of Fundy Crossing
Bathurst New Brunswick December 26 Five persons drowned when an automobile with JLittle Lameque and Shinpegan connections plunged through ice while crossing from Little Lameque to Shinpegan. Names include Joseph S Neel merchant Mrs Joseph Noel Andrew Duguay Thomas Jones and Joseph Chiasson. Rescue efforts failed as water depth reached twenty feet despite rope attempts.
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Bathurst
N.B
Steamer Starr and Tug Roosevelt Safe After Gale
The Starr with 23 aboard anchored in 60 fathoms off Weasel's reef Alaska while the Roosevelt towed toward Port Etches after a fierce gale threatened wreckage near Cape St. Elias. The Northwestern of Alaska Steamship Co aided, pumping oil to calm waves, as both vessels avoided disaster. Commissioner Peary once commanded the Roosevelt.
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Robert E. Peary
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Starr
Weasel’s Reef
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Gulf of Alaska
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Wessel Reef
Alaska Steamship Company
Attu
Port Archés
Robert 2. Peary
Fire at Sacred Heart Hospital Hull Claims One Nun
A Christmas morning blaze in the central section of Sacred Heart Hospital Hull caused the death of Sister Cecile, 22, who died after attempting to extinguish the fire with a chemical extinguisher. Twenty patients and staff escaped to nearby residences before most were moved to Ottawa’s Water Street hospital. Local heroism, a 75 000 dollar loss, and firefighting from Hull and Ottawa marked the incident.
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M. Crevier
Cartierville
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Sisters of Providence
Montreal
Father A. Boulay
Gerard
Cecile
Father Boulay
Joseph Lorenzo
Shoe
Everyon
Ottawa
Market slightly weaker today in Winnipeg grain trade
The Winnipeg market on December 26 showed a dull session apart from a brief opening surge. Prices finished mostly unchanged to one quarter cent lower with slight cash spreads and firm oats and rye while flax surged briefly and December grain moved up nearly two cents.
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Two Car Skid On icy Highway Kill Peterboro Man
Peterboro Ontario reports Arthur R Reynolds 32 killed and two other men injured when two cars from Toronto skidded on the icy highway two miles from the city. Earlier Christmas eve incident in Winnipeg saw Margaret Forest 28 die after ingesting disinfectant following an argument at her apartment. In Clayton New York three men missing after attempting to cross the St Lawrence River in an outboard rowboat.
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Jey
Winnipeg
Margaret Forest
St. Gatharinés
Clayton
N.Y
St. Lawrence River
Gananoque
Burnaby Man Killed by Auto Near Vancouver
Thomas Bastain, a Burnaby resident, was instantly killed when struck by a car in that municipality near Vancouver late last night. Driver 8. W. Jenkins was arrested and released on bail.
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Thomas Bastain
Burnaby
W. Jenkins
Robbed Safes To Get Money For Christmas
Berkeley California December 26 Shot by a policeman while fleeing a building after robbing a safe Thomas Donald Hall 21 sophomore at the University of Redlands dies and two juniors William Bornwell Cooney 21 and George Keller 23 face arraignment on burglary charges after confessing participation in the robbery They said they needed Christmas money.
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Berkeley
Calif
Thomas Donald Hall
Sophoore
University of Redlands
Hall
Bornwell Cooney
George Keller
Gruesome Canadian murder ends in suicide
Edmonton dispatch reports two killed and a third gravely wounded in a family murder spree by Harry Ewaschuk 55. He murdered Hyrshka 28 then decapitated her, shot John Triska 22, and after a brutal scene killed himself. Witnesses include 13 year old daughter. investigation via Lafond and St Paul authorities.
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Edmonton
St. Paul
Alberta
Hyrsska
Kruska
Lafond
Harry Kwashchuk
John Triska
Wilson
Gagnon
Hwashcuk
Fathetter
Hyrshka
John
Brosseau
Ewaschuk
Triska Ewaschuk
Triska
Believed To Be Case Of Murder Death By Own Action
Police found Marguerite Williamson and her husband John Williamson dead in their Claremont Avenue home. Authorities suspect murder and death by own action. Marguerite had head bullet wounds. John lay across the foot of the bed fully dressed. The couple’s three boys, ages five to eight, summoned help.
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Toronto
Marguerite Williamson
John
Claremont Avenue
Summary execution ban ordered by Mexico’s Portes Gil
President Emilio Portes Gil announces the abolition of summary executions in Mexico. Rebels and opponents captured will be handed to authorities for formal trials. The decree marks a shift toward due process in handling uprisings and political dissent.
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Mexico City
Emilio Portes- Gil
Evacuation of European Families From Kabul Arrives in Peshawar
British military planes evacuated 20 European families on Christmas Day from Kabul to Peshawar. The evacuees included relatives of German professors and engineers, with arrivals reported in editions of the reno Aister Feit.
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Peshawar
Kabul
Afghanistan
Tragedy Struck On C N R Line Near Drumheller
A man named Luzyzyn, about 35, walking home from Drumheller to Wayne, was killed after stepping onto a CN rail line as a train neared the Fifth Street area on Christmas Eve night. He carried packages and appeared confused when the whistle blew. The incident occurred around 9:50 p.m. and Luzyzyn was described as a married man.
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Wayne
The
C.N
Sera Hellér
Luzyzyn
Drumheller Miner Dies After Mineyard Altercation
A quarrel near the Rosedeer mine in Drumheller at about 10 PM Monday led watchman Got liebb Reimer to strike James Rafferty, a miner, on the head with a club. Rafferty collapsed, refused hospital care, and died the following afternoon from injuries friends said caused a long sleep.
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Raine
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