Paris Rail Disaster Toll Reaches Near 200
Paris reports show Friday night derailment results in 199 known fatalities, three more dead today including an unidentified man. Officials continue probe into cause while engineers face homicide charges for alleged imprudence. President Lebrun visits hospitals as nation mourns.
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Paris
A-Jhan
France
Thic
Meaux
Albert Lebbin
Beers Jaucien Daudigny
J. Henry Charpentier
Nancy
Louis, Rollin
Lagney
Bourdier
Desperate Kidnap Plot Ends in Youths Death
Officers report J M Rush ton once a meat cutter and Harris jr. vice-president in a chain, with Wiles 49 in custody after a plan to kidnap Harris for ransom ended with the boy killed by a blow from a hall bar at a deserted house. Wiles allegedly returned to Columbia and greeted the boy’s father, wishing him a Merry Christmas.
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Columb
Wiles
H. Harris, Jr
J. M. Rushton
Harris’ i
Columbia
Harris
Evhl
Fice
King George Christmas Message Across Empire Air Lanes
The article recounts King George delivering a simple heartfelt Christmas broadcast from Sandringham to subjects across the empire. It highlights themes of goodwill, unity, and scientific progress, urging patience and faith as nations face upheavals and look toward a hopeful future for all peoples.
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George
Empire Air Lanes
Heavy Loss of Life in the United States on Christmas
Holiday accidents and icy weather caused many deaths across the country. More than 180 fatalities were reported, including a blind woman and her infant during a Christmas celebration in Battle Creek Michigan. A newstorm and lake waters claimed 13 lives, and the schooner Monica Harbery was lost with five crew. Eight fishermen drowned in Lake Michigan blizzard as two fishing tugs capsized.
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New York
United States
Battle Creek
Mich
St. Johns
Newfound
Monica Harbery
Rose Blanche Light
Lake Michigan
Murder Stalks In Armenian Church in New York
Four men were jailed on homicide charges as police hunted Armenian witnesses to the murder of Archbishop Leon Tourian at the West 7th Street church. Witnesses identified two suspects near the bishop as he was stabbed during a procession. Police noted church factional tensions over allegiance to the Soviet era Armenian republic. The archbishop died from an artery severed by a slash wound, while a guard escorted him to the door of the church.
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New York
Leon Tourian
Armenian National Apostolic Church
West -Té7th
Kilsing
Maxtos Ley‘legian
Nishan Sarkisian
Martin Mizian
Asjun Yerjianen
Mizian
Yerjianen
Tourian
Union
Jdhie
Hovsep - Garahedian
Thomas Gonzales
Apatiee
United Church Forms Social Order Commission in Canada
A United Church of Canada panel, chaired by Sir Robert Falconer with Principal Walter T. Brown as secretary, forms a Social Order Commission. Advisory groups across urban and rural areas prepare for a spring assembly, with scholars tackling Christian social principles and their application to current conditions.
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Toronto
United Church of Canada
Hamilton
Ontario
Robert Falconer
K.C.M.G
Walter T. Brown
Victoria University
General Assembly
Church ‘of Scotland
General Council of the United Church
General Council
Board of Evangelism and Social Service
Christ
Floods and Bulusan Volcano Trigger Fatal Philippine Floods
Floods sweeping the sides of the Bulusan volcano in Sorsogon province drowned at least nine people as typhoon tidal waves and heavy rains battered the eastern and southern Philippine Islands. Many houses were destroyed and early reports of Bulusan's activity were denied.
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Manila
Bulusan
Sorhggon
Philippine Islands
Gas Demand Tests Municipal Gas System Under Cold Snap
The municipal gas system faced heavy demand during a cold spell, with many households relying on gas for heat. Officials reported strain at the gas offices as residents sought service during deteriorating weather.
Tragic Calgary Christmas Deaths From Gas Furnace
Three Calgary residents die from carbon monoxide poisoning after a burning furnace with an open door vents deadly fumes at 630 Wight Avenue East. A fourth resident survives in hospital as investigators and officials plan a joint inquest likely this week.
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Calgary
Dorothy Richardson
Richardson
Wight
Avenue
East
General Hospital
Lee Turpin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cornwallis
Anderson
She Shiner
Joshua Caleb Richardson
Canadian National Railway
Joshua Richardson
Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat and Power Company
George J. Johnson
Johnson
T! Armstrong
Held On Charge Of Wounding His Son
Edmontion December 26 By Canadian Press Charles Rich of Carbondale is held on a wounding charge after allegedly stabbing his son in the neck during a quarrel while intoxicated. The youth Charlot was wounded and police say the father used a knife.
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Edmontion
Canadian ‘Press
Charles Rich
Carbondale
Charlot
Despondent Robber Graves Reveals Personal Crisis
The report notes a despondent R. Graves in a personal crisis connected to employment and inner turmoil. Details are fragmentary but indicate a distressed state impacting his actions and plans.
Canada sees eight straight months of hiring gains in December
Ottawa reports December 1 employment at 850,486 up from 845,793, with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics index rising to 81.8 from 91.3 carriers. Gains are led by logging retail trade and highway construction as firms add roughly 147,300 staff over eight months.
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Ottawa
H Stevens
Trage
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Stevens
Walter Huckvale
W. Mel. Clarke
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Montreal
Canada
Dominion
Planes Bomb Foochow as Chinese Gunboats Seize Forts
Dec 26 report says two Chinese gunboats under nationalist flag captured Foochow forts in Fukien province while government planes from Peiping dropped 16 pound bombs. Attacks targeted Foochow over the weekend, with Foochow described as the provincial capital and center of revolutionary forces.
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Peiping
Cdhadian Press
Foochow
Calgary Burglaries Net Falls in Bakery Offices
Criminals cracked two safes at a Calgary bakery and milk company office during Christmas week. They secured 967 dollars from one safe while failing to obtain 600 dollars from another strongbox.
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Calgary
Murders and Fatal Accident Darken Ednton District Christmas
Edmonton reports two murders and a fatal traffic crash on Christmas Eve. Fred Fusty, 48, recently released from Prince Albert penitentiary, is dead. his wife Lillian, 46, is held on murder charges. Delia Butterer, 16, dies from injuries after a Saturday auto strike in Forest Hill suburb. police say 1-year-old victim also died in the crash. Joseph Demarcos, a Hindu, is charged with another murder at an Amontin hotel. The incidents involve multiple family members and a home in Oliver district, with seven children present.
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Edmonton
Fred Fusty
Prince Albert Penitentiary
Lillian
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Joseph R. Demarcos
John Natchey
Aamonton
Delia’ Buttener
Forest
Royal Canadian ‘Mounted
Olice
Fusty
Oliver. Co
Endurance Fliers Near Record Amid Skies
Miami dispatch notes Frances Marsalis and Helen Richie continuing a women’s endurance flight attempt. They mark Christmas Day with a sixth day aloft, weather fair and engines steady, aiming to set a new powered endurance record.
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Miami
Frances Marsalis
Helen
Richie
Hiets
Fla
Glorictmas
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