South Africa backs gold standard bars exports
Cape Town December reports Premier Hertzog’s Nationalist government will keep the gold standard while using Emergency Act powers to withdraw sovereigns and curb gold hoarding amid currency outflows exceeding £1,000,000. Roos seeks coalition to challenge parliament.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Union of South Africa
J. B. M. Hertzog
Labor Party
Vielman Koos
Éabinet
Rous
Orline
Hertzog
Parliamenut
Mir
Roos
Cane Town
Pretoria
Tabor Diemers
Wy Mur Lec E EL
Partir imMone
Nationalist
Jan Christian Smuts
King's Christmas Radio Address Connects Imperial World
The British Broadcasting Company reported a clear King’s radio Christmas address across Canada South Africa and Australia with India less clear and New Zealand barely audible. The broadcast linked imperial voices from London to Cape Town via stations in Canada Australia and beyond with equal hope for closer union and renewed prosperity.
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London
British Broadcasting Company
Christman
Canada
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
India
Sydney
N.S.W
Sandringham House
Parliament
England
Wales
Scotland
Ulster
Irish Free State
Halifax
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Wellington
N.Z
Brisbane
Melbourne
Cape Town
Niagara Falls
E. A. Weir
Dominion Radio Commission
Montreal
Football scores from English leagues today in London paper
English First Division results include Newcastle over Birmingham 2 1 and Arsenal belting Leeds 9 0. Liverpool 2 Everton 6. Manchester City 1 Wolverhampton 2 2. Chelsea 0 Derby 1. Multiple other divisions show Brentford 1 Northampton Town 0 and Mansfield Town 9 Rotherham 0.
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London
Birmingham
Newcastle Utd
Blackpool
Derby County
Chelsea
Liverpool
Everton
Blackburn Rovers
Huddersfield T
Belton Wand
Leeds United
Arsenal
Leicester City
Portsmouth
Middlesborough
Sheffield U
Sheffield W
Manchester City
Wolverhampton
Aston Villa
Bradford City
Bury
Burnley
Grimsby Town
Chesterfield
Lincoln City
Millwall
Notts County
Notts Forest
Stoke City
Oldham Ath
Preston N. EB
Port Vale
Charlton Ath
Southampton
Swansea Town
Tottenham H
Bradford
West Ham Ath
Fulham
Brentford
Northampton Town
Brighton
Queen's Park R
Coventry City
Bristol City
Fexeter City
Swindon Town
Gillingham
Cardiff City
Jutton Town
Bournemouth
Norwich City
Southend Utd
Reading
Crystel Palace
Torquay Utd
Clapton Orient
Watford
Newport County
Barrow
York City
Crewe Alexandra
Chester
Gateshead
Carlisle United
Halifax Town
Hull
Hartlepools Ltd
Barnsley
Mansfield Town
Rotherham
Rochdale
New Brighton
Tranmere Rovers
Doncaster R
Walsall
Stockport County
Great Swarm of Locusts Appears in Argentina
Chicago reports a massive locust swarm 350 miles long and five miles wide along the Barme river in Entre Rios. The insects devastate cotton maize and tobacco. arsenic dust supplies are exhausted and farmers beg authorities for aid. A San Salvador couple commits suicide after their crops are ruined.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune Today
Lormosa
Argentina
Barme River
Juan Spomer
San Salvador
Entre Rio
Tragedy Near Morinville Claims Young Steffen
Arthur Steffen aged 20 was instantly killed when a steam tractor mounted on a sleigh toppled on a slope about 14 miles west of Morinville. A companion riding on the opposite side escaped unharmed.
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Edmonton
Arthur Steffen
Morinville
Harpell jailed for libel against MacAulay in Montreal
James J. Harpell publisher of The Journal of Commerce and Industry, Commerce and Finance was sentenced in Montreal to three months in jail for defamatory libel against T. E. MacAulay president of Sun Life Assurance. An appeal was filed and Harpell released on 6000 bail. additional six months could follow if bonds are not provided.
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Montréal
James J. Harpell
Tories
MacAulay
Sun Life Assurance Company
Greenshields
Harpell
Journal of Commerce
Montreal
Japanese Plot Made Public and Four Arrested
Tokyo police disclosed four members of the Jimmu Kai were arrested last August charged with plotting to assassinate Premier Makoto Saito. The quartet had a Tokyo headquarters and some members acquired dangerous weapons. those named were Yoshio Imamaki a physician, Seiji Makino a harpist, and two youths.
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Tokyo
Jimmu- Kai
Emperor Party
Makoto Saito
Yoshio Imamaki
Seiji Makino
Edmonton Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Knife Attack
A man in Edmonton faced charges of attempted murder after a party incident left a 15 year old girl severely wounded and both victims in serious condition at Royal Alexandra Hospital. The assailant, driven by jealousy, stabbed Katie Klimorak at least 15 times and then cut himself, with witnesses and police responding as the victims were rushed to hospital.
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Edmonton
Gapala
Katie Shmorak
Katie
Ch- Royal Alexandra Hospital
Klimor
Satie
Gapali
Frank Kingzett
Alex Riddell
Gopala
Hovak
Sige
Dead pair found in Aurora tourist cabin Christmas tragedy
Doris Gillian Cool, 19, and Har old Crawford, 20, were found dead in a cabin near Aurora. Investigators suspect gas asphyxia from a heater left on in a closed space. Chemical analyses of wine bottles and stomach contents awaited to confirm the cause.
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Denver
Colo
Doris Gillian Cool
Harold Crawford
Aurora
Senator Todd I Dead at Home in Milltown
Saint John N B December 27 Senator Irving R Todd died at his Milltown home He served in the Senate for over four years after being summoned in March 1918 He was born in Milltown son of Charles F Todd and Anna M Porter Todd educated at NB High School and Hallowell Institute He married Frances E Boardman on June 20 1882 His father Charles F Todd was president of the New Brunswick and Canada Railroad Company He belonged to the Rideau Ottawa and Union Saint John clubs
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Saint John
N.B
Milltown
Irving Randall Todd
Senate
Senator Todd
Charles F. Todd
Anna M. Porter Todd
Canada
New Brunswick High School
Hallowell Classical Institute
Miltown
Frances E. Boardman
Charles E.L. Boardman
New Brunswick and Canada Railroad Company
Rideau Club
Ottawa
Union Club
Russia offers barter deal with Canada for cattle and gas
Russia would swap 100000 head of cattle and 10000 tons of beef hides for gasoline and petroleum products in a large barter proposal. The plan, approved by Russian authorities, awaits Canada’s acceptance as Premier Bennett returns to Ottawa from this despatch source. A Winnipeg dealer organized the syndicate that traveled to Moscow to arrange the exchange of commodities.
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Toronto
Russia
Canada
Bennett
Toronto Star
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Moscow
Canada to sell 100000 cattle to Russia in talks
Negotiations between Canada and Russia may lead to the sale of 100000 Canadian cattle to Russia mainly dairy cattle. Ottawa reports say a Winnipeg company could be formed to handle the deal. Russia seeks cattle to improve dairy herds and would take heifers, cows, and a small share of pure-bred bulls and heifers.
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Canada
Star
Ottawa
Russia
Robert Weir
Winnipeg
Mine Blast Kills 54 in Illinois Town
In Moweaqua Illinois a December 23 blast trapped 54 miners in a community mine. Twenty seven bodies found today, twelve brought up Sunday, fifteen remain entombed in the north wing. Rescue efforts faced lethal gas and collapses as hope faded. The disaster stands as the state’s largest mine explosion.
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Moweaqua
Ill
Ttowas Wade
Tadaw
Moneaqua
Cherry
Glenn Schaffer
Schaffer
Pair of unknowns sought after Simcoe depot blaze
Simcoe Ontario Dec 27 police hunt two men tied to a fire at the Canadian Pacific Railway station. They were seen trying to break into an express shed containing 1500 dollars of furs. The station and hydro substation were destroyed causing about 100000 dollars in losses. Fire crews faced water shortages.
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Simcon
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Simcoe
Hydro
Fred Doyle
Saskatoon Man Receives Heroic Service Medal
Stuart W. Dewar of Saskatoon was awarded the heroic service medallion by the National Y.M.C.A. physical education committee for rescuing Marshall Ayers from drowning in the Saskatchewan river last summer. Dewar aided Ayers to shore and performed first aid to resuscitate him.
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Toronto
Stuart W. Dewar
Saskatoon
National
Y.M.C.A
Marshall Avers
Ayers
Saskatchewan
Dewar
Many Fatalities Recorded In Canada and the States
Death toll from Yuletide accidents across Canada and the United States nears 400. A mining blast at Moneaqua Illinois trapped 54 miners 600 feet underground. Motor crashes kill and injure hundreds including nine in Ontario and five auto deaths. A Quebec incident reports Arthur Langlois and family recovering after poisoned meat. Vancouver officer David Black dies by suicide at police station roof.
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New York
Canada
United States
Moneaqua
Ill
Ontario
Nova Scotia
St. Eustache-Luc
Luc. Beauchamp
Quebec
Arthur Langlois
Winnipeg
David Ransom
Vancouver
David Black
Prime Minister Bennett Aboard Majestic on Christmas Day
Ottawa dispatch reports Canada’s Prime Minister R B Bennett celebrated Christmas aboard the Majestic en route from Southampton to New York. Heavy seas and icy conditions marked the voyage with Bennett in good health and spirits, sending in brief greetings to Sir George Perley. He planned to depart for Ottawa upon arrival and resume duties amid ongoing fiscal talks with Britain over a $1,900 obligation.
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Canada
Atlantic
New York
R. B. Bennett
Majestic
Southampton
White Star
George
Perley
Premier Bennett
Bennett
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