Amicable JapanUS Panay settlement noted in Shanghai
Reports from Shanghai state Japan accepted US notes on Panay incident and promised guarantees to protect American nationals in China. Tokyo indicated indemnity negotiations would proceed, while battles expanded as Tsinan, capital of Shantung, fell to Japanese forces and other offensives continued near Hankow and Chekiang.
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U.S
China
Shanghai
C.P
Tsiwan
Shantueg
Tokyo
A.P
Koki Hirota
United States
Japan
Wirata
Joseph ©. Grew
Corde Hail
Yangtze River
Foreign Office
Grew
Hirota
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Tsingtao
Shantung
Nort
Italians and Germans hold out in Teruel siege
Report from Madrid says Italian officers German divers and Spanish insurgents defend Teruel as government forces bombard the city. Fire rages at the Teruel seminary and Bank of Spain while insurgents seek relief via a possible assault led by Hitler General Miguel Corazan.
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Hendaye
Aragon
Terul
Mivices
Teruc
Bank of Spain
D Tivers
Gardien
Hitler
Miguel Corazan
Madrid
Dee
CP Carles
Maurid
Christmas Tragedies Hit Canada With 22 Fatalities
In a brutal Christmas weekend in Canada, 22 accidental deaths were linked to weather and reckless driving. Ontario reported the highest toll with scattered deaths elsewhere including Alberta. A 67 year old man, John Rushton, died of exposure near Cremona during subzero conditions.
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Toronto
C.P
Dominion
Ontario
Alberta
Cremona
John Rushton
Christmas Party Ends in Daughter Held for Shooting
Mrs Cordel Campbell 95 died from a gunshot wound at a family Christmas gathering. Her daughter in law Cruise Campbell, 28, is held as authorities order an inquest to decide if the shooting was accidental. Prosecutor Regan calls the investigation inconclusive and plans further steps.
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Youngstown
A.P
Cordel
A. Campbell
Ohio
Cuise Campbell
J.C. Henshaw
Paul J. Regan
Cangpbell
Warren
Campbel
Regan
Campbell
Paul Hodge
James A. Campbell
Joseph A. Luarde
Trumbull
Border of Palestine Is Closed After Galilee Clash
In northern Palestine, five days of fighting between British troops and Arab militants leave 415 Arabs and two British dead, with higher tolls possible. RAF planes support 800 British soldiers in Galilee as operations tighten around the Arab group linked to the Trans-Jordan frontier. Lieut M W Mountain and Private J S Creasey among the dead, several Arabs also reported killed.
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Jerusalem
Dee
C.P
Palestine
Galilee
Royal Air Force
Jerusalicm
M. W. Mountain
J. S. Creasey
Trans-Jorday
All Rescued From Wrecked Trawler Off Iceland
Reykjavik Iceland Dec. 26 AP A British trawler Hegal wrecked off Faxaby coast was rescued after rockets signaling the distress were spotted by Christmas revellers. A lifeboat brigade reached within 400 yards, landing four passengers ashore. later a boat saved five more passengers and the crew as seas subsided.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Hegal
Faxaby
Temperature Jumps 27 Degrees In Few Minutes
Weather over the weekend swung dramatically from a low of 10 below on Christmas Eve to a high of 35 above by mid afternoon then back to arctic cold. A sudden southwest wind lifted temps from 11 below to 16 above in minutes amid 24 mph gusts, followed by a northwest blast that dropped readings to minus 12 by early morning.
Fire at Edmonton Destroys Plant Worth 8000
A Christmas Eve blaze in Edmonton destroyed a three storey former plant once used by P Burns Company Packers. Transients are believed responsible, starting a fire on a wooden floor. damage estimated at eight thousand dollars and the total value placed at about forty eight thousand.
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Edmonton
Namare
P Burns Company
Mine official killed by rock fall at Sullivan mine
December 27 report states A B Ritchie, general superintendent at the Sullivan mine near Kimberley, was instantly killed when a blast dislodged rock fell on his head. William Lindsay, assistant general superintendent, was struck but not seriously injured.
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C.P
Ritchie
Sullivan
Kimbertey
William Lindsay
Sir Douglas Hazen Dead at 77 in New Brunswick
Sir Douglas Hagen former chief justice of New Brunswick and long time public servant died of pneumonia in Saint John at age 77. He served as premier, Canadian minister, mayor of Fredericton and federal MP across decades and resigned as chief justice in 1935. He is survived by his widow Oda Tibbits, one son and three daughters. a son James was killed in the Great War.
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Saint John
C.P
Douglas Hagen
New Brunswick
House of Commons
John A. Macdonald
Mackenzie King
Douglas
New Branswick
Marine, Fisheries
Fredericton
Sir Douglas
Oda Tibbits
James
Christmas Eve to Christmas Day Car Slips Mark Slippery Streets
A flurry of twelve crashes over the Christmas weekend prompted police warnings to drive carefully on slick streets. No serious injuries were reported though several collisions occurred across Allowance Avenue Dominion Street Woodman Avenue Fifth Avenue and other blocks involving drivers from Redcliff Brooks Seven Persons and Dunmore Alberta.
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P. Schmidt
Allowance Avenue
G. Grant
Dominion Street
Re Avenue
Schmidt
P. Gaker
A. Wahl
Redcliff
Woodman Avenue
W. Foster
Fifth Avenue
First Street
Miss Hagerman
G. Baird
Third Street
W. Rietzner
Baird
C. F. Mathieson
Brooks
Second Street
P. Baker
Second Steed
K. Allan
North Railway Street
Balmoral Street
D. Graythe
Almoral Street
Eli Shaw
R. H. Cavan
Dunmore
F. Deodine
Sixth Avenue
L. Eaker
C.P.R
Bridge Street
A. Pender
Alberta Clay Products Company
R. K. Brown
Alberta Cleaners
B. Nelson
Fourth Avenue
Fourth Street
Nelson
George VI speaks to Empire in Christmas broadcast
London dispatch reports King George VI delivering a four minute Christmas message from Sandringham to millions, urging peace and goodwill, thanking subjects for loyalty, while acknowledging his father’s tradition and sharing family gratitude. He ends with Christmas greetings and wishes for health and prosperity in the coming years.
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London
C.P
George VI
Empire
Sandringham Meuse
Nowrfolk
Elizabeth
Mary
Pope Pius Enjoys Christmas Ride and Broadcast
Pope Pius spent Christmas Day in excellent spirits in Vatican City. He took a motor ride through the Vatican gardens and later listened to Christmas music broadcast from the Vatican. A fire damaged the Roberts Block in Edmonton for about $1,000.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican Gardens
Vatican
Roberts
Edmonton
Regina Council Eyes Wednesday Drugstore Hours
Regina city council plans by laws to keep drug stores open on Wednesday afternoons, aiming to ease access for residents and workers. The measure would apply citywide and affect pharmacy operations and customer service.
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Regina
Newton D. Baker Former Secretary of War Dies
Former U S War Secretary Newton D. Baker died Saturday after a heart attack at age 66. He mobilized the great American army under Wilson and later practiced law with utilities clients in Chattanooga. He had withdrawn from public life and rarely spoke on politics.
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Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
United States
Wilson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennesee Valley
Pemmice
Beaulah Cripples In Pacific Storm Off Vancouver Island
The Panama registered freighter Beaulah, 1,389 tons with 23 aboard, rode a 50 mile per hour gale to a precarious anchorage off Carmanah Point on Vancouver Island. The first officer, Trgve Bragdo, was swept overboard and drowned as distress calls went out while the crew fought heavy seas and damaged steering. Salvage efforts were under way with H.M.C.S. Armentieres, a Bamfield lifeboat, and a U.S. coast guard cutter standing by. The Beaulah, outward bound for the South Seas, is owned by Society Islands Line Ltd and built in 1923 as the Harren before conversion to a twin-engined motorship.
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Victoria
C.P
Panama
Beulah
Trgve Bragdo
Carmanah Point
Pacific
Carmanah
Race Rocks
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Yesteray
Beaulah
H.M.C.S. Armentieres
Armentierés
Bamfield
B.C
United States Coastguard
Salvage King
Toria
At T
Nore
Carma
Vancouver
South Seas
Cagtala
BE. Erikson
New York
Society Islands ,Line, Ltd
Bea
Calvage
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Panay
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Douglas Hazen
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