Floods Threaten Four States Amid Rising Rivers
Memphis report from December 28 notes deaths in Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee totaling eleven with additional flood tolls and 4000 homeless in Nashville as Cumberland overflow rises. Ohio river crest expected with five foot gain while thousands of acres of corn are stranded. Rain forecast across the south and fears of further downpours linger. Jackson Mississippi reports rivers raging with towns evacuating as Pearl River nears 17 feet and multiple rivers breach banks causing property damage over 100000 dollars.
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Tenn
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Nashville
Cumberland
Indiana
Ohio River
Jackson
Miss
Pearl ‘River
Yalobussa
Grengda
Murder Charge May Result From Hull Fight
D Arcy Barnes aged 80 of Hull lies in Sacred Heart Hospital with five knife wounds and likely to die. Ned Routliffe is held by police following an alleged brawl in a bedr parlour yard late at night. Routliffe confessed to being in a fight with Barnes but would not say if he had a knife.
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D'Arcy Barnes
Heart
Ned Routliffe
Bay
Barnes
Paper exports growth eyed by Canadian publishers
A Vancouver visitor discussed paper exports from the Orient and the impact on Canadian pulp markets. He noted recent misgivings about Canadian paper price competitiveness and predicted prices may drop if Canadian manufacturers cut costs. The visitor urged British publishers to price in Dominion currency to boost sales across Canada.
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Genaaien Creaset
Canada
Merger expands whisky output after distillery buyout
London December 28 The distillery once part of Buc hanan s Walker s and Sayar s big concerns now lies under new owners following acquisitions by two Glasgow rivals Loch and Lades and Wright and Greige This merger adds two million gallons of whiskey output per year and pushes profits beyond twenty two million pounds annually.
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Carifidan Prais
Mésgbr
Bucchanan’s
Walker's
Sayrar
Mates
Distillers’ Company
Nll
Glasgow
Bu ‘Loch
Lades
Sea Serpent of Okanagan Lake Dies in Cold Spell
A Vancouver dispatch reports the so called Oropoo Mystery Monster on Okanagan Lake near Kelowna could not endure freezing cold. Peter Sitfion, a half-breed Indian, says he watched the creature struggle beneath the ice then die as it reached for freedom, fragments washing ashore and the body sinking.
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Oknanagan Lake
Kelowni
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Morning Star
Peter Sitfion
Peter
Sfrom
Two Former Railroad Men Transferred In Canada
Two former railroad men of medicine have transferred. J. L. Jamieson moves from Lethbridge division to Brandon division as superintendent effective January 1. A. A. Smith transfers from Tendre to Lethbridge as superintendent, while Jamieson had been popular at Lethbridge. Smith rose from trainmaster to superintendent, with long service in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Dée
J. L. ‘Jamieson
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Candan ‘Pacific
Tegret
Jamiegon
Rania
Alberta
Aience
Rew
Donédian Magid
Idatinig
Ian “Pacific Railway
Medicine ‘Hat
Collin
Vancouver
Ramsilton
Smith
Trainmasten
Ee Lethbridge
Leths Division
Hbridge
Don A Ae
Janiledon
Women Buried Alive in Avalanches Strike Remote Village
In Nikolaevsk district Russia a great ice avalanche buried women and children in fishing villages. Men were away at sea, delaying rescue. Heavy storms disrupted communications to Nikolaevsk. a relief expedition from Khabarovsk is being organized. The state fishery trust suffered heavy losses in the disaster.
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Nikolaevsk
Russia
Grédt
Vancouver fire destroys rooming house and dog presumed killed
In South Vancouver seven occupants of a Kingsway lodging house escaped a second story window as a fire swept the building. The structure valued at about $50,000 was destroyed and a watchdog is believed killed in the blaze.
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Storles
Woolworth
Hiffel
Paris
Labin
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Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Riyal’ Bank
Toronto
Unnotified bandit attempt ends with barber shop scuffle
North Bay Ont December reports an attempted hold up at Joseph Vanier's barber shop. A masked man entered and demanded cash but was hindered when Vanier resisted and dragged him outside. Police arrived, the bandit fought the chief of police briefly, and was overpowered.
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North Bay
Vanier
Bow Island Moonshiner Fined Under Alberta Act
Elizabeth Schmidt of Presley district pleaded guilty before Police Magistrate T. W. Brown in Bow Island to possessing a mask suitable for making spirits in contravention of the Inland Revenue Act. She was fined 200 dollars plus prosecution costs, with an additional 20 dollars and costs for liquor not bought from a government vendor. Default led to seven days in Port Saskatchewan.
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Elizabeth Schmidt
Presley District
Wig
W. Niblock
Laidlaw
Blanchard & Co
Medicine ‘Hat
Buil
Taber
Craig
Alberta
Sheahs Boat
Saskatchewan
Britain considers 250 million pound long loan
London December 28 government announces issue of a new four percent consolidated loan redeemable at par in February 1957. It can be obtained via Bank of England by converting five percent treasury bonds or five and four percent war bonds due in 1927, or for cash. The move, though unforeseen, may also cover a potential year end budget gap. The Westminster Gazette estimates maturing bond issues around £250 million.
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Bank of Hoagland
Treasury
Daily ‘Mail
The
Westminster Gazette
Japan to Spend 915 Million on Imperial Rites
Tokio reports Emperor Hirohito’s formal absence and message to leaders urging simplicity and progress. Diet approves funeral rites costing 2,980,000 yen about 1.5 million dollars. Diet to reconvene January 18. Winnipeg weather: cold in Manitoba and mild in Alberta.
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Tokio
Hirohito
Wuiget
Yoshishito
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Alberta
Defective firing pin saves officer in Calgary shooting
Detec tive Alex Cheyne and partner thwarted Jacob Valen tine Dyck as four rounds were fired at close range during a struggle after Dyck threatened Miss Ethel Kenny a house maid. The weak firing pin caused all shells to fail, Dyck was subdued and faces two counts of attempted murder in police court.
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Calgary
Alex Cheyne
Jacob Valentine Dyck
Ethel Kenny
Dyck
Cheyne
McCombie Gilbert
Police
Miss Kenney
J. Wood-Roberts
Fifteenth. Avenue West
Gilbert
Cheynie
Grain inspections at Winnipeg total 1934 cars
In Winnipeg on Sunday and Monday grain inspections reached 1934 cars with 374 contract grade. Last year 942 cars were inspected in one day. Coarse grains accounted for 298 cars versus 196 a year earlier.
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Winnipeg
Excessive Drinking Blamed For 23 Deaths In New York
New York December 93 reports toll from Christmas liquor drinking rising to 28 with many hospitalized for alcoholism. Dr. Charles G. Norris says chemical analysis needed to confirm poisoning vs excessive drinking. In New York one hospital treated 79. 17 died in Manhattan, 5 in Brooklyn, 1 in Queens.
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Chicago
Detroit
Moines
Milwaukee
Omaha
Charles G. Norris
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queen’s County
Drastic Decline in Wheat Prices in Winnipeg Market
In Winnipeg on December 28 a general weakness in foreign and United States markets depressed wheat trading. The market closed weak, down 2 to 3 points, with December at 1 815, May 1 9844, and July 1 38. Trade volume was very small and export trade featureless. Flax suffered the largest drop of five cents amid light local cash grain demand and overall quiet trade.
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Winnipeg
United ‘States
Death Penalty Declared In Leningrad Assault Case
In Leningrad Russia a public court sentenced seventeen youths for the assault and murder of a factory girl in a public park. The prosecutor urged death for all, but after fifteen days the court imposed the death penalty on seven defendants and prison terms on the rest. The case drew nationwide attention as a test of collective assault trends.
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Leningud
Russia
Bfy
Keven
Annual Meeting of Chamber of Commerce Set for Thursday
The chamber of commerce annual meeting will be held at the Cecil Hotel on Thursday at 12 15 p m. All members and prospective members are urged to attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cecil Hotel
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