Warmer conditions rise across prairie provinces with cold snaps easing
A widespread shift in Western Canada ends over two weeks of extreme cold as Alberta sees a rebound from Medicine Hat at 10 below to Calgary at eight above. Manitoba and Saskatchewan record gradual warmups with northern areas still frigid. Montana reports subzero readings in Lewistown Judith Gap and Havre with light precipitation.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Pass
Winnipeg
Dee
Canada
Priirie
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Pas
Great Falls
Mont
Lewistown
Judith Gap
Harlowtown
Milwaukee Railroad
Havre
Miles City
Helena
Vancouver
Victoria
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Stegmna
Saskatoon
Fair
Restores the status quo on Crow's Nest rates
Hon. H. A. McKeown, chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners, says the government action restores the status quo rather than reversing the board, pending Supreme Court merits. He notes the commission fixed just and reasonable rates and rejected Crow's Nest limits within its jurisdiction.
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St. John, N. BB
Canadian Privy Council
If. A. McKeown
Board of Railway Commissioners
Supreme Court
McKeown
Railway Commission
Earth tremors felt in Washington area from Japan zone
Earth tremors of very pronounced intensity were recorded at 6 08 p m on the Georgetown University seismograph and continued to 7 20 p m The disturbance peaked between 6 44 and 6 50 p m Father Tordorf said the center lay about 4000 miles from Washington likely in the Japanese earthquake region
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Washington
Georgetown University
Father Tordorf
Newlywed’s Honeymoon Bluff Tracked by Police
Port Arthur report says a young newlywed staged a hold up to explain a cash shortage of 169 dollars on the night of December 29. Police traced the tale to the couple. the man confessed the story was a frame up for his bride. The magistrate suspended sentence due to his prior good record.
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Port Arthur
Wille
Maier Couple Charged With Manslaughter in Boy Death
Maple Creek December 29 Following an inquest into Herbert Maier death of December 9 his father Herbert TMaier and his stepmother Mrs Maier will face preliminary hearing January 2 on manslaughter charges The father is held without bail while a warrant for the stepmother awaits execution in Maple Creek authorities cite neglect as the cause with pneumonia linked to no medical aid and repeated abuse alleged by family members
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Maple Creek
Herbert Maier
Herbert T. Maier
Maier
Nerbert Maier
Tigt
Monia
Majer
Buffalo Horn
Hatton
Balsdon
J. D. Moodie
F. B. Dawson
Emma Oo Maier
Edward
Henry Maier
Herbert
Two Shots Fired In Cellar Death Of Napoleon Montague
Montreal report states Napoleon Montague aged 52 was found dead in his cellar with a revolver nearby two bullets in his abdomen. Detectives say illness kept him out of work for fourteen months and wife discovered the scene Sunday afternoon.
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Montreal
Napoleon Montague
Child Burned to Death as House Fire Sweeps Manitoba Family
A ten months old child died when a fire destroyed a Giroux Manitoba home on Sunday morning. The parents Mr and Mrs Felix Tretault are in Winniper Hospital with burns and frostbite after trying to rescue their children. the father had been away when the blaze started. The two younger children were saved and sat in the snow as the mother and infant were lost.
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Winniper
Dee
Felix Tretnult
Giroux
Man
Winniper Hospital
Mayor Hardie Says Cities Lose Share Of Liquor Fines
Edmonton report states Alberta cities face delays in receiving their portion of police court fines from the provincial government due to omissions in the liquor control act of 1924. Mayor Hardie of Lethbridge urged the attorney-general and Brownlee pledged amendments next session. The timing for remaining six months of fines and current enforceable sections remains unsettled.
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Hardie
Edmonton
Alberta
Lethbridge
Browlee
Brownlee
Two Rainbow Trout Wins For Sault Ste Marie Anglers
Roy Brown and Allen Russell were awarded Field and Stream second and third prizes for the continent’s second and third largest rainbow trout of the past season. Brown’s eight pound fish and Russell’s five pound fish were caught in the Sault Rapids.
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Sault Ste Marie
Ont
Roy Brown
Allen Russell
Brown
Russel
Sault Rapids
Royal boundary commission members named for Ulster Irish Free State study
The royal commission reviewing the Ulster Irish Free State boundary issues is chaired by Feetham with J R Fisher representing Northern Ireland and Fion MacNeill, Free State education minister and Dublin representative. The report warns grave issues may arise from the boundary dispute.
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Royal Commission
Ulster
Irish Free State
J. R. Fisher
Northern Ireland
Justice Feetham
South Africa
Fion MacNeill
Free State
Dublin
Woman and Family Sold Into Slavery in Brazil by a German Ship Master
Mrs Elizabeth Ulmanszky of Hungary endured harrowing wartime years after leaving Hamburg with three children in 1922. Sold into slavery on a Brazilian coffee plantation, she eventually reached Canada with help from British and Brazilian authorities, then obtained 3744 dollars in compensation in Youngstown before planning to buy a farm and settle in Canada. Ottawa reports Sir James Lougheed ill with a severe bout of laryngippie.
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Brazil
Brantford
Elizabeth Ulmanszky
Hungary
Bow Park Farm
Here
Hamburg
Germany
America
Youngstown
Ohio
Canada
New York
Emi Island
Decline in Beer Consumption in Great Britain
London reports unemployment dropping for the sixth week while brewers cite higher earnings aided by lower commodity prices. Yet per capita beer consumption has steadily fallen since 1900, now down 49 percent from prior levels.
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London
Holy Year Stamps Go On Sale Across Italy
New commemorative postage stamps marking Holy Year were released today and available for purchase in post offices throughout Italy. The issue highlights religious observance and celebrates the papal jubilee with collectible designs.
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Italy
Matrimonial Feud Ends in Patricide in Johnstown
Daniel Baker died in hospital from bullet wounds inflicted by his son William L. Baker who is under arrest. Police say the shooting ends a feud tied to the father's remarriage and the son's divorce. The accused faces first degree murder charges. In Ottawa a plaster cast memorial for war dead is being installed in the Parliament building.
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Johnstown
N.Y
Daniel Baker
William L. Baker
Taker
Hig Howe
Baker
Ottawa
Coner
Special sitting sought by rail groups before Supreme Court
Ottawa December 29 Canadian Press A motion for a special sitting of the Supreme Court of Canada will be heard tomorrow morning at 11. The filing represents Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian National Railway and the Railway Association of Canada. If granted the hearing on the legal question could not occur before January 16 due to printing delays.
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C.P.R
C.N.R
Railway Association of Canada
Crows Nest
Ottawa
Canadian Press
Supreme Court of Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railsway
Wll
Supreme Court
Weather Forecast for Canadian Provinces
Manitoba reports fair and cold today and Tuesday. Saskatchewan sees mostly fair conditions with stationary or higher temperatures. Alberta expects mostly fair weather today and Tuesday with slight temperature rise and some local snow flurries.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dean Howes To Address Medicine Hat Chamber Meeting
Dean Howes of the University of Alberta agriculture department will speak at the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on January 29. Members are urged to attend to hear the lecture as ballots for director elections are prepared and sent this week.
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Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Dean Howes
Department of Agriculture
University of Alberta
Hag
Chamber of Commerce
Sask. Churches Solid For Union Vote Report
Saskatchewan church union results show Yellowgrass Colgate Craig Waseaut Forrest Wolseley United and others voting in favor. Presbyterians weigh joining the union as Methodists and Congregationalists push for consolidation. Westminster and Knox votes indicate mixed support and a single ballot error noted.
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Knox
Westminster
Regina
Saskatchewan
Yellowgrass
Colgate Union
Craig Union
Waseaut Union Church
Forrest
Wolseley United Church
Lellaboro
Moffat Union
of Union al
Trial of Home Bank Directors Delayed to Fall 1925
Toronto reports the conspiracy case against Home Bank directors and officials will not open until fall 1925 as predicted, delaying the high profile trial.
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Toronto
Home Bank
Earthquake Shakes Kushiro Again in December
A two minute tremor rocked Kushiro in northeastern Japan at 7 45 this morning with two follow on shocks. Officials say the quake stems from subsidence of the senhei about twenty miles off Kushiro. Kushiro, export port for sulphur and lumber, lies in the Hok Kaido group. December records show 108 earthquakes this month. Tokyo felt shocks of about twenty seconds duration tonight.
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Tokyo
Kushiro
Japan
Senhei
Hokkaido
Kushiro River
Blaze Threatens Coney Island Bath Houses
A fierce fire at Coney Island New York on December 29 endangered a block along the boardwalk. Fire units from Brooklyn and parts of Queens responded as winds pushed flames across four bath houses and nearby unoccupied bungalows.
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New York
Coney Ireland
Brooklyn
Queens
Poultry Show Planned Here January 5 to 9
Poultry fanciers may obtain prize lists and entry forms at the Green Lantern or from PL Kinvis by phone 2576. A special prize is offered for the best pen of utility birds entered by a novice.
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Green Lantern
PL Kinvis
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