Snowbound London Faces Food Shortage and Transport Crunch
London fears food shortages as snow returns across southwest England. vegetables scarce and dairy farmers cannot ship milk, while rural districts face worsening supply if a general fall occurs. In Vienna forty gypsies die from cold, thirty more hospitalized. Antwerp sees harbor and rail disruption from the cold and snow.
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Belgium
London
England
Weather Bureau
Vienna
Vienna Stunde
Bielitz
Antwerp
Dr McMillan Arrested in Southern California Murder
Police in Los Angeles say they solved a California murder by arresting Dr Charles M McMillan a former Texas physician charged with the slaying of Amelia Appleby a Chicago apartment house owner. The body was found sewn in a sack outside the city.
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Los Angeles
California
Charles M. McMillan
Texas
Amelia, Appleby
Mwealthy
Chicago
Linus
McMillan
Colorado
Mexican Senate Amends Oil Law Amid U.S. Friction
The Mexican Senate unanimously amended the oil law to remove objectionable clauses that had sparked protests from oil companies and strained relations with the United States. The move aims to ease bilateral tensions and modernize the regulatory framework.
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Mexico City
United States
Senate
Market Dull on Winnipeg Grain Exchange in December Trade
Winnipeg December 30 The Winnipeg grain exchange saw dull trading with ease in Liverpool cables causing initial weakness. Lack of offerings kept declines narrow with close 1 8 to 1 4 points below Thursday’s quotes. Exporters remained active while coarse grain markets stayed quiet and prices eased.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Liverpool
Potter Killed in Los Angeles Auto Accident
Word reached Medicine Hat that C. C. Potter, a former local contractor partner of B. C. Willits, died December 1 in an Los Angeles auto accident. The report notes the coincidence that both partners died in accidents within a short period. Willits was killed recently in Seattle after falling from a building.
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C. C. Potter
Medicine Hat
Los Angeles
Half Naked Body Of Girl Found In Washington Field
Thelma Young a 17 year old girl was found dead in a field at the city limits with a deep forehead cut and blood splatter indicating a struggle. A brick was found nearby and suspect Fred Drew 17 a negro was arrested after being found hiding in bed near the scene.
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Washington
Der
Thelma Young
Brick
Fred Drew
Fire cripples $2 million liner Hoboken crew escape
Flames swept two blocks of Hoboken and engulfed the 300 foot liner from New York to Miami valued at 2,000,000. The captain and first mate escaped via a hand rope as the vessel burned, feared to be a total loss.
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Hoboken
N.J
New York
Miami
Manitoba Premier Bracken Sees Condition Improve
Winnipeg reports Hon J C Bracken premier of Manitoba much improved this morning. Doctors say continued improvement may avoid an appendectomy after his illness yesterday.
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Winnipeg
J. C. ‘ Bracken
Manitoba
Strike Feud Sparks Fatal Wounding in New York
In New York last night Samuel Weiberg 87 and Long Sherman 30 were pinned in a wrecked car after being forced into a tree and shot by occupants of another vehicle. The strike feud between striking and non striking window cleaners is blamed.
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New York
Jnto
Samuel Weiberg
Ong Sherman
Lost with all hands in Japanese storm reports
A Lloyds despatch from Yokohama states the Japanese ship Dainlizan Maru was lost with all aboard during a snowstorm on December 28 near Otaba. Two other steamships, Hankata Maru and Shofnka Maru, went ashore in the same storm. Northwest Japan faces heavy snow, blizzards, and seas.
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London
Lloyd's
Yokohamna
Otaba
Siso
Tsushizaki Akitikan
Yokio
Japan
Ifa
Warships Gather To Protect Foreigners
Foreigners in Tsingtao grow less uneasy as Japanese and American warships mass in the harbor. Three Japanese cruisers and three destroyers stand ready to land marines if needed. Russian consul and family along with Russian wives are to be deported.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
Nanking
Shantung
Grain Inspections Report for Winnipeg Summary
Winnipeg grain inspectors report totals for December 30 show wheat inspections at 1182, down from 1264 the previous year. Contract grade inspections are 495, compared with 217 last year, reflecting declines in overall wheat activity and shifts in contract grading.
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Winnipeg
Disease forces mass slaughter of livestock in Midlands
London reports the government orders mass slaughter of 1,209 cattle 500 sheep and 150 pigs across Midlands to halt the spread of foot and mouth disease. Compensation to owners totals 185000 pounds. At Prince of Wales' farm near Nottinghamshire strict quarantine and boot sanitation are enforced as authorities fear infection spreading to royal cattle and the Royal Show.
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London
Calse
Midlands
of Agriculture
Lenton
Nottinghamshire
Eng
Prince of Wales
Ody
Nottinghamsh
Midland
Wilford
Oak Estate
Trent
Brownlee Goes East to Discuss Railways and Education
Premier Brownlee plans talks in Ottawa during New Year week with Mackenzie King to discuss auto resources and an Alberta Privy Council appeal on education. He will be joined by Hom V. W. Smith to pursue sale of the E D and B C and allied northern railway lines.
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Edmonton
Brownlee
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Alberta
Privy Council
Brownlees
Tmne
Northern Railways
Hom V. W. Smith
E .D
B. C
Allied
Police Court Sentences for Vagrancy
B Wilcox and H Townsend appeared at the police court this morning charged with vagrancy and each was sentenced to thirty days imprisonment.
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B. Wilcox
H. Townsend
Remus Sentenced to Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
George Remus a famed bootlegger was condemned to the Lima state hospital for the criminally insane after a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity in his wife murder case. Judge William H. Lueders announced the ruling despite three alienists deeming him sane.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George Remus
State Hospital
Lima
Kirge
William II. Lueders
Delayed Shipment On Way To Russia From Canada
Vancouver reports thirty eight thousand tons of railway equipment once bound for the Czar’s Trans Siberian line are moving again. The cargo bought in Canada for about ten million dollars had sat rusting east of Vancouver for a decade. Now shipped to Russia via Baltic and Black Sea ports. James M Kellie, pioneer Kootenay district legislator, dies in Victoria.
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Vancouver
Trans-Siberian Railway
Russia
Canada
Fort Coquitlam
Baltic
Black Sea
Walsh declares insanity plea for kidnapper in Parker case
Jerome K Walsh of Kansas City arrived to defend William Is Hickman in the Marian Parker case and signals insanity won the plea. George L Hunt of Oklahoma City sought legal help for his son tied to Hickman, while Hickman himself had his arraignment date postponed to Tuesday. Andrew Cramer named by Hickman as the Parker killer confessed in Sacramento.
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Los Angeles
Jerome K. Walsh
Kansas City
William Is
Hickman
Marian’ Parker
Oklahoma City
Okla
George L. Hunt
William Sidward Hickman
California
Hunt
Sep Ei
Kansas
el Paso
Texas
Seminola
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Superior Court
Cramer
Sacramento
Calif
Andrew Cramer
W. E. Hickman
Pendleton
Ore
Bitter cold grips western Canada with heavy snow
A severe cold wave sweeps western Canada driving temperatures to 30 below across the prairies with Kamloops and Prince Rupert reporting deep freezes. Vancouver notes 10 above zero but Hazleton and Kamloops register substantial cold as snow hinders travel and forecasts warn of continuing cold for several days.
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Winnipeg
Dez
Canada
Prairies
Kamloop
Colum
Vancouver
Okanagan Wall
Three Prairie
Dais
Columbia
Prince Rupert
Hazleton
Regis
Kamloops
Wall Of Church Collapses During Mass in Naples
A church wall collapsed during morning services in Naples today killing one child and seriously injuring the Mother Superior of the Darrah orphanage. Firemen and police helped rescue the remaining orphans as the building had endured days of strong storm conditions.
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Naples
Darrah
Body With Throat Cut Near Winnipeg Found
A man identified as Ivor Johnson of Lac Du Bonnet Man. was found near Bird's Hill Junction eight miles from Winnipeg with his throat slashed from ear to ear. A blood smeared knife lay beside the frozen body as police begin an investigation.
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Ivor Johnson
Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg
Bird's Hill Junction
Captors of William E.hain Sign Vaudeville Contracts
In Los Angeles the captors Gurdaie Sergi Buck Sk Allan signed contracts for a week’s appearance at a local vaudeville theater following the arrest of William E. Hain, the child murderer.
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Los Angeles
Dec. C
Gurdaie
Sergi
Buck Skallan
William E. Hain
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C.C. Potter
E. C. Willits
New York Waterfront
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Soutr
Rue DE LA Couronne
Karriege
Dorchester Street
Floyd
Rosa Gaudreault
Rose Gaudreault
St. Charles
Quebec
J. “Brauren I
King
Remus
Asylum
Luedera
James M. Kellie
Kootenay
Victoria
Vaudevie
H. J. Noble
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