French Public Service Strike Crowds Agree to Return to Work
Paris workers of the public service union 120000 strong consented to end their walkout after Premier Camille Chautemps promised pressure on employers to meet wage demands and avoid pay cuts. Subway bus gas and electric services resumed as street cleaning garbage collection and funerals returned to normal.
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Paris
C.P
Premie Chautemps
Public Service Workers’ Union
Camille Chautemps
General Confederation of Labor
Public Service Committee
Communist Party
Farouk dissolves cabinet as political crisis grips Egypt
Cairo reports King Farouk dissolves Premier Nahas Pasha's cabinet and orders a new government formation. Britain may move troops to Egypt from Palestine. police arrest fifty agitators amid unrest with the Greenshirts group.
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Cairo
Farouk Tory
Nahas Pasta
Monamed
Inoua
Nanas
Hedi¢Cusa
Fom
Palestine
Farouk
Tae Nahas
Wata Ututn
Blueshirts
Oeen
Nahas
Tae
Senate
Nubis
Evenlo
Mine Fatality At Northfield Near Nanaimo
Tudor Augustus Tinsbury a 46 year old miner was killed and Steve Jelenich slightly injured in separate accidents at the Northfield mine near Nanaimo Salisbury was trapped under a coal fall and suffocated Jelenich suffered a knee injury and was taken to hospital as weather prospects were fair and mild with temperatures 46 to 36.
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Nanaimo
Tudor Augustus Tinsbury
Steve Jelenich
Nothfield
Hie
Salisbury
Jelenich
Ottawa Women's Choir Eistedfod Controversy Reignites
Controversy over the Ottawa Women's Choir trip to the Welsh National Eisteddfod resurfaces after exchanges between Ottawa director Wilfred Coulson and Welsh official J Rhys Lewis. The choir finished fifth amid ticket mixups, late scheduling, and disputed admissions at Machynlleth and Aberystwyth.
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Ottawa
Eistedfod
Cardiff
Wales
Hae Beer
Wilfred Coulson
J Rhys Lewis
Wiscatton
Wale
Canada
Coulson
Aftculties
Fasteddfod
Ghott
Machynileth
Tre
Tourists Bring Back Goods From 10 States to Ottawa
Canadian travellers in the first eight months of the fiscal year imported $5,574,055 in goods under the duty exemption up to $100. Most came from the United States totaling $4,486,565, with clothing and footwear leading. Furniture, boots and shoes followed, then miscellaneous commodities with U.S. shares noted. November exemptions reached $594,514, vs $407,119 year earlier. U.S. goods valued at $546,125.
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Ottawa
United States
National Revenue Department
U.S
Alberta to Have 82 School Units In Operation
In Edmonton on December 29 CP reported that Alberta will have 82 school units in operation once plans are completed next year. Deputy minister Dr G. Fred McNally said official figures are not ready but about 1,400 school districts are expected to be merged into larger divisional units.
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Edmontom
Alberta
G. Fred McNally
Chinese Catholic layman J. Lo Pa-Hang killed in Shanghai
J Lo Pa Hang China's leading Catholic layman was slain in the French concession by an assassin posing as an orange peddler. Police fear the killing could spark a terrorist campaign to deter Chinese cooperation with Japan in forming a new regime.
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Shanghai
C.P
J. Lo Pa-Hang
China
Prench Concession
Radio Mast Stolen From Tenth Street Residence
City police investigate the disappearance of a 45 foot radio mast believed taken from the garden of 500 Tenth Street between 8:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. The mast had a brick base and 2x2 core with 1x4 painted boards, held by nine guywires. About fifteen feet of the mast was found down the hillside, not clearly windblown.
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City Polio Bre
Tenth Street
Free State’s Status Not Affected by Name Change to Erne
The British government said the new constitution for the former Irish Free State and its renaming to Erne do not alter its status in the British Commonwealth. It emphasized the change applies only to that area and does not extend to Northern Ireland or alter the UK’s territorial position. Canada Australia New Zealand and the Union of South Africa joined the stance. The government will not recognize any right to territory of the United Kingdom or affect Northern Ireland as part of the UK. The use of the name Hire or Ireland is limited to the former Irish Free State area.
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London
Ijrisa Free State
Erne
Commmonwealth of Nations
Theritish Gove Tment
Trish
Lea
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Free State
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Afhlen
Eire
Ireland
British Commonwealth of Nations
Seven goodwill fliers killed in Colombian crash
Seven Latin American goodwill fliers died when a squadron of four planes encountered a storm and three planes crashed in flames about 12 miles south of here.
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Call
Colombia
Here
Japanese Note Blames Yangtze Bombing on Mistake
London reports say Japan attributes the Yangtze gunboat bombing to a misunderstanding and fog. officers warned to avoid attacks on vessels not used for military purposes. The note promises caution to protect British and other nationals. Canton suffers heaviest raid in weeks with 33 dead. about 20 buildings destroyed. Japanese armies clash with Chinese near Tsingtao in Shandong. Taian mountains burn as refugees flee toward Hong Kong.
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London
C.P
Japan
Yangtze
Chuse
Hong Kong
Balmy Weather Grips South Alberta Then Icy Streets
The southwest wind brought springlike warmth in southern Alberta from 9:30 yesterday, easing by 1 p.m. today as wind shifted to the north. Temperatures rose to the mid forties, frost was absent, but streets remained icy hindering horses cars and pedestrians. Residents on Second Street saw George Barton maneuver his horse and wagon off a hill without incident.
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Alberta
Mercury
Second Street
George Barton
Local Clearings Show Big Drop After Christmas Holiday
Clearing house returns for the week fall sharply from 225010 to 141000 dollars due to the two day Christmas holiday. The report notes a dust year indicator coded as SISTS852 and highlights the impact of holiday closures on processing totals.
Births Marriages and Deaths Rise in November
Ottawa reports November activity across 67 municipalities over 10,000 population. Births rose 14? per cent, marriages 10 per cent, deaths 14 per cent from 1936. Registrations total 6,316 births, 3,306 marriages, 4,057 deaths.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta cities approve brief for federal provincial relations
CALGARY December 30. The brief Alberta cities will present to the Rewelt Commission on Federal Provincial Relations was approved at a city meeting. It favors a larger share of financing for civic needs. Attending were Mayor J W Ery of Ramorton J S Duggan of Edmonton Mayor Andrew Davison and Calgary city comptroller E A Hookway. Davison said the brief would be sent to Ottawa immediately.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Rewelt Commission On
J. W
Ramorton
Duggan
Edmonton
Andrew Davison
E. A. Hookway
Davison
Ottawa
Fire Destroys Washhouse at A.B.C. Mine in Drumheller
In Drumheller the washhouse at the A B C mine burned suddenly, destroying clothing and gear worth $6,000. Miners Virgil Wett enber and Hoapodach escaped to the engine room naked to change. No injuries were reported and the cause remains unknown. Ninety six miners were left without street clothes.
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Drumheller
C.P
A.B.C
Virgil Wettenbern
Hoapodach
Miank Cassilman Named Registrar for Damas County
Miank Cassilman of Morrisburg has been appointed registrar for the county of Damas. The announcement lists Cassilman as the new official responsible for recording and maintaining public records in the county government.
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Miank Cassilman
Morrisburgas
County of
Damas
Air Mail Service Planned West of Winnipeg by Feb 1
Calgary December 30 Daily air mail service west of Winnipeg to be in operation by February 1 according to a letter to Robt Mackay Calgary airport superintendent. The letter from J Rawson Ottawa controller of aviation for Canada confirms the plan.
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Calgary
C.P
Winnipeg
Robt. Mackay
J. Rawson
Ottawa
Canada
Province to stock farms with top cattle
Edmon ton December 29. Hon D B Mulley minister of agriculture announced the purchase by the meat of two Shorthorn cows and calves and one summer yearling bull from Gallinger of Tofield to be kept at the Olds School. This is just a start he said we hope to stock up the provincial farms with outstanding stock.
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Edmonton
D. B. Mulley
Gallinger
Tofield
Olds School
British Columbia Struggles With Snow Slides on Roads and Rails
Vancouver dispatch reports heavy snow and ice across southeastern British Columbia. Crow's Nest Pass highway near Merak buried by 24 feet of snow, 100 feet of highway blocked. Rail service to Eastern Canada gradually resumes as CN and CPR clear lines. first trains expected into Vancouver by 6:30 p.m. today. Provincial engineers warn full restoration could take a week. damage and costs cited with widespread detours and snow removal efforts ongoing.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Crow's Nest Pass
Merak
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cantar
Twelve Mile Bridge
Vancouver Menda
de Fiure
Bend
Canadian National ‘Ray
North Bent
Canadian Pacific
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Canton
Shantung Province
Tsingtao
North China
Tsinan
Sarflare
Taian
Taishan
Hankow
South
Air Mail Service
Duncan Marshall
Dept. OF Agriculture
City of
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Jaime T5th
ARENA
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