Egypt Forms New Cabinet Under Nahas Pasha
Nahas Pasha has formed a new Egyptian cabinet after a party victory in the general elections. He becomes Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, with Wassef Pasha Ghali named Foreign Minister. The ministry aims to secure Egypt's reins in forthcoming Anglo Egyptian treaty negotiations and seek a fair, stable agreement with Great Britain.
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Smuts Sees League Of Nations Developments In Talks
Jan Smuts former South African prime minister spoke with reporters at Sir Robert Borden’s home in Ottawa outlining his view that the League of Nations has developed beyond original expectations. He recalled Boer War service and a London meeting with Von Lettow Vorbeck, and outlined planned visits to Montreal Toronto New York Boston Philadelphia Washington and Cincinnati.
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South Africa
Robert Borden
Canada
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East Africa
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California Steamer California in Distress Off Pacific
Port Angeles Wash Jan 2 A distress call came from the steamer California eight hundred miles off Tatoosh Island after steering gear failure and water filling the afterhold. Coast guard help is expected to reach the vessel in about three days.
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New Year Honors List Announces 1920 Peerages and Knighthoods
London January 2 1920 six peers one privy councillor four baronets and 26 Knights head the New Year honors list. New peers include Major Dudley Leigh Major Aman Sir Willoughby Dickenson Sir William Noble Arthur Ponsonby MP Air Marshal Trenchard and Sir Charles Wakefield.
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Dudley Leigh
Major Aman
Willoughby Hyett Dickenson
William Joseph Noble
Arthur William Harry Ponsonby
M.P
Hugh Trenchard
Si Charles Wakefield
House of Lords
Ramsay MacDonald
Ponsonby
Ministry of Transport
Willoughby Dickenson
World Alliance
William Noble
United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping
Hugh Trenchards
John Salmond
Charles Wakefield
Henry Ponsonby
Queen Victoria
Sheffield
Viscount George Goschen
Madras
Louis Bernard Baron
Thomas Gregory Foster
University College, London
William Middlesbrook
House of Commons
Eustace Tennyson-d'Ecourt
Granville Bantcock
Henry Cole
Department of Overseas Trade
Edward Knapp-Fisher
Westminster Abbey
Frederick Joseph Wall
Football Association
Queensland
New Zealand
India
Joseph Ward
St. Michael and St. George
Weather Update Cold Western Canada With Snow Flurries
West reports cold conditions with scattered snow flurries. Manitoba and Saskatchwan forecast mostly fair but cold today and Friday. Alberta expected to see scattered snow flurries though mainly dry, with light winds and below freezing temps in the region.
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Alberta
Shot Down by Gangsters in Detroit Killing Girl
Inspector J Henry Garvin head of Detroit police crim and bomb squad was shot twice as assailants in a large black sedan fired 12 rounds on Coplin Avenue near Jefferson Avenue. An eleven year old girl Louise Bartlet was dying from head and arm wounds. Garvin's condition was serious but not critical. The underworld target had led to the squad's creation two years ago.
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J. Henry Garvin
Garvin
Return Of Resources To B C Discussed In Ottawa
Indications are bright for an early agreement between the Dominion and British Columbia on restoring natural resources to the Pacific coast province. Discussions are under way in Ottawa with British Columbia Public Works Minister Nelson Lougheed and Dominion representatives. No official statement has been released.
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Wheat inspections spark Fargo–area confusion and tragedy
In Winnipeg on January 2 a farmer, Frank Nussbaum of Neenah, was killed in a bizarre incident involving his brother Gottlieb over a calf near a haystack. The report notes 59 wheat tests and 900 contracts, hinting at regional agricultural disputes and losses.
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Weygand Named Chief Of Staff Of French Army
Paris January 2 General Maxime Weygand was formally named chief of the general staff of the French army and heir to Marshal Foch. He is regarded as France s ablest military man at age 62 and noted for strategy and administration.
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C. P. Cable
Havas
Maxine Weygand
Marshal Foch
Hassapau
Monsieur le Senateur
France
Weygand
General Weygand
Saskatchewan adopts public ownership for power lines
Regina Jan 2 Saskatchewan will not permit private power companies to erect transmission power lines. The cooperative government maintains exclusive right to construct such lines, per an official power policy statement from Premier J. T. Anderson.
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Two Killed During New Year Celebration in Mexico City
Mexico City report details two deaths and multiple injuries during New Year events. Julio Carillo Sanchez gravely wounded his partner Loretta Juarez prompting police to note a fatal dagger attack. A man accidentally shot himself while firing a pistol, and another man was killed by a stray bullet as he walked.
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Mivay
Julio Carillo Sanchez
Loretta Juarez
Seguar
Prisoner Killed at Ontario Reformatory
In Guelph Ontario Dan McDonald inmate of the psychiatric ward died after being struck on the head with an iron bar wielded by fellow prisoner Jocelyn Green who was committed in 1920 for murder. McDonald was committed in 1922 for murder.
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Guelph
CPR Will Not Curtail Activities In 1930 Says Beatty
C P R will not curtail its activities in 1930 says E W Beatty K C president. He forecasts continued branch line building fleet expansion new hotels and extensions including Royal York Winnipeg and Kentville hotels plus ships Empress of Britain Empress of Japan and a Digby St John service vessel. He notes ongoing improvements and confidence in the national economy.
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First Move to Gandhi Kerlaat on Non Co operation
Lahore India Jan 2 The Indian National Congress working committee authorizes the president to urge resignation of native congressmen in legislatures as a first step toward independence through non cooperation with British rule. Jan 26 set for nationwide demonstration in support of puran swaraj complete independence. Gandhi aims for gradual independence via non cooperation and civil disobedience.
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Former Hatter Wins Swimming Laurels
Vancouver on New Year s Day Miss Connie Gover now Mrs William Brinkhurst swam from the buoy to English Bay and back in rough seas lasting over two miles in about one hour and three minutes The water held at 36 to 38 degrees Several other swimmers competed in the annual event The Gover family has local roots with her father Sergi Gover formerly a city police officer and later a butcher now living on the coast
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Vancouver
Connie Gover
William Brinkhurst
English Bay
Mrs. Brinkhurst
Sergi. Gover
Alberta Tar Sands Exploitation Topic Reaches Legislature
Premier Brownlee acknowledged a Chamber of Commerce letter on tar sands exploitation in Alberta. The Secretary, Walter Huckvale, said the matter would be raised at the next Legislative meeting. Huckvale also urged education minister Perrett Baker to consider Medicine Hat for a future Normal school site.
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Walter Huckvale
Alberta
Huckvale
Perret Baker
Medicine Hat
McKay Funeral Remains Noted In Ontario Community
Donald G McKay died recently at Kintore Ontario leaving four brothers in the Presbyterian ministry One brother Dr Hugh McKay was an early missionary to Indigenous communities in Western Canada The obituary highlights a clerical family with significant church service across regions.
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Canada
New Year Tragedy at Paisley Glen Cinema Disaster
The Paisley disaster killed 72 children when a fire panic broke out at the Glen Cinema on New Year’s Eve. Alexander B. Durward, manager of the theatre, was arrested on charges of culpable homicide. Funerals and memorial services are planned as undertakers prepare coffins in Paisley and Glasgow. Most injured are recovering, with fourteen discharged and two in serious condition among twenty two still in hospital.
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