Gas Explosion Kills Aubrey Booth in Fifth Avenue Tragedy
A gas explosion on Fifth Avenue devastated the Gillespie block drawing a crowd. Aubrey N. Booth, 42, died at 6:45 am from injuries, as eight others and several more were injured. Firemen battled the blaze amid high winds. the toll included Booth, the Haworth brothers, Whitney, Isaac family, and Gillespie.
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Aubrey N. Booth
Fifth Avenue
Aubrey Neville Booth
Fifth Ave
Booth
The
Black
Dundee St
Pifth Ave
Gillespie
A. N. Booth
F. P. Whitney
Cambridge St
Pat Haworth
Jack
Ted
W. Buchanan
Malcolm Gillespie
Evan W. Isaac
Louise
Ruth
G. W. McDonald
Leader Predicts Brighter 1935 Conditions in Canada
Ottawa reports Tom Moore, veteran Trades and Labor Congress leader, expresses confidence for better 1935 as unemployment and public aid burdens persist. He notes wage restorations, five day week progress, and public works funding while urging further housing, rail, and wage reforms.
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Ottawa
C.P
Tom Moore
Trades and Labor Congress
Ottawa Sets Minimum Wage Rates for Federal Contracts
Ottawa announces minimum wage rates for all future Dominion government factory contracts affecting boots clothing and related work. Males and females 18 or older will be paid at least 20 cents per hour, with under 13s paid according to provincial scales. Higher provincial rates prevail where applicable.
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Ottawa
Dominion
R. W. A. Gordon
Gordon
Canada
Order-In-Council
Jury Selection Underway in Hauptmann Murder Trial
In Flemington New Jersey Bruno Hauptmann faces his death trial while Col Lindbergh sits nearby. Nine jurors sworn as selection continues and observers note the tense courtroom stance of both sides.
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Hauptmann
Charles Walton Sr
Obergs
Rosie Pill
Verna Snyder
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Five Burned to Death in Gaffney House Fire
A fire at the Cherokee county home in Gaffney killed five aged inmates and left 15 injured as convicts from a nearby prison camp tried to save residents. Firefighters lacked water, 32 people were rescued, and the cause was under investigation. Governor Blackwood expressed sympathy. Dock Parris, a life-term inmate, said two men returned to the flames after reaching safety.
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Gaffney
D.C
A.P
Cherokee County
Columbia
Blackwood
Dock Parris
Parris
Monument to Indian Brave Lies Off Metlakatla
A stone memorial for a drowned young Indian brave was engraved in Victoria and shipped to Metlakatla near Prince Rupert but dumped overboard at the wreck site. The ritual burial procession featured braves and squaws in canoes as the heavy stone sank.
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Victoria
C.P
Metlakatla
Prince Rupert
George Rudge
Tce
Rudge
Buck
Cardinal Bourne Dies in London at 73
Francis Cardinal Bourne archbishop of Westminster died Monday night in London aged 73. Born 1861 in Clapham he rose swiftly to Cardinal at 50 and served largely within the London area. Educated at Ushaw he studied in Paris and Louvain and was ordained in 1884 before leading Southwark diocese and becoming Archbishop in 1903.
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London
Francis Cardinal Bourne
Westminster
Cardinal Wolsey
Cardinal Bourne
Clapham
Post Office
Toronto elects James Simpson Mayor after Stewart retires
Comptroller James Simpson tonight was elected Mayor of Toronto. He succeeds Mayor William Stewart who retired after four years of service and did not contest today's election.
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Toronto
James Simpson
William Stewart
Entente Aims to Guarantee Peace in Central Europe
France and Italy near agreement on an entente to guarantee peace in central Europe and preserve frontiers. French Foreign Minister Perrie Laval to visit Rome to meet Premier Benito Mussolini after six months of talks, announced after a French cabinet meeting.
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Paris
C.P
Ilrance
Italy
Europe
Perrie Laval
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Laval
Campbell's Bluebird Racecar Nears Demonstration
Sir Malcolm Campbell reports major progress on the Bluebird racer aimed at lowering the world speed record and expects to demonstrate it to the press next week in London.
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London
A.P
Malcolm Campbell
Australian Grand Prix Tragedy Claims Graham Peters
In Melbourne on New Year’s Day a crash during the Grand Prix killed drivers Graham and Peters. Their car overturned on a curve and crushed them beneath the wreckage fatally injuring both.
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Melbourne
Graham
Peters Tostay
Strife in Saar Breaks Out on New Year's Day
SAARBRUECKEN Jan 2 two people were killed and at least 160 injured in New Year s political strife in the Saar as Nazis clashed with adversaries using guns pitchforks hammers and iron rods across at least five sites Officials of the international police force said everything is quiet but reports say a fierce battle occurred and about 150 people were arrested though police would not confirm the figure
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Saarbruecken
C.P
Saar
International
Canadians Receive Knighthoods In King’s New Year List
Three Canadians win knighthoods and forty four lesser honours in the King’s new year list issued from London Ontario Nova Scotia and Montreal figures promin ently among the honorees including Chief Justice J A Chisholm Col Albert F Gooderham and Charles W Lindsay The nursing profession dominates many awards with women highlighted for service in that field
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George Hambleton
London
C.P. Cable
R. B. Bennett
J. A. Chisholm
Nova Scotia
Col
Albert Edward Gooderham
Toronto
Charles William Lindsay
Montreal
Canada
Joseph A. Chisholm
Halifax
St. Michael and St. George
Albert F. Gooderham
Toror
British Empire
Charles W. Lindsay
C.B
A. G. L. McNaughton
Ottawa
C.M.G
John C. Webster
Shediac
N.B
Henry Wise Wood
Carstairs
Alta
W. H. P. Elkins
Kingston
Ont
C.B.F
Henry Black
Regina
Joseph F. Gregoire
Quebec
Camillien Houde
William J. Stewart
John S. Plaskett
Victoria
Roy S. Grandy
Trenton
O.R.F
Edwin A. Baker
William Caven
Clennell H. Dickens
Edmonton
Edna M. Guest
Jean Isabel Gunn
Mabel F. Hersey
S. E. Lambert
Tor
Prince of Wales Receives New Year Honors Titles
London honors list names the Prince of Wales admiral general and marshal of the Royal Air Force in the King’s New Year awards.
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London
C.P
Prince of Wales
Royal Air Force
Carbon Monoxide Tragedy Claims Third Victim
A carbon monoxide death at Oscar Sands home in Dina district on November 27 killed Grover and Elmer Sands. Sands died Tuesday in Battleford hospital after special treatment, raising the toll to three.
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Lloydminster
C.P
Oscar Sands
Dina
Grover
Elmer
Mr. Sands
Battleford
Meat export row splits Australian cabinet over UK request
Canberra dispatch says Country Party ministers resist voluntary meat export cuts to Britain. United Australia Party members lean toward temporary restrictions but ministers loyal to E. C. G. Page refuse any limit arguing the UK must curb compulsory imports from the Commonwealth.
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Canberra
Australia
C.P
Reuters
Country Party
United Kingdom
Britain
Melbourne
United Australia Party
E. C. G. Page
Commonwealth
Isaac Dixon Celebrates His 96th Anniversary
Isaac Dixon marked his ninety sixth birthday at a New Year dinner at 110 Fourth St. He was born in Caldbeck England on December 31 1838 and moved to Canada with his family in 1859. The long life includes emigration to Ontario dairy farming then a move to Medicine Hat where he helped build homes and mail service. He has seven children and roughly forty grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Fourth St
Isaac Dixon
Mr. Dixon
Caldbeck
Cumberland
England
Dixon
Canada
New York
Atlantic
Brampton
Ontario
Owen Sound
Medicine Hat
Third St
Assiniboia
Fatt
Isabella Crowder
Ont
W. Hewetson
Birch Hills
Sassx
van Horne
Vancouver
K. LeDrew
John
George
Edmonton
Tuxon
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