Terrible conditions described at Bachin prisoner camp
Special Berlin correspondence reports Britons in Bachin Mecklenburg suffering influenza amid harsh camp conditions. A German doctor locks medicine cupboards at 6 pm. 17 British prisoners died around Christmas from influenza, stripped and unwashed as sanitation staff were away in Berlin.
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London Daily Mail
Camos
London
Toronto
Bachin
Mecklenburg
Sefton Delmer
Daily Mail
Berlin
Stettin
Vancouver police face top to bottom overhaul over whiskey scandal
Vancouver mayor R H Gale urged a full reorganization of the police department amid rumors of major discipline and possible dismissals. A Friday police commission meeting will decide on actions while courts suspend further proceedings in the intoxicants inquiry pending a writ question.
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Gartshore
Charles Wilson
K.C
Supreme Court
Vancouver
Findlay
B.C
R. H. Gale
Iquor
Police Commission
Janu
British Columbia
A. L. Gartshore
Clement
Petrograd to Provide Husbands for Unmarried Women
London report from Copenhagen says Petrograd town council will provide husbands for all unmarried women aged 18 to 45. Children from these unions would be removed from parents and raised under Soviet government control.
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London
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Are Prisoners in Germany
London reports 15000 British prisoners in Germany were misrecorded as dead or missing. German records show 95000 prisoners remain, with 15000 unreported by captors or soldiers. The note discusses the discrepancy and its effects on casualty tallies.
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London
Germany
Beth
Berlin saved from bombing by three days
London reports General Trenchard revealing Berlin narrowly escaped a bombing by a squadron led by Commander H R Muloch of Winnipeg. The 27th group, formed in England for Berlin strikes, finished aircraft prep only three days before the armistice. Muloch earned the D S O in 1916 and the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1918 and was twice mentioned in dispatches. He married a Birmingham lady last month.
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London
Trenchard
Independent Air Forces
Berlin
H. R. Muloch
Winnipeg
England
Muloch
Birmingham
Immigration Service Reorganized As Three District Commissioners Named
Ottawa January 4 The Canadian immigration service reorganizes with three district commissioners appointed for supervision. W. Little heads eastern district from Ottawa to Lake of the Woods to the Rockies with headquarters in Ottawa. Percy Reid runs the central western district from Winnipeg. A L Joliffe heads Pacific district from Vancouver. Bruce Walker moves to publicity duties in Winnipeg.
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Ottawa
Immigration Service of Canada
Little
Lake of the Woods Territory
Rockies
Percy Reid
Winnipeg
Pacific District
A. L. Joliffe
Vancouver
Reid
Bruce Walker
W H Todd Sells Gents Furnishings to W B Kester
Mr W H Todd has sold his gents furnishing business on Second street to Mr W B Kester of Lethbridge. Kester takes possession Monday and will run the shop as W B Kester Shop of Fashion Craft with G S German remaining on staff. Todd plans to move to Hamilton Ontario to open another store.
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W. H. Todd
Second Street
W. B. Kester
Lethbridge
Mr. Kester
Medicine Hat
Mr. Todd
Kester
G. 8
German
Todd
Hamilton
Ont
Gental
Bellamy Chosen Chairman of School Board for 1919
The school board elected B W Bellamy as chairman for the year. Committees were set with Ireland, T Bell, R C Black on Finance. Black, T Bell, Dr Gershaw on Teachers and Management. Bell, Ireland, Black on Building and Supplies. Gershaw, Ireland, Black on Health Recreation and Grounds. Superintendent Hay authorized to hire Mr Riter at 1400 a year and Mr Cornish for public schools.
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Bellamy
Ireland
T. Bell
R. C. Black
Black
T. Bel
Gershaw
Bell
Hay
Riter
Cornish
Yubbcle
St. John’s Boys Club
Alexandra
Miss Craig
Williams
McCallum
Montreal St. School
Bolsheviki to Send Envoy to Peace Table
Paris news says the Bolshevik government plans to send ambassadors to Berlin and seek admission to the Peace Conference, with a Bolshevik envoy serving as a delegate to Paris according to Echo de Paris.
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Bolshevikis
Paris
Russia
Berlin
Echo de Paris
Vancouver printers strike for 15 percent wage boost
About 50 to 80 male workers in Vancouver job printing plants walked out at 9 am demanding a 15 percent raise matching Typographical Union gains. Current scale runs around 29.50 a week, with workers seeking 34.60 weekly. All union shops in the city are affected by the strike.
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Vancouver
Typographical Union
Germany Surrenders Battleship Baden at British Port
London dispatch reports Germany will surrender its newest battleship Baden at a British port within days, in line with armistice terms. The note confirms prompt compliance with the ceasefire agreement.
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London
Germany
Baden
Weekly Lomond train schedule shown
Notice announces that from January 1 train 665 to Retlaw and Lomond will run once a week on Wednesdays while train 664 will return on Thursdays.
President Wilson Meets Pope Benedict at Vatican
President Wilson was received by Pope Benedict at the Vatican on January 4. The master of the chamber announced the arrival, and the Pope awaited in the throne room in white robes as the President was admitted to his presence.
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Rome
Wilson
Vatican
Pope Benedict
France
Lieut
Ashburner
Edmonton
Col
Spencer
London
Frange
How to Apply for War Service Gratuities Alberta
Full instructions for war service gratuities to soldiers and ex CEf members. Captain G D Edwards says application forms are available through paymasters at the Armory. Payments will be made from militia headquarters in Ottawa to those who qualify under retroactive orders, while others paid locally from Calgary.
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C.E.F
G. D. Edwards
Ottawa
Calgary
G.W.V.A
Alberta
M.D. No
British Denial Of German Baltic Ultimatum Report
The British foreign office denies sending any ultimatum to the German commander in the Baltic region and says it has no reports of large British forces landing in the Baltic provinces.
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London
Foreign Office
Baltic
Denver Street Cars Shut Down by Fare Protest
Denver crowds estimated above 5000 gathered in the downtown district and halted all street cars by pulling trolleys from wires and cutting trolley ropes in a demonstration against the 7 cent fare approved by the state public utilities commission.
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Denver
Colo
Commsasion
Regular meeting postponed to Saturday January 11 1939
The regular meeting is postponed to Saturday January 11 1939. Mull to attend on request. R Dunn secretary at 1447-3.
Civic banquet honors returned soldiers with call for cleaner politics
The second civic banquet at the Cosmopolitan hotel praised the soldiers and called for a purer political life. Speakers urged every man to be a statesman, thanked the community for support, and emphasized duty to families, widows, and maimed veterans while recounting sacrifices and comparisons to ancient Rome.
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Cosmopolitan Hotel
Lieut Ashburner
Rand
Brown
Medicine Hat
Record Office
France
Capt. Anderson
Western Front
Great Britain
Hagland
Alberta Federation of Labor Opens Fifth Convention Here
The fifth annual Alberta Federation of Labor convention opens Monday at 9 30 a m in the Becker Block with welcomes from President Shaw Mayor Brown and Mr Bellamy. Delegates from Edmonton Calgary and other regions attend. sessions run Monday through Wednesday with committee work and entertainments planned.
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Alberta Federation of Labor
Becker
Shaw
Trades and Labor Council
Brown
Hatters
Bellamy
Redcliff
J. A. Kinney
Edmonton
Federation
Alex,Ross
M.P.P
Calgary
Ald. Broatch
Ald. White
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Repo
Canadas
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