Evacuation of American Women From Hankow Continues
Despatches from Hankow report ongoing American evacuations amid riot conditions. British concession shows Chinese control yet, with 258 British women and children sailing to Shanghai and volunteers aboard ships as Cantonese forces prepare to maintain order.
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San Francisco
Hankow
Eugene Chen
Iankow
United States
Frank P. Lockhart
Shanghai
London
Amoy
China
Shaowu
Kiening
Fukien
Kinkaing
Yangtze River
Hankaw
Dankom
Hugene Chen
Chen
Ivan the Terrible Leader Condemned to Death
Ivan Zaybov known as Ivan the Terible and his two bands were condemned by Kharkov Supreme Court for mass murder. Prosecutors say the gang terrorized Ukraine, looted Soviet institutions, and killed over a hundred people including 25 Soviet officials and 13 soldiers in a single raid.
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Kharkov
Ukrania
Jan
Ivan Zaybov
Ivan
Supreme Court
Zaybey
Ukraina
Zaycev
Northwest Weather Outlook and Regional Temps
Cloudy Port Arthur 36 and Winnipeg 18 show varied readings across western Ontario and Manitoba. Forecast expects a low mood system shifting to the Great Lakes with high pressure building from the north and easterly to westerly winds. Temperature steadiness expected with slight changes and limited precipitation prospects.
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Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Regina
Snow
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Medicine Hat
Mlethbridge
Calgary
Fair
Thas
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Northwest States
Great Lakes
Russia’s New Divorce Law Sparks Rush to Marry
In Moscow a new marriage code allows instant divorce by express wish of either party. Officials report queues of men and women, with one case granting divorce in two minutes. Thousands of maidens sought marriage before the year end as the law took effect.
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Moscow
Russia
Leese
Alvorce
Witie
Prediction of a major earthquake in Leningrad warned
In Leningrad on January 7 a leading Russian seismologist Prof. Nikforov warned of a far worse quake than the Armenia disaster. He said the center of the last tremor lies beneath a vast volcanic theatre and that loosened layers and rock movement could cause months of convulsions with 53 shocks already recorded in Armenia since November 29. State of alarm persists and aid groups monitor the situation.
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Leningrad
Russia
Armenia
Nikforov
Roth and Faurot Well Reaches 1700 Feet at Redcliff
At eight in the morning today the Roth and Faurot well at Redcliff was down 1700 feet with the hole cased to the bottom.
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Roth and Faurot
Redcliff
Old Landmark Torn Down Near Cosmopolitan Hotel
An historic building near the Cosmopolitan Hotel on South Railway Street has been demolished this week. The jointly owned property once housed Harry Wellband’s boot shoe and furniture shop, with nearby neighbors Dave Calder and Dr. Calder noted in local lore for a sign dispute.
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South ‘Railway
Smyth
E. M. Cawker
J.J. Hewitt
R. C. Black
Harry Wellband
South Railway
Third Street
Toronto Street
Wellband
Dave’ Calder
Dave
Dr. Calder
Dave Calder M
Turkish steamer sinks raising Black Sea disaster toll
Wireless dispatches tell of a Turkish steamer sinking near the Tonslinsk Peninsula with twenty five drownings. A second Turkish vessel foundered south with unknown losses. A storm floods the Crimean coast causing havoc. Despatches from Artemevik report eleven workers burned to death at a Don basin metallurgical works. Heavy snows maroon Siberian trains blocking grain traffic. troops assist to clear routes.
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Sabastopol
Crimea
Wireless
Black Sea
Tonslinsk Peninsula
Cape ‘Yazla
Crimean
Moscow
Artemevik
Don “Basin
Omsk
Siberia
Clark fined for sidewalk driving near East Allowance and Maple
J Clark faced a police court fine of 1 dollar plus costs after driving a motor truck across a sidewalk at the corner of East Allowance and Maple Avenues.
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J. Clark
East Allowance and
Maple Avenues
Borah Opposes U S Intervention in Nicaragua
Senator Borah after a conference with President Coolidge said the United States has no business in Nicaragua. He asserted there is no proof that American lives or property are imperiled to remotely justify intervention.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Senator Borah
Senate Foreign Relations’ Committee
Coolhdge
Borah
Grain inspections in Winnipeg report 923 wheat cars
Grain inspection figures from Winnipeg on January 7 show 923 wheat cars with 155 contract grade cars compared to 640 cars last year. Coarse grains reached 236 cars versus 114 cars previously.
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Winnipeg
Russian Citizens Must Aid Police
Strong armed citizens of Soviet Russia will be required to help police arrest drunkards disorderly persons and criminals on the streets. Refusal to assist will subject the citizen to arrest and punishment under a new law intended to curb drunkenness and rowdyism.
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Moscow
Janu
Soviet Russia
Lithuanian government faces anti labor crackdown
The Daily Herald says Lithuania's new government installed after the December 17 coup pursues a fascist style policy. Premier Valdemaras reportedly bans fate strikes and prohibits unions from existing in their present form.
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London
The
Daily Herald
Lithuania
Valdemaras
Wheat market shows stronger tone in Winnipeg trade
Winnipeg fair export trade with short covering lifted wheat prices 1-4 to 1 cent higher. Exporters and mills rushed supplies as traders went long while small profit taking occurred. Coarse grains stayed firm with rises up to 1 1/2 cents and rye led gains on export news. Cash demand was moderate and activity not brisk.
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Winnipeg
Europe
First transatlantic radio phone link inaugurated in New York
The Associated Press reports the London to New York radio telephone service was officially opened with greetings between W S Gifford of AT&T and Sir G Evelyn Murray of Britain's General Post Office. Technical static delayed the first exchange but officials praised the linkage as a neighborly step.
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New York
London
First
Prince of Wales
Canada
Canadian’ Press
Associated Press
United States
Ottawa
Middle West
W. 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
G. Evelyn P. Murray
British General Post Office
A. T. & T. Company
Lower Broadway
Gifford
Evelyn Murray
Sir Evelyn
Egg and butter prices update at the market sale
By noon today the market reported fifty dozen eggs received with extras at 65 cents per dozen and firsts at 60 cents. Butter pricing stood at 36 to 40 cents per pound.
Retires After Forty Four Years with the OPR
Cranbrook B C January 6 Thomas S Gill pioneer engineer with the OPR ends his last run after forty four years service receiving pension under the company scheme. He ran about two million miles and was greeted by J Mett division superintendent and other officials noting his long career. Gill began in Ontario then Manitoba before moving to Cranbrook thirty years ago and helped on the Crow's Nest Pass construction. He later helped on the Corbin line to Spokane and the Spokane flyer. His friends wish him well in retirement after a remarkable railroading life.
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Cranbrook
B.C
Thomas’s. Gill
O.P.R
J . Mett
Gill
Ontario
West
Manitoba
Donald
Crow's Nest Pass
Failrodding
Odd Nova Scotia Story Cleared Up by Lewis Burgess
Lewis Burgess a 65 year old former Bridgeport carpenter arrived in Truro after a sensational claim that he was his cousin Frank and had reported a yellow fever death in Gibraltar. He later admitted he was the Bridgeport man who deserted his family ten years ago and sought admission to the Hants County industrial home where he was received as an inmate.
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Nova Scotia
Lewis Burgess
Whdsor
N.S
Bridgeport
Conncarpter
Truro
Frank
Deai
Gibraltar
Hants County
United States Naval Reinforcements Rush to Nicaragua
United States naval reinforcements are being rushed to Nicaragua where seven U S warships already protect foreign lives property and treaty rights. Rear Admiral Latimer will command 215 officers 3900 men and 564 marines as marines return to Managua to quell the Liberal Conservative conflict.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Managua
Diaz
Central American
K. Latimer
Puerto Cabezas
Juan Sasca
Mexico
Latimer
Pacific
Dias
San Pedro del Norte
Tuma River
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Liverpool
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Siberian
London Daily Herald
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